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NEW PUBLICATIONS. LtTB OK A HEROIC SOLDI KR. THE ?T"KY (?F f'HINESE CORDON. He A K. mum HAKE. OctaWB*, pp. !?>?. New-S'nrk: K. Worthtagtou. Tile ilun! I'lt fine tn this binvrra*ihv finites :i m<> ii., atari prejadiss m-amst ii. lt eoataias thc authov'a apology te Get-eral (...i.!"ii foi giving bis lile tn the \\i, n.i without hi*, (tin*-nt anil know 1 aAAOn, Then nrc tara excellent nesowa for a wail* tit ntial antlt -standing aaSwwsa ;*- i?n?_r:?i>ls?r sad tba living anbject nf hts scratiny and reflections, Or* dinars esaarteey regains tint s gssat iimii absaid bs jilin uni tn i boost lu-- lit* rarj sdvoeatc er saccate! ; ?ami it iii i-K iil!> ieinsult. 1 he will lu* able te> il? luminate iei-..i.ls of public events and ti'.. ?< of pri? vate correspondence witb Sasbrs e.f reminimenee. In the pr; int mst sam tbe need of personal reeol* 1, ,tii.np is tin-1.ii.if urk'.-iii sises Qestdon, wbileao Industrious, it nol :i graphic or spirited letter writer, Wm.: in . reserved and modest a nun. ie>ei free from the taint of nlf-conttcionaaeea, t" flo himself Jastiee Deeply interesting ns thip v..linne is, the rt-e-itiil lacks tbe eahnation and freshness which ttmld hare been imparted toil if be bad ions aver tha latter* tih-p snd supplied thc biographer a Ith rn rmi m. in*. Mr. Hake, ulm is Gordon's coiteiu, aeeaia to ha vi '..an deterred trom couanlting him by ths i nt" pre\ inns book-makers, cue of thew nar? rators sa> iag sabmitted a portion of ti is man - tn tin* conqueror of t he Taipinga, had the mortifica? tion of seeing page aftei jmi^t* torn oa! snd thrown int.. th.- tin*, (leifil.m h. p un uncontrollable aver* n.'ii to eulo :v sad praise, lt hi- cooain hail gone to bins far advice, he would probably have forbidden the |iul.li..it;, .ii ..f tbs book. Hs would hive aaid i "Betta* Iel tbe milter drop. Too mach baa been i- : mill u riiten shoal mv adventures already.*1 This ssegraphy is not fm- from iiinits ,.t literal > rt.iipirn.tum. bal in two respects st less! H atad numble Th.-story is told with directaess snd sim? plicity snd not with Bach prolixity ss to prove diffnss aad almost tedious, aa aahappily is tree of tl:.-re.-.-nt biography ol another noble Englishman ?Lord Lawrence. There are limitations to haman Interest in the dealinp of Enropeana with serai* civilised sad barbaroas races, which tbe wise biog* raptici will not fail to recognize. This volnme slso l emt ni the strongest 1 i-rht the chara, tor of the man arboes deeds it chronicles. Thia is always one oftbesBOst important (unctions of the biographer. In thia inslsann it is a sacred traat. Chinese Gor? don ia not only one of tbs noblest Englishmen of venom history bears record, hut also a hero among lmii. Although hi- renown haa been won in tbe employ of foreign Governmenta aad Princes, yet he has never been s mercenary aoldiec of fortune. His campaigns have han f*russdesin theeanseot hu inanity. He h.is been a conqueror signed with the n "i ,,i the Cross, illustrious alike in the brilliancy of hiss luevements, tue integrity of hia character, ami ins heroic devotion tn the bighesl moral princi? ples governing bowan conduct. In China, in the Soudan, or in an E*uglish t ity, he i? alwaj s the li cod hiiiniiitan. li is ? anique character tba! ia mirrored in flies,- pagea -with a will as Impei-tooa -., Napoleon's, a nature as austere and indexible as Cromwell's, a capacity for governing and eon eiliatiag barharoua race* :e remarkable ns Jan Lawrence's, a love nf humanity as intense and .-is practical n^ Francis Xavier's, and a faith in a per? enna!, direcl ing Proi i l? ic .vernuisteriug that it iii.r.'|et be called Pauline, if the mysticism of his re? ligions lilt.ts tiltl Hell Pllrj.!' pt M. Jldlll. Gordon's mililsry genina nml h.ve of adventure wera nf his blood. <?n hia father's aide the Gordons li,ul been soldiers snd generals from theda bo! prsaton?PaBs and Culloden. On bis mother'a aide be aprsng from a family of explorers and navi gtitors, the Enderbj who sough! to open trade witb tbe Mi.lille Kiaadom, snd gave their na reimit" lands of tbe Soul - Ile was the young t-t of five p"'ip and was sent .ip a eade! to the Royal Military tcademyat Woolwich. As aa officer of engineer* bs served his apprenticeship inarms in tin-tr. in hep before Sebastopol, evincing there tbe iutri pi ! ly aud fertility of resource which be u .? - bi i'i. m'y t-i diap na and tin* ?Soudan. After the Crimea he helped tomark .mt the new frontiers in Bessarabia and Armenia In 1800 be waa ordered to China, where he took part tntbeaieg ??( Pekin and witnoaaedtbe Backing of t - mumer Palace. Although <>nlv a subaltern en ; be impressed all who knew him with a sense ot Ins great sbilitiea Accordingly, wheo Li, tbs Goveraor-General of tbe Ki a du Provinces, asked the British Comtuander-in-4 hie! to appoin! an min ur to the command ..f the Evei Victorious Army, hia choice fell on Gonion. A saoastroua .i\il coudie! had been devastating th.- most populona prot incea of China for ten years. Tie' impostor, Tien Wang, the Emperoi "f tbe <lieut Fsaea, bad established himself at Nanking snd dividing his conquests among hip generals, the Wanga, bad overrun the country to thc seaboard. The feere-i_'ii merchants st Shangl ai had ?-??f11 med the American filibusters, Ward and Bargevine, !?? .inn, drill snd c>>;.aud a Chinese contingent i"i -' ? isl the Taipings, This wss the force which Gordon was called upon to re Stgaaise, when tbs rebels were sending oul lour mighty armies from Nanking to drive i he [mpei lal? la! tones before them into the sea, and to ravsge Ibe intervening ..jiint i-,-. It consisted subset' af !.(HKt t.r 5,000 Chinese Infantry, officered by Europeans, armed erith smooth-bore lniPiL.-tp .uni supported by four siege batteries, two field bat? teries and a flotilla of gunboata. Taking command itt a ni, .m. nt when the Imperialists una- in a des? perate plight, h ? i iiii.- I war im.. the enemy's i oun try hy capturing Fushan and relievii ?' m Chin.zn. Next be bud aiegi to Tail un with 3,000 men,the garriaon consisting of 10,000 men, His stonaiag parties were atfli i repulsed, bu! when be had cannonaded the breach oi r their heads foi twenty minutes, a set ond assault proved successful. i r, was tbe next objective point, and its cap? ture was facilitated bj ri most ingenioiin expodieut fl bringing an arim-'l steanii r and the field artillery iii bouts to bear npon ihe gan ia > i's lim a of couunu t an. The reduction of Soocbow, the capital of the ptoviaee, and after Nanking, the main centre of lbs rebel lion, wax rendered more difficult by the de? sertion >.i Burgevine witb s bodj ol troops com* m.unit-1 bj foreign offloera to the enemy, It uitp ultu' k' el by wat ?> on every side an.I laolated from wpp itaaee, it* communication* aad spproaehea being cul off one by one. Tin* inveatmenl waa maintained in th.-ta.f overwhelming numbers, constant diBcouragemcuts and insuperable ob staeles,aad ths garrison was finally forced to snr reii'ler. His closing i it tories were on a central lins drawn from Boocbow toWoosiehand Chanchu-fu te the direction of Nanking, After tbe storming of Cbanebn fa bs disbanded tbs Evei Victorious Anny, th. capture of Nanking !