New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-08
customers Of those establishments and is Selieved by
many, and especially by the propretors, that II their
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siop assistants were all women their busipes, vsooA
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samuel Coates, one Of the Old Friends. undertook,
W get Donation from Stephen Grard for the psnnI
Vana Hospital Meeting Girard in the stree, he .,atd
niS oo)ect, and was asked to call next morning. M,
Coates called and found Girard at breakfast ~.
asked him to take some, which Mr.. Coates did. Amer
breakfast MIR. Coates said "Well Mr.. Girard o..
will proceed to business" "Weu what have vo.
come for. Samuel y said Mr. Girard. "Jurt wh,,
thee pleases, Stephen replied Mr.. Coates. Girara
drew check for 2,00O which Mr.. Coates put in NJ.
pocket without looking at it. "What YOU no look at
the check gave you !" said Mr. Girard. "No. beg
gars must not be cboosers, Stephen" said Mr. Coa,e
Hand me back again the check | gave YOU demand.
ed Girard. "No, no, Sterben-a bird in the hand IA
worth two in the bush, said Mr.. Coates. "Bv
George p said Girard, "you have caught me ON The
right footing" He then drew a check for s. 900. and
presented it to Mr.. Coates observing, viii You now
look at it I" "Wel to please thee Stephen, will"
said Mr. Coates. "Now, give me back the first
check" demanded Mr. Girard-which was accordingly
DONE
AS French company was recently playing at the
theater Of St. Radegonda Milan the farce La Marbs
du Mardi GraS, the long veil worn by one Of tbs
actresses, Mile. Karsch who personated the bride,
caught fre at the footlights, and she was in few
seconds completely enyeloped in flames. The specta-
tors raised cry of horror aud her fellow performers
rushing to her aid tried to extinguish the Ere by rolling
her the STAGE Before, however they could accom-
plish their purpose, she jumped up and ran away.
That caused the flames to break forth with renewed
violence; but she was again seized and rolled the
ground until the fire was put out Unfortunately no
medical man was in the house, and she was conveyed
to the hospital in g deplorabe plight.
AT the recent great Turner festival at Berlin 1--WE
or six thousand Turner'S went through the movements
of the School, and observer says that it was q
peculiar and highly interesting sight, the precision and
alacriy with which the different evoutions and maueu
vers executed by the stronglimbed tall and we'll
shaped young men, excited real and general admira-
ton. At one time, when all the arms, by word OF
command were stretched up high and straight, it re-
minded us of field Of Indian corn, suddenly sprung
up then the bending of the thousands of human forms
to the right and to the left, with accuracy which
made them appear like one body, might be compared
again to the of field, its cor-ears moved by
the wind. This lasted about an hour and half
The Boston Public Library is indebted 10 Mr.. A.
w. Thayer for collection of about 500 works relating
10 the history science, and art of music The basis
of the collection was the library Of the late M. dc
Kondelka which was advertised to bs sold by auction
at Berlin in January last. To this Mr.. Thayer bias
added more than 100 volumes. The collection con-
tains most Of the early printed musical works OF tho
Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, sous
of which have become extremely rare. IL has be-
side these many later works Of excellence. In coa-
nection with it should be mentioned % quarto volumes
Of manuscript music, selected and copied by Prof w.
Dehn late Custos of the musical collection of the Royal
Library of Berlin.
Among the persons whom the cross Of the Legion
Of Honor was recently conferred BY Louis Napoleon.
we notice the names of M. Limarac and NJ. Escudier
of the Pays newspaper, NJ. Charles of the Coast'ta-
Goanel, NJ. Henri de Pene Of the Regue EEropeense,
NJ Chauvet Of the PresS; NJ. August Maquet Pres
ident of the Society of Dramatic Authors Messieun
Eugene Labiche Edouard Fournier Carmouche.
Charles Potron Leon Mllsrd and Pacini, dramatic au-
thors; Messrs. Rayini and Olenbach, musical COM
posers; NJ. Nadaud poet and composers Gustav Dore,
illustrator of Dante, &C.; and Messrs. Charles Rey-
baud, Emmanuel Gonzales Charles Verge and Louis
Enault, men of letters.
The grandson of Miss Flora Macdonald has given
instructions to stone eurayer at Inverness 10 execute
tomb and sabstone of Italian marble, TO mark her
last resngpace in the churchyard Of Kilmuir, lsle sf
Skye Tie inscription at the head of tue grave will
be: ain the history Of Scotland and England Is re-
corded the name Of her by whose memory this tables
is rendered sacred and mankind will consider that In
Flora Macdonald were united the calm heroic orituds
| of man, together with the unselhsh devotion oil
woman Under providence she saved Prince Charles
Edward Stuart from death on scafod; thus prevent
ing the House of Hanover incurring the blame OF an
impolitie Judicial murder
One of the Christian papers OF Philadelphia says
we are sorry to hear that the Rev. w. T. Brantley,
DID,, has done the unparioc thing Of leaving Phila-
delpha for an abode among the Rebels of Georgia
We knew very we'll that his father-in-law a man
of large wealth. and one of the most uncompromising
of Georgia Secessonists, but we did hope that our
friend Brantley would prove true to himself his coun-
lry, and his God He has gone, however, to our grief
and notable instance be has given US Of what may
beial Northern man with Southern principals"
The facade of the Church of Pont-de-l Archs
(Eure was ornamented with two statuettes of Adam
and Eve embracing each other, which were much ad-
mired from their great antiquity aud tleir artistic
beauty. The Steele represents that these statuettes
have lust been shamefuy mutilaed by order of one Of
the priests of the parish the Abb6 Oeave says that
his reason was that the figures, being entirely nude,
were not a becoming ornament for Christian church
The journal reminds the reverend gentleman that he
has committed an oifense which is punishable by the
| Penal Code.
Drafting is seriously talked of in Connecticut, and
! in Stoungton preliminary examination was lately
had by the authorities to ascertain who were liable to
military duty should the Government decide ON that
measure Stonington being one OF the few seeession-
tainted places Of the North, the young men were not
anxious to volunteer and when medical examination