It Was The Pride Of Commodore Van

derbilti.in hia dny, that he bad ono son coDiistent to managu his grcat railroad intcvrests. Curnolius, Jr., was a spendtUiift, and he cut him off frora his vast with little or nothing; another (i)n eviiicel: no aptit.udo for making tuuiipy; but Willinm U. inheritt-d the moet of the father's gift for tbrift. Ho wus therefoie elected frcm his three bous to take by bequopf, the bulk of his enoriuous railroad intorests, hold it intact tlial thereby the name of Vander1 .'U-niight go down froui generntion to generation not only in history, hut in jiossessiou and control of the leading Corporation of all tbogrent railroad corjjórationB. TVhat would the Commodore s a y if he could rise from hia grave and vriUieesthe departureof 250,000shares of central stock from the family iato the liiurds partly of his longtime enciny, Gouldi' This stock said to have sold at 1Ï0 payablein foúrper nents, puts f ISO-, 000 000 in WilHara'í pookets. Quite Kiifficient flor n rainy dny! It is rememVrri'd Mr. Vanderbilt made an affidavit lfct ppring beforo an assessor that he posaeesed no taxnblo property. Tilton's nppearance in this city on Fiiday evening brings to mind the faIHOU9 scandal and its prominent actors. Boceher alone of tbem nll eeems to thrive. His hold on Plymouth church is unshaken ; he is unable tn supply deinands of lecture-bureaus, and is building a palace on the Hudson. His face how8 no siens of the aífliction he nn'lorwent. Moulton, his mutual friend. lins dropped out of sight. Woodruff was defeated for mayor in the cify of churches the other day. Tilton inounte the rostrum wberever he can get an audience, nnd at a cheap price. Bessit; Turner is sturving in a Brooklyn garret. Mts. Tilton is living seclusively in a Brooklyn house at tbe expense of her husband having the custody of some of her children, and growing oíd rapidly. When James G. Blaine made his celebraiedanti-Chinese 6peech in the senate Jast winter, one eye was uieantime resting on the Paciflo slope. The dfclegates from California, Nevada and Oregon might be the turning point in his favor in the nationnl convention. In an interview, senator Booth says : "I think California in dooidedly in favor of Blaine. They aro decidedly for him. I am por■onally in favor of him ; not that I love (irant less, lut Blaine more. I don't know that I ought to teil the cause of his popularity, but, the truth is, it was the stand he took on the Chinese queation, and wc would like to see him in the presidential chair." 8t. Louis and Chicago are rivals. Chicago lionized Graut and mude a million dollars out of the epeculation. Sfc. Louis is wailing and gnashing her teeth because the situatiou is euch Grant can not be invited thore before his departure for the south. Perhaps, if invited, he would decline to go and be reminded of the time when he drew cordwood into town and couldn't get trusted for a suit of clothes ; wlieti unable to make a living from the farm, his father-iu-law Bupplied the deficiency. Those days were different ; indeed they were. A fraudulent President though he is, Hayes is not without some gratitude in his heart. Keinembering the debt he owes Morton, one of the chief conspirators in the crime of 1876-77, he has hinted to tho iuoumbent to resign so that he can proniote the late senator's ldest son from the Honolulú consulship to the colleotorship of Trisco. Californians may object that Morton is a Hoosier; but is not this a nation with a big N ? That provisión of the constitution in legard to the President and Vice President being from tho same state epoils senator Lamar's ticket - Ulysses and Fred. Grant wantod the law repeajgd of the trcasury. Why not repeal the lw eo as to let Col. Fred run on the same ticket and keep the thing in the family ? Has Kred a son 'i There is tho Christiau and temrjerance statosman, Colfax of Indiana. Has he not suffored long enough? It is true he was caught in the credit mobilier inveatigation ; so were Dawes, üarfield, and wany othera who hold high position in tho Itepublican party. Now that the old crowd are coming to tho front, why not smiling Schnylsr? He who has luotBan Hill and listened to Lis raro gift of speech is reminded of an eight day clock. His tongue once set wagsring never, woll, hardly ever, stops. As a letter writer ha is equally profuse, and generally occupies about one pago oí a newspaper. He wouldu't make a successtul paragraphist. It turna out Fred Seward resigned the office of assistant secretary of state bucause Evarts, by bis absence, vaeating at his tarín up 1 Verniont, iuakiug speeches in New York, trymg suits in oourt, mposed about all the dutius of the two positions upon hiui, and his health gtive wny. In au addresa to the public the Kepublicau scratohers of New York congratúlate themselvea upon the defeat of Soule by over 9,000 niajority, and, beHeve, holding a balance of power in that great state, the " machine " will hereufter regard theiu of some impórtanos. Official figures show the anited vote of Kobinsou aud Kelly to exoeed Coruell's by 38,320. At least 20,000 Demócrata ilid not atop half way but went clear over to Coraell to make sur of beatiug Eobinson. Cornelia Ohatterton inake8 affidavit she married Goorge W. Chattertoii in Tompkina County, N. Y., in 1837, and at this lato date seeks a divorce. Chatterton i8 a prosperous jeweler of Springfield, 111. Southern congressmeu intervifiwed at Washington aasert tbat they are unable to perceivo a. Graut boom in theit loülüies.