Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 27, 1879, Page 11

WILHELM The Golden Wedding of the Em- peror and Empress of Germany. . Yast Crowds of Spectators, but No Great Amount of Popular Entho- singmie A Monster Jubilee-Conoert on the Doohn- hofsplatz---Grand Musical . Effects, ho Wodding-Ceremony at the Choreh--A Splendid * Spectacte--How the Empress Was _ Dressed, AQonrt-Recsption. in the Wolsse Saal~Il- lumination..of thé Oity—Imporial . Visit to the Opera, Boeciat Correspondence of The Tribe, Barun, June 1—10 p, m.—Within six short months the good people of Herlla have three {(mes bad on -opportunity to demonstrate their undying loyalty anid’ the ‘Toyo they cherish tow- artis the sovercign rolers of Germany: on the Sth of December last, when the Emperor, hay- jog recorerod after the attempted neansaination, returned to the Capital, on the 22d of March, when he celebrated the 82d anniversary of his births and to-day, when tue grand jubites nt- tending the: golden wedding of the Imperial couple came off at last. And at cach repetition of the “spontancous enthusinsm of the peo- pic,” as the newspapers will have tt, there has been a marked fatling-off in the patriotic fervor, the nolsy and demonstrative joy, with which the Germans, and more especially the Berliners, arc wont to hall .every opportuulty at which they may gratify the vanity of thelr hearts and their unbounded curoslty by admiring the gorgeous array of glittering uniforms ond gold-covered leckeys, ponderous court-cquipages and plumed patriders, and all the wonderful trampery for which they havo the great satisfaction to pay, even if Princo Bismarck has to torturo his fruit- ful brain for‘ another'svecial tax, which, in his own Isnguage, “ takes only from the individuat "to give'to the: whole.” However glowing the colors with which the newspapers Will endeavor to pnint the cortege and the paraphernalla, tho poputace 1 REMAINED INDISPUTADLY VERY COOT, and dtd nothing but jam and crowd the strects ‘around the Iraperfal palaces and the "Castle from morning until late gt night, gazing with open mouths upon the splendor which slowly unfolded {tect betoro ‘thelr wondering eyes. But tho cheers ‘were hardly. ‘audible, and the only warmth to bo folt was that exhaled by the sun; and even tht was agreeably diminished by aheavy shower, which came up about 11 o'clock and jastei balf op hour or more, ‘There is no doubt that this unm{stakabie cool- ness of the multitude: bas been duc, too great extent, to the recent: political events: the sig- nal telumpbs of the ‘reuctfonary polley; the en- tente cordiale between Prince Bismarck and the Ultramontancs, bis former encroies; and his Protectiye poligy, which has made hin the tar- get of the most. bitter attacks. It was ex- temely, doubtful, moreover, until ‘his very evening, whether the Emperor had ddhered to or abandoned his fdea of granung o general am- ‘aesty to all polltfeal prisoners; and this unver- tainty made peopte hesitato to give .vent quite freely to,their pent-up feelings, and brought about ~ “A GENERAL DULLNESS, which was in most-remarkable contrast to the im- mense vivaclty exbidited by the sturdy burgh- ers in pushing. gud, elbowing their, way turough the sweltering crowds. .. Although almost every-! body wore a corn-fiower (the favorite dower af: the Emperor), or a bupeti of thei, Mmbutton-hole or bat-band, and wagondtoade were sent hither from the countiy,—theit prica having raised avout 1,000 percents although everybody tried. {dimagine that they were celebrating a great, Josful event,~yet etersboy Jooked tired aud worn,—orerled, as it. were,..with. glitter aud glory. It $s well that the days. of the old wer- rior aro almost numbered, #0 tut ho can but hardiy perceive the beginning of the decline of his: popularity; it lins decidedly passed its zenith, and Js but artiDelally kept up by pageants likg the onu abown to-day. Granted that it waa a magnificent oney thar the city—covered with Rarlonds of corn-flowers and gokt flagged and - draned . profusely, iNuminated by hundreds of thousands of gas-jets and ornaments~showed itself in festive garb; yeb the celebration Itself was only nm partial success, and in its principal faatures .almost a disappointment to- the populace, which thronged the great ploz- za: fronting ‘the ‘*Senloss ? anit the adjacent atrects, expecting to sce the Imperiat couple drive tp in great statc, to pass into the ebapel, where the marriage-ceremony was to take place. ‘The very bewmnning of Une eclebration was in- deed Its most prominent feature to the people at large, and, therefote, Ne greatest success: + ‘TNE MONSTER JUMILER-CONCERT ee ‘on the Doehnbuleplatz, by a chorus of 4,000 sings ers, who wore necompanied by 350 musicians of the regiments of. the guard und a corps of 125 Grummers. «To hear the strains of Keoutzer’s This is the day of the Lord" rise dn solemn grandcur above the heatle of the tens of thou- sands, uni roll in majestic valences through the balmy alr of the summer-morning; to hear the trumpet-blasts of the National Nyinn, the * Helk Ir Im Biegerkranz,” mingle with (he chorus of the masses who Joined in the singing of tt, until St would seein that the entire city hud raised tts mighty yotce and wos thundering forth the notes Ot patriotic foy,—all this was more like the grand und inspiring {den of 4 colebration by the people than unything else throughout the entire day, ‘The concert wag over about 10 o'clock, and those who cherlehed the yain hope of catching a glimpse of somebody of soincthiig near tho Schloss" moved off in that dircetl Bus ne aye roach, ‘The living wall, voyering the square And tho adjacent etrects! would. bo _ budge au uch. Ut atretched froin the inperlal patace to the very vortals uf the Castle, leaving roum. only for the carriages M egiie Court to puss through. -Opposize the 01 House, and upon the plazza fronting thy “Schloss,” benches had been erected: ampbitheatelcally, and the 18 upon thein ‘sold ut 10 inurks each, for the benc- Ut ‘of oe'of the many charitable institutions founded io memory of the day. ATL those who Dought, them, huwever, were sold Indeed, for that waich Lacy camo uid pald to see—thu line perla) couple on their way to church—they DID MOT GET A GLIMEsE oF, + AtWolclock the standard of royal purple was raleed upon the Lssperial paluce,—the signal of the dovarture of the conplo..to.the church, Expbctation was raised to the .hizhest pitch, There was avother wait of a tedious half-hour, during ‘which ono utter -auother of the cumboradine Court-cquipaxea—their couchman’s sents covered -witn cloth’ of silver, thelr ativere!* and foutinen's habits st with glittering bordures an crabrolderies, their herses caparlaoned orzcously—rove up tu the portal. And now cumes the Crown-Prince, with bis family, in a coach and six, tumeelf ina aul form of ptate; the Princess ut bs elie, inn white corded silky their three handavmo tittle ts—drceeed In white, tke their mamma—upon ie scat opposite, Bul, when they lave pusaed, the multitude becomes fmpaticnty and dually, When the booming of ue cannoy from the Ltit- Garten anyounces thut the ceremuny fu the chap el 1s nireudy over, the crowd gives tent to AS DISAVYOINTMBNT AND ANGBH, he Imperiut couple had been driven jn a yer) laln-lookins lonuauletto through the Heuyuu- Attaste' to the aslde-entrauco of tho Castle, and d passed Into the chapel unseen. ‘She reasons of this have not beow given, and It $s doubstul Whother: they will become public. ‘The pubtla whisper of u new conspiracy against the Ife of {he old warrior, which was to ilminate during 8 ride 10 tho chapels but this te sheer nonsense, However, the Imperial couple reached ihe church safely at ten miuutes past 13 u'clock, ab Wich thie thy iuterior olfered a yew ‘inmost Gorgeous to lts brilisnt aplend er: A glauce around caught o sea of plimmer anit gtoss, formed by the rich colors of uniforms und robes: de-cour, ‘thy etlver and gold embroideries, the green, blue, und grange-colored ribbons of the, various orders and decorations, te epau- cites and cordings, aud the jewels which glit- fered ia profuslon upon the heads und uecks of the gue: Among theao were the most illus lous personages in the Germau Einpire; for Mic adintttancu to the chapel was grapted only THE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JUNE 27. 