Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1879, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE:, WEDNESDAY. MARIO. - How He Camo {o Bea Profession- al Tenor, Ho Had Abandoned the Bia Life After ‘ Stage. Te was announced 9 fow days ago, and subsa- quentiy dented, that Marto, the once-celebrated tenor, had become insane, He having tha been Drought ngaly Into public notice, some detalls of As carcor will doubtless prove interesting, Ho entered the Miltary Academy of ‘Turin when 11 years ots distingulshed Iiinself there; and front 1829 to 1830 was on the stuff, (ret of ils father, the Marchese Slefano, Gen. de Candia, who was Governor of Nice, wud then of Gen. do Matstre, who wrote “Un Voynge autour de.ma Cliambre.” At this time Marto ands number of his brother ofllvers were ardent mem Vers of the Young ttaly party. Que day ho re- eelved a sudden inftmatlon that he must start on the moment with dispatches for Sardinia. * ‘This order led to his > « ABANDONMENT OF 1118 MITATARY CAREDM. Ifo hos blinself given the detalls of the whole matter tn the followtye words: “My father boing ordered to Genoa, whera he also filled the post. of Governor, I followed him thither, still fn the same capacity, When at Genoa I was suspected of assoctattiyg with those who were politically oveused to the Coy. ernment, and was in consequence deputed to catry dispatches to Sardinia, ‘This being evi- dently a pretest to get rht of me, T protested, aud was nnxious to appeal to the King, Carlo Alberto, agatnst what 1 cotstdered an Indienity pubupon me. However, thy Marchese Poohtec! showed mo the general order und the note © affixed to it, aceordlus to whiel, If the Lieuten- unt objected to the duty, he was to cousktler Shtmsclf ‘nt the disnoral of the Cleneral ty com- mand—which, In faet, was coutyalens to my “boing placed tnder arrest. “Tn spite of the advite of my goutl friend, the Marquis, I sunt in my vapers to the authori: ties, and m x DRCIDED TO EMNARK Yor BrAIN. It being sine tine before the. prevaraltons * for my departure could be made, Thad to eon ecal myself in Genva, whieh, thanks to the 1s- + sistance Of a youu fady to who E was much utiached, 1 euceersfully necompiished for a month, At the expiration of tint thine f tool passage on board wehoat bound for Morseilles, utendine to procecd then to Spain. On arriv Sig at Morsellles nai waking myself known to. the authorities, 1 was received with the greatest hospitallty, aud strongly advised not to continue nity journey ag 1 tte , butte make my way 3 to Paris, which udylee [ tutlowed, 1 retained in Parla but a atiort time, and ius persudded to Joln a party gol to Lindon “Belng well acquainted with Admiral Meld- Ing's fannty, throurh tient [was introduced to the Duke of Welllugton, Suil_ anxions to visit Boaity, E avked the Duke to plye me some facill- ty for so dung, Ele assured me it was a eoune try in which Tehould muke no proterees; that ite more enercy L displayed the niure exenties » Tshould make; and that the only thing 1 could + hope for there with uny certainty was a coup do dus. Time parsed away, and with {tall ny 4 money, until atlast I found myselt without auy nicahs of support. 1 then resolyed 70 G0 TO AMERICA, and sectired acabla on Lonrd ao eailing-versel etarting from the Thames, baying with gomu dif- culty manuged to Kerapo together £40 to pay the age. A week Lerore the slp was to gail Bi Tell ill. “Lind to ab untou the den of golng to America, nnd, whit wos worse. tO forfelt th a Durlig this iNuess ib experienced t) profondeur of English bospitity, aud wi 3 trented Itke a brother by those with whem Thad % the good Inck to become acquainted, I was # ureed to gu to Paris to consult ihe doctors, anil ae wits token there by one of my Engitsh friends xq in dita traveling eatriave, ts ih Parts [improved th health, and made the “acquaintance of the Marquia Agitona, then the director of the two theatres—the Opera and the. agatheatee des ttallene, 1 was nls jatinate with #& the Prince Belgiojozo, with whom J used to ane Haduets un atmateur. My. tnnuelal, clreumstances, however, became so serious What Tata’ indi known to the Prince, who insisted wron MY TURNING MY REAL ABILITIES TO ACCOUNT. » This was at first very obnoxious tome. { Jooked forwird to a very dilierent career fro wf that of an artist, whieh I then thought uumaoly q und ttuaulted .to my tastes, But the Prin q would not Isten to my objections, aesurlag me » that, were tt not for family considerations, be would, 111 aplle of tis social position, fo himself upon the staze. He spoke to the Marquis Axuado on my behalf, nud obtained for mo an engagement tor threo years, For the first year, which was to be passed in study, £ recelyed 11,- 000 franca, for the sceunt) 0, unt for the third 45,000 francs. Kor the frst six. months L was placed under the tuition of Meyerbeur, whom ! dally visited, “No composer. that. ever lived took stich paths with lis work ‘as Meyer: beer, and of this Chad frequent opportunities of Judgiys while study tinge wlth him? Meyerbver prolonged his stay in Parla eleht saree + & 1 recat yer SPs. 8 months to drill hin tuto ils role uf fud- i ertle Viable ail Founy Eltsier taught himto 3 walle the beards, Concerning Funny Elisler, & and : M18 PINST APPEARANCE ON THE STAGy, hohas suid: “F never aball forect her goodness, Dancers generally have braitts only in thelr feet, but she wasn wonian of creat infellizence. She beran by carieuturing the way E walked, and taught Ine tore thon uny one cla, On the 14th of +; December, 1833, FE inude my first appearance, 1 ind no fear about my volee, but L felt as it 1 were nt out to aseend the seaffont, 1 then fully understood what must be the feeling of a 6. Uteal prisoner goiig to exeention, und the struggle he has to make to bear himself like a snun of courage and agentionan, When f before the foutliizhts I felt oa if Ll were wader the futlucnes of fearful nfeht- mare, saw nothing but a. multitudes of yce—ayes erywhere, 1 was sutccesstil; bit then, you kuow, the house was Qed with ny frionda. ‘They were thers to give meu hand to rise, unl towed my success to them, And then ngain [was spledeidly supported: Levas- Bonr sang the partofl Heértraud (which Meyer: beer had written for bin), Doras Gras thit of gtlicg mul Mile, Neatix that of the J’rincess, Fanny Etlsler wag the Abbess," Ju the spring of 1839. HE CAME OUT IN LONDON + 4h the part of Gennaro in “Lucrezia Borel,” the other charucters belng sustained by Urlsi, Jablache, Tamburint, “and, if 1 remember rightly,” soya Mario, “Marietta Brambilia, It Was mh great success, certufuly; but then, yout know, It was the frat time Lucrezia' waa sung at Her Majesty’s; then there was the romance abouc my past. To ohad known many of the, heat” fundies in London when” 1 was thero oo year betore, and society had more to do Jn austulning my frat ap- pearance in London than ahysmerita of my un. You must remember that Rupint was still + deservedly held in great estdem. No, 1 never > gang in Jtaly nor in Germany, Thad’ promteed any bruthier, who beeume Gen. de Candia, that 1 Would never uppedr on thu fallan stage! A correspondent who vtaited Mario i: Naples leat Junie, wave the following account of ‘THE GREAT TENOR AND MLB AURTOUNDINGS at thine tim yy Alurla lives in the Corso, not far fram the Mazza del Populo, Mf you call upow him he- tween the mattha of May and November he will recelvo you Ina spacious sulte of rooms, a verlea of sulons, elegantly, if not luxurlously furnivbed, ‘Tie walls ary covered with piint- dngay chiefly portrotis of dis Ininily.