Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1872, Page 7

‘PERIODICAL LITERATURE. Fortnightly Review and London Quarterly. Fawcett on * The Nationaliza- 2 tion of Land.” :The Personnel of Fourier P_'Ehg Tortnightiy Reviews ety Fawcet, M. P., who 1s well known for momic gtudies. which are of extraordinars ‘Ta5igs considering that he labors under the i 7peguliar disadvantage of being blind, opens e S Fprinightly Review with a paper on * . “iTHE NATIONALIZATION OF LAND,” which he shows cause why the schemes o the ““hjternationals other modern Socialists for the Zablition of private roperty in Jand can never e Sands to worl. 24 why, if they.cold, the el wonla be simpiy greater sociel smd” eco- IS lle than those from which the Socialists ¥ flee” He says: 3 i siop the present 15 et 1o et Bty oftho sbuties. Setent authorities eay ihat Lbf value of sll tke and-{housea of this countrs, / cannot be less than £ form of 2 State rt of this polics . ‘groduction, For, had been ncurred 1n ac- s and Louses, it is proballe that at leastan Swould be iavolved in pirchesicg the rail- % ines, buildings, snd variow other sppiiances mmmm Bustrial plap.of the commuaity. =" Bk, confining our attention to ti firet transaction, J&t:0s inguire_ in what way, ond won what term, the 8 world obtzin this £4,500,000000. In order to put thé'Ease g6 fairly o possible, letit Le assumed that 3 firianpial credit of the countr- has ot "been in the g test degree injured by tR social snd poltical FeEaltion which the memberiof the Internationale Themdelves admit must in ail probubility take place . beforathey can Lopo o ee thr schemes ‘practically ealized. It oy, therefore, 1o granted that tho foun oA be raised or the same terms a8 Jif mothing bad DoctTed to disturb ihe creds of the comutiy Our “@oreriment is now able toX0rrow at the Iate of 3X Teent: Sir John Lwibbock, Who, 33 ooe Of he Jeading London smkers, has had great ce 18 monotary a{airs, expresses & conhident Sion that the raieing A 50 farge s loan would in- the rate of Interec st least 1 per cent, It, there- it ;; appesrs, after makNg proper allowance for the ‘%fia"mmfinn 2o yauagement, that tho Govern- s \ment would not be abls to borrow this £4,500,000,000 Jat leas than 43¢ per cat. There is, in fact, every rea- B £o supposa that 1twould be necessary t0 pay 3 con= miderally highicr ratodf iuterest. If, however, what may bo Pegarded as io mintnum rate of only 4} per 4, 1l puual chiatge Snvolved in 6uch & loan would be .£202,00,000. This sum excoeds by gear- z‘:hn- times O present nations] debt. Aftermuking allgwance for expenees fnvolved o manugement, _collection of rents, u repairs, and in the ion of new baildings, it can scarcely be doubted ‘the land and Louse property In ihis country does >t ‘yield upon s present merket pricea returu of ~ e then i per tent., Thero would, therefore, bs 3 Joee of 13 per cet upon the purchase, or, inother ot therd would be an anuual deficit of £50,600,000, . Thds lirge deficiency would exist, even if the rent of -7 Jand and houses was in every single jnstence maine tained st iis preseut high level Bat is not reduc- o ia ent tho chiel advibtago which e advocatcs of“this ntionalizing policy Lope fo eecure? Tho belief that laud is too dear and timt houre- rent i too high is the chief canso which Las . led fo tho enthusisstic adoption of tho pro- _pasal; and the members of the ILaternationale and £ Other Bocizlists would be the first to admit that they ‘had been bitterly disappointed and_cruelly deceived if they found, after their schemes had been reallzed, that erc cbliged to psy just as high s pricona ever for permiesion to cultivate the Jana ot for the privi- lege of abtaining o certain amonut of house-accomino~ dstion. It muy, therefore, be fairly concluded that, if ‘tho Stite purchssed tho land and Louses, the travsics Hon wonld involve an sanusl loss of at Jesst £50,000,~ 000, and ko loss would be far greater than this if renis ‘wrere not maintained at what is o generslly denounced #a their present extravagant rate. .. Beside this, must be considered the jobbery, miemanagement, extravagance, and incapacity, which always attend Governmental administra~ tion. This wonld add £10,000,000 & year to the zost of nationalizing the land. To many it may seem as if Mr, Faweett were wasting his time in tiscassing o project which, to Americans, Reema = B0 preposterous ; but it must bs borne in mind that the English land question is one of mo~ mertons importance, and, in addition, that, 28 8 matter of ebstract politico-economical theory, 20 less eminent thinkers than John Stuart 8- .und Herbert Spencer have yielded » the doctrine that individual owner- hipof Iandiss public wrong. Thereare diffi- culties atiending tho echeme besides its ex- pense. * What method of selection is it pro- posed to adopt in order to decide who ehallbe the favored tenants to be located on fertile and picturesquo land within casy resch of large towns ; and who, on tha other hand, ate to be (e unfortunates who sre to be doported to the | blesk moors of Yorkshire or to the dreary i.{ westes of Butherlandshire ¢ | Competition would at once arise between the “rich and the poor, and the latter would soon be 25 bodly of 8s at present. Even if the Bocialists’ dreem of the sboli- - tion of competition were realized in one direction, “it would simply exest its setiv- ity in a somewha! different direction. If the State decided to let every plot of land afan uniform rate, it is obvions that there would be 5 active a competition as there is now £o obtain ths mot fertile and the mast conveniently-situ- “ted ellotment; The Government Wuwd have slaced in its handssn entirely unprecedented sportunity of rewarding friends and of punieh- \g foes. The yast sum which is represented by 3 difference invaluo bfmesn the mors pro- < "and the less productive land would bs iy placed st the disposal of the State to 28 E&tmnnge. As natural conse- 20, the whoie community would be demor- od And degraded.” The theory is, thet fhe State should let tho E’nfi & fair and moderate rent. ‘‘Baut, if the osition of modersto rents is that which is iced, it is msnifost that the cherging of o - gniform price for the use of land would entirel defeat tho object sought to be attained. 4 - ponnd an acre would be an extremely modersio wrice to pay for some land; but, in other - Rtances, it would represont 8 rent eo excessija -that, if it were. imposed, land would be thrown - put of cultivation, Five pounds an scre chargal for land in tho neighborhood of large tovns may be very much lower rent than two shillings &1 scro for land on the Scoteh or North of England THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, With regerd, dy been ziads t ‘once be car- ried out 0 1B onure, o ‘hs most com- Jicated, costly, and dilatory Jegal systems that humen Jigenuily ever devized. Law isso expensive that the Door iave constantly to submit to wrong without any Ehance of oblaining redress, It ia a truism to assert {hat, when justice is desr, & premium 15 placed upon fraud, . - ‘Arthar J. Booth concludes his paper on the worka and life of FOURIER, . and gives this sketch of tho personnel of this singuler character: - Hé 1r described 38 man rather under the usual Beight, With delicate festures, and peculiarly expres- sive auntenince, His blug eyes ware brillitut when ‘aninated, and remarksble for mildness ip repose. His Tight brown bair, changed by ago into s silsery white, ercircled a forebead distinguiebed for the beauty of 1% form, its height snd smoothness, In youts, be (8 1a1d o tiave been of & lively and garcastic Lumor, ahich be induiged in satirical verses and [am- poons. But, ~ #s he incressed I o yedrs his countenance acquired a cast of melanchal i and be was rarely seen to smile. He became sa retl- Ccent ns celdom to epesk except toanewer 3 direct ques- Yion, which he Q1d as briey a8 possible, aud then re- lapeed into eilence. ‘When alone with a few tfffil;;lfl Trionds, however, he would expound bis views oo ility oud cloguence; his babitusl pensiveness Wou Vonih, and the Are of enthusizsm rekindlo In his eje. e genorally weat about with big stick properly notche e messuring.rule, aud would take the imensicas of 50y pullding that struck bim, He would atop std- Sty in o street, of o the middle of & conversatin, il on¢ his note-book, and make aD entry of whaterer friliant idea hud passed throngh his braio. He Jived almost entirely alone, snd In h\l_lfl]!iur’ wilks Bo would talk aloud snd d with_energy to Himeelf, o habit that led_him not tnfrequently t» bo ‘mistaken for lunatic, Very different estimates 3sve Peen farmed of the extent of bis knawledge, In Yuth o read much, and collected a grest deal of crud: lo- formation upon many subjects. To this he addel bis own epeculations, which he wae apt st_times to Bub- stitute for more positive knowledge, In latteryears e read very little, except the ‘current newspapers or ‘magazine litersture, _His time was principally evoted fo writing snd the elaboration of his own theores. 