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At th? time when the firut open court 0f 1B# '.US established in Russia, a lady, drf!?cd with the uttnoat elegance, waa walking on the Moscow promenade, Jean ine upon ,,er husband's arm, and letting thc loog train of her rich dress ?weep the dust and dirt of the street, A voting oflieur, coming hastily from u ?Me street, was ro careless as lo catch ono uf his apura in the lady's train, mid in nn imitant a great piece was torn out of the eostly but frail material o? the dress, "I b'-g a thousand pardons, madam," .aid the officer, with a polite bow, and then was about passing on, when he was detained bv tho lady's husband. "You have insulted my wife." '.Nothing wa? farther from my inten iimV sir. Your wife's long dress is lo blame for the accident, whicn I sincerely regret, and I beg you once more to re ceive my apologies for any carelessness on my part." Thereupou he attempted t0 hauten ou. "You shall not escape so," said the lady, with her head thrown back in a spirited way. "To-day is tho first time i lir .e worn this dreas, aud it cost two hun dred rubles, which you must make good." "My dear madam, I beg you not to de tain me. I am obliged to go on duty at once. As to tho two hundred rubles-I really cannot help the length of vour dress, yet I beg your pardon for not bav in?: been more cautious." "You ?ball not itir, sir. That you are obliged to go on duty is nothing to us. Mv wife is right ; the dress munt be made good." ..: ' ?fTJO S DT Ti Thc officer's face grew pale. "You force rae. to break through the rules of thc-service, and I shall receivo punishment/1. "Pay the two liuBd.^d rubles and you are free." The quickly changing color in the young man's face showed rww inwardly disturbed h? waa; but Ktepping closeup to them both he ?aid, with apparent self command : "You will renounce your claim when I tell you that I am ?-a poor uiBn, who lias "nothing to live on but his officer's pay, and the amount o" that pay hardly reaches the sum of twohuudrcd rubiesiu a ?thole year, I can, therefore, make no amends for the miafortirno except by again begging vour pardon." "Oh ! anybody could say all that . but we'll sec if it's true ; we'll find out if you Iiave nothing but your pay. I declare myself not satisfied with your excuses, and I demand my money," "persisted the lady, in the hard voice of a thoroughly unfeeling woman. "That is true-you are right," the hus band added, dutifully supporting her. "By good luck wo have tno open court now just in session. Go with us before the judge and he will decide the matter." All further protestation on the officer's part that he was poor, that he was ex S?cied on duty, did not help matters, ut of respect for hia a:;norm, and to avoid an open scene, he had to go with them to the court room, whens the galle ry was densely packed with a crowd of people. Atter walting some time, the lady bad leave to bring her complaint. "What have you to answer to this com plaint?" said the judge, turning to the officer, who seemed embarrassed and bait in despair. "On the whole, very little. As the lateness of the hour, compelled me to hurrv, ,1 did, .not notice the lady'B train, which- $?as dragging on the ground. I caught one of my spurs in it, and had the misfortune to tear tho dress. Madame would not receive my excuse, hut perhaps she might find herself more disposed to forgiveness, when I again de clare, so help me Qod, that I committed ilia awkward blunder without any mis chievous intention, and I earnestly K-g that she will pardon nie." A murmur ran through thc gallery, evidently from the people taking sides with thc defendant, nnd against long trsiaa in geLersl, snd thc lady ?n partic ular. Thc judge called to order, and asked, "Are you satisfied with the defendant's explanation ?" 'Not at all satisfied. I demand two hundred rubles in payment for my torn dress." "Defendant, will you pay this sum?" "I.??yU?U !?a**~ paid it long before thia had I bein in apposition to do so. Un? fortunately I am poor. My pay aa an officer is all I have to livo on." "You hear, complainant, that the de fendant is not able to pay the sum yoj demand of him. Do you still wish the complaint to stand?" Au unbroken stillness reigned through out the hull, and the young officer's hreaili could be beard coming hard. "I wish it to stand. The law shall give me my rights." There ran through the rows of people a murmur of indignation that sounded like a rushing of water. "Consider, complainant, the conse quence of your demand. The defendant can bc punished only by being deprived of his personal liberty, and by that you could obtain no satisfaction; while to thc defendant it might prove the greatest in ji'.-y in his rank ana position as an officer, ?nd especially aa he is an officer who is poor and .dependent upon his pay. Do you uti ll insist upon yoiir complaint?" "I still insist apor> it." The course the affair was taking Heemed to have become painful to the lady's nusoand. He spoke with his wife urgent |y? j1111 aa could be seen by the way she hela up her head and the energy with which she shook it, quito uselessly. Tho judge was just going on to further con fider the case, when a loud voice waa beard from the audience : "I will place thfe two huu?red rubles at the service of tbe defendant." fTherc followed a silence, during, which * gentleman forced tm way through ! the crowd and placed himself by thoyoun, officer's side. t "Sir. I am the Prince of W-, j^B you wiii obiigii me by accepting the oan of thc two hundred rubles in ques tion." "Prince, I am not worthy of your kind "<*?, for I don't know if I shall ever be ?oto to pay the loan," answered the jouog man, in a vc'ce tremulous with 'moper.. the money at all events, I can *?it unril you are able to return it." ?Hereupon the prince held out two notes ?' ? hundred rubles each, and coming tiow up to. bjta# [whispered ja ?few words ?ry softly. There was a sudden lighting in the young officeW face. He imm?dK 1*2 ^Mne two tl?tes, and turning Uh ".^.^lady, handed them to her with * polite bow., r i hope, madame, you are satisfied." with n malicious smile sho reached out "?^J1,^' the money. Ycj> V now I am satisfied." ?uh a scoriirul glance over thc crowd r!*l^tators,abo .prepared lo leave the ?ort room on'berYiilsbarto'iSrm. h.j frm^*roo" wild the officer, who ?? ? suddenly become like anotkc- mail, ..wu rm. aQd cenOdcnt manner. Whnt doyou want?" B?5?' }m thai 'thc ' young woman cast ?pon lum a* intuiting as possible. a want my dr?*," he answered, with jT,-,--.? |>viiuvuj [luiin: UDV,'. "Giv? mc your address, and I will ??od lt to vou." "On, no, .ny dear madame, ? ?rn in tho habit of taking my parchases with mo at once. Favor mc with the dre*? imincdi? ately." A shout of approbation came from the gallery. "Order !" cried the judge. "What au imane demand," said the lady'? husband. "My wife cannot un dress herself here." "I hare notb'ng to do with you, Bir, in this matter, but only with thc complain? ant. Bc so good, madame, as to give me the dress immediately. I am in a great hurry ; my affairs arc urgent, and I can not ?ralt ? moment longer." The pkv.