Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 1, 1874, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1874 REAL ESTATE. Liftle Disposition to Invest in Busi- pess Property or Expeasive Liesidences, The Number of Unoccupied Stores Hags Been Ezaggerated Activity at Englewood, Cornell, and Scuth Chicago. The New Town at the Northwest~ ern Car Shops. free Planting on the North. Side-- Prospects of the Lake Shore Drive. e real estate market kas been dull during the past week, eepocisily for hig-priced property in the cen- gral pacts of tho city. Thereare & grest many reai dcnces at prices ranging from $10,000 {0 $20,000 ow in tiemorke!, Theso aro nearly all within a radiusof a mito znd a half from tho Court-House. Dut na fhere sre comparaively few perzons who are able to buy 2nd acenpy ruch houses, and as thero Is but Uttlo pros- pect of an advance in valuce of this class of property, £nd s the tendency of all rents of dswellings at over, esy, $900 per yoar 18 to decline, they are dimecult fo fcll. The same may be sald of 8 very considerable proportion of the newls-improved ‘businces property in certain localitics where property owners built exteneively after the firo in the hopo of estzblishing mew contres of trade, Tho diffsrent wpecialties of r3do Eave, however, steadily gravitated back o the 0d localitics in which they were coucen- trated before ibe fire. The stores in {ke new localitles, $owhich it was Boped fo_draw Lusiness have thos, to gomo extent, boen left unoccupied. The fact that thers st a good meny such uuoccupied stores in the city has been misintepreted by some, to indicate that there D been s fulling of in (o sggregste smount of the city {rade. The fact is, how- ever, tbat * the trado of the city hz5 been greatly incroased ainco the fire, But the arcs of the ceatral business quarter hes been nearly doublcd. Theamount of shop and store room in the business centre is now sbout double what it was threo years 70, and the amount of ofiice room i3 at least quairujle what it was then. It is, therefore, ‘casy 10 sce thas; hough there has been an’ increase in the zgRregate volume of city trade, requiriog o great increase of storo and office room, the Iatter bas been increased beyond tho immediate demend. Tho excees of stare and ofi'co roor has, howerer, becn exzggerat- e in pecple's imoginations.’ In this conzection wo Frint the following letter, which shows this o be the ae: OTE TNOCCOUPIED BUILDINGS, o the Editor aF The Chicaao Trituna : Sm: We are all g0 often asked by friends at a dis- tanco if the stories are true that tho papers of some other cities tell uf us, that “all Chicago 1s for rent,” thetThave been at Eome pains to go through all the business portion of our city to eca what are tne facts, Tr= TEIDUNE and other of our city papers have more than once polnted out mistakes made in our re- building, such ca making ali the new stores from 35 to B0 or more feet in width, and making no provision for the hundreds of small dealers who vant 15 and 20-foot shops. Also tho putting splendid blocks of stores and oftices in nelghborhvods whera no euch buildings ever £100d before, ard where they ate quito out of the way. of Leth cur shopping and business public, buf, notwithstanding thess facts, I find, by ‘actua- omnt, amongst tho many miles 'of eplen. &2 'tlocks eud thonssnds of . fins storesy erected sinco the fire, just 115 enspiy stores—many og ie:; 1a¥0 00 eigns of “ For Rent” upon them, an oy thereforo already be Tented, but I counted all, etiier vacent or marked % For Rant.” At least two— thirds of theso havo only been finished 3nd made zeady for occupancy aince 1st of last May, which i Tegilar moving drys elght of the number being in oue biock, the ** Herrick Block,™ finithed kince Decem- ber. Thut hundreds of tho emaller dealers, who, sinc thofira, have been occupying stores improvised from drwollings o mile or two from the business cenire, aro only wailing for otores fo suit them in’ -or- der fo return fo their old neighborhoods, ir shown by the fact that o friend who pur~ chzsed 30 fest of ground this weck, and is about to build five emsll stores on it, informs me that he has 'ready more than enough’ applications for all tho stores as 80on aa they can bo completed. X think with this showing few who know our city can doubt thet at 1635t 60 per cent mor room 1S occiipicd for Lusiness Jurposes in the whols ity, thsn wea 80 occupled bo- fora the fire. As regards offices, it is well known that before the fire they wero confified to two OF thres treets, 3nd tho tmmediute neighborhuod of our public buildings, They were mostly 1n old-fashioned two and threo story dings that were generally not more than half the depth of tho Iots they stood on, Now the offlee build- ings are nearly all four, five, and six stores Ligh, be- sidea Ligh basements ; they are bullt the full depih of the property, and they are found in overs part of our businces quaricr. Iu the most out-of-the-way Deigh- Torlioods, far {rom our cxchaugo bauks, courts, and other public bulldinge, people fitted up large buildings for office purposes, 6o izt ai ko prvscat time the office accommodation of the city i8 probably.from ihree to four times what it was Leforo the firo. The basement and first-floor offices alone largly outnum- ber all the oflices that could bq found here threo years sgo. “Gader theso ctrcumstancea 1t 1 protifying to find thzt nearly all our first floor and besemient ofiices axe sccupied, the only exeeptions being where they ar quite out of the way or have been finished Einca the oeual * renting dsy.” In all central oflico Jocatious, w2 find aleo that all fecond-foor ofices are occupied, eud s good many also of the thind and even fourth fioor rooms ; thus showing that_about twice as many ofices are now rented or occupied as wers £0 rented before the fire. As many of theso buildiugs have numerous retices of For Rent” pasled on their upper windows, strangers moy beled into belicvin that much of our best property 38 unoccupled, an {hus withoutany intention of misrerpesenting our city sy convey faise impressions to others, W. SALE OF FOUTH WATER STLEET STORES, Afesers. Ulrich & Bord and Mr, C. Gardner recently s0ld for Zfr, Williar Tourman Ls £wo stores, Nos. 33 snd 40 Soutly Water strcet, for $60,700, subject io an incumbrance of ,” recciving in psy therefor £10,000 cagh and Jot 130x150 fect on the northwest corner of Oak and Jefferson avenues, in Hyde Park, at an estimated valoe of $15,000. ‘The property, 403130 fcet, on the corner of Van Bu- ren and Frackiln sircets, with a four-story brick bailding, ws sold recently for 48,000, part of the con- siderstion being 3 form ot Kenosha, In all paris of the BOUTHERYN SUBURIS thero is conelderatie activity. Messrs, Uirich & Bord recently eold Lots 1and 5, jn Biock 14, Egandale, corner of Chestuut and Groenwood avenues, for £11,500, all cash. - ‘Wo Licar of the eale, this week, of €00 feet on Halrted strect, pear Sixty-thizd, in Englewood, at $40 per foot, AMafeon Tiill oid fourtcen lots at South Enalewood, four blocks 1rom the depot ; capsideration, §2,304, AT GORNELL there 4 & good deal of activity, both in tho sale of lots and fn building. A number of lots bave been sold recently about the junction of Stony Island avcnue sod Soventy-fifth sircet, at $500 per lot, and several new honses srill be built there this spring. Mesers. Ellsworth & Co., of Bockford, in this Stats, heve concluded to move their furniture factory from 1hat place to Corpell, and bave laid the foundations of 3 large brick factory bullding 40 feet front by 100 feot deep, on the corner of Greenwood avenuo and Seventy- inth street. being two blocks soutls of the watch-facto- 1. The new factory will be completed and in operation by the 1et of May, and will then employ over 100 work- men. Mesers, A_ L. Hale & Co,, of this city, have be- come identified with the establishment, and will sell the furniture in the city, ' The extension of thc [ine of houses along the various nilroads from Englewood snd from Hyde Park to Corncll, and thence sontheastward to South Chicago, Ioes steadily on, and the progress in that direction this spring will undoubtediy be more_notable than in any [revious ecason, Slill znother line of improvement through the same district is sure to be st by the TALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD, 4 roon as they estzblish their line from South Orfesgo o ita junction with the Tllinols Central ot Bixty-third strcel. 