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NEW YORK. NOTES AND GOSSIP. THE WOMAN'S MOVEMENT TUE WORK AND THE WAY REMINISCENCES THEATRICAL 00slP GENERAL DRIFTINOS. From a Regular Correspondent of the Sentlnrt. Xevt "York, March 12.-Wbile the western people are supposed to be devoting their undivided attention to Dr. Dio Lewis, and what has been so felicitously styled his Braving Band, we ara enjoying ourselves with Charity dramatically considered, and the drama charitably considered. In fact, the great question for suburban debating socities now is, , whether benevolence does most for tb theatre, or the theatre for benevolence. There is Ottering which must be relieved, and what can be easier than to relieve it bv means of public or private tbeaticals? Almost all women believe themselves to be undeveloped tragedy queens, and they are alwavs ready to seize upon any pretext for rushing upon the stage. Of such pretexts there are many, "but the greatest of there is charity." "Act, act, in the livingpresent," seems to be the motto of tho Oothamitish society now, and it is not too much to say that it bas become the fashion lor young ladies to go upon the stage. I do not certainly know whether Miss Fanny Morant's school for. dramatic aspirants is a cause or an eüect ol this rage for "the boards," but that such a school exists, and iä constantly turning out pupii, no one will denv. Some years ago Eeveral well-known ladies, being about to take part in an amateur ierformanee at the Union League TDatre, applied to Miss Morant lor instruction :inl d:.,nR .le 8ix weeks of study which followed, theT bvT11116 so fascinated with the profession thai thc rcfolved to adopt it formally. One only, "I believe, made a successful tfobut, and she afterwards became "leadia lady" in a leading theatre, lean not help thinking thatthi circumstance was the starting point of Misä Morant s school, which is now a recognized institution of our city. Whether it is one likely to elicit unmixed praise or not, it is not my province to decide; but in view of the . probable number . of gushing girls who will take advantage of it to attract the attention they mignt otherwls never win, I may be- permitted to express doubt. When a young thing takes it into her pretty, but, possibly, some hat flighty hear, that she would like to ba an actrG&s, tha plan she pursues is brieflvtbis: she joins some "club lor tne proauciioi ii theatricals." and then rushes off to the above mentioned teacher to be prepared for ber part. The stage appetite is one that grows with what it feeds on, and the more she gesticulates and roils up her pretty eyes, the more convinced is she that she can never be happy ofl the boards. Theu come, as one of" the regular steps, a first apearance at the Uniou League, tor ths-benetnof the society for the prevention or something or other, or the asylum of the what d'ye call 'ems, she doesn't remember which ; and then in a lew weeks more Miss Jones makes the final leap, and goes before the real putlic, as 'JanS perhaps. And if, possibly and perchance, the ill natured cities nhouid say, as thev have been accui of saying, that there is a mannerism about the aforesaid school, and that its founder's name describes literally tbe stylo or acting lnvtriaWy aflerted by the iinbdied pupils, why," let us call there carpins, and have done vithtbrm lorever. In the nd, perhaps we shall be gainers -after all ; or out ot the more or less nebulous mass it were strange indee, if wo could not dUtvver one or two shining stars. ' LED ASTRAT. , jSpeakl3of theaters, the great rent to wbK-i I have before alluded, the catetennlal cekbrat on of "Let! Astray," at the Unioa Knare theater, will take place this week on Friday night. There will be a presentation of bouquets to the lAdies, together with five illustrated bills, representing the different acts of the play. These "bills are now being prepared by the Graphic Company, and are Intended as souvenirs of the long run. At Daly's Theatre, "Charity is the nightly at traction, and is highly successful. The series of sterling comedies at Wallaric's Is, as a matter of course, drawing full houses. We are generally treated to such a season every Tear, at least, when Lester Wallack himself is manager, and ncthiug in tae amusement world can be more thoroughly enjoyable, At present, there is promise of a unique and delightful entertainment, to be the joint ottering of Mr. Daly and Mr. Wallack to the Tjoor ol Isew a orte. The "Scneoi lor scanuai" la the xAkv selected, and the creme de la creme of both companies will take part, A striking feature of this went will be the reappearance, for that night only, or Mrs, Madeline üenrHjue Jennings, formerly reading lady at Wallack 's, and now the wife of the ciuer eaitor pr me Times. &ne con Rents to come before the public once again in order to je in the noble, universal effort to ameliorate tbe condition or our poor, whlcn condition, it would seem Irom present ap pearances. 