Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1872, Page 2

FRANCE, Its Present Unhappy Political Condition. “Tho Repnblio™ Destitaty of & Singlo Element-of Popular Gorernment. Machinations of the Monarchists and Priests. TShat the Republicsns Are Trylng fo Secure---A Strugzlo on the Ques« tion of Education. -egpondence of The Chicago Tribune, i i mim. Xov. 9,1872. To give an understanding of the political vourse of things in France is an almost hopeless task, a8 every day presents anew phase, and the tnost sincera. well-wishers of this unhappy country are fearfully despondent and painfully doubtful of the future.” In our own desr America, thank God! we can trost the brozd common scnse of the people. Here, it is the avowed dootrine of the directing powers that ““The people are not to b trusted.” The business of governing is clsimed as & right by & cortain fow, designated “la classe diri- geante,” THE DIRECTING OLASS; and at the head of this class is a King, Emporor, s President, the name matters little,—he is & monarchto all intentsand purposes. There nevér was a greater mockery of truth and fact than to style this * the French Republic.” It maybe the nearest approach to a Republic these French people can or will have, but it does' not possess & single element of a govérnment for and by the people,—not & Republican institution or consti- tuticn. The entire monarchical organization is preserved, and the laws of the Empire (with the most liberal ones eliminated) are still the laws of theland. Asto the peopls, who and what g0 these people, the great masses of them? In the cities, .the contre of enlightenment, where thore is resding, thinking, end compering of idens, theso people have been trying, ever since the first Rovolution, to assert their exint- ”fie snd natural claims. These persistent re- sltars ; HAYE BEEY CRUSHED OUT, PAsEAcTeq, e exiled, from time to time, by brate force wioldex by jealous power, and will be etill again, until the Sarennts and hnllets be- in {o think and ore in sTmpathy with thE uxi. ators. Our American soldiera are citizens. The French soldier is an autowaton, to lill with, without the gcuse to know or cara why or where- fore. When an army thinks, discipline is at an end, say tho Kinge, The whole military scheme here is to produce an srmy mcx%aeble of thinting. Tt is so managed as to be com- ased of the peasantry, and the lowest dregs of 0 cities, for all others can buy substitutes, so $hat oven the smell shopkespers, artisans, and, of course thoso above them, are virtually exempt from military duty. A soldier, therefore, who ‘can read or write, 18 a 12re ezception. The suf- I3 frags partially given fothe ermy g, mow again twithdrawn. It taught the soldiers to think, snd WAS THERLFORE DANGERQUS, Dangerons ! o what and whom? Again; the mniversal scffrcge outside tho army, gained by T many rovlte, =5 moch bloodshbd, and sy many revolations, is excoediagly offensive and Inconvenient to the governing clsss. All signs octend that, in tho. Ascembly about to reopen tg sessions, an citemyt will be mado to curtail i fair proportions, and cheat it of form end Seature. > - £ It is hoped thet pablic opinion will at 3eat force this Assemtly to resign, It will not, however, consent to its own death, withou! ing & grand effort 8t & monarchice] restora- Hon from its preeent vantage-ground. At all E:in:s, the Legitimists end priests are convert- o 5 end plotting. If matters should be pushed extremes, & TEBRIBLE CIVIL WAR IS DMMINENT, for the nation will not submit to be chained and gogged as tamely 38 herotofore. The Republi- Faa principle, the Republicen ides, have 80 per. eated, nob this netion only, but ‘the whols of nrope, that thoy must, in tho end, triumph. o know that justice and trath are not dead Setters, 80 we, are nob permitted to despair ¢ sny good things, mot even of the French Republie. y the tenacity of power 15 strong, and bard to bresk, Oldlegends and &raditions, with their motts, *The Throne and the Altar,Y ave living in = green and vigorous pld age. Thousands sfill belisve in the Divino ight of Kings. For them the word Loyalty is Fitof inspisation. Loyaltyl—such & jewel of & ghem {—such & proud, sdmirsble, noble, chival- Yous old humbug! And then, too, that strong hain of a besutifolly-trusting, self-sbnegating, nnquestioning faith in sn Infallible Church; how ensnariog to tender, ignorenb coo Boiences. Belief i3 repore and _eafety; denial or doubt, sscrilego und peril. However, the emancipation is begun, end cannot at this bour be frightened bsck by priestly anathemas. ‘We are compelled to have isith in the fufure, ‘while wo are deeply vexed in our heart of hearts 24 the slowness of Lke advance. I would that o men everywhere wero sorely vexed at it. Eighty yeirs ego, tho 21t of September, 1792, France, moved by & unanimous sentiment, ar filled with a8 holy an enthesissm as everin- FCTORE— 8. future mnot yet developed, but elowl, and surely developing. * God’s mills grin glowly,” but unceasingly. Mensced upon ber frontiérs by foreign armies, lod against her by her own refugees ; ruined by & reign of corrup- tion and pillage; weakened by more than thirty of famine; bending under eighteen cen- Taries of subjections,—fendal, priestly, and royel, —ashe lifted her head rizgn grandly, and aspired after liberty. Since the remotest antiguity, there is one word containing for men 2l there is of hope. The oppressed, conquered, crushod ople repeated it in whispers, 2s the coming iberator. This word was REPUBLIC. Aster threo yearsof the greatestand most Zragic ovents history ever recorded, the States General met, and tke strugglo of the nation cul- pinated Agg. 10, 1792, in° the final defeat of Honcrehy. The members of thal Asuumbéy un- ferstood that their mission was ended, and pro- nounced its dissolution with a_courage and loy~ ity which commends thomselves in vain to the frivolous, gresping set of men composing the csent National Assembly. 'The last act of that Erzsemb_ly was to convoko electors for the nominotion of o new body, which, ps - the all-memorable Convention ren- Qered its memo terrible and glorions, At its very first sitting (21st of September), it sol- emaly sbolished Royalty and proclaimed the Republic. The nation had given its verdict, and Bentence was pronounced sgsinst the arch. enemy of popular rights and human freedom. Therehavesince beenforced and illicit episodes of Rings and Dictators, ch m;r e pos e d esch has the free choice o e people, and e nggfl in catastrophe aud (%nfenc. . The first Em- pire built ths_throne of an ambitious and un- gcrupulous soldier upon the 18th Brumaire. It - ended in diminisfsing the zrea of the ration: dspopulstingit of mén, leaving butthe deformed, maimed, and sick to Yecuperate the na- tion; oud then & i utter discom- fturo. The _* Restoration,” gmuggled over the frontiers in the army-wagons of the Oos- 3acks, fied befora the anger of thé deceived peo- le. ‘The so-called conefitutional monarchy of he Citizen-King, the bastard of an insurrection, ganiched (Fob. 24) Lefora the publio contempt. The last Empire, 8 monstrosity, born of perju- £, tresson, and blosd (Doc.' 3, 1682), afier ringing, by its uiter incompetency, unheard of disasters upon the country, at lazt hid its dis- bonored head in the burning shame of Bedan. Royelty in Frenca CAX ONLY BE A TREASON, temporariiy triumphant, fo {all before a revolu- tion of the protesting people, renewed as often £s the cauge is repeated. That glorious Convan- tion killed royalty for all time. After cighty gears of popular reclamstions, usurpations, Festorstions, and revolutions, ¢z the corpse of royalty now ba galvanized into life 7 I8 it proba- blo or possible? It is true, most trllo, thaf jers and Lis satellites bave clotbed them- Bolves with the rent, rotten, and fattered trap- pings of dead royelty; but it is a derision, & by- word, a harlequin’s game, nearly ended. 