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THE DONALDSONYILLE CHIEF.
VOLUME 1. ' DONALDSONVILLE, LA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1871. NUMBER 6.
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('aoCrH, Donaldsonville, La.," or to the edi
tor and proprietor lesonally.
The question of compulsory educa
tion is being discussed by a portion of
the press.
President Grant has issued a proc
lamation of final warning to the South
Carolina Ku-klux.
Statistics demonstrate that the col- i
ored population of the city of New is
York is constantly increasing.
I tw
The Lafourche Republican sends up n
a beseeching wail for Democratic sup- 6
port of the Custom-house clique. 6
If editor Reese, of the Lafourche
Republican, is never haunted by the ti
ghosts of Webster and Worcester, lie 1
ought to be. u
The N. 0. Patriot is becoming as it
full of typographical, orthographical s''
and grammatical errors as it is of oi
abuse of Governor Warmoth.
Governor Alcorn, of Mississippi, is '
meeting the champions of the Democ- i
racy of that State on the stump and t
vanquishing them signally. The Gov- df
crnor is one of the most talented pub-. '4
lie men in the South. to
is gi
Advices from Washington state that in
President Grant will revive his pet th
scheme for the annexation of San Do- i
mlingo, and attempt to force Congress
to act favorably upon it during the A]
coming winter session. of
A subscription of over $100,000 for
the Chicago unfortunates was given
in less than thirty minutes at a mueet- lie
ing of St. Louis merchants. The total ""
be
amount of St. Louis' subscription will of
probably reach $500,000. sh
«=1 th
Hon. Thos. D. Worrall, editor of
the New Orleans Mitrailleuse, is recov
ering from his recent illness, and has
resumed the publication of his lively
journal. The pictorial department is
suspended for a time, but the editor
promises its early resumption.
The CHIEr can join the Mirailleuse
in saying, "AWe were taken to task
for stating that Governor Warmoth
had an undoubted right to suspend
Boyce from the office of Secretary of
State. How now, that the court has
so decided?"
The New Orleans Tiaes has arrived
at the sensible conclusion that the
Democratic party has run out of prin
ciples, and that there should be a new
organization, under a new name, to
succeed it. This new party to advo
cate honest government-whether Re- i
publican or otherwise.
A recent issue of the New Orleans
Commercial Bulletin remarked that
the rice and cotton crops of Plaque
mines parish were in a flourishing?
condition ; whereupon the Plaque- t
mines Register admits the fine appear- r
once of the rice, but is somewhat as- t
tonished to learn that cotton is raised!
in the parish. ii
A large number of prominent citi- a
zens of New Orleans have joined in (
extending an invitation to Senator;
Carl Schurz, of Missouri, to pay that;
city a visit and address the inhabitants 6
on the political situation and issues of.]
the day. Senator Schurz is one of our' a
purost statesmen, a man of great fore- al
sight and talent, and such an address ai
from him will doubtless produce much; 8
good fruit in Louisiana. pi
Bad For the Horn Books.
Concerning the decision recently
- endered in the Bovee-Herron case,
in, the New Orleans Republican says:
Judge Emerson, who refused to
acknowledge that the American peo
ple have constructed a government
which is so seriously defective that
T9 there is no way to arrest an official
offender in the comnmission of offences,
is now being scandalized by the
Democratic press in the most ex
3 60 tended of constitutional arguments.
