Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 3, 1874, Page 10

~ 10 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1874. JONES. The New Nevada Senator-—-Els Figit for That Position. A Deseription of tho Man-—Nis Views on Va- rions Independent Quostions. Hard Money---Government Steel-Tracks -=-An International Clearing-~ House. ¥ore Compact Settlement of the Country ==-An Absolute Free-Trader. From Our Oun Correspondent. WASIINGTON, April 27, 1874, There are but fow men in the highest ranks of publio life who can bo sbsolutely independent. Thera is & conspiracy in Nature and Society to tie strong men faat, aa the Liliputs took down the Giant and covered him with manifold tiny cords. It isashardtobes bachelorasfobes complete mental and moral entity, and, while there aro some persons who sffect to be un- trammeled, the very self-ssertion beirays & hidden dependence upon the opinion of others. The family, the frend, the community, some tradition, some egotism, some need of sympa- thy, the patriotio impulss, the party caucus, one's nowspaper, or his church, get io, more or less, upon the statesman. The most indepond- eot man ought to be the richest, and I had heard that Jones, of Nevada, was both rich and independent. : A VISIT TO MONTE CHRISTO. S0, one night, at the invitation of & friend of pur Senator, I dropped into his quarters, and was struck with the change brought aboutin that squae, roomy, modern brick house, where Btantorf lived amongst hia children, and died & rather lonely death,—the death of atoo indé- pendent man. He died somewhat like the cap- tive in the Iron Mask, and, when Death and ho mat, they must have had some common fraits. Next, Bristed took the house, the son of an Englishman who married a daughter of the great old John J. Astor, and grew up a kind of Datch John Bull American. Underneath his character was a love of the United States and of the people in it. On the top of this were the affectatiohs of a rich English Commoner, with s little of the vulgarism of richos, compounded with a keen literary temperament. Botween the two were sandwiched quaint Dutch traits. There were too many sides to the man to make him recognizable, even fo himself; and, with sn original, earnest nature, ha did little more than enjoy himself and write Tracts on Good Tasto sod International Copyright. There he died, a good and earnest citizea of Waslington, al- though a fresh one. After so much absolate power as Stanton, snd eo mach wealth and quaintness as Astor's grandson, the house i8 now come to be Jones' Club. Entering, one finds & brosd hall and stairway, the former stopped ghort by the dining-room. To the right is a long, agreeable parlor. To the left is the little office formerly containing Bris~ led’s books, but at present ouly a few choice volumes of the new t2nant,—for he merely rents the house, furnished, with the horses, servants, plate, bedding, and all,—andsome documents. In the refectoy there is breakfast daily between 10 and 11 o'clock, and dinner between 6 and 7 o'clock, genarally attended by half-a-dozen or & dozen agreesble people of Senator Jones' coterie. The dinners are good, 23 [ koow; but, being in pursnit_of the most independent man of his period, X took an _early opportunity 10 oxchange Views with the the Lost on the questions of the day. ” 'HIS SENATORIAL FIGHT. It was wnnecessary to_havo taken this course, for I already possessed his cardinal opinions 1n 1ho much-berated speech which bo made befora the Joint Corvention of the Nevads Legisla- ture st Camson City, Jan., 23, 1813, Thet specch was attacked by the San Francisco Chromicle, the New York Sun, and other papers, a8 an unblushing zdmission that the election had been corrupted. If it was so, the Legislatnre must have been unblushing, since it ordered 2,500 ~opies of the speech, after Laving elected Jones by 37 votesto 11 in the House, snd 16 t0 8 in the Senate; his compet- itor being one of the richest men in this conn~ try,~none other than William £naron, the Ne- vads Agent of the Dank of California, who was supported by the Central Pacific Railrosd. CRASSUS AND POMPEY. Probably no two men of equal wealth ever competed for the Umted States Senate, Had Stepben Girard £nd his commercial rival, Ridge- way, run agsinst each other, fifty years ago, the stakes wonld bave been smaller; but we have o many rich men st present that it is 2 wonder how 80 few of them ever approach the possibility of being Sennforial candidates. In '»_popular country, mers riches, as enerally manage: repol their possessor £ office; and it wonld be hard to conceive of & Legislature which would send Vanderbilt, Astor, or Stewart, to Washington, A great deal of gold goes a very little wayina Btato ; and to have beaten Bharon required that Jones' should bave possessed both popularity and_impressive qualities sufiicient to override the impautation that he wanted honor to adorn money. The charge bronght sgainst Jones was gen- erally of another kind. He said, in the speech noted sbove: * Unfriendly tongues have been ‘busy in construing my Bseeches 28 the crafty springes of an ambitious demagogue who fawns upon the people for their favor, and repays their trust with wanton violation of his promises.” The fight in Mevada was between tho Tich- borne claiment, in Jones, and the Tichborne hoirs, ropresentéd by Sharon. The former was almost an adventitious char- ncter. He had always been s declaimer and a man of affairs, who preferred the pureuit of palar influence to money. Defested s & can- idate for Lieutenant-Governor in California, lie suspended his smbition, crossed over into the rich, argentifercus mining region of Nevada, and was *‘staked” by his friend Hayward, who had meantime antsgonized the Central Pacific Y Rayward's ropulsions wera_shared’ by Jones, though be never quite coincided with Hayward’s plan of battie. The miniog venture proved s Tan bora to luck. As every month the mine responded to the rpick, the besten polilician be- came a man of even more mark than Alr. Sharon, who controfled the mills winch erusbied tbe ore, and had the management of the raiiroad which dispatchod the product to the market. THE LONG STRIEE. An_ inevitable contest arose between the mo- nopolies of the Pacific Coast and the peopls who felt their oppression. Sharun and ail the Cen- tral Pacific people being Republicans, like Jones, the party in Nevads was threatened with he Jogs of 1ts Tevenues, such 88 run impecu- nions newepapers, pay for braas bands, pay for stump speakers, engage trains of cars to expedite voters ou their way to the polls, and such other matters, It was Sharon and his friends who always eottied such bills. Bat, when Jones Joomed up as a candidste, the party-managers, who preferred him, snid : The Democrats will best us if we do not nse all our former appiiances, and we caznot get the money from tho Central Pacifie people.” Jomes replied that he would ‘settle the bills ‘personally. As the contest progressed, and it was palpable that Jones would beat, because he and Negton Booth had gone through the counties together, making speechies and arousing resistance to the railrond institutior, the Sharon DeWSpapers be- B0 to cry: *Purchase! Bale! Money! Theso charges being copicd in the East, where neither Jones, nor Sharon, nor the situs. tion, was known, the fervid candidate met them boldly before the Legislature. JONES TAKES THE BULL BY THE HORNS. In this unlucky sontence lies the seed of all the rumor. ‘*Money," said Jones, bluntly, “was used, it i8 true; but generally, so far as I *know, by Senatorial Committees, legitimately, in the interost of the Republican’ party, and in presenting clearly to ail the true issnes 1nvolved - in the campaign. They who inveigh against th’fiu} expenditure of this character eimply ecry the inevitable, and incur moro than sas- picion of their candor and intelligence. In the present_instance, the cuicry emanates from thoes who invested their money in political ven- ture and encountered defeat, and are now mis- taking the pangs of disappointed hopes and