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Boxes in Straw Work and many other things
both rare and curious. Must be seen to be APP
preciated.
Daily receiving new books and novelties, So
lectcd with special reference to the Holidays
dec Ia g. L. FRENCH.
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GOODS FOR TIE HOLIDAYS-(LIST
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STANDARD TS-Memkcriven's works,
including many new and beautiful books-all
at such prices as will be sure to please.
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Bookseller and Dealer in Music.
dec If Gl King street
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Hats of every description. Bridal Wells aal
Wreaths Head-Dresses, and mourning work,
made to order at reasonable prices Call and
see them At MRS. G. l.. SIMPSON
nov 23 No. rs King street
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II FRENCH'S, NO. % KING STREET
n MAGAZINES FOR 1869.
Godey's Lady's Book for January, 1913.
Lppincott Magazine -
Petersons Ladies' National .
Atlantic Monthly
Every Month
Good Words for the Young
Pleasant Hours
Now is the time to subscribe for Magazines
for the coming year, any of which. either Am
ercan or Foreign, We furnish at publisher
nrices dec II
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NEW FALL GOODS.
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TALL GOODS FALL GOODS
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| am now receiving my stock of FALL
GOODS. consisting in part of the following
Ladies Dress Trimmings and Buttons
Velvet Ribbon, in black and co,ors
Hncinrr Ii GlANns
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25
MRS. KEMBLE-MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

Stenway Hall was again filled last night to hear
one OF Mrs Frances Anne Kemble's Readings. II has
become fashionable at this day TO profess intimate
knowledge of Shakespeare as one of the unmistak-
able eapmarks Of culture, but If people half as
earnest in the study of the great dramatst as they
pretend TO be, they would make less ado in turning
over the gilt leaves of gaudy but cheap editions at
public readings, and we might have enjoyed Much
Ado About Nothing" last night without being dis
turbed by even the sight of book But Mrs. Kem-
be's rendering of the play all that could
be desired-it was in fact q good illustration
of Dogberry's remarkable declaration that to be
wellfavored man is gift of fortune but to read aud
write comes by nnture' To read at least seemed to
come by nature TO her Some ofthe other plays Mrs.
Kembe Is in the habit of reading would he sat
sfactOry to the appreciative student of Shakespeare
but none is better suited than this for a diversified
assemblage. and we doubt il in any Mrs. Kemble
shows her power more completely. Its extreme stint
plcity of plot. and the easy transitions from one
scene to another, enables even person who has not
read the play to follow the reader and the witty half
mocking, halfearnest encounters between Beatrice
and Benedck always to me Hlseollllre OIL the iat-
mortality with Pickwick himself, are sufficient 20
keep the audience In continual good humor. Mrs.
kem6les conception OF beaflc9 % Msh9st VIZ n2tleea0e,
ont almost as boldly she would by the aid of
tune aud scenery One of the most eiieetiye points
IN the whole reading was where she gives Hero that
rather modern advice" Fnthcr asit please YOU" or
Father as It please me- respecting the handsome fel
low Next 10 Beatrice her Dogberry best but her
thorough Idy and complete mastery of the subject
was nowhere igore apparent tlia in tue fepdering Of
the nimportant character of Verges, Dogbepys
suffering and whining associate The simple love
story Mrs kcmble read last night-a love story in
which the real lovers have less Individuality than
the dsdanful Beatrice and bachelor Benedick IN |
whom trick excites uncertain aecton-will be
aI "A
than that of either OF these. Romeo and Juliet
The Reading to-dW Will be ut o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

subscription was large enough to occasion re-
mark. "Had Lancashire and Liverpool been
owned by Americans" The Spectator con-
tinues eve should have had to record at least
"a dozen gifts equal to years income of each
donor" Whether the difference is attrbut-
able to an American fondness for display, or
to a nobler inclination toward princely i'm
pulses of generosity, we need not inquire; but
the fact as stated by The Spectator, Is certainly
an interesting one, and we ought to add that
the lberality of Americans generally toward
every species of philanthropic enterprise, the
lberality which manfests itself in frequent
unheralded subscriptions, is in full proportion
to the great benefactions of our millionaires,
which all the world praises
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25
CROMWELL IN WESTMINSTER.

