Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1873, Page 2

' THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1R73, 12, W——_—_—w HORTICULTURE. Cighteenth Annual Meecting of (fio Titinols Statoe Horticultural Socioty, Timber-Planting and Rainfall--Variation from Parental Form in Vege- table Life, Legislative Reorganization of the Soclety--Bud-Variation. Dedicatlon of the Maln Building of tho Industrinl University. BECOND DAY, From Our Ayricultural Correspondent. Cuamray, Til, Dec, 10, 187, Tho Baclety met,—Prosidont Dunlap in the ahntr, Prayer waa offered by Mr. 8. . Minkler, & member, Mr. ITumphroys, of Knox County, read a pa- per ou tho subject of TIMBEN-PLANTING. Hr, IL thiuks that the Government will Lo compelled to como to our aid in the en- couragomont of trec-planting, Ho givos us the startling intolligenco that our supply of timber will bo oxbousted within the nest ten yonrs, and it wil become our duty to plant forests for the demands of the near future. Ie would have lhe Govornment ostablish o Dopnriment of Forostry, and give this induktry o now impotus, somewhat in ac- sordence with the demand. Prof. Riley protested ngninst theso cssays on treo-planting. This is but one side. The pre- tction of the ten years' failuro has not proved truo, and he would call attention to the fact that [Minois had to-day more forests than it had twenty years ago, ITo clalmed that culturo in- duced moisture in tho soil, and donied thoclisrge that the cutting down of foreats lossened the rainfull, Ho would encourage forest-trec-plant- ‘ng, but not for thoe renson stated in the cssny, Mr. ‘Green took excoption to the position of Prof. Riloy, and hold that the timber ‘mos fast disappearing, and it wos time to look for our ‘future supplies, The Mobile & Ohio Railroad has been the means of dennding the country along the line of that rond of its timbor. He corroborated his posi- Lion by facts that had come under his observa~ toun. Mr. Flagg thought that tho rainfall has beon more unequal, not that we have a less unnual roiudull, but the droughts ave longer and the poriods of cold more iutenso, thus injuriously affecting vogetation, Prof. Riloy contonded that sny ficld-crop wwould hiave the same effect on the reinfall as that of the forests. Culture sorves to drain the land; itis the rapid flow of our stronms that snrrics off the water in a shorter period, and’ does not lesson the rainfall. Mr. Wior claimed that it was pasturnge that mado the climnto so dry at presout ns comparod to thirty yeara sgo, All the swamps and wet bottom-lands had beon so pastured and ox- voeed to. the sunlight that {hoy had'dried up, Tho young Indica of the school sang thoe fol- lowing ado, writton for tho oceasion: LEABNING AND LABOR, Down tha lino of struggling uygea Bwelia the ery for ‘Trith und Light, Writhy from liosoms of tho people, Dimly yearning for tho Itght, Tolling lltionn, navely bearing ALt virdenn of tho day, Bupplieato the Lar All-Ioaving, Yor Lo lubor ia to pruy, Down tho ltuo of ngen flaming, Glow tho kindiing fire of Llhonght 3 Flaahing 'noath tho atroke of hummiers, Light, 18 woll as fron, in wronght, And il nighty choola of Labor, With thoir problems dcop and atorn, Edueate tho fofling peoples, or to labor is to foars, Thus tho Father's wisdom giveth Anmwer, from the s onl-wroughts From the furrawed flelds of Lator Come th Linrvost sheaves of Thought ; And from ot tho Iine of nges Gleams the trath of Chivistly birth,—. Lenraing, Inearnnto in Lubor, Bhall regencrate the Earth, Thon to Labor and to Loarning Lot us conscerato theso hnlls: Lo they coma an Qul's strong angels, Dringlng lght und Lreaking thralls; Kindlag fn ws hopes suparinl Of n glnrh‘mn coming time, ‘When the lovoand might cternal Bhalt work out God’s will sublimo, The Univorsity Band is composad of students, and nmou{: them aro many new players, The young ladics ncquitted themuelves well. ‘I'ho historioal nddrosa DY TUE REGENT {8 a finished Smpur a8 n literary offort, and, as tho Director is & pleasant spenkor, way recolved with marked satisfuction, ‘I'ho speaker Inid stress on tho point that {t ls not possible to tenoh to any oxtout tho manual of tho arts and Industrics, but that it 18 to terch the scioncos thiat lio noar them,—not_ forgotting that thoro aro other studics that sholl make the flnished scholar,—~inshort, ke tavored agoneral Univorsity tbat shall lead in tho industrica, Ho claimed that litllo change bus been mado in the course of studies from thosoe at firat promulgated, Tho special tochnological sehools of Euopo 1 them- solves are tho best succoss when uvited to the Universitios, mukm¥ thom stronger nnd better. There nre hundreds of agricultural telools in Europe, ond they appenr to fully maintain their popularity, Bnron Licbig 'held that tho lands of Iesso lnd beon advanced 300 per eout in valuo in conso- quenco of the ngricultural schools. ‘Cho Ductor took oceasion to condomn tho action of Congrass iv regmd to & further approprintion to the Agri- cultural Collego, In thio Agrieultural Colloga wo aro making ateady prc%mss, and the number of tho studonts is stendily incrensing. There are about 400 students, of which thors aro about 80 fomales. In tho course of study, the agricutural and machanical studies aro increasing, in accord- anco with tho age. I'bo President, Mr. Cobb, introdnced 115 EXCELLEXCY GOV, NEVENIDUE, who mado s telliug specch _in regard to tho ro- pudiating members of the Board of Supervisors of Coumpuiga County, Tho duy ws closed in the beat of epirits; and all aro eatistied that tho Indu-trinl Universiy, under the new management, with Mr. Cobb s #'resident, is dostined to wmuke good progrees, Dr. Gregory, an Hond of the Faculty, appears to bo doiny nu efliciont work, Under tho now law, ench student Is obligod to take at lonst two studies closely sllied to Agri- culture and the Mechanic Arty. Runar. —— el SELF-REPORTING, . To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sm: I notico of late mn Tue Trinuse two ploas for morals from tho same pon,—the argu- monts for each, as it keoms to me, equally falla- cous: Tho iden that o minstor of roligion Is not rosponsible to tho community for his privato conduct, if only he pronch sound morality with cloquence; and tho idoa that to allow tho esti- mato which » child or youth at school puts upon his own conduct to go for anything in judging of Ho donied thot thero wae less annual rainfall, or that the droughts were more sovers, but claimed that the water ran off in o shorter time on account of the hard surface, and is absorbed in tho porous soil of the river-bottoms. Springy have not been lost, but their points of discharge ore lower down, or hid under the surface, MMr. McAfeospoke for balf an hour on the sub- ject of rainfall, contonding that streams, forosts, and sheltor-belis atiracted tho falling tnin, and ihat forests roveived tho greater share, and nlso hat forests give off a largo amount of moisturo to the air, e cited watnncos in_the Rocky Mountning, on the DMirsouri and Missiesinpi Rivers, whore tbe timber attracted the rainfall. Air. Flagg claimed that, while the annual rain- fal} might be tho same, yet Le was satisiod that It fell at longer intervals, aud ran off so rapidly that it was of less value, and that, in this respect, the climato had beon changed by tho band of man. o denied the position of Prof, Riloy, that tho cuitivated flelds bayo the same offect on mointure as the wild vegetation and tho forests. The discussion wns listenoed to with deep Interest, and presented many facts of interest, An invitation from the Regont to take partin the dedieation of the main building of the In- dustrial Univereity was accoptod. Prot. H. H. MeAfeo, of Fracrorl, rend & paper on Botany and Vegetablo Physiology. VARIATION FIOM PARENTAL FORM in vegetable lifo was the subject. 