1f tho Company showd be mado to perfect any arrangement with the South Park Com- mistioners for the right-of-way throngh tho South Ehore Park, they will probably adopt a line running through th centres of Secs. 25 and 51, which wor Iocate their line half a mile east of; and nearly parallel ¥ith the Pittsburgh, Fort Woyne & Chicago Road. ut whelher they eecure this line or tho one along nd avenue, the road will help to concentrate im- Jorements i the same gereral line of extensiou from 5de Park ond Englewood to Bouth Chicago, At 1he precent rato of improvements in that direction there can be ecarcely any doubt that, within five years, m!‘ ‘whole district east of the Pittsburgh & Fort “—EFM Eallroad, from Englewood to South Chicago, will Le gfiz upas thickiy as Englewood and Fgandale sre Intne £EX STURURES there tyalso great activity. A litilo over o year ago, the siic of tho Nortlwestern Car-hops wes an open Inairie, without s honse, Now, there ars 6 men em- Plored tn the railroad _round-house, blacksmith-shop, 14 machineshop, Surrounding these, Hfty houses Bive becn buiit in ihe last vear, and flity more are Boler contract to bo bullt 1 the hext sixty days. . J. D. Harvey old this weck 20 acres on Chicago frenue, half way between Car-Shops and Austinville, g in the svnthwest 3¢ of the southeast X of Sec, & T0¥n, Rauge 13, The owner of tha 0 acres just 5o Cricagosvenne from the above has been offered E2000 per acre for it. LiwxDALE S3lly mproving, snd the proprictora of the rlace ire establisied an’ omaibus lico, which began rune fis Fesiirday, from the corner of Siate and Waehing- Sircets 1o Lawndale, making eeven trips per day. D%x{uér & Lce recently told 29 lots on Houston and Aagon etroets for £22,600, Eleven of theso Wore re- foransdvance of §,000. - Pag TEEEPLANTING O¥ THE XOATH SIDE, “fora the fire t2+ Nortk: Side was noted for its fine ftes s the coperiy-ovners sud the Lincoln Park feTatsticners seem dety to restaro this peau- Wl feztare of tire North Disision, = 1ISCOLX PARE. ® new Board of loners have got fairly st them, and to be commenced without loss of tim quito revolutionizo the somebet conservative gotes Bitherto pursucd in regard to this favorite resort, As mentionad {n our fasue of yesterdy, the Hoard visited tho Park peronally o coupls of days steee g st once decided o making an assessment, both fo tia poceuasry sdliions to llie Purk fervitory and for. ne: y 6 work on tho Luko-aly north and !-&x:x'.hiuf tho Tark. S 2 o we-planting 15 also to be proceeded with 5 tenslve scalo. With the opportunillea thut Nature has giren thom 10d tho powers puaasssed unier the pree: 3 , undou! et y sce this always fevorite n addition o the trees about to be plant Commissioners, many other aria of fue Moty Ay Bave Leen, and are belng, greatly beautificd in fhiy way, and many of the trees now being transplanted are tho largest and fAnest thot have evar been 8ot out in Chilesgo, Mr. John M. Douglas has lately Lad quite a grove of eims planted in font of and pesldo Bis rusiceiice, Lately completed, on the corner of Erle aud State strcots, ' Mr. COyras McCormick Las also aurrounded his half block of groun ‘Huron streets, on Rash, und Mosera, 5. W, King, end Goorge Rumsey, on the northezat and Torthwest core ners of Luron and Rueh stroete, are haviag. their fryuads surrounded with elms néarly or quite 50 fect 3Ir. F. i1, Winston hae also contractad for ine tr 13,0 pltced sround is residenco on tho comer ot - or strects, and - Fing aad Superior sizects, and zmany otners aze fa XORTIt AND SOUTH EVANSTON. Messrs, Warren, Keeuey & Co., huve recently bonght 85 acrea of tho ridge property at Bouth Evanston for $67,800, for tho purpose of subdividing into lots for Totail, * Messra, W., K. & Co. also sold 100 foet on Chi- €ago avenue and Kcenoy avenne for $4.000, John Culver gold 7 acres ot Narth Evanston, six blocka west of tho depot, for $1,300 per acte, X BATURDAY'S TRANSFERS, The fullowing instruments wero lod for record on Baturday, Feb, 23 i orry pnovERTY. Jackson st, 135 €t 0 of Laflin st, 1 f, 24x125 t, dated Teb. 26; considoration, $3,000. Z Tweniy-second st, 20135 1t e of Tiobey at, 81, 25x 126610 £t, dated Féb. 16; considoration, §1,200. * North Ada si, 42 810 £t n of Carroll st, e £, 401125 1t, dsted Feb, 23 ; ‘consideration, §5,600. ‘Roley sf, 8 ¥ cor of Ewing place, o 1, 60x160 £t, dated ¥eb. 17; consideration, ) 3 ZLincoln s assition st of, 24x100 ft, ¢ 2,010, , 9,20 1833 1t 5 of 11 consideration, Biemark court, 50 £t w of Rt @sted Jen. 81, 1873 conmueration, $500. Armiliage av, 116 it w of Oakley v, 81, 203x100 ft, dated Feb, 27; conelderstion, 500, Lincoln av, 274 £ n w of Webster av, 0 o f, 23115 ft, with other property, dated March 81, 1673; considera tion, $3,000. Olive st, 538 ft n of Twalfthet, e, 60 ft to Leavitt st, cated Scpt. 10, 1873 ; consideration, $2,500, Washington st, 100 ft 0 of Rabey st, s f, 95x116 ft, dsted Feu. 28; considerrtion, £2,815. N 3 of 5 3¢ Lot 27, Egan's South Addition, dated Mardli 15, 1473 conslderation, §1,900, Deering s, 164 16 8 0 of IHickors .., 00 f, 113 11, dated Feb, 28; consideration, 600, Indisna st, 100 fta of Caan at, 1 1, 20100 ft, dated Feb. 7; contideration, $10,000. 3 XoLTu OF CITY LIMITS. Lots 19 and 2, in Block 2, Ravenswood, dated Feb. 1;_consideration, $2,000. - ‘West 3 of Block %, Clybourn's Addition to Ravens- wood, dated Feb. 26 ; cousideration, §6,000. SUUTIL OF CITY LTMIIH Tots 13 and 14, In: Block 22, Hyde Purk, dated Jen. 15 consideration, $7,5 Fourteen acrea inso corner of w3 8w i Sec10, 88, 14, dated Feb. 27; consideration, $152,000. Willlam Sturges to Henry . Honore. SUMMARY OF TRANSFERS YOI THE WEEK. Tho following i the total amount of city and sabur- ban property transforred during the week- ending Saturday, Feb, 23: City property—Number of saies, 116; consideration, §717,723. North of city lmile— Number of eales, 6 ; convideration, $37,201. ° South of city limits—Number of eales, 20 ; conslderation, $323,~ 512, West of city limits—Number of salos, 1'; con- wideration, §1,000, ) : Total eales, 142, Total conalderation, $1,079,435. NMISCELLANEOUS. Modieon, Wis., is 80 well provided with hotels now that no more talk of moving the capital of tho Stato therefrom is honrd. 'The scare of 1570 id the city good. —Froude, the historian, has been unfortunste in his domostic Lereavements. His wife, who just died, was his eecond, the first being & Miss Grenfell, one of a trio of sisters ; the other two baving manied respectively Charles Kingaley, the clergyman and novelist, and cge of the fora- most Englieh jourralists. —The Selma Times is not disposed to ehed a tear of rexrot over the mournful fzct that Mre. Adelbert £mes (nca AMiss (Ben) Butler) has beca Tun out of house and home as Jackson, Miss., by Ler begro visitors. It admits tho sadness of tho affair snd conjectures that Mrs. Ames will change her views on tho social equality ques- tion, —Tho fact that Darbara Frietchie has not yot turned up in Washington with a ciaim of $5,000 for holding the national flag out of her window in Fredencktown and scaring Robert Leo, gocs far to prove that Whitticr was fooled in that Iittlo transaction, and that {B. F. is, as has beon suspected, & myth.