The New York Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1879, Page 4

4 BAYARD TAYLOR'S DEATIL - The Fatal Miness and His Devotion | to Official Duties. | - BERTHOLD AUERBACH’S ADDRESS, ee The Funeral Cortege—Mr.Taylor’s Study—Last Farewell. EMPEROR WILLIAM'S CONDOLENCE. Beatin, Dee. 22, 1873. Bayard Taylor died on Thursday, the 17th inst., at about four o’clock in the afternoon, He had been ailing for a considerable time, but was, up to the last, unaware of the dangerous character of his in- disposition. Unfortunately the doctors st first mis- took the form of his disease, and, instead of sending him to Carlsbad when it was stilt time, allowed the | anewspaper, book or perindical is rewd his name is NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. SIS PN NYS SSPE cote nme renee { with a power, perhaps, fore surpassed by nim, He commenced with a deseription of Mr. Tay- lor's childhood, passed in a highly respected but never not wealthy Quaker family; diligence, Adelity, honesty aud intelligence, the _ heirlooms ot his race, were in no smail measure — in- Derited by the boy and ripened in lian to the fullest degree. At ten yeurs of age he surpassed all his xehoolmates in geography aud history. A Ineky chance led him to a printing office, With $200, the savings of some years, he eveatuaily started on his famous pedestrian tour through Europe, Wherever sure to be known. Hearts devoted to the noble and lofty love him a8 one of their own. Patriots claim for him a place in their community, and former slaves, thanking ym for his etforts toward their re- ; demption, hail him as their savior, In the same way as America prided herself on his appoint- ment as Minister at Berlin so did Germany re- joice at his accreditation by the mouths of her journalists and poets. In both hemispheres universal sorrow prevails to-day, the most intense probably in the Rome of his aged and bereaved parents, who, separated from him by the mighty ocean, quite recently celebrated their diamond w ding.’ ‘heir joy is turned iuto mourning, for their costliest yom, the son they have lived to see'rise to the highest honors, has been torn away, just after he was placed in a position whege he could shine to the greatest advantage. Dr. Thompson closed his oration with a fervent phe dind the se of his illustrious friend, tor the ident of the United States and tor the Emperor of Germany. On resuming his seat the reverend gen- tleman was succeeded by Berthold Auerbach, the poet, who paid the following tribute, a brict synop- sis of which I sont by enble:— BERTHOLD AUEMRACH'S ADDIESS. Among flowers grown in German soil the here lies before us in which, for re mortal frame 's. thy richly Minister to remain at Berlin, occupied with the duties of his office and in pursuit of his literary vocation. Shortly after the Congres# Mr. Taylor began to complain of pains in bis side, As they increased, Professor Wilms, the eminent sur- goon, was summoned, and after a careful examina- tion of the patient declared that his liver was affected by dropsy. An operation ensued, which resulted in extraction of fourteen litres of water, Shortly after this operation I met Dr. Wilms, who kindly informed me of the serious apprehensions felt by him for the Minister's condition. I telegraphed to you tho fears entertained. When Mr. Taylor heard of this despatch he was rather irritated at the importance attached to his illness, which he deemed of little significance. Ho was especially anxions lest his parents, both of whom are still living, in advanced years, might become alarmed, For a time it seemed as if he would re- cover; but the dire disease returned w such virn- Jence that a second tapping was necessary. He en- dured these painful operations with great fortitude and protested against the use of chloroform or any other narcotic. Althongh suffering intensely he never for a moment abstained from the discharge of his Ministerial functions, He wished to be regularly informed of everything going on at the office, and if Americans arrived, desirous to sec him on business, or even to ask his advice on private affairs, he readily ww them. DEVOTION TO OFFICIAL DUTIES, Almost immediately after the second tapping sn American missionary arrived at the legation to ob- tain a passport to proceel to India, Mr. Taylor, then lyingin bed, heard ot the missionary’s call. Ho begged him to come to his room and kindly inquired after hiserrand. He spoke with him on the place of his destination, a country he had visited in his youth. As, by erroneous statements in German papers, rumors prevailed that the Minister, owing to his sickness, was prevented from the performance of his official duties, I wish to lay particu- jar stress on the fact of his activity as chief of the legatiop almost to the last moment of his life. On the morning of his death, when he, as usual, dressed himscif and was reclining in his easy chair, he asked the secretaries if there was any- thing more for him to do. Feeling on that @ay rather exhausted, he retired to bed at noon. He be- gan to doze, and in the wanderings of his mind— which had up to then been perfectly clear—he ap- peared to be troubled by thoughts of his Ministerial obligations. He expired very quietly, almost without astruggle. When his soul had departed, his wife and daughter, holding his hands, were scarcely conscious that he had passed from this world. The grief and sorrow at his demise were everywhere most Bincere. Despite his comparatively short accredita- tion in Berlin, he had by his noble simplicity and winning manners gained the sympathy and yooa will of all who had come in contact with him, Never before has the repreeentative of a foreign country ‘een so cordially welcomed as Mr. Bayard Taylor. The imperiel jamily, as well as the govern- ment and the nation at large, speedily appre- ciated the high qualities of the self-made man who by his own merits had risen to the highest rank. He ‘was in a fair way to realize the great hopes and antic- ipations manifest in America and Germany on his appointment to the post of Minister at Berlin, for which he was so admirably qualified. He had already made arrangements for a sertes of parties this winter by whith he wanted to bring into closer contact the members of the diplomatic corps and the scientific and literary men with the American residents of Ber- lin, when death smote lim dowa. TAYLOR AND GENERAL GRANT. During his stay in rmut. capital he had on two occasions prominently come Letore the public; first, on the reception given to General Grant, and, second, at the anniversary of the Fourth of July, celebration of which was combined with commem- oration of the desth of William Cullen Bryant, his brother editor and poet. On both days he delighted the company with bis gea'el ways and the sparkling his . On meeting General tion as President he vigor- ously oppored in the columns of the Tribune, he was somewhat constrained; but the General's natured disposition soon set him at ease, and to judge from their mutual exchange of hearty civilities they separated as firm One of the first telegrams which consoled Mrs, ‘Taylor in her terrible affliction came from G ant, who in mournfnl words alluded to bis personal con n with her busband and the kindness need at his hands. ATIONS