, 1874-12-12

publicanisna had becomo too muol, Democratic,
anG, instead Of tho generous formont. 1t WAS d
! state, Administered upon individual opinion,
I roading poopfo out OF tho church, narrowing
t'a circles Of Thought, dropping aonio Of tho
eoa Goama'',h'nente ,h and permitting nobody to aaeo
| The proscnt chastihemont ID In tho line of TO-
| glnion, reduction, aud reformation, without
pi'uslnB despair upon any vlat interest rhaod to
a''n hnfonn consideration By the loss Of hnlf.a-
million bravo nous liver.
| Aifon,dy 80 500 tho Democracy coming for
war wish ita hahits in tho r!ss Of tho rough olo~
tho co,obratod ioIsS aSnshIsr ShHIsrns11as,s' ,21sn
Long Branch and Nov York % fa,o ostnbj1sl,ment t.
nave boen written up III IL uli tho press. haa spent
much tl'no Of lato in Washington, acoklng 1uay-
% tori to ' c"mmouco stylisl samhlinBholl il any
at tho fashionable ond Of tho town. Ito ondony-
| cred to got tho Washington Club; hut Gov.
Shepherd, nsoortainipg for what purpose 1t was
70 be used, put O. veto on tho nlastor. uo nao
| AnaPpH celebrated rcsidonco, soon to bo yaoatod
by the British iinistor for tic grand new eatph-
lluhmene Of tho Legation; but concluded that II
.. was too & 1ar out of tho wsy for bis pur-
ka'' soearea a tho ""' houas .as'0a of TINT mrs o
| 1Irlrgs, tho puneent lady.corrcspondeut
("Olisia y, on Capitol l1i!l: but, Whether tLis
waite was TOO far from Tho mishty centre Of bon
IL not lnown. Mrs. Briggs was tho wife Of d
faithful and prudent onlp'oyo Of Congress-.
Living plainly and using thrift, he co1nmittad to
AiH widow pleasant little fortune, Which, III IN
imaginative mood, aho iuvoated in q s,auch.
once tho homo of Joh1, bl, Clayton, wlliIo Soma
tor md Secretary of Slate. limo showed tho
widow. howoysr, that hor lonely condition waa,
5l!-adaptod to great, rooEay mansion in parf
npaco.
Another literary lady amongst us,
MRs. BouTuwoEru,
has cottage in Georgetown. built partly On
bonnla, against the side Of m exceedingly steep
hlll. which dropb from tho rocky heights Ut TINT
borough to tho bank Of tho Potomac, 900 foot
below. In this poollcal apot, undor skyllght
in tho roof, the writer OF tho most popular worka
mailing good living with hor pom, aud bringing
up nh exemplary faulty. She iY represented to
be . naturally bright woman, with mcagro op-
portunittos for oducnton. but With iuvcntlvcnoss
4. n.great variety Of changca mud adventures. TIL
I'll, at Inst, vlrtuo III rewarded, and tue ctrcuat-
ing libraries rush to read the conclusion.
AaEcDoTE OF nRADDDa.
was III England In 1868 and was employed to
buy advance-Hhec:s Of aiies Draddon's serial
etorc8 for Ill American publisher. At that time
became aware TINT Miss Draddo,1 was really
Mrs. Glnx"ell. or ought to hayo tocn; for They
liy0d under the aaElo rooE at Windsor, and Max
well lad absolute custody Of her manuscripts
end copyrights. Unwilling to deal with soco1ld
party, and slow to auccrtnin tho facta Of their
4uaa-tnarltal relationship. / oircndod Maxwell
by questioning his authority, and refused to
accept lcterL from 1lisy Braldon written in tho
third person. which Tho publisher might himself
hayo iudictod. But. happening. to renow tho
solicitation in Paris, at this Windsor Hotel, I
stumbled into his bedrooms, aud aoon became
auaro that hi. rights wero nnbouudod. 1t
was no affair Of 1n1':c. and was recalled to INC
only tho othel 1ay. whcn I rcad that tho aocicty
Of Ricllmund Fill, near Londou, lad put Hiss
Eraddo.s Under tho ban at suddenly ascortainng
'Ghat had found out two!vo years ago. viz.
relative, believe, Of tho great dramaslst, Shor-
dan knowics-anu assumed tic guardianship OF
his faycrte anthorcas. When tho real srife
died. tic surviving pnir c1umsify adrertiued their
union, and thls led to inquiry and scandal. as
nforebaid.
TlmH VIC 800 that 'torat,1ro ia very often mod
o!ed upon tho l>rlyata experience Of it's COM
poncrs. 4 rusnor TINT tho first Mrs. Mnxwe.1
reHclnblaueo Of Miss Draddon's liaisou to tho
story Of "Lady Audioy" and other Of her
haunted noro!ncs. who have mndo blood
run cold ia all tho fou,a1c boarding.
schools. STILL Mrs. Maxwoll, now riEhted aud
acknowledged as auch may assert that hor mig
tako 10 no worso than thae OF q great contc1npo-
raf5, Alt1' Le"es; nor OF GoorSe sand, who a.
y niohs oasranks Madame 10 5taet amongst tho
lltofarF women OF franco nor o. ATS. Sho!!ey
and ner mother; nor. AZ homo intimate OF Dick
Gun himself. Indeed. wo may 80 baek to Shnk~
hpeatc. arg "onnof Nhofher tug gentle VIII waa
nos too oarly ior tho parson Thon emlstcn with
The elderly chafms OF Ann hathaway. Hut to
res1lmo:
while negotiating Tor tho advanca ahoets Of
Allaa 9Iaudoh Torks. alaxwels saitl to INC: ~
should llite very much to DO thn publisher Ia En-
gtan9o o. the aavance-s4cotn OF Mra. honthworth,a
novels basprlsoa ~ LUIS, cxclalhaoa: 'la
sue KnoWh over hele! lueas your so"l,
Ino 'nea1 W ~ pogu. - I'LL hot4eaA "t'sols oh luis
sly Itoi1.. VI W. .i'at H., ao,,,.+ ~ .hn r,,,. .,,
r;hrorv tcfIa t,a son,o a,o,v ~ mrs ae,ut,,.on.
rauEs af,oYo UawtAo:uo. MIA Etowo. and Fou;.
more Cooper, III tho aprreciation OF ,he luodorn
mnvaf. roa,1sr ~ "0 'N'"''