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New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
BANKRUPTED BY DEFALCATTOM

BURLINGTON, VT, March 25.-F. G. Kennedy,
the leading member Of the firm OF Henry W. Mason
Co., OF Winoosk, which was ruined by defalcatlon OF
Mason has filed petition In bankruptcy, and meeting
Of ihe creditors Is called for April f. Kennedys liab
ties are 97 A52 OF which $4,000 Is due by him as
member OF the insolvent firm Tue assets large The
stock Of has been attached by the creditors,
m
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LNSULTED AND THEN MURDERED.
luY rELRGRAPH TO THE rRrBuxr.l

IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRBUSE
BALTIMORE. March 25.-The Eastern shore,
steamers arriving here to-day from Accomo County Va
bring the Intelligence that Monday night last two
young men, William Northam and Solomon Byrd, while
returning party near Massongo, became involved
In n quarrel which terminated by Byrd stabbing
Hortha through the heart Byrd spoke IN an offensive
manner OF NOtthams sisters at which the latter
took offence. After administering the fatal blow Byrd
fed TO saxes Island POcOmOke Sound and thence
20 Crlshed. 1t Is supposed that the fugitive arrived
here ON Mednesday, on the Steamer Helen.
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DELAWARE WESTERN REORGANIzEp.

WILMINGTON, DEL, March 25.-At a special
meeting of the Board Of Directors Of the Delaware
Western Railroad held at the companys Office in this
city this afternoon Robert Garrett elected president
and the Board reorRanzed TO consist Of Robert
Garrett Perry Belmont, Victor Dupont. John w Davis,
r. Suowden Andrews, william M. Candy and Wlinam
Candy, the last Two named being members OF tbe od
Board IL Is understood that the Board VIII be 10.
John K. GOwan will be elected as the additional men,
hard
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
THE CALAMITY AT NICE.

LONDON, March 25.-The American Consul
at Nice teegraphs follows: sixty-nine lives were
lost by the Opera House fire. No Americans English
are among the victims. pubic interment VIII take
place to-day. Tie sboDs are all closed"
The latest estimate places the rota number OF deaths
at Nice at 49, Seven sailors and many foreigners are
missing.
FATAL RECKLEssNEss.
NICE March 25The newspapers state that the direc-
tor of the theatre has informed the magistrate that
there was strong smell Of gas in the theatre on Wednes
day He communicated With the authorities and
wished 10 postpone the performance until an examna-
ton Of the gas apparatus was made but received orders
to give the opera as advertised.
The subscription for the friends Of the sufferers has
reached $4,000
The funeral OF the victims took place to-day and was
attended by largo crowds.
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AN ANGLo-FRENCH INTRIGUE.

LONDON, March 25.-The Daily Ners says
We believe the following Ia authentic statement OF
the Tunis incidents When the Conservatives were ar
ranging the acquisition Of Cyprus France mentioned the
possbty Of Tunis some day being open 10 annexation
lord sasburv who was then Foreign Secretary. there
mon made statement which the French Ministry con-
strued as undertaking that England wonh not opect 20
aer the question cropped up Lord Salisbury discaimed
this Of hs mesnng put Eranoe alleges tnss
hurry fully confirming her view OF the correspondence
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
THE NEW AMERICAN CHURCH IN PARIS.

LONDON, March 25.-A dispatch from Paris
to The Times says: Bishop Lttleohn of L9pg Island.
N " yesterday laid the cornerstone of the new Aneri
can Protestant Episcopal Church in the Avenue do
pAlma, TO supersede the RE Bayard Building. Many
Enobshsoeaking Protestants present IL viii be
tha Soest Protestant church In Paris It will have
lofty Gothic and be capable Of seating 500 per
sons Various documents and coins we're placed under
fSe sone In his address Bishop Litteohn touched on
the Friendship OF the American Republic for ns honored
[S22,2 ,272l.
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FALL or 4 NEW BUILDING.

PHILADELPHIA, March 25.-The Pennsylva-
MIA Salt Manufacturing Company recently erected two
storied brick structure for storage warehouse at
Greenwich Point. The building completed With the
exception Of tic roof During the high wind prevailing
this morning south wall tLmbied burrying several
wOrkmen I'm the ruins. Samuel L. Vsndersce was killed
aud Frederick Bartel had and leg broken The
nther wOfkmen but slightly hurt.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
THE poERs DIsPERsING.

