Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 27, 1873, Page 7

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1873 7 MOVING. The Horrors of the Flay= Nicom. Respénéihility of the OId Puritars for the American Demon of Unrest. Exposure of Your Domestic Skeletons. Tho Mysteries and Miseries of Fouse- Munting--=Some Hints to Landlords. - N No More Old-Fashioned Homes The Present Eagerness ©+ + for Change. Moving Then, and Now. 1# “ the wicked flee When no man pursiieth,” what an iniquitous race we must be ;' for, an- pually st least, o large proportion of us dislodge all our honsehold gods, and, with much worri~ ment of mind; excessive fatigue of body, and & decided general demoralization, we proceed to erect mew altars in other, not always botter places, and reinstate our Lares and Penates for enother brief period. Thoze B * RESTLESS OLD PURITANS, 20w 1 who conld not bo contented with quietly going to Henven in the regular way, havo much to an- swer for. -Tnstend of eaying their prayors in the 01d Church of England fashion, eating their din- ners comfortably, and sojourning quiétly under their inherited roof-troes, whother manor-house or cottage, they had to stir up that restless, un- ezsy, never-eatisfied moral eloment, called 'CONSCIENCE. They listoned to its dictates; they submited to ita eathority ; theysaid “good-bye” to peace and tranquillity thenceforwerd and forever. Conscience is, no doubt, & doarable monitor; butiiis just possible that it occasionally re- quircs the guiding influence of Reason. Left unrestrained, it is quite apt to mount mpon a bigh horse, take the bit inits mouth, gallop away st will, until it losesits own sense of intel- ligent action, grows blind from the fury of its omn unchecked race, and msy take one into all sorts of thorny by-paths; or perchance come to decided grie? in tho end. It is mot at all likely that such was the kind of conscience that stirred up our ancestors ; but it was undoubtedly of the prickly sort,—a kind of e MENTAL NETTLE-RASH, thst kept them constantly in an unessy state. ‘Finst, thoir moral convictions became unsettled ; thencs the contagion spread to themental; the stomech responded to tho brain, as the brain does to the stomach, and, behold! = certain ascoticism became s symptom. This upset the phyrical equilibrinm, and a genéral unessinees suparvened, which at last culminsted in that FIRST MOVE TO HOLLAND. This was but the incipient stage of the disease, which was eventually to become s wido-spread contagion, that, like inherited scrofals, should affect and infact their children and children's children to remotest posterity. The sins of the fathers ” was here to bo exemplified in another way. Holland onswered very well for o firstmove; but the Dutch were stolid race. They were content to tio up their cows" tails, scour the ont- fide of their houses, smoke- thoir pipes, drink their unrighteous beer, sloep-the sleep of the fustified, and ot live in s perpetual atate of self- torment.” Tt is donbtful if the unpardonable sin svar cost them an instant’s thought: Of course, this was all very dreadful, and thoso good, old, sonscience-awakened solf-martyrs must have beon in despair. Thet they resisted massacreing the whole obinse Tace for righteousmess’ enke, was probably only a question of numbers, not of zeal. However, as they could not rouse the som- nolent Dutchman to s realizing sense of the er- ror of his ways, it was quite impossible to etay and contemplate it, and . ANOTHER MOVE WAS PERFORCE MADE. Consclence, and the first symptoms of dyspep- sis, contingent upon the unsettled steio of their moral, mental, and physical being, wrged them on, and they determined to seek a home where, as a peculiar people, they could indulgo' in as ‘many religious pirousttes a8 their mental nrtica~ 1is might suggast. Plymouth Rock has become THE DLARNEY-STONE OF AMERICA. It bas beenesentimentalized upon ad Lbilum; toms people are heretical enough' to think ad nauseam,—but thon they are not born Yankees, only unorthodox outsiders, who probably sncer from envy. Ars, Hemans wrote, “The broaking vaves dashed high,” and every school-boy has declaimed, with proper emphasis, pathos, and pride, thst welt-salislying poom, reaching the dimax of climaxes a8 he finishes Tith the lines ‘They bava left unstained what thers they found,— Freedom to worship God. G not to worship Him, ono mightsdd, in view of the numerous churches snd copgregs- tions which one is forced to contemplatain large citiee. With this aspect of tho subject wo have nothing to do, however, at present, except inas- much as it was the original seed-time from which Americans seem to destined to resp a per- petual harvest. i OVENO. 2 was 8 better one, for there wag an entire vast continent, larger than the whole of Europe, for them to move around in and infect with discon- tent. If Consider Bare-bones' conscience -was & Litle more’ mnging apd lively than Ghm:( Bend-tho-kmees', and be had not sufficient physi- eal power t persmado the latter into an equal siate of mental disquitude, or if he dissgresd vith the community with whom he dwelt gener- ally, all he had to da was to take his poor, paltry Ifo'n Lis ovn hands, Jay in & supply of powder and ahot for the benefit of his Indian neighbors, take hig trusty rifle, and - . MOVE. Here he could build s stockede, or block- bouse, and glorify God eccording to the dictstes of his' own conscience. Oh! degenerats days o which we bave fallen! Thar s tho samo rostless spirit, the same mneasy condition of nind, but the flavor hsa all gone ontofit. No nliglous dlsabilities now send us off upon our toud hegira. No aromatic spice of over- Ypping virtue -permesting us with an odor of unctity, no moving for conscience sake, but s VILE CATEBING TO CREATURE COMFORTS,— 1 on of gas, furnace, range, lavatory pos- ll:;d'du, m:«c:lh wmdtgw, n;As lo fronts, Man- roafs, or, degradation of degradation, even Hationary wash-tubs. Thero is mot s single Tonl element left, for, althongh austhomes Bay be hurled by both landlord and tenant, they o 1o regal strength . or sscerdotal vengeance, are more like those curses which have been mlrad to immature members of the Gallinacs y. - “"Tig frue, "tis pity,—pity 'tis, 'tis true ;” and o B e atar, matonal digs, -¥ih 0o grand moral or berofo element to stimu- Itto us, we go forth upon our weary round in Search of “ other evila that we kmow not' of.” g; have heard of people who went house-hunt- - FOR THE LOYVE OF IT, ' Ewviable mortals! They frenone Of your quist, self-satisfled creatures, who are contented gfivaumnu; but inqn!ri;g ‘minds, who, of being wholly spgrossed witks their own g-’!. wiserable home aftairs, find abundant room, & ibeir broad interprotation of neighborliness, tskeyon and your private concerns under 3 8%cial smpervision-and_criticism. They. have ¥ fored themeelves into your parlor and dining- Hom, but nauaet bave penetrated the Elen- ooy S your kitchen and bed-rooms. Theyknow h"therl is a skeleton 1 every house, but they not i mm{“?““" found out where you kept Ty IER TABANTUTA OF. 'DISCONTENT cnbyen you ito annaal bite, and joulate 8}:— St yourdiseaso 06 they do small-pox in Chi- o a:‘.f"' the announcement - For Bent™ on Toeysdor. - The " proposition, by the way, looks. 