—his father, Ws mother, he children, Crish ‘There are busts in marhla aid in bronze of Criet and of hia children, Ju took the house Years aga, when rents had risen to fabulous piteee, and cunniig bandtords would ouly let ou rue: leasea, Ho must keep It on or relet It far half he pays, When he was obtlged to admit the strunger within his walls he took ail hls lares down into three little rouims—once the servants? roona—on the cntresol, and a fourths on the kround Hour, Into these yur mua pen- ctrote If you canto {tnd out what munter of mon Marla is, You might have bean wequmnt= ed witty hi for iwenty years, Mying ina hand- some upartment with “pluity of money in his bucket, and till havy fatledto discover the full extent of lis attalumnents, is. intellectual needs und etrivinge, and uw Httle inore thin a part of the mechanteal formation of the mon ‘Was the yoicu whieh made thu famous. If you Went by chance ifto the rouma he tow: gccupics, hot kuowiny who lived in them, YOU WOULD HB PUZZLED to make out whether the inhabitant was o stu- dent, w sculptor, a pater, a wusichin, a cub Retmaker, o woud-curver, or 80 archwotorlat, or Wautber fiideed you had not been trauslated inty. un Quixute’s eunetum, Tako the nuiddle-reoin 5 itis tWwelve fect square. A tuble und o chule vlaced sideways by tt atamd In the centro—an old pattored armchair with bigh back, the only available seat Inthe room. ‘There ary books tee +) ‘Those that ie open on ihe table ie uf the forgotten Tangiues, Ktriscan capes clally, Vor the rest; one notices 2 bux with well- Used colortubes und bruslies, some pailecs, } autovriptis, Mumber of bottles and varntatier, and piamonts, gimnlets, screwdrivers, modedling-tools, notes a! fovitutlan, “visitors! carda, and ctgar-boxes, Around the Apyartinent. heaped up on the floor aalnat the walle, on noms plain d shelve: ‘pun achest of drawers, filed all of them with are hiindreds of dusty vole une portfottas of prints and © dravw- {nye ami pleees of old armor, On te walla are hanging plaster caste of hands nnd fect from the life, cketches i olls “and water- colors, tobaeen-pipes, and all kind of artsy hot stage properties; those and le costumes MF PANTHD WITH LONG AqO, In ono corner there fs a modeling stool, with a Httle bust ty progress npon ite mut behind it stand some Janves and tong bawa. ‘The Nttle bed in acorter is overlaid with portfoltos, and sumetlines he bina ta toss the mattress over t6 find the prints which he wants lying beneath ft. he rovm on the ground fluor, to which you alittle dork stairensa barely Uitea is the workshop where Marlo does bis cobinet-makiys and cirving,—where he converts sotne old Wouden fluted eotumns {ito a imantel plece reaching up to the celllus for one of the rvame in the plana nobdile above, produces a handsome piece of furniture out of eume carly renaissance carved nnd gilt consoles, or makes anything else he wants, from plain bookshelves lo that pretty éarved letter-box on the inside of the warkshop door, Whieh opens on the elde of the entrance hall fram the street, ALL US MUBIC— the works of more than 100 masters, and many English mimbered aneng them—ties piled on the floor of the third Atel room above hts foin- e's shop, and fils the greater part of it. *7 have never had time,’ ead Marto, ‘to arrange tt sinve I came down here; but now Tam goin to, send it to my native town of Cagiinel 'Lhey have founded a thusieal club there, and patd ine the compliment of calling tt Mario" inatead of putting oll thls muste fa order, 1 shall getrid of a tisanee, atl have the credit of elvis & present at the same tine.’ ‘The only part of his strangely-crowded quarters Where voorder existe ds that devated to ts co-i Jectlon of works om musie. He bas long ind att iden of prepuritic a bistory of niu. duit an idea tt remains, though he commenced to collect tunterials for the pirpere years ayo. He rane sucked the Hbrary of the British Miusenn, copy. Ine mainy curious exanioles of antique seores nd andent plees, Me collected old MS, mnie tll the eountrica he visited. Than oltl Mase-book he picked in at Toledo he found th orkut setting of the ‘Last Rose of Sum- mer? * ‘ “As you rea Marlo eftting at the opposite, aide at Morteo's, you world: never think lie lind knowns moment's troupe, If you could ob- tain the entree in Roa soclety, yor will cons stantly meet hin in that in whiel he was born, ever Welcome, ever strrounded by the younger nen? CAPT. NAT GORDON. Av Old Ban-af-War's-Man Sping tho Yarn of the Capture of tho Slave Ship Erie, Capt. Gordon, by the United States Steamer Mohlean, Capt. Gordon, To the Tilitor of ‘The Trinunes Cutesco, Mareh 82.—[ hope you will be kind cnough to vive these few Hnes.a place in your paper, Trendan articde in Tin Trpuxn of the 20th coneernlay Capt. Nat Gordon's capture and his doings at the thie that ts nut altogother rivht. I belonged to the man-of-war at the thug of the capture, In the first place, Capt. Gordon did not conmand the brig ‘Friton, 03 stated, atthe time of his capture, but he com manded a full-rigged ship by the name ot Erle. Inthe eecond place, he ald nol throw the eareo overboard, as stated. Wo captured the whole thing, and got our prize-money for ft in S62, Tu the third place, ft was not the man-of-war Constellation that captured her, np stated s it waa the United States steam sloop-of-war Mo- hican, or the “blhck-sneak.!? as the Rebels called her at the battle of VPort Royal, & C., and commanded by United States Capt. 8, W. Gordon, of Philadelphia. A write this letter so that the public may know the truth, wd give the rlght of the cap- ture to the right parties. Sviar as the capture, we did not have much trouble In taking the Erie. We slhted the ship in the morning early. It was one of those fine morulige with a very Heht breeze, such 2s. you will experience on the coust of Atriea, in the Sieihborkuod-of-Gonyga ttiver. Aliant Sp'elock we were up to her within hailing distanee, but they would not stop. su we gave them ond of ournine-ineh rifle shote serosa the bow, at] ean tell you, sir, that made them stop, ‘They knew then tit we meant bustneas, You could seo the men running tu the braves to haul the yards aback, and the pian at the wheel put it hard atin! an let the shia cotne up to the wind. Ina moment she waa stopped, and we were not Jeng in getting close up to her. So we sent a buaton beard of ter with two officers and a erew or thirteen men weil armed, So suon 98 one ollleer vat on board of ner he stationed our men so ns to toke fult charge in ease any of her amen should do anything contrary Lo” orders, while the other uilleer Went dowi ln thy cabin te look at the ship's papers, ‘The hutehes were wl pubon and guards put fn the bold te keep the negrues still, ft was not long before{aur ofticer camo up out. of Wie cabin aud) ordered our imldstlpoian and crey to take full churge. th the mesn-. tine he made signals te our ship for anuiher armed bont’s crew. Our men went to worl and tuok the hatehes off, aad what a eich there was. Avs sounas the batches entne aff, the negroes. commenced howling ad clapping thelr bunds, They knew at once they were going to be eayed, —at least f think so. Tt wisn fearful sight to Jouk at.