The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-04

According to a publica ton in the coll
umns OF our learned contemporary, the
World, the Hon. EDWARDS PIrRREpoNr,
our loquacious Minister to England, sent
the subjoiued communication to spiritual
medium named FLINT. 1t comes to light
by reason of n divorce suit instituted by
the wife of this explorer into the realms OF
the dead, aud is appropriately couched in
mysterious words:
"spwARps PlEFEsroyyT @ DeIr klag Many;
or Of IonS rixrEEroxr q Hlx 1url ?
" Secoad-Mas J.KEs Of London the SON Of WILLIAM
lILEsrroSs, the younger son q sir GEoEcr rIERRE
y" iii-.1 me. II permitted c1ac,, who was tue
father Of JoHS. and exactly how he connected
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One Of the most natural instincts OF the
human heart is pride OF ancestry. Though
we should not advise the adoption in this
country of the Chinese custom Of wor-
shipping forefathers, yet it might be to
some men q pleasant thought that they
would gain such posthumous honors. Pride
of ancestry, too. may become n valuable
impulse toward wcll-doing. aud Il warning
against eyil-doing. A man who feels
bounding in his veins the blood that filled
those Of knights and warriors, might him
self sometimes and on proper occasions
shed it for good cause. In republican
country, also, where We have no distiuc-
tons of rank, aud all OF us, whatever our
ancestry and however illustrious it may
be, can only each cast one vote there is
something iucongTuous about pride of
Nat xVh n al IL l.on
be encouraged; Looking ut the subject in
the broad light Of science, it is indeed bet
ter that man should be descended from
at least reputable people than from
pirates and robbers, for human traits are
transmissiblo.
Therefore why shall we find fault with
the Hon. EDWARDS PIERREPoNT because he
Intercepted the shadowy spirit Of Dear
Lady MARY with view to supplying
lost link in the chain Of his genealogy T
Genealogy is a favorite theme with Indies
during life, aud Mr.. PIERREPoNr NAV
naturally believe that when tlcy hover
about the confines OF the shapcless abode
of the blest, they retain their earthly IN
terest in the subject, Though it appears
that Mr.. PIFRREPoNr went very often 10
FLINr's and stayed long, leaving his car
ragc around the corner. we do not vet
know what answer Dear Lady MARY
gave to. his polite inquiries We
trust however, that it was sat sfaotory;
that JAMES rIERREPoNT Of London was in
deed the father of JouN PIeRREroNr of
RoxburY; that JAMES of London was the
son of WILLIAM PiERREPoNr. the younger
"a. -
father Of JONI was intimately and hap
PLY connected with the pIERREPoNr fam
lily of HELEN PGERREPoNr, and that our
distinguished Minister near the court of
ST. JAMEs's is really and truly uf baronial
origin; though We venture to suggest for
the consideration Of the shadowy Lady
MARY ana her ambassadoTlnl mterlocu-
tor, the fact that the English way of
spelling the name is PIEkPoNT in the
cases OF the oldest members of the family;
that Is, those who came over with Will
LIAM the Conquoror, and who are of true
Norman lineage.
1t Is eminently desirable that when we
send "A Minister TO so aristocratic a country
ms England, he should be a man Of Il first
class breed. BENJAMGN FRANKLIN, per-
haps the greatest man in our history,
when he went TO England was unable to
carry with him an ilusuious family tree,
but as lac was able of himself to mako his
name immortal, it did not much matter.
But Mr.. PIEmEPoNT felt the need of re-
enforcing his claim on the British aiis-
tocrcy by establishing his connection with
them through the Younger son OF Sir
GEORGE PIERREPoNT. Doubtless they VIII
feel proud of the relationship, il as matter
or fact Dear Lady MARY has supplied the
missing lux III the ancestral chain.
WeadVlso everybody, however, who has
the ambition Of constructing "A family Tree,
to DO 30 if lac can without consulting the
Shades of his real or supposititious nnces-
tors through the medium Of mon who are
iiaDlo to Get in Ludlow street jail at the