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WASHINGTON SOCIETY. MW1BD POINTS OF OFFICIAL RANK. n?W fi-NATOR-. CABINKT MINIST1.R8 AND PlFI/>. MAIS HAVE OBWXBMBBB) FOB SOCIAL fllECX DEMCK. BjBBB A.i BBBBBBBtX COKRi_sro*<riF.*-T or mr TKinrKi*. ] Washington, Dec. 21.?The late**t edition of thc ?Washington standardauthority on the subject, Mra. "Dahlg-Cti's "Etiquette of Social Life,"* makf-H un Amiable effort to nette the controversy in regard to precedence at Presidential state, dinuers, aud other -Treat occoKiona. This social problem ante? dates tho present century, and, Indeed, is coeval with tbe consti ut ion itself. It bas various ramifica? tions, and runs into numerous puzzling details. There was, uo doubt, a woman at the bottom of it; and, indeed, so far as history throws light on the subject, tbe ladies have headed the foroee on each eide, in every one of the ninety and odd oaangulgaa of this social war. Among the radical causes of this ever-rocnrrinir. controversy, the claim of superior rank; on the part of Senators over everybody else except the President stands brat. From the earliest times they have claimed precedence over tht.mbon nf t-K-Cabiuet, over the Chief Justice and his.associ? ate* ol the Supreme Court, over all taralga Miuio teraol whatever grade, and over the Vice-Pre-d dent himself. At least, such was the ground originally taken by the Senators, nnder the lead of Aaron Burr. History shows that, this high? handed assumption was made in secret conclave, and was ii"t divulged, according to Mr. John Quin? cy Adams, for more than twenty years. Ile states in his diary that Mr. Oaillard, of South Carolina. tbt ii President pro lt ot- of tho Senate, tailed with his colleague, Judge Smith, at tho State Depart? ment, ond inquired of him, then tho Secretary, if there had been any nexv niles of etiejaotta in regard to visi ing es ahlished; to which Mr. Adams answered that lhere were certain y none to his knowledge. They 'hen informed him thu* a nile was adop'ed by Sen.. ors bo long ago as xvhen "Burr was a member of 'he budy, and draxvn un by Barr. that the Sena ors should visit on y he President ol thc Uni ed Sta cs, and'hat Mr. Rufus King hud referred them to a book in which it was recorded, i'liis-ouveisa inn occurred in ISIS- Burr served in the Senate from 171)1 to 1797; and yet Mr. Adams, xvho served in In* same body fi omi S03 to I ?<?**. hud never heardoftha sec re' .BOBlfB ml tea in a "book.?*' He could lint mean tha1 the scnato rial code hud not been ohoOI-ed. Or, it may have gone imo desuetude during 'he radical era of .letter sou and Madison, and wasnow io be n-vix cd under tbe more aristocia'ic, if milder, sway of Mr. Mourne. Mr. Adams sta eatha) during hia S> na'.> lia tenn he invaiiab'y paid tin: lii.st visit to each Seer? ary a" the ('irnrii'-nceiiient of every session? excepting to Mr. Galla in. the Secretary of tha Treasury, who uever returned his Im visit. Hu n-ver nf erw.ird visiel hi n 01000-' on business at hisoi-ite. Il is -aid that Mr. (la latin neither poid Dorre urned visits 0 any utie, while !n> vxas a the head of tha Treasury Dopartaaeat; Cnaa arhteh it mi v be liifern d ba he xvas unsocial in di*-po*itinn, and that he saw li ;lc society, unless other digni? taries were less exacting than ihe Massachusetts Senator. The assump'ioii by tho S"na*e of a dignity supe? rior to that of ibo VicB-Pivrsidfiit involves?it must be owned--soiue paradoxes. Itu, in the tirst place. this whole social fabric nf the Republican four is nilly an iuii uti mof bat nf Circa Britain* Kn.lera "strict construct i<ni of the Constitution'* there la no place for it in lilli I millie aa sy-tein of .ovcrn inent. Analogy ta Britiah aaoga plaooa the Vie-e PnoMani thia hy alda with tho Prime af Wolca. lb it the heir apparant, and lii.e tin- son of the l'.iitish Soveieii-ii, he ranks all _ttherdigtt.t_-.iea, ?nd elanda nea to he head ol tba Government. Aunt lier absurd oonaoquonoa of the Senatorial ao suinption is the fact that ii places ihe Pneidenl pro tera, of ihe Senate, in virtue nf hoing a Senator, above the Conatltntlonni Fmoidonl of tho body. In other word?, th ? te.'iiiMTiiry rabat-tato is placed hy it abox'e his principal. There were other knotty problems growing on' of the rival pantonsinus of the several elaaoee of public functionaries., which gussied lha brain- of former geiicrii'iun.s. Aaoong theos non a christening and a funeral. Mr. Bagot, th- Hiitish Minister, had in? vited Mr. and Mis. Adams tn be present ai thc chris teiiiiiK nf bis child; which happy occasion xvas tn be followed by music und dain-iiir.. Thia xvas the month folloxx ing the death of Mr. Adams's motlier. They thought, thonfon of attending tho ehnaten ing, a'ld le.ivi'r.' lc-fore the dance cnui'nericed. But oomo malicious person put out the ptopootexono repori that Mr. Adam. was ta Bland proxy on tho inter*. Ol ingot-(-anion for the Prince K-g nt, a** Bod fa her to the chi d. Tht atory roached tho ann of the Presiden'.Mo roe, who. Mr. Adams says, was th 'ixvn iu n a s a e of ircpitLa'ion about it, and called until ii?gookapo to protest against the pm ceediiigs?or at an J rata ha ace.rtain what founila tion there was fur the report. Tbe Beemtafj was n-H at all flatte'eohy this ma rh of K\ecutive oouMonee in his good sense and unod taste. 'The result was that Mr. and Mis. Adamo aicnood themselves fo notj-attendeiiee at tho c'lrislening, on the ground that tiny wcie foi the time not in tho habit of going out. Tho funeral ceremony which ira ve rise to a qnea> tion of official pop iety xvas tho 0000-00000 at nu, in the Catholic (hint h of this (itv, under thc uu? picea of the F em h Minister, of tho death of I.ttiiis XVI. This was in lui*, when Charles X. was on the French throne. M. Hyde db-tourilie, the Minister, hesitatedahotit the grap iety of nix liing the memlicrs of the (inverninetit lo be present at the se-vii e. Jhe year previous he had invited Mr. Monroe, tho President, who did uot attend, and Jissiirned asa moana for his absence that there mroeortaia elniunotaneea iii the feclimrs and sentiments nf peoplo ju this country which might make hia attendance improp? er. M. de Neuville said he was a wai e of this, and the efore, in inviting the Bocntary nf State, t.ild him that if he a-'ii ed with the PiOoidt-l that his attendance would undo- the afveauaataaaao ba im ?projier,he waa tnnouaidorhia invitation as "non aveuu." Mi. Adams, without aoiiaptlaa tha imi? tation, says he. determined tn go. He did so, and Kit in the sann pew with Don Onis, tin- Spanish Minister. "The mass," he says Mwoo sim t, but tho o was a naomi orntionrond by tho Piieol f om the text, Keele*. i-'J 'Vanity of vanities; al is ruo it ;' the moat extiaardinnry comnoaitlonof Jacob* ini mu, he cs . anl ji lent! doc! itu- that I ever heard. A I the lb eua Minlotonnnd their cautions wete present, uri'l all their "*fll it . run d uot ic..tia in SOine of them f.om luugfater." llw Sational IwieMipeattr nf the time has no refer? ence totLis ce einonit , tieitbc befon ita oeeu rein e hoi niter ? a d. Tbe e is mit be advc tiseuieut no notice of it ba advance. Dot report o inti, i ra after*-, a d. The Intellitirritrr was eoonide'ed na the triode newspr.pt r ut uni date, and huh conducted on the sentiment \< hidi gove ns in ut- -bed Bot iety. that uot.iiug is to ls aald about tho abooot anlooa it bo favorable, lt had BO looa (b-piii tu.'-nt ami na lejio t of events uni tticia , unless thev were such as rare una loved p enoun to the parties eonce ned, and trenched in oodo-rroo uj-im the fee: bigs and as es of o lu The "tapioBaulk Unnonin thal dav hrnanta the fruitful Booree of official |enlonaioo ami heart-burn? ings. Mot only von tho 8onnton tnganlaod into a aolid plmlaiiX-or the asst rtinii of their anperiorily oxer ull other orders .if society, but the ."