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\ I u i , : ^ 4 . '. M % 'L / 0T« STOH310!1II TO-DIY. /T h e E y E S tefrP o a r o f tOrday consists o f sbc ^ g e s . T h ^ S w w iatE K T is * d l of interest- a^rw d ingm a tter;--in c lud in g a fresh letter: from -Italy, desciiM ng the opening of the Paiiiam e n l 5 an a ccount o f o u r police prisons; of the w o rk o f smugglers o n the Canada fron tiers;^ a h istorical sketch of Holidays in iTJ' 6 ; a d iscussion o n interesting questions concern in g the Opera; and a g r ^ t variety of miscel laneous essays and selections. : k - T H E E V E N DSH P O S T ! ip l W Y O K E , 8 A T C l m A T ,H lk ! E M B E R 3 3 , 1 8 7 1 never wltfiewed before; Venice, redeemed ■from thostnmger ’8 powec and' w e lco n ^ g h e r gondolas tV e rena, with; the cross o f Italy floating itoHtt -the A ria wall* 61 h e r oldarena; iiaples, reposingingraceM languor lgr ihe;shorc,;w ith Yiattviu* a a hfir flaming coronet a n d the Mediterranean wafera larin g the cis-alpine and trans- p lc .p relit and-waites, 01 _ p araded the stteeli singmg q u aint carol and playing on various instnnnents. Churches id house* were adornefl, w ith evergreens age which connect* th e cis-alpine an d t alphm w o rld; all these a n d m any |i A tezzo^PerugiA Bologna, Yi< HO PAPEB OH MOHSAY. Monday next being Christmas Day, and a general holiday,-in accordance w ith ^ tom, n o paper wDl on that day be issued from th is ofiBce. “ PEACE OH EABTH,” The original “ Christmas^gift,” the type after srhiCh a ll others m u st be made, if w orthy ot the day, was sent A o m heaven to earth with the proclamation, “ Glory to God in the highest, peace men.” A nd if there' is anything in which Christmas this year brings greater jc world than it did a year ago, it is thi then w ar was devastating one o f its foremost nations, a n d threatening to extend untQ half of c ivilization should be involved in a deadly and uncertain struggle for power, now all Christendom is at peace, and the praises which a gain pass around tho globe, ochoes o f the angels’ song over the Saviour’s cradle, are nowhere dfetnrbed by the noises o f war. There have been, even w ithin a few days, rumors of danger to the p ^ c e of our own country. The public mind has long been un easy in view o f onr relations w ith Cuba and Spain, lest we should be driven to w ar by th^ arrogance a n d insolence of Spanish rulers or betrayed into it by any lack of wisdom in our own-government. It was know n , that some trusted friends of the administration, them selves in high position, are eager, if not for war, yet for the conquests it m ight brinj it was knot - ~ earnest ganio, Viterbo, Sienim a n d 'the thons4ndai dneiother d tf e s o f Italy whose rich, ini^ie names it is a luxury to utter—all are infused w i& new life at the moment when V ictor Emmanuel ascends the throne o f Itaty. TSe _ fanciful .Im a ^ a t io n pictures even inammate o% 6 Cls as eharihgiii this exultation; and o n e o f o u r poete, u i lines u ttered a dozen yearn ago.-when.the-freedoiiuof Italy\ seemed nearer a t h a n d than it was, tells'how\ “ C depths is stirred,’.’ t ris a n d the the mystio inistletoe, heW sacred hy the D ^ i d s , Waa a n imi>ortant feature, o f the gay- eties, beingdevoted to thepftnkff o f Cupid. H i America, except among t h e m embers o f tho ifem ahlliU iCde a&dEpiSGOpal churches, ChriSUnas is a sorial rather than-a religious festivri. l^pritanism opposed ite observance, b u t prejodlco has yirided t o its g enial influ ence. y f s , b e ^ g descends \ tions, natuiillyfetain m a u y ___ _ ______ _ each. W e adorn o n r’ionses witii evergreens \ , and deck our tapers a fter the refethers. From i desceiit w e get dear, coi .. and a re alBolaiKeIr Hmon o tsnbstanoo;’’ per- hiq»,tako them alt^ther, they oomposo - andsabBtantu la b o d y asaiHE Among i Tbefepoworl*, ofeeju jeofc Of clril serrioo reform riiaU bear feult in th e abolition by law as “ rotarioi >i th e syBtemJkuown .0 high oflioer of the - “ tt be held to a P the! , _______________,, ______ “ The Po«Hve la f t AMraranoe Compaay,” a Eritish. assOoiation oner of I D u tc h desceiit w e g e t dear, com ic, mys terious Santa Claus o r St. Nicholas, whose, plan la explaiaed^ Tivu*: to-day, I sb U os for a note of hand or bond , pavahle thre&niontha a fter ekired, ‘T b isplan is regard- something somew a n d ad- B ^ t o trana.formthe.bnsl- >83 which, as here, i t hav- ndo of about cade of years, it the Timt* company .fa. tionlar eases oC referred to arose since M r, Darling hooame, appraiser,' ' jREFOKM, sidn^ B. Morse, Esq^ Sidney E dwards Morse, son of thoBor- o r. Jed« dish Morse, DJ>., and tellshow ’ “ G arda and how the Amo, considered dren. lown th a t our Secretary of State, ist advocate of peace, is de- irous of private life; and it was n o t known r not the m ii le I 4 ris a n d ti “ ----- -*endste_„. ___ , ______ W h ile looking a t that marshy lake which lies hatd-by Perugia, h e brings back to m ind the ’ days o f Hannibal: ' ' -rSBd the steeps ' tVhere he sleeps. , B r ^ i n ^ f the elder years, ' SrartledO^hrasimenaa hears. A n d now th a t theriream of Italian u n ity Is accomplished and the fimt flush of triumph— a trinm p h w h ich c an never be dissoclated with thoughts o f poesy—is over, sterner facts be gin to p resent themrelves. One cannot view Italy only th r o u ^ the medium of such wri ters as Mrs. Browning, whose stirring invo cations to Victor Emmanuel must long have a place in Anglo-Italian literature. The more practical necessities of the^ day demand at tention.’ A gi intima’tes that Italy’s chiefest danger is from France, and the ■ cable reports to-day show that s^ i f i c a n t Words, of menace .