1879—-TWELVE PAGES. by card of Inyitation, and these were given very sparingly, Hard It pot been for the kind ofices of the Hon, Andrew D. White, oar Ambassador: who arrived ere but o few days ago, your cor- respondent would tave found tt very difficult to become an a) e-witneas of the MOST IMPORTANT PANT OF THR CRLENRATION, tind should not have seen, within a radius of about 100 fect, all the great Generals and Cobi- Net-Miniaters, at] the ladies of the Court, whose very names only inspire with ave the readers of the Court Journal or the chronicle of the mondo elozante, After Uoree taps of ihe Maralial's staf upon the morale floor, everybody took seats,—the rows of fauteutls helng filled with the fperial gueste,—and the nlinost endless trains of the Tlighneases, in roval purple trimined with cr- mine nod embroldered in gold, wera spread be- fore them, relieved by Lhose of velyet and antin, §nall colors und shades, of the Jerser Mehta. ‘The fauteuils were arranged ainphitheatrienlly, (ua seml-dircle fronting the altar; and in wie contre, upon a purple-and-vold-covercd dale, wera placed the throne-chulrs Jor the Imperial couple. Five other chafra were pinced same dls- tance behind them, and immeditely in front ot the altar a large foot-cnsliton of red velvel. At 10 minutes past 12 o'clock the Chief Master of Coremonies gave threo wiore taps with his golden stall; the choir chutited the one-hun- dredth Panting a breathless altonce fell upon tie guvats, and, received at the portal by the Court Preachers and Minietrants, THM IMPERIAL COUPLT entered the chanel. Leaning upon hits staff, the Emperor approached the altar slowly aud with measured tread, alklny seems painful aud Jaborious to him. ‘Tivo of hls Alds support him as be {g avout to sink {nto his chair, Me wears, over Lhe grand General's uniform, the chaln gf the Order of the Block Engle, and white Casehemire trousers, ‘The train of the Empress,’ of cloth of gold, is: carried by four ladles of the Court. Besides n golden wreath, significant of the day, she carries upon her we). poised head a moguifleent diadem,—a tara of briliants and ‘amaragds,—from whieh fs sus- punded the Jong, square veil, embroidered with orange and myrtle bloseoms, [ler robe-de-cour in of white satin, arrayed with culd-embroidercd tulle unt gold polit. ‘This is relieved by paniers-conzo, alternately of drap d'or, gold einbroidery, aod gold pelnt. ‘Che truly, leur yards in length, is cut of ane piece of cloth of gold with “the wast, covered with cold- Gubroidered tulle, go embroidery a jour, and gold. point, embellished with mimerous bou- quets of orange and myrtle blossoms fn gold andeilvyer, ‘The waist $5 ornamented in front with fresh myrtle, the leaves of which ure cov- ered with reat gold-dust. The sleeves are of tulle, trausnarent, ang dotted over with golden utara. Next to the Imperial couple are’ suated thelr three youngest zraudchitdren, dressed in pure white. “Then follows the King of Saxony, leading. the Crown-Princess} then the Crown Prince with the Queen of Bazony; Prince Charles with the Grand-Duchess of Buden; aud, one atter the other, all the guests of princely rank who belovg to the various branches of the Imperial fatty. ‘The organ plays a voluntary, and the hymn, “Praiee the Lord, the Mighty King of Honor,’ fa sung. The Court-Preacher, Dr. Koeget, per- forns e ‘THR MAMIIAGE-CEREMONY. He has chosen bis text from f.Corinth{ang, ‘xiii, 18, and moves to tears nenrty all those present. ‘The peror, when the blessing is efven, rises almost clumsily from his ehatr, sup- ported by his Alds, und remains atunding he- fore the altar. ‘The thundering roar’. af the cannon outside —reverticrates with a dull and hollow sound within the’ yautts of the chapel, and mingles withAhe chant of the ‘concourse, ' Now thank yeall the Lord. The Finperor then bawed tu all directions, and, Jeaving upon his staf, tnmnedt to depart. The Crown-Princees ktesed the hand of-her Imperial mother; she ladles and pages boning the Jmperinl, Royal, and Princely court-tranis fell ‘into their pinves; ‘and the en- tire usseniblage adjourned to the | Welsse “Saal 't; while the Imperiat coupis recelved thelr Soniily In private, previous to the grand court receptton. . For this the “ Welsse Saal," with its almost’ unequaled splendor, was arrayed iu all the grandenr of a gala-day. ‘The Rinporer and Em- preas'toak..their places wos the turone, sup- ported ‘by. the Crown-Prince nnd his wile, ‘The Diplomxlle-Corps was- first: presented, enterinys from. the -Armerfal+ Hall, und was recetred oy we Eanparer stundiye nd Jennings upon his stlel. AN the whyes of the Envoys und Ambna- aatlors ure flrat eluted hy the Emperor, who \gatlanwy kisses thelr hands; then follow the gentlenien, led by Lord Odo Rusacll ns the old- ext member, while our Mr. White closes the rank. lc Emperor Be EE Ee BAKA VERY KINDLY TO 113t 4 and bids-him welcome. After this the Princess. , ‘es antl Excelleucles feminine are presented to the Empresa; then, led by Prince Bismurex, thy Cabinet-Counell, the Soeretaries wid Repre~ sentutives of both Houses of Varllanient; sho Aioneral: Stal, with the sllent Fteld-Marshal Moltke at its hesd; dually, the depucations. jrom the provinces aid cities, twert ‘pumber, — Duncker, Lord-Mayor of” Berlin, presenta the gift of the City af Berlin, 100,000 yourks, forthe foumdutiun of ahome for aged worthies;"whleh seems solo delight the Ein- peror that he hands the Burcomaster the golden, -bonquct which he has worn fn iis button-hule, ‘On the marble table none of the niches are “placed the counticss addresses of cougratula- tons, the decds of institutions aud pitts Found- ed tn honor of the Lnperial couple —all bound Jn the blzhest and most costly style of the art.” The reception lasted unt 3 o'clock. ‘The Mujesties then preoared to return tothe Royal cpalace; nnd although thousands, tired of watt ing any Jonger for thety appearance, had teft, the crowd that besicged the aquure and the Breite Strasse’ | ’ WAS SINTLY ENOnMOUS. The students, alt in the dressy habits of thelr respective corps; the young fellows from the colleges and avademies, liad formed espallers on foot unc horseback, with‘ flaga and banuurs, around the Cantle, Finully,, wfter nearly all other equlpages huve left the “Schloss,"* there feanes Trom. the grand’ portal o cavalcade of mounted polico;. tuen two. Royal ontriaere in gula; after these an vquipoye bearing the Ober. huttncister Count Neaselrode und two Lords of the Chamber; mounted Household and Stud In red wnlforms; and then the great Royil tads-coach,' drawn by six Black ‘Trakehner stallions, ulmost covered with cuwhtons tn front and rear, upon which silver crowns mid .eagles ara shinlug bogatly, ‘The ciagtal lanterns on the four corners are mounteu with Ue-Lmporial bird fn solld eitver, Ontriders, eoachinen footmaen, oan lackeys rll wore the rand livery of state and ~ black joctiey-cape, ‘The horace? mane Were braided through with red plush cor, and ornamented with taesels of Ike ma- terial. ‘The oquipage was ticcompanied by a guard of honor, consisting of the Gunerut Com- manter of the City, Count Wartensleben, the Chief of Equerry and Masters of the Horse, and the Prosident of Police, “The crowd cheered yoriferousiy when the conroy. sed, and, amidet loud bufrals, the equipage reaclied the palace, Where dinner was served cu fanillle do the evenIng. ‘THM CITY COMMENCED TO INLUMINATE at about J o'clock, and, wile! write, the atreets present u most brillant apectacte indeed. ‘The Emperor fat (is Opera, whicl fs closed to- night to all but invited guests. The Intendant of the Jinperial..'Sheatras is.3 most Inauiferablo hooby, Whu tas taken care, or attempted to do ay, that it should not even become Known whut opern was to be ployed, wil In what tonnes, Art, which, in this age of enormous tilitare budgete, eutferlug pitifully Were, would cole- brato the wrest event of turday, Tt bus leaked out, boweyer, fiat, for this purpose, an old, simost ‘foreetten opern of — Spoutint,— the finbevila. predecessor of Myer- beer os Civneral. Director of the Opera In Bertin, —cafled “Olympia,” {5 to be resuscitated from the well-deaurved