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FISK AND VAMDERsILT.

The following incident in the career
of Jas. Fisk, jr., illustrates his fertility
of resource when closely cornered by
a powerful opponent. Vanderbilt had
grown Jealous Of Fisk and determined
to crush him. The readiest way TO
do that, he thought. would be by de-
stroying the business of the Erie road.
With this end in view he Issued an
order lowering the rates Of freight
from Chicago, and asked Erie to do
likewise. Fisk assented, and conse-
uuently cattle were brought from the
west In great numbers and at a small
cost. By special agreement the rates
on the Vanderbilt line and on Fisk's
were made uniform. After "a few
weeks, however, Vanderbilt showed
his hand. Giving the Erie officers
short notice, he broke faith with Fisk
and announced that for twenty days
the freight on the Central railroad for
cattle from Chicago would be Sls60a
head instead Of 81. He expected to
crush Erie by this move, but he
reckoned without Fisk The latter
made no alteration In the rate Of the
Erie road, but quietly directed his
agent In the west TO purchase 40 coo
head OF cattle and send them by Van,
derbilt's route. The cattle were soon
purchased, and Fisk had the pleasure
of seeing Vanderbilt carry freight for
him for less than the cost of running
the trains. OF course the commodore
soon grew tired OF fighting against
such odds, and the rates were again
raised to those Of Erie. Fisk cleared
500, 009 by this operation direct from
the Central. But this was not the
full extent of the damage done the
commodore. When the Genital was
blocked with Fisk's 1900 head Of
the Erie was open and carrying
ether freight st it, own rates.
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HELP FOR CLAYrOE.

The supreme court Of Arkansas has
adjourned till the first Monday in
May next. The purpose of this adj
j0urnment is shown by the fact that
Chief Justice Mcclure, of Arkan-
sas, Olayton's staunch friend, and
the editor OF his organ at Lit
tie Rock, is now in this city
en- route to Washington, whittier
he goes to assist Clayton In his
trial on charges OF all sorts of off,
clal knavery before the United States
senate. Mcclure may be q proper
maj for such a task. A Radical paper
of Arkansas-the JOtETlGL-tells us,
with how much truth we cannot say,
that this honorable chief,justice Sc
cured title to a valuable plantation by
marvellous means. Mr., Pennington,
a citizen Of Arkansas, was sued, and
a Judgment was recovered for about
four hundred dollars. The plant
alton was very valuable, but PEN
nington was In debt, and his law
yers properly advised him that he
could redeem the place within a
specified period, and, therefore, he
could safely suffer the place to be sold.
Mcclure was the purchaser, and at
the expiration OF the credit given by
Law, was on the bench. WhenP enning-
ton proposed to redeem his property
he was coolly told by the sheriff that 1t
could not be done, and that the prop
erty was McClure's. MI. Pennington,
therefore, has published the fact that
this sheriff, Chancellor Yonley and
Mcclure, all Radical adventurers,
have conspired to rob him. We give
the facts substantially as given by
the Arkansas newspaper, and are
unwilling to believe that even
a Radical carpet-bsgger, even in
Arkansas, and a friend Of Clayton
could be guilty Of such foul malprac-
tees. The .chiefjustice should, how
ever, have adjusted this little matter
in Arkansas before going as g witness
and professional adviser for Clayton
to the Federal capital. He should
surely go thither with clean hands.
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The BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE.

Lord marlborough, whose death
has Just been announced, wss one OF
the last holders Of "patSnt places"
than which no more patent scandal
ever existed. His grandfather was q
bishop, and his father a famous Judge,
the man whom Lord Maeaulay terms
"the bold and strong minded Law"
Law was a great lawyer and the ter
rOr Of timid barristers. He It was
who, when a member of 'tthe sucking
bar" ALTERED, Tiny unfortunate client,
my lord" rejOined. 'sThe court is
with you there, SIR" ETe had an aW-
full temper, and was much more feared
than loved, but had great political as
well as legal weight, was the last chief
justice who enjoyed a seat in the cab
met, and one OF the very few to whom
such a distinction was ever granted.
The prize piece Of patronage in the
gift Of the chief Justice used to be the
sinecure Office of clerk Of the court of
Queens beneh-S35,0W q year-for
doing nothing out signing receipts for
pay. For the reversion of this, Lord
Peterborough was offered 800, 900, but
he preferred keeping 1t for his son,
who Just died. When the newsreaehed
him Of the vacancy In the Office, he
was on horseback. Forthwith dis
mounting, ne then and there, with
the pencil in his pocket, wrote his
sons appointment to the Office, max
Ing the seat of his saddle his table,
and his groom Witnessed his sigma.
5ure. The son drew about 81, OQQ, 900 |
this Office, and as he further held
Tor many years the Office Of governor
general Of India, salary $125,0 600 and
expenses paid, he altogether didn't
10 badly. He was unhappy in his /
narriages-his first wife died child
ess, the second had one, who died
young, and she was divorced from
luSband.
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CHOICE BIT or scAABAL.

