Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1872, Page 8

8 ‘'THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MOR DAY, DECEMBER 80, 1872. = ——eeeeeeee— KANSAS. The State Agricultural College, at Manhattan. Reports of the President, and {ho Horti- cultural and Farm Superia: tendents, ~ Wisiting Committee's Report on the General Condition of the Farm. Trom Otr Owa Correspondent, MaxuaTzaN, Ran, Dec. 20, 1872, In these days, when the *now education” at- ‘Yracts so much attention, and when donations of lands are asked for, it will be interesting to many readers of Tu: TRIBUNE to learn what is being done by so young a Commonwezlth a8 Eansas. It may cot be out of place here to re- mark that, under the act of Congress of July 2, 1362, grasting public lands for the endowment of at least one Industrial University, otc., Kansas rcould claim but the pro rata of threo Represont- stives ; consequently, received but 90,000 acres ofland. DBut in this she bad a most precious bounty, becanse gho bhed theso lands within her own borders, and had the capacity to seud out men of eound judgment to view and select the lande. Every quarter-scction was carefully inepected beforo it was chosen. As a vesult, the best lands in Eansas, or, at least. some of the best, belong to the Agricultural College. They were not put opon the market in undue hesto; consequently, wery little, if any, have been sold for less than 8 per acre. After 50 much had been sold a8 ‘ould furnish the necessary funds to pay the purrent expenses of the College, the unsold Iands were withdrawn from market, and are now morth at leaet £12 per acre. TLis gecures the life of the institution for all time. If Congress shall grant further 2id, Kansas will know what Jodowith it, end ker intelligent citizens, and #specially her State Board of Agriculture, will gee to it that the full benefits of this sacred Erust acerues to the industrial classes for whoso benefit it was granted. Your correspondent was tavored with the privilege to examine tho s PRESIDENT'S REPORT. The Faculty cobsists of President Joseph Denison, D. D.; Professors Mudge, Lee, Gule, Detmers, Platt, and Miller; and Tutors, Mies J. Detmers, Chemistrs and German; Mies Will- iams, French, Drawing, and Painting ; and Mrs. Wirden, Music, Both eexes zre admitted on equal terms. Your correspondent hes had sbundant opportunity to Judge both of the students now prescnt, and of others present in former years, aund unhesitat- Ingly afirms that, s a rule, the plen adopted at ¢his College works well, For the fell term, 1871, there were in attend- snos: gentlemen, 64; ladies, 55; toial, 119, For the winter term,—January, February, March, —1872: gentlemen, 77; ladies, 61; total, 138. A gein of 30 over the corresponding term in1871. For the spring ter, 1872, gentlomen: 44 ; ladics, B7; total, S1. For tho fall term (just closed), entlemen, 61; ladies, 4S; total, 100. Among the students were reprasontatives of 26 counties in Eansas. Tho folloving nomed States wero al8o represented : Iows, Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio, gouri, end Colorado. (Two of tho etudents are young mon of color; they are studious, well- ‘ehaved, snd enjoy tlo estoem of ail tho faculey, and of their fellow-students.) Mr. Hougham, Professor of Agricultaro, after hlvingxser\'edthe College four years, resigned; also, Mary F. Hovey, after serving thres years 88 teacher of Mausic, eic., resigned. Miss Jennio Detmers bua been engaged 2s teachier of Chem- istry and German. Dr. J. H. Detmers (“ Veterinarian ™) has lec- #ured also in tho fowa Agricultural Collego and the Missouri State University. The “ Farmers' Institnte " (usnally held during January) has_been a succees, even beyond for- mer years. Dr. Warden, of Ohio; President Welsh, of tko Iows Agricultaral College; Pro- Hessor C. V. Riler, of Missouri, and others, con- ributed to its success. The next Farmers’ In- ‘stitute will commence Jax. 20, 1873. Vocal and instrumental music havo been pur- eued with increasing interest. President Denieon_calls cspecial attention to the report of Mzjor Miller, as showing the de- velopment of the industrial fea'ure in the em- - ployment of student-lavor, and consequont pro- ‘motion of health, cultivation of halite of indus- try, ete. (Hero, as in other similar institutions, 4t isfound an eatablithed fact that tho most ef- ficient industrial workers are also the best 'scholars.) He further calls attention to the experiments ynade in forest-cultaro in crder to determine tho best and most ruitable verieties of trees, espe- sially for the praires. Some progTess las been made in the depart- ment of “‘Mechanice." A blacksmith-shop has been erected and is now in full blast, under A, F.Todd as Mester Mcchanic. (Hero many of the students love to lebor, and I beliave are tow, during vacation, doing custom-work.) Referonco is made to tho laving downof & stone sidowalk from tho boarding-house to the College, the clinge in gates and drivoways, and other needed improvements sround the College Campus. In the department of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, & good beginning has been made ; and, a3 toon as the proper time arrives &m includes the means to purchase), somo of @ best specimens of stock should be obtained. (The roport that the Lansas Agricultural Col- Iege is the owner of omo very fino Short-horn, Devon, Avershire, Alderncy, and other cattle, 2lso of ewine, sheep, ctc., of tho_ improved breeds, has not tho slightest foundation in fact, All the stock now on the College-farm, and ovwned by tho State, consists of three very supe- rior spans of mules, and one saddle-horse for the use of the Farm Superintendent.) The President calls especial rttention to Pro- fessor Mudge's explorations of the Upper Valley of the Salomon and the Saline, on thc Western limits of the State, and recommends that provi- sion be mada to continue tho surveys, Dr. Denison furcher eays: A right public sentiment, and one that is growing stronger and more general, is settling down upon the convictions, that {hose employed in tho whole circlo of dustrios should Lo educated in those industriee, that the future well-being of freo society and good government, if not their very existence, depend upon it. Thus tho laborsr and the ortisan may become skilled in their work, and enter upou it at a great advantage to themsclves, and tho capital invested, and tho relation of capital and s’;\bor, which is one of utual dcgcudeuce and co-operation, be rightly understood, and the right claims of each be so- cured, and labor-stri and ruin Le averted. The site of the now College-building has been selected, and o competent landscape-gardener 10 lay out tho grounds, sad s plan has =leo been drawn end_engrased fora very superior barn, 2nd tho walls of the first story of one wing, 20 feet Ligh, aro up; tho dimensions of this wing are 26 by 46. (Whex this barn eke)) have been comploted, it will outshine any other born in the Uvited Btates. It is simply maguificent in propertions, and will be abl to shelter all the stock neede for experiments (including tho dairy) in animal husbandry. It will Lold ail the grain that can be raised on the farm; and, if ths other College buildings. to be furnished by tho