olvenrity in which tt bas rested; and that, in the realin of Apollo and tha Muses, this day will be gloritied by—a new ballet which Fuul Tayljont bas compoued fur the oc casion, To muke up sor this, unl to close the day (un manner more worthy than that devised by his stupid waltre de plaiilr of the Opers, Ge Eniperor bus givou from his private fund 10.000 tholers to the poor of Berling und, ff he lays down his bead upon tis sien pillow to-afelt, Ue inuy feat that upon this day, so full of ex- eitement und bodily exertion for hit, so crowd: ed with the vaultles of pomp and splendor, whlch hownust leave vebind him when called sway frome busy Ul, dio has dove a deed witch will really piake tue day a guldea one for hin. ——an- Strange Story of tho Highways aud Byways 3 of Waxhlugten, Wisdington Currasnondence fasten Herald, Bir, Wack, Who wroto-so entertalulng a novel on The Strange Adventures of a Phacton,” should be bere to ted, In feel atyle, of the romance tu Which # siaaflar veblclo lgured a few weeks ago, ASenilor, who shall be nameless, wo taxing a drive with tho fulr Indy whom te UeYghts tohonor with his preterence. They Spund Whe goad sumewbut dusty, pertape, or the heat oporvestves at avy rate, the Inviting eludy ows of a well-grown forest enticed them to seck ‘a bunk =o whereof they knew, aod a apring of purest’ water, When bohad helped the Judy out of the phuc- ton, the Senutor Ued the boreo, 98 hy thought, securely toa tred, und they ed the wood. ‘The mossy b gud the secluded spring, aud thelr discuure which wight appropriately bo put under thu bead of * Sundry Civil bol”? Ging aud cout), proved so alluctng Uist they foryot bow the houra fled. Meuntiina the steed grew reatlye, and, of lugt, broke uway aud sun bacls to town, atnasiiluye the yehicto’ ns he dashed along. ‘The couple, when they emerzed from their nytyan retreat, were distuayed at the situa- tlon, a5 0 tralk back to town. wonld haye been an excessive tax even on thelr powers. After some search in tho nelebborhowl the Benator found auother convarance, and finally brought his companton to her residence fu the city. GHANT IN CHINA. Tho Tremendous Bill of Fare Presented to Him hy the Viceroy at Canton. Hong Hong rest, ny 20. It yas getling toward dusk when the party arrived at the Viceroy’s residence, aud aa the chairs were belng act down In the reception ball acrowd of servanta were Hebtiny up the yamen. ‘The effect of the thousands af tloy lamys, and here and thera enormous lanterns, interposed between the cya and the lofty vaulted roof, was very fine, presenting to the mind ata single glance» chapter from the ‘Arabian Nightn.’ ‘She yamen premises are of great extent, aud the attendants on the bigh oflclals and the sery- ante attached to the place were so numerous that they must be numbered by hundreds, ‘They were atl well and uniformly dressed, sotne in sill nnd some in other rich materials of various colors, and all wore their tats. The Viceroy, the ‘Tartar General, the Ioppo, and the tro Deputica of the Tartar General received their gucate, who, getting the algnal from the interpreter, after the ceremony or shaking liands all round and much kow-lowlng had been gore Arena led the way to a Jarge apartment—the host follow- iug—whera sents wero ranged fo a eemt-circie, This place was even\ mora’ brilitantly lighted than the ball, and the guogts were shown to thelr seats, a small table or aubstantiul teapoy haying been placed between each two guests, upon which refreshments were immediately served, A cup of tea was very refreshiny—-and especially auch ten—after the journey past nu- merous fish Jans and other equally odoriferons ayuts, aud more thay one of the guests, only for icur of its not belny the proper thing to do, would have emutated Oliver Twist and asked for more. After the perey hod dis- used of what was served to them und Sina been fanned cool—a_ row of slaves of the palni-lent belng stationed at the Deck af the lat cirele—the chimes from a stl- very-sounding bell announced that the diuner yas served, nnd the »party, forming a slow nwt stutely procession, marched through several courts wid corridors, crossed a garden, and ul Timpately arrived at the dininghall. It would ovetipy too much space to deseribe the dinner In detail, but herewsth ts a menu iets ~ ‘TSAU TREK TAN—BILL OF FARE > Taum Mon Tin Sum—Cntroductory Dishes of Pastry)—Tain Te'ang Ko (Ono thousand Layers Sponge Cokes}; Shan Cha Cun (Colley. nt Tin Firat Diehea—Kivva ‘Teze (Melon Seeds): nny Yau (Almonds), - it Potlheuns--(Hicht patra of Dishes)—Jo To! (Qiam); Siu Suu (small Bamboo Spronts): Wong Kwa (Cucumber); Siu Ap. (itoast Dick); Cho Kit (Chicken. prepared In Spirit trea); Nam Tart (Peasy; Kant Wong (Scalleon) s tng lia (Prawne: Henne Chenng (ausagens Kan Cool (Ver Min Kaa (our Balla); Su U (Fish pre Onions and Vinegar); Pat Ke Kawrehols Sean Tin: is Ching Mat Clhin—(Preservesy—Un sau; Mai Fa (Pium Tloreoma) ; Kam Ch'in (Oranges); Yeung To ‘Carainbola), “ Calug shut Kwo—(Fralt)—Shek Iau (Pomerran- ate); “Kivong Kom’ (iwong Chau Standarin Ormnge); ‘Teun Li (Tieotein Pear); Mung wat vee Mai Un—(Pout Dirhea Money’ Preserves) — Mat Li ezo (Peers preserved in Honey); Mat Kam Whang (Coole aud Mandarin Oranges ‘preserved in Monev)i Mat Kam Pan (Frade); Mob Kam Cha rally, ian Shui ‘Kwo Shau Tip—(Vegetable Dishes) —Put real Ayiner Chestnuts); Gin Ko (Vegetable product). : vst Un—(Large Dowle)—Ching Tong Yin Chol (irdaneet teks soup)? Pan Worsit Ap Taxa (Rouse Duck reprepares a). * Mul Yau Siu (A Dian to each Guest)—Ch'ing Ui Nenn Yoo (A vaclety of: Mangas): Fa Pu Kop Tan (Piveou Eyes inclosed In-Bean Cant): Kwai Pq b Chi (fish Fins macerated); Chau 8In Pong Ht Shrimps). d a ow Tian ena Yat To—(One Course Pastry)—Chaon Chu Sin Mat (Balle of Meat Inclosed in oar); Fo Ta urs ue (iam fa flour); Nyan Sz Sar Min (Yermcen. : Yar Un— (Darter Bowls) —Ching Tuo U Chit (Flete Fina boiled in clear Soup); Pan Fo Sim Pak Kap {Hoilet s'igeon), y - Mul Yan Miui—(A Dish‘ to cach Guest)—Kam in Kat (Macerated Chicken); Yenng Pak Hop wit and Flew Combined)... . “Chane Un—Middle-sized Bowls)—Ul Wan Ta Kun (Bean Soup); Mat Chin Fo Toi (Ham pre- pured Sn Honey). 2503 ‘Yim Kum Yat ‘To—(One course Partrs)—Lo Pak Fant, scene aka): Cho Lat’ Ko (Date Catron); 5 Tong (Sou it titonat sin TW Chu (Roast Sucking in Ff Ap (Roast Duck); Siu KutU (Roast); Go Tot (Itonst liam). . Suin. Yat ‘To--(Une couree Pastry)—Ho Ip ‘wze (Meat in Pantry) ; Sheung Ma Su Peng ‘Tung Chol ‘T’ong (Vegetable Sanco). (Large Rowls—Fi-U to (Blah Maws) ; Pun Young Yuk (Roaat Mution), Mui You Mui—(A Dish tocach Guesth—Biat Ching: Yi (Menten Pear preacryed fn Monoy); Ui Ap Cheung (Boiled Duck's Feet}, Chung Un-.(Middlesnized Bow! AY cust wild Duck with Bouce): Put Cla) Cha Po (Water Cheatnute In Sauce), 5 Tim Sur Yat To—(A Course of Pastry)—Kal Tan Pau (Egg Rolls); Ngan Sxo Kun (MINK Rolls); Lin Tyee Kane Gully Sced Sauce). al —Hang Sin Yo "a—(Largo Bowle)—Rwo Chol (Stewed ‘Vegetables; Pun Sin Kal (oast chicken). ‘Mut Yan Mnf—(A Dish to each Guent}—-Yeung Mo Ku (Stewed Mushrooms); Yuk Lan Pn, Chung Un—Cilddlu-sized Bowls stu Ke Ita ition Egg Want); Siu lis Shin (Preparation of abe), ‘Mm Sumi Yat To—(A Course of Pastry)—Knk Fa "To (Chrvaanthenm Pastien) Soul Ching Kau (Jel- Ty); U Nut Cha (Oomuy Tea). {Here came the tice, ) ‘so Chol—(Final Diahes)~Yat Pan Hol Som (Firet quality Beche-de-mer); Kam Xgan Chan Were (old and Biiver Legs, A combination of Main and freeh Pig's Le ‘Tot Tune Kwa Uhun combloed with Pumpkins); Hang Yan Tau Fn (Almoud Card), Sze Cheung ip (tour Dtabes of Sauces, ) "The bill of fare is on red paper, the characters notug. preceded by figures in gold of what might by tertued the Tliree Chinese Graces, cailed “by the Chinese the Three Stars (Sam Sing), who are represented respectively by the gods of hap- piness (Fuk), honors (Luk), aud tongerity (Shut) They ace overshadowed by whut ts termed sn Tinperint Shade wv Shin), held fa the hands of w tacauey. ‘Nhe dinner was a combination of Che neve und Manchu cookery. The entire service was: Chinese except the classes und Koives ana forks, tho: tattur Iniple- ments being latd with chupsticis uf ivory und sliver, Some of the guests used the chopsticks with considerable success, white