Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1874 — Page 4

'THEIi.rANOTATTSENTm

TU ES DA V, JUNK 9.

Michigan U the field of woman's great endeavor this year. The way this eonses to paäs wa tarouga a resolution of that etat a o fw months azo. submitting to the neoole the dropping ol the word "male from tbo constitution. Since that time thA iriends of woman suffrage have been actively at woric. organ ix jnif fftra tnrt vicrorou caronaien. At the jv - - - ' O ' w annnal meeting of the wo tu an eufirage acmrwati.in of that atato the sum of $2,000 was raised on the spot to carry on the Cam paign, while the executive committee pro pre :aising in aadition ?).ooo for the same purple. Mrs. Stanton U already "stutnpiiiff" thA state, and is expected to be w followed by George William Curtis, Mrs. J,ucy Stone, Colonel T. W. Higgin.son, Mrs. Live; more, Mrs. Olympia Brown and many others. Some opposition is already shown to tb statements oT Mrs. Stanton, who bases her arguments on the condition of the women of other states, forgetting tbat the laws of Michigan on this subject are very liberal and impartial. A majority of the pane a in the state, however, decided in iavor of the amendment and many of the lfe1inr nnea Are its declared friends. The f full discussion is certain, and whether the amendment receives a ratifica t ion or not, the present campaign will do much to enlighten public opinion on the subject, and will thu3 be a nearicg step to the expected victory of the iutnre. ieneral (irant never succeeded in dis tramng the councils of Lee so perfectly as he lias those of the republican party by his recently singular "memorandum" to Son ator Jones. It is not unknown to the country that the finance committees of the House and Senate have been industriously at work ever since the veto perfecting a plan which shall satisfy the expansionists while it does not alarm the sound currency men The difficulty of sach an endeavor, aoea not seem to have struck the active agents of the plot and it would have gone on in good faith, evidently, had the president refrained from promulgating his Jones memoranda. The committee were In deeD consultation Friday and as Mr. Morton and others bad absolutely declined to rut their names to aD y bill not .ikely o receive the president's signature, most of the members were in favor ot sending a delegation to the president to ascertain just what he. would approve. You will observe the sterling independence and republican simplicity of this. The representatives of the people must first ascertain what measure will be agreeable to the executive and then put it in operation. That's the way they do in countries that have kinji, and although hitherto unknown to republics, it will doubtless become fashion able. The simple minded old gentlemen who devised legislative, executive and Judicial departments of government, meant that one thonld serve as a check to the other; as our party fiienJs cotislrue it, the president conibiues all the power of the three. If he approves a measure, that is sufficient It isn-.it for the interest of the people t!tiat these chaps Legislate; it is for the party which clothes, feeds and keeps them in otli-.f. Nothing could illustrate more clearly the utter hollowness of partisans than this abj3ct subservience to the president, uol as the executive of the nation's interest?, but as the head of a corrupt party. The whole financial t discussion has lucn carried on in the same spirit. Mr. Morton presuming; that popular clamor was the Jeep sealed public sentiment of the nation, turned his back upon his first declaration and plunged wildly into the adve--cvM-y of iullation. Finding the ldta a mere passing craze, be hastens to x plain that he never seriouly intended to go astray but ran and barked with the hour.d., just to make believe tbat he was with them in spirit. If parties were in any any sense deserving of continued life, such conduct as their leadeis have displayed during thi session would be strong enough to shake thrni to tb"r foundations. There 5s no s uoa tnmg as exhausting the corruptions and scandals ol the departments at Washington. During tbo present session from sixteen to twenty investigating committees have been sitting on administration derelictions, and every day deep resounds to deep in renewed wrong doings. The latest infamy brought to conspicuous light, is in the pension ofiice, where Credit Mobilier and Sanbornisni on a small scale seem to have been growing for a time. A Washington correspondent . of the Tribune lays some very ugly charges against General J, II. Baker, the commissioner of 'pensions. It is charged by the writer that General Baker has, by his decisions and tampering with the law, avoided pajing to honest claimants of pensions, who prove disability, the money which it was the intention of congrevs they should receive, lie claims that as much as 4S0,C00 altogether has boen detained from crippled veterans to whom it rightfully belongs, and that nearly as much more has been extorted lrom just claimants for foes by attorneys who know the repes to secure what the soldier is entitled to.' How this is done tke writer explains at length, and especially the fight of Commissioner Baker with the law. The latter first began his frauds on the pensioners by the rulings of his office aud afterwards endeavored to secure amendments to the law to sustain the decisions. It appears that Judge Niblack of this state, in May, 1872, exerted himself to secure an amendment which would remove the d iniquities in 'he way of justice to the claimants of pensions. The point consisted In expuuging the word "permanent" before disability and certain other catch words undf r which Baker oould rule out the claims. Tue biil pasdod the House, but was actually altered surreptitiously by tools of the pension ofiice before being engrossed in the Senate. This being corrected, the . passage of the bill was staved off for the time, and subsequently, when passed, was tampered with again, etc. All the details, which require too

