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Anecdotes of Marie AntOlnette.

In Lady Clemcntina Davies Recollections
Of Society in England and France, recently
published in London, are several hitherto I'M
published anecdotes of former celebrities.
The following present Marie Antoinette in
new and somewhat humorous character: In
the bright time just preceding her unparal-
lcled misfortunes, when at the bijou chateau
of Trianon, she not only cultivated flowers,
fished in the lake, MIXED COWS, and invited
her courtiers generally to share her pastoral
pleasures, but she there acted in private
theatricals, and always the part of shep-
herdess or soubrette. In the former char
acter she illustrated Rousseau's rural scenes
in a way which, if he had bcheld it, would
have mitigated even that philosophic republic
cans well-known sarcasm on royal perform
ers and she so far Ovcrcame the educational
or constitutional shyness of her royal hus-
band in his earlier years rs even to induce
him to take a part on the stage. When at
fifteen years of age, Marie Antoinette had
arrived in France as Dauphiness, she de-
tected so much absurdity in the ancien regime
formalities forced on her observance by the
Duchess de Noailles, the Grand Mistress of
the Ceremonies, Gan ancestress of the present
Minister of France at Washington that she
then and long afterward spoke of that au-
gust parsonage by the sObriquet of Madame
Etiquette. The following anecdote shows her
humor. The scene was in the Bots dc
Boulogne. Several of the more demure
ladies of the Court were in open carriages.
| But the Queen was riding on donkey, as
were various of her younger favorites. Sud-
| denly the whole cavalcade was stopped, fol
| Marie Antoinette's donkey, having felt a
sudden inclination to roll on the green turf
had thrown its royal rider, and she, being
quite unhurt, remained seated on the ground
laughing immOderately. AS soon as she
could command her countenance she as
sumed a mock gravity, and without attempt
ing to rise from her lowly position, com
manded that the Grand Mistress of the Ger
emonies should at once be brought to he
sde and when the lady thus summoned
stood, in no good temper, and with dignifiet
aspect, before her, she looked up and said
'Madame, 1 have sent for you that you ma,
inform me as to the etiquette to be observe,
when Queen of France and her donkey hav
both fallen-whch Of them is to get up first.
I-Hnper's Magazine.
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Nicholas and Alexander.