others had carly tu take to the inodo tu which hey were accus- tomed, wud it aoan became oyident that the Chi- Nese Were more used to forolyy Uquors than the Joreigners to Chinese loot. = Tho ching was very handsomvy and te silver wuavatve, dinner served upon four tables witha high officlut at cuch, Alter about a dozen voursea had been got through emoking wus introduced, a whit being. taken” between each course from 4 Chinese water-pipe, held by a servant [n. attendance for thut purpose, au that with about eighty renioved aconsiderable quantity of tobacco ts burned; but the weed fs of a very. mild description, and, being moked throuh water, loses .eveo the Nettle puneeney it might possess. The dinner uccupled @ moat unconscionable time, and be- fore the curte had been finished the General and Mr. Borie nade w move tu wall tn the gurdan, svon ufter which the cumpany rose and retired to another apartinent. After a little tha spent there, another slow mareh to the reception hall, followed by the samo ceremony ns ae arriv= ing, concluded the visit, aud the foreigners cot {nto their cha(rs to return to the United Stutos Although it.was go late, a surprise Jngly hires number of people tied tie streets, usd many stops were atill upau, . ——————— Bud His Pipes, New York Sun, June 2, The Bluking-Fund Commission yesterday gayo eriniaston to Gen, Francis B. Spinola and his + Associutes ” to lay uuder the streets south of Capul strece the mains and pipes veceseary to furnish steam to butldinge and dwellings under the Holly combination’ system. For this vrivl- Jee the General and his “Assoctutes must aurec to yy the city three cents for cock lineal Toot of pipe latd until the payments reach $150,- 000, und in every year Jn whica thelr caralnvs exceed 10 per cent of thé sum invested, to pay lhe next B per cent curned in the suine year over thu 10 percent, They must further agreo to supply the steam required by the city Sur heatlig the public buildings of any other purnsse at 25 percent leas rates than steam js uriished by them to their inost favored cus tomers, and to furnish steam at reasovadle rates to clean the streets from auow wid Icey wid for the use of tha dea-engines, ‘The, Qau- eral oud his * Associates” will slag Layo to give aboud for $50,000 ag & guaratites that the sercet payeinen ball be restored alter the pipes aru ela, “ Mayor Cooper moved: several amendments which would huye made the conditions wid line {tations for this Crauchlao more stringent, but they were voted down by Comptroller Kelly, Chamberlain Tappan, and Recorder Muckett ‘Phy resolution gravee the franchise and djrect~ ing the Corporation Counsel to draw the cops tract with Gen, Spiuota utd his Associates was passed by 4 to3,—Comptrotler Kelly, Chain- Dderlau ‘Tappan, Recorder Huckett, ain Ald. Haurhton voting in the allirmative, and Mayor Cooper in the uegutiy : + r ed Beltiah Losses in Houth Afeloa, Up to May 20 Lord Chefinsford bas lost 1,180 mey in getion, and elgbty-ale hy dlscase, UP IN A BALLOON. Fearful Voyage ih tho Air-Ship Can- | ada-—Poor Gas and! Want of Ballast. Terrllo Pinngo Through the Forest— A Toss for Life and a Corre- spondent’s Luci. Ry Telgranh ta New York Neral, fiz. Hyacintie, Quebec, Jone 22.—The fight of the hallson Canada after Jeaving Montreal yesterday was a short but tersiblo onc, and per- haps no other ascenston has been accompanied After ascending by more startling incidents, for the firat few hundred fectit was found that the trip could not be made vf account of the peer quality of the gas uscd, steering and the rudder of thoraerial car worked splendidly, and, although wo had drifted away from Ue polot ot starting, » Jew turns of the crank brought the great white monster to the some spot again, Ropes wero dropped, anid the balloon was scan secured to the oarthagain. To Ughten the welght {t was decide] todecrense the number of passengers, remove the steering ap- paratus, and to take only three twenty-five pound bags of ballast. A botthe of wine, bar- ometer, themometer, mep, and compass were ‘the onty artivies taken, As thers were tivo news- paper tacn in the ear, it was decited to toss a penny, the wiuningman to remain, all the other passengers towithdraw, The Herald man chose “heade,"and won, Bfr. Hiram A. Moulton nnd the other gentlemen then withdrew ani left Prof. Grimley and: mysulf atone. Grimley straightened himself up and wiped the sweat. from Jila face, wud simultaneously the multitude drew back and removed their gaasp Irom the netting of the balloon. AN UNEXPECTED ASCENT. : We began tonscend alowly na the crowd patd outthe dreg Une. Suddevly o cust of wind sprang up and the Imotof inen bolting on to the rope were thrown to the ground und dragged across bic fold at a tremendous vate, upscttiny secures {a thelr passage. At Jest a fence was renched, the crowd hesitated, stralued. hard to hald-ue down, shouted, and then, with a grand. bounce, we wore tree, with 250 feet of drag-line traillus beneath us. At frst we heant the nlanditn of the crowd, but the sounds cradually merged {nto a vacue bum, which ecased entire- y a8 we shot upward. ‘To the cast was the St. Lawrence River, looking hike a great silver snake, and when Ttooked for Mount Roys! tt had faded Into a patch of green forest, which appeared to bo nu higher thun the reat of the aurrounding country, OMY TO TUE EASTWARD, The balloon hovered for a few soinutes over the great city, whose high steepics nud towerluy oltes of granite architecture did not save it from the jguuminy of Jooking very much Ike Hittle yHlaze, und then started tor the east at a oud ratu of speed, Before we started the sun had act, std judge of my astonisiinent when {t suddenly reappeared: above the lwrizon and setogain ina few minutes. By thia time we were Sully three-quarters of a milo high, and wera in a decided easterly current, tending Tha, solnds that came sub- dued from below now'ceased altogether, and it toward the south. became a commlete ealltude. A STARTH @, DIscovEnr. So terrible was the silence thata profound de- pression, mingled with fear, was steailnge over tme, when Grimley excelafined : “My God! we havo ud anchor, and these three bags of ballast will hurdly save us from a bad brolaing.” 8 Laid not spenk. Iwas watching the clouds as they gathered around the blue peaks of the Mountatus, and alut them out from our Belouil -vision, Way the darkening horkon,. while to Sistioeny over the 3t. Lawrence with St. distinetlys ‘ena! IT BROOTS UPWARD. Tn’ few minutes tho ballouu began’ to. whirl around. “We wre going to nacend or descend,” satd- ‘When ahe whirls Jt is a-slgo of one! Grimley. or the other.” It proved to bo the former. Almost immedt- ately it beat to feel cold, the - barometer marked the altitude a mile and three-quarters the thermomoter it re- above the sea level nnd marked forty-eleht degrees above zero. quired a considerably lopger Inspiration to fil the lungs, aud: a_ paintul sensation was felt in the eardrums, Grimley shivered tor a while, uud then took # pull at the wine bottle. the Hquid fnfused a slight warmth. into our chilled Imbs. Montreal von bevane a little apeck, and we drifted over the village of Longuelut, on the east shore of the Sr. Law- rence, which we bad to pags. DANARR PROM FORESTS. ~~ ‘The greatest dancer ‘of ballooning is the chance of falling into a forest, iu which case the Dusket ja almost cortnin to Do demolished and the oceupants torn to death. The dread of falling wus still further hupressed upon me when [learned that we were speeding alang at the rate ofa mile aminuce. We stil aacended, and st seemed as though we should never stop. We Jind now reached w jhight of two miles, and the lighter atmosphere allowed the gas to ex, pand, which came rushing out at the open neck of the balloon, “We can't co much higher, sald the Pro- fesaor, “for our gap in not Hent enough to carry us."