State, shall bo ces, violence, bloodshed, 1w perfet keeping with this model barn, Michi- . {Hsuom, and Towe will havo to look to their [auzcls, Dr. Denison_concludes Lis report by giving eredit for additions to library, for periodicals an newepapers ; and this includés Tz TRIBUNE, of Chicago, : EXILACTS FROM THE REPONT OF PROFESSOR E. GALE, OF THZ HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMEN' There are 01/ axzes devoted to experiments: to shelter belts™ and forost-tree culture, 5 to viueyard, 214; and _The old orcherd on the so-called Foster place was planted soversl years ago; little is known o varieties (mo:ily appies). Tho others were planted respectively i 1568 and '69, The trecs were from threo to six years old when planted, and bavo made, until this year, ouly small growth, and have produced no fruit. The treca planted in 18G9—consisting of lf:?le!, pears, and pezches—were only one year old at planting, and ure thereforo yet too youn to_show fruit, though the * Bartlett” an “Btephens' Genesce ® pears bloomed quite frecly. The varicties of apples number 69, zad are to be incrcased, becauso designed more for instruction than for profit. The land has been coltivated cnly for the benefit of the trees. The work of tho plow, tho cultivetor. end the hoo basbeen thorough snd_frequent up to Aug. 1. Tho orcliard npog tha old Collego-far ia loaied in a very exposed position; & sheltor-helt of 3,000 trces hny Leen planted eround it; theso havo mado a good growth, snd will, in o fow sears, efford a good protection. Tho expense account for team and hand labor, including stadent-labor by the bour, amounts to $430.3L. Tho eredit sido, by selo of peachios end apples, shows $1. FONEET-COLTURE, Tho land selected for this purpose was least adapted to the growth of cerea's. Tho poorest soils of Kauses will uitimately be plauted to forests; consequently, theso aro tho soils upon which cxperiments should bo mado. The varic- tics cansist of tho European lerch, white, rod, and grecn ssh, Osage-orange, catalpe, ailanthus, Dlack walnut, bickors-nut, maple, aud willow. About 50 per cent of the Iarch died after tho 1st of July. (Not a very favorablo showing of this much-lauded tree.) Tho objections urged ogainst the nilanthus 23 a strect-treo do not Lo in forest-culture, Tho “white willow fever,” 80 prevaleat s few years ago in 1ltincis nud clewhere, does Dot rage on these College-grounds; nevertheless, Professor Gale thinke somo varietics of willow can be grown succossfully and to sdvantage. He also rocormmends o trial with chestnuts and tho- lending varisties of conifera. (evergraons). Thoro are now growing under Lis care 35,103 treos; and, inclusivo of tho * Lelts,” there would bo 35,370 5 tho coat of which, £0 far, amounts to $367.73. TIE VINEVARD containg 1.230 vincs, mostly “ Concords,” but including aizo Catawba, Breveling, Dizos, ‘Hart- ford, Tves, Selom, and Clinton. AL but 50 vines wero planted prior to 1870, ot a cost of $66.12. Cash for grapes sold this season, $2.60. Tho treos purchased for ornamental purposes have a8 yet culy Leen planted in nursery-rows, and the éxpenes ndded to nursery account. ) THE ¥URSERY is dosigned mninly to give instruction, and now s 13,100 trees, and & good varicty of small . Tho account stands as follows : Cost c!' Stockin Manlkattan Nursery, with in. crest.......... Receipts (rom sul Value of pi Bulsnce in fo Orders for pring dol XrE: Student Jaber, 6,034 hos Labor of ruen'b§ tho mont. Ditto men and Ditto Colicge-tean: i New stock.... eioannnes - SLTIES THE REFORT OF TNE FARM SCTERINTENDENT, MAJOR E. JMILLER, is madoto the President, Dr. Denison, acd is s very voluminons document, From it the fol-' lowing extracts buve been made: i ‘There were 267 acres of land to be cultivated. To do this, there was one employe, one team of mules, barness and wagon, ome plow, ono squaro harrow, two cultivators, one roller, one soed-dxili, one reaper nud mower, ono revolving rake, and a few hu team Lad been emyploped Auring the winter to kaul manure, quite & bank of swhich was found on plat Nu. 5,— @by far the most cheering indicetions to be seen.” Tho Legislature as yot had mado no provision for the support and devclopment of the indns- trial department of the college ; consequently “there wasa great deal to do, and nothing much to do with.” Relief came at last in the shape of an appro- priation of §1,500, expended in part as follows : Two epans of mules at $400° each (they are Very superior, of which 1 have personal knowl- edge ; one epan, a pair of 3-year old mares, took the first premium at the Kansas State Fair); one saddle-lorse, another wagon, harness, gang- plow, subeoil plow, smoothing harrow, com- planier, stalk-cutier, hand-drill, and lawn- mower,—these last, in the aggregate, costing $464.50. Since spring, over 500 tons of manure have ‘been hauled, and during this winter 2,000 tons more will bo added aad compested. (The Col- loge is fortunato in having the opportunity to obtain 2ll this for the removal simply. In one or more instances, farmers ave willing to pay 20 cents per load to Lave their farmyards ridded of ** the nuieance.” If tho example of this institn tion shisll prove of worth, the time will soon come ‘when theso rame farmers, or their succeseors, will be willing to pay for manura 20 cents per load in tho city, and haul it three or four milea to their worn-out farms; and be glad of the chance.) The crops grown consisted meinly of corn, ots, Hungarian grass, clover, and timothy, va~ rious kinds.of beets, potatoes, and turnips. The wheat was montly wintor-killnd—aown too lato. and against the recommendation of the Farm Superintendent, but Ly order of the Boerd of Regents. T'ho total cost of labor, including that of stu- dents, from Dec. 1, 1871, to Oct. 81, 1872, amounts to £010.65. The coet cf corn per bushel varies on the different plats from 13 cents to 33 cents (some of the beneciits of manures will of course siccrue o succeeding crops); the yicld on the threo highest plats shows respecttally, 119, 113, and 100 bushels per acre, fs testifed to by o special Committee chosen from the residents of aphattan. The Superintendent says: *‘The farm is a grand and complex pieco of machinery, filled with subtlo balances aud compensations. Lo search out the avenues of 10gs and gain, snd to reduce tho one and increaso tloe other, is the true economy of agricultural research and prac- tics, and constitutes the real province of farm acconnts.” The necessity of buildings is thus set forth: Without barns, stables, or grain or store house, or workshop, much that might have beea worked out in ywet weather was unavailable then becauso of exposure, otc. The student- Inbor performed in this department amounted to 5,670 hours, at a cost of £822.21, or an aversge of about 14}¢ cents per hour. (As an example of how much this helps indus- trious young men, honoreble mention is made of & Alr. Smeeter, who_has not only been sblo to pay from_his carnings ell of his expenscs, but to lay by during the ecason $50, while his s(snd- ing as = student is equal to tho best in his class. Thic lebr of students is generally performed in the afternoon, botween tho hours of 2:30 and 4:30, and on Baturdays. Something should bo done to furnish_omployment to such young la- dics ns desire. To gain this point, it el oo an advantago if tho boarding-Lousc arrangement could bo given over to them exclusively, without fontlcmen boardors, aud they b fustiucted fn ousekeoping, dairying, etc., end also s green~ house and other appliances for doraculture be added.) Some of the sugar-beots, grown especially of the * Silician,” and the ** French Imperial,” will be submitted to an analysis, to ascertain accu- rately their saccharine proportions. Tho potatoes were infested by three several specick of bugs, to-wit: the Colorado doryphora decem lincala, the long groy cantharides, and o bogus chincli-bug, new, and perhaps 28 yet un- deecribed; vet the yield was at the rate of 150 bushols per acre, tho “ Perless™ leading s to quantity. Tho other varicties weve Larly Rose and Peachblor. 