**( -cn t.rics claiined precedence orel thc Diplomatic Corne; wiiile the hood of each __nait_-_nit oaaartod nis ooanlity with ovory othor. Prior to Mn. Monroe'a Adinmiftratioii. the custom was for the President toiiixite th-* f*eeutar.v of .Slat-, lo be present at diplomatic dinner*., and to take pneodonoo of the entire corps of foti ia.u MlnioteiB. This, Mr. Adams Iii forms us, xvas submitted to. inasmuch its than "Oir. no Ambassadors aiuonc them, lt hud not boen thc anotoaa lo invite the otnor tJoeti-tain? on those aaaaa_aa_a; but Ur. Monroe, nhon he aoaao m. i_n-i a nonce aer vi il on him by the other heads of de nari nuiita that they claimed witii*e etiualitv wit fi the Secretary of Mate, ami that they would rc.ant it ?aan maasra dkunetlon faa hu favor if in-alone were iuvit-vl tn i?. preM.nt at the diplomatic din? ners. Hut baan ootna fal another obstacle to thc BO cm) hannony. Tho lonign Mluiaten wen nilling to yi.ui panaadnana to IB* ln_aaoaiato naanoonta ttve of the i'ri*-,i'leiit, with whom all iheii iittiirial ousim-aB waa condiK ti'-l. but they won not nilling to take iilacow benin.1 thc ot lii-rMsmianes ami their ?Wives, al the loot of the table, and "below th. i B get out of this c.iniplication the Preaideiit next o-ui'iitcd tb. ezpedlonl of diopoaaing with tho pror enc*- of tho (nun: Cabinet tm auch oeea_B_tS_", and in pr'b-r nol tn bi ? ntuoly alone among the BBmmttt, mt inviu-d cu um private vit_ve_. to Um ?nt*oiu__u tnent: but this "was little better than jumping* ont of the frying pan into the tire. The Minifrt-an wen not at all flattered hy being invited to dine with persons of infe? rior rank, or no rank, and in Ute ananas of the Sec? retary of State, with xv hom they xx ere accustomed to meet on such occasions. The sliirht to the Secre? tary of Slate himself, became also the town tall*. a'tnotieh. without his knowledge or participation. Thus discoiutited. and at his wits' end, the Presi? dent, on the next occasion when a diplomatic din? ner was to lie given, appealed to Mr. Adams <or his advice. This was inst iift?*r the death of Mr. Adams'. mother,and ou thai ground he (incused hitnosll trna being present- But the year following kio advice was. flint the Secretaries should ls- invited,one at a time, to bo present. This sn guest ion rna taken, and became the, practice. And thus hannonv xxa-t i.? sd.red. Mr. Adamoanneal o to think that fe. Craw? ford, the Secretary of the Tren-iu v. Was nt thc bot? tom of thia eoueptraey onnlnal the social boci adency of the Secretary of State. Kach of th soe eminent meli xvas an as| itant to the Pmoidency,;i*. auecesaor to Mr. Mnurne, and their love fur and confidence in pach other was not altogether like that nf Ihnnuii and Pythias. Mr. Adams regarded his oflee as of superior real importance to anv Othor, nml ad? vt its to thc fact that two of his piodnueOOUI. brui been franferred to tile Presidency. These wen Mr Madison mid the then President' Monroe. Mr .lef fcr**on hnd resigned the See ret.-ny-di ip nf State un? der WaaningtOU in PecOOlbeT, 178-1.and xvas elected Preoideul in IHOO. Tbat omeo had. indeed, come to be regarded ns in the line nf Min- promo tion to the Presidency. Hut it is now man? ifest, especially -ince the close of the civil xv .ir, that tlie office nf Secretary of State bas relatixelv de? clined iii importance, while thal of Secretary of the Treasury has increased. The vast develop? ment of wealth mid population has rendered thc Nation loss _on__tiva tn tbe uplniono and conduct of foreicneis, xxiiile the same circumstances have ?.'really added to tho importance nf thc Imam inl department. That the average United States Senator, in tko year of ow Lord 1818,ehould nave claimed proco lle'ice nxer tile t'biel Ju.stice xx lu ll |be illustrious John Marshall held that office, is one nf the curious and laughable whimsicalities of Washington society. Mr. Adams express-d his contempt of these con? troversies about questions of etiquette, hut reoorda Cc fact thalia ImIU they benama thoapeoinl sub loci of a Cabinet meeting. The President informed liiin that ".senators had made ootoplainl "thal the Set retary of State refuses to DOV them the first visit" Ilie President mentions the matter with Bloch lolicoey, but observed that it caused "un so?Inoao, boo-t-hnnitttga, and n~sn criticism.''and ezpraoBod a wish that the honda of Departments xx nulli meet and agree upon so.ut* mle aa regards visiting, A Cabinet con neil waa accordingly held on the following Monday. Tho Pneident fa v.'teil tho Senatorial claim of pnecdouee, nnd added that it wnuld be proper, oleo, fm tho Booi-il ari oo to pay a tirst visit tothe memben of the House of Bcpre-scntative -. aroa might other* winngard tbe pnfennce given to tVr-aators ns niviilmus. in thal day not one senator or Memtusr of the llnilse of Pepii sentat ix es in li fly hopi bonoe in this city, and it wonhl. on this principle, have beea DOnoooary f"r tbehoadoof I ?.? pa rt me nt*, to hunt tbein .inxxn. t .vu buililted ami thirty iii ' umber, ia their cheap lodging ht'list s. The pay "f .moeia aroa thou euc dauan per diem, and not a four of them won witt enough to carry home the hulk of their wagoo. Ro agreement a poa o -fin 1.1'ui rule waa come to. Messrs. Cnwford and Calhoun, xxlm were enndidnteofoi tbe Preai den Uni oncooaou-n, won willing to adopt the aug Eestioii of the Pro&ideut-. ITp to thal date Preslden tuti iiiiidid.it' s xvi it- nominated by Con area-ional eancaeoa; and bene* the grout importance of brinn aa good terms with the members. Mr. Adams. In w* ever, though himself a Presidential aspirant, bold out sgmiust the proposed rule, and perauted ia tbe practice of visit lug whom be pleased, -v 1111 ? ? 111 re? gan] t" official stiitiiui. si d he addie.1 letti i- f. ? i'lci'.t iii'il Vice-President lu vindication of the course which be bad thus inarki d inri f"r him? self and family. THEPLAGIAMISTW ?i ll.HE".*. NEB LECTCBE. F"'in H"- tlrll't*! .V, ??*? I.,/-rr. Mr. Qecat Wilde'a leeton delivered in Dublin yesterday ?:i< mum the -omewhal ramie aubjecl .?i " I bc llniise Beautiful", bul ns the strong p.nut ol the "st tmnl" "f sham art tn which thi. youno. Mi. Wilde affects tn belong ib nothing.! nol roane, il could nob-be expected that the title ol tbe lecture Bbould convoy a definite iden to any ol Ibe pnblic except those who bnve bron Iel Into the tocnt "i Hie"sciinul.*' "A Beautiful House" conveys .. definite idea to overj person, bul " Tbe House w a - Iif ul" means aometbing far beyoud o beautiful house in the ideaot thoaep-eudo-urtistic people ar bo go to hear young Mr.Wilde lecture, lt would not b. i too much i" say that ? vi rs sentence roohen bx Mr. iiMiii Willie aroa ontaide the region ol controvers}*, nor won tl it be too much ta m\ thal ei ? rj MUtenee iie attend oooti red a truth that had been enuncia? ted vents iitfo by Miine of thOOO gi linnie xx niki I - li. art, trnt manly talkers upon art, xxlm have brought tho science of deoornlion to tbe pool tion it atp-na* cnt occupies in tins country. Mr. Wilde's lecture xxa*. really nothing m..re than a i -ries of platitudes. It is really Mousing to hear this young oeot lemon cry out against tbe il.'".ired I wall paper of the itiist, and tbe cool bnxeowitb thc i views of Melrose Abbey. \\ boon e.nth would non - adays buy a coal Ism BO ornamooted, xx a ihuo d like to know. Tho domeotie ort of tho early porto! the Victorian period i* < rrtoinly defunct, but it?