A Chiselburst correspondent of a
New York Journal makes a statement
that reflects very discreditably upon
President Theirs, OF the so-called
French republic. He says: "YOu
know that the president Is married to
his own Legitimate daughter, to
whom he wished to give his fortune
and his name, and with whom he does
not hold exactly the relations Of a
husband toward a wife. Nine. Theirs
was therefore always left at liberty to
choose admirers, and the gentleman
in favor at the present moment Is N.
Feuillett de COnche, who was intro
dlEcteGr deS AmbdSSddeLrs under the
empire, and who has managed through
his chere annie to get the same appoint
ment under the republic. He was al
ready on duty on New Years Day,
and your Partisan correspondent will
be better able than I am to tell You
how far that republican courtier was
successful in the performance OF his
duties. All lean say is, that with, as
well SIS without, an official position of
that sort, NJ. Feuillet de C0nche will
never cease to give the best infOrma-
ton to Chiselhurst so long as he re-
mains In his present unofficial position
Of a lover Of Nine. Thiers." If there
be truth in this statement, French So
ciety Is no better under the republic
than it was under the empire, when Il
was represented to be In the worst
possible condition.
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IEWIsH-LlBaAsY Il SEW YORK

In New York, on the 10th instant.
a q r collection Oh old bo5ks. eonsti-
tuting q library Of Hebrew and Jew
ism literature, was opened, with sp-
propriate addresses and c~Ongrstuls-
tons, in the l-eeture-roOm of the
Temple Emanuel. The collection for
merry belonged to Mr.. Frederick Null
Ter, bookseller, Of Amsterdam, ard
contains about three Thousand vol
umes- The library consists OF Bibles.
exegetical and nOmileticai works Tall
mud and works on the TaImud. easu.
tstical writings, philosophy, theology.
ethics, history, biography, bibliogrs-
phy, archaeology, criticism, and ev-
eraI other divisions. A large part Of
the collection is in Hebrew. Isfin-
German, Dutch, Spanish, French.
Portuguese, Italian and Greek. me
editions most commonly met with are
those Of Venice and Amsterdam.
Among the oldest works are some re-
variable books produced in the first
8 century after the invention Of
printing. In the collection are some
curious old manuscripts, very inter.
as sp eimens OF Hebrew writ
ing. This library is open twice a
week, Monday and Thursday, rom
two till five O'Clock. Admission free
to all persons W fifteen years o. age.
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FlsKIAEA

From the published letters OF the
late James Fisk to Helen josephine
Mansfield the following aphOrisms
and eDigrammatie sayings are collect
ed, some Of which will 20 10 record
on the page Of history aIOugside Of
that famous saying, 'tGOne where the
WOOdbine tWineth.7
"Bnlly morning for a ~funeraL'7
Dear Dolly, get right up, now"
Dear Josie, be ready"
'Sleep Dolly, all the sleep you can
tO-day-every little bit, sleep, Dolly"
81 feel as II three cents worth Of
clans would help me some"
81 am wrong, but I am bothered.
1t will come right
"YOu know me.0
"NO more. Like the Arabs. Es
viii fold u tents and quietly steal
away, and when we spread them revs
we hope it will be " ere the VOID
bine tWineth,' over the river J rtiau.
on the bright and beautiful banks Of
heaven
1.-THE thread Is so slender Idsre not
it more 1 am sore; bat Cd
made mesO, and I have not the power
to change it."
"'COmment Is NECESSARY plot
ting house, and sgainst me WHAT
'Idone' that NUily Pleis should
work against my peace Of miud7''
surely the world Is machinery
Am D.! keeping up with it, Is the ques~
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SIZE sAsDERs.