His motives are questioned, his prin
ciples suspected, his party fidelity
derided, his judgmenat impeached, his
reading ridiculed, his constitutional
lore impugned. And what for ? Be
cause he decided that the first officer
of the State, and the one chosen to see
r to the .preservation of the laws, sus
5 0o pended from office an individual who
5 00 was breaking the la:. This is a sim
* ple statement of the ease. Mr. Bovee,
p 00 Secretary of State, perpetrated an act
0 o0 which was not more lawless than it
g was alarming. He ausurped all the
ion. functions of all tho departments of
government. He declared that to be
p a law which was not. He uttered a
ocument as a legal enactment which
ad never passed the Legislature,
hich was without the necessary
r-a- arms, which had been defaced and
of 'hich he knew to be defective in all
hese particulars. And he onsum
tuated this offense, not in the interest
of society, but in the: interest of a cor
ic- poration, and in tht face of public
th interest. Judge Emerson decides that
there must a power Somewhere in the
state, appointed by the people. en
dowed with authority to arrest such
)l- imuproper actions, not by any penalty
w inflicted on the agent of the offense,
but by the suspension of the author of
the wrong from his official capacity
to commit other and still grosser ir
IP regularities. Judge Emerson must be
p- right, or else the State is at the mercy
Of an unfaithful officer. The judg
anent must he correct, or society has
constructed the mnihchinery of its
e government with a 4-iew to the pro
ie teetion of its own recreant agents
ie rather than to the preservation of its
own interests.
The suspension of Mr. Boyce will t
not injure him in his official relations 1
is if he shall make it appear that lie
al ioommitted no wrong} although that is
an almost impossible event, if the
statement made by him before Judge
iEmerson is to be taken as a guide to c
the facts of the case, He was merely t
is "t salaried officer, and lie will recover c
his salaries and perquisites if the
Legislature restores him to his situ
d tion. Hit' personal relation to the
- office was merely that of a hired man,
-. serving under under x contract for
four years. The State employed him
to perform certain functions, for a
given tern. at a specified salary. His t
it interest is the salary -the interest of
t the State, the fulfillment of the ser
vice. If the work is done and Mr.
Boyce is paid, neither party can
complain, and, least of all, Mr. Bovee.
e All this fury about the inherent right
of a man to an office is the merest
substitution of aristocratic suggestions i(
in lieu of the plain Republican ' iw of
'r letting and hiring. a
D What would a business say man if a
lhe was told that air unfaithful clerk ti
. was entrenched at one of his desks
beyond the power of renloval because
i[ of a defect in the articles of partner- 01
ship? What do the people sa' to es
this new Democratic suggestion, that n
f when they have elected a subordinate a
officer they have erected a force that tI
is above control for three hundred
'and five days in the year, except at b
the expense of an extra session of the
$ Legislature. Judge Emerson has
r read law practically, and if-tlhe " horn
books " that the Tines refers to, gain
say the reason that pervades the judg- i'
ment of the Eighth District Court,
e then-so much the worse for the born
t books. Blacketone says the law is ai
founded in reason and common sense.
i Judge Emerson needs no other text
to support him in. doing a reasonable L
C and comnmion sense thing. t
PRIVILEGE OF CONGRESSMEN.-The ti
Washington correspondent of the St. c4
ed Louis Democrat, iii a dispatch dated he
he the 29th ultimo, says:
n- A novel and interesting case, in- ci
ýw volving the principles of the extent of
to and meaning of the parliamentary as
privileges of Congressmen, came up at
o- for hearing to-day. before a full bench w
e in the Supreme Court of the District. bh
Colonel Sherrod, of Alabama, during
the last session of Congress, was
served with a summons to answer for
nas a debt contracted in Kentucky. R. M.
at' Corwin, his cor"nsel, plead the usual ac
e- privileges of a member of Congress. f
The plaintiff demurred, and thus n
ig; issue was joined on the single ques- In
P- tion of privilege. After a full argu- m
rw ment, the case was concluded to-day, sn
the court taking the case under advise
went. " The point raised by his coun- co
d` sel was, that answering a summons th
involved in its consequences all illegal bl
restraints of arrest, and consequently lo
a member of Congress, under the ha
n Constitution, was at liberty to obey a sti
summons or not. qu
r ve
it, MOXTREAL, October 12.-Fenian wI
a General O'Neil, with a force not he
stated, crossed the border at Pembina cr<
and seized the Canadian Custom-house ed
and Hudson's bay. The post was up
attacked by United States soldiers da
. and O'Neil captured. It is reported an
that a large party had crossed at o'e
St. Joe. United States troops are in " "
pursuit. he
Can we Conciliate ?