'flnd‘h 8 stranger, and remimds him that he’ 00t 40 hum * jn New England. Now is your oy ‘S chanoo, ‘Bhe has & right to conot your m&“ aie your lm'du'aopun your wn;gz your_teds, do nvaxythmg Ptlata vous buresn-drawors 5 and, if you - Iet - way & necossity. B0 you start | mage.” It is apt to become furnished,” she may even do that. Nothing es- cap3s her. She has come early purposely,—her inquisitive noso eharpened to a mors acuteangle than ordinary; her gimlet eyes sided by ¢ double “binoculars,” or_extra-power achromatics, war- ranted to combine the properties of telescope and microncope, Nothing too distant to escapo her,—nothing too minute to bo overlooked. She will not bo satisfied with making you one visit ; she will come half-n-dozen' times, for, varions and sho will observe, and make & note of, every phsso of yous exlslonce. Honceforth ou arc at her mercy, Those two littlo misera- 45 words, © For Rent,” Slikie _HAVE UNDONE YoU. All those private little mortifications and self- renunciations you have undergone for society’s sako are no longer hidden, but all your short- comings in the i ‘wag. or othorwise, are matter for comment to . Pry, and sho greatly rojoices therein. The tarantula-bite has un- done you, -and. all tho . dear, sweot privacy of homo Ts faaded sad destrosed. Thia 15 the woman who honse-hunts for the love of it. To all the rest, itia = - - iz AX INEXPEESSIBLE WEARINESS. We will suppose-you aro a person of moderate means. You aro passably well-suited with your house. Itis uffiood 85 houses in;ienufl-'s aud fou have guite fitted yourself into 1t ; but your ndlord has raised your rent. ‘It is an unfortu- may make s certain limit of "e: orth on what we once'heard a native 6f Erin call your “ grum- Yo A GROANAGE 3 bofore you get through, for, of all disheartening pursuits, generative of aching , . ruin Temper, 'aod spoiled clothing, commend us to house-hunting. You gotoa real-estate agent, | and got a list of housos, each 'of which sooms t0_ ' o exactly the thing_you want; and; with high | hopes and elated Bpnfl;} you feel sure thatthe ery firat will snswer. You tako a car,-and tide fwo or three miles, snd then walk four or five ‘hlocks to the desired locality, which proves to be not desirable.” The 'house is nice, but its sur- roundings of qusgmire and pig-sty make you farious with tho agent, who, Dever having visit- ed tholocality, is quite innocont of any attompt to impose upon your simplicity. Yondon't think 80, however, nnd, with very rod.chooks, com- pressed lips, and emphatio. step, you start, for the next on your list, only s fow squares off. This looks like » barn of o place, but you think you will investigate, and you ring the bell. A Trowsy portress opens thé door on crack, and permits you to seo the tip of ber noso. 15 THIs HOUBE TO LET?" *‘CAN I BEE IT?" ara tho words which you squecze through that narrow Epace, in the hopo that they may resch hor suricular organs. The answer is cloging of the door and a scuffling-off.. “Idiot!” yon re-- mark, notin a whisper, and aro abont to tumn away, when the doos again opens, this time half- way, and a highor grade of intelligonco presents itself. Again you_ropeat the formula, and this timo are permitted to enter. Thero is cold wa- ter, but no hot; the bath-raom is very con- veniently located off tho kitchen ; and tho parlor- floor you caunot see, because it is rented to s lady who won't lot any one in, _You turn away, sud just a little beyond see a bill, and sou rush towardit, *Upper part of this house to let." That will ot answer, butyou remember that some ono told you that, about & quarter of & mile from whera you then are, there have been SOMF NEW HOUSES BUILDING, which would be just tho thing for ou. You go 0 look at them.” Decidedly uow hozzacs, the lath still guiltless of plaster, and it is now the middle of April. Consigning all your kind, well-inform- ed, and interested friends to the forment of per- gemnl ‘house-hunting, i"’l‘:‘ are again lured on by ills in the distanco. ey are liké phospbor- escent lights, regular Will-'o-the-wisps that lure ouon from the right path, and_nover - prove to o the illumination you so fondly believe them. that a few bruises more or less will not be ob- servable. To such thereis no breaking up of old associstions, no tender regrets, nocherisigd ‘memaries to be asssulted,—only another ., which may or may not bebetter than the last. To very fow people in this country is it given to re~ main long enough in one house for_its associa~ tion to become * INTERWOVEN WITH THEIR LIVES, until each stons or plauk saoms almost sentient, Changing constantly, wo have lost much of that chorishing of old things, material or immaterial, that can only properly originate in s long-con- tinued residonco in one place, or in an inherited ownership of it. This bas both its advantages #ud disadvantages. While it has taken us out of many old and marrow grooves, broademed thought, awakened ideas, it has also had some- thing of a disintegrating effect, and solidity hss given way to _lightnosa,- tho worst resulis of & ich are ehown in ifs nctionupon social life and its yaried rolations, It is manifest also in tho roadiness with which change is effected,— fio cager desire for it in many cases.. It ia shown in & contempt for old things, even ex- tending to our farnishings, Everything must bo now &nd modern, even when' it {8 an adapta- tion of old fashions; and, if a sudden fancy for old articles arise, snd antique furnishings are sought for, ib is only apother phase of the rest- lesy epirit, zad it soon vanishes when rococo objacts grow unfashionablo. 1t is a raro thiog nowadays for people to occu- the same house fora periodof ten years. 'wo, threo, or four years at the most, limit their residonce, and then they fiit in subjection to their inherent instincts. ... WHEN OUR FATIERS MOVED, 1t was indeed a sorious businoss. Not o much furniture, perhaps; but then tbe sofas, snd 0d |- wardrobes, and sideboards of those deys were af tho lavilaersblo sort, mada 1o Jask o gener; “tions, built o ‘solid wood, band-polishe b ot and. basawnx, by grandmammas holp. " Nono of your veneered apok)fies that cracl and split, and peel off, snd which a child con_ wheel . about_or overturn, bub requirivg half-a-dozen sble-bodied_men t0 lift, while their ‘muscles stood ont liko cablos with the extreme exgrtion. Buf, bogand this, there vers other im- maVable mattars, immateridl, but personifled in the mind and Leart of tho residents. IT WAS AN OLD-FASIIONED HOUSE. It had not & modern improvoment. _The halls Were chill in winter, but thero wero grates in the lors, and an_old-fashioned_fire-placo in the Mbrary. *DBrasa dogs wero polished 0 the perfec- tion of brightness, Tho fonder was no flimsy “gham nor gilded attempt at ornament, but a gen- wine protection from flying Eparks or errant flame,— fulfilled intention. The massive ma- hogany sidobonrd still hold the portly decanters, vhich, when she was firsf married, were part of Mamris's overy-day dinner service, but of late oars had been on tho rotired list, oxcept on ex- ira holidays. To this liouso she Hiad come homo a bride, with high hopes and passionate love. Here' had been the first quarrel and the delicious reconciliation, until years hnd tomper- ed enthusinam, and quiet friendship bad taken the place of enrlier infatuation and expectation. ‘Here the babies were born that have now grown to man snd womanhood. Hero the elder onea Lavo beon married in the old home-paslar ; snd here also waxen hands have been folded over an infant, pulseless heart, that tho gods have loved, 2nd biktor, rebellious tosrs have perhaps been shed, until years have taught that it *is better not to be.” N These aro the wrenchos that . TEAR THE HEABT-STRINGS, and it soame ik propariog for » ‘funeral for Mamms to dislodge all her old-time possessions and replace them with new. “But the daughters have grown up; theyounger branches have been cff to s modern bosrding- school ; the sons have graduated at college ; and the former, at least, refurn with tip-tilted noses to ' s survey of the old-fashion- ed surroundings, the evidences of precoding culture are mothing in the eyes of At lnst you have ¢ FOUND THE RIGHT PLACE, —justwhatyon want; and, withan eager. gratifled Bonse