Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 30, 1874, Page 4

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1874 OREGON.,, The Independent Movement, Political Specnlations as to the Result of: tho Approaching Election, [] Some Information About the State. 2 he Chieamo Tribune, SHripa ug’u:':’::, Oregon, Muy 18, 1874, Tho interost Tng Tniune scomo to taka in the coming Orogon clection, mid in tho progress of Indopendont sontimont, in rolation to politics wherover it is displayed, iridices mo to g.lvt\ you somo information coticerning our Stato) and m rogard to fts politieal status. . Blgt 1 not cln bo supposed that your readers have o very definite ides of tho Pacifio North- wost,— rogion vast euough for au Empire, but conslsting In o gront » dogroe of mountain- rangos aud high table-lands, and, to tho east- ward, of sage-bruph plains, thoet is fa boing poopled but slowly ; and tho didicultios In tho oy of tennsportation rotard the sottlemont of {hint portion of our country which possesses in- viting fentures. Tho Willamnotte Valloy may bo conniderod as Qregon, for its products aro sout abroad, and ity delightful area, conslating of about 4,000,000 acrog, is occuplod by about 80,000 pepulv.tlou;v and offers 08 many advantages for soclal sajoy-/ wont aud agriculural prospority as any olhor soction of oqual extent on tha Pacific Const. While thero nre othor bosutiful valleys in our Stato, thoy aro not ng oxtpnsive, as relisbly. for- tilo, or as accossiblo from tho sos. So their produols are not as valuablo, aud tholr lands nok g0 dosirablo. Wo need moro railroad-facliitics to bring us immigration, and open overy soction of our great Stute for ocoupnnoy, and souro, tho dovolopment of nll our resourcos, Tho railronds that are now constructed - huve secured great ud- vantages for the Willametto Valloy, but do not. givo us connection with the ross of the world. OUEGON FOLITICS, During tho Civil War, the Ropublican. part; ud no dificulty in maintaining its sscendoncy fn our State. Before that timo, our voters were largoly Democratio; but tho sonlimons of loyal: ty provailod, and made Oregon true to tho Daton. Aftbr tho' Wait-iusuos passed_ away, Mitehell—oue prosent Soustor—grow iuto gront prominence, aud succovded in building up o por- gonal following that flually sucoéeded in ruling tho party. In 1866, matters wero *putup” to olect him to tho Unifod Statos Sonato 3 but ho was not then quite atroug enough to succced. 1Io and his friends wore successful in nomiuate jug Woods, noy, Governor of Utsh, for Covernor ; And a vory unpopular Administration of four years followod, that left the Republican purty vory neatly bankrupt, sud a Democratio Admninistration succoeded it in 1870 About 1808, a ruilroad-Iniluence came in, and endonvorod to conitrol ‘Oregon politics. Monoy was paid to corrupt the Logislature tuat year, and overy oleolion sinco then has seen a frao uso of mouoy, both nt the polls and “during tho ses- sious of tho Logislaturo ; and 1t is 8afo to say ) that we huve sufored .08 much_from corruption as suy.other Northorn State, Ben lalladay om- ployed Mitchioll as his attoruoy, and the raifroad- nfluonce became the predominating featurs of iho Republican party. The carcer of Bon Halla- dayin lgmgnnlma been ono of unblushing fraud m connaction with our politics, for Lo bns oponly espouscd the Republican side, and scruplod at nothing within his power that could socure Ro- publican succors. 1o established as his por- sounl organ the Portland Bullelin, which now claims {0 bo tho chiof Republican journal; ha operatad with and through Mitchell to sccuro his cnds ; and, two yoars ago, Mitchell's olaction to tho United Statos Senate was sccurcd by the mosb unblushing bribery aud corruption, ovi- Qoneg of which is'now on filo with tho Scnate. Tho ficople were not for Mitcholl; but members who wore clected with an uuderstanding that they did nat favor Lis promotion to the Senato went back on thom pledges, aud so sceured his clootion. A year ngo came tho terriblo disclosires of Mitcholl's private history, sud of bis untacedonts ay Hipple, which asfonished .aud disgusted the world, Whilo the world was full of this matter, » convontion was called, last August, to nomi- nate o' gandidato for Congross, sud Alifelall was present thero in porson, ~demanding an indorse- neut from his party. The Couvention was mado up of matorial suifod, to tho Mitcholl intorest, zud, agaiust ovory pleaand prolestation from tho honest mou of the party, tha whitowashing res- olution was forcod through, aud thoe consequenco was demoralization and uttor defeat at.the olec- tion. Norothan ono-lalf the purly refused to voto at all, and that, too, whon a full voto was o cortaiuty of success, The Ring candidato way defeated terribly, and a defont this spring will follow ag a resulé-of the derioralization that still oxiste. A OLDIPSE AT TOE PRESENT, A groat chiango has come over the poople