, 1876-06-04

was questioned, but Mr.. kennedy President OF the
Bank Of Cc.nn.crce, and the Commodore Jointly
the bonds were valid The bank held the bonds in
large sums. and we're willing to sell them at
nominal price. Commodore Garrison took them
all 1T low figure, and now proceedings have been
commenced for foreclosure. The result vii! be to
give him at least ye-si3ths Of the Eoad az his in-
1iyidual property, and thus the commodore mus
himself unexpectedly railroad owner.
CURIOUS RusE TO GET WIFE
It is given out by those who know, or ought
to know, that the late Baron PALMS property,
riycn to Col. Olcott for the Thcosophical So
ciety, will turn out a myth, so far as value is
concerned. IT it pays the expenses OF the curl
on. panjan!ra;a called q funeral held last Sunday
at Nasonic Hall, it will be disappointment The
affair." in some respects, recalls an incident which
occurred In this city during the days Of the income
ta1. A young man who cut quite swell at Sars-
toga waiting upon helresses vas well aware inae ~
necessary to convince the young iaules that ne
had wealth to obtain the favor Of their parents.
So lie deliberately prepared statement Of his IN
declaring that his income vas ,s S co. s sMpie s
the city papers in the list Of those who returned
incomes above SIS, COO. The bait took, the girls
mothers concuzrel in this belief, and the mex.
winter fashionable marriage took place. IN Whleh
the young confidence chap was the bridegroom
ine upon Ills wife's income. The discovery made
q row FOR few weeks, hut it was soon smoofhed
over. -.
FROM THE SUBLIME 70 TIE RIDICULOUS.
Nothing could be more in remarkable contrast
than the presence in this City Of the serious,
quaint, and curious-looling Quakers, mingling
in crowd Of gayly-dressed and maSnitcently-
attircd women one now meets daily on Broad-
way. Attracted b7 groap Of these solemn Quak-
ers on Broadway on Monday, I followed them to
no~tr .H4ry1A
are holding IN anniversary. The building within
was as plain rs the costumes Of It's occupants-
severely plain Is no name for It, The walls are
white the benches covered with brown linen, and
imagined. The costumes Of the men were as an
Gent as il they an.e-datcd the revolutionary
costume ae,,,+ian century sne al aai 9asn rev.
erend 'sSn seisnors is nowhere to be seen but in
Qunker nssemb1age. Tie present Preshytetlnn
General Assembly cTcas to Il The H. cfs9d
arose and stated they were 'tmoscd" thus and so.
One Friend was moved to snsscst women 1 oe 40 aa
another solcmn1y arose, and In 1unerea! tnne ,
saa: ~ the Esnds hon ,.n anu nnns 1ns
the vi as decSd am aqoat atand 1dn
AToAsr THAT BROUGHT APPLAUSE.
There was little festive gathering at the
Union League Club the other evening, in which
q couple Of British chaps, frst-family fellows
Of course, took the part Of invited guests. 1t
was strictly private, and less than twenty per
| sons in all we're present. The supper was jolly
one and by and by the wine began to have Its ef~
| feet. One OF the young Bsitons was loud in his
! enthusiasm about America and the Amer1cans;
and declared that f as ht saa xea1 ms
| He warmed mp through the evening: and, after a
| toast had been proposed to the health o. the
Queen, the enthusiastic Briton offered toast II
| was thusfy:
"HeEc's health to the American Ea=ls. .,
| For TINT wise fowl one can never tnreiGte
By depositing salt on his glorious TAIL
Now. thats an old saw, revised and corrected fol
| the occasion. but it came in SO apropos and with
snch uncommon vim that the boys voted the
Briton clever fellow. and laughed about the toast
| for two days.
SPOILED FOR AN ACTRESS.
| By the last White Star steamer there departed
t from this port lively young lady who Is en-
route for Italy for the purposeof studying
italian opera. She has q grand voice and has
gained great credit among the best masters |!
this city, and great things are predicted II sht
| adhercs to her programme. This young lady
| however Ind until recently different ambition
She wished to be an actress. and her relatives hav
expended several hundred dollars upon an efnca
tion to fit her for the stage For II months she he
taken Lessons of Of the best tutors in ths city
and has been repeatedly offered opportunities +
| make he. debut under arst-class auspices. Sh
possesses beauty and talent, and has been INTRO
future About four weeks ago IN uncle whom sh
highly cstecms persuaded her that she was wastln
time in seeking draatie honora and that he. tra
| forte Was the opera- Previously she had t1ke
lessons from leading professors The necessar
funds being forthcoming. she accepted the susSses
tion: and has gone to europe with view Oh appear
in. in opera. May her perseverance Win-
THE OBSTINATE FATHER AGAIN.
j RufFnlo nr;r1 and n yonnr English army off