^urc. of thc audiuue? at the expense of th^ lady increased with every word, until it ww: hard to enforce any approach to d?tet, so that cither party could bc heard. "Do not jest any more about it. I will hurry and send you the dress as soon as possible." "I am not jesting. I demand from tho representative of thc law my own proper ty-that dress," said thc officer, raising his voice. ! Tho judge, thus appealed to, decided promptly. "The officer is right, madame. You are obliged to hand lum over the dress on the spot." "I can't undress myself here beforo all these people, aud go home without any dress on," said thc young woman, with anger and tears. ,rYou should have thought of that sooner. Now you have no time to lose. Either give up the dress of your own ac cord, or-" A nod that could not be misinterpreted brought to the lady's side two officers of justice, who seemed about to take upon themselves the office of my lady's maid. "Take your money hack, and leave me my dress." "Ob, no, madame; that dress is now worth more than tvre h""d*-0^ rnhlA? tn me." "How much jdo you ask for it ?" "Two thousand rubles," said the officer, firmly. "I will pay the sum," the weeping lady's husband responded, promptly. "I have here five hundred rubles. Give mc pen and paper aud I will write an ordei upon my banker for tho remaining fifteen hundred." After he had written the draft the worthy pair withdrew, amidst hisses from thc audience. Query : Did tho lady ever again lei her dress Bwcep tho street. A Strange Case of Suspended Anima' tlon or Decomposition. The cane of the young lady, Miss Laun Rothsfeld, whose death was announce?, last Wednesday morning, furnishes somi strange and singular features, which nil give our physicians and scientific mei fresh material for study and reflection After having lain in a coffin for severa hourn, she exhibited symptoms of life and the body was immediately remove? aud placed upon a sofa in front of a fire where it has been ever since. The com n1e??on remsins the name EH in life, th features are unchanged, and she look like one in a peaceful slumber. Miss Rothsfeld had just turned he seventeenth year, and at times darin her whole life bas suffered from epilepsy an affliction that has been hereditary i her family. She has always been deli cate, never enjoying good health, an attacks of epilepsy have been more frc quent during the past few years and mor revere than at any other time. Last Sal urday she complained of having a heat ache, and on Sunday her suffering ?s such as to confino her to her bed. an she grew worst, and Monday afternoo was attacked with cramps, and Dr. Maso was sent for. Every thing possible wi done for hor relief, but without avail. Once during the evening she spoke to h< mother, but from that time remained ui conscious UQt? abwUt 7 O'clock V? cdiic. day, when she seemed to pass away < quietly as one falling into a ple&sai slumber. Her pulse continued to bea though hardly perceptible, until ] oclock, but finally all signs of life cease and the physician pronounced her deai The body remained warm until some tin after this, and was kept in the bed unt Thursday mers?rig. when her family b came satisfied that she was dead, and a rangmnnts were made for the funers In preparing the body fur interment, wan noticed that the breast and ne? were of a bluish color, which extend? along the right side of the face to tl hair. The face was also very pale, ai those who dressed the body stated th the cheeks appeared somewhat sunk? After dressing the body in a wbi shroud it was placed in a coffin about o'clock, Thurso".^ morning. About no? a number of friends gathered around t coffln noticed that toe complexion h changed to a more natural shade, ai that the mouth had opened. The fami were immediately called, and when th returned to the coffin the mouth h closed, but otherwise there was no im cation that life still remained. Rev. I Wey go! ?I called at the house about t o'clock, and upon his suggestion the bo ._i r_ ta._J _?._ wan remo v cu iiuni nu: coiuti unu umi on a sofa near the fire. This was Thu day afternoon, and the body bas romain there ever since, within a few feet of t fire, without the slightest change taki place. A reporter of the Commercial called the house last evening. The body v lyiug on the sofa dressed in the sh roi covered with a quilt, and looked likec in a peaceful slumber. The body t stiff and cold, except the feet mid l fingers, and the eavs. The fingers o earn were as pliable as in life, and not like the rest of the body. The btu ?olor about the breast and face mentiot above had passed away, and the co ?lesion changed to a more natural col he mother stated that several tiroes .i ?. _a -1 -_?I- ... _i. munni um ufroiiw ?uuivi?u?j ??? ??.< the teeth, but it was closed and the I firmly net last night. There were other signs of life. A number of physicians called at house, yesterday, and were of the op lon that the girt was dead, but were } sled as to the changes said to have ta! filace. The tnnthof, however, thinks t ifo still exists, and says that she will permit the body to be buried unless composition sets in, of which there is the feast I nd ?cation, at present, ?ithoi the body bas lain by a fire for two di It is, indeed, a strange case. -a?TT BtraTTgB coincidence, it may stated .thtfj the I grandmother: of S Uothofeld, when seventeen vcara of i laici in a trance for three days and body was ?tiff and cold as in this c She afterward recovered, lived to be i euty years old. and was the mothe sixteen ch\h\&n\l? Ijpvi?vitti 0>mi ._ ? - Mm 1 - Children must hare love icvde house nnd fresh air, and good play some good companionship outside erwisc y??ng lifo runs thc greatest dui In the world of withering or groi stunted, ot at beAt prematmely old turned Inward on itself. CBEIATIOK. Succctiful Cremation it Washington, Pa?- Buming of th? Body of Baron dc Palm. ?from (he PitUburg Dispatch, Dtctmbet 7. Start lug from Vienna, Aue" ?, ." 