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italian Mesmerists.

Charles Warren Stoddard writes to the
San Francisco Chronicle from Florence
:" We had little adventure, my comrade
and l. under the very shadow of the Pitt
Palace this morning. Hearing the sharp
notes of a trumpet we turned and found
young fellow of about five-and- twenty, |
should say, gathering an audience in the
bare space before the palace. His com
panion, lad of fifteen, or thereabout, was
sitting on camp stool patiently and hum
bly, awaiting his fate. While the crowd
was rapidly neutrality-suspicious. can at
tract a score or two of people at a mo-
ment's notice in Italy-two policemen
strolled by. The trumpeter hid his in
strument under his coat, and the police
men suffered the performance to 20 on
without further interruption. The elder
boy, with his long, thin lips, his bright,
nervous eye, and his engaging smile, be-
gan brief lecture on mesmerism. In the
midst of 1t, still talking glibly, and adj
dressing himself first to this one and then
TO some one ON the opposite side of the
circle that had been formed three deep
around him, he held the attention of
all, and with a very few passes over
the head of the younger boy put him
into deep sleep The young fellow was
as quiet as lamb; he seemed to have no
will of his own; he gave way almost i'm
mediately to the superior will-power of
his companion. The experiments began
at once. We were asked our names, and,
though we whispered them In the ear of
the mesmerist, the young fellow, who was
seated at some distance from us and quite
out OF hearing, gave them distinctly when
called for. Moreover, though he was
blindfolded and though we stood behind
others in the crowd, so that for a moment
he was invisible to us, he knew whether
the mesmerist was touching our shoulders
or the shoulders of some one else near us.
We threw dice on a plate, and, having
reckoned the sum of the numbers that
were uppermost, he told them infallibly,
though we were the only ones who knew
them; even the mesmerist was not per-
mitted TO see them. | have seen a man
and woman in Naples and again in Venice
who did all manner of marvellous things
in the same line; and in Rome there was
a girl of fifteen who went from street 10
street mesnerizing her little brother, who
was but eight years of age, and the feats
they performed were certainly startling"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-06-03

TIE magnitude of the fire and marine
insurance business in Connecticut renders
many facts in relation to it of peculiar in
terest. The report of the Insurance Com
missloners for 1874, just issued, shows
that the business of all the companies
done in that State was profitable. The
total assets of companies doing fire and
marine business in Connecticut are report
ell at S92 ,359, $40. 81; about Sit, 900, 600 of
this sum belonging to companies of that
State, $4,000 coo to those of other States,
and nearly sl3,000,000 to foreign corpora
tons. Assuming the commissions, Incl
dental expenses and proper proportion Of
expenses of management to be % per cent.
of the premiums received, the business of
the State yielded to the companies, over
losses and expenses, $40, 500. The wear
1874 was prosperous one for the in
surance companies, the Connecticut con-
Germs making dividends amounting to 20
per cent. of their stock
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-06-03

PRUssING's White Wine Vinegar excels all
Others in purity, strength and flavor. Try it.
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THE Rod and Gun Club, of Springfield,
Mass, went out 10 shoot al mark. They
were eating, drinking and firing at tin
cup set ON a wall. when shabbily-dressed
old fellow sauntered UP to the party
They took him for the owner of the place,
and asked the privilege of continuing the
sport, cordially inviting him in lieu of
recompense TO join them in their refresh
ments. The man graciously complied,
and, after he had greedily tlled himself
with choice viands and liquor and gone
away, they learned that he was only a
tramp. The real owner of the ground then
sDpeared and drove them off
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-06-03

A FELLOW must step round lively these
days If he doesn I want the grass to grow
under his feet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-06-03

A KENTUCKY man estimates that In the
last forty four years he has smoked loo, 600
cigars.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-06-03

THE best trade-maEk-Cash received,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-06-03

Sound ADvIcE-Don't marry loud talk
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

