The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-10 00:00:00

,i THE REVOLUTION."

We have to thank Elizabeth Cady Stanton for a
copy of The Revolution. Nine columns, closely
printed, of this journal is devoted to Train. Through
these columns his name tinkles like the sound of a
bell ; the tongue has only time to cross from one
side to another before it rings out " Train." " What
the ladies think of Train—what the press says of
Train—every one now is watched but Train, as in
Ireland they learn. he is not the bugbear they
thought him—no English bull ever stopped a
Yantee Train—a 100 thousand pounds damages for
Train—Train to his servant, the chief magistrate of
the Republic. The motto of The Revolution is
"Men, their rights and nothing more ; women their
rights and nothing less ;" and in the number before
us at least, the lady editor endeavours to mete out
these rights, to a certain portion of mankind whoni
she describes as occupying high places while in an
habitual state of drunkenness. Mr. Yates, of Illinois,
is instanced by name, followed by Senator Salisbury.
She says, " The community have been outraged
long enough by disgusting bloats in high places," In

discussing the next Presidency, The Revolution al-
ludes to the opinion of a club of ladies assembled
in solemn convocation. They decided that the
women of America should have a word to say about
the next' President. They analysed Chase—his
handsome head, his gentlemanly deportment, im-
posing presence, moral probity, great ability, &c.—
and thought, with his graceful daughter, he would
do the honours of the 'White House with great credit
to himself and to the country. One lady objected
that " he had no heart—he was as cold as a clam ;
the women of the nation could never go to him
with their sorrows as they did to Lincoln, and ex-
pect to see a tear in his eye, or to get his ear for
five minutes at a time." What a splendid chance
English Walpole would have if eligible for the Pre-
sidency. He could
cry buckets-full and carry
every female vote. " Now Salmon," exclaims The
Devolution, " you must be more sympathetic ; (cry)
you men in high places must remember that we are
taxed to keep you there, and that, as we have no
voice or vote in the Government, the least you can
do is to listen to us patiently and shed a few tears
over our wrongs and oppressions." 0 for a Wal-
pole to satisfy this Revolution, which we must con-
fess is a mild Revolution satisfied with tears, and
all the next Cabinet will require will be a Secretary
who can boo-hoo on the shortest notice, and with
sufficient tact not to cry in the wrong place. The
Revolution desires the next lady in the White House
to introduce the fashion of " high neck and long
sleeves." "The present style of dress has sprung
from the idea that woman's attractions are wholly
physical, and that her only object in life is to secure
a certain kind of questionable power over man."
" Why should the daughters of the Pil-
grims follow the customs of the effete civili-
zation of Europe, and change their costume
with every passing freak and fancy of Paris ?"
The lady editor gives her experience of a reception
of Speaker Colfax. " Most of the great men have a
statuesque appearance, as if about to have their
photographs taken with their best expression and
attitude." She was introduced to the ladies of the
household as the lady who ran for Congress, which
brought down on her a shower of eyes and ques-
tions. She bore it, as she was supported by an
able-bodied general, " who, by the by, was the finest
man present." Then and there she made good her
political pretensions, by what means is not stated.
Senator Sherman spoke mournfully on the prospect
of Suffrage for Women. Leaving Sherman to his
reflection, she carried off Jenckes, member for
Rhode Island. As she grappled her prize, she
thought bow Jenckes, Schenck, and Broomhall had
been sacrificed in lithe Conventions for their propo-
sitions to introduce the word male into the Federal
Constitution. She pondered over the bitter things
sbe had said of Jeuckes•—then raised her eyes when
she was encouraged by his large, round, benevolent
face, and to her astonishment Jenckes proved to be
a liberal and staunch friend of the cause, though mo-
mentarily led astray by the wicked men Schenck and
Broomhall. The next introduction was to professor
Helgard, of the Coast Surrey. " Now," said he,
when attacked on excluding women from the scien-
tific club, "by throwing a veil of mystery and ex-
clusiveness about ourselves, we make 'these women
admire and venerate us. They really think we are
wise, and know a great deal more than we do, and as
long as we keep up these dividing lines they will con-
tinue to think so ; but if we admit them into all our
counsels, and they find out how little we do know,
having no beauty or grace to recommend us, our
power would be gone, and we should soon come to
grief." 0 ! Mr. Helgard, how could you have been
so imprudent as thus to divulge the secret to The
Revolution, scattering it broadcast over the world.
No wonder that the sad picture of humiliated man-
hood brought tears to the eyes of the lady editor.
Much more of these good things is promised by
E. C. S. next week. Certainly E. C. S. has a sove-
reign disdain for restricted limits for her editorial
pen ; so people who do not desire to figure in The
Revolution, if they stumble across her, had better
skedaddle and be up a tree like an oppossum
What are brains, says E. C. S., compared with
beautyy Let the handsome men of the nation look I
up, fairy fingers shall yet, write for The Revolution
sweet songs to bushy whiskers, moustache, to
brawnyme muscles, giant form, and shaggy brow.
it ; and this is to be the special mission of The
Men will not do each other justice, envy prevents
Revolution.— Anglo-American Times.