of having st last accomplished eomothing worth while, you forgive the agent all his malign representations by which you were ealier - izad, and, with sense of righteous_superiori over those poor souls who sre still in el of n terrestrial puradise, you hssten Back to the ofico, oud, entering ~ with & caroless, . rather indifforent air, &0 25 not £o Betm too eager, YOU Euggast to tha at- tending clerk that “ you heve scon sucha house, sad, Sou thunk, miey make it dor™ "¢ Sorry, ma’am! BUT THAT HOUSE IS LET. Sir. Brown signed the leaso not an_hour * ago.” You aro supposably s Christian; you copned #Thon shalt not Xill» in your petticont days, and wondored if it applied fo flies; but sll thoss iots inatructions go by the board, and Mr. Birown, mnder verdict by an stufo jury of & “ dispensation of Providence,” would be an sltogother uncomfortablo subject of considers- tion to you, in epite of your orihodox bringing- up. _Again the same weary round, continued for woeks, perhaps; never finding quite the right thing,until af"Jast vour ‘Thonso is rented over your hend, and, like tho girl who went through the matrimonial wood and cast aside with scorn possibly eligible offers, you take up with, - . A CROOKED STICK AT LAST, hose soung Iadies, who bave soen the gl nd Taoquor of fine modern establishments, - B0 th 01d folls (tho modern inte 3 Pfadamy, crowded ontof thofr dear, old, paradoxi- cal, uncomfortable comforts, -yield t0 the pres- Sure of modern innovation, sud consent 0 give thiem up. JA The * Governor™ still insists npon THE SIDE-BOATD in preference to the modern buffet; and it ma- ‘hogany, that s grown almost a8 biack a8 ebony, fors time intercodes its stateliness upon the florid oak or walnut, but cventually finds its way to the auction-room. Thero areno convenient attics in tho new brown-stono or merble hiouse, to be used as infirmaries for aged or retired fur- nituro. : etation of Sire and THE OLD BILLIARD-TABLE, with §ts rusty baize and obsolete packets, goes atonce. At this point the sons’ noses grow tip- tilted, and the front basement of the new Tousa sces o vestly differcnt’affair from that which the broad, squase room off of tha dining- room held,—a splendid article, with all tho Tatest improvements; tho cues, bridges, tallies, arrangoments for ploing pin-pool, all of tho very best, and quite different from that old hing, only fit for firewood. Would it provo as innocent 7. Ah! cela depend. ‘Mamma Lolds out for THE OLD-FASIIONED FOUR-POSTEB, though it has been alfcred gad revised untl it jo but o mutilated cdition of the original work. not as good a8 you might havo bad,—not even a8 Jesirablo as you already had. Al this if you know the city well; are used to ita peculiarition; have been sn adopted citizan Jong enough to ake o pride in itsdeficiencies, and to repel with scorn the suggestion that any- thing about it conld bo bettered. T £ IF YOU.ARE A'STRANGER, B however, and havo come from & rogion of brick and stone, whore frame houscs have been fa- booed for yesrs, sud mu‘_uo not yet sufficiently jdentified With the place to_forego criticism or comparisons, you have indeed @ sorious under- taking befora you. A frame house .suggests Brooklyn or Dorcheator to you, aud you have a Jordly scorn of suburbs; &0 you look with con- tompt at the wooden structures and. assail the marblo fronts. A mew city,—chesp rents of course. One can live hers, and: you mildly in- quire what the terms are. A COLD SHOWER-BATIT- A may bo invigorating, but It lnays comos with & ehock to the system, and the xeply to your query has o somewhat similar effect, suggestive as it is of Madison: avenne or Boscon street, to neither of which have you over aspired, even in your most hopefal dzys. Somewhat crestfallen, Jou turn away, and decide that & two-story brick may answer. You in soarch of it. The ‘neighborbood is not quite what you had thought you should like, but you make tho best of it, and ‘procoed to investigate. Yon ask tolook atthe Collar, and learn with smrprise that only in cer- tain localities in Chicago aro cellars possible ; but there is & nice wood-ghed, with & door apen- ing into an alley, g0 that - your fuel can bo easil ‘placod there, without the hecessity of taking it {hrough the houso. You consont to give up the cellar, fléfikfi st Sl:fintbnfldmg, and open the gato let o the alley. SRR The accomulated - HEAPS OF ASHES AND GARDAGE which have - been thus conveniently disposed of for the entire winter, greet your visual ahd olfac- tory organs, and yon wonder if the sizeet-clean- ing ordinanc doas not oxtond to those conven- jont alleys, - Again you return to the house, and & cumbrous stove up » huge space in the Kitchen. * What an awkward thing " you think; W will moon dispose of that;” When you are nakedby the tenant *“if you wonld not’ like fo buy it ?" and yon learn that this is the hot-wat genorator, and, with the bofler, is the - . PRIVATE PROPERTY OF TIZS TENANT. - : You must buy something of the kind, or have that bath-tub, which hag been especially pointod out by the landlord as beinga very desirable mod- ernconvenience, of as much use as though it was situsted at the North Pole.. Was there ever & ‘more mistaken, ridicnlons idea? A New Yorker would quite 23 soon think of carrying his chim- "The legs have been sawed off to bring it down to {ho level of modern requiroments, and that hes given it a top-heavy effcct. The cord has becn Toplaced by slats and springe, and tho feathers 8nd down by curled hair,—to all of wlich Mam- ma was long in becoming & convert. Tha chintz- curtains heve beon replaced by the lightest white drapery. no longer enshrouding it, but drswa back, and, although it is morg comfortable, it gecms, lik overything elso that has boen mod- ernized, to bo but a crippled malforma- Hon, hstead of s statcly prescnce. Still Mamma clings to it Dwarfed, distorted as it is, she still congiders it immensely Bn);‘enm- 2 eloop-inducer to all modern French abomina- tions. Yes,lot tho pirla sty what thoy sho will Keep that, and the capacions chest of draw- ers, and tho old easy_chairs, with their -straight bacie, The girla ook ascontemptnously s thoy dare, but Mamma is a scion of the old, steady- going school, that learned the fifth commaud- Toont, and considored it still sn effective ordi- | nance. Bo the work of tesring up and packing commences, and all sorts of strango things arg brought to light. Out from the ‘mouldy old gar-- Fet is dragy 3 A CASPHOB~WOOD CREST. « Just the thing to keep our fars in!” exclaim {he girls, who, ot having been at home forsome years, have forgotten its oxistence, 08 during Yacation they hiave felt no desire to rummage through dusty old rubbish. But to Mam- ma ft recolls the young sesilor broth- er who brought ‘it homo from ‘ome ‘ot s vosages, el ;fch_sm things from oreign Iands,—shaw o carvings. Boma still remain within it, and sho thinks that, fitteon yoars ago, be sailod'sway to Indian soas, and was never heard from again, until Hops, yiclded to Despair, and the vardict,’* Foundered 7t sea,” was finally accspted. It haa long boen s - buried grief, heaped over with an nccumulation of life's joys and sorrows; but this brings the corpse from its grave, and, froth as if nothing Tiad ‘intervened to hido it from her sight, sne breaks down utterly. s o, 8 one hiddeu hoard after another is drawn forth, are the chords of feeling siruck, TOO OFTEN IN A MINOB EEY. Thege are the dainty robes vrought with such joy, love, and hope for her firat-born, whoso nz{tmery wail scarce woke h‘mmphnnthn}!pmssu orover, in hor hoart bolore tho egas” closed o and s tiny, grass-grown moun 08 8 ooy oo, Cbrist to havo bean Donred by fesrs. Tho satin sheen of. her wod- ding-droes, when the ailver locks ware golden, 200 hopo had not become sccoptance, sends