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THE EMPEROR’S LIFE OF CiESAR.
The life of Julius Caesar, writ ten by Louis
Napoleon, was to be published about the first
of March. A number of copies were struck
off at the Imperial Printing Office, of the
largest quarto form, with all the advantages
of the finest type and paper, for the Emperor
to offer to the Ministers, high functionaries
of state, the representatives of foreign Courts,
and certain other distinguished persons. The
volume consists of three hundred and fifty
seven pages, in two books, one containing
six chapters, the other five, ■■with four maps
and an engraving of Caesar. The engraving
is from a portrait by M. Ingres, and it would
seem the artist lias done his best to make it
resemble that of Napoleon I.
The Preface to this work has been pub
lished abroad, and attracts much attention,
as indicating, to some extent, the ideas of
government by which the French Emperor
is controlled.
The Preface is as follows: *
Historical truth ought not to be less sacred
than religion. If the precepts of faith elevate
our soul above the interests of this world,
the lessons of history, in their turn, inspire
us with the love, of the beautiful and the just,
with a hatred for everything which is an ob
stacle to the advancement of the welfare of
mankind. Those lessons, to be profitable,
require certain conditions. It is necessary
that tacts should be produced with rigorous
exactitude, that political and social changes
should be philosophically analyzed, that tue
piquant attr'action of the details of the lives
of public men should not distract attention
from their political task or throw their pro
vidential mission into oblivion.
The historian too' often gives us the various
phases of history as spontaneous events with
out diving deeper into anterior facts for their
real origin and natural deduction ; in like
manner as the artist who, in reproducing the
accidents of Nature, devotes himself simply
to their picturesque effect without being
able in bis picture to give their scientific de
monstration. The historian ought to be more
thau a painter ; be ought, like the geologist,
who explains the phenomena of the globe,
to discuss the secret of the transformation of
our social world.
But, in writing hist my, what are the means
to ascertain the truth ?* Tiae only way is to
follow the rales of logic. Let us take it for
granted at once that great results are always
due to a great cause, never to a small one ;
in other words, an incident insignificant in
appearance never leads to great results with
out a ptfe-existing cause which has allowed
that small, incident to achieve a great result.
A spark does not create a great conflagra
tion unless it falls upon combustible mate
rials accumulated beforehand. Montesquieu
confiims this idea: “It is good fortune,”
he says, “which rules the world. * * *
* * There, are general causes, either
moral or physical, which act in every mon
archy, elevate it. uphold it or ruin it. All
incidents are subjected to these causes, and
it the chance of battle—that is to say, a
special cause—has ruined the State, there
existed a general cause which implied that
that State was to perish in a single battle; in
fact the chief inducements absorb all other
special incidents.”
If, during a period of nearly one thousand
years, the "Romans always issued forth tri
umphant from the most severe trials and
from the greatest dangers, it is because there
was a general cause which always rendered
them superior to their enemies, and which
did not suffer defeat and partial disasters to
lead to a fall of their sway. If the Romans,
after giving to the world the example of a
people establishing themselves firmly and
growing great by liberty, have seemed since
Caesar to throw themselves blindly into serf
dom, it is because there existed a general
reason which fatally prevented the republic
from returning to the pure form of its form
er institutions; it is because the rvants and
the new interests of a society in labor re
quired other means to be satisfied.
In the same manner that logic proves to us
in important ev&nts the lesson why they are
imperative, in like manner wo must recog
nize both in the long duration of an institu
tion the proof of its worth, and in the incon
testible influence of a man upon his age the
proof of his genius.
The task consists, then, iu endeavoring to
discover the vital clement which constituted
the strength of the institution, like the pre
dominating idea which made the man act.
Following this rule, we shall avoid the
errors of those historians who collect facts
transmitted by preceding ages, without ar
ranging them according to their philosophi
cal importance ; glorifying what deserves
censure, and leaving in the dark that which
calls for light. It is not a minute analysis of
the Roman organization which will make us
understand tile duration of so great an em
pire, but a deep investigation into the spirit of
its institutions; it is not, moreover, a detail
ed narrative of the lesser acts of a superior
man which will reveal to us the secret of its
ascendancy, but a careful elimination of the
elevated motions of his conduct.
When extraordinary facts demonstrate an
eminent genius, what'can be more contrary
to good sense than to attribute to him all the
passions and sentiments of mediocrity?
