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

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discussing the next Presidency, Ike 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." IVbat 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
Revolution, "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. 74
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 'Deans 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 how Jenckes, Schenck, and Broomhall had
been sacrificed in ithe Conventions for their propo-
sitions to introduce the word male into the Federal
Constitution. She pondered over the bitter things
she had said of Jenckes--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. Ilelgard, 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
beauty:? Let the handsome men of the nation look
up, fairy fingers shall yet write for The Revolution
sweet songs to bushy whiskers, moustache, to
brawny muscles, giant form, and shaggy brow.
Men will not do each other justice, envy prevents
it ; and this is to be the special mission of The
Revolution.—Anglo-Arnerican Times.

A. JAPANESE FUNERAL IN NEW YORK.—The
funeral ceremonies of Ha-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 eeffia, 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-
menced 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. It
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 c•f New Jersey,
and cartoons and lithographs by Mr. Homer and others•
He has now in preparation, "A New England Win-
ter Landscape" by the late Mr. Morvoiller, of Malden ;
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 Y o 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 ono in grand prizes taken at the great fair.
It also exceeds every nation save France 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 succes-
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 acknowleiged to have furnished at least two-
thirds of all that was now in invention in the exhibition.
—Springfield Repulilican.
THE WESTERN FISHERY.—The Cornish mackerel
season was fairly commenced during the past week, 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.
llornintaiz's Teas Pure are Bd. per pound cheaper. Their
2,500 agents—confectioners in London, and chemists in
the country—are constantly' receiving fresh supplies of
these long-approved teas. Sold only in packets.

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SOVEREIGNS Th ABYSSINIA:

The Blue-book recently presented to Parliament tells a
story of an unfortunate mishap on an interchange of pre-
sents between her Majesty and the late King of Shoa. The
y. nag King, to whose father we had sent a mission on an
extensive scale, despatched to Aden some elephants' tusks
and rhinoceros' horns as a present for her Majesty, with a
complimentary letter, in which, however, he complained
that the Queen had :not sent to him on his accession, and
asked her Majesty to send him 1,500 dols., or, if she had
gold at hand, he would wish the same amount of gold, and
also that her Majesty would send him "persons who could
make a crown and cannon, and paint pictures and build
palaces:" It fell to Lord PalmerstOn to answer the
Royal letter. On behalf of the Queen he reciprocated
congratulations and good wishes, and he sent 300 sove
reigns, as desired, but added, with respect to the wish for
the assistance of men skilled in the arts, " that the dis-
tance between England and Shoa was great, and a journey
would occupy much time ; and, moreover, the workmen in
the Queen's dominions were at that time (1849) much
employed ; but that if any should be at liberty at any
future time and willing to go to Shoa, the Queen would be
very glad that any of her subjects should be of use to the
King in any of the things which he mentioned." The
King of Shoa being at war and in the field, it was a long
time before the letter and the sovereigns reached him; but
in 1852 Captain Haines, political agent at Aden to the
Government of India, was surprised by the arrival of a
messenger bringing back the box of sovereigns, and bearing
also a letter from the King. The King had been extremely
angry when he found that only a small box was sent
him, and said that Commander Harris brought his father
presents that required 150 camels to carry them. Pro-
ceeding to open the box, the King tried one sovereign in
the fire and cut another in two, " but could not make it
out gold. It became brass. He had asked for red gold
that would not turn to brass. He therefore sent back the
box of brass coins." The King's messenger claimed 100
German crowns, as the King declined remunerating him ;
but Captain Haines also declined, as he had not employed
him. The box of rejected sovereigns was sent back to
England. The poor King's reign► and, life came to an end
before long. Thecdore, fighting his way to supreme
power in Abyssinia, attacked and subdued Shoa ; its
ruler took refuge in the forests, and there sickened and
died.

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