her fhoughts also into the pest, snd moving With her means many things ides & mere chany of residence. Theso ore ghosts fitted to an old ney around with him as bis range, and hot and cold water sre a matter of course. You gor home-sick. “Can Chicago be suy- g ‘more than [ OVErgrown ge, atter all 7" is your mental query. CATY zanr cook-stove! bo the proprietor of your own ot-water| ‘his is & freedom of personal nc- commodation to which you cannot grow accus- tomed. How you long for that vellibailt sanga that is & portion of ths house AS MUCH 45 IT8 WALLS; and how you detest that huge substitute that es yon mervous and uncomfortsble, until You insist upon going buck to civilization, and atationary ranges end hot-water spparatua! ' Let landlords st least think of fl.u!.lnd!’u they ‘pride themselves upon their bosutiful city, to use R new and nover-before-mentioned comparison, - Fising liko & Pheenix from its ashes, let them got Fid of those primitivo ideas that stll snggeat s remota village, and build their houses with mod- ern convenionces indeed. It will cost but little “hore, but it will bo s long step onward toward | making Chicago a City in fast, as well 53 in name. . : FAVISG FOUND THE HOUSH which has somo advantages over your present lo- cation, and delibcrately closad your eyes to its disadvantages, which will still Keop persistently Hhrnsting therselyes upon your inner concious- Dess; Jou. prepare for the Temoval, or, rather; you commence ‘preparations. If youarsof the ‘extra-nomadio who wander wherever the garret, but there will be no room for them in tho Bow Bouse. The Mansard has sleeping Bpart- ments for servants, and cedar closots to sore inter woolens and fars, but nio_place in which {0 bostow worthless old relics. . It is a result of the new, living, active, ever-changing Emmt{ with no room for mouldy old memories am loves, and the material emblems that served to keep them alive, . orpnuspisa! cEr mmorrr!l . It's in the way. We have new doctrines,new ideas, now philosopbies. Bircets are necessarily cut throtgh o1 grave-yards to sccommodate the ‘business cxigen:z‘ei: fM’ the mt;:; § shall the Ve-y! of more s botter iata? Dear, good, sweet, old-fach- foned mother, you must give_ themup. It was all vary well in the old honse, but_you aro going to move.. You will have modern improvements. A farnace with holes in the walls or floor, into which you - maj ly, bub you have to be very instive if you make sny ‘pictures in them that are not of ‘the most yncu: ous kind, Your house is to be now-furnished by » fashionsble upholsterer, snd all yon hsve got to do is to bury your dead as quickly s pos- sible, and aseimilato yourself to the curves and sinuosities of modern upholtery, in place of the square uprightness of that to which youhave ‘been necustomed. - Shall wo ever get back > B THE GOOD OLD EOME sgein, uile not for o mero ‘tenoment, to bo rented to any.one whoghooses to oocupy it, but for and “meot winds of destiny waft them, or the crops of for- T oo Tikoly to flourie, you will have little difficulty sbout ‘the maiter. - Your household | ‘belongings will anly consist of necessaries, , and’ those in such & scratched and battered condition our children, and children’s children perhsps ? A place where stable thoughts may take the Iaco of ephemeral fancies. It is imposaible { 5: the prasent state of ‘social unrest, where the majority of peaple live in other people’s h 708 sotdling down, bak mercly pataing for oo ‘briet a space for an) very Bolid or deep-to tako zoot. Evarytaing i of 1o butierty onder; snd froth seems to be the only thing demanded, either in brain-work or material obfects, i WE. HAVE XO HOMEA which can ]nafifbe called such, and we only be- gin to fit ourselves into_our habitztiona when some cause or other sends us forth to recom- mance the assimilating process. It may be nec- essary, but it isat loast unforfunate. It keaps things in a crude, unsettled state, with drega constantly coming to the top of our wine of ~ lifo, and we get a muddy, tasteless, or sour liquid, in plice of a clear, rich finid. Evolution from this phase is certainly de- sirable, but it requires more steadiness of pur- pose,—more inflexibility of will than our present" surronndings seem calculated to propagate. Homeis r;{':.ily losing its meaning to Americans, and_the French ‘chez-nous’ soems far mors applicable to our present condition and tenden- ctes. A potoral sequence, perhaps, to the rest- | ourPuri lons’ spirit inherited from itan fore- Tathers, and the admixture of all that dissatis- fied, advonturous, or disloyal blood that has found an asylum on our shores snd been froely ‘mingled with our own. But is it not timenow to “PAUSE AXD THINK? We bave brewed our mixture, stirred it up from its very depths, until all the ingredients are in o state of commotion; aud whether it is fo bea witch’s potion productive of Walpurgis- $Gight satnrnalin, or ndetar from which gods kal rise in strength, power, nnd grandenr, dopends very much upon the settling procesa, A little of the chemical effect of home wanld probably not besmiss. Not to oventually make it tho ab- sorbing element, but tho controlling one. Not to fall back into old, mouldy, rusty ves ; but to presorve the now ones from ristion, to sdlect, analyze, and divide, keeping only the best. Soli 'fymgothings evolving less froth, and raie- ing moro body. _ A eolid base, Whence may issua all’ sorts of scintillating lights, useful vapors, and electric fluids, but which shall generato no elements whenco can arise those phosphoroscent ignes-fatul that lead to social or intellectusl do- moralization or degeneration. - This au_serieuz is problomatical, while the -practical illnstration, from which we have widoly " Srandered, is rather ludicrous. You, Madame, 2ro of the modern stamp. You move semi-occa~ sionally, i - IF NOT OFTENER, and boye always lived in other people’s houses. Your children have been born snywhere that tho accident of the moment might render necessary. You have no special home-ties to break up. No *old Jove-Jetters, tied up with faded blue ribbon because it was emblematical of constancy, and hiddon away in somo secret drawer of an old Becretary. You don't own any old secretary, and these sentimental mementoes were burned Jon; g0 to save the trouble of carrying about, e the possible betrayal to mocking eyes of the ro- Sulth of your gudbing daya. Your cnergles aro |. A et 220 | amch attention to this, inasmuch as he appeared all bent upon tho taking up of carpets, tho got- ting down of bedstesds; and you rejoice, when you have to superintend tho latter, that tho day of cords, bod-wrenches, screws, pegs, or Loles, aro things of tho past’ Tho modems eliding-bolt is & vast improvement. To bo sure, the wood is apt to warp, and unseemly cracks sometimes present them" selves in that towering_head-board or very low Toot-board, both of which look monumentsl, snd Temind ono of the stoncs afixed to graves, A drezd of smeshed looking-glaases is upon you, for modern plate, screwed upon marble- bureaus, ia by no means of the same quality ns that which bung between tho windows in the room where you, were born. The heat of tho modoin house has Lad s divorcing effect apon the glutinoua substitute for morticd joints, and casters show an smazing facility for parting compay with tho objects to which they ‘are at- tached, Jeaving them in a cripplod condition. THE WEATHEB I8 RAW ;" it always is at moving-timo, and you havo dis- pensed with tho furnace-fire, bacause the coal is just ont, and it is not worth while to order more when you are going so soon. Yon also have & kind of mnspoken hopo. that it may become mild sud wamm, roall pleasant, April weather; and so you go on wit tho tearing-up procoss, in cold