WITH THE COLONY. At the meeting sy Bayard Taylor presided. [i the speech delivered Ly him the late Minister paid a warm tribute to the colleague and friend wrested from him. Noone of the audience could have im- agined that the speaker, standing before them in the full vigor of life and dilating on the excellences of his late contemporary, was ‘so soon to follow him to the grave, or that their next pubiie assembly would be held to do the last honors to the great man to whom they looked up with so much esteem and rev- erence. ell may the Americans of Berlin lament the cruel fate which has torn from them a Minister ever ready to help them with his counsel and sup- port. J am told opinions prevail in the United States that Bayard ‘Peylor, because of his many per- sonal frieuds in govertiment and literary circles, was negligent in edvoeating t use of his countrymen and in redressing their grievances. This assertion, entire which arises from an misconception of the true state of affairs, must be do- | nounced ax utterly unfounded. ‘The ree | ords of the Legation prove, without doubt, that our late Minister was never ‘remiss in vindicat- ing the rights of Aimerican citizens and. the claims of those naturalized for @ lasting or te cations with the vig great emphasis and will be notes on the difficult ques treaty of naturali masterly and faultless manner in which he had rep- | resented the Republic of the United States at the | court of the German Empire, the American residents of Berlin, best # udge of his official conduct muwns Who fr sod among, th * arising Und conseivus of the while in’ their capital, without one dissent ing vote adopted resolutions oxpressive of their deep sorrow at the Minister's demise. Almost ail of those present at the church, including the ladies, repaired w Bayard Taylor's residence in the Bebren Strasse, conspicuous from afwr by flag of the United States waving at balf-mast on the roof. A similar demonstration might be #een not only on the Consulate but on many build- ings nial y Amel mn res A larye crowd had ya ed im front of th ition, somewhat late, just when Their } , rages, each drawn by six splendid nificently arrayed, with outrider servants in the richest costuine, ing simultancously with the Crown Pri page. Ascending the stai personages, 1 could s dining hall and adjoining apartments, all filed with mourners. The co! incased in biagk velvet and almost hidden under a profusion of flu wreaths, pein branches and garionds, had been placed on an estrade at the lowest end of the recess in the banqitet hall. All the celebrities lin—statesmen, politi- cians, scholars und poote—hacl ted to pay their final respects to their en t confrere, It would Jcad me too far to enumerate the famous men present. In the midst of these delegates of all the great Powers ot Europe and the far distant nations of Asia and South America stood the representatives of German Precisely at two, the time appointed vice, General Count Lehndortt, His arrived ¥ distinguished in the large ty camp, in full unitorm, decorated with all his orders, stars and ribbons, entered the | hail. He wae followed by Major Baron the Crown Prince's adjutant, wito, a8 special of His Majesty and His Imperial Hi at the left side of the coill ,in the name of their imperi pressed’ their condolence to the afilicted widow and daughter. TUR CHIRY MOURNERS. A few moments later Mrs. Saylor, her brother, Mr. Hanson; Miss Taylor and the other relatives of Mrs. Taylor were escorted to the seats reserved for them in front of the catafalque, After the commo- | the imperial family alt intimated their condolence in gifted genius, Bayard Tay’ mine Kener: ations. who never lyoke never fraspeld thy faithful hand. ed from th; ips, will speak of thee, But no! the breath of the snonth fades away, whilst thy words, thy poems remain! With parmission of thy relatives, L, following the impulsos of my heart as thy oldest friend’ in the Vid World, as thou often termed me, as representative of Gorman literature, £ oid thee fareweil. ory will prove what thou hast beon and what will remain of thee in the fields of intellect, To day our heart is moved with sorrow and grief, and, uovertholose, in pride, Born in the fatherland of Ben: jamin Franklin, thou didst arise, like Lim, from manual labor to becor apostle of the trae intellect and attain the honor of delegate of thy. uatiqn to a foreign peuple. Nay, not toa forvizn people: thou art one of our own, thon diadst in, the {athurland of Goethe, to whaxe mighty spirit thou didst always turn in devotion. Thon last erectod him a monument thy people as harbored before all nat thy 14 of erecting hi unfulfilled, has disapp. ono df those prophesied by ¢ tional litorature, in which beyont tlonalitios, in the free atmosphere, where no bounds exist, immortel mankind in ever new postical pharos ascends toward the suu, Thou bast been an accredited minister of one worldly power to an ‘an accredited minis- ter of one intellectual powor to another. In thy last work thou hast demonstrated how thou wort living; in that religion uniting ull confessions, without special de- nomination of any single creed. Nature bestowed on thee aform fall of grace and strength, a soul full of clearness and chaste happiness us the ouphony of molodions words, 2 order to announce the Su:pulses and motions of the eter: indissoluble ba: 4 increasing revelations jstory. Born in the Now World and matui Hou hust been torn from. the tree of life. Woe remember thou hast tunght thy people the of human in the Old, shall foray y of the German nation, so that they might live lly together as brethren. At the centenary of the aration of Independcnce thou hast practically ex. prossed the triumphant thoughts of so many millions of thy compatriots. On its return, when our souls will repose. like thut before us, then lips of unborn inillions will again May thy memory be proclaim the name of Bayard Taylor. Dlessed. MR. TAYLOR'S STUDY. A prayer and a benediction closed thesad ceremony. During removal of the cofin down stairs I passed through the rooms once so gay and bright, now so lone and desolate. Owing to the limited space the farni- ture had been displaced in most of the apartments. ‘The only chamber in which nothing was changed, and everything remuined as when . Taylor lett it before his last sleep, was his study, the writing table, at which I nad so often conversed with him, Isaw Goethé’s poems still open, and other favorite books, and many notes and much memoranda written’ by the Minister during his illness. On a chair near the desk a package was lying, with copies of “Prince Deukalion,” hiv latest poem, which he finished while the fatal disease was entwining him in its grasp. ‘THE FUNERAL CORTEGE. The funeral procession, which, in the meantime, had been formed, was ‘most iinposing. The im- perial carriages immediately following the hearse accordi: to court etiquette, the pre- cedence before the chief mourners. | Slowly the cortége moved on through the Behun strasse and the long Friedrich strasse to the cemetery of the Jernsalcm Church. Along the whole distance the crowd thronging these principal thoroughfares were much touched by the sad spectacle. Sympa- thetic greetings and uucovering of the head (quite an unusual circumstance in Protestant