1? -being so thoroughly ameliorat ed that there will soon be nothing left to do. So much real benevolence ought to draw rich and poor nearer together, and I believe it will have tkat effect, for I heard one poor fellow say that he was glad be fell and broke bis ribsonce,ecause he had been dissatisfied before that with his employers and with his work, and be only round out bow fortu nate be was, and how kind people could be at tbe time when he seemed inost unfortu nate. BT A " RAPID TRANSIT," which you will sxcuse, knwini, as you must, how near to the heart of every New Yorker even tko empty phrase lcust be, come to the subject of the elevated railway in Greenwich street. This railway is inter estingYor many reasons, but ckielly because it is the first assured step toward the solu tion of the problem of " to and o." For a nnmber of vears the iron pillars which sun port it stood in a melancholy row, equally nn&Ightlr and useless, and hnaiuy, Then everybody thought they would he taken away as so much rubbish, a plan was proposed for running the cars, .which proved snccaasful. The original idea was that trains ' should be run by stationary engines, but that proved utterly impracticable. Now, dummv seines are need, and the tradu run on time, and with great rapidity; to, trlD from Dey street to Thirtieth street beint made in thirteen minutes. Including stops. Clentleuien who live the Iludusn river usually take this route to Thirtieth street, where it coaaeets with the Hudson Kiver road, and in this way tbey save a great deal oltime. Ladies, too, are beginning to patronize it, for the cars are high and clean, and of course heated in winter: the stove is placed at one end, out ot the way, and the whole interior of the cars is comfortable. One thing in their construction is noticeable, they have a depression in the centre, between tbe wheels, which is reached by a descent of two or three steps, the end being .considerably bicher. In summer this road is particularly pleasant, as the road runs on a level with the second stories of nouses, and there ia always a fine draft. The effect Irom the street below, of a passing train is yery peculiar,the rapid motion almost taking

one's breath away. While on this elevaating subject, I must mention the latest dodtee" in advertising. All the world is aware that when a lady goes shopping now. a-days she Is politely requested, if she requires anything from up above, not to walk upstairs, as in tbe olden time, but to take the elevator in other words.to take a seat in a small, but elegantly furnished boudoir and be softly carried up in the approved Arabian Nightish way; although I ara bound to say that the young man in charge does not usually resemble in the least a familiar Genie. Well; on a recent occasion, having seated myself In one of these luxuries ot tbe period. 1 became aware of a most delicious odor which served to arouse sweet dreams of "Araby the blest," when all ot a moment I was rudely aroused, and recalled to the nineteenth century and America, by hearing a commonplace voice read: "This elevator is perfumed with Blank's cologne.' Be sure and ask for Blank's cologne. How is that for high?" I should inquire if I were given to slang; as it is, I can only remark that having "soard aloft on eaglefs pinions," I did not like the facilio descensus. ODDS AND ENDS. If there is anything left to talk about, I should saylc is murder; not that we have had a"hy particular soul-harrowing crime during the last seven days, but that when new ones fail the police manage to turn oyer

old ones till they present a new side to the public. In fact, I begin to expect a resuscitation, not of Dr. Burdell himsali, but of his murder: it is only a triQeof eighteen or twenty years since he was killed, aud there never was any certainty about who did it. Kate Stoddard, who has been so long in a Brooklyn prison, bas been varying the monotony of Ufa there by inakine a StatemAn ennm' . the murder ot Charles Goodrich last year, for which she is now held. This woman is likely to prove highly unsatisfactory to tho detectives; she began by giving them a great deal of trouble, and now she indulges in stories to contradictory, and shows a spirit so refractory, that nobody knows what to expect next. The present confession, or statement, as she calls it, is like its author, conspicuous for its attenuation in other words, it is "too thin." Another last vjar's murdf r on Lone Island is brought to the this time, accused of the crime. What will be Hie end of these cases I know not, but in them, as in so many others, murder shows a decided tendency not to "out" at all, after auy length of time. By the way, I suggest that some Ingenious; person ce requested to write a book, to be entitled "A -Year of Murders;" this volume should be divided into 12 chapters corresponding to the months, aud each month should be especi ally considered with reference to climate, temperature, etc. In this waywesnoum Deenaoieuto uiscover how much provo?ation tue weatner may have given to a murderer, before he committed the crime. Weather, like what we are undergoing now, for instance, might everything extenuate. The skies aro deceitliilly brignt at timea, and we venture out "boldly, no matter how coldly'' the wind seems to blow, but on turning the first corner we are met by a trust that would do credit to the open Polar seas; showers of dust cover us, and half blind, thoroughly chilled, and at war with all our kind we "return to our wigwam." Yesterday, the North river was so rough that a colored stewardess on one of the propellers lay down and cried for mercy, yet the sun was shining brightlj all the time. I dare not trust inv pen with the subject farther, it is too harassing. As for the thermometer, it is a thing of low degrees, when it isn'e experi