(ostensi in regard to the condition of th< man who now wears the tiara) on one side and of defiance on the other have pass ed between h igh official authorities in the tjvo governments. I t is too early y e t to speculate upon the effect of this mnlor ; but if Italy prove on. the battle, field h er devotion to Italian u n ity she will not be wanting. - Long ago was Gracchus slain, ■ Brutus j'crished long ago; Y^Jhe living roots remain shoots of greatness grow ; patron saint of ch|I- bt p£ th e feast o f S icholas, irhich formerly occurred on h of January, presents were put infd^ shoes o f children, which were s u p p e d the delighted recipients to be gifts frodt their beloved Saiiita O a u s, About twd httodred years ago d ie stocking was sabstitured for the shoe, add Ithe custom was transS Christmas. Our custom of makin; mas presents comes from an old ^ usage a t the feast o f \the b irth of Sol, engraf^ ed o n o ur religious feeling^ and endeared to ns by the practice o f ages. Qsiblv 'A Few Thoughts on Our National Bird. No one Who has thonghtfully studied the inner workings of o nr national feeling—no o who has passed hevond the mere superfio views which''the world a t large Is a pt to ta of things—Win for a moment doubt that^o national b ird is the turkeyand n o t the eagle. 1 TocqueVlUe, who is constantly referred to rybody-who writei io- we find any allusion to e, Bon of the B Je d e- uiau, juune, auu . b rother of-Bichard Q» to\yn, Ifess., near Boston, Feb r u ity, % old, and w as graduated - a t fourteen* in a olasa remarkablefor thelongevity and t h e ^ ^ Ite connecting bin S3. H o thonstudii itohfleld. id le d theology a t Andover, andlaw a tlfitohfleld . Conn., iu tl;e fi law school there. H is father,theBev.Dr.1 ilitaiy leaders, Bae; I the contest, \^e Sprung fre Call the lai M S . whether or no t th e m in d of the soldier-Presi- dent himself m ight incline towards the fasci nating polidy of military and territorial ag grandizement. E v en so lately as last week, and among men so well-informed as Senators of the United States, there was much deeper anxiety to prevent a change in the Cabinet than could have been caused by a n y c onsider ation less momentous than a supposed issue ■of peace or war.\ In -view of these fears we have taken u n usual pains to ascertain the precise truth as to oni foreign relations in this di rection, anil although we have none, of the facilitiee for obtaining such infor- mation w h ic^are the boast of a few jour nals commonly k nown as “ organs,” and none of their authority to'speak for the administra tion itself, yet we have entirely satisfied our selves of the following facts: Our relations w ith Spain are as satisfactory as a t any former time ; none of the govern- Hients or Cabinets wbicb have recently con trolled the Spanish policy have had any dis position whatever to encroach upon the rights of the United States, or to provoke our peo ple or our government; the questions which have recently arisen concerning certain ves sels, such as the Florida and the Hornet, and which have been made alarming by popular rumor, have been quietly set tled between the two Cabinets upon tmderetood and accepted p rinciples of public law, and without any disturbance of amity, weeks before the public mind has understood the nature of the apparent differences ; and, in spite of the disturbed condition o f Cuba, and the Chronic political crisis in Spain, there is so little need of diplomacy between the two countries that our minister at the Spanish court has just come home upon a leave of absence of four months, to a ttend to bis private affairs, and without any diplomatic mission whatever. In short, as either “ inquiry into this matter there is no reason whatever to apprehend present trouble -with Spain. Add to this that the Presideni; is as much the friend of peace as any of his advisers; that he is en tirely free from the -vulgar ambition of the “ fillibuster\ or of the mere milit* cliieftain; that he regards the example the peaceful arbitration of exciting national disputes given b y the Alabama Commission as the great glory-of his administration and as .th e beginning of a new a nd g reater epQch iu public law, and that he regards w ith abhor rence the crime of bullying, oppressing or overreaching our weaker neighbors, and we have every guaranty of peace which can be asked or expecti SHALL WE HEW NATIONAL luing in their efforts to t the policy of proscrip- which had been fostered In the summer o f 1870 the liberal Eepubll- ins of Missouri, failing in their efforts to have the party rej,ect tion a nd monopoly which 1 by Governor M e d u rg, formed a separate or ganization npon the reforms which had been enunciated b y the N ational Republican Con vention at Chicagp in 1868. The leaders in this movement were 8 enator,Schurz, Mr. B. Gratz Brown, one of the ‘ oldest . Ee- publicans in the state, and Mr. W aiiam M. Grosvenor, late the editor of the 8 t. Louis Democrat, then the ablest Re- iblican newspaper w»st of the Mississippi iver. Mr. B. Gratz Brown was nominated for Governor against Governor McClurg, and candidates for the legislature and for Con gress were also nominated npon the same p lat form. The democrats declined to call a state convention, but supported Mr. Brown, who waa pledged to the repeal of the disfranchis ing laws of the state, and to civil service re form and revenue reform. Mr. Brown was elected, against the combined influence of the state and national administrations and the regular KepubUcaa^ organization, by a majority of forty-one thousand in a to tal vote of one hundred and sixty thonsand. Since that time g reat efforts h ave been made jralEepnblician t to induce the liberal Republican state committee to abandon the independent organi zation and unite with the others in calling a by everybody-who writes about