1t a3 big habit fo begin work esrly in the mornng and Tog0 for 1 sbort walk after every two houre appleation. His works are very long; they are filled with strange | words and endlees repetitions. They affect extreme fetentific precision, and fables of snalysiaabound. Thuey are adorped by oceasional hieroglyphies, #2d by tettors or numerals turned upsige down, Ihey nre curious to look at, but most Hresome foresd, Fourler spoke in public with clewness aud ssse, but withoutany. pretegsivn fo oratorial effect. o swas very fond of animals, sud_especialy of cats. Te had an intense horror of catergillars,—tie emblem, he asid, ot civilization,—~and would not, 0 their ac- Sount it upon the grass. Hoonce behed a spider pon the calling over hla bed. Ho Jumpedup, sud, sl ‘Tmost naked, Tushed franticaliy about the Jouse to 1~ plore assistance to remove the terrible npprition. e T¥as 2 ind and generons friend, He woud take any amount of trouble to perform o service ; and, ont of Lia cwvn small {ncome, he e abloto do mny v:drka % unostentatious charity. He was sever married, B tothe ot riy fickle B his attach- ments, and, notwithstanding the conjexuro of his bi- ozrapher 0 the contraty, wo may dotot if ever his ears bad boea toucled L tho purifyhg infuence of ove, Other stticles are: ¢ Codifiation in India md Toglasd’—by I, Fitzjenos Stepben ; * Cause and Design,"—by_H. Lawrenoy; * The New Heloisa,"~by tbe Editor, John Morley ; “The Eustace Dismonds,”—Chape. L};!x. to LXXITI,—by Anthony Tmfloga, M. Nichol's “Baonibal,' "—by Algernon Chirles Swinburne ; « Critieal Notices,” by Sidney Jolyin; A Let- ter to the Editor,"—by Montague Cookson. The London Quarterly. The London Quarterly fo_October, vepub- lished by tho Leonard Scot: Pubiishing Com- ny, containg articles on the following gub- ecta: *The Duke of Wellngton a8 a Cabinet inister;” *The Complefion of St. Panl's;” “haron Stockmar;? “Tie Consciousnesa of Dogs;” ““Velaaguez;” ¢fournal of s French Diplomatist in Italy;" *Esst African Slave- T'rado;” “The Position of Parties.” Mx. Greeley as n Political Editors From the NewYork Tribunt. We have said not a litle of the character of the Iatae LLr. Greeley, bit thers was o phase of it to which specific allrsion mnst yet in justice bemade. 5o much of his life and strength was given to politics, he vas 8o identified with tho ‘partisan struggles of his time, so warman 2d- ‘nirer and 50 good a 3ater of the course of pub- Jic men, 8o staunch + Whig end so uncompromis- ing s Republican 88 to principles, however little he might regard nemes, tbat men came Dot maturally to think of him a8 simply a partisan: Nothing could be more curi- ously unjust. Do critical jndgment could be mora easily and suthoritatively refated. 1tis as if one who is alvays giving ebould be charged with solfishness ; 28 1f a liberal religionist should b accused of the theological batreds. All who Dave beon other than caroless readers of the Tribune ¥now that, in the conduct of this news- ‘ho never suffered himself tobe betrayed aper, Y o any considerstions of party expedi- oncy into apy politic sophistications of the truth, He wis quite as sharp a censor of those with whom he was allied a3 of those to whorm ho was usually opposed. He was never for a moment blind to e mistskes snd misdeeds of thosa with whom he was politically associated. Ae he was in the beginning, 0 hé continued to the end, for aceusations of incon- gistency did not in tho lesst frighton him from saying that which be believed to be true. How fitle hio wes mevely & party men, is evident from the fact that 6cores of public charectors ¥ho were nominally with him, were constantly #nd noisily sccusing him of treason, and werajust 8 constantly lsughed at for their pains. No ‘member of the party was so often read oub of it, no newspaper jibed, and snarled so°bitterly st thie Tribune a8 _those which called themselves Republicans. When poor, struggling, and al- most withont any save political friends, he said in the advertiserent of the first number of this journal that he ehould give to the Whig Admin latration *a frank aod cordisl, but mainly and independent support, judging it always by its nots, snd commending thoso only B0’ far 8s they shall seem calculated fo subserve the eat end of sll government—the welfare of the cople.” My leading idea,” ho said yoars afterward, « was tho establishwent of & journel removed, slike froz servile partisanship on the Tho hand, and from gegged mincing noutrality ontheother. * * * Ibelieved therawass happy medium between thege extremes—a posi- tion from which & journalist might openly and heartily advocate the principles and commend ‘ihe measures of that party to which his con- viotions sllied bim, yet frenkly dissent from its course on & particulsr question, snd even denounce its candidates if they wero_shown to ‘be deficient in capacity or (far worse) in integ- rity. I felt that a journal thus loyal fo its gm - ing conviction, yetTeady to sxpose end condemn upworthy conduct or incidental error.on the part of men attached to its party, must bo fsr more effoctive, even party-wise, than thongh it might alvaya be counted on fo appland or reprobato, bloss or curse, as the party’s projudices or im- mediste intereats might seem t0 prescribe.” The day of small. beginnings went by. The journal founded by Mr. Graeley with such noble Tesolution, adhering to these catholic and con- scientions %finclp‘&!, ‘became strong and pros- perons; and we ask 0f thousands upon thous- ands still living who for more than & quarter of * ‘moors. There cannof be greater fallacy that to suppose that the highest-rented land is the dearest, or that the lowest-rented land 18 the " cheapest.” = Another insaperable obstacle is the increase ‘of population: Impracticabloas the Echeme of nationalization hiss been shown 10 be, yet the insurmountsbls difficulttes ~which lg in jts way connot be {ully approciated untit 8 scheme for the maintenance and employment of an increased population. At the present time it isknown 1hst the populatlon of this country is angmented dur- | ing each ten years by about 14 per cent. At ihis rate of {ncresse, population doables aelf in about fty sears, A rapid scccleration in the rate of incrasse of popuistion would be an inevitable result of adopting o ba preainted that the iate,ator havi It is Lo be presume it the State, after having pur- st The 1nd A the mastons ApPIRAC of TaAmEr; Rlstributes them amongst the people s fa &5 posaibls on chesp and equiteble torms, Every one wonid thus, it is supposed, o provided for ; there would ba general squality of Condition; the wealthy might b Jass Fealths, but the poor wowld be less poor; and the : !} Gnd, iastead of being portioned among the fow, would be divided epproximately in equal shares smong the | wholopeople. Itmsybe scumed that the lptment which each would thus have would be sufficient to pro- vide s comfortable maintenance, At the end of ten sears, however, ibers would be 1& per ceat more’ people ' in the country; 85 this extra nnmber ~ wouwld have fo be pro- ided for, it would bo necessary to muke &nother ap- porticament of ths lang smongat the people. 