of Otogon sinoo last yens, causcd by the litrodug- tion of the Order of Latrons of Husbandry.in this State. Whilo that Ordor dogs not intorfero in politics at all, it has produced wonderfal ro- #ults by bringing the country-poople togethor it o socinl way, aud developing tho fact that ono common_interest should control “the farming community, Loforo this sprend of ganial fooling and mutual conidence, political. projudica has lusenmibly decreased, and a foeling of indopend- enco bias” come into existence, unkuown (o the past, bup which scems to provail wheraver tho Grange bocomes cstablished. This has resulted in tho spontancous outgrowth. of an Independ- ent- movement, which lhas sproad until it noy includes aolmost every ocount in tho Stete. You have published the proceed- ings of our State Convention, which wasattonded by.the vory best cleus of substantinl citizons, who placed o full Stato ticket in ths field, Tho nom- inutions mado are gonarally good, bt aro not in ovory instance the most fic that coutd have been made. Prof. T, F. Campboll, the nominea for Governor, {s an able debater, and wins hid way Daudsomely upon the stwnp. e has been known a8 a Democrat herotofors, while the Independont cundidato for Cougross, T. W. Duvonport, has alwuys been & Republican, Davenport is a tarm- er and survoyor, 8 man of intolligence and great 1airnoas, rather ulta in rospect to What hio kinows to boright, and a very forcible talker, 'Thexe two men are fair represoutatives of the Inde- pendent movement. * e WHO WILL WIN, Tt i not ensy to predict tha issue of tho pros- out cuwpaign, for thareason that wo cannob know whether peoplo will vote their convictions, o follow the bilud lead of purty anco more. All {10 hopo the old partics Linve lies in making tho pooplo bolioye that the Indopondent cause can- not win, and that thoy will ouly dofeat thelr old party associates by voting for it. I consider it true that enough favor the Independout side to win, if thoy can be mado to beliove it. Tho oloc- tion acoura two wooks from to-dny. Every day our #ido gains strongth. 3any Domocrats have bocowa disgusted with nrbi{-rulu aud party-cor- ruption, and aro stouily Independopt; but it would bo expecting too much to_count cortainly on tho siiceess of o movement that has risen so suddenly into power, and hes organized so im- perfectly. Thera 8 mo resson to doubt that the noxt Legislatura will contain & vory lurge proportion of Indepondonts, and bo_ablo to accompliah all tho roforms the peoplo dopaand et tholr bands, Intwo largo countics, whero the Indepondonts have tho evidont majority, tha Democrats and Ropublicans Lave nomiuntod o fusion ticket as tho only show Lo defeat them ; which illustrates aow much tho old rings drend emancipation from -thoir rule, 1tis not imposgaible but that somo trading will bo done on tho Btate tickot to sooure tho election of Governor by the Demoerats and Congrossman by tho Republicang. I consider tho oclection of “most of "the Democratio 8tato ticket probublo; but tho groat strugglo will bo ou the cloction of tho Governor muf Congreus- munu, Many Domocrata will yofuso to vote for Grover, their candidate, HOME THINGH ADOUT OREGON. . Teaving tho politiclans o bicker, nud tho In- dopendentsto win tholr way aubest thoy cun, allow moe to mako sdme statomonts nbout our' Btato that may bo'of intorest to your ronders. As the publisheér of & nowspaper lore, I sm continually racoiving applications from the Wost for infor- mation, from persong desirons of immigrating nither. Oregon huy o coust-climate, producad by the vicinity of tho ovean; but thora is no greau extent of good land lying elong the sen, as the monntaing cormo down ulmost to tho shores of tho ocesn, Still, tho bays aud inlets uro ncoumu- Iating _population, and becoming the scone of active businoss, Sow-mills furnish oar- goos for muny vossels, and the boundloss forosts of cedar, fir, and spruce are a0t excelled on the face of tho earth. Cosl-pumes ure being doveloped, and from auoth- or oxtensivo branch of trade. All the nooks and ~valloys along the const,fitted for stock-raiving or sgrionltnre, nro boing sottlod up and mudae productive; and, in tho futuro, tho mygod const Gountios will poeosy groat wonlth aud aolive population. Over tho Const Rangoe, Iying to onatward of it, and walled jn atill farthor to tho onatward by tho grent Oascado Rango, In the Willamette Valley,—a rogion of earth shrined in this q)mml mountain-getting, diversifiod in fon- ture by hills and valos, with ];rnlrla-mnnlma and oak-olad hills, belted with fle-forosts, and water- ed by puro mountafn-stronms, Thoro can bo no niore boautiful valley. in “the world, nor more productive ; and its grentost oharm {8 the pos- rosslon of n alyilization that is not surpnssod in any portion of the United Btates. Wo havo sonderful promiso as to the harvests of 1874, for tho prosont Indicntlons aro of un- usuel ylold a8 woll ag incroased