, 1870-05-16

.ss Afterwards chosen Attorney General OF
Massachusetts,. He married daughter o.
Elbridge Gerry, one Of the signeIs OF tho
Declaration Of Independence, Who subsequent
" became Governor OF Massachusetts and Vice
President Of the United States, and = life OF
whom Mr.. Austin wrote and publiahed
Livery parBQn who has ever vlaited 9ar1s
must remember tho Cafe Richo- During the
past three mouthg gantlelnsn. has nightly
tor The vine trade At that establishment. The
clock strikes midnight, carriage drives up,
and HLe ReTenant de Minuit, /" aa he has been
nicknsmed, enters the cafe: He Invariably
seats himself at tho same tahlo and ordeEa
4oup cold sold partridge, g,., eostl9 IT neal q no!
chnmp.gne, and large cup Of cafe Gu ldt
Having Consumed the whole, this s. midnight
ghost" disappears. Who he ia and where he
comes from nobody his yet discovered, but Ell
believe that in lis world the cooking Il not 30
Tho family OF Smith Hill bs pleasedto
loarn that they figure in 4. new play, called
NNearer aud Dearer," 1t the Charing Cross
Theatre, London. The piece relates how
Ba1onet, for bet, ,..asked for Hiss Smith asA,
boarding school; how the chance name reaai5
belonged to schoolgirl who Was expecting
her brother from India; how the Baronek took
advantage OF the mistake to indulge in extra
fratetnl embraces; how the real brother. ar
rived and confronted The pseudo relative, and
how love and marriage resulted -
Juno 90, 1863, according to the monthly re-
port, No. 7, OF tho Bureau Of Statistics,
amounted to 2G,a93 vessels, measuring. $, ~
319 tons. OF these, New York o|nea LIS
vessels, measuring 1,319. 95S tons; Massachr-
2,9i4 vessels, measuring 44S,777 tons; Penn
sylrania, 2,052 vessels, measuring 2G5, ,595 toms;
Ohio, 1,128 vessels, measuring LAG, ,03G tons
Illinois, 827 vessels, measuring 12a, ,9G tons;
Michigan, 739 vessels, measuring los, ,908 toms.
Tho vessels temporarily registered numbered
1,0ss, with measurement Of 401 ,04G, making
the grand total OF tho United States mercan-
tile navy at q, ,425 VESSELS, measuring 4145, ,36G
tous.
binary case Of k1openaania. According to roll
able authority, the wife Of highly respected
uud wealthy resident Of Broad street was re-
Gently tried on eight different charges Of theft
before court and jury composed Of the pas
tor md elders OF the church to which she be-
longed, and WAS found guilty on four of them.
She would 60 into dry goods store, foE lu-
stance, attract tie attention OF tho clerk or
merchant IN some other direction, while she
would slip piece Of silk or straw goods under
her waterproof, and walk of. She WaB caught
in the act soyeral ti1nes. Tho losing merchants
no not minco words about tLe1 matter, but
openly declare her to be thief. The lass in
terestcd ones, and consequently most cha1ita-
bic, declare it is genuino case Of k1opemAnia.
"A European letter to the Boston Journal
for Americans in the different cities has lnteiy
sprung Up a1 over tho continent. To day tho
gentleman or lady, at Rome Or Constantine
| pie, can find all the papers OF his or her San
/ Francisco OF Boston home On the tables OF q
| prominent banker-ouly, ut most, twenty days
| Throughout Germany some OF the aoundest OF
| German firms have engaged in American
banking, and havo tho most elegant apart
| ments and enormous troops OF clerks At
Berlin and Dresden these firms publish daily
New York market reports, and talk as much Of
State and railway loans as do those Of London.
| A traveller is always bored with q Thousand
questions about new American enterprises, OF
which he knows nothing, which haya started
since his exodus, but which these sharp bank-
III. Bouchet has discovered that the house,
swallow Las made considerable progress in the
att of architecture during the past forty years.
Although one swallow doesn't make sum-
mer, successive generations Of swallows seen,
| to 1ayo made summary Of current improve
mcnts in building, and to have adapted means
to ends az well rs ends to their means. The
old style OF nest consisted OF "a segment Of q
splleroid," :" with 1onna hold just larga enough
to admit tho parent biza; but this being attend,
cd with numerous inconveniences, \ now form
Of building has been adopted, with the follow
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quarter Of aemi-oyal, with very elongated
poles," and the opening, instead OF being II
tho wall itself, is long transYerse fssure
bounded below by an excavation in the uppel
margin Of tho nest, and sheltered above by tht
building to which the nest is attached. The
great advantage Of this new plan, according X
II. Pouchet, is that it gires moro room for ths
Younger members Of the family, aud enable
them to put their heads out for Little frcsl
air without impeding the entrance or exit o
the AataJa,a'lics Moreover, it affords bette
protection from rain, cold, and unwelcou
Tisitorn than the old system.
II. NestoE Roqueplan, late editor OF th
Paris Figaro, aud one Of the best known
Partisan theatrical managers, died recently 9
heart disease, in the si1ty~sixth gear OF hi
age. There probably has been no more sinsl
lar character in Paris for many years. Although
not tho founder Of tho Figaro, as has beei
erroneously stated, Lo was one Of its carhes
cGitors, and made . reputation for the pape
and for himself BY his articles On the tlne
arts. He was successfully director Of tn
the Chntelet, but, notwithstanding the .pecuni
AIT profit he derived from Lis connection witt
the drama, he died poor and in debt It va
not, however, as sn editor or director that u
Ronuep1au Was 1eat known. It YVES Is mem
ber OF society that be shone conspicuously
A representative beau OF the reig
Of Louis Philippe, ho remained dana
to the last When age advanced ho ernp1oye
art to conceal its ranges, and his drcss an
manners were always those Of young man
In fact, it was not until after his death tha
his bert friends we're made acquainted witt
his real age, which. Of late years, he CAREFUL
avoided sneaking Of With certain class o
/ Partisan society lie was regarded as sn oracle
and nothing became popular which did not Re
ceive his appzobation+ In fact, few OF tn
witty words which were current in Paris eve
went into circulation without his endorsement
Parisine. Lorettc and Petite Crsre we're hi
creations. in his youth y. Roquoplan was a
ardent Republican, but ho Subsequently bt
camo supporter or the Empire, and WAS a
officer Of tGc Legion Of Honor At the time o
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