Nicholas was a despot of Asiatic fashion.
The ruling principle of his furious policy was
terror. If Ivan the Terrible dashed, LAGER
ated the bodies of his victims, tearing away
heads and entrails little by little, that life
and pain might last longer, throwing after
ward the lacerated flesh in caldrons of boil
ing water, Nicholas could write below the
petition of q princess who begged for her
husband mitigation of the punishment to
Siberia, "Let him go on FOOT" and he
could force an old man to assist at court
ball on the same night on which his only son
began, loaded with heavy chains, his journey
sepulchres of the living. Like his father,
Paul-like his grandfather, Peter. I'LL, Mich
olas had traits of madness. Thanks to these,
the nineteenth century has seen, what seemed
the exclusive property of more barbarous
ages, the death of nations, the death ofraccs !;
has seen the Poles and the Jews destroyed,
as in the times of Nebuchadnezzar, of Cyrus,
of Vespasian. But if Nicholas was a despot
of the Asiatic fashion, Alexander is modern
despot-one of intelligence, one whose boast
is that he exercises his dcspotism for the
good of the people, distrustful, melancholy,
DESTROYS to serve the modern spirit to the
point where the modern spirit may serve him,
and then to falsify it. lie exercises cruelty
OILY WHeu uc LIllHhS III ucculul, anu, aIter
having used it, he falls into profound melan-
choly, which many think will terminate, as
was the case with some of his ancestors, in
open madness. Only in Poland, and at the
time of the last instruction, has Alexander
been cruel. Through the exile of multitudes,
the determination of towns, the slaughter of
women and children, in the churches inter-
rupting with bullets the song and the prayer,
substituting the smoke of powder for the
smoke of incense, through all the barbarities
of Mouravief, Alexander retained one great
nsolation-fantastic and archaic as it may
appear-to think of former times, of the OPP
pressions of the Russian by the Poles, of the
aristocratic character of the latter, of their
religious intolerance, oftheir fanatical attach
ment to Catholicism hostile to the Greek
religion, of their Jesuitical tendencies, of
their oppression of their serfs, the feudalism
of their institutions, the disturbance which
their Diets spread over Europe. And after
having soothed himself with these excuses,
given by all the Russian periodicals, he found
it delightful vengeance to cmancipate arbi-
trarily the slaves, and arbitrarily despoil
their masters of their property. But history
will not be grateful even for an act of justice,
when it is dictated by self-intercst, and con-
verted into feroclous vcngcance.-IL Upe's
Magazine.
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During the whole French war he did not once
visit his brave army. He is idling away his
time with fantastical and personal pursuits.
Sensible Bavarians shrug their shoulders inn
patiently in speaking of him, and in compar-
ing him with the manly future Emperor OF
Germany, he is dwindling away to an almost
contemplate nothing. The German Crown
Prince led the Bavarian troops to victory,
and his noble and prudent behavior in refer
ence to them, especially in the battles of
Weisenbourg and Woerth, has won their
whole heart. Moreover, he is free and open
spoken, naturally friendly to every one, with
out an air of ostentation, and, in word,
forming a striking contrast to the shy royal
hermit of Bavaria. The love, or rather at
tachment, of the Germans for their princes is,
however, very great, and the Bavarans
would pardon their king great deal if he
would continue going with the spirit of the
time but should he really lean again to the
Roman party, and listen to their temptation,
it is not impossible that the Bavarians might
one day discover that they could do much
better without king who neither cares for
his people nor for his government.
Nowadays it is generally belived that kings
have to perform duties. The King of Wurt-
emberg was always led by his Uultramon-
tame advisers, and the time may come when
ooLuc poiiLiCdl wave ilsty sweep Hill away :,
together with that insignificant person wear
ing the grand ducal crown of Hesse Darn
stadt. The nearest relationship to great and
mighty emperors is no longer protection.
Crowns are maintained on heads only by the
love of the people and strong armies. All
Germany was looking
WITH GREAT AND PAINFUL INTEREST
on the issues of the changes which were pre-
pairing in Bavaria, and it created general in
dignation when decided Ultramontane (Mr.
Won Gasser) was requested to form new
Cabinet. While this unpopular gentleman
was trying in vain to induce some other gen.
tlemen to enter his Cabinet, and to swim
with him against the current of the tide,
Count Taufkirchen, the Bavarian Minister in
Rome, was caused to come to Berlin, where
he had some conversations which must have
been rather explicit, for he hurried to Munich,
whore he arrived on the night Of the 5th in
slant, and had, in the morning, meeting
with the Secretary of State (Von Lutz) and
other personages. The result is the killing
off of the Ultramontane embryo Ministry, and
it is supposed that the present Minister of
Finance (Von Pfretschner) will become Pres
ident of the Cabinet.
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He Plays Mt Government, and Makes q
Business OF Music and Romance.

A correspondent of the Boston advertiser
writes from Berlin during the Imperial fetes:
The pretty boy who is now on tho Bavarian
throne was carried away for time by patri-
otto feelings, and behaved extremely well.
He is, however, fantastical youth, whose
brain must have been deranged by too much
music and romance, for even his best friends
must allow that there is somewhere screw
loose in his head. About the government he
does not care much; it is bore to him, and
he is glad if Ministers take that trouble from
his shoulders. He has. however, great idea
about his rank as king, and especially about
his family, and is very sensitive on this point.
The Roman party, knowing this weakness
very well, made use of it, and not without
success, for the liberal policy in reference to
the Roman Church, inaugurated by Bismarck
and sustained by the late Bavarian Minister,
has changed remarkably.
The hOnOrs which were showered upon the
Crown Prince of Germany, when inspecting
troops in Bavaria, and in which the whole
people took part with all their heart, were
most welcome to the Ultramontanes, for
they hurt and offended the king very much,
and the more as he
IS NOT VERY POPULAR.
No wonder; he does nothing to deserve the
love of his people, and his shyness and Pc
cular manner is ascribed to indifference.
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Value OF Autographs.