? . APPEARANCE OF THE EARTI. © And vow a very curlous phenomenon occur- red. Aa We went up among the clouds the hori- gon seemed to rise with us and-to keepon a level with the top ef the car, whilo the centre of the earth seemed to recede. This gave tt thy appearavee of alarge saucer, over the bow! of which we hung. Now aud thea a light cloud drifted between Us and the carth, butitnerer lin- peded our viston. In the growing duet ie sut, os the ear rocked and swayed with the wind of an approaching storm, and not a word was spoken, ‘the Professor held the barometer, whilo I ut- teuded to the compuss und thermometer, The former acted aqttcerly on account of the wire materials fn the car, but in the main was cor- reel, 7 And now a thin Moe wound Its way among the hills of Belleville. As wo canie nearer it re- vealed all the beautiful curves and sweeps that make up the charms of the Blue Richelieu, a river thut rung into the St, Lawrence, t wus 0 o'clock, und the asmosphore was becoming un- bearably cold. ANEW Danarn. A new dancer now threatened us, for a much higher ascent would render it impossible to mianuge Use balloon, as the Yalye-rope rannot be worked with frozen hands, Woe rere nuw past jng over the Richelten, and in the distance th lights of St, Charles Villuge on its banks atreamned upivard with a cliceriny effect, Some ono in the yilage must have seen us, for wo could Just cateh the yell of “Balluont Bal- Joon }* and, ua the several cry wont up wo elearly distiuguished the words The Canada.” Wo begun to bear alittle to the north, aud a four of revrossing the Hicheliew which had “eu tered my mind was Gispelted by the Protessor's cheery volee, saylugs * We ara making a Jowor and more aoutherly courga num. Do you see tho Bektell Monutatasd ‘They aro almost beneath us, buba litte to the westy ‘Tho dense forest thut warked tho mountaing encircles a beautiful Uttte slicct of water, about alundred uctes In area, ‘To ua ft looked no Jarger than a silver doltur, ‘ A GLOOMY SCENE. | All around the gloom beesing more thick, and Uttle could be secu but the forests and clearings: betow, Above a few stars were visible, but they gave but afeeble light, which ‘scemed to make our situation the mora ghastly. We passed over a aimall fureat ant then floated above the Iminense Woods known ov the Bris do Salvail. .'fhey aro w number of miles in widel aud a creat length, AN INVOLUNTARY DESCENT, ‘The balfoon was deacending, and, tu prevent falilug into the forest, Mr. Griusloy eoized one UF the sand begs aud burled ft out of the ear, We abot upwuri fora few moments, and then the car sauk agaiu, ‘Ayother bag of bailast was thrown out, but the cold alr fantied our checks, “telling of our approach to the earth, Only one bag was lott. * i dare not throw it over," sald Grimley; “1 will keep {¢ for tho Jast wmument. Pull in the Qrag-rope, ur lt will catch wi the trees? We could feel the rush of alr av the Canada plowed through the currents-on ber downward course, and Leth sprang forward to draw in the heavy rope danuliag beneath. Jt required our united strength to pull it up even alowly, aud a8 we jade one tremendgus effort thu duor of the car Hew open, and came witha at ace of bel thrown out. J caught hold of an iran bar, however, and bung ou for dear Ife. Ag the cur beuae to tremble and shake with the friguelut volycity of tw desyents ky @ great ellort 2 rye The wheels for beyond “them the Boucher-+ yilte Mountains “renged = themrelyes sult the eaytward was a number of forests which alter- nated with snail clearings, dt was halGpust 7 m, when we started, aad at 8 o'clock we huni eleu's Island beneath us. Here the’ red-voated senti- nels looked up from the ramparts and gave vs a bourse cheer, which ae the car falutly but 4, of course, followed his commendable example, aud diero we discovered two forests over Ralned my position, and{we soon succeeded In Placing the drag-linc safely in tho cage. “Slow cau we save ourselves?’ I asked. “ Keen cool and get ready for works,” was the quiet rejoinder. A turned and Jooked at thoman. We hoil the throttle-valye rope between bis teeth und In bis hands was the collapse Nuno, by which the bal- Joon could be ripped from ton to bottom in- stantly. We were nlimost over the edge of tho forest, and there wat aamall clearing and an- other forest beyond, ‘Thera was no time for Hail ag we tyero within a few yards of the f TEARING AMONG THE TRENDS, “Ont with all the ballast,’ the little Eoglish- man cried, end I sejzed the remaining bag of balinst and threw it over ghe car rally’ It was tuo Jate. With a {right{at’crash we struck the high poplar treca aud cut tha tops off as clear as thouzh with a kolfe. ‘T'lien we tore at a race- horse speed through the forest, teorlng away tha branches of oak and maple trees, and throwing us both from one sideof the car to the other, Every thne the cage struck ft would steady for a moment, and then bound slong until another bough impeded {ts progress, when we would receive a shock: that stuoned us for the tastant. Suddeuly we Hfted clear of the trees and be- f@an to tear over the felds. The Professor gave amghty pull on the collapse-valve to let us down at once before we got in the other forest, but under tue great strain the Itoe broke, and formny horror wn headed duc cast for tho sinis- ter-loolsing forest. . “Get hold of the valve rope and help me,'” said Grimley, as he clambered un In the netting ond caught the lines, With might nud main we drew the valve open, inch by Inch, and we Can- eas hey an, to ain wide wwe dangled! on bre ope’s cud among the riggin saw we musi strike the ground, can : SAVED AT LAST. “Drop the ne and cut the netting of the car,” commanded Grimley, as he allowed the valve rope to cut lis wrist with the great pres- eure from above. I did as directed, and, as we Were dragged over fetices, ditches, und furrows, Terasped stones und carth to serve as batlart. Over the eleariug We went, smashing agatust stumps and rocks, until it seemed as though even the fron car must give avay, ‘inally tne gaa began to pour from the valves in a heavy volitme, and the immense canyas runaway stoppea, And it was lucky for ‘us that it wid, as ten fest from us was a seyen- foot fence, to have struck which meant death for both of us, and had we bridged that dunger we could not have escaped the forest, only twenty yards distant. Grintey teld me to re- tain in the car white he clainbered tap tn the network with a large knife in his tecth; a huge: slit was made in the canyas, which eased tte balloon of its great power. A high wind began to blow now, and the car was upset, the Pro- fessor und myeseif being spilied out iu an un- ceremonfous manner. * ON TERA PIRSA. When we got on our feet the balloon had gone a few fect, but we held on to it until the breeze slackened. It was then half-past 10 p. m., and We must have struck at 10 p.m. pre- cisely. ‘Phe next work was to Ict the cas eseape from the balloon, which was o very slow per- formance. Grimley held the valves open while 1 pressed on the sides of the canvas to force the Has out, NEARLY SUPYOCATED. While doing so I kept up a conversation with Grimley, who was on the opposite side. I no- ticed something queer iu his tone, aud hesrd his voice grow fainter and foinger,’ At Inst lic did not make a revly, and, becorfiig alarmed, L ran around, und was horrified: to find him stretched onton the ground Hie adead man. He lay on his face {n a ploughed furrow. | In the confusion ‘aud darkness be bad forgotten the dnoger of inhaling the gar, aud bad succumbed to ite influence, [Me must have been in that condition full minute .defore I discovered hin, lcalled him by nade, beat hin: between the shoulders and rubbed his temples, but to nocffect. Hisayes were wide open. 1 called far help, but the forest alone auawered me with anecho. ‘The angulah I suffered was something ludeecribsble. I dared not leave him as! knew Of no house wear: @o were in au apparent wil- derness, At Jasti succeeded, by rubbing the skin of his wyats, in extorting acry of pain. This gave nje courage, aud [assisted the tn- sensible ‘olout to his fect, but ne again felt on his faca., “After additional efforts, he recov- ered sone waa able to wall, und we started along “the fence, but could not see any Uett, “except the milion twinkllugs of the firo f¥es which blazed uut from the darkacss of thewnderbrush. 