him, and gladly runs TO do II, Of any personal
completely in the transactions OF the WHISKY
Ring, the fact that some of the persons VINO
have been convicted and sent to the peniten-
tary were his admitted friends and recognized
intimates, goes far to show to an Impartial
public that to be in his friendship and intimacy
is not an absolute warranty of integrity. lie
cannot help knowing that. in the light of re-
cent exposures, the indictment by grand
iury of n person so near to him as Gen. Bah
cock must Immediately turn public attention
to him; that his action in the matter Is
quickly noted, and his motives are carefully
perhaps not always charitably-scanned. lie
has been reported-but we have been loth 10
credit the rumOrs-tO be disturbed by the
prosecutions of the Whisky Ring and the
pushing of the investigations into the circle OF
his friends Does he not give color to these
uncomfortable reports when, upon such grounds
as are alleged here, he removes from the eni-
ploy of the Government the prosecuting officer
who. whatever his faults. has, at least in
these cases. served his clients faithfully and
prosecuted to succesSf
Mr.. Henderson has already, as the record
shows prosecuted, convicted, and sent to the
penitentiary men who were officers or the
Government and friends of the President
He has laid before the Grand jury evidence
sufficient to warrant the finding of an lndict-
ment against the Presidents Private Secretary.
In this state of facts, for no cause except that
he is charged with having spoken disrespectfnlly
of the President, he is summarily discharged
from all further connection with the prose-
cution. Shall we say then that the President
cares more for his own dignity than for the
interests of the Government or the public wei
fare; that in his opinion it is more important
that he should be treated with respect and
Difference than that the Treasury should be
protected and thieves punished Or shall we
consider this removal-as many persons
villas a thing done in the interest
of Gen. Babcock, and against his prose-
cutor Suppose, too, that under the
charge of some new prosecuting officer, to
be appointed by the President, the case
against Gen. Babcock should fail and he be
acquitted. VIII it he as thorough n vindca-
ton of the character of that unfortunate Off
Ger as though the President had not interfered
and made change in the prosecuting officers
Public opinion may be very haSty and very
unchaiitabe, but the logic of this situation is
unanswerable, and no power on earth Will
ever be able to change the general verdict, in
case of his acquittal, that it was secured by
the interference of the President This action
consequently seems to us to be, In whatever
LIGHT it is yiewed-in its effect upon the pend
ing prosecutions, upon the country, upon the
President and upon Cen Babcock-a very
serious blunder.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

entertained that he will destroy what
ever hold upon public confidence the exposure
of fraud has given to him or his party. 1t is
even said that in discharging the prosecutor
at st. Louis who has most complete command
of the evidence, and whose aid has been in
valuable to the Government, he is threatening
to break down the prosecution. If by this or
any other step he now shows a leaning toward
men accused, is it not clear that all the scan
dial, which his support of the prosecution has
thus far refutcd so completely, would then he
revived and immeasurably intensiiedi Is no
ready. for personal pique, to defeat the laws
which he has sworn to executef Is he willing
to protect men who have robbed the Govern
ment, and break down the prosecution against
them, if in no other way Gen. Babcock can
escape conviction
Many Republicans realize keenly that the
position of the President in these respects in
wolves his party in peril. Universally they
have permitted serious doubts to arise again
regarding their purpose as to Grants reelec-
ton, and have contributed in many instances
to excite the religious feeling to which he
now appeals. What will they do to escape
these dangersf
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
POLITICAL NOTES.

Bishop Haven has brought that third term
spook OF its grave again with tremendous bounce
If the Presidential campaign continues to de-
veop yenoss the rate OF the past few days, there
will DO music In the air three four months from
The Virginia Legislature will begin to vote
for L. g. Senator on Tuesday next The leading candi'
dates are the present incumbent Senator Johnston and
John GOode jr, OF Norfolk
IL looks as if the President, Secretary Bris-
tow and Mr. Blaine had sat down TO q threo-banded
"cut-throat" game for that Republican nomination.
Each man has a strong haud and he DO trusted to
play IL, too
Congressman Lamar has openly announced
that he is candidate for U g. Senator from Mississippi
and unless appearances deceptive he Is very likely 10
be chosen There little opposition to him. but 10
seems 10 be weak and unorganzed.
The South Carolina House of Representa-
tves has expelled the reporter Of The Charleston Nes and
Courier the floor because OF charges made by him
against certain members The newspaper says has full
confidence in its reporter that II carefully examined his
statements before publishing them and that II proposes
prove them all before the session closes The reporter
may have Justly expelled but niue times out OF ten
when legislative body ose5 its temper In tat way III
pretty that II Ia smartns under tho TOO sross
publicity OF unpleasant truths.
The New Hampshire election, which leads
OF n the centennial year, is likely to 10 elcss
asht it has been for many years Last March the 10
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
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are sound We only point out the fact that
they exist and we beg those who are hastily
adopting the Presidents suggestion to pause
and inquire whether, in tlreir zeal to establish
the American system Of free education more
firmly. they are not taking the best means to
increase the number of its enemies. What
good will you do by forbidding the incuca-
ton of religious tenets " Whom will such
q rule conciliatef Not the Roman Catholics !;
1t will only intensity their hostility, for
the fault they find with the common
schools is that they are " irreligious."
Not any Protestant denomination, for II
the PrOtestants hint an objection 1t is like
that of the Catholics that the schools teach
too little religion instead Of too much. Is it
not better to leave this question after all to
the decision of local authorities The general
unsectarian character of the schools is already
well established. Detailed regulations can
perhaps best be made by those who are famil-
lar with the special wants of different To-
calitiey
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
TIE DANGER TO THE SCHOOLS.