—Minneapolis Tribune. —The Hon, John A. Logan has presented in the Senato of the United States a petition signed by a thounand people_in Chicago who eay thoy ‘went more money. This is moderate, Logan might have obteined & much larger number of naimes to his petition. The petitioners did nof say how much more money thoy would like to have.—larrisburg (Pa.) Patriol. —All the new appointmonta which Mr. Disraclt had to make, on being commissioned to form & pew Aduministration, present n totsl of only forty-five. Ilere, when & new DProsidert is in- stalled, almost every government official, from the Lighest to the loweet, isliablo tobe removed. In England only forty-ivo persons, all men of mark, bave to quit oftico on o break-up of the Ministry.—Philadelphia. Press. —TFor Laving struck his dog, Capt. McKen- zie, of the Roes Shire (S8cotland) militia, recent- 1y punished & boyin an ingeniously cruel man- ner. The brave militiaman enticed the boy into his_house in Dingwall, zod with caustic or Todine marked tho word “ doz” upon his fore- head. Afterward he rkeiched whiskers rnod mustache upon the youtl’s faco, and finally beld biw before a fire until the caustic had sunk into his skin. —On the 14th inet. we noticed in our yard two flowering currant-bushes, from the Toots of hich five or six spronts had sprang up, some of ‘them mn inch or moro above the ground. Thia growth had been made this winter. On Sunday the 15th, and on Monday, the blue-birds were singing from tha troes around our house. These aro protty strong symptoms of pring.— Havana (du.) Ciarion. ——— Tlowards, Present and Past. Tho London Times, in speaking of the elova- tion of Admirsl Howard to the Peerage as Lord Lanerton, states that there are now seven of the Howard family in tho House of Lords. Tlese are the Duke of Norfolk, the Earls of Suffolk, Effogham, Wiclow, Carlisle, and Barons Howard, of Glossop and Lancrton. In fact, the sevon peers hold eight coronets betweon thom, “for the Earl of 8uffolk is also Earl of . Berkshire by virtoe of a separate creation. Lord Howard do Walden is not a Howard Encrnully. but sn Ellis, though the first Lord Howard de Walden _was 5 grandson of Thomas, fourth Duke of Norfoll. _ Besides the above _ titles, various membera of the Howard family descended either fromthe firat Duke of Norfolk or from his kinsmen, have hel in past years, .the following titles: Viscouni Howard of Bindon (created 1659, extinct 1610), Baron Howard of Castle Riaing (crested 1669, extinct 1777), Baron Howard of Escrick (created 1628, extlact 1715), Baron Howard ~ of Mumbull (oreated 16 extinct 1614), Earlof Northampion (created 160 extinct 1614). Varions members of the Du house of Howard have st varions times, snd for ehorter or longer periods, beld tho Baronies of Ker- doston, Beanchamp of Bleteo, Furnival, Strange of Blackmere, Talbot, Mowbray, if not others, The present Duke of Norfolk 18 also Earl of Aruudel, Earl of Surrey, Earl of Norfolk, aud Earl Marshal, Baron Fitzalan, Baron of Cl Baron Oswaldestrs, sud Baron Maltravers, an co-Lietr to some of the tities mentioned above or to moieties of the same. His grandfather, too, was called to_the Upper Houso in his father's Barony of Maltravers, in 1841, The Earlo? Car- lisle is also Visconnt Howard of Morpeth, Baron d'Acteof Gillesland, and _co-heir 1o s moiety of the Barouy of Greystock, or Greystoke; the Earl of Effingham is also Baron Howard of Effngham; tho Earl of Wicklow, whose Bncestor Sir Bernard Burke styles a *scion of tho Howards of England.” is also Viscount Wicklow and Baron Clonmore in tho Peerage of Ireland: tho Earl of Suflolk and Berkshire is also Visconnt Andover snd Baron Howard of Charlton. 1t is probable that evea tho long list Lero given does not exhaust the catalogue of the honors which, during the 1ast four conturies, havo beon showored down upon this family since the dsy that the eminent Yorkist General, Sir Bohn Howard, waa raised to the Peerage, just fifteen yoars bofora he fell fi;bting‘:r by the side of Richard on Bosworth field. The Dukedom, though three times for- feited by attainder, has abont it a singular vital- jty, having been tlireo times revived; and {ho Peerages tell us—though after the ruling in the case of the Barony of Berkeley tho stato- ment might possibly not be held {o stand good in Iaw—tbat © the Earldom of Arundel belongs 1o the Duke of Norfolk, not only by creation, but also s & fendal honor, by possestion of Arundel Castle only, having been 50 adjudged by sct of Parliament, 11th, Kenry VI.” But, st all events, speaking roughly, it may be eai that the Hownrds own_or havo owned in the English Peerago one Dukedom, nino Earldoms, three Viscountcies, and at least twenty Baronies. 23 well 35 an Esrldom & Viscounicy, and a Barony’ in the peorago of the eister Kingdom. Nearly Jorty coroneta in four centuries form a_roll of honors never equalled by az"' other English Comumis 304 the various improvementa contemplated by i house 1o ancient or m ckor Bt § f, 2400 £, "WASHINGTON. Twe Iilinois Statesmen --- Scarlet Richard and Thespis Rices A Bloody and Glorious Currency— “Big-Meeting ¥ Shouters, An Eastern Shoreman’s Dodge--Run- ning & Railroad Into the ‘White House. From Our Oun Correspondent, TasmivaToN, Feb, 23, 1674, . When Senator Oglesby, arising from the spell of Venus, took the floor in'the Senate, and re- marked that he loved that body, and lacked words toexpress hisconfidoncs in thyt of whichhe is 8o large a part, such ilenco and appreliension ensned that tho negro-slumberers in tho gallery could be heard to snore. Ho then put on the countenance of ono apoplectic for Lis couniry's sake, showed several ruslics of the feelings to tho face, and shonted : ‘It is & glorious curreney! It is founded on the best blood of thio country ! This scemed to bo incontrovertible. At lenst nobody has replied up to the present time. To bave a glorious currency would seem to indicate & currency self-conscious, inebriated porbiaps, and'full of the bullet-holos of engagoments in which it may bave met with some loss. . Rarely has an'adjective boen more delicately epplied, aud the uenal indisposition of the Sena- tor from Lilinois to mse such excitablo terms, clearly shows that ho had pondered a good while over the subject. Some pations bave a hard currency ; gome a pinchbeck one; ours is the first which is glorions. Again, there is & reason why it should be so. 1t was founded on the best loodof the country, like many other thirgs wholly incidental, but of enough cousequence to warrant overy soldier caming to lif and dying again, in order to bave died for this glorious carrency also. Your dead soldier might Lavo new starza written for his place in the National Cemoters, to be pla- carded there, according to the fashion : Ou Fane's eternal stumping-ground i glorious stamps aro spread, And Lichard guards with solems sound Thie currency of ths dead, Or thus, on the reyosing veteran: No more ho beers tho stirring drum, Or ko tho Joug tattoo : But ouly hears the fee-fo-fum Of & red-faced man in blue. Buch viows of currency, finance, compound in- terest, and natfonal wealth, os Mr. Oglesby holds, aro indicative of a clieerful, child-like faith, sod great agility at leaping over tho technical. Itis the technical which maskes all the difficulty in thislifo. When you wish to toach tho true prin- ciples of fnance in