*- death trsanol brought about byanyelforl of vonni.' Mr. Wilde. Tin- attitude asanmod by this gentleman in stumping the country ia precisely the .ame as that ol the domeotie f<>\\ 1 which ia accrediti d aith tho behef that tho sun daily r_eo in answer lo Ins nov, Mr. William Morria'a woll-papna i d lleoero. Liberty A Co.'a exoaisit-* faones ha*] sained popularity lonir before .Mr. Wilde i oiumi i" i ?! his lc-lurcH, lust as Unit \xfll-st. extoled |oug be f*ora Mr. Wilde published bis indeceti poetry, If there is a man notoriously behind tbe age it is ibis Mr. (iscar Wilde, xv ho burns to communicate to t be xvorltl thing* which tho world iindentnnda xcry mut li mon- fully than Mi. Ooeai Wilde, ? WOMEN is a i \n lusny iony. came un, and tho frlahiuees thua begotten xx ill la si ip tn ( li ri *-t ii ' is.' _V'.m Tht lan rion Truth. Cakes and ale anl of the May Terra at ('anduniue looertoinlj an innovation since my time. The .Vu tiimn Tenn w;is never tbs busieet, bul it woe uu* brohea by the serious dissipation that has been in vail in ir tbe place under cover ol thc Greek plays at < i ni mi ant ni tb.d riuh transformed into u i theatre, in-ir the puat-offlco. Cowans, sisters, mut hers, all OVOT lite plate, and ail ent up under tbe protea.i witnessing the Ureeii pla) to xx huh mit billi nf Ile ni go, ami not half xv bo tin go ii.ni' i ? lund a liol they hear, ovon vxitb the old of llookham I Lie's sxeellenl translation. An old Don auld to im-, " What's lin- ct inset | in-nee ni tboae Ureeb pla] - ami I ft In r en I el l ai nini ni s, xx bli li threat CU to ! chronic f Thc men waste a whole term. 1'hese nun, im instance aome of them good Bcholan, who ou ubi io be reading hove b en dani ugaud fooling about in tluir cliai-n ter of h. rd*, ever since tb came up. I up tn ( bri Yoo take a gloomy view, I aa id, ' "f who af tor all the moat Bevon .iud tcbolastic Corm oi ,11 U-t ll,Cllt. "' ".-ex. ie and scholastic; Rubbiab! The bia n im ci i ixe is ibe women" " What do you men..'" I Baked in ostoniahr-_nt. '? Then ut not n woman actor on Ibe stage in 'Tho Birds,1 and the ditton gillawou't allon au, moti except their papu ami tutors.1 "Look ot tho women in the stalls, "growled the i rutty old fellow ; " I tell you t hey are it the bot? tom iif it. 1 bey a H1 lui xe an i ii ft-mc ii I. ami Hex ru. dieorgnoioina tne univeraiti. *' "i'ray explain yooraelf, I said. " foo don't mi rely mean that the presence of a few rosy-checked wiili-e.v1 d cousins and listers, who come np for a lay or two to pcp int?? their brothers' college n'Miis, anl sullen their manners, disorganize tin ll'HXt Isil \ *" ihe mai le of the combination room laid bia arm upou wine, and, lowering bis voice i.n?.? ? confiden? tially om a young linn willi ri I.nh "ii lui arm, lul? im** cd b> fl nurse with a baby, passed by. aid: "i.isicn. "I is uot tbe outsiders; 'ti the local xx..in ao bnve donalt, lhere tra two subs tn thoae aew-faugliMl inarriagm ol Kellows. Do you boo i omlt'I IOXX Of It'll brick llOUM '. ,' " 1 lotikcd ilf I.e. ":ii Lei Vpit-' '?. anil sa-.x xx hat i called Ht, Andrew's ti irate. "Who livoothem, mid who lives furtbei on, all the way up to Ihe ntoilon and wbolivm cm i v when* t " " 1 iinibisiaiiil," I rtnl. "All these new buildings hnVO -pl un-i nil iii (mi set i uein e of the xxoiiu-n I " "Just so; directly and Indirectly ; the plooe awnrana vxith them; ovon tin- t-irtou ami Ni xx ni.am iiioviiineul enntribnt. ? to tbe eonfuoion. Wlnie women uro, men will dock; and whon asea aie, wooten xviii Huck ii they con gel au (?_' nae, n Kardle,ss ol then profeoaing to doopios laanalmlr UK A D-DBESSED HISS Eli PA KI H.s. Fiflin tht ii'lui, hull Ker ir tr. Puris, it st ems, lui-" invented a non amusement i ii kiv(\-. what .ni' tailed diann panics %, ut', at which each nt tin- gaaatfl must ooma vxali his hood made tip tn npnaent a-ano histoiic-d person, or al least iu tue style of ooma pietnnoQne period. Only tbe bead is IO be Blade op; tue root ol the body may be clothed in the nidinary i_arb ul the nineteenth eeatary. As one. reads of thia s tran go custom, ono cannot help thinkini; BOW very liuiii rous a dinner pal ty got up ou Him plan munt appear to the Boon reoomiabfe sjuoiig its aaanahoia, and bow enrianalj appiopriot*. in um mouth of eoebmeetmicfal be the wordoof the Atl.cniaii weaver liol tom *' What do you si t T y tm boo au aflo-hood of year o" a, do i nu i' One a*-itl-et-'. xvbo had am__w*d txxo cont_nont*i with the ont of his cloihoo, latel} triad teena] out aomo portion of tho new pl_.u in Lendoa by going wilt rover he was asked nv Uh his head made up in what Jut fondly fancied to he the Ilk' in Homaii cmjieror; bul it wiuj not ii gnat success. -* A Hird op FMBPOIll HOB-ll?Tha Bird Kani ter ? MlMip on Uni i'ort Ol UouIokuh. t-r__n_.Ua l**_r SOin-r-Bill will 'Ai ry.-lilli- "I tay, Arrv, era a a B-wir-'Ari.' -'Ta-n'l a Nowl."* Bill: " Then lt'sio Nnw_"-'Arrr. " "lain't a Nawk; tcU yerll's a?agls; '_-ci_it--__i ul lim Wooiuum t.uuUi ."-iJu ;.i. WESTERN LAND-GRABBING. met baltic ?lc i Hi lam cpliiiiin thia Terrlt-*rj la dentine*, to holt Hu- laif landed estate- in Hortb Amarlos Pb lome extent, nf '"u .. ii.'-e imall holdlnga win be "uni -lil np Uv Mc ; ii/''i'..iMi'r-; lint wl'li mvi' piiiiil. nui'iiii'-' up itt four, tit lit anil twelve dollar- aa acm, ns it ls fnM iii.un' Iii Mils p.ut Of lulu.In. ,iin| willi tin- ii.ilniril keernie-, iiinl thrill iii Hit in- s. lin i, xic ale mil .,|,| i,, Il.lM a |illll ll. ll 111 ptlM'll.l sin, ?, ,, j. _.-,n,tl > ill lillis: pilli -. ? lu abort I am of tbe opluton tbat safety Ilea in the di n ellon nf I. 'I. t _ii.ii .1. mnl Liiar.tiil.i . [rilli.r than rc I- il. I. .< I I' Uti. (I'll lt'-!' ail Ol -.'Itli niclil 1,-fi le Ililli.'. li ll e.' si i. ii i Iii chic I .cu.ie -.11 le nu ni In pre emption a. In hum.-i. a i t i ta "i .lae tbe act ol Mttlament should Imi such na toKira mun. k. everybody, eaeB m ii., inn., ii. in a iniiine itiiiit. iii hiiiiii tiiim. iii.it anybody can sec. Jin- pi.n in** ol ii.ii.ini_ laud li) illKKlna a fow aod 'ti p. 11 ii _ np a it >i *?!.un s ii, ii,, maa, notch ile i,,rui Wm* sell nilly will recouulse, U Icadtmt to Uiestneable coufu ?lim, and la productive ol pa r.rui Injustice, In many tn -lamil*, io limn st Mitnin. a pul in- record, can-full) Un best i.lil'Iicc tn . Ullin or title to lund. ABUSE ot un: '? IMin:ic ( ri n ur ai i. ?? Willi n s)n i t hillie I ii,, I,ci Coltan luxxs, I i Innk that if Oangnaa bod *?-i up forty dan amt (atty nisiiu to franc a law xx Indi BbOUld utl?-rl> iii lt ni il-clf, liny could mit linne pet-telly bon oocompllabed Unit mault thoa boa boen deno bj tbewlawa. Tin- proctteel result ls tool tin n .ne im treen it boo boeooM n ooaanoa toytug thal you BBlgbt a* xxiii luiik brnsottloo in adata, hluniy ?. for trees on a tree cliuui. HbllS I ti If* in ali uiyiint rcflet-tinn on Pm li inly toMST- lt ls an Bbaolabl lciliiltlnii so far ns tree claJins pu. Trcra are thc in cptiiiii rattier I lian Hie mle, ami al xx ays will bc un li? lias mm. Thc rnuf arfert i-1 mbodtod in lha noola word ? iciii,ipiisiiinciit.' ii waste ta tMa arlee: Yen tate ? tree ciiiiui. iii. taw nanine you to break Bve acraa tte arel Xe.ii, i nil Ix it' l Ila I lin- rn ' a ind, a le I lue ik ll Vi BCm Heil e. nu-1 iii ri rear jroa moat plant the Mrst ii ve acres tn trees. And la-re is when tin- tllrfli-ult.v nn-is.. tr yon ar-x llvim; In Ne- York or U Isc.in-ln, tm I flu uni wish tn plant Hie inc . tte taw allowa yon to 'relinquish,' which aiumuits to *_ iiiiur rout clulin. You reiinipiish to the Uovernment, hui In reality lui' ujy lieut 111, I po,.,In.* you If ll Mi ni fl.OOO. ax lin- SMS may he- I lii.