1 almost curried my compan- jou n part of the way, and ‘two or three times, ‘wa both went head orer heels into the namer- obs ditchermet with. Grimley soon became | sick trom tho effects of the gas, hie eutreatics ta let hhn lic down and reat were pitiable, but on” we jogged through mud and morass, SANDY HOSPITALITY, After walking a couple of miles we saw alight and toward it We Went, and in a few minates wo were at the door ofa liouac, 1t was then half- past 1£ o'clock n,m. We knocked, aud soon a ‘stir was mace inside, “Let us iu, we want water,” I sald. awer came surlily, We ne comprend pas.” Wo are stringers,’ 2 anid, and this seemed to rouse the man, for he got up, and, alter light- ing a lamp and petting his shotgun from a dis- tant corner, opened the door and scanned us suspiciously. ‘She moment he caurht sight of tie avronsut’s swelled face and rolling eyes he seemed touched, aud with oi Canadian hospital- ftv invited us in. A larco can of water was given Grimley, who cinptied {tat s gulp and then cried for more. As svoo as his thirst was anpersed he sank down on the floor in a dead sleop. I watched him with the lrenchman, whose name was Alexis Larivierc, for a short thine, and then, ovarcome vy fatigue, lay down beside him. ‘The ie Kanuck keot guard over ts until morn- ts The an- 2 ‘THE LANDING PLACE. When we awoko it was leurned that wo had struck the Village of St. Judes, forty-tlva miles distant from Montreal. Auumber of farmers helped the , Professor to get his balloou ona wagon, and then followed breakfust, It can- sisted of a Inrge sliccof fried fut pork and a chunk of bluck rye bread each, As wo picked over the ‘meal duintily the wifo of ove host was struck with a aud- den gonse of lumor at our city-bred airs, and with « great cuffaw she went off into a parox- ‘sin of Jaughter, having to stall her apron into wer mauth Co recaver herself; but, with all tieir rudeness, the inen Were a6 gentle as girls in our presences At 10 o'cloclt wa bade them good-by und started for tats town, a ten-tnilo ride in a cart without springs over a rough country road, Lam af the opinion that walking would have served us better. ‘The Protessér ts still aick, out will start far Moutreal to-morrow moralng, wheru a delegation is to mect sud congratulate son our safc descant, ———— SPECIMENS OF KENTUCKY "POLITENESS, Senators Conkling and Lamar, during an ex- citing and exhausting all-night session of the Sonate, lost covtro! of their tempers, and flung some taunts and cplthets at each other, When they bad cooled down to the reason point} both were ashamed of what they bad suid, and glad to suppress their personalities from the paces of the Congressional Jiecord. ‘The partisan frlends of each Sevator havo tried to pallfate the undignitied exhibition as much aa possible, and Bhift the bhime of provecation on the other; but no. Southern paper, at Teust,” has oxsailed tho private churacter of elther of the choloric disputants, or has applied degrading epithets to them, Hut the Loulavilic CourserJournal—in Uhe absence, perhaps, of its responatbto cditor— hus resorted to astyle of attack which may bo fn accordance with Southern idess of chivalry, but we bone not ‘The C.J. has been in the habit of reading lectures to {ts contemporaries ‘ou the decencics of speceh the press should ob- serve, und of cataloguluy extracts from its con- temporarics that should bo censured. But what shall. he sald of paragraphs Hke theae, culled from Sts editorial page of a few days ago: tho more scandalous passages are omitted for obvious reasons: ‘A bully is not necegsarity a coward, bat 4 biather- axiting bully always ia, Aman who desrta hls wife for another woman, and who makea tila desertion dlagracefully cons fcuous, and glories in jis infatuation and Als any, wou'e dght, In hin affair with Gen, Gordon, Conkling acted the part of a vulyurian who bas wone of the is acts of goad breeding or gentle 0% We ali ace Whether he stows any other quality now. ‘Tnero will bono duel, Lamar |e certainly no duellet, aut, If de were, under the code the onue feon his advereary. Conkliuy is no duulias either, becauws he faa Lally soda coward, and afraid to Opht. ‘A wan who would not attend his daughter'y wed- ding because, in marrying on honest and worthy niau, who wat iz beneath her," le gener: ally account reed fool; uut, when thie bad-hearted fool haw himeclf sprung from a low origin, the world fa fn the babit of applying a worse clavslitcation. Ot course the Mop-tall. crop-eared Clocinnati Guzelle—Ihe truly gud Deacon being absent aud jo his wicked parcaers— and cracks Its lantern jain holy, bypucritio horror, over the ** pop of be Southern awh” in the Senate, and the plaptay Hon-manners of Lamar, + fiven, over Ile woutda't Sgt lowe unless he thought he hadadesd suro thing of it, Everybody knows, why knows auytiny, that by fe au ouprincipied. Webeeds aad W-RARLTed bragasdoris, sprung all depend, originally. from the slums, Ile marriage intos Teapectable family gave him» atart inthe world, which hie bollying and stage-talenty have contin= ued topash. Ho doca not even conkider himaelf a gentleman, and bo will wear the inanit which his Offensivencss and vulgarity wrong from Lamar meekly, His private life for neveral yeara han doen ao equivocal that na decent tomcn can afford tonppearin hin company, fo get some Sonthern Xenatorto kick bim into mar-- tyrdom, Matne knows him, And who te Mr. Conktine? The conntry knows * him chiefly through the description of Alt. Blaine, nt it le not wo famiitar with him a4 hla colenzuen, Mr. Conkling fsa brilliant actor, The offapring of & donk-hill, he har the cuteness of the horse- Jockey; but, having the physique of a butcher nad the voice of an or cl 8 he progreased. —como fo be, not merely AYvoator, hut seurpriaingly pod atage-player. Volvar by nature, and rapidly crow- Ang very Coarse and common in hin exterior, the reruit of havita whien are no longer a recret at Wathington, he has fortwo or three years at- tempted 1v make up Me moral and inteliectoas lonees by mere swayecr, Selecting for the victtine of nin rage an entice people, Inatead of a single Individ- ual, he hag, Ike the poor coward that he te, etrat- ted his atrat, exploding his miscellaneous viilgar- ity at Jong range, bul carefully avolding to tread tpon approsiinate toes, ‘This rort of thing cen- erally comes tu grief. Of couree the Republican preon will take another viow of it, Yet there in not a Republican editor, who has rene envuyh to carry to Washington and back, who does not know that Conkling ta what we have represented him. More than this, ho ix as corrupt Ahound as crer fut in Congress, for there are dozens of peoplo who have more than reseon to auapeet that be wan willing ta el! nimself to the Democrata fora price in LN7O"7, MM. ROSS AND HIS FAMILY, A Touching Letter tom Charieston Lady, Tie.Chorleston (8. C.) Nera prints the fol- Jowingletter, addressed by Mr, Christian KK. Ross to a Jady fn that city: Panspeirnsa, Pa. June 9, 1870.—Dran Mapam: Your kind letter of sth dust, with Dewspaper cutting reached ine this a, m. Mra. Row also recelved a letter from you a fuw moaths ago, and I recollect hearing her say at the time that she would reply tolt. She spoke of.it as one of the kindest of the many Ietters written to ber dy atranvers since the cruel ab- duction of our dear little bov. I suppose in constquence of the many cares incident to ber familly duties, as well as the subject bolng a very: sore one to her, she deferred writlng. For somo weeks she bas baow quite ill, aud sow ts very much prostruted. Avis truly wonderful how well sho has borno up under this Jong-vontinued trial.. For nearly five years she has been ina constant rtate of suspense and expectancy, but her faith bas; over wavered that God in His mercy would either sesture ourdear boy or that sume way would be opened by whicti we would Jearn what has been done with the child, but the continued atraio and: Srequeot dlsappolatments have at last been too much for her phvsical strencth, and ber nervous systein has becoine sliattered. "This last trip to North Carollua referrers to in the cutting you sent scemis to have ulsappointed her more than ony fora long tue, or possibly ft was the last feather added to the previous burden that prosirated her. It scems she bulit great hopes of favorable result from it, why cannot sag, a6 ] told her beloro leaving that I regarded 4t as only a possible chance; but on tiny return, after telling her the