5 TLE GENEDAL CONDITION OF THE FARM can be formed from the report of the Visiting Committee mado at.the close of the fall term, Dec, 17, 1872. ‘The report is made to President Denison : = Sm: The Comnmittee on whom you wero pleased to fmpose the duty to vieit the differcnt sections of the College-farm, beg leave to repert 1 They first 'looked over tho grounds, orchard, and timber-befts around tho present Collego-building, Iieving seen and noticed theso in former years, wo fiud them muck fmproved n cvery way. The cuitivation of last year's crope, tho npplication of manures, thy sceding down to timothy and clover, the alteration of tho drives, the laying down of tho walk, the partial pruniug of th tress in the belt, end the cultivation of the old orchard, &c., are all obvioua to the most casuul observer, aud we esitato not 0 suy are improvements in tho mght direction, and such as wero much needed, After thit, your Colnmiteco visited the other fields €0wn to wilter grain (wheat and rye), and the ficlds ch corn bad been grown ; theso were elvo n oxcellent condition, Man's duty scems to cen dune. Ii God bo sed to ‘mead “ the und the lutfer rain,” the pul lazds will laugh with o carl ‘bountiful harvest. ‘The oxperiments insugnraiod by the present Farm Buperintendént, Aajor Alliler, cn only be made svail- able when tho lands ehall hase been pormanently plat- ted, and a course for tho rotation of crops instituted. Only in this will they do good. The advantage of manure, the application. of lime, etc., can bo deter- mined urder the present system, ‘The nurseay and new orchard fine condition, ably be expecte grounds are in very d iere, perhaps, all that coald reason- ‘has been done during the lust sesson, It o suggestion s allowed, your Committee are of opinion that the **pyramidal” is the best form of tree o be adopted as s general rule. Also, the low-headed troen ate the best for the open prairie, whilo those of higher heads aro perhaps better adaptod to more shelt- ered situations. ‘The grafu-grown (corn) is of excellent quality, bright, £ound, and heavy. The’hiay was galhered in good scason, and stacked in good order, Tic new stone walls * and gates leave nothing to be desired in this dircction. Tt i Lioped that the time is not “model birn™” and the new bu pleted, and when the Kaneae Agricul tako rack, a8 ehe may, among the foremost institutions of the land, where a thorough industrial education can be obiained, Allof whith Ls sespoctfully 1 stant when the submitted. e Ao Mawizarray, Kansas, Doc. 20, 1672, * About one mile and a-half of these walls have been Infd, at a cosi of about$5 perrod. Good walls for ordnary ferm purpases, faced on ono side only, can bo construcied ut a net cost of §2, INDIANA. Work of the Recent Extra Session of the Legis- lature. The Bill to Pay the Garrett Bonds ---The New Revenue Act, The Governor’s Salary---New Public Luildings-~-Constitutional Con- veution, The Tippecanoce Battle-Ground---Limit- ation of Legislative Employes--- Per Diem of Members. From Qur Owen Correspondsnt. Ixpranarorts, Dee, 27, 1872, TEE LEGISLATCRE, AND WHAT IT ACCOMPLISHED. It is universnlly conceded that tho estra ses- sion of the Logislature, just closed, accom- plished moze for tho good of the Stato then was ever accomplished in the same length of time— forty daya—by sny previous Legislature, The wisdom of calling the session has becn fully jus- tificd in passing THE BILL TO PAY TEE GARRLTT BONDS, if 10 other act of that body is taken into consid- eration. By tho act to redeem all of tho out- standing **Internal Improvement bonds.” tho Statois saved from liability to redcem eightcen millions of canal etocks, and the most stupend- ous “ job” ever devised in this State has been defeated, and o fraudulent clim that has been before every Legislature for fifteen years has been eettled by a constitutional amendmont which proveats any future Legislature fzom paying any part of it. There are twenty-six of ihe old “Internal Im- provement bonds™ still unaccounted for, that have probably been lost. THE NEW REVENUE ACT, providing for & uniform assessment of property, and for the collection and return of taxes there- on, which passed the recent Legislaturo and has now become 8 law, is very long, containing 300 sections. It changes tho entire system af nssess- ment, and reackes muny epecies of property that. heretofore excaped taxation. Owingta the Lrie? period allowed for its cousideration and discus- s10n in Committeo and by tho Legislature, como of its provisions may not bo practical, and may even be in operation; but it is helioved ihat it will save to tho State over $200,000 annually, without increasing the ratio of taxation. THE GOVERNOR'S SALARY in this State, presious to 1864, was £3,000; in addition, the State furnished 2 house in which the Governor resided. Tho * Executive Mau- sion,” however, was & dilapidated old house, snd, being regarded 8 unhealthy, Governor Morton refused to live in it during his second term. His salary of 3,000 did not cover his ex- penses, and the Legislature finslly agreed to allow him ©5,000 a year in lieu of houce-rent, thus _indirectly icreasing his ealary, and avoid ing the constitutional provision which prohibits the increase or decrease of the Governor's salary during his term of offico. Governor Mor- ton continued to receivo $8,000 per anoum up to the timo he was elected to the United States Benate, in 1366, when he was succeeded by Governor Conrad Balker. The latter gentloman also continued to receive £8,000, and furnished his own residenco, until the winter of 1870, when the Democrats elected their candidates for Auditor, Treasurer, Secro- tary, Attornoy General, &c. Thesc gentlemen concluded they would not pay the 5,000 for house-rent, bui would pny him jast what he sctually paid for house-reat, viz. : $1,500 per sonum, when Governor Baler refused to accept any part of it, end lived on his £8,000. This was baliovad to bo danp in accordance with a secret understanding with Mr- Hondtions ahd othor leading politicians, and the Sentinel, tho Demo- cratic organ, applauded their decision, and com- monded their care for tho peoplo's ‘money. Sinco Mr. Hendricks’ election 23 Governor, how- over, theso gontlemen havo been filled with holy horror at tho treatment of Governor Baker, and say the amount duo tho Governor must be mode up to him in some way, and that Mr. Hendrichs must be aflowed & sum adoguato to_support him in a position in keeping with the dignity of the Chief Mazistrato of tho great Stato of Indiama. This Governor Baker conceded, and ho urged tho Legislaturo to pasa a bill to givo the Goverzor 95,000 per anpum, with a residence, and, until s rosidenco was providod, $8,000 annually. It was pecessa- Ty that this should become o law this session, or it would be inoperative, a3 Governor Hondricks will bo inangurated at the commencsment of tho regular session, in January, and the constitu- tional provision referred to above would prevent bis recciving any part of it. So the act was promptly pacted by s Republican Legislaturo. "Fhus has Govornor Baker heaped coals of firo upon the heads of Mr. Hendricks and his party associates. Governors Bsker and Hendricks aro row upon the most amicablo torms, and thoy have dotermined to simply change places. Mr. Hendricks will become Governor, while Gov- emor_Baler will take Mr. Hendricks' placo in the old law fim of Hendricks, Hoard & Hen- dricks. Tho nevw firm will bo Hoard, Hendricks & Baker, NEW PUDLIC BUILDINGS. No action whatover was taken toward building anew Governor's House, Stato House, additional Reformatory Institutions, or Insane Asyiums,— tho whole subject being allowed to pass over by common consent. Tho State ha3 no Executivo Mansion, though thero is littlo _doubs but that o liberal appropriation will bo made for that purpose by the reg- uwlar session; but tho building of s State House, o cost not less than 33,000,000, is o mat- ter of moro importance. That the State is sadly in need of a now Capitol, no ono will dony; and to essort that tho prosent old shell is a disgrace to s State occupying tho positicn Indisua docs among her sistor States, to say nothing of its total unfitness and want of room for tho pur~ ‘poses for which it is designed, is drawing it very mild. ~ Great efforts will be medo to_induce tho Logislature at least to levy & tax for that pur- Poeo, and appoint a Building Committe, to bo composed_of gentlemen of tho higheat charac- fer, to sdopt plans, ofc., proparatory to com- menco building in 1875. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION +was also suffered to go over to the regular ses- sion, a8 well as all propositions to reform the Judicial system of tho State. The general senti- ment of the members of both Houses secmed to Do in favor of calling s Constitutional Conven- tion, to which body could bo referrod all propo- sitions for Judicial reform or increaso of Cir- cuits. This matter will be thoroughly discussed at the regular session ; and tho opinion of those best informed upon the subject is, that tho Leg- islaturo will call tho Convention'to meot early next summer or fall. THE TIPPECANOE BATTLE-GROUND is at Tnst to bo cared for. The Constitution of the State, adopted in 1552, declared it to be the duty of the State to keep that_historic gronnd well inclossd, and to preserve it for all future time. A common board fenco, that was erecied over twenty years ago, bas long siuce rotted down, and many of the trees havo fallen or been killed in consequence of its neglect. The ro- cent Legislature, howover, provided for its in- closure, at a cost of not to excecd $24,000, with substantial iron fonce. THE EMPLOYES BILL, passed at the rocent scssion, limits by Iaw the ‘number of employes each branch of tho Legiela- ture shall bo entitled to, including Committes clerks, and provides for the manner of their ap- pointment. It hasbeen the custom, heretofore, to permit the Doorkeopor of cach House to bo the judge of tho number of employes needed, and they would appoint 23 long as urged to_do 8o by their personal or political friends. The above bill was introduced by Sonator Doeardsley, who personally investigated tho mecest sity for employes; =and it is claim- ed that this bLill will savo to tho Stato at least $25,000 at ench session of the Leg- islature. Additional help cannot be employed, except by pecial act. This will be productive of great good, and will conduce greatiy to the comfort of the members, whose_groatest snnoy- ance comes from tho importunitics of *desd- beats” and ‘ played-out party-hacks,” who insist that places sball bo mado for them at £5a day, in consequence of supposed sorvices to tho party during the canvass. EIGHT DOLLARS A DAY. Ono of tho reasons almost muiversally given by business and professional men ifi doclining £0 be candidates for the Legislaturo is, that the per diem is not sufficient to meet thoir expenses, 1'and that thov cannot afford to sacrificotheir busi- ness, and dray upon their privato funds to assist in defraying their expenses, while at Indianapo- lis nttending to tho State business, The per diem heretoforo has beeu 5 per day, which barely covers the expeuses of the most economical membera while in this city, whilo it did not much more than pay the board of o majority. Henco the proposition to increase the per diem to $8 per day was carried by a large masjority. Now 1t is tho hope that a better class of men will consent to be candidates for Loth Houses. That the best men in the Stato should compogo the Legislature, is a statement tbab will not be questioned. Is not this, thon, thie best or most practical way to securo their rorvices ? ey o v Tl IRISH SOLDIERS IN FRANCE. , To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Sir: In your article of this date on the chap-~ ter m Fraser's Magazine relative to the Irish Brigade in the service of France, the reviewer remarks that the existenco of that gallant corps was “o striking fact, although not generally known.” The admission i somewhat unfortu- Date, becauso the military achiovements of that distingnished legion forms, perhaps, the most romantie page in the history of modern Europe ; and, certainly, tho brightest episode in the clouded fortunes of the Irish nation under the blight of British rule. Tho glory of tho Irish Brigede was continental, not insular; and the most superficial student of history ehould not be ignorant of its heroic devotion and deathless renown. Tho records of the French War-Offico show, according to tho statementsof several distin- guished writers, that, from the fall of Limerick, in 1691, to the dissolution of tho Irish Drigade, in 1791, 400,000 soldiers, of Irish birth or blood, died in the servico of France. During that memorabls period, whils the Irish at homo were being systematically helotized by the infamous peral laws of William IIL and his successors, the Irikh abroad wers achioving im- mortal fame on the battle-ficlds of Europe. England, with unparalleled malignity, slandered Irish courage in_Ireiaud, despite the splondid heroism_displeyed at Aughbrim, Athlono, and Limericlk Lut the soldiers who, under Mouutcas Sarsficld, and Lord Clare, left their country rather than remain the bondmen of a biyot victor, vindicated the horor of their race, and made the Irish name forever glorious in the annalzof war, England could not malign thoso men, for the armics of Europe wers the judies of their prowess. Marsbal _Catinas ‘ounded their praises from tho valleys of Italy, when they scaled the Alpine cli aud ~ “clutched ‘the keys of Riva William *“rcmembered Limerick” when their war-cry rent the clouds as Sarsficld led tho