, 1869-08-17

The Grand Duchess Marta, Of Russia, rlfes the
veocipehe.
Two pretty mecca Of JED. Davis are sad to ac
the rc,gltng Ge1Ies in Faf!s }ust Cow.
The favonte beverage OF ihe Cznr, who de;nEs
more liquor than Ia eoud tor him. Is ahsnthe
There Is III PAlls 3 tua,.r that Ateltna Patti
CsnI Is e7eIentr, aud that Christina Nilsson ha.,
utter Bll accepted the hand Of the Duke de Masta.
Ihty havt three lire English LaTds ut the Re-
we're House, nOttun, viz: LORD Waterford, L1E1
Belkele, Faxet anu Lord Fnrte..
MIR. Julia Wurd Howe Is preaching Oh The "Co.
iuti,snccs and Dire1tLces between Philosophy
unal Religion"
Geueral George b. Mcclellan has iinal,y re-
Folred 10 bu1d bis mAIktou on THE top Of urange
Mountain. New jersey, on land adjoining the prop
rrty OF General Marcy, hls fashcr.lu-law.
Mrs. Caroline Dali Ii in fayor VI keeping women
out OF public lie till nfieE they a.c forty years DID,
''wieu tlseIr pitsaic and pa.l!c duties need never
ctnl:lct."
A 11rislan book-publiahe1 announces q WORK
wr1ten D.. Adelaide RXtort. on what ahc raw aoA
he8Ed n AtneHea. 1t will bc entitled ~ Mes
Sourenfrx TfaHr41 tanfi9tus.
Rotett Suaus, the Wc.l-Eoaxn p!a1o for,c
1nuAtr, rrslAably the oEdeat IN ths United State
dkds Il "Wednesday II 6efAuket, L. l., where he
tet!ded. lie MES IN his 18th year,
Miss Nellie Fen.on, daughter OF the United
Statcs Senator from New York, Is announced to
marry J. n. ucgrman, Of uegenau Co, drug
gt>ls, In New Yerk city.
A Warrington despatch says that the health Of
George Peabody, who Is now at the White Sui
phur Springs Ia no better. lie Ii more tcep,s than
when lie arrived at the Springs, md now eau
scarcely write hts nane. ThoEe v no nre most In
ttma1c with him sate that he IL falling very fast
The Jncht Meteor. o~n and commanded by
George L. LOrl!lard, sailed from New YORK Il few
days ago. for voyage around the world. Nj.
Lorillatd expects to be absent several years his
c1cuEtion, az he Intends to spend some time d,
tuch place Of Interest en- route.
The Paris F1oaro inlortnn rs that NJ Clifton
Jayleorp (which suppose stanis for TuJIeure).
an agent Of Mr. Fisk, some time s!nCe engaged
Mile. Si1lson and several other artists for MI.
F1sks GRIND Opera In New York. Now comes
Mr. Flsk and contests the validity OF MI. Tay-
leures engagement In hls name. When M.ss MIL
son sgted the contract size was PAID 70 900 francs
10 bind IT, aud this amount Is lost urless the en-
Eagement Is carried out.
make Lis escape Dy zone unknown means he
got Possession Of kcy that exactly lifted his
ehackleR, and doubtless would hate used 1t had
not Buepiclons been aroused and q search lnsttut-
ed BY the 0ncer on duty, who found the key on his
person. lie claims to have had II over three weeks
With no intention OF using It. IN consequence Of
the discovery, he has again been handcuned, and
Is under strong guard.
cariot,a's hatred Of the French Emperor Is 60
great that, when she Eaw his marble bust the
other day In one Of tnc corridors Of the palace OF
Locken, she rushed toward 1t, seized it and threw
1t 10 the ground, breaking 1t into thousand
pieces That bust had been sent by Napoleon Ill
as lresent 10 CaTiottas father, Leopold !, when
the latter notified hin Of the betso,aal OF hts only
daughter to The Archduke Ferdinand Ma1itnil1an
Of Anstrla-
A good joke IS related OF the Hon. John Nor.
r1ssey, OF New YORK, whose education Is said to
be somewhat limited. Although an IN. C.,"
John don carry on heavy correspondence With
Ills constituents. II be manages to write one let
ter weekly 10 "MrA ]. Il -, New York City"
be coneratulates himself upon the result Of hts
eflstolaEg efforts A friend Of his recently said,
Why Mr. MoHlssey, you spell city witt two Is.
How Is that7" "Oh," sald John, with the Ut
most coolDcss, "Scw York Is big p!a.e, though.
1t requires ot's to spcll as htg place as that
Badeu.Daaen correspondent writea under
dnte OF duly Is: " Ortnhach Ia here, hurrying up
the rehcarsals Of bis new piece, tThe Princess Of
Trehfzonde.' Tie Is even more remarkable for his
personal costume than for hts music II you Wish
to see something stunning, 60 any stteruoon from
to oElocFro the Conversation and you will
be struck with tha approach Of pair OF yellow
pants, surmounted by o vest OF synpaluvuu
color, over which Is worn short coat OF bright
nlue, Tue ~noic accompanied by peaEl-c0lnred
gloves, large gIecn hat, d Ia Fra DiaroEo, dell
catels ornnmented with peacocks plume, and
roofcu In BY large iong-handlel blood.red um-
brella- Among all these wonderful thiugs a man
moves, and that man Is Oucnhach!'t
The kev. Dr. CuJler writes OF Bishop Simpson
aa follows:
a. A. ..S1 e q hs sa4 o se
In = = ava Aetnodi,t audience tie 1sh3p Nond
hrlen Iuuehon is his ma.trr. Simpson loots m
G1ona HANDSOME hen htA fate kinder with fusprx
tion II figure be Il Eauu. and his limbs lie about
srrai rrt Il savis tne aaioa 10 IT. haar Il asnns
hta11en. Chates Of snnsnrrs of l;rossc snar.'t.
He led the M,thudst c,.EIs but then he had u
almeet every regiment"
"The Rev. Henry Dudley Bates Jessop, the u
car OF Toronto, was charged at the Guttdha!l
Police Court, Lordop. the other tay, "with beng
Trunk md asenultfDg the police In the execution
OF their duty" The reverend gentleman YVES
found In st. Paul's Churrhyard-a very proper
place-ou Sunday night: hut he was indnlgng In
very Teprehensble conduct, swearing and cnrsng
because some one had atolen hls hood. lie Pitch
ed INTO the policeman who advtsed him to 50 to
his hotel, and altogether behaved so badly that he
R1s arrested. On belIg called on for his defence,
be stated Tint he hhd preached that morning nj
ST. Bartholomew BethnHl Green. from the para
ble OF the ProdlgR. Son; nftcr the sermon he hhd
supped with the vicN Of thai parish, and naa got
into trouble On his way home The magistrate
thought he was very much like the rrodga! son
himself, and cent lin back 10 prison 70 eat husks
for few days.