What more erroneous than not to recognize
tlie pre-eminence of those privileged beings
who appear from time to time in history as
brilliant beacons, dissipating the darkness of
'heir epoch, and throwing light upon the fu
ture? To deny such preeminence would,
moreover, be an insult to human nature, by
believing it capable of submitting for a length
01 time, and voluntarily, to a denomination
hot based upon real greatness or incontest
ible utility. Let us be logical and we shall be
just.
Too many historians find it more easy to
lower men es genius than to raise themselves
by a generous inspiration to their level by
penetrating their past designs. Thus a great
Caesar, instead of showing us Rome, torn by
civil wars, corrupted by wealth, treading its
ancient institutions under foot, threatened by
powerful nations,—the Gauls, the Germans,
and the Parthians, —incapable of maintain
ing itself without a stronger central power,
more stable and more just; instead, I say, of
drawing that faithful picture, Caesar is repre
sented to us from his very youth, meditating
already upon supreme power. If he resists
Sylla, if he disagrees with Cicero, if he en
ters into alliance wilh Pompey, it is all the
result of that far sighted cunning which has
divined everything to enslave everything; if
he dashes into Gaul it is to acquire' wealth by
pillage, or soldiers devoted to his cause; if he
crosses the sea to carry his eagles into an un
known country, the conquest of which will
strengthen that of the Gauls, it was but to
seek for pearls supposed to exist, in the seas
of Great Britain.
If. after having vanquished to the formi
dable enemies of Italy beyond the Alps, he
meditates upon an expedition against the
Partebians to avenge the defeat of Crassus,
it is, say certain historians, because activity
suited his nature, and that he enjoyed better
health when in the field ; if be accepts with
gratitude a laurel crown from .the Senate
and bears it proudly, it is to hide his bald
bead ; if, finally, he is assassinated by the
men whom he has overwhelmed with his
bounty, it is because be wished to make
himseli king—as if he was not, for his con
temporaries as well as for posterity, much
greater than anything. Since Suetonius and
Plutarch, such are the miserable interpreta
tions which have been given to the noblest
acts But by what sign are we to recognize
the greatness of man ? In the sway of his
ideas, when his principles and his system
triumph, dispute his death or Lis defeat. Is
it not, in fact, the prerogative of genius to
outlive destruction, and to extend its em
pire over future generations? Caesar disap
peared, and his influence predominates still
more than during his lifetime ; Cicero, his
adversary is obliged to exclaim : “All the
acts of Csesar, his writings, his words, his
promises, his thoughts, are more powerful
utter his death than if he were still alive.”
During centuries it has sufficed to tell the
world that such was the will of Csesar for the
world to obey.
That which precedes sufficiently indicates
the object I have proposed to myself in
writing this history. That object is to prove
that when Providence raises up such men as
Csesar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon, it is to
trace out to nations the path they ought to
follow, to stamp anew era with the seal of
their genius, and to accomplish in a few
years the work of many centuries. Happy
the nations who and follow
them! Woe to those who misunderstand
and resist them! They act like the Jews ;
they crucify their Messiah. They are blind
and guilty—blind, for they see not the im
portance of their efforts to suspend the fiual
triumph of good; guilty, for they only re
tard its progress by impeding its prompt and
fertile application.
In fact, neither the assassination of Csesar
nor the imprisonment at St. Helena, could
destroy beyond revival two popnlar causes i
overthrown by a league disguising itself with
the mark of liberty. Brutus, by killing
Ca?sar, plunged Rome into the horrors of
civil war; ho did not prevent the reign of
Augustus, but he rendered possible those ol
Nero and Caligula. Nor has the ostracism '
of Napoleon, by conspiring Europe, prevent
ed the resuscitation of the Empire, and yet
how distant are w T e from the solution of
great questions, from the appeased passions,
from the legitimate satisfaction given to na
tions by the first Empire.
Thus, ever since 1815 that prophecy of the \
captive of St. Helena has verified itself:
“What struggles, what bloodshed, what j
•years will vet be required that the good I:
wished to do to mankind may be realized ?”
Napoleon.
Palace of the Tuilleries, March 20, 1862.
The last Artists’* Reception in New York
was a brilliant affair, besides being the last
one of the season. An unusual display of
beauty, fashion and lions was stiperadded to
the artistic attraction, and every nook and
corner of the Studio Building was profiled, in
true tenement house style, on the occasion.