A sale of curious autographs recently took
place in London which indicates in an inter-
esting manner the comparative value placed
on worthless who have passed away. Many
of the letters were written by the poet
Cowpcr, and of these one brought e4 lbs.
Gibbons letter predicting the success of BOs-
Wells johnson, brought Go Is. 3D., while
letter of the Duke of Wellington went for
IS. Cd, and one of George Cummings for one
shilling. The autograph Of Sarah Siddons
e5 S., while letter from " the first gentle
man in Europe" to Richard Brinsley Sheridan
sold for guinea. Some letters of Mendels-
sohn went for co TO-, and various theatrical
letters, Of people even lately deceased,
brought high prices. 1t is remarkable of this
sale, which was made by a ilrst-rate London
firm, and long advertised, that the letters of
military heroes went cheaper than those of
statesmen, those of statesmen for less than
those of literary celebrities, and that the au-
tographs of famous players ard singers real
lied, relatively speaking, the best prices of
the whole.
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changes in his system. As soon rs he has
dohe so, not his secret, but its result will be
given to the world. That many unbelievcrs
will be found there is no doubt. But the
public are wise judges as to what is to their
own advantage; and iC competent Judges
shall, after careful consideration of the de
tailed results of experiments, and making
chemical analysis of the meat itself, pro-
nouncc it to be wholesome food, and as good
IN all respects rs fresh killed meat, they will
not hesitate to bring it into general use
", y Times
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1 have no doubt of Greeley's good inten-
tions, but l consider these the very worst
kind of pavements, unless there is a good
hard substance of established works to hold
them up.
Nobody knows better than you that where
his kindness of heart, his fear of violence, his
prejudices, or his hobbies are concerned
Greeley can never be depended on in pinch.
He has always been flying from one extreme
to the other-giving up the Union in March,
1861, then shouting on to Richmond, and pre-
cipitating Bull Run-then, worst of all, try
ing his hand at compromise at Niagara-in
1864, when, if ever, we needed the good old
Scotch-Grant motto of "Stand Firm"
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Hon. william III. Stewards AutObi-
Ography.

Five hundred pages of Mr.. Stewards second
work, an autobiography, which was uncom-
pletcd at the time of his death, have already
been written up, or are in notes, ready for
engrossment. These comprise his personal
history, and will undoubtedly prove the most
valuable pages for his friends and admirers.
The notes from his dictation, we understand,
include that portion of national history con-
nected with the rebellion, and their repro
duction in print will form volume which the
people of the whole country will await with
interest. Mr.. Frederick Seward will probably
be assisted in the compilation by Mr.. A. A.
Gutman, former Private Secretary to Mr..
Seward. -Sracuse Journal, Oct. %.
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Stanley's Story True.

Livingstone, the great explorer, confirms,
through his daughter, tho statements made by
the New York Herald envoy.
LONDON, Oct. 22.-Miss Agnes Living
stone, daughter of DR.. Livingstone, has pub
lished a letter from her father, in which he
says: 81 have written two letters to Mr..
Bennett. l meant to keep the materials to
myself, but because the expedition was ex-
pensive gave Stanley what would help him
to write book. In his hands it is harmless,
for the Americans arc good and generous
friends"
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Special Dispatch TO the New York
Times.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Anothor letter
from Mr.. Greeley has been unearthed, which,
considering the circumstances under which 1t
was written, will 90 far to offset the fulsOme
assurances which he has taken pains to give
to every colored person who has called upon
HIM for an expression during the present CAM
paien. The WOman'S Campaign, Republic
can sheet which is issued here, will to-mOr-
row contain the following letter, the original
of which is in Mr.. Greelcy's unmistakable
handwriting. 1t should be stated in explana-
ton that the lady to whom it is addressed,
Mrs. j. S. Grifing, was engaged at the time
in raising funds to send the unemI lOyed col
ored women of the District to places where
they could be employed. She had been en-
gagged in this benevolent and humane work
for several years, under the original approval
of Secretary Stanton and with the help of
Congress, who granted her several small APP
preparations to aid her work. just previous
to the time named in this letter, she had is
sued public appeal for funds to prosecute her
purpose. In response and entirely unsoli-
cited, Mr.. Greeley wrote the following letter:
New YORK TRIBUNE,
New YORK, Sept. I, 1870.
Mrs. GRIFFING: In my Judgment, you
and others who wish to beiriend the blacks
crowded into Washington do them great in
Jury. Had they been told years ago, You
must find work, go out and seek it," they
would have been spared much misery. They
are an easy, worthless race, taking no thought
of the morrow, and liking to lean on those
who befriend them. Your course aggravates
their weakness, when you should raise their
ambition and stimulate them to self-reliance.
Unless you change your course speedily and
signally, the swarming of blacks to the Dis
trict will increase, and the argument that
slavery is their natural condition will be
measurably strengthened. So long as they
look to others to calculate and provide for
them, they are not truly free. If there be
any woman capable of earning wages, who
would rather some one else than herself
should pay her passage to the place where
she could have work, then she needs recon-
struction and awakening to honest self-rc-
straint. Yours, HORACE GREELEY.
| TO Mrs. j. S. Grilling, Washington, ID. e..
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he districts they represent