countmes) en- sued when the body . Mr. Everett and Mr. Coleman, the two secretaries of the Legation; Mr. Kreisn: the Consul General; Mr. Hansen, the brother-in-law of the late Mr, Taylor; a jew personal friends of the deceased, and Harrison, the negro servant brought over to Enrope, accompanied the coffin to the chapel in the churchyard where the body found a temporary resting plice until its re- movil to Cedar Craft, Mr. Taylor’s native place, near Philadelphia. ‘THE LAST FAREWELL. One more short prayer was uttered by the Rev. Dr. Thompson; the few bystanders joined in his pions exclamations. In remembrance of the mourn- tul hour sinall leaves and flowers were taken from the floral mass scattered over the coffin, and will prone hs ey, guarded as tokens of lasting love for the dead. Mr. Hansen brought an accoant of these final solemnities to his sis- ter and her daughter. Both these ladies were overwhelmed by the catastrophe, which bas snatched from them the beloved husband and father. All the manifestations which came from far and near will not be able to mitigate their distress. Innumerable telegraphic messages, from Europe as well as America, have expressed to the sorrowing widow the universal sympathy at her irreparable bereavement. Mr, Evarts. the Secretary of State, telegraphed his kindest regards. The editorial staif of the Zribune aud other American papers likewiee signified their regret at the death of this prominct statesman aud author. ‘A VOTR, OF CONDOLENCE ¥ROM THE GOVERNMENT. Avery touching tribute to the memory 6f bayard Taylor was bestowed by the German government. Tam enabled to give you literal copy of the docn- ment, which, ressed by the Germen Foreign Office to the American ‘ation, bears the signature of Baron Lillow, the Secretary of State. It is written in English, a fact causing no little surpriee, as all communications to the Legation trom the Foreign Office were hitherto couched in German, just as the letters from the Legation are worded in English. ‘This epistle—the tenor of which does great credit to its author—has the following text:— tm Fouxian Orrick, buniix, Dee, 20, 1873. ‘The undersigned has tho honor ‘ta acknowledge the re- ceipt of the note, dated this | @ Affaires of the United Sta ef His Majesty the Emperor, who will bo deep!; hy the loss, equally concerning Germany and the United representative of his country, il the expression of uuncoment of the death ful expounder of « L sorrow thronhout Germany Tho undersigned u's hinelf of this opportuni wto Mr. Sidney kvorett the assuranc hi m VON “BULOW. _ Swany Everett, Esq., Charge d’Affaires of the United States of America, ‘THEIR MASESTIES’ sontow. rt and Empress and the other Princes of ty to hi ation. The Em ‘he kindest terms to the widow. On the day of Mr. ‘Taylor’s death Their Majoeties, hearing that the malady had taken w graver turn, inquired by special messenger as to the Mis er's condition, As Mra, Te introduced at court after t soason, whe was to be ne New Year. ‘Through the intermediary of Lady Ada Ruseell Het Majesty signi- us soon ay possible, fied her desire to ses he private audience, whic! ut the imperial palace, Mrs. ' sented to the Emper KEMOVAL OF THE After regulation of t T proceed to the United At the wate burial of her husband, to whom she ching with | fibres of her weart. ‘1 wm grieved to say Mr. | always so generous to others, has left his | family in rather straitened circuiostances, | Me was | to confident of enjoyment of long Kile that he often jocosely remarked ho could postpone accumulation of worldly incans. until a later period, His books never brought him much, as he one day told me in converration his literary vood- tion, excepting his chnnection with the Zrib- tne, had only just — sufiie nieet his enrrent expenses. Tnmors proviil thut aside from a small balance at the bankers, the widow possesses only the salary in arrear and an insurance policy on the life ot her husband to the amount of $10,000, Sho ly enough, to bo very reticent on the matter, herishes with pride the honored 1 of her inte husband and will be satisfled with the axsigngd to her, however it may turn out, If the ap- | prehensions ot ker cowparative poverty be true the | government of the United States and the genera conipatriots of the great departed poet gnd statesman, will no doubt amply provide for the exigencies of hor position, hy ie THAT “BRITISHER.” We are in receipt of a large number of communi- cations in answer to ihe letter of Henry I’. Parston, published in the HxraLp, ranging from grave to gay, trom lively to severe, for which, unfortunately, we are unable to find room, We regret (his the more since the writers are evidentiy impressed with the importance of the subject and seem to think that much depends on Mr, Parston being properly com- mended or castigated. — Seme of to show their oppreciation of Mr. Parston’s elfo: teach Ameri- caus & becoming degree of modesty, have forwarded with their tetters certain contributions, varied in character, # list of which we publish below and which remain subject to thet gentleman's order :— Two one-cent coins (one suspicions, probably lead). A photograph of a Glasgow rank director, A pocket edition of “Webster's Dictionary,” with the letter H struck ont, ‘Lwo leather medals tion ewnsed by the entrance of the chief mourne Lad subsided the Key. Dr. Josoph 2. Lhompso arowe and delivered the fu ovat quent speaker, bound by the closest tie syip to the deocased, spoke with great fervor and ‘One cent as the nucleus of a fund to enable Mr, Parston to return to “Hotld england.” A coat of ud Leathers, ‘The compliments of the season from & female mushroom, I | ried without & dissentient vote. | to vive General Grant a proper reception was ignored. | bf the Society of the Ar THE CORK INDIGNITY TO GRANT. —_— AN IRISHMAN’S PROTEST AGAINST THE INSULT ‘TO AMERICA’S SOLDIER, To Tus Eprror or THe HeraLp:— 1, im common with the great Ivish-American ele- ment in this country, felt a blush of shame tingle my checks at the paltry indignity which a miserable clique of so-called nationalists in Cork tried to heap on the fair fyme of Amerita’s great soldier and fa- yorite son. Had such an insult come from the Irish people it would be the duty of Irishmen here to hold meetings and denounce the causes assigned as a vile slander on the character of General Grant; but as it is only the action of a few professional nationalists and political mountebanks, who are too ready to trail the fair fame of Ireland in the dirt with them, if they can only secure the applause of the rabble, I will deal with it as such. As bas been stated in the HEracy, General Grant had among his most intimate friends Roman Catholies, and even filled some of the highest offices in his gitt with Roman Catholics, We have yet to learn that a single soldier who served under him or a single citi- zen has ever experienced # single act of bigotry or intolerance at his hands, I speak from experience, for threo years in the fleld afforded me an opportu- nity of studying him closely, and his career as Presi, dent is known to us all. I do not write to defend General Grant from the : | slanders of these men, for they are too silly and groundless to necd refutation, but Ifeel confident I am only giving expression to the