The New York Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1868, Page 8

PARIS FASHIONS. @he Mourning Mania—Something About Auber—Tho Obseqnies of Ressini = and Baron Rothschild—Anecdotes of the Great Banker—Life at Compiegn: Panis, Nov. 20, 1868. 1 was last winter at a bachelor’s soirve, given at he Louvre, and on wandering from salon to gal- Sery accidentally entered @ side room, in which four ‘whist players were seated round @ card table in pro- Sound study. One of them turned at my approach, Booked up, smiled and silently shook hands, when the others and myself were suddenly electrified by the following gruff interruption from my friend’s partner:—"‘Attend to your cards, sir; we are not bere for amusement.” ‘This outburst upset us completely. All joined in roar of laughter, at which the solemn originator ef this jollity appeared so disgusted that he rose and departed. Since then we never meet at a party without reminding each other that ‘we have not come to enjoy ourselves, and I must remind you of this also, kind readers; ‘we are to have no fun at the beginning of this cor- Fespondence to-day. Weare all in mourning here, and it ts the Paris fashion to be necrological for two days. Crépe de chene is the handsomest black for evening wear, with black guipure trimmings; but as # stands to reason that crépe is rather cool, black poult underneath is advisable. By day black cash- mere and crape folds, or fold trimmings of the same, ‘with fringe underneath, are more severe than satin borders. Fanchon ciape bonnets, with black aigrettes held high in black birds’ beaks, black bog Jewelry and black hair dyed Titien red, are the in- @ispensable accompaniments toa white skin. But why all this mourning? Readers, it is shocking that Ishould have to recall that M. de Rothschild is dead, and Rossini, too, and that all the other old men are dying. Auber alone is merry—he, the composer of the “First Day of Happiness,” and who is eighty- geven years old, says he is not astonished at Rossi- ni’s death, for “he was go old.” It is evident Auber thinks himself quite a juvenile, ‘Dut this is poor comfort, and, having just returned from the vaults of the Madeline, where I went to wee the coffin of the composer of “William Tell’? and “Barbieri de Sevigiio,”” I find it a hard task to be merry. It isa mahogany outer case, with two other coffins inside; the whole is covered with black cloth, puffed like upholstery, in the same way as Lonis Philippe’s, The ridges or outlines are marked by eliver galoon, nailed down with round stiver nails. ‘The vault is hung with black, and on the coffin lle two wreaths of immortelles, placed there by Mme. Rossini. Six varnished bronze handles are seen on the sides, and the following is the inscription on a gilt plate on the lid:— ne rene newts, none cose or annrennnes recree oe Antonio Rossini, Born 29th Febri ary, 1792. Died 13th November, 1868. ENC AE EEEE: The musical solemnity will take place to-morrow at St, Eustache, when Mile. Nilsson and Mme. Patti ‘will sing. The former wears black Chantilly over crape; the latter black lace and crape over black silk reps. Before leaving the Madeline vaults I nearly fell over a large case in brown packing cloth, and ‘was told by the guardian that the package was an embalmed American, who had been deposited here by lis bereaved friends until they and the body siarted by next mail for the United States, 1 will not comment on the reflections which arose in my mind, but hasten to say that M. de Roths- cehild’s funeral was of the simplest Kind. His sons received at the rue Lafitte the deputations to which he belonged, standing; all passed in deep black, hahds were touched, no word spoken, and tie line, ever coming in on one side and going forth on the other, passed on in this way for three houra, The court yard was hung with black and filled by tm- Mense crowds; torchos burned all day along the walls, and between each stood a servant in black. ‘Tho ensemble was imposing, dignified and solemn, Before the two sons, Alphonse and Gustave, left the house they threw torn coats over their shoulders, typical of the old custom of rent garments and ashes, ‘The Emperor was represented by several officials. The Prince of Asturias followed. Immediately after the chariot, which was very ordinary, came the valets, then the sons and members of the family, with the children and masters of the schools founded by the Baron, then the carriage of the deceased, those of his family and members of the Hebrew consistory, The Great Rabbi and clergy were at the cemetery to receive the body. After the above followed the be ea NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER %, 1808—TRIPLE SHEET. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Convention in New Jersey—Locality of the Convention and How It Came to Become a Local Habitation and Have « Name—Pro~ ceedings of the Convention—Crazy Com- pound of Crazy People, Crazier Resolu- tions and the Craziest Speeches. % VINELAND, N. J., Dec. 2, 1888, All remember the story of the speculator who, having conceived the bold idea of building a city in one of the Western States, wound up his advertise- ment in language something like the “The country is the most beautiful the God of Nature ever made, The scenery is celestial—divine; the land cheap and also two wagons to sell and a yoke of steers.” Parsing over the fact that the descent from the poetical to the practical was in this case about as rapid as that shown by many of our young merchants who get married and then go out Weston what they call a wedding and collecting tour, we will only refer them to the well known fact that Vine- land is the product of aland speculator’s brain—s land speculator of wonderfully brassy astuteness in extended advertising and in giving to bis advertise- ments a seductive glow of poetic sentiment and ex- Pression, combined with a homely and practical and quite as seductive array of facts and figures of the Jand’s marvellous fertility. Vineland has certainly grown, grown with unwonted rapidity. Seven years ago three families, occupants, and three log huts were the sole occupants of the 50,000 acres com- prising what is now called Vinelana. The town has 12,000 Inhabitants. Two. words describe the land— allsand. This means, of course, that it is cleared of its superincumbent stunted pines and dense thicket teil La oak. It takes a few more words to de- ‘The squares and streets And faces that one meets, At present the eguares ares gloomy expansion of dusty dreary ut the streets are wide and the houses for most part comfortably paperions, but in the diversity of their architectural designs pre- senting ail the crochety angnlanities of their occu- pants. A homogeneously heterogenious class of ople are the residents; men long haired, lantern jawed, countenances of sickly saffron hue, and wide, urn over shirt collars and immense shawls; Bohe- mians, free lovers, broken down merchants, worn- out politicians, cast-off clergymen, physicians who pay without patients, lawyers who never could ve on their fees and lived on their friends, artists without geuius or patrons, and all characterized by hiful seli-consciousness, general vanity, fool retension and pompous dulness; women, a few of em young and good-looking, but the most old and sallow and fearful looking; women wiih