'Whe enthu- sinst 15 delightod on the oponing of a now flower that differs from the parcntal form, It §s this thot rolioves tho floral Lingdom from monotony, and gives it its groatest’ value. T'ho cross-breediug and constant variation give Bo much of now beauty and of now valua, and Toad to n dooper inlerest m the subject of ' voge- table growth, Without following in the develop- mont theory, yet tho essnyist mado many tefling arguments in favor of his thoory of change in the animal faugdom, The papor canuot fail to attract attention. LEGISLATIVE NECOGNITION, Mr. Green offered tho following resolution, which was passed withoul dissent : Jiesolved, That it is the sense of this Society Lhat our Leglulaturo should recoguiza tho importunce of tho rapldly-extending borticultural intorests of the Btate, which {8 now 80 upparent us to require no argu- mentative diseussion, by providing for tho reorgaui- zation of tho State Iortlcultural” Soclety upon tho bads proposed in the bill now bofore them, Jtesolved, That the members of thla Soclety, both rescut here aud abscat, are requestod and oxpocted fopreuent the. nublect o1 ho Sl to the lepalativo tnembers of tholr respectivo distrizts, fn full confl- deneo thut » kuowladge of its provisions, and ifs im- urianco to tho State, will prowpt their favorablo ac- on. AMr, Humphrey, Vice-President for the TIULD DISTIIOT, read o model raport of the condition of Hortieul- turo in his district, He 1cports many contradic~ tory thaories in rogard to the lossos of lust win- ter. Tho apple crop was light, and many trees dead; and yet the Concord grape mavoa full crop. Orehavls protected apponr to have sut- forod lendt; Lub the soverity of the drought no donubt cnused the greater part of tho damage. 1'ho lnck of rain has beon favorable to the grape- crop, but had n contrary offect on other cropu, 1\&1‘. Trancis, Vico-President for the FOUNTII DISTRICT, read his report, lfo reports the mont disps- trous winter on fruit that hns ocenrred within his exporionco. The Delawars grapes wore killed to thogronnd; peach-orchard - killod ; and nll fruits suffered more or less, Among theso, grancs were nearly o failuro, This shows that shocks of cald are hot uniform in pagsing South. T'he lowest point of tho mercury at Freoport lnst wintor was 23 dogreos, while in Sungamon Junnty the sawe duy it was 36 dogreos below zoro. BUD- VARIATION, Mossrs, Whortor, Flugy, Mcafeo, nnd DProf, Burrill took part in o dizensyion on this tapio ; but thoy could not agree that bud-variation was o fixed fact, fhough they nll conceded that of Rowors and plante, Mr, Wier etalod that, in enltivating blnckber-w rics, #omo of tho roots praduced white fruit, showing u bud-variution, Mr. Snol Fostor, of lown, sngrested that those varations of buds might be duoe to oxternal fn- fuenco, Mr. Ilay gave several remarkublo casos,—one in whicl the upper part of a weoping-willow was chaneed to rimg-wood willow. Prubably the chango was dua 1o o stroke of lightuing that in- jured tho trea. ‘Ihe Hocloty adjonrned to meot at 1 p. m,, to tako part in tho exorcisus of the INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY DEDICATION, The naew bmlding in very woll arranged, The main_hall will gent about 1,000 pewsons. L'ho Tuurd of Buporvisors occupicd seats on the ronteom, and wmong these were a part of Lhe fitteen repudintors of county collogo-bonds. The membors of the Stute Hortioulumal Socloty ivd seats in o body, The ball was well h (hevo boingg many ‘persons present from wrious pirts o tho State. “I'he programmie « I exerclsna was as follows: ll;o Uniy 5Xl)i ‘Dnml. 13y the it Picrev d University Anthem "—Univorsity Oholr the words uncd music of iho watbem wero written for fusuguration fu 1868), sl Atre 18671673y tho Tiegont, [ Binging dleation Odo "—Univeruty Cholr, o, [ Boverldge, s AL E, Bluart, his deserts is to eucourago lying and put a premium on dulloess. Of tho morahty of the ministers I havo noth- ing to say, but of tho morals of tho echool-room experionco gives mo o right to an opinion, Most of us in middle lifo can recall tho old fAckool-houso, bohind whoso ink-stained, knife- carved deske wo conned our grammars and * did our sums,"” and tasted the stolen sweots of apples, and gingorbread, and yollow- covered litorature. We mmnde no ¢ roports,” Buch tranegressors as tho master conld *“*cateh in flagraute dolicto bad to pay thio penalty, more or less sovero according to his mood, or the various considerations of expodiency and pru- donco suggestod by his social relations to the culprit's * respected father and miother, hn§ brother, or fair sisler. 'Tho most praclice offenders woro usualiy the most adroit and skillful, and so it generally happoned that ven- goanse foll on the unlucky wight who had lonst prompt aud completo coutrol of his facial mus- cles, Tho unfortunate ** snicker” got the stripes of chastisoment, or tho suflierar of the pin- piorced trowser-logs had doublo smart of the torule to “ tonch him to sit till ;" whilo the real disturber of the penco sat with demuro faco and buzzing lps, intlecting his “lde, hee, hoe" Tho * girl that giggled ™ snt meokly washing ber ulato, whils ler iunocent neighbor, for that miserablo habit of ulusbung, was coudemned to utand on tho tloor nud do ponsnee for hor guilly sister, ‘Lo old school-house, with ferulo, and birch, and miswilo of book or chalk, hins passcd_away, sud given pluce to the new regime of ** Roward of Merit,” * Itoll of Honor," and * Self-Re- ports,"—tba latter belng, not, as some havo sug- gevtod, arelicof old barbarism, but an inven- tion of modorn civilization, Is tho now worso thaun the 0ld? Are tho oducators of to-duy toach- iug falvohood and Liypoerisy ; training & race of ** Machivels ;" untliting the members of our schools to be momboers of Churoh and State ;" subverting the *“ luwe of good govorumont " and the * fundamental Inws of God™? 'These aro grave charges, aud it becomes us to inquiro if thoy aro trie. Grautiog, a8 your corrospondent avers of Self- Roportiug, that ** No moro ingoutous plau could be dovised for teaching falsehood sud h{puuri- By ;" that ‘it is seaching tho young to live by 1ulos dinmetrically opposite to thoso which shall govern thum i Church aud State,"—thnt was & monst unwise aud injudicious, not to sny culpa- bly rash, parcot who dared to risk the hazards of propoundmyg the historio question, “\Who hacked my ehierry-trcos ¥ and thut o marvelous escape of the youtbful soul from the snarcs of parentsl temptution which blurted out the “Ididit, papn, withmy hatchet,” 1t must bave been a specinl intorposition which saved to Church und Stuto a youtl oxposed to such por- niclous intluonces of Belf-Roporting, Your corrospondont errs in comparing pupils at sohool, giving their reports of conduct, to criminalg urraigoed Lefore tho bar of justice, and in compuriug at_all achool-governtiont Lo State-governmant, Whathor or nat it would be di vlo to model our schools altor tho Stato- nmont, with its luw-making, law-judging, and luw-exceuting powers, und it restrictions aud poualitics, muy be u question, Such is not their present government, It s iu a sonso maiquo; yot, ns I take it, on the wholo rosowbles the family-govornment, ‘Iho teacher is snpposed to bo for tho time in place of the parent; and that ideal school brings teacher avd pupil into the relations of ind parent und dutiful ehild, or, in the caso of older pupils, iuto the more oqual friondship of tho fraternu or tho wisterly relutions, ‘Whatover in public sonliment tonds to foster tho idew that thoro is un sntagonism of iutorests between teacher and pupil, dues influitely more harm than ol tho Seif-Roporting thac such an outery s raised agalvst, O such I count your correspoudout’s oxpression, thut it can bo o crodit to any person to have Lis namo wanting from the **Roll of Honor" &yropnmd by tho au~ thorities of s sehool or collogo, All ngreo thnt young peoplo in the family, and eapuciu‘fly when gathoied in schools in lnrge uumboers, caunot be loft, unchecked and un- guided, to their “own #voot