result, she cas {ested more disappotutment than} had noticed iu a long. time, and soon tool to her bed with nervous prostration. I inay say here that the newspaper report of my oblest in golng to North Carolina is nut correct. did not po to sce n child there, but to investigate a matier remotely conneeted in the place to which I went, ‘fhe matter {s still undergoing Investi- gation, and I cannot tell what may be the final result. hd ‘Truly the ways of Providence are mysterious aud past Audigy out, yet 1 do not despair but that 1 will yet get some Hieht by which the myn tery will be made plain. To thisend £ zcul- ously look lato every circumstance that 1 hear of that fs either directly or remotely connected with the child’s couceulinent, belleving that while it [4.0 privilege to pray for Hant and old, yet itis also nguty to use every ineans aL my disposal to find out the truth concerning this dark subject. Itducs seem to ine that the par- ties who still persist in keeping from us the facts of the case are even more heartless thay the abductors themselves. Mra. Ross und myself would botn be only too glad to know that our dear Charlle ts safe fo dteaven than to be tortured by the dread that he remalos in charge of people who may lead him into a Iite of inisery or of rime, While we have ausTered beyond what suy mortal can under- atand, yet We have the comfort to kuow thut Riany a little follow has bees resctied from waut und tuisery trough the search Yor our Charlie, ant we belicye the public have reaped Jargely the benetit of the sacrifice we have made, for had | compounded the erline, I feel certain we would haye had our gon long since; but dectin- Ang to do 80, J havo suffered am! tho public hava been benefited, for Ido not think a chile will be taken soon again tor a ransom, J have written yen along letter, much moreso than 1 intended, but you will pleaso excuse me; wheu } get on this subject I dou’t know whenor where to stop. With many thanks fur your interest, and with the hope that your Drarers, addeil to those of so many others, inay avail with the God whom we Worship und sith the Saviour on whom we Lam, very truly yours, Cnnistian K, Ross, es ZULU WARFARE, A Brief Description of Its Ferocity and of the Hritiah Roverse Bt. Paul Pioneers tress. The Dlonecr-Pres 1s indebted to William B. Cardoza, of St. Paul, for the foilowing intereat~ ing extracts from a private letter ruceived by him from an intimate personal friend in South Afelea: Durtoirs Pan, April 80, 1570,—Since my ‘pst all kinds of calamities. have happened to the State—“' the Sonth African State? Fmean, We havo had q twelye-mouths war spainat the Kaf- firs fo Kimberly and the surrounding districts, fought by volunteers only, as wa bad yo regu- Jar troops available to asslat. Io this war 1) two friends—aviendid fellows, One wus a dew, and kived In the first engugement, ‘They both died without belng able to say a word, as im- mediately after the bullet struck them they ell dead. Gur volunteers are recognized through- out the whole colony as being the brayest and Anest body of mes in South Africa. At the close of, the above war, the Zulu war commenced in KiMfirland, Natal, which js about 600 miics from hero; thd Chief of this tribe ts {ea you may buyo scen in the newapapers) talled Setewayo, an uncbuth beast, and he is Khug of Zululand; bis subjects oumnber avout 350,000 malo and the came number females; ‘out of these ho can muster 150,000 Nghting men; these are trained warrlors, not wlawed to raarry, nd the King thinks it would incspacitate them for fleld survices were they to marry. ‘Their mode of fighting and punishment ts as follows: Dut first, 2°l) describe thelr arms and weapone, They Hiaye a rifle, assegals (which ts Uke a harpoon in shape, and has jazzed edges, so when it pene~ trates tho flean tt is diflleultsto extricato), amt shield,” Their mode of hehting is this; ‘The: rush on Ina body with fcartul cries, fire a vol ley, throw. thelr rifles sway, and clogs with their sssegais. When they kill or wound au enemy, they throw their shich) away and use the body in place of It. ‘They sometimes plek up their own ‘dead for tho same purpose. ‘They are punished tu the fotlowlug manner for showing cowardice, or ruoulng away whon in action; the King calls the offender or offenders, after tho battle, into bis presence, wud they are one by ono strangled br the strong man or men of tho tribe, whe take the culprit’s head tn his hand (speaking in the singular now), while another bolds the body und gerews it around fiko one would 9 fowl's, thereby broal the eck mul causing deoth. In the Asandala mussacra (which would not have happened but for the bad gonerutsip of Lord Chelmsford), (00 of the Trenty-fourth fell ton man, ‘They fougtt bravely’ azulaae 20,000 of the eveiny, aud not one uscaped or would bs taken prisoner, it betis worso than death to be captured. Tey tortured twenty Enrtiah soldiers they Sad sntrapped about a mouth ave in the following mannar (they al- lowed one to escape at he could te) soout i); On the first day the Kaitlrs took red-hot. dQ tore the prisouer'’s arms and body with them; about three hours after this they: stuck atecl skewers through yarlous purts of the body; the foliowiny day they wero dle patohed by having a ramrod thrust duwa Weir throatha {nto Weir stomachs, and when they had nearly explredt thelr bellies wees ripned uy, mand so dhese poor felluves peristiod. ‘They had no mneans of taking their own Hres oF they would bave done it. pies eee The Excentinu of Soloviel, The Paris Figaro contulus au account of the execution of Sotovielf, the would-be ussauain of tho Czar of Kussle. ‘Tho prisoner (says the writer) wus pale, but coliccted, und his expres~ alon was that of detfunce. Round ols neck was hung a small black placard bearing in white let ters the inscription State cetmiual.” MWe gor down unalded from Ue cart ia which he bad been couveyed to the scene of oxeeution, and looked fixedly at the aeaffold, wiien he imined!- ately ulterward asceadod. ‘The authorities took their places in frouy of him, and the troupe pre sented arms while the sentence of death wai ug read, the bavgmau holding the prison rigat tuud the woile. Ivan Froilof, the execu Hones, 18 8 wurderer, who was coudewned to hard labor for- sixteen years, but whose sen- tence was commuted upen bis accentancy of the oftice of utecutioner, His assistants were rob- tera, who xlodly exchanged Welt prison fy for =— ‘ = temporary work of a moro active and axettin, Alt that ho fe after tn 4 ical vender of wart-cnres, he || eker, and tits, by Look-ands “| mature. No sooner hnd the sentence been ret cother sounds inaudible. Buta pope, cross in hand, was scech to advances toward the. prisoner ahd smiled, and made a sign of the hand showing sian priost. The latter retired, blessing the prisoner, who bowed, turning his head aside the while, and muttering the worda, heard by the hangman alone, “Ido not want him: it would he uectess."* Soloviell was then covered witha’ fone white dress, to which a cap wna at- tached for the head, his hands were tfed behind. his back, a stool was bs cmtenped upon it, ‘The executioner !mmedi placed the rope ground the:neck of the would= be regiclde, und withdrew the stool. ‘The cord Urbtened with a sudden jerk, but, the dron be- * Ing very short, tnorethau seven minutes clapsed before Iife was extinct. During theas awsul momenta the ylolent contortiona of the arms the death struggle that was golng' on, gigantic crowd seemod more inoved by eurlos- ity than horror the scene enacted before them. Presently the corpse wos cut down, the plysiclan bore witness to the prisoner's death, and hls remamns wero placed tna coffin, A one: but the und We crowd dispersed. STARVING HLMSELF. - Wiltism Blake's Reaolutlon—AMicied with a Vateslting on Water Only for Ixteen Da; Tnentox, N. J, June 21—A singularly de- oped nes Allentown, Monmouth County, For sixteen days, Willam Blake, a young man 23, subsisted solely upon water, drinking this fu large quantitt ‘ peatedly avowed, is to continue this abstinenco. from food until death shall relicye aim from tbe burden of ving. “To all the entreaties uf father, brother, . and ‘undoubtedly persist untit succers crowns his of- forts, unless