0 &iris full of £1GXS AND PORTEKTS, - First, there will be o desperats attempt to glu: e monkish Chambord on thwe {lrone. ho Republicans will try to creats a Viee Presi- dent, Limit the duration of the Presidentiai of- THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21f51872. lbeyonda ugbt. Tt is they who cannot trust the people, and Gnot_tolorate sn enlightened or voting army. The emertg now and ever made, by prigsts and monarobiats, Lo ropress education, i8 to them a struggle for life. The great and in- dispensablo meastre to society now urgod on by thie Republicans, is, that laws should be epeedily passed making EDUOATION GZATUITOUS, ODLIGATORY, AND LAIO, The priests, at present, direct the institu- tions of learning. There arc many Israclites and many Protestants in France, and, ander the existing regime, they must all come under the influence of, and pursue the course of study marked out by, the Catholic Church, or forego m&{a advantages offered by the scholnstic insti- ma. “The great basis underlying all human wel- fare, all political liberty, the very life-principle of a' Republic, is frec and broad education, de- velopment, and culture, and upon that ground the great’ battle is now being waged. Yours truly. . L. NEW PUBLICATIONS. 2 ‘Tennyson. GARETH AND LYNETTE., By Aurmep TENNYSON, D. C. L., Poet Laureate, With Ilustrations, Bos- ton: James . Osgood & Co. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co. When we say that “ Gareth and Lynette™ is’ the last of Mr. Tennyson's “Idylls of the King,” we mean that it isthe last ho has written. It was thought, two years ago, that the serics was complete with the publication of the volume containing “the Holy Grail;” but “The Last Tournament " and the present volume have been added since then; and Mr. Tennyson, in this last. volumo, gives us no pledge that he will ceats his linked sweetness long drawn oub of the rather thin aond unsubstantial legends. of King Arthur. Tho romantio sources from which he draws an inexheustiblo, and he has a precedent for this elongation of his Muse in the interminable verses of the early poets, who, like Ohauser, think nothing of wusing thousands of lines to bring their hero and heroine to their first meoting ; but the impatience of the critics with the length to which “Tho Idylls of the King " has already gono may give Mr. Teunyson pause.” ¢ Gareth and Lynetto,” though written last, isto be resd eecond. As they now stand #The Idylls” are to be read in this order: “The Coming of ‘Arthur,” * Gareth and Lynatte, “Q@eraint ‘and Enid,” ‘Merlin and Vivien,” “ Lancelot and Elsine,” “The Holy Grail,” ¢ Pelloas and Etarse,” *“The Last Tournament,” “ Guinevere,” and * The Passing of Arthur.” 4 Gareth and Lynette " is the story of n nephew of Atthur's, the youngest brother of Guwain and Modred; of his arrival at Arthur'c Court in disgnise, and the courso of his first quest. The ‘heroins is a shrew, but an innocent one.” Sho is abusive and eaucy, but has for this an excuse in & fancied elight. All the personages of the etary act withont rhyme or reason, Garoth, after 8 Bhort Perivd o probetion as kitchen-knave in King Arthur's service, applios to the Xing fo be sent out as an adventurer. At this point, a cer- tain dsmsel, yclept Lynette, asks-that the gal- Iant Lancelot be despatched fo relieve ber sister from the persecution of certain discourteous Enights. To her great snd not unnatural ¢isgust, Gareth, known to her only 3 3 kitchen- knavo, 1s told off for this duty. In describing this young woman, Mr. Tennyson gives us the translation hitherto soughtin vain for the Fronch Jord *setrousse,” 25 spplicd to nosos. Sho Hawk oyes ; and lightly was her slender noss Tip-tilted like the petal of o flower, How ber nose became tip-tilted, perhaps thia will explain. Gareth appears before hor to an- nounce that he, instead of Lancelot, was to res- cue the aister : 4 She therest, &3 one That smells & foul-flesh’d agaric in the Lolf, And deems it carrion of some woodland thing, Or shrow, or weaeel, nipt her elender nose With pettlant thumb and finger, shrilling * Hencel Avoid, thon smellest ol of Litchen gresseV Lynette becomes very fond.of tilting her nose in this style, and rallies Gareth more_than onco on the subject of kitchen greaso. But Gereth £ay8 nothing, and procaeds to vanquish tho four bed Knights who were bLarrying Lyonors, the distressed sister of Lynette, aud he ihen returns in txjumph to the Court. Thoe ending of the poem is sadly indofinite : And ho that told the tale in olden times Bays that Sir Gareth wodded Lyonors, But ho that told it Inter says Lynetie. Lest it be supposed that all of Lynette’s uttor- ances were of the tip-tilted, oleaginous character of that we have gquoted, we give the beautifol verses in which ehe sings as Gareth overtbrowa the ycked Knights : When the morning Star, the first Knight, falls, she sings : 0 morning star, that emilest in the blze, 0 star, my morning dream hath proven true, Smile sweetly, thou! my love hath emiled on me, ‘When the next, the Sun, goea down: O sun, that wakenest all to bliss or pain ; 0 moon, that leyest all to sleep again, Shine swestiy; twice my love bath smiled on me. O gewy flowers that open to the sun, 0 dewy fiowers, that close when day is dons, Blow gwectly ; twice my love hath smied on me, O birds that warble to the morning sty, O birds that warblo as tho day goes by, Bing sweetly ; twice my love hath smiled on me. ‘When the Evening Star, the third, falls: 0 trefoil, sparkling on the reiny plain, O rainbow, with three colora afier rain, Bhino sweetly ; thrice my love hatl smiled on me, Astronomical. Richard A. Proctor, the well-known Englith writer on astronomical subjects, bas written a séries of familiar eseays on the moon and plan- ets, moteors and comots, the sun and colored airs of sun, which are published in book-form in this country by Secribmer, Welford & Arm- strong, of New York, under the title, “The Orbs Aromnd Us.” * (Hadley Brothers, Chicago.) Ciassicals Some honest, but stupid, people aro declaim- ing very loudly nowadsys éguinst whst thoy call classical studies. They are all for science. Science is good, but it is notall; and theso mod- erns should know thiat it is possiblo to study the sciences, and yet study the classics. Moro sur- prising yet, it is possible to atudy the classica Without studying tho desd languages. That classical pursnits have, even in our best colleges, consisted toomuch of syntactical and grammatical drudgery, is no doubt true. But pedegozues snd scientists must both remember that, under the antiquated dress and disused tongue of Hor- ace or Plato lie beauties as etornal as the human facnlbies that enjoy them. Itis nof the Greek or the Latin thaf we B0 much delight in; it is the Homer, the Virgll, that they bring ua. We seels not the grammar, but the postry. Thess remarka have been suggested by Afr. Chris- topher P. Cranch's very fine translation into English blank verse of the *ZEneid” of Virgil, which Osgood & Co., Boston, have juet published. Mfr. Emerson yields his assent %0 the royal road to ancient treasures through ‘modern translations ; and Mr. Creach mekes it ‘possible for thonsands to leam to love thepoetry of Virgil who would nover hove had the time or the wish to parso his sontences. Virgil has been often transiated ; but, for evident reasons, {hia is the best version which has yet appeared in Euglish, Dryden’s translation is the most famous, YWhen 3t was bogun, all England, Dr. Johnson tells us, felt its honor involved in the iseue, and noble Lords vied with one another in ofiering aid. But, excellent ps is the work Dryden did, it is hope- esaly marred by the compromises and~ concessions with which rhyme must always be élmplti:\ted. The last version, by Professor Conington, though of graat beauty and merit, suffers from tho same tyranny There hava been other translations in thymo aid tiank verse, by Dr. Trapp, ihe Earl of Surrey, ‘o uwmes Phaer in 1553, and Thomas Swine, but {1:05@ belony £o the biblivpole, not to the stu- dent. A branslation of Virgil into blsnk verse is pow being mads in Epgland by G- R. Rick- As it is not yet complez; Wo cannot com- ¢, Cranch’s work witl Ricked's ; but :aend it on its own merits, A3 being & wo.'s which poseess:s ai least three of the ele- m. "1 0f & ood translation. It is