__e a liv el cully tm ibe l.Unl mnl cxjiuint in c Jiii.1. xx lure you illrl. Iain ii..|ii'.d I., break ?tc a. pea tin- tirst year, and bo mi. When I reach the thinl year I must plant maa or n lltnptlsh, alni mi I n-lliiipiluli io aooaa ono aisn lin roMUMUOM whian i did, oad Mb ui.iy lu*, un furcxei, ii'itl thc Qui iriiuienl BOtBOOtfeM. " "BOO I Ills law I WHOM tiiit'iiil lu two piirlicnliirs. I'm our the low aboM soo bo bot oom ina anta af tag oona lu catrll m-clloo, sud this uni; wlu-u icliiiipilslicd limy lie d IO a _. .iiie-t. __1, lc-, v lux tte i? ci um _ ii limn any _ ins- cl.um. I would pruvbb lu. .? . nutiUlm lt always tree Claim. 1 would ullow the cUiiiuuil to ivuli-'n his i lui um ami iiciiroxeiuciiu ai any Hmo fur Jual what, te could get tar Un ni , and I would _lu_ Bte aaalj-tit c to du HOW THE riJHLIC DOMAIN IH DESPOILED. VIKW-" AN'ti SIGI.POTIONS (ll* KX-nrPllKSF-XTATIVK wii.i.iAMs, i.avd (ii FK.i: BBOUKBM AT WAT-Mb TtlXXN", DAKUTA. [twow xx niBtaaui oom__ran___f or ma imbimb.1 Wat.'.KTowv, Dak.. Dec l'i.?An interview wKh Bpeetal Aft B_a____rd af bte Banaant looa Wm trict, recently published In Tim Tliint-.t*. lin-nttr ictcrl t.ui-iilf mille ut t ? iiti'in lu ttils toe illly in two particular* : First, w indicitlii-rthi* OZb nt of tin* frau .fl committed In conncrtlt'ii with the appropriation of lund-. un I, sc coin!, ns evidence nf a pnrpr.se nn thc part of tli.-'lovcniiiii-it to meet and overcome tin- e\-1|s. The public lunts of thr Rorthwoot, Hillie prooant rate of pm.-ros, will aooute axtenoted, and bow Btaoy tteunauanof aenobavobooa sti.icii will pi.il.nl ly ni vcr bc known. Thi'tiUsinc-- sc. "ns tn lliive been conducted in Mu- psol with a view to ifctttnn rlii of Hm load up >n Mi" silt:!,test pnt.-t If a claitil. Great IqjMtlM Ins SOOSSqaeOtty been wron-rht lo ft'iii Otto st Miers. while lbs grabben ban everywhen profited. The wor Ibj min. with his little family alni limited BB BOOB, lettlnupou hie quarter eectjoo os tte prairie. Bo tm tl in'? the li'ir.lslilp-f of a iiiom cr life anil suffers great pi Ix mi.ms in enler to comply co''.-clfhf Iniisly willi the law respcctiiic" ci'litiminits lOOM lice." Sonic iniiniliilf he tohoUfl an i i-'iit by ten nhant. toesotof og ootbs (|!i.irte|-scctlfin iullniiriii-.'. rind lie is Mutt, red xvith the ttioii_li?iif!iri.iii.iiiitl.'lih.tr In a txvtiikllnir nil -sltr-ni-i of life disappear. Tlie iboaty alone remain*. Pome time, perhaps, during the succccdim.' sU inntiths, he sccs a mnn xvaikiiu: ii'tniit with ins bondsta bblB-eetote,and BOSOM a streak of BOMta teutonflWOi tte stovepipe Mut B..JCCU fruin tha shanty. BOM he learns thal lils **nebrb**er**tea "proved np" laapeOed by curiosity in- motea Iti'iuby, and Minis Itel lha niau la a saloon k" per, or tdttAtttt, ora doctor, ora lawyer, or portent a minister In a distant town. Tte next tam- te beers, HM (purler section ha- channell nxvncis In consideration of ;i Ibu bundled dottara. if te wen loexoaatoe tte pr.i'fs he WOOld ot"" -VS that Hal |-'i i.iry mu tte iiil_iiul price of the I.ucl. The action of the Oovcrninent In appointing s-vcclril Monia is tux toa tte edtec. ?f lenHytag oie rraobera Tim district, lam! ogtoon an ibBonslvw shnoat powerina Br porn aniiixiis in proston MteB-rUid and In Mi.* nat ure of tlniik-s acccpti .1. Ills tel I Itel tte v%"ik of Mus s|M'tial a_-i'iit bet'liis. In anv tlouUtful "l suipal.i'is BOM hld tv-rxices are rsojolred f'tr iii vc-1.- itioa, and l(Teirul?rl ty ?(irk? toff CUBIS, ami i.-rlury cul -ill* pros, fiitlon, when the law ts c-eitivclv itlmiiiliilst.'rc'l. I I I i i:m i um l-l i sn. i: xvii ii Tm tx xv. T'p-n th li whole sullied IBO views of tlc Hon. CO. William", tate H"pie-.-ntalix.- iii Coierr.?--. fi.en Wlseonsla, sod bow Rf>u-Ster nt lbs Ualted ^tnto. Load Odtoe al ibh pince, univ he i n i * * r. * -1111 _.-. I *. * -1 * - i_r ;i-ketl nrbetter he be tiered thal ri bum aiaoual of fr ml bad h.-rw perpetr ited u|ioii tteUtixiriiiii'iii iii tteeatry ol landa in btadlatrict, teretpttadi M Tea, and no. Ia tbe aense of literal crfpiiince with Ina, a l itl-c Bomber of entrte- would ti il *t.nni t Tabe, .01 i'l-laiee. lilt'ipi'-li'Ui of eoiililiual : home stead Bod pre-empt ton cl. If tte tl nm mt I" rctpilre.l (o live cniitltiii'Hl?lv 'ur all mouth- "ll Ins i Lum, nnd 'mt li ive If more Mi m tV i -t it.li hi*, fannel I. ive hia hom Mead, averj Maali proportion of claim iini-f. oven of iii"--' -ini nuke e .'it to rontlouo .1.1,ec. eillll'fiV ?i'll Mle |SW, If lllV lll'iple I I. Ul |U| V dil. Hilt Mic tpl. -11.m. M welt e. the kif nation, I- I Billed "lie, d'pciniiii;' lrin-'eiv nu good faith audi this en tb : xor of Mn- Bett. r. lt ta easy to ny 1 ta hall lin oo a ri um-iv monMlS, "I I,. ? III.IV le, lt ll "e bl. I.ll fiilMlmetit of the requirement l< ojaite anotheri Many honest nett len ara i*- ? ir. \ I ? ?. ?? i ? i - ", i . ? i i,."uii io eel i" n itel t. . rap ol tm ik ihe or tea Ben a, or hire it lat rubia 10 by 12, aad dlr e well: ? i "' '? rttm ? 1 l.u -o Bambi r ? of tbeae ti rn no | Urey i lilli"! tv..rk tte If I -.? k wort ..here, Hvrog ??? na all tiny can, ii".i eveutuelly aaaktaa Un n th.ii hie..ie-. In all aoebca* B,wten tte fil?teu ? ..r raith I-esta'.1, hod, I think I simultl ii , and la, to favor I Ibe |" r*.ni* tn who- law wan prianed. Hut ' ciilty ia rn dctei ?..'- - ? ? -. (ir. oona tlc- am ' m. i ts tated ian of moana ?*'!?> ia . "i p ir on m in hupvovo* tm nt- hi llilily .lay- than - . i lu *li llielll'ls iittxx mi" pi cm mi ?.: is iiAxti t "In Hit lae! (????i.t.-s i i .r t t,- Um r. j. ?! ..r th? ? law : '"it I am Boa if (bal polk y. l kim* tte iemrle m method, I' Bta. maxim lal lon I-: If a law dom .*. . x icily t.i Mill X..U. repeal lt, aiiiillulate lt ull.tIv. I!. i .ililli Iv p- ' h. re notblna at all Every . aid be ? in.mut both tbe pr uiul If lt waa | >d "f ti ?Una Unal ; ' e.i,l lie adopted Mi iii th. ' i nu'/ iiMel ii r tented at the tocal a ??Y't wtel . .n tte Interior i> partaw-ut, tb Lind T'lintnls-ioncr OT tte local ofllnsadol W. le r- in xx' p.-i t<>" ii an- iii-i i-iiikt of Mail (te rata "f twenty ? day. To tnveatlsate would i to dlapoalns of Ibal nnmBer of -mill tao -nts Bul we ron do notbtaff of ita Mod. tlt to lo to '?? an lue M.. fie or the pap. m. Tte psllcy of seodtag "ut ? pf. ul scents to ga opon the tao I, If net ? sj.\. i,,, more lil Mn rii-lit direct mn. Yet no -1...11.1 d._ ? tlr. |.. partmi Bl attempt to eyau*mat__e tte force and malts lt aflrcttve th iii Mn erv ot ? 1. ? ; ih. :\.,;\ of SB* po-lns*fraud aud protectlna the (loveramenl li nippled. The in ' ' on ubeti li in tte bbboud) of Boner roted for tte us" of the Genera] Land Ofltos al WMhlnaton. lt lu, ami mn-t ito, with tin- tn ?t of d about a xi.11 behind In BBUCb Of Ks wmk. I Borer realh ' l Injn tv .? thai done until i wbe.rn two poor nettlcm ran be seen oa tte '.inn- cl nm, lunn makins luiprotionieuta, ni aol knowloa whetbi i i<> ?lll|l " ll 1!" a 1. V. , : I .' , I .1 .1.1, Iii Hie |,l || Hil' III'.' ' laleI III the ' I theil li, elie Iv li. . . lUK fer I.'f t lifflie, T.i11 ll. ? ? lt Ililli.' lt ts mip"-f We fm nine apeedj n-in-r 10 in* bad. un w.iu. ur rr. im. mi "Tl.. . il out should be min of exp. ri euee aad capacity. Undertbese ri /ur- InvcailcuUoni tbe c-' 1 ??!? may ba doon Tte oma xxlm ? mir-v b_.preaaed arith the beltof Itel every man be meei I def, la rn lattly equipped for in-t wmk. it requiem a tterooab koow.-ds*e "f tuen ai il ','.ifi < .icu uv. not to he Imposed upon on ctn.er ?Ide. Not nun. <111 11!.x the vcrj ne u wtioare ratalnatiui .' I) ?- 11 ? s l.lio in n ia! lo steal the bind li opportunity offera, "A* to ibu .11,t of l.u il io rbleh one man aboaM be I'titiiini, 1 don't Hunk ilnif 1-o .tens (a t,?, ?,,,, |, ?:? 