chignons and crimps and curls, women with their air cut short, women dressed in the heigit of modern feminine fashion, women in the leas audacious Bioomer cos- tume and in the full toggery of masculine breeches, coat, vest, hat and boots; women of diverse social conditions, some given to the drudgery of dish water, some farmeré and some physicians, lecturers and artists, and most of the undisguised women’s rights school. Most are Spiritualists,jas might be gatherea from the above description. Itis undeniably the present graud head centre of the women’s rights advocates in this couatry. That special late hobby of this class of modern reformers and progressive ideéuists—woman suifrage—meets here with almost universal advocacy. For calling the Convention that met here to-day of the New Jersey State Woman Suffrage Asgociation it was accordingly a most it- ting as well as natural place. The appomted hour of the meeting was eleven o’clock A. M, From far and near came the woman suffrage ploneers and disciples and the greater and Jesser lighis of this modern ultra radical school, who, a9 says the cail, “are opposed to the existing aris- tocracy of sex and who desire to estapiish a repub- lican form of ate nn in New Jersey based upon the consent of the governed. There was a goodiy throng of respondents to tue call, about three bundred altogether, and two-thirds of these women. It was @ great day for Vineland. = Penn Street Hall with such an array of shining lights gathered wituin its walls, was in @ blaze of refulgent glory. A busy buzz of conversation tilled tne rovm—for these people have tireless tongues—til the female presidcut, a stout, dumpty woman, “fair, fat and forty,’ and plainl, dressed in black, called tue meeting to order an called on a woman of equally mature age, but less fair and with less adipose tissues aud ag gm dressed, to open the proceedings with prayer. It waa a very good sort of praying, but rather unusual, closing with the Lord’s Prayer. This preliminary formula having been gone through with, the special business for which they nad assembled was entered upon with considerable alacrity of despatch, Fore- mostly for smootily peas the way to prosecute vigorousiy the work before them, committees on re- solGtions, nominations, finance, petiions aud encer- tainment were appointed. The committees retired to deliberate upon their respective duties, when the semale president, to fill up the otherwise dull interim, made @ speech. She recited her recent efforts oa behalf of the woman suf movement, and took ray of a clinching wind up that he never had voted never should vote women were allowed to Responsive to this dotard devotion to feminine ‘Sway rose & gentleman Of ambrosial luxuriousness of Pata ches Pigalle Sod of women an Offered the following resolution. cage Resolved, That women are not superior to men. A gentleman with a F r and remark- ably confident way of ing down through this me- {ium a great principle in sclence or ethics or morals to his pool beret gre py ne cation or note of war! pitched into a tract published association. ‘The authoress of the a as she avowed aforesaid tract, also leaped to her feet when her argumenta- tive assailant had finished hts remarks. Awempt to daguerrenaype's ash OF higutatig as te a as mingled daahes of fury light ap ‘her eyes and flashes of scathing rh baiting up her speech. That speech made an impression, says Shelley, ‘An ots auch se in whintwinds bore, Which might not be withstood, man of Samsonian locks attempted a response, but it was feebly done. He was unconditionally and irrevocably demolished. An nt appeal by a female member of the Pinanoe Commiree for money or pledges with which to prosecute their work in the future closed the morning session. The noon session was principally taken up in discussion of the resolutions. Bombast and fury and sense and nonsense were the chief character- istics of this protracted polemical indulgence. ‘The men praised the women and the women praised themselves, and nearly all spoke with sneering dis- peagerant of negroes and negro & ag com- Pi to women’s rights and woman suffrage. The special stickler and pretext for oratorical effer- vescence was a resolution that the 134,000 women of New Jersey demand the ballot as a right, and refuse to have anything to do with any men or party who do uot support their right to vote. Generally speak- ra es, if marked by any ability, command more praise for their brilliant rhetoric than heed for their doctrine. It was the reverse in thiscase. Doc- trine was everything; rhetoric nothing. At length, with afew minor amendments and in the earnest belief that the woman suffrage party, now in assured process of circulation, is to become a great political power in the land—in fact, holding the balance of political power in thetrown hands—the resolutions were passed. Reading letters from absent sympa- thizers in the movement and a second urgent ap- Deal for pecuniary assistance closed the afternoon session. Set speeches were the order of the evening and closing session—speeches im set phraseology— speeches of those of most stubborniy set views. A woinan, the best dressed of any on the platform, and the pleasantest faced and with a bewitchingly graceful gift of oratory, led off with showing the present wrongs hea) on women and showing how all these might be righted by allowing the right to vote. She closed with clasping Hester Vaughn to her imaginative bosom and holding her up as @ sin- less victim of “naughty, naughty men.” A mildly spoken man, of great prolixity of speech, but meagre oratorical powers, took the Bible, Old and New ‘les- tament and Apocrypha, and birth aud marriage and death records and all for his text. St. Paul he pro- claimed as eminentiy clear-headed when he forbade women to speak in churches; but the translators, he said, ade a blundering botch of it in the transla- tion, He said that the original Greek only forbias women to gabble or talk nonsense, and he showed, or rather claimed to show, by other texts that they have the right to talk 1n churches or elsewhere as oiten and a3 much sense as they please. Everybody has read Pollock's description of Byron, as compared with the common herd of mortals, who have weak memories upon the subject of their mothers’ names and very indefinite ideas as to the expansive area of the moon. One such there was here. He was the third speaker at the evening session—a tall, flae iooking man, with “spectacles on nose,” though as yet very far from being in the “Jean and si{ppered pantaloon.” His pompous periods were more than astonishing. They were bo- wilderingly unintelligible. He talked about the beautiful eway of the heavenly systems being sym- bolical of the herimonies of the infinite and of the Juminous fountains flowing full of eternal ideas and of the harmonious spieador of the rolling universe. He siood to his auditors as Goldsmith’s teacher to his pupils:— His words of learned length and thundering sound Aiszed the gapiig rusties ranged around ; And still they gazed, and till the wonder grew How one small head could carry ail he knew. The female president made the closing speech. She took bold, centrifugal flights, but quickly, with ceatripetal velocity, would come back to the great, absorbing question of woman suffrage. A third and tinal appeal for