A JAPANESE FUNERAL IN NEW YORK.—The
funeral ceremonies of 13a-Yah-ta-Kee, the leader of the
troupe of Japanese lately performing at New York, are
thus described in the Tribune :—" During the morning the
monotonous Japanese dead song was kept up in a small
room beside that in which the corpse lay. Lighted candles
were placed near the coffin, and a document in Japanese
was hung against the wall. There were three vigilantes,
one of whom officiated and chanted the dead song, the
other two sitting silently opposite. The friends and rela-
tives of the deceased and the other members of the troupe
were in an outer room. On the lid of the ~:offia, which was
of rosewood, was a silver plate, having engraved on it in
Japanese letters the name of the deceased. The custom of
providing food, tobacco, and opium for the deceased was ob-
served. As soon as the body was removed from the house
an old Japanese woman took her glace before it, and com-
, =need sweeping the ground with a broom, the custom
signifying the wafting of the soul of the dead to spirit-
land. A number of carriages followed the hearse to
Greenwood, which were for the most part occupied by
Japanese. The body was placed in the strangers' receiv-
ing tomb, where it will remain until the return of the
troupe to Japan, when it will be taken with them. Jt
being unlawful in Japan for any person but a priest to say
the prayer for the dead over the remains, and no priest
being in this country, the ceremonies at the grave con-
sisted of the voluntary prayers and the singing of a hymn,
after which each one of the Japanese picked up a handful
of clay and dropped it on the grave, with which ceremony
the burial was concluded. Ha-Yah-ta-Kee was the
author of a number of dramas, which are popular in his
own country, and of several tales, essays, and treatises.

PROGRESS OF AMERICAN CHROMO -LITHOGRAPHY.
—Mr. Prang, of Boston, has already published several
landscapes by Bricher, several groups of chickens and the
like by Tait, several flower and fruit pieces by Mrs. Lily
M. Spencer, and Miss V. Granberry of New York, a couple
of genre pictures by Niles of Boston, a series of Ruggles's
" gems" in oil colours, besides a great variety of illumi-
nated texts and cards by Miss Jennie Lee of New Jerseys
and cartoons and lithographs by Mr. Homer and others-
He has now in preparation, " A New England Win-
ter Landscape" by the late Mr. Morveiller, of Malden ; a
figure piece, "The Barefooted Boy," by Eastman John-
son ; " Easter Morning," by Mrs. Theresa Hart, wife of
James Hart, the landscape painter; two pictures of chil-
dren in the woods, "The May Queen" and " The Little
Rogue," by Mr. J. G. Brown ; "The Shipwreck of Steer-
forth," by Moran; "The Friends," by Giraud ; "The
White Mountains in October," by Mr. George L. Brown ;
"The Bay of New York," by the same artist; "The Falls
of the Yo Semite," by Bierstadt ; two fruit pieces by S. W.
Fuller; "Cherries and Basket," by Mrs. Granberry; and
besides these a number of other compositions on the
easels of distinguished New York painters.
AMERICA'S RANK IN THE PARIS EXHIBITION.—
The Secretary of State has received from Commissioner
Beckwith, who managed our late representation at
the Paris Exhibition, a table verified from official
data, showing that, with all the drawbacks under
which our country laboured, the United States ranks
number one in grand prizes taken at the great fair.
It also exceeds every nation save Franco in general pro-
portion of awards to exhibitors, and in its average is
double the rate of Great Britain and her colonies. Aus-
tria, Prussia, Belgium, Russia, and Switzerland sums_
sively rank above England after France and the United
States. To form the juries which pronounced the awards
600 men were selected with much care from all nations,
and there is no appeal from their verdict. It is as fair as
it possibly could be; and its report shows that all the
great changes which have taken place in vessels of 'war,
guns, and small arms, and remodelling of navies and
armies, came from America. The United States depart-
ment is acknowledged to have furnished at least two-
thirds of all that was new in invention in the exhibition.
—Springfield Republican.
THE WESTERN FISHERY.—The Cornish mackerel
season was fairly commenced during the past weok, when
several hogsheads of fine fish were caught. Nearly all the
supply was sent to London. Prices ranged from 375. to
Os. per six score.
Romanian's Teas Pure are Bd. per pound cheaper. Their
2,500 agents—confectioners iu London, and chemists in
the country—are constantly receiving fresh supplies of
these tong-approved teas. sold only in packets.
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