acroage. Tho construction of tho canal and looks at the Falls of the Willamotto onnbles o stonmer to lond on the uppor river, and trmmlpm our products to tho mouth of the Columbin; and our noarncss to markot malkos tho laudsof tho Willamette vory valunble, Hove tho olimnte is mild and .oquablo, with continued raws in wintor, and vay littlo trost or snow; aud tho summors aro dolightful, with fow hot days and no hot nights. This moko('t almost impossiblo to raike corn in this valley, Tho -groator area of Oregon liog onst of tho Oascade Rango ; and whilo, hiore and there, o charming” valloy 1s nostlod smoug the. Bluo Mountuin rangos, or slong tho stroams, tho ‘grentor part of tho cowutry is only sorviconblo to Em:I a8 grazing-ground for countlosa flocks and ords, " Whoat fs our ataple, and wool-growing aflords tho noxt moat imporlant itom of export. - Our wheat fa quoted in the English markot, s I flnd by tho markot-roports in tho Mark-Lane Express, at s highor figuro .than .any othor,'aud it i quotod 80 wheravor known. - Wo aro fast_attaln- f1ug diract trado, aud bacoming Indopondent. of Ban Francisco, and we only nood dircct commu- nication with tho world to sco this yast aren bo- coma rich and populous, and to mako it a source of pride to tho Nationvol hourt, Binge tho failuro ot tho North Paclflc scheme, wo look with great intorest for the passago of the bill recommonded h{y Committeos of both Ifouses of Cougroes to ald o narrow-gaugo railrond - to conucot tho Columbin River with the. Contral Paciflc at Salt TLake, You can bardly conceive with what inter~ ost wo await the hour whon wo shall possess facllities for casy communciation with tho East, SUFFRAGE. To the Eiditor of The Chicapo Tribune 81 : Bo long as tho pross, like the politiclan, we,tho slavo of party, honost mon might woll dospair of tho Republic, Idoubl not that it ia tho lionest conviction of every intelligont mau Amorica that the groat, and‘almost tho only, dangor which menacos tho stability of our instl- tutions, i tho oxistonco of universn), unro- stricted suffrago ; and that this under-curront of American thought has not found utterance by ten thonsand tongues in all parts of tho land, is proof of tha deplorablo dopendenco of the indi- vidual nupon public opinion. This despicabie submission to the tyranny of the majority is dus mainly to thoe influence of partics, and to tho mastory which domngogues oxerclse over the councils and cnncuses of parties, Tho man whoso “being's aim osnd ond” s office, and whoso hopes aro bound up in the success of his party, wonld goonor commit open tronson to tho Btato than harbor an unpopular wontiment, Woll may the American peopto thank God and take cournge, thorofore, in view of the fact that, iu these late years, the nblost, tho most respect ablo, end the most widely-ciroulatod nowspapers fn all the largor oities lave thrown off the shackles of party. They Lave resson to bo thankful, also, that tho wenlth and consequence which attach to independent journalism begin to bo apprecinted 28 an equiyalont of the high- ent ofticial **houors,” so celled, which are too fqnun.lly “ obtaiuod without merit,” and often, Lough “not -always, ‘lost without a crime.” Mr, Bmorson, in one of his brilliant ossays, prodicts an ers, or political Millen- nium, in which thoro “ehall Lo “no governmont ; ' and Mr, Jofferson seems to have looked forward to something of the ssmo kind, a8 may bo iuforred from his oft-ropeated sent meut, that ho would prefor the rule of news- papers without & Government, to that of a Gov- orument without nowspapora, Thesa may seom to bo tho mero waking droams of two -mon of zonius ; and, at any rate, their realization must 8 o long way off, But, if tho haloyon period should ovor arrive whon the potoucy of eulight- oued public opinion will be oqual to the taslc of prosorviug peaco and order in sociey, aud to tho vindication of tho rights of the individual, thoro can bo no question that ono chief instru- aentality in Dbringing about und maintainiug auch & state of things will be tho indopendont pross, All hail, then, to the uew and rising. power which is, dostined to dgthrouo. domagog- wm But, for the Xroaaut, men must protect thomsolves bohiud the barriers of positive Inw and. written fundamental constitutions ; and firat in importancoe is the suffrago question, It is ono of the probloms which-enliglitonad and patriotic men muat solve, and that befora many years shall clapae, or sur~ rendor all hope of proserviug, not the Republic morely, but Liborty itsclf, Intelligont mon, in the mudnoss of despair, already talk of ac- cepting Imporialism, or thie absolute rule of one man, ¥ tho only modo of escapo from the bass tard tyranny of domagogues. TFools they sro, und broken-down domngogues themselyos, who cherish such ‘thoughts; but, thoy ure nono the less capable and rendy to become the instru- monts of any daring usurper. But is thero no romedy ngainst the ovil