onr national economy, we believe is silent in regard to this great fact. N either do \ ’ it in the rmbei earlier rtat^smt >d. Out of humble deference to < , to adopt the goose as our national emblem, in preference to thej^gle, b a t h e was overruled. * in OUT opinion his proposition was a n admir able one. Unwiliiagas wo npe to d estroy any of the innocent iUnsions of youth, a stem sense of jn ^ o e obliges ns to record a protest against the abnormal popularity of theoagle a birdwhldh, like certain politicians, has I ' reputation on but very slender gror W hen the refleoting m ind for a moment siders the peculiarities of this overrated fowl it will be lost in amazement a t its monstrou assumptions. The'popular idea th a t the eagle is a noble-looking bird, has been thoroughly dispelled by the experience gleaned from visits to travelling menageries. Its remaining p parties may be thus epitomized: 1. An ahilitv to soar. . 2. An eye that looks a t the sun. S(, 3. A habit of carrying off yoUng children in its clutches. (Vide school books). 4. Screaming. (UidePourth of July speeches). 0. A tendency for living ;jn “ iiinooessible eyries.” This brief list exhausts the p roperties of o national bird, and even these ■will aoarooly be further analysis. An ability to soar and 1 eye that looks a t the sun, would only result In sore eyes to a hnman being, and is a mei negative v irtue on the part of an eagle. Tt custom of carrying off children 'ght recommendation to ing been I n d ^ , that )nough.sOldiers le “jjgmjiany front.” effao3r® w n tIy a t Nii eironmstanee of glorious to Domingo. The rival, s aiid Cabral, wUl c a n y iSume, as lung behind himhim too foorm t f Cabral, hav- ly a t NiSba, had a re- newspaper ,t Andover, famous :.Morse, and Mr. Evarts (fatherpf 1 ^ . William M Ev- arts,' of tjbifl city), and' other otergyaiea and layrnen in and near Bostoj^. ..■wishing to establish a religious newspaper, Mr. S i d n ^ E. Morse, at th e ir invitation, un dertook It, lirrote the proepeotns, employed a printer, and as solo editor and proprietor is- snod the Boston Recorder, the prototype of that nnmerons class of journalsaiow known as •‘religious newspapers.” In 1833, in oonneo- tlon w ith his younger brother; Eiohard C. Morse, he established in .this city the Now Y ork Ohstrver, now the oldest weekly news paper in the city, and the oldest religious newspaper In the state, of which ha oon- tinued tp be the senior editor and proprietor until the year 1838, when he sold .................... to its present senior vate fife. nd pro) when he sold his interest editor, and retired to p ri- t quite understand how > are told th a t he “ even We cannot bat ad- vityvnot to say bravery, nust h ave exhibited in 'avoiding personal capture -whon he wa* so nearly -within the clutches of h is enemy leave his clothing jn their hands. Thee of this incident oq the result of the ^ lost his own olothji mire the personal apl which the chieftai ^ ___ Morse was the a 'geography which has had and his father before him same field. No name loiated with Ameripa her of a. school vast circulation, ras the pionSer in the same field. N o name, is mere.lntimate- ly associated with American school geography.. His genius was also inventive. In 1817 he ad his elder brother patented the flexible pump. In 1869 be ,e effect hln g in tt e n to q the m progress may be iserlous. I t is hardly to be hoped, even by the-warm est friends of the revolutionary leadfe that he ean.supply the' place of his last suii, o x c eptbyafnrtherrequi- sitiou upon an already impoverished Pountiy. His present persofial appearance, too, Is not likely' to Inspire renewed respect, and he may lose that personal prestige which i saiy to success. , cero^aphy, for printing maps' on geography with it, lfl0,00() cc _ first year. This a rt has not b eenpatented a nd the ;pto,ces3 has never been, made j^nblio. W ithin-tflq last few years he has been en gaged w itq iilff kq% (G. 'Livingston Morse) in a g reat i^ e n t iq n for rapid esplQ^'- TrilHimi I r m r ; <ff 77 Enlhm st»Hit,rea&es BBiiaty oj: th e genr*— ~ ^ M , h y * c l ^ ^ e B e a t e d ly p ^ te dinsdvw : th e genffino jqseph Btodgers ' tisem e n te; 4 B E B i B i o US N ^ C £ 8 . - W I T H l U F F I i E i t t E R T . » I r » o r d ^ ibt d flm e --th e j i a i e s t F O B J > «e CO A iO n d C D C 4 ^ E $ S( T B T J B N E B £ G Q 4 fW m ^ i^ ^ e i e t y ‘e v e n i n g tpeefc u n t i l 9 1 corai^y invited. B b llB A T eiT T BOOKS A T ALU P R I C E S A N D F O R l A L L - A e ^ E S . HISSES.' m i E S SCBIBHEE & CO. ! SCBIBSEB, lipfOBD & CO;^ * 3V!Oi O S 4 . B ! B O A u J O W A e T , ! BETWEEN BbEECKBB AND BOND STS., \all the attention of the hlie to thmr assortment ^ O l z I D A Y g i f t B O O K S i hich ishy f a r the largest, the most varied and val- j uahle i n the Ameri- I can marhet. I T h e -publications o f S y 1 . A BHAOTIFCL LI D A ¥ G O T BOOK. c h M s t m a s l o c k e t . u.