ambition for mfim a}n&finna. “Comp_mz‘n is 0 necessary corollary @ use of money. . Bethen amplified the above, ask have ex- 1 | plained it, by showing that the Central Pacifi magnates, to defeat bhis election, had turned their usual sources of campaign-supnlies over to the Democrats. and promoted discord in the or- ganization. He thenadded: *‘It isa'notable and noticeable fact that it is not charged that any of the money said to have used was furnished by either men or corporations who now ask, or are likely to ask, special legislation or favorsat tho bandsof the National Con- press.” - NIS ESTIMATE OF HIS DUIY. Jones came to the Senate with more Senatorial parposes than nine-tenths of the men whoreach tho place. Hoe said: *The position to which vou havo elevated mo is one of grave responsi- bility, and of almost perilons exalteduesa. The great men of the nation have woven around it & spell of genias. It is like an Olympus,- It is & sacred theatre of the gods, I discard the myth, and approach it as a place where honest parpose, common sense, unflinching courage, and average abilities, will bo crowned with a just dagreo of success.” He then announced that his passion had al- ways been the maintenance of popular rights agninst usurped and unjust suthority; and the burst-of carnest language in which he described that immemarial contest probably had its incon- tive in the intense antagonisin botween the rail- road and mining iuterests of Nevada. Then, addressing himself to the latter topic, ho de- cisimed against the money-powar, and made the following pledges: HiS PLATPORY OF PRINCIPLES, *“No more subsidies in land or monoy. Taxation forno purpose but protection for porson and property. Government possession of tho rail- sonds. Universal ampesty.” Then comes the following, which took me to the presence of Mr, Jones : *‘Ab a Benstor of tho nation, I will not vote for the appropriation of a dollar out of the Pub- Tic Treasury except for the maintenance of pub- lic faith and gredit, and for purely governmeatal purposes, and the Attainment of the objects for which this nation was created. I will not vote for a subsidy of men, money, bonds, or credit to cither individuals or corporations. I will not votefor any hot-bed scheme for the develop- ment of our Tesources, because 1 believe such & development to be more suthentic when made solely by private enterprise, under the all-guficient stimulus of private in- terest ; and I farther beliove that such proposi- tions are not generaily made for the public gaod, but in the interest of public plunderers. 1 will zote for a reduction of the lariff on all arlicles now subject fo its provisions, until it shall reach the lowest possible point ' consistent with_the public credit; and I believe that the immediate Teduction thercof would iucrease’ rather than diminish the public rovenues.” EXPECTATION. 8o we have an absolute Free-Trader in the Sepate. We bave s man thers with a positive ersonal platform. Ho has convictions, and Eows bow io ipross tliosa. Ela' 18 at tas threshold of his long six yoars of service, and can get time to amplify, organize, co-operate, and accomplish what ho wants. If he will show 28 much tenacity of purpose as in more matarial fields, and meet with his past good luck, the ap- proaching Centonnial of Independencs will sso the subsidy party, under whatever name,—De- velopment, or Protection,—on the run. I will now give the fruits of a couversation with Senator Jones on snbjects pertinent to the mines, railways, and carredey : DESCRIPTION. Conceive for Ar, Jones s largish, well-fed man, of plain attire, taking to brown or dark- gray colors, without jewelry or allectation, lead- ing a life in chambers, like the bachelor of the Albany. . His speech is full, with s harmony, suggestive- Dess, and tomperament, which respond to dis- cussion, advance with it, and illuminate himself Dby the new mental coalitions which produco the spark of thought and enterprige. Almost redun- dant, strong, Jucid, humorous, consivial, abun- dant in anecdote and illustration, and with that rushing snirit which enticipates the endof & book and puts it aside sfter passing the ridge of the argument, he makes one foar that 'he may exhaust, not his contents, but his inten- tions, like some improvisator who composes 8o well without forethougnt that his works make 1o monument. How much of talent is tempera- ment! And in this country it is wasted with a lavishness very rare smongst Northera racss, Here was a man with the fervor of Garibaldi, the luck of Monta Christo, the hard Wolsh gense of Henry Morgan, thevolatility of Dickens. His read ing was quaint as the newest tasts, from Julius Verne to Stuart Mill. Things contemporary pleased him most, because ha_presumed thoy 1n- volved things old as well. His theology was nihil, or the nearest nikil I have found ; yet his faith in the perfection of things, and baliaf in the accountability of man to himself and his period, and in the smoothness of aftairs if di- Vezted of their illusions and suporfluous gear, were earnest. Respect for the hemmi)lxem, and the race of peoplo upon it, was his loyalty and religion. There are more such men in public life, but none quits 8o untrammeled. FACE. His face is like a Dutch portrait in the style of Rembrandt’s mellowost, with American eyes in it. The cheoks sre bright red with the.color of carrant-clastors, seeming to oxpose a juicy red life in the blood, and for the rest sre open-air brown,—thewholo s littio voluptuous in contonr, but lengthened out with & beard of rich Vandyke brown, where the thread or two of gray han, like the morning cobwob on the redthorn bush. The eyes are hazel, carrying all expressage, i undated with humor, clear 28 precision, shining with the light of feoling, oxpanding with the glow of address. The hair tarries, eatisfied that Sometime it must let the oils of precious epike- nard evaporate, but 8s yet they give it huo. A tnfle chufly in the body, 88 if he bossed all jobs with the knees, the belly, the eyes, aud the elbows, ballooing to lis workmon menantime, 3::\'1 too strong to be always elegant,—this was ones. OPPORTUNITY. Had he not made tho spoech of tho session, his money would have made him a more good natured object at the Capital. Sinco that time s feeling has grown up that Lo requires only to be earneet and inetant in season to make a Sona~ torial record of more advantsge to the country than nis financial personality. Rich men in America are mora apt to havo chums than suck~ ars around them, us Princo Hal took such poor care of his tatterdemalions that they bad to Tob on God's Hil. Rich men of power and usefulness suffer mors from chums than suckers. They dissipate great opportunities, seldom enjoyed by humankind, to spoak unsclfisbly and like the devotees of idess, But uo man like Jones ia rich. Tho earth which opened its veins to give him opportunity may t0-morro, in its exhausted lodes, ro-intor him, like his aquaintance and colleague, Stewart, who will retire from public life without contest next year to recuperate his private fortune. Stewart hag the reputation and oxpanses of s rich man, and is on the declivity toward poverty. BOOTH AND JONES. The first question Iasked of Mr. Jonesre- ferred to his relations with Nowton Booth, whom I bad presamed to bo tho pioneer in the move- ment of resstanceta tho railway-monopoly of lh;‘caut. % appeared upon inquiry that, while a feeling of friendship and N!mun{x’on oxigted bulwnng these two men, they were abreast of each othor, instead of being in line, on tho railway- problem. Booth, with deep scholastic feel- ings, sud shy, intonse nature, approached tho ' railwayv-monopoly from reflection, and, aftor adopting s policy of resistance, ceasod ro. Intions altogether with President Btandford. Jones, who never ceased personal relations, found, from a material standpoint, that the Cen- tral Pacific interest wanted to dovour the profits of every private operation ; and his friend and partner, Hayward, andertook to set up & rival Tuilway. The proposition was to encourage the