>> the Imperialist forces bein*? ai- nclu ion. He then hit China as pool .is bi bad entered it, but with the must lou-ie - thal 100,000 lives bad been span tl liv hm instrumentality and that the horrible erm l t..-rt u hi. h iinil accompanied the triumphs of tin labels had been broughl to an end. With epical dignity he refused on two occasions to accept peen niary n-w.ir ! for tbs Inuaensc services which he Lad readered totht Chiueae Government. Prom the mn pi-t be bad expended bia sal.ny, ami had even drawn spoa ins j.rival.- teeonn es, in alleviating tbe wretchedness .f the people and In promoting the comfort eel h ? ..tiners sad men. Misunderstood and cruelly maligned by sentimental isla st home, bs bad Dot labored for the mike of his hire, but for hu? manity. 'linn amazing campaign, wini li Andrew Wilson has jut ii toasty described, was waa uiih tbs uni of ?MtLneos ti.'.i'.p, wbo ware coaataatly rebelling j*pt*-aim.t the ststcf Sss of Gordon's discipline aud bis Stun n'fuiaia to allow ibsSB to plunder thotOWBS wim h tiny captured. The foUowing incident, which SCCUIcd ou tho eve of tLe iuvcatiuent of i^uinsiiii, ilJuxtrates the inflexible will of the coui Bi auder: The attiiler, refossd to f.ill in, mel tbrsatsasd to hlovv the otticers toBiecca. both European ami Chi sutt-, Tbe intimation ot ibis ?uimus mutiny was eoaveyed te Gordon in a written proelsmstion, ami lu-nt MMe t""? ineaenreti thst allowed it WM BC easy ta*k to niiake bim la bia aaaolato eoanaaaod. Convinced ihut toe nou-commisaionod officers were at the bottom af tbe all air, ha calli .1 lin in no and askivl who wrote the proclamation ami why tin* mri, would not f.itl lo t They bad not the ooaraga lo tell tho truth, and professed Ignorance on both points, Vi tl) iiu.et .deU*iuiiiialri:i Gord'-u thou tola tbeiu j that one m every five would be sh..f, an announce nu it wlneh they received willi groans Pnrinc thia manifestation, ihe CeassBaader, with sisal shrewd neus, .let. tunned in In* fiun minti tbat the man u hus.- bunnip ui re the most emphatic and prolonged wsa ih.- ringleader. Tins man waa i corporal: Gor? don approached bim, dragged him out of i h.-rank v, ith Ins ow u hand, and iinli-reil two of ihe in I ant ry standing by to shoot bim soi tbe spot. The order was instantly obeyed. Gordon thea asntt'ere maiaing non commissioned officers into eontinemcul for on.* hour, with the sssnrance thal within thal lim.*, il th.* m.-ii did im! fill in. and il the mime ol' the writer ol the prnelataatioa uiipiiot given up, every fifth mm among them would be shot. This brought them io the , p.-np- s. The tilts fell in : tbe u uti i "s iiimi- u :i> duM losed. Conlon bad done Jus? tice to him some hours before: lt wea tbe kmd Teiiet-d corpora*. Th.* (eth.-ers freenently resigned their posts al ern n al jumti'.P's in the* hope of Intimidating lum, but never sn.dod m making bini yield te their will or eaprieee. The native soldiery served him u nh iiitiredci (dion, lookiiii* upon him ns a BMgieisn who bad a charmed existence. His eacapee from death were st. mirsculoua thal i la not strange thal he become s Christian Fatalist It waa his habit whenever tba- troopa were under dre ie. appear sud? denly, nnarmed and anattondad. ami to diiect operations at tba most dangerous poinl: In almost all th.-.* engagementa, Gordon found it !,.-. .-p-iirv to be const;uiilv in the front, and often lo load in peraon. TbooftJcera ot bia foree were brave nen enough, but were no! ni way a ready te face their desperate antagonists. Gordon, iu bia mihi way, would take one oi otberof these bi the arm, and lead bim into the thick of the lin*. Ilealwava wen* unarmed himself, even when foremost in thc breach. Ile never recognised danger; to hun a shower of bullets w.is no more than a hail-storm. Ile carried one weapon to dirocl hia troops he had hut il little Cline, .uni this BOOB WOH fol iteelf the inline e>i ?? I Jordon's magic waudoi victoiy." Il'* Chinese followers, seeing him alwaya victorious, tlwaya foremost in the right, coucluded itw.iahi-i wand thal insured him protection. The tdraen cournged the Ever Victorious Uroy greatly, sad wss ol more service te the young commander thad ail tin- arms in- contd have borne. Per the horrors oi Chinese warfare, which moved ill-inle.rm.il senttmentalista in England to t.-urs .ind .?\.a Hums, Gordon could not bs held responsible. Th.' massacre of ihe rebel kings un.! tl ?? sacs of Boo cbow ueie ordered byLiwithoul his knowledge .?ind in flagrant violation of pledges which In- bad given duriug thenegotiations Terrible wa hip wrath when, sfter being made a prisoner st the pei 1 of his lil'.-, h-? learned thal faith had been wantonly broken u ith the enemj : lt ia not te he wondered st if Gordon wa icm beyond boumls; it n nol surprising thal for the tn -1 tn.i during Mi'' war 1"' armed himself un.l wenl oul to seek the life of au enemy. He took a revolver mal sough! th.* Governor's quarters, fully resolved io ih. )u?tic.i h's body, and accept tao conse? quences. Milt Ching was on tbe alert, lb* waa p. .in il nt th,- terrible form of Gordon's auger and contrived to give tin' Governoi t! ? .,; inn. Gonion boarded Li's boat, onh to And thal Li bad lakon refuge in the plundered city. Thither b* hastened in pursnit. Li, however, went into hiding, and though (neill.m was* hot and instant iu his trace" tor many days, be never came up with him. ile bad ordered np his t r.n. os to nvpisi bin in running the ? .e- I....mil; lint utem he found his eliott* were in vain, he marched them back into n.narters at Quinsan. There, with tin* il.-.*}..?t emotion, he i.-n.t them .in account of wbnt had happened. He mt nu.itt-.1 to his oiii, .-I p thal .t waa impossible foi n lli'itish soldier to serve auj lonjiei mulei i ...\ <-i u.-i l.i ; th.it !:?? did n"l propose t" th .hand his fon*o, hut that he should hand itover totSeneral Brown, the commander "t the troops ai Shanghai, until such time as the Goven.'lit al Pekin should intlicl on Li Ibo punishment that waa bis due, Gordon returned to England to court obsennty. Ho declined invitations to public banquets aud tlie great houses. Il.ubi relate the incidents of bia wonderful campaigua witb unaffected simplic I hip mother'a liieside, but he Mon! 1 liol i ? fluttery and hero-worship. It was in Ins power to promote his professional interests by accepting tlie conrteaiea >.i am et] snd mini li lg with tbe digui ? ?f the Eui*lisli \* e>:l'l. Ile detested pnbl bc refuse d to bave hip biograoby written; lu i i road n--??'. papers which praised him j ho entered ii|ioii a life rn rigoroua self-repression, Receiving the appointment of Ro* al En gi nee r ai Gravesend in 1 s'i',. he remaiui I for six yearn in seclusion, super? intending the' '"ii -un. tieiii ol th.* [hames defence ami combining with bisoiflcial dutiea biboraof love si '1 mercy among the poor. In work-house, hospital ai iel shun lie interested huns If in tin* sorrows ol hip fellow-creatures, li lp?- n lion-hearted missionary. His house was a refuge for the unfortunate and a hoine and training-school for boya rescued from tbe gutter. Many of these urchins be clothed, fed ami loeb', el, teaching them tn read and write in tbe evcuinga aud finding good berths foi them on ves? sels. He corresponded with them when they were ittse-i. and followed th.ir adventures by sticking pim imo a large map of th.