Sue Sanders was a country lass,
With eyes as brown as buns,
And cheeks that held the peachy-bloom
or eighteen SUMMED suns.
She never owned a siIken dress,
Nor dreamed OF Meonlin lace,
Yet wore her tidy homespun gown
With sucn bewitchtng grace,
That scarce the merchants gayest goods
HAD made ner seem more fair
No princess with a sweeter grace
ArOyal robe could wear.
One day there came a city man,
With wealth aud honOrs rife,
And asked sweet Susy Sanders soon
II she would be his wife.
Now Sue a country Iaddie loved,
With scarce a dime 20 show;
But Susyi loved him one the less,
And 9 answered "No."
The rich man bit his bearded lip
And bent his naughty head;
But, hoping by his wealth 70 win,
he waited still and said:
"Your country lad is rude and rough,
With braWny, sun Drowned hands,
And offers with his elOWnish nams
Nor gold nor gOOdly lands;
While wealth and gems, a stately house,
And name Of ancient pride,
Are mine to offer 70 heOne
l ask TO be my bride"
Then redly flushed her rounded cheek,
Andlke a queen she said:
so plow and SOW and reap the field,
n earn ones daily bread,
a think is nobler than to sit,
Content LIES cares 70 shirk,
And ne'er a Jeweled niger LIT
To any worthy work.
"To NE my Wfllie's tofl-worn hands,
BrOnzed by the summer sun,
Are dearer far b II they had
No flush Of labor won.
"And pray, good sir, have you not learned
Love Is noe bought OF s0ld2
Whene'er I wed, III wed a MAS
Aud not his lands or gold"
With sullen brow the sutton grand
Rode dercely back to town.
And a May morn Sue welded VIII,
Clad in her homespun gown.
Hearth and Home.
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PHOsPaORe UIsHT At SEA

A Iseries of interesting experiments
with q phosphOrie light has been
made in the Firth OF Forth. This
light II brought into use would supqr-
.eedethe ordinary blue light now uni
versally used as a danger and other
signals in the naval and mercantile
services. The phosphOrateu substance
is contained IN a tin lamp, hOldin
about half q pint, and before being
used q hollow tube at the top and bOts
tom Of the lamp Is opened. The ls0n
is then suspended by an Or6iDsrv
piece OF wood, which is thrcen info
che sea. A bright light iromediafeiv
flashes up, and ecntinUes 10 burn ve-0
brilliantly for upwards o. three uusr-
ters Of an hour. The light vas also
exhibited froT the masthead of q YES.
sci BY placing the lamp ia a small ear
containing water, constructed for the
purpose. It "a expected thsttha light
will be very ~servieeable for Indicating
the position Of a lie buoy at night.
While the experiments were beirg
made the steamer was going a. fu1
speed. From the time the lamp and
lie buoy were thrown overheard the
engines stopped and reversed. arda
boat lowered to the time when ths
buoy and Hight were picked al. oalv
ikFse wlnGteE ELAPSED.
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sTERN THEOLOGICAL DISCIPLINE

Max Adeler telIsOf young Thomp-
son in Indianapolis who is studying
for the ministry ia the divinity school;
and a week or two ago, while he was
home enjoying the holidays, he
showed how deep the truths of chris
tianity have taken root in his heart
by trying to brain his loving mother
with a Ratchet. The superintendent
OF the school took him aside when he
returned to resume his studies, and,
after demonstrating with him kindly
but firmly, told him that he would
have to give him ten demerit marksfOr
his conduct. One more attempt of that
kind, the superintendent said, would
convince him that the young man
could not be intrUsted with the duties
of pastor, and they would be obliged
to expel him. The student now wears
a string around his finger in order to
remember not to do it again. If such
stern discipline as this were not en-
forced in cur institutions Of learning
their usefulness would be at an eud
Even now we shall not be surprised
to hear, after this young man gradu-
ates and receives a call, that he makes
practice of carrying q eOlumbiad
into the pulpit and firing shots every
now and then at the Organist and the
deacOns,
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r