will" Somo re- straints must bs put upon them, proportioned to their numbers, tho location in city or country, und thoir age, discrotion, nud morsl charastor, The parcut who lives in o erowdod streot, noar & rmlwuy, whero locomotives nro pussing overy hour, or who dwells on the verge of a lake, whore bouts are tossing on tho waves, may doom it wisio to prohibit his fawily of soveral ehildron from making tho traok or tho boats their pluy- round, ‘Lhe earoful mothor mny proscribe the ounds of her childron’s walks, Porbaps, as Mry, Htanton suggosts, o truer wisdom would put forth no prohivition, but let the littlo ones souin, trom the maimed arm, the mangled form, or the dienched corpe, the dangore of flood nn stenm, Bue tho wisdom is too doarly bought, iwentnl solicllude mterposes the provontive cacelis ** You most uot plny on the track; you i nob sall m the bont,"” Purental windom will, Leontors, make such chicoks ouly whon neone sary, sud will oxplaiu thoir nccessity, But, ude, how can thoy best bo euforeced ? "What s tho mothod Lost for the child,—nat simply the oo most sure to koop im off the tiack, but vost adupted to Leain bim for the duties wud rospousis= biliies of hfe? slall tho mothor put each ehild watoh It ; or shall sho nttond, 1f It wore possi~ Ll, thio childron horself; or mhal she constituto all a comiitloo of mutunl monitors or 8oy to rovort enoli othor ; or shall sho say, ** My child- ron, T have given you what L think lo bo’ nocos- sary boundy, 1 alinll nsl cach of you ovory night to til mo if you hinve oboyod my roquosts, and I bolievo you will t-y to (ell mo tha truth, I shull give n provent to thoen whao do not disoboy but, If auy of vou should forgol and go Loyond tha hounds, 1 shall not bo sovero if you confess t, and, thourh you muy not got tho rownrd, you whil invo what i bottor that nny Drosent,—iho appiobation of your counscionce for tolling tho teuth." 1y thero anything in such training op- poxod to lnws humnn or divine, or which unfits for hifes dutios ? Such Iclalm to bo subsian- tally tho principlo of Solf-Repatting in_our sohiools, I regud it mot only as o help Lo the teachur in governmont, bit as ono of tho most invaluablo mothods of moral discipline, The hobnt of self-reckoning ; of making an ostimato of one's awn character and conduct ; of compar- ing our moral verdicta with those of othors ra- #hcoting tho same quostions of right aud wrong; | of testhis the acouracy and delloncy of our moral souso § tho flnding out whether our couscionco in wluggish and iuort, or morbidly acuto,—what montal ncquisition can compare with it m valuo ? erbort Sponcor says, *Tho most gluing de- toct 1 our my soms of oducation I8 the negleot of moral culture,” I boliovo that tho Self-Ho- porting systom, Judiclously usod, may go far to supplomont this deficioncy, Ho far from cans- ing n mpirit of mutunl concealment, itwillereaton sontiment of honor, and & keon sonso of juatico, and a propor fooking of coutempt for the deo- colver and the hypocrito, *Judiciously used.” Lot the rules bo ns fow a8 possible, aud 50 rensounbio na to commond themsolves to an impartial mind; lot thom bo gonoral onouglh to allow some latitude, and not 80 minute ns to narrow and belittlo tho con- scionco to o slavish sorupulosity; aud tha Solf- Rovorting system will stand its own arolust ail autacks, for it is founded on the best pringiplos of our uaturo. It is not to bo douicd that it hay Its dongors, Every natural tmpulso, every ap- potite and passion, overy Intollcctual activity ovon, which God hna given us, is dangorous, So too nro the forcos of naturo. Tiro, cloctricity, wind, wave—ovoryching bonoficout—has 1l dangor in unskillful or oxcossivo uso, 1t is, thoraforo, doubtloss truo that, under kystems of Solf-Reporting more or 'less imporfect, s thoy must oll bo, your corrospondent mny have mel *soveral young Indics who bLave, with the moat infautilo appearanco of innocence, out~ witted trusting parouts,” ele., ote.; bue this fact docs not prove anythibg nguinst tho generally Dbonoflcont systom, any moro_thon the fact thnt Obnioago, nnd Boston, and London have heen burued up proves that wo should ceass to use the daugerous elomont of five. As to the Evanston school, 1t would soem from the lotters of tho villagers that the evil is not that tho girls roport, but that the boys do not repoct; thnt thero is & lack, if not” of men- tal, at Joast of moral cocducation, A, B. C. —_—— THE VILLE DU HAVRE. What a Feminine Journahut Who Crosscd the Ocean kn It Suys About the Old Euli. Mrs. Lurnham’s Letter to the St. Louis Repubdlican. As I write thin lottor the news goca through thie land that the Ville du Tavre lies at tho bot- tom of tho sea. Tho awrul disaster must chill overy honrt, but it comes home to mo with doub- ly drendful import. Igo back to nights whon that dismal old boat would of n sudden stand slill and shiver and shake like a paralytic, whon all hands aud tho cook scampered from stom to storn to learn the locality of the Iast troublo. I loft that bont o devoutly-thankful, but somowhat disappointed woman, I connted on hor going to the bottom that trip, The gorgeous old hulk was flxed up with the bloom of youth and patent stays and now maclinery, but as old when she went into tho lino. 8 Was au old side-wheel steamor, which had borno the name of Napoleon 111, (Quoer name for an old girl) Sho ontraged all the laws of naval architecturo, aud I always supposed ships, like bridgos, must bo symmetrical in shapo to be snfo. Hero was s ship, originally of good 12ngth, to which was attached sixty foet of gild- ed saloon. It was tacked or stuck on some way, and wos tho entiro width of tho vessel, with not asinglo bruce anywhore to be seen. Pancled benutifully with whito marble slabg, veinod with Fnld, at a littlo distanco they had the cheerful ook of grave-stones, aud {t took very little imagiunation to rend tirst clags obituary ‘notices on all of thom. 'Thot whole snloon always seom- ed to me s sort of porcelain-lined iron dinuer- ot Very lucky for moitis that the Ville du avre didn't meot a flonting clothes-pole last August, I shouldw’t bo on dry Iand to-day thinking sadly of thoso poor creaturcs who Eoriahed on the moraing of tho 15th of Novome er, As a prophotess I am a succoss, and I mean to write to my patornal progenitor to-night and lenrn if thore 18 any sovonth daughtor abiout me. I predicted n prediction that thut vils old bont would novor sco the yoar '74 afloat, and lo! she is gono, Noever egain through her gilded snloon will ring the Auglo-Fronch ory, Ding dong, guicon, cat lemonndo!” There ia o terrible les- son to bo lenrnod from tho loss of the Ville du Havre, if Lbo nctusl facts are ever known, for thore was frightful oconomy shown in its mane agoment, aud orimiunl recklossness in over put- ting hor on the line. When I cumo over thoy d tho disablod stato of the screw, and took her back to bo repaired in Trance, with ono entire fan gono and part of another miseing, becauso repairs cost so much less thero than hero, Thoy eaved 240 ona tip Ly using o Althy yollow fat on the machinery in- stead of decout oil, and the smell of the vie compound stowing on the onginos must have dono much to roconcile the passongors to ship- wrack, A papor horo expresses nstonishmont that an clectrio light was not used. Why, tho last T know of the dastardly cconomy of the French lino they woro negotiating with a red- beaded Gaul, thiuking ho would prove a cheaper substituto tor n hond-light than tho feoble lau- torns in uso, Catoh thom inorensing thoir ox- pensos £100 a day for an electric light, I senttled the ship in hall-a-dozen Ellu:u with hoir-pins and paper-cutters, I toll tho unoxag- gorated truth whon I say that, lying on tho sofa in stalo-room No. 50, I dug'into tho punky waod, two or three inchos away from the port- hole, with & paper-knifo till I struok the glazing of iron that formed ils outer cont, That iron plating wns nowhoro thioker than