John Van Buren On Cass

On Jiis way from Washington to Detroit, just aftel' kis upniinution, lewis Cass iissed through New York. Ho was acc'ompanied by a largo nuiuber of loading politicians, whom John Van JJurej} du8cribed as Cuss's nill-bearors, who " weru taking his body to Michigan by way of the Lakes," - a sarcasm wliioh went the rounds of the party papers in those days, and which remiuds us of another remark of his after tho electioa was over and ïüylor had been olected, whieh hoi uever been printed. We were on our way to Washington, and met John Van Huren on the boat crossing the Hudson to Jersey City to take tho train to Washington. We sat together all the way. The Washington depot was then on Pennsylvania avenue. We each had a valisu imd wero ;aiTying tli.-ni in our hands to tho National Hotel. On the avenue we met Mr. Kives, the proprictor of the ölobe. He was going put without noticing Mr. Van Buren who stopped and spoke to liim. Itivos looked at him and suid ia rather a sharj) way : " You are pretty Peniocrats in New York, to allow the State to go for Taylor and defeat tho Democratie candidato." Van Buren replied in bis quiet, jocose way : " Yes, Kives, it waa too bad, as you say ; but the truth is, Cass hart Uve vid man in our State." The two then partcd, wheu Mr. Van Buren muarked to us that he thought lii y ■ httd not gained & point in that gaine. - WiUiam tteluñde, vu Boston JourmI. Dean Rainsay tolls a story of u Scotcli beadle who had taken a fancy to the mause Lciusoniaid. At a loss for an opportunity to declare himself, oue day - n Sunday - when bis dutios wcrc endod, hp looked shoepisb and said: "Mary, wad yo tak a turn. Mry?" He k-d her to the ehurchyafd, an, pointing with his lingev, got out, " My folks lio thore, .M'tiy; v:kI ye liko t() 1l)!r r" The grayo hiiit was taken, and she became his wifé, but slie dpes not yet lic thcre. The ht:nr;iur:nt tlmt Bishop ï'oftor liad addressed a reiiionstr&lwrv 'COwmjioation to Kuy.JIr. ïyng, m oonsequenpe oi' liis hoving rocently occupied the pulpit of Mr Choncy of Chicago, lately doposuJ by Pishuj) Whitohousu, is proiiounced' by Bishop Potter uiKjuuüiiijdly uiitrue. Jtan Ingu'ow tho poot, guyc tl to;i jjiivt rcoejitly,at hor rosidcnctf in London, t Míbs Alcott a; Which wero prosent quite a íiumbcf of Amuiiijuu literare britios.