much pace to describe, lead to the samo conclusion, tbat the pension oflice as now managed is perverted to the robbery of needy and helpless soldiers of what the-government intended them to have. It Is' known' that always there has been a vast amount ot trouble in conveying from the public treasury to the soldiers the bounties, backpay, and pensions given them by law. Whether the allegations of Equity" are true or not, be seems to have watched the

subject closely, and to possess facta which may be readily verified. As for the Com uiissioner.t here may be another side for him to show. It has been asserted that considerable numbers are drawing pensions on certificates ot permanent disability, who are not disabled from such lucrative business as they choose to pnrane. ' It is possible General Biker has sought only to weed out frauds. The truth in cases where money is involved Is hard to get at, for money makes mischief wherever It touches. The law should be clear, explicit and just. Above all things, it should provido for the soldier to obtain his dues without the services of zreedv and unprincipled' attorneys, who make a busiuess of professional robbery. When last December Attorney General Williams did not become chief justice. Colonel B. II. Bris tow was tendered the at torney generalship. At tbat time the Louis ville Courier Journal, departing for once from the strait and narrow path of partisanship, gave Mr. BrLstow, although a life long opponent, the name of being an honest man Now that he has been nominated to fill the c'jair hitherto occupied by that eminent ig noramus Jadze Kichardson, a word con cerning his lite, habits, and pre nous condition is apropos. He ha South erner of the Henry Clay type generous, jovial and cultured, lie is a Kentncklan by birth, and is a resident of Louisville. Alter the war closed be began the practice of the legal profession in that city, and was ap pointed district -attorney ot Keutncky. He gained so areata reputation in the discharge ot the duties of that ofiice that the authorities at Washington sent ' for him to come to that city and help out Ackerman in the fulfillment rjf the work of the attorney gen eral's office, a special position being created for him, that of solicitor general. At this post he acquired an extensive reputation for lesral ability, aud he performed all the duties to which Ackerman was by an official position supposed to devote his gigantic intellect. About eighteen months since Colonel Bristow resigned his place to accept a lucra tive position with the Southern Pacific railroad company. He .is spoken of by those Who know him well, not only as a very popular man, but also as one who deserves his popularity by his integrity. talents and graceful manners. To elevate the o flics which he has been called to assume will not require just now one-half the gifts with which ho is accredited, and altogether there seems to be In the change a chance for great congratulation for the people. It will be a thorn in Mr. Morton's flesh to call to mind the tact that Col. Bristow is a hard money man, and that he will not be apt to deal with. the reserve alter Richardson's and Boutwell'a robijer fashion. Since the con dition of General , Grant's mind and pur poses do not admit of a really great fiuanier In the treasury, we should be satisfied ith Colonel Bristow, tor though he is by no means great in parts he is rather conspicu ous In particulars for instance, houesty and breeding a novelty in a Grant cabinet. By a resolution of congress iu March 173, the committee on privileges and elections were instructed to report at the next session upon the best mode cf electing a president and vice president of the United States and of providing a tribunal to decide contested questions. Pursuant to that resolution the the said committee have made the report required. In one word ' they have reported Mr. Morton's plan which, was laid before the public in a speech by that gentleman last year aud has received its discussion by the press and people. The plan is embodied in a proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, concisely stated in the following article: 1. The president and vice-president fchall be elected by the direct vote of the people In the manner following: Kach state shall be divided Into districts equal in number to the u amber of rettf-ewntadve to which the btte may be enliiicd in the coDsrrexs, to be composed of contiguous t riitorj , aud to be nearly as equal lu population as may be; and the pervou having the highest mimt er of votes in each dinrlci for president shall lective the vote of that district, which Khali count one presidential vote, t 2. The pert-ou havtug the hi&hest number of Votes for president in a wate stiad receive two f residential votes from Iberia eat large. 8. The person having the blähest n timber of prea'denilal votes in the United states hall be resident. . t '4w if two perrons have the same number of votes In any ptate, It being the highest number, they shall receive ach one presidential vote from the state at large; and If more than .two persons shall have each the same number of votes in any statc.lt being the highest number, hp pcBbideutlal vote hl be counted from the staie at large. If more pemons than on (.ball Iiave the same namlter of votes it belrg the ligheat number in any district, no presidential vote shall be counted from that district. The foregoing provisions shall apply to the election of vice president. The eongrct-8 Khali have power to provide for holding and coDductlcg the elections of president and vice president, aud to establisa tribunals for the decision of such elections as may be 7. The states thall be divided Into district by the legislatures thereof, but the congress may at aoy time by law make or alter the sane. ! The plan of the amendment is supported by an elaborate argument setting forth the defects and dangers of the electoral system now in vogue. It is shown tbat the idea of the convention of 1787 was that the electors chosen or appointed by the states should cast their votes at their discretion for such candidate as was their choice, and that tbey Should not be pledged in advance ' to vote for .any particular person. But just the reverse of that idea is the custom and no : member of the electoral would presume to consult his own preference over that of his party on pain of lasting disgrace. In fact, it is now seen that it would not do at all to place the election of president and vice president in the hands of a lew men. The present system does not allow a person to vote for the candidate of his choice unless he wishes to vote with a party. lie must find enough of his way of thinking to nominate electors. Again, it is urged that under the present system, it is an election by states, and not by the people. The electoral votes of 10 states, out ot 37 are