—sometiitng similar te the hogs eoming div on the railroad, Xv soo ns our other boat got alonestde of her, Capt. Giordaa, mate, und crew were artered to vo fi that boat and goon board of otr ship for exmulnation, ‘They were nll marched aft on the quarterdeck to our Conmmander. Lau tell yor, sir, they wore a fing set of ineny—at mixture uf every nation, from Norwegian to nw Greek. All of them that clalmed to be American elt zens were sent back along with ther Captain ant annle ait board of the Erle and putin fromay the rusk of the crew, tour of them snipped with us, and the rest were sent on shore at thelr own request. ‘The ship) was properly manned, Dy officers ad crew frou the Mohicau, tnd then sent on her way to land tne negrovs nga, wid from there to New York, Aud that. wus the Jast erulag that Capt. Gordon made on the cost of Africa after bineks, , ‘The okt slilp Erie, once o slayer, was doin good Governinent servies In the Rebelllon, She Was IItted ott iuto a store-ship for the navy, As soon os he wut to New York he {{iurdor) turned hig back on the good old fag that had ad hyn What lie was, to July bis comrades in gray. Mr, Editor, I hopo you will obfize an old man of-ware-tuan of nite years services in the United States Navy, and” now a citizen of Chile cana, by publishing the foregolnz. L remain your obedicaut servant, 1.M, Epsionsen, ——— Clumber House, + Naw York Purr, Of Clumber Honse, the country seat of tha Duke of Newenstle, whleh bus Just been de- stroved by fire, un emincut Engitaly architect bas ahd (hit tt combraces magniticesce and cou fort more than any other uoblaman’s manston it En aly With, \echave, the slugle exeuption of the Duke of Weatninstet's new house, near Chester.” ‘hls minusion covatsted of three Dburta, two wings and a iad building, that ia to suinethiing like dhe Capitol ut Washington, The ventral part, the part destroved by fre, faced a Ane artical lake, and was ornaniented wath a very [isin Jonlecolonuade, wate bad a pleasing efte this centett part was the brary, the ‘outn, thestate dining. room, the Duke and Duchess! bedroom, and the Duke's study. All these apartinents were gletly furnished, and the most valuable’ paintings nung on the walls, ‘The Library was espectully rich Ina ehasen collection of foreiun and clase sical Jiterature, Among other valuables, the Dulce's bedroom contalucd an iuimaense vellum pedigree ol the tamby. The grand drawing. rount contained a capital portrait of Renttrandt, by hineelf; also, patatiogs by Sayders, Claudu Lorraine, Caaugtlone, Peniers, Yau Dylie, Hen bens, Bacetil, Salvator Rusa, und Michael Anue- lo. Mut tho greutust wary ot Clumber was the atate dining-room, ‘This marruftlccnt apartment was GO feet ta Jeneth, 84 In breadth, wick Mb da Wight, It was sulllelently Jarge ta accommo: date 200 ab table, Fne cellluge nid panels wero extremely rll in stuceo und gliding, and there wus agrand mirble chiginey-icce and steel erate of exquisite woltmanship. ‘The ortia ments of (his august apartment vonsisted of BeVeD palutings valued arony gt $225,000, How an Ugly Butlet Was Removed from the Neck of y Noted Deapurada, ‘ denerson Cty (Minn) daurnsl, On tho List uf Bepteraber, lod, the Younger brothers, now safely lodged in tie Penttentlury an thls city, were captured Ina large clump uf bushes nut fur trom the Villagent Madelta, by a. posse of teven mien, after a nevere hatt-to-laind: cucounter, foewhiclt bio of the roubdera were kilted apd Jim Younzer nevercty wounded by wy oblong bullet trom a wecdie-200 In the tals of Cant. Tb. Vout, who wes studing within ten fectot hla when he fea, ‘The bullet split bis upper Jip, carded away the right lait of thy jaw and petetratiog the bavk part ut thu throut, where it ja supposed to buve purued upon “the omuxillary “bone, lodisiys fa ine award the Confessor and hts Queen. murclea of the baek part. of the thront, where it has been ever since, For along time past he has tot, baen ntile to-do any work whatever, and it wens thourit he would necea: However, Inst Munday. the prison Beit, made an ineiston iy the roof of his trontit to whero the billet lay, but. found ft firmly im- bodded fn the mitseles, and, it was thought. at- tached ton piece of bong, A day or t4o passed in the mast Intense pain and avony, whet Hos- Pital-Stewurd Clark, ab the earnest request of Younger, made an examination, aud with prop- er iuttraments proceedul to cnrefulty separate {he nnuscles from the ragged aud battered bul- tet, without doting ore enitiiy, as It lay hear the salivary glawl and deep muselss of the throat, which rendered It a dent ince to work. A portion of two daya was spent in this manier, when last. Thursday the bullet Was rately dislodged, much to the joy of the sufferer, who is greatly relieved, ail whose prospcels of reeovery are wow goo, The bul fet woutd wndouhtedly have slouehed off In Une, but its earsy removal bas relieved him of an imimense amount of Intense sufferiug ho would have bad to undergone had ft been left to work ite own way out, Sim bore wn tinder the tedious operation bravely, withaut the ae of any alimulant of tuvillefne, kaya Vint $100,000 would. be no temp taton to have the gl? thing returned to the place ft has ovcupted jor su tong. ‘The buitel, which 13 ut present In our porsea- siow, ts twisted, battered, und creaged out of any deserioable shape, aml fs the property of Steward Clark, to whoin {t was given by Yuung- cr, ag the one most entitled to it, It isa yalu- able curiosity. RELICS OF ROYALTY. Tho Ancient Regalin of England, Pat Malt Qaretta, Some interesting correspondence recently ap- peared ubont stmndry royal or natfonal colice- tons of plute, zemé jewels, nnd the lke, which were Lurued Into moncy or otherwise disposed of by the King or the Parllament during the Creat Rebellion, More particularly one of the writers who contributed to the discussion jn- vite) attention to what he appears to regard ag a newand Important plecu of doctnuntary evidence bearing on the destruction of the an- elent regalia of Engiaut, by order of the VParlianent, after the deeapttation of the King, It ocenrs smong the iniscellancous manuscripts, now In the British Museum, of George Vertue, the engraver (from whosa papers, by-the-by, Moraca Walpolo jrot almost. all the materials for lis Ancedates of Patnt- ing"), and ft consists of a catalogue of crowns and seeptres, swords, and many other corona Hon accessories, which were seized at the Tower und Westminster Abbey, demolished, and sold fn 1640, Such a eatalogie would bo excecdingly curious and valuable were ft original, or hitherto unknown, But what it svems really to be {3 an‘imperfect and by no monns careful extract from n record which line been frequently priuted, {1 whole or fo part, und which {s/ niore or tess. fully quoted in every or nearly every bools on partleular curo+ nations, or vorunations generally, that has’ be published in this country during the current century at least. In the old time, as all the world knows, Fd- ward tho Confersor stood In mutch the came re- Iation to the Reraiiof Englund as thot in urreon, whieh Charles the Great stood to the Regalia of 5 the Emplre and of France, The Rea Dean Staniey save th his “+ Atemorlals of W tinater Abbey,? "were strictly Anglo-Saxon by thelr traditional names; the crown of Alfred or St. Raward forthe King, te crown of Edlth, wita of the Confessor, for the Queen.” From the reign of Hdward the Confossor 1a the reign of Hency VILL the Regalia was kept in the Treasury ot Westminster Abboy, ‘The cunre anslip of them was eecured to the abbots aud mnonks by their orkginal charter, agi theirs eessorg, the Dean and Chapter, continue to per- form eertaln services at coronitions whith are the survivlug and attenunted — fuel- dents of their ancient and extinct -privi- lees, After the Reformation the Regain wore divided between the Abliey and the Tower, the mure costly of them beings sent tothe Lower, the security of str my rather (han consecrated walls boing proferred,. And so they: remained distributed wotll tacy were floatly made away with, Deaw Stantey, fidecd, saya, Hut the Jarger part” of them were kept, ot the Abbey wil the time of the Commonwealth, whet (in 1043) they were broken