The Exhibition room was too crowded, din
ing most of the evening, to admit of any
lengthened or critical' examination of the
pictures that graced its walls. There was a
noticeable absence of specimens by the “old
masters” of local Art; the larger number of
pictures, by far, being from the younger
artists’ easels ; but, for all that, the Exhibi
tion was one of which any group of artists
might well be proud, and of"which the most
querulous critic might easily speak well. In
the studios up stairs the “painters and gla
ziers,” as Campbell once called them In a
toast, were at home to their friends and the
public, having put their newest pictures fore
most, with an air that seemed to say, “my
last is my best,” and which challenged any
denial. Rogers, the modeler of so many
charming and dainty groups, illustrative of
peace and war, of "liberty and slavery, or
loyalty and treason, was busy all tho evening
doing the honors of his attractive studio,
while a thousand of the elite passed into and
out ol the room within the three hours allot
ted rece P^ on - His latest conception,
“1 he Bushwhacker,” although quite unfin
ished as yet, was the theme of many com
plimentary comments.
The reports industriously circulated by
gold operators, that Mr. McCulloch intends
to adopt sobie violent measures for putting
down the price of gold, are without founda
tion. Any such attempts would infallibly
defeat their own puipose, besides producing
a mischievous effect on the credit of the
Government.
Hox. Charles W. Bradley, a prominent
citizen, formerly Secretary of State of Con
necticut, and under President Pierce, United
States Consul at China, died on Wednesday.
The New Haven Register says : “Probably
no American was better versed in Chines*
history, language, and manners."
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1865.
THE ELEPHANT IN CIVILIZED LI FE
HABITS', disposition and eccentricity of the
ANIMAL. .
A showman in New York contributes to
the Tribune some interesting facts concern
ing the elephants which have been brought
to this country. He says that the great ele
phant Hannibal is now seventy years old,
and appears to be still growing. VYe quote
Irom his entertaining sketch:
METHOD OF TREATING ELEPHANTS.
Female elephants are generally, if not in
variably, gentle and docile, and may be man
aged by any one. There may have been
exceptions to this rule, as elephants, like
human beings, differ in their disposition, but
such exceptions have not been known to
occur in this country. The full-grown male
elephant, however, is an animal that requires
constant watching, and above all, a fearless
keeper. No man can occupy that position
with any safety until he has acquired a com
plete mastery over the animal that he takes
in charge, and the latter made to understand
that the slightest hesitation in obeying the
commands of his master wiil lie met with
immediate and severe punishment. The ele
phant can only be ruled by fear; when thor
oughly subdued he is the most obedient of
servants. In some cases an elephant will
acknowledge anew keeper without difficulty
or protest; at other times a contest is neces
sary before he will submit, and this is gen
erally the case with old ones.
Mr. Nash has had charge of Tippo Sail)
for seven years. The second summer that
he travelled with him, Tippoo rebelled for
the first time. He struck at Nash while he
was practicing the animal In the tent, there
being no audience present. Mash made-the
brute lie down, chaining his legs together so
that he could not get up again, and then put
the cold steel into him. Tippoo was obsti
nate, but so was Nash, and the animal find
ing that he must either giv*up or be killed,
finally “begged,” and has been upon his good
behavior ever since. Sometimes it is the
work of days to bring an elephant to submis
sion. If he loose, it is necessary to “hob
ble,” and throw him as a preliminary proceed
ing, a task which it may take twenty men
hours to accomplish. Once down, he is
speared and pitchforked until the blood runs
from every part of his body, and this is kept
up without cessation nntil endurance is ex
hausted, and he announces liis submission,
which he does by a peculiar whistle through
his trunk, followed by a blleowing—an ele
phant's method of crying “enough,” when lie
is released; and whoever takes him in charge
at that moment he will obey as his master,
aiffi no other. In this matter the elephant
always acts most honorably. No matter
how Violent he may have been, the instant
he “begs,” he may safely be released from
his chains, and no instance has ever been
known of an elephant violating his parole
given under these circumstances. At some
future period he may rebel again, but for the
time his word may be depended upon.
TRAITS AND DISPOSITION OF THE ELEPHANT.