faithinl to the origing?, elegant and correct in its Evglish, and shovn the fino fouch of = poet, Who alone could tranaicr the poetry of Vi:qil'from onp yehicio to anc:her, and yet preserve it intact. (Jansen, McOlurg & Co., Chicago.) Radiant Eeat. None of Professor Tyndall's rozearches have beop more important than his studies of "Z\[c: lecutur Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat, which were Lozt published in the Philosophical Magazine, and sre iow given in an octavo of 446 pages by Appleton & Co., Faw York. The vol- nrse consists of ten articles; or £ Afemoirs,” each of which is preceded by an gualysis of its 18 rigidly scientific in its character, we will’ gim- ply recite tho subjects of which it treats: 1. On the Absorption and Radiation of Heat by Gases snd_Vapors, end _on the Physical Connection of Radiation, Absorption, and Conduction; 2. Further Researches on tho Absorption and Radiation of Heat by Gaseous Matter; 8. On tho Relation of Radiant Hest to Aqueous Vapor; 4. On the Passage of Radiant Heat tirough Dry and Humid Air; 5. On tho Absorption and Ra- diation of Heat by Gaseous and Liquid Maztter; 6. Contributions to Molecular Physics; 7. On Luminous and Obscure Radiation; 8. On Calor- esconce, or the Transmutation of Heat Raya; 9. On the Influence of Color and Mechanical Cons dition on Radiant Heat; 10. On the Action of Reys of High Refransibility upon Gaseous Matter; 11. Aqueous Vapor; 12. Recent Re- searches on Radiant Heat; 13. On Radiation through the Earth’s Atmosphero; 14, On a New Series of Chemical - Reactions produced by Light; 15. On the Bluo Color of the Sky, the Polarization of Sky Light, and on the Polari- zation of Light by Cloudy Matier Generally; 16. On Cometary Theory; 17 On tho Formation and Phenomens, of Clouds, (W. B. Koen, Cooke & Co., Chicago.) Pre-Historic Archweology. John Evans, the well-known antiquary, makes 8 most important sddition_to_our knowledge of ?re-hismnu archeology in his learned work, “ The Ancient Stone Implements, Werpons, and Ornaments of Great Dritain;” published by Ap- pleton & Co., New York. It treats of the Stono Age of Great Britain, when our fathers dwolt in lake-dwellings and’ caves, and usod imple- ments of ilint and such hard materials as camo most readily to their haunds, Mr. Evans does notconfine himself to his title, but discusses European and American zrchmolo~ f; thongh not a0 fully ss that of Groas Britain. ‘here are in the work at least 1,000 engravings, most carefully executed; it contains 656 pages, and is admirably indoxed. (. B. Koen, Cooke & Co., Clicago.) The Eumman Iacc. TFiguier writestoo much to write well. Within & vory few years ho has produced nine huge vol- ‘umes, each'of them illustrated with two or three hundred cuts, His works are: *Primitive Map,” *The Mammalia,” Reptiles and Birds,” “Earth and Sea,” “The Vegelabte World,” *‘The Insect World,” “The Ocean World,” and “Tho World Before the Deluge." After thess, one would expect to find him writing “ World_ Without _End.” His last book, . *The Human Race, published Dby Appleton, New York, i8 valueless, and has been well styled ‘“ nsensational trea- tise.” Itis hasty, inaccurato, and superficial, and, elthough it undoubtedly contains z larga amount of information, this, in its present shape, ia hopelessly obscured. T tho book could e rovised £0 us to throw Figuier out, and leave the facts in, it would be & useful compendium of ethinological science. 3 (W. B. Keen & Cooke, Chicago.) Spectrum Analysis. 4 Spectrum Analysis Explained” is an abridg- ment by Ester Lautiat, of Boston, of Dr. Schel- len's celebrated woricon the new £cience of Spec- trum Anelysie. Dr. Schollen is well-known for his excellout manual of the telegraph, and, 25 800 28 his work on_the Spectram_appeared in German, it was translated into English under tho care of one of England’s ablest spectroscopic astronomers, Bir. Higgine, The unabridged work is too large and expensive for general uso for which the present excellent condensation is edmirably fitted. (Jausen, BleClurg & Co., Chicago.) Ececher. J. B."Tord & Co. publish a new edition of Henry Ward Beecher's “‘Lectures to Young Men,”_in which are given three not horetofora prinfed: “On Profans Swearing,” * Vulgarity,” and “Hoppinees.” Thess lectures are MMr. Beecher's eldest-born bovk. They were written, be tells us in his prefacs, in Indianepolis, in the ““little ten-foot room which served atonco as parlor, study, and bedroom;” and were deliv- ered to crowded sudionces,—something *thet did not often happen during my Weatern life.” Sixty thousand copies of the book Lavé been 5old ince its firut sppearance, and its popularity will be grently inercased by tho additiors Mr. Beecher has mado. (Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicago.) Egypt and the Eoly Land, ‘The Rev. Dr, Harmen, Professor of Ancient Languages and Literature in Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in_* A Journoy > Egypt and tho Holy Land,” pdda another to the numerons descripticns of this well-travelled routo. Peo- ple who are forever burdening the press with these things never scem to remember that what i8 g0 new to them has been made a8 familiar nsg oft-told tales can mako anytling, to the public. Still Dr. Harman hes discovered that Caca of Galilee is situated five miles northeast of Nazoreth, andnot, asDr. Robinson putsit, eleven miles north of Nazareth. Eo alzo mes3ured tho and Boma at Athens, and corracted the er- Tors concarning them in Smitl's Dictionarics, For these precious additions to our achivological and geographical serenity of mind, we can al- ‘most forgive him for his book, which is written in a style as rough e8 a_cordaroy road. (Hadley Bros,, Chicago.) New Zealand. DeWitt C. Lent & Co., New York, have pub- lisked, under the title, “Stelion Lifo in New Zealand,” a collection of letters in which Lady Berker gives her experienco of tho brighter and less practical side of colonization. They are not meant to Eerve in any way as guides for emigrants, or reservoirs for those in scarch of statistics. They simply record iho expeditions, sdventures, and emergoncies diversifying tho daily life of the wife of a New Zealand shoep- farmer. (Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicago.) et The Latest Paris Mania, Household pets would scarcely form an indis~ ‘penszble accessoryto the enfourdge of a fashion- able Iady out of “France, but here they are de rigeur, "OF all tho caprice of fachionable life, this is to me the most incomprehensible, for it cntails & world of trouble and snnoyance. ‘Amer- jean women, 28 & genoral thing, do not indulge in it, and they show their consideration for their friends by abstaining fromit. Nothing can be more ridiculous than the extent to which this maonin is_pushed by the Darisian ladics. In walking the broed and aristocratic avenues one frequently sees the largo doors of some handsome Lotcl suddenly thrown open by & liv- eried flunkey, to permit the exit of some nently- attired Clarisse or Fanchette, with half a dozen specimens of the canine species of all sizes and colors. In fashionable carriages tho front seat is usually given up to thosa troublesome pats ; & nice warm fur ig placed for their benefit, and the horses are made to paca quietly that their doze may not be disturbed. I even saw a fai lady o few days since, unable to tie an exquisite- ly_ombroidered blanket ou the back of her re- calcitrant_pug, callin the help of the pass- ors-by, her efforts and thoso of her footman being completely paralyzed by their natural desite mot . to oncounter the sharp teeth of tho little darling, who enapped ond enatled, tesring at the laces and eating of his doating mistress, watil n poor Taborer resolutely took hiold of him by thie nape of the neck, and with his large and anything but clean hands tied on tho necessary wrap. Al- though quite o crowd Liad collected, not & smila was to be sson onany of the facesof the bystand- ers, and murmars of satisfaction even greated this succeseful operztion. It ia unaccountable to mo how fashionable women, who naturally dig- like trouble, can burden