The danger to our common school system
comes from two directions. The Roman Cath
olics complain that they are taxed for the sup
port of schools to which they cannot consccn-
tiously send their children, and insist that the
State ought to give them proportionate share
of the school money for their own denOmina-
t1onal schools As this would result in the
ultimate destruction of the whole scheme of
secular education, and the substitution for it
of multitude Of petty and inefficient
sectaran establishments supported by the tax
payers at an eXtravagant cost, Protestants are
almost unanimous in Objecting To the proposal.
1t is true that there is no present prospect of
the Catholic plan being adopted. No political
party, no prominent politician, no convention,
local or general, Republican, Democratic, or
Independent, has ever shown the slightest DIS
position to favor it, Even the Catholics them
selves are not united in the support of it, for
this is a case in which the laity do not follow
the counsels of their priests. But to avoid all
apprehension of future trouble, several of the
States have amended their constitutions so as
to prevent the placing Of the school money
under denominatiOnal control; and if
Mr.. Blane's proposal to clinch the
matter by an amendment to the Federal Con-
stitutlon should be brought forward in Con-
gress it would pass without serious opposition,
and set the matter at rest. We regard the
danger to the schools from this side therefore
as too slight and too easily removable to give
us any uneasiness.
But from another point the menace is Sc
rious. In our attempt to adapt the schools to
the consciences or prejudices of everybody, we
may easily destroy the confidence in which the
majority of religious persons Catholics ex-
cepted) now regard them, and when the peO
ple cease to trust them their fall is inevita-
ble The reverend gentleman who wrote us
the other day that he would never send a
child of his to a school from which the Bible
was excluded expressed the sentiments of
large class Of persons who believe that to pro-
hibit the teaching of any religious tenets" is
a fatal mistake. At the recent Congress of tho
Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia
the Rev. Dr. Sullivan Of Chicago made an
earnest protest against the prevailing tendency
toward secularism in education, and pro-
nOunced the exclusion of the Bible from the
public schools "a national calamity" Many
persons have written to us in a similar vein !;
and it will not be forgotten how much criti-
cism was recently excited by Mr.. Beecher's
address on the school question when he adj
vised the exclusion Of the Bible out Of respect
to the consciences of those who did not ap-
prove the reading of it.
We do not mean to say that the objections
against further secularization of She schools
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
PARIS JHROUGH FRESH EYES.

We have pleasure in announcing to our
readers that we have made arrangements for
an extended series of letters from Mr. Henry
James, jr., who has gone abroad for an in
definite period. These letters will be dated
from Paris and from other points on the Con-
tinent and we can safely promise our readers
great intellectual enjoyment from them.
No essayist of recent years has shown such
powers of delicate and intelligent observation,
such refined and wholesome humor, such in
sight into national traits and characteristics,
and such felicitOus command of pure and
idomatic English as Mr.. James. His social
studies are of the utmost value, as well for
what they contain as for the exquisite medium
in which his observations and conclusions are
conveyed. His thorough acquaintance with
Europe, and his intuitive perception of the
salient points of life and character, render HIM
one of the best equipped Americans who have
ever crossed the Atlantic, and the volumes OF
stories and essays which he has already given
the public are to be regarded both as sub
stantial addition to our literature and the
promise and guarantee of great career. We
confidently predict that he Will earn fresh
laurels as a letter writer. His letters will en-
brace a rather wide field of incident, 0bserya-
ton and criticism, and will be additional and
complementary to those of our regular corre-
spondents The first of the series appears on
the third page of this mornings TRIBUNE.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
CILUN IND EHEETER.

Mr.. Henry Clews replies to the charges OF
Mr.. Benjamin IL. Cheever, not very promptly
perhaps, but with warmth and emphasis
which 90 far to make amends for the delay.
He throws no light upon the identity of the
mvsterous James Van Buren, which is rather
remarkable since Mr.. Clews Acknowledges
that he had sort of partnership agreement
with " the eminent firm of B. III. Chceyer and
James Van Buren," and it il not to be sup
posed that he would do business with IA man
of whose very existence he was ignorant.
Indeed the more closely we examine his letter
the more curious and suggestive does it ap-
pear.
Mr.. Clews tells us that he did have an
understanding with Cheever to make use OF the
"supcrior facilities for obtaining information
"such IA affected the Wall Street markets.
which that person professed to enjoy in Wash
ington, and that he did agree to give Cheever
and Van Buren, a share of the profits of the
Government fiscal agency if it should be OBJ
tanned through their agency. But he got the
prize, he assures us, by other means, and no
member of the Administration had any inter
est in the business The curiosity of the
public as to the secret history of these queer
transactions remains unsatisfed; but of course
we did not expect Mr.. Clews himself to illu-
inmate his private Office for the general
amusement.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
9mussmemfs ano Mcstinss Go Night.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC.-3 "Trovatore." WaohteL 8:
Philharmonic Concert . 49,. ..
Bo TH's TaEATsR.-l:3o and 81 "Meg Merrilies~ Mrs
Waller.
EAGLE THEArER-2 and s; Variety.
FITTu AVENUE THEArER.-l:30 and =; "Our BOYS" .
lYCEuM THR,TER.-l:30: LA Dame aux Camelas."
FecLter. Al g. Ia Maitresse lie Gittme."
OLYMPIC TnEATER.-2 aud s: Variety.
PAEk THEArER-2 and 3: Mighty Dollar"
FAN FRANCISCO MINSIEEIS.-2 aud 8.
STEINwAY HAIL.: Concert
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Tony PASTORS NEW THEATEE-Nnuetv. 49, -,
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y -
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COlosSEUM.--" Siege Of Paris"
GuMORE's GARpEN.-Hebiew Charity Fair.
MASONIC TtMPLR.-Iecture. NJ. ID. Conway.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