a frylng-pan, and u dotermined littlo pilot-boat, with & shinglo- nail at the prow, could have cut through us and Rot out the othor side, if it didu't run into the cuok or Captain en route. Whon the Loeh Barn gots into port, peoplo will rush down to sco tho fenrful agent of destruction, She will possces no such importance for me. I know how casy she did it, for I know what o crazy otd shell the Ville du Havro wus. A Family Obliterated. From the Philadelphia Press, Worend iu the Now York Herald of Wednes- dn?', in roference to the Ville du Havro disaster : *Murray, Hamilton. No information. Murruy, Miss, No information, ¢ Platt, Mrs, G, A, No information,” Wo cau supply the doficioncy. Fivo yoars ‘ago there lived in tho City of 0swogo, N. Y., a happy family of soven—a fam- ily of wonlth, high social position, well kuown in 0w York and Philadelphin. The Lead of It, the on, Hamilton Murray, beld soveral high poui- tions of trust and honor, flo waa called away,. and five years ago Lo diod, Not loug aftor his denth, his oldest Hon, who graduatod ot our own univetsity in this city with honars, was accidente ally drowned soon aftor Lo roccived his diploma, Not long aftor, the eldost daughter, a lovely gltl, sunk undor tho wasti..g destroyor, consumption, and was laid by father nnd_ brothor. 'l triplo griof was toonuch for the hoart-broken wifo aud mother, and sho' wont to join them in the happy land. But in golug sho bad to leave hor throo fnun est, two sond and & doughtor. Calling to hor sido her ife-long bosow frieud, Mra, O, A. Llatt, sho coufidod o hor caro thoso threo, on- im“h‘g upou her nevor to loavo thom until thoy had ewburked in lifo, and roquosting hor to ac- company them to Enrope an unrurmtuml thoir cducation, ‘hese throo wont down togothor, and now the Murray fumily, all save oo, the youngust, Charlos, now at Princeton Collego, aro rounited iu thelr otornal homo with their friond, Mys, Platt, who was moro than sistor to thom all, Mrs. Cathurino A, Ilatt was tho widow of Willinm Platt, son of the Hon, James Platt, of Oswego, Bho leaves ono eon, Jamos, in busi- noss in Now York, If evor thera was an oarncst workor in charity and love, Mrs, Plutt was ono— a sincoro Christian, dovoted mother, novor-fail- ing frioud, Bho lins gone to moot hor reward, e Marringe and Donthe A ntrangzo juxtapoition of mnrylago and death Intoly ovourrod nour Lynchburg, Va, ‘Ilero was n wodding at a country house, snd the guests flocked in by twou and threes. Mr. Willlam Cartor camo with his wifo and a ohild 8 months old, Mrs, Corter placed hor sleoplug ehild on & bod Inono of the rooms, aud covered it with her sliawl, Othor ludios came, and,sosing tho shawl and 1o baby, droppod thelr'shawls on the bod une til there wun quitau pilo of shawls, and when they wora ‘romoved n doad baby was found uudor them, ''hamarriggo foast was snddenly turned into asoono of mourning, The mother of the undor s gusrd; set & servunt or an oldor child to | cluld was a sister of tho bride. WASHINGTON. President Grant’s Lost Mes- sage. A Roview of the Messages of Former Presidents. From Our Otwn Correspondent, WanniNaTon, Deo, 4, 1879, Dresident Urant'a suggostion of rogaining our lost commeorco and enrrylug trado by moans of n small appropristion that will sond ono vessol up tho Amnzon River, is ns absurd as tho rovival of specic-payments by poylug out 8100 por diom in sllver, or as tho President’s othor suggestion, to encourago tho States to bulld houses for their Benators In Washington, by building housen at tho gonoral oxpenso for tho Cabinot and Army folks, His proposition to bo allowed to VETO PART' OF A DILL and approve tho rest, is merely a requost to ad- w1t him in the Logiulature, and lot his vote nou- tralizo ona-thivd of all tho membora. The Prosldout’s suggestions on the curroncy question hinve no woight, because thoy have no meaning, and ouo part noutralizes another, His statement of tho Spouish difficulty is tho most unintoresting acoount of o fight ovor given sinco Detor drow his sword, and, in an anti-climatio way, eut off———what ? Why, only tho Iigh Priout’s rorvant's onr. Thoe President 1 ontitlod to the medal for having mndo ovon the massacro of the poople on the Virginius todious, You ean GO TUROUAI THIS MESSAGE, if you aro nequainted in Washington, and oharge ovory loading paragraph fa it up to somo ono personal influctce which cajoled it out of the President; and the only joke In tho whole will bo tho cliagrin of the suggoster whon he sces how dreadfully dull the Prosidont Lus made his cengo by advocacy. Horo and thers A GOOD THING 18 HATD, which reminds mo of the Rev. Robert Collyor's Qescription of tho Rov, Audrow Manship's Auto- biography. *This book,” eatd Collyer, *rominda me of another one, wheraof the introducer eaid on tho fly-loat: “¢Thero sro many things in this book original and otherwise, good and bnd. But those things which are good are not original,” Amougat good things is tha recommendation for gonoral amnesty, which I cito In tho way of friondly intimation—just ag wo tako o pawn off tbe bonrd and mean no harm to the man who lost it—to the New York Nation, which, I rocollect, snid, about throo years ago, that to admit groat officials of tho Rebellion to Con- Emsu would bolittle tho victory ot the Union, cliold A, H. Btophens in Congress to enhanco tho moral cortainty of our victory, and belittle nothing but thoso critics of our systom who aro forcod ovory year tosseo that wo linve tho most raouperative, soveroign, and yet popular of all governments, £ Now let us look at the provious Presidents anda thoir messagos, WASHINGTON had to sot the lesson of & President's message, Uis innugural conld bo committed to memory by n moderatoly-bad sicholar in one dav, aud is a quflng oxpression of self-concession aud dis- turbed rotiroment whon summoncd by * the voico of my country.” Pioty, Addisonian com- position, aud o declinntion of enlary, are tho main po(ntu in it. The Prosident's fivst regular mosungo, dated Jan, 8, 1790, is equally conciso, and shows the growing confidonce and credit of the country ; declares that ** To bo proparod for war is tho menus of preserving the peace ;" and urges that ** Nothing i more worthy tho patron- age of Congross than tho promotion of scienco aud literature,” Tho eatly messages are ad- dressed altornately to the Ilouso and Senate, aftor the munner of the Queen’s addrees to Par- linmont. The socond message of Presideut Washington is also short, but morae Emctlcnl; for the national businoss was thickening around him in foroign war, admission of now Stafes, Barbary tres|nescs, and the organiza- tion of public institutions, ‘Tho third messago grows in spaco with the contonts it must treat of ; speaks mainly of Indinn wars and treaties, tho dovelopmont of the intarior, the now Cnpi tol, tho currency, and weights and mensures. Tho fourth mossago treats of disordors, intes- tine and forelgn, und is followed by a proclamn- tion of noutrality. 