Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1879, Page 11

I vy, the New Presi- .M- %:“{)‘f the French o Republic. ey i History---M. Grevy in znrg‘;fi':::g (: Private.-A Model Republican. e AR at tho Elyseo---Gossip About ls mfihdnme 1a Presidente ?—-True ; or Falso? -— ing of Prizes in tho French Lot- n‘::;f'f:u Prize-Winners—Musioal snd Dramatio Gossip, forrorpondtencs of The Tribuma a.—~M. Jules Grovy, who hiaa sud- sed to the Presidentship of the d'wnk [::p;‘l‘)flc, was born ot & little town In mn;’wmmenl of the Jura, aud 18 now be- = .05 and 60 years old. As to his person— '":, hm:d-shuuldemu. squara-cut, dignifled, ':,MU impressive. Forehead high, massive, : qile,—indleative of reflection and benevo- 0t };'yen deep-set, brilliant, shrouded by W vaaging and busly oyebrows, which give a Gk hof eeverity to the face, Mouth and chin :fimt and firm. Noso alightly squiline, I sharply-outitned. Head nearly bald on ml;u, fringed with gray on either side, Al- \ceether, 8 form andl face rather Teutonle, very conmsnding o8 oceasfont, but usually more mgcbbls than imposlng. 48 1O 118 CHARACTER— o man of trled conslstency, honest in wolltics, boneet I private life; a good deal dreaded by sngera on account of hia severity of mien; grestly beloved by friends’ and Intimates, who foor bow much simplleity and kindlfuess the cutwazd sternness cooceals. A perfect exnmplo * jabisown home of n bon bourgeois, loving above ol things bis danghter; after that, domestic eiudeand 8 game ot chess or billlards, in Wiaor which ho excels. After his election to tte Prosidentshiv, the other day at Versallles, {be statlon-master scut to offer him the use of n train for the return journey to Parls, He declined 1t positively, contenting hiinself ih & slugle compnrtment of the ordinary tal, ond managing by o dextrous pleco of Hntegy to escapo the salute of sdetachment of soldicrs which had been told otopay bim military houors, Thls noecdote sinssoua suMcient index to the choracter of theman.’ Such it has always been; such {tis Helpalvays to remain, Although four days sare now claprecd sinco his clevation to the Previdentship, ho still inbabits his old, modest quarters; Poectal . pams, Febe A TOIAD PLOOR APARTMENT ftkeRue St Amand, ono of the qulet back streets between the Grand Ifotel and the Rue dela Palxj and the people of the Elysce are still sitbout lnstructlons as to the cxoct dato of hls wrival. A person who kKnows him well assitres methat be dislikes nothing more than show or peeteaslon {n houschold-matters; and that bhe amies that fecling to the oxtent of fnsist- g on sorting and putting awny this wxalines, The chanize from his present way of liing to the ** pomp and circumstance " of Hie tibe Palace, I8 almost distasteful to-him; nor, Itare rason to belteve, would he, but for grave 1zd patriotie reasons, have consented to accept the bonor put upon him, or, by accepting, have placed his practice in contradlction with the principle ho profesacd fn 1848, whou he proposcd the famons amendment, known by his name, couseling tho suppression of the Presidentship dfogether, and the vesting of the oxecutlys power In the hands of the Minlstry, represented by the President of the Council, M, GREVY'S PUBLIO CAREER may be eald to date from the year 1830, Ho was t{bat time o mere Ind, hordly 17, studying Inw fotke Quartler Latln. When the youth of the xhoole sounded the signal of revolt aguinet tha \mooy of the priest-ridden Charles X., Jules Geesy fofued them, and was present ot the torminy of the oft-mentioned Caserne do Baby- loce. 1lls nameis found conspicuous among thoseof the Kepublican Deputies who n 1851 opposed the Infamous usurpation of Louls Na- jolan; and, with many more, he was thrown Into the Prison of Muzas, Whon ho was, Inter on, released, he withdrew from politieal Hlfe for A lung period,—taking no pare In the politieal erents of the Emplre il 1869, I ‘belleve, ¥heo be was returned to - the Freneti h-}umm by an overwhelming majority of “bis fellow-citizens und fricnds in the urs. But under the Emplre, ncedloss to re- mark, few Republicans found o very large fleld I wlichto cxercise their talents, (M. Game -betta, by-the-by, s an exception to the rule, for beat least made his namo during the relgn of tbe usurper.) We next sco M. Grevy praminent lnthe Bordeaux Assemby, elected 10 1871 Preal- dent of the $rench Parlloment, He held his bost, cafulng ihe respect of his opponents in wlltical thought, and frlends, alike, by the ; :Illlhlu aml dispassfonate Jlnchurc:o of his 1Il office, till 1873, whon, after some potty fn- :n , hie vonsidered It would be derogatory to l:wdlzufly of bis position to retain_the dirce- ‘nn of the Assemnby, und retired,~maoking room ,nw that lll-omencd” aud mischievous person, M. uffet, of 2ith of May notorlety, After the fail- :":1 of the 24t of May adventure, Grovy, was 2 ]n chiosen to presida over the debates-of the ‘l:hllm,rum Versallles; and, till his election o the Presldentship Inst Thursday, hie had KEZPT 4113 PLACE UNDISPUTED, Xiuning mote and more hold upon his fellow- eputics, and eradually Otilng himself for su- ::mi‘ vower. His temporate and scusible ad- xD:}‘uun to _the Chamber of Deputles, whon ,HN‘ g the decree of dissolution fn July, 1877, b the moment of hia country’s utmost volit- mnlueed.—n still fresh fn all minds, Public o on ot once appraved of M. Gambettn's i w|when. at the memorable meeting m the wfl' 08 Reunies at the Chateau d'Eau, he was m’: ed aut by the © ex-Dictator * as tho fitting 3o succeed the obstinate and wenk'mlmi'- T Arah:d', then st loggerheads with the Na- 'Nu'lr‘ Giambetta then eaid truly that Fraoce e €d 1o genfus In her Prestdent, though the e l;e of Zenlus wus not necessarily a titlo to Do mldrnuh!x); und noever hos ho spoken Experlence hna taught France, Wisely, Hawly but syre) y, that genfus scldom goes withe 3% mbltion; and that ambition lend!to Dicta- Eniplres Tyrannles, Franco Las fOTine nge of all this, and the ety 4 are begloning to recognize it M. ‘Hmy( o fewof the brilltant qualities which o !lnm to thelr rulng but ho bas those far lmwmnvlnl qualitics’ of honesty, calmuess, use L:fl«{rwllun, vommon-sensc. — All parties bim, @i None hate bimj und oue estecins NOW tliat b gy cceeded M. de MacMahon, the fi;fl{fi’ Sc:tlon of Parislay socloty I rather o w“ux nskhm: itsell whother the” advent of bhnkmf“ a President will not put a wot e :cnfg.','"-"‘,’““'f,‘,mi"f‘ which %nulnllv l‘rlnlurk i o BElyseo; whother there all bo by 44 paips und ato, and gioger hot 1 : o vt ther this year, becaugo M, Grovy. dang Well, It _certulnly looks as’ If the "A‘:g):oum b somewhat. less Trequont tha T Brestaonich Shaugh fhls taa Tiitle to do ue, ‘I'h BT withouy offensed) umtz s o Sbosed g ADANE GREVY Iy e BOL 10 be exactly all that the first o yerjoiice 18 xpected to be. 1 have heard e, her 0! this lady's story, Accarding to aise ulluuty.unl chose her “from the lower ey, ve, W36 10 fuct, his—cook or houso- g !lt"rdplg 1o the other—but that, on Terdeq i, ronl trouble you with till I Bave e !n Ilm-l( thers is nothing dishonor- lelyy N fi“ of AL, Grovy's having marrled Hilitiony, should, on the contraty, be un .mucmmmomnwndmlan to his Republican o buqfl'““ constiiucnts, Nevercheless, jt unux.“hbnmfleduefl that her _humble orfgin ~if fle m_ul dlsadvantages to Madamo Uroevy, Buaraney, i true; und, mind you, I woni't U openy 3 L10UEN 1t {8’ gencrally ‘belleved Bave ¢y u':ferwd.—nmv that clreumstances worer $0 the head ot socloty hierv. illg gy P8t case, however, Alademol- dicharyy leh“ tunently fitted for the Weted g e l‘me eraceful duties which are ex- Dletty, yng'y INT of the Patace, Bhe I clover, Sutaly, g d‘ clited, T undurstund, 1iko ber fufr i Qughitcr of M, Albert Qrevy, W ely tg tbert Grevy, who 0, 4} Uue Of the stars {n Parlsiun soclety ,1,2“"“‘:1%5[‘“ delleats Niealth permit. b 16 ta suy thutmelthier M, (irevy's Beagly ;.““'“:Il.