encing on Us owu account, in quick transit. Apropos of the latter, I neglected te mention that the big Brooklyn bridge keeps -on grow ing so fast that the timeseems not tar distant when we can take a "constitutional" by -alkiiiir irailv across to the citv yf churches. The masonrv of this vast work looks as if it were tryinp to pierce the clouds,nd suggests the towor ot Babel ; it is already up so iar that I don't believe that Patairociiau fco often epokea of, will ever succeed in climbing to the top ot it tor a view of this city, unless the sands of time settle around it for a tew thousand centuries, and bury it as the sphinx is buried. In the meantime it will be what the Irishman said Iloosac tunnel was "an or nament to society." C. S. N. MIS 3 NELLY'S FELLOW. Iseo that your Washington correspon dent has fallen into the prevalent mistake regarding the family of Mr. Sartoris, fiance of Mis ; Grant. The Capital has already proved to the entire satisfaction of every one that he is not a descendant of " Sartor Resartus," and the remainder may be of very little consequence to the country at large. Still, for the gratification of a few friends, I hope you wiil make the following correction: Mr. George Charles William Frederick Algernon Sartoris is a son of Mrs. Adealide Sartoris ne Kemble author of the charming novelette, A Week in a French Country House." This, by the way is a description of the homo of her brother, in France, and Jail the personages of the story are drawn from lile. He is a nephew of Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler, consequently a grand son of Charles Kemble an a great nephew of Mrs. Siddons. The distinguished Admrial Sir George Sartoris, K. C B. belongs to an entirely different family. The name -is diflerently spelt, and even differently pronounced. In Mr. Sartoris' patronymic the accent is on the first syllable, in the other case the last syllable is' accented. Mr Saitoris is remarkably handsome, has winning manners, and is deservedly a great favorite in society. His marriage will prob ably take place in the following Octotier. He does not propose revisiting England before the " event." A paragraph on the rounds says that Gustave Dose is a short, stout man, with a large head, a fine brown chevelure, a broad forehead,' a handsone face, very bright, beaming eye, and a peculiarly frank and winning smilo. There is something indescribably animating about his friendly and cordial manner. He is rather more than 40 years of age, but he looks much .younger; and be has been so short a time, comparatively, before the world, that one is. surprised to learn that he has even attained his fortieth year. -. : ... . II. Zl. Brown's horse looks defiantly down Sixteenth street at Clark Mills' horse, the one tkat is in the heroic attitude of throwing his rider (General Jackson) from his position. In LaFaette Square. Both horses are severely criticised and Mills, not learning wisdom from what he has suffered at the hands of eritics, comes out with a card censuring Brown's horse, the one that does not attempt to throw General Scott. Persons who . were conversant with tbe general, think the man too small, and every boy declares the horse too thin. People do not consider the diminishing ef fect ot the focal distance. . Mr. Brown, who. has already received more than the price first announced, ia here 'to demand more money, and thinks congress ought to give him f.'0,000 in all. It is understood he has already receiyed f3540W, Syracuse Journal,

INDIANAPOLIS, .TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1871

DUST TO DUST. SENATOR SUMNER'S OBSEQUIES.. . AN AUTOPSY SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS AND ' SCHOOUS. Boston, March 10. An autopsy of the body of Senator Sumner was made this morning, and made public as follows: The left coronary artery for a considerable portion of its length was so much ossified that its calibre was diminished at least one-half. The right coronary artery was slightly atharomalous, and considerably enlarged. The cavities of tbe heart were .dilated, especially the lower tilrd of the left ventricle. The walls of this ventricle were generally thinner than usual; especially so at a point about an inch and a half from the apex, over a space of two-thirds of an inch in diameter. In the vicinity of this were several small clots of blood, some of which bad formed before death. Nothing abnormal was round in the brain or other organs. Dr. ErownSequard says no traces of the assault committed by Brooks arediscerned in the brain. There is a very general suspension of business to-day, and all the public schools are closed. THE CEREMONIES. KINO's CHAPEL IMPRESSIVE EXERCISES AT A VAST CROWD PRESENT. . , , Boston, March It). The obsequies of Senator Sumner took place at half-pat three o'clock this afternoon in King's Chapel. The remains were conveyed from Doric Hall In A liearse drawn by four" Uak horses, escorted by a force of mounted state constables, followed by a procession of executive and legislative authorities, the congressional committee and delegation. United States oiüVlals, municipal authorities, and The pall bearers were ex-Governor Clifior'J, ex-Governor Bullock ex -Governor Clafiln, ex-Governor Washbnrne. pr.fhicf t.,. tico Bigelow. N. P. Tii.