The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-09 00:00:00

B.IPN UM'S 81017 RAPHI'.

Mr. Barnum is to publish immediately his se-
cond autobiography. It bears the title " Struggles
and Triumphs, or Forty Years' Recollections of P.
T. Barnum, written by himself," and will be sold
by subscription. in this revised history of his life
he is frank enough to confess that his earlier volume
of reminiscmces was nothing but an advertisement
for the Museum, but in the present work he intimates
that he tells a true tale, and hopes to be judged by
posterity on the faith of what he here sets down.
One of the most characteristic stories in it is the
following :

" I thoroughly uaderatood the art of advertising,
not merely by means of printers' ink, which I have,
,
always used freely, and to which I confess myself
so much indebted for my success, but by turning
every possible circumstance to my account. It w 35
my monomania to make the Museum the town won-
der and town talk. I often seized upon an opPr-
tunity by instinct, even before I had a very detinit;e
conception as to how it should be used, and ►t
seemed, somehow, to mature itself and serve 111.7
purpose. As an illustration, one morning a stout,
hearty-looking man, came into my ticket-office
and begged some money. I asked him why be
did not work and earn his living ? Ile replied*
that he could get nothing to 'do and that q
would be glad of any job at a dollar a day-
handed him a quarter of a dollar, told him to g°
and get his breakfast and return, and I would on"
ploy him at light labour at a dollar and a half a daY'
When he returned I gave him five common bricks'
" Now," said I, " go and lay a brick on the side'
walk at the corner of Broadway and Ann-street;
another close by the Museum ; a third diagonal
across the way at the corner of Broadway 311,,,
Vesey-street, by the Astor House ; put down t',6
fourth on the sidewalk in front of St.
Church, opposite ; then, with the fifth brick 11i
hand, take up a rapid march from one point to the
other, making the circuit, exchanging your brick 5
every point, and say nothing to any one." "
is the object of this ?" inquired the man. "
matter," I replied ; " all you need to know is
it brings you fifteen cents wages per hour. It i$
bit of my fun, and to assist me properly you gols
seem to be as deaf as a post; wear a serious con
tenance ; answer no questions ; pay no attentioij
to any one; but attend faithfully to the work, an
vi
at the end of every hour by St. Paul's clock shod
this ticket at the Museum door ; enter, walking
solemnly through every hall in the building;
out, and resume your work." With the remark
that it was " all one to him, so long as he 011
earn his living," the man placed his bricks and be:
gan his round. Half an hour afterward at leas'
500 people were watching his mysterious 131°1e..:
meats. Ile had assumed a military step and beal.o
ing, and looking as sober as a judge, he made n o
response whatever to the constant inquiries as ,e
the object of his singular conduct. At the end of
first hour, the sidewalks in the vicinity were pacTe
with people all anxious to solve the mystery. r•rde..
man, as directed, then went into the Museum, to
voting fifteen minutes to a solemn survey ochis
halls, and afterwards returning to his rounds.
was repeated every hour till sundown, and wher'elre
the man went into the Museum a dozen or 111°.
persons would buy tickets and follow him, 11°131„13:a
to gratify their curiosity in regard to the puree,
his movements. This was continued for sev,
ral days— tii
-the curious people who followed ~
man into the Museum considerably more than P3O-10
in b
g his wages—till finally the policeman, to wb
I had i AnpArted my object, complained that the °0
struction of the sidewalk by crowds had becorne's
serious that I must call in my " brick man.'' Ina
trivial incident excited considerable talk
amusement ; it advertised me, and it materially 3ta
vanced my purpose of making a lively corner nee,
the Museum.