ftly [From the Lafourche*Times.]
ise, We do not belong to the party of ex
tremists, who assume the entire wis
dom of the nation, and profess to be
to able to suggest measures which shall
eo- act with the reputed efficacy of an
ent elixir; healing in a moment discords
ftat and dissensions sown in the par y by
ial disappointed ambition and green-eyes
es, jealousy. But we propose a ratio:ial
the desire to be informed by those who
Lx- are wiser than ourselves, when we ask
t* in sincerity, can we conciliate ? Can
in- we conciliate the sleek and plausible
ity venomous hypocrites who infest the
his Custom-house? And, secondly can
iutl we conciliate the party which has
3e- ignorance and stupid prejudice for a
er base, and is supported by bands ii as
iee sassins who are too cowardly to fight
I- openly but who disguise their fiendish
ho forms for the night aind do their mur
n- derous work under the tame of the
te, Ku-Klux.
wt To the first qiestiot, re state it
it opinion, that the only conciliation ,o
he be affected is to show the most bon
of est of them that they are simply a ork- ;
be ing under the leadership of the Demo- I
a cratic party, and nhat the object of
ch these Democratic leaders is plainly to
li e seen where they have effected any 1
iv lodgment For v here-er the Custom. (
id house has succeeded in making a point.
ill that is the place where the most hitter ,
i- and uncompromising of the rebels ±
st have their stronghold, and there 'in
'r' der the shadow of the n'wme of -ns
ic tom-house Republican," do these na'r- t
at derous traiters transact their schemes t
le and plot the overthrow of the national t
Republican party. Already have the c
i best of them left 'he Custom-house c
Ly clique; and we hav. the most able of c
e, them (the Donaldsonville Chief, and r
o the Feliciana Republican), advocating e
the views of the Republican party 1
r- against the Custom-house scheme. a
'e Nor is it possible, in our opinion, to n
'Y conciliate Walsh and his crowd, as 1
their masters are lying shady, while
i the comparative small fry come to the
i surface. Nothing can conciliate an
unrepentant rebel. He is yet for war,
r and failing war, lie is yet for assassin
t ation and murder. And foiled in his
11 plans for stabbing his neighbors by v
the hand of a midnight assassin, he
` publishes a newspaper and abuses t,
e Governor Warmoth, and for this rea- y
son and others we reiterate our opin- e
e ion that the most efficacious of all con- 1
e ciliation with th' Custom-house har- i
pies is to expose their object and show t'
Y the cloven foot beneath their spacious l(
r cloak of assumed felty to President 1H
c U. S. Grant. C4
Although we have but partially re- h
e viewed the possibilities or benefits of o
conciliation with the first class, yet it t(
may not be improper for us to con- HI
` sider (as dependent on the subject) b
a the next question, can we conciliate o
I the party who are the founders of the 01
Custom-house clique, or, in other it:
words, can we conciliate the yet arn- w
repentant and blatant rebels, who al
boast of having been subdued but H
never conquered? y l
Our Northern friends may consider fl
us harsh if we reply that, in our opin- in
s ion, we can not conciliate them but in di
one way, and that way, we hasten to a
f add, is by the strong arm of the law. sI
Conciliation or moderation with h(
them signifies weakness and cowardice. is
They have no appreciation of gener- tr
osity or forbearance. To them hoi- is
esty of purpose, purity of life, gentle- hi
ness of heart, is a myth, never known ro
and never sought for. ib
The ballot box is hated because pi
their late slaves are their equals; they at
hate schools and teachers, especially fit
those who profess to teach the chil- Ja
dren whose cuticles have more or co
darker pigment than their own. fo
Law is .stigmatized as "tyranny," wi
and the necessary taxes are termed Ui
" robberies." W
Can this class, who .have been an Cl
entire lifetime learning and fostering pr
a hatred against the North and North- he
erners, can they be conciliated t "44
We hesitate to record the answer. Ui
Let the parishes whose victims stained lat
the earth with their life's blood reply mm
to the questioa; let the inocent vic- wi
tims of the Ku-Klux answer. History de
carries us back to the times of Cal
houn, and we feel that the question is
a national one, to be answered by
national and State measur.es. We are ooir
content to trust the honored leader of thiu
our party, Henry Clay Warmnoth, to
answer for Louisiana, and with hin
at the headl of our ticket in 1872 wve en<
will answer the question at the ballot Rte
box, can we conciliatefsu
His Mother-in-law.