LONDON, March 25.--A dispatch from Pros
meet Bi TO The Standard says tnas LaiDg's Mex was
clear of Beers by O'Clock Thursday evening They
marched of in an imposing column OF s'oo' mounted
men and $50 wagons Neither the men nor the horses
showed apy traces OF sickness They viii dsperse ater
Tsacbine their own territory. The Royal Commission
has iifi,cuIt task 20 perform, as majority OF tbo
Boers view II With suspicion. -.
In The House Lords this afternoon LORD Calrs gave
osie fbaI he would call attention on Thursday nextW
the sTranrements made with the Beers.
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PURSUING A FUGITIVE.

LONDON, March 26.-An attempt was to be
made last night to intercept % Anchor Line steamer
Au,.ralia which sailed hence on Thursday Tor New
ana IA supposed TO carry Coleman. one OF the men
snspecIed OF beug concerned ia the Mansion House cut
rage An inspector OF police and constable sis ~ ar rS
monh last night In tug % await the Ausrahs Oh tno
iSSsrd where she was expected at midnight
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pARNELL,s NEW PRoGRAMME.

LONDON, March 26.-Mr. Parnell has issued
circular addressed to the leading members the Hone
I.ls Confederation OF Great Britain asking tnem y
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
A CHANGE OF AGENTs.

PHILADELPHIA, March 25.-L. p. Farmer,
general passenger agent Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, who retres from that position on April 1,
will be succeeded by James Wood, OF Chicago
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
A NEW ROAD TO RE OPENED.

ORANGE, N. j., March 25.-The New-York
and Greenwood Lake Railroad will Friday next open
the Watchung Road for passenger trafHe between
Orange and NewYOrk. Eighteen trains VIII be run
daily.
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AFFAIRS OF THE READING ROAD.

ers. President Mitchell aud vcePresldent WadsEoTth
OF the s Paul Company not IN the city yesterday
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
= THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
svy.rE orFIcERs NOT YET CHOSEN.

SENATE OFFICERS NOT YET CHOSEN.
ms srRusaLE coSrSUsD-THE DIGNITY OF THE THE
sryATR pEFENDED BY Mr.. yooRHEEs--MoDERN
BovRBoMsM--THE PRESIDENTS PoIIcY In THE
NEW. YORK APPOINTMENTS.
The struggle was continued in the Senate
Yesterday to prevent the majority from elect
ing Senate officers. Mr.. voorhees, had an op-
portunity. in the course OF the debate 10 e&'
sress his sense of the dignity of the Senate,
. and embraced it readily. Mr.. Hoar de-
Nned modern Bourbonism as distinguished
from that of former times. There
was no settlement yesterday of the Extra
Session question; Mr. Blaine did not attend
ths Cabinet meeting on account of cold A
staff correspondent of THE TRIBUNE shows
that the President in the recent New YORK
appointments was thoroughly consistent with
his ayowed policy to neither favor nor recog-
nize factions in the party.
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silly and insineere old woman AZ Mrs penninau m
lmpossibilisy to herr Why is the dismal ,ex
Perience OF so dead ana dull weight Of sorrow lett
Just where 1t Is. with nothing 10 indicate why Il
dld not soar Catherinef or how, in spite Of her
loss Of hope abroad and hope at home she
se and the world and not to feel either crushed OK
pltterI Mr. Henry James strikes us as in nothing
| Iess humane than in the indifference with which he
treats his characters, after he has brought them
through such melancholy shifts in their lot as he
generally provides for them. He seems not to care
nImseii ABOUT the fate of such "resduum Of the
character he has created MS rena rs after he has
Treated i with the various materials mingled in
tine alembic OF his fiction.
In The American" his most powerful book. he
leaves us with the wreck. as ave may say, OF his
nero floating about ialv on the abandoned sea- as
with Catherine Soper. and the same with the hero
me OF the miserable little tale called Two Meet
h ngs ar: Henry James seems to feel no concern
umseiI Ior tne ultimate fate OF his creations ALI
that ne cares to do Is to picture to himself what they
would be and do under certain combinations of out
out to his satisfaction, he casts them aside as he
wonld woTn-out garment or used-up pen. This
Is, IN part why be succeeds better in fragmentary
sketches than IN regular tales. He has no sym
pathy at all with the providences Of fiction he |
does not care to deal out to each character his need
OIL nnai reward and punishment. however nicely |
caIcuated 10 suit the actual poetcal justice
Justice OF the universe as he knowsit He has no
interest in the moral equities of life and cares no
Catherine SIoper has gained and lost by her dreary
Iove-story, and the estrangement from her father
when III lhVolVed' tnan ne cares what may result
to the proprietresses of the two pensions In his
second and third pieces from the departure of their
various guests. 1t is impossible to give effectual H.
from Washington Square" Of the sort
OF genius shown in it, There is no doubt that it is
genius, and genius Of the most marked order,
genius for painting character and genius for CON.
ss eg unalloyed dismalness Of effect. without
tragedy and without comedy If you desire o con-
'ummately clever study OF perfect dreariDess you
have 1t in Washington Square"
III only Mr.. Henry James suddenly became aware |
" the real existence Of moral world his tales |
yould increase much in interest for the reader
. they probably would in difficulty to the writer.
IS II Is. they are little Kaleidoscope arrangements
4 the various hues of human nature as seen by |
lngularly acute and passiOnless eye; but they
eem to indicate no more purpose in the arrange
1ent than the kaleidoscope itself, which, as YOU |
urn it. constantly creates new combinations of form
nd color, all almost equally impressive and all
'ithout purpose, artistic or otherwise. |
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SIMON CAMERON ON SOCIAL OSTRACISM IN
TIE SOUTH