to qpleties Butt, in the first place, there was' no“ Cominonwealth in 10425 fu the second place, there: ts proof posi- tive ihat many of the Regalia were not “broken to pieces” hetore 10405 und, fn the third place, Dean Stanley afterwards contradicts lla own statements on this yaint in the following terme, Tle says that “in July, 1043, toot place the only aetual desceration tu which: the Abbey was exposed; "and on that soceasion the doors of the Trensury, Whieh: down to that. time had been kept by the Chapter, were toreed open, that an inventory of what was to be found there inight be presented to the Monae of Vom. mons. ftenry Marten (such tas the story) had been fntrusted with the welcome task, wid Eu. gland has never seen a eeremaby so uearly ap- pronching to the revolutions of the Continent us when the stern enthusiast, with the maticlons humor for whieh be Was noted, broke open the huge fron chest in the ancient chapel of the “frousury, and dragged out the crows, seeptre. sword, and robes consecrated by the use of G00 years, mid put them on George Wither, the poet, Sho (necurding to Anthony Wood), bel thus erowned and royally urrased, first marched: about the room’ with a stately garb ant afters wards with a thousand apish und ridleulaus ace tlons, exposed those sacred ortainents to cou- tempt and tuuehter,? iS asThe Mats ure interesting to sntiquaries, and contain a number of tie reputed relics of Ed- There 1s first © Qavena Edilth's erowne, formerly thought to be of inassy could, but upon tefall ‘found to be of silver ellt, enriched with wurnetts, foulo poarle, eapphires, and some odd stones,” valued at 21h only. Next comes “Klug ‘Alired’s crown of gould wyerworke, sett with alight stanes ail two Tttle boll," valued at £213 10, which was clearly a very uneient crown. Ant It ig pretty manifest that it was the one cenlled by Spellman, in his “Life of Alfred the Great.” “ the antientest crowne there 14% at the Abbey. Alter the crowns ure enutnerated = two geeptres, one “ata of black und whito fvory, with a dove on the top, with bindlog and foote of gould,” and the other “silver gilt, with dove, furinerly thought gould; 9 “large gtafl, with a dove on yetop. formerly thought to be all gould, but upon trish found te be the lower part wood within aud eliver git without; an 4 small stall with a flour do Juco on the topp, formerty thought to bo all of gould, but upon trial found to by all of gould, but upon trial found ta be fron within and silver gilt withouty? snd a scuptre “sett wilh pearies ind stones, the upper end gould, the Jower end afiver.” Afterwards ure entered “one allver spuune silt? and “one pafre of astlver gilt epurtes,”? the whole being duly reported broken und defaced," and vale ae at abort £600. Then wo havg “three swords with seabbarda of cluth ut could,’ that fs, the sword of mercy und the two sworils of Justice, spleiual aud temporal,—whleh giay haye becn coluparatively: modern swords of ceremony, or ity also hayes been “the sword with whieh Kia Athelstane cut through the rock at Dunbary the sword of Wayhind Smith, by which Henry TL was leulzhted, Wie sword of ‘Tristan presented to John by the Enmperor,""—three swords whieh Dean Stuuley says were preserved fn the chapel of the Pyx at Westintnster, At all eventa, what ever théy were, tiey were valued at 4), or £1 eae, Accompanying them were 4 ony erlingaon taffaty robe, yery old 3” and “oag robe fuced wlth gould Jace,” valued at 103. each; “one Jivor cutird sili robo, very old and worth nothings! “ote robe of crlingon buTAty eurce- nett,” valued nt Sa.3 “ane patra af buskiis, cloth of eilyer, and silver atackings, very afd," valued wt 23, Ode; one patra of shocs of cloth of gduld,” yalucd at 253 “ore pate of gloves em vrodrid with gould,” valued at Is.3 und “one old goinbe of borne, worth nothing.” Wo may relleét what this cheap Jet—only £1105, Ga— would probably have fetched under the hammer ofa judieuns und frsitunable auctionver in this age of “collecting” and curiosity hunting, Mukiag a Vislon Tre New York sun, March 2 Tho young wits of Wiltinin schwartz, of G1 Fiizabeth street, just beture her deat in dana last, called her husband to her bedside and toll bln that she lad dreamed of cutering thely bed> room to cull him to breakfast, ane tiiding him dead On the flour, with blood streams irom a wound In bis temple, and a pistol near hla right hand. She gave a grapbleaccount of her dream, and he was mucu linpreased by it, ‘He was lying, aid alts toa frend, “upon Ifa back, purtlally dressed, fa frome of the wire ror, its watte abirt bosom was bespattercd, with bivad, wit a pool ut blued surrounded his peat on the flour. ‘The platul was pepe bla rant ware, ‘i Behwartz became despondent after ber death, and often epqke of her strange drew. Yester= day morntiy his housekeeper, Duca Stoltz, went to his room, the sume In which tis wife had dled, to call hiat to breckfast. She found dim betory the mirror, brushing the hale from tls temples. Te was parnally dressed, hava on luis trougers and siippers, “aud a spatieus white plirt, Sho asked him tf he wor cresalny to toake ae fle replied that he would go down to the breukfast-tuble after a little while. A few minutes atterward, tie jepurt of a pfstul was heard in his room, On opening the door the honsetiold found Schwarts Iving on his back. 1s white abiet-frone was apattered with blood. Abuilet-hote was fn bis right temple. from whieh the blood was flowing, and a revolver was lying neae his right Nand A was as Mrs. Kebwartz had dreamed, a amie nn WASHINGTON SOCIETY, The ‘ongreasional «Situation Irotiable Length of the Hesslon=Tho Uaughty Queena of the XoatheBirthpinecs of C Rressmen—Carpot.agKerk— Sonthern male ClerkseFanuey-Drow DParty=Private Theatricals=Mri darley’s Wasx.Worka Pedestris ‘etiicuntsesHow the Chil- bene LiveeTho Japanese Diplomate and Thele Britiekh Mentor=The Nathonat Mu- senpe nnd Its Treastires=The New Natlon= al Observatory=Lobbylng = Stur-Gazers— Tho Neault of » Change of TrowerseThe CameronmOUllyer Senndal-Ben Butier, tn Mis Glory—About the Ex's. Snectat Correspondence of The Tribune. Wasitxatos, D, C,, March 30—Society fa at astandatill. ‘There aro passages In Homer's “flind ? which show the mala movement of the drama in auspense, while the struggle between twu promincnt combatants ts belng declden. Crecka and ‘Trojans aro painted by that une- qualed hand awalting with breathless interest a successful atroke of the aword, a lucky throw of the javelln, or the slipping of a foot on the part of one or other of the champions, And fora tne the fate of Tray, the wrongs of Menelaus, the beauty of Paris,—all things, Ine deer, arc lost to sieht und absorbed fn the over- powerlag excitement of the duel. THM CONGHRASIONAL. SITUATION isa very effective earicature of such a Homeric epleode, ‘The progress nnd the proaperity of the country awalts, to nll appearatiees, the ean tests between Cunyresslonal cladfutors, Society is, of courae, represented in the crowded rate lerica, and Northern blondes rival Southern brunettes in applauding thetr respective cham- plone, but they unite In voting that this Kate of ausponse is uncudurable, What they want to kuow fr, HOW LONG WILL THR SE281ON LAST? and thus far no one hus been nble to solve the conundrum, ‘The “bubble, bubble, toll and trouble of the Democratic caucus eouldron has kept society Ina simmer, for ua one ent make any pleas. If the wives of rural Con- gressmen are to be hero during the spring and early summer, they must have new bonnets und new dresses, but, If wo are tu have a chort ses- slon, what they are now wearlye will be jrood enough forhoine-wear, Meunwhile, these ladies find Washington o deal pieasanter than. their village flresides, and they alihope that the ad- Journment will not come unttl dune, Ofcourse they pay dally ylalts to the Capitol, and LISTEN TO THE DENATES with marked interest. 