Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1873, Page 9

< FRANCE. Her Government a Sort of Provisional - Milliary Dictatorship, ' The -Problem of Her Extrication from Her Present Political Dilemma. A Skoteh of tho Chonges in the Fronch Govornment During the Last * Righty Yoars, ThetCountry Now Where It Wasa Quar- ter of a Century Ago. §klfes and Ploitings of the Factlong-s= French Ignorance of True Republicanisn, [Ewecial Correspondence of The Clieago Tribune, ! PAmts, Deo, 5, 1879, Tho present Governmont of France ia meroly provisional. Tho prolongation of the powers of Marshal Machfalion {s consldered simply as an 3 EXPEDIENT Oh MARE-BUIFT . = that, during its oxistenco, Franco may reou- perato, produce, and repair tho broachos made in her fortunes. Btability is still sought for, and cannot’ be found. Trance is in a dilommip, and drifts, hoping that something may turn up to roliove her. The so-called Republican mem- bers of the Assembly voted against conforring {hio Dictatorship on ‘MacMahon, Tho Royaliata nll voted for *the prolongation of powors." But thoy are now plotting for a Monarchical suecession ; -while tho * Ropublicans » scom ro- solved to nccopt tho now state of things, and support the Diotatorsbip, 1n ordor to provont! the Logitimists from thrusting s Bourbon on tho vacant Throne. MacMahon acts with tho Legitimists, who aro scheming to reliove hini'of |; his offico long. bofora tho expiration of the foven years for which ho wns nominated, and opposos the “ Republicans,” who insist that he shall ralo for sovon yoars, 88 & chofco of ovils. But, aftor ‘all, 'this ‘only moana that he ehall occupy the Dictatorship ' until they obtain control of affaira’and agreo on his suc- cossor, when ha will be rotired without further ceromony or dolay ; 8o that, as a mattor of faot, both parties have in view tho R ) BAME ULTIMATE ODJECT. Tow is Franco to be oxtricated from her di~ lemmn? Noman has yet found a solution. A NMonarchy can only bo maintained in one of two ways: firat, by military ‘force; or, second, by common congent. Tho Monarchy of Great Britain is maintsined by common consent. Both tho chief parties uphold the ** Crown" 85 tho.omblom of BState sovoreignty. Tho Liberala oro as staunch defenders and enp- portors of tho Monarchy as the Conservatives, Ropublicanism in Great Britain is s sontimont entortained.only by a small fraction of the people, and they of the *‘uninfluential classes.” John Bullis a . £ ROYALIST TO TIE BACKDONE, because, in o contest betweon_partios and poli- cies ia Gront Britain, tho Quoon takes no part, She belongs to no party. The Ministry who govarn Great Britain must be in political accord with the mejority party in the Houso of Commons. Whon they are not in such nccord, the Houss mever fails to pass 8 vote of want ' of - confidence. in them, and they have the nlternative elther'to resign and tendor their portfolios to the Quaen, or to ask the Queen to dissolve. the House and order #new eloction, which is called taking..an appeal to thocountry. .. But the Queon is sup- posed to be wholly indifferont 28 to the result, and just as willing to appoint a Cabinet of Toriea 88 of Whigs, if tho House of Commons Jesirot, and vice versa. This systom of responsiblo adminiatration is THE SATETY-VALVE of the British form of Government, and it is to {ts action that tho porpotwity of the Monarchy .is duo. For, if the Queen should ally herself with ‘cither of the great partios, snd undertake to 'administer tha Government oxclusively in accordance with its views, tho other party would necessarily bo arrayod ngainst her; and when it came into power, sfter some Parlinmontary election, it would oust her from thaThrone, and crown some ono elss as King or Queon, 1t could not do atherwiso. Tho Government could not be con- ductod with - the_ Monarchy_pulling in - ons + direction and the Legislative Body in the other, The latter would rofuse to voto supplies and taxos for tho support of the Governmont, and the Monagch, if the army was obodiont to bis will would undortake to coerco tho Parlisment, and this would at once produce civil war, ending in DETHRONEMENT OB DESPOTISM, Great Britain has had those oxperiences two or three times. The Houso of Stuart undortook to maintain & code of political and religious policies antagoniatio to tho sentiment of Parlia- ment, and ono of them lost his throne and anothor hig head in consequence of it. But, for the last 200 years,—that is, sinco the commence- ment of the reign of William III,—tho Mon- archa of Britain have pormittod the voice ond will of tho ouse of Commons to prevail in tho Ministry, whilo they tiavo kopt aloof in a groat mensnure from party ontanglomonts, Sinco the beginning of the K!reaunt contury, Groat Britain has bhad but three onarchs, viz: Goorgo IV, (including us Re- ency), Willism IV., ad Viotoria 1. ; but, durng 0 8amo time, there have boen - TWENTY-FOUR CITANOES OF THE MINISTRY, - commencing with Adaington in 1801, and endinfi with Gladstono in 1873,—the longest of whic! was that of tho Earl of Liverpool, extending {rom 1812 to 1827, & period of fiftecn yoars, Tho avorage term of offico of all tho other twenty- throe Ministrios was only two and & half yenrs oach, . Bomo of thom ruled not more than a fow months, During all thess changos of administration, ~ both -parties supported the Crown, and tho Crown, in turn, ruled the cmmlré by the advico and consent of tho House of Commons, using the msjority party for the time Iwinfi to support the administration of the affairs of Btate. ad the Monarch boen sttached to tho d:nhy in power, a8 the Prosident of the United Statos ::B supposed to bo, thoro jould probably have oon A BUORE OF KINGS ENTIIIONED AND DETIRONED eince the boginniug of this century, togother with sevoral bloody and destructive clvil wars and revolutions, In former times the Kings ovorrodo tho will of the Logislative Body by menns of the fidel- ity of tho army, "and of asgorted des- otioc powors indorsed by the Oburch. The onarchs of the Continental countries of Turopo, until the last fifty years, havo ruled their ro- speotive nations in disregard of the will of tho popular branoh of the Parlismontary Bodles, but in alllance with the noblog, and by means of tho army, Indeed, tho popular branch had been so ronstituted in most cases as cither to have no will other than that of the King and nobles, or to havo its functions so limited that it wns im- ramnc for good or ovil, But, siuce about 1820, he practioal working of tie Iritish Constitution Las greatly modiflod the ideas of Byropoan pub- lioiats and stutosmen, and the British plan of o responsible Miuistry fhns como to bo GENEUALLY ADOPTED more or loss closely, In all_countrlos whore it s beon fully adopied, plota and rebellions for’ the ovorthrow of tho Mouarchy Lave censod. Bcandinavia bna copled tha Brlt?gh Parlinment- ory and Ministorial system, Ho have Greoco, Holtand, Belgium, Roumanis, Ituly, Portugnl, nndAuahln, ond Inst, but not lons!, Gormany to a cortain oxtont, tho Parliument of whioh is + now'modeled somewhat after that of Qreat Dritain, Tho Ministry horenftor must nominally aboy the will of thio Reichstag, or Purliamont,— tho Emperor consentiug to uppolnt n Cabinot in sympathy with tho polloy of tho slrongor party in tho Relchatag, or Diet of tho Nealm which posscsaes tho logielative functions of tho Tmpiro. Horotofore the Covernments of Pruseln and moat of tho Gorman Statos havo beon iron dogpotisms; and, for all praatical ¥, purposes, tho now Cormay Eml)lrc I8 _ptlll o wilitary despotiam as abgolute s {hot nf Russia, DBut tho effort {8 being mado, undor the advice and nfluenco of Princo Bismarck, to adopt tho DBritieh fopiy of Constitutional Monarohy and 1.