Charleston Letter 10 The Phflddelphia Press
social ostracisln has done almost as much to crush
out Republican sentiment in the South az brute
yorce But you forget, sir that you will soon have
is growing every day. The practical men who have
sprung from the 0verseer or poor whites and got on
ID the world and made money while most OF your
people lanented the loss of their slaves and SIZE
valuable time IN frutess efforts to anpul the results
OF the war, will upset theories. 1t is already
evident that your society Is changing as well as
Jour customs and methods. Ladies naturally desire
to marry man with MEANS and you will find that
the thrifty man who gets along will marry into
families whose kitchen he would not have been per-
United to enter before the war. Women viii, soon
lose their sentiment when il comes to q choice he.
tween man who has plenty Of means to provide
the comforts and even the luxures of life for them
and the idle, arstocratic whose only legacy is
hia family record
This element in Southern society which will
spring from the thrift and energy of this and new
generation will make its own society and it's very
character will make it tolerant and liberal. It will
not be many years before o man who comes South to
settle in good faith can find society of this kind
ready TO receive him. Another generation will sea
IL practically In the majority, for the thrifty make
the good society. drODes never do. Every genera
ton will widen this circle In ten years the djyi-
now il is social rs well. The practical class of the
South are already beginning to recognize the fact
that social ostracism against the immigrant
neither he be rich or poor, is retardng the growth
and prosperity OF this country, and In many sec
tons they are already getting LIBERAL The sue
there is class in the South that will undertake to
keep up the caste distinction but it will very soon
DO IN the minority. This thrifty element can afford
10 be liberal, and policy true to Its interests in
meat which ostracises any man on account Of his
DOliticSD
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native courtesy, dignity, and eeua6sRstcn A. q.
seelngs Of cthcrs, which, notwithstanding -
snah deescts OF temper must have struck every -
who approached hin. He was mot 1t his hest Sheas
re was allowed TO have all the conversation q Mn
so i9r IN snch cases he talked lee patura) to
n,ucn IKE bis books; but when he was In c0nspan :
wnefe no Was obliged to give and take be was ths
moss charming Of talkera His laugh was freedom
anu cordiality ITSELF His hunlor was at once 60
RcwerIui and so snbte that it seemed TO exhaust
sn1 matters on which IL touched.
- nis shrewdnesS. especially In Judging OF character
nom small indications, was extraordinary He once
uuenounced az scoundrcl man of business who AZ
tne time was In the best repute. and who shortly
aiserward turned out to deserve all that had been
SAID against him. How he was asked q did Won
ind him out, Mr.. Carlylefo aOhn said he II ssw'
rogue IN the twist OF tho false hip of him az he ycn
OUT at the door, He once asked what he thoueht
Ola new acquaintance whom he had seen for q low.
minutes. g should call him willowy sort 81 n
con1d The unspeakable felicity Of tho epithe0
c9uid pc shown only by an unwarrantable breach
Vi CONFIDENCE. But all these things were but synp.
TOMS OF something else of infinitely higher impOry
lance. All that no said and did gave an Impression
~ ~ truth and power and courage which will never
20 forgotten by those who were happy enouQh ri
steoei'e It. He walked through this world. Iot M
uoge 70 one as good better with his head erect,
anI nis eyes wide open. lie felt like man and IN,
pVho anu wrote as he felt, with incompara bic force
1otn OF thought and expression; and he ncvel
Sr9te one word OF which his dearest friend couid
eel ashamed, though no wrote many with who's
laruIy anyone could agree.
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WHERE WAI,TEST THOU