11 tho d was fully occupied before, each indisidual's allot- ment would have to be reduced by about one-seventh 3 either this must fake place, or the increased population would be driven to unproductivo soils which had not previously been regarded ug worth cultivating. This ould be, howerer, the eintroduction of & system of inequality’; the occupiers of the productive land would be regarded as privileged persons, whereas those who were compelied to obtain a maintepanco from unpro- Auctiveland would bo in the unfortunate position of outcasts, In conclusion, Mr., Fawcett points a moral that may be heeded on both gides the Atlantic: It 43 not more, but Jess, State intervention that is aceded. The Leglelsture has conferred the most in- Qisputsble benefits on the community, ot by enacticg zew laws, bt by the repesl of old statutes which have retarded individual energy and impeded frecdom of sction, Aslongusthe State attempted fo regulate trade and to protect industry, there wsa little indus- trial progrees, During the lsst twenty years, the com= merea of this country, relessed from the Ehackles by whicl, throngh successive generatfons, it had been fetterdd, hus' exhibited sn unprecedented derelop- ent. It sy, however, perhaps, be said: Can leglslstion 30 notidng 3 promots b welfsre of d:ns;wplel g o £ Robouagad & Doy f cpmpieto g B or to recommend s ‘complete lative 4 there stUl roaing much work of the S n ‘we inquire what provision would be made under guch ' a century have been deily observers of the T'rib- une if, under the immediate direction or under 1l - inspiration of Mr. Greeley, it has ever, mak- | ing dus allowance for human Infirmity, fallen ho- low the standard which from the first he deter- | mined upon. It wasa Whig journal, but was it . ever tho unguestioning slats of the ‘Whig party or the Whig lesders? 1t was s Republican jour- nal, but did it ever seek to hido the fanits or to extenuate the errors of the Republican leaders ? ‘When was it the custom of M. Greeley totske ‘measures upon trust? When did he fear, while favoring the candidates of & Convention, to cast contempt upon s0_much of its platform as failed to commend iteelf fo his hesd or to his heart? Bo well was this under- gtood in all political circles, that his sup- | port of nay party measure years ago ceased fo o Gounted oo & matter of Gourse, 5o that when i ho did heartily scquiescs in su;pohcy, his conn- tenance had & value indeed! Yet some persons | professed to ba infinitely astonished when he de- Clined to support General Graut for ro-slection : { thowe who were hflnumdn‘:}’ his confidence knew ¢ that his determination had nothing whatever to ! do with his own nomination. This wasin &man- ner forced upon him by circumstances. His own auccess and that of the cause committed to his hands were naturally identified in bis own mind ;- it was easy to esy when ho was grieving for the country that he was grieving for himself ; bat those who nipqlnuy attered sach a suggestion were absolutely incapable of apprecisting the rare nobility of his'mature, Ho was & public croature, and had nothing 80 much at heart ss tho fidelity of his_conntry to ber professions. Ho was often hardly less anxions and perturbed ab crises when ho was within named nor thought of for offica. ‘There i8 the party man who is mothing more than & mere politician; whose dags are spent in the management of intrigues, and whose nights are full of dreams of aggrandizement and of personal preferment; who thinks that no bill can be passed and no candidate elected except by stratagem; whofancies that mean and mous- ing ways are slways best, if not noblest: who, in selocting nominees, does not ack what aro their qualificstions or what their charactors, bot whether they aro available; Who whispers in lobbies and Who guesses in con- ferences; who is eure that overy omo s his price, and that he is to bo bought if only that ‘price can bo paid ; who has reduced onr Ameri- can politics to the low level of a gambling-gama, and the Presidential canvass to _somothing ‘hardly beiter than & sharp commercial {ransac- tion. Such s mea Ilr. Greeley ceriainly was not. ‘There is the man of principle who Tecog- nizes party organization 18 to B certain ex- tent necessery, and who eccepts its moans while rojecting its mastery; who regerds no aseocisto a8 froed from s criticism and ve- buke by party affliations; who thinks con- sistency a respectable but never an imperative condition ; who believes an election honorably Jost better for the common weal than an elec- tion dishonorably wonj who may differ from Tis opponents and et be willing o _act with them in matters upon which there is substantial accord ; who recognizes the right of no conven- tion, of no clique, of no caucus, and of no com- mittee, to pledge his voice sud his vote in ad- vance for messures Xuegative or positive, to ‘which his conscienco refusos assent 5 who is not to be wheedled, nor bribed, nor bullied into do- ing what he believes to bo wrong 5 sud who de- niesthe yalue of parties after thefr occasions hava paased eway. Such & man, whether =8 a Whig, a Republican, a Congreesman, & Delegate, an Editor, Mr. Greefey certainly was. Who, as ha now lies in his honored grave, would have had him different ?. Who of thosy who Enew him beat and loved him best would erase one jot or change, if it were possible, one tittle of his rec- | ord. He waa a giant beside the men who criti- cised him, Ho was purity itself compared with those who talked of his bargains and his sales, Ho was a journalist to whom intrigue and man- agement were utterly unknown ; and well will it ta for the Tribune and for all otber newspepera if his oxample shall ke followed snd his singls- ness of purposs scrupulously imitated. —_— Suicide in Japan. It sppears, from recent reports, that suiclde .15 going out of faghion in Japan. A debate in the Parlisment abomt e8 ears ago, Oct. 8, 1869, showed that the mem- Tt weve not propared to introduce any change in-the law then, for. three members cnly, in & houso of 209, could. be found to vote for the abolition of suicide. When a member of the two-sworded class, or Samurai, commits a crime, & message is sent that he is permitted to kill himself by dissmboweling, whick castom. is called the harakiri or seppuku. 1b seems that the practice was considered &0 hon- orable that many men committed it withont waiting the I‘Ef‘!flm permission, snd thia was considered highly improper. The Clerk of the House had very seneibly put the question before the delegates in this manner: “1t shonld be remarked that most two-sworded men who commit xeppukn are men of parts, aud with s strong sense of shame. Itis needless to eny that 31 such men repented, and, urged by sn indig- nent eenso of their errors, employed their talents induetrionsly, they would do their conntry good eervica; but, in my opinion, desth for & fault or two of ‘doubtful charscter, st tho same time blocks up the way of self-oxamination to the individual, and is” at variance with the Imperial plans for the national prospenty. I think advantage ought to be taken of the presont ro- form of tho Government to probibit this prac- tice. The members thought differently, and ro- corded their votes as wo_huve eaid. Let us transcriba one or two specches. Koji Mantozayemon—Tt moy cem at first sight an immoral act to die withont swaitin tho Judge's sentence, but this does not procee from a contempt for authority. The commission of the seppukn is owing to o natural senso of shame being deoply rooted in the honrt. It isn national cusiom founded on what isdue to tho national sense of justice, and to Japan a8 a na- tion. Itmay bo proper o probibivtho seppuku in cases where no legal sentence has been pro- nounced, but if the law constituting it & pu ishment for two-sworded men bo not maintain- ed, the distinction between themand the commeon. people will be obliterated. Karube Jisinja—*" A speedy death by seppn- Xu, resulting from romorse for crime, i8 8 means of avoiding tho pain of disgrace; how can it be 5nid to be & contempt of the criminal law? how, on the other hand, can it be styled an expiation of guilt ? By denth the criminal barely xestores himself to his position a8 » human being. If he lives, heis a scoundrel; but if he dies, he, for tho fret timo, mavifests & sense of shamo. To prohibit the seppuku would be to choose the public path of honor, and throw open the pri- Vate path of sconndrelism.” ST ivel ada Zakusa—'* The seppuka has its origin in the sacred vital ener%of this divine coun- try, and is the shrine of_the Japanese national spirit, (Yamato-spirit.) Unquestionably, it Bould net o prohbited. Its practice shonld Do extended, and, by this mesns, & sense of ehame fostered, snd the eeppuku sbould be made famous throughont the civilized world 88 an oxample of devotion to principle. It ought to bo introduced nto our criminal code s the form of capital punishment for those above the Tank of Samuri."