tho Oglesby Institate, you will put it in this form, and have no equivocation about it: Teachor: * What kind of currency have wo 2" Pupil: “A glorious curreey.” Teacher; * Why is it a glorious currency 2" - Papil Because it was founded on the beat load of the conntry.” The school will at once *“let out,” or adjourn over for a “national holiday.” CASTOR AND POLLUX. Tilinols Lias the most glorions delegation in the Sonate. Its Scustors appear to hsve beon so- lectod for qualifications such as tho * Big-Meot- ing " negroes had on the Eastorn Shoro of Mary- land, prior’ to their omancipation. In overy summer and autuinn season, four or fiva * Big Meotings"”, wero held, to wlich all tho darkeys camo from four or five countics,—some tradging on foot, others riding: mules, others in ox-carts, others sgaiv mounted on indulgent masters’ sad- dle-horses, or oven dnving the great femily- currisgo. Tach county had its roprescntative shonting negro, who was expected to por- form his wildest Hallelujubs to show the euperior pioty, physical bounce, cad go-aheuditivencas of his neighborbood. On one ocension, it is said, tie “ Big-Deoting” man of Ebenezer beard tnat there'was o shouting man he dared 1ot tackle, about 40 miles off, at Big Salem. Ho lowardly pined and chiafed, practiced in the woods and in_hay-stacks, and finally took Lus departure for Big Salom, followed by all tho men and wonches in tho district. White folks did their own cooking that Sunday. Even wiute Solks knerr tbero was ome Limit to African eu- durenco, and they mever interfered on * Big- Deeting " day. Theattendance at Big Bilom was immense. Both the champion negroes were in decp religions stupor, apparently unconscious of the prescuce of each other ; but ouce or twico a furtive glauco ehowed that they wero &ecreily getting each olhier's measure, When the sormon wad done, and the singing and praying got wrrm, the Ebonezer.shouting mau suddenly raisod & yell, bounced to his feet, leaped over o bencls, fell into a pile of fewsles, ripped his jacket, sprang at his Lord, grappled 'ith Apollyon, and, for tho Epace of ono hour, held that assemblaga in do- Light and terror. The Big Salem negro for somo time made no Tesponee, until ho was at last observed to take position on & bench, removo his cravat, collar, Jackot, and suspenders, blow up vory red in the Tace, sud look around with a certain éagle kianco not entirely uuknown on the sinmp in some parts of the West and South. Tho Ebenczer negro peeped through Lis fingers, and wondered at these silent arraugements, until bis curiosity paeecd the limit of diguity- ** Brudder Balem,” be #aid, * what fur you a- g to do—uh 7" “Brudder Ebenezer,” said the othor, “I'm only a-gwyng to preparw to shont!” i Como'down, dar!” eaid Ebenczer. “I can't shout apainst no such preparations as dem ar I* Metbinks Benator Logan, unequaled as he has Dbeon ot Parlinmentary © Big-Mectings,” will not be able to shoat against Senator Oglesby's prep- arations. With two of them bere, 10 * Big- Meeting" in the country can challergo Illinoia. 3JOHN B. TICE. The etory of the Eastern Shora brings to mind the right-worthy and_queerly-aesortcd Repre- sentative of the First District of Illinois in Con- 088, who i8 & native of the most Eastern-Shore- ike of all Eastern-Shore places,—Eaaton, 1n Dor- cbester County.. Perbaps Lie hopes the Lord will not count fiem years agninst him which he spent botween Miles and 'Fhreadhaven Rivers; but, leet He should conceive tho childhood life of your bland and smisble Representative to Dbave been lived in a littlo town set botween two salt, spreading rivers, with low, beautiful shores, ~=a mile or £0 from each river. A wide, ehaded stroet passes . lengthwise through the place, lined with country-stores ; and the brick Court- House, county-offices, and jail zre in the middle. Here, no doubt, when John B. Rico was_s_boy, ho has observed the master's master of Frederick Douglass go through the sandy street in bis cer- Tiage,—the proud old Col. Lloyd; and perbaps be remembers when Douglass was thrown into the jail, suspected of inciting his fellow-slaves to escepe. . Bebold the versatility of the bland Eastern ‘Shoreman, whom you find in & few years the same Bice playing character-parts and managivg a theatre in Chicago; and, layig down the masque, he does not retise to Avon, like Shak- spenre, but resorts to Congrese, and _entertains it with his skilled elocution. A year ago he might bave seen anotber Eastern-Shoreman, ropresenting the Empire of Drigham Young,— 00 baptized in tho font, and. Whoto plnce in the guto smougat the Elders of Deserot,— elzo an Ihinoisan by long tenure at Galons. Mr. Ricois one of the twelve members of the District of Columbia Commuttee, of which Robert 8. Hale, of New York, is Chairman, Ho attested ‘his traditional devotion to Marsland interests in a debato on a local Ifaryland road bill last Friday,—for which, as I gee, ho Las ben con- founded with other warring interests, and called home. These are the facts, interesting to you only becausa your Congressman won or lost fiis spursiin this ight : . There are two mon here, both native and hura- ‘ble, both specalstive and fortanate, numed SUIT AXD £300T, each of whom has & small local pet echeme for a raroad. Buit—S. Taylor Suit—balours to a family of Maryland villago tavern-kecpers. His intellectual grit is far in advanco of bis cpportu- nities, and in all his enterpriscs is discernible the love of the native clod, 2o powerful inold tidewater provinces_like Marylsnd. He began by keeping tavern, developed by dietilling wais- Ly, sdvanced by moving to Kentucky and dis- tifling it on a great scale, snd finally graduated & etock and gold operator in New York, where he i8'50id to havo been the original suggestor of the Gold Exchange. At tho close of the War, Suit - came back to the spot called ** Btarvation,” where he wasborn, and at once began to layoff & i ing condition. vast estate in the woods and old worn-out ficlds,—using fertilizers, manure, marl, . and muck, aod laying_out thousands of orchard- treca’and vines, Mo kopt o pack of Lounds, and invited the British High-Commission to a fox-chaso there; and, in courss of time, from demi-Kebel he tarned Badical, was elected to tho State Senate of Marsland, and noarly re- ceivel the caucus nominstion for United Btates Senazor to succeed Hamilton. He is a sin; compound of energy, impudence, and sleight- of-hand. Amongss lis more recent oparations bas been railroad-building ; and_horo he fell afoul of Smoot, and dragged in Jobn B. Rice, your Congressman, Smoot 15 & native of the pamo_ parts, outlying Wasbington,—n more pompous, Iarger-man- nored man. ' Ho was » page in the Scnate for six years, when bo sttached himself to Harlas, or somebody of inflaence in Iowa ; and, in In- dian Agencies, or somothing of that sort, ac- quired & good deal of monoy. Hoslso showed tho instincts of bis origin, and, removing to Washington City, dovised a railroad-euterprico precisely like Buit's. THE 30B. Below Washington aro threo 0ld tobacco-grow- ing counties of Maryland,—Prince George's, Cauries, sud St. Macy's,—stretching between tho Lattixont aod Potomac, to the soft climase, low shores, eud nutritious shores of Point Look- out. It cccurred to Suit_ abd Bmook that Lere was a rogion in necd of railroad communications, and they applied to tho Stato Legialature for & chaiter. Bioth being impudent and wuwilling to considor each other, they obiaived two charters, and commenced a gume of blutf, working side by sido with gavgs of men, throwing np two em- beukinents wiere tho couatry would doubtfully support one milroad. Finally they compro- miscd, snd agreed to bogin at