themselves with such nuisences, but far more incomprehensiblo is the new class of pets which they have adopted fo solace their idle houre, namely, monkeys! Everyafternoon, walking ostentatioutlyalong the Avenue des Acacias, may be scen a middle-aged 1ady, aitired in the latest style, followed by twa footmen and e huge monky. Jocko appears to Dbe in oxcellent condition, 2ad ig left unchained, althoagh a silver band. around Lis body shows that correction is occasionslly necessary. He Becrs to Le impressed with the grandeur of his surroundings, and kes the most admirable faces at the paseers-by —_— Coleridge ns a Rcporter, A good story is told about Coleridge and his essay at roporiing tho dobates for the London Aforning Post. One day, Pitt being oxpected to meka & great speech, Coleridgo was sent dovn to Westminter to report it, In order to get & good place, ho went early in the day and took up his osition ; but the fatigua of waiting several ours, with perhaps no Tefreshment meanwhile, ' was too much for the young poet, who fell into a stato of drowsiness = from . which' ha nover emerged {ihat might. Iaif_sleeping and helf waking, Coleridgo ¢ fol- Towed" Pitt = biest ho could, and from hie notes, memory, end imag:22tion, he concosted a bril- liant speech which duly arpeared.” On tho Zol- lowing day, Canning called” at tho offico™0f tho puzerto iuuanire the name of the fi‘enllen:&? who ad xeported Mr. Pitt's speech. To Coleridge’s chegrin, this information was refused to Cann- ing, who expressed his opinion that the report B contents, which shows at & gisnce the 08, and elect 2 second deliberative Chamber or nste, That the monarchists will ‘sttempt, iber sohemes feiling, fo mutilate the suflrag nature of iho subject and treatment. ‘Aa Professor ‘Fyndall is well knowm to American readers, cod fre presemt Work of (he epecch did moro credit to the imagination then M;,t the éngmga-y D{v tho ra)porgt:r. %fih:\lg bs areporter, Coleridge began 0 write politicalans Terary articlos, 1 - nbros. WASHINGTON. Repudiation in the South. Some Facts and Figures. From Our Oun Corregpondent. ‘WasETxGTON, Dac. 16, 1872, Systematic policy there ig-none, znd henco lothargy and want of steady countenance or direct communication amongst all you meet in Washington. Luck, however, attends the Ad- ministration, and the Alabama muddle vanishes &8 the Government driwa near it, while the Louisiana collision soems destined to be avoided by the vehemence of the President’s selection between the wrestlors. The Florids quarrel has nok yet been renched, and the contesting parties thers escape investigation by the remotenecss and worthlessness of their country. In Arkan- eas, the Democrats generally prefer’ Clayton's domination to Rice’s, and, excopt some wild words in tho Benats, that trouble will end. THE TRUE SOUTHERY CONTEST. The great fight in the South is probably not to e one of violent factions, nor is its arena to be the United States Senate. The strong contest in eight States of the South is to be upon the re- pudiation of their public debts. That contro-. versy is already opened as far North as the Stato of Virginia, where the daily word of the gambler is: *“We don't owe anything morally. They Lave destroyed the assets of the State, tho basis of credit, and that releases us from our obliga- tions.” In North Carolins, the Governor is obliged to make s special plan to the Legislaturo agaibst ropudiation. In Bouth Carolina, Scott, while he brings = libel-anit ageinst the New York Tribune for saying the same, confesses an empty treasury and a hollow solvency. Geor%(n has re- pudisted a mfi!pm of the Bullock debt, as you can gee from this conversation which I held with the State Tressurer at the State Capitol. THE REPUDIATION BY GEORGIA. In a highly interesting conversation withN. L. Angier, Esq., Treasurer of tho State of Georgis, aud with A‘lmn Angier, clerk of his ofiice, the following statements were made from the books of tho ofiice: “What is the debt of the State?” Answer—‘“The direct bonded indebtedness is $8,486,500. ‘The contingent indebtodness is $8,158,000. Total, £11,644,500.” %Wha would bo tha debt of the State if all Bullock’s obligations had been valid ?” Answer—$30,638,000.” (It is the opinion, however, of some of the most conservative men in Georgia that the State will acknowledge about 7,033,400 ot Bullock’s bonds, bringing tho wholo debt up to sbout $15,500,000.) < Question of tho Treasurer— What is the in- come of the Stato, and what is the taxable valuo of proporty id Georgia 2" Anawer—¢Tho property of the State, at the low valuntion of our own Tax Assessors, is $234,500,000, omitting banking gad insurance capifal and railways. The general State tex af 4-10 of 1 per cent would produce $937,969.87. The taxes on corporations will add $30,000, and the rental of the Stete Board $150,000,—making in all $1,117,960. (The special echool fax of 1-1! of 1 per cent and some forms of license make $544,492.) The entiro disbursements to cary on the State in 1872 were $300,000, and this left for interest on the different loans £817,8G0.87. The assets of the Georgia Government are com- puted at 33,188,000, scant.” = Do you believe that Bullock’s excessive obligations should be forsworn 2’ Answer—“ Ido. If theycall it ra]&ndiafion, it will protect us agaiust future thieves, as Mississippi is protected. No State credit makes honest politicians and light taxcs, TERING WEDGE. that, by tho late action of tho State authorities, £19,000,000 have been dis- owned in- Georgis, fur which the State bonds arc outstanding. . Whatever the justics of the defence, it is improbablo that mankind will_call this act by moro than ono word, and that will bo Repudiation. "the four Statcs which will not eay ‘‘ Repu- diate” under any circumstances are Alabams, Keatuclry, Missouri, and Texas, althorzsh, in the latter State, the public contracts witl railway- tocs have bean broken in someinstances, on grounds of private or pasty prejudice. ‘L'ho stability of the Southern States must be in tlo Jroblem as to whether the largo negro population can comprehord tho honor and im- portance of 5 public obligetion. This Wwill de- pend upon the tone of counsels they receiva from their “Lead men” end white advisers. ‘What would be the effect of genoral repudiation in the South upon our internal concerus, North- e credit, and politics, is still o third mattor. COMFORT FOR TIEM WIO ARE IN BONDS. The dcgrccinfion of State credit, if unattended with public indifference, is not necessarily a maiter of appreliension, ' Peoplo aro now living who remember that the bonds of Illinois brought less in the market than those of South Carolina or Arkensas to-dsy; but, with a sturdy epirit sod wise public counsels, tho Commonwealth persevered in mecting its obiigations, and its ceredit is now unimpoachable. In Mississippi, S. 8. Prentiss waced such an itolerant war vilh Repudiation, that hiosaid: @My advice ie, that the Whigs make it = social and business contest, as wall s a political one.” Repudiation was not only resisted there with Vigorand gellantry for years, against o grade of citizenship never demoralized because never ‘moralized, but Calhoun wrote at the tim. # pledge myself that South Carolina will pay punctually every dollar she owes, should it take the lnst_cent, withont inquiring whether it was gpent wisely or foolishly. ShonldI in this be, by mny possibilit, mistaken, T would disows er!” Tn the year 1840, one-helf the States in the Union were unsblé to pay their_dobts when duo and, in msny cases, did not meet tho current annuel interost. Thoso debts smounted, in gross, to $170,000,000 ; and Pennsylvania was nearly as badly off as any State, and received the caustic tribufos of Sydney Smith by overy steamer. A vigorous effort was made by Baring Brothers & Co. to make tho Federal Government 2ssume the Stato obligations ; and & subsequent attempt to give the proceeds of land-ssles to the Btates, to meet thoir bonded interest, was voted' for in _tho Semato by Cloy, Crittenden, and Webster. Every State bat Mississippi and Arkansas passed the crisis, and, in the former