1873, with AII the i m pettis that? .y recom mandation of the Managers of the World'? Exhibition could give it, crema tion waa yesterday firmly planted on the soil of free America. It there had been the slightest defect in the procesa of Baron Von Palm'n cremation, that method of disposing nf thu remains of the departed would have received a death blow iu this country. But the expert* meut was a succ?s*, uol alone ii: the per fect incineration of the body, but also from, a ?tanitary standpoint. Opponents of cremation have asserted that the gases prising from tho burning body would poison tbe surrounding atmosphere. The teil of yesterday proved that the garee can, and are consumed iu the furnr.ee, before reaching the flue through which the smoke payees to tbe air beyond. The experiment yesterday proved another thing incontestably. Two boure and twenty-seven minutes were consumed in tho cremation of the body of the I Baron, and as a preliminary to the cre mation it was necessary to maintain a fire in the furnace daring thirty-six hours, so that it may be brought to a proper degree of heat for the reception of tiie body. In the actual work of in cineration but forty bushel of coke were used. These facts show that the system is yet in iu infancy here, even in the ap El ?cation of facilities. The furnace of lr. Lo Moyne is susceptible of many im provements, whereby there would be much savina; of time and fuel. At the exhibition at Vienna Professor Brunetti displayed the ashes nf a man whose corpse weighed ninety pounds. The body was reduced to ashes in about four hours, at an expenditure of about 160 pounds of wood. Tho furnace he used was oblong in ?liane, and was made of refractory bricks. Tho greatest success in the matter of furnaces has been achieved by Siemeus. Kia furnace is coitotrueled on thc princi ple of regenerative heat. To build it costa about $1,250, or about$600 less than that of Le Moyue, and it will incinerate a body of 200 pounds weight in one hour, at an expense of 75 cents for fuel. The wife of Sir Charles Dilke was cremated in a furnace of this description at Dres den in 1874. Yesteiday'a cremation vividly recalls the burning of tho body of the poet Shel ley, on the banks of the Mediterranean, iu 1822. Tho horrid details of that sad, scene in Tuscany are familiar to all English readers, as Trelawney did not fail to graphically reproduce them. That was probably the first cremation in modern times. That of yesterday was ihe first of any timo since tho settlement of this country, or, at least, the first pro moted and successfully carried to com- I pletion by . the civilized people of the I country, and the reader of the detailed report appended cannot fail to mark tho great contrast between the scientific cre mation of Von Palm and the burning cf poor Shelley. THE CREMATION. The successful cremation of the re mains of Baron Von Palm in Liiiie Washington, yesterday, was an event that will matte that borough famous. But ita citizens d*d not seem to appreciate it. The majority of them are hard-hended Presbyterians, and they are prone to re fard the reform aa a desecration nf the ead. Rev. George P. Hays, the Presi dent of Washington and Jefferson Col lege, is a notable exception, however, and bis influence han dom, much to mollify the neople nf bia sect thereabouts. The apathy of the people seemed to be a studied e ne, and very few of them visited Sallows Hill during the cremation of the Baron. The sorrow epace aronnd the building was at no time crowded. Few carriages were driven to the scene, aud [K?va? vflrft nf g nubile character. The reception room, small aa it was, waa snffi- J ?iently commodious to accommodate ihe ipactatore in attendance. Scientific men were conspicuous by their absence, and ( before? the cremation waa over it Ie?!:ed Mit that the slim attendance of notables [ was attributable to Dr. Le Moyne, who bad notified them that there would be no I room for them. The night before the ( ?vent was a busy one for Col. Olcott. Upon bim devolved the whole business \ >f arrangement, and of this duty he ac quitted himself very creditably. At the ! last moment there was some discussion ', u to whether the body should be inserted , bead or feet foremost* but at the earnest '. mggestion of Dr. Le Moyue the body waa ( put in head Cfit. TUE BODY IV V.'? B CRIB. i The crib rested on the catafalque near 1 i window in tho reo. ..ou room, and di- 1 'ectly opposite tho dcor leading from the - front of the building. In tbe crib were . ho remains of the Baron. The head < inly was exposed, the body being i wrapped in a winding sheet of linen.--: i ?he face was very dark, nearly black in ' :olor, but the features were natural. The ' .issues were flaccid, and the eyes sunken ind wasted. With the exception of a Taint smell of carbonic n-.id, the remains Tere odorless. Thc K , ras in such a ;ondition that a ni oner of physicians >xpressed tbe opinion that it would not io a difficult work to separate the skin Vom the muscular tissues. The odor nf ?arbolic acid noted arose from a crystali ration of that acid with which the cavity if the stomach had b-in partly filled, [u addition to this, a preparation of pol er's clay was used in the procesa of em nilcimeut. The body weighed ninety wo pounds. At fifteen minutes after 8 o'clock Col. Jlcutt, completed the preparation of the indy for cremation. Frankincense, nyrrh, and aromatic spices were nprink ed over it, and then it was wrapped in a linen cloth, which had been saturated in i solution of alum. A few primroses, _I_?-ll_a k..K?k nt MMIIIMIM "f"? .v" - - - ~ - - O' md roses, and several sprigs of ever green were laid upon the dead Baron's ireast, and the pall-bearers stepped to .ho crib and lifted the body from the cat- ! ifalque. : At the head were Henry 8. Alcott and Henry J. Newton, tbe excell ons of the Baron, and at the feet were Doctor Le Moyne and Doctor Andale, of Pittsburg. Before the body was put into be furnace the members of the Theo sophical Society broko off* sprigs of the. ivergreen, and put them carefully away is mementoes of the occasion. Tbe. nardi to tho furnace was a very short. ?ne. A blast of furious heat came, from he furnace when the. door was. opened,' md tho. pall bearers propelled the body tuickly into \U It was thought that the mit nt lack of the flame would consume he coverings of tbe body, and to avert his the winding ?beet, soaked in alum valer, had been wrapped about it. The empcratureof the furnace wan thou 1,000 legree*, and this was increased until, liter the body was in the furnace about lb hour, the temperature of the furnaee vas believed to be about 2.000 degree?. Fbi* wa? purely nypjtfcctfcaiT: however, is there was no pyocJoWT at hand to ac turately d?termine .ho intensity of the' ?eat. INTO THE FURNACE. It was about twenty-five miuuttts after 8 o'clock ?rhea the dour of the f .