financial contributions and singing the song, “Where the Roses Shall Ne’er Wither,” aud tue Convention was deciared adjourned sine die. MUSICAL REVIEW. ‘The Board of Trade, consisting of representatives of the leading music publishing houses in the coun- try, who meet every summer at some watering place, is a terrible monopoly, against which the un- fortunate composers singly cannoteffect anything. ‘There are, however, suM@cient publishers and musi- Danks, clerks, railway companies, &c. fe family Wault of the Rothschilds at Pere la Chase is near Rachel's. it is a grand mausoleum, worthy of the opulent family. In the centre below is a large Dasket of stonework ever containing exotics or rere Sowers, and one cushioned chair to knee! on for one mourner atatime. A marble sneif is placed for the Oid Testament and Prayer Vooks. ings of sombre shade, though not black, deaden the light Which filters through the stained glass windows. There is nothing sad fo this monument. It looks more like a family room in which one is not totaily severed from one’s departed. Atlong the anecdotes which are told of the urci millionuaire I only select two, which concern my speciality, the fashions. He once purchased for an actress a inagaificent cloak, it was Veivet, lined with fur, aud made in those days ‘when a velvet manUle was not antediluvian, ag it is now. The first time the actress wore it the Baron ‘was, wita otuer friends, in her box, ond one of these friends whispered to the miiliounaire all Lis admira- tion jor the queenly cloak, “How giuch do you think it cost? responded the gratified sou of Abvralam. The friend ignored. Eighty thousand francs,’ communicated the Baron. “and it 13 @ good dea! for one who 13 worth so littie,”* he added. ‘This frank opinion was not beard by the actress, Who sat 0. a front seat in all the giory of having excited universal envy. The other anecdote concerns an aristocrat, and as these parties are all my prey | may as well repeat ‘The Baron was not fond of nobles as a general ruli he preferred the nodlesse of money, and being very Duay in his study une morning did not heed the eu- france of a Count who was ushered in otherwise than by a jerk of his head and a ‘be seated, take a chair.’ “Barou,” said the Count, “1 think you have not heard my name, J~I—” and indynation cut nis = ch, “I ain Count X. “in that case,” put in ie Baron, “take two chairs.” And now I have finished my obituary and fiy to Comp! he first series of guests has left; they are al deihted, having had a very happy stay. ‘The lion was Paul Peval, whose taletelling at the Binpress’ tea table has given lim @ reputation as great as lis books, He relates wonderfully, with great erudition and slinplcity, chang! his voice and the expression of his features with as much art as a consummate actor. The other great attrac- tion at these tea gatherings, now so fashionable at four o'clock, Was Marsal Caarobert. The Empress is very fond of teasing the latter avout tue inferiority of the army compared to the navy, and having doue go jately the Marshal replied that he could not under- wien the armay had ever been iufe- ‘rench naval officers. ‘Weil,’ said the 1 can only say France produced Dugnay, Trouin, Duqu Jean Bart, Duperre, Hameli, and —." Here the Marshal imterrupted hi with a long list of military celebrities, 1 the Empress, seeing he would not siop, called out “fo me, the navy!’ tostantly, all the admirals and naval oMcers rushed round her with a reat show of bravery, and Bugc: face was much jushed. are,” she said proudly, bat mind, 1 @o not say 4 word against the a:my ; I only like the ‘ways of the navy; they have something 8o pecullarly their own.” On ‘his occasion the Empress was tn colibri velvet, and it bas been noticed taat since the arrival of her guesis ai Compiigne sbe has laid aside her emeralds for diainos ind that her styic of dress is not at all so simple as before. On her sere, which was the 15th, she wore an a- Mirable lace rebe, worked with silver over a dun- coicred train and an artificial rose in her bor Madauwe \ airy danced, and was completely in black lace ~The vuke and Duchess de Mouchy came frora Paris wita bouqu ad jeft in a landau at eight, The young Duchess was in black velvet and satin. Fireworks preceded the ball, and the Emperor let the frst recke: of in the gardem hupseif. The bouq offered by the regiment of car. in the morning Was so large that two of vat mon Nad to carry it. That of the voiti- w composed of Parma violets and white Vas. lyceaus sent & mixed nosogay, With 2 verse foided paper in of congrataly I 0. tv of Compie ghe, in back stu © aprons aud irl-color roseties oa Int \d sories we have most dazzling stars, fud 1 reserve the best ior my next, closing wilh BOINe Of toilets, which were shaken out of large | bo 4 Lilelr possessors arrived, One w a uray satin, worked all over with yeilov. ul ‘ coral pattern; another Waa we ruby | Sia fe (with sable; # third eme grevn. | Alt e bottom Headed | wit Kitts, and | ar » most grace- fal o y three loops piseed a Wi are re ton, gen place ier a panier rogi ay b q ‘ Wear, over uile, Which is Kiroy Lora 6f eurai! eatin b¢ the crepe, Sone of ounces bave very d 4 all round and aie ‘with sulin. dit Vtoquety follow stl i fr Veivet polo re (onued round with # expecially the ¢ « ueleon v rhe weed. tie d r her hearers on a@ lo! esteru tour through Kansas and elsewhere, but waking no mention of her chivalrous chaperon on this irip of travel, he of the hyperion curls and blue dress coat and brass but- tons and white vest and white kids now languishing under the lash of confiding creditors in a lar away ‘ison. She did tell, however, of having secured ,000 votes in their favor in Kansas; that this was the anniversary of the banging of John Brown, aud that their cause, like his soul, was marching on. The tokens of this marciing on she saw Oa every side, aud particularly im the fact that thirteen re- porters attended their recent meeting in Boston, omutting to meution, however, that the same nua- ber would lave attended at the same veritable “Hub” a prize fight, or exhibition of rat killing, or desperate dogs contesting for victory. She closed With stating that as to the time of having conferred on them the same political mghis that are now enjoyed by wen Bie Was willing to Walt God’s tume—a siate- ment gitite unnecessary, a3 being a necessary fact. ‘The readiug of the Treasurer's report, which fol- Jowed next, did not betray exact impecuniosity, but a very close approximation to tnis point, and rather weakly sinews for buffeting the tide of popular sentiment they have to stem— a thie with stronger opposing current than the chaflpg Tiber to Cwsar. This financial state- ment showed the receipts during the past year 8 $155 62 and the expenditures $147 62, leaving a balance of eleven doliars on band—just the amount, accordn to that incontrovertible authority, Mark Twain, if Horace Greeley covid sell his cabbages tor apiece, he would make the cultivation of his farm pay him. Tne Jemale president, who had not yet said all her | Say, etsayed a second spesch. The beginning of it was practical and to the pocket—an urgent appeal formoney. They had more tracts to issue; tiey are not going to take back tracks, and they wanted to seud lecturers forth fate the country; there were innumerable expenses of every