Again the question of placing a statue of
Cromwell among the Kings of England in
Westminster Hall has been discussed in the
British Parliament and again the Government
has announced that it has no intention of pay
ing such honor to the memory of the Lord Pro-
tcctor. That he was the ruler, and the sole
ruler, of England during period of great his
torical glory, that he laid the foundation of
her commanding international position, and
prepared the way for the accession of the House
of Hanover, seems to be considered of small
importance when it is also remembered that
his elevation was the result of q political royo-
luton which paid but little regard to regal
legitimacy. Yet il is tolerably certain that il
Oliver Cromwell had not been courageous enough
TO decaptate Charles l., the present Royal
Family would hardly have been summoned to
occupy vacant throne. The Stuarts came
back to "a sullcnly acquiescent, but not as their
speedy discontinue and final banishment sufi-
cicntly testified, to broken-spirited people.
The -Four Georges will all be hoisted to their
pedestals, and will stand there unchalenged in
statuesqucrespectability yet theirs is a dynasty
created by an Act of Parliament, nor would it
have been possible to fix the succession in their
line if Oliver Cromwell had not rather rudely
displaced one of their remoter ancestors. He
who did so much to establish constitutional
monarchy in England, and who gave final
blow to the autOcracy of the throne, would GER
tainly, in one sense OF the word, be i'll enough
placed with tyrant upon one hand and q
libertine upon the other; but in gallery in
tended to illustrate the history Of the Empire,
a fastidOus regard for personal character
might result in more than one lamentable
hiatus. The people of England have every
reason in the world for remembering the
Protector with respect and gratitude; they
have equally good reasons for desiring to for
get that they were ever ruled by the Stuarts
and If they are constantly to be reminded i'll
Westminster Hall of four of the most dis!
graceful Of all possible roigns, we think that
they are entitled to the alleviating reminis-
cences which statue of Cromwell could not
fail to suggest. If historical accuracy be particu-
lary desirable, aud Oliver is to be excluded
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

The Legislature has not yet reached our City
Tax Levy. The Job is in committee, and great
care is taken to say nothing about it, We hear
that the Citizens Association is making a
strong fight against some Of the most objec-
tionable items, but we do not hope largely
from such efforts. AS usual at the close of the
session, one scheme helps another, and the re-
suit will be, some day next week, the rushing
through of host of jobs under the broad
shield of this imperative City TaxLevy. The
studiously blind manner in which reports
are sent to the press is evidence of that spirit
which loves darkness rather than light, be-
cause its deeds are evil. We hear, for instance,
that bill is adopted relative to the water
front of New-YOrk. 1t may mean that line
of fifty feet has been changed, and it may
mean that the whole harbor front has been
modified. Printed bills are of little value for
it often happens that in the last moment a
bill is entirely changed in purpose
and effect. 1t is pretty much after
the childish play of "4hut your eyes
"and open your mouth and see what the
fairies will send you.' There has been some
important legislation regarding the canals,
known only to tie initiated A number OF
bills affecting our city have been disposed of
one way and another but no one will know
their purpOrt until the tardy printing of the
official journal shall develop their text. Let us
watch and wait, hopeful for the best, but pre-
pared for the reverse .....
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

The reaction on the Prohibition question in
Massachusetts is being naturally followed by
its own reaction. In its extreme legislation in
favor of unrestricted rumselling, the anti-Pro
lbition Legislature has Overreached itself, and
Thoughtful people are becoming frightened at
the lengths to which the recent popular frenzy
for personal liberty" has gone. The keynote
of this changed public sentiment Is sounded in
the message of Gov. Bullock, printed in an
other column, in which he returns the License
bill passed by the Legislature without his sig
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

a partial recognition of the perils of railway
passengers was made in the State Senate the
other day, in a bill providing that cars
shall not be lighted with explosive oils,
that speed shall be reduced, &C. All
this is patchwork. We want iron cars,
hot water or steam heating, and light with
whatever is safest and best On such places as
that where the Erie ears ran Off we want a
heavy guard-wall, so that in no event can the
cars roll down the embankment Give us also
sound rails and constant inspection, and these,
with cars that will neither splinter nor burn will
save hundreds of lives every year. Patchwork
is folly; radical reform is what the people de-
mand
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

Having exhausted all other expedients for
saving his official head, Mr.. johnson appears at
last to have instructed his counsel to talk
against time. Mr.. Nelson got through with
the early life and general merits of his distin-
guished client on Thursday, and yesterday was
obliged to expend his eloquence on the Alta
Vela claims. Mr.. Evarts may possibly follow
with a discussion of the climate of Alaska,
and Mr.. Groesbeck perhaps will take up the
last Appropriation bill and so the 4th of
March will be upon us before we know it.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