Very little, if any affection exists in the ele
phant toward his keeper. That disreputable
quadruped, Old Hannibal, has indeed been
known to indulge in frantic demonstrations
of delight at the approach of a former keeper
whom he had not seen for many months,
while on the other hand Tippo Saib, who is
one of the best behaved of his race last win
tt r refused to bestow the slightest recognition
upon one of his former keepers, who had
had him in charge for years. When an ele
phant rebels, his keeper is the first man that
he tries to kill. Mr. Langworthy bad charge
ot Bolivar for nine years and a half, during
all of which time he was under the most
complete subjection, but one day the old fel
low turned on him with such fury that he
barely escaped with his life. They are gen
erally fond of the companionship of a dog,
and will submit to any quantity of insolence
from one of that species after the latter has
gained a looting in their good graces There j
was a celebrated dog called “Turk” that
traveled for many years with Bolivar, and
exercised a complete control over that huge
creature. When Bolivar made his attack
upon Langworthy, “Turk”iushed undaunted
ly to the rescue, and kept his attention em
ployed until enough men were got together
to overpower the elephant. There has never
been an instance known in this country of an
elephant injuring a stranger without 'provo
cation, unless in oue of the fits of madness
to which they are sometimes subject. Their |
keepers may 'take them through the most !
dense crowds without the slightest danger to
the throng. If they are insulted, however,
they will resent it.
Last summer, while Van Amburgh’s trav
eling establishment was making a procession
through the streels-of Boston, a Hibernian
gentleman, a street-sweeper by profession,
amused himself by thrusting a broom into
Tippoo Saib’s mouth. There was a whisk
of the elephant’s trunk, and the next instant
there was an astonished Irishman sailing
over the heads of the assembled multitude.
He vvas not seriously injured, however.—
Elephants appear to have a spite against
showmen, and will strike a menagerie when
ever they can get .an opportunity. They
will sometimes have a dislike to individuals.
While Van Amburgh was traveling in Eng
land, there was a musician in the band who
was in the habit of amusing himself by
placing paper his trombone and
blowing them out at Bolivar. He was fre
quently cautioned in regard to the habit, but
persisted in it. One day Bolivar happened
to pass tho band wagon while this individ
ual was blowing away at his trombone,when
without the slightest ceremony he reached
into the vehicle with his trunk, pulled out
the unfortunate musician and hurled him a
distance of twenty feet, breaking several of
his ribs. Bolivar then made a charge for
him, and would have finished him speedily
had it not been for the interference of his
keeper.
Elephants are subject from physical causes
at times to fits of moroseness, sometimes in
creasing to frenzy, when they are very dan
gerods unless properly secured. They pay
no regard to keeper or any one else. It was
during one of these fits of madnesss that
Hannibal made his celebrated raid on the
road between Pawtucket and Fall River in
1853, when he escaped from his keeper and
ran nine miles, destroying everything in hi
way. These fits can generally be foresees
and guarded against. Elephants do not lin I
tobacco, but the stories told, and geuerake
believed, in regard to their visiting with dire
vengeance any one who should offer them
the weed, are all stuff. Indeed, there was an
elephant here some years ago, called Poo
dah, that would eat paper after paper of fine
cut with the greatest apparent relish. Gen
erally, however, they eschew it. But they
all like rum. Every elephant seems to have
a natural taste for whiskey, or any Intoxica
ting drink. Bolivar, when he was in the
Tower of London, and quite small, was
made drunk upon highly sweetened grog,
and his antics were said to be indescribably
comical. He always was a regular toper
whenever he could procure the material.
On one occasion, after he had come to ma
ture years, he broke into a brewery, ate the
malt, got gloriously fuddled on ale.and finish
ed by smashing up things generally. That
spree cost Mr. Van Amburgh a heavy sum in
the way of damages.
Elephants are extremely timid in regrad to
rats and mice. A rat running through the
straw bedding of old Hannibal will cause
that immense beast to trumpet in the wildest
terror. They sometimes object to their keep
er’s changing horses. The keeper, when
traveling on the road usually rides on horse
back. The elephant becomes accustomed to
the company of a particular horse, and well
conducted elephants have been known to
turn upon their keepers when they appeared
with anew mount. They are extremely
jealous in regard to any assumption of au
thority, or any undue familiarity on the part
of any one except the regularly acknowledged
keeper. This accounts for their antipathy
against showmen. They are very fond of
flowers. If an elephant gets loose in the
night he is tolerably sure to make for the
nicest flower garden in the vicinity, and he is
certain to leave unmistakable traces of his
visit. Flowers form liis favorite salad. A
nice orchard of young fruit trees is a great
temptation to an elephant. They are all fond
of slipping their l’asteniugs, when it is prac
ticable, and starting off on a foraging expedi
tion, a trait which has led to some very funny
occurrences. Queen Anne got loose once in
Missouri, and making her way into the
woods, defied all efforts to capture her for
several weeks. She was finally run down by
a party on horseback, organized for the pur
pose. When retaken she had become quite
wild and unmanageable, but was' soou civil
ized by the usual process.