- 'itrya,t C. Winthrop. CiSt-Im John G. Quittier and Ralph Waldo r.mersou. "As the casket was borne from tna hall down the steps, the band played a dead march. The profession pas-ed down Beacon j-treet lietween masses of people which it required the vigilant exertions of a large police force to prevent from encroaching upon the street, Preceding, the mayor were four men who bore a massive cross nine feet in height, composed of calla lilies, camelias, lilies of the valley, violets and UU1CI VUUIUÜ a bed of exotics. .tvi. me uase, in vIoleL. Wf-re the a a ai white words. A tribute from hin native city and home. Arrived at tbQ church the remains were conveyed slowly down the aisle and deposited in front of the altar. After an organ prelude the li9v. Mr. Foote recited, "I aDi tho resurrectiou and the life, id the LiOrd,he who belie veth in me though he were dead, ;yt fchall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.'.' THEN FOLLOWED - f " I know that my redeemer liveth and that He shall stand at tho latter day upon the earth, and though after my bkin worms destroy this body, yet . in my flesh shall see God. We brought nothing Into this world and we can carrv nothing out. The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be tbe name of the Lord. The choir then sang, "To thee O Lord, I yield my spirit." Mr. Foote then read the 39th and UOth psalms, the choir chanting alternate pama:e3. Selections 1 chapter of rirwt Corinthians contained in the burial service wrethen read, after which the choir sang Mendelssohn's anthem, "Happy and biest. ai luey wLo uave endured, for though t,ae body dies the soul shall lw forever Mr. Foote then read the passages "beginning "Man who is born of woman hath but a slioit tiiae to live and ia full ol troutle." The choAr then sang "Leave good to order all thv ways." Toe prayers of the service fallowed.. auer wnicn tue cnoir sang, "servant of Gou-. Wellvone." Jdr. I oote tuen pronounced Me benediction, and Mendels-sohn's luaeral march was played upon the organ as, the remains 'were removed from the 'church. The procession then refornned and cortege slowly proceeded through Ileacon and Charles streets to the Cambridge bridge, and thenc to Mount Auburn, where it arrived stortly afver six o'clock. At the grave the Lord's p.tayer was recited by the Re v. Dr. Sunlerla.ud,a choir of forty male voices from th Apollo Club sang some appropriate music,, ' and the benediction by the Rev. Mr. Foote -closed the last sad rites paid to the mortal remains of, Massachusetts senator and Xoston's honored son. In accordance with Governor Washburn's proclamation, the bells were tolled during all the time the procefsion was moving. A vast crowd gathered in the vicinity of the state house and King's Chapel, and the line of the route of the procession. ALMOST A RIOT. BEFORE THE CHICAGO COCNCCL A DEFEAT FOK THE WOMEN AX, INFURIATED 110R ALMOST VIOLENCE. Chicago, March 16. In aeoordanee with arrangements made at the ladies' temperance meetings, held on Thursday last and on yesterday, some five hundred ladies met at the Clark street Methodist church, at 3 'clock this morning and . after appointing a committee of one hundred of their numbr to .present a memorial to tbe city .ounci cgainst the proposed repeal or tte Sun-jtiy saloonclosing ordinance, devotd the rsternoon to 1 .prayer for tbe success of their mission. At seven orclock tbe delegation stated for the city hall bearing a memcrial sigted by JC.000 women. They were attended in their marches by a constantly in:reaskr crowd of idle men end boys, and by the tiiae they Beached the doors of the council chaiaberso great a mob .had gathered as to rnucW the services of a largo force of police neeeury to at cure their entrance. Arriving in the council -hamber the delegation was courteously received, and tte chairwoman of the elegatioa was, after some debate, Allowed t present the petition, which ske did in a .few well chosen ; words. Thß petition "was the read by ttwj city clerk and plaoel on file. The council then proceeded to the onsideraüou of the special or&r which was the Ardto&nce permitting saloons to be kept . ; . OPEN ON SUNDAY. , A very warm debate ensued, in wkieh most of Ike aldermen ot the people's party claimed tkat they were bound . to vote for the ordinance as . it was, one issue upon "which they were elected; A i vote was taken, and the ordinance was adopted by a vote of 23 to ill. The defeated ladies were then escorted from tbe hall to the outer door by the police,whe, with the utmost difficulty kept back the howling mob of living scum which still remained on the outside. Reaching tbe street,' the ladies, all of whom were of the highest respectability and included i the wives, of soma of the best citizens, were assailed with yells and howls from the vil6f crowd that could be raked from the gutters of the city, and who pressed so closely upoa the little band, that had

lheA" not been protected by a few men among the crowd, there is little doubt that violence would have been offered them.- Indeed, one brute did trip one of the ladies, but slunk away before the fist . . of a gentleman, standing near. The mob followed the ladies the entire distance back to the church, veiling every moment like Camanches, and presenting one of tbe most disgraceful scenes ever witnessed in this city. After the women had entered the church- and briefly reported the failure ot their mission, those present spent some time in prayer and then dispersed' NEW YORK.