* world whit li bnngovei his mantel-piece; and on whatever Bea they wera sailing, he inn,.'.I for them every night, lb- tan ghi < lus-.-p in tie- ragged schools, aud Lia scholars at? tested 11 ii-ir love :1ml iitlin i rai i.ni by chalking on tlie fences, "God Bless the Kernel." He allowed poor families t>i add to their scantymeana hy raising \i getables in h.- g mien, lb* elim il mi ~:ilt beef ami made Ins piipp-r of a poi of tea and a stale loaf; and what lu* could save lt'.ni h's income be gave to the poor. When flower* a ! ir i* were left at hia da ei he sin* them t.. thc nearei t ho-pital. Gordon c..nhl nol lc- induced t'i preside a' a re? ligious meeting, but be waa alwaya ready to read prayers tor the p". k aud dying. He loathed public occasions anel complimentary spot ? hes, hut be hr, ed to address a swo i>s' tea meeting. Decorations ami medals in* sternly condemned ns forms oi self glorification; snd le- though I *?" little of a gold medal given to him by tie- Empress ol China that h.- erased th'* inscription upon it,sold it for -*.".", snd -cut i e money anonymously to Canon Millei for iii" reliuf '?: ti the cotton f nt Manchester. He presented a number of I ninene rlagsof all colors, thc trophies nf his victories, to p i.t Graves ind. He lived foi was alwaya empty from bia con He upi-.I to say grimly that the presented tn him bj Sir Willia n i" pay lui his burial li. h.i.t tbat h.- bad having the I . nth. t's; hrs pul p stan! liberality, silver too-scrvie ?? Gordon would hr without troubling hia family at io p.ivpipp anythm gi vi n himself to th.* p. i, a r- ol i !od. He even rt provi ii limp.' who invited hun te dino with them. tiee poor and the sick," he would sjij : '?don'l a . me. who have enough!" '-'.? amedhoval ascetic and a rigid Puritan of Cromwell's lim.-. Ii' hia eight the pinup and glory of the world implies] self-love, ulan there waa alwaya deep cause t r self-humiliation. Ile waa content to live quietly and peaceably, sfter tin* scenes of trinrophsnd ex? citement through which be bsd passed. The world seemed to be- forgetting Ins magnificent achieve? ments, ile waa glad to have it sb; for in bis judg? ment no man has a right to be proud of anything inasmuch ss he has no native good in him, having rc.a ived the kittle there ia of n from bia God, Prom Gravesend Gordon v. as transferred !?? Gnlatz aa Bril ph Commissioner on the Danube. Thc work was not so in portanl as thal which had h.-.-n asaigued to him in tie- sam.- district after the Crimea. When th depredationa ? >f the Aabanteea rendered neceasarj a British expedition for the re? lief of Cspe Coast Castle, h,s exploits were momi n tarily revived by correspondents .-f ths London nie pp. .imi the Government was urged to place bim in the position of command for which be was emi? nently fitted. The prejudice .ina inst eui.' neera asm capacitated for staff employ prevailed. Wolseley wastell! out to tbe Ashantee country ami Gordon wup left lit Galati to superintend tl..- mud-digging at the* mouth of th.- Danube ; snd there h.* remained until 1874, when be received permission from tim m.;.tiny sutborities ..t London to take servite with thi- Khedive, Bttceeeding Sn- Samoa] Baker as Gov? ernor ol the Tribes in Upper Egypt Ra was offered a salary of 950,000 a .nar, hut ref used to accept more than 910,000?a sum barely requisite f'.rliis expenses. L'nappreciatod as ho was in his own country, ho was too loyal an PagHslunsn lo lake a. larger stiiK-nd from a foreign Qovsranaent than be waa raeeiving from bis own as Commissioner at Gala!?. Ho also knew that the Khedive's treesary waa lilied with blood mom y wrnng from wretched subjects; and he would not havo a skaia fa the plunder. (jordon remained in tin* employ of tho Khedive nearly six yaam, At the outlet bo was Governor of tim Pro-rinees of th? Equatorial Lakes. Ths En ropsaa tradera- who as.t-udotl the Whits Hilo from Kharteom in starch of white ivory, had fe.und the hlavo trallie; a great source of profit, They ha tabliabed fortified posts, gntrriaoaed them with Arab bravos, and it din td kidnapping aud slavc-catobiug to a system. They tiad tiually sold their rights in , thc slave trailo to the Arab captain1., WBO heyan br paying a tax lo the Egyftiaa GoVWraSBOBl and ended by withholding tribute and detY.ng ihe Khedive's authority. Asasag thew, Innis of the slave-dealers Bebehr Bshssir tbs Black Pacha, was Bopresae m Darfbar. The Khedive, wbo had r.m nived at the slavs bratts so brag bs H added to Ms revenues, made a resolute effort i?> aafpiaas it as soon as h.* found that it wss a standingsaeaacete bis mpnaneeyin Um great african Brapira, which had been eonqaered for hun. To this sad he em? ployed Gordon as tbe suc.-e.-v-tor of Bit Bemad linker. Cuder a lhin mask "f iilnianthroiiv he forim.l tin* Eqaaterial district bato ? Buparste proviaceaad claimed th., moaopoiy of its trade. Gordon per? ceived tba insincerity of the Kbedtve*eprofessions, bal i-soinie'ly determined to msketbe most of a good opportunity feir breaking np an infamous traffic ami relieving tbe sufferings of .1 wretched population. With this high purpose in view hs was frilling to fare a thoura' .1 perilaand difficulties sad to en.Imo the iiiopl SxhaOStmg labors anel priva? tions. 'Ih.- story of Gordon's weirk in Central Aines baa bein told in doted by Dr. Birkbeck HUI and has Im-cii satlined ia Beveral recent worka relatiag to tbs Soudan. The present volume, without eon! lin* in_T nracb that is new, enlargra all prevlona esti? mates ot' the genius and goodnem of the man. His vvoik dnring tbe first three years wasmainlj di? rected to ths paeifieatioa snd administration of the upper district of the White Nile from Gondokoro te Victoria Lake. Daring this period be busied him? self in winning t be confidence of the blacks, in con dilating hostile tribes, in suppressing Um revolts of slave-hunters, in surveying sad exploring dow lands, in opening a cordon of stations te the Equa? tor, nml in alleviating the miseries of the people, Living in sahealthy localities and exposed to terri? ble beat, bbl staff were constantly miling sick snd requiring his can-. When he was m.i campaigning in tho jungle grass or on the river, bewaejourney* lng from st it imi to st.limn and personally super? vising the details uf admiuwtrati m. His patience v, ap inexhaustible; his imperious will and ttrcleua energy overcame every obstacle j bb) fertility ol re* source was equal to every emergency, notwith atanding Ibe meagre force of wretched soldiers si his command: snd Ins passionate love of humanity burned with sserene nml constant Usmc Return? ing to England for a brief vacation toward th. close of 1876, be resolve I to tender his resignation nnlesa tin- Khedive should enlarge li is ant inn dy ami enable liim t? deal successfully witb tho slave question out mle hi, om n provinces. Ismail appointed bini Governor-General >>f tbe Soudan, including Dm lour snd ih'- Equatorial Proiii.a?adiatriet 1,640miles long snd nearly 700 broad. He went back te his work keenly aim* to th.