- AHPDtOAtHDatBaiBpr O L D A N D N K W . ! j > W A U E » I > ] B t A . X r J B - 1*2.00. HERjBV -11AP1. b ’' i .EAVBS. j • 0 I sra o - s o if o . YPCB*'10BNDS WUiD ENJPY IT. ' S S s s a s - S s . ? — rtre B A S ^ e c tS B M B ^ p a a l A IKO-'-THEEABSON’SCHItlBIUAS SBBMON ”-*6V.. Williams. CAKOLS-Bev. Mr.BlSke. CoxcLUSloSi FKIPE ft»- CENTS, HlaMed Foathaid. ^o r sale ht/ all Boole andNeics D e a l e r s , , ^ R O B I I R T S B R O T H E R S ^ s Brians arc evidently n ir rights in their relations to qtlojisthan ore their civilized iil kinds. . _ ,ren m i prove 1 recommendation to theyoung father who sud denly finds himself the parent of a pair of twins, b u t otherwise it is not an element of popular favor. The “ Inaccessible eyrie ” busi ness h as its merits, as assisting jejune poets. Cut is not of praotioal useT The habit of screaming, we humbly submit, is n e ither dig nified nor edifying. But the stupidity of the eagle quite equals bis uselessness. The bald-headed eagle, for Instauce, nerer has intelligence enough to himself to repie- Tbe Shosboi jealous <Jf tt railroad coiiipi brothi-pn.Avh and indigniti interpret the provisions of the Central Paolflo Bailroad c harter, tjhey .have a perpetual right to ride free on all freight trains, and on Sun day last the-y oonoluded that they had been too modest in evenithis interpretation. They aooordingly insisted on riding on a pas senger train On the spme term s ; and they felt aggrieved when they were not allowed to enjoy the luxury of dra-wing-ruom oars, the train passing on with out them. They dp not fly to a coort oLlaw for redress, howe-Ver. They simply threaten to tear np the trapk unless this new view of their legal privileges is recognised by the com pany.- There is a pjromptneas about this mode of procedure in viyid contrast -with the slow legal processes by which white men try to en force their rights. If Messrs. Fisk, Gould & Co. bad had to deal with Shoshonecs, their management of thp E rie road would have been materially modified Hr. W. B. Hollowly, the Postmaster of In dianapolis, ■writes qs to deny that he is one of the “ Indianapolis ring,” who have been frauds upon the iblicans and demo 1837, and last wlhh the Ne-w York Asse m ent of Soleboo a nd Art. instrum e n t' ;. To perfbe... of his <■ gave the last years (the first illness this morning, pi ry late 1 sas in his life), and lingbring u n til peaoefvdly e ^ lr o A waa a man of gi-eat intelleotual power. His editorial artioles were strong, compact, logical, fortified With facts and ol- 's commanded the profound a ttention even those who did not assent to his posi tions. He waa remarkably given to statistical earoh and comparison, and his indefatigi I pursuit and ooUeotion of ■valuable and ai In f o r ^ t lo n early attracted 1 journah wh: leal, fortified ■« ways commanded the profc 1 . Ho waa rema early attracted attention to bis journaL which became, u nder his aus pices, one of the most wldely-oironlatod reli-- gious newaj In prlvnt society Mr. Moi tV o d d lde B liigo. Pure Guinea gold. Warranted, j Thomas Kirkpatrick, 305 Broadway, comer of Daano stjeet,—[Artv. iwspapers in the world. Ivate life and in all the tnes that most philanthropist his fellow-me His kindness to those v relations of )rae was a model of all the vlr- exaltand dignify humanity. A )t in the broadest sense, he loved onapPlis ri charged -with praotteing frauds upon treasury. Sbve’^\’ •• to destroy the liberal R epublic organization. All the influence of different from the eagle of ron&noe and pi triotism—Is a melancholy instance oL^mi; fiaoed affection. How dlffere which Is the true b is it with that noble bipefi 3 b ird of America I The intelU- itioipating us, has already on lis lips the magic word, T u rkey! ]n yard, how magnificently does he tower regplar ” organization has persistently reported that the Republicans nited for the purpose of carrying on the This was. so clearly a mis- “ inspired,” a r has satisfied have ever; inciples the c irrect. But ai eaders, q Me of “ gifts the latest of the In giving this assurance to our thoughtful readers, w e are offering them the m o st accept- i of the season.” I t removes >f the apprehensions for the immedi- ;e peace of o ur own country and for the gen eral peace o f the world which have distressed the thoughts of students of contemporary h is tory since the end of the late w ar in France, and enables them to haU w ith unreserved satis faction the renewal of the Christmas song, “ Peace on e arth.” A-HATIOH’S BESTTBSECTION. The edifice is crowned. Victor Emmanuel now sits in the Capitol and rules Italy from the Campidoglio. The predictions of long past ages have been verified, and a tradition as old as that which foretells tee resurrection of Frederick Barbarossa has passed into the do main of solid truth. In a portion of our issue of this dafe-vriH he found the letter of a Correspondent detaumg at length tee scenes which occurred on the day w hen tee Italian Parliament was opened in Rome and tee King made a speech which wUl forever be histor ical m the annals of Italy. It was, indeed, an te tee deepest emotion to n a'ntici- occasion fraught with those who had for so m any years been paring the revival of the great country around which clusters so much of human interest. ■When Victor Emmanuel paused at the foot of the throne, before ascending its steps, tee emotion o f all in tee room, we are told, was most intense, a n d when, in the first sentence of his address, he announced that the work to ■qi which, he jthrone ; completed, joyful shouts o f his excited listeners told how keenly they appreciated tee glorious result which had been achieved. The edifice is crowned. N ot only is Italy free, bnt Rome is her capital.* The day when the Re Galantuomo announced this to the world was indeed a great day for Italy. It would seem te a t tee very air should have been informed w ith the great fact. All the land and all that is therein is henceforth invested w ith a fresh interest T h e visitor to the Eternal City, standing by tee p rancing horses of Phidias and Praxiteles on the Quirinal, may look over tee Tiber to the swelling dome of St. Peter’s, and for tee first rime since the earliest ages of tee Pontificate see the city freed from priestly rule. He m ay stand on the Pineian HHl, at''-ftat most w itching' is sinking behind tee Vat- Borghese'Villa Ms eye may and ever since tee “ rej can'Vass o f 1873. representation teat it scarcely deserved rice, bpt it has been c u rrent so long t h a t : Dw accepted in some other states as true. A few days ago the liberal Republican state committee held a meeting and decided to