TWEED TO BE MOVED THE TEMPERANCE JUROR CIRI.VNAL NEWS INDICTMENT OF NEWARK FUNCTIONARIES. New York, March 16, 1871. Judge Brady has granted the motion of the counsel ot Wm. M. Tweed to make the clerk's record of his sentence conform to the language used by Judge Davis, thus substituting county jail for penitentiary. John Donohue has been arrested in this city, charged with being an accomplice in the murder of Jams Graham, at Little Neck, Long Island, February 18, 1S73. The executive committee named In their call for a mass meeting to give a public expression of opinion on the national finances, have adopted the following .resolutions by way of instructing those who may prepare resolutions for tho ina meeting, and also to inform tbe speakers of the general seutlmentg expected from.ticm : Resolved, That the sentiment of the committee is opposed to any further increasoor United States legal tendeis or national bank notes. . Unsolved. That cont;r-is bft requested to take early ftrtion on tbe question .of tbe finances, that the business of. the country may no longer suffer from uncertainty which now oppresses it, The temperance meeting in Harry Hill's theater, last evening, differed little from that of the previous Sunday. ' General Mullen conducted the exercises, and during the discourse much amusement was canned by a parrot ejaculating "You're Irish !" There were numerous signers to the pledges, which were kept until the bar opened, at the close of the meeting, the signers having been previously informed that each could fix in his own mind the duration of his total abstinence promise. Mehan's saloon, on Bridge street, Brooklyn, was thitmgcd last evening on the occasion of a temperance prayer meeting held there. . The proprietor made all things comfortable for the women, Owen Manger, of 208 1 West Twentieth street, threw a lishted keropon lamp at his ' wife Saturday nicht and burned her sev ly. She died yesterday. Mangen was coii-1 muted to.await the action of the grand juy. The fund for the support of the wiow and seven children of the Rev. ' Kinip T. Cooke, of Paris, a delegate to the evangelical alliance, who was saved from the peeked vessel, Ville da Havre, by the LocV Erne,' but was so much inj ired in health rom the exposure that ho died shortly afterreacbing home, now amounts to 820,000. ,fhe evangelical alliance invites all churcles sympa thizing with the object to takoiu a collection for it as soon as possible. J- , Ex-Jndge Joseph C. Youygi Alderman Stainsley, Chief of . police 'Kogers, street fVnni-äsioner Sullivan. Berirad II. .Shanley. William Dykes, Controls O'Conner and Valentine Bicklerhave bsrn arraigned at the Newark court of Oyer and Terminer for conspiracy to defraud tbe otty in certain paving arrangements. Tnev, wrere bailed in ten thousand dollars each. Tue Methodist miuistera to-day appointed a committee to report upon the temperance question. William James Denman, editor of the New York Tablet, died yestorday in his 42d year. ," m ' ANOTHER DEAD MAN." OF A FARMER FOUND HEART DISvsn SUSPECTED ACTION OF LOUISVILLE BOAtd OF TRADE. Louisvvxe, Ky., March lC.-Wm. McGinnis, a ialthy farmer of McCracVju cormty, Kentucky, was found doiid near West Point, in Hardin county, last Friday, with his horse standing guard over the bodv. He had evidently fallen from the horse, probably fron heart disease. The board of trade to-day adopted a reso lution askine congress to extend aid to the Texas Facilic Railroad, and a resolution re questing the Kentucky congressmen to urge a change in the bankrupt bill now pending. so as to provide for a uniform amount of ex emotion throughout the couutry, without reference to anv state law in the matter. SUICIDE. A?f EX-OFFICER OF THE AR.MX SHOOTS HIM SELF NO CAUSE ASSIGNED TUE CENTRAL PACIFIC BLOCKED UP. San Francisco, Morch 1G. Colonel Oliver P. Robie, formerly of the United States army committed suicide in 'this city to-day. lie shot himself twice through the head with a revolver. The cause of the suicide is unknown. Despatches from Emigrant Gap state that the snow has again blocked up the trains o the Central Pacific road near that point. 1 , ' OCT ON BAIL. UK. MC'LEAN BELASED FROH CUSTODY. Cincinnati, 0., March 1G. John McLean, mar-aging editor of the Enquirer, who was committed to jail for.contempt of court In refusing to answer the prosecuting attorney's question as to the source of his Information regarding the Scowden libel matter, on Saturday last, was late last night released from custody by Judge Cot, of the common pleas, bail keing given tor his appearance at the police court to-day. TELEGRAFHIC NOTES. The lark Jupiter, has arrived from New York at Gibraltar. She experienced tempestcouc weather, and lost several hands overboard, Including her aaster. ' Sunday night as a youog man named Killer, of Camden, Maine, aoconap&nied by Miss Holt, ot .Lincoln ville, was driving across a pond, tbe team .iroke through, carrying tke buggy under the ice and Tall werediowncd. i ( : . Represent! ive Hawley, of Connecticut, president of the centennial commission, made a speech before the committee oa appropriations, to-day, in favor ot an appropriation for the exposition. . The Tribune of to-moraow In a leading editorial favors Chaxles Francis Adams as the successor of Mr. Sumner. The Boston Advertiser also advocates the selection of Mr. A dams for the Senate. The manufacturers employing morocco dressers of Lynn, Massachusetts, have resolved not to give employment to any finisher who contributes to an organization aiding or supporting the men now on a strike. Extra policemen guard the factories at night.