* responsibilities which be bad aasiimed. He Bet tun tiist for Massa wa and pushed serons tbe desert te the border of A ? Miiia to open negotiations for peace with Egypt. Thence he proceeded to Khartoum to be t moally installed In eitlh'i*. His inaugural address contained eleven words: * With the help of (bul I will hold the balance level." He lingi red .it Iii- capital a few we,Ip iii turill' ti ri-tnii' thu efficiency of the Gov? ernment and then opened bis campaign "Orttiaeup j.ie sion ol' slaver) iu the v:ipt regions ruled by him. I he un thor thus outlinea thia great undertak ag: Th** e. "i k h.- hu.I begnn and e as bent on finishing was ii nulli with t'leiiii rperih*. lt demanded a tact, mi euersy, nnd a foncol will almost snnei Im,11 m. lb* li ol io deal nol "-'lt \- ii li ? a '. und often mill in nora of proi im ? , bnt with wild iiml desperate 11:1.? nen as well; he bad ! to disband c.min liaslii Ita/..tn ka, who n'ere used us I Iron!n-r gunnia, bnt who winked ,-it sl.ive-huiiting nnd loh'ii'l ile till... on tl; I''iv, ii account; hi , Iiml to subdue and bring to onler and nile the vn.it 11 *? o| il,,- ll.ir,!- (,.a .il. . lint now beneath the ??-ur. ll iv,is a tttupcud i on. task: i'i give i>- at e to a ci ??? I h I um: t" nuppresH shivery among ni.pie to whom the lia ii- ni human Ila 1 waa 1 fe mid honor ami fortune: to make nu arm) emt e,r perhaps tim won! material cvci -,.-,, -, to ;:i"n a llmirishing trade a id rei elim- In 1!..- -.. (Vorlll. ni thc limb 1 laking ; the infinity of details involved in tt Bingle atcp toward thc end; in Hess odds to be I icetl; the many p ullj climate, the horrible vennin, the giiaatly itch, the nightly and daih alternation ni ovei rim heat aud bitter cold -to bc endured snd om ii'.ii" : the environment ..f bestial sa and ni tb tenn fanaticism all theae combine to make tbe achievement nni.|uein buman history, Gordon'a campaign In Darfbur diacloaeo th dauntless courage, habitual aelf-conlidence and military sagacity whicb had been displayed in China. Theoouutry was iu revolt Tbe feeble and despairing Egyptian garrisons were r*-lit-\ e-1 one after another; hostile tn bes were first conci snd then converted Into body-guards for tbe rab mr'.i e.t tbe slave-traders; the dens of robber chiefs ?e'ii' broken np; and Sebehr himself was linn!]*, sent a prisoner to Cairo Hia career aa Lien tenant (mv ci nor cloped with a renewal of peace negotiation* with Abyssinia ands terrible journey to King Johaunia'a capital, during whicb he was taken prisoner, Tha following passage dia 1 Inn,.. 1. natte traits: The King received his prisoner sitting on his th roue, 01 whatever piece ot furniture did duty for 1 !i ri t mi li eil pe .ii, .1 eh.1 ir bains placed for the pris onet 1 on- al'?; .r.ii lower than tho seat ou which thc King -ni. I he first thing thc i'acha [Gordo was to seize this cb;iir. place it alongside thnt Majesty, aud sit dowu on it; and nest to inform lum ihit he mot bim os an etiual and would only Heath naxsu h. This somewhal d. c.,:.. ? ??, ted h.'.s ? , bul "ii rei uvi 1 ing himsi .ii' aid 1 ?? Do imi Ki...a, (Jordon 1':.. ha, thal I 1 "niel k,l! you mi the ?;i..' il 1 I ked :" " I nm perfei ll\ well of it, your Majesty," said thc Pacha. " I '<> so ni once il ii la rom i". .1! i'i* inure, 1 am ready." I hip disconcerted the Kins Mill more, and he ea il -. - Wini! ! read) !?. h.* killed I" ?? Cen 1 linly," !? ,1 ed tl . h to ? tar lunn fearing your pr lotild e imfei a favor on me bj ??. doing, for von would he doing foi me thal whie li 1 a cl m bs I by my religious scruples from tl" sell yon would deliver me from all the troubles snd misfortunes which the future mm have in for me." This - on ph ;? '-, -ii... -| King John, who gasped oul ii M I'hen uij ouwer rs for yon f" " Soue v.!. | tin 1'. . ply. The h mic soldier resigned his commission 10 n after the ascension of rewfik to the throne, lb of the Khedive's Ministers a rrl retired from ? ified, sa ire- said, a ii h the 1 ?' ? he had 1 nt off I dealers in thi dds and had made tue people lose him. He waa literally worn out arith work, having ridden 8,500milea in three years, in addition to bearing the reaoonaibilities and anxieties of gov? ernment and campaigning snd being exposed to a terrible climate. At Caira he received s ooo! letter of thanks flinn Tewfik, but ni England Le met with 11 hearty welcome. Buecessfnlly mstating all attempts to lionise bim, he remained a few months u ih bis family friends and then accepted an invi? tation from Lord Ripon to go emt tei India aa tbs Viceroy's private secretary, Hereeigned tbs office almost as soon aa he reached Bombay, frankly ad? mitting thal h.-bini mades mistake In taking the appointment. While planning a Journey teZaas! bur to i elp the sultan In n eampaign againsl alave il.-ale rs. In- was summoned to Pekin by his former ate*, Li, to kiv?- counsel to the Government In ie ie 1.-m t- to the war then Impending a Ith Russia. Tso and Prince Chun wera thc leaders of the war parly; Li ami Prince Kong were In favor of peat ??; ihe Imus be tween tho factions was doubtful. 1,.el? don turned the scale. He conferred with Li ami nil Un'great satraps of the Empire 11ml earnestly ad? vised spaeifle policy. '1 bs adoption of tins policy was perhaps tho greatest triumph of his nf,-, -*_. fors his departure from Pekin be preeentt .1 a mern* oran.lum ou tba military uml naval polity of China, which bas stace been followed tee the letter. Tbe British Government anon Gordon'a return to I".. igL ind evinced tara* epprecistion of bis Bervices by ordering bun t*i Mauritius nu Coiiimainling Itoyal Fagiaser. Babesejosatly he was mads 1 Mujor-fieimral ami authorized to _?> to Bsamtoiand j to ansi?t in terminating war sod sdmiaistertag the country. I'pon bis ar: ival in Smith Africa bs found himself ina false position, and dehptiiring of making himself of any use to tho authorities, ami Scorning te adopt a poUey of which ho could aol spprova, bs ISSjLgMd at tbs end of live months, lb. was then free tel carry mit a ploj.-.t dcST to his heart ?to vis lt tbe Holy 1.and and make a BUTVOy of tbs Walli sad sacred sites of Jerusalem, lt bi there thal ths t biographer leavea him, with ? conviction that bis share of tbe world's work ta benighted tandaie not yet finished. Tbs book bad scarcely I..en printed le ton- the Intelligence came thai Gor? don was planning to net out fm ihe Congo eonntrj iu order to suppreaa the slave traine iu Central Ali 1 ca, and that thc P.ritlsh Government were offering him employment in L'pper Egypt and the .Soudan. THE HUGUENOTS OP EARL! NEW-YORE Af-.i.li.iY To t:. .vt m I MOM vu". THEM iiisioi:Y? ri iel - -un in i'*v hum. In April Inst lhere WM formed in this city un R-sot balms calli ti tie- IfngasaiB]lsilstj sf Isststes eem, jl.,p.i1 sfdasssadsaatef tbs Bagat sols wBeeesaete tala Coiitilry In the m-i.-iiti. i.lh .iiiluiy. Its eitije. ts are In si sisal ts tailbml aad preserve desameats, ni ii urila, etc., ralatlBg io las slatery ol Hm early Bagaeaota ts Mit* e.iimtry, psftli ulm ly IB-SSS in \. vv-York City ami Us vicinity* anil, tteeniiilly, pulilii ly lo ennuin morale al -tuted Uasas tin* -alaclpal event" of tbat history, 'nie BoetaSy sew namban Minuit ISO members, nnd hus fur its agtonra. Tsba Tsy. preaMcatj Bdwari K. De Lainey, vice-president for New-York Mate; the Rer, A. V. Wllt nii-ye-r, see-ri-tary; Jinny Uah' Bestow, treasurer; mid au Bxeenttve asamatttss eesspoaed sf lbs saVsra tot Cbaaa .