-nace WAS cloted upon thc remailla of the a* 1, cod. fur probably ten seconds after, aa unpleasant smell tainted the room. The odor waa faint, but quite pronounced enough to be noted by the spectators, A constant current of air was forced ?tito (be furnace by a blower. For the first liai I' hour observations were , made every few minutes, and no change could bo observed in the appear ance of the body in tho crib. Tho ever greens had curled up on each side of tho crib, forming an arch over the remains. The crib was red hot in a moment after it wi? waa put into the furnace, and by following the line of iu upper rall thc body could be plaiuly seen through the small bole in the IV ruaco door. At te<i minutes pat.. 9 o'clock tho form of the body was unchanged. Tho wind ing shceU '.tad uoi crumbled away, and the corpse looked like ? black line in a sea of rosy fire. Col. Olcott made nu observation at this time, and expressed the opinion that THE BODY WAH DESTROYED, but the ashes still retained tho natural form. Five minutes after this another observation disclosed the bones of the left knee, incandescent and protruding from the winding sheets. At the same moment the bare and illumined skull was also visible, and above it the ever Ereena were curled into a wreath. It bad cen suggested '.hat there was no draft in the furnace, bu?, a test was made by Dr. Ot tunion, and it was found that a current of air constantly passed ?uto it. This did not circulate in the furnace, however, as the oxygen was combusted the mo ment it entered, aud the hydrogen waa diffused in vapor, and therefore there was no current or air passing through the furnace. At twenty minutes after 9 o'clock the ribs on thc left side showed through the linen wrappers, and a few moments after thc larger bones of the thigh and leg on the same side of the body waa apparent. Thc wreath and arch of evergreens were still intact. At 9:43, another observation was made. Then it was impossible tc distinguish the outline of the body. Thc furnace was in a rosy glow, and a slighl mist rose from the body, and filled thc space below the arch. From the midsl of what appeared to be a molten mass it the crib toe evergreens ro.<c in faint black lines, but in perfect form. At ten minutes to ll o'clock, Col. Ol cott, Dr. Le Moyne and Dr. Asdale, sat three health officers, made extended ob servationa. The crib was pushed for?*Sfd and the moment ic was moved there wa a great crumbling of ?he body. Dr. Ot tarson announceu thi t the incincratioi was almost complete. So great a portioi of the body had been reduced to ashes and had fallen to the bottom of the re tort, that the lower rails of tho crib upoi which the body bad rested were expose? to view. The pelvis had not then bee incinerated, and the sprigs of spruce wer still in perfect form. INCINERATION COMPLETE. At ll o'clock the incineration wt complete, nothing being left of the Bare but three pints of ashes, quite enough I fill the small urn which rested the to of the furnace during the crcmatioi Th? heat waa kent un in the fnrrja.ee ?J! til 12 o'clock, to' malro thc assurance < the completion of the -vor!: doubly sur During thc process o' the crematioi men were sent into the surrounding cour try to make observations of the effect < the smoke upon the atmosphere. Tbei was no perceptible taint of the pure, cris air. The smoke ascended in a stead volume during the whole time, and wi diffused about t?ie neighborhood by tl sharp mountain winds, it waa as plea nntjto the nostrils as any smoke could b There was no odor about it at all, and was much to bc preferred to the blue clonds that rise from our innnufactorie At 12 o'clock, Col. Olcott and Dr. I Moyne made a last inspection of the r mains, and the cremation was declared i b? complete. What waa left in ihe fu naen still retained the outlines of a hum? being, but it required but the coye touch of thc gentlest summer zephyr crumble it into an indistinguishable pi of a*hea. The gentlemen apon becomit satisfied of this ordered the fire to I drawn and the crematory bricked u To-day, at 12 o'clock, the ashes will 1 carefully collected and deposited in : antique vase, procured by Col. Olcott f the purpose, from the region of the Upp Nile. The vase or urn is of red clay, ai in shape is very like those found in exe vationB in eastern ruins. Brass handl are on both sides. A brass plate, wi the following inscription, will be p upon ono ai?!e of the vase: "Jose] Fleury Louis Charles, Baron Do Pali Urana Commander of the Bovereij Order of the Holy Sepulchre at Jonis lem, Prince of the Roman Empire ai Knight of St. John of Malta," T lahes will be sprinkled with perfume t Fore being enclosed in this rcceptac ifter the old custom of the ancient II nans, and especial ly the Greeks. T J rn will be taken back with the party .[.. Theosophical ?Jocicty aud kept hem in their temple in New York. DR. L?5 MOYNE. Dr. F. .Inline Le Moyne ls a gr laired man, now very neur?y (MKII?V yo )f agc, of French parentage, and was bc md reared nt the place he resides. I ?fe as a medical mun has boen a sueco "ul one, arid he has had, and has yet, arge practice. His wife, a Miss Burel lied some years since, leaving, bcsi< he Doctor, the following family : Jo Le Moyne, present Democratic* merni >f Congress From Chicago, Third Dixtr >f Illinois; Frank Lo Moyn?, M. ?artn?r of Dr. James King, of this cl ind Julius Le Moyne, who prefers an i '(cultural life in Washington. 1 laughters are Mrs. J. A. Wills, of Wa ngton. D. C. : Mrs. Harding, of Wa ngton, Pa. ; Mrs. Nicholas Wade, for .riv of Pittsburg, now of Columbus, Ol ind a lively young lady who amys nilli..-, nilli ?mi ci liist '.?i HIHI; i'u.'.i ! tfe of late had been made hideous by inceasing calls of the newspaper men, ?ords to that effect. Mw. Wills kc louse for the old Doctor in the subatan amity homestead, on Maiden street. 1835 Dr. Le Mcryno became the ch* lion of Abolitionism, aud was the ni la*\ -y candidate for vice-President he United States, 'in-conjunction ? lames G. Bjmcy, of Cincinnati, for Pi dent; waa candidate' for Governor Pennsylvania in 1841,'44 and '47, in atter year receiving 2,566 "Abolitl rotes. In 1845 he assisted in the est ishment of the Washington Patriot, c lusted by Russell Errett, Esq., and wb vas run as an anti-slavery paper. The Doctor ls Well "fixed/' fid Ancla >cing worth, on good authority, over lundred thousahd dollars. He has in he following donatione "To the Moyne Normal school for colored per? it Slemphis, Tenn., $20,000 in I860 66 ; to the founding of a professorshi fa Washington and Jefferson College igricultural science or something si mi 520,000,. se ven or eight years since; 0 the founding of ? library at Wash on. $10,000, in 1869." It Seems ?ca y fail, but to make this record co mt 1 Diu*; to steted, that another chtern hobby of thc Doctora is that water was not intended by nature to be used for ablutionary puipones, and that he rigidly lives up to, and eloquently argues, thu theory'. To-day he has the appearance of one whose end has almost ?Jme. And vet the Doctor's features bear the impress of firmness and characteristic dignity, and he talk? of tho time when he shall occupy the fearful white-hot retort as an affair "of the near future. The disease known as diabetes Mellitus has under mined his strong system, and to v.r.:;: about he requires tho aid of two canes. In conversing upon his pct theme he never hesitates for a word, expression, or ??mile, and will brook nc contradiction. T!1E SUBJECT FOR ''iir.M ATION. Baron Joseph Henry Louis De Palm was born ut Augsburg, May 10,1809, and was for a limo Chamberlain to the King of Bavaria, and afterwards followed a diplomatic career. He held patenta of nobility in a German baronial family, dating from 832. lie came to this coun try previous to 1SG0, and secured papers of American citizenship in Chicago in 1861. He invested in Chicago real estate .nul milling operations^ but with indif ferent success. After living in thc West for a timo he went to New York, and there, by his learning und