charge on Neerwinden, and died in tho arms of victory. Prince George cnrsed them at Cre- mona, vhen the regiments of Dillon and B in their shurls, as they sprang frem Liviowae, lurled the Austrien cavalry through the gate of the Po, after they had s riged the French and captured Duke Villoroy. AMailborcugh felt their stecl at Blenheim, Oude- n Tplaquet. At Rawilics, wheén © the baflled Fresch wero forced to yield,” the horse- men of the Jdo burat through the English army ond captured a stand of colors,—sole trophiy of that furious contest,—which hung for generetions afterwards in tho Cathedral at ‘pres, attesting (he faitk and fame of Ireland. Whet peed to dweil on the fresher glories won by the boli Drigade at Fontenoy ? England, by the mouth of George IL., exclaimed in chagrin, ¢ Curned be tho laws thet deprivo me of such soldiers!” That anathewa avenged the Treaty of Litn Ii may be of intcreatto relate that, after the rescue of Cremona, Louis XIV. reised the pay of the Irish Brigade to tho footing of the Guards,—an Lonor never bestowed on auy other corps in the Freuch gervice; aud this peculiar [iivilego they rotaiucd until disbanded by the Royohition. Prouder than all is their opitaph, ritten by tho Freneh nation, and emblazoncd on their riddled colors, which hang in the Church of the luv “ Semper et ubique Jideles” Could keroism have had a more chiv- alrous recognition ? It may no be geuerally known that the French expedition which aidcd” Washiugton in the re- duction of Yorktown was composed, in no email measure, of men coscended from tho vie- tors of TFoutenoy. After tho latter victors, with tho esception of the war against Fredorick the Great, Franco had comparatively little fight- ing on hand until the fall of Louis X' and, 28 & conscquence, recruitiog from Iueland almost Saitlicly scased. ' Thernfora the pnla spectro of the Brigade, which, under Colonel O'Connell, arrisoned some islands of the British West In- ies, after the Revolution had disbanded the old organization, was made up of somi-Irishmen, who were bitterly hostile to the Freach Republi- cans, and a3 vellemeatly attached to the Houso of Bourbon. They may bo set down as having served tho latter, not England. In any caso, they bore not the colors of tho Irish Brigado, and bave no share in its glory. They Wero not “erring wubjects” of England, but Trench subjects, born and bred, and rank among the emigrants. Tho true suc ors of the Brig- ade of Sarsfield wero the ‘Irish Legion,” formed by tho Directory, and continued until tho fall of Napoleon, when, by the Treaty of Vienna, France agreed to striko them from tho anny-roils. Thus Louia XVUL repaid his dobt to England. Mar- shal Junot, Duc d’Abrantes, bore high testimony to the services of the Irish Legion in the carlier campaigns of tho Peninsular War. The corps, afterward, served with high distinction, under Goueral Lawless, during the campaign of Wag- Tam. Your reviewer must Lave quoted Fraser when ho termed the Irish soldiers, driven from their_country by the blackest system of op- prossion over instituted by men, *erring sub- jeets of England.” Were tho story of Irclaud fully and truthfully Lnown, tho prophecy of her greatest poet would surely bo fulfilled : Perchanco in after days They'lllearn to luve your nnuie, And niany adeed m in praiso ‘That lung hus slept in blam Aud when they tread the ruined Isle, Where reat, at leugth, tho lord and slave, They'll, wondering, ask Low hands so vile, 5uld conquer hitarts so brave If, on this eubject, I have trespassed too far upon your paticoee, ot the agitation caused by thio criseds of James Anthony Froudeagainst Lo Irish cause Lo my excese. Smaymock. Cmcaco, de, and A Woman Attempts to S.alp and Rurn Out the Eyes of a Young Girl From the Pittsburgh Commereial, Mr. and Mra. X. aro believed to havo lived sa happily together as man and wife commonly do in their social position. Some timeago Mrs. X., with or without reason, began to fancy that Mr, X. preferred Ida D. fo hersclf, This young girl had, for awkilo, kept house for the husband in the temporal ebsence of the wie on & visit to relatives, One day Ida received a message from Tequesting licr to call at hor Louse, o8 sho (rs. X.) had & lettor from the country for her. In tho afternoon Ida dressed hersolf in her best clothes, and went to Mrs. X.'s house, where sho wns met at the door by tho woman, who _kissed her, iu- quired particularly about the state of her health, and placed her in the most comfort- able chair in the room, an_armed rocking-chair. Mrs. X. offered tho girl refreshments, which sho declincd, with a roquest for a glass of water. This was at once brought by thic amiabie hostess, who herself took o drink. The woman then went into an adjoining room, from which sho speedily returned with a strong cord or rope ar- ranged’in the form of s mnoose. Smiling cud talking pleasantly all che time, sho stepped be- hind ber visitor, and, dropping the noose over hor head and arme, vith a sudden jerk sho soon Youad the young girl holpless to tho chair. Ide's feet wore next tied to the chair. “ Now,” said the woman, * you shatl sce how I wili avengo whercupon from the tablo drawer she ir of shears, o large knifo and revolver, ull of which implentents she sprecd upon tho table beforo Ler victim, by this time ready to faint with terror. The tormentor's next step was to cut off the girl's hair &s close 28 possible 10 the skin, leaving only a singlo handful on the top of tho heed, for the purposo, as she ox- plained, of facilitating the subscquent opera- tion of ecalping. The girl screamed and cried for help as loudly as she could, but the house stands in a lonely pluce, and no deliverer ap- pesred. After cutting off the hair, Mrs. X. brought a looking-glass that Ida might seo tho change produced in her appearance, = As tho girl begged her relenso, saying thub she was freczing, eho was told, Wwith a plentiful application of mocking epithets, thab she would b warm enough beforo sho got away. Mrs, X. then put tho poker in the stove, and while caim- Iy walting for it to become red hot, she told hor vietim what she intended to do with it. * First, Iwill burn your eyes out,” ete., ctc. And sho really began to esecuto her threats, but when sho was Lrying to bliud tho girl, the latter, by o nu%erhunmu elfort, succeeded in releasing ono of her hands, with which sbo seized tho glowing poker end for a while arrested tho monater in the perpetration of her crime. This interrup- tion mado it necossary to reheat tho poker, and in the meaatime the unlooked for roturn of the husband was all that saved the girl from pro- longed torture and death ot the bands of s, X. 1 L &~ PETROLIA. A Sketch of the Oil-Region. Discovery, Progress, and Present Condition of the Oil- Business. Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. O1x C17, Ps., Dec. 26, 1670 Taking Oil City as s centre, aradius of 25 miles would comprise that part of Western Penneylvania known 88 the “Oil Regions. ‘And it is vory appropristoly named, Oil is to the inhabitant of Petrolia what the reindeer is fo the Esquimoux. In & word, it provides directly or indirectly for everything. ?