The application of residentd in the Feejee 15131163
to Washington to extend to them the protection of
United States is alluded to by the American papers a gr-;
tilled though jocular tone. These Fejee settlers axe aluteir
wholly British subjects, who properly applied first to th
own Government, but on Great Britain definitely refutYsill
to annex the Feejee Islands they turned to the nite„,
States. It is natural for English-speaking settlers to tu`"
to Washington for the aid and countenance denied thet4l4.ll
London, and it shows,;in spite of antipathies and rivalrie
the common sympathy. American protection has been in°ll
than once discussed in a Now Zealand paper, yet no colosi
under the Crown is more purely English than that. 4l°
Sydney Morning braid shows the difficulties of the Pl,;
tin and the objections to such an application, 9' t
same time fully and fairly acknowledging the state
affairs prevailing in the Feejees ; which is, t'g-
there is no law, every man being his own Pr°te„-‘
tor, a condition better suited for bold and unscruP
lous ruffians than for peaceful and industrious
But the United States ought to be influenced by the ca":
siderations which influence England, and decline a
interference than a general order to American men-d-w3r,
which call at the Islands to extend to all settlers assi,t3'ae-t
and redress so far as the Consul may advise. The slihr
is difficult one, but unless the Feejees are to be taa'aii•
place of call for a regular steam line between Austra.3' 0
and San ,Francisco the Washington Government 5„1
not take a burden on itself more likely to be production
mischief than of good to the country. (0
Mr. James Gordon Bennett, un. bas written
i
the London papers, or rather to )Ir. James Ashburl,
the subject of the latter gentleman's offer to race his Y 6;: it
ita
the Cambrian against the Dauntless and other Amer-
yachts. Mr. Bennett begins at the beginning in
octet's,
1868, and goes straight through with the story to the
with a few introductory remarks, to the effect that
tea
Ashbury's repeated letters to the papers had at last es's" •ovi
Otl
from him this answer to the sort of historical resr
°
with which Mr. Ashbury had coupled his third 01311e-111J
for an ocean race. It is a pity that Mr. Ashbury °non
have drawn the attention of the public to the disettPio
preceding a friendly contest, which cannot fail to giyeario
to a controversy. Public interest is in the match 0,0
the result, but in nothing else, and whatever generate; bad
feeling in these international contests injures the frienilled,
rivalry, to which, when both nations are accusa-100
there is no more reason for quarrels than if New y° lepers
a game of Base Ball against Pennsylyania, or the Pa"
Cricketers of Surrey against the Eleven of Sent.
21,
We learn from San Francisco, dated October or
that the passengers and crow of the wrecked ste:6o-
- Nevada arrived there that day on the steamer
tor. Governor Wood and wife, of Illinois,
the passengers, 42 of whom were compelled to Br° r 0
night on the sea in small boats. The treasure and PIO
were saved, but the passengers lost all their effects. 000
vessel had gone ashore during a heavy fog tot w„,11o0
south of Monterey, and with her cargo wasajoi
The ship Falcon, according to advices from Ir°l'7- been
had been totally lost near Neuchang. Nothing ha- be
g.we 0
heard from theship
terst
the 17th of August last. It is known that she ena°lloo,
were an,' d
a typhoon, and it is feared that the ship, with all ball
lost. tbp'

The News from China via San Francisco i° 114
thefi Oriental Jkotel at Macao had been totally destrltebirff
re. A large Saigon rice junk blew up at Swatorr• "-cieret
Chinamen were killed and 50 wounded. The 13_,i'rTea
of Holworthy at Hong Kong had been dischargo'h,,,,3o,
inhabitants of Tsunyefoo, in the province
loaf Vprilosoe:
had destroyed the Roman Catholic Church
and maltreated the native Christians. Great pre of
Ewderine being made at Hong Kong to receive the Du o,oi,
burgh. The prince had decided not to visit h•'
The Rev. J. Williamson, late of the London i"
Society, was murdered on the 26th of August b 9
robbers, near Tientzin, while proceeding uP 11°,4- Tbg
Canal. Several outrages on foreigners were reporte"' sod
United States flagship Delaware, and the Nee°ca,hrgatof
e
Ashuelot were at Yokohama. The. Oneida was 00 "-r OP
to San Francisco. The Unadilla and Maumee wore
oW
Southern stations. The Aroostook had been sold - 006
hama, and the Ashuelot and Monoca,ey were likely t°
purchasers in China.
4„1 It
'ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Ointment
nealing not Harmful. -No application has met Witil tha"
universal approbation for curing all external allnierits
which this unguent has received. Sores, deep ulcers, fee"o"etios°
charges, burns, blistered surfaces, and any similar ah,„ .011°,;
are at once soothed and put on the road to soundness t'hy ro
way's ointment. With his ointment and pills the Ices'it, t 1301,;
emselves much suffering, and the poor resY 11° 'OlO la"
selves to health, since these naedicaments are re'is°lffeetc t
price, and can be purchased in every hamlet. They bac° - °-
cures of stiff, swelled legs, and lacerated limbs, and °Pebnid Vec°
the prospect of a happy future after hope of recocry '-
given up.

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PERCY— On the ith °
THS.
BARKER—On the 6th inB
stl., R
at LI ,ndu, Denbigbsbirei
wife ofßarker,nst , ot Esq.,Alnwick Castle, the COof a3son. unteo
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Perey, of two daughters.

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.111..4R1UAG ES. rlsle
lIERIMMAN-STILES- On the 4th inst., at Ventri(L'e. only
Wight, John Ilerdrman, Esq., Bridgend, to Alli„ets.
daughter of Stiles, Esq„ late of Little rark?
IzAnn—BARNES -On tho Gth inst., at St. Georgo
over-square, Frederic R. Izard, '
13()I'd-
daughter of the late William Barnes, of 70,
street.

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DEATBS. q 110 P
HELL:UW-0n the 7th inst.,
vr at Barnes, SoSerb ---e
Esq., of 12-2, Wood-street, aged 37. LxtOlif
JOIINSTON —On the Sth inst , at Cowley Cottage' m
Henry Johnston, li3Eq., aged 7?. StA° '
SPRINGETT— On the Gth inst., at 5, Ihe Afoul)f,
nard's-on-Sea, Richard Springott, Esq , ag...e...1!,L._._.._...!...)-.-

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London:
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Tuesday, November 1, 1:369.