Atlantic & Pacutic Raitroad to advance {rom the border of the Indian Territory across tho Plains by a liberal subsidy from BSan Frsncisco. Jones opposed this. He said to Hayward: *I Davo no faith in thia thing. The Company is embarrassed. The work will be of enormons cost. If it can be accomplished, the Contral Pacific will csptureit. You may put a million in itif you like, and,if you lose it, I will help “stake * you again. But none for me," Nor could Mr. Jones agree with Gov. Booth. When they began to stump Novada togother, and Booth, with acarefuliy-prepared speech, 'pro- pounded his plan for a legislative supervision of the railways, Jones eaid: ‘I cannot advocsto that aa a busincss-proposition, 1f the Eailway Compavy itself cannot_discriminate as to tolis without frequent mistakes, and cannot prepare ita schedules from point o point without con- stant_changes of freight-charges, bow can a Legislawre? Buch & cast-iron plan will, in the end, be our hnmiliation. It will not work.” Jones then eliminated the plan of free rail- roads, of which he is now an “sdvocate, seeking Light at all points on the subject. A GOVERNMENT ROAD-BED. He belioves that the Tranecontmental trunk- lines should bacome Governmont road-beds, like the old National Road, on which individuals and transportation companies_may pat the cars and ebgines; nad that West Poiut engineers should become 'Division Superintendents of such rosds to regulate speed. *“Do you think,” says Jones, “that s United States Congress, fifty years ago, woild have first built a XNational Road at its own ex- pense, and then bave given some one company the exclusive right to put the teams &nd cosches onit? The caseis the same with iron highwg: BAW. Government abould rearganize road-bed, and grade the tollseo as to lay away & sinking fund for the restoration of the rails in steel. Four per cent should be the figure of profit to expect; and the angmenting traffic, nn- der the influence of competition, will, at_this rate, pay for the road-beds without the direct outlay of s single cent by the Government. Mr, Jones said that no business problem of equal ease had over been afforded to & practical Governmont. Transportstion companies sl ready ran over existing tracks, eoligiting freight for themselves; and tho business on the prin- ciplo he advocated was thoroughly understood, and would be pushed fo_such perfection by the Americans, that we should look back in wonder that wo ever gave great belts of product and population up to a handful of capitalists. Benator Jones further slloged that for 18 cents ho ought to ba able to ship ors or bullion from Virginia City to New York; and that tho prescnt rates of freight from the Missouri River to the seaboard were sufficient, under his system, to double the track from the Missouri to the Pacific in a com- paratively amall term of yoars. He said that, with tho Govornmeat possessing merely the road-bed, no centralization, but rather decen- tralization, would ensue, and every road ab- sorbed wonld lesson the number and power in tho railrosd lobby. The highway would be freo, and tha transporting corporation would acquire no advantage by besieging Congress, -1t wae his opinion that the railways in goneral were the victims, with ourselves, of the present system ; and that the Central Pacifio would become bankrupt, and burst Lke the frog in the fable, by seeking to oxtond itself to unprofitable points oo borrowedmonay These Companies wero meroly oboying & partial law of their development, and roducing the work of the peoplo by the time it should bs necessary to possess them. Ho thought that the only probable new line to the Pacificin our dsy might be an extention of the Kansas Pacitc Railway from Denver westward. OUR FORCED DEVELOPMENT. . * The fact is,” said Senator Jones, ** that there is no good to be derived from this spasmodic settlemont of our country in bare spots, drag- ging up to thom railways and convea- lences af onmormous expeuse. Botter for men to sottle in llinoia or Iows, where all sach conveniences exist, than to force tho growth of the country in hills of beans, of sudden, fiatulent, and perishable growth. Tho development of the interior, so much vaunted, means that I ehall go forward sud_grasp evérything, and you como afcer aud buy m6 out at my valuation.’ . Ho ndded that the gross superstitions provail- ing on subjects like the currency woro begotten of this unequal development, which fostered a factious spirit of soctionalism. Asked about the future of Nevada, he said the troublo there was, that every blow of the pick loft a scar, and not & home. _ Poor men made = mistake in mov- ingto the Pacific Coast, whero the drift of things was against them. That region required capital to dovelop it; sud tho country weat of the Rocky Mountains must be colonized, not from thoe East, but from the Pacific side. CHINESE DOIGRATION. Carions to know Low & man of such liberal views wonld face the test quostion of Chinese immigration, I ekod for Senatar Jones' views thereabout. Ho said that it was not a question of Liberal theory at all. It was a question peoa- liar to tho Pacific Coast, and 2s important to the Christian races aod civilization there as tho issue of tho landiug of African slaves in Virginiain the carly'part of the seventeenth centary. The Mongol and European were liko w0 rivers which roso sida by side and nover mingled. It was diflicult to conceivo that the species was the samo, Cruel, liceutious, dishonest from childhood, and liars by obligation, the Chinose possessed none of tho lastic traits' of the adaptablo negro. They knew not the true menning of the word homo, wife. or mercy. Mr. Jones instanced this by say- -ing that, on cne occasion, ho wanted to dine witl somebody, and concluded to have scmo of the superior class of Chinese merchants. Amongst them wa8 —— —— (the Chinsman who ad- dressed your Bostd of Trade in Chicago), This person talked blandly about America, its free- dor, institations, coniforts, ete., ns far superior 0 dmm of China. To undrape Lim, the host said : “Sin Lung (?), you beliavs, I presums, as we do, that henesty is necessary 88 an 1ncaleation merely, to keep the more ignorant people from spoiling property. But you don't think, ass ae;l pFrincxple of sction,” it amoums to any- ng Sin Lung cordially assented that thers was nothing whatover in it. To face s problem Lise Chinese importation on the vast scale of Coolie- ism, Jones thought s willful in our day as to ac- copt Africanimportaticn again, kuowing tha pen- altios. He was compe.led to take this view from kunowledge of all the facts,—umongst others, that of the proponsity of the unscrupulous mo- nopolists on tho Coast to get rid of sentiont hu- manity altogether, and deal only with mules and Chinese. JONES OS5 CURRENCY. Ihave not that detinite Lnowledgs of Mr. Jones' opinions_to ascribe thom to lum in the first person, and 1t is unfair to take advantage of & public man in that way, who can with such readinesa express himself.” Bat the following is my best remembrance of his financial views 3 Ho thinks Mr. Chase to bave boen & tyro in banking and finance, and responsible for the system of National Banks which is everywhere mutually sensitive, and, from Toxas to Maino, responds to attack or inquiry,—coming forward to the relfef of inflation, discounting according to its political intereats, and rallying impertinent- Iy about election-timos. He told me to look into the fact, forgotten in the lapso of time, that Chase proposed & fractional currency, whorcof 35 cents should pass for 25 in silver, 70 for 53, and 8o forth. MMr. Jones once said toa New York banker: ““Why did you let Chase force his grecnbacks upon you ? Why didn't you keep down to gold and silver, wheo you had 8o much of it, iberally produced and resdy for your bonds, so that, without raising prices, yoit conld have come view torious out of victory, with habits, which are the Tosult of prices, unchanged 7" ‘The banker told him that Chase compelled the adoption of the system, and that, in the presenco of the