1. In 11 .11111(1 v Ml,.ie capital,-1 ??p. 1 ni,it. ii- ai . m. ten. twenty or flftj (bousand acre* In a body, l ito ie 1 retrard it ? baa polb x lo in lp ihe hout-oi helli.i to the pomewilnn ol I bree imti.li. .t, four Uuodn-d lum.in .t ,1. ns. un ? areli in fortify for Iii my the siime, and to on, bot olway* holding tho claim subject to forfeiture to tho Coveriiiiicnl, for failure to plant and cullivat*. the troea. At tho cud of _lir.it yeari* I "xould call'"-iiic.' Under the law thin amended not only would tte trees be -rrowlni? al Mn-uni nf ei_ht veiirs. but fal Bte Mun three tears tbeM prairies would lie dotted over with thrifty grovoe where uaw yon iee only rank weeds ami cr ms ( ilbil 'tree cl alms.1 Tinier rte liiodillcaMon I JtUKSOSt, tb? iiiiitlve nf Mle claimant would te toJOVW tie*es, in.t ;m j* ,,,,.,. jj ttl(, motive not to row them. " Mr. BflUtoOM la enthusiastic in his views of Dakota and ita future. MTne quest-.r Ita Immediate and perma? nent ?rrowth," he says, " has psS-Cd licyoiid tile n-iliin of opinion. The people are Bent tin-crops are rath'nd. Auiiviein ho'iies rire inringlag un on everv sith'. BTOB ibe kc mi Mast* or November neareelT etei k tmmtsTattoa pr tosara tte eotrtoe at tte land iiflliiin The apnm- will In lm.' hot li willi leloulilcd taros, ll matters not what I mir think, or wbal any one going Boat moy write or ey. Dakota lo a tatt, aad a roi r lana mid and lnu/mli-i cut nnc ' PENNSYLVANIA BUNTING GBOUNDS. FEATS OF BPORTSMER AMONG DEEM AND BE____& [ritoxi Axrtrr-Agiovxi. (*Mt!ui s|simii:st hf Tiir _UBUN__1 Bl xiii dun, I'.iiii., Dre. 17.?Tlie dei l-limit in-; ?. '-"i'clos.,1 ;,, ih,s smte ,m -iniiiidiy, aiul from all n pmt.s il appear-to luv ? h. cu Mic. most MMOOafOI our In tte northwestern tin of ooanttos that tte kunian lu'e ciijoycd iu yt irs. Heir BWUtllrg i.s imxv* at its beat, OltteOgb usually by tbbl lime of year those aalBWla have -one numil, ir wtoter quartani bat tte tall aad xx.* linn far luxe BOM ho mild thai Hp lin lu. md ht-ui driven to his lon,' winier-le. p, bul BM I.B Bbb* to lind plenty nf foi 1. and to wtEtt uo lUOOnVOOl M. W fro u Mi ? weather. bator this oouooa thoa ba baa wlthta tho neotleettoa of Ibo OUest bniitcr. Tin id BOO linn BBS draw hue_ Bl tte iiuld frill fur Booters, ami thal h.in BOM tte dillind-i xvith wbtob reuteoa and otter ioom ban lu en pr -ix cd In unod mite The warm wathe r spirited aw iv uuny a tal huck's OSICBM this fall. Asaong tho many nhl liniiu-ris tum tendtottncototed theiuarlvi-a thia tallou tbs der trail anu UaOBt .lake." Banonlay, BUbob Pfoata, iim.ii Badaa, oad otters. Hauicr-liy an.1 Pftmla h<_ ni liuatlii. ('.ether In tills rc ion m 1 ?;.?.. arid have inver nu 'I I SSMOU'S e__Bg hen -iiie... Tiny ant Boob t-ov.-my fOSIBQf atp. il.nu -i-iey OMsagua iiui wis mile avarslztl )'? irs -a-ofor hm rather, liy (JUMmltb ..ut., of Wu. .-Hu.-. West it is a Bingi a-bart i. obi tito toodlog rllto. and txilli lt In. ls -late his bil I t IO 1 tm il of ic my .-.(i. hi d., i, boar, elk. paul ter an I .in iii ri* cue. Pfouto'a fiord ls not M *..-,.,., || |g h Jurd au, of l-illl ? Click, Umia to havo killed moro than _->.) bean n hi* OOnOO of lltty "-..t-s iu the flVOOta W'Mttli, mid a p.:r|Mirt|ouatcly larne lamber m dow and siter k issn Ha hay* tn-f a a more i bo* nani boater tb tu titter or tte aban ssaiTri. astley tera lix ni d tte pto wons of tte OhaaO willi much BObST bu-u Bever il nf rh.* hunfrs who have nsaapod in tte wilds of I -. I ? ' I' ' . Warien. M'I..'tn. Mfuitlold uni "(lier .un. - for the pi-t Ball eentury ami more tere awl xith tia -ie,i,.,tiis,lulim* tba paal maana "i two, and their lepl lan ms their old eomradeawboare I'ft. Tte lateat addtttoo to tbe 1 fl anfortnnatefl I- the ii um "f abram i> mains, a native af Tioga County, iiui Doted throughout tte entire northan ptrt or Mic -I.ile. He ted gooe wdh a nun urn -I John Pal a deer-Itch ba tte nooda four mlle, from I/* nil'i 1 -i roon ty, Bl tho headwaters of Se.pii . . favorite reaori fm Dowolnr. kimi he b id bulli i pi ii form mi tree from which he could .r ,', ni t? ih.. h ? li i.l sic : eic- i|r*er, ??? - . , , nu. and Mn nu ii ll ev irn; ilesjeende I Me- In ? . ..aii,.-i rn, ins Kun bj a -.un..', vltb tbe muzil I On Its war down the hammer i m. i Ui . \.-.i ri ll on .!..? i ap .ml .l.scli.: ihe lui! entered Downing*. aluin I caine ou Ina lil* hip. P il tely ran fm . when he r I . ?> found li. 11 iiodv lyitu' near ?? I -f crushed ? i'll h" -as fellini.. ??sm i . . killed uv n wu . ? : . I I .cl lils lt ll tlxe ii ward. \ ... .... .* eu ibe illfl ? . . i i ? laira, i icier. t ? ? \ Mor in .Ucl lil ' el. Iph. i. Iden ly led tl ?d to I in f..r lu* life, aad lin illv -iii -.if. Iv lu elim rue inio ibe wood" iii I lie follow i .lit. . i . i i ? :-. - .nu of Ciller tr,. bad it.mn.I..I. lb- .hot and Lilied lt. hui In gui Ott to win tc I. l.u U..LS snip 1 ei| |o Un.I the ,|, ,.| hod) ,,f another our ni u bj ur bad one wound, henoi 1 .1 that tbe one I found dead xvas mo ten le a el I Ull. John tiller. nell her enc "f -? . ie .ts ul ate, wtitie banting fovs were *.i;pi.*..t ii> itu ? '.? .ir and half-grown cub. Ile- ti .i s li.id Inn iee- k-,n. tri old ai my uiu-k-i. Young i .1 l. 1 . .. I I. I that. XX ... .i 11".al'* app. ll. I, he -I . -Iel th. ll Mle III., e Ism * .apia:, il t !.i } "HU ?? olio . liu_h -Tem, ?? t: rn -r" Horgan and ~UN m c;lt>i>?. ?\ ? . Company ..r Marj i libs bile ? . loi n on i i tr tin r mi ta o hmm '?? ,n? w,?,_ I. i-.rn .i ..ni fr un amoila Mic rn. _s. The m. ii lu isl al Ibe Us ira wltb th tl revol vera, which air_:r.i ... I III. Ul, and Ile obi 'm.' - niue.I ll. ht. tao m. ll I ...lld liol '.. ,|,. , , defend ih i- I the two obi bean with ? tour, ali 1 t .p.ll. d Un i alli*. t III Ki ll OHO I \ l \'l> i; tl TEBED BOX. I ill Ml xl;r CONTBAST* Ol A ( I I Y rVlGII I. Ont in the ?ttcct iiiiilt-i- ilir gas-lights, leaving behind thc half Ibtbl ? **' ' *** '??iu's. with iii nnworldlj man -' glowing marl ?. ? ; i, Uah ii.n r eta ?. ? leulptured i j inn ft.- tnmultuoua tow monica of tte Bach PafOO In lt tumor, and the mi die, Old time, uuny vole il ' ! ? ll , r, Hooting 'l"? li from Mic f.u off. h .ir, , ? rid of j sad tte ru-hing train*u ? ?' I rumble ami tlukllogof in i tbs hurrying people homeward tenud hardly tatorrupl the -tri -m.il rotcca tbat hanni tbe Inner man. nen la a bleak corner ta a dilapidated nch-iii-iihiio i. rte au et lamp burns dimlj ind ll i- ., :? ,,t iii ? ii otb. Then arc ti"t manyi.pie t ? \ . , . half-aohblog -oundla . t the foot ol ibe lamp ls a handle "f nil atrirken In yearn, and more utrtrken ret 1_ the ?kinny, si*, ht,e. nie., wotn m hidden In i'" nt, ^s. tt li hnweil ri look. A luul, withered and tilmy like a .1 .. UU tia a .1 .ni. on tie ililli-- hex Bl ht and now ami lh*?n al odd liitervala ir., i.e.- a ni (rel ll "fan lilli e .f alu . , .lr. irv, un Inti the old ere iture, un. e |?i haps ic niel) girl iv.ih i crae .md Its '? Ix pleiMlsftil lim penni..i. she Iles huddled In her tviil.lu. ? U -lo.lv mein.I the lui- ? noa Mn old boa : i here are tran! pennine In tue battered cup, beoauac Ila uuiato l*.*1 .n.t. p I haps And there la yet another -a men linn.Uni raga, who simk? awaj m a darb eorner,uirnla*i .moll,, r i ia.il, on . pl '."I "ll !?">? A '"I Of rht.r au "ld bottle, and ita lng little flame rndathes.e nraUng down the bottle sid. -. and i in-rahUug gtow-worra egl-el f ill-* mi the llrty box and tho dull pence, and more gloom I lr yet on ih. P un old bait in i *. ii. 