- Uutnbettu's, has occuviod ri i s the druwing of the prizes fu Y ot hu‘ BATIONAL LOTTHRY, by w“:."h'efy CXpansive on this subject - l6ag0,~at pour causs, as We aay — ‘Q ere. To begin with, 1he 1 pavttclatly | = ’Al{Ib- e here, Fo beuin with, the Lottery is partienlatly immoral (I bavn't won anything fu 1), To the next, it 18 a tedious subject, exeept to holders of tlckels, Thirdly,—but” what need to go oni Al T Wil mention about 1t fs, that the fltab prize—n silver servico valued at $25000~has fallen to a worklny currler who llyes, or llyed till this ereat goud- furtune came to him, in the wretched il pov- eriy-stricken Quartler Mouffetard,—sacred rof- uge of rag-plekers. The second prize—a , dla- mund neeklacs worth $20,000—has been won by a gentlemnn fn Nice, The thivd and fourth— dianond mecklaces of cqual value, $10,000 eacli—have been carrled off by the daughter of an ex-Ambassador and o Parmian worl-glrl, Providenco hus thus heen pretty equitable in the distribution of its favors,—tliough I confess T aliould be more Inchined to pruise it i I had come fn for m share of them, The smaller ‘orized are still belng deawn for,—at the roteof a few hundred a day; and all are not llkely to bo awarded for nearly a month to come. i Jugt a word, Iu conclusion, about the doings In 3 TNE MUSICAT: AND TREATRICAL WORLD since my last, Yesterday we hnd a royival of Beritox's curious ami powerful * Romeo et Juliette” Bymphony at the Chatelet. With the uxcoptlon of one or two numlmu‘ notably tha rather tedius * Funcral of Juliet,” and the “Romeout the Tomh" rceem, the work was most succeasful, “L'Assom 7 still draws ot the Ambign, though attention las bean o good deal distracted from it hy other mattera. Bivorl played at the Concert Populaire yester- day; and a dramatized veralon of Cherbulicz's “*Bamuel Brohl” has been produced at the Odeon, with moderate sucecas, That is, T thiuk, olf, ; Hanny MeLTZER, e MRS, BELL’S JEWELS. The Precious Box that Deputy Fitzpatrick Attnehed, nnd Found Full of Canary-Bird Beed, Whilo tho 300,000 Worth of Jowels Weru Bpecding Across Neww Jorsey with Thelir Ownor, New Tork Bun, Feb, 10, A little over & year ago a young and wealthy married Jady of Ban Franclaco stopped fo New York on hor way to Parls. Mrs. Terean Hell s the wife of a rich Californfan merchant, and has apent the Inst yoar or two in traveling on the Continent of Europo and in Amerlca, Mrs, Boll is described as about 33 years of age, tall, with regular features, auburn halr, and blondo complexion, 8he dressed richly and with good taste, went Into soclety a good deal, and spent large sums of -money in ndornments of all kinds. In particular sho was noted for her punchant for jewelry, and she Javished lnrge sums In gold ornaments of the richest and most costly deserivtion, Iler passion for diamonas was extraordinary, She had constant- lyin her possession hige quantitics of theso gems, both sct and unsct, and the dozzling beauty nud splendor of her tollets mado her famous wherever she went. At the Licderkranz bull of lnst eenson she carried about her dia- monds to the vaiue of over 8200,000 In the form of vracclets, armlots, neckinces, and, above all, o girdlo of surpassing richness ond beauty, So dazzling a dlsplay ntteacted universal attention, the Bell diamonds beeamo the talk of the town, and the oflice. of Spless & Rosswor, in Malden lane, in which they were stored, was visited for weeks afterwird by throngs of curlous slght- seers. Dingrams of them, showing the slze nnd arrangement of the stoncs, were made for the use of {mporters and munufacturers of those arfcles. ‘L'hiero were three lnrge necklaces,—two of dlu- monds aloste, nid the third of emeralds nnd din- monds., ‘The richest of these wes valued st $50,000, and consfsted wholly of dinmonds of the linest lustre, strung together on links of polished gold. The frout of the necklnco borg five pendants in the form of stars, tho centre of cach star beiny a solitairo stono worth 25,000, The second necklnce was also of dismonds Jinked with rold, with small crosses of gold, completely studded with sparkling ecms, ns pendants, The lowest catimate of 1ts valuc was $40,000.. A third necklaco was of large emer- alds und dlamonds, the emeralds belng set at intervals of -au inch or two, and the dinmonds arranged In transverse rows on either side of them. This necklace was valued at $20,000 to 25,000, Ovenslonally Mra, Bell would wear the £40,000 necklace a8 o tiara, und the sparkle of the bie solitaires contrasting with the dark drown of her hatr formed a strikingly-beautiful spectacle. But the gem of tha collection was the glrdlu and stomacher, together valued at $125,000. 'The girdle, or zone, was made up of cunningly- worked [inks of polished gold, an fnch anda half wide, and estending in'a row entirely around the waist. ‘The whole seriesof 1inks was studded all over with diamonds of Lhe most ex- quisite form aud brllllnnc{ whose blaze ina half Neht, or at dusk, was Ikened to the shim- mer of sunlight ou running water. A concealed clusp of gold termiunted the girdle in front, But the mirdlo was eclipsed In beauty by the $80.000 stomacher,—n glittering pendant of golden eres- cents and stars, frosted with rmall diamonds and studded with solitaires, the whole danglin niore than,a foot bolow the girdle, und tern: nating v & gold star, bearlyg n $5,000 solitnir flanked with smoller stones. In the stomacher alone were over 000 diumonds of all slzes, dls- tributed so aa to cover the entlre surfaco of the gold with n fretwork of gems. Euach of the flve alternnta stars contalnod a biz eoli- tofrg fu the centre, aurrounded by fye smaller stors, every uno sparkling with gmatler stones. ‘The gold crescents, ulso diamond studded, were hung {n pairs alternately with the stars,—the wholo stomncher forming a radiant bawd of mold and diamonds from one to ong and o half fuches fn wigth and flfteen inghes in length, Bealdes the ornaments already enumerated, Mrs. Bell had n!:uir of dlamaond’ bracelets un diamond sarinlets worth altogether §35,000, or about £39,000a pair. Bhe lkewise owned tha celebrated peacock’s featlier, made entircly of dinmonds, und which was exhibited by Tiffan; at the Philadelphia Exhilbition, For this ghe fs sald to lave pald §22, the single stono forming the oye belnz valued at 85,000, This stone welghed fourteen carats, and, {t of white water, would haye beeu worth many thousuuds more, Besides these ornaments, aggregating 1o valuo over $830,000, Mrs, Bell carried with Tier un her travols elezant tollet articles, acent- bottles, ete., adorned with diamonds, élxn had gold birds and butterflles for wearing m the halr. ‘These, too, were studded with rubiocs, emeralds, und diamonds fn the most lavish an costly mnnnner. Although possessed of so much wealth, Mrs, Bell could bardly be called happy. Her dia- monds wero a constant source of troublo and snnoyance to her, the duuzer of being robbed often counterbalanchyg the pleasurs galned by wearing thew, 8he was compelled to employ courfer, and, in January, 1877, she engaged he sorvicea of Charles Deun, a professor of musie, then residing in San Francisco. Mr, Dean I8 about 2 yearsot agy, tall, with a dark mus- tuche. 1lis principal’ business. as ho alleges, was to travel with Mra. Bell on her tours In Europe and this country, caring for her baggago, necnr?ng rooms in hotefs, and Jast, but not least, lookiug after the safoty of her diamonds, Mrs, Bell was an Inventive lady, and at times resort- ed to the most subtio” tactics to put nossible thicves off thelr guard, Sha would cnter a Lall- roomn by one door atd suddenly vanish through n sfde” entrance, In order that {f nnfi/ one was lying in walt for lier he might e folled, 8he took great rlsks at times, but by the vigilance of hier courlers aud her own tact elio haa hither to escaped robbery, Sald a gentleman yester- dav who Knew her: “Bhe {8 n woman of remarkable conraae, Indoed, no one without great bravery would dore to wear such treasures ot public balls, among thousands of strangers,” 8lx montha nro, while in Puris, Doan saya ho was suddenly discharged by his inftress withou cause or provoeation of any kind. Thercupon he sued lier fn the Kiugs County Supreme Court for $5,000, silvglug that Mrs, Bell had pold him no wages, wid that that sum was no more than falr comnpensation for the anxluty snd trouble he had sufered, . . 