rooms, until you Lave_a cheerful influcnza to_sdd to your- other delightfal experionces, Yonnever imagined you hadso many things before, uptil they are all tumbled into chaos, and_then, in the vain en- deavor to make a movable cosmos of them, you dovontly exclaim, * Dlessed bo nothing! " " This ly THE COMMENCEMENT OF TROUBLE however. Wait till moving-day comes ! Then, if you are not one of thoso previsionsl' women Who bave arranyed to bave ono room in readi- noss in the new houss as & sort of haven of rest, Hesven holp you. If you are a Wise woman, so- cureit. Cajole, flatter, insinuate, diplomatize, | uso every art in your power to -obtain it, but se- curoat any price that one room,and make it hebitabla befors the fatal, rovolutiorizing day arTives. —_— e —— « DECORATION DAY.” Oreat hearts lio buried here, “Aud this 15 boly ground ; A Jiorolies beagaih Tach grassy mound. o despots rufflan slaves, s Tmpressed through force and fear, No hirelings of o crown, Lio mouldering here. ‘Thien, maidens, scatter fowe Yor Fatare Tresiy poris With hier store to honor These galiant bearts. What 1t if yonder grave Contains & Southron's bones 7 o died in error. -True, ‘His death stones, Let no invidious taoughts ‘At this Iate hour intrude, . For to thy kinaman’s death With ragealiude. This is no common ground ; Tho green carth round has not, ‘Than whore we gather now, A holier spot. Then reversntly stand, o1 Bat to an, sid cast ‘our eyes upon tho groun And mourn the past. . -0, Hartford and the Charter Onk. ‘Boston is celebrated for its monument to the Iamented 3r. Bunker Hill, Providence for Boger Williams, Philsdelphia for its butter and Qua- Xers, and Hartford for ita Charter Oak. Mark Twaln has visited Hartford, He saw the ‘Oak. Likowise heard it spoken of. He seys: I went ail over Hartford with s citizen whoso ancestors camo_over with tho pllgrims in the Quakers City—in the Mayflowor, I should ssy— and he shawed me all the historlo relics of Hart- ford, Ho showed me & besutifully carved chair in tho Sonate chamber, whero_the bewigged and awfully Lomely old-time Governors of the com- monyealth frown from their canvass overhoad, #made from charter oak,” he agid : Tgazed upon it with inexpressible solitudo. . He showed mo sunother carved chair in the House, “ Charter Oak," ho said. I gozed ngain with interest. Then he looked at tho rusty, stained, famous old charter, and presently I turned to move away. Tut he solemply drew mo back and pointed fo the frame. ©Charter Oals,” he ssid. I wor- shiped. Wo went down to Wadsworih's Athe- nmeum, and I wanted to look atth spictures; but he conveyed me silently to & corner and pomted tos log rudely shaped somewhat liko & chair, and whispered “ Charter Oak.” I exhibited ihe- acoustomod reverence. Ho ehowedme & walk- ing-stick, needlo-caso, & dog-collar, a throo- 1ogged-atool, a boot-fack, & dinner-table, o ten- pin alley, a footh-picker— 1 intorrupted him and_ said, “Never mind— we'll bunch the whole lumbor yard, and call “Chartor Oak,” be said. “Well," I said, ““now, let us go and sce 0me charter oak for a change.” T meant that for a joke; but how was ho. to know that, being & stranger? He took mo around and showed me charter osk -enough to build & plankrosd from here to grest Salt Lake city. Itis s shame to confess it, but I began to get » littlo weary of charter oak finslly; and When ho invited me to go home with him to tea, it fillod mo with a blessod sense of relief. He introdaced me to his wife and they laft me alone s moment to amuse myeelf with. tgel.r ligtle boy. 1sid, in & grave, paternal way, My son, what i8 your name?” And he eaid, “ Chartar QakJohnson.” This was sufficient for & sensitive .nature like mine. I departed out of that mension without ‘snother word. * —-A Ton-tamer at Turin has bsen in the habit o entesing & den populated. with ligus bosey ers, aud other gentle ymates, taking Wit e totmb, whick Lo nof oy e to Tig down with the lion, but actually put the little inno- cent's head i the monsters mouth; but the lion, on thinking it over, concluded it was only & sham millonpium, after;all—renl one wasn't due— ,and 80 the other day there was a suppr Dlest, & crunching sound, and the royal quadru- ped was_enjoying & lunch of ynnngummmn, rare, snd without gravy, and pothing but a mas- terly retreat eaved the tamer from furnishing the next mouthfal A mass-meeting of Oatholics in Philadelphis expreases sympatby with the Catholics in Ger- -wood avd pine THE UINTAH MOUNTAINS. Approach of Spring---A New Mode of Carrying Snuffers. Indian Wanderings—Holiday Sports —01d Fort Supply—Monn- tain - Scenery. ‘A Neighborly Mountaineer --- Prickly~ Pears---A Hot Seat. Fairy Lakes «-- Bears® 'Claws --- Savage -Spanish Explor- From Quy Own Correspondent. Trwran MoOUNTAINS, Utah, April 12, 1873. Away up among tho pines, now, in the spring- time, it ia very pleasant; and tho noise of tho ‘rills, and falling cascados, which have- broken’ from the icy barriors.of winter, sing of the glad, sunchiny days that are to como, and of the wzrm weather, with its mountsin-blogsoms and green mesdows. Hore, beside a fine waterfall, smid the besd-streams of tho Rio Colorado, thore is : A WORLD OF DEATTY, surrounded by magnificent mountain-scenery, stretching far to the east and weat. Theso mountaing aro in Utah, and south of them is a roaervation for the Ute Indians, known as the Uintah Reservation. The miners sre already out prospecting, snd certain individusls are looking for good wagon-road across the range. I be- lieve gold will bo found in the gorges,ss well 8 silver ; indeed, some silver-ore, of considerable promiso, hes alresdy been dug out along the rocky Inyers which go toward making up this particalar range of the Rocky Alountains, When Ned G—— came np from the low-lands, Tie wore an enormous pair of boots, the legs of which were perfectly huge. Ho stalked round over rock snd fallen tree, but overy little while I could see him halt in his gait. I did notpay not to notice it. This morning, however, when 1o got up, ho rammed hia hand down into one of the boots, sud, after fishing round there somo time, much to my surprise, DREW OUT A PalR OF SNUPFERS! “Thoro,” eaid he, ' thought thero was some- thing in my boot; it has been bothering me three or four days. How the devil these spuffers got in there, gots me!” I conld scarcely repress = smile, Ned looked g0 grave about it,—but could not help thinking how utterly dumfounded peo- plo who wear tight shoes and boots would be st the ides of wearing & boot about for several days with s pair of snuffers stowed awsy in ono corner. I quietly said: * Your boots are not too tight for you, are they, Ned 7" Xo,"” eaid he, “thes are plenty big enough, but I didn't bargain to pack snuffers round in'em any way. I wonder how they could havo got in!™ During the winter, quite s band of UTE ISDIANS romain on the reservation, said to number fully 800. They move outin the epring of the year, taking the trail to Brown's Hole, on Green River; thence travel, along the sbady slopes of the mountains, to the Mormon esttlements in the ‘Wasatch rango; reburning, on the south side of Aho uplands, to the reservation, stopping at Brown's Hole again, which is ono of their favor- ite grounds. There is plenty of wood, water, and grass along this Toute, and an abundance of game, such as elk, deer, antelope, and bear. The Indians spend tho hunting-season hero, in & delightful climato, making occaslonal visits to tho settloments near the railroad, for the pur- pose of trading. They have a rooted antipathy to the Mormons, whom thoy consider su inferior tribo of the whito people, end nover miss &n op- ‘portunity of stezling as many horses from them as they can. A shiort time ngo, Capt. W. E. Jcues, of the Unitod States Engineer Corps, lod . AN EXPLORING PARTY across tho Uintahs, for tho parpose of looking out a rond ; examining the extent of tho valleys and streams, the character of the timber, e mineral deposits said fo exist therein ; and as- certaining any other information respecting the country that might bo usefal. i During the holidaye, oue of those singular ¥ *¢ EMOOTING BCRAPES" occurred among our neighbora at Green River City, which & person hardly knows whother it is ‘best to cry over or laugh about. Ono man was killed and four wonnded. One of the wounded men walked off, and weut to the house of a wom- an known s © French Moll.” This French Moll had purchased a fino turkey, which she had_put in the stove to roast for hor dinner, when slong camo & young monataineer, who, for want of bettor employment, pulled 'the turkey outof the stovo, and - commenced _kicking - it about tho 'room. Tho turkey fairly flow, though ‘dead end half-baked.