war-power, capital w8 compelled to bo subservient. Mr. Jones thinks that 2fcColloch was the financial Roundhead of the War, though ho does not know whether the morals of the Treasury at that period were not past corrocting. Mo thinks that & gold note, recured by specie, ia the proper currency; and that men possossed of specie, wha chooso to do banking, should be freo as everywhere. Tho country has a harder task bofore it than mauy suppose, to get back to tho dividing ridge between convertible and incon-~ vertible paper. But that work should bo cour- ageously commenced, no matter what the iticon- venienco. Inevitablo demoralization was the prico of & cheating currency. If the Government repudiated its notes, how conld it call a citizen who preyed npon it a thief ? JONES ON INFLUENCE. Caxl Schurz Mr. Jones admired, although he 8aid that Schurz's qualities scemed to him those of s journalist; and, while he made everything sound, interesting, and perspicuous, there was & German propensity in him to let the.horses of Liberalism go farther than ho, Jones, would. We must ndvance, sud be charitable; keop our object in view, but understand swhy othors had got astray; and, it possible, never let the con- fliots of public lifo disturb our personal rela~ tions, which wero all wo had to begin npon to make a convert. Mr. Jones had known that Mr. Hayward, his friond, lost about 2100,000 in_endoavoring to establish the San Francisco Times. Ho bad algo found it necessary to taka some stock in & paper already established, snd for this purpose selected a quiet paper which reached tho popu- Jace, s-nlhenng up tho stock 8 opportunits pro- sented. No sooner did he begm thia when he was agasiled by ono of the lewiathansof tho Coast, and his acqeaintance, Cassorly, undertook to promise that he hnd committed 2o such sin against mankind. Jones met tho subject with- ont evasivn. “ This light of civilization that you say you sre burning for the bencfit of man, I want to belp you in. Every taper helps. If you are doing good, I want ‘to do somo more.” If yon want to throw mud, come on !” AN INTERNATIONAL CLEARING-HOUSE. The ides which I extracted from Mr. Jones, of ‘most suggestiveness, was his prognostication on excbange, He eaid that there was no reason to believe that gold snd silver would not be found in rolia- ble qusntities over the wholo Western ares of North Americs, from Colorado to the Cosst. It became us and the world the moro to Equare our cwredncy with our product, and mako ready to Ls the spostle of Europe and Asiaina sound finamed ssstem, basedupon * the advancing sciencoof oxchange.” ere was 8 time when a Cleariug-Honse was a novelty; now they wero oversoreading the coun- try like the common schools, each city of mone. tary sottlementa having its Clearing-Honse: and Destiny and Nature had appointed the -City of New York for an Inter national Clearing-House, midway between Ea- rope and Asiz. When this time arrived, the bull- ion wonld no: require transportation from the country which produced the bulk of it, but here balances would be kept between the marchants of the East, znd an infinite number of exchanges would be made upon a limited amount, as & few chessmen moved to and fro could repre- sent infinite combinations, Mr. Jones beliaved that the United Biates, in A ouzengy aain trade; ouchs t0 be_the most eral of all the nations of civilization, to have the confidonce fof all, and prescutly lead all in banking and exportation. BUBSIDY AND DIGNITY. As to subsidies of any kind, Senztor Jones re- pudiated thiem ss devicos vulgar, medieval, and lishonest. The French steamers were abandoned ontho soa with all their subsidy, and picked up adrift by British commercial companies ‘ going 1t alono.” The Collins Line had led in tho losson twenty years ago. The Pacific Mail was the vietim, and not, tho hero, of its subsidy. The Cunard Line was the pauper of the sea, struggling for independenco, and well aware tha now was the accepted time, and the day of it6 salvation. All subsidy, no matter what the protext, was emasculatory. The doctrine of Protection was the curse of fho United States, promoting vagary, peculation, and ignorance, and baving its own vast subsidy-liat, sa it was subsidised at the summit. Nothinz in America required protection ; and, if it did, oational almsgiving was debauchery to the whole leavon. To be paid to compete was mot the genius of competition. But 85 to the Federal State, and the officers essential to it, they should Lo filled by the noblest character, aud compensated to that lib- eral dogreo that no man not & professional dom- agogue need over discuss tho rate of compenss- tion, What was tho State's should be sternly ita own, by prerogativo and afirmation, so that the peoplo shall not be torn asunder by profeasionsal fault-finding, nor forover livo on terms of soarl with the man they have elected. As to the political issues of the year 1876, Mr. Jones was _unable to rasist the conclusion that thers would bo & revoluuon. Thero was rausio in tho air. Garm, e S ART IN PARIS, The Louvre. Tt may be taken for granted tha® most Ameri- cang look forward to s European trip asa menos of incrensing their knowledge of Art. But, on arriving in Puis, fresh from the New World, tho multiplicity of objects claiming their atontion under that head dstracts and confuses thom. TFor the first time in his life, the average American, in his study of the beautiful, finds himself embarrassed by wealth rather than by poverty. Among the host of museums and monuments which the guide-books will lay before um, and which it would require—so it secmg—years to explors, which ghall he alect to visit, and which, in view of his limited sojourn, will best repay him for the timo expended ? In answering this ques- tion, it is bost to rocall that Paris is the seat of one of the great galleries of the world; the traveler will know mors of painting and of sculptura than he ¢an learn anywhere elso thig side of Italy, if ho will make familiar acquaint- ance with THE LODYRE. But the Louvro is & werld ip itself, It is not £0 much & museum or & gallery as it is & sories of musecums and galletics. If one attempts, as 80 many travelers do, fo go throuzh it syste- matically from begianivg to end, in s limited period of time, the result is vanity and vexation of spirit. When one hes passed through the Musenms of Greok, of Roman, of Egyptian Antignities; of Ancient aund of Modern Scnlpture; of Drcnzes, of Pottery, of Jewels, and of Eogravings: through the gal- Ienies respectively of Early French, Later Fronch, and Modern Fronch Painting ; thronch the Square Room, sud the Long Gallery, 2nd o dozen more mususms and gallaries besides,—tho utterly oxhansted eight-scer facls that -Art 18 long and Life is short. His eves are dim with BAazID: his neck aches, and his #pinal column 15 paralyzed from aconized ingpection of ceilings and overy other conceivable place where pictures ought not to ba; and this is not the worst. Tho worst is, that, after all this misery. the retina refuses to retain more than a blurred imaga of the marvels it has seon; the memory struggles hopelossly with vain and indistinet conceptiins. But, in explonng the Louvre, thera is a moro excellent way. It is belter to select fromi:s in- finity of treasures a cortain number of the most romarkable and memorable works. After thor~ ough and intelligent atudy of theae, one will carry away definite and beautifal pictures in his momory ; and he will bave acquired, also, a cer- tain standerd for faturo judgment, which will greatly enhanco his ploasure in the German and talian gallorios. Tirst of all, THE BLILDING ITSELF is worth some littlo study, and a moment or two of mentimental musing. Situsted, as itis, in the heart of Paris, how hard is it to conceive that, in tho days of the old Do-Nothing Kings, this was a bunting-seat surrounded by deaso woods. , Looking out from its porthern win- dowa upon the fashionably-dressed throngs of the Ruo do Tivoli, how strange to thivk that the wild boar was onco chased where now run the sephaltum-paved