11u suys that whilo in Now York: Mrs, Bell in. sisted on bis passlngzas hier brother, inorder that ho might accompuny her to balls und entertain. ments aud keep watch ovor her gems. Ou the appllcation of Dean's counsel, Mcssrs, Town- seud und Weed, an order was granted by Judgo Pratt nunchln;‘\lhu Muwonds, wiich had been deposlted by Mrs, Bell in the safa of the Hoft- muu House, at which, un to _yesterday, she was boarding. Mrs. Bell ‘refuscd to sow the Depty Bhierlll who cuarrled the order of attachment, and Judge Pratt grapted an order permitting the servico o swinmons by nalling the writ ou the door of the defenduut’s apartments. This waw accordingly done with all duv formality. Yesterduy mornng, in the Brooklyn Suprems Court, Mre. Bull's counsel, Messrv, Tighe & Coflln, raised the point thut Dean's a0idavit hadd not been flled until more than thirty days after the servico of the attachment papcrs—asy error which the Court -daclared to bu fatal to the plaintift's case. Therenpon Mr, Weed, who with s colleagues hud antivivated tha result, telegraphed to New Yurk to buve a now sult be- gun tn the New York Bupreme Court, This was at.11 o'clock, A second order of attach- ment was granted by Judge Donohue, aud thy pagers wero placed fn thie hands of Deputy Eherlit Flizpateick, who huerled tp the Holtmane Housu with all spoed, 1t wus known that Mrd. delt Intended Jeavivr town, und her truuke were found pucked und strapped, The vigilant deputy, assisted by tho plalstiffs lawvers, saw the precious tin box in which Mrs. Bell carried | her dinmonds untouched [n the safe, and were ratiafled that oll was well. Mrs. Bell wasal- Towed to dovart on a midday train on the P’enu- sylvanis Raflrond, mul {t was not untll shie had got far Into the nolghboring State thnt the clever attorneys for the plnintiff scented the trick which had been played on them. It ecems, by the storv of her Inwyers, that Mrs., Bell was appriscd, some davs ugo, of the invalldity of the eutt which Dean was bringing ier in Kings County, Forthwith the clover lady set to wark, wikl, under the plea of examining her diamonds, convayed the whole of them into her bargoire, which was duly ehecked for 8an Franciaeo. ™ After the tin box hnd been empticd of the last diumond, Mrs, Bell carefully Mied it to the brim with the flnest quality of canary sced, She gave the platntiff good mease ure. "When she had finished, the box waa re- turned to ita place {n the safc. ‘The secne at the Ioffman Houso yesterday while tho deputv and the lnwyers quarreled over the precfous box of bird-seed 18 described oa ex- ceasively amusing. Landlord Reed of the Hoff- men Houso was driven nearly crazy, The law- yers far Mrs, Bell insisted on a delay of two houts, every minute of which was \vl»lrfimz Mrs, Bell and her dismonds further into New Jersey, whera attachments could not reach her, Mean- thine Deputy Flizpatrlek stood ganard over the priccless cosket. At last, at 1 o'clock, when the train contalilue the fatr defendant lind got well across the Delaware and Into Penusyiva- uln, Fitzpattick and tho lawgers lustatl pa- tience. ** Ilanged if I'm golng to walt any longer," cried ong of the party, reaching out hifs flst for the bux, * Tera's the order of the Court, and Iwant them Jewcls!? Amid a dead sllenco the hox was_ thrust into the hands ol the excited deputy, Ile clutehed cagerly at it. ** Why, what's the matter] It's kind o' light for dlathonds, aint {t1"7 anid one of the lawyers, suspiclously, ‘It certainly is, rerllud another, hefting it perplexedly, 'Then they shook the box vigor- uusl{ and listened to hear the dlamonds rattle. “{hat o biank blank hua_she been doing: to the thing onyhiow?" asked Fitzoatrick, anxious- 1. When, tinally, the priceless jowel-box was Iscovered to contain some ninety odd cents worth of bird seed in the place of £300,000 In diamonds, the countenances of the lawyers and deputy werao a sight to behald. INDIAN RESERVATIONS. The Crows and Thelr Whito Nelghlors—An Outrage on Amerlenn Civilization—Tho Test Part of Montana Kept from Use and Ocoupation by n Handful of Savigen. Bozeyman City, Montana, Jat. 80, 1870.— 7o ithe Editor of the Nallon—sin: In your Wash- Ington correspondence of Dee, 28, relative to the travsfer of the management of Indinn affalrs from the Interlor to the War Depart- ment, you state twico ns oneof the princioal cauges of Indian wars “the tendency of the frodtier white population to encroachon the lands of the Indinns and to provoke Indian wars withavlow to gotting some of their lunds.” It is hardly possible to read anarticle in sny Eastern paper without finding similar state- ments. On this polnt there secins to be but ono optufon enst of the Mississippl, lowever great the diversity is on cvery othier polnt connected with the management of Indian affairs. Now, allow mo to stuto a few facts bearing upon this subject. I havo lived nina years within twenty-fivo miles of the reservation of the Crows, and spent one yenr on the reservation, trading with the Indians; so thut I have certalnly had suf- ficlontly zood opportunities of obscrving the relations Letween the whites and the Indians. 1 do not think that the frontfersmen of Montana havo a better reputation for gentleness und lov- Ing-klnduess towards lndfuns than other set- tlers fu the Far West, and my observations at other polits bear mnc out In the supposition that what 1 shall state about the character of (he futercourse between the Crows nud 1he whites {s applicable in most other places, The Crow Reservatlon embraces all that part of Montana Iyln‘: east and south of the Yellowstone, ex- tending east about twonty-five miles beyond the Bip florn, It embraces some of the fliest agri- cultural and grazinge, lnnda of the Territory, and valunble miuneral lands, 1t bLors our front door, compellingz us to make a detour of seveveral hundred miles audl enter through the back door by way of Ouden wnd the barren Snake-Riyer country, Until the abandonment of Yorts Phil Kearioy and C. F, Bmith the bulk of thie overland immigration took the route by theso forts, in spite of hustile Sloux and not tov frleudler Crows; but since they were civen up and this Crow rescrvation estabilalied, this road has becu practlenlly closed. During the last two years a chain of sottiements hus been forin- ed nlong the north bank of the Yellowstone, which 1s compuratively barren, not beiug water- cd Ly the mountaln streams so abundant throughout the reservation. The eettters have been compelled to flont saw-logs hundreds of miles down the river to get lumber for their houses, while they could atundd n their doors aud see farests of plue opposito to them on the south bauk of the river. You will sce that this reservatfon I8 of importance to us, und we do not disgulse the fact that we waut it. We wish to seo the Crows removed. Furtherinore, the Crows make hardly any use of thelr reservation, 'Ihey visit it every spring to trade and receive their annulties, and the sup- plics isaued keeg a few of the lazlest familica around their Agcncy the whole year to galn a seanty subsistence” from the rations allowed then, The greater part of the vear they speud on the plains nud nlkaline bottoms between the Yellowstune and Musselshell Rivers, where fn- mensp herds of buffaloes are yet foutd, ‘The beautiful valleys und grassy table-lands of thelr own country have only pussinge atiractlons for them, whilo the whites look at it with lonzing ua n veritablo Goshien which they eau only over- look from the summit of Nebo, without Lelig crmitted to enter. Furtlier, until within the nat three years continual depredations on the scttlements were committed by the Crows. ‘They stolo horses, killed cattle, und oceasfonally o man or two; but theu it was only o frontiers- man less, perhaps a poor herder or teapper, and didn’t amount to much. These depredations were traced td thelr door; but farilier no one ‘v]vnd allowed to go, and wo could have no re- res8, Now, you will admit that {t wouid be difiicult to flnd” greater inciteinents to restless, ad- venturous men than the Montaulans have lind to *provoke Indian wars with a view to getting some of thelr lunda,”” but not ono Instance has come to my knowledgo of