- ' WASHINGTON. THE PRESIDENTIAL HEALTH HOWARD'S IX

VEOTIOATION INDIAN MATTERS TUM PKKAKCK ITEMS THE CENTENN1AI. APPROI'fUATIO. , .. i Washington, D. C, March Hi. The president has a severe cold and is not in the official portions of the executive mansion to-day. No visitors are received. Receipts from lhe customs for the present month are below the corresponding period of last year. It is the opinion of treasury officials that the customs have recovered from the effects of the fall panic. The Howard court of inquiry to-day examined General Meigs of the court, acting commissary general Sears and Adjutant General Townsend with rgard to the regu lations ana laws or congrs concerning apropriation8 made from the time General loward became responsible therefor. . Dispatches received at tbe war department report the Indians of the Leech lake reservation committing depredations. Tbe acting agent called on General Terry icr troop to protect them. While unablo to send troops at present, every effort will be made by the military authorities to protect tbe agency and settlers in the vicinity. , , : The outstanding legal tenders amount to 000,000. , , . The District of Columbia investigating committee met today, but adjourned witLout transacting aiy business. 1 A point has b?n raised äste tbe light of the president, pro tern., to appoint a chairman for a joint committee.. . . . A number t f clergymen met to-day to discuss the temperance ' question. I w'as; proposed td1 hold prayer-meetiag" next week in furtherance 1 of ' the cause. The parage of bills ' before ' congress, ' introduced .by Messrs. Lowre y and Monroe first enacting that the usua parpherfüa'"used about driuking places shall bVconsldered as evidence that liquor is sold and secondt a damage bill, similar to that n w in force in Ohio, were advocated. A resolution endorsing the bills and pro vidin; for the appointmeus of a committee to wlt on the committees at congress haviniy. iu charge and urge this passage was adpted. A committee was appointed to w4i upon and reo uest the Catholic elerev to 4-öperate with tbem in this movement. ' i - FORTUNATUS IN CONGRESS. , THE MOST ENVIABLE MAN IN AMERICA WIT. LI AM WALTER PHKLPS A EREE4 Y . PICTURE OF A CONGRESS CROESUS. , ; Gideon, of the Chicago Times, makes this telling and very life-like picture of a rising member of congress, whese late 'speeches have convulsed congress : "William Walte: Phelps" finds that nature and fortune an eternally at war as to which shall be in th( more constant attendance upon him; whici sLalf besprinkle him the more lavishly wit rare gifts. Fortune not only saw that t was born with the gold spoon in his moult but she studded the handle with diamond, and was mad that she could no further increase its value. Nature ' made a goodlooking baby of him, and so finished her work at that stage of his life that she hps not since been able to undo it, if she would. The capricious dame has ever had a knack of repenting the favors she showers mi miancv. bv turning be auti hi 1 babes into hideous men. 'in so, too. vim oinerani mala. She changes the winsome kids into the uneainly. bad-flavored coats: downey chickens into straddling Sbanghaie; lambs to rams. Butler is said to have been a trio rioos infant, and Caliban was, probably, a Cherub in his earlier days. Nature, al&o, gave Mr. Phelps a sparkling fancy, ceat ludement. aud industry. Fortune toroed agreeaoie companions, ana loe gooa-wiii oi bis fellow-men, into the yoang man's lap. Nature saw that the mutual protege thrived t college, and fortune started Lim in life immen wealth. Nature bad tcheolod him u thrifty use of that wealth, so that it has doubled iu his hands, and fortune next landed Mm in a congressman's hair, whe:e nature stood Hhind him to wee th he was quick and bright in debate, and that trein in mud, a witty representative. So it has come about that tbe republican side of the house owns a man brined with Attic salt; jocularity in an undertaker's shop. Mr. fbelps is a son ot tbe smor member of the famous New Yoik importing house Phelps, Dodge, fc Co.; is thirty-dve years of age; a Yale graduate; ad:scernng European traveler, and "worth" between Ui0W,W and $5,000,000. He is a carpet-bar-irer on a Crojsus scale, acknowledging Nev York as his home, but representing th I'aterson district. rew Jersev. lie owns residences, however, both in New York and New Jersey, and can claim to be a propertyholder in the latter state, possessing a mis erable fragment of real estate, just back ot the Palisades, for which he paid a shade over 1,000,000, and which he claims has nearly double that value now. There are rfew paying railroads in the country