strects and tho glittering =reades; that the old terror of ¥rance, the wolf, has left his neme upon this temple of the Arts in what now claims to bo tho centre of civilization. The Old Louvre s & continuous range of buildings in the form of & paifect squere, with o fine gardon in the contro. Of thid tho western side is the oldest, and dates back six centuries; tho eastorn and southern sides, by far the wost imposiaz of the whole building, reflect honor and credit on the distinguished French physician _snd archi- tect, Ciaude Perrault, wko built them in the reizn of Louis XIV. Opposice the rich Corinthian columns and fine pilasters of tho castern froot, stands tho old Churchof St. Germain, whenco pealed the signal-bell for the massacre of St. Bartholomaw. The New Louvre iathe continuation of theold, wuniting it with the irregular parallelogram of tho Tailories. The most notable features of tha whole exterior aro the lofty and massive pavilions, which bear tho names of the most distinguighed statesmen and fin;ncicrs of Franco,—Tuchelien, Sully, Tnrgot,— au THE HOST OF STATUES decorating the terraces sbove the first story. Thesa strtues represent tha most illustrious men of France, from ker earlicst dsy down to tho presout,—‘‘ heroes flung pell-meil,” ag Browning says, “on tho Lonvrs, faco and flank.” Lafontaine, Moliere, Rabelais, Abolard, Rous- Scau, Poussin, Voltaire,~to go through tho list would 'bo to give an opitome of the mation's history. Poet, dramatist, critic, cynic, warrior, statesman, ortist,—they areall there, In this building, within and with- out, Frenchmen have endeayored to perpotuate what is most momorablo in their atory, or char- acteristic, in their genius. As to thio statues thomsolves, tho less said of them tho batter ; they look well enough from the street, and their general effect is to ndd dignity to tho building. As to tho interior, the chambers of the Old Louvre sre easily to be distingnished from the rest, and, with their curious sud richly-embossed ceilings, aro well worth: g brief survey,—aspe- cially the bedchamber of Heary IV., ~with ita dark wainscoting, and low, ribbed ceiling, in the Italian atyle: and the room in whioh the grest victor of Ivry died from the blow of sn assassin, . THE MDSEDY OF SOVEREIGNS contains & good deal that is interesting as illus- trating and illuminating history. The Mero- vingian Kings do not sesm quite such mythical persons when one bas inspocted the old zrm- cinair of: Eing Dagobert; and what & singular tmpression it produces upon the citizen of a nationnot 4 century old to take in his hand tho scoptre of Chariemagne, bis sword snd spurs, eod his praver-book, whose date carries ns back neatly 1,100 vears, * Almost is the visitor per- suaded that he will vot come npon thé horn of Roland, whose cchoes still sound through the early twilight ~of French poetry. But tho interost of & relic does not 2lways depend upon sgo. In theso stately ealons, whosa blue walls bear the gold lilies of thooldest dynasty in the world, thersis nothing —not the shoe of Marie Antoinette, por the mirror of Mario de Medicis, nor the armor of Henry IV.—which we do not rendily leave for the ball info which it opens, whose gilt bees on a ground of red are emblems of 5 ‘A PARVENU EMPEROR,— of s line whose glory began and ended with onomsn Herois the veritable old gray red- ingote and three-comered hat which Art pas 86 faithfully reproduced in column, picture, and statne ; the sword which he wore as First Con- sul, and the uniform io which ho encountered the iron hail of Marengo. Nothing recalls more strikingly the simplicity of his personal habits than the sight of this lLittle camp-bodatead, hard and barc, which he used in-all Lis great campeigns. On this poor pallet,—you say to yourself,—in ghort Italian nights, under the blesk Russisn sky, was pillowed the restless head which planmed the rise and fall of empires, Beneath the white splendor of bis wedding- robes, and part of the gorgeous paraphernalia of bia coronation, hangs a lictle coa, & liliputian yest, a baby-cloak. There is =omething pathetic in 'these memorisls, nmidst the glories of the Imperial father, of the exiled, throne loas soa; poor baby Eiug, rever to rule his xinidm; shadowy Emperor without roalm, Xou cannot help recalling nusZ‘é:..': i at [picture of Fontaineblean,—the dark, talisn face of the father bending over the olden carls of the child; Austria snd Italy, Austris and France,—sworn foes for conturies— mesting in a fatal kiss of peace. Nono of these sonvenira of Napoleon are quite 80 suggestive as the littlo chalk sketch of him AT THE AGE OF EIXTEEY, At the foot of this is scribbled in Italian, in a school-boy hand, Duonaparte, by his good friend Cournonl.” There is an element of cari- cature in tho skotch which Euggests & wq;({m_h disposition, and it i8 pleasant to catch this limpse of the two young students puttinj their heada together over the same des! st Brienne. 'he features are in the main correct, a8 you will sea by turning to look at the silver statue in the contre of the room. ropresenting Napoleon as @ pupil in the school of Briennc, at16. In later years{ both features and figure inclined to corpulency ; but here both are of the severe old Roman type,—a mold in which his mind and body ware cast face and form aro almost gzunt, and ehow prematuro thought and night vigils. This is inda- bitably the boy who abjured food and_sieep until he hn-x solved the mathomatical problem which threstened to master him. In that problem Napoleon mastered Franco and coaquered Eu- Tope, and it is for the sake of the Icssons of thoso oarly years tnat wo do well to linger in_this memdrial chamber, For the manoer in which Napoleon wused the wounderfal ascendency which he scquired over men and events, hLe is accountable to tho Higher Powers; bat the moans by which he acquired that power are the flnest leason ever oered to youth and genins. Leaving the*lluseum of Soverefgns, you can- not help feelieg that & new life has been infused into tho dry bonos of History. On your' way 2ut, persuado somo obliging attendant to_show you uthhrongh the endless succession of rooms to the Buite containing the Collection Sauvageot ; and, in the third room, give half aa bour at least to BERNAID PALISST'S EARTHENWARE. 1t i & long way from tho exquisita Sevres por- celain of our day ; but no one can read his lifo without » strong destre to see these germa of a great ides, whose_fuil flower is now the per- fection of Art. Was it for baking these, you rask yourself, that he thrust bedstesd, chairs, and table into his farnace, ob- livious of hapless wife and children in the sscred fury of creation? The best spacimens hera are, however, to bo found in the Galerie d’Apollon ; smong them, a serica of plates with colored fig ures, rather dark in tint, under tho enamel. ‘They are certainly a long step in advance of those called his at tho Muscum of Cluny,— conrse platters with green serpents and brown fish on a raised surfacs in the centre. The sculpture of tho Louvro is contained in a Reries of connecting gallories on the ground floor. The number of individual works is im- meonse, but of the antiques there are few of 8o striking a charactor es to imprint tbemselves on the memory, or whose typo cannot be better soon and studied at the Vatican. The visitor will hardly have cause for regret if he gives his 1ull time £o the one great exception,— THE VENUS OF XILO. ‘This is tho grandest conception of woman- hood which the Greeks have handed down to us. By its sido the Venus de Medici looks like a sim- pering coquetts. The massive but harmo- niously-developed head with ita ample forehead, tho nobla bust, and the lorge, vigorous limbs, have led many crilics to pronounce it & Juno of a Minerva. But whoever will observa the full- ness and grace of these outlines will confess that they convey as valid a titlo tothe nama of the Beautiful Goddess 28 does the doll-iike pretti- ness of hor sister at Florence. The Amorican bello whose unfortunate ideal of womanly love- liness forces upon us the curious