—Chambers' Journal. A Comicnl Duel From the Augtsta (Ga.) Clirontcle, Dz 18, One of the most eatisfactory instances of ob- taining eatisfaction by “the Code," occurred Inst weck at Atlanta, Tho principals were two employes of the Kimball House, named Barpard Thynne, sbout 25 years of age, and C. Van Val- kenburge, 18 yesrs old. Thero was a girl behind the ecenes, and jeslonsy was the moving cause. Thynne teased Van, and the latter sontn chal- iengo in tho nsuz) form. No apology would be given and the duel was resolved upcn, Mean- while a plan was erranged by tho seccnds and accopted by Mr. Thynoe, which wasto go throngh the regular form of & ducl, using pistols loaded with powder only, leaving Van_to suppose that he was going to teet in mortal combat. Tudue time and form carringes coptainiog principals, seconds, and snrgeons, conveyed tho party to the place of meeting. It was dusk whon the foss was mado, and Thynno obtained the choice, The distanco agreedon was f1enty paces, Tho principals wero placed_in position, and ab the word fired. Thynne fell and groaned terri~ bly. At the same time a bottle of chicken's blood was slyly emeared over Lim. ~Van was mortally ecared, believing that he bad killed his antagonist. The entire perty returned to the hotel. ~ Van hid in his room until the cruel jokere told him that the po- lico wers after him. Thenhefied to the lsun~ dry, and afterwards hid in the cellar coal-bin. Thera he remained for about half zn hour, when his tormontors hurried him in a half frozen con~ dution to tho railrond depot. No trein wasthere, #0 he commenced to walk—at 10 o'clock at night <down the track. At astation beyond the train overtook him, and brought him to Sayannnh. On Fridsy, Colopel Nicholls, of tho Kimball House, recoivod the following letter from him : SAvANNAW, Dec, 10, 1872 Dran Mr, Nicmoris: 1urrived here this_morning at8 o'clock, and have failed to sce Captain Danforth, to whom you 60 kindly referred mo, 1 stopped two dsss at my uncle's, twelve miles north of Macon, He ‘brought me tweaty-four miles to the M, & B, 2. . It will cause me much pain if Mr, Thynue dies, for T Dad almost rather boen killed myeelf than fof it to happen thus. Do not blame me for defending mysel, as I thought it tho best way to settle it, und s could mot havo the cowardico to havo taken the ndvapfage of Lim. My comscicnco is clear, and 1 thought I wes doing right, end 1 Dave not discontinued my prasers, which I sm in the Dabit of saging, 1f I have done wrong, I hope God will in some way punish me, and not placo me inthe hands of men thut L am not knownto. # * * Ifyouthink it sofe for me to remain here, and T can get a situation, T will do vou all tho good I possibly can for your house, T am contident of getting my old place back again in New York, if T bave to leave ; but I do not cars to lesve this State, as I clalm It &8 & Bome, and fee. that T have o full Tight to Temain, I_hope Mrs. Nicholla don't think I am a reckloss boy, but knows otherwise ; for T waa cool and sober the wholo do3 a8 ever, From your ‘most ebedient servant, (B ‘What has since become of the poor dupe we ‘bave not sscertained. ST e Generous Deed. From the Des Moines (lowa) Register, All the way from Chicsgo and, of course, & zelic of tho fire, comes 2 tale of an Iows man's generosity. When the great conflsgration swept &way the business patt of the city of the Lakes, Rev. A. P. Haneon, editor of the New Covenanl, s ona of tho sulferers. Hisofico was entively destroyed, and ho was in debt to Mr.J. E. Graves, of Dubngue, for & large part of the money with which the materisl had been urchased. The frst mail trein from Du- u%\la brought o letter from Mr. Graves, enclogiog Dr. Hanson's mote, smountin to $1,700. The communication stated that lxlg though Mr. H. bad just been the victim of one fire, it would be & good_thing for him to mako another one big enough to burn that note. There was some practical fienumsity worth emu- isting. The old lond thus lifted left Mr. Hanson foot-loose to renew the publication of the Cov- enant, slthough few of the present readers of that excellent journalaro probably aware of the {act thst for its continued oxistenco they aro in alarge depreo indebted to tho kindness of Mr. Graves. These facta we get from Mr. Hanson ‘himuelf. ———— Fhe New Prussian Peers, Tho foliowing are the names of tho new Peers who have been created in Prussia : Genersls Herwarth, Voo ‘Bittenfield, Steinmetz, Von Puckler, Voo Hollebin; and Btosch; Ainister Frelherr Von der Heydt Patow; Diplomatists Hesr Vou Baian, Baron Magnis, and Herr Vop Ichmsnan ; Hers Fleck, Military Auditor Geners! ; Berr Yon Bardeleben, Chicf President ; Under-Secre: taries of State Sulzer ind Bitter, President Friedberg ; Herr Sehumapn, Chief Director of Taxes; Herr Vou ‘Phillipsborn, Ministerial Director ; Herr Von Dechend, President of tho Directors of the Bank of Prusela; Herr Von Guenther, President of the Maritime Tnstitu tion of Commerce; Dr. Henrici, Vice President of tho _Supreme Court ; Dr. Wever, Chief Procurstor Gen~ ‘eral ; and Herr Steplian Director of the Postal Service, Tt Femaiader o the kew Peers 11¢ Jage. Lendad pro- s DECEMBER 25, 1872 A SPARISH DON JUAN. From the New York World, Our iden of the ideal Don Juan, the dashing casalier aad tbe general lover of women, ia drawn from French sources. He is thers gur- rounded bye hslo of music, gallantries, and tender speeches. Bul quite different from thig ia the Spanish version of tho amiable scapegrace. Ho is dopicted as & man handsome and fazcina- ting, of course, but terrible in his revenges and jealousies, invested with the mental attributes of = fiend, and whose rapier is seldom drawn but to hecome ensanguined with the life-blood of & rival's heart His pame in the Spanish legend is Don Jusn de Magnera, and in o play entitled * Don Juan Tenorio” the poet Joe Zorilla has embslmed his Joves and his crimes. This play enjoys & vast Fopulnrity in Bpain, and, what is remarksblo, it is each e, st the approach of All Saints Day, regular- ly brought out at several of the theatres at Madrid, and is produced in like manper in ell the cities of Bpein, and probably in those of the colonies of that country. The fact of thia cus- tom is one of those mysteries which remain un- explained, and o one in Madnd or elsewhers in Spein hea ever been found to axplain it. But one reason may be given to account for its rovival 2t the senson of this special festival of the Church, tnd this is that in the courso of the many tableaus of its fantastico-religious plot a #cens is put upon the stage repreaenting 3 cemetery. The légend of Don Juan @ Magnara, from +which Zorilla’s play i drawn, is & gloomy aad forbidding one. " In tho drama of ¢ Don Juzn Tenorio ™ he is represented as sn abductor of women. Heis a coward, too, for befors his death he is depicted as-trembling like & lea?. He ropents, but only through fear; but, neverthe- Ieag, as he has humiliated himself before God, all his fanite aro forgiven him, and he oven be- comes after death the celestial husband of Inez, whom he hag sent to the grave, and whose father and brother he bas slain, This is the heroio &nd excellent type of the Don *Juan of the Span~ ish drama, and gives up the ghost in the odor of sanotity and wmid the spplause of the galler- iog! In the chapel of the Oharity Hospital st Boville, side by sida with tha majcstio paintings of Murillo, ara two gicl.mes by the peinter Valdes TLeal, which haye been ingpired by the dismal legend of the bloody Don Juan of tradition. They ate chefs d'euvre, and are dreadful in the completeness of their graphio detaiis. One rop- resents a skeleton fumbling rich draperies and flashing armor with its bony feet ; tne other the interior of a yault where aro scon two coffins. The first of these coffins contains the corpee of s Bishop ina condition of decomposition Bo far advanced that the worms crawl upon the ehreds of livid flosh, Inthe second coffin is the body of & cavalier, shrouded in & cloak’ embroidored with the cross of the military Order of Calatraya, and in whoso pals foaturas aro recognized the lines~ ments of him who was onco Don Juan _de Mag- nara. Bo fearful ig tho effoct prodaced by these }niminga, it {8 said, that gazars upon them, on leaving the chepel, feel a cold chill cren&:mg over thom. The conviction is felt that the artist wished to transfer a thought to tho canvas, and tho execution of the work Is such that a sensa~ tion 18 produced as though the lookers-on Were bresthing tho atmosphero of a sepulchra. 