---, m. Deeww, i'. .1 <!? Peyater, the Rev. Dr. u. F.Def C.iptn, hr. J. II. i.iuttl.r, ami PstSf W. QslUMldeS. The pu. irty iiil.l itu tli -t pii'lie- lina tim: baa! November. in replj tei tome Inqutrte i ala Tamrss reporter, tbe see n tary fur?tabed tbe rVdlowtagoutlmeoftne Bo ."nn.ii ala lory In this, .iii'itr'-.epji -. lally Itt .-md ali.iiit thia elly: Ibe Ithn.if phmtlagBugaenoi eolonlea ha this soaatry waa .hie lo th.- .en ins of A.liii! rn: C.,I ii ny. A m-arly ns 1663 tills dtstfngnl ii"! Ba seaotobt deed permission fromCkartea IX. to est.ilili-li In l-'Ieiriila a ordonyof bis iipprensi'il etiiiiitr;.nu e. Tkeattempt proved unsuccessful, lacon ??I .|iii-ni t- -if iu- ir ii i ii ear-toa ie -ts the eotoutata soon se* cnn.' reduced lo a men handful, and wsraobtlged to re tiun lo i in. A H.-.-i .ii-! i-iilony, BBSt out two years lat.-r, tint with a -lill ineire unfurl itu it" fate A year after Its oat ihlishmcnt, the Spaniards, nader tl"' bigoted Mi-iii'inler. Invaded the feeble llmnienot -etti.-m.-af, nml, li liiin* Mi.-ita.itii iiy treach. ry In Dashingprisoners of n????! of the colonists, hanged them upon trees,bearing lr.p Insertptitm: "Ilting as heretics, not ns French !? e *i." 'i ut. barbarous act was bi engi .1 a lew | ? ara later by Dominique de Qnurguee, wbo surprised Hu Upanlarda nml hung them npon gibbets, with thia Inscription: " Hung . aol aa Spaniards." Tin next Huguenot settlement In Am.-ilea waa on Man linn.m Island. Revers] yesrs alter the discovery of the Hudson Klver (n loon, mercbnul vessels brnnght from the (.NI World a number ot Duaueuots. AmongtbeM rame,tn mil, a r.unity named VUni6, originally trom Vnii qi i. tiiii p. ni rn 11. lt Flanders; and iii that mme ri ar a m.I bu i' i'un'', w.is lu.rn lu ile ni lii-re. I lin young 11 ii "ii' Mi witt the first child horn of Kuro|*ean par* i.it-in.v.- Nelli.-ri'leis, and also so far as ls known, In the whole countrj aorifa ol Vlnrtata He died in 1691 win..eui i-.ii... when, in 1023, Ni w Atusterdaiu waaper* tnnnentli settled Iii the I) itt h Wte I la,Un Company, the majority nf ? ern Hugnenota anet walloons. A nu nit- them were those Kn pel ve., man) of whose dene, ml ants still live m thtsctty; their daughter, Hara, noni In 1625, was tin- flrst female child of European lineage born in-..-. Prom iii-j:t, ihe HiiKuenot inimbera!lon steadily In* rn a-.a i iii ii ii tn ii.-rs snd Influence. Hoi ernor Minuit, a lu. arri red ta 1626, was probablj a Hiieneiint, and Hecretary eh- l: i-1 r -. the tl: -t Europe ui ill pion ntl*! ol New-Nel li ci lam ls. w a ? certainly one. During the next deeade mav be finn,il arnon* other honored names, thal >>f Jean d>- la Mont Kin,-, f ,i iii,mv peera a i ???? m i M-r nf the Council and Ibe chief i-ttvinei of (lovernor Kn-n from r. i'i' ??>, that of tl,e in i, i liters, - ho held slmil ii poult lons In the Got i i inn. ni ti" ii, p:.i o 'lin, ii fill* .silt- nml Provost, one of tin di seendantsof the inti r becorainM the lilsliopol Ni a York, and from 106O-*7O, the mimes ot families of note t.t-el.ii ii New-York Vermtlye. Depew, DuKoia, !>? marest. Ai'tlnt time i 17(1 ile- Hii'ii.ni.t clement fonned about one-fourth ol thc entire population of New-York, and.byBceeasionsreanlttnsI.'the revocation of the hiin-1 ol Nantea iu l ''?-1, ttals propoi i lon maintained Itself ,im in.- tho i Ighte ? n'li century. H la well known tbat tn I6HU _oo French fumllles wen living on Manhattan Is? land done; that during the udmlni-tration of Bellmont their political favor wan court eil by tba! Uov-arnorj real Bancroft, the hist orlan, says that even bcfoi this tinto the* linet become po numerous thal Ihe public documents w,!,. i.-a ? l in i i'.'.i' ii. as mi :i . . : : The rollowIn* are ?otne of the principal families Ural came here directly or Indirectly owing totbe revocation ol I<)?.">: Jay, Le Roy, de Lancey, rurnuro, Ilnwdota, r,h. ml. Rotitllller, Ian :: rd, .?let. i ..-:.!?-?.-, Itnll.ni. Rnrtow, Oullniidet, Ournec, Guion, La Comb . I l'1-lliiril. Heel!.tlll'et. 1,.lilt!.-1, V I Ile I II I, <,'. 11 ll ' . 11 ? I. A Collin, l'ciriiie, Hcf-uln, llonseeoui ind Kl. ml. I the lin., i nuts who r.i. beredld nol remain. Htaten IpI.hhi received so many of them that it be a np ile' " Hiuu uni Inland." Uar ;? tr., too, waa from ti-" flrsi pi uelpiilly se! il, -d liv Husitenots, As early as 1630 the Important lin i. . and lab r the* colony of tabllshi 'l. Tlie- principal colon] i ? ? v , .: ? r, waa thal e.r ,\, vt j<... h. Ile, which . been founded In IIW5. Killi her away were ? ? il pi i ? e,r Lom* '? Alb un. along the shores of the Iielawnre mid in Pennsylvania, at ' ml: In M due ami in n .-inn. where tbe name of Fail nil ls Illustrious, Hu -aid to I to '-I - p-irt-iipi-f . as early as 1621, al iv null linn I'liilip i ancestor of 1 i : Mit, llltl I III*. -'"I "I i le- I ?? of New York, ai siv< il. 1 .'ii t ar ol i-i a nettle ments, gllins thone nairn** of Imperishable le IIOWII ' r. ns and Uite/er 'I he i oft -' ? cleneesake, wlie. ~i.iiL.-ht to (-moy the privilege ??;' a free nand ope .-. wen! ihey est ii.li-:..-.! church ttand schools. In 1628 the Uospel was u: i id; and not biter tiini 1 <.7J au ImlijM-iitli ni iii: mit church u.i t ptni.iiii il be re. In 16 ol ch ireh waa funnel. 1 li: ?-. ont I. im*. lu li nj i Ix rn I v... ch i I won-nl| pt I. in tile se,a,nd imli.Iihil'. till 17('l. v :. n Ibe uti ? buililuig ?*-,* l reii'el 111 it pt"-"l In ' it. till ism. At tbat date, Itirave way to tb* Ita marble structure inuit ni ;. coal nf ni".ut soo,oem. :,? i ranklln and Chureb si. This ta turn was sue ll rs ago i>> tbe present French church dn Balm Esprit tn Twenty sn.end p'. he live- ii I'll*li and >:v ".I I 1811 TO PBILISTIA." MrLepeiartfllnt- Why, IC. C.S. 1., Do . ni disporl v'.'i Uko n liv. i> fljrl We took you ta lt maj have been our gain Yon buzzed ri ii lt r merni] on our window-paaa. Ami ni,ly nn.v vs.- Ilicl you've li fl B st.un. We rio nol lay venn- t)ii7.*lnlt waa a bore, Or thal you stammer even when yon anora Nol in- iii.lc .i; the aristocratic Mun: At erin plettel r ??? - : he -ii ' . Yena lend Important e, advertise our a ires, Andthat'al r business cane. Y??".' ? ? tapped our i oarse, rain nature .-it the eora, Amt liva in hope '???? hope) to tap ll morn. For Ufo would be i tame md barren thing If lion.?-. bees sh'.niel Ins.- itu lr pi.pi.mt sting; Or if oiliel.hies, preferring rest, Uhould give ni. \fomlng ai a useful i>- t. You'trenoaueh fly; The Fortnightly atl i' (Jests. *i ithi red In thc - itln ? ' <"ir White, I ilst ti leal the p .i-.i'i i i"i n the Irnnld bite, i ipeneer, tiling ral The I'--;! i.t-- ni having dared to ;.; d*e; And Iho' tl'ie-re'- lil! li- of youro I.it eall, Vet we "he fat. . I'our little all. Al .'?- ?? :i; 'ir. ma Ills that youl Pertain ? io ??? bal i ou call oar bl lied , O, pltv, that the weal it clo io! day, In i- o'er il"- Holden play ?ii Lombard Stree t. nml thal the silhouette Hhould look -'. line- .mr Wall and amaek of debt, t)( which tbe ?? balance" i ften dlia thia way. A toad] te ted, un ,;p v. th iii loll A tor' i> left to shift, bimi r,-a ii.i-i -i- -, v. i- itu not call i ou toad). >-\ en lu le.it. Hm wouldn't mind If you ?i:'.'