injustico being done to the Crows by the white sertlera, 11 our Eastorn critics‘\had lived for years on the frontier, exposed to continual rauls, loslng: thelr stock, baving their houses burned, cArrly- fug thelr lives in their hunds, seslng their nelgh- bors slauclitered, they would not so thought- lessly uccuse the population of the frontier of fnciting Indian wurs, Buch bas been our ex- nerlence, und I.wlll venture to say that no one who has lived throuzgh the Bloux troubles, and witnesscd the dévastation caueed in Montann by the Nez-Perees war, would willlngly provoko another Indin war, could hie gain the whole Crow Reservation by It. 1 am roferring uow o the nctual settlers of the country, “There {a another class, bunters, truppers, adventurers, whisky-traders, and the llke, Tendine o roving 1ife, aid often coming fn contact with the In- dlun, There is alwoya somo danger of thele recklessness leading them futo trouble wnd brawls; but thefr fsolation and wunderlng habits mako {t so evidently thelr own Interess to keep on good terms with the Indluns, that thelr quarrels soldom go beyond Lraggadocto und loud talk, ‘The frontier peoplo are not, as arule, in favor of a policy of destruction, Thoy are fn favor of clvllization, if possible. But It s not possi- ble with the present plun of largu rescrvations, whera the Indians arc allowed to roum altmost at will, It Is nossiblu only where the Indians are restricted and compelted to abaudon n roving life. Buch a policy the West fuvara; but it {s opposed to allowlng twenty aquure miles of flng lund to eacn buck, squuw, and pappuoss 1n the trlbe. Yourstruly, P, Koun. ——— Bomeo Deaconsiield Eplgrams, fadon Trth, Lord Boaconsflcld said to n member of the Manchicster Chamber_of Commnierce, who came to tell i that the Chamber fntended 1o vato resolutlons condemnatory of the Ministerial policy on the Eastarn question: I huve heurd a preat deal about Manchester ¢cluyed cotton,’ which I3 dluzmclmi‘ the Euglish naiie in China, Please tell your Chamber tout it they uttend to 1wy business, I will try and uttend to thelrs,” Equully emart was u stricture of his upon Hir- minzhan, pronounced in the hearhis of the helr of the throve, whom 1t tickled : 4 A corlous city, Blrminghum; s prosocrity {3 tounded on tho wmanifucture of fustrumeuts of war aud sham Jeweley; yet it hos the distteresteduess to elect three moembors (Bright, Dixon, und Muutz) who do not kuow a wun-barrel -from a pea-shooter, u‘\'lll vg'hu have nover hud o watchchaln between them. Of My, Carlylo lie said: 1o has uis reasons for wiritiug civilly of Cromwell,~Cromwell wuuld have hanged him." Of Mr, Browning: I like Mr. Trownlng's yerses, and wish somebody would tranalate them into English,” A lndy was telllg the Yemier that gho had been to My, Bpurgeon's Tabernacle and hud heard hlm preacy o scathing political serpion, {u which he (Lurd B.) was much abused, % wish 1 had beon there,” was thu dry rc}olnder; 4] biave board ha can be very amuslig," LEADVILLE. The New Eldorado in the Rocky Mountains. A Trip Across the Plalps-~The Grand Canon of the Arkausas, Btage-Oonching in Winter and Under Dif- floulties—On to Leadville, From Our Own Correspondent. LEADVILLE, Feb, 10.—The doctor and (he con- tractor sat moodily watching the decaylng aplendors of the Kansas sunsct from their cotn- fortablo seats n the Pulimancar, Why the pensive expression upon their faces?! They had fust supped at one of the way-stations. They had jofned in the mad rush of the carnivorous herd from the cars to the eating-house, and had devoured thelr aharo of the hominy aud ante- lTopo steak which had been proyided by the restaurateur of the plains, * At any rate,".remarked the doctor, after a long and serlous pufl at his cigar, '*at any rate, there were napkins.” t And salt-cellars,”” added his companlon, al- most cheerfully, There was another season of allence and meditation. They gazed out upon the brown plains stretching as far s the eye could reach, unoroken by tree or shrub, and watched the vell of darkness scttling gently. At last the doctor roke the silence. - * When Horace Greclay was out here, twenty vears ago, Kansas was bevond the bounds uf clvilization. Youmay remember how hie marked the gradual departurc of call-bells from the hotcls, and napkins, und such things, os he pro- pressed weatward, At Chicago, ho bade fare- well to chocolute and morning newspapers) at Topeka, he saw his last wash-bowl aund barber- shop; at Junction City, he had a dlssolving view of o large bedroom and chalrs, Since then the Went bas chianged a few— A what" *“Excuse ldfoms! I fancy that our cxperience will bo slmilar to Mr. Grecley’s, only we will bave to go further.” “ In order to fare worse.” " Perhaps, By the way, I have been writing some poetry,”? “Ahal” (fiercely). “Yes, and the poem Ig entitied ‘On to Lead- ville,) It begins thus : Over the Western pralrie We wander wild and free, Ixeepling when tho tratn stops ¥or uinner or for tea, Onwnrd, Sir Guiabad, Vallant andtrae, Oh the broiled quail we had Ontne Coy B, & Q" “Beautiful! And that reference to the quall i positively touching. The dining-room car fromn Hopkins to Atclilson fs the best on the continent. Qo alicad with the poetry mill.” Bat the doctor was silent, He was, perhaps, musing. Perliaps he was mnd, TOPULAR BENTIMENT, The ery, ** On to Leadville,” which was dis- tinct even [n Coleago, grew louder und Jonger as the touriats neared the Rocky Mountalns, Ey- erybody scemed to be talking about Lendville, An the Pullinan ear there were five men und two women-bound for Leadville, In the flve pas- senger coaclics on the same traln there were fity threo people, nll having the same destina- tion n ‘view. The “conductar talled fppantly obout the poor devils who werg golng up to the mountaingg the brakeman wore o knowing and a cynieal smile 88 hie conyersed familiarly with the peanut-man abont Callfornia Guleh nird the Little Pittsburg Mine, But [t was'not untfl they reached Pucblo aud entered the smolking-car un the narrow- guage rond to Canon City that the tourlsts real- fzed the extent of the Leadville manfa, Thecar was crowded with rough laboriug-men and winers, all on the road to Leadville, Hero were the brond white felt bats, and the blug shirts, nnd the red shirts, and the high boots, thut u'l\vuf'a lIend a pleturcsque look to our frontier life. Many of these men were old miners who had ubandoned thelr elaims in Ida- ho, Utal, nnd other northern miniug. districts to try thefr fortunes In the new silver Eldorado, They hud vome down from Denver on the Den- ver & Rlo Grindo Railrond, und had folued our crowd nt Pueblo, TIELE ARE THREX ROUTES to Leadville. Onc is by stage from Colorado Springs through the Middie Park; one {s from Denver by rafl to Webster Clty, and thence by stuge; and the third Is by stuge from Canon City, the terminus of the Denver & Rlo Grando Nnrrow-Guuge Road, Of the three the Jotier §s ceferable. “fhe stage rond 18 o few iniles unger, but is in wmuch better condition, and re- - quircs no more timo to complete the journey. ‘I'wo days are required by each route. ” Barlow & Banderson's stages leave Canon City daily, an extra stage running cyvers other day to ne- vommodate the crowds thut'are already flocks Ing to Leaaville, Cold weather cannot beat them back. Be it understood that the winterat Leadville begine where the ordinafy winter Ieaves oft. 1t is now near the widals of Feb- ruary, und this queer place has not yet experls oneed any really cold duys. Old settiers tell mie that “Maren, April, and May are the winter mouths here. Mr. Cole, who lins a ranche nbout twonty miles from Leadville, declares thut ho has been snowed {o with four feet of snow in May, Of course the snow I8 an effectual preventer of prospecting; yet there are hun- dreds of miners pouring Into the camp every dny,~exporienved men, too,—men who lavo worlted at sluicing, shalting, and tunneling up and down the entire ranrre from Mexico to the Britleh Posscseions. But IL hoppuns that In minle cxperienco Is of little avall, Herc at Leadville, for instance, some of the best clafmns Iwve been made by amateurs or greenhorns, [u 1s a genuine