opposite ends and work toward cach other. Smoot built hix road- way from Point Lovkout nearly up to tho Bulti more & Potomac Hailroad,—en eoxtcnsion of Tom Scort's lines,—and there be stood wailing for Suit to como along. The wily Buit, Lowever, bud bogun an intrigue with the “Bultimore & Obio Railroad to seell out his charter with- in the District of Columbis to Mr. Gar- rolt for forry, bridge, aud depot purposes, snd thus secured taeiron for his road-bed, ‘and nogotiatad his bonds. To make things fast ot 4he Congressional ond, Le gave au interest and the Yice-Presidency to Norton P. Chipmap, the Daieggots in Congress of the District of Colum- Lia, who is & pative of Ohio aud & prosporous clalm-agent. Swt was very unpopular in Wash- ington, and Chipman's sfilistion with him was viowed with distrus: and spprchension of the whole civic intfuence which sent him to Con- greas, Thecherter was used to build about 8 mmiles of railroad, from Bisdensburg to a point osposite Alexandris, whero the Baltimore & Obio Railroad conld make dircet Southern con- nections by o steam-forry. Then this part of the rosd was leased to Mr. Garrott; while Smoot, still waitiug off in the woods for )n; con- and 80 nections, was without remedy, sadly off in resonrces that ' his motos went to protest and broke wup Lis bouker, Fant, Ho had his rovenge, however, when Buit and Ciipman, porscvering in-the 1we of cool impudence, undertook to get legisla- tion from Congress to cross the broad river of thie Lastera Branch npon & plle-bridge, and, en- terivg tho City of Washington, pass scross its piers and water-front for two miles, or to Georgetown, and theie again cross the main Fotomae £o tho Virgima shore. Thus thoport of Goorgetown would be _embarrassed, perbaps ruined, the Washington Navy-Yard cul of from the clannel, snd tho Lustern Branch be flled with maluriots flats, ko the Polomac, solely to allow Suit and Chipmen to bring the Baltimore & Obio Railroad through to Washington, and Pl sfa doried i chmhtar; o thocity. - Neither ad any inteution to procecd with the originl line of rosd for the benefitof the peoplo of Lower Maryland. And Jobn B. Rice, of Chicago, was set iu the front to play Uriah to Mr. Chip- mun's Joab and Mr. Suit's David. DADDY RICZ. ‘Why did ho undertake such a part? Was it because his sympathies wero with the great Mzrylaud corporation on the scors of lang syne ? Did e reason that 'Tom Scott had previously ob- teined a depot-site worth $1,000,000 from Con- gross through the log-rolling of Simon Cameron ; and that whkat wag no ecandal for Scott could bo scpeuted for Garrett ? At auyrate,he took charge of the bill, and, with a good deal of boldness and ease, procoeded to drive it through, Iiero wns prescutzd the spectacle, so common in our day, of two corporations, both backed up iy the Congressmen of thoir respective Btates, atrayed agaiust ecch other. Tom Scoit had every Penusylvania vote but three, and those of men living remoto from the line of his railroad. Tho motive uf the Scott men was to keep the sdvaniage in pessenger-facilities with their Bosa; of the Garreit meu, to crowd into tho Cupital City, and at & swoop aitan every pomsi= Dle advantage for tho futuro. The decency of appenrauces was agaiust both; but the Scott mcn, being merely resistants, had tho felicity of Eceming to be protectors of tho Federal terito- xy. OF coures, oll tho Smoot interest was in the foteground, lubbying for equity, revenge, and so forth. FroonED, 1t appoared, notwithetanding Mr. Rico's bon- Dommio and audacity, that ts iapudence of his bill was co bo xzia! to'it. In Lis Eastern Dranch Liilze was to bono draw whatover ; aud thus the Nevy-Yard, containig $1,000,000 of property would bo forover Jaud-loebed. Ho wasto mn Mr. Garctls eugiues seroes tho Prosidont's grounds, 2ad hed aweady, without authority, ab- sorbod the whole water-froat of the Governmont Insauo Asjlum. Every question pat to him domonstraced the ntterly-incxcusable barefaced- naen of Lis proposition, sod Jr. Chipman was sunibilated by Speer, of Feunsyivania, who ex- posed Lis councction wita _the subject. dhe city and tho city authoritics, an exception, repudinted Mr. Chijman, and wero spoochicss to b6 infored what particular injury this Capitol had done r. Rice, of Chicago, that ho should want to make it & dumping-grouod and a series of railrond-switches for the convenience of Bal- timore trausportation-men, The bill went to Committeo of the Whole, there to rest smongst other cool things, and melt of neglect, like lst year's ice in the ics-houso. * Itis uctimprobable that, some day or other, Mr. Scott and r. Garrett will bo arrestod an carried beforo the local Magistrate of Washing-- ton for the porsistent plotting of nuisances and aggressions under authority of Congress. Gatn. ch doabiif, in the course of his fourscore ycars, Brougham ever wittingly did a kind or generous nct. Lo was an_intensely bard, selfch men. With talents of the highest order, with opportunitics that fall to the lot of but fow humau beings, he paesed throngh lifo without over making n frind, snd went to a gravo unmuistened by a tear. 1o was intensoly proud, aud, what i3 uncommon with proud men, overbearin and tyrannical to bis inferiors, Tho writer of this remembers, as & youth of 10 yos ~acompuigiog s widow Iady whon calling to solicit Lord Brougham's influcnce to procure for her son somo kind of an_sppointmont, probably in the povy. Sho had n right to cxpect kind treatment from His Lordship, but his bohavior was bratal. An Eastern doepot, dolirious with bhang, ad- dressing o trembling'menial of his harem, could not have thrown mure angry scorn into Lis oves and words than did the Lord Chancellor of Eng~ Jand, when ropudinting the claim on_his consid- erntion which Was gently urged by the widow of bis own carly frieud. ore than tweaty years olapsed beford the writer again met Brotgham. At a large dinner- rarty in London ho saw the man who, according to Lord Eldon, “would have known a litle of ceerything if bo bad kuown s little law,” fushod with wine and looking like s drunken katyr, the centre of & gronp of men—many soung cnough to be Lis grandchildren—entertaining them with obecene jests. At this time the ex-Chancellor waa_very popular with the demi-mouds of London aud Paris. Ho was a will- ing ‘referco in all coscs where bis legal knowledge and early-scquired Labits_of brow- boating plaintif or defendant could uid in keep- ing cages of domestic ecandal from public scruti- ny. T & woalthy young cion of a noble house about to or Teform desired to rid himself of a disgraceful entanglement, * Brougham was the fellow who could manageit.” A disgraced o gould ecok Lis connsol aud aid in sccuring » settlement, and an old roprobate Hindoo conl recover from the grasp of a wily courtesana pricelces dismond, obtnined in & moment of in- fatuation, by the interforonce of the still more wily old lawser.