‘llnls£6rlt?lY rosponsibllity, us tho only form suited 0 tho prosont montal doyelopment of. the people, ‘THE CHICAGO DAILY, TRIBUNE: SUNDA' ' or likoly to exiat in tho future and escapo tho, porils of domooratio opposition and ravolution, Buoh a8 woro expaerionced in 1848, " 'THE ONLY GOVERNMENTS s romalning in Europo_which ‘havo: not adopted : tho British form are Russia, an onlightonod mili-. tary despotism I 'lm‘lm{. o barbarous military dospotism ¢ Bwilzorland, o protty closo copy of a Ttopublic; Bpain, which is ‘compounded of vBouflE‘nn Divine Riglit, Oarthngena Communism, and Madrid Dictatorship,—the mixturo togothor roduolng civil war nnd_anarohy; and, lnstly, 'ranco, which {8 n nondescript Govornmont,— noithor an Imporial Despotiam, n_Constjtutional Monarchy, nor a solf-governiug Ropublio, but o sort of_provisional m! Iu.m?r Dictatoraliip, 0 Fronch Kings had long ruled France on dospotio principles, backed by the noblos and prioats, A tima camo, about olghty yoars ago, when tho majority of tho Gonoral Ausombly, of Darlinment, camo into callision with the will of tho King, who adhored to the counsels of his courtiors and tho traditions of Lis raco. The, *| roptatance inflamod _tho nation, or rathor tho Paris part of ft. Fronch oxcltability quickly OULMINATED IN REVOLUTION, Tho, mll% was flrst dothroned and then bo- honded ; the Govornment wns for & year man-, l(l;{etl b{ what was called the Topublic and onvontion, and then it passed undor the Relgn of Torror for o timo, in which tho practical oporations of tho prin- ciplos “of Communism wero tried. oxt o junta called the Directory * ran tho machine” for a tinie, This was succooded by tho Consulato of Napoleon, which was n military despotism in ., ovorything excopt tho namo; but it wassoon fol- lowad by tho Empiro, boing a dospotism pura and simplo. Aftor the overibrow of tho Bin- piro by the other nations of Europe, and the restoration of the Logitimistdynasty, Franco had peaco 08 long ns eho was garrisoncd by the ar- inios of tho allica. . Whon the invadors with- drow, the Fronch refused to submit to tho des- otio eway of Charlos X., and chnsed him nway. lf‘hnn they tried onother branch of tlie Bour- ong,— # LOUIS PHILIFPE,— , o mild, woll-disposed King, who attemptod to introdiico nud naturalizo tho Dritish systom of ovorumont an bost adapted to the character of | “tho Fronch people. Ho'was tho most liberal King that ever reignod in Franco. Ho cstab- lished a Constitutional form of governmont, with ' two Chambors—ono of noblos and eminont men, and thoother of Commons; ndopted tho system of responsiblo Ministry, ond yiolded grontor Iatitudo to tho press than any ruler befors or siuce his timo in IFranco. Ho reigned for eighteon yoars ; bat, with sepraoly o purticloof reslutanco abdicated and fiod from his Throne, on nccount of a demonstration of a Boclalist mob, A moro 7 PUERILE AND DISGRACEFUL termination of nn othorwive wise and liboral -reign wne nover witnesdod in modorn timos, Tho masgos of the Fronch people wero woll satisfied- with hia rulo, and Lo was supporied by an im- monge majority of tho Asgembly. But lio beeamo aufc-strickon “at tho howlinga of the Yaris rab- lo, and succumbed at tho first puff of wind. “Tho mob then prociaimed tho * Ropublio,” with Liborty, Equality, and_Fratornity for their watchwords,' Tho civil soldiory jolnod thom. Tho Parllamont wns broken up and dispersed, and ‘s Provisional Government was organized in tho shape- of a Committen of Publio Safety. Diesensions quickly arosoamong tho demagoguea who led the Bocinllstio faction, The ‘Commun- ists Inmsted that it wos tho duty of the Stato, 54 the groat fathof, to * TROVIDE EMPLOYMENT AND SUDSISTENGE for hig children ; nnd, for a_timo, tho rabble subsisted on the proceeds of Fronch bonds, or “rontes,” whilo tho . national dobt rapid- ly mi‘mm“d. An indignant outery arose oyor ¥ranco, ospecially among the farmers and shop-koopors, againgt this systom of loaferdom and *‘dead-boatiem.” Civilwar began in carnest botweon tho Communists and Consorvatives, Tho stroots of Poris ran with blood. Sanguin- ary insurrections broko out in various parts of France, Tho atato of siogo was doclared, Gon. Oavaignac was made Dictator, and ho SLAUGIIERED THE COMMUNISTS XY THOUSANDS and demolishod their abaurd * aleliers national * &chomo, > A - Aftor tho Bocialists iad beén supprossed aud frusirated by gunpowdor, the Assombly, which Just boforo thosd events had boon eloctsd, framod a Constitution providing for a Prozident to bo eleotod, by universal suffrago, for four years, and ro-oligiblo only aftor an intorval of four years; nlso, for n Corps Legislatif.of two Chambers, otc. "An election for Prosident was ordored, whoreupon the Bonapartists rallied on tho exile, 5 LOUIS NAPOLEON, ; who was in England'at the timo, and clected him byn\nmjom{ln! gomo millions of yvotes, The Boclalists- polled for Lodru Rollin but 500,000 votoa, Most of tho Royalista voted for tho Dio- tator, Cavaignac, who receivad 1,600,000; but tho farmors and tho worshipors of his unolo rallied to the support of Louis Napoleon, aud gove him 5,500,000 votos. Aftor two yonra of the Ropublic, which was full of plota and counterplots, camo the famous, or infamous, * COUP D'ETAT of Dec. 2, 1851, which was planned with cool audnelty, ind excented with fearless courago; and tho fhing callod * tho Ropublic” consed for twonty yours to oxist. Louis Napolcon bad boen President but o short yoar until he found Limself at lofifrhondn winh the majority of the Aseumbl]y, which pulled in one dircction, while he pulled in another. Tho Government was destituto of the safoty- valve of tho Britih Constitution, Ministorinl yo- sponeibllity to Parlinment, Louis was detor- mined to Liave his own way, and exccuto his will rogardless of that of tho Assembly. The Cabi- not woro crontures of his seloction, ind rospon- siblo only to him. This stato of things could not long continue. Eithor tho will of tho As- sembly 1nust provail, or that of tho po-called Prosident. 'The latter cut the Gordian knot by PUOCLAIMING MIMEELF EJTEROR, and dissolving and' disporsing the Logislntive Arsombly. Ho lost no timo in absorbing in him- solf all political and military nuthm'u{; and for the noxt twonty yoars dovoted his time to fur- nishing amusements for Franco, while he ruled tho nation a8 an sbsolute despot, Tho last amusement provided for Franco was an attack on Gormany, which Ern\'od rather costly, and specdily rosnlted in his capture, and dothrone- mont, and incarceration in n Gorman prison. Aftor the tormiuation of the disastrous war, he wasg relonsed from jail, wont back to England, and nhom¥ rfterwarde gavo up the ghost, Meanwhilo, Marshal MacMahon crushed tho Commune which had seized Parig, and EXECUTED 16,000 sociAriars in doing it. Last May tho Thicrs Administration was ovor- thrown by the Royalists, and Marshat MacMahon was appointed tumgomry Diotator. Last month his torm wag oxtended for seven yenrs, under tho namo of * The Prosident of the TFrench Ropub- lic;"" but, a8 no Republio exists in Franco, thera can bo no Presidont of it. France now finds horsolf just whoro sho wns a quarter of o centuryago, whon Gon. Cavaignag was Dictator. Sho has complotely swung round the circlo sinco 1848, and ATNIVED AT THE STARTING-PLACE, Bho s bad o raid of & Paris rabble on a Oon- stitutional King, with his aBdication; , then the Social Republic; next s Military * Dictator- ship; thon » Consorvative Ropablic; thon o Coup dTtat and n_Military Empiro; *thon an overthrow of tho Empira and an ab- dication; thon o Committoo of Publio Bafoty; then tho Commune in Paris, sn))?mnmfl, a8 in 1848, attor horrible mnasacro; followed by the Hilifary Dictatorship of tho officor who put it down, This bringa us to the present momont. A Provisional Assombly is engaged in the work of plotting for a Monarchical restaration, and in framing & now Conatitution which shall elimivate what little popular liberty remains in France. It will bo the fittoenth or twentioth Constitution framed emnce the days of Louis XVI. Thoro ia nothing in Franco so roadily digcardod as o Constitution, It soems to pod- sossno more binding force or eaorednosa in Fronohs eyos than an unfashionablo garment, and thoy aro chunged noarly as often s tho fash- iona, Well, whatnext? Who ghall rule in the fu- turo? No namo stands forth ag a rallying contro, The Royaliats, who have for the moment eon- trol of tho Assembly, and whaso instrument, ia