8o mnch for these artistic memorials of that Don Juan of Bpanish tradition, the story of whose adventures and_carcer hes been for cen- turies a theme of recitalin Seville. It wasin Beville that this man of awful and bloody mem- ory dwelt. Ina sombre and winding slley of that city—and this alley is still there to witness if the tradition lies—in which, atter dark, a taper lighted by giam hands throws its flickering light sttho feetof the image of Our Lady of the Disinherited, ia placed the scene of ihe legend of Don Jusn de Msagnara. The name of this alley, given to it in commemoration of the strange event which has made it memor- able in Beville, is the Street of the Coffin. Ono night, 8o runs the tele, s cavalier was making hia way throogh this nninviting locality. His gpurs jingled npon,_the earth, hardened by the sun of an implacable summer; hia velvet cloak gathered up under his left arm, loft froe the Fight band, in which was tightly clasped an_un- shesthed sword. This map was Don Jusn MA&nm, he whom mo woman could look upon with indiTerence, and at the mention of whoso name mothers of fair danghters involuntarily signed themselves with the sign of the cross. Buddenly the gloamy slley was invaded by sn- other figure, also o cavalior, The moise of Lis {footfalls was followed ,}:'g a clashing of swords, and then by & groan. Then, under the image of tho virgin, Don Juan prused to wipe his enssn- guined blade. In this inlerval tho bell of the clock of Le Giralda tolls midnight, and, as if the tolling of this bell were n sij the sound of a funeral chant is heard. he dark street be- comes lighted up, and Don Juan perceives, ad- vancing toward hit, & long train of hooded pen- itents, boaring torches and preceding & cofin. “Good people, whom bear you to the tomb 7" ssks the murderer. Tho _penitent whom he addresses lifts his hood, exhib- {ting the floslless head of s gkeloton, and with his Anger points to the coffin; the second peni- tent uncovers likewise, and displays the psle face of Elvira, who had dies of grief, and in those whom he questlons in turn Don Jusn recognizes the features of his many victima, Bat Don Juan is anxious to kuow who ishe that lies in the coffin. Aad with rage, he places his band upon his sword as if about to draw it. “Who is in that coffin ?” he exclaims to a peni- teat. ““The body of the very high and very puiseant Sonor Don Juan do Magnars,” replies the penitent with a sopulchral voice. Don Juan rushes to the coffin, violently tears sway the cloth which covers it, and in tho pale corpse which rises from ita reclining position and says to bim “ Repent” hie recognizes his own fea- tures. Then the funeral train, & moment ar- rested in its progrese, resumes ita march and slowly disappears, while Don Juan remains over- whelmed in & gloomy reverie, Ho elill hears ringing in his ears the injunction of the corpse, ¢ Kepant " aud it comen to him like an echo of his finally stoused conscience; and while tho firat pule light of the dawn falls upon the spirs of La Giralda, giving to it o purplish hue, ho crosaes the strest with hasty strides until he reaches the gates of a convent at which he knociks and, when they are opened to him, en- ors. P ‘Some years after thisrecorded scono—to the diabolism and gloomy horror of which even the annals of Spanish romgnce, fruitful as they are of m; Etelg, ‘would find it difficult to present & paralleli—Bormardo Simon de Perads, ‘s master in architectural works, laid the first stone of tho Charity Hospital of Seville. Among the most renowned artists of Andalusia who came to Bevilla to aid in the cocstruction and in the dec- oration of this hospital were Murilln and Val- des Leal. This convent wea the pra- duct of tho romorse snd munificence of Don Jumn de ara, for he bad not waited for death to surpriee him before repontence. He had repented with all tho ein- cerity of his son), snd, feeing from the world's vanities, he had consecrated his last days to the practice of the most sustere virtues. An Interesting Document. Wa find the following in the Winsted (Ct.) Herald's Goshen correspondence * Last week a Brooklyn gentleman, who ws tracing the titleto s.piece of land in Bath County, Va.l belonging to his mother, lying on bothsides of ¥ Cow Pastare River,” and containing 200,000 acres, called on me to_examine more than two bushels of papers, given to me & few years ngo by a lady in Hillhouse avenue, New Haven ; the DIYBI’E hnving been left by her uncle, Mr. Wm. Hillhouse, a New Haven lawyer, at his death. We found 'one paper dated May 6, 1832 (40 years old), filed PETITION AGAINST THZ RAILBOAD, To the Honorable General Assembly now convensd at New Haven: pd The subscribers remonstrato against granting the prayer of petition brought to this Assemtly by James Brewster and others, for the following reasons : 1. The excitement on the subjoct of railroads has bean much greater than sny experience of their utllity will warrant, a8 is common with new inventions, ss it ‘has already been found that they cannot be beneficially applied 08 extensively a6 the intcrested and ezaggerat- o8 account of tem have berstoforo led tho peoplo (o expect. 2, Tho difficulty snd expense of construoting them, snd of kceping them in ropair, azemuch greater thag has been represented, : 9. Tho danger to life which arfsea from tha exten- si76 B8 of them, from their lisbility to get out of ro- pair, 18 much mors serious sud slrming (haa has Teen supposed, It is » long document, and snys that tho rowth snd groapefily of Hamden, Cheshire, outhington, Farmington, Hartford, Wethers: ford, Middietown, Durham, New Hayen snd other places would be injured, and that it would ko the freight from the Farmington Capal, “andif carried north aboye Hartford, ns it eventunlly would be, it would disw into its vor- tez, from the Connacticat River and the canal, each share of the transportation as woul ninous to those expensive improvements.” It would bring the business into the outskirta of New Haven, and would injure Yale College, Long Whart, and tho central part of tho city, besides destroying the turnpikes and etage routes in the State. A Singular Divorce Case. A singular suit for divorce is now pending be foro & Baltimore Court, which excites great in- terest in the Monument City, on sccount of the » etanding of the parties concerned. The plaintift in the case is the husband, who_siates that in July, 1871, he was invited t0 the house of his en- forced father-in-law by that gentleman, who, upoa getting him there, wes €0 anxious 7or 81 Tmediate marringo between Lis deughter and the plaintiff that he held the latter s prisoner, by threatening his life, while the clorgyman who bad baen provided performed the caramony. The plaintiff dsclares (Eat, to all his afirmative responses during the ceremony, bo added the proviso, *If this is legal,” and 'he now asks that th marisgs mey bo & <d malt end vai WS A YWoman’s Love, Every one must have noticed the great differ- ance, a6 & general thing, between the conduct of the young betrothed man snd the young be- trothed woman. He, tho braver and stronger of ths two, is atterly confused and bashful, and #eeks to'make a secret of the fact. She, on the contrary, tries to parade it, a8sumes & certain air of proprietorship over him, and offers to ber {riends little delicate confidences as to how sice it ig to be engeged, and how dreadfully jeslous e is if she locks at any 006 elso, The cause of this ia just one thing; the man 1s in love; the girl ie not. 1 have studied human pature, T have looked into the depthe of hearts, I have made man and women the study of my life, aud I aver that the gitl In love is rarer than a black rose. Sho simply hae for her lover exactly the feeling that the mother has for her baby. She hasan apxious desire to see to_him for life, to malie sure thet be is comfortable, that his buttons sre all right, and that the food is as it ought ta be. She un- derstands that 'he is in Jove with her, and ro- joices in the knowledge. The idea of losing his guvo ie Toadness to her, but of herself ehe does not underetand it A woman who is not selfish, and greedy, and mean, who doee not smile on any one who can give her fing clothes and s grand establishment, overflows with the mother-feeling sil her lifo. Bhe expends it on her dolls in ckildhood, on ber poodle, or her kitten, or ber canary afterward, &nd, when the time comes, on hor lover. Many 3 maxn would losc a great dezl of his conceit and vanity it he knaw just bow the girl whom he supposed to bo in Iove with him really felt. Bho, also would be surprised to hear that she was not in lovs at all, but ouly delighted to have some one in love with her, and in & measure awakened to the knowledge of that love which ehe will same day give ber children. Itis tho best sart of lave, tco, and when o men’s wife really loves him as his mother used to love him, she makon him happy. But I think it is timo that some one whe knows tho truth should tell it. A’good woman's loveis something to be bappy in—not the flesting gal- lantry that man calls by that name, bat o pure and_high affection, and with eo much of the mother] { and protecting in it, that I have often heard 2 little cighteen-year-old woman say of & gix-footer of two hundred pounds weight, and a Brigadier General to boot : > . “°0h, isn't be s darling, conning little thing ? Just as sweat as auger I"—dunt Mary, in the Zedger. The Centre ¢f Gravity of the Popula« tion, To the Editor of the Natio y Stz : I notice an erticle in the Nation of Nov. 21, ontitled “A Sectional Review of the Late Canvass,” ia which this sentencs occurs : “The cantra of gravits of the population has not, wo beliove, crossed the great Appalachian chain.” 