—A. G. Constable, in Harper's Magazine for March. Trichinosts in Michigan. The Port Huron Témes of the 20th says of the ZLudwig femily, now suflering from trichin® in thatcity : * The family have becn in the habit of cating bits of cold, uucooked bam 28 & lunchieon. It 18 suppoeed thoy ate up nearly the whols of & emall bam that was infected, but, not koowirg that it was the source of their trouble, they continued to'cat it even afth they wers teken sick. A kind neighbor came in to aid them after thoy all grew ill, and Mrs, Ludwig gave her the ham, or what wss loft of it, and sha took it home and cooked it, thus destroying the trickin®, . However thers isno doubt that the femily are afilicted with the raal - trichinosis, snd tie question of their final recovery is very doubt- fal.” My. Ludwig, bis wife, acd thres children aro all down withit, and arein a truly distress- We vory THE ARKANSAS CANON. An Excursion Through It on Ice. A Big Freak of Nature---Scenery of Overwhelming Grandeur. Incidents of the Trip---The Misadventuro of a Clerical 274-Pounder, Spectal Correspondence of The Chicags Tribune. Caxox Crx, Col,, Tebruary, 1874 The other day, your correspondent, in com- pany with Gen. E. A. Merritt, late Naval Offcer of tho Port Now York, and tho intimate friond and associate of the lamented Horaco Greeley ; bis brother, a light-welght gentleman, who kicka tle beam at 274 pounds, and who presides over the spiritual welfaro of the Methodist congre- gation at Canon; and anotber man, who bas eriough original deviltry in his composition to balanco all the ministers in Christendom,— crawled, stumbled, and wormed themselves through the Grand Canon of the Arkansas on the ice. - The trip is by no means a1 casy one under the most favorable circumstances, and for years post it Lias been invested, by the old pioneers and others, with _DMAGINARY TERRORS, In ghort, it was declared that no man could ever walk into the canon, and come ont at the other end alive. 1t was eaid that the river tum- bled down frightful procipices; that yawning cavorns and boiling hot-springs stood ready to swallow np the explarer ; that rocks, tilted an end, would come down ot the slightest sound ; and that poisonous gases filled the chasm, and sulfocated man and beast aliko. The immediate effect of theso yarns was to discourage all per- 8008 0f a timorous temperament fromtaking the trip; and, with the exception of awe-struck glances thrown sheepishly down from above,the groat canon vemained unoxplored until about two years ago. The man to dispel thess Utopian dreams, and. 1ay the bowels of the great canon open to tho ‘world, was T, T. B. BRASSEL an engineer in the employ of tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fo Raiiroad. Atthas time, the Company scriously contemplated the project of extending their line up the Arkauess Valley, through the canon, and out to Balt Lako City ; a0d Mr. B. was gont to explore the ronte, and ascertain whother it was within the rango of possibilities to construct a Tosd up the canon. Mr. Braseel arrived, with his party, in February, 1871 ; and the news of hus proposed trip created the most intense excitement in Canon Qity, The old pioneers hoverod around bis camp, looked mysterious, rolled over their tobacco-quids with energy, shook their heads again, turned up the ‘whites of their eyes toward Pike's Peak, and, pointing their ekinny hands to tho canon, ad- Vised himnot to *go in thar” Others im- plored him to make his will and bequeath his scientific aopparatus to the town. A zeslous priest held up a crucifix for him to kiss; and tho superstitious fears of three ignor- sut fellows in the party were 8o worked upon that, at tho last moment, they refused to go, but fled ignominously toward the village. But Brassel was a man not ensily discouraged. If all sccounts wers only one-tenth part true, he cou- sidared the canon well worth seeing; and, shouldoring his compass, and shouting to the remainder of his party, 18 PLUNGED XX, . or, in other words, walked up the riveron the ice; explored both sides of the canon from top to bottom ; went throughit, and roturned the next day with tho information that the canon was not only perfectly sxfe, but that a railroad could be built up through it at aun oxpense not exceeding £50,000 per milo. ‘This report silenced tho superstitious ones ; and, since that timo, ~ trips through the camon havo been quite fre- quent, while no " more serious .accideuts hBavo been sustained than s good ducking now and theo. Wo went provided with broech-loaders, rovoly- ers, and sl the sccoutroments of war, for a band of mountain-sheep had been seen among the rocks, while it was currently reported that boar-gignk wore numerous. Owing to tho rapid- ity of tho current through the canon, the river nover froczes clear acroas, except in spots; but the ico clings to the rocks on_either sido, and affords quite a safe fouudation. = Iu some places, Lowover, tho rocks jut out ovor the wator. Hero {? nover forma, aud the pedestrian is compalled CLIMD UP AND GO ROUND. This is tho toilsomo part of tho expedition, oud bers it is that nerve and pationco are re- uired. ‘We set out in single file. The preacher of 274 pounds avoirdupois took tho lend; the General followed; the man of original sin cov- ered bim; and Tne TRIBUNE correspond- ent, with his customary sagacity and prudence, bronght up the rear. The ditance through tho cavern proper is about 5 miles, and to foot it up and down in twelve hours is count- ed a very heavy day’s work. Tho proper outfit for such & trip 18 & pair of army-shoes, flat-bot- tomed, and spiked with nails; a pole 15 or 20 feet in length; @ good, substantiol lunch; aud a small demijolin, warraoted not to contain Mother Winelow's Soothing Syrup. Our preacher-friend objected somewhat to this part of the pro- gramme, but I am quite sure that I saw the neck of & bottlo protruding out of his cont-tail pocket. A party had precedod us a fow days bofor wo could see their [uotprints plainlyin the sno but the ico Liad thuwed quite rapidly since they ssed, and more thau once onr preacher-friend ?uund it impossiblo to follow their trail. At such times, and whenever hie halted and hesi- tated over somo weak 8pot, the General, the man of origival sin, and myself, always stood at A BAYE DISTANCEIN THE REAR, and shouted ont wordas of encouragement and adyico, Wo told him thst theico was porfectly safo ; that it was no disgrace to break through in'a good cause, anyhow ; that lighter men than ho had often performed the trick ; and always wound np with the advice of the celebrated Mr. Murdstone: Bo_ firm, brave-hearted, and dow’t grow fidgotty ot trifles. Lo be eure, our preacher-friend turned upon us once or twice, and desired those Who were g0 brave to como forward and tnke the lead ; but we paid no_ attention to these little eccentricitics. We righf.l!sjndxod tht, if the ico could support 274 pounds of spiritual flesh, it would support 150 pounds of earthly flesh, and B0 we kept him in the lcad, and egged him on with good-natured jokes. = Whether tho pre- caution was a wise one or not, will be apparent bufore this chapter closes. The Grand Canon of tho Arkansis has been described in newspapers, scientific reports, and by cnthusiastic tourists, so often, that I have not the hardihood to ropest the story. Itisa DIG FREAK OF NATURE, A though, and will comparo very favorably, in poiat of sublimity and- overwhelming grandeur, With- the Yosemite Valley. At evory step oné takes a new viow bursts upan the vision; and all the adjectives of which the Euglish Jangusgo in capabio give ont boforo you bave proceeded sl amile. Imsgine a narrow, tortuona gorge claft throngh the heart of the moantain, with of rock rising up on either side 2,000 feet high, 8nd a river rushicg and surging at the bottom, and you will bave a faint ides of the Arkaneas Canon. The air is_always cool hero; the sun never gats down to these deptha. A few scrubby ines maintain 8 precarious foothold near tho op, but, at the base, vegetation is disheartoned, aud nothing thrives but moss and lichens. springs of pure, cold water leap out hero and there ; and the water, trickling down perpendicu- Iar rocks, is congealed intoa web of icicles. Bwallows have buult their nests, and soar abont the cheem in eddying circles ; whilo, now and then, a filthy buzzard makes his appearance on some crag, nnd hops aboutss if speculating whether or pot you would furnish