‘kle coun- try is, for the most part, wild, mountainous, and rugged, and produces nothing of importance to support its largo population, but oil. Hence, overything else must bo brouglt here, and living is more oxpensive than in any other part of tho United States, unless it bo the “ Far West.” The popular ides that obtaining oil from Mother Earth belongs to ** the wonderful age of discovery in which we live,” 18 ERBONETS. ) Like many other things, “ that Hesthen Chi- nee " is thousands of years ahead of us. Con- fucius speaks of oil coming from the rocks casually, and not as anything new or wonderful. ‘Herodotus, whom, in otr ignorsnce, wo called tthe father of lics,” mentions an oil-well in Zante, which is still flosving. Tho existenco of petroleum in the *¢ Oil Rogions " of Pennsyl- Yania was known to scientific men long before ita so-called discovery in 1859. The French Commander of Fort Du Quesne, writing to Gen~ eral Montealm, and relating many wonderful things, speaks of the Seneca Indians, in their worship of the sun, using oil obtained from the rocks. This tribo _ occupied the whole region about Oil Creek and vicinity. Fifty years ago, oil was collected hero by making dams in the river, and gathering the oil by blsukots soaking it up. This was sold throughout the country 23 *“Seneca Oil,” and be- lieved to be etlicacious in curing many diseases. TOERE ARE MANY THEORIES as to the origin of potroloum: One, that itiss liquid resulting _from tho decomposition of ma- rino and land plants; snother, that it is from oil-yielding animals which swarmed the seas of the Devonian period; the generally accepted ex- planstion is, however, that it is the condensation of certain gases comng through the earh’s crust from the liquid interior. In 1859, a Connecticut Yankes, by the name of Drake, came to Titusvills, and near this place commenced boring for o vein of silver, which tradition eaid was there. Ho was out of funds in a short timo, and regarded by most people as an impostor; bub ho persovered, and, atthe depth of 170 foet, STRUCK A FLOWING OIL-WELL of 20 barrels per diem, then worth 330 per barrel. This created the wildest excitement, and, as new wells and new localitios bocamo kngwn, wonderful fortunes wero medo in & day, and old farmers, fifty years behind the times, became enddenly millionaires. As a nacural consequence of money becoming 80 plentiful and wealth fall- ing upon persons unable to judiciously use it, shoddyism in its worst form was apparent everywhere. One or two anecdotos will illus- trate the effect “ gTRIKING OIL™ ‘had upon some of theso peoplo. An old couple, too impatient to wait till spring to build, took elegant furniture, laco curtains, etc., into their logcabin. A blacksmith, having “ struck oil,” and who, instead of counting his money, as formerly, by dollars, counted it by hundreds of thoneands, sent his daughtor to & fashion- ble boarding-houso in Philadelphia. One of the instructors wrote to him that it waa useless to keop his daughter at school, as she lacked capecity. The old man very indig- nantly wrote buck, asking why they did not bay capacity for her, if sbe wanted it. He had money enough. For sis or soven years EVERSTHING WAS SPECULATION. The 0il business was not carried on as a legiti- mate on, but forthe purposo of making a for- tune at onlo stroko. From 230 n barrel. oil went down 80 luw that is did not pay to barrel it, and it wos ot times even allowed to run into the river. Then there were wells which flowed moro than 2,000 barrels in twenty-four hours. Now,a well which pumps 100 barrels is considered much more than average. Of course, in different lo- colitles, petroloum is found at different depths ; ‘but, &8 a gencral rule, that found near tho sur- face is much Lenvier, aud consequently moro valuable, that found decper down. Tmprovements azo constantly being mado in tho machinery used in PUTTING DOWX AN OIL WELL; , tho goneral plan is the same: TFirat, n derrick is buwlt, 50 or 60 feet high, much resembling the lookout stations built for the Signal Corps during tho late jrar, or tho rough observations on the seashore. To the top of tho derrick is fastened a\ pulley-block, through which tho rope pesses that raises snd lowers tho tools. The latter weigh about 1,000 pounds, 80 that a powerful blow is_struck at every revolution of tho crank. Without going through the details of boring, I will state, as goon a8 oil is found, tubing I8 sot in, and, if the well is a flowing one, tho owner is fortunate; and, if not a flowing well, » pump must bo pub in, fo bo worked by an_engino. The fucl com- monly used in the engine, the well iteolf pro- vides in the shapo of oas. - This is, to ono eceing it for the first time, somothing wonderful. Tho “head” of gasis sometimes very powerful. There was an engino at one end of the walls at Parker's Landing, whoso motivo power was gas; no steam was used, but the pressare of gas from the well had the samo effcct 28 stenm in running the engine. Gas-wells, supplying towns, manufactorics, and private dwellings with fuol and light, are com- mon throughout the Oil Regions, and on the shore of Lake Erio east of Cleveland. Tho number of barrels of oil producedin & year IS SOMETEING STUPENDOUS. Taking the past rix months, I find the averago monthiy yield of the entire Oil Region to bo 520,000 barrels. Durinitlm samo period, the number of yielding wells cach month averaged 4,300. Ihave said great fortunes have been amassed Liere, and might add o great many for- tunes have Leen lost, us is attested by the nu- merous deserted derricks you sce everywhere covering dry-holes. THE CENTRE OF THE OIL BU: is Oil City. Of all places I ever vit tho dirtiest, most ill-arranged, and busiest. By the way, vou see vary few idle people in Petro- lin, It was near Oil City that the first largo wells were found. The Oil Exchange is here, where a great part of tho oil businees is trans- acted. Titusville is ono of the most |important places in the Region. Petrolenm Centre at_one time had a bright future, but it never realized it, and is on the wane. Reno whsa town of mushroom growth, and rose and fell in the fomous “ Culver Bubble.” This town and a tract of 1,200 acres are owned by the ‘ Reno Oil Compeny.” Here dorricks take the place of shade-trees, and no family can be without at Ieast two on tho whole Region proper. FRANKLIN is tho finest place. Its streets aro broad and well laid out; the peoplo aro Euhlic-sp' ited, and some of the buildings, public aud private, would put muck larger plices to shame. It is surrounded by very steep and high hills, one of which, viz., the * Egbort Hill,” is famous for tho numbér of yielding wells on it. I am afrafd I have made this letter too long, but at another time I shall endeavorto tellsome- thing of rofning oil, and the different leagues and combinations drganized between the pro- ducere, rofiners, and railroads, all of which are of public interest. HP. R O S Disappearance and Keappearance of Land. Tt requires an immense amount of argument and strong proofs to convince Some persons any change is going on in the physical aspect of & country. They supposo and firmly believe that land and water appear to-day precisoly as they wera at the subsidouce of the deluge. Even the overlasting mountains, as they sre poetically described by geographers, aro gradu- ally