open the canvass at once and to prosecute it vigorously. They called a state convention to meet in Jefferson City on the 34th of J a n u ary. They issued an address to the voters of Missouri, explaining their platform and in- ;ary 'viting the co-operation of the opponents of I of the administration and the friends of practi cal reform in other states to form a new na tional party. The address is signed by all the members of. the committee, of which Mr. Grosvenor is chairman, by all the state offi cers, and by twenty or thirty Kepublican members of the state legislature. In their declaration of princi mittee are in the main correc their plan of reforming the abuses o f which ■■ ly be a difference ,t tee present na- in earnest in its irofessions of reform, and show where it has :aUed in practice. But it may be said in reply hat tee President has now promised emphat- cally to begin a great reform, and that Congress is believed to favor it. \Would it not be bet ter to await the complete action of the admin- . than to condemn it in advance ? It is t tec liberal Republicans of Missouri, like reformers elsewhere, have grievances which have not been properly considered, hut if the Republican p arty can be reformed, is this n o t better than a n ew party would-be? On the other hand, tee Republican jour nals are prematurely condemning this new party movement, and attempting to wMstle it down as of no account. \Whether it is wor Of consideration ■will depend upon tee Pr dent and Congress. If tee civil service and the tariff are n o t radically changed this win ter the new movement will be formidable. The democrats o f Missouri are ready to aban don their organization, as they have done be- join a new party. The democrats Y o rk would probably do likewise. I t would be powerful in Louisiana, Texas, Ala- ~ New Hampshire, Connecti- where tee Republicans quarrelling and the contending, parties — nearly equal Other states could easily be carried \Upon a platform which promises prac- tital reform. A 1 impossible 1 by. carrying purposes <f ‘ I the barn- to over his American V like onr typical Fourth-of-Jnly-orator does he gobble forth his nnasked-for views on m a tters and things generally. Ah I here, indeed, is the true type of America. Here, Indeed, Is the real bird ot Columbia! And in addition to these positive t-lrtnes he has many negative ones, besides an u tter absence of tee stupid vices which mark the character of the. eagle. The most careful orni thologists fail to record any instance where a turkey—(sweet and blessed w o rd!)—ever car ried off either a sheep by his wool or a small boy by his trowsers. Nor does this sagacious fowl fly screaming into the eye of the sun, nor ............. lest on frowning cliffs. N o ! for him delights of rural life, for him the hay-soented barn, for him the humble kitchen- yard, for him the tender joys of the corn-crib, and a t night the innocent repose of the adja cent woodshed. ■ “.Count no man happy till ho is dead,” says m old proverb. So, -wo may add, count no i)ird perfect till he is cooked. The application is at once obvious. The human intellect re volts at the idea of roast ^ g l e ; bnt the bare mention of turkey, with cranberry sauce, calls to the surface all the finer feelings of our fallen n ature. Poets have suug of this succu lent dish, though historians may not have ■written of it. Many hundreds of our citizens ■will, on Monday—on the happy Christmas Day —partake of it. The lordly mansions in Fifth avenue and the bumble apartments of the How ard and other missions among the poor will be redolent with the delicious odor of turkey. A missionary of peace and good-wUl, this hea- tifledfbird will e n ter every household. He was lovely in his life, and in his death he shall be -------- - — - ----------------------- looratB were threatened w |th prosecution, and j among them was a formey partner of Mr. Holloway and of the present proprietors of the State Journal. Mr. Hoijowny and his associates in business requested the Attorney-General to begin a suit at once against them os well ns the gniltr persohs, in o rder that they might have an opportunity to prove their innoconoe of the charges which had been made in the newspapers, GotBerfior B aker also has appeared in court to claim the privilege of defending bis character against the libels. The prosecu tions so far h: The Attomey-Gen,eral pron hse, he lo their g( who were his assooii In youth, in college and in later life is hot t be made the subject of public remark, but cherished with loving memories by many. He was a just man. No one who had to do with him in any of the relations of lifo over doubted f o ra moment the Inflexible integi of his oharaotor. Of him it oould bo si ■with os fnuoh truth os of any of the Rom: that “ the sun could h( M and Por- __ iroadway prices. n Liberty street. THE BEST HOLIDAY PRESENT. F lo ren c e SoyvlDjt Olacibilne. Bee, 39 Union Squjire. more eosUy id he turned from its 01 10 from the right.” the pursuit of business, hono useful, spotless and beautiful in life, he has left a name a n d example of inestimable value to hla family and his country. ^ gm’S & T c ^ r c « 5 ^ to h S tr c c t.-[.h f .. The Best Holiday Present j o r a Lady.-A G Amusements T |-D a y . - ......... W auaox ’ b Tnaaras.