1t1a expecially refresh- {ng Co witness the delight with whieh the Souths ern Jadics, who are all pollttcians, witness the Convressinen from thelr scetlon, ‘These gentle- men, with ahauchuness al arroganes whieh recalls Mr. Dombey, alfect to Jook down upon ihe Republicans with a maguiileent. superiority: whieh {s wonderful to bebold, while theie Nortl- ern allies rival Pecksuiff, Ujat most aelf-tumil- fated of mortals, in their ase etal attentions tu * the governing race.” dt ls realty sad that thes MAvGgUTY queens'oF THE SOUTIE have often to witness the, humiliation of thetr champions, especially in tue Seunte. But the ablest among them writes wher Conkling strikes him with his keen shutta of sarenatle cyn- {eistn, or when Biniue charges into the debore Hike oue of thelr Black Moree cavalry, or Ede niinds gives bin a dash. pl vitriolle virulence wilhont exvecding the bopnds of parliamentary decorum, felts really tagdysd thatthe victors, just ag they begin to eujyy, the spotls, ehould be badgered, and tormented, yud ealied te account by the minority. rhe. TUN KNOW-NOTHING DOCTRIND of five-and-twenty yourstdxo, that citizens of forgin birth would tn thnetule the Republic, 16. not proven by the prexéit Congress, In the Senate we have dones of¥lorida, an Trishoan by birth; Beck of Kentovky, a cainy Brot, who was born in Dunitrivastitres amd Jones of Ne- vada, who ts a nnitve of Hevefordstire, England, but whe ls essentiatly Welen, In the Hote there are tia Enzilsh-vortiJoyee of Vermont and Hrlgza of New Hamfishtre 3 and teu natives of Erin's aweet isle, —O'deltn of New York aud O'Brien of Brooklyn. Hmany has four Rep resentath leflihan of | ville, Ind., was born at Albig Rhein, Else; Morse of Bustoti, was horn at Wachenhely, Bavaria; Muller of New York, was buen tne iraudt Duchy of Luxembourg; and Poohieto Henderson, Minn, was burt at Lippe-Detinol(t: TUM ENTIRE GEORGE DELNGATION, two Senators nud ning Representatives, are natives of tlie State, out penerally there [sa deal of carpet-bagying, .,luth of the Indiana Senators, for exatuple,jyera born ia Butler County, Oblo, and of tha diurteen Indiana Rep- resentatives, Browne, Alyers, Calkins, and Cowell are natives of Ohlu, Beknell wid Orth of Pennsylyanla, De LaMutyr and Baker of New York, and Hellman of Germany, leaving four who were born in ty, State which they rep- regent, : VIRGINIA, THE MOTHRIt OF PRESIDENTS in days pust, has a Boudly Melevalion of her sons in the Senute. ‘ihey are: Brace, of Mis- alssippi; Coke, of ‘Fexnd; Hereford, of West Virginia “Johnston, ot Virzluin; ‘Tiuenian, of Ohlo; Withers, of Virginia. ‘The Virginia Ren resunintives are oll to the manor born)? with the exception of Dr. Jorgensen, of Petersburey, who is a native of Philudelphht. Maryland haa supplica Hiaois with Senator Davis and Repre- acutative Townahend, and © laine, of Maine,” fan native of Pennsylvania, Quite a tiumber of Northern Cunurdasmen have Southern-vorn wives, but no Sotithern Cougressinau has gone northward far a help-mate, THE SOUTIENN PRIMAL CLERKS in the Exeeutive Dopartments aro quite numer. ous, sume of them bearing the old historic names of the founders,of the Republi. Asa fulthtul chronteter E miust add that they do not, usa general ching, rank: high among the sisters head of toile Re ara Bot punctual, they do nut write well, and they with great difllentt master the unimportant’ duties assigned to ihetn, Aa tnight te expected, whey have many regrets fur The Lost Cuuae,” and are jubilane ever the nevupation of the Capttul by the Confederute —Uirlgadlers, which they regard «ta ot stepping-stone te the election of a Trevldent in 81, who will give the South lta “rights,” which meana. paylug forthe emancipated slaves, pensioning the Rebel soldiers, unt appoluting Suttherners to all—or nearly ull—the evil, mitltary, and dine fomati« ‘To uur Romo of these Southern fe. mules beg thetr pardon—tady-elerks taht tnakes one wouter thatthey contd linve accepted alllce under a Republican Preatdeng A PANGY-DnEsS Panty at tho house of Mr. Kebla was the soclety event, of the past week, Mra. Keble, who represented, Queen Elizabeth, wore a magniticent codtume, coustetiug of n dress of erimson velvet, trimused with wold laces wlte satin pettleaat, richly broldered with gold; stomucher embraides witty gold, old point lace roif, and erlinson vel: vet headdress, adorued with jewels, ‘The hust was drussed as a Venetlou Senator, faa robe of the richeat vlolet satin and mantic af blaek vel- vet, trimmed with tury violet cup, edad with black velvet. A Souther) Congressman was a pleut epechnen of a wild Trishinan, with bis # hound diberntan brogue, ont another wi rcoua as ieary V! wehoracter that rightfully belonged to Delegate Cannon, A young indy from Chivaga wacntet * kira; why word a tulla dress, trhumed with Mame-colored Sriiye und Are-tties, wad carla @ tore in ber band, Jt hud beew stated on thie invitations Ut © No publicity ta to be given lo the entertainment," and care was taken not to. va any ene who would chromelo the charec- cB. PRIVATE THBATRIOALS can bo rehearsed during the Lenten gearon, and there are deveral companies preparing for Kuster performances, ‘The best haa ag ite stan. inatmger Mr, Itieketes, mnt 1a te appear at Ford's Opera-House tor the benellt of tae Children's Mluspltal, ‘The comedicttus te bo per 1 “The Loanof a Lover" and > Woadeoe! Little Caine,” with the pretty Mias> Latvdyle, dauzhter of Surgeon Lenedale, of thu navy, as Jeading ludy, aad son Of ex-Senator Hows as the leading centiouman — Amung the other per- formers faa daughter of Senator Bayard, wie. us developed a geod deal of -Llstrlonte talcut, amd who fs uleu very pretty. MIA, IARLEYS WAX-WORKS aro tobe pribduced with great effect for the benetit of Epipnany Churet, under the ausptces: of Mrs, Everett Wi ra, Cartyta Patterson, and other ladica ot lagu auctal poaitiun. ‘fhe motobere of the Ladies’ Ald Society of Capital Hitlare also getting up a burlesque opera, call Pintaiek,” written by 4 stuaoLh-lucod youd lawyer, who ty tu be tts peltua-doan. Ue, Kia ball is the musieal alrector, Mere. Gon, Lander gives the benellt of her prulessignal experience, and necore of pretty girls will) sin like might fogales iy the chorus, As they gay, ‘at will be bo nice.” : TUE PEDESTRIAN MANIA has fyfested socuty, and our must dashing elles wre Leewaiag regutur Gantt. x av fae APRIL 2, 1879-TWELVE. PAGES, ward Thornton has always stepped off a daily constitutional of frum two to ten miles before his 7 o'clock dinner, und ho haa generally been accompanied by one or both of his. dauuhitera, who have srrown up to be tall, fragiie blondes, leoking very ke their inamoa, ‘Tho other diplomats content themaives with a atrolt on the north sldewalt of Pennsylvania avenue late fn the afternoons, walking three or four abreast, and expecting Wie natives to get out of the way that their Tigh Miyhtinessea mav pasa along, The only trouble our Washington gieis tnd tn walling is that they hava to wear Btout, broad- soled, Jow-heeled walking byote, but severnt nave had the courage to put them on, and they tramp off with s awinging, graceful step. TUB CUINRSR QUESTION has surronnded itself with a gredt wall of mys- fery, andl it has bean with diMeulty thay acing. of the Indies at the Weat End have ascertained soinething about their kitchen and dining-roomn arrangements, Yung Wing, the second tn rank, lives with hls brother-in-law, Mr. Bartlett, the