wearing away. They crumble and the winds and rains carry eway tho disintegrated particlos to roise the common level of depressions and elevate the surfsce of adjacent plains. By this nover-ceasing processs the beds of all rivers are shallowing, whilo esturrics and tho seas into which thoy waft the carth held in solation, are gralually filling up witi accumu- lated mud. By pressure from tho groat weight of water above, the eoft bod slowly hiardens, and in timo, aided by other ngencies in natura, be- comes a siratum of stone. But one fact is moro valuabloin the estimation of doubters in regard to the ever changing con- dition of mattor than a wholo volume of descrip- tive phenomena. ‘Wheroe the Zuvder Zco now is, within histori- cal times, was dry land in the thirteenth cen- tury. In that territory were two lakes. mighty inundation broke throngh the neck of 1and between them, and the water rushed quite to tho gates of Utrecht. From that perio for two hundred years the water gained snd finslly got the ascendency, awu]owmf up extensive forests and tracts of cultivated land; not only that, but the submerged ground scems to havo sunk vory considerably, as largo vessels, at this particular epoch, sail freely over whero wero Snce fino roads and beautiful fields. Lastly, in 1306, the fresh water was wholly displaced by an influx of ealt water, and thoso islands mnow marked on charts were cut off from the main- Jand. Thus tho Zuyder Zeo became an armn of the sea. This is one example of ths law of ier- restrisl changes. THE BYRON FAMILY. Mrs. Somerville on Lady Lovelace and Her Relations—Fhe Leigh Scan- dcl. From the Cincinnati Commercial. The day after Christmas, 1871, in acomfortable stone mansion standing at ono of the angles of fhe Braschi Palace, near the Piazza Navona, in Rome, I saw that veuerable old lody who had buen regarded for forty years, by all the savans of Europe, as the most wondorfal woman of the century. 1t was Mra. Somerville's birthday, and T2 honor of her having entered—with ~good health, perfectsenses (save & slight deafness), and unimpaired mind—upon her 92d year, & few friends had called to offer their congratule- tions. * * * 5 8 While Mrs. Somerville was thus chatting on about her old friends, lunch was announced. Preferring to remain behind with the venerable 1ady, I took occasion, from the absence of the othtra, to ask her of the conclusion of Lady Fovelaco's life. *Itwasnsad ono,” eho enid. “Ryrrounded by all that affluence, pesition in society, kind_friends, a_tender Lusband, and promising children could bestow, tho restless epirit inherited from the Byrons could not be Sotisfled. Sho bet high at horsc-races, played for large stales at cards, frequented the rouge- et-noir gambling taples during the season st Baden-Baden and Wiesbaden; ond, during the railvay manin in England, when George Hudson was ‘King,' entere deeply into speculations., Lord Lovelace was either ignorant of all this, or chose to appear so. She had, besides settlements made upon her on er marrisge day, large trusts held for her by pnte-nuptial deeds, coueisting of property in- Berited from her maternal grandfather, the in- come of which was her own. The failure of her agent, through whom she bought and sold rail- way stocks, involved her in debts she could not discharge, and to save her good name her ‘hus- band paid them, I think the chagrin arising brought onthe disesse from which sho fr_mn"t od, oo “She had sll the proud spirit of hor father 02" th‘e‘ Y?as; and combined with thaball the extreme eccentricities of her mather. She could be both of the most genial warmth and Arctic coldness to her frionds. As each morning's freak took her, such was her mood through the day. You nover knew beforehand where you were to find her. She would sometimes, for weeks together, become so absorbed in mathematical studies—in LaPlace’s most abstruse calculations, in phyaical astronomy, in the caleuls—that everything else was forgorion. Again, with the same intensity, she would travel from placo to place on the Con- tinent, would follow up the dissipations of Lon- don society throngh & whole season with all the crazy cagerness of o girl at her first sntrance into life, would be present at all the great horse- races on both sides of the channel, and would gamble unscrupulously everywhere. Bhe was #l40 a5 extremly selfish a8 sha was heedlesaly rash, and it was from this,added to her frequent coldness of manner, that she retained no con- stant friends.” ¢ Did she resemble her father or mother most in personal appearance ?” “ Her father ; and was as beautiful & woman as he was handsome man. When she was staying at Cl.itwui with her mother, the year before she became Lady Lovelaco, 1 never saw a more lovely young woman, To the white clear skin, largs, fviq i dark wavy tresses, Grecian eyes, features, and small handsand feet of her father, eho ndded the thoughtful expression of Lady Noel Byron, Heor forehead was lower than Lord Byron’s, but this only added o her besuty. She road the *Mecanique Celesta” of La Place, in which be traces tho influence of gravitation from tho elliptical motions of the plarets to its most remote elfects on their mutual perburba- tious— work, you are aware, which I subse- quently translated—under my direction for sev- eral weeks, and I am surc I never saw cloar - un derstanding embodied in physical beauty to so oul o dogreo 08 there wus epparent in Ada Fisron whanever sbe arrived at & full compre- honsion of & great astronomical truth. Besides, her voice was low, sweet, and singularly well modulated.” “ Had she, as tho world beileves, been reared by her mother in entire ignorauce of her father’s works?” “I do not know. Bhe never spoke of him, whether Lady Byron were present or absent. It could have made no difference, however, for she had no taste whatever for poetry.” **She had other family troubles besides those which arose from her uneasy disposition, had she not, Ars. Somerville 7" #Poor lady, yes. There were frequent guar- rels with, and consequent estrangements from, Lady Noel Byron. Then there was that ter- rible affeir about Medora Leign, which lasted fhrough years, and which kept Lady Lovelace in constant fear of some publicexposure. Then there was tho Leigh family, never reputable, elways in poverty, about waom disgracefal scandals were forever in circulation.” “But you place no credit in Mrs, Beecher Stowe's terrible revelations 2" “Whother I do or do not, one thing is cor- tain, and that is, the rovelation is nof, as the world supposes, something new. I have hoard of it many, meny years, It was current before Lord Byron died.” Lady Lovelace belicved it, 2nd always spoke of Medors Leigh, the alleged fruit of the, incest, as her sister. ~Lady Byron !e§urdad]\[udum Leigh as her husband’s child.” “But long after this Lady Byron was on terms,) of friendship with Mrs. Leigh, which seems hardly consistent with tho belief in such an un- natural deed. And, besides, Mr. Leigh lived with his wife for many years after the scandal was afloat.” 