A man named Rogers, in New London,
starved his horse to death. Thirty days’
imprisonment for him.
Is that all? That magistrate ought to
have had thirty daj9 at the tread-mill him
self, and been kept on bread and water mean
time, to give him a notion of how pleasant it
is to work hard and be starved for food at the
same time. Next time he had a similar case,
he would probably have dealt a punishment
more in accordance with the atrocity of the
case. ’ +
An international rooster fight, between
French and Belgium birds, was fought re
cently, and won by the parley-voo.
Os course it was—lsn’t the ‘r‘oo3ter the na
tional bird of France. Don’t the French per
petually crow over all the world and the rest
of mankind, and hasn't their Gallic Cock”
strayed away from his own dunghill and
come over and planted himself on North
American soil, iy the vicinity of Mexico—
and wont he have to have-his comb cut pres
ently. Oli no ’
—— - ■
Miss Maggie Mitchell is meeting with great
success in her Western engagements. She
is now in Chicago, fulfilling her second en
gagement this season at McVicker's Theatre.
A novel entertainment was given in compli
ment to her on the conclusion of her recent
engagement at Nashville, which is thus al
luded to by a newspaper of that city: ■ ‘On
Friday night, after the close of the perform
ance, a costly entertainment, gotten up by
Mr. and Mrs. Flynn, in honor of Miss Maggie
Mitchell, was prepared on the stage. A sup
per fit for the gods was spread out, and the
principal members of the company, and a
large number of invited guests participated.
After the supper and wine, the stage was
cleared, and the old theatre was the scene
of the merry dance until 4 a. m., Jat which
hour the social party broke up and the com
pany separated highly pleased with the en
tertainment.” •
The Oath op Loyalty in the Supreme
Court.— The Supreme Court has vindicated
itself. Henceforth no lawyer who is unwil
ling to swear fealty to his government and
disconnect himself from all affiliation with
rebels, ban practice at its bar. It is right
that the highest judicature of the nation
should exempt itself from even the suspicion
of harboring rebel sympathizers within pre
cincts consecrated by the genius of Marshall
and the learning-of story. It'is right, too,
that jnen who are the sworn conservators of
the law, and whose lives are devoted to tho
protection of their clients, should not shrink
from avowing their qualified loyalty and
their honest indignation at the works of trea
son. No man who hesitates about disclaim
ing all sympathy with rebellion should be
heard at the bar of humblest, much less
of the highest tribunal of the land, and ac
cordingly the Supreme Court has ordered
that henceforth all lawyers who seek to prac
tice there shall take the oath prescribed for
other officers by the Congress of the United
States.
The artist of the nineteenth ccntuir has
abandoned the grand idealisms of the Vene
tian painters. He no more depends exclu
sively on the treatment of his subject. The
art of to-day, familiar, complex and close to
the triviar facts of the time, as well as earnest
in expressing the profoundest ideas, is the
painted illustration of human life, and more
especially of contemporary life. It has ex
tended its aim and abandoned the abstrac
tions of the primitive Italians, and proved
itself independent of the generalizations of
the splendid Venetians.
Miss Evans, the young Welsh temperance
speaker, has lately given $2,000 to the Sani
tary and Christian commission. She also
supports her father’s large family, and shows
conclusively enough what a woman can do.
PRICE. 5 CENTS
ODDS AND ENDS, OF NEWS AND IN
CIDENTS.
There are 2648 distressed spinners in Eng
land.
An Austrian Princess lately died in a debt
or’s prison in Vienna—Radviville was her
name.
Boston is screaming for anew hotel. Jea
lous of her Continental.
Little Patti's affianced husband is said
to have an income of nine millions.
The endowments given to American col
leges within two years amount to $1,571,-
000.
The Main Legislature gets $l5O a man per
annum. No long sessions there.
Operatic performances are given in Alex
andria, Egypt.
There are over 30,000 deformed children
in Great Britain.