'Aim seems in li ive nohulongin** let hm ibioolaie poverty, ubaatlyoriraua and Mgaoiaaa MU llie-c. ? - .1 ra I''D' PB a ID Al. JOKE. BprimyfUU,cato, Lttttrk ThtPttUhmtaJMommoB, Uiiu) I*. Millward, ;i nntnl im-chniiical "'il*lniei niel exp.-H. Committed -in, nie Iii Mils eli) on srti.utiiy ia>i. Miine txceks agu Millwall!, who aaa of a io ly n.ii.ni ..;.d a.i.i a or" ai rollah for practical |ol dated bi a iiui,ui i ul li'icnd., coiisfiucieil a dunimv I-..11'- out of a I'liielic of lowela ami pillowa. and tah! ll tm ii bed in the An ade liol In lUl Itj I he i"":" wat 't darkened nnd thu duiuiu* ? oi ? red with ? A |..istel'o:iii| le- cl m itli eiot.'s.pr.li painted reniiircs ixa-. iitt.n hcl to thc limb, so ns I.lin plain sl-ht uhcii Mic shes t should lie rennix t*<l. When all waa raauj tba reporl ?ts . neill.ii,,i Un..ri.li ile tin nj the Joker* thal a h n hm,el- h..,| lommilltil -ul' ldc at lb liol' I 1-ftci a pro I I .Ut. ll pill, Ulld ll...I III. I.t.11* Hiis deposited III Ulolo Ku ci oj in. tread' Ibu, i. Thu report attrnclcd hun ilte.i- or du-cns, including tbe -orone*r, rn ho were piloted np to tie i.re ),) "lie. and the :"i ?.! e ..|ac col p ?? el blhlteil to thom The -ell laated a whole dar, snd pro luced im end "f merrtmout, naarutly eudlaa ni tbs per st.n fisiicd irciitiiu .he crowd. A icu- weelu ini.r Millward ibol himself through the brain, after a weeh'a Bbaeuceonadrinkinaapetl.lntbe An ade Itinlilln.. th- i. I, ii ci dy uml real tr:i?ciiy eor reafiondlna in enry pul I li ular. Iho ni.ht Im lore tbe deed Millward enuc nonie rely lute, ami after a few words with his roommate, went to .leon Tbe latter In . rd Mn mbblns during Ibo night, tod -bongbt imtbtn-r of ii, and Borer s is him again until 3ie untorod lbs nairn Mic next da) and round him Kaapiug ola laal "Uh a bullel In his head. The lurrounillDga sim.ed Mut tbe ni rn had -foiK-n un. dn-K-ed hunaair, and after lyian down on, tha imui'.-e. huil deliberately timi hima. ir in tba he.ul. The remarkable part ot tbe eaae waa tbat the real sut ? l.t.- tallied arith t nat of tho pretended aulelde In every pain, ular. Thc Mme id ibu xxas tbSSfl.,tbS Weapon thc same, the place the sn., alni Ilie munni Mic I lin ,,,, imcis jury decided that mental depreaalon waa Un chis,, of Mm suicide, hui lhere cnn heoodoubl Mut breed?w oxer th* omah traced] tflBjanatufl and waa ihe ciuis.' of tbe reid oi,.'. ii, m. c. Miixxod same of a family of world-wide rs nown m f-iufiiicting puraulta. He waa formerly em? ployed "ii ea-rine-erlng works for tbe Km-llsh On-.eminent In Vineland and Jamalru, andatoo lu-l'l Important poM tloiis In Ibis country, betas 0 mau of thc hlichesl lutelll fBoea and Baoflaaatoool .kill. - ? SOT KNOWN KV TBAT NAME. '?Ha\c JOB any poitraita of cx-1'n-siilt nt Dix i-1" uskeil a richly ilOSSed xvom in of 0 vendor of pliotfiifrnphs lu Four tc -i.r.l.iv ?? I_I_wlio Was he I" iviked Hie ikloWalS ?.ilcsnillll. Asiniilshi-I, she icpliea?"WIlV. the I'n ? I'h ni of tho Hnut Lei n I'onb-durncy, of courao. "je-fiiavi-'H ptoiara ymi attttu mani," saul tho ren? der. " Nu, mam. We hn\" M lltue dcuiaiitl for lils plc* lui*- we don't kc. p it lu st.iel.." " That's stran****,' aal'l tbe liio,uln>r. "I nut Oran! every xrUuro." Biio muV'-d BWOf ovblcutly (llHai/O'tluted SOLAR SURROUNDINGS. BY PROFKSSOR RIC TURD A. PROCTOR. THE I.ATKST MUM I If M _a_OOT___D_i A1IOUT THF SUN'S COItONA?rilOTlKiIlArilH Ol' IT AT LA'S r? a (iitiAT maauvio nora iwmatiiT bbtab* 11'IUII 0IHIIBB OK THK INO.IIHY. Kr.xv, England, Dec. .-.?.My frlnud Dr. William Hagglaa, tito eminent physicist Md astronomer, eti lartaliia tha aonMnnl lniief that bnkaa aneeaaiad in photographing tho solar corona without thu aid af a total solar eclipse. 1 am tayaotf not if alta con? vinced that xvhat he has photographed in really the corona, though 1 would fain hopo so. Aud yet thc Baldon00 sectus strong enough. His methotl is sim? ple ami probably areli known not only to mm of scieiii.-i! in America hut to most of that lurga popu? lation there which. Without being scientific, takes interest iii scieiitilic malters. I therefore only sketch it, and that lightly. He takes advantage of tha toot that a largo propor? tion of tho light of the corona belongs to tho violet OOd of t'ie spi'i-ltum, and Uses absorptive BtodJB Which allow this sort of light and this only to pass lim ly through. Then when IbonhotOgmpbing tele? scope, la turned toward Ihe sun and the nownol region, the violet light of tho corona, which is rel* utively strong, only has to contend Ogoinot tho violet liirht from tim sky around the ina's pines, and han Bl least a heller chance* of making its presence kim xvii,?in other words, a better chance of record? ing o recognisable pictire of the oontoo] Btroo Biara on tho photogrophie platt*, on Wbieh necessarily the light from the sky is eomliiiied arith the light from the corona, it, Beean, clear that if tba Imago i talton first, near thc centre of tho teteooonte hold and then near aside, any optical effects duo to tin- -.ti tie tun- of the telescope itself nill.*-t Ut detected and eliminated. Btroomoro aimulntinga eoronalnpponr auto .rou 1.1 nut possibly lie alike iu lioth positions. Sonny other purely instrumental peculiarities ena lt xvould BOSOn, BO coi retted. As for any coronal streamers eUUOod by our own atniospliere, they must bo coi reiteil if xvii take pictures on different dnya or at diflbront Boam If. analar snell varying eon ilitions, xvc lind that still certain BtllOII-OIll romain which can bo reeogniaed aotheaaiae la all the differ? ent pictures, it certainly seems mt though then- inu-t in- true eoronal streamers. Thia is whal I>-. Hnggiua claiuia to bnvo done, and it is what his pio*uroa really OOOm tO show thal he luis done. So tho* I Beureely know how to justify thodoubto wbieh rtt I ciuiifit In-lp entertaining, Theseatrenoaeraan io faint iind Bhadowy (though thal "t i.me they could not bat lie), it looa saar "ta Bioko believe a irtiod ih ni," a. Dick Swiveller puts it, ia looking al appearances io delicate, especially wheo lao in my own c:isci we xvisli xcry much to believe that a great scientific triumph has been achieved, thal a" ex< i -- ol caution cornea over Bte, and denpito the agno? men! ol' meli so competent to j Bilga us Dr. Huggins, Professor Stokes ond Captain Abney, my Bund En this mattel' " as|;s fur moro." Perhaps one would not Ix-so ready to entertain still a little doab! were it not thal the mutter is one xxlm h can sn rery readily be teated. Hr. Hoggina'a method is nile which can be applied nader especially favorabl.mlitiniis iu the clear aktoo of America. Theil' are also in America matrnittcent instruinenta for testing thi m*-thod. I should bo gi il tu learn that the mantle of my Late most i si ce mei I friend Dr. Henry Draper had fallen on a aucccasor aoaealuua in thecauae ol -? k nee as ne wn*: nay, evoa thal the iii-.ti iitueirts be employed bo -ucceaafully bad i.n flin et.-.1 a.- un to tho elana nf work for which ho made them, bul with a alight chaoge of subject. s.'l.u photography ia -nuking great program in Eng? land; but \xe hare aol tbe favorable coadltiouo which exial in America. It baa even boen enid hy a ii authur, who nuder the mmb it flam of Max O'Rell ile natue!) has recently discuased John Hull amt John's Island, thal ive photograph the s'ni in Rnglaud whenever xvc *p?( the chance lest xxe s||,iiii,| forget him. Without being quits so bad sa that, "ur atutoaphere is certainly not tho best sn.I in the world for the very delicate and diffi? cult problem attacked bj Dr. Huggins. [Profeaaor Daniel lirii" r hus indeod ahowu that out of 4,-t-.-1 hour "f aunahiue, Sow-York had _.'':>t; aet ii.tl sun sb i ne in ni rs in I*. 