State, the Courts of 1852 adjudic cated the repudiated bonds 83 legally incumbent upon tho Commonwealth, whils the Arkansas Dbonds wero takon up, funded, and adopted, with interest, £wo years £go. THE FACTS. The South has now about $270,000,000 of State debts, real, contingont, and disputod, including the city debt of New Orleans, which 18 a part of the Stato jobbory. _Since the War, tho South Das increased ite railweys sbout 5,100 miles, in- cluding Arkansas and . Toxas; and, inclading Missouri and the Indian Territory, not less, probably, than 4,000 miles. At $25,000 a mile, this samount of road, most of which hss received State help in land or bonds, hes taken $100,000,000 of the gross Bouthern indebtedness. But the bonds realized far less than their face, and were not honestly marketable, under tho conditions of their negotiation, at above 75 cents on the dollar. This would leave only $100,000,000 to be account~ ed for. Tho estimate, however, for holding the railroad is too low, and I assume that two, thirds of the remaining $100,000,000 represents tho “gwag " of the thieves who made the roads end marketed the bonds. Itis & question of $75,- 000,000 of plander to be assumed on the conse- quences of Repudiation. 1In 1840, the States of the Union owed 2170,- 000,000 (tec Benton, article # Assumption of State Debts”), when tho total population was But 17,000,000’ why should the Southern States, with 12,000,000 of people, making ennually £350,000,000 in aticles of oxport, be dismayed at the present condition of things? Gari. L ——— Itichard CoeurDe Lion and the Hawlt. Faleonry wes a sport in which the ladies loved to share; the noble bird was decked with the greatcst care, and golden bells hung toits feet. Largo amounta of money were paid_for a first-rato falcon, and ourromantic King, Richard Ceeur do Lion, hod nemly forfeited the price of ‘his life to secure one. He was on his way to the Crusade in_Palesting, when, tempted by the Deauties of Naplos, he lingered there, and yhile wailing for tho French fleet mrriving in_Sicilr, took o horse, sccompsnied by one Knight, and rode to Salerno, to see the famous catbedral built by his Norman reletives, and to learn gomething of the accomplishments that wero taught in ihat city, then s _centre of poetry, rheteric, and natural philosophy. ~Carcless of Toads, he passed throngh Calabris, whero the mountain torrents were swelled by rain, his galleys following along tho shore. Hero he hecrd that in a cortain villego & man had & vors ‘muperior vk, which, accordipg to o iams of -that _n%x,’ 1osz3 Byt s Noble was allowed to lkeap, Ricl hord, corelesa of con- sequences, wenb inte tho huf, snd scized the valued possession ; the defraudsd peasant ran sfter him, demanding its restoration, but 'in | sewn: the' villago was roused. and tho mroud | the bt Calobriens attacked tbe King with s and stones. One drew a long Lnife, and, in defend- ing himself, the aword in Richard's hand broke, 5o that, spurring his horse, be was obliged to tako rofuge in flight, and, had not s priory baen neer, in which ho took refuge, the Lfo of tho edventurous monarch would probably Lavo ended in thet disgreceful manner.—Chambers' Journal. THE MODOC WAR. 5 A History of the Beginring and Prog= ress of the Troubles—Hicroism of a ¥rontier Woman. Freka (Dec,9) Correspondence San Francisco Chroniele. The unexpected breaking out of what prom- ises to be a long and vexatious Indian war on this border has created the most intenge excite- | ment among the settlers in' Northern Californis and Southern Qregon. The Modoc Indians, & tribe of which buta remnant remains, have long been 2source of un- casiness to the settlers in Southern Oregon. Of all the other tribes they have shown the least disposition to abide by the rules of tho Indian Department or tho wishes of the citizona. By rezson of thelr superior intelligence and less tractablo nature they have gencrally msnaged to have their own way 50 10ng &s they did no actual deeds of violence. In this way they bave lived Dby sufferance, &0 to_spesk.: Their comp was at the mouth of Lost River, whers it emp- ties into tho Tule or Rhett Lake, and they gob their living by hunting and fl:lung, and oftimes by stealing from the settlers whor good chance. This_past summer the country about Rbett and ath Lakes and on the ’banks of the Lost River has been hr%;:ly settled by peoplo mostly from tho neighborhood of Eugene and Jackeonville. Theee %;0 le wero well awaro of the nature of the Modocs, and Imey, alao, of their suppreseed hostility; but, relying puly on the Goverament and partly on their own ability to protect themselves, they Tived in comparative pesco and quiet. The Modoc band is under command of Captain. Jack, a stalwart Indion, who is well known ab this place, having como hero often to purchaso supplies of whiskey and tho like. Iam told that Captain Jack’'s costume on these vigits consisted of wnothing but a black silk stovepipe and o gray woollen blankot. He ‘llw?a carried himself rather inso- lently, and had many a quarrel hero with people who he fancied had insulted him. Tho other prominent members of the band are Sear-faced Charley, Bogus Chazley, One-oyed Weichman, the Doctor, and Black Jim. The former is an Indian of grent bravery, and is sald to be & desperado of the worat kind. _He, too, has often visited Yreks. Ho spesks English quito well, and at the Leginning of the trouple acted 23 ine terpreter between tho troops and Captain Jack, who is ignorant of the language., The other In- dians, avout ninety in numbcr, nré all warriors, and are regarded as despersto men. They have repeatedly sworn that they will never go on the Teservation on Roguo River, where the remnants of other iribes are fast being collected, and it was & final attempt on the part of the Govern- mont to put them thero which has led to the re~ cent ontbrealk. During the past summer the Modocs in their camp at the mouth of Lost Rtver looked on tie increased immigration to their neizhiorhood with » good deal’ of jeclonsy. They inew thak 23 tho conntry filled ap they woald Eo compelled to givo way and fically suomit to going on the reservation. In consequonce of thiy they soon ‘became more troublesome. In their mannor fo- ward tho new seitlers they were particulerly in- golent—genarelly troating them in a manner which implied the most 1ntense Latred. ‘They would often go to o ranch in the absence of tho settler, walk up toa fira whera a meal was be- ing cooked for the wife and children, toko tho provisions, and mxke the most_ {righsful threats against’ the women if any opposition was shown. T'hey would go to other gettlers’ enbin, take the food right off the table, frighten the family, and threaten to burn the ranch if resisted. Finally things got so bad that tho sebtlers resolved to do something for their own protec- tion. Abount two months ago they unitadina petition to Supcrintendent Odenenl, Superin. tendent of Indiun Affeirs for the District of Ore- gon, requesting that he teke menauras toremove tho Modocs, Captain Jack, Bear-faced Chmiey, and all included, to the Indian Rescrvation on Rogue River. Jir. Odeneal laid the pe:ition, together with a statement of the c2so, before tho Commissioner of Indian Affairs st Washington. ‘That cfticer at once ordered that the Aodous be Inced on their reservation, peaceably. if possi- Ele, but foreibly if necessary. -Tho order was of the most peremptory character, and Superin- tendent Odenesl proceeded to the Indien camp at Rhett Take to procure its enforcement. Tio Chiefs, Captain Jack and Scar-faced Charley, beard 'of his epprosch, and, knowing what it meant, refused to meet , 2nd got his authori- ty at defiance, and sent word to him that they were fully determined to remain in their camp, and would never go on their reservation. Tort Klamath is situated _sabous forty miles north of the Indisn camp. It is garriconed by Company B, of the First Cavalry, and Company T, of the Twenty-first Infantry, under the com- ‘mand of Major Jackeon. To this point Superia- tondent Odencal now repaired, and requestod Major Jeckson’s aid in carrying out his_order. He