He stood on his head on the wild
seashore, and joy was the cause of the
act; for lie felt as he never felt be
fore-insanelyglad, in fact. And why ?
In that vessel that left the hay, his
mother-in-law had sailed to a tropical
country far away, where tigers and
snakes prevailed. And more than one
of his creditors too-those . objects of
constant dread-had taken berths- in
the Ship Curlew, whose sails were so
blithely spread. Oh! now he might
look for a quiet life, which he never
had known as yet ('tis true that he
still possessed a wife, and was not 1
quite of debt). But he watched the
vessel, this singular chap, o'er the
waves, as she upped and down; and
he felt exactly as if " the edifice was 4
crowned." Till over the blue horizon's 1
edge she disappeared from view; then
up he leaped on a chalky ledge, and
danced like a kangaroo! And many i
and many a joyful shout he pealed
o'er the sunset sea, till down with a I
" fiz" sank the orb of day, and then
he went home to tea.
English Synonyms.
' he copiousness of the English
I tongue, as well a, the difficulty of ac
quiring the ability to use its immense
e vocabulary correctly, is well exhibited
1 in the following array of synonymous
u words, which, if not new, is yet a cap
s ital illustration of the nice distinctions
which characterize so many of our vo
cables. It is no wonder we slip oc
I casionally, even the wariest of us.
A little girl was looking at the pie
ture of a number of ships, when she ex
i claimed, " See what a flock of ships!"
We corrected her by saying that a
flock of ships is called a fleet, and that
a fleet of sheep is called a flock. And
here we may add, for the i'enefit of
L the foreigner who is masteriun the in
tricacies of our language in respect to
nouns if multitude, that a flock of
giils is called a bevy; that a bevy of
wolfes is a pack; that speck of thieves
is called a gang; that a gang of angels
is called a host; that a host of por
poises is called a shoal; that a shoal
of buffaloes is called a herd; that a
berd of children is called a troop; that
a troop of partridges is called a covey;
that a covey of beauties is called a
galaxy; that a galaxy of ruffians is
called a horde; that a horde of rub
bish is called a heap; that a heap of ox
en is called a drove; that a drove of
blackguards is called a mob; that a
mool! if whales is called a school ; that
that a school of worshippers is
called t congregation ; that a con
gregation of engineers is called a corps;
that i corps of robbers is called a band ;
that a baud of locusts is called a swarm;
that a swarm of people is called a
crowd, that a crowd of city folks is
called the elite; that the elite of the
city's thieves and rascals is called the
rouglhs, that the miscellaneous crowd
of the city folks is called the commu
nity or the public, according as they
are spoken of by the religions commu
nity or the secular public.-Arnerican
Educational Monft/ly.
in Gossip of a Veteran.
A, Of the aged individual known as
i- Uncle Tommy Wargraun, the 'Knox
S ville Chronicle speaks thus:
le Uncle Tommy was born in Lexing
es ton, Virginia, May 14, 1773-three
t%- years before the declaration of Ameri
c- can independence, and is consequent
1- ly now ninety-eight years old. His
r- mother had sixteen children. When
w twenty years old lie removed to Fin
is ley Gap, Jefferson county, Tennessee.
it He had never been married, and is
consequently an old bachelor. He
has been an eye witness to the growth
Df of East Tennessee from a wilderness
it to its present degree of prosperity.