anomaly of & country coutainivg the largest rivers, the grand- est forosts, inbabited by tho most delicate and fragile humanity in the world, would do well to snacch a moment from the farcinating shops of tho Boulevards to stand before this breathing marble, and so realize, in a slightly altered form, the aspiration of Matthew Arnold : But would that Fato would let her & Women of nobler type than wo, 1f she were porsnaded by its eloquence that besuty is in o wWise sntagonistic to strength and Nature, it wonld bo worth to her and to her country moro than sll the reet of her tour through Ruropo. The only defact which critics other than tha French were accustomed to find in this atatus wos, that, instead of atauding, as its whole bearing soemed to domand, *‘erect and tall, in god-like majesty,” it bent formard in that conveutional atttude graceful obse- quiousness which every Parisian considers the only true womauly posa The exigencies of the war of 1870, which compelled tho taking apart of the statae for purposes of concealment, have justified not only these cavilers, but tho anknown Greek sculptar, by showiag that this Leud was produced by the insertion of s pieco of woad beiween the waist and lower limbs, and by 2 misapprehension of the proper lovel in the placing of the faet. Going out from the presence of the Goddess, the sight-secr of tho Louvrs is oarnestly antreat- ed by bis sympathiziog, though self-clectod, guido to turn his back upon its remeining at- tractions, hail a carrizge from the neareat stand, and, driving _ont to thocool, green avenues of the Bois de Boulogue, find a BEST AND RESTORATION IN NATURE from what will appear to him at the moment & surfeit of Art. The long vistas of canvas which form 8o largo o part of the treasures of the ZLouvre ought to be attempted first in the morn- ing, when the physical forces ara frashest, snd the eyes yot unwearied by the tir, glitter, and vivacity of the Paris sireats. - CoArLES LANDOR, Ly THE MAN FOR THE HOUR. ‘Where shall we seek him? Where well-leagued Cor- ruption Welds its dark compacts in some secret ring ; Where hungry trzitors feed upon disraption ; Where Falsehood brews his achemes, and Gold s King? Not there! The man We Want scorns alique and cabl ; On thicviah trickery looks sternly down Hating a lie, dupo of no spocious fzblo, th {s His breastplate, honor is his crown. 2 He loves his country,—serves her for affection § Sler loaves and fialies enter not his plan; Firm as rock, he meets the tides of faction § ‘Tool of no clique, he fears no party-ban, He loves his country ; 80, when tempests lowen And tho ship toases ou heaving sea, His be the watch,—his ba tho gloomy hour,—~ For uono shall Keep the post 30 well as he, Trust not the hireling when disasters thickeny e only cares to cut his loaf of bread, And coolly sits him down his payto reckon, ‘While growl{ng thanders menace overhead, 1t great his wisdom, greater still the evil; & clear, cool head, a gift men's hesrts to ruin A giants strength, all bariered to tho devil 1s & great sale, with much, slas} thrown [n, “No man ut has his pricel” sald Charles ths cond,— "Twas thus the Royal scoffer sncered his sneer ; But then, no doubt ‘twas by himsolf he reckoned s He had his price—or several—that {s clear, Some men have not, ‘Truth is not dead, nor honor, Let them come forward, boldly take the front, Hurl tbeir 1ndignant scorn st bribe and donor, And take, a5 patriots should, the battle's brunt The man we want is bravs, is wise, i3 witty, With strength to push Corruption to thie wall; Aust bave for high-bred thleves nobresat of picy ; And must himaelf be honest—first of all ELLIN P. ALrERTON, —_— A Eartford Canary-@ird Story. Alady residing .on Walnut street, Hartford, says the Times of that city, i8 in the possession of'a canary-bird that has very sensitive nerves, Every day this bird gives many ovidences of rare intelligenco (for & canary) and of & lively interest in all that goos on aronnd him. Heia a fine singer in warm weather ; but, when the cold season-comes on, he has more sttacks of sore throat thao & prims douna. Daring the winter he has bad so bad a cold that he has scarcely sung s note; but mow he has regained his voice, and bginse every day. at sunrise to carol his gay songs. Friday last s little child living in the neighbor~ hood called to sce the lady, bringing with him & very large rag doll made to represcnt s darkey boy, and to this little child tbe doll is a distinct personality by the name of * Sambo.” The bird was in his cage upon tha table, and the child sat * Eambo” up beside the cage. The canary gave one glance at the frightful doll, and tumbled off his perch in & dead faint! The lady held the bird in her band for & moment, thinking. it was dead; bat, moticing that it8 heart beat rapidly, she opened a sindow and put the bird out into'the air. In five minutes it gld renved. But all day the canary gave evidence of beiug weak and nervous, Two Princesses. The Princess of Wales was very pretty when she was firet married; she is beautiful uow; she will be handsome ten years hence ; and sho can never be otherwise thanrefined and distingmushed in appearance if she lives to no matter what aga. The Duchess of Edinburgh, on the other hand, is not only without beauty—she i8 almost with~ out features. Bhe has (if I may venture to describe her in chuamn language of the pass- port) s round hoad, flat face, small oyes, and & D086 80 insignificant tha: one may almost de- scribe it a8 conspicnous by its absence.—London Garregpondencs New Xork Times ETERNAL PUNiSHMENT. Another Letter from Charles 1. Reed, Esq., on the Word Aionios. To the Lditor of The Chicapo Trijgne 2 Sm: Odthe 20th ult. the Rov. J. . Hanson favored you with a second extended article con- cerning the meaning of aion and aionios, as used in the New Testamont. Absence from the city and pressing official Qatics have prevented me from making an earlier reply. 2lr. H. seems to think that I am the CHAMPION OF ETERNAL PUNISHYNEST. He fs mistakon. I have nct advocated, or assumed to advocate, this doctrive, but havo endeavored (very briefly) to ehow tho mean- ing of these words as mused in the New Testament with reference to the future state of mankiud. Mr. Hanson says the Phari- socs used the QGreek words aidios, eirgmos, timoria, adialeiplos, and allranatos to denote endless punishment. The adjective aidios sig- nifies eterlasting, efernal,—just the same as aionios. It does mot denote endlessness, any more than aionws. Bee Liddell & Bcott, Bophocles, Donnegan, et al. It is used but twice inthe New Testament, viz.: Romaus, i., 20, where Paul speaks of the efernal power and Divinity; and Jude, verse 6, where it is used to represent the cverlasting chains or bonds with which the fallen angels are beld. The adjective adialeiptos denotes constant, un- ceasing, incessant, and is also used but twice in the New Testameot, viz : Romans, ix., 2, -where Paul speaks of the great grief and unceasing anguish, or continual 86rrow, in his heart ; and IL Timothy, i., 3, where Paul informs Timothy how wunceasingly he remembers him in Lis prayers pight and day. Theso words ARR NOT USED in the New Testamen. to denote the dura- tion of the life of mankind after death. Tho nmoun fimoria 18 used quly in Ho- brews, x., 29, and is tranlated pumishment. It i3 derived from ¢imoreo. and origivally signi- fied help, aid, succor, nad afterwards came to signify recenge, vengeance, and then punishment, torture, Bee Liddell & Scott et al. The Greek noun Xolasis signifios punishment, and is the word used in Matthew, xxv., 46. Itis from kolazo, Sophocles says Rolasis signifies “ damnalion in bell,” and thaz it * equals gehen- na, the piace where TIE WICKED ARE DAMNED.” He defines kolazo “*{o damn in hell.” Bee his Greek lexicon of the Roman and Byzan- tine periods, from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100. He is a pative Greek, and cer- tainly ought to know the correct mean- ing of those words. Probably Mr. Hanson wili say bo don't] Kolaiw crigimally signified to