placed the order in the Major's hands and stipulated that it -shonld be carried out withont bloodshed if possible, and that a force sufficient to overawe the savages ehould be used. DBut the coursge and disporition of Captain Jack's baud seem to have been underrated, for Major Jaci- son startad out with_only _thirty-five cavalty to effect the object desired. The Indianathen num- ‘bered one hundred, and it is folly to believe that they would allow thirty-five covelrymen to frighten them into submission. On Thenksgiving day Major Jackson's eom- mand, accompanied by fvan Applegate, a settlor ab Cle=r Lake, and James Brown, messenger of the Indian Department, arrived at the Indizn cemp at the mouth of Lost River. They ar- rived there at early dawr and quietly surrounded the camps on either gide of the river—Afsjor Jackson taking the side on which was located Captain Jack’s cabin, and Applegate, with ten or twelve citizens, taking the other side, whero sbout half of the warriors had their huts, When all was ready, the- presence of the mili- tary was made known, and ‘instantly the camp became 2 scene of confusion. Indians ran hither and_thither, soized their guns, and hud- dled together in & sullen manner, apparently roady to flee at n moment's notice. Major Jack- son asked if any of the Indiens spoke English, Scar-faced Charley came forward gunin hand and said gogrily that ho did. Major Jackson then explained to Charley the nature of the order from Washington, and requested the Modocs to 0 to the reservation quietly. - Charley interprot- ed to Captain Jack and the other Indians, all of ‘whom shook their heads and turned their backs in token of unqualified refusal toobey the order. ‘While Major Jackson was deliberating_ what to do, Bear-faced Charley suddenly raiced his 2nd fired at Lieutenant Boutelle, who - stood in front of Lis meu. . This, of course, was the signal for battle. Lieutenant Bontelle promptly returncd the fire, and the fight at once became general. Scar-face Charley fired moro than & dozen shots, and tho others kept up a sharp firing at the troops, who Dy this time had ranged themselses in order of ‘battle. The officers and men stood their ground well and fought bravely, but they were largely outnumbered by the Indians, who had also an advantage in ground. While the battlo was going on with thie troops, Applogate and Brown, with the settlers on_the opposite side of the rivor, Wero not idle. Whilo the patley was going on with Major Jackson, they took several guns away from the Indians on their eide, but when the firing began the battlo opened Lers too. Three or four Indians were killed on thia sido of the river, and ono citizen—John Thurber, & gettler wholad joined the party. Major Jack- son's command sufferpd quito severely, one sol- dier being killed and four wounded, two of them mortally. Seeing that the Indians were too strong to be dielodwed or subdued with the force ot his com- mend, Major Jackson withdrew the troops to the other eide of the Tiver, to care for his wounded. It is not known how many Indians were wiped ot by the troope, but probably not more than three or_four. The Indians who had been fight- ing the Bm\m-ApElaga!a gnfly flea across the river, and joined their band under Captain Jzck, and, s Major_Jackson hadalrerdy crossed to join Brown and Applegate, tho iwo forces eyed Lok “other from the opposite banks all night long. So far the Indians had tho best of it, but toward morning, of the 20th, they deserted their camp, lesving their women 2ud children at the mercy of the military, who at once crassed over and took them prisoners. The Indians fled down the eastern shoro of Tule or Rihett Luke, but it was not supposed then that they intend- ed war against the defenceless ssttless’ in that section. . After tho battle was over, Captain Jackeon sent » messenger to Linkvillo, whero Odencal was waiting, with the usual flaming militery re- port. He seid that eighteen Indizus wore Lilled, inclnding Captain Jack, Scar-faced Charley, and others, and that {he rest of the band’ had seattered in- every . direction. Ho had captured the women and_children, end ho bo- ligved that oll danger of further tronblo was over. Relying mpon the truth of this report, and belioving that all troublewas at an end, tho n they got = | Superintendont sterted for Jacksonville. Thrco | hotrs pfter his grrivel there, Mr. Cobn, the Land Officer, at Linkvillo, arrived at_the'Ash- Innd witlr the” alarming intelligenco that after tho Indians by : of defenceless citizens; that Wedelin Nuss, & sheop-berder named Duich Charley, snd threa men on tho Bquxm‘:h, had been killed ; that worhien and children were fiying for their lives, and that not one of the Indien leaders had besn cither killed or captured. * ‘Tho Superintendent at once returned to Lake- -ville to sea what could be done, and siuce. then zothing has been accomplished by the troops, al- though it is eaid that they aro in activo pursuit, As the Indians have not moved out of an ares of 20’ miles, howevor, end are not yeb captured, it is safe to say that the pursuil hes not been vory vigorous. Indeed, as I telegraphed the Chionicle last night, the Major, until within two or three days pest, has not moved out of his camp, and did not do it then until reinforcad by forty Klamath Indians, under command of Cap- tain Ferre. ® * When the Modocs left their camp on the night of the battle they started down tho%utum shore of the lake. Tho first persons they mef were Wedelin Nuss and the sheep-herder, Daich Charley, who were coming up the road in perfect ignorance of what -was going on. The Indians &t onco fired mpon Nuss, killing him inatantls, snd mortally wounding his companton. Leaving both in the roadway, they went on to the Bufl.d{ ranch, aboat two miles below, where wers Will- 1am Boddy, William Cravigan, and Richard Cra- vigan. William Boddy was the first attacked and shot down instantly. -The Cravigans wero off in. the woods aftor a load of rails, but the Indians followed the wagon trail inta the woods' and £00n came upca them. Theywero both mardered before they had a chance even to beg for mercy. The Indians then stripped the bodies, aud, un- ‘hitching the horses, threw tho bodies across the wagon fongue, whers they left them, of course taking the horses with them. The next place .they seem to have made for was the. Brotherton ranch. On the way they overtook Willism Bratherton and his two sons, aged mecfively elaven and twenty-two years. They! been in the woods for a 10ad of Tuel, and_were then ap- proaching the ranch on their rofurn with two four-horze teams. . The Indians under the command of Scar-faced Chaxloy et once stopped tho toams 8ad._shot down the elder Brotherton as he sat on the wagon. The two boys trisd to ran, but were led before they had gone fitty ifl.rds. The Indians then uchitched the eight horses, mounted them and started for the house, whers they doubtless intended the murder of the rest of the Drotherton family—the mother and two young sons, mere boya. Here they met the first check. Theplucky woman, suspecting that something was wrong from the fact that they were mounted on her hnsband’s horses, resolved to sell hor life dearly. She had three ritles in the houso, and putting one in the honds of each of her sons, she locked the door and built a barri- cade behind the windows of escks of flour. Then she waited the approach of the Indians. They soon came up and demanded admittance. Tag brave womsn's anawer was & riflo bullet, which she sent crashing through the skull of one of tho savages. The hoys also bogan firing, and the Indians taking shelterin some trees rezarned the fire vigorously, but without doing any dam- ago: The woman and her two sons kept up tho battle, and it was not long before anotier In- dian was Lilled. Tor two days, or until the night of tho 2d inst., the daring woman kept wateh, rifle in hand, but the Indiany did not re- new their attack. Ske had beaten them off, and kept them at guch a distance that they could not ‘burn the house, That night George Flock and party camo up snd rescued Mrs. Brotherton and her