ufScient to elect a president, and tbat, too, ignoring the minority ia those states, as the Vote la made practically unanimous. The report argues at length the Injustice and unfairness of voting by states, casting the vote of the states solid, and shows at length how the . president may be elected without a aaaiority of the popular vote. Another formidable objection is that no provision is made to decide contests in the choice of lectors in this inoet important of all the results of popular suffrage. The difficulties which are liable to arise, and have been met in counting the vote are also discussed and shown to be a source of fatal danger to government and to peace. All these and other manifest defects of the existing provision for electing a chief magistrate, are thoroughly argued, and the fea tares of the amendmentexplained. Whether the best method is presented in the report,

will be a matter about which many will dit Ier widely. It la no new topic of thought and discussion. Mr. Sumner advocated a direct popular ballot lor tho choice of president, and much has been written in a scientihe and mathemati cal way on cumulative voting. That there is need for some change in the method of expression is conceded by every onc,and the sooner a new plan of election is adopted the less danger there will be of complications from which the natien has thus far marvellously escaped. Wool growing in India a, instead of holding its legitimate place by the side of wheat, corn, pork, beef and what the farmer calls business, takes rank with the production of eggs and chickens, a sort ot resource of pin money for the women. The farmer keeps a few turkeys, ducks, chickens and sheep, and hardly counts on any or all ot them as a source of profit. Now the sheep have just been sheared, and every day one ol the familiar sights is the farm wagon, with the family, or a portion of it, on tho seats, while looming up behind is a bundleot wool tied up loosely in a blanket. The team brings up at one of the factories or purchasing stores, the wool is taken inside, dumped on the floor in a heap, and sold for what it will bring, just now a very fair price. Hut the condition of the wool is deserving a parsing word, and more than a passing thought by is: those who raise and sell it Not a fleece rolled up and tied, nor kept distinct from its fellows. That the wool is unwashed need not be mentioned, tor when an attempt is made at washing, the result is to make the wool less merchantable than if it were left untouched. Under this system tho advantage of the belter quality is lost to the producer, because it is sold promiscuously with the bad quality. The buyer or the manufacturer into whose hands the medley mass finds its way at last, sorts it over skill fully and makes his profits by turning the best qualities to advantage. It is true the farmer may havo not moro than one or two dozen fleeces of wool to sell, it is not much, his wife takes the money to buy a new drees or a bolt of muslin, and ho dont care to cake the trouble of putting up his wool in good order. The aggregate loss, however, to the producing class is very heavy. By the census ot 1S70 the wool product of tho state is laid down at 5.0-JT.02:l pounds, and owing to tho driblets in which it is sold the above figure is no doubt a million pounds below the truth ;so that the product must be worth more than a müliou and a half of dollars. It would uot be ex travagant to suppose that by carelessness of handling and marketing, the producers this year will lose half a million of dollars which might be saved without much trouble. Tho point of difficulty ia that the geueral I condition of western wool keeps the stand ard price down to the low average grade. It is difficult for. one cartful man who takes pains to market in good order to get paid tor It, because ( there are not onough ot bis kind to establish a distinction and a corresponding price. .The point to be gained is a ceneral reform in wool and the mode of handling. Most people know how a fleece should be taken off, kept together and done up. It is something of an art to tie up wool as it should be done, but it may soon be learned. Unless fleeces are well done up they can never he sold for their real value. So long as people bring it to market in a, blanket so :-mixed that '- no single - fleece . , can . ba Identified, tbey must expect buyers ot Indiana wool , to set the standard accordingly, and to Buffer a universal discount. Some ot the best combing wools are often told at au Inferior price, being mixed with lower grades, to be sorted out by second hands at a good profit. For proof and illustration of these statements, it . is only necessary to inspect the stocks which are dally coining into this city. ' The enterprising correspondent of the Cincinnati tiazelte, stationed in this city, who makes life a perpetual motion for the grinding out of news, took it into his head yesterday to extract all the valuable information contained in the head of Mr. James Com stock ,one of t he representative grangers of I ndlana. Just what Mr. Comstock did divulge, is presented elsewhere in the florid arrangement of the correspondent himself. So far the tale is coherent. After subjecting the ing the information extracted from Mr. Comstock, however, the correspondent pnts it through the crucible of bis own mental deglutition, and amon other things digested from that work of wisdom are solid chuncksof wisdom, nuggets as it were, glistening in the sun of organic sense: But he (Comstock) impresses one constantly with the feeling thai he Is not acting, in nil re specta,aa his own sc-Bse of duty would prompt htm to act. And that there is a power behind the thron, which ii planning much of the work that Brot her Corns ock is executing, cau not be denied. There are men concealed who are after the spoils." Mr. Comstock may not be aware of it, but true reformers, determined to wipe out rascality and rewari hones y wherever found to exist, would not attempt to repeat the Cincinnati convention farce; and yet by attempting to dictate to the republican or democratic party in th. way in which ibis farmers' movement was originally Intended to dictate to one of them, is nothing but a repetition of the old liberal republican farce of 187& '. How sweetly considerate this acute corraspondent compels his pen tobe. . ne don't charge, mind you, that Mr, CouistocK Is a fool and the cat's paw of blaUuerskites. Oh

