The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28
EDITORIAL NOTES.

fessor of Husbandry in Cornell Uni
versity, lacks confirmation.
Sara Bernhardt will come as
far South as New Orleans during
her tour in America. She is engag-
ed to appear az the Grand Opera
House in that city. Date ofengage-
ment has not yet been announced.
The Emperor Alexander of Rus
STA, whose morganatic marriage
with the Princess Dolgorouki is be-
lieved TO be an accomplished fact, is
not, il seems, much more faithful to
his new wife than he was TO his old
one. He has. it is stated. already
formed fresh ijaiSoa with a pretty
Polish lady.
&C. ID. Hess and Max Stakosch
will start out on the road together
on the lst of November with an
English opera company. Their first
appearance will be in Montreal. Be-
fore they reach the Canadian line
they will be quarreling like cats and
dogs. The lion and the lamb can
not lie down together. The millen-
MUM hasn't. made its appearance
yet.
Capt. Eads has written To the
administrator of commerce in New
Orleans that if they should seek TO
carry out the design of bringing the
Great Eastern to the levees of the
Crescent City. Il few hours dredging
at one place in the jetties channel
would enable the steamship TO pass
up the river drawing twenty-nine
feet.
The German Crown Prince was
the most popular of all the visitors
at the Passion Play" IN Oheram-
mergau. He stayed out the entire
play, and afterward told the burSo-
master that he should never forget
the performance. for the impression
made upon him was greater than he
could express. 1t is already tradi-
tion among the 0berammergau
peasantry that tears stood in the
eyes of "Unser Fritz" when be said
those words and graspcd the burgo-
masters hand.
Some curious animals, never be-
fore seen i'll this country, were land
ed at New York recently. They are
'woOlly elephants and are natives
of the Malay peninsula, inhabiting
the cold, rugged mountains in the
northern part of the country, from
whose rigors they arc protected by
a thick coat of long, woelly hair.
They are also very small, as ele-
plants go, the older, six years of
age, being only three feet high and
weighing $50 pounds. while the
younger, four and a half yearo old,
weighs 200 pounds less. They are
very aiiectionate animals and fond
of attention. Although other cle-
phants of this species have been
caught, they have invariably sue
cumbed when taken from the bleak
mountain ranges to the warmer
plains. Hence the fact that this spe-
cies is generally unknown, and men,
| toned by but few naturalists.
Bank directors and trustees are
held to very high standard or con-
duct bya recent decision of the New
York court of appeals, holding the
trustees of n savings bank liable for
their imprudcncc in building an ex-
pensive banking house, on which the
| decline in real estate resulted in con-
| siderable loss. There was no law
upon the subject, and the decision
rests upon the simple duty of trus-
tees 10 conserve their trust. The
judges do not seem TO regard il as
any excuse that the resulting decline
could not be forescen. Judge Earl
says in his decision: "Their project
was to buy the corner lot and erect
thereon an imposing cdificc, to in
splre Importance, attract attention,
and thus draw deposits. Ii is not
legitimate for the trustees of such a
bank to seek deposits at the expense
of present depositors. This
| was not case of mere error or mis-
take ofjudgment on the part of the
trustees, but il was n case of i'm
providence, of reckless and unrea..
sonablc extravaganza. in which the
trustees failed in that measure of
reasonable prudence, care and skill
which the law requires"
The Emperor Alexander had
been in love with the Princess Dol
gorouki for more than twelve years.
The Princess Dolgorouki has given
birth to several children, all of them
being authorized by imperial ukase
to bear the titles of Count and
Countess de Gourine, the name of
an extinct branch of the Romanoffs.
The Princess followed the Emperor
to the banks of the Danube under
the name Of Mime. Rileier during
the late war with Turkey. OF course
the Empress knew all about IL. but
her malady and the coldness Of her
nature caused her TO shut her eyes
to the real state Of the case. But
when the Car desired TO legiti-
matiZe the Princess children the
Empress, the Czarowitch and the
Grand Dukes declined to accede.
The CZarina determined TO leave
Russia and find at Cannes refuge
from the insult offered her. The
CZarowitch avoided the winter
palace as much as possible. The in
fluence of the Princess Dolgorouki
grew daily stronger i'm the Cars
household. The Emperor Yielded
so completely to IFS fascination that
he even showed anxiety TO obtain a
divorce from the Empress and TO
marry the Princess. Now that the
marriage is accomplished, il is al
most certainly of the kind knowna as
"morganatic," in which the bride
stipulates that she and her children
will neither assume the rank nor In
herit the possessions of the hus-
band. These alliances are not over
frequent, but the Europe Diplom0fi-
gne occasionally furnishes us with n
list of such marriages entered into
by princess of the royal houses of
Europe. Besides Victor Emanuel,
Leopold l., of Belgium, and Fred
erick VII, of Denmark, the latest
list embraces some fifteen princes
names, large e1najority of whom be-
long TO the reigning houses of Ger
many and Austria.
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