not the skies under which your young friends
choose to live, but the manners VIII ich tho
carry with them, that will give them true sue
cess. Common sense, economy, and contempt
OF sham will help them to live comfortably in
New-YOrk or Pixies Peak. And if they give 10
their children something better than money or
social position to stand upon, they will never
feel their Inferiority to those who have them.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
TRIPLE SH E E L
THE NEHS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGS-Princes Bismarck and Gortschakof
made an agreement for peaceable solution of the
Eastern question. - The Deutschland was a
hopeless wreck == The British Parliament was
summoned to meet Feb. 8, 1876. 80 Efforts were
being made to form a compromise list of Sena-
tors to be elected by the French Assembly. -
DoMEsrIC-In Congress the House orly met, and,
after little routine business, adjourned to Tuesday
g. Special Counsel Henderson was discharged by
the Attorney General from the St. Louis whisky tn
ais the whole Cabinet consenting, and S. l. Glover
employed the Military Court IN Gen. Babcock's
case will not act until after the Generals trial in ST.
Louis. - Mr. Holman, member of Congress
from Indiana. thinks that Government expenses can
be reduced S43, 100000. - The Joint Legisla
tive Committee took testimony as to the Chaphe
claims frauds at the Gibson dam. - The Borden
City mills at Fall River has sent $4,000 pieces OF
goods TO England. - The Moody and Sankey
meetings were very large
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Plymouth Church held its
annual meeting. Action concerning council was
deferred. - MOncure ID. Conway lectured on
Demonoogy. - William F. Delaney was hung
of North Hampstead L. l., for the murder of Capt
Lawrence. == Judge Donobue decided that the
Panama Railroad should not start steamship lines
g. The Board of United Charities considered
plans of charitable work. - A burglar escaped
from the Kings County Penitentary - Gold
I14ss 114as 114l2. Gold value of the legal-tender
dollar at the close, S7SlOcents
THE WRArnER.-The Government report predicts
cool and clearing weather 80 In this city, yes
terday, the day was cool and generally clear ther-
mometer, So. $50, 29o.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
willing to destroy while unable to suggest feas-
ible means of reorganizing Christian society.

IF the seventy Senators whom the French
National Assembly is engaged in electing for
life, are chosen by compromise, France Will be
fortunate. Were either the Republicans or
anti-Republicans to select all of them, as was
at first attempted, many enlightened and pa
triotic statesmen would he excluded from the
Senate.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

A curious rumOr reaches us that Mr.. Trenor
w. Park is 10 sail for the Isthmus of Panama
by the steamer of the 10th. Mr.. Park might
visit Panama on the business of the railway.
which, if half what is told is true, certainly
needs attention. or he might go South on
account of his health. There is suspicion
among some people in Washington, however,
that his departure is merely prudent precau-
ton If the Emma Mine affair should be in
vestigated Mr.. Park would doubtless be an
important witness but it would be very in
convenient for him and for two or three other
people if he should be compelled to testify. On
our own part, we would like to appeal to Mr..
Park to stay with us little longer. We are
on the point of making some further publlca-
tions about his share in the Emma Mine busi-
ness and his relations to Gen. Schenck. which,
according TO his present scale OF valuations,
ought to be worth at least another 100000.
For the sake of having his libel suits done up
by wholesale, we appeal to Mr.. Park not to
go until we have given him chance to throw
another job in the way of poor Mr.. Chit
tenden
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

Escape from Jail is the order of the day A
burglar from Kings County Pententiary, like
Tweed and the two counterfeiters. has suddenly
vanished, and is nowhere found. Not so with
citizens not under lock and key; several of
them recently disappeared in Brooklyn, but
they have all been traced. They were mostly
in hiding from creditors which may account
for the sharpness of the scent that unearhed
them.