New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-22

quires no signature and urges the Alumni to vote
for the ticket named and send his vote to the Sec
rotary of Yale College. We find no fault with the
names, which include Messrs. Kernochan, Young
Collier, Sheffield Buckingham, and Harrison, but
only with the method indiscreet friend has used
| to secure their election. Besides, there to
outsiders no reason why Mr.. Evarts, o Judge Taft
or Gov. Washburn, or Gratz Brown, or Judge Wood
ruff is not a creditto his alma Mater if any alumnus
wishes to compliment him.
late number Of The Jelcish lines calls attention
to hymn said to be sung in Public School No. IS
Thirteenth-st.) in this city. of which the following
specimen Is given:
Thou dear Redeemer. dying Lambl
We love TO hear OF thee.
No music . like thy charming name.
Nor half so sweet can be-
o Mary we ever hear thy voice
In mercy to us speak:
And in priest will We rejoice.
Thou great Melchisedec.
Onr Savior City shall be our theme
While In this world we stay.
Well sing our Jesus lovely name
When all things else decay.
The Jepish Times not without some provocation.
declares that this is irrational tumble of words
which few Christians would care to have their
children sing The 80 Mary" should evidently
read o may;' but what Our Savior City, means
passes comprehension. The general poetical
style of the amended hymn reminds rather for
chilly of The Groves Of Barney"
Mr. George Cruikshank having already claimed
the credit of Mr. Dickens's /" Oliver Twist" has now
put in second claim to the credit Of Dir. Harrison
Ainsworth's "Misers Daughter" Mr. Halliday
having dramatized that story for the Adelphi
Theater, Mr.. Cruikshapk :" feels hurt that his own
name should not have been mentioned in any way
in connection with the nOvel-not as the Illus
tratorp He says that he suggested to Mr. Ainsworth
the form which the story should take. I" / do not
mean' says the artist. "that Mr.. Ainsworth. when
writing this novel, did not introduce some Of his own
ideas" 1t is not easy to comprehend what in thus
case or in the case of "Oiver Twist" the sensitive
artist really does mean.
remarkable case of the intellectual alteration.
or oddity, so common among Englishmen, is men
toned in the English newspapers. A gentleman
siding at NewtOn-Stewart had choice collection Of
birds, some of them of rare breeds He was so
ceedingly fond of his pets, and talked of them in
such an enthusiastic way, that he was reprOached
for worshiping birds and told that it sinful to
place such high estimate upon any earthly treas
ure. This remark had so great an effect upon tho
brd-fanciers mind that he hired man to dump tho
whole collection into the river. The birds were all
drowned; and the neighbOrs thought that il would
have been no great loss to tho community if their
owner had shared their fate.
Some stories have immense vitality. Among
them is the ancient yarn of the lawyer who, being
retained for the plaintiff, made speech by mistake
for the defendant and being apprised of his error
with great presence of mind said: This is what
will be said on that side of the case and will now
show that in spite of it. my client is entitled to
verdict" Venerable Milerism Ii has come down
to lis from an ancient generation-it has been told
r e H.
advocates and now il is told again in the newspa-
pers of Mr.. Robert Toombs of Ga. Mr.. Toombs's
name is suggestive enough of resrrectons but this
poor old joke might well have been allowed TO
snooze on with the Capulets.
DR.. Pusey has sent petition to the Lower House
of Convocation yehemently protesting against any
modification Of the AthaDasian Creed and especially
of the damnatory clauses. These he declares to DO
" protection against great hercsy of the day
that it is of no import to mans salvation whether
he have any definite faith as to what Almighty God
has revealed" This is contrary to what our Blessed
Lord has expressly declared, st. John XII. IS; st.
Mark xvi 16." If DR.. Pusey believes the Athanasan
Greed it is, of course, proper for him to use 1.-THE
question is whether the same service shall be de-
manded of hundreds of cergymen who do not be-
lieve it.
Texas must certainly be advancing in refinement,
for Galveston newspaper announces the visit to
that city of a picture-eaer who disposed of $50 oil
paintings within few days. The highest price
paid for picture we are sorry TO say, only $780,
but possibly that was quite enough. Passing from
the ornamental to the useful, We are pleased to
chronicle that the Galveston Chamber of Commerce
has offered premium of 800 for the first twenty
bushels Of Texas wheat shipped through Galveston
to New-Yorkp To crown all. specimens of gold
quartz have been found on the Wachita. and INST
rate coal in Gonzales County.
A most astonishing and yet not altogether mn
characteristic mob at Maow, Ireland. lately under
took to break up concert, because among The pieces
given was Mozart's Twelfth Mass The singing of
this gave ofense to section of the Catholic inhabi
tants and they were pleased to regard il an in
suit 10 their religious feelings. To aSsuage these
they attacked the hotel in which the concert was
given. pelted the landlord, broke two great bay
Windows and the lanterns at the door, and stoned
the audience upon its departure. -Four of these VIM
dicators of their Church ore. now suffering martyr
dom III Jail.
Mr. Porter the President of the Young Mems
Christian Association Pittsburgh, Pcnnwishe us 10
say that the sermon by tho Rev. Mr. Van de Mark.
recently preached III the heater of Pittsburgh WAS
not gyoi. under the auspices Of his Sssisiyry N'
led to think 80 by a newspaper h"i''" "''' "o