lotte: IN THB MOUNTAINS. From a Pullman ¢ar on the Atchlson, Topeka & Santa Fo to the smoking-car on the narrow- Raugo rond wos o great descont, but thut was o trifle compared with the lower um&nu into which our party plunged. At Canon City they were parceted off, four Innroom, at the fi- slznificant hotel, Belug forced Lo stay over ono dnfi'. because of all the places In the atage belyg taken in advance, they devoted themselyes to sleht-secing, Cunon " City 1s sltuated fn the foot+hills at the lower end of the Grawd Canon of the Arkunsas River. It s a mean lookiug frontler statton with all the newness pertainlng to villuzes of fta clnss. The State Penttentiury, still uncompleted, neatles under the uicly * hog-buck ' ranee, ‘The fnmates woar the traditional striped suits, and durlng the day are kept ut work on the butldlng which they are condemned to oceupy, Liues of men with wheelburrows flle In nid out of the wreat gate, dumplne rock und dirt fnto the street, whils o guard, armed with a double-barreled shot-gun, Buns himsell agalnst the stonewall and whisties & cheery tuge. Buyond the prison are two min- vral springs, charzed mostly with iron awd soda, which are e resort of juvalids und touclsts, Caunoun City {5 sald to be healthy, WOKK ON THE RAILROAD from Canon to Leadville ls going on rapldly. ‘Lhis Is intended to be au extonslon of the uur- row-gauge road, slthough ihe road s bolng con- structed on thu broad-gouge prineple. ‘The contract for the stous-work thraueh the Qrand Conon and Royal Uorge wan lut some monthis ago to Mr, Clark Lipe, of Chicago, who had now 800 mon on this most diMeult ploco of work, For about five miles the river runs through the narrow channet vetwean perpendle- ular porphyry ¢liffs, rlsiug fn some places to o helght of 8,000 1cet. ‘To lay a roud-hed for n raflwuy up the goreo fs a tremendous undertak- g, requiring continuous blasting, Bometimes the workmen are abliged to cllmb up the fuco of the ellffs o hundred feet und plust down (Lo the grado, A few days ago tho foremuu mnd two wmen were blown up 150 fect by u premature dischurgo of dynamite, und there was bardly enouph left of” them Lo make it an uh?ocn to thelr relutives to hunt them up, — But this has been the only serlous sccident 8o far, The work- men lve §n campa up nlong the gorge, and Mr, Lipe hua o general supply store 10 _the village, ‘lie seonery turough the Grand Canon s as wild and grand us at any volnt In the Rocky Mountamns, and the canon itself ranks first minong the great Coloradisn gorges, Fow are 1he people who huye ever ventured to explore fta territle abyssos. ‘Tourlsts are usunlly cou- teut to peer shudderingly over it uooer edges. 1t mny therefore be recorded that on o certain winter day four Chicagoans crawlud, climbed, slld, und walked through both the Grand Canon and the Roval Gorge, 4 distanco of elzht miies, Often the explorers wero compelied ta o unon thefr hands und knees ulong o narrow puth dcooped out of thesolid rock, hundreds of sect above the torrent, the foothold belme seldom more thad elght to twelve tuehes In whdtn, Alr, Lips cxoects to have his porttan of the rallvoad finikhed by Juno 1, aud torfde on tho vars to Leadyiile betore Bopt, 1. STAGE-COACHING, At the fmolous hour of 5 o'clock lv the marn. foi thero came a double, back-hanuded knock ou the duor of the brldal-chamber (otherwise Room | No. 1) whero the travelers were campeds A groan from the contracior, Three groans from Three sconrate and distinet heaps on the floor, It was stlll quite dark. By candle-light the fouriats adjusted their toflets and descended fnto tho oflice, where a solitary clerk waa rub- bing his cyes behind the coitnter, Into the dreary dining-room the mournful procession filed,” There “were twenty as forlorn-looking people as this writer has scen in tmany a day, microscopie beofsteak with o fried egg composed the menu, Tho slience was broken o upon by the sound of aborn, Everyone instantly” scrambled for the dour {n time to see the Leadville stawo roll blithely up to the hotel, drawn by six horses, ‘Then ensiied a babel, Twenty. veople made a alinultancous rush for the {nslde of the stage which coutd only hold nine. Each person ha no less than three vallses which ho was madly endeavoring to put into the vebicle. ‘The drlver was shoutlng to his horses, and the stoge agent was vatnly gesticulating and remonateating. Fnally, after averybody had falten back from sheer ex- Tlinustlon, the agent succeeded In impartine the fuformation that another atace would bealong In five mioutes to accommnodate the surplus passenpers, ‘Ihere wera THRER INBIDE SEATS to this stage, each scat bclnf supposed to hold three prople. But to get all these into the nar- row compartment was a work of art which re- ficcted great ercdit upon Mr. Adams, the agent. In the back seat he ensconced two women and o thin man, On the front scat were placed two emall inen und one large one, und in the middle two fat men and a lean one, When eight had Leen safely gotten in, the ninth man wns Jam- mned into the miodle scat, and two inuscalur men outslde shut the doar by a violent. physieal effort, It was a close-cornered, old-f: stage-coneh, nid, a8 1y baimugined, t were unableto stir. ‘On the outslde were two men und o hoy behind the driver, und one man on the seat with that functionary. ‘The whip cracked, the horn blew, nnd the clumsy vehicle started. It wasa chilly morning, a cold breeze swept down from ile snowy range, numd daylight was Just showlng, ™~ when the stuge thundered across the wooden bridge spaaniug the Arkansns und entered the eloomy gore leadine to the heart of the Rockies. It was certainly ot & cheerfnl begin- nlzof the two days’ journey. But after the sun had risen and {ts warimth had penetrated the recesses through which the road wound, there was a change for the better. The pas- sengers began to converse amleably together, and thewr splrits rose with the thermometer, Bix out of the ten men on the stage were C) cagonns, and were therefore soclable, As the day progressed they told stories, sang songs, and made themselves pa comfortuble us was pos- sible. At the end of the first seventeen miles the coach stopped 1o change horses, nnd at noon another pouse was made ut u Joz-cabln by the rordside fur dinner. ‘Flie meal Was rude but well-cooked, and the possenizers ate heartily, After diuner thie stage began to meet und pass GREAT NUMNERS OF “ PREIGHTERS." This {s the term noplied to the huwe waezons, drawn by six mules, and used for carrylng ore nnd supplies to und from Leadville. The driver rides on one of the Jast mules and guides the whole equipage with one reln. Frelghting s carried "on to an enormous extent over the Canon City rond. lHardly o lalf mile on the whole route but the stage met or pussed one or more of the *frelrhters com- Ingor golng. Bometlmes there would como along a caravan of ten or a dozen of these wagons, Frelghting {s slow in the Rucky Moun- tains. It takes five to seven days for a load to 2o from Conon to Leadville, but prices are pro- nortionately high. This, of course, is a branch of business thut will _disnopear when the roil- roud {8 completed. Just now It Is avery fm- portant braneh, and furnishes employment not only to the ‘‘frelghters’ themsvives butto a great many of the ranchnien aloug the roud, who make'n rood living 11{ kuculnF the teums and drivers over nlent. Besides, the * frelght- ers are a rodsend to the poor miners who ure on their way to Leadvilie. These can put their baggare on a frefubt wuqnnnml trudga slong behtnd {t al} the way to Leadvllle at o compara- tively small cost,—322or $3. The Stage Com- pany charees 814 for each pussenger, sud altows ouly fifty pounds of bageare. THE ROAD FROM OANON 18 n toll-rond, operated by the State, and fskept {u excetlent condition, duch labor lins been expended upon 1t. in many places [t windy arotnd the sldes of #teep hills, and often there fs only a space of one or two feet fn width be- tween the track and the edee of appalling precl- plees, It fs exciting to know that a single slip of the wheels on the fey road will burl the stage and fts contents into thue abyss below. Tip- overs