!,'l try tnt I wonts are better tann thc ic.r,' Itnd ca isilc spume of any buzzard wag. re are nore and quite pathetic, : r .,:?> ,i ni. -> mp ii li. lie, To ten** the i.p- thal fatten il .en the bay l.i At. idle, and the ii e.. ...n to bray. CC. Beet, Ken |JabhcdUcn3. rrill. AMERICAN AQUATIC MAGAZINE, c. a. i*i.\i:;:i.i.i.v. l ? Flr.it Ream Just Dat. Cantatas*, TheOeeaaTaebtBaee. Telltagtaoatory ?>* thareaiarkabls ? between tba Vista, Henrietta and naetwlag, A. Htuty willi h Will alwaya hva In Am,-. , .n v ni.tun* Annals. I ; i ,1. -tuart ll ! . TlMCaaoemea tHons ..By WUllaa M. Cbok Amrri.'gii Bowing Rt By tbe Editor 1'tff.t lUlll l'H-.Pl-l t BOWlBS. ' l.eet. \V III V\ iPHl **( oliinibl? '' I alka "iucnt. Hy Coluintila Taibl MiiBBBiawaiil .ByO.T Barten sien.p vsrassCaller . . i'-y isptaini'tium Balling Mri,: lat sn net Sinai* Baodi ?? ..Bj 'liimu.w t'laphaui Vu. li!, in Wu.e Bl S Mini ' 'Iel Yacht*. The no-taw aili's Locker. f.i it ja ar. u ber. Foi - i and aewasesleew II1..VI-.M: .t ( '? , Po ti ll al e t?, l ;h Uiumlwsy. >'. Y. DBOPER PBIliE. lAM i.NAl lN'i STORY OF CAVAUlY 1.1KK IN 1NIH.V. I'lll I RIB! M" N'llW Y'-'.'.K. inatrndion. For Boys and Young- Men?City. ?< I Ht I LARS Oi BEST SCHOOLS l\t traatopannt* i-in-no/ivo jim-iirui?r?. k. mi lu am i e ,*, i.i i,ni ,A ' I '?. -U Unnt 1 iiii pt . l ii m. quar-s. CVriumbia [nttitate. 106 Wi-i I2d*st., E.Fow / ler. A. H., Krui.. M tnli-.r -iii*.'i I hun Imi. lr.. \l A., limul. .? p. Bt*, ll a -."? pp .ri'. I I ll Dept*, ll '-..j,, nn.-p.-yl. jo. POLL EOE ORAMMAH SCHOOL, \J *.,,. 15 Eas) i!ni,?t. 1'ItAN'K HRlMLl lt, A vt, Trie,1|,al Raopras Wttdnenlay, -m,,i. m I'urt-ln ipnli ut tia pi .. .rn I. l*i nt. ll i.N iii 11 i:l pi. i.i:, i, Weat Ailtheat. PHAEL1EK INSTITUTE. ISS Weat .'.'.iiI,-.t., anwoOU i ? .1 , r.n-it UOAKUINU ami DAI yu lle..ei, :? i Va . .ii..I i nu;: I'lli: NEW-YOKK LATIN SCHOOL, SoTa 1 ia! 471b '-, i-'ie-m Munday, Keptembtr '^t. uno buardlni \ . u vi.n 1 ). Print ipaL 'rill, C'OLLEOIATE SCHOOL, No. 721 ? vt I ? ll ll. ell V I'I S. I'ttm 1 pul. kn( il ami |e!-ieie^i.- .!. ?i--,ritii. nt. livtiiu.i, ? ann. Sett mimili,*, i niiinl. lo in rip Bp|HUnlUU>a!a, iii ITN1VERSITY 0RAM.M \K SCHOOL, 1,481 i I7il,i?: riuii.t.y Cuiiuii.-i. i_| sim* ( _i.?.i_iLiiv'U il il.Uui.Lv, W.L.*JAlSi,Y'Hl0i'tfln iitottuctiou For Younar Ladies?Cl tr. I A DI ES' CLASSE8 IN VOICE CULTDRE ti niel Itrwlli!-' Ai Hlgnt, IVALTKil DAMBOHCB, MtuU. etti I'll., tor New ooaree of '1'aelvn Ian-ton-t. r.iiiiii.enirln** WKH-fKMDAT, JANI'AKY 39,al Trinity Chapel, Mttevat, neat Munal*-/, ml il p. m. A inuit amit toual af lu I nunn) anil aaatreea to E. I. YOUNO. tMeretarr. No. IOU l/etlnntno-avit. MRS. HUBBARD DcgflM her ronr^ tm I'I dames W,-anemiav, January Kl, 4 p.m , nt HS) Went ? ItliHt-_Tb* Ell Ar?"ie IA l KiN MKS. j. A.GALLAHERS 1'icnili Protestant liuiiiilliii* amt Ituy Hi Inp,I for Veiiniji la-ln*. ISO Ma.ll. iten-ave., t ur .'.lUti-itt. All St ant Sm fe.r ('iillet** preparation epi. lal .ut. ntli.u lo llitertnnliain m.i I'riiiiary > .aaacit 111 bulb i .iiiriinh nml Kr. in li. Heparaie.. ISM (or little t?>ya. MESDEMOISELLES CHARBONNIER'S I'retiih Prott latani Hnaptinc anil li.ev Bekoal feir Yoting Luelle*, an Kant. il'th *t , NewVork I'limiTl? in Parin), will i> .[--ii Muuilay, October 1. TlteeiiMiKli cnurtM* lu ail Lualiita stsaeBsa For Both Sexes?City. \ -MEI8TERSCHAFT BCHOOL OF MOD* al, KHN l.AM,IAdi..-., No. 17 Wi,p| (UD-8T.. N KA fl BTH-AVK. ipi-i.' Ill, NOT I cf. "ti TassSSf and Frlelar ncit, at j.H'i (i in : ni*i on Wiitin radar, h p. ni, a "Milk TRIAL l.i:.--un. l.v the tot laterurhaft syttetn, tue-ether wild an rxptiHlllon nt Ulla ni.tliod, will I... rlion i.y i nm "EDMOND '.a.-ri.M.AU. 1'iimiii.ti *l.ipier?ci.a.t Mehonl of l.nnrnagea, ?; l.t. el*** ro. tn, v., 17 vt ,*-t i-j.i?t l.t. M.-ist. i .. iirilt Hyctera, H,, laraelv pritiainl/e,! utiroail hy tim royal famillea, not,mtv and I..in..-.l world, ami emin.I SHtlrnliv Ine1.irt.ip-l hen br IDS 1're**. arni t'lnii-.t, .' ? of Pupils. i-t Iii. oiii** irii-tlinil enabling: any uti.., evin tn lue *>na4t.of a few weeks, actually tu think ami spi.ik Idiomatically tu Uni fein-iirii tiiti^'iii--. Pn]iiU coDTertM troro Ural lesaou In lona connect*,! si'Liti'iH,-* ""HENCH, (iKHMAN, MALIAN ami SPANISH ta,Kat '.J- nitiVe. teacher*, liny and eranie/! ei.i.pf* I.K.Ie-. a il ir, 1,11,-llli-n. lt. i<lllll i ill* .111-! rill V.in, .'.I (in ii tars ut brentanoa* school opeo lia ia tn ti p. tu 4 -M. P. KELLEY, Penman, 27 Onion ? ?? Bqaara, 1'rivH.t.* liirttriKtion Bad peu-vv.-irk, tlay awl evi aluf. I |REYS"PRINTiT8CUMULATlVETlETHODTn I " ? n i 'nun (Applet uh. pabltanen). claaa loasi raaaevadle lo.' E. i mer loree o'clock. PRENCH or GERMAN, fluently to converse, I ea .r mt.-iii tn Ladles and frentleraen In four month*. I inf, tani .1 VANDOXONT, MU Leiumtnt. .ne. lillico l.u.iip. lg to :i nml ti Ut H. EWEXCH CONVERSATION?New method; * 1*i*i il, iii-itiHtrHtlnu 11 o'. I'm k tliillv : tia*"--* for teachers; ii ' pat.iii In advance PKOFKHSOK llllHOLK. froiu Pan*, 31 I .ipi 1 .ih Mt. INSTRUCTION.?Shorthand.?Nostudent can ntlonl to ?peti<1 pix ntnirlii In afunirln? what caa Le l< arne.l In two r_e beet ahortband aebool I- ?rhere Um beatayeUnn n aooneet leamrdi poaltiotM -niaranteed: no cotnmleelon . li ii .-ip I . ti nun reasonable anti ri-ft tti.n h aliiiinlaut ITHANK w. (;\N-i:, Pita. Btes Settee*, ii Lim nth pt. PACKARD'S COLLEGE, No. 805 Broadway. I i i ni." I, lh.. commercial bransbea In rimlwl in a ttrlclly linaine** education, '.'. Short-band and Ivjii- ?/rttlDS: H. Motl.-i'ii Lui. i tri-, Kbool does Domini* indifferently, ft employ* tba boa! tern lil ;p aili fhe lie-t method* kilnwu lil Icu-fi I tn*, iiti-l clim ftl** ie* in in,.- lt waa n r - dj ". ,e- to-i.-t bs tooday, and never rv in a of prosperity. There ace bnt a few vacant aeat*. Open Wedueaday. January 'A Aeidi -it S.S.PACK viii), roi Broad way, SHORTHAND.?The lamest ind lie- t school i ' tn the city. Nochei tlor sitoatlona procured for arada. at k [Mploui - ? Ilea! -jm.-ni thoronirhly tuuirbt ?nd In quickest time Thtiron?hl!n*pectiou Invited < ..ll .er pe ial.'?i 11.tallai. PACKARD'S COLLEOE, SUS Broadway Art Schoe.s ?City. MRS. LOUISA B. CULVER will receive pupils ? ?< lal Oct. IB, in 11 KA V. I Mi r ,| band WA. IIP. (il.ir. PAINTING, .-III.I. I.UK, Kl <e\v KK.-. and LA N Let A1' I* .CHINA PAINTING and DKCO KAI luN. bl LI.lu. No. mi MAMbON-AV*". Ref) nu.. a Mr. D, IirNTI.M.li.N, Mi WILLIAM H.A RT. Mr. IA MKS HALT, Au. A. V. BMLLOWfO Musical. \ ?PIANO and vocal instruction (Italian r%. method. MRS H !' Kl l. ,' S'. :? I'm.rn >?[, r.i,-, !?-..,m .* VN OHO AN 1ST ol' reputation would like to set in- mi pngajtement lei piaf In i inn eli in New.) mk or ' il \ lelli -p ula-.V V i- I . l.''i Il!iiiit-,V!I>, llr-X -ll. \1 is*^ KATE rULLER, teacher and (rraduate ? 'I from tbe i-tutt'/u't Conservatory metl papU of a star. . ni Pai la,receive* pu| Uk In ... ind in tn, i oi ? r di ..i..t. i ..i.il i'..... apply IO n. m. *?> 1 p. ni, 71 West ?? . : : t . IEW-YORK CONSERVATORYof MUSIC. . i. -.-I iiiii - i.. Third door anet of il ii-a V*. i rn orvorotod l?6J. For Boys i'-n:l Yoaa; Men-Country. V HOME-LIKE BOAKDINO-SCHOOL for Xl Von ng Boy a. i; iiim>-.