Aterlvean Sceretury, and uses his knife aul Jork on the Cannectiont fare which hia wite has served. But at the Lega: tot, on F street, above the Departments, whe old Head Centre, Chin Lan Pin, Secretary Yung Sang Siang, and the dozen or More of retainers, atick to the chop-sticks and covered tea-cuns, ‘They live on thick suups incats boiled Into gelatine, rice, scalding tea, and hot wines, Predigestion fs thelr culinary: glory, ail (hey sneer at ua for perforining the works of the slauzhter-hotge at table, andeutting up the dead bodies of the aptinals and fowls upon which we feed, THE ALMOND-ETED JAPANE:! on the other hand, endeavor to banish all traces of thelr fatherland from thetr residences Here, ant to sdopt {he manners, customs, wad habits of the outside barbarians. ‘they are a harmless, inoffensive set, wid it is very amusing to see the tittle follows gotten up in aecordanve with the prints dan the windows of the tailors! shops, sinoklng cigars, and teytg to finitate t awavcer of the native beaux. “dust now the Legation here ta in disgrace at home for having permitted Sir Edward ‘Thornton to lead then into so warding a treaty of commerce that the United States wilt pot “reeelve the advantages whieh the daparese Goyertment had wiahed to bestow on them. ‘Tho trained Britlsh diplomat wis too much for our Xeeretary of Stabe, wd tidy Yostida unwittingty prevent onr obtain= ing advanta which the C ment of Japan were Willing to uive us, THE NATIONAL, Mtuantst whieh fs to be bulitasan “annex” of the Smith: suntan Insticution, and under the chasse of Prof, Bulrd, ts to be but one atory. Meh, Hetted from above, cat bullt alinost cnficely of brick, fron. and glass, 80 that it will be dre-proof, ‘The nucleus of the collection will be the gifts made by ferclgn Governnents whieh were exhibited ab tie Piitladelphia Centennial Extibltton, These, with what the Sinithsoniau already pos- sezees, Will make several dcpartinents perfect at the start, "Take, for examople, Hah and fisheries, aathese will be colored pluster casts of the differ- ent species of tisk, with models of bugts, tavide, nets, spears, ets, Busteating the catching wid curing of the y trives, Pottery will shown from the pre-histerle aes, embracing speclnens from Arizona, from eypt, from Pompett, Japan, ind Chita. But the evrowning glory of (he collection wilt bu the implements, weapons, and utensils of the American Indians, from the stonc-age down to the time of Sitting Bull. ‘She contrivances for procuring tire by frietion are very curious, and the borwm tu hard, atune for pipes is marvelous, when the apptt- ances of the aboriginal workmen are taken into vonstleratlon. ‘TUE NEW NATIONAL OBSERVATORY hangs fire. The Commissioners appototed under an uct of Congress to select m site, after eating good lunches at altat the available positions on the range of bills which cueireles the metropo- ita, selected an estate known as Clifton,” an the pleturesqua bank of Rok Creeky But it Is now sald that the Baltimore & Obio Rallroad proposes to invade this beautitul valley, and that the rumbling of ite tratns will daniage the alee working of tie astronomical jnstrumente. So the owners of. other locations are preparing toglve saccoud rennl of lunches to bait the Comnilssioners with. Admiral Rogers, the 8u- verintendent of the Observatory, is mennrhile doing a little pleasant lobbyu, by bel ‘at home” avery Friday avening to Cougresamen, “thelr sisters, (els cousins, aud their aunts? A detail of eclentitly Professors explatny the tele seove, and Blow bow unlit the present building {3} hubt-o-tlozen dashing young Lieatemants play the agreeably to the Jadies, with aw oveasiounl remark on the uniltuess o2 the present baildiiyss, andthe delicious, first-ehop,? or Mandarin, tea, artistically prepared by the Admiral's: wife and daughter, puts every one who sips ttinton proper frame of jatud” to become easily con- yineed that the present. building ts unfit: tor an obsuryatory and tiinealtby as aresidence. ‘The new National Observatory ts bound to be built, THE DIS-ORDER OF THE DAT Each House of Congress has its bath-rooma and barber-ahop, where Senators und Hepresent+ atives cate perform their ablations aud be beauth flul.at Goverument expense. It happened, a few days since, that two Senstora, about equally. miatehed in’ size, were taklog thele baths at the annie time, uid that ihe attends who had taken out their clothes to brush, changed the blot pantaloons whieh each wore, ‘The sits> venders wore also alike, rnd the two Solons did not discover the exchange. Lute tint ufght, however, one of them, who hud retired early, pad to @ rise tun personnal explanation.” His juatons wife, when she tad heard hin snore, had nade ustial examination of dis poekets, and lind discovered In the tip-pogket of his (or rather the other man's) trousers some visiting. cords and notes, relating to plices in the De- partnenta, ete, tte, Which ft was a dlieult inatter to elear up. ‘The owner of the danagin, oydience, It is fair to say, faa single man. THE OAMENON-OLIVER BCANDAL crentes uo great surprise here, us the cilns of the gossipa are almost always wagging with some «lining revelations of nautitinesss, al- though Jeval proceedings, when threatened, ave generally stopped by Quanelal arguments. Caled Cushing, who need ta think that hfe would be dul unless enlivened dy titrlgue, was. sued some tryelve or ffteent venrs ae by adam evt whoge father was the janltor at thes: vontun Fnstitution. Cushinge was then lvi Massachusetts, and after the young woman td made several vielts there, obtuluine pecuniary rellut for her wrongs gneh thie, she commenced weuitat Boston. Iter lawyer was a inag named dones, Who has. elnco theitved in New York as the Count Juanues, and a personal appear to hits yanity by Cushtug's ariel. Frank Pieree, ex- President. ete, was too mitch, eo he withdrew: te suit upon the payment of the costs nud: hls bill, BEN NUTLER WAS WEEN IUNILANT whilo lying the persistent Mrs, Ollver, or conchtiyg hfs “qually erogked witness Mrs, Hon- riquez, “ox helping the shameless Oliver uarrate his tite of erlme, Never was a laws better fitted for 8 case—nover was o case better fitted for n lnwyer, Butter, by the way, lias taken, at agreat discount on ite cost, thy ex- pensive furiture ordered hy Senator dones for jus curner house, which he ha rented to dones, for 21.000 per aununt, ‘The Lowell Brigadier will henerforth ovcupy tls end of his granite: block, while the centre tenement, in whieh he has- lived, has been rented to bia successor (n Congress, a wealthy. aulet, inoifenstys paper manifacturer nani Russell, ‘The sauthern tenement ol the blovk, with ita spacious yault, Is aveunied by the Const Survey at a high reat, for Benjamin F, bas an cye to business, BX-CUAT TOM Ex-Sonator anid ex-Sesretary Sawyer, who was tried here a year ur 60 ago fur ollie) tiseon- det and passed sume thie fs jail, ts now a 31,200 cleri tn the Coust Survey Boren, Tex ueretury Helkcnup ts here a goudty part of the thne, as agent tur 8 state fur marking tele tors, but he mingles but ditties with tls uld aaso- elutes, Nx-Recretary Robeson is naw a full-fledued Congressumin, realy to defend bimsell if ang ono chouses tuattuek hihn raat. Ste ty auld to aspire to a seat bh the Renate, -Attorney-Leneral Willims has a good deat of gee peuele here, dis whe is now traveling: In Euro; a E astor-Ceneral Creswoll ta President ofa Natlonal Hank here, mul one af the Com tidsslotiers lor wliding up the Freodmon’s Hank, x-Benntor Sarvent hus gone ona cruise tlie “Suratuga ? to Madetra and the Azores, a3 the euest of the commander, And half adozen ox-Sonators, each