accomplish ments, gained an entrance into cultivated society. He aided in organizing thc Theosophical Society, and became one of ita prominent members. The Baron had always taken a deep interest in philoso phical scientific research, and the line of study pursued by tho Theosophical Socie ty aroused his earnest attention. The purpose of tho society is to study thc his tory of anciont mystic symbols, religion and science, the psychological powers of man and his relations to thc laws of na ture. They seek to obtain knowledgo of thc nature and attributes of tho Supremo Power by inquiring into physical laws. In short, the aim of the society is to study the Supreme Being by processes directly opposed to thc lessons of revela tion. ?aron Dc Palm willed all his world ly possessions to Henry S. Olcott, Presi dent, in trust for the society, and left in-1 i structions that his funeral should bc a j | simple ceremonial in accordance with the tites of the ancient Egyptian ritual, and he expressed a wish thut no Chris- | ( tian clergyman should bc present at thc funeral. A Masterly Summing Up of th? Situa tion. The Hon. Joseph Pulitzer, of St. Louis, Mo., has written ? review of the political situation for tho Si. Louis Times, which is by long odds the best document of the kind yet issued. We give his conclu sions : Mr. Tilden has carried the Electoral College beyond any question, if you count either of the three Southern States. Mr. Tilden bas a majority of 18 elec toral votes, if you count all these three States. Mr. Tilden's popular majority ?H over 300,000 votes, or larger than thnt of Grant in 1868. Mr. Tilden has received the largest popular vote any candidate ever received I_* 1-nn.il._* - I.. . -laigci cicu ?mu uiniibi) ?<J.C III lot A. Mr. Tilden has tho present House of Representatives, byan overwhelming mn jority, to support him. Mr. Tilden will have the next House of Representative.! by an absolute major ity. Mr. Tilden, in any conflict, would have the Legislatures and Executives of twen ty-one States in tho Union to support 1 him, including the States of New Jcr- t ?ey, New York, Connecticut and In- 1 diana. ? Mr. Tilden will have very nearly ihe entire half of the population of such States as Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois to support him in any conflict. Mr. Tilden will have nearly one-half of the United States Senate, only fron two to four votes less than an absolute majority, to support him. Mr. Tilden will be tho Constitutional and only President if hy virtue of the throwing out of Southern votes, the elec tion is thrown into the House-if ever should come to a conflict. Mr. Tilden-if Gran?'s desperadoes should dare to declare Cipher Hayes elected in open violation of the Constitu tion by -v mere rump of the Senate-could issue a proclamation ns the only Presi dent supported by the only .ouso of Representatives, calling for ino million of men. Cipher Hayes, and everybody engaged in his enterprise, would be trai tors and rebels to their country, and for feit their live*. For these reasons I don't think there is much ground for serious alarm about the final result. But sLould it come to the worst, we would be defending only law and Constitution, liberty ..nd self fovernment, the Union and thc Ri pub ic, and Kellogg, Grant, Morton, Hayes & Co. would bo the rebels fighting against their country. But mark my prediction-they will never 'jt it come to this. A MATERIALIZED HOLE.-Take a sheet of stiff writing paper and fold it into a tube an inch in diameter. .pply it to the right eye, and look steadfastly through it, foci?u?!ng the eye on f.ny con venient object; keep the left eye"open, fiow place the left hand, held palm up ward, edgeways against the side of tho paper tube, and about * i inch or two lbove it i lower end. he astonishing sflect will bc produced of a hole, appa rently of the eizo of the cross K-.ction of thc tube, made through thc left hand. This is the hole in which we vropose to materialize another and ?maller hole. Aa wo need' a genuine aperture, and it would be inconvenient to maka one in .he left hand, let n sheet of white paper lie substituted therefor and similarly held. Just at the part of tho paper where tho liole equaling in diameter the orifice of .he tube appears, mako an opening one fourth in diameter. Now stare intently intn thft tilka : flii.i tho ?pm ti ri hnlp itn f.ncd'by its difference of illumination, iviil he seen floating in the first hole, anet iret'botl. will be trnriHparent. Tho illu sion, Av of course it is one of those odd .iranks oaf binocular vision plays upon nij:is-certainly one of tho most curious .ver dovixed. Besides, here is tho acm ul ?ole clearly visible, and yet there ia no ul id body to bo aeon to define dbi edges, it is not ? mero snot of light, because, if t page of print oe regarded, tho lines vithin the boundaries of the little hole i viii not coincide ut all with those sur- j .oundsng il and extending to the edgi>s ! [j >f the largo apparent aperture. Each ? " >.yo obviously/ tratminits an entirely dil- jj er?nt impression to the bnu' and that. >rgan, unable to disentatag. ., \ai\?A is in the palpable absurdity ui v materi dized hole.-Scientific AAirricnn. c d i a -?. - I* - Atlanta Constitution : A Macon man ! ?I ivho fell over a town cow on his way j r< minc thc other night and torc his clothes, li s talking about bringing suit against his j t< nothcr^iti-law for misrepresentation. . d The old lridy evidently takes no ^tock In : si inch accidents, and to ono who ha? never J a ?ll?n over a cow, any fair recital of the'1 c iccideht would seem absurd and bxag* o INAUGU?AL ADDRESS? Cor. Hampton's Position tit thia Crista. (Jtntttmen of the Senate and Howe of\ Repretentativet : It is with feelings of the profoundest ! solicitude that I assume thc arduous du ties and grave responsibilities of the high positior. to which the people of South Carolina have called me. It is amid o vente unprecedented in this republie. Unit 1 take tho chai" as Chief Magistrate of this Stato. After y ".ara of misrule, corruption and anarchy, brought upon us by venal and unprincipled political ad venturers, the honest people of thc Stato, without r??T?rd to pnr^y or ra*e, with one voice demanded reform, and with one purpose devoted themselves earnestly and solemnlv to the attainment of this end. With a lofty patriotism never surpassed ; with a patience never equalled: with a courage never excelled, and with a sub lime sense of duty, which finds acaree a parallel in the history of thc world, they subordinated every "personal feeling to j the public weal and con. cerated them selves to the sacred work of redeeming their prostrate State. To the accomplish^ tnent of this task, they dedicated them selves with unfaltering confidence and with uushaken faith, trusting alone to j tho justice of their cause, aud commend ing that cause reverently to tho protec tion of the Almighty. When the corrupt party which for eight years has held sway in this State, bringing