, 1870-04-24

D D'Alenbe1t may have been tho son Of the IN
known Dotnurhra qf ot the poet FontaueIlo-
Marti, Van Buren was scandAloualy said to Be
the con Of Aarou Burr, IS Dlutus WA OF
cns.1 md 20 ~ might g On WNh nHsstees instances
arise from the influences e1ezted by physical
and mental conditions prusioua 10 the BIRTH
of children, concerning which little il known.
though much is populatly believed II NJ.
v;neyard be viii pick up -ou,e Of the most
cnrions evidence on this point, which may la
~ service in future editions Of his book.
ike most EngGshmen, Mr.: Gallon knows
yerv little abouf Amesits, whence he ESSlt
have drawn many s1amp,ss s Winssfdn sesI =, M
a,,;rcv- Trumbull, Bradford, ChannioS. F.mes-
son Inxeu. Eliot, Dwight and SedEWlER; 10
MENTION no others. would have furnished MN
better examples than e,en the AaaIs nt,;s aaa
Mather families do, Of - hnd3ea @ apin.s.
The present Jos'ah Vnsss Co. WI n : Re.san, Is
the a5n. ncrhew, grandson and great gfasasson
~ men stiIl mora eminent, and beyond that
hi. ancestry Is mingled with thse o. ne
Adamses, Sl1. Emerson. Of Concord, Il tue
sn grandson apd Great gtapason nesaor % IN
Concord wss the Rev. Peter Bu1kslx. kins-
| man Of Oliver 81. John. Cromven's Solicitor
! General. who vas grandfather OF Pope
| friend. St. John Lord Bolingbtoke. From tAe
| View tpE!and LUdGea ant u-t1AstsiS aH1 I
men. lawyers named sewall, aze lsescondcd not
only the distinguished persons OF; that nanle
now living. hut al-t, Mia. .Alcett. the novelist
The Channings arc descended from William
El,e1v. one IT the great nanaes " Lhods
lriant. and number in their race h.lf lozen
Lowell, the poet aesi1es hsleotheti-
cal dsseent frun, Chatiznagne, the
Welsh Llewellsn. and Aasnus TROLL
Orkney family. had father sud
other ancestors Of distinction. nephew ol
remarkable rovets and an army Of able cons
ms. From he stock Of cid General Radfort
, Of Plymouth Colony deseendrl many ethe
, / eminent persons; +; and also 11fs. Ripley. Q
, ! Concord, the most learned lady ever seen u
. | America, whose sor il now Chief 3ustase
) man Of the HsTvar1l crew OIL tho Thames laa
n | sumtner: md who was also \ cousin OF fres
- | colt. the historian. 1t iB needlesa 70 mMttpi
a t,,ee examples because thnv ara fainihH
It Ill wlo are acquainted with Anaefsaan senea''
= Eer. ,+ =; ,;,;,,
r. ! however. when he comes to the NEtt names
y G,e1sru!., a4,a sc.ense and a-s- Shakespeare
,ix gives up st .nre - bad ts''. All ot Se"t'
ch be says that his ancestry af!e -,
,e- | have been in no VA. rara,hate itE iE.tes!st'
no al s1lity, snti there j. no:a;n;: N rr;. tnA
70 csn ind ont among his DE-, esela1lt-. FFaT
20 In, he instances, not fer the fskt ot hif
,is cestsy. bu. to speak OF tiose cua'sal5.sfs
en- ins'eniacant persons. "inam naR, e'l !,
tte Franklin and tho bacnee-
d. we're Lis descendants. The TACT is 4
IN. genius, in its highest r1nges. seems TO be
OF acpendeut Of laws ct descent, or the OF
e1- cou.lition. Of English or other l,ltn1n so'
tch ~, and takes ite plsse according to special
.c,- poiutniet,t Of He1vau, and With no regar'i
birtll or circumstances 4snE 16F tAe genera
nu- of mankind the laws Of her.,litary IT.
In mission undoubtedly govern. and though.
ell cannot alwayr trace them. and can mako Il
tho | Weld more or less to the force of eauc,t
s they are ~eA-niGh ~ 1ntiex1ole as is1s'