MaoMalion, had mado all their plans to confor tho crown on THE COUNT DE CNAMDORD, - undor tho titlo of Honry V. But he refused to acknowladgo the tri-colored flag of the Rovolu- tion, or to acoopt the Thronoe as a Consatitutional King, with a Cabiuet responsible to the provail- Ing views of tho Assembly and willing to carry out its polielos. Ho hanghtlly declared, **Iam tho indispensnble pilot, the only one enpable of guiding tho ship to port, bocauso I have o _mission and authority to act.” Again: T am askod to-day to mako a macrifice of my honor. I shall retract or rotronch nothing of my formor doglarations, Tho claims of yoa- torday [that he should accont the txi-color'and rule as Coustitutional King] give me thomeasure of what would bo exacted on the morrow, and Toannot consont to inaugurate u relgn of rep- aration and ptrongth by an act of wenknoss,'" Thore was no mistaking or misundorstanding thin language, Tho Royalists of the Assombly did not dare to hand him tha Orown on theso tonfix:a ‘True to his Dourbon bload and breading, 0 . ' FORUOTTEN NOTHING AND LEARNT NOTHING by tho ovents of tho Inat oighty yonys., o was rosolved to igmoro_tho changos made In three generations,.” agd s .commonce @ .. roglme proolsoly whors TLouls XVI. loft off at tho moment his head droppod in the basket. Tranco wonld rather onduro a Military Diotator- ship, or evon tho Commuuo, than tho absolutism of tho old Bourbon rule, . Tor n timo tho atruggle will. go on botwoon tho two groat partioe,—thoso who call thom- solvos Logititnlats and thoso who fanoy thoy aro Ropublicans, ‘Meanwhilo thoro iu a thixd faction! |i waiting and hoping for tho innuguration of tho rolgn of tho EMPEROR NATOLEON IV., . who {s now a boy of 18 years, going to school in England, 1f Tronch Liborale bad any juat concoption of what a Ropublican form of Govornment ronlly is, thoy might juster strongth onnd in- luonco nnm'l}x h to try tho oxperiment, But they are profoundly ignorunt, and utiorly unconsciony of it. Thoynevor get boyoud the {donl of n Prosidont and Assombly, elacted by uniyorsnl snffrago, with tho -Ministry responsiblo to tho majority party in tho Assombly ; with all oxcou- tivo powor concentrated in tho handsof thoChiof Iz'gxnmluvul oand - with » hugo standing nrmy to onforco “ordor” and_suppross liborty of tho ross and of spocoh. Thissort of government 8 nn incongrulty and an illogieal picgo, of mn-~ chinery, It in too strong for a_Ropublfe, and {t 8 too wonk for n Despotfsm, It has not tho floxibility of & Conatitutional Monarchy, in which tho King bol nm}a to no party, but rales ‘through~ n Cabfnot, in acoord = with tho sontiments of tho, Assombly, olmnfihlg oy it changes, Aud it rosis not on tho will and affoc~ tion of the citizons, but. on tha bayonots of the standlug army. Aud above all, It mniios no pro~ Yvision for devolving on the citizons tho rosponsi- Lility ot B LOOAL BELF-GOVERNMENT. No country can bo a ropublio where thin is not dono. The ciitzena musl manage their domostio and muoioipal sffairs for thomuolves, freo from control aud intorforenco of the Contral Govern- mont, just aa a family must be pormitted to manago ite own domostlo matters without tho intorvontion or dictation of anybody. The poo- \plo muat soloot thoir local xopresontativos, such as Mayors and Common Councils, Township ‘Trusteos, County Commissionors, State ofll- ‘cora . and . Logislaturcs. The; ‘must .dotormine for themaolves, through thelr selectod .agonts, how much local and speocial taxos thoy .are willing to pay for the snpport of public odn- cation, of tho poor, of charitien; for tho con- atructfon of ronds and bridges, for wator, stroot- lights, sowerngo, and all things portaining to the public henlth, cloanliness, locomotion, and odu~ cation, Thoy must dotormino how much mone sball bo spont in onforcing thelaws and ordi- nancos, and the presorvation of proporty ngainst fire, The wholo business of ouforcing tho lawa must_dovolyo on Courts, Policaman, Sheriffs, and Constablos of thoir soloction, In short, thoy must loarn to _GOVERY TIEMAKLVES, . tax themsalvos for the support of such govorn- miont, and look only to” themsolvos for civil gov- ornment, and not bo invoking tho aid of Jupitor tu‘prolnct them or Hercules_to holp them, The only standing army, boyond & mera slkeloton, should bo tho militis,—the poople thomaclvos,— without thio uso of hireling substitutes. No such form of govermont as this .lias ever boon trled In France, or deomod possible. * In all tho mattors hore montioned tho central nuthori- ty takoa tho Initintivo and dictates.. It providos local governmout for tho poople’; lovioa such taxes ng it plensos ; appoints such officoholdors 88 1t plonscs; romoyos thom whon it plonsos ; never consults tho will and pleasuro of the citi- zons about any public nffairs, but tronts thom 'na minors and children, ineapable of self-govornmont, and requiring guardinng to talko carc of thom and do their thinking for thom, If thoy ob{ect or complain, & bayonet is thrust down their throats, If & nowspapor criticisos tho contral maungemont of public matters, it ia summarily flnod or wupprossed. If tho peoplo gother in‘mase-mootings, to discuss publio af- fairs, or consuro tho Administration for its nog- Hgonco or oppYession, the moutinfi 8 promptly sporsed by tho military, and the Iendors ar- rostod and thrown (n&uy pon. Aud all this s down in the name of ¢ ordor " by THE CONTRIVANCE eallod the * Republican Government of Franco,” To oall such o contralized tyranny o Ropublic is 8 pross misnomor; and yot thoro is no porty in Franco proposing anything bettoer or moro in resemblance of a true Ropublic. The idea of sclf-governmont &g pmcuco&] Dby the peo- plo of tho Unitod States has not_entored into tho minds of French politiciane, It is not in tho platform of any oxisting or proposod party. The programmao of tho Commung is altogathor n dif- foront concoption from the Amorican theory of anlt-govommune. It means social and sropnfly oqunlity,—loveling down the highest and bost to tho grado of the lowest and worat ; bringiug all clagsos to the standard of the majority of num- bers ; nud tho establishmont of some kind of an irroligious Utopia, utterly TMPOSSIBLE OF PRACTIOAL REALIZATION while the human raco romnins constituted with tho oxisting montal, moral, aud physical diffor- oucos and dopravitics, Under no circumstances will the farmors, shoplespors, and omploying clesses accopt the Commune; nor will the farmers and Commun- ists tolerato Bourbonism of the old rogimo. "The prosent Provistonal Assombly, which hng outlived the purpose and time_for which it was orontod, but is dotermined to hold on to power notwithstanding, is under tho control of tho Toyntists, It inplotting and schoming to do- prive the peopte of Franco of whalover littlo pa&mhr liborties thoy possoss. It ‘intonds to reduco tho right of suffrago to small propor- tions by a ewacping disfrauchisemont ; nt least, that i tho Prm“ outgiving. Othor moasures of ropreésion, compression, and oppression, equally arbitrry, aro on {he tapis, including stifling tho proes, controlling aud packing tho municfpal government, aud other soheme of reprossion, Fow all this will end is not liard to predict. THERE WILL DE AN EXPLOSION, o8 usnal, under auch provocative circumstances, ‘Tho Fronch aro tho most nervous and cmotionnl peoplo in_the wotld, and ondure with tho least pationce tho arbitraty acts of thelr oppononts; ond, when thoy break looso' from constraint, they act more liko mmfif“ tigors than human boings, And yof, at othor times, thoy are ns gentlo and quiot a8 lamba, At all times their actions ara full of poetry and sentimont, Itis eomotimos comio, 'or epic, or tragic, or melo- dramatio noting ; but it ia nover surly, morose, or apathetic aoting. In all thinge they aro irro- pressiblo and sentimental, Tho history of Franca sinco 1780 furnishes tho strangoest nnd most dramaticchapters of any nnthgn in”any ago. 1t has beon & succossion of mos BTARTLING PANORAMIG SOENTS, During this period eho has fought all Europo, —somotimes with one powoer. singlxy. then with sovernl, and again with & combination ‘of them all, Her armics_have ontered nnd plundorod overy Copital in Luropo, excapt that of Groat Britain ; and tho armios of Burope have ro- turned thoso visits and plundered hor Capital, Not entisfiod with upsetting all tho other Gov- ornments, sho bas overturned her own half-a- dozen times, and changed its form still oftonor., Sho hing - tried ovory form under the sun, from Socialistio Anarchy to Military Despotism. - Sha hing exporimontod with liborty without law, and Iaw without liborty; thore romaina but’ ono form yet untried, and that is local solf- govornment, which scoms to bo boyond the comprohension or roach of this cceontric, rest- loss, and versatilo pooplo. 