Melton sayler, LIST district, Dem.. %. . 1860
II. b. Banning, I'd district, Lib. 1902
Jonn @. Smith, Sd district, Rep....... l go
L. b. Gunckel, 4th district, Rep...... 1927
Charles w. Lamson, 9Th district, Rep. 5000
Isaac w. Sherwood, 9th district, Rep. LOGS
Lawrence Neal, It'll district, Dem. 1878
VIM. Lawrence, Sth district, Rep..... 4,O43
James w. Robinson, 9th district, Rep. 427
Charles Foster, 10th district, Rep. 92G
A. S. Bandy, 18th district, Rep....... 1907
Hugh j. Jewett, 10Th district, Dem... 4,6G7
M. j. Southland, 18th district, Dem.... 2,47l
John Berry, 18th district, Dem. ...... 3,643
VIM. p. Sprague, 18th district, Rep. 99l
Lorenzo Danford, 10th district, Rep. 1928
T. w. Woodwork, 18th district, Rep. 1892
James Monroe, 18th district, Rep..... 1864
James A. Garfield, 10th district, Rep. 10, $50
Richard c. Parson, Goth district, Rep. 1924
In addition to the above, o. J. Dodge,
Democrat, was elected to fill the vacancy in
the first district.
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Complete Official returns of the late cleo
ton show the following majorities for State
officers:
Hendricks, Democrat,) for Governor. Il 14S
Sexton, Republican,) for Lieutenant
Governor. $50
Curry, Republican,) for Secretary of
State. 1S4
Wildman, Republican,) for AUDITOR. 275
Glover, Republican,) for Treasurer. 1888
Denny, Republican, for Attorney Gen.
eral. .................. 04f
Hopkins, (Democrat,) for Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction. ........ 957
Black, Republican,) Reporter for SUI
preme Court. .................. 427
Shell, Republcan,) for Clerk of SUI
preme Court. SOB
Congressmen-at-Large-
Orth, Republcan). NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1872
Williams, Wepublican). .............. 533
The following are the majorities for Con-
0rcSSmcn:
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Represent
Dem. maj. Rep. maj.
The Ohio Election.

Official returns from the entire State show
the following majorities for State officers:
Secretary of the State, Allen Wyckoff,
14,O55 Supreme Judge, John Welch, 10, so;
member of the Board of Public Works, Rich
ard II. Porter, lG,455. The total vote cast
for Secretary of State was $40, DAT, being the
largest ever cast in Ohio for any officer.
The following are the names of the Con-
gressmen elected and their majorties with
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united Republican North, until the colored
population are strong enough to protect them
selves.
An old rebel colonel said to me in South
Carolina: "The moment the Federal Gov
eminent withdraws its interference we shall
ny at each others Threats, and the weakest
win 60 under"
The poor man was doubtful whether his
gray-coat friends in that State could hold
their own, 80 he was in favor of continued
Federal control.
l fully admit that the time has got to come
when the four millions must do without much
Federal guardianship; but with their still i'm.
perfect education, their general mildness,
bowie-knife and revolver, 1 dread to see them
put to the test yet. Give them a few years
more of the schOOl-house, the pen and press,
and the habit of carrying arms, and of work,
ing their own fields, before you turn them
over to the tender mercies of their old mas
tiers.
Without going there yourself you really
cannot understand what children most oil
them are.
With all their instinct for owning land
they do not yet find their way largely to the
public lands, and until they generally gel
land they will never be safe from something
like peonage.
The old slave-owners show their instinct
too, in discouraging the breaking up of large
estates and the acquisition of land by thu
blacks from the public domain.
Many of the States have very large amount.
of State lands acquired under the Swami
Land swindle, and otherwise, as in Texas
by the original term of annexation. True
craftsmanship points the bending all our en-
ergies to get the blacks working upon thei
own homesteads at the earliest possible
moment.
Who can dream that Democratic influence
State or national, will be used in this direc
ton?
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BONDHOLDERS IN COUNCIL.
BAL71MoRE FIRES Il BRoADsIDE 1T
THE RING
The Meeting OF south Carolina Bond
holders Last Night-Opinton of Coun.
sel-The Co-operation of all bond.
holders Invited, and Civil and CrImi.
nal Suits to Begin. ~ 49,.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEws.I

