Year: 1874

Thisis shifty kind Of world. but it is Mt often
that Member of the Imperial British Parliament is
transmogrified into q Ticket-of-Leave Man. Not
many years ago William ROupell an n. Z. and
millionaire (rcputed), and was leading the snowy
life of man about town. He was the illegitimate
son of rich man, and, by forging will. cheated
his brother. the legitimate heirat law out oil vast
property which Roupell soon dissipated in riotOus
living. He took refuge in Spain. Actions of eject
ment having been brought by the brother against
parties to whom Roupel had conveyed the property.
the exile voluntarily came home and acknowledged
the forgery of the will For this crime he was sent
to Convict Prison, twelve years ago. lie there be-
haved extremely well, rendering great service in
the inirmary, and proving an excellent nurse. For
good conduct he has been set at large upon ticket
and this clcmency of the authorities has occasioned
a GOOD deal of public discussion, including leading
articles in che newspapers 1t Is not argued that
Roupell had derived any particular advantage from
his antecedepts, but great fault is found with the
facility with which prisoners in general are released
before the expiration of their terms OF sentence
"We believe, says one London newspaper, that
there is regular scale for the remission OF punish
ments, which the criminal classes probably know by
heart Ten years means so many years. twenty years
so many, life MEANS perhaps some ten or twelve OF
fifteen" convict. it is claimed, who would secure



ernor come round" the chaplain, keep his cell
tidy, and sing in a loud and devout voice in the
chapel Perhaps the same thing might be said. with
some degree of TRUTH of prison discipline onhls side
of the water.


Tomorrow evening, if all the friends of Mr.
Bayard Taylor come together to welcome him back
to the platform, the capacity of the Academy OF
Music will be tested to its utmost extent. For tho
Gr,t in, distIn
will address New-York audience. His subject is
"Egyptn and our readers need not be reminded Of
his ripe knowledge of the theme, of the grace aud
sympathy with which he will treat it. Since his
voice was last heard upon New-YOrk stage he has
passed many years, not In idle travel but In close
and fruitful study of various lands and peoples He
has given to the world the best translation of the
masterwOrk of Goethe which the world can reasOD-
ably hope for. He has written many musical and
thoughtful poems. among them The Masque OF tho
Gods" "Lars," and 1.-The Prophet" a trio which
alone would be enough for any singers glory. He
comes home in the plentude of his powers to devote
himself to a still greater work than any he has
hitherto accomplished and the reading world has
the right to congratulate itself beforehand on the
result. Every one in New-YOrk who pleads guilty
to the accusation Mr.. Ruskin lately hurled at the
crowd, of desiring to get in an hour what 1t has
taken lifetime to accumulate" will 20 to hear Mr.
Taylor tell in his own wellknOwn manner which
recalls the better days of the lecture business what
he has learned about Egypt.


The energy with which the average lovely woman
pursues and defends any she believes ill., is one
of the most engaging things in the world. 1t was
peculiarly graceful in the Of a coOred lady OF
Memphis who barricaded her house against her hus-
band the other day and began action for divorce
on the ground that he had voted the Democratic
ticket, thereby showing desire to replace In
slavery herself and her children. The only other
instance of this sort of mental strength we remem-
ber is that of Madame Ducts, woman Of a fairer
race and the wife of poet who lived and died when
this century was young. 1t appears from NJ. Ducs's
diary, lately published, that he received corporal
chastisement from Madame for not sharing her
opinions as to the respective merits of the Bourbon
and Bonaparte dynasties. He notes highly EN-
pbatic occurrence and discovery to which 1t led:
There has been an awful scene with my wife. who
called me a wretched hound, a ragged scoundrel.
and then beat me with all her might. This has
shown me what dreadful temper she has" Tho
poor genteman's fear of his spouse seems to have
continued after her death, for he wrote very
poetic epitaph for her tombstone describing her as
a precious wife"


In the town Of Rockford, ILL.,, there are Al toperA
who Theoretically cannot get drink, no matter
how redhot their cOppers may be. Their names
have been written Black List furnished to tho
barkeepers as the names Of men who &C cannot Do
trusted alone with bottle Of whisky" and not q
teaspoonful of blue and comfortable ruin can they
pubcly purchase in those Mills OF Gin and Deatn~
Liquor take kind Of pride in ostentatiousy
excluding from the consolation of their bottles thoss
who are thus conscribed "See how yirtuous No
are p they say to the Crusaders And yet did any
man wanting a DRAM and having the money to pay
for it, ever experience any nsurmountable dfhcuity
in getting it, at one dram-shop or anotherf


In Kansas Justice if she is blind goes at the rate
of q mile q minute whenever she Is after horse
thief. Vincent Morgan, grand equine larcenist. al
aforesaid was arrested about sunrise, had his pre-
liminary examination before breakfast was oound
over was taken to Hiawat and by o'clock p m.
be had been indicted. arragned tried found guilty.
and sentenced to the Penitentiary for Two years.
Such velocity of proceeding must have made mr.
Morgan's head swim; but he may thank MS stellar
influences that he is safe within stone walls for.
short as the proceedings were, Vigilance Commit
| tee might have made them good deal shorter.
| How beautiful. how noble is the poets art when
used to soothe the mourning heart! One OF tho
sweetest and tenderest specimens OF eiegiac verso
| has been composed by an English gentleman VINO
accidentally got the, remains of his four wives some
what mixed during their removal to q new ouriai
| ground He was determined, was Mr. Sparks, that
there should be-no mistake as to the various Mrs.
| Sparkses' last abode; and accordingly oaimed MS


wounded sprit aud displayed strict truthfuness by
the composition of the following beautiful inscrip-
tious; Here lies Jane and probably part Of Susaa