Smyrna times., 1867-10-09


SIX members OF his cabinet to assume that it |
referred to them and ordered the picture to be
removed!
1t is plain that the all absorbing ambition of
the Emperor at present is to secure the sue
cesslOn Of the Prince Imperial. There is no
doubt that there is a widespread disbelief i'll
Paris of this boy being really the son Of Ma
pOleOn and Eugene; as yet it is expressed only
in significant wonders that there should have
been no further addition to the royal family,
| but were the Emperor to die the matter would
| be investigated Certainly the lad bears no re-
semhlance to either of his reputed parents
! He is a good Hooking, lively, delicate fellow,
and may be frequently seen examining the ar
ticles in the Exhibition under the direction of
his instructor, DIR. Cheys0n. One morning he
aud young Prince Arthur of England met on
the main avenue and greeted each other cheer.
fully, then parted, the former to explore the
military departments, to which indeed the
most of his attention was given, and the En-
gllsh boy to study the machines, among which
he was generally to be found.
So far as France is concerned the more see
of 1t the more | observe the feverlsh twltches
and starts of a people about to wake. The
French people have no admiration for mon
archS. They did indeed come III vast numbers
TO see the Sultan; chiefly, believe, from curl
o>ity. There was something fresh even forthe
boulevards to see a hundred magnificent po-
lygamsts settling down in the streets OF Paris.
But the mOnarchS whose crowns were their
only distinction were left by them to the admi-
ration of Americans As the Gar, the King,
the Prince, the Emperor passed along there
were some lLoorays" but no "Nivas. Is
it not odd, " | asked of a friend, an imperial
list, a." that the crowd does not cheer your En-
peror?" The Emperor had just passed, bow
ing to an utterly silent throng Of (chicfy)
French people "Oh, said he, "a French
people never cheers Whereof there was a
striking illustration in the evening at the thea
tire where Victor lIugo's Unndni was given
The crowd thundered out the name of Hugo
it stamped, clapped, roarcd, until the conta-
eion OF fury got into the hands OF Prince Ma
poeon, who burst out his gloves by capping,
and into the breast Of the mild Etienne Arago,
who shouted n4t Iire Hugo, for which he
half-apologizel in the papers next day.
wonder what VI. NJ. Sarcey and Barochi, who,
pale and troubled looked upon this scene OF
Hermann, not in the programme, thought the
alleged inability Of the French to cheer. Had
Victor Hugo been in the theatre that night
there would have been for the first time an his
torical parallel to that night when Noltaire was
dragged from his box i'll the same building and
crowned upon its stage. As it was, every
| shout was poisoned shaft for the Emperor,
; whom nobody loves. Many time have seen
the sneer curling upon silent lips when foolish
Americans have attempted to please French
people ly adulations Of their Emperor; and
:, regret to say that | encountered every where
! an impression that Americans more than the
people of other countries are prone to "a cUrtaii
! survility toward the crowned and titled what
2 ever their characters. Perhaps the touch o.
the imperial will which compelled them on the
t Fourth Of July to give up their fete at the Pre-
. Catclan chiIc d0=cR OthCT tctcS tccf on, ant
to spend Independence Day morning for the
r downfall Of the IIapsburg invader of Mexico
n may have given such Il needed lesson. Tha
: the people Of France are hoping that the Ma
:, poleonic dynasty may be thrown off withou
revolution believe; but | am still more Ger
tain that they are determined that it shall end
: that it shall not be inherited nor replaced J..
a legtimist monarchy, and that their govern
mcnt shall be the fit raiment of their splendiC
culture and traternal society," cofrcYI0Aotet
Il. HaIperS Weekly.
The Rowland VIII Case, which has excite
/ SO much intel in Boston, and indeed through
= out the country, is one of the most rcmarkabl
It causes on record. The amount involved eX
h ceeds a mill on of dollars Miss Sylvia An
: Rowland, lady Of great wealth. died in 1868
!. and Miss Robinson (now Mrs. Green), he
l. niece although reputcd to he worth $1,000, 0OO
= contested her aunt S will, by which She was t
II receive only an annual income of $4,000
e Miss Robson affirmed that her aunt, in cOnSe
1T uuehce of quarrel with her Miss Robinson 5
,r father, made a will leaving everything to he
,e niece; Miss Robinson, i'll return, making wi
Of which excluded her father from all share i
m her property The will of which was dcpOsite
IS with the other But Il subsequent will wa
e. made by Miss Rowland, without the knowledg
IF of her niece A strange addition was, howeV
e er, attached TO the will which was i'll Miss Rot
lg insOn's pOsseSslOn-a paper sewed with fin
Al, Al
lr that nothing would induce Miss lIowland t.
= make will unfavorable to her niece, and tina
to that was her true will, whatever other dispos
I'd ton of her property she ght aftcrward b
to compelled to make. This document was az
- .cnty, properly signed. The genuineness
to this signature, however, was denied; it bein
ny alleged that it was copied by tracing from tn
Iy signature of the original will. This slngula
nc document, being executed in duplicate, thel
"a were three signatures and, on examination
if they were found to coincide with mathematica
s accuracy not only letter for letter and space ft
er space, but also that etch had the same slant
IN the base line Of cach paper 1t was prove
Ye that wonderful similarity existed in all of Mi>
r. Howard signatures. But the most curiOu
II testimony given at the trial was that OF Pro
til fessor Peirce of Harvard College, one of tn
Sc best mathematicians Of the age on the doctriu
he of chances. Having ascertained the relativ
is frequency Of coincidence by comparing num(
a. rous signatures of Miss Rowland, he conclude
he that, in her case, g this phenomenon (of coli
ris cidence) could occur only once in two thousan
lis six hundred and sixty six millions OF million
= of times = number which far an scene
nd human experience. So vast an improb;
e- biity is practically an impossibility" An
his conclusion from these data was thus e!
ry press ed Under a solemn sense of the II
mt sponsibity involved in the assertion, declal
lis that the coincidence which has here occurre
rd must have had its origin in an intention to pr
IN, duce it. Strange application Of mathematic
a science to determine the chances OF cOinciden(
to while writing one name
he The organist Of st. Paul'a NJ. L. Church,
his Fourth Avenue, n. Y, commenced his care
,re when a child Of six and half years, by pla
of ing the organ Of the Bedford Avenue churt
of in Brooklyn. He is now but twenty-five
years old, and has held his present position {
to- ten years. lie is a fine performer and a tt
IN tied composer