- ly the first thinhers, the tblest wntei s and tl%emost popular authors in this ountry and in JEngland. Works by all these au thors may be had in sub stantial and elegant bind ings, fitting them for l^ O I ilD A Y ' P R E S E N T S WHICH W il l ' hav e enduring value . THE ,Dn>ORTATIONS OP l^essrs. SCRI 8 NER, WELFORD k CO. ' INCLUDB E le g a n t E n g lish W o rk s, W it h photographic and oth e r illus trations . IUYE j NILE and to y books , IN IMMENSE VARIETY. And a generul miscellanea lus assortment, comprising works tub afl prices^ and adapted to s u it all tastes wndages. ^ I Pwrehusers are invited |^o call and examine our ^och, or.to, send for a cata logue, whickJcontains f a ll particulars \ as to pHces, S'C. Bopks tvill be sent to \any address, in city^ or \country, po^ or express pharges p aid, upon the re- \ceipt o f the piice. The Orand Soke Alexia read, “ escorted by the Port dian volunteers around the B Pans.” Could yesterday, i .rty-fourth Can Canadian side of honors form d rawn up lythlng illustrate more utjter insigaifleanoe of human sight of a lino of men in uni- hrink of the great oat raot, while a youth of twenty-ono gazed upon moat. W hat Is more, she Is going to supei “ its a-wfoll depths ?” When Captain Smith tend the work under the c o ntract herself. whispered 'to Robinson inthe third file to hold ~ ~ bis obin up and kebp his-eyes to the front, the roar of the falling waters drowned the surrepi- tltlous command, and the martial notes of the brass band, wore lost in an anthom grander than the “ Russian National Hymn.” The Canadians are proqd of their “ Queen’s Own” and- their other “^volunteers ” ; they have done briUiant serVioe in the way of masterly retreats before th* Fenians; but If they wish to preserve their dignity, they must not es cort grand dukes around the Canadian side of the-Falls.” ___________ e first of January, lopted by the House miduld no ott shirkhirk anyny, just s l i o p ^ stomachs of a grateful and gratified people. . P u b l ic M a tter. itual Life In- unani- leave of absence to Mr. F. 8. its president, to enable him to seek rest a nd recovery from tee effoots of his con stant, and ardnous labors d a ring the paSt eigh- . ..................... irged by the Amother resolution was ado; declaring that the state wo n s a obUgation, b u t that the legislature has a right to dlsoriminate in the m a tter of the liabilities and, if necessary, to repeal the Ponding bUl. This disgraceful course is the result of a poli tical panic. Many of tho Republicans last year xho History of t opposed tee Funding bill, and since then tee -Weat ” is conservatives have become alarmed lost tee . ' agitation, shall carry the state against PE R S O N A L . Speaker Blaine -was in this c ity yosteiiiay, on his way to his home in Maine. The United States steamer Hassler,-with Pro fessor Agassiz and o ther solehtlfio gentlemen on board, has arrived a f'S t. Thopu^ from Boston. The Bev. James B. Taylor, for the last twenty- five years corresponding secretory of tho Foreign Mission Board of tho Southern Bap tist (!onventr??n, died in Richmond, Va., yes terday, a t the age of sixty-nine years. A Hiss Eliza Lyman has oontraoted to fam ish tee lumber for all tho water-tanks and depot buildings ol a new railroad to be b nilt in \Veiv , W hat Is more, she Is going to superln- JLiTERA R Y . “ Leaves from Hemlock Valley” Is the title of a pleasing little collection of stories a nd poems by K ate Meriden. The unpretending charac ter of the volume disarms oritiolsm, and there is a womanly tenderness in many of the pieces that might atone for. any literary defects in material stm oturo or verbal expression. Mr. James MiUer is the publisher of the book. ThwMcore Yean and Beyond ” is a compila tion by the Bev. W. H. DePuy, of sketohes and aneodetes of eminent men and women who who have passed the allotted period of hui existence. .It is spoclally designed for the i fleation and comfort of tho very old, and has an affecting dedication to the father of the compiler, n owin his eighty-eighth year. The typography Is clear and bold, as is proper 1 aged eyes, and tho slyle of the publioatlon highly creditable to the honso of Ci Lanaban, from which it comes. Firra Avxstnt T hsatbi . - “ Dli NiBts’s Grtamiri—“ BUckCrooL “John Garth.’* Broadway,—\ Barbo ( m and Gymnastics. ure he coxifers on suffo daTB,bT means of-■ hlB < vrhlch ore ingeniously i EensibilGensiblo T IC E S . B U S IN E S S K n o x c a n n o t \be ins o f t h e pleas> re ho confers on Bufforing taumattty, during these cold — \-----------'• ---- mfortahlb fur caps and ooUers, iTlsod to look beocmlng, and to of Boreas, whom K nox baa for 30 rudest assaults jIJIHE NEW YORK LEDGER-OUT TO-DAY.- I I The first number of the JVew Tark Lt4otr for tho new year, published to-day at 12 o’clock, contains an original poem by ALFRED TENNYSON, thq poet laureate Of England, written expressly for the Ledger. The Ledger jalso contains original contributions from Bov. JAMBS IROT. JOHN HALL,D.D.. of Now York: Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER. Hon. HORACE GREELEY, Hon. jroHN Q. SAXE, and other very distinguished writers. :oSH, D.D., LL.D m President of Princeton CoUoge 8TRABBOUUG I ATB8. JOHN DUNCAN S 80: UNION SQUARE. CFrom the New York Ledger.] tM CuiALAES BBTANT.—We bave made i \ “ rr for a number Of orientInal by him, to bo Tnttteu expressly for the Le poems S o l i d a y Clo'thing: GREATEST BBDUCTIO h | E-VBR KNOWN itlon is f Carlton & co.“ ^ C a l l a t I k a t t o i x ’.'s AND SEE - M A P I i E X .E A V E S . 