in whieh he does not own an interest, and be is one of the company which is building the great diagonal route across Texas. This company deserves the obloquy of all good men lor its members are rushing a railway through a sparsely settled couutry, without a cent of aid from congress. Phelps designates his side of the house of representatives as Sleepy Hollow. This contemptuous appellation is likely to stick, and the cumbersome oh ehuncks of stupidity around him are in dined to resent the impertinence. Bu P&eLps thinks six times wbile they art making up their minds once. Their at tempts at .flattening him with ponderous re bukes have been forsaken. The trial ha been made once or twice, but Phelps glided, spryly, from beneath the blow, and smacked his would-be mentor so gaily with the curl of wit, that they have quit seeking to admonish or crush. Tbe raps still tingle, in some cases. Said one auguot nobody to me this morning: We need no jester in the home of representatives. Mr. Phelps is injuring his prospects for all time by his buffoonery." This solemn ass could not see that Phelps' happy triek of fixing a laugh at any mortal thlug, has given him a better repute in three months than his dull critic has earned in five sessions. Yet there be men who preter the shepherd of Salisbury Plains to Sidney Smith ; sour mash to Amontillado ; cabbage to one of Blot's ragouts. Mr. Phelps is trim and dainty of figure ; wears eye-glasses because he needs them ; is not afraid of a cut-away coat and honprably fit ting trousers, and has a good notion to part his hair in the middle, but dosen't. His en semble is that ot ' a junior partner in a dr y goods house. with a predilection for dawd ! ling about club-houses in the evening. Baf his appearance belles him, for he is a vigoi , ous worker by day and night, and has a thorough, practical, successful knowedge of banking, his regular business. His speech is rapid, and his enunciation is as distinct as was Parepa's in song. There is an even How of raillery, trenching on ban

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ter, as he talks, but his sharpest word are sugured with good nature, and only prigs rK1V)noe from his entimenu. any length, he already owns the attention and merriment of the house. The ac st ff VndW06 '? UP,n rin trip, along, md the printed remit of hl addresses are dotted with "laughter," in brackets, as thickly as a eood pudding I with plums Iwlntherewereadofh:mL ' spice the heavy mince-meat of the hou T I had near y skipped, in enumerating i0od hincM, hia many shares in tho New Yo-k Iribune. He swings stocks enough in thai journal to have his own way with it, and ie the man through whose aid Whitelaw J drew the magic circle around Sim-lair arV his schemes I de not think of anv other specially pleasant attribute of thii pronitioualy-fixed gentleman. If there it anything lacking, "whistle and it will corn to you, my lad." The cap and purse ci Wtunatns, lamp and rW ot Aladdin, Alidastouch. and all the r.M,.r i-.n,- . ancient and modern kindly snintsweiu to it; yuurs. Ii KAU It KG A 1 1 D. TIIE LOUISIANA INFAMY REHEARiED Wrr 4T THE STATE SEEDS TO RK SAVKH. The lollowing is the full text of the letter rr General Beauregard, which has caused ton.sideraiJie comment: "General J. Ii. Gordon. United Stat as .p-. tor from Georgia: "Office N ew Orlkaxs and Cahrolltov ) Railroad Company, j NewOrieans, February 4, Ihn. j "My Dear General: It is with reluctance that I ever meddle with political questions, lut there are times when it Irvine np.T.pry to abandon one's retirtir.ert t. aid m rescuing a ' whole eommnnitv from tho ruin ' and desolation which threatens it, under the rule of the bad people whe, through bribery, corruption aud false vesting, have usurped ofSces which cr.sble them to control its destiny. Br.i what is still more painful to behold is that f erne "to the manor born" are ready to raT.sto the enormities committed by those dc-rreia-tors of a broken down and triples rnn.. munity. To illustrate this I enclose vet; a published letter of ex-Gov. P. O. Ueri rl, of the 1st instant, directed to the Hon. Mr. Bayard, ol the United States Senate, calculated to do as much injury bv preventing the only measure likely to give us some relief. I am positive that he sjeaksoiilyscritin:erts that are common to tho attaches cl Kellogg and . his s-called government. General Herbert has disqualified Li;nse'.t from speaking for the snflering white peo ple of this state bv accepting an on.ee irem and lending his influence to those who I: ivo usurped its government to disroil tern. You doubtless recollect the yisit of the com mittee of citiz-ens of this city to