I- He knew Knoxville when there were
t) but two stores in the place, one ieing
te owned by Captain Morgan and the
ie other by old Billy Park. He has been
r in four wars. At onb time of life he
a_ weighed 186'ponnds, but his weight
o at present is on13 sixty-one pouqds,
it He has chewed tobacco seventy-eight
years and don't think it will kill him
,r for some time yet. He has eat no
i- meat for sixty-one years. His only
n diet now is a piece of light bread and
; a cup of coffee, and he does not per
v. spire in the hottest weather. Second
h hearing has retuned, but his eyesight
e. is still dim. Uncle Tommy is a great
traveler and although so very aged,
i- 1s continually making flying trips
hither and thither on the lines of rail
a road. His range is between Lynch
burg, Virginia, and Augusta. He is
e passed everywhere free, and puts up
y at the hotels on the same terms. His
y first vote for President was cast for
James Monroe for his first term. He
r could not endure Jackson, and voted
for Henry Clay when that great Whig
" was a candidate for the presidency.
I Uncle Tommy was a most enthusiastic
Whig in those days, and lauds Henry
ri Clay to the skies. He east his last
presidential vote for Grant, and says
- he will vote for him again, and that
"Grant will be. elected mighty easy."
Uncle Tommy belongs to the Cumber
1 land Presbyterian Church, and has
made due preparations for that event
- which he has been awaiting so lonig
r death.
Of the political situation in Missis
sippi, the Natchez New South gives
this cheering intelligence
From all parts of the State we have
encouraging reports of the unity of
Republicans, and a determination to
sink all personal differences rather
than endanger the success of the party
by opposition to the regular nominees.
The converltion of last Thursday, in
this county, has had a good effect.
" Old scores" were settled. The po
litical tomahawk and scalping-knife
wielded by the chiefs of opposition
clans, have been buried never to be
dug up, except when on the Demo
cratic war-path, and for the purpose
of " raising" Democratic hair. In
the various counties in which con
ventions have been held, general sat- a
isfaction is expressed, and a deter- l
mination to support the nominees, 1
although objectional to a few individ- t
nuls. If the harmony in our conven- t
LUon is any criterion to go by, and we
should think it entitled to some 1
weight from the fact of there being so l
many candidates (many of them men t
of weight and influence, coming
before the convention and submitting I
to its action), then we need have no I
fears of the result of the coming elec- 1
tion. C
Adams county, after her conven- i
tion, is more united than before, and c
we believe will return an increased a
majority ^t the November election. 1
Touching Devotion of a Child.
sh One of the most tearful cases ever
c- told on paper is this, of a little boy,
use a mere child, who travelled 1,400
ed miles, taking care of the dead body of
us his mother all the way.
p- An expressman, upon reaching his
as office one cold morning in January,
o- observed on the sidewalk a long,
,c- heavy box, which his practised eye at
once indentified as containing a corpse.
c- Upon the end of the box, shivering
x- with cold, sat a half clad boy, about
seven or eight } ears of age. Address
a ing him kindly lie said
at " My lad, don't sit there ; you will
id freeze. Come in and sit by the fire."
of Bursting into tears, the little fellow
n- replied: " No, I can't come. My
to mother is in this box, and I promised
of her that I would not leave her until
of we got hpme."
es Deeply affected with the touching
Is devotion of this brave little fellow, lie
r- finally succeeded in convincing him
al of the entire safety of his precicus
a charge, and taking him into a neigh
mt boring restaurant gave him a warm
breakfast, and then learned the par
a ticulars of his story.
is His father died but a year pre
r- viously, in a remote village in Min
nesota, leaving his mother in poor
)f health, and nearly destitute. She died
a but a few day's before the boy's sad
it Journey, charging the little hero with
is the duty of conveying her remains to 0
friends in a distant State, and furnish
; ing him with (all she had) a sum of
money barely sufficient to carry them
r; both to their destination. The little 4
a fellow had'actually ridden night and
is day in a freight car with his melan
e f choly trust, never fpr a moment l9sing I
e sight of it.
Marriage Made Easy.