kind. Would any one give a handred dollars? (No response.) Wouid any one give adollar? (Noresponse.) It was dis- conten: any one would say #0, aad she dnally concladed to leave this branch of the business to the Finauce Committee. She took up the subject of their tracts, and after expauating dn their merits and usefuluess in the present crisis, announced that | any brother or sitter could Lave as many as they wanted, cheaj No one caine forward to buy tra ‘but a@ Indy in the middie pari of the audience arose, and in a shrill, harsh and fotractable voice let herself be heard:— “One of thoge ‘ere tracta of yourn, shrill-voiced female, “a lawyer te.ls m in law, aad is not the laws of New Jer ag it clatirs?” “I am sorry for your lawyer,” answeared the bo tneny pi lent; “his opinion is not worth a st ” said this | ‘ont stand Y digested W. ‘So I kinder guessed,” replied the shriil-voiced female, and she took her seat. “The committees are a jong time out; let's stag ‘gohn Brown,’ ” broke in a man of rather PaletaMan figure on the platform, who evidentiy does not board in Vineland aud is bardiy thin enough for a Spiritual. ist. at's a good idee,” chim: ell sing ‘Joha brown,” nd several voices, with an authoritative e fommale president, There Was & p form. A woman | with long, bony hands sat down to it and commenced | playing. A long. lank man, who would not siand | much show among muscuiar Christians, but would do better for a lightning rod and peram! lighthouse, commenced,, with distorted, head thrown back and “eyes in fine treazy | rolling,” singing the song. p Was not muca to excite enthusiasm in this; but with most marvellous entuusiasm the swelling voices of the auJieuce sung | with grand melody. ‘The Committee on Resolutions now made their ap- pearance aud submitted the result of their brain. | cudgeiling. After surging through successive shoals of Whereases they plunged boldly into a turbulent sea ol regulves. These whereases, Ip the usual stereo. type sty sexpedation words, set forth their grievances, and then im phrases of fierce declaina- | tion deciared their resolves, These resolutions were | only a little more pungeaty told, | Discussion of the | or the later recitals. aps, utiona was postponed till the afternoon session. | ithe forme of the inemorials, one to lay betore ud the other before the Legislature of the presented for the approval of the Con- vention, A gentieman of very yellow fe aud | aravely assy i majesty of intonation, but in a torie wide of artificial rules, spoke upon after which they were ado d tue report of the Committee on Noinina 4, Presenting candidates for the various oiices to The re; 8 adopt one calling the meet ing, a8 well @8 con- | % year’s secretary, i a email tavie on | \uipment of garments | and pen hung bw over her right ear A full bearded aua very bald but more than seml- tootlieas gentieman, g a ing lisp to his ib voice, here moun eplatiorn, Io woud Jouck rather have & Woman ireddent of tie Unwed MW he amembers of Cong having we nad more empernte jaws for usthere wing and corr Hen, #0 Ing, aud 18 Coming Would a millennium on earth. ‘10 lwhou of Wowen he slated by vz in oO} appr clans possessed of honesty and justice to be found in ali the great cities who might form a successful com- bination egainst the tyranny of this clique, It is @ shame that composers should be treated in such a shameless manner as they are at present. Few of them receive anything lke a decent compensation for the labors of their brain, and very many of ther are even denied the scanty pittance doled out to others by the purse-proud publisher. Some of the most successful songs and piano pieces have bardly brought a dollar to the composer, but thousands to the pubiisher, With a strony, unit c, well organized effort, the Composers can vigut thonwselves Wi they wish. Ditson & Co.'s latest publi «tions are:— “The Opéra Boutfe,” 2 «ci cctioa of vocal and instrumental gems from ‘La (rand Duchesse,” ‘La Belle Helene,” “Barbe Vloue,” “Orpheus”? and “Genevieve de Brabant.’ A very hendsome collec- tion of all the Offenbachian arrangements and selec- tions pubiished by this house. Every popular theme from those operas may be found here. Some of the potpourvis, however, by Mesers, Wels and Knight, are very shaky concerns, “The Bell Goes a Kinging for Sarah.” and chor ’. W. Hunt. in music aud words, “What Josie said.” W. F. Wellman, Jr, Josie talks very pleasantly, and with very pretty music into the bargal “Moonlight Polka Redowa.” Wellman. A simple, unpretending little piece, but very pretty and inter- esting. 0 ‘omic #on: Exceedingly clever bot “Vocal Gems from Genevieve de Krabant,’? com- prising “Ah! de mon coeur,” Sifroy’s best song ; “oh! ma maman,” the ludicrous trio of the wendarmes and Genevieve, aud the pie song of the irst seene, . “Rnokety Jack. Comic song. Operti. Onworthy of criticism, even if sung, ws is siuted on the title page, by the “inimitable Annie Hiudle, whoever on earth she is. “Military March,’ No. 6, four hands, F, Schubert. This is the best of the series ; quaint, brilliant and varied, and Schubert-like throughout. This is the “sunrise Mazurka.’ J. N. Pattison. already celeb sd salon piece by this favorite com- poser, arranged for four hands. It is effective. “Pout put your foot on @ man when he's down,” sung by the “celcbraved” Anaie Hindle.” G, Mars- den. Hardly anything better than tue preceding, although ft 14 serious, It would be « good thing, however, for this city, ag the seutiment conveyed in the words is often sadly neglected, W. A. Pond & Co, publish the following ~ “Maiden with tie coral lips.” Song. C, Karples. We don’t think that Heine, who wrote the beautiful verses of Uns song, would be much pleased were he to know of Mr. Karples’ butchery of them, f ve Motte Brothers, Chicago, publisu the follow- nye — ant Beautifai Flowers.” Ballad. Frank Howard. Do not plant these at any raic. They are musical weeds of the ran! kind. in Herman Schirner. Pretty fair. a init, but many puerile aiso. jden Pebbles Sehottisch,” Addigon. re } sparkling litde n amateur ing, Water must “The Rag st in 7 Comic song. The m imirapiy. Brookl h two very nest Perring, called “Waiting and “it's § you Are.” auly vein of this * “Tpoman’? Water,” the best of lowing: “Sweet Remembrance,” reverie, by Max Braun, A thoughtial, dreany, bat not very original work ip & a: hh for young hands. of Keller's pretty ballads, with ic about it. of Madison Square,’ by Will S. jual companton for Captain Jinks, nof that song. It is uot compar: able W.th other songs of this compos @rund fa von the ballad “Write Me a Letter from {101 dward Hofman. ‘he air is skilfully pr througirout the compositt witch is no! ond of brililancy. An airy, birdlike rmur raps throug it. It is written in the key of nd 18 not an over vce for ie ye Love wR K and ye Bishop, are three sacred souge »od melodies aud simple enough for the Sanday schouk The first of the turce is the best, THnow A TRAIN ory TOS here a counter olteat river been traced to buys. —New Maven Paadiuin, vec. b+ LYMAN TRUMBULL. His Views on Certain Public Teplee-What He Thinks of Universal Suffrage, the Civil Tenure Bill, Alabama Clahue and Diplo. matic Stumping. ‘Wasninoton, D. C., Dec, 3, 1868. fenator Trumbull, of Illinois, 1s one of those public mm with whom the sentiment of the Latin