sentiments of true | Irishmen, both here and in ‘Ireland, no matter what their creed or politics may be, whén I state that wo look upon the intolerant action of this clique of mountebanks in Cork with shame, loathing and dis- gust. It is a strange fact that these very men— | so called nationaliste—both Ireland and here, > who set themselves up as pillars of the Church and ~ defenders of the faith, when there is. little cheap capital to be made by the operetion, are the very men who are daily denoun- ing the hierarchy and priesthood of Ireland as enemies of the country and England's garrison, and who in turn have brought down the thunders of the Vatican, not only upon themselves, but also apn honest Irish nationalists, bie’ pannine paeke their country respectable, respected an jependent, — Any one acquain‘ed with these arotoesional patriots, evon in New York, is too well aware of their contempt for everything sacred, and when they stand forth us the champions of Catholicity it must be simply on the principle of “‘the devil preaching Scripture.” ‘As a specimen of the intolerance of these men who so bitterly denounce English intolerance and oppres- sion in Ireland I must state that a few years since I was travelling through Ireland and attended a home rule meeting in Limerick, Mr. Butt had commenced to 3) , when a body of “nationalists” rushed into e hall, and, after battering several heads, routed the meeting by the force of club logic. Indeed, I had been informed by several respectable, patriotic Trishmen—and I saw enough myse!? to confirin their statement—that such were the means peel adopted by those professional agitutors to knoc! triotism into the heads of their countrymen. These Rliows set themselves up as the leaders of the Irish national movement, both here and at home, simply on the grounds that some of them have suffered in- carceration in British prisons, and any one who dares oppose their pretensions is at once denounced as a renegade and traitor. Some of those who suffered for Ireland are entitled to the highest praise, while, if reports speak truly, afew were willmg to purchase their Nberty at the price of their honor, aud a few more, like whippea curs, whined for mercy in the dock. Giving due praise to these men for their sacrifices and thelr sufferings, it is to be regretted that their conduct as the self-constituted leaders of the Irish national movement is such as to — Irish nation- alism into contempt and to deter influeutial, intelli- gent and patriotic Irishmen from identitying them- selves with the canse, It Irish independence is to be accomplished in our days, it must be either by intelligence and the moral force of public opinion or by a resort to arms. ‘To accomplish the former the Irish movement should have the cordial support of intelligent Irishmen of standing and reputation, both here and in Iretand; but, unfortunately, such men are deterred from iden- bet | themselves with a movement that is con- trolled by blatant demagogues like those who made such a shameful exhibition of themselves in Cork. Arevolutionary movement, to be successful, nrust be nursed until England is buried to her neck in difficulties and foreign war. It, too, must command the res) and countenance of other nations—par- ticularly the United States—for we cannot in these days of progress and community of thought and ac- tion afford to ignore the moral influence of their ap- proval and good opinion, ‘We cannot accomplish all this by blind exhibitions of intolerance, by tho 1oud-tongned “patriotism” of demagogues, by the insane advocacy ot dynamite and other diabolical agencies in time of peace, tor which a so-called “skirmishing fund” has been ostensibly gotten up; but by patience and perseverance and-by such Wisdom in our councils and action as patriots and American citizens as will win to our cause not only the wealth and intelligence of the Irish element, both at home and in America, but also the moral perce pe ye and support of the great American people and nation. D. P. CONYNGHAM, INDIGNATION OF A NATIVE OF CORK. To Tae Eprror or THE HERALD:— Anent the escapade of the Cork Council in refusing to accord Genoral Grant the courtesies and hospitality of the city, on the ground of his supposed antipathy to Catholicism, I trust you will concede me a little space for a few remarks in relation thereto. I have lived im that city interruptedly, or on and off, for a period of twenty-three years, and I think that my knowledge of their feelings and senti- ments toward this country and its peopie will justify ine in affirming that they will repudiate, and, in due time, reprobate the action of those narrow minded Couneilinen. It is to be hoped that if there are any Americans who asaume that their conduct was rep- resentative of the people of that city or of Ireland they will disabuse their minds of such; for nothing is more certain than that their action was at variance with the feelings of the people whom they (imis)rep- resented, These fellows wilt find that their action, so far from evoking approbation, will unmistakably consign them to oblivion, and will bring upon them the contempt of millions of Irishmen whose hearts throb im sympathy with America and her people, Very sincerely yours, A CORKONIAN. THE OTHFR SIDE—GRANT'S RIGOTRY REBUKED. (From the Catholic Herald.] ‘The tour of ex-President Grant in Europo has been quite a surprise to those who looked on him as a piain, unassuming citizen of the United States. Wherever ke has gone he has been received with regal honors, and his well known bigotry has been for him a passport to the favor of the enemies of the Catholic Church. Gambetta, Bismarck, Castelar and the other high priests of irreligion welcomed our ex President as a brother, Last week Grant reachod Ireland and the Corporation of Dublin gave him the freedom of the city, in return for which he made a speech coraposed of platitudes and claptrap, It was reserved for the manly and truly Catholic Corporation of Cork to administer a fitting rebuke to the brutal and bigoted soldier who, in October, 1875, took advantage of his exalted poffition as President of the United States to revive the beastly ery of “No Popery!” We have been informed by cable that at a meeting of the Town Council of Cork, on Friday, January 3, after several bitter speeches by Catholic | members, # motion that the letter of the United States Consul at Queenstown annourfeing General Grant's coming be simply marked “Read” was car- A previous motion In order that our readers may appreciatg the justice ot the contempt with w the Ne of Vork have treated Grant it will be necessury to aay a few words of the character of the man and his well known anti-Catholic proclivities. General Ulystes Grant it a man notorionsly wnen- cumbered by any religions belict at all, He is, besides this, a very reticent man; @ue us littie given to speaking Tight out, as a rule, as the Emperor Napoleon, II. For once, however, this usually silent ruler spoke out, very plainly indeed, on Fri- day, October 1, 18ib. "Lhe occasion was his delivery of ap address ut Des Moines, in Towa, to the reunion y of the Tennessee, Atter alluding to the late civil war in America—s war he himeele wes ehiciy instrumental in bringing to & the simple device of pounding the South into submiesion by pouring in overwheiming torces Upon troops that were outmtmbered rather than out- uan@uvred—General Grant starved his hearers by ntterance gf words, reading, ominously enough, ke the declaration of afiother war—« war far more momentous in character. ‘Lho resson for this silent ruler thus speaking out was obvious at a glance, and perfectly comprehonalbte to ali who knew his relations with the bitter anti- Uatholie mob who, years ago, burned churches and sacked convente, Grant being essentially a man of this age—this age of blood aud tron, of liberalisin and unbetief—took @ Jeat out of the book of Prince Otto Von Bismarck, in the name of the loftiest principle of patriotiam proclaimed war, as plainly as words could have e put | it, against the holy Catholic Church in the United State p his notable specch at Des if we have another contest predict that the dividing line wilt not be Mason and Dixon's line, but one between .