0t Lady Byron’s conduct in this, as in a tbousand other ingetnces, no explanation can be given that is consistent with human nature as we Lnow it in others. She was a woman entirely sut generis, never suro of hersolf, never trust- worthy to ber friends or the world. Whenever the cold of the North Pole came down upon hor, asit was likely to do at any time, ehe was no longer subject toordinary motives. Lcanconceivo of hor making a bosom friend of Mrs. Leigh, as sho did, after sho beliovod the alleged incest, aud persuading herself that her motives were divine. Lody Byron's likes and dislikes were a8 much without reason as they were without control. Tatho many schools of which she was patroness, there wore no rules which sho_would Dot arbitrarily alter, no engagements whicli she would not deliberately break. As for Mr. Leigh's remaining with lus wife after he must have heard tho scandal, he had, in fact, nowhere else to live. Poor, shiftless, unintelligent, with- out the prido that scorns an alms-taking or the force that wins broad, he was from the begin- ning s benoficiary upon his wife's pittanco of property. Besides he was o Byton, a3 was his wife, and there is taint in the blood.” “Tunning down through several generations, Iam told ?” “Yes; from Admiral Byron to Lady Lovelace's oldest son, Lord Ockham, there were four steps, every one meking a lower descont than it8 pre- decessor, It wasa good thing for his family and the world that death cut short the dis- graceful carcer of the last. Without the gifts of the race ho inhorited all his vices. Cash- iered from the army for cowardice, and oxpelled from the navy for petty larcenios; shipping before the mast in a drunken frolic and begging as a_misersble outcast in the slums of Calcutta, earning a bare livelihood as a touter around the wharves of New York, and dying of delirium tremens while employed as a common laborer in Bcott Russell’s ship-vard in London—he would seem fo have embodied within himself el the vices of an outlaw and all the meannesses of a vagabond.” . “ How about the present inheritor of the titls, Madame ?” “ Ah, my dear sir, wo have already broken tho rule which tells us to spesk only well of the dead. With your leave, we will not brenk another to-day, It is but justico for me to add, however, that of the present family I mever heard anything but good.” —— Flen and YWomen. In tho order of nature there is belisved to be an equal namber of the two_sexes, taking the world ab farge, but the fighting propeasities of mau tends to destroy an even balance, so that in all countrios in these latter days fomelos lavgely outnumber the brotherhood. Civiliza- tion with its Christiazizing influences has not yet corrected the disparity, and so long a8 war, commerce, and the demands of the world for male lsbor exist, to tho extentin which they 110 now employed in mining, railroading, dig. glog coal and ealt, to the exclusion of females, women will be more numerous than ever. The the kingdom above 40 years of age. Ther 1,407,225 singlo women between 20 axd 4n, & 1,413,912 bachelors of the samo ago. 0 cities of this country the womon far sxcesd 11> male population: In New Eaglhad thares (22 women enough to take goverament inge tri? own hands were they to Yoto. Thoro are fr. _tm:lon czpbmy{ %x:d r;[my thousand moro womay in the City of New York—so say, inticiy in the City 78 2 Statisticin . A White Deer. From the San Francisco Bulletiy P. B. Cornwall, agent of the BlM!:LDinmfinfl and Bellingham Bzy Coal Mining Compantgs was recently the rec&piemor 2 beautiful white' deer, six montLs old, from a friend residing ., the Puget Sound country, und now bag fe 5.2 mel in course of domeification. In form iy animal resembles clovely the commsa Amisgicer deer, having rather 5 100g Load 04l ey zle, large and lustrous eges, and loug, slonder logs, though there ia grace and finih 1p 1y ' shape of the limbs, that one ecldom sces amony 7 the ordinary deer. ' Tho dear was captured by ay Indian maiden who was strolling throngs ths + forests of Washingten Terrizorv i compans wity * her chosen brase, onc moonlight night last snm. mer, and wes sold by her to a white trader i order that she might realize a sufficient to ds fray the expenses of a marriage that had pres. ously becn deieyed on account of tho extrems poverty of her humble but honest parents. Tua romance enhances the value of the deer. e Dec. B, Ed. i3, buth o this 25, ait erics rlhizs, 800 Of the et Jocens 0 tas., ia dlayaied, ) Ashland avenu AUCTION SALES, By ELISON & Pawnbroker's Sale! THE BALANCE OF THE FORFEITED PLEDGES Of A. GOLDSMID, Pawahroker, 433 Stat buid at 4 Wil b PUBLIC ATCTION, At 214 East Madison-st., without ress MONDAY and TUESDAY, Dac. 3 and 2, a: a.m.ond 2 o'clock p. m. Look out fur ba: ‘Watches, Diamonds, Jewelrs, &c., &c. 3 ELISON & FOST ioazer $20,000! PAWNEROKERS SALE! WE WILL SELL AT Public Awuction, At our Store, Nos. 85 and 87 Market-st,,c2 MONDAY and TUESDAY, Dec. 30 20d 31, at 10 o’clock a. m. and 2 o'clock p. o, $20,000 WORTH OF Diamond Sets, Rings, and Pins, Gold and Silver Watches, Beautiful Gold Jewelry. Vest and Opera Chains, Pins, Rings, Lockets. Clocks, Opera Glasses. Ladies' Furs, &c., & Also & splendid line of Fancy Goods. Bale positive and without reserve. ELISON & FOSTER, Auctioneers. SPECIAT: SALE OoF Household Furniture, BY AUCTION, On TUESDAY MORNING, Dec. 31, ot 10 o'clock, ot 448 Stato-st. Lok out for bax gaing, a3 the property will positively be scld. ELISON & FOSTER, Auctionece:s. By WL, A, BUTTERS & CO. 55 and 57 South Canal-st. SAT.E OF UNREDEERIED PLEDGE: HELD BY A, LIPMAN, Pawnbroker, BY AUCTION, MONDATY, DEC. 80, 1872 At tho sslosroom of Wm. A. Dutters & Co., & 2ai? Soutls Canalat., consistiag of Gold and Silver Watches, Diamond Rinfs, Pins, and Sets in great v: , Fine Gold Jewelry, Opcra est Chains, Lockets, Guns, Cutlery, Opera Glasses, Mantel Clocks, Fancy Goods, Musical Instruments, Ete. Byordor of A. LIPMAN. WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctioaze:s Sale to commenco at 10 o'clock 3. m. BOOTS AND SHOES AT AUCTION, on TUESDAY MORNING, Dec at9:30 o'clock, outh Canal-st. ‘WAL A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctioznes. Horses, Buguies, Crtters and Hares On WEDNESDAY, Jan. 1, at 10 o'clock, at 5, 3 ¥ and 31 West Washington-st. WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., du: DRY GOODS, Custom-Made Clothing, Shirts, Drawers, Bit: On THURSDAY, Jan. 2, at 0 o'clnck. WL A. BUTTER By GEO. P. GORE & CO. AT AUCTION, ON TUESDAY, DEC. 31, AT § 124K, These goods, in style and quality, are ot surpassed in Chicago. 'We shall offer in i dition to the above, Fine All Wool Unde 2l vrear, Caps and Turbans, Knit Goods, Giors% 3 Fine Plated Ware and Cutlery, Fine F* } Sets, &c. GEO. P. GORB Au BRI D SR ST AT T Al i B B3 b Ll o Boots and Shoss O TUESDAY, DEC. 31, AT § M AR Advanced prices will rule in 1873, a0d % ers should not forget that this is the LS CHANCE to got goods st THEIR OWN PRICES. GEO. P. GORE & C0+ 93, 24 and 7@ Randolph-st ’ 5 By W.0. ZOFFMAN, Auctioncers R R LA S AT ATTCTION- L ) IMPORTASNT SALES OF TEAS. L. ). HOFFIAS SON & €O will mllon ‘WEDNESDAY, Jaz & 1873 st 11 n'clac:, ™ At Roberts® Salestoom, Nos. 97 n Water-st., New York, T, 13,000 Ntkfig:s eh«.C; 0. 4 late census of Groat Britain revealed the alarm- ing fact that there wero 850,969 mficden fndx::?n Sauchongs, and Japans. Ecool 5 Cataloguxs and ssmples Ll sl;a;‘va"d;vn atthe (ot ma d aster tho vk