the doctors are allowed to force nouristment into his system, nnd thus to bafile - his desira for death. Young Binke fs the son‘of Mr.Chartes Blake, oneof the wealthiest and mest’ respected tobabltanta of Monmouth County, A few years ago the. boy's prospects wern of the brightest character. Of quick and active inte} Ject, he excelled in his wtudies, and was regarded ag an ouewtally promisiug scholar. With on at- tractlve home, he was the centre of Jts affection and pride. Fine sovial quatitices made him o * favorite inguncralgsociety. To these quatitics he added an exemplary moral character, and was in vood stunding oa a member at the Prea-- byterian Church ot Alentown. When he bod finished his Beecatare studies, voung Blake was sent to 2 the first ainbition of hts life. count neglect lis studies. He ‘was a mewber of the class which was graduated last Wednesday, and os loog as he remained at Prinecton was held to bo one of the moat diligent members of thot class. the close of his Junior rear in collego the seeds generally enjoyed fair health. A spinal affec- Hon developed during the summer of 1878, and, although Blake fourht off the pal, und pers sisted in returning to cullege at the opening.of the fall term, hu was soon compciied to rélio- quisb his studies, and return home for medical treatment. That he should Jose his placed his vlass Was of itself a suiliviently severe biow to ® young, bright, nod ambitious man, but/lt was Ment compared with that which was to-follow. ‘The phyateian called to treat the case4yas Dre C. C. Vunderbeck, formerly a prominant physl- clan, druggist, ant chentst of Philedelohia, and one of the editors of the Medical gud Surg- teal Heporter. Dr, Vauderdeck, atver careful diagnosis, pronounced Blake's discaso to be, parapleia, or paralysis of the Irgs, a conso- queuce of the affectlun of the apiqe.| About a month Inter Blake was taken to Philadeiphly, . bgt he was oxamined by Dr, 8, Wier Mitchell, of the careful study of the case, Dr. Mitcholl ogrend. with Dr, Vaiderbeck in his diagnosis, Hts cous elusfon was that Blake's Itte gas uat tu danger, © but thot ne would be a cripyia for life... ‘The knowledge of this fugt worked an cotiro change in the young” man'y nature, had beon gay and happy he now became thorosu nud despondent. ‘The clange from the social: Uife of Princgton to the quiet aud seclusion of his country boing, the biigttluy of all his am- bitious plans, the realization that ho must bo forever shut out from the busy pursuits of men, proved tov much for him to endure. He was taken home and placed der the most skillful ‘treatment, but the doctor bad to deal with o fattent whose apirit was more paralyzed than . is boy, ta}k was bis hopeless condition. ‘The constant efforts of his devoted sisters to cheer him wero witttout avali. Day alter day ho brooded over his oubles, until his mind way the seat of the most.fatal discase of all, About 2 month ago Plaka videntiy conceived the itew which ho bs now Arsing “to curry into practice. Ho then <“@eclared = tuut “he would soourr pe tad than be ulive oul oo erin ple. ‘Theor he thougnt and talked about this the tabre flipd became his determination to dic. Sixteen days avo tq-day he declared ils, Jor fentlon to starve Mmself, and tegau ¢b. prove tint he meant, with, terrible earuvatness, what ho said, At Srat hivgomily thought hewas out {no more tat neteually despondent mood, an would soon return tasttore rational miud. | But, ‘as the daya passed und'young Blake took noth- Ing: but water, they became alarincd. ‘The Doc tor Joined fn the endeavor to persuade the ps-" tient from his foolish ‘course, buthe simply repeated that be would aot live a cripple, wud that nothing contd change bls determination to die. ‘There. wero no signs of ay unbalanced tolnd., ‘The young wan conversed as rattonaly: ag ever, ils bend was clear, Ins will inflexible. Alis actlona were wormal, saye tu that one pur- tleutar that he would wot eat, Ho would not evon take feu in his water, seeming to fear, thut - there was something too dustaluing in the frozen Naud, J Under his water dict Blake Began to fail rhn- idty. Before be declared bikapurpose he hod much roduced his strength hyréfusing for two weeks to taky anything exceyttoust und tea, wud not allowinus milk to bo put into the tea. Deprived of ogtslde pourishmont, his systeis began to feed upon itself, nnd tostiow the won- derful tenacity with which the :puysical man, clings to life. Blake ia now confped to nis bed, und his strength svoms neorly spout, Ho fs fittie moro than a living sticliton,, ‘The Hesues and fat hayy been absorbed, Jeaving Noo skin a yellowish tint, Btrunge to ess’, he hus fo gidalnevs, dimuess of yisiou, of. detiriuin, which usuatly attend suck cases, Chere ure scarcely auy bectle symptoms, Yeaterday morn- ing he yomited a Juree quantity of cleartmucus. Death {6 Hable to ocenr at any monayt from cessation of the bearvsietion. Dr. Vanderbeck has urged the father tu send Blake too taal where he cun be treated and piven byl ment artificially. Unless this ts dasio spel Le suys thy young man a aie, i Jor's “Medical durisprudence,” the Hmit\‘ot, existence with absulute retuaal of nourishimedne fs‘but of frum ten to fifteen days. Blalcy att converses freely wbout bis condition und pruy- pects. fla has read medicine somewhat, au, talks lntaligently about his disease, Yeaterday . a brother ortived from Elkton, ind., aud joined his cntreasica with thous of the other members of the fumlly, but with the came unuvalllag of- feet. ‘The youpe man saya he bas no palp or physical suilering, and fs qitte content with bis comtition, ‘Tovlay bu read aome passages fa ils ** Virgil,” and remarked that ne was geting: rusty. Besought aguln and aguin by hia sisters: this afternuon 10 tabe a little nourishment, be replied: “Lhaye told tu fifty tines 1 would nut; L mean to die, and C with! “Tr fs nop. known that Binks hss had auy unfortunate fove at. folr, or wny trouble, except of bis iltness. lu sanity fs bereditary In the family, and u grande father hanged himself in an tusnna tt Tt fs therefore believed that the would-be sulctte te insane on the er of starvution, but tia gives.gio aigiyof a diaurdered mind uside from . hla perstatency iu his determination to dle, tt A Water-Volouipede- Elon Maral, of Battle Creck, Mich, bas ine yented a velocipede te ride upon the water, tt was given a goud teat o day of’ two ago and prove! perfectly satisfactory. ‘The frame is Blaillar to tut of an ordiaury velocipede, haying three wheels, or rather large air-tight. drums, with fang, two fn front as propellers and ove bebind to stecs by. ‘The machlue is: propelled und steered in the same tnannerus any bicycle, | ‘At the tral on the river it walked up the streau agulust the curcent much faster than an ordi- nary boat, aud with greater eves than rowing. - ‘Tho machina draws only tive Jnches of water, ‘She prine(pal objection seems to be that a (eb Jow can't take bis girl riding with bin. ———— Why Me Committed Bulclde, —. Although Henry Luaday of Stratford, Conp., was 70 yesta old, he nos only full {a love with a> wonton of 20, but Wud hopeful that syo would quarry big. Bhe was cold und be persisteut.. ~ Froally abo forbade bim to ca)} oo ber, and then, he, ufter bequeathiug all bis prooerty to aa ylavogal church, commlthod gulclues than the beating of thirty drums rendered all |; address a fo words to him. Solavici-meroly. « that he did not desire the approach of the Ras \- ought, nud the prisoner + : Hately © * and legs of the miscravle man gave signs of | Norse cart, surrounded by a porrertul cacort of Keodarmes and Cossacks, tgole away the body, Hopelesn Matndy, Ue Dererminca Not to Orrrespondence sew York Timer, oe termined attempt at self-starration baa devel-'“” ! Yaars of age, has refused to taxe food, and hag’; Tis purpose, clearly oud ree’ sisters he has’ turned a deaf car, and will.’ rloceton, Whore he honed ty realizo ° «,’ Foud of soctal* “. fe, he delighted in the new society which ho entered aso collegian, but did not on that ace? - Toward: /' of discase beran to abow thelr effects upon 9,” constitution never very atrong, althouh he'had-* University of Pennsylranta, After-a °°. Where ha, The ono theme of the young man's” | >