poet patria super omnia has ever been @ guiding motive inhis participation in the conduct of national affairs. ‘Tre impeachment trial placed him in his true light aga sincere and courageous patriot, who was pre- psred to reject the ties of party and incur the ob- lojuy of @ large circle of friends and supporters raher than surrender his convictions of right and jutice—rather than see the party to which he was allied triumph on a degrading and urconstituttonal issue, His course has, however, been vindicated by the better common sense of the cauntry, and he stands two-day even higher in the esimation of the true conservative element of the people than he ever did before. He is one of the few ‘Western men who unite to a fearless style of address ard an independent course of policy a suavity of dis pesition and @ gentleness of temper not usually found in such easy’and natural combination. Your corespondent called in upon the Senator to-day to hare a short talk with him upon national affairs and Jearn hia views about the questions which are likely tooccupy the attention of Congress. *Do you suppose, Senator, the Tenure of Office ac: will be repealed this session ‘Well, not formally, perhaps, but it will be ren- deed inoperative and useless by the enactment of otier laws affecting the occupation of government ofices. The bill of Mr. Jenckes, of Rhode Island, for instance, proposes the filling up of offices by a system of competitive examipations, thus sweeping avay almost all the Executive patronage at once. Some one else will have ® propsition to restore the orignal freedom of the Executive in the choice of Cabinet advisers, which is sure to be adopted, and thus you see, with the passage of Jenckes’ bill, whbh has a large number of sy) peers there will be tery little left of the Tenure of Office act.” “in the McCardle case at the last term of the Suyreme Court the counsel who supported the apjeal claimed that the court had jurisdiction.” “That was an error, In 1867 an act was passed gigng jarisdiction to the Supreme Court over a cer- ‘ah class of cases which might come before it on wnt oferror or appeal for habeas corpus, It was discovered that a system of apprenticing negroes prevailed in Maryland and was but another form of slevery, in a somewhat woditied degree. The act was passed to cover cases arising out of this condition of thngs and had such lunttations as prevented it from beng made applicable elsewhere, This was the act of which xicCardle’s counsel took advantage, it was repealed before any decision of the court was reached, aad though at the time a good deal was said about cartailing the constitutoinal power of the Supreme Court there was really no curtailment whatever, and tie court to-day has all the jurisdiction it started out with in the year 1789.” “The question of making manhood suffrage uni- yersal, I suppose, will be a leading one this session?” “So itseems, Ihave no Sheeran. to seeing the colored men in the State of Illinois granted the riglit to vote, If the same sentiment was held by a majority in all the Northern States it would be a blessing. The matter would then be quickly decided and @ great source of annoyance and contention got rid of, but it appears a majority of the people Gre not in favor of the project. How is it proposed to be accomplished ?”” “One Senator says by act of Congress, another by constitutional amendment,” “By act of Congress would be simply absurd. In the first place Congress has no such power, and allowing that it had, how could the act become per- manently effective? Suppose this or the next Co: enacted such a law, what is to pre- anotaer legislature—a democratic one, for instance—repeaiing it and thus making confusion worse confounded? It would be iike a game of battledore and shuttlecock. 1f it be passed by constitutional amendment it willbe very much like a ud on the people. Michigan, Illinois, In- diana, Ohio, Connecticut, Missouri aud Kansas voted down tie quesiion of negro suffrage when tairly sub- mitted to thein, but the republican Legisiatures of these States would vote for the amendment, and thus, you see, the people would be plainiy misrepre- sented and defrauded. The requisite three-fourt! Ppresuine, can be obtained, and I see no likelihov« that the advocates of the measure will ailow tie op- ortunity to pass of hastening its accomplsahment, t will be brought up early and pressed forward with encrgy. ‘There 18 @ necessity for this because it may seldom happen again when the Legislatures of 80 maay states will be of the one complexion, But there 1s no question that such an amendment as this will be other than a fraud upon the peopte,’? Do you think the approaching session will be marked by any unusual iegislatiou, Senator?” ell, sir, 1 hardly know what to say about that. T am ‘elined to think the financial question will command the largest share of attention. It is the question that is being talked of now above all others, und the people seem to expect some great measure of relief from Congress.” “Have you prepared any bill on tho subject, Senator?” “No, sir; [ have not, I believe I will merely play the part of a spectator. So many Senators and Re- presentatives have studied the question and turned their attention to it for the purpose of devising some grgat measure of usefulness that I intend wo be a quiet listener, { sal carefully analyze ever: vil presented on the sabject, watch the aevates wit) the closest atvention, and support whatever plan L May consider most likely to work good to the whole country.”? “What do you think of Senator Mor‘on’s plan?’ “You refer, | presume, to tue plan which proposes the fixing of a time, two or three years hence, for the resumption of specie payments, Well, 1 am in- clined to think that plan is a good one, but I am not + prepared to say it is the best. it would undoubtedly encourage resumption by accustoming the mind to the idea by the mere designation of a certain fixed time for itscommencement. But there is another measure which I consider would greatly hasten re- sumption. That is by legalizing gold contracts. By enab! business men to coutract spectfically for ayments in gold you encourage such contracts and oo Poo itself into circulation. But, as I re- marked before, I have no particular plan of my owa to urge upon the country.” “Well, Senator, pasaing to another subject, what do you think will be the upshot of the negutiations abont the Alabama claims }"" “Really, sir, 1 Know so little about the negotia- tions that am unable to form an opinion. All that 1 kaow ofthe subject I have learned from the news- papers, some of which I notice have lately published quite fully the supposed points of the convention be- lieved to have been agreed upon by Reverdy John- 800 and Lord Stanley. Without positive information eeetiiee the nature of this convention of course no intedligent opinion can be formed.” “Supposing the publisned accounts of the conven- tion to be substantially true, do you belleve the Sen- ate would confirm it?" “Candidiy, sir, | don’t think the Senate would contirma it. [don’t think popular sentiment would sustain the Seaate in ratifying such @ treaty, even supposing the Senate inclined that a ‘rhe pro- tocol as arranged between Lord Stanley and Mr. Johnson 1s not the kind of agreement demanded by tue American people. Our