78 and 3.10] m 1870, say in round numbera3,000 hours; n-hereaa ol < Ireenwich arith only t wo hoon lesa of possible aunshine, thora were but 1,243 hours of actual sanahine in l**?*. and 077 in 1870, aa average ol i.l ll bonis only.) lt univ perhaps be thought by io_B0 who hive noted the supp.isc.l discovery made by Dr. HaatiugS and Profeaaor Holden during the eclipse ol May hut, that aetrouorav ought toaaaure itaelfthal tho co? rona e\i ts. before attempting to photograph it. If the corona has really been proved to bo merely a phenomenon of diffraction, as has been so confi? dently and il-" to Btrangely asserted, the diffraction taking place at the mooo's edge, then of ( onrac xx hen the mot'ii ts uni tlc ra to produi e th it diffraction eu? rona ii is nllu to attempt to photograph what?in that case?baa no existence even m an o-ptkaJ phe? nomenon. It has been with aol 0 little surprise that the tiexrs of thia noteworthy diacovery Ima been received bx ii-tt.ui iiui is. Au observation which if it prove any? thing proves only \x hat everyone knew moat bethe rose vir . thal lighl passing close by tbe moon iu total eclipse undergoes diffraction-?is astoundingly accepted aaexnlainingtho solareoronewith its ooao plea structure, its long streamers, tts faint extension along the endiae oven beyond the it reamers fl vo millions of miles in length aeon by Professor Cleve? land Abbe in 1878 and by General Myer in 1800. lt is pei factly well known that diffraction could ac? count only for B line ct.rou.il rm. of !ii"!it. not even for the inner bright 0OIt>__B, Still h-ss fol the struc? tured corona near tue sun, and I :i*t ffi all for the long strcam-i s. Vet tho mero eiroumatnnei- that Ur. HantingM bow whal it waa practii olly i ertnia before. bund he xxiillld see if he lonk"d for lt -x l/., ex idem f of diffraction ?is at duos taken as full and complete evidence about motton with which it is not in the remotest degree connected. Tho theory thal tho corona is nol a solar append? age waa not altogether au unreasonable, though it was a deuwnotrobly wrong theory, fifteen yaun ago. If waa clear even then to those a ho considered the matter attentively that none of the non-aolai theories which had up to that time boon ndrnncml (including tho diffraction theory diaeaoaed hali a i en'ni. .il".i by Boden Powell) won sim,ni. Bul even tbe aciontiflc world bas been si,nv to accept tho results of hutu reasoning; so that iii 1869, xx ben the celebrated American eclipse oeeurrod, oatrono mels xxito beginning to hopo thal photography would dispose td tha solar connia aa it had already disposed of tbe solar prominence-. There had benn Miine who denied that tho colored prominoncuo could bolong to tin1 -nu, pointing to ililli, lillies akin to those xvhich Mr. Larkin Urges, I see, in Tht Kansan tito ..'ci. ir, against tho doctrine that tho corona is Bolar. Then photography, ohoorlng ia aaocassive views of tho totality in I860 how tho moon passes athwart tho colored Santos, disposed definitely of ihe lunar ami atmospheric, theories ol tho garnets round n brooch of jet, ns tho oolorad Samoa had been poetically called. Photography iu l sro did tho like for lha fi'ionii. An American phologiaplicr at Korea in Spun and an EngUoh photographer nt Syracuse in Sicily showed ill their views tha MUM radiations, rifts, gups and general structure in tho corolin,?xx hiih could never have happened il* tho aiiucsplieric glare, tho lunar explanation, or any ot her but the .solar theory of thu corona brui been sound. In 1871, in India, six photographs taken ut ll.ukul. close, to tho -4<s_ ahora, and six taken ut Ootaeaaannd, mom icixiofeet atora thaaaa_lorval, showed the same coroual features, all twelve of them. This waa not so much a demonstration as the firti caty proof ot thc solar nature of the enroua,?for even a schoolboy (not Macaulay's schoolboy, who knexv everything, but a real one) conld see that un |000 the corona ix ero far lu-youd our atmosphere aud far also hex omi tho ninon, it could not possibly show th- sumo feat urea as seen not only from sta? tions hundreds of mile- apart, but also at tho k__g_*-> liing ot totality xv hen the moon's BBBBOBn edge is just nilling the corresponding edgn of tho sun, ami throughout totality lo tho last moment when tho xxcsieru tttBOt of tho globe.-, aro iu apparent contact. Consider Ibo mighty shadow of the inooti sweeping along past and over tho oh,ci u r, reiiiciiibcriiift xx imi tho shadow in our air really is, a great cylin? drical (really a fruatuiuo.a c.iio but v.rv nearly cylindrical i region of darkness from fifty to a hun? dred miles] or so ic diameter; and sec tho irapo_M*hit? it v that when tho observer is ou the extreme ea_it -ru hid" and on the extreme western -ide of that shadowed regiou he should'see the Hame appearaneo in the air, or anywhere but in a regiou ninny mill? ions af miles away, ns around thc sun. Add the im? possibility that at stations two or three hundred miles apart tho name appearances aro seen, and nob only se-m but pictured by tho iiuernug pencil ot photography. Yet it must be admitted that a certain interpreta? tion of thc corona as a solar appendage is so full of di fflcultics that one cannot nonda* at ita halting proved fi stumbling block to many. 1 mean tho view that Ito-"trana lao solar atmosphere. Thane* ?toaeo of gaseous matter iu thc coron., does not any moro prove, as BOBM seem to imaim***-, flint tho corona is an atmospheric envelope, than the exist? ence of gaseous matter in comets, demonstrated over and over again, proves that comets form an atmos? pheric envelope of the sun. The xvhole aspect of thi. eoroita seems to me to show unmistakably that tlio aOTorul parts of that solar appcntlaire an' aa free* tram atm..spheric association with the sun as sro meteor streams and tha hnadi and taila af comets. I doubt even funny own part whether what we call tho visible surface of the shu indicates the c:. ten? sion of a continuous solar atmosphere, to that dis? tance from the snn'a centre. Ami that the BlttBB {which some still call the ? chromosphere.' g word as curred and phasing as ? phograph? to a class? ical e:tr) in not nully an atmospheric envelope, tu the com ct sense of the expression, no-ius elf.ir xv lull we aonaidar Ita depth, and the baoonooi'mUopsaoa ures which would exist at the base af such an at? mosphere nader the solar gravity. OKooodlag ataca than tiM'iity-scviti fohl lh.it at tl. ? cu th's surface. If Hr. HagghWo photographs" of the corona aro real, th ? oonbta even of those uot capable of iiiuler Btoadlag the photographic evidence already ob taillisl will be dispelled; and to anOOtloa the solar nature of Ito corona trill to held BB obviously ?lt surd as it Would now be in the pBOOODOa Bf the tlailv Bindy of the solar prominence*, to maintain that tarp aro only phenomena ol' (Infract inn. Kiuiaiid A. Pro*-t.ru Till: "ATMOSPHERE"OPTHE BUM. a ....uki: hmm pkovkosob c. A. youno. Tothe BM limo ni Tkr rr i i ?tne. Sik: An editorial in Tai Tbmbvbb of hm* roBiboi lg sooialoa iibaalooa to aayootf wMoh aoosa u. n'i|tiire a word lu reply. I am erltlel.C'1 ratler sbir-il*. foi' ta.xliii- tli.it. " the .limo ? ?> len* ,,t ihe sim (pu cm ni il euxeioiK'i isnnt au .mu i'P len- Iii the .nm- sense us th* cart h's atmosphere." \\" | it I nie-ari is .Im ..ly B_S| (lr mt ing for tho aaoaaoal that, tho Carana is in i*.ut I ami lorgaly aomgoaod of au anvalega of i ju.-iy roro onoooaa ouctar naiad tai aaa1 i 00 mix call lt an atmosphere, iH'cau-e being BnsoonBj and Bttoa n .1 to 1 aoomloal luul..-, ii boon to lb -t body a r'liti'in sustooous to tint boran by our at 1 <_ ' pier.-to tlieenrili It-.