of whom had expected to recelye whe appulutment of Minister to Berlin, are desolate, wid reluse to bu cumforted, Racontuun, ae The Virgins st yesterday con- enered In the Tottse amendments to the bill for funding whe debt uf that state, and (t now goes to Gov. Holliday fur tisactlon, As the Gays ernor ts known to faver Une mivastire, he will doubtless give it bis approval atonee, ‘The Fanding Assuclution of uw United States of Amerisi, linlted, aint tts agsuelates, represent $8,000,000 of the tatal debt of 844,000,000, ‘Phin plan fur funding the debt ts to dsaue peulstered and coupon bonds, dated dans t, 1910, tho prise cipal payable in 1M), with iuterest at 0 per cent tur ten yeura, 4 per cont for thy next twouty Vedra, aud Hy per cent for the lat ten years, payable at Wiehmend, Nyie York, or Loudon on danuury aud July 2 tn cach yeur until thy princinal lv'reduemed. The. State has the op- ton ta redcea any or all of the bonds by paying the prneipal atid accrued futereat utany thag utter the exulvatton ul ten veurs trom Jan. 1, Psi. ‘The coupons will be receivable pt muturl> vy fog ull taxes, debts, dues, nud deat nals of tho diate. The hoder of recisteved Donde wit be entitled to receive a certifieate for Intereat, and this certifleate will be rood for taxos or other demands due the State. ‘The bonds, coupons, wud certificates are non-taxablo, ‘Tlic tnw will he binding {f, on or before May 4, the Connell of Foreign Bondtolders and the Funding Associa: Hon Me their assent with the Governar, and they may present. for funding at least $3,000,000 of the outstund ng obligations of the State on or before Jan, 1, 1880. Every ait months there- after they may fund 85,000,009 until the whole dcht of $34,000,000 fs funded. fn the yenr 1885, and annually thereafter untli all the new bunds are Issued, there will bo collected a tax of two cente un the 8100 of the asesacd valuation of all property for a alnking fund. PUBLIC STORY-TELLERS. How the Sonatara Amuso Themselves Moura, Warhington Correxnondence St Paul Moneer- Pree, When some Semtor or member of moderate abllity Is making saveech, the cloak-roome arc generally crowded. The seene represents club-room more than anything else, but were there not ao many hats and conts hung along the walls, and were thera a little more of an alr of cheertutncas, the reaeinblaace would be more complete, As it {s, however, the cloak-roome ure the most interesting places at the Capitol. Around the walls are cleats, on which are large brass hooks with the ames of the owners on little cards tacked under them, on which the Congressional hata utd coats are hung. There are sofas aint settecs, of old fashioned patterns and welleworn; vunterous chaira, in varlous stages of decay ind offering various degrees of Attraction, are seattere!) abouts there fs a tant ard of tce-water,threo or four marble wash-Lasina, with son and cowels, and at the House end of the Capitol a couple of barber's ebaira in each eloak-room. Cheerful fires ure burnitys in the trates, aud generally ane of the chandeticrs (a Hehted, for the only ight that can be otherwise ubtutned fs filtered through the staiied-glass windows (rom the public corridors, A box of matches sets onthe mantel. and da the House cluak-roamn one of the pendant gas-jets seen iy elgar stores, wives the sivuker bis ‘ ilee.” Av any time during the session groups of lounging sintesmen may be passed, tn every: variety of posture, all sinoking and discussing the events of the day or telling stor! mun sone of the best story-telicra In the world werd in the fast Concress. Abraham Lincoln's stories are quite a8 much a part of lils Adminastration as the Emancipa- thin Proclamation. President Grant. told a story eloquently when he was “unbent,” but he was notin the habit of telling them promiacuous- iy. Vresident Haves does not ortuinate stories as Lincoln did, but often quotes them, and seems to huye been studying Lincoln, for he repeata his sayings very frequently. Scerctary Evarts isa habitual ‘wag, and is” the Hie of Lnbinel meetings, very often ilustrating his views ona pening question by the point of an anecdote. Many of lis stories iro In elrenlation Attorney-General Devens doesn't tell yeturiva, bub iy ylven to punning. Seer tury Thompson loves a joke as wall as ever a man did, wud can entertain a company witht “Hoosier anecdotes fora whule evening ot tne. Postinaster-General Key often atiempts to be funy, and sumetines succeeds, tut weneraily tells a stary you huye heard before, Schurz is fond of # good etory, but doesn’t tell one. Shera ud MeCrary are the sober men of the Cabinet. Sherman sometinies tiniles, bit was never heard to tive good hearty laugh. McCrary laughs sometiines, und fs always in goo Inumur, but you eeldom get an uncedote from Itt Chartes Sumner never knew that a joke was. Humor was entirely abvseut fram his nature. Morton enjoyed stories, und cold them some- and Representatives in Thole Leisure Uines, but be wns always a very busy ian, antl when he wasn't in bed, suiferlue torture indescribable, le was genorally at work, Gen. : an ta. an inveterate story-telier, and you ch hin atarmy headquarters, surrodnd- ed ty his stall, relating his experiences, of wich be seems to lieve had an unusual amount of an amusing character, or describing auine funny sient he bas aeen, or some funny thay ho has heard. Tie bus a very keen sense of the ridiculous, and de graphic in deseriptlan, anid vers successful {n inisniery. Vice-President Wheeler enjoys a Joke aa well nan Congress, but selduin pergetrate: Conkling ts fulmitatle when he chooses to he, ‘There 1s no man ty public Hie who has convers sational powers equal to his. He can be inter- esting on any tople (hit may enter a conversa tion, wut when be talrly lets biself out, as he tdi England at year to tust stunmer, people store xt Ulin until they are ayercame by fase: ton, Blajue fs eqtally accomplished, but does vot display nimself as Coniding does on stated occasions.” Blaine fs more cenial asa common ting, but not so pyrotechate In tla displ Gen, Batler enn malic himsell as jureresting a3. any oman, when he vhouses, ont ols humor generaliy is of a grin kind, amd be ties to wake people uncomtortable, If Butler should alt down at u diner table with twelve strangers, Uefore the coffee wa reuched le would flu the tender spots ty each tans armor, He has a dinugreeablo way of finding out th f thosy whom he comes tn contact, and ted ass or braggart never wants to meet Butler a second time, He pute this fav- ulty of making people uncomfortable to a very wnod use KoInetimess but te fant always dls. agreeable, bub can be a3 charming ag a sient sixteen when be chooses. Martin J, ‘Townsend Proctor Knott, Sunset Cox, Charles Foster, aud Dr. Stewart were the story-tellers of the Inst. Hons, Dr. Stewart will be especially nifssed from the cloal-reom cot wud his storles, Most of wliteh were new down he will be quoted until he comes back to Congress to tell aoine aiore, “KEARNEY, The Row Into Whict: (he Catlfornin Agitator Got at Santa Amt, Plannteh to San Feanetara Ata. Los ANGELES, March 1.—The ciean eubstanee of the Santa Ana diMenity, inwhten Kearney fleured, (3, that one of hls Keveption Committee, an the man who built the platform from whlch Kearney spake, was so disgusted ut his personal abu3o of friends that lie avy the agitator gn ofd-fashfoned American trashing, TUM KEARNEY ALDB OP TIE sIOKY. Dlapaten to san Keanctara Cant, San Dieao, March 81.