no but be gently lnsl.i nates that If there

were fools In the rauksOf the chlldrea of the sons of menanddeslgnJng demagogues on the alert to mislead them, that the whore thing might be in ' this case You will be good enough to remember that this amiable correspondent is one of the scribes bred in the I faith of the "great party," and zealous tbat it shall lose not one of the tuanifold flesh pots which make its ranks 85 oleasant a place for the tarryiug of the children of light. He is as one . who peak nnder the chin of Oliver and he likes not . the ; tl lntr irJ.w-h tKt

turbulent business of reform may brinjj 1I?iD 9WrtajDed exactly bow Mr. Algerabout. Listen to this artless prattle of Ooa t,barIes Frederick PH his oiker

political guileiessnw ' 1 do not doubt lhat the rtat maioittv of th who have signed the cal.s ent oat over the slate are m hont and well memin aa W. Comstock. They want to see pub'le affairs adliuuioirira iru liuucnil.1 , BIUI friliispiir POM are willing to join any movement which they belie-e will biin alout the reform of abuse. L'ut the ort&lnators of the farmer' convention have clearly mad; a mistake, and B&C, HUH iL Hd ere held, doiixw oi ineir louowers recognize it, they waited until oilier couvontions were and both capable candidates are uoiniuaUd on the joth of June, there will be three tickets in the tield; for thee ignQrt'äWlllU'i'rri'ii'ilillpjnilhoiilft nntrnnml. nate the rWoui VtaTe offl rs7 and thedemocrata are so iiHre of a victory that thev will not give way to au independent organization. How can so much solicitude as this he wasted on the . . empty ears ot orgam-m? n d the independent, aud all er and thirstier reform's . . Let the farmer a thoe who huu sake, co:ne with this truthful correiondent to the threshold of the "great party," and when they behold Oliver with the ladle helpinq the faithful to the sweets of the flesh pots, there will be no longer a thought of turning back on the loyal at d the great. Having

tickets m were known to .:"0"V"!T!Lu?'e 1 the

. all Von.st men, irrespective of party, Kion oi norists; "little hivo Iniu.vt ttm Aalt la hn... DrePWW UMk and 8Ulver" a rniimt n.

sweetly abjured the confiding convention The mosKt omVe o; Jure 10, this astute correspondent .fin- ground that they were so "Frenchy " Alshes his expostulatorv eoistie bv this read v it is n si norma nnn I hut ri- 1 n .1 .