—the groaso and dressing _covering _ overything. While o was angoged in this interesting and absorbing accupation, the wounded man_oponed the door, and was not 2 littlo_surprised to_seo what was going on.. Ho studicd the_position of things & Taoment, and then whipped out his revolvor and commeniced firing, With ench effoct as fo wound the turkey-kicker in the forchead and body, ac- companying tho last shot with tho remark: “There, d—n you, they shot me, and I've shot you; I'm even!” Tt will bo soon from this that our people are asplayfnlss evor, and that the completion of the ratlroad acrods the mountains has not dona sway_with all gopse of humor,—the firing all sound being considered the moat amasing thing that has ocourred in o long time. “Near tho base of_the mountains, on the north side, are tho remains of AN OLD MORMOX T, SETTLEMENT, .kuown as Fort Supply; and here the Mormons formerly rnised good ‘crops. Now, tho houses ar entirely gone, they having beon burnt when tho place was abandoned, ‘st tho approach of the United States soldiers, in the antumn of 1857. Fifteen Mormons ware sent out from Balt Lake City, about the 1st of blay, 1854, to make this gettlemont, which was a8 800n a8 they could get scrogs tho mountains on account of snow. While on the way, & young man who had render- ed himself obnoxious to the Saints was shot down in cold blood. He was crossing » stream on horseback, whon he recoived & shot, and fell doad in the water. His horse took fright and Tan to'the camp of the Mormons, which was Tear by. After the man wss killed, very little was said about it, the party continuingon its jour- oy, snd selecting a site near the, headwaters of Boith's Forls, whero thero is s fino allavial soil, and the sessons are warm emough fo mature Crops. This was a considerable settlement at ono time, and was the-county-seat of Green Biver Couzty, Utah. The honsos were built of cotton- logs, and weso very comfortable, Here they bad a meeting-house and a court~ ‘houso, and everything was carried on in & satis- factory manner. Here—whero all is now lonoly and silent—the Latter-Day Ssints sang their gongs of praise and iving, and preached their peculiar doctrines for the benefit cf all con- corn o Clothed with the snows of winter, and seen from » distanco, theee mountains are i penkight, the dark-blua in In the bright ® , the daricblue lines down their sidea are spread with great regulari- i1 wo see tho yawning chatms, deop gorges, roy cones, and ragged, Tocky beights which Toe nover been gcaled by men. ~ Below, areim- mense _pine forests, stretching for miles and miles along tho sloping sides, filled with fallen timber and wild bushes. Froquently, in tho autumn-season, the In- dians. - a5T FIRY 70 TS TOCSER i in mere wantonness, when there ia s conflgra- ton indeed. For weoks snd weeks, the luxid fomes cceop along the wooded barriers, end fioads of smcke completely hido the sumimite. o fmmenso deal of timber i§ annually destroyed {n this way. Thero soezs” to_be no method of ‘prevonting theso fires,—tho Indians being sn im- Yident race of men, and, if thoy have enough PR ‘Weck's subsistenco, care vory little what happens. They glory in !ealnE the mountzin- nk&p:\it up during the dark nights, and love to ok the tall pines as they come down crashin through & sea of .sparks, fiame, snd thi oke. < . m‘A triend of mine met an old mountaineer near here, and asked hun how he was gott : ORI aid oy ot toterably il "F can i _what yenison I am'sblo to get hold of. 150 inguired why ho did ok visit his frieads in 50 i, : * Why,” said the old man, I visite only'y Tkl yhils agoor e L Yiited them (o aDid you? Ibad ot beard of it . When wss 4Tt was in 1839 ; T don’t feel like staying with my relatives . S AL THE TRME!Y This is cortainly a whimsical view of being neighborly and living off one's rolatives. The ©old man was honest in his gentimonts, and wi scorn even tho thought of making his visits too froquent, DG [ ‘This old man ‘was .in the great Indian fight at Piorres Tlole, years ago, nad can tll tho difer- ent actors on both mides. In_thoso ‘days, the number of poople in tho Rocky Mountain region was very limired indecd, and & man could travel weeks and weoks withont meoting a white man or au Indian. Now,. thero are more whites snd Indiaus; but, evon now, & man who lives & bundrod miles away is considered s noar neigh- bor. This s truly tho lsad of magnifcent dis- mees | - : On tho plateaux, near thio bases of the higher e R S T s s bade ol oty _ . TIE PRICKLY-PEAR 7ol is found. I have scon_prickly-posrs from Mon- tans, near the lino of the British possessions, down to.the Rio Grande, and all throngh Mexico, Iu the far North, thoy are small; whereas, down in Toxas, near Laxedo, they aro- gigantic in ap- oarence, Tho Mexicans break down the heavy unches, and, after burning off the sharp thorns as well 05 they are zble, feed - them to the cattle. Aften, in hot weather, I have cat s piece off ono of thése pasrs, sud thrown it futo & bucket of roily water, which it clarified directly. _There are many spocies of cactus in North -America; but the most imposing is that known as tho pet~ iheya, or goatrs, in_Arizons, which rises to the height of 40 foet. - In the distence, it looks g ke a green fluted column covared .with spines. In tho Iattor part of summer and nutumn, it beara s delicious fruit. - - | T nevor could see that tho cactus was of mach use, and had a hearty laugh once at & poor fel- Jow who, without knowing the nature of prickly- pears, DOWN BAT DOWX 2 apon a large bunch of them, He ross immedi- ately, and & more eurprised individnal I never belield. Ho bounced about Like a barn-yard, and yollod 0 that he might have been heard for threo miles. We all thought ho had been bit by & rattlesnake, and it was some time before we could got him calmed down sufliciently to ex- plain what had happened. - g z Nod Burleson got bouncod off s muls once, head-frst intos bunch of prickly-pears ;-and, betweon the time he left ‘the sxddle and struck among the pears, he yelled out, 5 - ¥ cATCH THAT MULE " Ned's thoughts were always fixed upon anmule, versing with & bystander. Plsy commenced at 580, and was continned until midnight, with an interval of abont Afteen minuies’ rest when the contest had lasted two hows. At first_the audionce soemed afraid to move oF Spoak, lost thoy should disturb the mawory of Air. Blackbume, but they wers informed by him _ that ho did not mind s noise, and for the remain- der of the evening the room was snything but quist. Tho goueal remult of the contest was at Mr. Blackburne won. six. games, drow two. and lost two. The ten pisyers were BU members of the club, excepting. 