him with a meal. While toiling up the canon, tho clear, melodious notes of a bird, strongly resembling those of a canary, broke u) our ears ; but the Bougster remamed invisible, and refused to coms out in response to our encores. We set the artistdown as oneof thefabled geniof the place. The rocks areall of tho sandstone formation, but ledges of granite and porphry are ofien scen, s are also well-defined threads of iron and cop- per oro. Argentiferous seams aboand ; and, where the current ‘of the river is suddeniy cnecked, any greenhorn can ghovol up s pan-tull of sand aud show you grains of small, bat Al it 1 gold. The The grains are o pxing;:l! gold-mines of Colorado are situated near the head of the Arkansas, and thess stray pba;ficlu have doubtless washed down from above. After much toil and perspiration we arrived at the deepest and grandest part of the canon, and, to our dirmay, found farther progress apparent- ly blockes. Through a narrow channel, not more than 10 feet wido, tho river beat itself into fosm ; and this was open, Tho jce-bridge that formed a foothold for the other perty had given w:fl; We looked up appealingly to the granito walls, but there was no sympathy from them. The man of original sin ventured out on a thin erast of ice that jutted from the opposite wall, but down went one log plump o the nip, and he retreated. It was of no uso o oncourage the breacher, for lio got up on his dignity, and de- clared that, if all the Aposties should Tango themeelves on yonder clif and command bimto jump that raging canal, be wouldn’t do it. Thero was no help but to retreat, cross the river fower down, chunb around the open spot, and then go on; sod TRIS WAS DONE. Tho reward wes amply sufficieat for the labor incurred. When the point was turned, thers loomed up bofore us a perpendicular wadl 6i solid rock, tho summit of ‘which scomed to be zmong the clouds. Somo eagles have their nests here, but the distance was 10 great that they did ot appesr larger than swallows, Tho large trees at the top looked like bushes, By the aid of agla=s wo could discern & d;ly(my up on the Riddy height waving their handkerchiefs toward us. Weresponded with & volloy; and then tho creature of original sin took tho demijohn, in- verted it, placed tho nozzle to hislips, and pointed the bottom st them. We all did the Eame, to try the effect; and 274 declared that it was superb. At this point the sun, which had gained the western horizon, touched up the grim old rocks, and brooght out the most " delicate tints and colors with etiade, perspective, snd reliof far moro cunning than the pencil of Rembrandt ever achieved. Above, we could look through tho csnom, and see.where it opened into Webster's Park; aud, a5 it was past noon, we clambered upon & huge boulder in the middle of the river, and, with the g‘x}w waters kicking up the spray all around ns, mly DENOLISITED OGR BANDWICHES, and then took the back track for home. Wo bad paszed nearly all the most dangerous and knotty points, and were even congratulating ourselves upon our extraordinary run of goos Iuck, when s slight mishap occurred. It became neccesary to cross the niver for the five-hun- dredth time, on a narrow strip of ice, beneath which the water flowed with incredible velocity. We had croseed tho bridge befors, and_we had faith to believe that we could cross it sgain, Our proacher came to the critical point; ho merked out the spot whera” he = bad placed his foot before; he steadied Limsclf a moment, snd then ho pat his enormoza weight upon the ice, Delusive hope! Thera was a eharp crack, a smothered groan, & plunge 28 if o thousand porpoises Lad submerged themselves at once, and the next second our clerical friend 'was in the water TO IS NEC ur striklog out wildly with both fppers and gasp- ing for breath. Bo strong was the carrent that we feared ho would be swept from bis feet and dashed to piecca on tho rocks belows but tho preachor mado one mighty effort, and graspod & friondly palat of ico; thon ho gave cuo groat heave, such as Samson fetched when Le jorked tho gatos of Gaza, and pullod himzalf out, weigh- ing a hundred pounds mro than when ho weut in. As for the rest of us, we felt our in- significanco sod said pothing; _but tho inforonco fs plain, that, ~ if ever tho Doptist doctrine of total immersion roceived a gilent anathema, it did just et tuat articuler timo from the Lps of Bro. Meritt. 0 #hook himself; ho held up ono leg, and thon the other, to let the water gurgle out of his bootss and then remarking, * Well, boys, I guess it’s time to go home!" Btruck out at & 2:40: ga1t for the mouth of ths canon. It was a nar- row squeak, no mistake,—&0 narrow that, when the ico becamo hard and smooth, THE TumUNE correspondent_ . TOOK THE LEAD, and maintained it all the way baok. plainly to be scen that one preacher would do for: untried places, but was not to bo depended upon. Thare tho ice was émo feo thick and no dsuger shead. =.The trip through the canon isa grand onc in’ many respects; but & man never dosires to maker it moro than once. The impressious rocived’ will lnat a life-time, and a sccond jaunt is apt to- bring only a genso of physical wenriness and dis- comfort. I know of oneman at least who will not make the trip again very soon, and he was not immersed very badly either. R. g Loyoln. The renaissance came, and was for the middlo agea what Chrislisnity was for antiquity,—the beginning of another sge, tho soul of adcther world. From the abyus of Hoaven to the abyss of tho soa. from the abyss of tho Sca to that of conscienco, all was enlightoned and ilumined. Tho human body rose f:0m the breast of crea- tion, and breathed, snd abeorbed 8 now spirit. At this same moment sprang forth twa:partics which were to divide modern_ society,—tho con- servative or reactionary party, which ia repro- eented by Jesuitism, aad tho iberal or progress- ive_parfy, which i8 represented by Masonry. And, indeed, the reformation has all the bistorical nccessorica of our roligions. SE. Froncis of Asslsis its prophot, Savonarols is its Baptist, and Luther ita rovealcr, but Ignatius Loyola is the entiro roaction against this work. Ho was born in Spain, in the country which was soon to macrifice itself for the preservation of Catholic Othodoxy. Ho was born in the Basque province, in the provinco of tho grand detiles aud the trecless plains, at the foot of the Pyre- nees, tho Mountaing of Fire by the an- cionts, near that untamed Cantabrian sea whose ‘Wwaves are coutinaally inviting to marvelous ad- vontures. Ho was the compatriot of the sailor Eleano ; he was the sssociato of Magellan, who first circumpavigated the globo. He was born in the last days of chivairy, and grow up in tho dava of miiern timos— tho end of the fifteenth. century. War w08 his occupation, adventures were the gmployment of hiy youth, Bat in tho war of Navarre, sustained by the Catlilic King, ho was wounded by n bullet. A long linss followed, and after the wonnd and tha iil2es8 8 mirncalons exaltation. atius was a cavalier in war and o cavalier in roligion. Ko fonght for his King ini youth ; he was to fight for his God tho rest of his life. The only lady of his thought was to be the Virgin Mary. Ho was completely possossod by the national modness—Iove of the superhu- man and the miracalons, of all which is beyond the narrow limits of the possible. * Amadis of Gaal” was his favorite resding, snd inspired him no more nor lees than Don Qixote himself. 