'The fifth and sixth continuo tho samo. The soventh is choorful and con gratulatory, and short, Tho eightl ia tho mos- #ago of tho conscious aud thoughtful ruler of n nation demanding more nntiauulilfn incrensod institutions, and better pay for oftico Thon comes tho wondrous Farewell Address, dated Bopt. 17, 1706, oqual in longth and_gravity of suggestions to muny of those preceding it. d hie i ml!mdfi“ml briousl; oponod his inaugural addross lugubriously, say- Igs OWhon 16 was st Percoived, T eurly times, that no middle course for Amerion . romuinad,” ote,,—tho first sontence comprisiug 90 words, Adams’ stylo wag ornnte and tedious, Lis trostment nutobiographical, indeed ogotistic cal; andhis messngo an essay on things in general, Ho called the country an aminble and interast- ing systom of govornment,” aud patronized it. oo aro about 900 words in tho last paragraph but two of Adnmns' first messege. Such a man was not destined to havo two torms, In ton weoks camo o spocial Session, whon tho mossnge was directed agaiust Franco; but in its dull oro was visiblo the gleam of an earnest manhood. Adame’ first moseago was mainly on I'rench nggrossions; his sccond on forelgn affairs aud boundarios, For s remorkably bad picco of public writing ou 8 momorable ocension, read his specinl mensago on the death of Washington, Deo. 23, 1799, His fourth annual nddress was hiu best, and dolivored nt * poor long old flolds," Washington, Nov, 22, 1800, His seutencos wore long; his budget erisp. ) ’ JEVFERSON was tho first cosmopolitan pontician of honesty and broudth produced by the country,—Fruulk- lin de-Ponnsylvanimizod, T'here ure back-pay mon who enli him o demagogue, who wrote ever his religious opiions like u efmllungor of tho age. His oight snnual mossages ovo all cloar and elegant compositions; for his honosty wought, fiko tho brook, tho natural lovel, and his dictfon’grow cloar on tho why. His tirst messago shows conlldence, obstinato principles, and con- vorsnuco with alfairs and smw-wmh;f, far in ndvanco of both bhis prodecossors, e wrote short papors, casy to undm‘stnud‘ and tho con- tents were woll ussimmlated, Uripolitan mat- tors, ovorland cxplorations, Spaniah difliculties, the Burr couspiracy, tho Louisiana purchaso, and tho Ewmbargo, mako tho staplo of these documents. m\nmos'n il s ligeed inaugurals wore quiet und very short, showing Iimug:umporameut, much lest thun Jeflorson's, JONKOE, liko tho other three, bogan with an expression of Toar in bis own weaknogs ; which lod ATr, Sum- ner, i o late roview of President Grant, to ssy that Graut was the ouly President who had ever ontered tho oflice uot” only without sensibility, but denying that ho had any, Mouroe was the fivst_suggestivo Prowident, tuking up tho work which the old Ropublicau party lind deolined to do on grounds of ultra Hmltatlon, Monroo, in moanuro, croated tha public worka aud publio architeoturo of the country, and ho wroto clear- 1y, suggestively, ond oiten at length, Ie may 1o onlicd tho father of tho prosont fort of Pros- idontial message. JOIN QUINOY ADAME wroto with a classio forvor and historiographer's scopo, clowo up Lo tho liuo of ologuance, bt wltlx such oxplicitness a8 to dimimsh tho im- prossion of his mnagistorial character. A good doul of the writing in his messayes appenrs to be the indulging of a faculty in that way, and o loose opinionatoduess, instead of solid, noces- sary wor{l; in short, o wrote spocclivs, and presued upan tho country the institutions which should civilizo our minds, rathor than merely nationalizo us, 1Mo conclndon hin third mossngo with the retrospect of balf-u-contury, and picturc of Jefferson and Adams expiriug on the l‘nurth of July, which somo of our lator Prosi- donts might oxoreise upon, Next camo JACKEON'S norvous, ofton vehomont diction, showing the man famillar with oxeoutlve business in militar, and commoreinl walks, DProbably the flrst ital{s cised word to bo found in any Prosidont's mes- sago ocourd in hit inangural: 1o recont domonstration of publio sonti- ment inscribos on the list of oxocutive dutien, in obaractors too logible to be overlooked, the task of reform,” [ Juksou's mossagos were ofton very lmugi but always vigorous, and ho ventured upon & Parowell ~“Addross, mnot with- out athos, waying: “My own 1aco i nearly run ; advanced ago and faitlog Lealth Lvarume tady botore long, Inust pasy boyond | descriptive of tho kinduess and fal the reach of liuman evonts, snd conso to fool the viciustbudon of humnnn affairs, I thank God thnt ray lifo bas boon spont in s land of liberty, and that 1o has piven mo s heart to lovo my country with the affection of n son." VAN DUREN waa o wordy writor, who bogan his inaugural by saying: I troad {n tho footetops of illnstrioun mon, whoso suporiors, {t is our happiness to bo. Move, are uot found on the Bxecutivo calendar of nuy nation," 110 hind acortain commereinl and logal intropid- ity aud romarkablo wuderstanding, without mag- notism s 80 that vothivg which he wrote can bo romombored, . TTARRIHON naover had opportunity to write more than ona respoctiblo innugural, in which there was n good denl about tho Romans,—DBrutus, Octavius, Ca- millus, ote, JONN TYLER mndlo prompt referoncs in his innugural to the fuet thny o wos tho first Vico-Presidont to ill tho Lighor oftios withont being olectod to it, and enid + * Tho spirit of faction, which Is directly opposed to the splrit of n luhy pntriotism, ma, find in this occasion for assaulis upon my Ad- ministration,” 8o it did, as aftorwarda with Fillmoro and Jolmson, colling both of thom * Iis Accidonoy.” Tyler's ntylo is closr, and Lo appenrs to have been on unsugpecting man, who hardly know whon o was Insughod nt, but kept his dignity. roLK wroto practically, with no ornnmont, and votood gonoral monsures, such o Frouch claims, river and harbor bills, aud excossivo internnl improve- wonts, 1o had a compnratively easy timo nmongst Prosidonts, not huving coveted tho of- fleo, and_boing, thorofore, Ifttlo besot by his irmsziql, and ho was victorious in war and sorene n oftico, TAYLOR wroto a short inaugural, Indicating a olildlike aud rather timid oflicial upirit. It iweaid that ho congratolatod tho country on belng *‘at ponce with tho world nud tho rost of mankiud.” FILLMORE wroto an accoptablo moseago,—gracoful, but without distinctive style, FRANK TTENCE wrolo with™ frankness and suavity, but showed no groat dopth of undoretanding. BUCHANAN waa n gond writer, pitched o little too much on the stylo of tho old school; aud long couver- sanco with diplomatlo writing made him so_ cau- tious that ho novor barbod o sentance nor fontli-"| ored it woll to striko an antagonist or reach tho popular hoart, 1fe had leaned nupon the pens of olhor poople #o long that composition for the }xbllo seomod o wystorious and ocoult artto m. DIR. LINCOLN'S maesagos were just curcloss enough here and thora to givo tovelty and power to thoss quaint turns of a sontence Whero his outwurd thought scomed to have gone inwards, and educed thoso pathiotio and melancholy—soma seid artful— cjuculations or phroses, which boightened the mystory ot tho man, aud Increasod tho lova of him, Many of those queer, clnirvoyant romarks, whon put together from mossnge Lo mossngo, ro- mind one of the bhaelf-comproheuded ' ro- marks, #olto voco, which tho Disciples board’ from their Mastor,—intimating _that ho carricd in bis porson and conscious- ness tho slny of tho ago, which Lo must oxpiate, if not by his death, by his mental strain, Lincolu's musanos were o largo part of his Administration ; for they brought the people up to him liko the multituda in the Seripturo; so that the grostost of tho Pharisces amongst tho politiciany were silont, If envious, ANDREW JOLLNSON nover wrote o mossago showing other than a tn- multuous and turgid mind. GRANT'S mossages nre splendid wpecimens of juvenilo de- lmrtmum roporting whou tho boss of the puper s uot capable of taking control. Ga'rir, THE ST. LOUIS TRAGEDY. A Girdl’s Intonded Ilushnnd Killed by ler Brother, From the St. Louis Zimes, Dee, 10, The tenth murdor of tho yoar was committed yestorday nftornoon, undor yioculiarly distronsing circumstances. Iiobnrd Dosttscher was tho vietim, and his assassin, Benjamin I'ranklin Cronenbold, is now incarcoratod in the First Dis- trict Police Station. On Juno 26, 1872, Judge I, W. Cronenbold diod, leaving o widow, o daughter, o son, and un ostato valued at 8160,000. For n number of years the Judgo koot n large hardwaro store, Nos. 1618 aud™ 1515 Carondelot avenue. Binco Dbis death his_widow, Mrs. Augusta Cronon- bold, Lus conducted tho business, with hor son, L, I, Cronenbold, and the bookkeoper, Fredor- erick William Wobor, s pertnors. Mrs, Croncubold necded & hostler and oar- rlage-drivor Inst March, and hor son ongaged Richard Boottschor at the Garman Reliof Oflice, A fow weoks aftor Boettscier camo to live in tho house, Mrs., Crounenbold ment her