children, carrying them to the settlemonts. X inve been unabls as yot to learn tho particu- lors of any more of thomurders except that of Heury F. Miller, who was taken from his wegon in the road and carried off, as is supposed, for toriare. Miller was exceedingly unpopular with the Modocs, ho heving on 5 good many occasions treated them harshl, ©Once ho drew a gun on Scar-facod Charloy, it is e2id, and this probably accounts for his having baen reserved for tor- ture. Miller's team was taken off by the sava- | ges, but the wagon was found in the woods nd near it the body of- & man whose name is un- Inown, but who was employed by Miller es © woodchopper, and was known to be with him et the time of the massacre. Miller was un- doubledly taken fo the southern shore of Rhett Lake, ‘where the Indians now havo their head- aquarters, and asthe Modoca were nover known totake a prisoner except for purpoges of torture, it is almost a cert2iniy that he s been maorder- cd by inches. > At this writing, the'situation moy be summed up o4 follows : The party under Captain Jack ere still at large. None of them hsvo been captured. They are raiding and marsuding around the nicighborhoodof the Java-beds, south of "Tule or Rhett Lako, where they will probably stey antil rooted ont by the military. P A e i PRESIDENT GRANT. The ¢ Atlantic Monthly?? on His Eew Elcction. Trom the Atlantic Monthly for December. The Presidential election 15 over at last, end the pation breathes freer in the security of its delivery from Mr. Greelsy end his galvenized Democracy. _For this it’ may ressonsbly bs grateful fo General Grant, who hes a second time saved the Union—not now from rebellion and dissolution, ss before, but from an up-rising of office-seckers under the lead of an ersatic, unstable, and _ill-advised philsnthropist—from confusion, and corruption, and absurdity, and babble, and iuk-shed, no end. For all this we ate Tight to be gratefal, but in onr gratituds lot us not forget that as to govern- mental reform we have no surer prospect than wo had one year ago ; let us remomber that the faults of General Grant’s character inyoked the dangers from which he has saved s ; let us con- sider that if Grant the President had been_dif- fornt, Greeley the candidste would nob bave been at all ; let us look at the facts of the late campaign and the present situation in the face, and now that we are saved, lot us seo from what Genoral Grant is to be saved. Every party found presented by the Presiden- tial clection only & choica of evils. It was so confessed by the tariff and civil service reform- ers who originated the Cinoinnati Convention, and unwittingly prepared the instrumentalities for the nomination of Horace Greeloy. It was freely declared by tho Democratic party whea it Tatified this nomination. It was =o regarded by the thinking portion of the Republican party, ‘who demanded an elevation of the character of tke Government in all its branchies, which they could not expect under a renewsal of the term of Grant's Presidency. But they had the measure of the evils and inabilities of the present Admin- istration, and theyhavo decided to hold to it tather than take the immeasurable risks of the administration of Horace Greoley, and of & restoration of the Democratic party to power. The election of Grant is therefore the choica of the lesser evil. It is not an ungualified indorse- ‘ment of his conduct, nor a deciaration of popu- lar contentment with the present status for an- other four years. On the contrary, his re-elec- tion liberates a reform sentiment “which was re- ressed by tho necessities of the election contest. "Pho sense of having been placed at disadvant- age before the enemy by the shortcomings of the Administration, will give the reform demand an energy it did ot have before. The wounds of the battle will give- an unwonted sharpness to criticiem in the Administration party. Whatever load the supporters of the President have had to carry in the fight will now be freely cast upon him, and his conduct will be subject to a severity of judgment which will Le something new to our party experiences. i Tho paradox that tho renomination of the Prasident withont any apperent opposition, and B0 vigorous a contest by his party for his re- clection, was not & fall indorsement of him by his supporters, seems to require explanation, although it is plain eacugh to political obsery- ers. A Government which, in all its branches and details, is subject to elections =t short pe- Tiods, draws & great number of its citizens into tho pursuit of oftice, and creates a ‘great fabric of political machinery which i o controlling | power in_nominations. The vast patronage of the President, dispensed through Congressmen, 2nd by thesoe through local Conumittees and man- Bgin%upo!iticians, furnishes the means for wicld- ing tlis political machine, Whe dispensers and recipionts of big palronage are all boand by their own interest to promote his renomination. Whether he orders it or not, all the power of his patronage i3 exerted for Lis ronominstion. ractically this power ia irrosistible. It is sugi- Cient to make the support of eny candidate against the President seom unfaithlulness to tho guly. Under ordinary circumstances no mem- er of the party could expect to succeed in & contest ith the hoad of the Administration for the party nomination. Such a contlict inside the party, in tho faco of & powerful encmy, would exposo it to defeat. Thercfore the pariy shuns such a contest, and is led into a spisit of intoler- aace toward competing aspirants, and their sup- Bfixters, In tho nature of things, while tho zesident desires a renomination, it 8 practicel- \y impossible for any to compete with him, at least until he has had the second term, which, in. our traditions, is duo to & good President. And besides all this, a multitude in the tepub- lican party had that blind confidence in 'Grant which the mass always have in_their leader in succesaful war, and that steadfast allegiznco which groga-eat of such s relation, extended from militéry"to political triumph, Thus -the fact of the rencminstion is accounted for, al- though there is in the Republican party, not oxcepting even those public men who seem fo bo personal adherents of Grant, a wide-apread feel- vation of the character of the Administration, tion battle will liberate this' feeling and be necessary for the President to heed, an which it would be wmise ia him to snti b iving signs that ko is alive to the public seaci Eilitics. 1t is necessary that free public jour- nals which desire the success of iie Administra- tion should speak plainly on these matters; for the Japanese Alikado is not more completely cat off from'all Learing of unfavorable opinions of his conduct on the part of his persoral support- ors than is President Grant. _'The power which a President possesses, and the fact that throngh his patronage he holds the political fute of ove Administration Congressman in his hand, swoul 10 a great oxtent provent any_President from hearing the truth }:om those about him; but it is well known that this evilis increased by the osition of President Grant, which inclinea im to regard with aversion any who speak to him of faults of conduct. It may bo that tho character of the Exacutive ‘branch will rank with that of tho Legislative ; but it ought to be much atove it. Tho Presi- -dent’s broader constituency, longer term of of- fico, and vast poer to conirol tho party, enable him to take a n'fher stand aud to direct public opinion. The Member of Congress travels, as Napoleon said of an army, on his stomach. He is continnally loooking to his base, and his chief concern i to stop the mouths of bls supporters with odices, and to work tho machinery for his ro-election. But the President is lifted above these conditions. IIs can have a tone which will make the influence of the Administration elevating in all brackes of Government. IF his tons s low, his influenco is powerfal to degrade the Legislaturo and the entiro pub- lic servico. He is responsible, not only for hig edministrative acts, but for his example. Itis not