Mr.. Whitworth, the inventor of the cele-
brated gun bearing his name, has signified to
the British Government his intention of found
ing thirty scholarships of Gf00 year each to
enable artisans to go through course of
scientific and artistic training, or, as the Duke
of Somerset expressed it, ito make scientific
+" foremen." The munifcence of this gift, equiv
alent to about S5OO,OOO. leads The London Spec
tator to remark upon the rarity of such instances
of IberaIity in England, and their comparative
frequency in the United States. No country"
says that journal, "eontains so many mil
" lionares as this; no country gives them so
"much in the shape of security, of social def
"erence, and of opportunities Of exertion. and
"no country receives so little from them"
And yet nobody calls Englishmen stingy. The
aggregate sums given i'll charity in Great
Britain are enormous but single great gift,
like that of Mr.. Whtworth, or like many of
those of Mr. Peabody, is almost unknown.
During the cotton famine, for instance, when
public sympathy was stirred to an extraordt-
nary degree, immense sums were raised for the
Eslief Of the starving operatives yet no single
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

%
ACADEMY OF MUsIC-This Afternoon at l. Mary
Btusrt Nile Fanny Jsuausehek
RRo.DWAY THFATIsR - This Afternoon at H.
F;p~ Crc This Evening at IA Variety Of Entertainments Mr
I'd Mrs Barney Williams
BRooKIYN ACADEMY or MUsIc-This Evening
"IA Belle Helene"
EUROPEAN CIRCUS Broadway and Thirty fourth
st-This Afternoon aud Evening.
FrrTu AVENUE ART GAIIERY-This Day-Mr
Jerome Thompsous painting, "1he Old OakeH Bucket"
FRENCH THEATm - This Afternoon at L." La
Belle Helene" Mile. Tosee.
HALL No Gj4 BROADwAY-This Afternoon at 2,
anJ Beupg 8Grand Panorama Of the WaMss Sale Goodrich
NATIONAL ACADEMY or DESIGN--Day and Even
iBTb Forty third Annual Exhibition Of Peares aud Sculptures
NEw-YOEK CIRCUS. FOurteenth-St-This Afternoon
q and Evening at st a-Dahng orsemaushpAobaiic skill
NIBOs GARDEN-This Afternoon ut ! and Evening
At 7l-"The White Pawn" Parscnne Ballet TrouDe
OLYMPIC THEtTER-Tb Afternoon at Il and Even
ng st g." Humpty Dumpty" G. L. Fox. . H
STEINwAY HAIL This Morning at p. m.-AlTs
Frances Kehes Readings Romeo and Juliet BennghrS
someFyilc's Complimentary Concert 4.I ...
WAIIACK'S-Ths Afternoon ut -" Rosedale."
This Rveung at g." Henry Dunbar" J. w. Walack
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

= We should like to ask, just by way of infor7
nation for the public, if it is true that when
a certain city officer received the check of the
United States for half million of dollars in
payment for the Post0flice site, he did not
send it direct to the bank, but took it to the
CONTROLLERS Office, where it passed into the
hands of the Collector Of City Revenue, who
charged one, per cent, or thereabcuts, on the
whole sum for taking it across the Park to the
place Of deposit. II this was done, and the
city ,muIcted !, in 5000 for five minutes
work, how was the y. money diyided'
We'd do--not say sueh--was the fact !;
but under tue existing laws 1--WE presume
the Collector of City Revenue might be
justified in taking such d fee. In times gone
by City Chamberiains have taken one per cent
for writing their names on checks for State
Taxes, sometimes gescling million Of dollars,
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

There is one sense, and one only in which
the removal of Andrew johnson can be called
party necessity. The Republican party can
not afford to be recreant to its duty. When it
loses the courage or the will to do right, it is
time for it to die. Its plain duty to the coun-
try is to convict the President. The necessity
for it to perform that duty is of the same kind
which makes it imperative upon every indi-
vidual man to obey the Ten Commandments.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25
The Connerhead naners charge ms Win nrc

The Copperhead papers charge us with urg-
ing the removal of the President on grounds
of party expediency, which is utterly untrue !;
yet Judge Nelson, the Presidents counsel, had
the eiirontery to warn Senators not to vote
for conviction if they valued their own
chances of future political advancement. A
lawyer who should threaten the bench in an
ordinary trial would be committed for con-
tempt Of court.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

The people of England were yesterday
startled 10y a report from Australia announcing
that Prince Alfred had been shot at sydney,
and dangerously wounded. The would-be as
sassin, who was promptly arrested, is said TO
be Fenian. Whether this report as true or
whether the attempt was prompted by personal
rather than political causes, time must soon
show. Should the Fenians Pe the authors Of
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25
MR. NELSON'S SPEECH.