ten- dencios of the times? I am uot one of thoso who despair of the Ropublic, It is only necos- sary to arouse the attontion of the respectabls clauses to tho dangor, in order Lo provide against it. Ingreo with you that it is not practicable to take away suflrage from thoso who now enjoy tho privilogo: but I s0e no rosson why it may not Ue limited in quantity ns well a8 improved in quality, Jobu Btuart Mill, in his odmirable work on ' lmErescntntivo Government,"—and Lo is o bigh authority with English se woll a8 American Radicnls~lays down two condi- tions of suifrage which Lo iusists should be in- dispensablo, Lhews are, a capacity to read aud writo, aud an ability fo puy taxos, Ileenys, Dlutly, that to allow & non-tuxpayer to voto i to allow him to thrust his hand into other peo- plo's pockets, - * ‘Thoro {s this to be eaid, howeyor, in favor of tho right of evory mau to voto; that liborty is of moroe valuo than ‘any amount of property; and that, if the sumfiage bo nocossury to dofend proporty, it is still mora neccessary for tho de- fenso of iiharty‘ Thoro soews to bo but one solution of the problom, Liow to protest both liborty and prop- orty, therofore. 1t is by providing in tho fun- damontul low for the roprosontation of persons in ouc brauch -of the 'Legislature, eud of property in the other, Undor such a system, it will bo impossible for either cliss of socloty to trouch on tho rights of tho othior. The unou-property-holder would bo s wall protocted iu lis rights by a voto for mom- bors of ono branch as for both ; and the propor- ty-holdors wonld bo oy sooure of their rights by the oxclusiye control of one branch of the Logld- Iature as of both. Nay, moro o, for tho roason that the monopoly of all power in the State by tho woalthy fow, ospocially in this ngo, touds to revolution, by which ail may ba lost. Tho distribution of power hore judicated is no untriod experimont. 1t was putin practice in 1776 by tho Btate of North Carolins, and was porsovared in until tho yoar 18565, whon dema- gogism trlumphod ovor ranson and oxporience in 1ts ovorthrow, During threo-quartors of a con- tury it boro the frnits of hiouast adwinistration, and stability in all branclies of the Govornment ; and it gave to the- Stato ity provorblul charaotor for integrity, ‘The Constitution of North Onrolina gave to all oltizeus a vote for members of tho Ifouse of Commong, and ou}! fraoholdors of at lenst fifty sores of 1and could vota for Btate Bonator, ‘Thiy land-qualification, us weslth began to inorense, operatod uxmqunlly; and n fixed value of tax- nglu property, real or porsonal, wonid have beon botter. 'I'he value of the proparty nocesenry to socuro o Sonatorial suffrage ought not to exceed 500, “'horo was avothor fnoquality, which was noe osgontiul to the system. ‘This was the doubto voto enfoyed by ho electors of Senatovs; for they oould vote” alko for mombors of tho Com- mons, It might oconcilinto opposition to tho plan, if_this double sulfraga wore withheld. The Governor and Jugyos wore chosen bg the Tyoginlature,—tho former for oue year, aud tho Inttor during good bobmyior, The Bherifts and Justicos of the I’onco wern n&)pnmled by the Governor; the Clorke of the Courts by tho Courts. In 1895 tho spirit of domagogism mado the firat inroad u!\on this admirable Con- stitution, by making the Governor, Olorks of Courts, and Hberifly, * oloctive by tha ,mnplo; and In 1865 the freohold quallfication of Sopa- torial elactors wan nbolush But In 1808, under tho ! Roconstruotion acts,” the demagogio doluge swopt nway every safoguard of sooloty against oflicial corruption, tyruuny, and misrule, Not only was universnl suffrago given to the illitor- jute and jabbering emancipated slaves, but tho ‘dudges wore made eleotive by tho peoplo, Tho result hias boon an addition of noarly 110,000,000 to the publlc dobt (some of it canceled by do- olslon of the Courts), which sum kas beoii stolen by those who yore put fn chnrgg of the bonds; and corruplion In neatly every dopartmont of tho Htato CGlovernment, Botween the yenrs of 1776 and the beginniog of tho Oivil War, tho finances of the Stato wore managed with intogrity and economy; and, until tho yoar 1850, %Im total Btato toxea nover amounted annuslly. to nore than 890,000, Prior o **Itoconstruce tion,"—n porlod: - of ninety-two yoars,— I beliove thoro Is no caeo of - fmpondhe mont of a Judge on rocord; and only ono cngo in which Tumor raised o question of tho purity of tho ermino. Sinca that dato, only six yoars, ono Judgo rosigned, by sdvico of his politionl friends, to oscapo impeachmiont ; an« othor is chargod from doy to day with taking Lribe 3 whilo tgnornnna incompatoncy, druken- ness, and demagoglsm aro frooly c)*rgud through tho press upen tho othora. —In a%vord, ihe poople hnvo censed to _reapoot tho Judiclnry and tbe Govornment undor which . they live. Buoh aro tho fruits of “universal suffrage.” 