30 M. Tho Queen’s ¢ Champlon,’? Tho doath Is unuuum:ulr ot the ago of 70, of tho Rov. John Dymoko, ‘'The Queen's Oham- plon.”” Ho was the youngor of tho two sons of tho late Rov. Johin Dymolia, of Herivolsby, who oughit to have ncted as ¢ champion at the coro- nation of Goorgo IV., but who, a8 a clorgyman, was oxcusod, or rather allowod to dischinrge Lig duty by doputy on that occasion; his son, the Into 8ir Honty Dymoko, tho oldor brother of tho Pantlumnn whose name is now beforo us, ncting . hig stead. This wns tho lnst oceasion on Which tho oyes of the Poorsand Peorossca of En- gland woroallowod to gazo upon * the heroditary clmmplon " of tho English throne,—Barl Grey, Lord Molbourne, and tho Whiga in 1831, aud again in 1838, nof boing willing to allow tho na- tion to bo put to any neodloss expense, tho writor of tho * Black Book " having showed, on tho au- thority of Hansard, that tho coremonies which attonded tho coronation of Goorgo IV. costno losy than 9288,000, Tho offico of champion has been vested fn the Dymokes for 500 yonrs, —_—— A Kanuns Judge. A Kaneas paper gives the following roport of n Judge's sontonce, lately passod on a ecriminal “Brumloy, you infamous scoundrol! You're an unrodecmod yillsin! You banin't n singlo ro- dooming traltin your oharactor, Your wifo and family wish wo hind sont you to the Ponitentinry, ‘This {8 tho fifth timo I'vé had you before mo, and you hiave put mo to moro trouble than your neok is worth, I've exhorted .and_prayed over you long uucu?h, you scoundral. Just'go home and tako ono glimpao at your family, and be off in short ordorl. Dow't lot's ovor” hoar of you again! Tho Grand Jury haye found two ofher intictmonts agalnat you, but I'll dischargo you on your own recognizances, aud if I kotol you in this nock of woods Lo-morrow morning at dny- light, I'lt sock you xight in juil and hump yon off to Jofforsouvilla in lous than no timo, you'infa- mous scoundrell If evor I catch you erossing your finger at man, woman, or child—white man or niggor—I'll socis you rizht equare into tho Jug !l Bland up, you sooundrol, whilo I pass yentoneo on yoyl' | sar e i : | noquiring 'tho menns_for” o ‘| works na tho one boforo ua instead of tha-low. " LITERATURE. " * Arbflrnmmn‘r. . TIIE GRAMAAR OF PAINTING AND ENGRAYVING., Trauslated from the Fronch of DraNoc's Grame ‘mniro dea Arts du Dosaln, by KaTe NEweLn_Dooe arrr, With original Illustvations, New York: Hurd & Ioughton, = Many persons, highly intolligont and eculti- vated in most things, aro sadly deflolent in ar-' tistio knowledge and taste. They can talk wisoly and woll on literary, historical, political, and porhiapa sclontlilo subjocts s bub of painting, and tho nrts rolated to it, thoy aro almost totallyig- .norant. They may commond, a8 all must, somo gom of tho grand old mastors,- but of.the prin~ ciples that enablod the.artist to command: tio admiration alike of tho ‘lonrned and unlearned, | thoy know littlo, porhaps abeolutely nothing, . . To this largo olnss of . porsons,—happily, in ihis counlry, . becoming loss overy yoar,—the work boforo us will bo found an invalusblo source of knowledge. It givos thom the gram-- ‘mar of tho subject. By carofully studying its \bages,—mndo, by tho intoresting ‘faots they con- .tain, and tho attractivo atylo of tlio translator, a° xonl ploasuro,—ono may know why s pleture plosses him ; and, bosides, ho will :bo able to oxplain to himsol¢ and to athers whatovér excel- loncos or dofeats a wark of art mny prosont, 'This eloment of “a liboral oducation i . bo- coming moro, cgsontial ,to ~ every' lady ‘and gentloman, 08 odr countrymon are constantly highor ‘artistic cultura.~ Every ono who can afford to adorn, his homa, and who Liaa the good sonso to attompt it, should study this book carefully, in, thio presonco of somo works of aclmowledgod oxcollonco, boforo Lo vonturos to purahase. By - this nicans he may savo tho walls of his parlor from exposiug his ignorance, and Lis pookot from the oxpenso of purchnsing daubs, sure to find thoix |way to the attic or the auction-room 'as woalth innd -artistic oulture increaso. In‘ merely an coonomic view, therefore, tho study of the ' “ Gramwnar, of Painting® is cordinliy . recom- monded, . s i k * But thero is n far highor objoct to bo attaived ; e mean, of courso, tho culture of our pooplo in thoso arts which ounoble tho ‘natignal ming, ~—which adorn and ‘rofino the. natlonal lifo. Strip Ttaly of hor artistio tronsures, and - sho would be meroly an oxporter of silk, -macaroni, and wine. Could some glant hand pick - up " tho muscum, the ‘art-gallery, ond- the groon-rooms | +of Drésdon, and drop them “in some othor city, thie formor would, in o scoro of yoars, become half-dosorted town on the Elba, whoro not ono travolerin a thousand would care to stop. It may bo enid’ that theso and othor art-colloc- tlons- show the culturo- of thé’ Kings. and soveroigng of tho past, .rathor that. of tho| Fcoplu over whom thoy reigned.. But, in big ° country, . sll aro = sovercigns, .and honco’ tho importancs. of cortect’ taste’ nmong them, *if wo* would command the respoct of !thoge who are to como after ns, Bhidying such | dovices of tho domagoghio on_tho part of our’ public men, would hiavo saved Amoricans -from tho artistio abominations in Washington, gomo of which are a burning disgrace to -our nattonal Cnpitol. Thoro the most cxalted gonius soldom finds oncouragoment, while a_protty fominine foco, kot in . goldon or ' raven. ourls, can, oven' for tho most wrotohod caricature got largo appropriations from the Naticnal drong- ury. If our public mon will not’devote a smail smount of their {imo to artistio cnlturo, their masters, tho pooplo, should, 50 that thoy can do- mand o higher standard of tasto in thoso "to whom the affairs of tho nation are “intrnsted. ‘Whilo it in truo that the att-collections of Envopo nre an oxponent of the wealth ‘and’ tho cultaro. of tho sovercigns that founded them, it is by no nioans tho wholo truth, These galleries are thrown wido opon to all tho pooplo, and thoir exiatonco ia n part of tho prico which thoelr rulers have paid for the privilge of sitting. upon tho throne, . Many a poasantin S8axony or in Florenco knows " moro about art—is reslly a botter critio on such subjecta than some of our Wash- ington worthies who fanoy thomsolves great be- causo thoy cau vote monoy from the National 'I‘muur‘v to somo charlatan for making hideous tho publie grounds or buildings. Tor wuch ig- noranco there is now no excuse, snd nono should bo necoptad. We might diwoll on thoe pleasuro and tho _hap~ pinoss that oven a singlo good picture - will. af- ford a family ;-on the influenco of art upon tha welfaro of tho public; on tho importanca of founding froo gallorics of art in all our leading cltics ; but, for our intolligent . roadors, no “euch arguments aro made. We - add | thint the, book beforo us is issued on tinted paper, in superb style; and that the thnnks of the entire public are duo tg Mrs, Doggott—one of Chicago’s most cultivated and accomplished ladios—forher very valusblo trans Intion of Mr. Blanc's admirable Work, The Moon. Tnr, Moon: Hen Morioxs, ASPEOT, BCENEIY, AND DriveoAL CownitroN. By R, A, Pnocrom, ‘With Dlates, Charts, &e, New York: | Lunar Photograph: D, Appleton & . v ‘This bools, of, 304 pAges, iu tho latost of s serics of works by tha indofatigable writer, Richard A, Proctor, Honorary