Where waitest thon,
Lady am to love Thou CONTEST not;
Ihon knOwest Of my sad and lonely lot;
lOok'd for thee ere now
II Is the Mavl
And each sweet sister soul hath found its brother
- Only we two seek fondly each the other,
And, seeking, still delay.
Thou art as L.
Thy soul doth wait for mine, as mine for thee;
We cannot live apart must meeting be
Mover before we die
Dear soul, not so:
That time doth keep for us some happy years,
That God bath portiOn'd out our smiles and tears
Thou knowest aud know
Yes, we shall meet!
And therefore let our searching be the stronger;
Dark days Of life shall not div de US longer
Nor doubt, nor danger sweet
Therefore bear ..
This winter-tide as bravely as may,
Patiently waiting for the bright spring day
That cOmeth with thee, dear.
'Tis the May light
That crmsOns all the qniet college gloom.
May II shine softly In thy slecping-room;
And so. dear wife, good night. ARNOLD,
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THE sHREWD IND EoRoUs CARLYLE
From The ST. Jdmes's Gazette.

II would be easy to say many things on Mr..
Carlye's writings and opinions which must be LETT
unsaid but few words must be written about the
man himself. One who had seen much Of the world
and knew a large proportion OF the remarkable men
of the last thirty years. declared that Mr.. Carlyle
known; the man who conveyed most forcibly to
those who approached him that general impression
of genius and force Of character which 1t IL impos
striking appearance: his eyes, nearly the largest,
and In youth it is said, the most piercing and pow
erful TO be seen In any human head; bis stein and
rugged features, like Scotch bull and yet not
unlike Scotch terrier, arc known to every one
rhe extraordinary charm of his conversation aud
manner u known only 70 q few. He had stately
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-27
an AMUSING SCIENTIFIC EXCURSION
From The Harvard Re0istsr.


Ills thirty years since, and more too
Samuel N. FELTON, 1884 was the leader of the
T yon FSn as%sSns Others FELTON,
Arnold Guyot Louis Agassiz, Benjamin Peircs
lls29l. and Alexander Agassis t1s55, then boy,
| not knowing word OF English. and armed with q
muslin bag the end Of POLE to catch butterflies
with Which, boy as he was, he was quite well &C.
While we waited at South Acton for an EXPRESS
train ,Agassiz saw a butterfly, and having no net
himself. called, "Alexei vite beau papillon p and
the game was soon bagged. A moment afterward
huge beetle under 1t. Thinking it might be valuable
he called to tho boy. "Alexe / beau papillon p
eee t essS cane ns laugh finding
none laughed more heartily than the one who had
audacousiy ventured on the msnomer. From that
the party; and every living thing which we thought
Agassiz could possibly like to take to his toad {sc9
tory ON the Charles" as his incipent museum was
called, was named. in as good French as we could
master. 1nc butterfly.
We came to Bethlehem, N H., and In going up
long bill approaching from LittetOn we ali got Out
and walked, except c. c. FELTON,, who remained
with the driver on the box. As we walked up the
bill, running here and there. sweeping with the
on frogs etc. the driver ssd to PIoisssogs Feon
:" Wb9 are these men you have with youp oh"
Ia The stage was man not OF our party. .Ha
walked soiemnly up the hill in front Of BE bad
preserved from his entrance into the stage. dozen
countenance, mingled with melancholy Suddenly
he was observed to take of bis hat, make various
frantic swo0ps Herewith, and finally, the butters
fly over O clump OF tall alders be sprang high
in the air after it. making last desperate swocp
with his hat, and screaming for the first time. the
Beau Papillonp At the top OF bis
lungs, and top Of bis compass. At that moment tho
down stage met ours, aud as they passed they both
stopped an instant. The other driver eazed down
the bill! m astonshment, and said, what sort Of
lively freight have you there p Our driver. lean.
ng over, answered In O loud confidential whisper.
They are o set Of naturals from the asylum near
Boston their keeper just told me SOP
The next day Perce and ARassE were together on
he shores Of Echo Lake the latter bad borrowed
lis boys net and interested to catch particu-
ar specie Of dragon-fy. The two friends bad
eparated few PAGES. when Perce saw one Of the
coveted dragon-fies; and, In his esgerness TO have
secured, called 1t by the name which be had al
rays heard IL called In his boyhood: :" Here,
Igassiz quick here's one OF those devls-needlcs"
q that moment be became aware that the mel.
ncholy man of tho day before was close behind
i'm, The austere man, as II 10 rebuke Peirce for
sing word bordering la bis mind on profanity.
sked in the most solemn and deliberate manner,
Sir, can you tell ne the proper botanical designa-
And for the rest of the tine that cur party was
)gether. we could not say proper name y r"rcal
anne, "-the fascinating absurdity Of botanical
was applied toevery kind Of subject
." ~'9>S~
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VIVID FANTASIES.