President Lincoln orders the immediate
arrest of all parties found engaged in rebel
trade. Citizens will be imprisoned during
the continuance of the war. Foreigners will
be banished from the country, not to return
under a penalty of imprisonment.
The managers of the New York inebriate
asylum have concluded, alter trial, that they
can’t cure drunkards in less than a year. But
the opposition institutions, the rum shops,
contrive to kill a great many of them in less
time than that.
In a country theatre there were only seven
persons in the house one nigat. The pit
took offence at the miserable acting ol a
performer, and hissed him energetically;
whereupon the manager brought his com
pany on the stage, and out-his9ed the visitors.
In Tennessee, twenty-five counties'give
18,767 votes for the amended Constitution,
being a fraction over 750 votes for each coun
ty. All but two of these counties belong to
Middle Tennesse, the stronghold of secession
in 1861.
Prof. Brackett, of Bowdoin College,
pronounces the opinion that a coal mine ex
tends along the coast from Rhode Island to
Nova Scotia, but that the bed is too far out
to be worked. Blocks are occasionally cast
upon the beach by the wave§.
Secretary McCullough intends to issue
another Seven and Three-Tenths per cent,
loan, of one hundred and fifty millions, re
deemable in tour years, instead of three as
now. The present loan is nearly absorbed.
No more three cent currency will bo issued.
It is said that many lives were saved at
the recent Philadelphia fire by the device of
pelting the upper windows of teneo»ents with
snow-baUs, which, breaking the glass, awak
ened the inmates in time to make their es
cape, which a few moments’ delay would
have rendered impossible.
Reports in the rebel war office at Rich-,
mond, claim that up to the middle Jtrf Jam*?
ary, seven hundred and fiftyfftra ’Bo moie,
Union soldiers had availed themselves of the
order issued last summer by Gen. Lee, offer
ing to help deserters to their homes by smug
gling them through our lines.
The Empress Engenie has just lost / a law
suit, which has been in progress for sevea&l
years in the Supreme Court of Madrid. The
Empress claimed theCouDtess-ship of Miranda
and the vast estates attached to that ancient
title, her right to which had been successfully
. disputed by the Malpican family.
By the provisions of the new postal law
newspapers are to be paid two cents a letter
lor the advertised list. Letters not prepaid
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office, and
where the payment has been insufficient the
balance, not double as at present, will be
collected.
The rebel Gen. Terry, who is now station
ed in Texas, is the same who was Chief Jus
tice of California, and resigned that office in
1850 to fight a duel with Broderick, United
States Senator from that State, whom he
killed. He left California in 1862, and went
to Texas via Mexico.
It is stated that in Franco the safety of
railway travelling is shown to be seven times
greater than in England; in Belgium nine
times; in Prussia sixteen times. In these
countries railroads are under the strict super
vision of the Government, and the manage
ment in held to the closest responsibility.
It is told of Edward Everett, that within a
few years o s had paid principal and interest
of a physician’s bill against a deceased bro
ther, that had been standing for abont thirty
years, and was accidentally brought to his
notice. The physician had not asked or even
expected payment.
There is a strange story afloat in Montreal
to the effect that a Commissioner on the part
of the Washington government has been in
that city for weeks negotiating with the
leaders of the Annexation party, and obtain
ing information as' to the feeling of the peo
ple on the subject of a union of Canada with
the United States.
Some enthusiastic, but not over sensible
Baptist, has got out an edition of the New
Testament, in which everything is made to
conform to Baptist principles. It reads after
this manner: “In those days came John the
Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of
Judea.’’ Will anybody of the “other persua
tion” be silly enough to publish the comple
ment to this folly in an edition, reading, “In
those days came John the Sprinkler ?”
The professor who holds the Hebrew
chair at Sorbonne, France, is over 60 years
old, and is blind. His name is Munch.’ He
is a Silesian Jew, and a man of great erudi
tion. In 1856, since he lost his sight, he de
ciphered the hieroglyphics on an ancient
Sarcophagus at the Louve, his only guide
being his finger tips. He is equally versed
in Sanscript, Arabic, and Chaldaic.
Carl Benson writes to the N. Y. Evening
Post: “English grammar is certainly getting
to be more and more at a discount. Wilkes’
Spirit being called upon to decide a bet,
gravely declares that the expression, “There
is a billiard -match between him and me,”
is ungrammatical. Os course I shall not
insult the readers of your paper by showing
that the clause is perfectly good English.”