3Ir. Whitnoy, Tho s tho Consular Agent for tho Uited States at Huddersfield, and has some reputation 23 n e!.ms&pbyar, being himsclf ablo to conduct four gimultsueons gumcs bindlolded. r. Dlack- burze was londly applanded at the cloae, and fri- eed geveral times during the metch,’ and es: pecially when be demonstrated the announced ‘mate in four moves. - IITERARY NOTES. 1t is gaid that Aliss Braddon receives 310,000 for her carrent novel, in the London Home Jour- nal. —#Lady Anns " is the title of Anthony Trol- lopo's new novel. 3 i “_Santa Anna has been writing 8 book this winter on Mexican affairs, which 8 Boston-firm is to publish. _ = e Lord Chief Justice of England prepo- 68 to produce & * summing up”_of the ovidenea onotiy eides, in writing:upon the Junius'cou- versy. —It is stated that Max Maller, Froudo, and Charles Kingaley are all brothors-in-law, having ‘married the three -daughters of a rich Londor ‘merchant. —Ermest Foydau's latest production basrs the titlo, “The Art of Pleasing ; Stndies of Hygione, - Taste, snd Toilette ; dedicated to the pretty - ‘women of all countries of tho world.” —Owing to Alr. Curtie’ severs illneas, the “Esy Chair” of- Harper's Monthly js being . temporasly led by D Samuel Osgood, 10 .** Pioneer s Life of Abrahaw - Lincoln, publistied by . B. Fuller, has rocently , ‘been tranelated into modern Graek. —Tanchnitz is to poblish the complete dra- ‘matic works of the Princess Amalie,, of Baxons, . by order of King Jahu, —Dr. George Schweinfurth, the-calebrated ° travoler, will chortly bring out his new work, the result of threa years’ travel and adventare in Central Africs. The work will be issued simul- tencously in English, French, Bussian, German, and Italisn, n —lr. Browning's poem is in tppe, and con- sists of 4,500 linea. It isa poetic version of a groat tragedy which came before the law conrts - of s department in the North of France lasl e e0d wohear that the poet has, in the out- ° nes of tha stary, kept closely to the facts, with, the viow of presenting to the reader's mind the key to them in human passion. - The fortheoming number of tho Edinburgh and on this oceasion ho was utterly regardloss of #elf, and intent ouly upon preventiug his mule from running away. f . The tunsas, or red pears of the cactus, sre pleasant-tasted,—not unlike’ the-taste of water-'| melon. They are full of seeds and red pulp, and, when nothmg(bfllm offers, are considere quite palatable. ifany s msn fss had couso to bless them on the arid deserts of the far South- wost. Anotherlkind of cactus, callea _ THE STRAWBERRY CACTUS, ‘bears a little fruit, scmewhat larger than a cher- 1y, which is delicious. Thia fruitis rare, but, when found, repays for a long search. On the Iarger bunches, called by the Spaniards Nopals, the cochineal-insect is often found sticking to the leaves, and surronnded by an imimense web or cocoon. Theso insects are pushod off with & stick by the natives, and fall upon & cloth which has been spread_out beneath the plant.. They are thrown into hot water and- scalded to death, then dried, packed up, and #old as an article of commerce. Up in these mountains, thore are several i 'BEAUTIFUL LAKES, filled with trout. Theso lakes are oval in shapo, and the sides of the mountains, thickly cloth yith dack pines, urtound them on every side. Thera is & littlo beach between the water and the pinee, which is level, and coverod with shale and ebbles. They are of great depth, and the water 15 83 clear and pure as anything can be. In the snnlight, the dark pines are reflectad on the sur- face of the water asin a mirror, and nothing can be more lovely. Hero the deer’come down to o their thirst, fecling safe while so0 doing; tho bears also como _ehufiling in ; and long lines of handsome maliard and blue-winged teal-ducks settle npon their placid bosoms. Some of tho pines aro very large, and thelr wide-sproading ranches and thick foliage furnish ample shelter for hunters aud fishermen. Dry pine-canes and twiga aro gathered in_sufiicient. quantity ; & fira ia startod; and then a mountain-repast is cooked. Thero is one Zungainly animal that somotimes makea his appearance, whose 00m i§ moro ac- captable than his company. - I need hardly - say that this animal is THE GRIZZLY BEAR. There are plenty of thom in these mountains, and * Reuben,” a3 he is called by the frontiors- men, is no coward. . I believe a_grizzly bear will cat anything! Heis by no means fastidiona, and will go through a meat-house with as mach gusto as throngh & bee-hive. One was kil Tiear here Iast fall which hod been regaling him- self upon somo young piga belonging to & fron- tier sottler.. Tho Indiaus consider it & great feat to kill s grizzly, and always savo the.claws, which thoy put on a string £ad wear round their necks, a8 & young belle does hor lockst. T saw 2 man offer an Indian 825 for s string of beate’ elaws that ho woro about bis nock ; Dut the offer - ‘WAS INDIGNANTLY REFUBED,— tho Tndian nverring that he would not_take #50 forit. Ho also had a stringof elk-teeth, - which aro 2lso held in high osteem by the red-men, Theso are the sido-tooth or tusksof the elk, and thero are but two in the lower jaw. Their rarity is their only virtue, = 8o for s I ‘can eee, a3 they are dirty. and unsightly, and scarcely worth pulling out of tho bones. lIndian finery, at best, isa thing that passes the comprehension of a white man. bavo certain kinds of beads that aro fashi- ionable in'certain tribes; colors change ‘in dif- foront localities ; and beads that will resdily sell inone band cannot_be given way in auother, So, ad, with hawks' bills, and brass beads, and’ long white porcelsin tubes, with which they or- nament their hunting-shirta. i Years ago, some Mexicans from New Mexico | ascended the Rio Colorado, and mado thoir way to these mountains, On dne of tho streams emptying into the Colorndoasemnps the North Fork of the Uintah, they built & stons fort, or- houso, whick was used by them for several yoars, They are supposed to have becn on A GOLD-HUNTING EXFEDITION, as it _is very certain the Spaniards ranged over the whole of this region, lang end long before it was over dreamed of Americans,” while searching and. silver, - owned @ome good mines, and. occasion- ally, _nowsdays, their old ' mining shafts are discovered, and their rude warks, gone to Tuin, aro stambled npon. The Spaniards of New exleo wers no’ thoroughly mixed up with the Todisns that itis even now dificalt to tell where onsrace ends and the other bogina. Buch & thing a8 & pure-blooded Castilian'in_this region is almost unknown ; 1 mean, of course, o person born 2nd reared in tlis country. The old Span- ish oxplorers wore not the most literary peaple that over lived, and, as & consoquence, many of iheir discoveries have long eince been fargatten. Fome Spaniards went smong the Indians, where they took unto thomselves wives, sad lived and diod among the aborigines. Their descendsnts aro, to all intents and purposes, Indians. . . PANTHERS - are quite common in the mountains, and some- timos aro very dangerous. These animals are also Imown 85 South American lions, cougars, amss, and catamounts. I have seen’ them' a8 e as s full-grown African lioness, and so formidable-looking that two resolute men dared not attack ono of them. Ono morning, dovn on the Mexican frantier, & party of us were starting out on horseback,— $wo hunters and guidos beiog soma distance in front. Wa saw some wild horses quietly feeding by a.thicket, when suddenly” the two hunters halted and raised their rifles. They did nm but from the bushes an’ enormous lion ont, and quietly trotted off. I had been anzious. £0 na6 tho hunters firo, but, when I saw tho lion, was very giad indeed they oxercised go much dis- cretion, for 8 more formidsble-looking. beast X never saw at large. On another Iaaw & superp-looking creature &rotupgdong over the lain, keeping along parallel with the road. - He id not appear