gon to Turope. On his roturn, about ton weoks ago, ho found that the hired man had won tho affecs tions of the sister; and that the mother had agrood to & marriage betweon thom, Ha swors tint the wodding should not_take wlace, aud in this he was eucouraged by Webor, who was a suitor for Cora Crononbold's hand, Both youn; meon kept tho family in constant turmoil, ani frightoned Boottschor awsy from the Houso, but Cora aud her mother kopt up secrot commu-~ nication with him, aod flnally arranged that the 3\'etédiug should take placo on Friday, tho 5th inst. On this day young Cronenbold wont down town on businesi for his motber, but suspecting that it was n trick to prevent him from interrer- ing with tho wedding, Lo and Wobor Lastily lott their worl, went out to tho Crononbold man- sion, on Grand nvenuo, near Chippowa Atroot, und found the parlors illuminatod, 5 numbor of guests rlready thore, and activo proparations for the weddivg in progreas, 'ho two young moa lny in wnt for Boottschor, who kad not then ar- rived, When the carcinge stopped bofore the door, young Cronenbold scized tho horscs and shouted that somo onc would have to dio bofore the vehiclo could leavo, 'he bride- groom romonstrated, whereupon Weber fired » shiot that wont through tho calf of his loft hfi' wounding him so badly as to proveut the wad- ding. 8o the guests and the miniater woro dis- mised, ‘I'ho son and his friond waa arrested upon the charge of pesault with iutont to kill, and thoir exnuunation isto take placo some time this waels, In tho Court of Criminal Correction, Yestordny voung Cronenbold went to his room for n nap after dinnor, and on awakeniug found himself locked in, Ho listenod for a while, hourd somo commotion in tho rooms bolow, and, from the words usod in conversution betwoen his mother and sister, judged that thoy wero roing out to mact Boettschor aud huve tho mur~ riage performed. This susplioion aroused his angor, which was heiglitoned on hearing n closed carringe stop in front of the houso, and secing Boottuchor ulight and go into the hallway. DBroaking the room-door opun, lic soized Lis ro- volver, rushed down stairs, and lovelod Lis wenpon at Boottscher's head, Tho threatened maen hurriodly left the house, followed by Cronon- bold, While” Boottschor was climbing over n fonco, Cronenbold fired threo sliots at him, thon Jumpad over tho fouco himself, and’ confinuod tho puvsult for about 100 feot, wheu two more shiots were fired, and Boottschor foll doad in tho Hiold on tho west sido of Grand avonuo, at the Licud of Chippewa streot, his ocourred about flve minutes to 4 o'clock. Croneubold went down to bis store immodiatoly after tho shooting, Mounted Policomn Ltfch- ardson happened along on Grand aveuue, and learned of the murdor, DPutting spurs to his horse, ho was in & fow minutes ntterwatds at tho Tirat Distrlot Station. With Ofilcor George Mil- lor he stationed several policomen around the biock where the store is located, mnde a descont upon tho place, arrested and locked both Cronon~ bold and Webor up, ‘Tho first-named prisonor confessod to Capr. ITeroulos that he did the shooting, and statod that tho athor man had had nothing to do with this last affair. \Vebor was, thorotore, released. Young Cronenbold is 22 yoars of age, & foot 2 Inches 1n hoight, thick aot, and rathor gentlo- manly in his® domeanor, with an intelligent, hnndsome faco. Whon soon In his coll by a Times reportor, ho was porfectly cool, and talked frocly nbout his troubles, Yrom a con- versation tho reporter had with him, aud a noto which ho guvo o Gierman roportoer, his notions about the causoa which led to tho tragedy scom to e nbout as follows : Aftor Doottschor ind beon iu tho employ of tho mothor & fow wecks, hia ploasing addross mnde i o fraquontor of tho family irolo, and ho becamo famillur and sociablo to a” degree that yonng Cronenbold_did nob think propor, - Ha thoroforo found fault with his mothor and sistor for paying the stranger so muok attention, Home neighhorhood gossip led him to beliove thug the hostlor was plauning o schomo to win his sistor Cora, who wus 16 yonrs old on tho 10th of last Octobor, and thus got control of Lor portion of the ostato, Jle spoke his mind freoly upon thia to his sistor and mothor, 'Thoy ridieuled the ides, and Baid ho was oither orazy about tho property or Joalous of his eister, e troubled his mothor B0 much that she forced bim to go to Lurope, and hie baliovos that the hostler suggested the Idon to his mothor, and hurrled him oft, While In Buropo be recolved lotters from his mothor aud Corn, ho says, which containod ’Lumgruphu tho man sorvant, and lio thonght thny muat bo inlovo with nim. A fow days bofore leaving Luropo, ho received lottera from some frionds who gave him to undoratand that tho hostlor and his sistor aud mothor were too inti- mato for thelr good moral roputation. Ile storted nt once for homo, and on arriving learnod that his mothor hnd given her onsont tu hin sistor’s marringo with Boottschior, This was followed by suspicions that Bouttechor had beon crlmllml]{ intinato with bis (Crononbold's) dearont kindred, nand his suspicions woro atrengthioned by thelr anxioty for tho wodding to como off. Theto {dean grow in forco until ho determined to have vougenuco or dio in tho at- tempt. Ilo immedintoly took bis bosom fricud, Wobor, into the secret, and planned to frustrate tha wodding, Tho nelghbors warned his motlior that ho would do somothing dosporate, ne ho, they &sanld, wns pgolug insane on tho subject. As ' long a8 tho mau wam n bis way lo could not unioy lifo, homio, or praperty, and, 08 o lnst rosort, had made up his mind to disporo of itm. 1o says ho regrots tho Lilling of Doottuoher, “bnt hin conseience ?uutlfius him, if the lnw doca not.” o fonrs that \ia mother and sistor will desort him, and that their frionds will use thoeir influenco to got him honged, o says his mother s about 62 yonrs old. nnd bo never had any troublo with Lior until Boottachor camo. Willinm Michol, tho driver of tho carriago, in- formod a Times roportor that ho dil not kuow whero ho was to go from the houso, Boottachor wad drossod an though he wna going to party, and was very pleasant. Aftor youn, flronunlmfd had chased Boottachor for o shiort distanco, the two ran around o iouse, noar the corner of the 8troot, whoro Boottschor knocked for adinision, waa refusod by some man who seomed muoh frightoned. Bootlschor throw off his cont bLe- foro reaching the fonco of the flold where lio wos shot, Michol had to run and catch the liorses, which had startod to run awey, having Loen frightoned by tho sorcams of tho Inlios, Ara, and Miss Crononbold, and the noise of the shots, IIe roprimanded young Cronenbold for the slioating, Lut did not'thon know that Bostt- achor had beon killod. Bootischor was nbout 87 yoars of ago, Ho was Lorn near Berlin, Prussin, and camo to America cigliteon months ngo, 1fo liad a rather aristo- cratto air, and somo of hin acquaintances sug- pectod that ho was tho * prodigal son * of soma noblo family, 1o was roticont about his history, but his habita wore thosoof & man of education sud refined associntions, It is hardly necossary to say that young Cron- enbold's suspicions as to the impropor relntions between his sistor and Buottssher were uttorly unfounded. No two ladies in 8t. Louis stood Ligher in the estimation of those who know them than Mrs, Oronenbold and hor daughter, and no man can malto auch startling rovolations, Hundreds of ateayshb-lnced, propor-neting pooe ]»1:\ will by thits Dol ho Bhowis 1 in thole iria izghit, and tho world ab Inreo will gob an_ fidon of tno tnnor working of n gigantic riug, dict for tho ook un immanso salo." —_—— - WESTZRN BANDITTIL, Two Desperndoes Capturo o Country Store in Cass County, Mow=The Vile Inge Gossips Euched nnd Gampyedes ‘Che Store Itobbed and tho fandits Eucupe. J'rom the Kansas City (Mo,) Timee, Dee, 10, Tho Intost, and one of tho baldest, rohborlen