tS~SSANN ~SHSeSno Az ihk hEWa-l
BALTIMORE, January 10.
There were fifteen persons present at the
meeting of the South Carolina bondholders.
at'the Eutaw House in this city tonight, 4. B.
Patterson being In the chair, sad Chas. e.
Roberts secretary. a..e,
About two hundred thousand dollars in
bonds were represented, mostly from Balti.
more, and the balance from New York by
proxy. An opinion by B. J. Brent, Esq, attor.
ney, was read, reviewing the action Of Gov
ernor Scott and Messrs. Parker and Kimpton.
Mr.. Brett is the legal advisor of the bond
holders who held the meeting. He advised
that suits be brought against Scott, Parker
and Kimpton in the United States Courts. He
said that he had seen In Toledo paper that
Scott, who was former resident of Ohio, was
making large Investments In real estate In
that State. He said there. was an over; Issue Of
ak million dollars, for which the State was
responsible, and that Scott, Parker and Kimp-
ton could be sued.
The meeting adopted resolutions that q.
committee Of six shallbe appointed. with Pat
terson as chairman, who shall be authorized
to invite the cooperation of all the bondhoh-
ers Of the Slate of South Carolina, to unite
with this meeting In insttuting civil and Grim
insl proceedings against Scott. Parker and
Kinpton. The sentiuentof the meeting was,
that the only remedy. was to sue Scott and his
tools, and there seemed to be determination
to do so. so.regardless of expense. :, The meeting
adjourned till February 7th. B.. E. T.
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THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.

WASHINGTON. January TO-
Akerman has retired, and Williams assumes
the attorney y-generalshfp to-day. CO si
:. Major Merrill, commanding the Seventh
Cavalry, now stationed at Yorkyllle, South
Carolina, is ordered here for consultation on
public matters. ~ 80, .1-'.%.- -G"fi
A delegation of negroes called Oh the Presi..
dent In behalf OF the. pending supplemental
civil rights bill. The President remarked that
he thought although some of the rights which
they had claim to under the recent amend
ments to the constitution were Withheld, still
the courts of law would accord all legal privl:
leges. He considered that appendlng the
supplementary civil rights bill to the amnesty
measure would jeopardlze the passage Of the
latter, and In thai respectit would be unf0r-
tunate. The former. be thought, from hls
knowledge of 1t, would pass on its merits as q
separate and distinct measure.
In the House, the coinage bill was recon.
mitted after long discussion. W. T. CLARK,
from the Fourth Texas District. was seated by
vote Of 102 to 20. Adjourned.
In the Senate, Carpenter introduced q bill
adverse to the civil service bill, to the effect
that any regulation relieving the Executive
from responsibility for appointments Imposed
upon him was Violation of the constitution.
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-LulAuablA, JhuuaIy IL.
This has been dull day in both houses.
The Senate sustained the veto Of the act to
charter the Northwestern Railroad Company
The House passed the resolution declaring
vacant the seat OF Mr.. J. Banks Lyle, the
representative from Spartanburg, who is
absent without leave; also, q bill to amend an
act to establish and maintain system of tree
common schools. The joint resolution to ap-
point committee to Investigate and report
upon the returns made to the State by the
phosphate companies, was concurred in. The
bill to incorporate the Charleston Load Asso-
citation received Its third reading. Levy intro
duced bill to incorporate the Peoples Saw
ings Institution of Charleston.
1.-The Metropolitan police bill will be intro
duced tomorrow by Jones.
Judge Bryan, to-day, denied the petitions for
a writ of habeas corpus in the cases of Robert
Hayes Mitchell and J. Jefferson Grier. These
cases will now 60 to the United States
Supreme Court. =,