\ lt, lieiupsuad. U I. iLEXANDERIXSTITUTE.?i\IilitaryBoainl .A ' ll. WILLIS, I .1' IJOYS and YOl'XG MEN privately fitted for I > . . ;, ?,-. i ,.inli: i .',,.,1 ur r' ,- > - ?! ? n nial. .-. I .'."i i l.\ vs IJORDEXTOWN, N. J.?Military Institute. Dr. Ifj. Ru-lneaa. Irl nely located, beal Ut* (ul aud tLurouab. Kor lirculara, die, ail Kev. W M. i'. i'.i.'A i..N I. M.. I rill. ij. ll. POTTAGE HILL SCHOOL, POCGHKEEP* v>e YUK, s v., preparei it. v? e,i rolleae. Hcicntli i.nu -rt.nu nt. -ii.0,,1 una for " Kuaiucs-. JUll.V SULLY. _____ HIGHLAND MILITARY ACADEMY. J I vv uria -i.t, m !??... iii li year, I ,i full iMuianation ap p|jr tOC. ii. M 1. i ' A I 1-, A. H., -"'ll" l.lil* l.'lfilt. L^KEEHOLD INSTITUTE, Freehold, N. J. I i..v A.O. i'Mamiskks, A. M., PrinctpaL H'.NXSYI.VANIA MILITARY ACADEMY, i i eal ?: ria yent, i"-m m i onl umI i.uj.iim iliufe i iieiniPiii, t i.ip-1. i, I nallah. i.... iiiKii. m.u i, Praaldenfc M i For tova and Young: Men?Country. PEEKSKILL (N.Y.)Military Academy.?For I . -calare..,!.,.--- col. ( J. WHIoilT. A. M.. Prltaclpal K"! E, Ni Y.?Bradford Mansion School. Win ti i n un i?.ii be^ln .Nov. j.i. t J. < e.i.M.N-. PruiclpaL For Youna* Liidios?Country. ?>0RDENT0WN, N. J. ?Female Collefrei II i I'.iutit'iiiv located; retry healthful and thorough Muperl t-rMii-it- mni \ii Departmenta. i "r drcular. a.-. addreaa Ki V. W .tl t . i'.UVV KN. A lt., I'I. -l.l.-nt. MISS AIKEN'S BOARDING AND DAY l-l ll... '1, fe-r V. ?!!!?? ItrWlll'S, *-!.! l.fiifll, ('111.. Te..p. US tl l.t. JU ftll HMlDUl'. Alls - \\ 1SS Ni i'I'T'S Knirlish snd French Family I'I Bini Da* Hchoo tor Youna Ladle*, 83 Wnii st., New Uaven, Conn The llth year begin* i hui-'lay, *-? j.iber'^U ?ne ...ii p -a nt upon application. rrili) ELMS.?Family nml day school tor 1 (.1 m.h. No lil H'.-Ii-pi'. Pprlt-a-neld. llaaa, For eire i. Isis sddrcaa tba Principal*, Mlaa?aPOBT?B a i ii i:ir.\KV. For Both Sexes?Country. DOCKLAND COLLEGE. Il Nt a. kain tin mid-on. PKOGRESSIVE ANI) sue , MTT8IC AND ART - i'la l.vt.l IKH, DOTI! Bl SE8. i C'ataloj-ne. v. 1( BANNISTER. A Punting 'Jktdbtmits. Ll.KN DODWORTH, Na 681 Fifth-urn t LASSEfi ami PRIVATE LESSONS IN DANCING. .N.lVV lill N I'm tn ulai *. ni .ii' ni.ir, .in t. hich Bead mump. i LEX. MACGREGORS, 112 FIFTH-AVE.? 1\ l'livrti.' leaaoaa any lunn claaaoa etntj <U\ tentle fllrlil.ir. MR. TRENOR'S ACADEMY of DANCING, Broad*) iv an i .'.el -t . '.a np-ni for ll: i jeaaon Ucketa re tim od. nae K. P. HARVARD REILLY, R78 5th-?ve? il limn Europa. K, Ulm*, tl i., apply at Ult'Bl ll. eui. M lead) crt. \ YOUNG German lady -rants a few more pUptla fill I . . ri ' - I lr ; t''l 'll. '.'.", , - ? le-aon Addreaa P. H.. Box SO, 'ITlbnne I'ptown . I, 1 B roadway i VISITING LADY TEACHER wishes a few . \ I. : r lairiaaii. I u-tn-li. (iimnaiiir, I It e lilllie- Hint MUalO ilp-llrp. Ill.'li,-Pl UliliHir.. A.l.lreSr* ?J.. i bani 7 J.I pl A MISS HESSE.36West 21flt*flt.,snpplieacom ? petan! leachera. tntin-t. "roi - i tera, hooaa* iii|nn b. m iitivui- ui viii to parent* em choice ol achoo**, li :?. ..lim- lion. ila.h.ann >'i?ta and ex-sec Kvarta. ALL DEPARTMENTS.?TEACHERS SUP a'l l-l.!! li T.,,- -,i i uriel, vi ip -?(: .'.ul t,, panata FLORilNCE lil' U,_" UuloaHquara i.MKRlf.W iiml EUROPEAN TEACHER8' '\ HUH KA I mpplUM withe.ut iiiaiL/i*. ri, .v.-. aebool* and famillea * lt hil.ijjhly conipeteul profe**ora, prlnt-l| ila md t.a.iniit. PamUlea troina abroad ar to tha conniry promptly ?Ulled v* .i i, pup mr iiii-.ip, rompajilun* aiel forofiMeae* (all on rn addieaaProteaaor LLOENDluX, 1,103Uioadway, Nih \ "ik. sMERICAN BCHOOL INSTITUTE, ettab /\ 1ihIi.iI l.-.'i.'i, pro-idea jereinietly Baal Tiru tn ru forPrt. vate i-npi:*, Pa-dule^ hebooia. Coileyea Circular* ifiiippi Krhnolfl witta reliable information, free lo parent*, tpkniud Teacher* alway * ** uitnt. Application lonn for itamp. JW M_HLK\ll-.Kiii)KN Jj m., 7 baal Ul li nf.. N. Y. BLE AND THOROUGH TEACHERS of all KiailtM. lutorH. i/i.Tirn-'pHep le<-tiip-r?. e.itnpanlon*. s,.. circular* ul twet ai iii?.iit n,,.-. nu ttrai^n io tiiti??*eiiiuiiiy In* teacher*, nor iu iiatin-m ni.ni tiina^r.t. l.. uiiuaJ. ( ei\ un lil .'. ' " , SI baal l.i:. - . ian*. A GRADUATE of li univ CoU^te, Dublin, -. A iv lia ie .p a inti.- lime I" apace, i? ??; en i<. ai.[-foment e.f tiii'ei Highett tenn.ulalaaiulcltj refcrenoea. AJ. tresa i\ , mbunaOil ce, M. Y. V LADY wbo has some spare time wishes to al obtain ale** pnptla tu Brooklys, conaiderabla exparteejoe in |>rt |i I'r.Lii.ii .,f |,ii|,lU I n_urah. Munlr, K.leiiienlary Knut li tuiei lu-twiii* pUiu anti taney ?tirk. AUilte** A ll C., 'inb? uilt uni... .S. V. I?LEANOR GEORGES, tlooutioniat. -Offers IJ her p. i ? i a* i.i eba roi ea - lette*, et... i?uj-ii? tauatii in ataeeeeerjtitaAeYjitermstalatsls, ?? *.i2th-*t. i JOVERNESS?A v.rim lady.of ikmh! family \t and ile.ux'i Englath mtui-atlmi, ilt-al-t* a atluaUuu. beat i.-i.i-ii ea Addreaa Mles ll A e , Trtbuss OSes IV ANTED.?By .-i young lady, a position aa H .,,.. r i , .. i . ti .,, i, i nail .1. Bad plane., ur mm t-uminuitou lu a lat! - i pii.,1 ,,t m. .t ,n. . .. i ^ ,.. i .. ,.r, i aud inain-l a n.iiia and nhl ntl inf C-U KlVe food i. !in'-lit e. A.l ? i p- vi . hm WaabiaftoB -it. Hewar*. toot aub /onad. IOST.?On Snndat last, a lady'sgold barpin JwHSecroU work oat tnelace Hil beauliably [ ll.M_lalAl 0) lOUili.li-lial.l.e Willi (1, W. I'., IllUlUlC UUlc*. A Business Chances. l/VMt SALE.-Th*. fss<_rh>||_a mulm-il hurfn^; J of ihe late, linn nf Hoffman A Wh. r et umtTtSL? Phlnelieck. N. V Jnelndtoetlie ber** kurort*, a, d n, _?__ For prtrllen.^appiy1^ W.'a7tH$&ffi"ta______ Uti I ne ("et k. N. Y _ "Urra* AN, AlWrner, |,'OR SALK.?An Interest in sa old estaUyQ I heaooroa* pnhlleatlon. Aildrea* W , Tribune. ?m't; W* DOR SALK. -> I Tin- llilnr- ?. firultiire, hotel Honor Uren** u__. .~t __p wlllof alilM-ela,* lit )A I) HOCK', in Provaleia-e iti ?W dreaa n, hot 4 m, PnrMaaea, u i ???*, ii. u Ad. 1,'OK SALK.?New Htt.ck un.l fixture's of He" Jewelry store, tlirce year* cafahimtie.1 < itt f,;a,J\ aieat lian a.n i Hallaf.rt-iiy reaaona. Aa. I all on or uki rall, a Til Boreel Hin:.lnt*c. 1 I , Hroa.lw.ty. N Y. ?e?aree*A, JJce Cream. ] jOHTOJpi ICE CREAM, ALWAYS I'Cnr. an.1 DBUCIOOl Latent-ipi rfrozen MUCKS OP ICC cltL'vU Tu cert) hume mn keep lianl une tmur try on* IiLi'm UOfi Ith-ave, I.2SS llrmulway, 7 j ( liatti im-,t, lia ___-,__-_, a,.. ,v. v.. ami :'..i Kniteii, ,t . UraotAja. "w,'Jia iUigcellancoiiQ. A LADY lettering town inuits to sell ? n*ftrlr in w .-tt-lnwfty I'l.il.O, U'i teak i *. lp' Laat-?.::,.I UARTIE8 HOLDING title to Western l.m.U thal .' H.- In 'ii willi fur text* may realize l,y a.! 'r, mmlinr lint 147, Klualiluif. N. Y. * ? PLYMOUTH CHURCH, BROOK LYN.-Half I ref a el'mi ani.-pew, near pl.it!..ntl. KeaLSaS. Apply to II s. vi Kl.H. No. 18 Wlilow'at. Brooklyn tjotcls. i'-HOTKL BRIGHTON, Ilroadwaj ami a, 4^,1-pt ; Beled (e.r famllR-n ami k" uti. ui. ii, I nm. tn,nate rates. I ?VERETT HOUSE. i nu a vi: and i tt rr -r, s y. Centrally I a.it. ,1 OVKKI (KiKlMi I Mun .-Ul AUK. Table lier ile a I ia. arte. CLARENDON HOTEL, Ult av;' wi, -i ii -ii . n y (iti Un* An,. 11, an uml Lump, an I'lane. C li Kl.KM.li, rn,pu ? I tUiiUcr Ucooits. 