1 wish to eay, In conclusion, howover, thatIam not oppoead to negro suffrago. But suffrago, whito and colorod, should bo qualified by cduoa: tion, and proporty should havo a scparato rope rosontation. G. Oi110Aao, May 20, 1874, ¢ i e e, THE FARM AND GARDEN, JE0w Much Pork for o lushcl of Corn? ==Paint for a Bnrn, and Painting Do XRoew Ent Fritit Te-A List of fZelin- ble Commission=-NMoen Wansed==-Dry=~ ing of Eruit--I'ltc Weather and the Crops=-Planting the Corn Too Decps ZLrom Our Agricultural Correspondent. Ouaxrazay, 1L, May 28, 1874, HOW MUOIL PORK FOR A DUSHEL OF CORN ? 18 n quoation often askod, but never satisfactori- \ly answered. Pork-making is subject to so many conditions that alfect its quantity that wo can ouly mako up an approximato estimate. "But wo can correct somo orroncous ideas in ro- gord to the subjoct, and the groatost of theso is thot of tho wintoring of stors hogs-; that is, to keop them simply.in & growing condition until o year or more old, and then to foed thom up to 400,or perhaps 600 pounds. Our most succossful. pork-growors soud Lheir piga to market at 250 to 00 pounds live wolght, and this aizo is tho most sought for-on the market. A good pig, thatis well fod, will nttain thls wolght n about ton months, and afterthat thoproportion of gain to the bushel of corn {8 loss and loss ‘as tho time of fattoning is oxtended. Thus, lo make 600 pounds of pork, it is cheapor to foed Lo pigs to 800 pounds ench thon to feod the one.to 600 pounds. This point haw beon so often and so fully provod that wo may lay ibdown na o part of tho Bcionce of . pork- making. Thiscovers the ground of high foed from 1is pigship to the timo of marketing, and: sup- poses that, during- those- ten months, - the hog has had warm quarters ; for it is woll known that, 12 a hiog is oxposed to & cold wind .or hns an unprotoeted sheltor for lodging. during that poriod, ho will make littlo or no growth, and the | foed is virtually lost. With & good broed of hogs, and all tho condl- tions favorable, it is cstimatod that o bushel. of corn in the ecar will make 9 pounds- of pork; if roduced to mesl, 12 pounds, and, thoroughly cooked, 16 - pounds. These appear to bo the best. approximate eatimaton that aro at hand, may muke an estimato of thovalne of s bushel of corn nccording to tho murket-price of porl. Il‘gm‘k i worth 8 conta n pound, wo may then catimate the corn thus fed at 27 conts a busbol. T'his is alno to include the value of the pig, and the lnbor of fooding nud cost of pons or. sholtor, Aw pork is often eold at thnt figure, and corn st ovon loss, wo muy tako thomna s sort of baso. Novw, if we do not keep tho plg in the bost grow- ing condition, we lose 8o much ; that is, if, in Jaunary, Fobruary, aud March, we have nob at- tonded” to. tho mattor properly, we loso 80 much of tho feed, which will reduce the Profit or gross roceipt for the ton moutha about ouo-third; that is, we. willhave 200 pounds of }zurk for the samo fcod, or 18 conts por bushel or our corn, shoy, for it is the wholo sum of tho profit of porl-making, When corn islow, 28 a goneral. thing pork g) also chenp; and the price of corn on the market has much to do with the crop of liogs. n the managemont of hogs thoro are mome other things besides corn to be taken into the. account, und thoso sre copital and labor, —capital for clover-jinaturs and pig-pens, and Inbor to grind and cook the food. Under the old system of foeding cattlo aud hogs in (he samoficld, by using corn in the shock, monoy was made, for corn was choap, and, as- it re-r quirad Iittfe Inbor, which was dear, the profits wero bettar than if tho torn had boen huskad, shotlod, nnd ground; but, as this system is fast going out of uso, wo must nceds make o chungo In tho systom of pork-growing. Corn has becoma of moro value, and "the means- uro at hand to add to its value by adding to It - more capital and more lnbor. At the predont price of poik, say 5 conts live welght, nt the eatimato aboyo given the bushol of “corn would malke a gross showing of 45 oents fod in the ear, 60 ground, and 75 cents if 'cooked. But: corn is worth, on tho averago, at the prosont time, at - the dapot, 50 to 55 conts, which would ‘ghow 'a | logs on that fed in the ear, It is certain that unfavorable conditions will be liablo' to reduce the pork-making busi- noss to a very low figure. Wo may thereforo fix tho maximum of Yltuflt at the figuro stated, and yot thero is nnother cloment- that tho farmors bogin to consult upon, and that ia a good clover-pnsture for the hogs, and ‘that each pig shall bo adorned with a ring in its noso to provent bis rooting up tho pasturage. In thismixed foed of clover and cornmeal doubtless Ties the highost Smm of pork-making. 