Socretary of-the British Royal Autronomical " Socioty, It sesumes “to'be o ““popular ” treatise’on ‘our’ next-door nelghbor In the henvens, Itdoreribosthe varions methods that havo been cmployed for mscortainingtho moon's distanco, size, bnd woight ns compared with' that - of the ecarth; hor motion in the orbit, ns influonced by the attraction of the sun;: Lor changes of : aspoct, in- cluding the phenomena of rotation and libration ; and tho results of all tho mout trustworthy ob~ sorvations of tho lunar surfaco, with tlis con- clusiona arrived at in rogard to her physioal con- dition, the probabilities 1n favor of or ngainst Lor being inhnbited, and tho changes to ‘which her contour is now subjected, The whole' igil- lustra ted with photographs of the moon's sur- faco, taken by Rutherford, of Now York, and onlarged by Brothers, of Mancheator, England ; snd Boor & Maodlor's map of the moon, hiesidos many illustrated diagrama, #50 : The goneral doscriptions of the work are ox- collent, and tho amonat of information con- tainod in this small yolume ig surprising; indi- cnting o very oxtended courso of randing, with good judgment in maling eeloctions, na well ag ebility on tho part of tho suthor to throw out now idens for tho bonofit of his rooders. It isa bool that is ,deserving of a vory wide circula- tion, 88 its porusal will add largoly to the pan-. Iar fund of knowledge sbout the moon, 'Tho one omission which the gonersl roador will ho apt to regret is a notice of the influonce (or rathor Inck of influouce) of the moon upon our oarth-weather. Tho nuthor might have dis- polled some strong dolusions on %hnt subjeot in & fow sontences, * 5 "Tho only part of the work that is open to ob- jeotion ia tho second chaptor, which troats of tho moon's motion in the orbit, and the changos in the orbit itsclf, as dus to thnazmrturblng in- fluenco of the sun, We think that every one of our readers who shonld tako the trouble to wado through tho ninety-threa pages dovoted to that topio would agree that the wholo ohapter i a dismal failure, Indood, the chances are that ninoty-nino out of a hundred would ‘como to this “conclusion long Defore . ronclung tho end of tho chapter, and would ‘skip the rest. It is much too prolix for a_popular oxposition of tho intorosting topio, and tho multiplioity of unnocessary dotail tonds to distract nttention from tho main point at fsene, The remaining 801 pagoa may be rend with plonauro and profit, and tho render will rige, from their porusil with, tho ability to appreciate a viow of thio lunar sun faco ihrough a “tolescope,~whiph_ & no botter than a panrnlm\v without somo_such knowledge a4 is contained in the work of Prof. Proctor. Religion nnd Sclence. TELIGION AND HOIENOK: A Bxums or SuNDAY Lreoronks oN‘Tu RELATION o NATURAL AND Ri- YEALED HELIGION : OB, ‘Titk THUTUS KEVEALED IN Rasuu anp Sontrruie. Ty Josrn Ln Goxes, Trofessor of Gaaloy aud Natursl Historyin tha Dulvoralty of Galltoruls, New York: D, Applolon 0, Whatover scientists may say or think'of tho concluaions of Prof, Lo Conte, hia high position among thom has long boen conpeded, In thedo lootures ho cortaiuly makos o most ablo attompt to reconcilo the acknowledged faots of gclonoo with tho accopted dootrines of the Blble, aud tho Christian publio certainly will give his book o most cordial wolcomo, As the leotures wero deliverod to o popular audionco, thoy are freo from technicalitios, and,’ theroforo, his Illustra« tions and tho concluslons reached can readily be understood by the goneral roader. i As & spooimon of tho thoroughly Oliriatian charactor of tho book, wo quoto (he *following paragraph ¢ . : Tn otker profonded rovolations wo fnd the Dolty represcntod as powersul, and, to pomo extont, in ai {mperfaot, Liumau wiy, 26 fust, s tre, ua wise, angiond but where do wo fud him Tepresonted s llal‘l y Bt Loly God I found uowhore except in tho Beripe turs, _Aud tho roaton i plalis "Ofhes AUKIbutS b tho Delty wo find, at least fu somo finporfect way, lu the humau hoart, Out of theso elements found in hia own bieatt, man may contruct an objock of worship nud eall 4 Qod, ~Ho connot, Lowever, - do more than idoallzo and projeet outward whint Lo fndu within, Butthg Leauty ¢f Loliyesa fa not thero, aud, therefore, | \DECEMBEK 25! 1873. ba cannot projoct it cutward sa an stiribute of tha Delty; 1n tho Sorlpturos alons wo find & Aoty God ¢ thoreforé {she apoken of in tho O1d Teatament & thol/oly. One of Terasl, Lecauso o Holy Ono wos not known in. any'ottior nakion, I not thi, thon, b poworful' nrgu- mont for tho Inspiration of {hoso Boriptures? 21, thon, hiolinoss in tho bentity and porfootion of tho Diving naturo, suroly it 13 alao tho boauty nnd porfoo . ton of luman naturo, Now, wo hove Acon (hat tho whola work of man on this oarth s to restoro or per- foct thio Diviao {mago in tlio natura of man, in Lo roa- #ou of man as trulh, fn tho hoart of man i lovo, Now, it fa tho harmonlous combination of all theno Divine fontures that conatituten tho boauty of the Dl- ;vino {mago or holinoss fn mun, “the trua end af human (e, and avory othor Is fulse. Ohristinnity and Manhood. CHRISTIANITY: Tur Bomnor or Manioon. By MiNor JUDBON BAVAGE, Dostont Noyes, liolmcs .& Qo, " Ohlcago: Jansen, MoClurg & Co, ' “Tho euthor examines—having, na Lo enys, been o doubter himsolt—many of tho objeotions to Olristianity, and comos to tho conclusion that tho noblest type of Manhood ean only bo found in tho firm boliof in tho doctrines of the Gospol. It alone can subduo tho passions, and 80 balanco, liberalizo, and porfoct the charactor 88 t0 bring man up to tho highost standard of oxcollonco of whicli his .nnturo is euseeptiblo. This Is roally, tho author olaims, ono of the most _convincing proofd of tho authenticity of tho Boriptures. True, thora are scattored through the history of tho world mon of tho highost intollootual charnctor, wlho wore nt tho samo time ominont for thelr virtues, - while tho millions that ewrrounded thom woro punk in tho lowoet depths of -ig- noranco and vice; but Ohristianity takes these ‘mayges from thoso dopthe, inapires thom with n lovo of - kmowledge and virtue, and at length brings them up to s _highor life than mankind hns over attainod undor any othor religlous sys- tom. Bucl aro the tenchings of the book, and, thorofore, they cnnnot. fail to do good to afl who will giva them thoir attention, Pluiarch, PLUTAROM: s Lirs, Mt “Lives," axp M “Monars.”. Four Lectures by It, O, Tnrom, D, D;, and Archbishop of Dublin, ‘London aud Now York ¢ Macmillan & Co, Chicago: Jausen, McOlurg & Oo, i Thoso four loctures, making o small volume, ‘on 50- important a subject, by so distinguished o divino na Archbishop Tronoh, will atiract’ gon- ofal attentiond To read: Plutarch's * Lives is ossontial to overy scholar; but few take timo to ‘loarn much of tho groat Grocinn blographer him- self. In looking ovor the first locturo, ono ‘is surprised at Low little is known of him; ' and ‘yot tho Bisliop finds enough 'to show us that, ‘whilo Plutarch hos given us a largo part’ of' all Wo lnow of tho great men who lived before and - 8soon after the commoncoment of tho- Christian, ora,: ho was himsel?”’ truly a _ grent man.. . An avolysis of . s “Livea": and his othor writings _ furnishos ‘abundabt evidonco of that. Born shoitt tho 50th yoar of the .Obristian ers, ho flonrished at o timo whon intolloctusl power ‘was Tocognizod and appreciatod; and’ Dr. Trench s managod- to Incindo- in his book much that is valuablo in thoditorsturo and hiatory of tunt cladsio poriod: . “ The Far-Awny North. s 'THE FUR-COUNTRY; om, BevrNTY DEoRRES NONTh Laritupx, Trauslatod 'from the Fronch of Jurxs ‘VEnxx by N, D, ANveRs, With One Hundred Illus- trations,” Boston: Jamos R, Osgood & Co. Our readers who have road the other volumes of this wonderfully-prolific Fronch author, can rondily understand the charactor of this book from its title-pago. He imngincs o party roid- ing for a timo in the torritory of tho IMudson Bay Company, and onduring nll the vicissitudes of tho eavage climate ‘of tho Arctic regfons of North Amorica. This enables bim to describo, corfoctly; b5 far as wo oan judgo, the fur-benring animals, ond _tho modes of taking thom ; thoir nature ond- thabits, ang much .that will- intorest -aund -instruct younger road- or8 i the dangors to "bo oncoun- tered in tho_inhospitable, rogions . of *tho North, Great Bear Lake in o storm; jourmoys to tho Polar Soa ; fights w7ith whito boars, senl- taking aud o-thousand things and incidonts, mako this ono of Mr. Vorno's most intoresting books, . It ia specially commended a8 o-holidsy book for the boys. . Egypt in Caricature, THE EGYPTTAN BKETCH-DOOK, By Omantes G, Lerano, Now York: Hurd & Houghion, Obfoago: Janson, MoOlurg & Co. ¥ . 