-ir. Sofrtr the t. nu is a prn-n-t ?? -ie. I Ibu BOW, further, arni mi tba c"Uir(r.v, III" (cnn " attun p'i. ie " earrifs willi il to miisf p.-rsnns tr-rt uti nb'1 I ] the ilslllliiltiiiu nf temp ratliri', il.u-it,, cte., bl Itu fll.T'r j flit parts, whi' ll .Hf I .ie I on tlc fi t Ul if tnl. t 1 il I atoMsgboraloBoarly lalaosoal angbaatstta e'luibiiriuoi j uniter tba foro.! of ?.-ri. Itv, \x.:n fl temp.1,.inns 1 11 it Basra than two ur taroo bandied ongroai 1 aliitvc IBs ObSotOtS /.rn, while (he il .istty nf th* pur iou j -.* ihle ttl 'nun 1:1 n'i*''i vati iu ls i.-i. ia on ' th. MOB tbe "iri'lili ml .ili.i.iu lacou I cell.Uili, ililt'ci.'Ul. BO tbSl UM tern. " atrii.ispliere " l?? I cullies .1 rat] liiisli-.-.!_.!__* tine. There the 1'iuilili. ? I f_r ._* theri- is rmv is ilynauiicil. not r-t t'lc il, au.l tho j 1 11-rv. tea aad cui'iitiiu of tho ga__oaa j sutist.ince is far iii 11 ? ne irly that nf tie'rcsiflu il _.i* ina [ (I '..nCs's ', ennui pille til.,).i?:. Xll.ii ll ali lil l.lctlil'l c ill ls j si'iitluur elect in: il . MO l ? Bf I ordloaiy air thai Oooki - tho 1 rai ba bod Baoaad a fnui-th st ,:. ni ni ult r. Se iii,.- si.m.. ?ucb relati.n to thc gi -.-tios I Btata a- tin- i-M-. eu* dooa t" tba liquid. I s i uni! thiit tlie.se tads jilstl'.x my l.Ui_U:l_e. Wt nm d continually, 00Ibo wnf el gsoa ill. to ute uM H ls in in-w urenl.ui.c'1-eii-cs. nu I boBOsluna! Beag mrrft? watch to prerent the arorda _ro__ earrytag with tbeaa ni"." or l.**s th in 'ii. v really BM in in the prwo - A word ax to Profenaor _aatta_n'? obaorvastaos -n*! theory. Ula obeervai-ona certain!) appear te provetbat fie tuan'- X." ts." ni- envelope ls fir leaa ex'en, ive than 1110*6 H-irieiimiei's 'inxs.lf antons thom) hate hlthci-l.i sii(i pttil I cannot iiiui-in" lo the etreuutataneoa why tao 1. iT-t Uno ahould uot be nalbia clear tn tbs top of tho sui ir ?? allllu-plnre.'* While il is e i-y to lin 1 .lue X.ii lena w lya in tvhicii it uii-U is' liirnle to appear 11 ex-end con siii.-raiiiy above it ? ive tn i?i therafore aaatimf tlc Inwrat observed elevation of Uk 1,171 line is t \.-t l!u_ tte .'i at.-t hel-rbl of the coronal envei.pc, sn tbat mae af lin- 111. A* tfl h's liftrat Hum Hint diffusion ' Theory ut tho 1 ullin 1, mk would uot Ult* l" pronouneu deflntt-ety until rifle t a c ireful ex nulli .ift.u of the mathematical qUettiont 111 roi red. Hia reanlt diger ao much from thoae ot other iu ix hms nut .ti.'iitors aa to warrool a mapen-lon sf juibnuent. tn.ila. lr Mr. Hnptttt is n_rlii in fluopofliag Illili ll'' ll l- o it.lill il I'llnl.i.'I.rj h. uf Hu- imlar mr...1,1 IU full sm,U-ht (and MUM nf hw -.I.it, s which tin? xvnfer in.*. 1 certainly look amaxlnrty like iti, then Prafi mat 11.1-1111. luu.-i Irs wrang In BttrHiai-ss* tba corona to duc fia. (inti. In conclusion I max* say tbat aa thlBgfl stand I io not ott Ito! tbat tbe theory ot the *_i!;ir corona hitherto bald aaa beea 111.nl ? aii-iuiu-ly union able in anv of ll* ?*_ aenti i's; while iii tm -1.ne niue I sboubl ba f tr trow win? ni.- iu .i.s.s.Tt lt- ceiivi tiics-s very poettrety. Wa x*._ufc m.uv t_-**bl ; amt lt vxul bs sine to come 111 B few C. A. Yoi sa, I'r,mel",i,\.J., ncc. 17, l**-:t. FAMOUS FBENCB BILLIARD PLAYERS. _ Y "t Inn hm Tra fi. LouisQuotorse deliabted to honor bi lian) ^lay em who COUW B}OOU for any length of lillie u.riiving tautionaogoinai brilliant players, but who1 at ina Sililie tillie, pl'ofe.ssi'il IliablhtX Ut be.lt tile Killi*. t'liainillaii ins.. to be Aral Minister by Buffering liimaell to be defeated each time he had tha tirana Monarch for un opponent, lt was in tbe taiga of I.in lox icu Magnus tb.it 1 u 11 ian ls mst roi Iel on groan baize in Kruuce. Ula Man-sty \xas a gluttonona e.il I, anil as Ire xxore liiur! 1 -11?. lt*-l .slioes ami be-iililiiuicl lt.il .neills, be could lint t-lldgl OTBff hill owl dale, gun ia baud, in tbe ahooting >? .1*011. Ile lillie III ri t i H I i r I '_?. * xi lien be lolloxxeila sla.'-btrlit. Il< ax X cal.ni- anti no i \t lt I-.- to speak Ol mit il il lils |tei 1 aili ll.ll.nus. I'l'tin dui lint 'liire t.. tty I I- I lift I.s Ol Ills l;|e.ll Ile s ll), s,l ll j list l Mills, il |S'r_ soiiaue, and waa afraid to tell bin liaagre?ubla tmiiis. Ii would not have dune foi bim to s.iy " -"ii er,1 too mut li. -rte. ami walk ('HI lillie." Hut lu- luul tin- tnt.''m...is nie.1 tu band him a billiard* cue, ami to Uni linn thal it xx.is ??> Innes of ieh illcs, xx bit li xxuiiltl simii vani|iiisb bib alni spleen." Ih- Ki uk risked a pun on tho occasion, "li xx ml I ,,'n lubl," In- saul, ?? lu tiiie, I sliall ii turu too -'-i}>t nt lianne ami ' ne plus nu M'purcr fte Ula ipi.' *' Ile xx.i.s .1 mau ni bis xxeiil. Oi. iisin^- from tue table, 1 .a- in -I liiiu^ In dui was to taite bis hill** lani-, ne, ami play intel nullullie _.iiues With Madame ii.- Mi'iiif-pan. lier eclipse xxa.s nol Bf nilli ll idle te tbe alt ni ll'T rival. Mini ame Scirni!!, aa io bernara want ol tact in allowingcour_b*ra to iodnoof In-i snpi rita it v orortho King ai the bill i.iid-ta'i',.-. Ids Miije.iyat In >t ntuked chun*h liT 11.ir., military grudu*, civil functions, against atoney. Bul xx ben In- lui'I tbat bis emil tiers ore lei it tl 1 i-sk in _; bis dianloasnn to hising their at saes. he ployed for honor alone and fained eaay \ ii innes. Ill Ills nbl au" Linus \V. XVleiiletl tba lum.f Aclu Iles :i_unist Hie 11 i I tari v, lin- N uncio gsed 'O 100k nu xv bile the r-Linn; uml bis favorite played, ".nd woo observed to bin-hal tito sayings ol tho ... >r xxlu-'i she brui lust 11 .tin ne. Louis XVIII.,xx..- I a billiard-player until bieoboaitj hinuervd bil 1 Imaa fettiug m-iii- emt..ult ti the t.iblt tu he ma U ...ii s cue. Under thi Kiiiptrc, publicans were eucoui ri d by If luis ors of the Inleriorto deniocratiK bad beau for soarly _'(?:? v irs a anisy game. By ita notainaos and tha span the table ami playersoeen> pied, it prevented .illagera crowding into wino* shops tn talk politics. Iii .dd Court lu. s. French ladies wore oooong tho best htlliarn players. 1 have aeon, in on old curiosity anon, a Btayn* iker's aign-nonrd. in which the tt.ii.cn ix oma ii xx im bun.' il OO ibu.neil to make oom is \x m. li ilni nut hamper tim actioa ni ino Ulllsiles IU liisiU)*' thO BOO, ' l-l be ll ('aUUill-nliil sn,'' or "nrettj L'annouoer," figuring oa th? the laasurw* bebi in Ber hand a be-ribboued ene, ami hail hoc bau tires*, tl in tin- lin Dorry style, HUlinrds oca bibi in lemur ut i lu i Klyaoe. tirci v's facility iu cult ul.iliu_ ricni bela is 1 beiiot'.eiial. and his Laid is dell iu Kithing a bull at the exact ; mut at vx nutt lie x-iuuts to hu it. Ile is one ol I lie tare men who bib irotrato ptaynra without hating made nilli..rda a pro.-jn.sion, or entirely devoted ihemootvoo 10 thant aa amaooanent, Tha owner af tho cai. de lu l--ueuee used to uiHiio'iivre to keep him from t bo table tliere. baoanoO tho Icu-jtli ol his breaks waa Ul cause of loos to the Louse. THE HOES OF THE HCMOItlSI. 11 vin Wi*. Tnr. HrMORi-T offc Ti il, 1111.-elf 'lt ft ll *?.!>, lu I.1UKU.W-1 ? soil. "1'iiKjilait a way I" Ami thi-u be mutters, an'l mitterlnr, mute J ?? ffbaea an. aay wblhm festive imus, The p?*. nie who ulalie iny early iliy At 1 ullin in; Jokii" lin happy and Kay 1 Pa--in away, piuioliiK away, rt-'tiv inion there'll noaa he left. Au. 1 att_.ll I" is* I _u.l sore diatreat; But theil I'm !?"? -1 If 1 shall It. at all bereft. lit cause, wi..11 tlu-y have all paaaed away, 1 shall Mltm* tn j 1 iii tn a manner <ay, Ami mu_f my lukes un the overcoat, Aud the sri|.p.i'v -i.'.ew ilk miiuni li aa tin. Th. Ite.iiititul siciw, tho liuii.in.irakln. The -laud-aa cbowdur, Ue -.--__, tbe goth,