—At Santa Ana, yos: terday afternoon, Kearney deft Ins hotel to go to the telegraph-olllee, Tinmedintely on turns Ing the coruer of the hotel he was confronted by about two doren persons, most of who were attracted there by curiosity; but prominent among then he recognized a inan in gray clothes asa brother of dames MeFudden, who had been charasterized by Kearney im lds afternoon speuch asa tember of the Santa Ava branch of the Los Angeles ring; also another purty, who. he learned waa B, F. Siebert, the Prealdent of the Anaheim Bank, who spoke to Kearney as follaws: "Louk hore, slr; you made sume charges nzalast me to-day, and 1 want thee ree tracted. Kearney replied that he liad ho line to Uisetss rop2elttons with mien on street corners, ‘Then ow party by tho namo of J. 1 Fruit stepped up and futer- posed, saying: “Lkuld an, here; t would like tu know whit Tighe you lave to pitch into ime to-day ax youdd? Feontributed money to built the stand to-day, and ta pay for tne carriage thit brought sou here? Kearney answered, savings Wit he had no friends in thls movement, sud i anyholy wanted to spend money to cover themselves up, they couldn't buy hin te shut his mouth. Mrult “qulekly resuonded, very ex- eltediy: “You area thleving, lying son of a —— 1) and elther he or some ong elu ered: “Mob hint mab bhnt? when Siebert, the bank President, roared out: f gecond the motion,” alia a blow with his fist, witels steuck Rear- ey un the left shoulter, awing to hla having bean forced hita a changed position by a ulane- ing blow on tie side of the nose and fave from Robert McFadden, flal€ a dozon flsta were then ralsed at him, and he dudged, runny tute the bar-rogi of the hetel, and theres fata the dintug-roons, which he had Just ltt, and drawing ts platal tus Ue ran, Which caused great excitement among: thosu ut the table, Kearnuy retreated tp ts further extramity ob the dintyeroom, aud took up a puatilun in the corn He was guierly fol- towed by suiuy one whom he did Hot recognize, who alvo beld a revolver to bis hank “Thb man pused-ontof a side-duor ta the yard of tye hotel, Kearney fhe rushed to the door fo Jouk aher line He had Just got out of the doar when ian roatied Bob MeFudden, Siebert, and a large, rawhoned elx-fuoter named TW. Rule, suid to be in the employ of the MePad: di they beityg followed by about a dozen Kearney, now recognizing a frleud ti the whole crawd, Inunedlatyly feveled his pistol gt the ubdomen of the tall felluw, who was foremost, and pulled the triggers hut the hai mer felt on a discharged cartridge und only suupped, ‘hls action, huwerer, couscd 9 Inu hiwntary stoppage in the pursuit, Mule threw up bie arms iu affright, but, recovering hunself, arew a nistol, ay did also ¢wo others of the jen, who yelled out, ‘ACHE tiny?! OK hifi? Keurney they, consclous of help overpowered {f be remained where lie was, and, kugcked down In the dark, knowing he would bo murdgred, ay the crowd seemed ty bu fittle leo than demons fn their avtlopa, immediately run across the hotel lot aotil he got to the back door of along passage throuzh a bntiding, used md. oflices, which led to the principal streat! While” entering the door he dropped his clonk, which. - was bespattered with blood received from the’ Urst blow of McFadden. He had hardly reached. the atrect when his puraucrs were atter him. He darted across the street ton drug atore, upon. entering which he received a blow on his left cheek, knocking off his hat aud forcing hint agalnet the duor-jainb, all the the hallooing at” the top of lis votce for help. He was overs taken inthe middlo of the store by Rule, who Ernbbedt him by the hale of bis heat, while Ste- Fadden caught him by the Teg, and the two threw htm oa hisfaea and commenced kicking ; Mim in the face nnd on the head, During the melee ha managed to get hile plato! aut again, and was bringing ft to bear on one of is ngsall- ants, when bis arin was grabbed by two peracne, ‘At the same time (twas Healy paralyzed by a blow In the elbow which brought the blood, and cutiged the muscles to rellaquish thelr hold, Hy this tine quite acrowd hind congregated In front of the store, two or turce of the men hav- fig placed themselves in the doorway with drawn revolvers and kept the crowd at bay. Lynell, the dutltyidual who had mado threats at Anatelin, and who hind spoken during the after- noon, then came tuto the store ond triel to got Rule away, saying the Sherlf? was coming, That oficial arrived Ia moment, and the assaults were stopped, Kearney buluy telpod to his feot, the blood streaming fram his nostrils and face. I. E. Page, of Los Angeles, having heard of the trouble, also put in an appentance, and conduct+ ed Kearney back to the hotel, Kearney theo went aver the route to get his hat and cloak, ‘The latter he found, but his hat waa missing. A new ono was procured for him, sud ho was taken to Dr. Burtnett's oftico, where his wounds were dressed, A few ininutes later the stage ealfed for him and took him on board, At daylight Kearney breakfosted at Ranche San Luta Roy, feelin; pretty well, considering the punishment he ba recelved. Jilé rizht cheek was very much awolten and his right eve almost complotely closed. On arriving here, he found reveral tele- trains awaltine bin, which express indignation at tie assault pen hin, ‘The Ban Diege Union this morning editoriaily condemns the affalr as « - cowards, Mr, lagccourt, a Chteago druggist, who came down inthe coach to-day with Kearney, was In the dining-room when Kearney. entered, and confirms Kearney’a statement. so far as It came tinder ble observation. Kearney‘ tliuks the whole thing the outgrowth of cone solrncy to kill lin. He has retired, and rertluty easy, With an apple poultice vver bit wouuds, ol OUtPS, Fur The Tribus \ Gas-mokers get Mut pay. . Do lions ever rest on thelr roars? An upstart: Bewinning to prosper. A blamed fool: A censured noudle, ‘The bangman’s business is dropping off, A money-order: Commanding a remittunee, Taken M1: Invailds whostt for a phote araph. Does n traveling orator deliver a rambling diseoursel : (one to seeds The farmer who wandors forth to plant corn, Tlow noturat it {a for an old eced to aste What's ape’ . Jf attitudes wore animated, 9 dandy would never strike onc, When ao tipsy fellow shouts" Hurrah,’ it Is 3 sign that bo Is cheer-full, Can a convict's sleeping quarters at the Peni- teutlary pv called a State-roomt? “This ig deep-pressing,” sa the diver anid when urged to gu to the bottom of the lake. Tind Mr. O'Leary bathed lis fect before ing tn the great walking- contest, be might shown lus competitors a clean palr of heals. H join~ AYO Cheagn Canimerctat Auteertlaer. Vinnle Ream has a Ittle quire. A novel things A readable romance. ‘ the chiropudist sways the whole foots oul, \s Deuteronomy as you'd have Onomy deuter you. Public houses employing runucra aro run on the U-rope-f plan. Wonle’s blubber, and, by parity of reasonin; why nub acod-lsie ball) ny Be You huve, of course seen many a beer-base- ment, but did you ever seo a draniatticl Chicago's amnz'ng pork stuttstics show that: thinge are dony here avcording vo Grunter, A. person who wears a Hyer-pad may be aitp- posed to hove whut the Dutehtnan calls a pad iver, Aatationary engiua Is a common bight, but ald you ever sce a rolling mill or o walking beam, $e ‘ Mood voescls barat by whooping-cough. Tale’ Toney of Horehound and Par Tollevas. e * Pike's Tuottiaeny Drops enzo in one minute, A TOUR THROUGH LAST WEEK BorToONnz. With JONG) Vie IRELAND HICK nud the EURYSCOPE, 1,000 on a surface of 1,00) equate feat. O— Westminster Abe th. y, ete. Meath, Down, ants Causeway, MOOL CHILUREN'S MATINEL, BAT: jinkea of Killarney. Children 43 cents, rt Oe+ at Itout & Sonat MEL, Mauager. PUBLIC BC! URDAY saute Eveuti and Hox Oil iz OOLRIIN KM. 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