ita civilization into disgrace and making ita government a public scandal, saw that thc demand for reform found a responsive echo in the popular heart, and that thc verdict of the people would bo pronounced against those who have degraded the State, they ap pealed to Federal intervention, anu by a libel on our whole people as false ns it was base called in the soldiery of the United States army to act as supervisors of our election. I- a time of profound peace, when no legal officer had been resisted in thc proper discharge of his functions, we have witnessed a spectacle abhorrent lo every patriotic heart and fatal to re publican institutions-Federal troops used Lo promote thc success of a political par ty. Undismayed though shocked by this irons violation of thc constitution of thc country, our people with a determination diat no force could subdue, uo fraud could Jefeat, kept steadily and peacefully in Lhe path of duty, resolved to assert their rights as American freemen at the ballot box-that ?rout court of final resort, be fore which must be tried tho grave ques iious of the supremacy of thc constitu tion and the stability of our institutions. What the verdict of the people of South Jarolina has becu, you need not bo told. lt has reverberated throughout tho Stato, iud it s echoes come back to us from every land where liberty is venerated, declaring in tones that cannot be mistaken that, itauding on the constitutum of our coun try, we propose to obey ita lawa, to pre serve, as far as in us lies, ita peace and fionor, and to carry out in good faith every pledge made by us for reform and honest government. We intend to prove to the world tho sincerity of our declara tion that the sole motive which inspired the graud contest wo have so successfully niarlc* M' il tl QCt t!.0 pi'.ltfy li. ? 1 I Lv \ t '. 0 " fOT paltry supremacy, but the sacred bono of I redeeming our State. It was thia hope ll. -i 1-I - _ ....xl- m ???Inn. _|,ink LUnb ICI HUI J? ."{iiu wt* .. .4W?0?y WU.CT was grander in ito proportions, greater in ito success, nobler in its achievement and brighter in ito promise of prosperity than my other ever waged on this continent. But it was sought to wrest the fruits of ] this magnificent victory from the hands hat won it by a gigantic fraud and a jase conspiracy. when the members dect to tho General Assembly repaired A3 the Capitol to take tho seats to which be people of South Carolina had as? ligued them, armed soldiers of the Fed? ?ral government confronted them, and heir certificates of election were exam nod and passed upon by a corporal of j be guard. A spectacle so humiliating ' o a free people, and so fatal to republi can institutions,, has never bren presett ed io America. It could not have boen vitnessed even here, where civil liberty ias for years been out a mockery, had mt the ruthless hand of military power truck down the most sacred guarantees if the constitution ; for the tread of the .rnied soldier, as he made his rounds brough the halls cf legislation, was over he prostrate from of liberty herself. It eas amid these ominous, these appalling cenes, that the members of the General Assembly were called on to assume their I luties as the representatives of a free Hate, and that State one of tho original hirteen who won our independence and j ramed our constitution. That the natu al. patriotic indignation of our people [id not find expression ip violence, is reditablc in the nighest degree to them, md this was due in a large measure to he statesmanlike and dignified conduct if those members of the General Assem dy who had been made the victims of j his gross outrage on their persons und hU daring conspiracy against their con titutionalrighto. Debarred the free ex rcise of their righto by thc presence of"! ,u armed force, a legal quorum of the ower House, after placing on record a tobie protest, quietly withdrew from the Japitoi and proceeded to organize that ?ranch of the General Assembly. Not ne form of law nor oue requirement of I he constitution was wanting to gi ve force j nd legality to this organization, and t'',ct ta authority has not been fully recognize J i due solely to the same armed ir.-urpa ion which has subordinated the civic f.o be military power throughout this who'll ontc.it. Of the disgraceful, dangerous nd revolutionary proceedings resorted o by the defeated party after the organi st; m of the lower Hou&e. it is needless i?r me to speak. You nave been the dtnesscs and the victims of these, and he civilized world has looked on with inazement, disgust and horror; you have j cen a minority of that House usurp the 1 owers of tho whole body ; you have ' cen the majority expelled .'?om their | all by threats of force; you have seen ernuiia 11.it ni'-, itu riinu?n Cu ? .i Tn lembers admitted to scats as Representa* j ives by the votes of men who themselves ?ere acting in direct violation of the onstitution ; and you have seen the last I rowning act of infamy by which a can idate for the office of Governor, defeated ?r the popular vote, had himeelf declared ected by his co-conspira^-Js. I make o comment on these fiagrant outrages nd wrongs ; it pertains to the General isscmbly to take such action in regard y them as timi honorable body raavdeem roper.' Hut it is due to my position aa lie r. ?lief Magistrate of this Common-1 catto to place on record ray solemn and i.liguant protest against acts which I onslder as subversivo of civil liberty and estructive of our form of government. I 'hes? are questions which concern cot us ' lone, but the potpie of thc United States, ir if nets so unauthorized and HO uncon titutloual are allowed to pass without ?bukc, popula*, government as, cstab- ' ..died by thc constitution will give place ' t> military despotism. Our duty, thc uty cf every patriot, in to demand a trjet construction of tho constitution andr rigid adherence to its provisions. Wa1 an only thus preservo bur liberties ?nd j ur}r,ove'-4ment, A gt?at task is before ito -Ct?atot^iir? party ot thU Bf at?. They entered on thia contest with a plat form so broad, so strong, so liberal, that every honest citizen could stand upon it. They recognized and accepted the umoud racnts of the constitution in good faiths they pledged themselves to work reform ana to establish good government ; they promised to keep up ao efficient system of public education ; and they declared solemnly that all citizens of routh Caro lina, of both races and of both patties, should be regarded as equals in thc eye of thc law, all to be fully protected in the enjoyment of every political right now possessed by them. To the faithful observance of these pledges we stand committed, and I, as i the representative of the Conservative ' party, hold .myself bound by every die ! tate of honer and of good faith to use I every effort to have these pledges re deemed fully and honestly. It is Cue not only to ou rael'.ca but to the colored people of the State that wise, ?ust and liberal measures should prevail in our