1 Our rosders aro bost _pequuingod witht tho sathor ss *; Hans Breitmarin," whose- postry hag for somo timo beon popular at ovening-partics, when read by those who can imitate Dutch ren- dered .ju broken ' English. In the work bafore us, he glves tho ludicrous sides of what one may see'in Egypt,—sometimes succecding admirably, nnd often giving ue paragrapha that r0.0xC08- ulyely stupld, Ho has jokos and puns with- out numbor, some of which , are. atrooious, and somo decidodly funny and mirth~provoking. Tho nutiquities of Egypt are soon only in cari- caturo, and & journey up tho Nilo serves tho author s good turn by euabling him to paint tho rotesque mannors aud habity of the Egvntians. 1t ita 1lno tho book s well euough. It will sorve to while away pleasantly an hour, it may bo on tho cira or by tho firasida. e Elelmhol; ’s Discoveries. HoUND 41D Musto: A’ NoN-MATUEMATIOAL TREATISR ON rum 1'UYBIGAL CONSTITUTION .or /MUSIOAT, BOUND AND HARMONY, INOLUDING THE CHIEF AcovstioAL Discoviniks or Proy, IELMITOLTZ, By SnoLey TArLow,” Trinity College, Onmbridge, XYondon and New York: Machillan & Co, Olicsgo : Jansen, McClurg & Co, * = Wo havo copied the title-pago of ths work bo- fore us go fully ' that our musical readers may understand its character. It is -elomentary in &ll respects, and thoso who.wish to writo or read musio will find it, or somo work liko it, essential to helr succoss, ‘As this ia just from tho prosa tho auther hins doubtless incorporated tho latost information‘on the subjoct of which ho troata, Ha lins introducod tho discovorios of Holmholtz, and explained them in sccordance with his own idens of how Lis could make thom best undor- stood and usetul to his roaders, BDlographical Dictionary of Artis PAINTERS, SQULPTORS, . ARCIITECTS, GRAVERS, AND THEIR WORKE: “A Hanpnooz, DBy Crana Enskine CLEMENT, With Illustrations and Monograms, New York: Hurd & Houghton, Thisis really an’ ilustratod biographical dic- tlonary of tho leading artists whose works havo made thom memorablo among mon. Not only does tho autbor give a short skotch of their lives and works, but the names of the ongravers who have given these mastorpieces_to the world in cheapor form are nlgo stated, and ongravings aro gliven of tho best pioturos of the loading artists, As o hend-boolk of reforence, the work is one of groat valuo to all who aro inany way interested 1In art mattors, f ."For the Young, LADY, IESTER; OR, Unsuta's NAmRATIVE, By Ouanrorre M. Yonae. London: WachMillan Co. Ohicago: Jansen, McOlurg & Oo. Horo, wo have anothor of Mra. .Yonge's chormhing storios,—just the ono for a holidsy prosont, - i John Flay’s Last Poem, To the Editor of the Chicago Tribune: Bim: M. John Iay, of the Now York Twibune, & gontloman bolieved to be possossed of a decont living, seoured a very onvliablo litorary roputation by tho anthorship of two pioces of poetry. Itis my oplnion that he is maltreating that reputn- tion, If Mr, Hay did neod tho monoy which tho business managers of. Scribuer's probably saw fit to pay him for his last poem in thnt poriodical, and it had beon writton catorully snd well, mochanioally ‘considered, thore might bo only regrot among tho charle table -admirora of hLis-formor pleces tunt it should have - bocomo nocessary on his part to havo anything to say upon o thomo so impotent a8 that of * nuudoh—l’mfinclw." Bolloving him, however, over tha pricks of pecuniary dis- troas, aud soeing hiy kandiwork—copiod far and wido in motropolitan Sunday lesuos, cross-ronds dolinquent tax-lists, and patent-outsides,—not only twaddlo, but a rickety apocimon of the sha- nomouon, I am constrainod to ory.out, and to urgo othors to cry out, until it shall be unprofit- 2bio to ministor o the motrloal wants. of Amocs fozn community with vorsos of which the follow- ing Is » spocimen, espoclally when no claim of pootry, per se, is mado for (ho production Ous day Ju the Tuilorles, ‘When 4 southwest Spanish broezo ‘Brought acanduions Doy of Ui Queon, Tho fulr, proud Finpross sald, # Ay good friond Ioacs hor houd'; S I'niatters go on this way, 1 sball s00 hor l!l.lop%llnc &oma dnY In the Boulevurt-Cupucines,” If any man will give somo ona rule which will appl; the . pronuncintion of the rhymlnfi wordgin the first and second and in the thir and eighth lines, I slinll bo obligodto content my~ elt with nhjoahug to four linos in a.stanza of aight boing out of gear with eaoh other; to tha' attending stauzas bourlng little resomblanoe in qonatruotjon to .tho ‘first ; and to the poolio IHolinens, thercfore, 1a - -| itors of our magazines, instend of art which wods the Iabor-saving vagarles of Ooloridgo to an uttor abuonco of his (xnnFMy. «Throo yoaraago tho publio road */Jim Bludsoe " and *Littlo Broochos.” With somo oxcollont flgures and a vory largo clomont of tha popula- tion responding hoartily to the moral sentiment of theno works, thoir ludicrous shps and por vading car-offendinga wero swallowod, and tho wholo intelligence of tho Uontinont 'foll down and worshiped. But thoy liavo Loonsprostrate too long. ‘Lhoso who look up may nco clay, and, in tho opinion of your corrospondout, of nn unpromising quality.” Lot tho Y‘nhllu demand bettor piccos of pootry, whathor the.numa sub- soribed bo gootl, bad, or indifforont, and tho od poying Mr, Hay and othora s smart prico for (ho l{ko of # Toudolr-Prophactes,” will" vary wllllnfily Ho- loct for their columns gratuitous coniributiony incomparably its superior from amnong the thou- sands which they nre forood to put into their wasto-brgs overy| 3. 3M0G, - Outoao, Dec. Periodicnls XRocoiveds Galzay for January. Bheoldon & Co.,, Now York. Contents: “Tho Duke of Argyll," by Justin Mchrth{; “Tho Wothorol ~ Aftair,” Claptors LilL to end, by J. W, Dn Forest; “Yolcos," by Frank Asbor Brown; ‘Views Abroad : The French Pross,” by Albort Rhodes “Linley Roobford. Ohaptors VIL, VIIL, and IX.," by Justin McCnrthy; * Phyaiclal Tmpadi- ments to Bocinl Buccoss,” by Onrl Bonkon; A Bigh," by, Vivgms Vaughn; *Lung Syno at Lau- sanno;" # A Ilowor of the 8now," by Conatance Tonimore Wuolann; * Lingulatio and Litorary Notos aud Quories,” by Riohard Grant Whit “A.Widow Indeod,” by Llln V. Thompsos ** Othor Folks' Moncy,” oy Riohard B. Kimball ; *¢ Mr, Black to Mr. Adams,” by J. B. Black ; edito- riol dopartmonts. A ciroularfrom tho publishors says: ‘Tho Galazy s just cntoring on tho olghth yoar of its oxistenco. . . . . Manj.