impressive warning : r It is said that the Democrat are' mäkln an enort to capture the farmers' convention, aud thus prevent the nomination of a ticket. If this Is effected It will be done, of course, in an nnrtpr. handed manner. Hutu will matter not to them how they do it. w lhat it U accomplished. Nor do I sec now the lirmers are going to prevent It, ii inaeuorx lsreany maae. itielr cali ls general. All who favor reform are invited. If an rewu poiillcJiuis and gool (aruameDtariina, tLere iuic, uu-wm iiH-n.sei (-. as muriner, namu - tano riMt lnl-l ih, (u., i i. possible for them, by the aid of ateutorian voices to control the iocoelinz. Such tctii ua:e 1X111 mtrotiucea into roriuer conventions, and with success, and it N questionable if the farmers will be able to defeat them on the Urth 01 Jnue. liftii l tue efloit ba tnaJe in enrneitt. What will really be done, howeer,cm not, of I course, oc determined until the day of convenGr&cious.how terrible these democrats are Poor Mr. Morton; he never has been able to sleep in peace for arooslng the people againsi mem; uere tney are, auoui to seize the independent convention, while the innocent and lamb like party of the troubled uiiver is uenuing the energies of its diseon--v a . a . . - . . solate fragments to getting indorsements ... . . ... .. for that statesman's double back-acting financial policy. Dear, dear, will tho world always refuse to recognize Its own in this heartless way? These dreadful, dreadful. democrats what shall the headless thou sands who come voiceless and heartless to the convention next week do? Perhaps, now, Oliver miht undertake to dc;cnd them and frighten these atrocious democrats oil? Who knows? He is just, uow embarked in prty-uiaking, and where can he hope for a better initial point than his own Indiana, where inflation, after life's fitful fever, sleeps well. . 1L 1 A late decision of. the Supreme court ol this state, considered in connection with cue which not along time, preceded it, fixes a degree of responsibility upon cities for per sonal injuries happening to. passers ou the the public streets that may woll arrest at tention. Cities have been long held liable for dauKses to persons injured bv fallinc into excavations made in public thoroughwrv9, luv Bi-rrcu wiuE ui-eu du iree, peo-1 pie are invited to walk unon them, with the implied assurance that they are safe and un obstructed. This assurance ha often cost the insurer pretty round sums of money the premiums paid, in mast ea-.es, being ex tremely light in comparison. The wisdom ana rightfulness, uosvever, 01 allowing a recovery in such cases, will perhaps be con ceded. But in the case before referred to a city was : held liable for . injuries to the plaiutiflf ; caused " by bricks falling uon him from the defective cornice of a hoüe owned by a private person. This, it will be seen, Introduces a new factor. . The municipal eye mast uot survey the, streets alone the city's own property and keep them safe for passers, but. defects in struc tures abutting on the streets aud belonging to privato parsons, must be remedied, or the ocseauences must be borne. And this i not all. . It may be. thought that the owner of the building is in ' such -vase primarily liable, and tbat therefore the city, having answered for his default, may recover fiom him in turu. But such is not the fact.- The owner and tho city are considered by the law joint wrong-doers, and the rule of law is that inerBisnorouinouuuQ ueiweou luug-nwn i The importance of heeding the warning . , i M wmtt ousgtiou i-j .wo seen. Experience has taught that juries aie accustomed to render large verdicts agalntt corporations, and that cities are no more ... . ... n I orjects ior sympaiuywivu tnem tuau are private corporations, . ana ooservauon teaches that courts of appeal are in the habit aaxx 0.'th.t c,, ,-o,Hita v vavv e v J 1 cessive. The principle of law applied by the court in tho falling . Drlcka case is applicable I tn cases, also, where the circumstances are ..i,..t 1, , very uiunrcui, " " we w alk bout, to cast cc r eyes upward, as well as about us, and to report all danger--.innWn. v,t..t f hi. win inv nu v " ' o j crooked necked generation, but perhaps we shall feel less Inimical towards the tax-collector. A few weeks ago the executive board of t he Union of American Hebrew Congregations appointed Messrs. Moritz Loth and Julius Freiberg, the president and vice president of that body ,as a committee to solicit donations in aid ot establishing a Hobrew Theological I Institute in Cincinnati. The snm required I to open the institute in temporary rooms ia S,AS VS2 rrZ? and the Jews of Chicago. St. Louli. Louis' vllle etc.. are to be called on for aabscrlp Itions,

SUMMER FASHIONS.