We copy the following from the I
a New Orleans Times. Though it may
not appear very grammatical, it is 1
highly expressive :
The following choice speciuen of
s orthography was received by a gentle
man of our city, in answer to his
advertisement for a "man to work.
on a farm." It will be noticed that
the applicant not only looks upon
- marriage as a matter of easy accom
plishment, but also pays himself a
compliment in presuming that he can
s learn almost any " Tinks " in a short
time :
Dear Sir-I have read your Adver
tisement in the German Gazette for
want of a Men to step and work on
a Farm nar the Golf.
If yon have not engaget one already '
i am willing to accept the situation. c
I am a German 32 year of age 8
year in this country and employet
since 3 year by the U. S. Marshal as
Keeper.
I am now most two years here on
this Plantation as keeper and have
charge over the hohle place, I know
not much planten Trees in this coun
try, but I have to learn so many Tinks e
since i am that i think i learn this
too.
I can give you Recommendation
from the U. S. marshal and also from °
several Privat Persons from this Par
ish and from the city of N. 0. I am
not married at present, but this tack e
me only a few Days. b
If you want to tacke the Trouble to b
write my an answer and the neaer a
Details, i am verry obligt to you.
SMALL-POX RE.1EDY.-Acorrespon. ci
dent of the Stocton (Cal.) Herald Y
writes: "Appended is a receipt which P
has to my certain knowledge been used oi
in hundreds of cases successfully. It d
will prevent or cure the small-pox, em
though the pittings are filling. When 01
Jenner discovered cow-pox, in Eng- A
land, the world of science hurled an 5i
avalanche of fame upon his head; but b,
when the most scientific school of oi
medicine in the world-that of Paris, to
published this receipt as a panacea inm
for small-pox, it passed unheeded. It fi1
is as unfailing as fate, conquers in fe
every instance: It is harmless when
taken by a well person. It will also D
cure scarlet fever. Here it is as I have of
used it to cure small-pox. When Pr
learned physicians said the patient T1
must die, it cured. Sulphate of zinc an
one grain, foxglove (digitalis) one su
.grain, half a teaspoonful of sugar, in
mixed with two tablespoonsful of wa- th
ter. When mixed, at I faur ounces
of water, and take a teaspoonful every ty
hour. Either disease will disappear Ja
in twelve hours. For a child, smaller th
doses, according to age. If counties ini
would compel their physicians to use he
it, they would need up pest houses.- tic
If you value advice and experience, ga
use this for that terrible disease. dr
pe
flie Natchez, Miss., Nere South
talks forcibly of an unmitigated brute br
in that city : lor
We ire informed that an individual
upon hearing of the death of a young lg
Republican in this city, on Monday
last, remarked that he would give «
twenty-five dollars for every Radical
that yellow fever would kill in this dl,
city. Such dirty, inhuman brutes as dlfn
lie; should be safely lodged in the i
Insane Asylum. That man, if the wn
truth was known, is a dishonest beast, th
a liar, swindler and a villianous dog; t
he cannot be other than a speck of is
vomit belched forth in a swindle, and
has landed here to escape the wrath
of his creditors. We do not believe m.
in the Billingsgate or McCardle style tha
of writing, yet we feel that the occa- thi
sion, in this instance, warrants the thu
language used. joi
d. The Grand Duke Alexis.