38 Illantratlans. Only S!2. YOUR FRIENDS WILL ENJOY IT. THE GEM o r THE SEASON FOR A YOUNG LADY IS MRS. GREENOUGH'S ARABESQUES. rt year. There jarty th e re is no ji justice in rofusxi Tho b oard of trustees qf the Mutuc surance Company of New York hav mously granted leave of absence to W Winston, its president, to enable him sdiug hill after two-thirds of ti new bonds have bOen accepted by the credito iu exchange for old obligations, would be the worst of repadiation. The credit of Virginia has already suffered iu the market. a volume of nearly s( hun'dred pages, which I ----- — --------- ----- name on its title p 1 bears the approprlati :e of Goodspeod, both a trustees t ston ha^ h In'acknow) I often 11 time of its ap- jotne out before rebuilt. It con- ra ago, Mr. fused to d for their unsoli te a t he had hoped to serve a t least twenty i before relaxing his labors in the o( party can only b iposaible by making it unnecessary—teat is,\ ying out in good faith the avowed IS o the administration. years before relaxing pany’a service; but that while hU physical health was never better, he was forced to recognise thd fact that the severe mental strain to which he had been subjected for many years was not without Its natural result. Both his own sensations and his physician warned him th a t he must have relief. ■While the entire or p artial breaking down in h ealth of our active men of bosinoss is in :. Blake, the new Prem ier of Ontario, ex plained the policy of tho ministry In tho pro vincial legislature yesterday. Ho proposes to take a position of neutraiity toward the Do minion, and wiU n ot sanction any intetferenoe ojt the other pro-vinoea. He 3 that the power of the legislature shall be increased and mpre carefully guarded, an with the affai asks th a t the Icago fli pearanoo, it\ hi Chie^o has been wholly, rebuilt. I t i tains a great d eal th a t is valnabie and interest ing concerning Chicago as it existed before the fire, and many anecdotes and inoidonts of the time of the o rdeal through which the city passed-, and it Is profusely illustrated with woodcuts and lithographs of various degrees of m erit o r of rib m e rit a t aU. It la sold only by Bubsoription. UKOPB JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS, Union Square. H o lid a y P r e s e n t s o f a ffection.and c h a r ity, for a TriXe. motker, sister and friend, WHEELER & WILSON’S BKWING-MACHINK. No.fSSBroadt and mpre oarefnlly guarded, and, apparently as an auxiliary measure, that the franchise be extended. The policy of indis- One of t mptuous id to {railroads ;b theiohligatioi rill be discontiu-' ions already assumed Liberal measores to proposed. Notwith anding the pre 4 iotions of the friends of the a m inistiy tha||Che new government would 0 aasufaie criminate aid ned, althbugb i will be promptiyl met. promote Immigratton a standing the pre 4 iotioi LatiUa's “ Cartoons in Ontline,” iUnstrative of tho Gospels, w ith the illuminated text of the illustrqted passages. I t seems to ns im possible to imagine anything more beautifu of their k ind than the illuminated pages. Tho [ly briUiant, yet do not ' COLGATE ^ lo ^ n q u o t f > VAN NOSTRAND’S Eclectic Enjglneering Magazine. 112 PAGES, LARGE 8V0, MONTHLY. as, 83 Per Annom. In Advance. Single Copies, 30 Cents. Firstjfumber was issued Jamuxrg 1,1S69. VAN NOSTRAND’S MAGAZINE oonslsts of Articles Selected and Matter Condensed fromaU the BuBlneer- lag Serial PnbllcatlonB of Europe and America, together with original artioles. FIVE VOLUMES NOW OOSIPLETB. , SIXTH YOLUMB COMMENCES JANUARY, 1872. NOTICE TO NE'SV SUBSCRIBERS. Persons commencing their subscriptions with'the Fourth year (Jnnnary, I8T2). and who are deslrona of neat black cloth, for |I5, sent free by mall on receipt of NOTICE TP CLUBS-An extra copy iviU bo supplied gratiSto everyiolub of five aubserlbers at *5 each, sent In one renrittanoe. D.VAN^ NOSTRAND, Puhlislier, No. Z3 Mnrray st. and No. 87 W arren st.,N. Y iRNEB bsTH B: CHRISTMAS. Christmas was not observed in the early church, as tee exact date o f Christ's birth was not known. Some placed it on tee twentieth others o n the nineteenth or twentieth Christmas was not recognised as a 8 positi t and ealis for oommet wise moderat oponec t extensive of its kind in the world, of May, c of April. general festival unti^; the fourth centuiy.when a. feast commemorating tee birth of tee Saviour was established. Owing to the on- Takingthe nun certainty of tee date of his nativity, how- estimate ever, there was not much uniform ity in celebrating it. In tee fifth c entury the festival was observed by the‘Western Church tee twenty-fifth o f December a n d b y the Eastern Church on the sixth of January. Three hundred a n d 'fifty ■years after th e birth of Christ, Julius, tee Bishop or Pope o f Rome, appointed tee twenty-fifth o f December fifty millions, keeping no [leouuiaty wel- nearly two hundred and which .holds iu its small share of the future fare of some eighty thot im berin each family a t the mod erate estimate of four persons (five being the nmnl estimate), i t -will be seen, teat over three hundred thousand people a re dependent in greaterorless degree upon the qharaote^of this company’s management. T h at manage m e n t has h itherto been the synonym for suo- tions, Mr. Blakej seei ministerial term -With Yean ago, when this oountrv were tionists,” the Tribune had the courage to face the cry, and to denounce the meanness and falsity of such appeals to vulgar prejudice. That jonroalbaaUowXanensolQwtl:' ‘ this old, exploded! goii of the meri-s' child-sellers with Which to attaolc the out Ijhe principles of : .aFifilprclduotion. “ B le Tripunq's hue-andHiry AngeU’s T n r k i- p — ,, ILBXINGTON A-VBNUH, CORNER S JURNISHED ROWS, pndayandnlgbt. jiths dsy ^ d evenla EXCELLENT , ° £ S * d M » d ’la^ ' ■would carry trade as well; Trade \ i s E vening ] ipunq'e hne-an after :<|-aay, as “ Britishabolition” aholiti in, and from the Borghese'Villa Einder along tee roofs and towers of ly tee Pantheon’s law doi b y te e Pantheon’s law dome, a n d by the cum brous y e t now historical palace o f Monte Cl- torio, to the Capitol itself, and the whole scene wai be fraught with now suggestions of a na tion’s hope and future. Beyond his range of ' \ vision are t o columns of tee Forum, the grand arcades o f tee Coliseum a nd tee 'Via T ri- V * ^ nm p h a lis,w ithitsstill majesticarches,through g s ^ ^ k W h ic h once passed tee victorious cohorts o f Raiho«d>.