1 think you sre in error. I had occasion fo consider that question & yeur since, and _at my roquest Professor Hilgard, of tho Cosst Survey, made & series of calculationa to sscertain} the centra of gravity of the population, as shown by anch of the last four ceneuges, Ho supposes o plane of the exact shapo and eize of the United Biatos, excnsive of Alasks, loaded with the no- tua} population, snd ascertains the point on whick: it would balance. By this process he found that, In 1840, the centro_of gravity of the population was sta point in Virginia noer the esstern foot of the Appalachian chain xnd near the parallel of 89 deg. north latitude. Tn 1830 this centre had moved westward 57, miles across the mountaine, to & point nearly sonth of Parkersburg, Va. In 1660, it bad moved westward 82 miles to & point noarly south of Chillicothe, Ohio. In 1870, it had reached a poiut near Wilming- ton, Clinton County, Ohio, about-45 miles north- enst of Cincinnati, In no case bad if widely doparted from the 39th parailel. E If the same rate be maintsined during the next three decades, which I doubt, it will fall in zggo noighborhood' of Bloomington, Ind., by 2900 Professor Hilgard also found that aline drawn from Lake Erie, at the northeastern corner cf Ohio, to Pensacola, in Florida, would divide the population of the United States, 88 it etood in 1870, into two equal parte. This line is ncarly ‘parallel to tho line of tho Atlantic cosst. From theso caleulations it will eppear that both the *centre of gravity” and the line that divides the popalaiion in half, are more than 150 miles west of the Appalachian chsin. Very truly yours, 5 J. A. GARFIELD, WisEDiGI0, D. C., Déo. 7, 1872 —_————— Privato Correspondence. The following letter from a probable future Prenident to his sistor, which is now going the Tounds of the newapapers, is classified a3 an “ Epistolatory Effoxt:” Dran Sus; The borses has all got the cpigramic vory badly. Us boys bad 8o much fun tho other day 1 Litfle Frauk's hobby-horso had glue runnin’ out of his Tose, 80 wo knew be had it, 80d we took him into the bathiroom and got some of ma’ Ano towels snd wrapped his lega up In hot waler, and burned sulphir matches under bis throat, snd swinged his mane off, and the paint come off his lege, and the glue all como unstuck, snd Frank can't ride him any more, _yasn't it jolly? Then the matches put us in mind of hoyin' & Bosion fire, 50 we cosxed sister Sadle to give s her box of Swiss housea you brought her from Urip; and worzet 'em up and touched ’em off, and lct herrip, Tho town went like blazes, snd wo throwed same Of Bis's dolls n for dead bodls, and then gaved the arms and legs for m‘i'e. 5 ut you bet wo got scared when the fames went 60 high, 60 we turned on the hose, and ihat fool Jim Blaia let the water run all over the floor, (nd down the kitchen on the cool’s head, and sho thought the pipes bad busted, and sun for & man to fx ‘em, 50 my Caught ua in there, and the boys run home, but 1 goy s thrashing. It didn hurt much, 'esuss I had on thick clothes, Our Frank ie ip pants, He went In last Bundsy. I've gotanew girl, I don't like Jepnie Bird auy moto, or 1 guees she don't like me any more, *eause when L give her 3 hondful of pesnuts gho throwed %em in wy face, and 1 expect Jim Blaia told liea about me, I’d lick bim, only his father keeps a candy store, and 1 getall the candy I want {ov nothin,’ Your affcctionate brother, CRADLES, P, 5.—Pleass bring mo a GoaT. g s The Ant Lion. 1n s late vumber of the dmerican Naturalist, Mr, 3. H. Emorton describes at length the peculiac Babits ohd atrneture of the aut Won (Myrmeleo immacelatus), 1t spposrn that this Tavenous little insect 1s_endowed by nature with superinr intelligence, and dieplays great skill and cuning in iw entrapping and securing of its prey. Having determined upon a euitable site, ‘generally a clear sundy space under the shade of some shrub o boulder, it begins the construction of aminia~ ture pitiall by first thrusting its Jong jows ana flat Tead underneath the graina of sand, abd then by o sudden upward jerk fossing them several inches bo— yond the edge of thapit, This operation is repeatod nntil a funnel-shaped holo is excavated, the Eides of which are &8 sleep as the shifting nature of the eand will allow, When comploted, tho ingenious little buflder con- cealn his body at tho bottom, lesving only the extended Jaws exposed, Here ho awzits patiently untl tho un- cousciaus, victim, generslly some smailor insect, ap- ‘proaches tho edgo'of the smbuscade, when tho diaturb- ance of {ho sand above warns the watchei below, and he begins o tosa up tho earth from benesth the auwary aunt o boetle, thus deepening tko hole, and causing the sand on the shelving sides to slide down toward the centre, bearing With it the préy to within reach of the extended jows. ‘iiielower sides of these aro provided ‘with tubular channels, that gerve a5 ducts to convey tis blood of tha victhn fo the mouth of tho captor. After suclang the body dry, the carcass s tossed be- yond the limits of the pit, which s at once repaired, azd made reads for the approach of a second vlsitor, — Courage of the Canada Goose. Durlzg the breeding scason the gander displays bis couraga to (be greatest advantego. ~Adubon gives o follcwicg acccunt of hia poraonal experlence in this Farticular: * 1 know amale,” gaya that writar, # that apgeared larger than usual, and of which all the lower parts were of o rich cream color, It returned thres years in_quccession te s lsrgo pond a few milgs from thamonth of the Green River, in Eentucks, and wheo- evar 1 visited the nest it seemed to look af. me with 1t~ ter contempt. 1t would E(snd in stately sitituds until 1 reached within s few feet of the mest, when suddeny lowerizg bis tiead and shaking it, 58 if it wae dislacated from the neck, it would apen Itk wings and Jaunch into the ir, fiying directls 3t me, So daring ea this Gne fellow that is two instagces he struck me & blow will one of his winge ¢t the righl arm, which for zn Inetant, 1 thorght waa breken, 1 otserved fhat immediately after such a1 effort to defend his pest and mate, be wonld rur swiftly toward them, pass b head and veck several limes ave: and around the f male, nnd_sgaly asecme bis attitude of defan Shouid dapger be {mmirent, the Lrave gander urges his mate to iy off, and resolGtely remaice cear'the ‘Dest until he {a assured ¢f ber eafely, when he betakes bimself %o Oight, macking, ae it were, by hts nates, kis disappotnted ecémy,~Cadzell's Book ‘of Birds, i Lord Byron’s Servant, The et tn_ London who connect the past romantic and poctical ago with the distracting, busy pres are fast dyicg out ; 60 we like to come acroes thosa wi are still living, It is known to few that s remsrhab! man nosw holds the post of oo of the sericr messen- gers in the India Office. Giovanni Eattista Falcieri s the man on whoee shoulder Lord Brron died at Misso- longi, at 7 o'clockin the evening, on the 19th April, 1624, He isa fine-looking, hale old man of 75 years of age, and speaks with the highest respect of bis noble master, In fact, soy one that dared speak pgainst the great Doet might excite th ind:anation of Falclerl toa dangerous extent ; and we doubt very much if evan fuch Byroniedstractora as Mrs. Stowe would altogether be eafo. Falcierf used fo swim with Lord Byron; and hewaa with him after the fsmous fest of swimming the Hellespont, Tho old chassaur telly with infinite pride that, while wearing a costume (uniform ?) similar to that of his master, he would be occasionally ealuted for Dis loraship, “Titta® e the Ttalian sbbreviation of bis nama; and on an informant romarking on the dif- ferance of climsto