1o also watches his arms ; ho also swenrs to re- dress all outrages and wrings done to the Cath. olic religion. lteading the pages of tho life of tho cavalier of Guipuzcos, you might imagine you wero reading the pagesof the lif of the cav- alier of La Mancha. Ignatius is also an sscotic. In the cavo of Montseriat, ha gives himsolt up to fasting, to maceration, to penitence, like those carly hormits of Christianity, excited by faith, dispersed in the immonsity of tho doscrt. Thance' ho sttempta to go to' to Holy Laud to imbibe from the fountains of Christisnity s faith like thatof the crusaders. Ho returns from this journey to Montserrat to surrender himself anew to pensnces. But he needs not only prayers and _mortifications to_prepare for battle, but ideas as well. How can he fight the battle of ideas, kooniog nothing? Ho betakes himsolf to study in Alcala, from Alealn to Salamanca, from Salsman~ ca to Paris, the universities whioh contained all the ecience of that time. In Paris he gathers about him varions friends, who are to bo horo~ aftor a8 famous as himselt —Xavicr, Saleron,— and with them he founds on Montmariro, at the base of the fonntain, which is runnung still, after communion famous £o all {ime, the new relig- ious society. From Paris, Ignatins and his as- sociates g0 to Vonice, to take purt in & crusade sgainst the Turks. From Venice, presching in 8 8ort of lingua Franca, composod of Spanisb, French, and Italian, Lo goes to Rome, where the Pope confirms hix statutes, and whers arisea the most famous and most powerful, the most fervid of all religious orders—the Ozder of the Jesuits. —Emilio Castelar. Disraeli. Disrseli hashad a rather severs trial of & per- sonal kind. Yesterdsy he met s large number of the squires and farmers of his beloved Buck~ ingharoshire at & dinner; but whan ho was about to make his speech the crowd cutside, which as- sembled with the hops that ho would spesk from the hotel window to them, discovered with wrath that ho waa talking to tho insiders, and they vented their disappointment by raising such & row and noise, with the sasistance of seve: bells and & barrel-organ, meanwhile showerin peas in at the window, that the Tory leader's Yoico was entirely drowned,—all of which, says tho local reporter, had the offect of discon- corting Mr. Disracli to a dogree not observed on any oceasion for years past.—Letler from En~ gland. An Elderly Geatleman, Ahmed, sn old gentlemap living at Trebizond, A O el 133tk year. Ho in & native of Zerrazond, and seema likely tocontinue Tiving there iucetnitely, for he enjoyn excellent Tealths aud spirits, though he has long gurvived 21 iia relations,—a fact, says tho Pall Mall Ga- sette, which porhsps accounta in gome measure for e yhthesrtedncss. Ho has from 1's youth It was: | uptwards been s strong sdvocate of bodily exers cise 83 & prescrvative of health, and until coits Iately hag cen in the habit of taking long *“con= stitutionals * daily, ed is not the only in- gianco of langeviy 8¢ Trebizond, Another old ied in the nam; bad reachied his 15th year, St yte T1H= BUDDING ORATORS. Special Distateh to The Chicago Tribune. GALEsnCTO, LU, Fob. 27— At the collogo cone test this evoning the first prizo was awaided ta T. Edward Egbert, of Chicago; the second rizo to Georzo T. Foster, of Baloit, Win. Ax mmenso audienco was ‘out, and overything passed off to the entiro satisfaction of the man. agement. The schoma of collego contests hag bsen succossfally issugurated by tho oyent of to-night. An sssociation wns formed to.day which will contiaue the contests. Tho place ot bolding the next contest will be decided in con~ veution to-morrow. et ROCK ISLAND CITY POLITICS, Special Dispatch to The Chicaqo Tribune, Rocr 15r4xD, 1L, Feb. 27.—Tho Liboral pacty of thiscity to-njght nominated Bailey Davea. port, the prosent incumbent, for Mayor. Theit candidatos for Aldermon wore selected issl night. The Republicans fo-night nominated Aldormon, and hold their City Convention tos morrow. 'Tho olection tak:s place next Mondag. i3 REMOVAL, I 1L WILIARTH & BR, DEALERS IN HAS FIXTURES, (Recoutly in the Charch of the Mosatab, ) Have Removed to 191 & 193 State-st., Adjoining the Palmer Houss, ‘WE HAVE THE LARGEST, Snestand most complote atock of Gas Fixtures and Bronze Goods IV THE WEST. ‘We ars the sole agonts of MITCILELL, VANCE & CO., of Naw York, for tho sale of thcir unrivaled GAS FIX< TURES, whoso new desizus sarpass in beanty sad exe quisite workmanship thoss of any Gas Fistures msauiacs tared ta the world. The magnificent goads farnished to tho GRAND PACIFIO HOTEL and to the PALMER HIOUSE, glro samo idoa of thelr oxcellenco and wariod estgn. Buyers of Gas Fixtures will find fn our salesrcomg BETTER GOODS and at lower pricos than elsewhors, Call, beforo purchastng, st WILMARTES?, 191 £193 Stataat.. Chicago. ndjalning the Palmor Hou JEWELRY. R.J. MORSE & (0., JEWELERS, DIANOND MERCHANTS, ~ WATUH-MARERS, ‘Will open, for the month of March, witi & large and assorted stock of the flnest goods ever offered in this market, at prices thu# ‘will dofy competition. Cormer of Clark and Lake-sis, BATHS, A ] TOIE atha ror Lindies and e Gentlemen. ueat ghecauntry, Grand Paclta 3 W Hirs, Dr. Sowernwill bo 13 atienda ance for [adles from 10 a. DR. G. C. SOMERS, Prop’ Stould romembei that the flnsst Ladies' Hale _ and-Shamponing Paslors 1a the West hava fast bees opote omo block scath of Palmer Houre, at No, 2H Stale-ste N1 A larza lino_of Switches, whalenals and retail. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. NATIONAL LINE NOTICE~This Company takes the risk of fasurznca (ap. 10 81i0,Cwin gold) on each of ita steamers, thua givin pussengers tha bost powible guaranies for cals sad e e Eas always been adaried K route d St o R T o Py Nos. 4€ and 47, North Jiver s No S Groece... Mazoh 2 a Cabin Passage, ST0, Steeranc, 828 Currenc Retarn tickota at reducod rates. Passencens booked ta 50, nnd SO0 Currencys Yo of from Gormaz and Scandinavian polata &t fow rateds The Staxmships of this lino aro the largost in tho trade. Drafia oa Great Britaia, Ireland, and the Contizeat, at Northeact corner Clark and Randolph.ts. Bhorman House), Chicago. WILLIAM Genoral Western Acont. CUNARD MAIL LINE. ESTABLISEBED 1840. Steam Between New York, Boston, Liverpool, Quecnstown. (Hhasgow. Tondon and ail British Points, From New York every Wednesday. From Boston every Saturday. Pansuge, 30, 5160 td. o e ies o e g Toasen: ol Steerage Passage, §31 currency. Pansrugar sud frelght booked 0 and fram all parts of Europo at lowsst thicds Blght Draftaon Great Britain and frel BB DU VELNET, Ge: NoW.cor, Clack: “Lirorzdol Ratas low as any firstclais lne. Draita: Great Hriwin and. h{’r:‘lzgd Trom £ epwasde, ofen ALFIED LAGERGREN, Axent NEW YORK TO CARDIFF, o South Walos Atlantic Siramshiy Gompany’s New iy Lallponeras Chdsal Stcamrive v sall from Bennrylvanis Rallzoad Wha:t, Jersey Gi TGLANGROA. | PEMBROKE, ELT, - scengon at thguoch raton froc A o A et Chnads o pori 1o e of the U | Channel, and all other polnt In Knxland., ey bl 9xpeonely for tho {r=da, ara pro= vided with ali the latest {mprovemonta for tae coinfartaad convemence of ""GABIN AND BTEERAGE PASS) Emit toaraxs.. Porfeiser pericatics, giply In Cardid, oz Com: ot Dock Chamiiers: and s How P O PR A LD BAKTER b G- Agete, No. 11 froadmay. GUION LINE. FIBST-CLABS EO—N-STEAMSEEPS, Between NEW YORK and LIVERPCOL, calling at Queonstown, Carrying the United States Mail,' - BAFETY AND COMFORT. 5™ Passeugers bookod to sad froms the principsl Se Daibani Lation of Crsdls Iacuot on lesding Baaks aad Bankera throughont Earupo. HENRY GREEENEBAUM & CO., FIFTE-AV. ANCHOR LINE Twios & week from New York toall pacts of Great Brite ato, Treland vod Coatlacaial Earope. Oagct fron 3651 Bitriaar from 830, U, 8. carrvacy. _ Sigt dratle This Line witl run thres times & week ] A Ay W Compiays Oficem, N, B oir. TadiZaats: 74 aad RIS mOTHERS, .