-Gen® (Custor will continue during tho yoar his futer- osting skotchos of ‘Army-Lifo ‘on the Plaing, Justin MoCarthy, tho brillinut cssaylet, will con-~ tinue his skotolios of remarkable en, -Ha hns nleo just commencoa a sorial story called * Lin- loy Ttoohford.” Mra. Aunie Edwards, ono of the most popular of living fomale novelists, will commence o now serinl in tho Galaxy withina monthi or two, Richard Grant Whito will con~ tinue Lis articles on tho * Propor Uso of Words." Richard B. Kimball, whoso reputation as an ablo Ananoior o8 wollna author, will givointerest tohis nxtiotes will .contributo s sories of papers on (Wall strect. In tho way of skotchos of travel, iosanys, ote., Junins Henrt Browne, Xate Hillard, \Fanny fopor Foudge,“and othera will appear. Bhort storiea. may be oxpocted ..from . Mrs. TReboces Harding Davis, Mre. John Shorwood, Bise Elle W, ‘Thompson, Miss Roso Torry, Miss Dora Havons, Honry Jamoe, Col. J, W, Dolforost, and othors. The. doparimonts of the Galazy will bo maintained as horetofore. Prof. L, L. Youmans will continue lo chnnrn tho’ monthly +*Boiontiflo Miscollany,’ and Guo. B. Pond tho '* Drift-Wood ' artioles.” Old and New for Janusry, Roborta Drothors, Boston. Contents: ¢ Old and Now;” * Tho ay Wo Live Now (glhn . I-V.), by Anthony Trollope ; * Places,” TG A ave ; or, ' by L G, D “The Plovor-Flight," by Miss 3. i, fllnnk‘ei; “*Wall Btreet and the Orisis " Quatrains,” 1’ Myron B, Benton ;- A Civil Servant,” by Rd- ward I, Halo; “ Our Blotching-Olub ™ ), by R. 8t John' Tyrwhitk;- * Tom Haliburton’s Quandary; or, A" Washington Baason ” (L), by K. W. and M. 8.; “Tho Boston Ton-Party,” by Trancls 8. Denk ¢ i oropn; o, Tho Lost Li- braty " (Clinp. XXIV-XXV.), 'by- Fredorlo B. DPeorking ; editorinl dopartmenis. v 8t Nicholas- for January, Beribner & Co., Now York. In this numbor theio is s Now York Clristmas story, called ‘ Poto,” by Mra. L. G, Morse, Thon "there is o Gorman Olristmas story, by Mary Lockwood, and a fairy Christmns story, “Tho Blves' Gift," by Arthur Gromby. Among the other stories is ** The Boy Who ‘Workod," by Roawell-Smith ; ‘A Garrot Adven- ture,” by Mra. M. M. Dodga ; aud * Tho Story of the Jolly Harpor Man," by II. Butterworth. ‘Thoro nre threa serlals now running in tho St WNicholas ; * What Might Have Beon Expocted,” by Fraok R. Stackton, a story for boys ; ** Nim- po'a Tronubles," by Oliver Thorno, u story for girls ; and Trowbridgo's Fast Friends.” Thore aro also Ohristmng articlos” by Donald G. Mitch- oll and John Hay; pooms by Willinm Culien Bryant, Lucy Latcom, and Mary Mapcs Dodgo ; oto., ete, The cngravings aro about forty in number. . lustrated Cathollo Family Almanac for 1874, Qathollc Publication Soolety, New York, i+ dfedical Investigalor for Decombor, No. 287 ‘Wesat Randolph straot, Oblengo. 1 Atuderit for ‘January. -Wendell & Einatein, Cbicago.” - s “National -Sunday-School 'Teacher, Adsms; Binckmor & Lyon Publishing Company, Chi- cago! ‘Young Ladies' Journal for Christmas and for January. Wilmer & Rogers’ Nows Company, Now York. Lllustrated Ll‘ni:ll[q World : *'Ioliday and An- nusl” Illustrated Record. , New York. Lo Literary Itoms. . Vice-Admiral Hoy, R. N., hay in press ‘¢ Ashan- i and What We Xnow of It.” Mr. O, 1, Watking has given to the California University tho original manuscript of the poom {The Loathon Chinco,” by Drot Harte, and the proof-sheots of tho same,” with important cor- roctions. ! A translation of ‘* Tha Doicides,” by J, Cohen, thowell-knowa French journnllat and theologian, lies baou made by Auna Goldsmid and publisher by Deutsch & Co. It ia n review of tho lifo of Josus Chrint-from the Jowish standpoint. { *Bliatchon of Irish Boldiers' in Evory Lpnd” ia tho titlo. of & vory noat little bool -recoutly F[lbli!hnd by J. Alexander McGeo, Now York, rom_tho pon of Col. Jamos E. McGoo. Tho sltetehes, over thirty in number, are short, con- cige, and well writton. Mr, Ruakin, in tho thirty-fourth numbor of his. ¢ Yors Clavigera,” attackn Prof. John Tyndall for the omptinoss of his book on *“Tho Forms of Wator.! . Ho ridicules tho Profossor's dramatlo pictures of Alpino scioutists wading * Lroast deap through snow,” which, Mr, Ruskin say, o8 o mattor of hard fact, is impracticablo. ' Tho Applotons havo in tho .press o cnious book, by tho Hon. Aaron Goodrich, entitled, t¢®ho Lifo and Actions of the So-Callod. Chrig- topher Columbus.” 'The author, who seoms to be a historieal iconaclast, makes out - that tho Dame of the colebrated Genossa voyager was not ‘Oohm\hun, and that Lo did not discover Amor- ica. i A Doston publishing hionso answors ' the our- rent objection to pub) luhinmbnnlm by subseriy tion by this statemont : *“‘I'hey annonnced Gui- zot’s “ History of Franco" for a whols yoar, a8 to bo published for the book trade, but found no encouragomont: Thoy then concluded to pub- lish “it by subscription, and n . single agont sold mora copics in one week than tho en- tiro book trado of tho country callod for on a yoar's advortising. ! ¢The Lifo, Rominiecences, and Personal Rteo- olloctions of Edwin Forrost, tho great Amor- ican tmfiudlnn, by James Reos (Qolley Oibber), which lins been ansuring for many montlis past, in wookly installmonts, fu o Philadolpbia nowspaper, is pow in press, and will bo pub- lished In & few -days in book-form, by 'T, B, Poterson & Drothers. 'I'ho euthor hay written and added to tho work soveral introductory obapters, which contain & full and comploto history of Mr, Forrest's life from his birth until his firat appearance on tho stsgo. Ho has also carofully revised and rowritton the whols of the rest of {he worls. All the Roman Pnpm‘n aro paying tribute of rospect to the latoly-doperted Bignora Catorina Bearpellini, tho Italian Mys. Somerville. Born of awoientlflo family, nleco of tho distmguished astronomer, Searpoilini,—to whom ‘Romo owes tho Unpitoline Obsorvatory,—Catorinn. Scarpole .ini was' dovotod from girlhood to astronowmy. Bho dircoted tho Corrispondenza Sclcuti]alil_;, f which hag boen published in Rome sinco and was the suthoress of an intorosling essay upon the influence of ozone in somo mnladics, Bignoro Boarpolliul was 65, but still as onthu- elastio ns ovor in pursuit of solence, Mr, I\, 1. Morroll, the woll-known antiquari- an and dramatie publishor, hins 1ns|. comploted, after much oxpenso and Hovoral years rosoaroh and labor, a work for which ita uilquoncss can- uot probably bo equalled, The worlk is entitled ** The Life, Raminieconses, and Lottors of Col, John Trambull, tho Soldior-Artiat of tha Amori. can Revolution,” 'This copy has been enlarged from a singlo octayo volume to five Imporial fo- ligs, richly bound in full levant moracco, oxtra gilt, aud having insertod nenrly 2,000 for(mnu. viows, battlo soonos, drawings, autographs, maps, &o., intorleavad with the text, and ropro- sonting somo Jordon, locnlity, or event roforred to thoroln.—Now York Erpress, Notwitlstanding tho mazes, involutions, com- plioated connections, aud allusions of Do Quin- coy, apparontly indicating groat doliboration in eamposition, lie was renl {‘ono of the mosat off- Land of writors, When tho mood of composi- tion came, ho sat déwn nt ouco, sorawled with groat npldll.y in his shaly handwriting, page - uttor pago, without taking tho trouble to oraso; throw tho writton aheotd over his shouldor ono - by,one, and, having wronked himeolf ujion ex- Hmaa!on and got vid of {dons" wont biok to his ccantor of laudauum entirely oblivious and 'mLunlly caraloss of the littor upon tho floor, ‘That httor was ploked up, aesorted, and sont to Mr, Blackwood, and the suthor only saw his i work .again whon it was In mut, It s all col- :Iooted now.in.volumes,~this hasty soymwlings of ant gonius,—and the world reads it with avidity.—Iarper's Weekily. 5 a Tho origin of tho favorita hymn * From Groonland's foy mountains,” the orfgingl manu- soript of which is In tho collootion of Mr: Ttafllos, mngistrato of Livorpool, is thus given by Doan Howaon in tho Art Jowrnal: “Whon Bishop Iobor was s young man, miselonary sormons woro not #o frequont ag they are now 3 and on ono ovoasion, whon ho was- staylng with Dean Bhirloy, Viear of Wroxham, bLis fathor-in-lav, such & formon was to bo pronohad, and the want of n suflabla hymn was folt. o was anked on the 8atardny to. wrifo ono; and soated at the ,window of the vicarnge houno, ho produead, aftor n ahiort intorval, in hin olenr linndwriting, with one singlo word corrected, that hymn bos glunmg ¢ From Groonland'aloy mountains,” with which wa nro all familiar, Tho writor of theso pages on the Doo_snw tho original manusoript somo yonrs ago in Livorpool, and more rucam‘ly he liad oon the printer, otill llving ot Wroxham, who sot up tho type whou a boy," v CAPITOLINE CHIT-GHAT. Yhat the Diplomatists nt Washington. Arc Dolug-~Cho official Keceptios and Femininoe iquabbloes, Washington (Dec, 23) Correspondence of the New York Jerald, L -Qold, cheery wonthor at last, to the ovidont do- 1ighit of the old Baron d'Offenburg, the Minister Plonipotontinry of His Majosty tho Emporor of All thoRuesias, Tho Baron hag wiltd during the warm autumn aud unnaturally gonial wintor, but now that the north winds comé sweoping down over the mountaingho onjoyshis conatitutional promenados in o fur-lined polisso and a sablo'cap, Tho old glorios of the Russian Logation.in the dnya of Bodisco, nud tho more rocont escapndos: of the charming Ontncazy, aro not rovived by tho courtly old Baron who has now the intorests of tho double-hondod onglo undor his charge. Tho British Lion, moro fortunate, ia to haye o magnificont new monagorie, now being built in masuivo British stylo on Vermont avouno. Hor Majoaty's diplomatlo ropresontativo, Bir Bd- ward Thornton, was bora .in .tho .gorvico, fod on mncoratod bluo .books, and is o thoroughly traihed and.officient roprosontativo of his Boverolgn, Ho, too, indulgoes in o lou, ‘walk every aftornoon whou the - weathor is cool onough, but when Qongress is in session ho has - to avoid thoe avonuo, ns the mtimnte friends of . Judgo. Poland, a Vormont Roprasentative, will slap thoe Plonipoteutiary on the back and accost bim in tho most familiar way. 