of tho yoar, and ono the aetails of which reads lilke a”romsuco of old foudal times, and an achievement_which would do honor "to Diek Turpin or Clande Duval, or other notoriona lighwaymen, took placo on the Stato line of Missourl, about thirty-five or forty miles soutls of Kauany City, on Eridny night lnst. Hdossra, Bryant nud Chandler are the propriee tors of o small country grocory nnd dry gooda storo, looated soutls of Grand liiver and’ a fo nilles south of tho Village of Westpoint, Mo, ‘Iho store is & dogout framo building, located nb tho cross-ronds about half ‘s wilo cast of tho Kausas Stato line, It was just as tho shados of ovening had cast o glovm ovar the prairies in tho viehnty, when Lwo Atraugors rade up to the store. Thoy' wore young mou, ovidently botween 24 and 28 yonrs of ngo, onon fair complexioned man weuring Light whinkers ; tho othior, rathor youngor, had Qurl hudr und sported o miustacho and bowrd o In imporial, 'Who oldest wore s brown chinchilla osoreoat ; tho youngest wore o soldior's over~ cont. Lath had their forchonds concealed by comumon blaclk folt Lints, Mr. Bryaut was alono in tho storo, the ovening was cold aud rather davk, tho nesrest house way soveral hundred yords away, Tho two young men ontered the storo nnd walied up fo tha sloyo to warm thomselves, They ontered into o pleasnut aud gossippy convorsation with Mr, Drynut, and appeared to b acquainted with tha country, ‘I'ioy askodto seo #oma woolew searfs, and finally solected one and pald for it und turned to'the stovo. Mr. Bryaut proceoded with lis varlous dutlos In tho storo, all the timo keoping up n catoloss and Jovinl convorsation with the two good-looking young mon, DMr. Bryaut turned trom his shelves, whero ha had veon busily ougagod straightoning up for tho night, when he fuund his face lu vory un comfoitablo proximily to two Inrze rovolvers, while tho smiling countenances of the twa amisblo young men lad assumed a vory busie noss-like nspeot, * Mr. Bryant, wa want all your availablo cash, We must laveit, or take somothing yon valng Wa pro- A SQUATTER WAR. st mora dear. o sholl out without uowo or £ clay Threo Thousand Citizens of Carbon- dule Contest with the Dotawure & Iludson Conl Compnny tho Titlo to the Elousvs They lave Built and Occupied for a Long Term of Yeavs, Scranton, 1, (D¢c. ), Gorrenpandenco of the Setw York eral ‘What promiges to be one of tho bitterest con~ tosts that has yot boen wugod botween lubor and capital o the ‘anthracite coal-fields of Pounsyl. vovin has beon insugurated botween the Dol- aware & Hudson Coal Company aud its worlmen at Curbondale City. A few duys ago tho Com- pony, through its mining bossos, issned notices to somo of the miners and laborers in and around Carbundale, who hold land on its prop- orty by what i3 known a8 the squattors’ right, that, unless tioy signed leases for their lots, thoy would bo discharged from the works, ‘T'his action on tho pare of _tho Compnuy foll liko o thunderbolt among tho mon, who look upon it ns nekiind of unjustilinble coup do main to rob them of tho 1ittle Lomos, which tnany of thom, by upwards of forty years of incessant toil, hund created ; and accordiugly thoy refused to comply with the ukase. ‘The Company discharged saveral men, and an indignation moeoting was forthwith bhold, in which resolutions wero adopted declaring this avbitraty conduct, and voluutecring to suppork tho moti who hiad'boon dischurged a8 long as they were ont of omploymont, A cowmitteo was appointed to weit on the Company’s ropro- sentativo in this reglon with a view to a settlo- mont of the difliculty, and ho answered that tho Company's ordor should bo carried out regard- less ot cousequences. ‘Tue men iminediately held anothor mesting, and rosolved to resist the Company to the bitter ond rather than submit to o systom of villanago, or accopt lonses of tho land, the ownorehip of which thoy claim by & ur&unuer right of “over twonty-ona yoars’ peacoablo possossion. I visited 'Carboudule this afioroom, with a viow to eliciting tho roal facts in n contest that Ls producad the most profound utato of faoling in this region, Carbondalo s soventeen miloy from Scrauton, on the Lackawanua Rivor, and is tho oldost city in the vnllnf'. It is bLuilt in the hosom of Lackawanna Valley, The blork, Llack lulls slopiug up gontly east and west of tho oity are dotted hore and thero wich the bogrimed and migerablo huts of tho squattors, T'ho eity itsolf is o stragzling concorn, its principal stroet Leing upwards of & milo in longth, and mostly lined_with_irregular and old framo buildings, Tho Court-House s & modest brick strcturo, atouding in the publio-square, and nta shorl distanco lalf a dozon churches, alnost in a cluster, lift their spirea heavenward, while all around tho city tho blnelt cont breakers loom up, “Dlmlnlg to lend thoir color to store and church and spire. About farty-five years hofore Carbondale was o city, the Dolawaro & Hudson Coai Company biay- ing purchnsod that tract of land with o view to dovoloping its minerel trcasures, found o grent difticulty in obtaining mea to work in the minos, owiug to tho oxtremo isolation of tha place, as woll a8 to tho dangora that presented thomsolves at that day to men unacoustomed to worl in the conl mines; accordingly the Company, through its minfog ongincer, Alr, Clarkson, olferod, 83 an inducement to workmen, lots which thoy might build huts upon and ‘cultivato at will, free of charge, In this way about 800 nores wero dis~ poscd of. Some mon took morely space enough for a cabin, #ome one roro, Somo two, and somo ton, nud 80 on, Tho busy hivo of industry was soon startod. Tho coal-shaft was sunk, the brealtor ercoted, and out of au uninviting wilder- ness of morass and forest tho workmen byought noatly tilled gardons, sud buile up ono of the most thriving citios in tho county, Evocything wont on in harmony until sixteen yoara o, when tho Company hrau%ht suitngainst an obstroporous squatter, Ssudy dMeDonald, for poseesslon of tho lob ou which ho had settled. Aftor keoping tho mattor beforo tho court for somo timo the suit was abandonad, and Sandy romained in full and practical possession, nl- though, tho noighboriag aquaitora of that day subscribod liverally for him to defond the matter should the Compnny prosecute it furthor, Somo timo afterwards Sandy sold his right to & Mr. Noalon, of whom the Company has slnce proffar- od to purchaso it. It is now worth $20,000, coal included. Threo yoars ago the Company pro- vailed upon somo of its men to take leascs, and sinco that timo nothing hne beon heard of the mattor until a fow days ngu whon the mino bousos told soyoral men that if hoy did not take lousos of their lota thoy would Do dischnrged. ‘The ordor was stoutly rofused, and au orgauiza- tion of a Miners' sud Laborors' Boneficlnl and Protoctive Associntion at once enterod upon. Alroady, iu o day or two, 800 men have en- rollod thelr names. In o conversation with ono of the oldest aud most intelligont minors in Car- bondale to-day, he said it was their futention to unfold the old ag of the Miners' Union ngain, and that it would Do succossful this time. o added: *It 18 o hard thing to 500 mon that for over thitty yoars havo atrained_bone and sinew to build up the Delaware & Hudson Conl Com- pany and to bulld up this ocity crowded to tho wall in thoir old age, whon thoy ara decropid aud feubll.n aud monoyloss, and when tho times are so ad, The disputed Frunart consfsts of about 300 acres aud is peopled by about 3,000 persons, or n Littlo lons than one-third of the ontire population of Oarboudale. I understand that the Ooal Com- pany is firm, aud will uso overy monns in its pover to nsgort its logal ownership of tho land ; whilo the men, on tho other haud, aro dotor- mined to hold possession under the squatters' titlo, and to rosiat what they consider tho wnjunt sud tyrannical measures takon by tho Company, in throntenivg thom with & ponoral dlsmisal