are of frequent oceurrence. Hearcely n week passes but a staee is overturned, though fortuuntely sucliaceldents do not oceur 08 u rule in tho worst places, And, hesldes, If n passen- ger prefers walklng over these dabgerous parts of the rond he has the privitega, At nighit the coach stopped ab “piyLes," 8 log-tavern ou the bruuch of the Arkansas, Here was found n warm supper snd a kindly greeting. A wood fire blazed in acapaclous fire- place, und the pussengers felt: that they had struck n good prospect. ‘I'he contractor was seen to ateal away before supper to a shanty across the creek, whenee he emerged a few minutes Inter with o triumphaut smile un his face and o Jurge bottle of peach-brandy under his arm. None ot the inale passenvers eared to retire curly fter that. The sccond day’s exverience was similar to the first, ‘Towards evening the ranches erew thicker, awd tnore people wers met on the rond, ndeating that the travelers were approaching a city. Now and then the amoke und molten strenins of iron belonging to reduction furnaces wero passed, By and by the roudside shavnties began to “per closer together, and lmperceptibly the pussenmrers found themselyes In Leadville, Up o Jong street, Hned with unoainted trame nud log cab- ing the couch lumbered until it came to a” stop in frout of n twu-story totel, the Grand Central, The clerk eamo out through the crowd of by~ standers to annoutice that there wasn't o room in the houge. Thero was nuthlug to de but to allznt, for the journey was at onend. ‘The six Chiengroans, nfter somo luguiries, wero dirveted 1o i one-stary log-cabin entering wpon the second weekof fts extstence,where they obtained bunks, und slept in blankets with thelr clotbes on, . E, W, BRIGNOLIL. The Marrlage Tie Hictsween the Noted Tenor and Sullie Tsubelln McCullough Severed, New Yark Heeald, Feb. 30. The wife of Brignol the tenor wus yesterday zranted a divorce from lier husband by Judge Charles Donohue, of the Suprome Court of the State of New York, Briznoli enne to this city twenty-four years ago, and was at onee taken to theheartannd hearthstones of many of Gotham's flrstund best, Some years siuco be made the ae- quaintance of n younw and besutiful South Carolinian, Miss Ballle Jsabella MeCullough by name, 8 sluger by occupation, ‘They met, they Joved, they waorrled. They went quiotly to Montreal and souxht the scclusion that Canada grants, where, unmolested by their cousins or thelr sunte, they exchanged the mutual vows, aud 'weath the gorpgeous arches of o Presbyte. rian chureh wers made man wid wife, N At that tine—1870--Siznor Brignoll orgunized an opera troupe and teaveled with It througlh the Canadas und the Umted Statea with markod success, Miss MceCullough’s debut here wus notablu for several reasous, 8he was one of the fiest of Amerfean ludics who appeared fu Italian opery, und her soelul position was such as see cured for her o darge amd fashlouable audience. Her volee was pure, and elear, uih true, und her dramatie lostinet added to her unquestioned BucCess. For years the domestle life of 1ho younr wife, 8o she nlleges, was wretched, She saysshe bore it patlently, making but few confldaute, aml hoping agatust hope for n return of her llego lord und master to the evon tenor of o tri howe life. But he wouldn't have i, and bo- thought him of o trlp to kurope, She, always ready to do his behusts, consented to 2o, did wo, und studled i lier urt, until, o3 sho avers, p cuulary neclect on his part compelied her to re turn ta New York, Beloye her arrlval sho suys sho henrd certain storles determined to get adivorve. Putting her caso m_tho luds of Alircernon B, Bulilvun, Kobbe & Fowler, shv dlrected them to go shiead, ‘They did su, snd secureed the astonlshed tenor, who liad concluled arrangements with Col, Mupleaun to juin bis trouve in London, tuking o benufit befora he went. Jdudize Danotuu appolnted Counsclor Fa Qaly Hefereo in the case, und before him (L wus tried, Mr, Brignoll wus represented by Willism 1. Patne, who, tweatv-four years ago, lmported au Itolian opera troupe, of ‘which Brlzuoll was thy tonor. "After un eventful experichee Mr, Pajno turned lawyer, und Brignol vaturally em- ployed Lifin, Mes, Brignoll sokds “T am the plaintlff o this oetion and restdp ln this ety 3 Pasquale Briznon famy husband, to whom 1'was married on thy 14th of Feoruary, 1670, in the CRy of Montrealy 1 have lved I "New York elevon years; b Do- comber 13st fu this elty iy hushaml broke his marrluge yows on several occusions; thedo vets wera not done with my cousent, coniivanee, or priwaty, and since thelr olscovery | huve hud nothiog to do with the defonduvt, Iu conses quunce of theso sets I dunund thet the bunds v 'HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY. VEBRUARY 19, 1879—TWELVE PAGES) matrinony between hin and myseit e dissolved, We hiad no chlldmn.“m “ *“When did you discover these facts?” nsked Mr, Kobhe. i "r[na Ist of October, 1878, * Have you a certificate of your marrlaget” neked Mr, Patne, % & 1 have, but It s fn the possession of my ais- ter, in Abbyville, 8. C.; 1 have written for it; T was married in church, by license; my husband 13 not. n cltizen of the United States: he fs a na- tve of Naples, Ttaly, and bas been fn this coun- try nearly twenty-five years,* The Referea reporteil, und thereupon Judge Donohue fssued the foliowing decree : Atnspeclal term of the Sunreme Couetof the State of Now York, held atthe County Court. House, at the City ofdew York, on the 1ith dny of I»ehrnnr. 187, dent, the Hon, Charles Donotie, Jantfce, Sallie Inabelia Brignall agalnst Pasquale Drigno- - —Thin action having been referred to K. D. Oale, Enq., of New York, counselor-at-law, to take proaf of all the material Tacta charged In tho complaint by the order of this Court, duly entercd berein on the iid day of Felrnary, 1870, Now, on reading and filing ihe_sunimons and complaint and the proceedings heretofora Niad herein, and the report of the_eaid Referce aated the 11th day of Feheuary, 1870, and the deposi- tlune and proofs theretn annexed and formine part therrof, by which {t appenrs that the eaid defond. ant hine been Jutlty of‘ano of the ncte of adultery charged againat him in the complaint fn tais action, and un motion of Herman Kobbe, Esq., of counxel far nlalntift, it is Ordered ana aajudved that the marrlage be- tween rald Sallts Inahelln Irigooll and the defend- ant, P'asquale Drienoll, he and the same s hereny eolyed, and tho said parties ate and each of them ia freed from tho obilgations {l And it 14 further adjudged that it o for the anid plaintif, Surlln Tenbells Tirignoli, to marry agatn in the same manner as thongh the'said defendant, Psequalu Hrignoll, were acioully dead, And It In further ardered nnd adjudged that tne said defendant pay to the rald plaintiff or her ot torney the custa of this action Hesny A, Gustsetoy, Clerk. As_Signor Brignoll's farewell concert and bonefit took pluco on Friday last, so thut he nizht take yesterday's steamer for ' London, it was deemed deairable 1o have the deeree sirned ol served on Saturiday, Therofore it was done, It lx! Briguoll’s intention to remain across the watcl Ars, Brignoll resumen lenceforth the free- dom aa well na the name of her maldenhood. As Miss Isabella MeCullough she I8 now o grueat in the famlly of the lady whose daughter was married about o year ago to Mux 8trakosch, und where she continues her musieal studies. Brignoll Departs=Boma Remintscences—iils Buperstitionswlily Meeting with ftusslnl, Neww York Sun,; Feb. 106, Slgnor Brienolf, who sailed for England yes- terduy, would have gone on Thursday but for he superstition twhich [s one of lifs characterls- ties, * Not,” sald that favorito tenor, ** not ef A tresor-r-r uwaited mo on zo othalr slde would Brignoli sall on ze 13th!" The Chevalier de Vivo, devoted to the Blizuor’a interests throuwh- out a scora of years, explainéd that Col. Maple- son, to whom Brignoli fs under engagement to slug in London und the Provinces, had written him that he was to depart by the City of Mon- treal on **Thursday, the 15th,” but that the artlst had replied thut Thursday. belug not the 15thy but the