'ho pig is thus pushed right = along, and, at the end of tlio month, i8 roady to go to tho butcher. With this system of foeding, I donbt if thoro will be any complaint on account of the hog-cholern. I -huve kapt hogs on the prairie for tho past thirty-five yours; having from 10 to 80 Liead, and have nover hnd & caso of tho dis- onse, and soldom loso o le ora grown hog. ‘They have hiad the houso slops-and more or less corn-meal to digest with. the pasturage, and sowmetimes tho run of o soction of the orchard. In rogord to grinding tho corn, muoh will dopend on tho mearnces fo & mill and the ocost of grinding. It nonr & water-mill, with a toll of onc-eighth to one-tenth, it might pay; but to give one-fourth in toll, as 18 tho usun! chargo at the stoam-mill, and thon baul to und from the mill, will not pay; at lenst, it will not lonye a margin sufticient to warrant’ 8ho outlay, If a farmer bna a lurgo stock of logs that will warrant the outlay fora’ horse-power and mill, or if he has the power for other uso,he cun afford to get a mill ; hut thou bis horse-power must bo under cover, 8o that it may Dbe uged during tho atnrmy wenthor, when noother farm work is in ordor, Tho Pitt double-pinion Buwer for four horses is about right, and tlo est sweop-powor that I know of, snd_oosts about $100 at the factory.. 1t is made at Joliot, Chicago, Bundwich, Marseiilos, Ottaws, and ab many othor points. A double-jack, bolt, and the froight will add $80 to 950, and the will” cost §50. The farm-bofler, made at Batovin, s tho ono in goneral use, and woll adupted to the cookiug of the refuse potn- toos, meal, and other food for tho pigs. Tho profits of cooking must depend on the coat of Inhnr.nufl material, 1t used to be thought bost to fixst grind the corn before cooking, or rathor it was coneidored absolutely esyontial; but now many f{armors cook the corn in the ear, and thus save tho shelling and grinding, . As tho farms grow smaller,. and bot. tor form-buildings ~aro used, the profits of orl-making will -bo iunoroased ; for boltor pasturo, sholtor, and food will bo pro- vided. A hog is not nioe sbout lis food; ouly give him enough of it, be it corn in tho ear, slaps from the distillery, offal from the slaugh- ter-house, flnmfirmm meal, or thoronghly- cooked hasty-pudding ; and yot all do not make a8 good or ad wuoh pork in o given time, In tho Lnatorn States grinding and cooking food, ane or both is the rulo; while, at the Wost, corn in the car is tho ono rule, and tho grinding aud: cooking the excoption, TAINT FON A DAIN, BLoouiNaTow, 11l,, Moy 10, 1874, M, 4 RupAL "—8ix ; Will you pleao toll me if you Kknow'of uny cheap, and at tho samo timo duratle palut for rough Loards? iaving o mow, unplined bary, T wanld liko to puint it with sometuing durable and cheap, If thero Is such o thivg, Ilow to preparo it, and whera to got it, I would also wish fo know, If you kuow of any such, aud will tell me through’ the columns of Tag: TWLUNE, you will much oblign M, J, Winusoxn, In1858 Ipubupa barn 80 Ly48 foot, using commou 12-inok stook-hoards, uuplaned, for tho outside, tpnumg thom on vortically, and bat- toning with fonoing split by linud with wsaw, hay- ing thostripsd inchow wido, In the #pring of 1859 two conts of Ohio mineral paint mixed with lin- #eod oll wora applied o tho whols, and a coat of- whito lead ndded to tho utrips and facing, Tho Olio, paiut has hardencd, and looks us it 4t would mover give out, whilo tho white Jond has momewhat faded, wud will soon require yonowul, Tho ofl was boilod, and no turpentine allowed to bo put in it, to plonso tho paintor in making it sproad with lost Inbor, Tha whito Jend has worn muoh better whon put on over the minora! paint than whop thid wag not used, Tho minoral paint is choap, costing 3 to 4 conts a l:mnd. Thiy paint is glso found noax Rlorling, in {hls Btate, L Lnye goon: With this datn wa This is the point that I-wish. to | It uecd, but of its durabillty as comparad to tho Ohlo _nrtlolo kndw - nothinj Binoo then I lavo Enlntm! othor buitd- ings with his paint, with like eattafaction. For barus ae cuthuudmgu it is no doubt thio most oconomical paint that canbo had, I hayo used about 20 gallons of the Avorill chomloal paint, whioh 18 » vory satiafactory artlcle, Bave its cost, In painting thoro aro two things to be avoidoed : First, not Lo nllow tho painter to (o the work by the yord nud to find - tho mnterial; socond, no turpontine or korosonco should bo usod in mix= ing ‘tho point, , To avold the Ilattor, have nolther of them within reach, and.If the anlnr oannot sproad the paint without hon got & man who ocan do so, Komo years sinco, in painting my thouso, I had a man to worl by tho day, with Btriot ordors Lo o noitlior korosono nor turpentine; but the follow stole about four fi:lloxln from the kerosona-can, and mixed it with tho whito lend. The gurl roported tho kerosona out, and sald tho paintor had.usod it. 