; : ' : --. ' .. . ... , .. u - :. I GOTHAM GOSSIP. .. v ; ras mcvr departcrr us JLutsacxia tabtk : WORTH IS CONSIDERED VO fjOXQER WORTHT VUAT THE FASHION. SEASON PRESEXTS BARIUM'S HIPPODROME. A5D THE ; CLO OK TUR DRAMATIC SKASO-V. I (Fronts tfvUa Cormpondeiit f the Sentinel.) Xvvt York, June 4. 1874. ' Fashion gossip is perreniaUy interesting lowomeo. ndjuet now theeffx-t of princess iieUle't redding is plainly perceptible in the raore lnan U9UJ nfss with which all I detal" the spring styles are received. name, ana bow many dresses his bride really üaa in "er modest aud elegant troussean having said spiteful things about the bride, , . , , w iwuuiw nnaesniams.and envious things about the presents I "'"uiuo juiiuy XVUieriLTt D88 time HOW tO direct its attention to the Imnortunt I ,,m r important I IVlTiL " . "reiiDai n shall be MIM .1 n 1 . I ' . cvll. f pay coming eason, because although this 1 the -montb of rows," we do not. ala v iv uuiiuk ma inrntner uasr.n loniy naray plants flouiisb in the garden Mill, one cannot wait forever for summer In .1. :i . . F"'cr, T "!T;',TBUD,mer Hly and I am , w ru jew propneoes as to what m,J?ut, could, would or should be worn, if r".Z V , U1 7 er prove warm eno-.,Kh. i V place, it uccomes more and more .- ib ut-vuuies more and iuota evident that we have really emancipated onrselves from Parisian bondage, and grown to Vö 'wunto onrselves. Our mod Utes evolve designs from thoir INNER CO.VsCIorsXEss. instead of weakly trying to imitate worth. and there Is no doubt that wo &hii au immensely by thecbange. More latitude wfl be allowed to individual taste, end the great "V, " V . V , ""UßIy rtViioa-'t m- 111 aw-v a-k Va. A i . I shalf wear, at least out of doors, suits that are Pictures, in tbat all the parts blend harmoniously into a nearlv Derieet whole. Two colors or shades ot one color oulv are I aitmweil.la. 1 1 a r-wa . - .. . T contrasta a , iff ? " , i,D.artls,t,c combinations, that for the first time in the history ot I niueu iu nroauway promenaoe has be i com in reality a thiuc of beautv. Cil.ivM come iu every iini io match the new lab1 .v. , . .Jixs.auu '""'leirtl UOllllV maü8 Iroill I lbe same material as the dress; shoes, too. 1 ior carriage ana evening wear, am nn m.,u at ijora iv Tavlor's with each elegant vi9itlnir nd onera costnnie X-L-ttr mnBt .Vft Tk-.kVT. tlom,lfitsb.owJUjt uo euauo ui 1IUBU3 UU UHl OT OOll 1161, yvuiio in, uuttons. aumon ere. and nil minor toilet accessories must corrparwMiri exactly with th divu itaulf i.- -,1 ; wear, llack silk is still the tavorits matoHaf b"'18 " ff addition ot jet or bine 8ean)"a SntTZthSi and nassamentene. Black lace ltonnAta fusoly trimmed with jet and steel, and with ? "if. I " -..w-w .uvu.v 1.1V-,!!. .SM f -liavn tUaiUIUTK. standing collars of linen, with or without the addition of embroidery, are much worn. I V.,-, f it,.. A - : l ii , . I .V C.U1,,,.V ,l"r,nsi nu nave mach the eifert of ruffs. The last mentioned articles have at last attained true Elizabethan proportions, at least lor full dress, and now I encircle the neck.wbich ia cut low. ftha neck of the drew, not or the wearer!) to accom modate tnem wnn a broad, but shapely, EXPANSE OK rt-VITS. I have several times mentioned the an mouiere as a graceful and convonient adjunct ol feminine attire, but I must now go further and say decidedly that no lady with any pretensions to fashion can altord to iro with out one. These little bass are easilv made. and may be made to match each costume, or one may be mado to do duty