from omploymont, Tho result threatens to bo ‘mont Injurious to Oarbondale, a3 the place has noithor mannfaoturing nor farming resources to full bacl on, and {s ontlrcly depordont on tho conl-worka for its sopport. Fwoeld’s Little Boolke=IRich Dovelops= ments Expocted, The Tri-Slates, of Port Jorvis, N. Y., glves ourroncy to s roport that ** Big Six" af st in oing to malke revelations of bis modo of buying iugmlutumn nnd mnnipulating politica, It says: A formor resident of Port Jorvis, who saw William M. Tweod shortly after his couviotion, informs us that Mr, Twoed surprised him by nhmnt; that he proposed to publish a book, of an autoblograplical charaotor, ns soon a8 ho can socuro time anough to attond to it. Mr, T'woed has enrofully kopt a dinry of his ife, and he pro- Doses, now that ho ocoupies o folon's coll, to glve the world somo siartling disclosures, Ho proposes to toll his mauner of doing business, whom ho bought to sorve his )mrvoans. and what tho averago price of Albany legislators is. Trobably no one mau {n the country hes lind so fuluoss of | vasiod uh oxparionco du thls Muo ad Blr, Liyeod, “ But T will not submit—>" ““Yes, you will," roplicd tho robbers, and in onother socond Llie new woolon searf just purs chasad was ovor his mouth, and his arms wore soon securcly pinioned, 1Ilis oyes wore then sbeded with w now shawl, and tho two robbors proceeded to riflo tho store. T'hey firet secured tho cash, amounting to about $400; then thoy procoeded to sefect such articles of morchaudisa as suited their fancy, manifesting both taste and direrimination in their nelections, Whilo theso gay and festive youths were one gaged In this questionable business, an_ old Inrmor just dropped in to pnes away n long ovening and talk over tho nows around the stove in tho cross-tond store. Tho young mon re- coived him courtcously, and took care of him ag spadily o guua!hlu by gagging and vfind- folding hitn, aud_omptying his pockots of his wallot, his Luifo, woveral picces of twino, a bucklo, and & fow nails and somo papoers. ile wag oscorted to a koat besido Bryant, thero to silontly study and wondor what noxt was to he- fall ki, s This business was searcoly concluded when two othor farmers strolled into the store, They woro wolcomed by tho bandits, aud soizod upon a8 logitimato proy. One of this Just couplo man= ifostad his dosira to go homo by startiug to ro- turn homo without leuve. He ran a short dis- tauco down the road, whon ho wns stopped by tho porsuasive iutlnonce of o hiutol-bn?l iu his hip.” He camo back uudor escort. o and his companion woro soated upon the counter with the other two, aud their pockets rifled. Two MOre men strnggled in separately, one of thom an Irishmen, Thess wore successfully eapturod snd pinioned, and six mon weve ranged in o row, Lolpless aud uucortain as to their future fate. L'ho robbors, baving secured the silence and security of all thoir visitors, prossod into sorvice a little boy who *“ just dropped in,” uud who was employed in and nbout tho store, With his g slstanca they procoeded to *go through ™ tho store, mauifesting tasto aud discration in their solection of goods aud trinkols. Thioy Look an abuudavt supply of cigars, tobaceo, and whisley, fitted thomsolves out with now glovos, handlker~ chiefs, shivts, &e. During this oporation thoy discovered n schoolmastor to bo among their privonors, Mo youngest took occasion to lecs turo him upon tho immorality of boing out Inta ot nights, aud its tondoncy to promote bnd hnbe its, nud advised him never to go abrond Inte again. Tho Irishman ‘was upbraided with being 8O poor n8 to have only *forty cints” in Lis pookets, which they avorrod was not cnough to pay for the ropa to bind him with, The wounded man was oxnmined and pronounced not badly dumaged, and was mado to stand up with tho othors, Having sntisflod thoir capldity and placed thomselves outside of n respoctabla amount of whinley, they thon praceedod to arranga for their departure. Tho prisoucrs were escortod outsida tho store, and ranged iv a line fucing tho road ; the boy was pinioned and blindfolded, like the othors, aud placed with thom, 'Tho thioves thon led up thoir horses, and a third horse which had been riddon there byone of the captured farmers, Tho oldest of tho thioves thon sddrossed the prisonars : “I want you, guntlomon, to stand porfoctly stil until my partnor is out of sight, I will atay horo with’ you for a whilo. ‘o first mon thnt raisos o noise or attompts to got nway, 1 will shoot hix head off. You must wait here per= fectly still for two hours; if you don't, I'll make meat of you," Ono of the thioves had already departed with tho led horso. The last oue walked stoalthily away some distance, and soon aftorwards was heard gnllop(ng away in the direction of tho Stato line, ‘I'he boy managed to get himsolf Ioogo from his bonds and soon had the rest of tho prisonors loose, But the bold thioves wero far out of sight and hearing. As soon as daylight dawned numbers of indig nant citizons wore out on tho trail. I'ho outlaws wore treiled into the Indian Torritory, Itis thought “that thoy will bo overtaiien ; if they are, thoro will bo n suddon jerking of young necks with uew hemp. —_— A Down=East 'Tar’s Victory. In alecture recontly delivered in Boston Mr, John L. MHnyes rolatod as an anocdote of the Revolutionary period the story of the whipping which King William IV. recoivod from a Portu: mouth suilor-boy. Nathan Lord, aftorward o prominent shipmastor of Portsmouth, was a lad on ono of the privateors oaptured by a British frigate. Ouo day a young Midshipman came near the prisonors, who were having an nirin‘x on dock, and spoko sneoringly of * the rebols,” Young Lozd, boing a Ind of spirit, retorted : *11 it wers uot for your rank, sir, I would mako you tako baol that insult,” ¢ No matter for 'my rank,” Buid tho gallunt, though arrogant, young officer; *“if you can whip me, you are wolcoma todo it." Tho challenge was oagorly accopted, and tho two Lad a rogular sailors’ eot-to, Tha Youkee was victorlous, and the Englishman ac- kuowledged himgelf boaten, and, shaking hands with his opponent, sid : *‘ You aro a bravo fol- low ; givo wo your namo and I will not forget you "At tho end of tho voyage all tho prisonors Wwith the exooption of Lovd woro sent to prison, The Admiral sont for him .and informed him that the young Duke of Claronce, n_son of s Majosty “Georgo IIT., tha young Midshipman with whom holird fought, biad requosted that he b sot at largo ; that ho was at liborty to go inta any part of the Kingdom, and that tho Duke had placod & £5 note at his sorvice, A Pedoestrian’y nte James Smith recently undortook, for a purae of 2200, to walk 100 miles within twenty-faur houry, and the feat was accomplishoed in a publio hiall ok Rucino, Wis. - Affor tho hnit had been carofully monsured, u specinl telogram says, Smith commenced walking at § o'clock on Frie day eyoning, Nov. 28, and renched his fiftioth wmile in olovon hours, and showed some signs of futiguo. o roncliod bis oightleth mile in oigteon hours and oight minutos, During the walls ho ute nothing axeopt a small ploco of chicken. ‘Pon andl beef-toa was the ouly nourlshment he took, On Baturday morning he undertook ta partako of an ogg, but it mado him slck, o mado & 8top ab a quarter to 12 on Saturday, and it waa wilh groat difliculty ho was startod ngain, iy foot and legs wero torribly swollon, Round and round ho went, varying his gait, and at times it was painfal Lo soo i ; but still he Lopt on, doing off his milos on an average of sbont fif- toon minutes, o made hin ninety-niuth milo in elovon minutos. Thd excitomont” at this time waa intenso, e struok out on the hundrodih mile, which ho walked in nine mine utos, nccomplishing the feat of walk- ing 100 wmules in" twonty-two hours and J thivty-thren mlunLnshbolug ho fastost time on seoord, Doducting tho time of roat, he acaoms plishied tha toat luloss Lan tWentystwo hgnsa,