betscen England and Italy, he re plied that he had not visited Ttaly for mearly forty seers, He came over with the corpse of Lord Byron—was eventually sppointed to service in the Board of Con- trol Ofice, from which, on the Indian Government passing entirely to the Grown, through the influence ot Sit-Jobn Gam Hobhouse (Lord Broughton), Falcieri Was appolnted to the India Office, whers he' (s to be Tound dally, with every promise of reaching “a green oid ageP—one of ths faw counecting links betwoen the times of Byron and our own,~English Broad Arrow. — e s Yndiar Lizards and Snalkes, Flop! we start fo soe large lizard on tho mat, and ‘minus &n Inck or two of his fal), “which has broken off in the creature’s tumble from the rafters overhoad. The severed tail wriggles abont as if endued with dls- 4inct life, while the late proprigtor of the phenomenon eneake uway momewhat sluggishly, and a3 if partly stupned by his turable, There aro several more of his ¥ind bunting files, and insects in general, abont the pillars and posts, moticesbly among them a hand- eome Hitle fellow, having a lithe body like A snake, & forked tongus, und two streaks of yellow down the mdes of his olive-green cost, The matives sy that this lzard Is poisonous, so much so that his bitels death within the hour; but, in point of fact, it is in nocuous, kaving neither poison nor fangs wherewith to infictan injury, Not 6o on uglier customer intro- Quced to us nowby tho gardener. who carries him danglingscross a long stick. This is & young cobrs the man ke Just killed in & large bed of petunis, and s Focognized a3 omo of & fomily that Das for for some time past taken up iis abodo In the stone-work of the garden well. The paterfamiliaa hsa Deen seversl times seen on bis travels botwean our gar- den 3pd another o few bundred yards distan, snd fa described a8 a 1arge serpent mino or ten feot i3z, A Iate gardener, whom wo dismiseed in consequence of feast and fast deye numbering ope-third of il con- tained in tbe year, might Bave Filed thle Teptile myny times, but would nmot avail himself of his cpportunitics, from superstitions motives, it Teing s part of his religions belief that’ the serpent family in the well were in Somo way reisted to him, but in what degreo of cousinship be conld not precisely oxplain. But he uaed to descrive s mect- inga wiih the cobra a8 _exceedingly auspicions gvents, According tobis scconnt, the snake knew Ris biped consin Tight well, 5nd would_scknowledge the pro- found salsamms with which ho was greated Wilh a grace. ful motion of neck snd Desd, Tho cobra wonld not Tove out of the path for the max, howeser, a0d as o » meeting of this description 2omé- one muat go to the wall, tho cobra's cousln was that person.—Chambers’ Journal, R Meaut to Know. 1t alt railrosd travallers would inquire thetr destins- tion 53 thoroughly as this Irishmen set out{o, thoy ouid nob ot boapt to be carried by. 1t In fbettr, Toweser, ot to maka all the inquiries of one person, Two Pittefleld lawyers, jonrnesing from Bpringfield westward, » fow days since, bappened to eit in front of 8 foreigner and his wife Who were littlo verzed in American travel, snd fearful of golng wrong, At the first station the forelgner interrupted the lsWyers' con- ‘versation with: “ What place fa tis, sir 77 #TWest Springfield,” was the bland repiy. In o short time tha train stopped again, and sgain the question £ 44 Rt placs (5 this, s(r 1 # Westfleld,” said the lawyer. Russell, Huntington, Chaster, Beckst, Wasblogton, and Hinedalo each biought ont tbe £amo loquiry, which each time recoived reply, though the bLiandness graduslly dissppeared. “As the train approsched Dalton, the foraiguer leaned aver to ssk the {nevitabls questior, When ho was inter- Tupted with s # e hote, my man, where are you going? If youll Iet mo know L' tell you when to leave the train. “Where am I goln® 7" said the forelgner. ©* Faith, Tm goin’ to Omaha, aw’ i3 It oo Dext place?’— Worceater Palladium. CITY REAL ESTATE. OR SALE-TWO-STORY AND BASEMENT OC- tagon stone fxont heuse of 12 rooms with all modern improvoments, and lot 34x187 {eot: bara, ete, ; oa Prairle. av, near Twenty-fourth-st. SNYDER & LEE, 14 Nizon Bullding, northesst carner Monroe and LaSaile’ats. O SALE—AT & BARGAIN_LOTS ONWESTERE: “‘lv.,nffl“‘afiflfli‘n :nfldclfinbfl)-fl'.. oa (c‘r‘ms Kfi( 2uit {0 GArticn wia 5id aauirs o promises of GH0° BADWELL & 20158 Booth Dlark-sé,, 1o bask. TP S5 0L RO, e movems s1d 12 zooms og Nox 4} Sidos v Trous 65,300 to B 00 WELFPLE & MoWHORTER, 81 Bouth Desplaines-st. OR SALE_CHEAP_OUR 1 STORY EUILDING, % x40, sutiable forlivory guble of musalseturiog bae o3 two e g . CHAS: BFRALE, & Gonth Jelforson ste o ronis; rents for SLE00: 2 o Ak enat TR SO E R T R dolph-st. JPOR SALE 5 AORES, NEAR DODGLAS PARK and Twelftast and Boulgsard, a fae subdivision Dicoly sot in trees, and fanced: stréets all improved: & g3ed lmzoniment.” Cao bohad oo rosonablo “torma NVDER & LEE, 14 Nison Buildlng, northesss carae Honros aud LaSafié-sts. OR SALE_AT A BARGAIN-NORTHEAST GOR- g ‘meeof Jefforaon aud Defiovenata. lov 16533: pa- s wishing o Improv ‘monoy To! oI o at 138 Sonth Olark-t. 18 bagiee e o SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE, TOR, SALE-S GOOD BUILDING L0Ts NORTH of Linooin Park, on Clurkst, Shoffioid-ev, Edmo 2%, Ractaa-gr, from '§550 oS80 each: cayy paymence. SRYDER & LEE, 14 Nixon Butlding, noriheast coraer 2foarop and LaSalle-sts. K ‘WANTED--MALE HELP, Bookkespors, Clerks, &o. ANTED —GERMAN DRUG CLERK. MUS? ke d Engitsh. a 4 w0, BOBEEET IR AP TpIaEse ot e, Conchmen. Teamsters, &o. WANTED—‘.\ DRIVERS AND 2 BARN MEN, THIS moralng, at 243 West Twelfth-st. W, A, RUSSELL. ANTED-CAS TR D En : W A PRI b o G0 i Ealaar LPERS, BY I VWARIED-A PAINTBR; ONE TEAT UNDEE- tagds = 1 Vi ji35ds geainlag. Apply at 3 Wost La Room Miscellaneons, E VWASTED-MEN IN ALL LoRGE TOWNS, IN Dettor fian wases s Adtrass SWIER &7 000 bty 813 Wabash-as. £k ] "ANTED—WE OFFER BETTER INDUCEMENTS To e eut of emplosment thaa can Do found_alsa- whore, SMITE & WHITHORN, 17 test Washe ington-st. Y ANTED_10GOOD RELIABLE NEX THAT WANT empl: eat; eall oo PHILLIPS oy aage Elool oot Honorsbla bisiness sad 87gs Davs W R aorers o Totas Poelbeaod Gaies : 3 for_Toxas & Falton Raliroade: 80, for P, J. Konnedy & Core lovea from 23 West Randolph-at. ANTED—BY A WHOLESALE TEA HODSE, TWO Y A ey sttentas Mo bt Bl e portamco as tes saigsmes, sad commead a facgo trade, & ood sslary - ess, w ROWN, 2are J. H. JIOORE, Carrier No- L. oo ANTED-ALL SEWING MACHINE OANY. W o ball Sy ALBERY STONE, 10 Sesisats ko will offer better terma than any oae else Lo the city. Ofce pours§tol0a. m., 10to2p. m, WANTED--FEMALE HELP. Pomestios. YATANTED—A UOMPETENT GIRL FOR GENERAL W honsework. OGanfl wages; No. 7 TNI’!!‘EIFW«IL. "ANTED-A GIRL, TO DO GENERA! B~ ANTED—A GOOD DINING-ROOM GIRI - diately, st 72 West Lake-st. DR I\ ANTED—4& FIRST.-CLASS FEMALE COO! Central European Houge, 48 Soulf?Ds uln&!:fv SITUATIONS WANTED--MALE. Miscellaneouns. TTUATION WANTED~BY & MARRIED COUPLR: “2an a8 conchman sod momai {or cooking aad gen- oral Bousowork, - Best of cicy sofrences. Address 1579, Foibuzs ofice. GUTUATIONS wARTED-EY SN AND WIE TN & first-class hotol; woman thoroughly sxperlenced in af braches; map compoteat 12 do aiico or other ifent 0K | ‘Wajes Hot 80 miuch an Gbject &3 comioreabls Glece for thlo winter. - Apply Room 175, Contral Hotal, 3 BOARDING AND LODGING. i WEWext Side. ST _ MADISON-ST., OPPA B8 Biire? Honsorsthgle roums, it bosro 5 g 6 per woek. 244 T, SR e, of beonglek s & Fen dea ke {iemen, a nicely farpishod toom. - Terms modoratas 976 WESTLAKEST._A NICELY FURNISHED 1arge front room, with frat-class board, for & geatloman and wife, or 2 sxpal) family, 830 VEST WASEINGTON-ST - PLEASART front yoom, with board, suiablo for gentleman. end wife or two gentlemen. BOARDING~ Sounth Side, 48 B O R hith ¥ (i ros Arstoiass. baard mih roo ; ok, Wit eko or plane, Day bosrd, B > Lo o PoF 2 BTATE-ST.