for all if it be only black. Of course it must U ricniv cr nameuted with fetor other embroidery and ftinge or beaded lace. , The handkerchief, visiting cards, small change and fan fif ti e latter be not too large) are carried in them. ana mey must . uatit; ariout fourteen to eighteen Inches below the belt. Silk or vel Vet must be the around work ol them, unless they are to be worn with thin summer Nresfes. when they are frequently composed SUrUlT rich embroidS" lins are still larze for the most part, though for convenience sake many ladies carry small ones in the street, they, the fans, are handsomer thanever.and so high priced tbat only rich people can achieve t teni. Some really artistic work is to be found iu the delicate water color painting with which thev are adorned, but it does seem a waste of money to pay $00 to 75 forsuh "trifles light as air,' particularly in a season wiien there is likely to' be so little use f r t lie 31. Handkerchiefs come with colored borders now almost exclusively, and are iutended to carry out the thoroughly en suite style ot dress which obtains. - Coilars and undersleeves often have similar borders sIfo. Lace joints and sacques have not yet superseded the loue scarfs before mentioned, partly because the latter may be worn with any dress, thick or th'.n. while the former are only suitable with summer attire, as they give .; . ..A UOOK OF COOLNESS not at . all ia keeping with the present temperanre. Grenadines are Introduced this year covered with small dots ot silk, and as they are an entire novelty they will bid fair to be popular, though' of course they will not succeed In banishing the rich silk and satin stri.oes alwars so well liked, especially by short stout women. Necklets of velvet ribbon, fastened with bows of the same, or golden buckles, and with antique ld amber r tortotae shell neckiaceSt jeweled pendants, are much worn, as also with locaets 10 uiaicn. jn earrings ana other jewoiry there is little change, the con tinned wearing ot Medici fraise and Eliza K.h,n i-nlH. nao.iri- I ,,.11 Oor.in, without pendants, and the locket instead of the brooch, (. batclams are as much worn I . a . . i 1 1 w"".""1""0 " Jut?l" fre "f Ty beautiful: they come in steel and silver, oxor plaS n . gomMimm they are clasped to the belt by an initial letter in silver. Before dropping this fascinating subject, I must mention the fact that iu spite ot most Batumi nA1 Ckfirtrt tixthm imntiurr t ViAtVimL tralri(Mi 8kirt8 are still in favor, arid there is no prospect of . their - going . out, alt hough everybody returning from fans says that in that city you never see a long dress in the street. This is an additional proof of our emancipation from French fashioms, but I fear it is also an evidence that we cling to some relics of a past age ot barbarism. Our countrywomen are getting along so well in most wavs tbat one nates to Bee anything vulgar or untasteful about thein ; audit ia not agreeable to oe told Dy one or them who has traveled, that she never could get away in picture galleries, museums aud other pub lic places, lrom the sharp voices of American women, who unhesitatirgly expressed such Opinioa a9 tbat Michael Angelo had been very much overrated," and so on. This satne lady told me that she was frequently 10 4 her cocntbtwomen while abroad, on account of their Ill-breeding in public. PMj that one never notices particularly the really well-bred people one meets, because perfect'manners are only con Ispicuous by their rarity, whereas there ia