A great reformation Is needed In
the mode Of bestowing charity. I'm
posters ought to be punished and
driven out; the idle and dissipsted
ought to be set to work; the destitute
who cannot help themselves ought to
to be cared for and relieved. Some
system ought to be adopted. Individ-
uaI charity is irregular, spasmOdic
and uncertain 1t is often bestowed
on the unworthy and false. Some
means ought to be devised to ascertain
with reasonable certainty who are en-
titled to relief and who are not. If
they could all be referred to city or
county officers, Or the managers of
charitable institutions and relief asso-
Citations it would prevent great impo-
sitiOn and insure relief to those
who need it. Such is the natural dis
position to relieve want that many
persons blindly lavish their spare
means rather than take time to sift
the merits of the case. On the con-
trsry, others have been so often de-
ceived that they think 1t safest not to
give at all. Thus, one class, by their
imprudence, encourage impOstors, and
the other, by their excessive caution,
turn their backs upon the hungry,
homeless wanderer. Let places be es-
tsblished where application can be
made and the merits Of every case In
vestigated, and to which the citizen
can refer every mendicsnt with the full
assurance that justice will be done,
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REGENERATION OF FATErrK

Fayette county is in its outlines q
parsllelogrsm. Somerville is very
near the center. The southern dis
tricts Of the county lie along the Mem
phis and Charleston, and the north
ern, the Memphis and Louisville road.
These two roads, gradually ~diverging
from Memphis, leave the eastern
half of Fayette county without proper
means of access to the exterior world,
and it is now proposed to build a rail-
road penetrating the center Of the
county from its western boundary and
equidistant from the railways above
designated. At Somerville, the
county's capital, In order that
the whole population Of the coun-
ty may be accommodated, this
proposed central road from Mem
phis will diverge in branches /;
one, eastwardly to Bolivar and
another to the northeastern cor
ner Of the parsllelogram, to be
extended to Jackson. The wealth of
two rich counties, Hardeman and
Madison, will thus be drawn to Som
erville and Memphis, and every farm
enhanced In actual value by this
Wisely.eonceived plan Of enrlching a
county rel now deemed, but for the
want Of accessibility, the most attrac-
tive In Tennessee. The central por-
ton of the county will possibly derive
greatest advantages from this mar
rOw-gsuge road and districts that
now have access to other highways
are said to be unwilling to contribute
small sums taxation will exact to az.
grandizs the whole population. The
very first result Of the construction OF
the contemplated road will be the re-
duction Of freight charges on the Men,
phis and Charleston and Memphis
and Louisville roads, and the sums
thus saved by farmers, will be greater
than the annual tax. Already these
old roads recognize the necessity for
concessions to farmers and rates Of
charges on the Memphis and Charles
ton road have been reduced in behalf
Of local freights, twenty per cent. But
these old roads will incur no ultimate
detriment. Cheap transportation, e..
fected by the economical narrow gauge
road, will make population dense,
farms numerous and production
great. 1t only becomes farmers al.
ready blest in their proximity to rail-
roads to evince a share Of common
sense rather than that stupid selfish
ness which overreaches itself, and to
confess by their votes that when en-
Others, In the center Of the
county, they enrich themselves. It
will follow from the construction of
road, connecting three flourish
ing interior towns with the Missis-
sippi at Memphis and penetrating a
rich and populOus country, that the1
investment made by Fayette county
will not only double the wealth OF
the county, but finally cost
nothing. The county or its
people will own the stock and it will
ISsult here, al In railway stockhold-
Ing counties Of Kentucky, that couns
ty taxes are paid by dividends. There
viii hardly occur another war tobank-
rupt railroad corporations and no
sane man can question the security or
Drohtableness Of an Investment made
In such arOad, to be built By our Own
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PR0sREss Aa0SGD AslEH ORsK

Here Is an exirset from e letter
dated at Copenhagen, Denmark. Au-
gust IS: "SOmething has been done
Tor women, but there is still much 10
be done. One of the families 1 visited
was that Of Mr.. L II o. the lower
house, and the leader IN All mstters OF
progress. He and his friends have in.
PRODUCED q married WOman's properly
bill, etc. There is so much 10 D. SAID.
however, about SHedish education
and the development OF freedom for
women, that the limits OF a letter can.
not contain one quarter. II the banks
women are employed as CLERKS, CASH
iers, etc. They work among the men.
l was taken over one bank-a j5fDt-
stock one, l think-On purpose 10 see
the lady-ike young women epgsged
In bookkeeping. In this particular
bank, too, they 7 encouraged % in
vest their savings, and so become
shareholders. Women, I was told,
we're employed q org the quaysids by
as clerks, but l did net see
them at work. The women have 8
magazine Of their own, a Clue. a sort
Working-vomaQ's college, etc, but
better than all, they can attain equsI
training with the men in q school OF
art, industry, science, etc. Swedish
women can graduate nov in medicine,
Iut the gen raj university teaching Is
lot vet open to them"
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HOW PEHMsYLVAEIA Was FAMED