Fvm fkS Spectator.
IT. o Wild and voeful wind!
Et< $3.50 far ono moment thy complaining dreary
Ia tsIl mo II thcu art not sad and weary
1pd Il thy travel is not long and eeIie.--
- Ovid and woeful wirdi
sFS o houseless. homeless windl
= srinrs my heart to hear thy sad lamentipg; =,
' }issf thou wound whose pain knows no relentpg,
= Gsnst never lay thy burden by repentingi-
0 houssless. homeless windi
o sad and mournful windi
1psom what wild depths OF human pain and sorrow
fdjculd'st thou those tones of restless anguish
y d soul that dreams of no tomorrowf-
sad and mournful wind!
~ o solitary windl
We know not whence thou conl'st or whittier
4 WIEN round our homes thy wizard blast thou
No home, nor shelter. thou, poor pilgrim knowest.-
solitary wind
Most melancholy wind
i thine requiem Ger the dead and dying
m a sS1 Sessna spss ssns
S. Most melancholy windi
Tell mel long to know
Art thSu Wild and weary Rensace n GDng,
Chased ~ The secret Of thine own undoingi--
~ Tell mo; long to know.
- Hast thou no other voice.
No words to whisper thy most grieyOus story.
Hast thou mother voices
0, thou art fierce and wild
Thy nightly chariot through the black skies LASH
ibe cloud shapes round the mountain. dash
ing,
The waves of ocean round the wrecked bark crash
o. thon art fierce and wild!
No. Yet art thou full of woe
Perchance, thou vert Earth's angel, when was
lighted
SIMS lurid TORCH and all her bowers were blighted
Thy poor heart by that awful shock benighted.
Thou art 80 full of woe. |
Hast thou no hope no bopef
That thy poor. weary pnon thou art flnging
Against the star-paved floor, with echoes ringing
OF angel footsteps and their anthem singing
Hast thou no hope. no hOpef
And hast thou never heard
That Sims wild torch Is quenched in blood atoning,
And that in days to come Creations grooming
Win cease, and rapture fill the place Of moaning
o, hast thou never heardf
But thou wilt one day hear!
For Heaven and Earth will stand IN silent wonder,
When Love unites What Sin hath rent asunder,
Proclaiming victory In music-thunder,-
And thou wilt that day hear,
In Heaven will all be Joy,
And there thy wailing too, will cease forever,
And thou, perchaDce, wilt float Der Lifes full river
And join the melody that ceaseth never
~ In Heaven, where all is joy
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HOY RYLAIEFF DIED.
Ht.nrf nihLir 0niaio.


frequent as Nihilist executions have been during
Ie last few years, the yictimsaro happily of very
ninerept order from those Of the days of Nicholas
put many men still living can remember bleak
December morning in st. Petersburg when dozen
Oh the most brilliant men In Russia were led out TO
de upon one gallows. including Postal the composer
Ing native poets Of his time. The latters end was
marked by very striking episode. He had insisted
on dying before his friend Postal IN order TO show
I Inc lafict how calmly s could meet his fate. but
the rpe broke aud he 10 tho ground still alive
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an influential friend Of his, who was present i'm.
pored tne officer In command to delay the execution
hn III nc nso made one more appeal for mercy, and
Co. Did me ne say anything when he fefn asked the
who attended sp62PIiant hssitated but the subaten
once He said, your Majesty. thar in Russia thew
t tha, y even hang man PROPERLY go back
tnenn; reared Nicholas, and show him that they