people seem to require a settlement of the Alabama ciaims first, without re- ward to counterciaims, which Great Britain may set up. And that is one great dificulty in the way of successful negotiation. Another is that our ple | require a recognition of the fact by England ‘that she was wrong in conceding belligerent rights to the South. Supposing our government has made these demands, it Is uniikely they will be conceded, The reason is evident, Here are two independent, en- lightened, high spirited nations. Each thinks it is sound in its position; each cousiders it is right. If our government tnaists upon simply having its claims settled without ard to any that may be raised by Great Britain, what's the use of any diplo- matic negotiation? It is unnecessary to do more than simply gay, ‘Here's the bill, pay it,’ as sug- gested in a newspaper lately, No use to have an pasendor jor that, or protracted neg Ieee Stanton's name mentioned for the posttion of atnbassador to Baglan You't you think he would be a good party to settic our litue difficul- sentiment anton would carry the Americs with lim an & ily. Be would hes¢ and vigorous in his demand forsettiement. But, atter all, would that be the best kind of an ambassador? Would tt not resuit In a speedy suspension of dipio- matic relations? You must remember, sir, we are dealing with a powerfal independent nat avd that the dispute is ike one between two nigh spirited gentlemen. If two gentlemen disagree aud sch thinks he is right, neither will yield to a deniand that regerables @ threat, Negotiation is what rust be resorted tO. T regard Reverdy Johnson as a Lecotiator, He is better qualified by his age, temper and experience for such Lusiaess than is Mr. Stan- to a Do you think Mr. Johnuson’s wining and dining form part of his programme of negotiavon “Wea, sit, it 18 @ curious spectacie to Bee our Minis- jng’a stump speect every day; sor, after ail, ches at dinners and ¢ls where are very mach like stump speeches. But I vo it is part of his Programme and that tt has it Reverdy wants to get the English people tn 00d hamor b: t- tery and soft speeches, nud ho hes toa great extent stivcecded, Iti8 more likely (ie Kugiish cousent to settie our detmanits while goo than while growling; but nevertheless, E repeat, it isa queer spectacie to see our Minister gotug about Kugland making stump speech woul we think 1a this country should 5 y, the Prevel Minister, or Thornton, tl is usier, under- ke a tour of the country a Wapeech at roal station? We would regard it as rather er American Minister was ever so much aed before, 1 believe, Senacor re ia nothing tn the career of our for- as well rece Adan “(have not heard ang metab it, Ddowt Know Guat ite Pepeai is | true the moseane originated in an anomalous con- dition of ‘and that that condition no longer exists. But there are many reasons why the act should not be repealed, In the first place, it secures the of the House at an early day, In case of an extraordi, session called by the ecutive no time would be lost in organizing. See- ondiy, it would operate to bring about a uniform tume for the election of (i men. Now there is uniformity. Some States elect in April, some in lay, some in November, some in A\ it and so on. This is an inconvenience which a yh session ” would remedy in all Several other quest were asked and answered, but none of sufficient importance for repetition in print. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Progress of Christianity—New Churches Dedi- cated—Revivals, &c. A new edifice for the Baptist church, Northfield, N. J., constituted in 1786, was recently dedicated. A Baptist church in South Boston, Mass., was dedi- cated @ few weeks ago. The edifice cost about $50,000, In Rockford and Toulon, Ul.; in Keokuk, Batavia and Muscatine, fowa; in Farmington, Minn., and Hilisboro, N. C., Baptist societies have lutely dedicated newly erected sanctuaries. Bishops Simpson and Clark took part in the dedi- cation last month of the new Methodist house of wor- ship at Morrisania, N. Y. The entire expense of the ground and building was $43,000, Methodist houses of worship have also been dedicated at Menominee Falls, Wis., and at Deerfield, N. J.; at Blairstown and Linn Grove, lowa, and at Spencerville, Ohio, The Richland (Ind.) congregation of the United Presbyterian church a few weeks ago left the house in which they have worshipped for twenty-seven years for their new Lenmar C The Third Presbyterian church of Pittsburg has just completed a new and elegant house of worship, the enure cost of which, including the ground and organ, is $249,000. ‘he German Reformed congregation of Pottstown, Pa., have just completed a new house of worship, which was dedicated the 2ist and 22d ult, The new sanctuary of the Second German church, Cincinnati, built at @ cost of $8,000, was recently dedicated to the worship of God, The small German Reformed con- gregation at Johnson Corners, Summit county, Ohio, who have long been worshipping, at one time ina school house and at another in a rented church, om the 1st ult, consecrated|a sanctuary which the small society have succeeded in erecting. The St. James Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Youngstown, Pa., recently dedicated a new sanc- hey f 3 which they had built at an expense of $4,000. A Congregational house of worship was compieted and dedicated week before last, in Parkerville, L. I. The new edifice nas been erected at acost of $13,500. In many charges of the German Reformed Church, the past few weeks, encouraging religious interest has n prevailing. The corner stone of the new edifice of the North Reformed church, Gowanus, Brookiyn, was laid last week, in ‘'welfth street, between Third and Fourth avenues, The Protestant Churchman mentions @ case in New Jersey where the vestry of an Episcopal con- gregation have resolved unanimously that their Tector be requested to make such exchanges, or to hold such fraternal relations with non-Episcopal clergymen as he may think desirable, and pledging to him their hearty sympathy and support aud ad- herence, whatever may be the consequences. Calvary church, San Francisco, Cal., is erecting a new church edittce at a cost of $120,000, It has re- cently erected @ mission church bullding at a cost of $70,000, where @ new church will soon be organized. Three other churches are being erected at different Points in the Synod of the Pacitic. Rev. P. Beran, who has been laboring as a mis- sionary at Leavenwortb, Ind., since last August, writes that a season of fruitful religious interest has been eniored there during the fall, Twenty persons, Many of them heads of families, have made public professions of their faith. Professor Ezra Jacobs, of Griswold College, Daven- port, lowa, a converted Jew, was janlp ordained a deacon in the chapel of the college by Bishop H. W. Lee, of the Episcopal Church. Rev. J. P. Finley three years ago organized, with eleven members, the Presbyterian church of Brook- field, Mo, At the end of the first year they num- bered twenty-six, and at the end of the second sixty-two. ‘Twenty-six have been received on pro- fession and eighteen by lever during the last year. Rev, Frank Thompson sailed trom this city the 24th ult, to become pastor of the Congregational church of New England Christians at Hilo, on the Sand- wich