. The Wasp. A Saturday journal of illustration and comment, devoted to the discussion of public affairs, finance, society and art. ost astonish-ingly failed in the simpler requirement ofelevating it in place. The hoisting gearproved insufficient to the strain, the objectwas too cumbrous to handle, and from itsown ponderousness, succumbed to theattempt with a crash. But although, as a result of its fall, it isblemished as a bell, it became suggestive fornobler uses still. It is a chapel now wheredevotion delights to commune with its Makerand where piety pays homage to it as a reve-renced shiine
. The Wasp. A Saturday journal of illustration and comment, devoted to the discussion of public affairs, finance, society and art. ost astonish-ingly failed in the simpler requirement ofelevating it in place. The hoisting gearproved insufficient to the strain, the objectwas too cumbrous to handle, and from itsown ponderousness, succumbed to theattempt with a crash. But although, as a result of its fall, it isblemished as a bell, it became suggestive fornobler uses still. It is a chapel now wheredevotion delights to commune with its Makerand where piety pays homage to it as a reve-renced shiine. Had it been successfullyelevated to the intended position, an acci-dental blemish might have unfitted it for allpractical use, and all future would havepointed to it more as a folly than otherwi&e;but where it now is, it will be venerated as atemple for worship forever. A political fare-well to thee, Ulysses S. Grant. As a proof, that we are in favor of the ele-vation of the human race, we recommendcapital punishment, in all cases, where bru-tal murder has been committed. Rash proceedingi smallpox. inoculating asrainst. Drama. Miss Beaudet.—The grand success of thisladys benefit, on Saturday evening last, atthe Baldwin, will be a retrospective event,to which she will always revert withtriumph. The piece itself, as well as theauditory, was a most noteworthy latter was not constituted of the usualSaturday night element, who after a sixdays fatiguing struggle with business per-plexities, flock to the theatres, to recreateupon some three hours horror and for whichpurpose, Ihe Lady of Lyons was entirely un-suited. The composition of that nightsaudience was ot the class that aim to com-bine instruction with pleasure; that seekenlightenment from the brilliant fancies ofsparkling genius and the polished lessons ofbright philosophy. Two ladies and a youth, to whom MncySykes would have been as the balm of Gile-ad, showed their disgust at refinement, bysweeping out of the
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