'Chis led to the. discovory, and tho man said that he could not make tho: paint npread with tho bolledoll, 1Ie wag at once dismissed, aud tho nextman had-no difficulty In putting on’the points but it was moro work, Two or throo months Iator, the whito lead whore the kerasona was used bogan to sash off, and a cont of oil ‘hod to bo sppiled to it to bold 1t in place. In coso the lonrds are aurfaced, I suppogo that one-hulf.tho material and labor would be savod, a the rough surfaco takos both Iabor and mate- rial; but whon one lina the building olrordy up, thoro ig o altornativa in the promisce. DO BEES BAT FRUIT? At tho Inst rogular monthly mooting of the Warssw Hartlcu?mrn.l Boalety, tho abovo ques- tlon was t}umuy fully digonssed, and settled. in tho nogative ;. thongh it was admitted that, aftor the fruit.hind boon punctured by othor insccts, the boos would, in- the absenco of flowers, sip tho juico and'gtoro it In the: comb-colls, In ml\klniuldnr. at times thoy aro troublosomo, but only wheon thore {s no honoy to bo had in tho flold. It was.argued that the- boes waro vory usoful in tho orchard, in_oarrying pollen from ouo tree.to anothor, and thus insured more por- footly the fartilizatlon of tho- fruite DELIADLE GOMMISRION MEN, G. H. H,, ot Carbondale, Iil., wauts a list of roliable commission. mon in tho Northwost, in- cluding Chicago. Mr. H, 18 ongaged: in fruit- growing, and wants to ship his fruit to difforent Eolutn.‘ o algo wanty to know whioh is the “bost frait-dryor. Ay-this is not an fsolatod onso, I must stato that, in tho constant.changes of dealors in our village,.it would. bo: » diffloult tnsk to keop postod, As.a goneral thing, it Is botter to ship: to Olilcago, Springflold, Dubugue, or ather large distributing point, than to ship to the villagos, a8,.in this coso, the shipper_is not so woll in- formed .of the. domand., I bLave txied this: kind of shipning, in o small way, enough to con- vines me that the Eollcylu bad.ono, Bome fruit-growors who ehip to Chioago divide. a ishipmout Lotwoon two or moro houses ; buk this: :is also n bad practico. For some years past, 1 Lave nl.\ltzped all to ono houso, and find that I bave bettor roturns- then thoso who ship ina- .sort of mircollaneous mauner, ! DRYING OF FRUIT. The Alden dryer,. which is' a olosed hot:nir tubo, about 80 foat high and some 4 foot squaray #n which thoe fruit fs carriod from bottom to top. in & sort of mochanical-battery arrangewont, produces the best rasuits, but is too oxponsive, and on too large & soalo, for one fruit-growor, '‘Small hot-air dryers and .ovens are also usod, ‘Much will depend. on tho: quality of fruit and/ vegatables. to- ba driod.. Mr. Sud: Fostor,. of: Muscatine, Towa, has:just put up ane.of those tubular: fruit-diyers, 8t. a_ cost of 91,000, iand:,intends to purchase fruit and voge.- ‘tables, He will thon become & manufac- turer or dryor of fruit, while the: producer will' koll. his fruit as. picke from ‘dnyto dny; nnd this apponrs to me to bo the- bost plau; At first.there may bo somo disposi- tion to take tho lion’s share of profit, but compo- itition will soon regalso tho matter. Asa gon- ‘oral thing, thore should be & dividing line be- tweon the grower and the manufaoturar, as it is found that o division of labor is the best for all: ‘futerests. ‘I'ho world is'coming to that,'evon to 'the kuitting of sacks forthe farmor, and the drying of'applos, pnmEl.llnu, eto.,,—all of which . huvo been cbns}dcn{ad ousdhold dutios, A fov yours ngo, spinning, wWeaving, and dyoing e, aio, BenssHoll duties, but thoy hove doparted, and the othors will as certainly follos, and we shall sond alf of thom to tho fuotory. Mr. Foster writes mo that ho expeots to work up ull tho surplus fruit and vogotablos of his lo- cnlity, and. thus add'anothor profit to the busi- ness, both dirgctly and indivectly. Within a few: yoars tho cauning and drying of fruit has become an importsut industry, . TILE WEATHER AND TIE OROPS, i Tho woather continues favorable for all farm- crops snd farm-work, and. the ontlook contin- ues a ploasant ono. 'A fow.have plant- 60 thoir .corn too doep, and muet roplant, a8 a matter of course; bu on tho whole, tho stand: Is 2 good ono, It is rathor amusing to seo how prouo wo are tolay the fnult to-other than the roal causo. Yester- day I had oconsion-to look at two flelds of corn on the sama farm, planted from - the samo secd and with the same planter. Omno was & goud stand, and the other is to-bo replanted, as a part of the soed rottod in the ground, - Had rosult occurred ‘with: secd from different cribs, thera would have been the univorsal verdiot, Bad-gecd ; but, in this corn, somo other roasou must -bes given to -account ' for it. In one flold - the rollor was .applied - before plant- ing, Tuls pooked tho surface g0- that the planter ran _shollow, nnd the sced waa covered lightly. In the othe field, the planter sank into tho soft surface, and'the-seed was dooply covered, and; at-the timo; the soil and aémosphoro waro cold, and o park of the socd rotted. Hnd the soll and ‘wonthor-been: warm, tho stand would have baen good. A’ farmer a few -miles distant was complaining of bad seed, and what also- troubled him was, that one side of his