Washintrn last year. Tho committee advised t! :.t the case of Louisiana should be represented to congress at this session, and a committee r f seventy was appointed to collect testimony and to make the presentation, vnuu v. riv bas boen performed to the entire sat: faction cl this community. A convention of delegates from tbe various parishes in tho sUte, iet here in the early part of the win ter, nu renewea tneir expression oi u:approbation of the Kellogg government, ami resolyed to communicate that disapp roba tion to congress. . Tho governor and leg:.ata re who were expelled irom muw Lyme revolutionary tribunal which issued , , TUE MIDNIGHT ORDT-R for selling the capitol and to impanel an illecal legislature, have met and submitted lb case to congress. Last winter a creature ii med Lowell was tho speaker of the homo of representatives of the Kellogg legislaturo and United States postmaster, uc -was dismissed from the latter office on cuarjt . of embezzlement, and (larceny. Norvs-Uh-standing this he is ' still speaker of the house of representative?. YLy fo? Hecause every manor Iba Keuogg government knows that larceny and embezzlement have been the principle of that government, looked upon, however, as laudable efforts tv . improve their personal . condition. in, the fare of these facts the statement of General Herbert, that the people desire to rppeso in -the arm of Governor Kellogg would seem to require some substantiation. But is this alL that has been done? A committee of consress nan examined the condition cf lhe United States court here as administered by : M o iiid-'fi who issued the midnight crder; .a:h1 efforts nave oeeu maus uere au nd in Vtiiiroti topreocfiiry tbo public n-.lnd in reference to the result of thnx in ventila tion by false statements. The evidence, on the contrary, shows an amount of extortion, rapacity, and abue which belongs to tho judicial administration of nocivili7.2d country, and until now has never been known In the United States. Ii the congress, with a view to cover up official maladministration, shall bury the testimony, and fail to perform its duty to alford redress to an oppressed and tyrannized community, we shall be able to determine the day of the death of the republic. That day shall be when some bold men shall gather force enough to thrust congress from the capitol. Althougn an advocate oi state rigais, I can not admit the plea of "non-interfer-tnce" made by many democrats in congress. I' two branches of tbe government (the ex- " eoative and judiciary) ILLEGALLY INTERFERED in N our late state elections to bring about the lamentable condition of affairs, which is bringing ruin and desolation to the door of every oneiu Louisiana, Is it not tbe imperative duty of the remaining branch of the government the legislatite to correct the injustice and harm tint have been done us? If a new election cannot bo ordered, the whole matter mightbe referred back to tho people iu convention assembled. It is by the constitution the duty of congress to guarautee to each state a "republican form of government." I an assure you that we have hero no governiient at all; that is, if we understand by tat word the public authority which shoull protect life and property. The lives of our dtirens are not protected in proportion to tbe heavy expenses paid for cur police force, which Las been u?f a latterly mere like "janiisaries," to arrest and overawe our people than to afford them protection. As to our property, when taxes have reached abofat live and a half per cent, per annum on aa over-estimate of said property it is no longer worth holding; indeed, it is equivalent to confiscation, Hence we actually have no government in Louisiana, republican or otherwise, anl it becomes theduty of congress to relieve ns from the rnle of the corrupt and lawless vampires who are sucking tbe very life-blood of our people. With regard to tbe acquiescence in the Kellogg government (recommended by General Herbert) uutil tbe fall elections for a new legislature, it would be merely perpetuating the Kellogg usurpation; for it would no: remove him and his numerous olDce-hoIders even if the legislature so elected were ar."irepublican; but no one here ia insane enough to imagtie that an election conducted under thj auspice of the present state administraton could possiMy be a fair expression ot th( will of the people of the state. May I request you, Mr. Stephens, and other friend of the south, to use your Influence in giviig us some relief from the many wrongs wehave suffered since the advent in 18&S of tlese merciless adventursrs who are tbe caus of all our troubles. I re in ail yours, most truly. U,T,BAUKEaißI