curlail, prune, check, ete. Mr. Hanson says thatIam overborne by the lexicographers.” Let us sce: He citea four, and ouly four. Ons of these, Parkhurst gives efernily as one of the meanings of aion, as Mr. H. quotes him. Donnegan, whom ho cites, gives eerniy as one of the signi- fications: But he failed to give this meaning from Donnegan. I supposs he had a go reason for omitting this definition. ‘This leaves bu twwo, und one of them (Pharo- nius) admits that aion, according to theolozians, signifies life, efernal and endless. The following lexicographera (all of whom are of UNQUESTIONED SCHOLARSIHIE and sathority) give eternily as ona of the mean- ings of aion, viz.: Liddell & Scott, Cremer, Donnegan, Pickering, Robimson; and Sophocles (above cited) gives foreter, foreser and eter, phrases equivalent to efernify. Yooge, in his English-Greek Lexicon, gives aion as tho Greek word for eternity. He 8lso gives aidiofes, but places aion first. These loxicozraphers are experts, and are con- sidered authority by all genuine echolars. Mr. H. says be is sorry to convict me ** either of want of candor or dense ignorance in saying that aion signified elernify in the times of the writers of tho New Testament.” Repress your sorrow, Mr. H., for I need itnot! Hy anawer to this i8 the foilowing, which ap- peared in my article of tho 22d ult., viz.: A translation of the Old_ Testament from the Ho- ‘brew into the Greek was made at Alexandria in the centuries just preceding 1he Christian era by sevanty learned Jows, and is known as THE SEPTUAGINT (seventy) version, 1In the I5th verse of the E7th chap- ter of Isaiah, the common version reads thus: For thus saith the high and fofy Ome that fnhabficth eternity whosa name is Holy.” The Septuagint renders eternsty by ton aiona, atona being the accusative case of aion, This conclusively shows that Jews who under- stood Greek, just before the Christian era, considered that aion was the proper and correct Greek word to express elernity. 1a not this an unanswerable argu- ment that aion came to signify eternity fust before the advent of Christ? I desire to call another most important wit- ness, viz.: tho celebrated puilosopher AKISTOTLE, ‘who was born in tho year 384 B. C., in a Greek colony of Macedonis, and who became, in the year 343 B. C., the illustrions teacher of the con- Queror of the world, Alexander tho Great. Ho s 8 pupil of Plato. Ho cortainly understood the Greck Jangusgeas well as Mr. Hapson, and knew the meaning of aion. : Inon essay entitied De Calo, * Concerning Heaven,” he dofines aion. His Greek is very difficul _to translate in somo plnces. In order that I might not mako any m'stake in quoting from this colebrated essay, Ireques:ed Dr. James R. Boise, Professor of Greekin tne University of Chicago, to furnish me s translation which should bo close to the original. The celebrity of Dr. Boise a3 an accurate, thorough, and criti- cal Greek scholar is sufficient proof that his translation is correct. His translation (with an oxplanatory note) is as follows, viz. : ? From Aristotle, Da Ceelo, Book 11, Ch. 9, Sec. 10. Tims {s 3 notation of motion ; and molion without a physical body is imposaible. But, besond the heaven, 1t Dia3 beon shown that there reitlier 13 2 body, nor can there be. Itia plain, therefore, that there is neither space, DoF void, nor timo bosond, Wherofore, tho thing there are not by nature in space, nor does timo make them grow old, nor ia there any change in any one of those things pliccd beyond the outermost sweep (o7 curreat) ; but, unchangeable and without passion, baving tho best and most saficient life, thoy continue through all eternity (aion); for this name (. e, aion) bis been divisely uttered by tho anclents, For tho definite period (fo telos), which embraces the time of the life of each individual, to whom, sccordin to nature, thers can bo nothing beyond, has been called each one’s eternity (afon). And, by parity of reason- ing, the definite period also of thie entire hoaven, even the definite period embracing the infinite time of all tuings and infinity, s 10 eternity (afon), immortal and divine, having received the appellation (cternity, aion) from the fact that it exists zlwsya (aro tou aei einai). Whenca the other things also, both existenco and Lfe, avo Teceived the sppellation (eternal), with mors or Teas accuracy, For, a {n popular philosophies cone cerning the divine, it is often mada plaln in_the d's- cussjons, that the' divine, as it fa wholly first and highest, must necessarily be unchangeablo (so in this caso with respect to the word aion): and this, being 80, bears testimony to what I have said. For meither 12 snother thing sircnger and better because {t will have motion (for in that case that sther thing would ba more divine), nor has it anything baze (on account of moton), mor fa ft deficlent in any of thcss things which aro bonorable to ft. And ft is moved with & coaseless motion for good reasons :'be- cause all things ceaso to bo moved when they arrive tthelr own place; but tothe body that movesina circle, the pisce whenco 1t started and where it ter- minatos 18 the same. The Hon. Charles H. Peed: My Dran Sm: The style of Aristotle is proverbially difficult, snd the subject-maiter a often metaphysical. 1 bavo endeavored to givo rou, not a smooth and free, ‘but an excet, rendering of ihe above patsage, Several points in i need s commentary for elucidation. Whether it will be any more intelligible in the English than in the Greek Iam unsble to say. _Very traly yours, Jasxs R, BoisE. The Greek words, apo fou aei einai, above quoted from Aristotle, signify ENDLESSNESS 48 to duration, and pothing else. They cannot + be limited to, or tortured into, any other mea: ing. Aristotle distinctly zaya that those words express tho meaning of aion. 'hia testimony, from such a witness as Aristo~ tle, is conclusive. I assert that aion always denotes duraticn. Ita meanings vary according to the connections in which it is need. This is common with words in every langnage. Let me refer Lo a few places in tho New Teata~ ment where aion and aionios are used. Ireferto our common version. Matthew xii., 32, reads thus: “And whoeoover spoaketh a word against the Bon of Man, it snall be forgiven him: but who- soever speaketh againat the Holy Ghost (Spirit), itehall mot be forgiven him, mather in this world, neither jo the world to come.” Tibe word "translated world is aion. Suppose it is chauged and translated life, the meaning is just the tame, Mark, x., 30, resds in tho last clanse: *And inthe warld to come, eternal life." The word translated world is aion, and the worda efernal life aro z0en aionion. Supposa thia in changed 5o 38 to givo aion_the meaniog life, the signification i8the same; but.ifthe ause i8 changed so a8 to resd, ** and in the age (instead of world or life) to come, long fife, or life of a limited duration,” osery ona will revolt at the change, for it would amonnt to a substan- tial denial of & future endless life for those who follow Christ, It would be maying that Christ cnly promises s LIMITED PERIOD » of lifo and happiness foz his followezs, Luko, | i., 83, reads : ** And he ghall relgn overthahouss of Jacob for ever; and of !h;’]nl be 1;0 end” R Kingoottthars 0 reforsace i8_to Christ. The Greek t: Inted for ever is, eis {ous aionas, aionas t:;;;’ the aécusative plaral of aion. Suppose the words Jor eter sre changed, and translated for q long time, or for a limited period, then tho Teign ?nfid E_;ngdmn o‘f)ecuhrzat. v;ill c2as0 after awhile, rust no one levea this. Luke xviii i liko Mark x, 0, above cited. sk obn x., 25, reads: “And T give unto th eternal life; and they shall moves petis, sothes shall any man pluck them out of my haud" The words translated efernal life are zoen ainion. If they are changed s5 aa to read lo; life, or limiled life, then the words never per are’ not true, and have no significance. The Greck for the words never perish is oumeapolon. tai eis ton aiona. I theso words are 50 changed a3 to read “shall not (ou me) porish foo Slong time, or & hamited pesios,” tobn e ey i, thiat tho followers of Christ En i peas after s long time or a limited period. \f this please Mr. Hanson ? G oukd Jobn, xii., 34, reada: **We have heard o thelaw that Christ abideth forever.” The Gl:i:; translated foreter is eis tou aiona, aiona being the accusative case of aion. 1t would be denve ing the endless existence of Christ to render thig by any phrase denoting & limited duration, Bo. maus, i., 25, and ix., 25, aro similar. In eachof those veraes the words for ecer are in Greek eiy tous aionas, which forcibly snd literally mesn for elernity. - Eis is & proposition, meaaing into, jo, etc.; and fous an article, meaning Litorally fhe, and ‘aionas the acousative plucal of aion, ‘Any translation denoting a limitea duration for aion in theso verses would deny that God i3 blesasd Jor ever, for eternily. 