aceursed 13th, on no accotnt would he eafl on that day, Instead he had secured pas- snge on the Germanie. This bud led to cor- respondence und telegrams which wonld scarcely, !however, have but one result, sinve Baturday's steameris enough faster to make up for the two days’ loss-of time. Col, Mapleson was momentarily expected ta arrive in town trom Philadelphia, hut, as Brignoll was to take his farwell benefit at Wallack's Theatre on Thuradsy, it was abvions that it would be fmpossible for hlm to leave before Saturday, and, fn any case, *the 13th" would prevent, ““Nan, non,” sald Brizuoli, rousing up sgain, “not for tresar-rer-r " ‘The Chevalier de Vivo smiled indulgently in the directlon of the superstitious sonwster, a8 much g8 to say that lie must be treated tenderly., Even the phchomennl .De Murska wears gold mid gllver belts for luck, amd Brignoll, who was n deshaoflle of _colored shirt, worsted Jack wnd capacions trousers, proceeded to descant upon the Hl Juck ot the number thirteen, mesntime Arst running to the cheval class to ce his halr, and then consuming his 2 st by plecemeal, standing over at a bullet _on which the tray was placed. <% Wihe went to Parla one tling,” he sald, ** everywliere zere was thirteen, 1f [ taok a flncre, 1L was nunbered thirteen; If T looked up at a house, tiirteens it 1 pald for zls or zat, thirteen, Abl 08 fotatity ! nnd it Lrousht Drignoli bad luck.”” As to Friday, the tesor I8 less particular; but still ho rezards the duy with suspicion, und would not make his first an- pearance then. “His pet superstitfon s regurd- ing the virtues of a deer’s head, und for years he never traveled swithout one. He wears n scar! pin madoe fn the shupe of a deer's head, nnd even the Scoteh eap, which Is vart of his cogtume fu * Lucia di Lumermoor,” bears the same fizure on it iznoll never sees u huneh- back without rubbing his humyp, for gmldluvk. *One nlght, at ze Grand Ooera n Parfs," ho eald, **1scen bunchback fn zs crowd us ze peo. ple wera leavine, - He went ver fast, und 1 had to run atter heem, I thought I woald never eateh: but b last I reached heem, and brushed hees hump. “AbI" gald I, 1 bewr your par- don, Mansienr; I took you for a fricnit of mine. Excuse.” Brignol’s departure recalls the fact that he came here [u 1855, having been engaged by Man- rlee Strakosch, nnd sfuce (hen o has madé about §300,000, which he hns spent as freely, The artists who appear at his beneflt are vald, and it tins been his custom to provide a feast for the chorus and orehesira on siinflur oceaslons. For many summers he reskded at Newport, steadily refusiigg to stng even & slorle song 1 public during that time, althouh ho waw once offered 00 to sing @ morceau with Adelina Patt, JTe kent fust horses, including oue stalllun called Guribaldl, andl o team Enown os Black Laura und Janet, which was oace victorlous (n n con- test, **Aceustomed to suceess on the stage,” suld the Purls Mo tewr, recording this ineldent, “Brienoli hos vot been left behind on the race- course.” A friend of the tenor, Mr. Angier, n buritone residing 1u Boston, consented to drive 1he horaes onee on the teack, i constderation of a compostion to be written expressly for him by the artist, Brizuoll hus uull{,: with atl the great artists of the past quarter of o century. He takes nothing for the voleo save quict und” little homeopathic mcedicine, fe does not helleve in speaking much during the day he 18 golng to sing and quotes in support of this the rtlon of a fumous tenor, that * the volun Is like & well—the more you take frowm it the Iesa there s left," Daprez, who was bis master, sald to him onee that 1t would be wise 1o slngs In light operns as Jony os yuulblc, adding that % force wus the lust resort.' On the tenor's fwble ot the Everctt louss were thy photographs of numerous prima donne, “with autogruphic seriptions, igeluding one of Ade- Hna Pattl, % Magquizo do Chux,' und there wers muny cards, fndudine those of Gov. MeClellan, of New derkey, who 1 a friend of bis, wnd of William H, Vunderbilt, On the back of the lat- ter is written: “ Wil Stenor Briguald pleuse sl *tiond-by, Ewectheart, Good-by ? furan encore, und oblige u party of Iriends{” Brignoll produces, with pardonable pride, a photograph of Rossind, framed g0 us to diseloss un fuseription on the baek, which reads: ** Sou- venir de sympathe offert a paon aaillant inters wrete, Dasqualive By guoi, Q. Nossnd, Puassy, 21 Llont, 18007 This presontation was made when Brignoll visited the veteran comnoser st Pusay, 1 company with 8r Michacl Coster, juat after ho had ‘suniz with Adels Pattd jn 411 Harblere® fu Purls, When the tennr tosk his leave he respectfully klssed Rossun’s hand., S Jlow 1" galy the compaorer, *will you not em- brace me, or do you reservo all suchi sulutea for wetty womeni® 8" sald Urignoll, with ampressement, 1 esteem it n ureater honor to om llrr‘nfvc You thun all the pretty women in the workl, Brignoll s o divlomatist—they embraced, white’ Sir Michacl Coster stood by and shed tears at the sueht. [ossing belng tha thirteenth person Hrlguoli ld Gissed tiut day, his death was ouly & question of time, Sucramentn tnjon's Kan Franclen Liiter, ie neatest pleturo [ ocan flnd this weok fs John Chilbaman, who passes to and fro in_holi- day aveay upon the strect with by pot of pre- sorved ginger, bis pound pa of fea, his mess of sugared cocoanut, or watermelon, or lensen ttoue up as a present for some one, The futant hoodlum {n dirt wid rawes hangs upon his SLCDH, bw‘i )F {mpudently for sweetmoats of thwt hated Chinaman who yeaterday was his turs get for mud, tuunts, snd ~ profanity, ‘there s not o speck of soll to-duy unon the white stock- {ngs, the clubbed shoes, " or tho i windded blousg in which Juhn _mukes wod recelves his New-Year's calls. His shinlyz cue, bralded uted eked out with strands of red sitk, dangles, a tempting hondle, to his heels; his head hus o clean, wvew shaves ks are Jong und pollshed s o cat’s claws, ‘fhe Cliness wowea by twos and threes shutlle aloug In gorgeons rulent, ‘Phis ls Fan ‘Purn Lung, who clalmed lust week heforo the cottrt thut Al Toy had caused her sbduction, hud sold Nier Into evil, wil wus the destrover of hier huppiness altogotiier, awd then created cone sternation fu the breasts of all fule-minded per- sons by sweetly 1aking his land wnd peaceably dopurting with hiny next day, Sha {» suiall unil clithby, und has high cheeR-bones that g}xum Mku torches from the effects of the ecarmino with which sbe Lus bedaubld them, Her 1pa ure Mnger-nails | redder than the red red roso from the same, and In bier bamd slo carrics a bright ik handker. chiel. Hlor hair has been atiifencd ':f an oint- ment of glinvings and water, combed and al- Tuwed to dry, It Ia strained back from her fore- head and carrled to the back, where it rpreads cither side In fau-shaped wings, and s further beantified by urnaments of bluc-green, wristlcts of which nlso adorn her arms. Altozether hep effect Is charmiug, nnl editfons of auch vistons ' into the hundredy fn a day aro not extraordl nary. = X THY, PLAGUE. [ S, Danger of the Introduction of the Diseass juto the United Statcs—Kuvages in - tho Pant, s Wasninarox, D, C., Feb, 14.