* He went on:—""The centennial year work of strengthening the foundation of the structure commenced by our forefathers at Lexington should begin. Let us labor for security of free thought, free speech, free press, pure morals, unfettered ee, sentiments” (much he caret about them) ‘andl egttal Tights and the privileges of all irrespective of nationality, evlor or religion; encourage free Ke hoo! resvive that not one voller appropriated ty them shall yo to the support of wy sectarian school; resolve that neither State nor Bae | tion shall support any institutions save those where | every child may get common school education un- , mixed with samaltistios or sectarian teach- | ing; leave the matter o! ious teaching to the ! ‘altar, aud keep Church and State forever | separate. With those safeguards I believe the battles | which created the Army of the Tennessee will not have been fought in vain." ‘The voice was the voice of Grant, but the words, the thoughts, the desigus and intentions are distinctly those of Bismarck. | ‘Phe Catholics of Cork do not forget that when | Grant aspired for a third term to the Presidency of | the United States he tried to strengthen his position | #8 the republican candidate by importing, in the | most invidious manner, the religious and anti-Oatho- | lic element into the political agitation. He appealed to the religious passions of the uutive American ele- | ment in our population, and that appeal has now risen in judgment before hin in Ireland. If, as is openly stated by the friends of the Ameri- can Bismarck, Grant should be the republican can- didate for the Presidency in 2890, the Catholic voters of the United States must show thetr detestation of his bigotry, not only by yoting against him, but by working hard to secure his defeat, Cork has set “‘Ire- land in America’ good example, and we confidently trust that our countrymen will profit by it, GRANT AND THE IRISH. (From the Sai Frauciseo Examiner.} Referring to the contemplated visit of General Grant to Ireland the Marysville Appeal remarks :— General Grant will receive a very hearty reception in Ireland, Irishmen are generally brave, and they admire the brave military achievements of General Grant. Yes, the Irish are brave, as General Grant. very well knows, and they are as gencrous and mag- nanimous as they are brave. Therefore they will give him a hearty reception. But their hospitabig conduct toward him will only place in harsher con- trast his notorious ill-treatment of their countrymen in his own jand, when he was at the head of the army | and while he was President, A more broseriptive hater of the Irish and a more bigoted enemy of the | religion of nine-teuths of that people never lived. ‘Yo be Irish, under General Grant, was to be stricken from the line of compliment, praise or promotion; and during his Presidency the warning was ever fiy- uratively hung out in tront of the White House, “No Irish need spply.” In battle he invariably ordered the regiments with most Irish in them to where the fire was hottest and the peril greatest; but when it came to mention in bis official reports, somehow he could hardly ever recollect an Irish name, or, if, he did, it ‘was to slur or slight it. In_ politics, he viewed the Irish as utterly unworthy his considera- tion. When Irishmen vote for Grant they disgrace themselves. THE NORTH POLE. A BELIEVER IN A WILDERNESS OR A NEW WORLD—WILL THE JEANNETTE SUCCEED ?— CONTRASTS IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS—HERALD ISLAND IN A WARM ATMOSPHERE--PROJECTS OF DISCOVERY. {From the Sau Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 29.) All information concerning the mystery surround- ing the North Pole is eagerly read by the intelligent public. This interesting subject has got beyond the confines of scientific societies and the studies of learned men, The average newspaper reader is now discussing the question with zealous attention and unusual intelligence. The Chronicle has had recently a nwaber of articles on the Polar mystery, the facts therein having been gleaned from trading and whaling captains who have made yoyages beyond Behring Strait into the Arctic. Of the many cap- tains interviewed but one is a believer in an open Polar Sea. This is Captain Barker, of the whaling fleet. Another captain may now be added to the list of believers, but he differs in opinion with Captain Barker. The latter gentleman thinks that the steam yacht Jeannette, now at Mare Island en route to the Arctic, will solve the mystery by sca.” ‘The other gentleman who believes in a solytion of the problem is Captain Jacobson, niaster of the schooner William H. Stevens, who has recently returned from a trad- ing voyage of seven months in the Arctic. Captain Jacobson is of the opinion that it is utterly impossi- ble for the most powerful steam yacht to penetrate the massive ice barriers which are to be found in the Arctic even in the most open season. ‘Chere are some F pont when # sailing vessel can get from 72 deg. to 75 deg. north, aud occasionally, if the season very open, sailing cratte can get ‘as high as 75 deg. to 79 deg. north. Should « season follow, when the icevergs drift down toward Belring Sea, the stanchest steamer could not get as far north as the latitudes indicated. HOW TO DISCOVER THE POLE. ‘The only way, uccording to Captain Jacobson, that any new information can be procured about the Polar Fegions is to establish ® general camp on Wrangel’s Laud off Herald Island. Viace men of courage and. indomitable perseverunce there, specially titted for the work beiore them; let them have plenty of pro- visions, tobacco and warm clothing, and then say to the leader, whoever he may be, ‘*i'here’s everything | yon want; go aud discover the North Pole,” and, it you can't find it, find something that will’ make a sensation.” The Captain is certain that if the right men in the right place can be found, Wrangel’s Land, on which no mortal has ever set foot, so fur a8 history goes, will no longer be a terra incognita, ‘The stations, he thinks, should be trom fiftcen to twenty miles apart, and afew reliable men should be kept at each. Continuo them northward, something atter the fashion of over- land stations in olden times, until the wilderness or a new World is reached, Captain Jacobson believes that Wrangel's Land contains plenty