The origin of the name OF the State
of Pennsylvania will be found in a let
ter Of William Penn, its founder,
dated January 6, 1851, from wiaieh the
following is AN abstract: This day,
after many Wstchings, Waitings, So
lettings and disputes in council, my
country has been confirmed to me IN
der the great seal of England, with
large powers and privileges, by the
name OF Pennsylvania-a name the
king would give it in honor of my
father. / chose New Wales, being a
billy country, and when the secretary,
q Welshman, refused to call 1t New
Wales, 1 proposed Sylvania, and they
added Penn to it, though 1 was much
opposed to it, and went to the king to
have it struck out. He said 1t was
past, and he would not take it upon
him for / feared 1t might be looked
upon as a vanity in me, and not as a
respect in the king to my father, as it
really was.
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PAssIvIsM.

The APPEAL published yesterday
morning a curiously and ingeniously
constructed dispatch from Jefferson
City, the scene Of operations Of the
PassIvists' convention. The writer is
a proprietor and editor Of the st.
Louis Times. 1t asserts that the Lib
eraI State convention of Missouri has
killed the passive policy, and that In
three months the unclean thing viii
be heard OF no more forever" Then
it is declared by the writer Of this dis
patch that " the best way to succeed is
to nominate a candidate who will be
able to make Roadway against Grant,
and concentrate the elements of Oppo-
sition." 1t seems that when Passiv-
ism was dying, its plans and purposes
were adopted by the Jefferson City
convention. The dispatch then tells
Us that there must be two national
conventions held at the same time
and place, and that the Liberals will
designate the candidate, and that the
Democrats, to defeat Grant, will fight
"under any leader" The Democrats
viii not give up their flag. The flag is
a good thing. As the Times heroically
says, " its folds have Haunted at the
head Of q brave and determined host,
which ten years Of disaster could not
dismay, and will not be laid aside"
So much for the flag. The essential
fact is conceded that, while the flag Is
all right and the buneombe fine, the
candidate to defeat Grant will be a
Republican, nominated by a Repubh-
can convention cotemporaneous and
cooperative with that of the Demo-
cratic party. The whole process would
belthst Of "Passivism" were it not
for the flag. The Times says that
when the two conventions meet, the
conundrum will be "WhO viii nom
mate first and who will rstify?" The
inquiry is needless, when It is already
confessed that the Democrats, il sur
fered to keep their flag, will support a
Republican. 1t occurs to us that if
we must support Trumbul or Gratz
Brown, or some such Republican,
in order that we may gather
strength enough to defeat Grant,
that it would be quite as well
to go directly as indirectly about the
task. One convention could subserve
the ends OF both, since, whether We
have two or one, practical "Passiv-
ism," except the flag business, is to be
the order Of the day. The sum and
and substance of this editorial dis
patch is the concession Of the fact, by
the editor of the stsUnchest Demo-
cratic newspaper of the West, that
Democracy, if victory be its aim in
the coming presidential campaign,
must follow a Republican leader. On
the contrary, the New York World
asserts the indestructible potency OF
the Democratic party, and would
have q straight ticket and the old
platform. Since the World did more
to assure Grants election than any
Republican paper in 1868, many will
prefer to accept the proposed policy Of
the Times, whose fidelity to the Dem
cratic party has never been ques-
toned,
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MlSYAPS OF PAPER BUsTLEs.

There was a ludicrous incident hap
pened at a concert last week. / be-
lieve that it Is an established fact that
some ladies make bustles of neWspa-
pers. To the modification of a young
lady attending the concert, her over
dress caught on the back Of the seat,
revealing through the opening an il
lustrated paper. This recalls the old
story Of how a certain city was about
to be destroyed. The women were
allowed to leave, and were told that
they might carry away on their backs
whatever they most priced. Each
woman took a man. OF the present
generation il has been said they are
so weak in their backs that not many
men could be saved under such cir
cumstanees; but here was a young,
delicate creature with the whole Tam
many ring or her back, and she smil-
ing IS if in sweet uneOnsciOusness. A
friend sitting behind her threw her
over the Nasty picture
until the dress was adjusted.