—SOUTH SIDE HOUSE—PLEAS- 1121 558 roomarwith pood Botol board at 83 por mosk = 043 15 a1 so0ma Famifos acoommodnted: ! (IO COURT, 133 SOUTH DEARBORN (SURK. ‘sids) st., near Tiouty-nint, s nice, chocrfol place £ board, whore pleasant rooms, with excellent board, for. einglo 25 married peoplo may be found at very low rates: ‘every comfort of home with frecdom of hotal combined. Singlo roams, $6. BUSINESS CHANCES, GENTEEL BOARDING HOUSE, FULLOF 3 A ooy mal, chosp: Taguirs st 165 Dotk Halstodat,, 0p siair, SOBER, STEADY SAN BAVING ST0TO o, A Eua ood sabstiaiial “"‘i?:z‘ns“%’fi”sfix ‘Gace. For particuian; X S8 vaut Madisoncate e TRST-OLASS RESTAURANT, SOUTHWEST COR- neg Wosl Washington-sts, Exchange Bufiding, to Font.” b faalutre, stogy DL copleto; roady fer basl- Boss, for sale. Apply at Hoom 45 Sxnhatge Ballding. IRST-OLA: TOR BALE, & East Madison.at, Mast be sold thia week, on 89~ caust of sickness fn family, Good trade established. JIARDWARE BUSINESs ATQUINOY, TLL, FOR salo. Tho continued [ncreasing demiand for auc: Patent Antomatio Steam Covernor epuiring our todivid- ual time and sttention to the prosecution of “its manuface fara, we hereby offer for sala Gur entixo atock of Aardware, together with lease, fixtures, and good will. This busi. ‘ness was founded at its present location in 1844, by Messrs. . L, 0. H, Ball, now prominent bankers 1y this city, aad bas since bgen successlully carried oo by themselvas and . &igeasars, In both wholsealonad rotall brenches, Partioa desiring a eafe and permancot business in s growing aad posperous loeailiyy Wil Bod thivaa sxooliout oppereua- 2,0, ol hamanhe, S, oo Lo, 220 (S Sk s invhle s thorouch investigation. NER X ROBERTSON, Quinoy. iil. Y SUCAN MAKES0 PER CENT_SINBUYS & OF ar, confecti: and cigar sto: Re: g st 14 Wask Obletgage o Loon LoF sek SEWING MACHINES, B R toose: tatchthiod St Sachnmiol oo chinas: thevo Colebrated and wacouaiod (o Tunctings aro tow pe ablishod . e e S Iyt lhed ip fhelp 1o FOR SALE_FIVE AGRE BLOCKS A% WASHING: o Holghts, Rear dopots.very easy acesss 1o tha Sontro gt thoclty: tetis (o utt, e S e ‘Nizoo Building, northeast corner Monroa sad LaSaile 3 FOR SALE_FIVE ACRES, FTONTING, EAST, ON Siouy Lsinnd-av, ‘betweoh Serentybicd and Sovens ty-fourth-sts; - noar Cornell. SNYDER & LEE, 14 Nizoa i ding, nortbesst comer Monroo and LaSailusa. TOR BALE — AT EYDE PARK, TWOSTORY 8 house, éfl kKWP lflg lo&.”%xm. !ll!l lidlg( JGEEPR-’ opat, neak Oak. Price, 7,807 casy terman, SN #1L4] Nixos Bulidisg, orthesst coraer Monroo nod REAL ESTATE WANTED. ROVER & BAEER'S SEWING MAOHINES, GERa ersloffics, 160 State-st, Braach office, 972 Wabash~ av. Persons hsving old Grover & Baker sowing machines &3 12vitod (o call 804 a6 o Uaw LpsOTomOnts RO BesE Somathiog to tielr advastage. TNGER SEWING MACHINE OFEIC N ST ERRa, & Byt Derron i oEn,OF . e, sccond.st., sod 167 Milwsokeo-sv. Dachines sold oz monthly paymeats, aod work given when required. R D oy T 183 PA; s la! 03 BEAS Ralscedate: poc osoninge. s Lne old atsad TYGER, SEWING HAOWINES SOTD ON SfONTE: s, and a sple o P Chsen, &t S0 Statsst. Como and so te - oo A VW ANIED-A TODY OF LAXD IN NORTUERN Hlinols of Sonthors Tows. . Will g1vg ciiy morteses and property in exchangs. Address A 73. oase + furnishad, szoy stosos stato torese and location. Dr s HALL, 190 Fourtbeav. ANTED--A CITY OR OUTSIDE LOT, WHIGH I “will pay for 1n boarding ainglo or Derssn of famils; everstaing Arstolass, good. (2016, stc. © Addrass B 1o Tibumo ogice. * VW BLELER, & WILSON SEWING MACHINES, thonep Improved sold or ronted. on gasy moathls paymeats. BURNHAM & FLANNERY, Gi maln ofice B35 West Madisonst. - branch 951 FINANCIAL, PRI iR, HAVE EASTERN_FUNDS TO 3 Lestb-ifteiilie o 2 et Hndl: % Clarkais. ), southwest corner of Agents, bash-ap TO RENT-~ROOMS. 0. RENT-UNFURNISHED ROOMS EN SUITE, consenlent for Light honsekeeping, In building north™ éast cornor Clatk and Monrog-sts. Laguire 2t Room 36, S e honrda‘;. mW;n%nhin‘wndt. N 0 RENT —DESIRABLE ROOMS, BINGLE OR o suite, tn Parkors blocl, st nopthedst cornor Halsted 5d Madison-sts._ Apply at Room 42. TO RENT--HOUSES. 1[0 RENT—4 BOARDING HOUSE AND DINING ooms, all faraishod complats, to man and wito, who must pay the rent and take tho bosrders. £ West Ad- amat. 0 RENT—3i0—HOUSE OF TEN ROOMS. WITH closats, vantey, bath-room. hot and cold water: four ‘blocks west of Lincoln Park, Inquire at177 Howe-at. 0. RENT—OR EXOHANGE-] BRIGK DWELL. ings (new) southeast corer Rush and Illinofs-sts. 0ng brickstors, Uatery nod basemant, (nom), 80523; wli Zeat uppor story, atoro.room, of hasemont sgparatoly. Apply 'to WM, §. JOHNSTON, Ruom 4 b 8Riing: corner Cisti and Washingiogater oo ‘WANTED---TO RINT, ANTED-TO RENT-ONE OR TWO WELL ‘funighcd rooms, with Bire, In & respectablo locality, with board for Jadsy, by & gentleman and lady from tho Soutb, who for first-class sccommodations would arrango {avorably for the winter, Address, with fal! information, G 65, Tribune offica. ISCELLANEOUS. OFELESSLY AFFLICTED!-THE NEW e eia, No. B0y Weet Matison sty eam 600 Jon s Bum. - Oné week without pay. T GXURIANT WEISKERS, HOUSTACHES EVE: brows, eto,—Martorf's world regowred Pomade, woil knows ihteaghoat Europs aud Amarica, forces whiskara and moustaches to grow on the smoothest facein 3 month, ‘The sarest remady for baldness, Sent free asywhers on roceiptof 81, Address FRED, MANSLEY, Agont, Poit Otice, Ohieago: % O BE SHOT YOR, 8300, PIOKENS AGAINST IN- e Thla’ 7 shot &o Mondsy at ity limits’ Plokens . cugs 30500, H. PICKE.NS. ge sny mag in COldcago for ANTED-SOME OHEAP THEATRICAL WARD. obs, Addross, suating styles and price, A &, Tribane office. - HOUSEHOLD GOCODS. OUSEHOLD GOODS FOR SALE-CHEAP FOR cost— A complate onthit of furniture and Eoasetold oods. Mast be sold; owaer going to Europe. 630 Weat ndiana-et. SARTIES WISHING TO SELL FURNITURE, CAR- puts, dsy goods, jowelry, planos, etc.; etc., can bear of » cash cilsiomer by addansing ‘WATTON, caro C: 5 CLAIRVOYANTS, DB MATHEW AND MADAM JMATNARD OAN ), Lellof bzsizess, martiages, wealts, 83 43¢ friendy lott o Gohes pron ‘T 50U wish Xecw, “Cures fca, paralyhie, rhenzatim, dealnoss s 8501, feminal woakzess, cozsampiion, 'liver som- ot ague, catarch. Deticto o i BT B e S e stew DIVORGES e A DTS TDIVORCES LEQALLY GATAINED, FEE AFTER decrce; scandz) avolded; 2 eourivol Gristgar. Addrn BoO. Bepigho Lot 12 1 MUSICAL, (ORGANS AND MELODEOYS PUT I¥ FERFEGT O AR e RO e 0N PUT I, FERFECT MACHINERY. [['OR SALE-CHEAP-A 15.HORSE POWER PORT. nr,-r';"i_‘ ggfl;::{_amng 8t 63 Hoath Jelerson-st. GRA- i rsale. 3 3 Monros-st.s Roo 1y Kouvs Bleck: iy T ANTED-I WILL PAY CASH TOR & FEW: WV Cintms eoinat Gieat w;-zemagmaflnf Co. Dlarand Washisgegn... oooeoeo Bulldiap, coraor B WILL, PURCHASE A LIMITED A0 S o e e e i est rato if offered soon. HATCH & LYON, Attorneys at ZLaw, Room 3, Stope's building; 145 Madison 3¢, LOST AND FOUND, T,0ST-CHECK TOR 30 DATED QGT. 1 Lot Wi & Co., D . ‘ander, orboztor. HARINEDY, 45 Statest. OST_FROM A BUCGY IN FRON 5 b Fopubile Life oifcs, 159 LaSallost 00 1 TOR 1€ QST_ON BLUE ISLAND-AV. AND) Z50] I e e s ', ringing ey Wil bo hintsomely owardede L to, 10 Frairia-ar.s TRAYED_TROM & McGREGOR-ST., DEC. %, §m§““:§°¥§nfl spotted boller, l:e:nn-oi‘ll: m‘?ffinm' 3 shor Hovnds well bred ; b 5 Foward for bor socordry, LOULS OBRIEN: o 3% TRAVED-LAST SATURDAY, ABOUTSO'CLOCE RPioBst e B o GEO. BEINGALER of tho’ Goer fra) Folico Station. i nit R e PARTNERS WANTE. ARTNER WANTED_WITH FROM $3,0007¢ PATRIS Nebtelussresamant g St Sies oy cloar 810,000 per annum. - Address K 20, Triboag offico, ER-WANTED—WITH 3100, 1) A CENTEEL cash pus £ teveral bandred N el g bt 1872, Hartosdss’ ig. 116 Enst PAP.TN ER WANTED —TO _FILL VACANCY caused by 4l healtk, in profitable T caan Toxidred, 3,20, with rofofonce. Fh R N ARTNER WANTED—IN & GEN TRS) eingsa: a1 Lincolts Nabe Baimons ooy e lished. £3,000 reguired.’ Adg ibeg £3,000 ragulzed.’ Address, for one moath, J- J & e T e ey HORSES AND CARRIAGES. UCTION-THIS SIORNING AT 100'0LOCE, ANI <o morrom af tho samo tme, 2 matehed isaim, 3% Gilier Rorscs, 1 Clarenco camriagn, 13-seated slolgh, (‘?;::lt‘!.fll:sn!. b:gglei. fic. !Bfllig ‘nA{D\lr lg?ckkfl sou 314 no chévge o, AL me R TV Tretnsc *3. MORTON & ROSaric " D HEAVY DELIVERY -box buggy § busiuess baan YROTTER WANTED—1 WANT TO BUY 4 TROT. A b prblic. irect to E, St. Ji W\ ANTED—A LIGHT ONE.HORSE TRUI ALSH a horee suitable for the same. Apply at iG{ and West Washington-st. AGENTS WANTED. e WANTED ~ FROFITABLE EMPLQY: W a & GENTS giaat: We wish o eploy geatiomon asd ladiay (mprovod Buckeys, 1t aalicit orders for tho celebratec Sowlog Machino. bem, fell, tuck, ieiodies fom e dni ek o v coatings and leat A r furthar pasticul addresy . A HENDERSON & CO., CI [t FAHE Clorslaad, Oklo,” ar 34, Shitcd altke on both pdes. It cord, bind, FOR SALE., O SALE-A PIANC ORDER, Si. TQ APPLY 03 $504 plazo, b Q2 order, 10 apply on orgte Whaloto: catalosey rices; £rst-ciass _Instromant Address J. FERDIY NaND, Room i, % West Razdolpd.st. TO EXCHANGE. ROPERT' e Ba, Tl ™ ihng S AddTen Bo Jrork, must lesvo thls evenlng gent, gocs with e men : a5d trocz; SHUTTLR -