'er Accompanying a portrait of this
TY distinguished .personage, the Harper's
00
of Wreekly.of October 14th hasthe.follow
mga:
is The announcement Ehatýfhe Russian
y, fleet, with the Grand Duke Alexis,
g, sailed on the 26th of September from
at Falmouth for New York has created
ie. quite a lively stir in the fashion
ag able circles of this country, and
ut extensive preparations have been
as- made to give him a reception suited
to his rank, and expressive of the mu
ill tual good-will that prevails between
." the United States and Russia. The ar
uw rangements in this city are on a scale
ly of splendor and magnificence never
A before witnessed here; and in every
til part of the country through which the
imperial party propose traveling simi
ig lar preparations are in pro&mgpg
ue Here the most imposing spectacle
m will be the reception of the Russian
is squadron in the Lower Bay, which
!u- will be participated in by the United
in States naval Squadron of Reception,
r- the fleets of the combined yacht calus
in these waters, consisting of the New
e- York, the Brooklyn, the Atlantic, and
i- Bayonne clubs, and the steamers of
)r the Committee of Reception. The
d combined yacht fleets will form in two
d divisions of escort on the starboard
Ih and port side of the Russian squadron
o as its steams up toward the city con
i- voyed by the United States men-of
)f war, the steamers of the Committee
n of Reception, and an immense fleet of
Le excursion boats containing invited
d guests.
I- Besides the naval display, there will
g probably be a review of the whole.
First Division of the National Guard
and a parade of a division of. the
Steam Fire Department in honor of
the distinguished guest. Immediate
.e ly upgn his arrival in this city he will
proceed to Washington, where he will
y be presented to the Presidentf the
is United States by the Russian minister..
This point of etiquette fulfilled, and
after having received the hospitalities.
of the governmentof the United States,,
the imperial party, consisting of the
Grand Duke and a very large numben
of distinguished Russians, both young
and old, will return to New York, and
n the brilliant programme arranged by
athe Committee of Reception will be
Ocarried out.. An entire day will be
u devoted to an inspection of the for-
tifications in the harbor, and the,
navy-yard and public institutions will:
be included in the round of excursions.
r which have been planned for the grati
fication of the imperial party. rhey
will also visit West Point, where the
cadets will be reviewed by the Grand
Duke.
The grand banquet and ball at the
Academy of Music, it is expected,
will be the crowning act of hospitality
extended to the young sailor. No ex
pense has been spared to make it the
most gorgeous spectacle of the kind
that has ever been held at the Acad
emy.
The entire southern wing of the
Clarendon Hotel has been rented by
the Russian minister as the residence
of the Grand Duke and his party dur
- ing their stay in this city. As this
portion of the hotel, until recently an
elegant private residence, can be made
entirely separate from the rest of the
building, the party will be as secluded
as they could wish.
Leaving \ew York after a sojourn
of three or four days, the party will
go West, visiting all the principal
cities along the route between New
York and San Francisco. It is pro
posed to organize a grand bufLalomhunt
on the Plains, near Fort Laramie, un
der the direction of Lieutenant-Gen
eral Sheridan and the United States
officers of cavalry stationed in the far
West. It will be recollected that a
similar entertainment was organized
by General Magruder for the Prince
of Wales, who was, however, unable
to participate in the novel sport. The
imperial visitor from Russia, it is con
fidently asserted, will accept the prof
fered invitation.
An interesting incident of the Grand
Duke's visit will be the presentation
of the Farragut portrait, intended as a
present to the Emperor of Russia.
The plan is to make it a national and
not a local testimonial, and the list of
subscribers contains the names of pro
minent citizens from every section of
the country.
-The Grand Duke is now in his twen
ty-second year, having been born in
January, 1850. He is the third son of
the Emperor, and is cultivated and
intelligent. Like Prince Bismarck,
lie is said to be very proud of a decora
tion given him in recognition of his
gallantry in saving a person from
drowning, under circumstances ofgreat
personal danger. As the person thug
rescued was a lady, he ought to he a
favorite with the fair, whom only the
brave deserve. He is decidedly good
looking.
At this season of the year the voy
age across the Atlantic is apt to be
long, owing to the prevalenceofheavy
westerly winds, and it is not likely
that the Russian fleet will come in
sight of Sandy Hook before the mid
dle of October. Our people will give
him a Wdrm and friendly reception,
and send him back, it iato be hoped,
with new ideas of the strength and
the beneficence of liberal republican
institutions.
Lord Bacon beautifully said: "If a
man be gracious to strangers, it shows
that he is a citizen of the world, and
that his heart is no island cut of from
the other lands, but a continent that
joins them."