to be at all alarmed, but went on attending to hia own business. From what I have seen, I am disposed to think that these an- imals are larger in the South than they are here. They do & groat doal of damag at times, and do not Liesitate to attack 8 man when “E - ¥ e Some Remarkable Chess-Playing. The chess club at Sheffield, Eng., haa baen ex- cited of late over the mental feat of Jr. Black- burne, who fought ten strong players at the ssme time, and without the sight oOf either board or men; Mr. Bisckburne, though only 30 years .of o, occupies b very distinguished position amODg Fbglish choss-players, and it is & singular fact that he is moat successful when the boards and men aro kept from his view. His opponents on this occaion wors SOMe, ¥ oo, v B nearly the whole of the "t mear the firo with his back to tho boards, calmly smpking ‘s cigar, and occagionally con- | -y profeasion. I ) LA 7F “oat decined with sy - . _Review will contain a memoir of the lata Gen. Lee, the Confederate Commander-in-Chisf, from original and other materisls, collected by a writer' already known from his studies of the cam- paigus in Virginia. ;=] ‘Ward Beecher has noarly camPlaud i the second volume of the ** of Christ.” He is £aid to have becoms heartily tired of his work, having fonad it much more of task than he had anticipated. Cynics intimate that he lacka sympathy ithhis subject. __ —Thereis to be soon sold in London » pecu- Har Orieatal n-gfl’hy., poem entitled the **Ten -Completo Records, or a Song of Triumph,” writ- ten by the Chizese Emperor, Kienlung, on the subjagation of Ghoorkhas. The poem 18 in the Chinese ge, ombroidered in red silk char- eraron s gart blue sille ground of twenty-two Jeaves or sides. 1t is said to have been wrought Dy the Empross and ladies of the Ttwag captured at tho ack of the palaco at Pekin. T Moncure D. Conway his dipped into the ad- yance sheets of Lord Honghton’s new work, not ot out, called * Monographs, Parsonal and So- %al” “Lord Honghton is supposed to have hed, from the time when he lglpclr!d before the world a8 tho poet Richard Monckton Milnes tc the present moment, 3 wider acquaintaace with the intellectual celebrities of Enrope than snoy other ma living. Alr. Conwsy says that the sketches sre geven in number, eutitled, Solei- man Pashs ; Harriet, Lady Ashburton; Waltez Hayage Landor ; tho Bov. Sydney ;Smith ; Hum- Dboldt ot Berlin; The Berrya; and the Last Years of Heinrich Heine. —The New York Tribune says: * Beaumont and Fletcher may now relire =3 instances of geniua working in double harness. _ Mark Twvain and Charles Dudley Warner have written a novel in partnership! It willbo published about the ans' of the summer, end will be octavo in form, and profusely iltustrated. The book deala with the salient features of our American life of to-day ; and, a8 might_casily be divined, isin the nature of a satire. It is known to contain ail the profound philosophy, the sound loarning, geological truth which are found in ¢ Innecents Xbrosd’ and * Roughing It,’ and even more of practical wisdom aud sgricultural snggestion thanin My Sommer in a Garden.' Jtisno holidey work. It deals with every aspectof modern society, and we are suthorized to nounce that the paper it is written on cost $11. —Lord Lytton was s good bsnd at s commer- cial arrangement. Ho drove successful bargains with hispublishers. His sgreement with Mesare. TRoutlodge for cheap issnes of his novels was o profitable thing for him.- The firm had the ‘power of bringing out the works in two forms, and in roturn were to pay bim a sum annually. In nineteen years they have paid him as much ag £80,000. * Kenelm Chillingly” was not the las{ work written by the_author of * Pelham.” Two others, written at a later date, remain. Onpeiaa novel and the ofher & play. Theso will be pub- lished after the last page of **The Parisians," which will make four jarge volumes, bas ap- peared in Blackwood's Aagazine. % —fr. and Mrs. Lewes are at present favorite subjects of gossip. A correspondent of the New Yorl ibung vrites: “G. H. Lewea is tho ugliest man in London, and the most brilliant. Mercurial as a French- ‘man, thoroughly Continental in thought and ex- pression, he e you forget his face in fiftesu Tinutes, and, at the end of an hour, you pro- nounce him one of the most interesting men you ever mot. When ho and his wife, * George Eliot,’ Jesd convorsation, their drswing-room becomes tha most sttractive in London. Mr. and . Lewes have & pretty house near Regent's Park, and receiving every Sunday, collect around them $ho cleverest of men and women. - Nothing can exceed the retiring manner of ‘George Eliot,' whose voice is soft and low.. She cannot besr .. auy roference to her own writings, and, thongh her friends long $o express their gratituds, they never dara outwardly to hint at inward emotion. Composition is no eaey task to * George Eliot.’ Bhe labors “u% to_produce her results.” —Henry Ward er is after Sundsy-school literature. He says: ‘‘But now it is with chil- dren that the Sunday-school library has opened upon them 5 flood, or rather a swarm, that can bs compared to littlo else than the locnats, the Iice, aud the frogs, often, of Egypt. An‘immenss ‘amonnt of wishy-washy stuff, and ye wrought togetber with a cartain sort of fictitions and un- wholegome interest, aa I think, and ara. xs-dm;;‘ all sorts of religions books. ‘Aunt Nancy” writes_ them, snd. ‘Paul’ writes them, and everybody is writing Sundsy-school books. The most difficult book in the world to write is e ‘book for a child, et it is a book everybook thinks ho can begin on; and some are in danger of be- ing earriod awsy by what might bo called the ¢gwill of the house of God."" ~A Jetter from London to the New York Trib- une says = “ Ir. John Elderkin, who haa spent some time in London to arrafige lectures for the American Literary Bureza, . goes home . next weok. Ho has concluded an arrangement with AIr. Wilkie Collins, and Mr. Collins will sail fo3 America in August, under engagement for s long eeries of lectures. Mr. [erki) has come to tarms with a cslebrity of » very different kin Bradlay, : Mr. Charles igh, . editer of the Natio: TReformer and lecturer onreligious and polit- ical subjects. ? = 4 A conditional arrangement was made by 3Lr. | Elderkin, also with Mr. Charles Beads, who haa been more than onca invited to make alecturing- tour in the United States, -but has hitherio re- fased. He does not care to make the Yoyago nn- - less the inducemonts offered be vug SLTONR. -*Yon- Americans,” he remarked to Mr. Eldarkin, fean nover understand that s man at my time of life,"comfortably settled in London, and with lenty to do, should not be longing ‘to cross tha Yic and visit'an unknown country.’ . But _the offex stsnda open for him to scc and there in a chanca that 3fr. Reads may go nexf year, if not hfi;umus 5, Mg n'n&;ga“t:ler;; ki t yolm 3 :"':;"fi characteristic of him ss it is oroditable to his dieintorestedness, By Mr. Elderkin'a permission, I quote whas 3r. pur- goon says: I am not open,’ writes the popular Breacher, ‘to_su offer for locturing, neither is to tho liberal naturs of your offer, snd i reference to-amount. Ore hundred times tha sum would not tempt me to lecture for money, aa I do not fecl it to be my vocation.’ Nor it AMr. Elderkin tho only agent who has pil ‘upon England as a good hunting Ar. Redpath, of Boston, srrived in London this mfi, and is nlretd{“on the frail of three or four Britishers.” With characteristic moderation, he will leave them their scalpe, provided he czn bave their bodies and braias at his service.” Ha wants Prof. Huxley, and Mr. Hughes, and our Anglo-American friend, Mr. Conway, and I know’ Dot whom else in_England, but Certainly M. Louis Blanc from France.” ~ ~ Ty ¥ - 2 i H