legislation. We owe much of Our late success to these colored voters, who were brave enough to rise abor? tho prejudice of ruco, ana honest nough to throw off the shackles of party in their determina tion to save the State. To those who, misled by their'fears, their ignorance or by evil counseling, turned a deaf ear to our appeals, we should bc not vindictive but magnanimous. Lei us show to all of them that thc true interests of both races can best bc secured by cultivating peace and promoting prosperity among all class es of our. fellow-citizens. I rely confi dently on tlie support of the members of the General Assembly in my efforts to attain these laudable ends, and I trust that all branches of thc government will unite cordially in this patriotic work. If so united and working with resoluto will and earnest determination, wc may hope aoon to see the dawn of n brighter day for our State. God in His infinite mercy Knt that it may come speedily, and may shower the richest blessings of peace and happiness on our whole peopie. ABRAM R. HEWITT'S VIEWS. Ile Claims that Tilden ts Elected and will be Inaugurated. WARMINGTON, December 7. The Democrats are determined to stand upou the single vote from Oregon, and to insist that il elects Governor Tilden. Mr. Hewitt said in conversation this morning : "You Republicans may take either born of the dilemma you choose. If you maintain that there ls no authority for 1 tho House tn go behind the face of the 1 returns, then l?den has 185 votes certi- 1 fied in accordance with tho forms of law. 1 If you insist upon investigating the 1 Oregon case, then you concede us tho > right to do the same thing with the re- i turns from South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana ; and we shall throw nut those 1 8tate or count them for Governor Tilden. ? In either case, the result will bo the elec- 1 tion of Tilden." I Mr. Hewitt was asked if he fears that 1 the trouble will go so far as a resort to 1 arms. He replied that he could not tell | what revolutionary measures thc Repub licans might take, but that Mr. Tilden was lawfully elected, and will be inaugu rated. As to a compromise of tho diffi- ' cully, which was the last subject touched upoii in tho conversation, be said that the only ono which the Democrats could en tertain would be for the House to elect * the President and tho Senate tho Vice ! President-an arrangement unjust to Mr. Hendricks, but oue which he felt sure that gentleman would agree to rather > than risk any disturbance of the public ' peace. He did not think the Democrats 1 would estent tn tho erestiQr'.of the con- 1 tingency in which the President of the 1 Sensto must administer tho executi ve of- \ fice for a year, and a new election be held ! next November. The Oregon F.lw.tion-A Checkmate and ] * Surprise. I Tho new? from Oregon puta the Repub- < Hean party ip a position resembling that \ of the donkey, renowned in fable, who , found himself between the two bundles < of hay. That venerable descendant, (or, ( perhaps, progenitor) of the animal who ; found bis tongue when cudgelled by Ba laam has served many uses m fae contra- | venues of the learned. The metaphy?i- i cal philosophe:* have ridden him with j Sreat comfort and satisfaction in their | isputes respecting the freedom of the \ will. If the will has no self-determining . power, they Bay, but is always governed t by the strongest motive, na ass midway 5 bt: ween two bundles of bny of equal size t and quality would be unable to decide t from which of the two be should satisfy ?j bis hunger, and ;rould helplessly flop his . wise ears and starve with abundance of . tempting food on either side. Descend- ? ing from the barren heights of metaphys- t ?cal speculation to the ?oft, enchanting \ vales of sentiment, our patient and hon- ( est donkey has- served ns tho emblem of j lovers tsp ell-bound between equal beau- t tie:?- Ii tho donkey between the two ( haystacks had possessed the gi ft of speech anti of song he'might have brayed,'in plaintive strains: "How happy would I be with either Were 'tonier dear charmer away I" This would seem , to bo the affecting condition of thc Republican party since. learning thc last news from Oregon. "iBsacbar is a strong asa conching down between two burdens"-namely, Oregon and Flo.-id*, the extreme Northwestern and the extreme Southeastern State. If thc mere certificates are to be regarded as conclusive, the trotea of Oregon must be admitted ca that footing as well aa. the votes of Florida. If Congress has no fiower to go behind tho certificates au henticated by the State Executives, the one Democratic electoral vote from Ore gon gives Mr. Tilden the requisite 185, and he must bc deejared elected. If, on the other hand, Congress can go behind the certificates and decide on their valid ity, Hayes may get the one disputed vote in Oregon, and lose the votes of cither A'AVSIma, j-fOUi?inft? vii ETG?IU v/aiuu??. Whichever horn of tte dilemma Issa cbar, couching down between his two burdens, may take, the result threaten? to be equally fatal. If tho mere certifi cates are held to be final, Tit den's elec tion is put beyond question; but, if the origin of the certificates can bo investiga ted, and their genuineness and legality reviewed, there Ts no certainty that Hayes will retain the electoral vetea which hare been so long in dispute. Thc Republicans have a great deal more at stake in thia controversy t. \ to the finality of thef certificates than the Dem?crata. They need all the votes of the three Southern States and all the votes of Oregon to give Hayes, a majority, whereas {he Democrats are safo if they get . ehhci the one Oregon1 vit?, 'or one vote from any of the States which have been so keenly contorted. If tho Repub licans refuse to go behind tho certificates, Tilden is elected; if they consent togo behind the certificate*.they may lose tho Hayes votes \a thc South: Th\ Repub lican donkey stands' between* these two bundles of hay : thev are ia a dilemma bereen;, Oregon 'aod Xh? South, jvfth eqttal^ danger of betpg gored whether S5v^6teb01s W$f^MW? _? ? ? _ ?EOAL AMVBrwtra.-vr* m co?oened to rs&qulre cub payment? for adrcrtulrig entered by Executor*, Administrator? ona other fldadariea, .nd herewith apttecd tfce rate* for tbs ordinary notice?, which will ou?r' bo Inserted ?han tb* money corack ?llb (be order: Citation!, two Insertions, .... ??.0O '??tate NoUece, three ins-ertluits, - . 1.09 Filial octtScMicroM, ?YV ?naCrtluac .'? - * '.?IM TO CORKESPOitDiarra.