11. Corinthian, ix., 9, lnst clause, re: “ Hig righteonsnesa remainoth for ever.” Grask rondered for ever is eis fon aiona. If thisis chaggeds0 a8 to give gion the meaningofs Limited period, then tza rightcousness of God romains only for awhile. Hebrews, v., 9, reads: *“And being mede perfect, he became the author of eternal salra- tion_unto all them that obey him.” The Greok word translated eternal ia aioniou, the genitive custo! aionios, Does any one want this state men! EO CHANGED as ;o,mnke sclration last opiy for & limited pe- riod ? , . Hobrerws, xiit., 2, reads: ** Jesus Christ, the Eame yesteraay, and to-day, and forjever.” The' words for ever come from cion, With the prepo- sition eis, info, for, ete. 1f thiais changed tos limited period, thon the statemont would ba: * Jesus Cixrist, tho ssmo yesterday, and to-day, xnd for awhile.” This would noarly amoant to blssphemy. Dut L forbear further refercnces, though thars ara many. M. Honson says that an adjective CANNOT NEAN MORE than the noun from which it is derived. Coa- cede this, and tho meaning of aionios, as givon by the lexicographers, is not changed. Ihavy shown that aion come to- sigaify elernity, al- thongh that was not ita_original *signification, The sdjcetive aionios 13 derived from aion, as T Qistinctly atated in my first article, althongh M, IL savs that I did not give its derivation. There- fore, if aion, iv some conpections, significs for eter and cver, eternity (as 1 havo ‘shown), i is plain 2nd reasonable tbat the adjective aionics was used by the New Testament writers to do- noze eternal, everlasting, concerning the fature lifo oud eteto of mankind after desth. Taia shows that thosignitications, eternal, ezerlasting, of aionios, do not givo the adjective any grester or more extended meaninga than the noun Gion, whence 1t is derived. I wish to restato MY ORIGINAL PROPOSITION, which Imade1n my first article, viz.: If ths doctrine of a futuro eternzl Lfe for mankind after death is taught in the New Testament, then tho doctrine of fatura oternal pun- ishmont is just as cercainly taumght, be- causo both depeud upon aion and aionios, with their connectious. If the translation of thess words is changed 80 2510 giva them the wmean- inz of a limited duration concerning futars punishment, then the same chango must be mads concerning the fature life of mankind after death. Mr. Hanson lias failed to answer this. Canhe? Yours,etc., Cranuzs . RzE. Cmeaco, Apsil 23, 1678, LITERARY NOTES. In Old and Kew for May (Boberts rros., Boston), “Tha Way We Live Now,” by Anthony. Trollope ; * Onr Sketching Club,” by the Rev. R. St. John Tyrwhitt : © Berope,” by Frederio B, Perking; aud * The Church and Its Protensions,” by James Martinesau, are continued ; * The Fae talist,” by John Turguenied, is commeuced, An article on ** Norway;” a Hungarian story by Morits Jokai ; and a poomy * Tho Lifting of the Kine,” referring to the Abby Smith cas, uro the remaining features of- prominence. —Among the_articles in Litteil's Living Agt (Littell & Gay, Boston) for April 25 and May 2, aro_ the following: * Libraries, Aucieat and Modern"; * Sxopticism and Modern Poelry™; “Tord Stanhopeand the Historiane of Quesn Anne’s Reign"; and continnations of ** Far frem the Maddicg Crowd,” **Ctatesubirand and Kis Times," and Ferdinand Huler's;" Mendelssohn.* —Other periodicals roceived: Book-Buyer for April (Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York) ¢ American Homes for May (Henry L. Saepard & Co., Boston and Chicago) ; American Bee Jour« nai'for May_(American Publishing Company, Chicago) ; ~ Union Era, Book V., Fart 9 (New York); _American Builder for May (Charles D. Lakey New York); _Voice of Afasonry for Mey ailey & Brown, Chicago): Midland Afonthly g}r ‘April (. D. Prat, Monmouth, I1L) ; current, numbars of Every Salurday (H. 0. Houghtoa & Co., Boston), d Alfplmms’ Journal (D. Apple- ton & Co., New York). k —Ar. Swioburue gzu completed his tragody, “Bothwell.” It will exceed in length the limits f a Btage pieco. E —:’Il';n:gafiiction from which tha venerabla poet Whittier is suffering is one of tho bead and eres, ghinh disqualifies him at present for litar- ary labor. i ‘A Brief Narrative of the Hutchinson Fam- isto0n Sons and Daughters of the Trive of ily—Si 3 3 5 Jesse," is tbe titloof & mxthcymmi‘ book by Joshus Hutchinson, of the New. Hampshire inging family. Em—“‘;fia zlfie{m:um 8AYB & new poem by the E{on. Roden Noel is ‘3 the press. The subjectis “ Livingstone in Africa.” e Howells new story will ba celled “A Torlorn Hope.” The scena of the story is Taid in Vanice, while tha characters aro mainiy Amer- icans. e —iTho History_of American Currency,” by Prof. Sumner, of Yale, just published by K_enr! Holt & Co., has been introduced as a toxt-boos 2t Harvard, 3 : '—Tho Khedivo of Exypt is collecting, for a Li- brary which be has founded st Cairo, the valu- ablo Arabic maouscriots preserved in mosgues and monasteries througliout bis domnions. He Das already secured thirty copiea of the Koras, one of which ig said to bo 1,150 years old. it —A Londou letter says: *Ar. Gladatone tella his privato acquaintances that ho regrets ho hsa given 80 many years to politics. ‘How litula, £aid ho the other day to an admirer, ‘do politics adect tha life, the moral life of a nation! Oao single good book inflences people s vast desl more.' The result of whichreasoning is thst ths xight honorsblo gentleman proposes to davots Limself more exclusively to_Lterature, and Leac that the gmfinporaiy Review is to eojod the benefit of his literary toi —A paragraph has been floating sbont the literacy columns of ths press to tho effect 4 3rs. Harriet Boecher Stowe, on scconnt of health, will not give o tho public anytbiog oz ber pon for soveral yoars to come.” This is true to the following extent: that Mrs. Stowe is in excellent bealth, at her Florida bome in Maa- dann, and that early in Slay she commences i3 the Christign Union & mew serial tory, called 1\Ve and Our Ncighbors,” upon which tha has been engaged during the past year, and which bas been largely inspired by considoration of tho social follies and profoand doiastic miseries 76~ sultingin the ':z‘lmmpenncda agitation of the ublic mind at the presert day. b —Those who knew them perdonally are awars that Dickens and Wilkie Collins on lnvf:rll ocea- sions wroto a short story together. 'anhunu ocession,” said Mr. ~Collins, receatly, “we agreed to_exchango styles, s0as to puzzls th3 critica ; Mr, Dickens was 0 adopt my pyle, on I was to imitate his. The plan succeeded pare fectly, and it was unurning to see mexi:;:‘:eés int out a passage Of mine 28 AN C: Dickens: pecaliar vein, and in the Dezt senloncs comment on & paragraph of Dickens’ 85 8 l;;:s pleof Wilkie Collins sensational style.’ why don't Wilkie keep this little perfaimance up? CREMATICN. This world i sll a flesting shew ‘How sweet from it {0 pass,— To venirh up the chimoey &8 CarLonio acid gas [ Dou't lay me on the river-bank Amid the fragrant flowsrs, Nor where the grass ie watered by The early summer-showers, Dt put moin gre Michen-rangs, “And open widh the damper; And then my vaporous rematns Can wp the chimnay M A U ARS8 T KA P . ot £ v R TR O P A N TR § i : i H H § { ) 3 H ! ? TR T e bt