'ho likonosa botween the Driton aud the Judgo Is ns atriling - ns was that botween Con. Cnss and Land- lord Guy, of tho National, which -gave riso to 80 many amusing blundors. Just now 8ir Edward has_a wodding on hand, ns X?‘mg Charlton, his pet attacho, is to marry is8 Onmpbell, and his sister hay como- aver to attond tho coremony. ‘The8ocond Scerotary of tho British Logation now i a Mr. Gastroll, ono of thono useful mon who dolight “Yhe British Gradgrinds by accumnlating “ facts” on trade, commerce, and novigation, which appear in blug looks, Tho' now Legation building will hardly bo completed bofore next winter, and until thon thoro will not bo much fostivily at Bir Edward's. * “The Trench Ministor, who had two housca knocked into onc that he might ontertain a3 beenme o Do Noailles, hes recoived his, marching orders, and will only bo ablo to give ono ball.- as & pour prend conge. It is Whispered that he hind' beon too much under the influence of bis kinsman, the Marquis De Cham- brun to Lo accoptablo to Socrotary Fish, and that Lo iy not equal to urging the Fronch War Olaims, due Yronch subjects who were “awaydown South in Dixio” durlng tho little unplonsantness, and whoso cotton, Jsugar and riee wero gobbled by Union Genorals, ‘Bartholdl, who fa on bis way hero to supersedo Do Noatllos, will bo tha vory man o urgo tho payment of these small accounts, 1o is of Jowish origin, but a Protestant himaolf, and hie has boxed-tho compass of Parisian poli- tics, from sociallsm to lmgerlnlinm and around to ropublicanism. When Marshal Bazaine was in Moxico he was sont to tcll him that Franco would do nothing more for Maximilian, 2nd he is rogarded ag ono of the brightest ornamenta of tho Corps Diplomatique, Socially—f don’t mean 15 n Bociplist—ho cannot tako the placo of M. Da Noailles and his charming wifo, from whom tho young people expectod many-balls during tho coming sonson, As for the Prassian Ministor, or, ns he colls himeolf, the Envoy Extraordiunry of'the Gorman Empiro, ho doos Iittle boyond ent whatovor good dinera he is invited to, and ho ia Eront on torrapin. + Admiral Polo, of Bpain, {s too monts, and neither Aristarchi Bay, of tha Otto- mnn Empire, nor M. de Borges, of Brazil, is grent in hospitality. And lastly, us for Giro Gaus, who runs tho Japancso Logation in the absence of Mori (who is still tho nccredited Minister), lie is a qulot Tittlo almond-cyed chop, who L' tho good sonso to keap his Jnpnuesa wifo out of * Vauity Fair” until she cau spenly Enghsh, and got used to wearing a pannior. Of coursa’ gocioty olamors for hor nppearance, but soclety must watoh and wait, Outsido the Diplomatio Ring, oversthing is vory quiot, Thoso families” of Sonators, Sacro- tarics, and burcau ohiefs, which furnish tha satellites royolving about the noted foroignery, are entortaining liverally, und Mme, Fish hag hor recoptions, whero on i\ I cromo do Ia croma can como, 1t Io nid that Mrs, Williams, wifo of the newly-nominated but stillunconfirmed Chief- Justico, is not asked to the reooptions of 3mo, T'ish, and doos not attend thom. The ofiicinl potticont government is not partinl to Mme. Chief-Justico—wly, I-do not attempt to any. —_— ey Selng o Wife, and Wanting Xfer Back. TFrom the San Franefsco Call, Tho thrivivg town of Workington was honored thte other day with & visit by n young man from Whitelisvon, in charge of n pony and cast, the Iattor coutaining a quantity of apples, which ho offared for snlo.” During his wandorings througl, the town he foll in with a lnborer and his wile, aud, nftor somo convorsation, tho taborer offere: to soll his ** missus” to the apple dealer for twa shillings, Tho offer was accopted, and, o tha woman mndo no nbfcction to tho arrangement, & borgain was struck, tho money was paid, and tho Iady st out with her new lord and mastor on her travels, and did her boat to asuist him In’dig- Enslng of his stock of apples. Her husband, y way of cousoling himsclf for tho groat logs ho had sustsined, spont Dia wifo's purchase mounoy in beor. Aftor tha, wmonoy was gone, the desolate man bogen to oxamtno tha situation, and prrived nt the detors mination to bavo his Wifo back again, With thif, view ho sot out in mearch of the applo-dealing: pair, and, having found them, oxplained to *tho young man from Whitchaven ™ that he had re- l’mlmd of his barguin, and that it was Lis intou- lon tako tho partner of bis fnyfl oud sorrows ta bis heart and home again. ‘I'ho apple-doaler in- timatod that beforo unytbing of tho kind could ba dono the purchass-mouey wonld have to bo * rofunded. To comply with this demand was lmpossiblo, »8 for as tho distracted husband was concernod, for hie lind swallowed the prico of his wifo, A usy about tho Virginius tothink about ontertain- bitter wranglo onsued ; the Lusband wanted his wifo; tho a| Plo-dunlur was flimly rosolvod to ° Livo cither the woman or Lis monoy; tho lady, —alaa for Lior gox,—took park Wit tho apple- denler agninst hor lioge lord, and at longth took rofuge in & houge in King streotr A crowd ase somblod to witnoes the fray, and onoof tho number told the husband that his wifo bad fled down the streot, Away in the diroction indi~ ented oped tho frantio man, and the momont ha did o tho woman camo ont of tha houso got mto tho cart which was standing at tho door, the apple-dealor took his soat bowido bor, end tlie pony sot off with tho pair at n rattling pace in tho divection of Whitonuven, The husbang, running down tho straot, hoard tho sound o} wheels, and the truth flached across his mind. Vith a ory of rage und dospair bo turnod ronur and started In pureuit of Lhe runawnys, His of~ forts to overtako thom, howaver, wera in vain; hls two logs woro no matol for tho fowr lega of the white pony, and in n short timo he way com polled to turn’baok, & wifoloss aud . molanchely wan, —_— A Kentucky Farmer Killod by a Pan. thor. v Trom the Loulsville Ledger, For some tima past & ferocions panther has, bheen prowling through thoe woods over tho Cat Hills, nenv 'uyloravilio, Spencor 0o. On 3on- day last Richard Ilolt camo across the panther while out hunting, und fired two chargea into its, sido without fatal offcots, Lhia tended to en- rago tho auimal, aud in loss than two minutos it Lind Innded upon Ilolt and was envagoly clawing him to death, A llttlo Loy who was with Holt ron to whoroe n}mrty of men woro_ working in a flold ubout half a milo awy, end, 03 soon_ o8, fheso 1non ° could ‘arm ° thomsolves, - thoy hastoned to Holt's aid ; hut whon thu{)'ronohnd, the spot thoy fouud him dend and the body torn almost into’ shivods, Tho boast, after killing: him, hod evidontly caton n portion of tho bods,, 48 Inrgo lumps of flesh which hud boen torn_out), of the body could not be found anywhero about’ the apot, "M, lolt waa’s farmer, very fond of: Lunting, was bravo to & fault, and was vory yens turdsomo, The Inbobilants of the nelghbor, " Liood hinve organized for tho purpose of huntin down and slaying the monster of tho wooda, + It -iu ankd that the hiideous yolln of tho boast can' bo heard evory nlizhl, but that the poople are ofraid to persue'lt in the dark, - - P A ’