Islands, whence he received’a call a few months ago. His salary ia $1,000 in gold, and a parsonage is placed at lits disposal. ‘The Baptists in this country have added over 64,000 by baptism the present year. Their number of com- municants 18 over 1,100,000, A revival of religion is now in pi 83 in Lee, N. ©. It commenced under the jabors of Rev. John T, Avery, the Evangelist, who has been laboring here three weeks, with his usual success. Many have been converted, and the church nearly doubled in numbers. ‘The elders of some of the Presbyteries are taking counsel together for effective work. Two or three meetings With this object in view have been lreld ta this and we now have arecord of oue in the western partof this State, Catholicity in Brooklyn. In a lecture delivered before the Benevolent So- cleties of Brooklyn in that city on Sunday evening last, by the Rev. J. R. McDonald, of Williamsburg, allusion was made to the wonderfal increase tn Catholic institutions there during the past forty-five years. As instances were cited the following inter- eating facts:—In the year 182) mass was celebrated for the first time in Brooklyn, under a shed, where now stands the Catholic cathedral, St. James’ church, Jay street. The celebrant npon that occasion was the venerable aud zeaious Father Shannahan, who is still living, and is now attached to St. Peter’s church, in Barclay sireet, New York. A few years later another edifice, St. Paul’s church, on Court street, corner of Congress, was built, and for several years suificed to meet the wants of the Catholic community, The Rev. Mr. McDonald called the attention of those among his hearers to the time when they, like himself, had walked a distance of five miles to attend mass and Sunday school at the latter church. Then the number of children in attendance at Sun- day school did nos exceed 150, whiie the actual num- ber now was upwards of eighteen thousand. At the present day there are sixty churches and no less than seventy priests in the diocese of Brooklyn, Which diocese was established October 13, 1853, when Bistiop Laughlin was appointed to the see. There are besides these evidences of falth, charity and pro- gression numerous parochial schools, convents, cole leges, orpnan asylums and similar insticutions on every side, As for the spiendid memorial of Chris- tian faith and the new cathedral of St, Mary ofthe [m- maculate Conception, in course of erection, and the orphan asylum, Albany avenue, he urged the early Souiptetion of these buildings through the aid of the fu ‘The First German Catholic church in Brooklyn was built by Rev. Father Kunz, in the wastern district, | ea ra is known as the church of the Most ‘Trinity, Trouble Among the Faithful on Island. ‘The Independent relates thata diMculty has arisen in regard to the election of Dr. Littiejo hn as Bishop of Long Island. As we stated last week, h is election was carried on the third ballot by @ majority of one in the clerical branch of the convention, he having thirty-four votes of the clergy to thirty-three for others, It is now stated that one clerical vote was wrongfuily rejected, which would have been given for Dr, Alexander Vinton, and thus would have produced a tie. Rev, Albert Guion, an evangelical churchman, lives in Brooklyn and has Jong been in the receipt of $100 a year from the Missionary Society. On the 16th of November Bishop Potter gave him an official certificate as @ missionary, en- Long titling him to @ seat im the convention; and he was thereupon duly enroliea and took part in the organization of tho new diocese. After the organization was legally completed and Long Island becaie a separate diocese, the convention, as an act of courtesy, invited Bishop Potter, to preside, as they might have invited any other bishop present. Shortly beiore the hour of voting, Dr. Potter, without any vote or authority from the convention, privately struck Mr. Guion’s name from the roll, and conse- quently his name was not called, He openly de- manded his right and gave his vote for Dr. Vinton; but the secretary refused to enter it and it was oot counted. And so Dr. Litticjona gained his election by the exclusion of a vote. Aid ihore ta practically no superior tribunal by which the wrong, if it is one, can be corrected. in sue a case the Episcopalians are as destitute of aa appeal as the Congrogationsi- ists Lhemseives. American Bible Society. The stated n ceting of the Board of Managers was held at the Bible House on the 34 inst, Janes Lenox, president, in the chair, Four new auxilia- ries were recognize|—three in Texas and one in Alabama, Comrnnications were received from Rey. W. 8. Robertson, missionary among the Creek Indians, enclosing a vote of thanks from the na- tional council, «1 aiso from the Supreme Court, for a bibie A to cach, and stating that the former a 1to open their dally sessions by reading a chapter and pi 50 Stat (he prose cutlon of the work of preparing the Seripluces in the Creek language for the press; from Mr. Andrew M, Milne, Montevideo, with satisfactory stateracnts fas to the work in that region and also desirin addtional supply of books, aud from Kev. i Constantinople, in regard to the Grants of books were made to the Fre Missionary Society and many other socletios. ‘the entire number of books granted was 6,807, oF various sizes and in duferent languages. How the Mormon Detasion was Overcome by Ridiente. A correspondent of a Methodist paper, who evi- deniy has his prejudices against te Mormons as a sect, elves the following atimeing reminiseence of @ one? famoas proachor namer By Hiybard, who existed in Berkshire, Mass., and Bastern New York @ enerntion or so ag Some tae before Mr, -——~ was stationed in West Btockbridge Mormanism had made inroads upon the ES a Ont ‘Were they With this folly that they would come into #he church on Sunday pn make disturbance, con- tradicting the minister to his face in the pulpit and qiberwise interrupting the services. Yet such for West Stockbridge mmepojconanle with 4 of that word long, as in ride) these powerful Saint peat some of the ‘Mormon’ sible soe y ry—mi Mi less matter of the rendering of it. Then he notice from the pulpit of a night during the week, and and pace from the Mormon He did think he . not cule from the sacred desk. iret od vig toate ae icule, “ ron ee of = own Lg the at Eo 1 rious yy occasions; and Mr. —- was wi At last to" hig aude of the question ea ashe desired. This created on the appointed night the bri was crowded with eager listeners, for all the “country round” had come to hear the well known or at arene ee ao 01 8 ec mouth AG there” was meaning beyond the mere assertion, that it was cus with to choose only one verse of Scripture for a text; but he was ote Wa menceed enon 8 new plan, for he should take the whole Bible for his text, His audience made wide eyes at that, and people of steady habits began to fear that they “should not get home till morning.”” But soon they perceived the joke when he began soberly, though in & tone imitative of the drawl of the Mormon pro- phets, to read from the Mormon Bible, and a broad smile spread over every face and here and there a suppressed laugh was heard. Then he looked op with pretended expression of reproof that Rete could laugh at things so serious, Lpleree rine at he should come to so! by