flomething In the manners ot a parvenu Speaking of bad taste there is a laTbion, if I may so call it. amojig a class of people In this conntry who are desirous to beaotify their homes without knowing exactly bow to do it a farlnon which ouut to be. and must be in time abolished. It I, I know, a logical outgrowth ot the inexpressibly !lUSKnchof wax frut nd Howe

'T i . TT r,moM '" y "om every parlor table in olden times; but not tbs less "Pugnant to true tate. r allude to tl rlfit f , P1 wally handsome jardinieres in tfee windows of a room and then filttes tbm with pots of tL6 e wr.?ng 0lT bendir.jp over one ot Tm,DÄ iou9 aiH Üscnv" nng carael.h2 l.mv?not and and r bslf ai handsome. ArtiiTtial fleers iu their proper places are beaotif 4, but amed in any such manner an this, they are shp.r not tobe endured. Camellias rrake im Ibink of Carrulle," and -Camilla re mi.,, me that this Weeg ia tbo last of the aeasonnd of rersity, the last of Camilie. Therelhre, M.n. .a,u,CU1 lae-union quarsis pret! J18 the rarev J- performam one to be Ions? remembered, as it will mark the teriranation or a remarlbly suce.-wful eoaeon. The whoie house will Le krvishly ornamented with flowers while bank, of them will grace both sides of theorcheetr. ivm.iu,w rciocne ill pl ydurii BZtb -"-"I.. ue kjoov will La If- --a v oat W X7 camellias-trailing vines will drtx p from every available point, snd each ladvinthe aadta bower of -Mce wui oe presented with a lare bonouet. The jwograms will bo printed ou white satin,ta gold, and will serve a- keepsake long after the flowers shall have faded. Aside from tuis, there is no special event to record fn the world of amusements, unles it 1 the provision of a special train by THE 1XDF.FATI.M.EHAKX-1 Mto convey a larjce party of Yale Student lrom New Haven to the hippodrome and backagain. Everybody goes to the hippodrome', whose proprietor, by the way, insists that it isn't a cirrus. Certainly ttere is no clown, and no funny man of any kind is allowed to torment reoDle. for -MMi iha. said people ought to be proportionately thankful. This week is 1, of 1,1 a tor a ,ia. ,.r really fine pictures at the Son.ervills art gallery. I cannot yet tell you what are theproceeds of the sale, but if tbey correspond to the merits of the paintings, a very large snm must be realized. The collection is chiefly rermrkahle for it "old master a, alt couh there are also many specimens of the best modern, foreien and American work. A portrait by Kir ThomasLawrence, a miniature by Dui, a fine Van Huynouj, and a "holy family" by Murillo. are among I be gems. Jan .Steen. Carlo Dolcl and Koepkock are also represented, whib to come down to our own day and country. Bierstadt, Sountafr, Charles Oilman and Alex. West contribute to swell the list. Not often does .New York, always liberal in picture buyinp, have an opportunity ük. present one, and I doubt not the result will moro than equal expectations. These sales of pictures occurring so frequently, both in and out or New York, 6bow better than anything else bow strong is the taste for art among us, and bow it is constantly increasing and growing more discrinihiating. Would that our native artists were keeping pace with our taste. That we were not compelled to blush at the poor drawing, crude coloring and weak manipulation ol the pictures vearly exhibited ou the walls ot the Academy of Design and elsewhere. But w shall never have genuine artists here until we have genuine art schools, such as they have In Germany for instance, where even a finger must I perfectly drawn, though the student should be kept at it a year. There an artist must go through a coune of preparatory study ust as severe and lonjr continued as tbat pursued by a studeut in law or medicine. And the result ia tbat talent becomes almost genius, while genius soars into "regions of the upptr air." Here, ou the contrary, the merest dauber sends his studies to the xhibitiou, and worse yet, has. them accepted, before he has so much as thought of anatomy, if he be a genre painter, or nature, "if he lie a landscape artist ( ?) And the result is what I will describe to you next week, alter the Academy is closeti for the season. C. H N. ABOUT WOM BN. The fondon Spectator speaks thus of the) picture, Calliog the roll aflor an engagement in the Crimea," by Miss li. Thompson, a new Itisa Bouheurin the Koyal Academy: "There is no feminine hyptenc sentiment, no French theatrical glory, no Russian piling up of horrors. There is plenty ot surgery, aud the snow is stained with blood, but these tbing are the necessary iacidents of the event, and the one absorbing interest is in the simple strength and coolness with which the scene is painted." Dr. Bellows, of All Souls church, New York, was ordained thirty five years ago. and Dr. Feabody preached the ordination ser mon. About this time a daughter was bom to Dr. Peabody, and lately this young lady, now thirty-five years old, aud Dr. Bellows met in Florida, got acquainted, were en gaged and the time appointed is the 30tb Inst. me doctor is nearly double the age of his intended. Lady Barker is the manager of a newly established national school of cooker? in Englaad. The Pall-Mali Gaxitte says that while her pupils are busily engaged around her, sho may pause "to recall ths verses of. Klua Cook or the labors ol Mrs. Fry. or the . poems ol Mr. Browning, rervhnce. -Then, ' too, the very grate will suggest Hobbes, the saucepan Handel, the salamander Barns, the scollops Shelley, the frying pan the inductive philosophy of Bacon, and the stsw pan the physical experiments of Boyle." By the recent lifo of Mrs. BArbauld it appears that this prim and dsoorous lady had a mad Frenchman for a husband, who often threatened the life of his wife and finally drowned himself In th Sew River. Shirlet Dare is reading the proofs of a new voluble from her wise and dainty pea. It U called "Th Bazar Book of the Teilet.' The Harpers are the happy publishers, and all the world wLU be readers. January I a; woman's hospital and dispensary was opened at Bstreill v, India, under missionary auspices. Mis Swain, an American Methodist, is the physician in charge. ' Tneclaftsof 7t at Vassar, numbsring 42, ' has last been let loose. Average weight. Impounds: height, 5 feet 4 inches; age, 21 years. - Miss Collins, a ' missionary among the California Indians, counts up eight hundred converts among the various tribes from her ministrations. Adelina Patti asks only eight thousand francs per night for singing at the Italian opera in Paris. Mr? . Harriet Beccher Stowe and her husband have returned from Florida to their summer home In Hartford. Miss Fearing is reported engaged to marry a German baron, nephew of General Wrangle, at Newport this summer. According to the New York Mail, the wifj of Dr. Helmbold has entered a convent in Paris. - Mrs. Caroline A. Sonle, the story "writer has taken to preaching.