~The following letter was recelved to-day by the Chalrman of, the Scnate and IHouse Committees on Epidemic’ Discases, and will be lald before the Committes at o joint meeting on Monday next: OrricE or Tt BURGEON-GRNERAT OF THN Usiten States Maning HostitaL 8ervice, Wasiinatos, D. C., Fob. 18, 1870,—70 the Hon,® Iriam @, Harris, Chalyman of the Senate Come miltee on_Epidemic Diseases, and the llon. Caxey Young, Chairman of the lowse Commiltes on Ep- idemic Diseares—GRNTLEMEN: Iom constrained to Invite your attention to what I concelve to be a matter of sufliclent Importance to claim thae attention of the Committecs ot Congress on E 1demle Diseases. From the imperfect accoun which come to country of llic provaillng cp- fdemie In the Province ‘of Astrakhan, tiere aeeins to be little room for doubt that the dis- case which has broken out there with such dend- Iy effect 1s the plaguc, o sinrularly fatal {ne fectious discaee, sccompanied by swelling aud sometimes rangrenous condition of the planas of the body, wnd In many respects resembiing malignant iyphus fever. ¥ The account of the outhrenk, which Is gen- crally credited In Earone and {n’ this country, is to the cffect that a Ruesian soldier roturning from the war brought o ehawl with him nnfi gave it to a gliel, who sickencd und died two duys atter from this supposed infection. The disease spread with great fatality. About threo sreeks clapsed before the Russian Government was ofliclally notifled of the facts, nud another week pussed befure uni' measures syere ndopted to cheek its spread. ‘e Russian Goyernment, as well as the people,” aro now thoroughly aroused. Sanftary lives and quarantines have * huen establlglied, und cordons of soldiers have been placed nround the infected villages. LEu- rope i become alarmed, aud commerce with Russtn has been fterdicted except under atrict quarantine rules. but (uspite of the expenditura of wouey und the strong military arm ol the Guverunient the measures of prevention appear to bhave heen too long delayed, and the plaguc la rapldly spreading, Shonld the vlague appear dn the countries of Europe with which the United States has com- mercial [niercourag, thero would be grent danger of the disease reaching our shores. In fuct, the danger cxists ot present through ahips from the Casplan and Black Seas. The latest urrival at New York from the Black Sen was in December Inst. ) Constderable danger may be aporehended from the introductlon of infected cluthing [nto this country, brought by Rlussian emigrants, es- cclally the Mennonites from Southern Russta, arge numbers of whom ship at Liverpool. The Board of yellow-fever expurts were unan- imous (n_opinfon that United States medical officers of health should bo stationed ot Liver- pool und at some point fn the Mediterranean, and that they should be subject to orders to vislt places of ‘outbreak of intectious epidemic discase, so that definite, reliable, nnd promot in- formation may be eriven to the health auvhori- ties of our seaports. Twelve thousand dollars per year would malntain two such medleal ofll- cers nbroad and pay thelr (mvcllu;i CXDEDSCS, and o my opinfon ft would be an investment worthy of o great commercial notion, ‘The peuple of this generation have considered the plague n scourge belonrug only to the past, and a few words In reterence 10 ita former ravages may be of nterest. The great epi- demics of this discaso have followed o8 o sequence to wars in unsanitary countries or to ereat religious pligrimages. plague pre- vailed in earllest historle times. The fiest epl demic of which we have any definite record ou- curred nearly 8,000 years ago, in the time of David, Next s the ereat placue which com- menced 767 years before Christ, which Is sald to have spread over the whole world, The epl- demie which commenced {n the time of Justin- fnn, 541 or B2 vears befure Cnrist, s sald to have “nlmost consumed mankind.” It comnenced In Eryot and spread to all parts of the ~ then known world, “making destruction ite only business, und sparing nelther fslnl, eave, nor top of mountaln where mankind fnfiabited,” Whea tha pestllence was at its hight {n Conatantinople ns many a8 10,000 peristied In o day, so that the dead Iny without hurying. Procopius compares the number who -perislied to the sands of the sea, Another general epldemic of the plague prevabled in the year 480 B. C., and was vspes clally severe In Athiens, During the Christlun era the plague has trequently visited Europe with great futality, uuequaled by any othee cpldemle discase, 1t Is estimated that there were forty-flve epldemics of the plague varing the seventeenth century, Fourteen of these are referred-to Holland und twelve to England. T one which oceurred fn Londaen in the year 1 was 08 terrible ns the great five of 1 whicl put natop 1o its ravages, The Jowost estimate of deaths in London alone in 1005 is givon s H00. In the present century the plazue has ocenrs red chiefly In the countries of the Lower Danubes and the Block Sea. ‘The lnst opidamle in West- ern Burope geeurred at Marseilles and vieinit 1020 and 1921, cauging the deaih of 200, peaple. The samo vear [t provalled (n the Isl- und of Majorlea, Europe has been Iree from the plague since 1841, avd It has not accured {n Aslatfe Turkey since 1813, nor 1 Egypt since 18H, In 1838 and 1850 the plague provalled among the Arabs fn the viclulty of Berrazl, n seaport of North Afrlen. In 1857 ou epldemia oceurred fu Mesopotamla, und one lu, Perslan Kurdistan in 1571, ‘These aro bt o few instances in the long cat- alozue of the swift destroyer of human Hfe with whiel we mn;’ have to deal. Viewed from our present standpoint, 1t may bu said that winle on the aue hand the improved conditions of vine which prevall mnovg the Chrlstlan nations mulkes them better able to control the plague, oa the other hand the increased fuclllties for comnercs and trayel which steam has brought about In- crease the dunger of {ts spread. I am, gentles men, very respectfully sours, Joun M. WVoonwonri, Bnb;l.'c(iw(]cnerul United States Mariue llmn‘;llnl ervlee, ——— Quinlue, Kew York Tiner, ‘The alkallne substance known as quinine, note withstunding its universal use throurhout civille zatiun as o powerful tonle und remedy fn inter- mittent and remittent fevers, has been discove ered less than sixty yeors. To Pelletier, tho French chemtat, noted for observatfon und unalvais, belongs the honor of thy discoverv, for which the Acudemy of Sclouces awarded blin u orize of 10,000 frauces. Quinine has boen much employed recentlv ns o prevervative of health when the systom s exposed Lo certain noxlous influences. ~ Ita valito as a prophylactic 1s 80 gzenerally recomuized that fn vur own wnd | other navies quinine I8 regularly adminlsrered whon ships are within a given distance of the fever-infected consts of Afrien. It has not been found eMective ngulnst ol forms of intermit- tent fover; and the phyeician in - medieal charge of Livingstone's Zambesl expedition fuvored rim i proference, Procured from the yellow hurk of thut varlety of the dnchona trea known as calisuyu, it iv to be had only in Bolivia und the sdjoining Peruviun Provines of Cava- buya, altboueh the general Impression {s that {t comes cxclusively from Peru. e forests in which the callsaya tree 13 ore ten to twelvo miles! Journey from inhabited places, ‘They ure ponetruted by componies of Cascarillos, men who maks au_encunpiment, and roam through the regfon fetling trees and eatherlug the bark, which Is sent to” Atrien, and thenco shipped to Furape s this country, The medivine vom- maonly taken 1 such quantities fn the West and Sonth Is the suiphate, or properly the disulphate, of quiniue, sl consists of onu cquivalent of sul- phuric ucid, two of quinine, und clight of water, ———— 3 A Change In Funoral Fashlons, _ New Yark Qiereapondence Tray Timies. v The graduul chania In mortusry customs faa matter of occasional notice, For severnl years the floral fushion continued to {nereuss until o reuchied o climox ot Stewart's funeral, e ox- nengs ol decorating thu cotlly, with other dise Pluvs eultable to that occasion, was 810,000, This excess brought an fmmediato reaction, aul sluce then towers for nortuary pirpuses nave almost fullew out ot use, Another feature In . funceals ks the choleo of ovenlng as the timy of service, ufter whicl the yemains ure taken awny Jur futerment, 'Vl escort to she Emve on sucis © ocensions i3 Hinited to the sinalleat vuwmter that may be required, It woutd be well if another poiint could be broughe anto fushion,—that i3, ay - ubatement i disptay ol wodring which i deed were i Sconsummation. devenilv g by wished" The muunz depression |3 serlous) felv pptonz the undertaiers, Woo tind, ft-veey | ditifeult to make collectous. clnziigg in thele poliey, sl stead of e COMBIE EXPensve TUNCTES Hiy alvtee 1oy contrary, Wilead B v of Kuowa wesity. ‘Tlsts arises srom e sbuve-ineutloned. diffjealyy o pesting thelr pay woeneyer the bith eams an exceasive amount: Lot o red coat of wourning lullow uud the pu;, be sluw L0 ackuawicdgy thy velluf,. 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