~\n oitsr to leeelre attention, communication* must be accorupanie, by tho true u*tr c and add reu of (he writer. Re jected manuccripU will cot be returned, unless tb* ti teeni ry utimpi are furnished to repay the postage T/e are not responsible for Ibo rlewa anA oplnlont of our correspondent*. Ail communications rbould bo addressed to "Ed* itera Intellljeu?or," and ell checks, draft*, money orders, Ac, should be made parable to tbe order or . HOYT A CO., Anderson, D. C. THE BROOKLYN CATASTROPHE. AsiiEfj TO'DUST-BtritYiNo THE THEA TRE VICTIMS. NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 1870. A hundred and ono bodies in a single grave! One hundred and ono charred, mangled, unrecognisable bodies hidden forever from sight in a great trench on the summit of Battle Hil! ! ? ? A hundred and one together in joyous life, together in terrible death, together in the dread montent.before the Great White Throne, and stilTtogcthcr under thc winter sod of Greenwood Cemetery I Seventy-nine coffins hold all that was left of the hundred and one victims of thc Brooklyn calamity who***1 ** "??yt? could not recognize. Not one body was in fhe ahape or semblance of humanity. Gnarled and knotted and smoke-black ened, dropping to pieces under the touch, thc lest hundred and one were tenderly coffined and carefully numbered. No effort was made to arruy them in the habiliments nf tho grave, for, even as they were, it was next to impossible to raise them from tho Hyor and put them properly in thc narrow boxes, stained and polished and silver studded in which they were to make the last journey to the churchyard. Even thc practiced attendants nt the Morgue, who undertook the difficult task of coffining thc bodies, showed Gigud of trepidation as they handled the crooked form?. Then, when this was finished, a line of death wa? made in the improvised Morgue, and fifty-four vehicles, seven teen being hearses and the remainder undertakers' wagon?, drove one by one to the doors and carried away their terrible loads, taking them rapidly to the point from which the procession was to start. IN* THE COLD WINOS. Thc right of tho lino of the great funeral procession was formed nt Scher merhorn street and Flafbush avenue, at two o'clock yesterday afternoon. Thou sands stood "patiently, exposed to till the fury of the icy gale that was blowing, waiting patiently and sadly for tho start. Two detachments of military, with muf fled drums, marched up, and then at a few minutes after two, the mounted police started off, and thc mournful march was begun. Thc police, on handsome horses, headed the procession ; then members of committees, in carriages; thc Forty seventh Regiment, headed by its band; a detachment of the Fourteenth Regi ment, without nrms ; n Gatling battery without a gun; another band heading thc Twenty-third Regiment; then tho terrible row of seventeen hearses, follow ed by forty-five undertakers' wagons, bearing from one to four coffins each ; then carriages with relatives and friends, carriagca with clergymen aud officials, and last of all the Thirteenth Regiment and drum corps. All along thc broad Flatbush avenue, up tho steep hill that leads to the park of thc dead, thc bands played their most solemn dirges, and tho inufllcd drums beat their melancholy time. As tho coffins passed too spectators upon tho sidewalks reverentially uncovered their beads, and tho women sobbed aloud. The wind howled dismally ; dust bli. dod fae eyes ; the cold was almost unbeara In_*i_:_ 1-Lt. Die, nuutyiiici, ?t. ti ur? i? |fa?u tu ucl His tory that Brooklyn will drapo in folds of black. g?g ?j? ? ? .? sjr?\* tm tr* T? V The head of the procession entered tho cemetery gato at a quarter before 8 o'clock, and the lino went directly to Battle Hill, very near tho entrance. This beautiful bluff is tho highest point in the cemetery. Here a circular trench bad been dug, seven feet deep and thir teen feet wide, nearly surrounding a round, sodded space, ten feet in diameter, upon which a monument is to stand. Due at a time the vehicles bearing the bodies drove up the main avenue, stopped long enough to discharge its ghastly iond, ind then moved out of tho way* down Battle avenue. Twelve cemetery em ployees received thc coffins, six men car rying each coffin up the Hteep mound to the trench, and lowering it to eight men ..ho stood in tho opon grave, focr on ;ach side, arranging the coffins in a iouble row as fast as they were delivered, the heads all pointing inwardly, on the jottom of the trench. The solemn work was necessarily Blow, but bravely the thousands withstood the piercing wind and tho terrible cold, wait ing for the last sad rited. Tiie doable row of black coffins almost filled the reach, and to these two moro were added -two which had arrived .before, each fontaining a recognized victim of the dis ister, which baa been brought by rela ;ives and friends. Sixty German singers, nembors of tho Brooklyn S?ngerbund, 'utah Brooklyn Quartette Club. Sch?t zenfest and Brooklyn Mrenuerchor stood ipon tho central grass plat and sang fcJbt'a "Reposo." The Rov. John Parker 'ead the Protestant Episcopal burial Ber rico. Tbc Rev. Dr. Putman, instead of ?he extended funeral oration which ho lad prepared,'announced that tho ex terne cold would preclude the possibllity )f its delivery,: and merely said a t'e\' vords on the uncertainty of life and the dossed hopes of immortality. Then the icnediction wua pronounced by the Rev. Hr, Odell, and the ceremony was coDcln led with the .singing by the Germania moir of Kuhlau'a choral, "Above all um m its there is repose." AW ARMY OF ORAVE-DIOOERS. Forty-two gravs-diggers stood at their )osts, and. nt the moment that the last voids of the beautiful choral died away, icgan the melancholy rattliug of tuc xoien earth upon the unprotected coffins. Vinny of the spectators, as they turned iway, dropped nandaful of clay into tho jrent grave, aud many lingered till the ast cc iii n bad disappeared under tho :rucl ahowr of earth. The mournful vork was soon done, and the deepening ihai.ows of the winter's evo fell at last ipon thc beautiful gift of the Germania Theatre, a floral crown and cross, that done stood between tho new-made grave ind thc lowering heavens. The bodies of Murdoch and Burroughs, ?. - J_i - _?_ _i_ ./_..,.... nc viunu tiv-twin, v.ciir; Lintel* iv? AIVIU?L Sall on Saturday afternoon. They had >een put in rosewood, silver-mounted coffins, which bore the inscriptions sev ?rally: "Claude, do Blenau Burroughs, Kira August 12. 1848 ; died December 5, 1876," and ''Henry S. Hitchcock, lied December 5, 1876," aged 31." drosses and wreaths, tho gifts of Vieuds, covered tho lid of each. lt their head was placed a stand :ontaining a largo scroll o? white flowers, vith the word "Arcadian" in violet, the ribute of the members of tho former club >f that name. There was also a rich iffering from the Order of Elks, with tho nyBtlc initials of the Order predominant. ka soon as the bodies wbro placed in no litton friends began to pass by tho coffins. ; Tho New York relief com mit tee has prepared an address to the public solicit ng contributions, in which thoy say: 'Of tho three hundred destroyed, tho canvass, as far as m ado, .Indicates about levcnty-fivo cases of absolute destitution, >ne hundred to two hundred casca re pairing partial assistance, and a number if exceptionally paiuful ex1?? requiring TOatlttaed assistance, such as old or rn? raUd men and women aud young chit* ? .^thrcwa friendless anti yxraail?sa