The address of Mr. Johnson's friend, Mr..
Nelson of Tennessee is valuable as being the
Presidents own speech, though delivered
through substitute The argument is John
sons; the ornament, including the poetcal
ouotations. are those of Nelson. He rests
under the stigma in Tennessee OF being a
poetaster, and has exhibited upon the trial
knowledge of the English Classics which
would be more marvellous to Tennessee jury
than to the United States Senate 1t is quite
possible that some of the Senators already
knew that Mr.. Pope held vice to be a monster
of horrid mien, and were familiar with Shakes
peares alluson to the fretful porcupine's quills
and also with Byron's storm in the Alps, and
with GoIdsmith's village parson. But if he had
applied to Mr.. johnson that tender and touch
inc strain
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

The examination of witnesses for the defense
in the Cole murder case yesterday was directed
to the purpose of showing that the accused has
suffered from diseases tending to produce
insanity, and has at times within the past two
years been thought insane.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

We invite the attention Of the CrotOnAque-
duct Board to the condition of Broadway be-
tween Canal and White-sts The pavement is
in shocking state, reminding one of the old
DAYS of cObble-stOnes. ...l rl .-.t- Q, . lh atft
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25
%eu'Iork Daily Gribmtae.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1868.

rV" The Courts, Religious, Punishment for
Abandonment in Missouri, tie Money and other
Markets, may be found on the second page this
morning, aud Scientific Items and Real Estate
On fhe Grill III IL. ------- -
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25
His face Is round and decent,
AS is your dish or platter,
On which there grows
But. Indeed. h isno such matter.


Now it is quite enough to say that this
figure, so contemplate in the eyes of the author
of Hudibras," is not the figure which CrOm-
well at present makes in history. There is not
a writer, with any respect for his own reputa-
ton, who will venture to explain some of the
greatest events in English history upon the
theory of Cromwelrs hypocrisy and mere en-
thusiasm. 1t is now understood that he not
only represented his time, but rose above it
that "religion was in him the nurture of tran
scendant abilities, the baptism and ever-re-
newing life of heroic energies This is the
one supreme ruler to when the Imperial Par
lament refuses a statue. 1t comedies the honor
to knaves, to lunatics, and to fools, to muir
derers, usurpers, and liars; to monarchs who
trampled under foot the religion and the liber-
ties of England or who sold her good name
and honor, and made her the crouching pen
sioner of her powerful and warlike neighbor
Under such circumstances it may be well to
ask how much the statues voted by such legis-
lators are worth in the estimate of sensible
meni
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

this new outrage, the odium which the many
misdeeds committed in the name of Fenlanism
begin to heap upon the whole movement will
be largely increased.
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

If the Post Office site check was not similarly
discounted, the officers interested can easily
aaY 80
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

because he was not of the blood royal, then
let james l. be presented holding in his hand
the "Counterbast to Tobacco or the treatise
on "Witchcraft :" let his amable son be seen
trampling upon the enactments of Parliament
which he had pledged his kngly word to re-
spect; let the second Charles stand surrounded
by his mistresses, and the second James en-
circled by his priestsl Indeed the artist would
have ample opportunity if permitted to follow
history, of giving to the British public various
extraordinary productions = the eighth Henry,
for instance, cutting off the head OF a wife, or
his sanguinary daughter kindling the martyr
fires of Smithfeld! A pleasant exhibition it
would be, especially if George ". should be
represented engaged in the invention of a coat
or wig, or possibly in the act of offering his
hand in marriage to Mrs. Fitzherbert
In discussing this NATTER it is perfectly alb
surd to talk of the faults of Cromwell, of the
crimes which he committed, and of the usurp-
alton which is commonly ascribed to him.
There is no pretense that he was free from
error orthat he altogether escaped the infrmi-
ties of human nature. If no ruler can be
considered worthy of a statue unless he passed
through all the trials of his career and all the
temptations of his elevation without moral
slip or a political stumble, how many marble
kings and emperors will it be necessary TO pull
down in all the capitals of Europe! A great
man must be judged by the circumstances of
his time, and by the exigencies of his position.
The vulgar decision for many years was that
Cromwell was all his life an impostor. Yet
even Voltairc was compelled to admit that in
the beginning he was sincere enthusiast.
Sam Butler could find nothing worse to say of
him than this:
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25
TIE POSITION or MIR. CHASE.

a lmE&g
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

Keep WIsTARis BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY
always 10 is the best Cough Remedy known
New-York tribune., 1868-04-25

Thousands can testify that the PERUVIAN
SIRuP is The Tonic and Alternative Medicine knO~n