and by would sober them. He read on, commenting a little now and then, till he came to a verse before which he paused awhile, as if deeply impressed with it himself, and then deliberately and in solemn tone read @ portion of Mormon sere, which I remem! only this, ‘the devil laugheth,’? when, instead of bet sobered, the whole audience burst into a roar of laughter, for his tone and look for comic effect as he read that were seldom equalled. Then when the mirth had a little subsided he began. again in that dry tone of seriousness which always provokes to laugh the more:—“‘Now, I have heard of the devil domg very curious things, ‘put never before that he laugheth; but I do not wonder that he laughed once in his life—when this Mormon Bible was written.” And again the people shouted with laughter. He soon calmed them however; for he managed his audience well, perfectly imi- tating the ingenuity of the practised orator, who in- timates that something more ludicrous is coming. The people listened and laughed, but did not know how ingeniously the speaker was dispelling from their minds the delusions of Mormonism, Religious Notes. The Primary Convention of the diocese of Northern New York have organized the new see under the title of the diocese of Albany, named after the Cathedral city, and on the ninth ballot, by a majo- rity of both the clergy and lay delegates, elected Rev. William Croswell Doane, rector of St. Peter's, in this city, its first bishop. A Boston paper mentions an individual there who “clasps his hands so fervently in prayer that he can’t get them open when the contribution box comes around.” A preacher in Berks county, discoursing about Danie! in the lion’s den, said, ‘An’ thar he sot, all night long, lookin’ at the show for nothin’, an? it didn’t cost him a cent.’? Rey. John Miles (late of the Albany Bethel) will reach in the Seamen's Mission, corner of Dover and Water streets, this afternoon at three o’clock. Sab- Ject:—“The Friendship of Christ.” A Christian Convention is to be held.in Provi- dence, R. I., December 3 and 4, to be followed bya series'of union meetings, under the direction of Rev. A. B. Earle te continue nine days. C. H. Leonard, who recently died at Rochester Centre, Mass., left $5,000 to the Congregational church in that town, besides $1,000 for maintaining the cemetery in the same place and $3,000 to Dr. Prentiss, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, a New York, to which he formerly belonged. Mrs. Sommers, the wife of Rev. Dr. Sommers, one of the oldest and most respectable ministers in Phila- delphia, closed her career and was carried to her burial on Tuesday last, Rev. Dr. Anderson attending the funeral. Dr. Sommers, now near eighty years Ol age, is feeble, having had a paralytic shock, from which he has hardiy recovered. Foreign Religious Notes. Ata meeting of the congregation of the Regent square Presbyterian church, London, held last month for the purpose of electing a successor to the late pastor, Dr. Hamilton, it was unanimously found that the pulpit ministrations of the Bev. Mr, White, now colleague of the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh, of Free St. John’s, Glasgow, had given great eatisfaction. There- upon, with a “due regard to the welfare of the con- gregation,” it was decided that the Rev. Mr. White be invited to accept the call, The importance of the call will be appreciated when It is remembered Ae this church and congregation were established an reside over for several years by the celebsated ward Irving, the founder of the Irvingites, BOOK NOTICES. Tue Purosorny or Domestic Lirs. By W. H, Byford, M.D. Boston: Lee & Shepard. In this handsomely printed and bound little book ‘we have some excellent advice relating to domestic life, but whether the strictures It contains on the skeletons which more or less dwell in every family closet will have the effect of driving them away is, to say the least, doubtful, But few persons are guided by philosophy in their domestic reiatio our affections or antipathies being in most cases th monitors. Still, the work is interesting and should be widely ee in Chis where the ory on reese lives or ie citizens of ly needing philoso) ‘hate penerel reputation bs considered. wry, Tas Taut Grecian Banp. A story in verse, B, Larry Leigh, New York: J. 8, ‘Reateld, sf This satirical poem of thirty-eight pages, including its amusing illustrations, is got up in the “Nothing to Wear” style. It recounts the history of— A “nena? barn of altering tal “pend” bore o Spend Soma geoeeerug cps The aim of the authoress is “to shoot folly as it files,” and her theme bas certainly, as the French say, the interest of actualite, The epigraph for taip litte volume is peculiarly appropriate:— “Whence and what art thou, execrable shape.” VALUE OF SPANISH AMBRICA TO THR UNITED Yorks Metropolitan sob Pristiig. aad Eigraviey y fol 0 Establishment, 97 Nassau street. = In this very excellently printed and bound pam- phiet General Butterfield treats, in an able manner, on the subject mentioned in the title page. Magazines, The London Quarterly Review, No. COL. October, 1868, American Edition.—The first article in the present number of this pertodical, entitied “The Great Railway Monopoly,” ts not only of interest as a well written and concise history of British and Continental railways, but the position it takes in fa- vor of the government of Great Britain purchasing the roads 1s one which appiies with great force to this country. The fact that ratiroads under the management of private individuals are an injury to the commerce and development of the country was never before so strikingly illustrated as at the pre- sent time, when such monopolies a3 the Camden and Amboy, Baltimore aud Ohio, Erle and scorea of others are mavaged, not so much for tho good of the masses aS for the enrichment of a few individuals. “The Great Keilway Monopoly” is @ well and thoughtfa ly written revie Rabne the other articles worthy of spectal nouce are reviews of “A Memotr of the Right Hon. Hugh Eliott” and “The Archbishops of Canterbury of the Reforma- tion.” The article on * Mathew Arnold’s Report on French Education as night be expected, of a prejudiced character, the Engliah system of educa tion being clatued as superior to that of the Frencl. Asa whole, however, this number of the London Quarterly Revie is unusually interesting. The Overtand Monthly, Novem cr, 1968, San Fran- cisco: A. Roman & Co. ‘New York: American News Asin the developme it of her mineral, ‘al and commercial resources, California \ ving in her literature. The Overland AMontily for November is, so far as wo bave read, @ better number than all of its predecessors. ‘There is. BULL rooin for improvement, itis trac; but even as the periodical stands 16 will compare favorably with any ofits more pretentious contemporaries. The Phrenologicat Journal, November and Decem- ber, 1808, New York: Samuel R. Wells, publishe Both numbers of this journai will be foaud tuter 1g to all who study phrenology. They are profusely illustrated and contain numerous well writen articies, Miscellancons, “parton's Comic Recitations aid Humorous Diss Togrnes.? “Amateur Theatricels and Fairy Tale Dramas." Hoth of the above names books are published by Dick & Pitygeraid, New York, Jhey contain a great deal of humow on Le nn