of wild aniny and that herds of reindeer will be encountered, Numerous flocks of wiid birds can be seen hovering about the shore, and the Arctic duck, the bird is commonly called by sailors, is very plentiful. ‘Chere need be no fear of scurvy with Jand exploring aye No opinion could be procured iroi the gal- ant skipper uamed as to the possibility of striking a luscious bed of strawberries, an orange grove or a batch of bananas, even more luscious than the Sand- Wich Island article. He was also equally reticent as to the probable style of summer goods in that region, but believed that if auything of the kind existed it would not be a Hawaiian malo or Mexican reboza, LOOKING FOR A SIGN, Captain Jacobson hes made many voyages to the Aretic, but never has been able to pick up from the natives bordering on the Pole, trom the Alaska side, any traditions concerning Wrangel’s Land. He has looked for strange varieties of woodenware, peculiar impiements, carved pieces of wood, or anything that might float with the currents or be carried on tho icebergs, which would indicate thapthere was another race of people boyond the invisible ax he gazed north- ward, but ne was never successful in procuring the least evidence, His eoposeantse were much befter than those of sea captains, as the latter seldom touch | shore, while trading captains make it their business to do so, At Herald Isiand, which is about 7 deg. north and 175 deg. west, there is im clear weather a splendid view ot Wranyel's Land, ‘This island is tho furthest point of land ax yet dis- | covered in the Avetic. It was first discovered in 1849 by Captain Kellett, and is supposed to have been nanted utter the slip he commanded. It is about nine hundred feet above the level of the sea, There 4s no Vegetation, beyond some lichens, and it is not known wh vit was ever inhabited or not. Sea captains occasionally vieit it as & unatter of curiosity. itis tree from rnow and ice, which mnceates that the atmosphere about and on the island 48 mere yental than ‘at sea, This yeu there was no ice in the | vieinity of Heraid Ivlund, nor could any be seen | northward, while last your it was smpossiblo to reach the isiand on account of the ice. INTERESTING POLAI MEMINIECENC Some seven or eight years ago 4 young Prenchinan, M. Pavy, arrived in San Francisco with the object of starting un expedition to discover the North Pole, | He was in the prime of lite, and was undoubtedly a Keone des Leux Mondes of vars, showed that he had given the subject a protound srudy. When M. Pavy | arrived he received a hearty welcome from the press | of this city, and columm atier column appeared about him and his scheme. The Academy of Seiences gave him a dinuer, at Martin’s, we believe, All w swiminingly with the explorer fora while. He par- tially chartered & vessel, and Captain Jacobson, now of the William H, Stevens, was selected ax the man to command, his long experience In the Arctic | peculiarly sitting bim for the position. + A portion | of the crew was engaged, as was a surgeon, | who is now a practicing physician of this city, At about the Ume that prospects seemed fair for a successtul lannch of the enterprise M. Pavy dis- appouted mysteriously in the night time, aud has not been heard ‘from from that day to this, 80 far us is kvown., Many rumors as to the cunse of his sudden | departure were flymg about at the time, Some be- Moved that women ona wine hed ruined hima, as they have ruined thousands of briliiant intellects, but as Pavy was by no meas uddicted to the use of liquor there can be no truth in this supposition. Others think that he exhausted all his money in some way, and chat, finding he could not carry out his pet pro- ject, in which he had the most unbounded confidence, ho sought rolief in suicide, He wis « man as proud as he Was cultured, so that this theory found many believers. Captain Jacobson says that M. Pavy was one of the inost perfoct gentlemen he ever met, and in his conversation about Arctic affairs he talked as if he had been over every foot of the regions explored there up to that time, THE COMING COLUMBUS. A great deal of interest is felt about the coming voyage of the Jeannette. The majority of the sea twins who baye been to the Artic sen¥on alter season assert that her success will entirely depend upon whether the season isan open one Or not. It it tw nut open her steam will be help.ess to push her as for north #8 inany Whaling and trading vereels have been. Ik she meets with an open season she may be able to yet a degree or two farther toward the Pole than any vessel has éver yet reached. Should the Jeannette steam aloug Wrangel’s Land she might make impor- tant discoveries, Going to the westward the tides are very strong, and whalers t have been caught im them were never heard of afterward, The commander of the steam yacht named will find in San Francisco a pains Who can give him valuable jntormution of @ more seientitie character then finds its way into print, The vessel is sure to attract great attention upon her arrival and her eomnunuder Will be jeoked upon a8 4 sovond Columbus ia ch of a new World. | man of great intelectual ability. Hue articles on the | | North Pole, which Were published in the famous | most important foafures of a concert re- markable for bringing forward so‘neny first ‘class AFFAIRS IN LONDON [SSeS Prevalent and General Distress. DISCUSSIONS IN. PARLIAMENT, Cotton Operatives in Manchester. MUSICAL NOTES. Lonpon, Dec. 21, 1878, It cannot be disputed that there is much distress In England at prosent, not only among the laboring classes, but among shopkeepers, artisans and clerks, who have hitherto made ® comfortable living. Mr. Mundella said in Parliament the other day thatnever since 1847 had there been sygh widespread depression in all English industries, and he attributed much of it to the political policy of the government. He made some allowance for the economic causes, but thought they had been greatly aggravated by political causes, and until. the mental anxiety was removed the discase in the industrial body could not be cured, Mr. Mundella sees through lib- eral glasses, but if he will study the matter a little closely he will find that foreign competition is too strong for English manufactures to recover their former pre-eminence in the markets of the world, Nothing ever happened to America that will more re- dound to her ultimate commercial advantage than the “hard times” of which she has so long been complain- ing. She has learned the lesson of economy in a hersh school, but her future opens bright before her, while England's hardships and trials are yet to come, slowly and surely, with the gradual loss of her industries and her incapacity to support her surplus popula- tion, DISTRESS IN THE COTTON REGION. ‘We hear that the cotton operatives of Manchester, to the number of 30,000, are proposing to come to London like a starving mob, with the intention of overawing the government and to effect the abolition of the duties on the importation of cotton into India, The Manchester Guardian talks of this proposed raid as a fact, but some of the London Ministerial organs think it fs only a liberal stratagem., If is said that a fund of £5,000 has been raised to pay the railway fares of this army of starving