'Viii: i PLANO* HOTEL, 1 KAH1 MAX. I.eili.il-. t nCVrY.OA. ?""ill open for reception of Oneal* lane-try IS, BBder the manatcetuent of ti. A Farnham, Proprietor eif the Amerlean, -ai itomSpriofi Porleroi* mian ... ,,t apyly lu l. Kiu.h AW, Orand ll . au 1 til it -t. Cnrosean ^OtjcrliscmcntB. 11 lt AT K Pl IL?COMFO RT 15' I. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. -- Hy n tttoroajrb ktaewleSse ?f Ihe .i,itur*4 lawe which eorern tbeopcratlona of dtfeetloo ami n ? i .1 ae. ' . - I ll.',- ,p . " < .?? l-',.,,,. .,,-,.,.., . P- .,.?- mui.^ J .., ,, P, l-l fe liv keeping onraelvea ??*!! fortified arlu pure blood -uni a pinpi riy nun ri-ii" i frame."?Cl vii service Ha/cti.*. Made (Imply with bolling water ui Bilk, r-..i.i in tin* oaiy (VB. curt tb.) bj Grocer*, labelled Ihuai Jimlm bpPI* 4 t O., ll-iiiiilnrp.ltiili t l,,'-rl!-l.-. l.in.ileill, I 1..,: l.llliL 13ro*jooiilo. N' ll I UK KS I"A. lui ll* ll.ROACH ? Ml SST, ) fp| i'll I, M.\N, Jim 1-'. 1- -4. J SEALED PROPOSALS vrill be received lo rn thia nd,,' net,; twelfth da- of Pebrn ry, I-***, Int ri-.w, teer deina the wotk nf rleai ag, grub. tina, k< id 'I..-, bridgina and farnwbina ci ity nu miieaof theC**cade Branch of ti.e .s.irtheru I'm '!n i ... p. I ? ..'.i".'.'.',) ii,i..p v,-' ,,: wallala in vv . . rerntery,toYeknaa i ny in tin name lenlimy Map*, prntlie* and plana may be seen, and -peel itn.n*, foi nm of conti I i I form* for prop iaitL^ eli ecol ? I. Bt Pain, Viiiju The company leaerve* the rtfhi ?? .1*. A. AN DKKoe ..*., Lugmeer n.a hief. (Dcean Bitumen. . Ntllnl! KINK. U. 8. M.nl Stcii n bins, eall from New-York every -..Mr: l.I.A-i''AV . la LON Ii 'Vin.HiiY. D.y tb Kif r a.*!,MA Jan. '. 10a in I , . Il RIA..Feb . Pam W.H"A.- JIA.J Bl, I KUI - . I', '.li. H p.ai i a, :n ; ?-- - - lbin,| lt. steen re nut ward, t**M prepaid, t'-'i .1 at lowe?l tate* ar paidfraeot cl.uii"' in I.n ri' lol j,at-.-.in'. i ta ii liana, Book ot Toura, ite*., i lii.M'i.i.p.i.N lli.tiilii.i;--. ; Bow lin BORDEAUX LINK. .New un.l ill reel line t'> the Sooth o' Kr un- v NKW VeiliK AM) n.'illil.AL'X DI it I-." i'. S?t CHA! I AC I.L'iVILLKl* OOO toual. . Tan. 23 H8. I ll V I hi 1' i A . I I . I el i'i .rv IS i-'reiin ' I'r ritie e< p* ,, -V' n->*r VV illar. Ke*rrvi HreHiUlyn. TraTeilcr* tor France, Spain anti It.ilv. 1'yr-u- .*, Ira* M. c. Ae.. will tn,,, tun* ii-'l.-ip-no- i.y lukin, ula?M ( at.in tlncludinc win* , ?-ni. eteeras*, B-IA. 1 . 1 panaaxe at.lily tu " ' f. l.C. ii.lll.AMil.lt. Iii Rea , rs, rjUNARO KINK. NOTICE-"LAN* lom." I'Ue.U KEW-YOIIK lei LlVLLC'i'iL Viv Qt"KENS. roWN. FROM PIER NO. lu NORTH lt I Vi. IV I'Kl'UVI'MA. Wtlila ..'av. I l!'. J ??'? p. tn, in'I ILMA. Weelu. Ki'.av, Jan. 30, 7 ft, m. PA VOX I . U . .in P...IV. I* ot). . . |i. io. ...vi i i a. .. .Ween.?'!.., . -I . ?; .: a. ia. ii. iii i - tun and iii "i Sleet ene ricket* t'> -mel from .iii part* of Raropeal vi-ry loir rat*.* ii.-lfcl.l -lill I'--* ?> V e,'.lie e , No i I, .,*!,..? Ij|ee-l|. vi KSUN li. ii..' ie \ .i i i)., a aaU |M:.\KI:aK TRAN'SATLANflC COMPANY, V S ' ir.York and Havre. Company'* pier (new), No. 4*i North n.v.-r foul of Me.rien^l I r A V. 1 . I'i I .-ll. ne- li.i a't . il.-.VV t-ll , Ju Ie. J- , p. m. LAHit.ii> ?!(. teli. i ."Ve*, Ian. So, 7 ,t. m. eT. a U N, li a ti. u e<i Fe.. b, a wa Chet ? ? ae.u, ..u tin- iiau'iae TraneaUantlque ol I'u - i e,i rp j,i. ii,.in v.v, At-ni!, x.i 8, Hutnli.-i" 'reen. i'i ION KINK. VJ I'NITED STATES M ail - i i: v Mil; K)H (-t'KENHTOWN AM' LIVKHPuOL. ta ivinn i'i. i -(-. X H.. f...,' et Kin*- .t WI i n-I.n . 1 utwia>. Jan. 2 '. noon, AHIZDN ' . -? . .: i. I, a -it. A UV--IMA . '? I.il OOO, ?A'YOMINU. I ii. -day, i-eb. I'i, - 'i rn, MAA lev ..Tue il i.. '' 1" ida m. (#- i - ? un-nulli ..I it,en, with wim ri t - mo. pertinents, and are furnished ?* iii every retioiattti lo maim a. liuvuiic niniklnc-rooui, drawlu plano ind fziM-n.'ii ed turat-on, -tinaipt-p. an.l caterer tim* ln*urin"tthoaeKreateetot all Iniarlesati ntil*. ..la-lit. , . i.iiin uaaaafce atcorilln* U> ?tate-i'aini),$UH, S*J anti *fl'W, UiUri ie liate, I." - ' en .;. al !??* t?? l< ->. ? lil' 1. NO -'.. HHOAOWAV. i-VI'iV ' INMAN ROYAL MAIL KINK STEAMER! I i-'.ili Ul'EENSTOWN Atilt LIVERPOOL p-riix . . 1 i ii.iv, J m. .4. J p. m, .Iii OF Bl Kl.ix. - ital -..m. i itv OF ' lN - ' '" -'i-e .-'nm. From Pier 36 (new nouben, Noni, lurer. CABI S i' \ *-?.... M " t-" -rr. ? -'? f*0. RTKLRAOK, li.:i. Ute Old Coui.tiy, t I ? Vork, For paaaase, ti.., apply to tin INMAN STEAMSHIP co., il rn,el.'.; Broauway, X V. li.i.ati, ipbia ? .ii-'.-. ?*?". le ' -'? liACIPlC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANYS I LIM-, liiii , Al.UreliMA, -AMiVV Hil l-l AM'-t, JAPAN l IC NA, X I.VV Vi.Al. AM'. Al?l.Vl.V THAL and -"1 i'll vMI.i ? le O. iron, New-York pier loo! I ..i-i.-t.. X. H I or - u Pi am i-t ii i a tlie i?iiii rn- ni I' U1TY OF P v -?? * int, lan. Kl. a. connecting for Central and South v ? . i *. -. 1 i, , .-.,., i i _t< .-.? I-: an-1 tn .muan nu. Foi i,; ni ni''.. Una ci iv ..I ... iii ian* li dar. lan. -". noon. ExcurUou Ticket* belwtrren Ban Kr*ncl*eo ?ed Y ? ? >? ? .alta. . For HONOLULU, NEW-ZKALAND and \l-l I.'. I I V, .|1V III on arrival of London nialia ti -a > ' riMiclaco. For ti.-:. te era! inf iriuatiou, app :? ?' coi*. uaur'aottlt;*un Uiopier, loote >?> -. iU, N n ll. J BUI LAY, ? i| KED STAR I.INK.-Km- Autwerp snd Kans. .- fr- ii, New Vmk aad Antwi rpovi ry HeiurUaf w ai--..A . ii . -.io.ty.Jaa . t p- '?? i.i. -1" I, Plat, re i.nu. ?n ..H :.< iinl lia! In . mii^ am. - . -- ni .!-,-.n. flin t.. ill). I IO* ? ii a:*i ii, -, ?''. ai.-i..i<i', .?.!., ?j> prepaid ne* A u twerp I'i-.ll.ll WKIOUT .v .-.ti Nm. (len,rai Audit* SS ?'?' '.'.waf; ROYAL MAH. PO THE KETHERLANIH -t. .m.'i* .talc i"'? pier, ft...! nf -li.ia.l.pU. J- - Fte! A Pl. ill lil . . AMitTbRO IM..., W.t.: ... ..>. J ai - - . ? ' :?? Fe.r i: lit. r; un. vv a -'MIN faa i i hint caiiln, $>l.i. meerace, V- ? prepaid,$1* ll. ( a/ai \. Oineri \ , i ..?-? mb ? ruNcu, i.-e'. ? i iv m iiiu-> >. Wi.h. pt. rreigbl v<-<. K tt'way.Uei ? I wv 27 tor " 1'ouriitl oa .-tte.' ? Kl MiiHl'i A i >'. *??'" n-gt*, No. 61 Bro* J f I . lt lill ll A K li 4 1>I, Oeu- 1 aaa- Adla , ? 1 1. vt.it. > ? W HI Ki: STAR LINE.?MAURY ROlTTfc.^ I'MI l-.U-l A I KM A.NI) Hov A L.MAI I M KAS1E1" F'.'Ugl.'LLNaHiWX AM. Ll V hllPlH ll. Ai 1*1 i - . mt a.Bail nhui.Ut. J..r.a . - ? P* ?? lAi'in i.t. anea ,.cuiuav. Jau. l, ?,*?"? lin i.n IC. Cant, IVrrv.?-. tmlav. Feb. '. ip-* Ri i ' l( i tnt "i .... . . r .nt- . 1 -t*Jt mo** I UK WIIITR HTAR lie n K. FOOT Ol' ^ trWr lUTH^T KATKH.-sal.Hin, B'">, ?.vi ano ?!<?*'? H. tum ti.-neU** ta?or?oi?la-ruia. *sieer*e-e from Ute u.d i .aiuiry. ?Jl. ire** *\ew Votk BHL , ,,? For lu?pes Lon cf plant an.l atlier infnrnalioti appll' a* ni C0Uip41))r*oUlcc*.i.o. il l.liMtlWAy, *S;'*j\";*uls A'.-M. INTER BES0RT8. ,., , kiM ATLAfl KIM. OF MAU BTRAMER& For BAHAMAJ*, JAMAICA. UATIX.??liro VOX COLOMBIA. IsTUIira OF i-ANAMv a.l X . ^*>:*li** 1...mai. ..re invited :-avail ..f Urea tilpa, wu. '"?_?!? u,a.. ..ii-.ny route Uk. .1 Oy Hie CuHpauj \-i-ai.,.. \ mi wa eitrenieiow imceef B i- r-l-i-/. wince, m- - "?? ? ?**'/ ', ,'^2 anti nv mp*.... board ti... wt,.,io ll.i,.*. er >****e.iaw*i di -i. ua ** rliauae their route ?.*? u.i.pf'-r U> ?nj ol t-r -""*^J ??-ani.*! ol lUe Uno tlicy u_>y B*et n" lh? voyaacv 1 Bl ,'AttajA ?W W I'iM UH,Merni' JlCei- .Ui-nlA B-a, aa ai_u?ai.. Now tut*.