^e g reat emperors, and further off the walls HamCtpbf kingly and republican Rome and the aqdJ** crumbling tombs wbicb line tee Appian Way. an d relics of te e re'come ;ome, appoiuted tee twenty-fifth o f Dec i the to Be universally observed.. Nearly all te e heathen'nations held at this ime their greatest, festivities, the winter sol stice being regarded by te em as tee most jm- ■ »4 o f the year, the sun having I -way -northward to vivity tee 5 rays. A t tibis season Was held the great Roman festival of the “ -Saturna lia,” w h ich cOntiiuedtfrom December 17 to abroad gaining .the health and strength needs, n d change-irill b e made i n tho general condnot o f the companjis business, b u t thabits remaining; ofBoers and welLknown board of trustees wai-watoh over tho interests entrust ed tfttheir charge as zealously i n th e future as they have d one i n t o past. During th e absence of Mr. 'VSrinstonin Eu rope Mr. Mchard A. MoCufdy, t o experi enced anA.elBoient'rice-preaideiit of tne.com- irill actas president. ly, as “ B ritish hOwT a fter us and the itferdays. The re- wiU bo the same former. Tenny^on^s L a t e s t Po e m . . ENGLAND AND'^iiMEBIOA IN 1782. BY ALFKHb TENNYSON, (Mr. Tennyson, ia contributing the foUowlng stanzas to tkeiafsw. writes to thfe editor; “ Tke poem wirich I send herewith is aappoeed to be written or spoken by gtlaliinan at thy time of oar tecogiritioa of offend the e; of contrast, margin ore uncommonly graceful, outline drawings represent the most im p ortant incidents r e l a t e d t o Evangelists, front the api>earanoe o t the angel to Zaoharias and tho annonoiation to the Vir gin to the ascension of Christ. These sabjeots, whioh h a re Dften employed the peneilstef ar tists, are treated b y L atitIa in h is own manner, and in ayray which does g reat ofedit to t o fer tility of his Invention, his skill In grouping and his power of giving to assemblages of hu man figures a moral impressiveness. I t is im possible to look over these outlines without ack n o w ledgingthatthetdonot oomparo dla- advantageonsly w ith those b y whlbh FJaxman has illnstrated several o{. the great poets, and without regretting thatL a tilla h a d niot givgn,i during his residence in th is e o n n t^, more of his tim e to works like 'these, instead of employiughimseU inthedecoration of houses. — — ---- ^ ------------ —— --r--— r-r --------------- - embpesed leather. La this shapelc ig-atroiame venttopotsiseMc O Th«L thatsendfisi eat U St^ig njiS^ra M o ^ ns, e folio w ith a raphrb binding < ither. liS this shapelCTS\a;yoian make a Ruitable prCsenh from (xingregation to its pastor, for t o p ^ e is qui beyond what ordinary persons: can afford,, being, tuiweare told, three hundred dollars. The voluioe is to be seen, at Breqtono’s, in ■Union eq W8, ea cause; pi PO L F U C A L . . in Germany- the ---------------------- need DU t o 2atli o f A K ovel H c a - A M a p o l t b e Cbarcb. The New York Rvangetiti publishes week a very large supplement, givln crumbling tom bs wbU All these famed localities past h a v e a fresh interest, for they down from emperors, kings s to th e I taly of which poets h a v e written statesmen, have dreamed. B q r in the Imperial City alone should the crowning o f the edifice be a subject of con: c r a t u l ^ n . Every city and village frttei C h r i ^ - C iJabriato toA p p e n iim e s feeU that t o Kang , called in - . __ - MwAfa tkA* nrrkTIfI YrtArrfru , **Vinul.** is iitB o mo. Flofence, with h er p rou d menite rk a o f t o Medici, h e r rtoried p^ a t architectural and sctdptt December 35, 'and “ Yule-feast,” -commenced o n December afid c o n tinued to tee 6 th of Janu- Aiy. T h is observance, the chronicleta tell us, passed, inter UlU Christian religion and* gave riseto onr “ holidays.” Ciiristmaa once ea- tahlished as a festtval, rapidly won, the affec tion o f the; people. St. Luke mforms us that GUrifit .was„bom during t o night; froiii this ckcutoBtance we g e t w h a t-the Anglo-Saxons ciated -” Mother N ight;” t o Germaas, “ Holy’’ or “ Consecrated Night,” and w e call Christ mas Eve. - - Christmas, or “ Yule,’* as it waa formerly fronp t o Gothic Word Yool, _.Hi hafist timht. jratli tbeefoagbt.- toiSniffshbloodl a s - Presbyterian Chorch in the toB,’ 1 . 8 howuig aR it# ecolpsiasHoal idbouudariea as they have beenfix- ed since t o - g reat reunion. The .idea, is novel, b u t th e advantages of such a map a re obvions. I t shbil®**!' * ghteo? t o immense o x teht of ehuibh, how i t has Whatever bmaoales.of law T h y w S c S ^ i^ f h T - ^ - ^ 'M o u n to to a n d - to Paoiflo coast. The JStar mgetf ^ h o country—not A m CbtylanatioM'. , NEwYopK, DtK»mhor 23 . 187 L To Vie m m t y o f V i e B v ^ n a D a m c A a thoreh8rf,lW d fr s taa4,beenfom e mU- Mr. AKShnaa, R epublican SecretaiyofStete in Connaoticut, decUnes a renomlnatlon. H e . i s a good ofBoeV a n d h is withdrawal is. re- G eural Horace 0. Le« Tuu been appointed postmaster o t Springfield, Mass. General Lee is a n u p right a n d popular politfolan, and win givBMtikfaetiou. t U L y a A tatg “ Tirgialaa ” thinks ..................... “ repair jthe damages” impeoybd -PESE*cT-«iTrfN» a w m ^ i r i i l W “ samptnous feast,” began glories uf f preceding Christmas Day, The Yale t i ; .M a n , log waa chosen and hewn from its r t o atrei ■ irT..i n recKonea a ttw o 'L 1 1 '' iutenigw jbeM feirinstitoaonSof learningand 1st, uegan on the eve »j,,a.^ei4thaad eooial i o f l a a ^ . The Proa- mUier a t - t o presenttrC rCoUector or the Ap; p -1 ; teriahv w n eialty speakhw^ hofeng to t o praiser. b u t a t thaojWtom which tor ye$xi ®, L, ---- (uniting the hack iaa; m a d e oormpUoa- In, tha'C o stom . jj, thinka that t o s U y o f t K o ^ d l n g b a i i a to c a l l * ooastitU- tionalcoityentot. 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