operatives. The Stand- ard docs not ignore the distress so. generally preva- lent, although it is s Beaconsfield journal, but de- votes three columns in its paper of the 18th to par- ticulars of the suffering in different parts of the country. BANK FAILURES. The bank failures have had much to do with the stagnation in trade; but it is hoped that the new | year will see a gradual improvement. We shall sve. I cannot think, however, that there will be much change for the better in a country dependent on its manufactures for prosperity, sv long as other nations are so much more frugal, temperate and industrious, and able to produce better goods at cheaper prices. MOURNING FOR THE PRINCESS, The sadness which has come upon the royal family at this Christmastide is, no doubt, generally felt by the English people to certain extent. In no other country is royalty such an established institution, and the troubles of the royal family are in sentiment, if not in reality, the troubles of the community. A general mourning has been ordered, and now, as when the Prince Consort died, the sombre appearance of all public assemblages is some- thing noticeable. On Wednesday evening at the bal- 1sd concert at St. James’ Hall there was scarcely one person present who was not dressed in complimen™ tary mourning. Two New ¥ worites appeared and received the warmest platdits of an andience competent to judge of the merits of the distinguished ballad singers, who never seemed in better voice. Miss Emma Thursby sang Gounod’s “Message of Love” in such a charming way as to elicit an enthu- siastic encore. This young lady looked as pretty as ever, and it is a fact that she sings better than when she first came to England. Her high notes and shakes are marvellously well taken, and she has overcome the vibrato, which is especially disagreeable to the English critics. Whatever the French may think of it, a vibrating voice is to the ear like flickering can- dle to the eye, and emotion can be better expressed in some other way. MUSICAL NOTRS. Miss Thursby sang also ‘“fhe Wood,” by Wekerlin; but, although it was very pretty, it did not suit her voice so well as Gounod’s song. We understand that Miss Thursby thinks of returning “home” in tho spring, but she is not quite decided. Since her re- turn from Paris in October, for the Crystal Palace concerts, she has been singing very much in public. She has appeared at the ‘Monday popular” and at Mme. Viard-Louis’ concerts, and at the Crystal Palace classical concerts has already made herself a reputation second to none. In Manchester, where she sang on four occasions, they seem to prefer hor to anybody else. In Liverpool she has appeared in their Philharmonic concerts twice, and in Brighton, Bradford and other cities she has been received in the most cordial manner and bas met with the most com- plete success—all of which, it is universally admit- ted, she well deserves. A POPULAR AMERICAN ARTIST. Mme. Antoinette Sterling at the same baliad con- cert sang songs of Schubert and Blumenthal in mag- nificent style. Her voice retains all its power, and her songs were well selected, Each time that she appeared she was recalled, and the last time sho gave “Caller Herrin’ ” for an encore, singing tt as only she can sing it, Mme. Storling touched all hearts by her fino vocalization in “Darby and Joan.” Mr. Maybrick gave a Christmas song of Louis Dichi's, which was more acceptable than the vulgar “Nancy Lee" which hy has been accustomed to bring out on all occasions, ‘The fact is that the popular air in question has had its day in England, and has been whistled so much by every streot gamin, and ground ont so long, carly and late, by every street organ, that all aretired of it. Mr. Maybrick wrote “Nancy Lee,” and his nom de plume is Stephen Ada: Not Jeas than eighty thousand copics have been sold, and financially, if not musically, it has been a perfect success, but it reminds one too much of a mass of Rovai’s and uleo of @ song written by Chevalier Lem- mens, compositions whieh Mr, Maybrick by some coincidence may have imitated. 1M NERVES. Mr. Sims Reeves gave much delight by bis carefal and thoroughly artistic singing of Mactarron’s “My Own, My Guiding Star,” and, sithough his voice is weaker than it once was, the effect of his singing ia almost equal to whut it was in his palmiest days. His enunciation is so perfect, his voice ts #0 pure and his Knowledge of what a Loudon audience vx- pects of him is socompleie, that he never fails to call forth tummitaous cheering. But Mr. Reeves, unfor- tunately, is growing old, aad there was something pathetic in the tone of his voice as he sang the third verse of the “Last Rose of Summer,” “So soon may I follow,” &c, Who could fill the place of this won- derful artist if he were gono? Mr. Santley sang “Black Eyed Susan” and the “Minstrel Boy.” No Kuglish singer, exeopt Mr, Sime Reeves, is more popular as a ballad singer than Mr. Santley, and many insisted on his repeating his songs, but neither Mr. Reeves nor Mr. Sautley could be induced to repeat on this occasion. A word may well be said for the samnging of Mr. Hollins, who took the place of Mr. Edward Lloyd, who was suffering from a bad cold, Mr. Hollins sang Reiwh- ardt’s “Love's lequest” and “Oft in the Stilly Night” liko @ tru artist, and there seems to be no reason Why he should not soon be 8 groat a favorito as Mt. Lioyd. Miss Mary Davies gave a delightful rendering of Mr. Raudegger's “Silvery Christmas Bells,” the composer accompanying, and Lam cers tein that Mr. Randegyer himself could not have found any feult with hor exquisite performance. At all events his smiling face told of unqualified eppro+ bation, When we have spoken of Mme.’ Arabella Goddard's fpishod execution of Schuloff's * | | hav artists. This is the thirteenth season of the London ballad concerts, and Mr. John Boosey, the director, might well institute a similar enterprise in New York, where he nr @ branch house. aig ‘believe, a branch bot since bis tour in the provinces in the autumu, when he sang in several cities with Adelina Patti apd Nicolini, has been occupied with musical engagements in and out of London, and his Magnificent voice 1s oftem heard-in oratorio at tho Royal Albert Hall, Not lo! I heard him with Mwye.Lommens Sherrington and My. Vernon Rigby in the “Creation,” and he took the frequent solos which devolve upon the basso in that admired pro- duction with g¥eat credit to receiving rounds of hearty applause, Signer ini is a rising man, and in oratorio m grand field is open to him in which, since the departure of Signor Foli for. New York, he enters the lists almost without a rival. Certainly for depth and flohuoss of vole there is; hardly a London concert singer that equals him, and his many Now York and Brooklyn-friends-wil be glad to kuow that @ good impression on the fase FRENCH ‘CHAT. THE FRESHEST OLIPPINGS FROM THE ” PAPERS, \ Pants, Dec#19, 187 The weather has been cold, with plenty of snow ana frost, for the past fortnight. ‘A number of sledges,’* Says Galignani’s Messenger, “were out in the Bois de Boulogie on Sunday. Tho Russian equipages were especially remarked for thefr elegance; several were driven by Indies, Warmly clad in rich furs. Many persons wore skating on the basins in the Tuileries Gardens, ‘and a great battle: with snowballs took place between two parties of lads and young men— one on the terrace of the Orangery and the other on the lower ground, The nuntber ot combatants ot one moment exceoded & thousand, and several thousand spectators were looking on. The foree below mounted frequently to the assau)t, and the medley became gen- eral, the bystanders not escaping many stray shots.” Here is the newest restaurant story :— Custromen--How long has this wine beon bottled, waiter? Warren—Fourteen years, sir. Customen—Very remarkable, that; I didn’t know flies were so long lived. ‘Warren —Flies, sir ? CustomEen-—-Undoubtedly; here is one swimming around just under tho cork. From tho multiplicity of advertising posters in the streets a Parisian suggests that it is only a step to using the dress of the people who walk the streets. “You will plant yourself,” says he, “before a lady, who will say to you with anger, ‘You are an insolent fellow, sir!’ ‘Pardon, madam,’ you will reply, ‘I ‘was merely reading the advertisement upon your sleeve.’ ” ‘A number of marble statues by Italian artists, which were exhibited in the Champ de Mars, are an- nounced for saje by auction by M. Pillet, at the Hotel Drouot, on the 20th inst. They includg works by Abate, Allegretti, Borghi, Conti, Galli-Rizzmrdo, Guarnerino, Magui, Pandiani, Pessina, Rossi, Sper- tini and other noted sculptors, and include a class of attractive subjects ranging from the imaginative to the realistic. One of “‘Cham’s” caricatures makes a young Parisienne describe the charms of Paris during tho Exhibition, “Ah! then it was lovely here; nota Parisian ig town; nothing but strangers.” “It is impossible for me to give you s room here to-day,” said the manager of a Paris water cure to an applicant; “it is the beginning of the season now, ‘but if you can wait until the first death ——”’ A young tiger at the Jardin des Plantes was buried on Saturday, The disease from which he died is un- known. The antelopes, deor, giraffes and other fel- low denizens of the grounds were driven to tho in- terior of thoir snow-covered huts or cages by the ‘eold, and did not think proper to send a representa- tive to the coremony, which was short and of re- markable simplicity. The august prince was drawn from his palace by his hind legs and thrown into a vohicle destitute of all ornament and was conveyed to his last home—the amphitheatro of the musoum— where he will be dissected and deprived of his skin, which will be stuffod for the amusement of’the nurse maids and soldiers, SOUTH AMERICA. APPREHENSIONS OF TROUBLE IN COLOMBIA— DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY IN PERU. Panama, Dec. 26, 1878. Political matters in the Republic of Colombia, although no active demonstrations have been mado by either of the great parties, are in a conlition of unrest, which does not augur well for the futuro peace of the country. General Trujillo remains firm and impassive above the turmoil, and vo far his public acts have been marked by coolness, moderation and good judgment, In the State of Bolivar an experimental survey is being made by an American engincer, Mr. Schirzer, for a railroad to tap the Calsam districts above Tolu. MILIZARY CONSPIRACY IN PERU. The Lima correspondent of the Star and Herald, under date of December 11, says:—‘‘The great activity ¢ administration bas already pro- A conspiracy on foot Smong the non-commissioned officers of the line regiment Puuo, No. 6, now stationed at Cajamarco, was discov tortunately in good time, and the ringleader promptly arrested aud imprisoned, The imeut itself was then dispersed over the depastment in various do- tach: in order to prevent any proposed out- break, and the latest intelligence from that section reports, tran illity andorder, The sergeants im- plicated in the movement had received money, as ties in Lima, advanced payment, trom certain whose names ° have not yet been made public, and, according to the depositions nade by the soldiers who revealed the plot, the move- ment wasto have been inaugurated by a wholesale massacre of the chief officers of the regiment. Th day after this" importunt news reached Lim seven sergeants of the regiment Cazadores de la Guardia, gartjsoning the Arsenal and Custom House in Callao, were also arrested under & ,grave charge of conspiracy, imunediately carried on board one of the meu-of-war stationed in the bay, and placed in solitary confinement. This wan qoanianel oe exceptionally serious, as the rogie ment in question is officered, by men fresh from the military school, where it was hoped the sys- tem of training was such as to thoroughly erad- feate all ideas of revolution and insubordination, The remaining regiments of the army, in part, have subscribed the most patriotic addresses of adhesion and obedience to the President and the con- stituted suthorities, so that we hope that the timely apprehension of the guilty parties may prove to be an effectual stop to further mutiny, Nevertheless there appears to be a general feeling of uncasiness, and ureat vigilance is noted on the part of the gov- ernment.” ‘THE PERUVIAN CABINET. On the 9th inst. the Cabinet resigned en masse, uy thereto principally by the force of public opinion, and —* intiuenced by the recent action ot General Prado if h succyeaful efforts so jar to dying of the pol tical fartiee i 4 . hi spored that in th ios. It is w in the pry ieee which, up to the iesnt writing, it tor! Clore] been onealy eropnity eee more vivi will re, thus ly carry! out the Presidential Hoa. ee ‘Tire last accom 4 fron thn eaten gro ing districts ne Lat na mm wi st are very nufavorabie, # large percent ‘ol the crop ig boat blighted by unpropitious weather while ripening, Still the quantity is expected to be much in excess of last year. A Guatemals letter of° December 1 says in con- formity with a decree of the government given in Augnst last an exbibition of the products aud manu tactares of the Republic has been established in this capital and was formally oj by the President iv person, assisted by his Ministers, on Sunday last, WOMEN SOCIALISTS. ‘Tho socialists’ of this city and vicinity have lately bdodn very active reorganizing and perfecting their dif- forent sections for the year. Ato meeting of the main section held Myr rday in the Gerinania Assembly Rooms a Jong discussion took place u; various matters of reorganization, but the Tanseot was finally laid over and @ commitwe of twelve appointed to re+ repatt pet Sunday, when @ new organiser will bo elvete: , Ata necting of the English epeakin, tion of the socialistic-labor party, eld vestenaty, ab “Turner's Hall, in Stauton street, Robert Bartholomew wag clected iver; Charles Sotheran, recording secre tary; Frank Allon, Suancial secretary; Jolin G. Shuck, Seeas oy and Samuel Schinkourts and Kdward Nye, au rs. A resolittion was adopted suthorizing the secrots to challenge Professor Sumner, Profesvo’ it Roswell D. Hitcheoek ‘and Professor Theodore Woolsey to a pubs ic dubate, ‘ At auneeting at No, 25 St Womens’ Sortatiatio Bordvolent Society wes otpentuad ink me following ollicers:—President, Mrs. Sophia Brown; * | Treasurer, Mes. Furner; Seerctary, Mra, 1% henilan Alte” aud the splendid winging of the Lone ' toon wom daberehiy h Bigned the roll ot membershiv,