enough that he lets things take their course. If e be not qualified to kavo an affirm- sgtive poliey in affairs, he may at least make the Execative Department an example of strict in- togrity, of & hugh senso of duty, of a rigid seati- ent of honor, and of good manners, which are akin to good morals. It was unfortunate that Grant came into offica with the conspienous gifts of citizens totho suc- cessful Genoral who In the linoof precedents wag the coming President. When Lo showed an inclination to call the givers to high places in tho Governmant, it . fave the opposition a weapon againet him. When he took & share inthe gift that citizens wero contributing to General Sher- man, and in his eagerness - involved himself in tha scandal with Mayor Bowen, ht compromised his personel dignity, and exhibited qualities un: becoming to his station. It ia not & great draft upon the public purse, nor » creation of dsngercus family influenco, when the President appoints a dozan or more of his relations to ofice; but it is a bad example, and shows 2 low view of the Presidontial office. Bub for worse than this was the scendal of a President’s brother-in-law at the Capital, follow- ing the profession of agent for claims againat the Government, carrying his family influsnce into the subordinnid Kxecutive departmonts whero sach claims aro judged, end actnally—as ko testitisd beforo & Congrassional Committee— | appealing cases from tho Depattments to the Presidens, and appearing beforo him to argue them. In effect, tnis was tho ssle of the Prosi- dent’s induence ogainst the ends of justice by his brother-in-iaw. tho Capital aro mattors of no great momont in' the adairs of Government, nnd his froquent junketing oxcursions _cobld be _ezoused, ut for his proolivity for & peen- lisr kind of ° entortainers who bring him and the Presidential offico into disre- pute; and expose Lim to be mede te instramont of designs upon tha Governmeat. \vhea tha gold conspiracy to make s private-speculation ab the cost of wide-spread ruin of the innocent burdt upon the public on the memorable Black Fridy, the public mind was shecked by thg in- telligence that the President had Lecn caaght in the toils of the conspirators, end kad been raado to do their bidding by writing a letter to Sccre- tary Bovtwell advising him ngzainst incroasing his sales of ficld. Tho eifect was not mitigate by the fact that the conspirators had ent: the President’s family in the plot. The publ pastly excused him with the charitablo plos ¢+ e wa3 deceived by the sharpers Gowd and Fiek; but there was a general fealing the! tho President of the United Stafes should not hy: mado companions of men 80 notorions &2 ra Tobbers, nor raceived hospitalities avd other favors from them. The American peo‘gne do not fear thai tho President’s surrounding himeelf with miilitary attendands means & design to_sabvert tho Gove ernment: bat jealousy of military surrouadings and menners belongs to free insiitutions sud to the sfi!n—ie of froe people, and tke disregard of this shows a lack of perception of popuiir sonti- ment, or a contercpt for it. 1t is true that Congress is laggatd and reluct- ani in the work of CivilService fisform ; but the President bas not tho trammels that bind Con- gressmen, He can wield a provailing inluenco in promoting the nesded legisiatiom. ‘put the methods of reform into prectice, by re- taining and promoting caprcity, fidelity, and ex- perience, snd by refusing “to remove any czpablo end faithful Toffcer to mako place for s partisen _retainer, waiting for legislation. PBut while he aska of Congress leguslation to coerce him to reform the mode of appointments to the civil service, e presents to tho country sach a scandal as tho New York Custom Honse, with its_disreputable official service and its unofficial levies upon the merchants, regulated by bis own hand. « It is trno that when the President cansed our caso o bo presented to the Geneva Tribunal with our coneequental injuries extended to the speech of Mr. Sumner and the almost unanim vote of the Benate acd the geroral ecceptance of the country, and that his late competitor wen_ beyond this with & wild proposition that our claims should be mado the ground for demand- ing the cession of Canadsa; but it carnot ba for- gotten thet between these events the Presi- pent’s ostensiblo reason for the peremptory dis- missal of Mr. Motley was that ha stated fo tho British Minister the case of our injuries too strongly, although it camo far short of the case progented at Geaeva. The Republican party did notseek a statesman for Presidont when it chose General Grant; for it could not have expected & statesmanin him. It choso him because the glory reflected on him in the popular view by tho military triumph guve him a political availability which would be useful, and which if not eecured by it might bo Jeading policy of statesmanship. But it ha the right o expect from him an exemple duty, dignity, regard for law, and a high self-' respect which would have a beneficont infusnce on tho other branches of Government and on the whole Executive sersice. Yet thers is a common impression that General Grant takes & low view of the Presidential office; that he Iooks upon it a8 & personal affair; thet he makes & calcnletion of what is due him {rom the yaluo of the office e gave upto take this; and that he regards it as & reward of merit. All these things and otkers have made the la- ‘or of the recens contost much greater tothe Administration Elrty than it would have been with any Republican of fair standing, withont an Administration record, for & caudidate. The election having_given to General Greot an- other term of office, this feeling in Lis party should have free expression. His {riends cam not do him a greater servico than to subject Lis conduct st every step to severo judgment. At the beet ho will_have a ditficult part to play. ‘Whether he shall show an amenability to intelli- geat public sentiment and shzll rise above the personal view of the Presideucy, will govern tha event whether Lo shall coutinue to hava the sup- port of a successful party, and sball leavo it in the control of the country whon he retires to private life, or whether hia re-election shall pre- cipitate a disintegration of the Republican party which will make his administration helpless, and will leave Lim to terminate bis oflicial careor fol- lowed oy (ho repronchies of the party what eleg) ed him, and with none to do him honor. _ . German Use of Xyol in 5nm.u-ro:.\_ A good deal of interest uas been excited tho %ublinhed goecess of xyol—dimethyl ek zol, one nf the many products of the distillegs of 'woal tar—23 a remedy for small-pox, for; which it has beea applied .for & considerable® time, in Borlin, by Dr. Xeulzer. Tho experi- | ments are_statod to have proved yery satisfac- tory, and itsuse in one of the principal hospitals of Terlin is becoming very extended. Ti:o dose* of thia substance for an adult is from ten to f- teen drops, end from thres to five for children,) overy fow bours, No iujurious effect has hith- erto’boen noted, oven when given in consider- obly groater quanlity. It is afir}ind from tke - oarliest period of the disease till the complets ; drying up of the pustales. Tho best mothod 03 administering the xyol is in capsules, which row faraished containing threo, eight, and twelvo drops, thoughit can be given drop by drop In wine or water. —The death of Sylvester’ Cheuvin, the third oldest citizen of St. Louis, is announced. —2r._Cauchon, having resignbd from ths Quebeo Legislature to save expuision (o bal dabbled in Governmont contracts and made $2¢ 735), 18 to be proseeated for illegally sitting ing of discontent with him, and among all the Uunking elssses & feeling thab wo need an ele- the Assembly. The fine, if imposcd, is §3U0 The removal of tke outer preszurs of the elec; He caiem ivo rebounding energy of expreszion whic ihé‘ Tho summer sbsences of the President fromt w without *” cost of the war, he went no further than tho u s turned against it. It would, tharefore, be no- | Teasonable to demsnd of him n posifive ead | e c 11