plantor had a partial stand, and- the other not a biade of corn. Ho ‘did not koow how decp he planted. A neighbor who invostigated tho matter found that ono runner of _the planter went an inch or moro docper thau tho' othor, &nd both two or throo inches too deep, which Lo Ium was & suflolent explanation of the remult.: The man who sows a bushel of flax-sced to the acro on o rough surface {8 surprised to moe his: neiglbor, who carefully preparod his Innd, aull who sows half a bushel, have a good stand ; and yot tho caroful man is not surprised, but antici- pated the reault. Next Saturday, the 80th, THE FARMENS CLUNS moot to sond dolegates to the County Conven- tion to appoint delogates to the Btato Tndustrial Convention. Timo will show if this now move will givo us & bottor adminisiration of pub- lic affairs, but it will turn out an army of doad-boats who lave fattened on offico, ol these many yoars, ILawyors, Ernmhars. schoolmasters, sud mon out of other usiness, have not mado the bost publio mon and a selection from tho business-ranks, withoul regard to ocoupation or profossion, will no doubt mako a change for the botter, o havo somo lonest lawyors, but too many of this profession becoma demagogues, and, na they havo largely absorboed the offives, n chango in this rospect may bo usoful. We want loss Iawand & great deal more of fair:dosllng. Wo want better laws and a bottor administration of them, Suppose wo should try a few commuion senso buslnoss- mon on the Beneh, and soud anothor lot to the Legisluture to make our laws. It s a solf-ovi- dent fact that tho lawyera who make our laws cannot agreo on their truo meaning, Then why should 1t bo expocted that the common farmer should undorstand and oboy them? Henco hag xown up that trito but sbaurd idon in rogard, to tho “glorlous uncertainty of tho law."” It je timo that somo change was madain those re- spocts ; and just now tho opportunity is qunm- ed, . It may be a now edilion of ihe fox and tho ‘flide, but we can bo no worgo off by makiug tho ohango. At proa- ent the lands boor the burden of taxes, and the farmer is the proy of all kiuds of. impo- sitions, Courts aro for tho benoflé of shystors oftioialt to a groat extont, and on army of grab- borw foast on tho unfortuunto lltigants. The Flulnufl and dofendant are'sliko plucked, and it 4 & part of wisdom to ey Dbiackmail rather than to attempt & dofenso iu tho courts; The farmers Liava the most-at stako, for upon them falls the great burdon of taxes, Tho good old Jeffersoni- an doctrino in rogard to the qualifioations - of of- flee has boon lost sight of, und tho question has: been, How muclh hds ho dobo, or how muck will ho do, for tho party? and not, I ho honest?— is ho capablo? 'the farmers Lave beon made tobolieve that tho now: railvoad-rogulation lawa: are of valuey but thoy will soon find thom . o ropo of sand, and thair rights will- bo whors they wore hofore; and no progresa- mado, at lenst in_the right di- rootion. Al partios should bo mado to oboy tho law until ropealed, or shown Inoperative by the; oourts, But the machinery of the luw appoars to have boen made for tho expross bonofit of -law- yors and law-offices, 1f tho people shonld put good businoss-men on tho Bonoh, we niight now and $hen get juatica instend of feohnionl rulings: I'his the farmors Lave & right to’ domaud, and thoy may domand it, Rurar, s e Olnssification of Foods, A recont wiiter undortakos to olassify all fooda i under four physiologleal divisions, nsmaly: Qarbonncoous, uitrogonizoed, phosphorized, aud frosh vogotablos.. Of tho first, he malkes. Bread . and butter the typo, and to it belong in - gonoual all artiglosn whioh 'staroh or flowr, fa% thio pame ' which . conmmptivo in abundanoo., ronst boof in ond, In genoral, poople should the socond prosontod ea _{ho the flosh and bloost olosg, bocauso, bain thoy ncod rio era value to hard-working peoplo. the typo of the fontlh olass, wlifoh is, 48 he | thinls, good for overvbody, beonuse of the me- dicinal offact of all fresh vogotableu and fruits— stimulating the socreting organs, keoptng tlie Bystem pure, and countoracting any tendetoy to Bonrvy, sierah (pation, ote. x — e EROS ATHANATOS. , [A cAnDEN, : AXD InENE,] T'ioo ghapea that soalk togother, and careas, Amid @ garden eweet with silentness, Zind, walohing every jlotter and pulsing atar, Stare thewr soula’ vajiiro with all things that ars, A'hrough the wide tnumn:fi open fo the aky, White-footed gleaiie tha bod whers they ahall o A fronk (o chuwber, luminotualy dint, Red wmarble atepe slopo dotemeard to the brim or u'mn(ugounlum an the oavden, whore A miarble Dryad glimmers througlh the air, Bcentod the parden tes and blossoni-atrewn, “dnd atitl ua ieep bencath the rising Maon, Bave from a blooniirg rose-grove, warm and atill, Sut ataale the nightingale’s thick, amorous tril, . nyaomritos, Beest thon two waite of cloud ju'the-dim blue Muandering moonward in tho vap'rous light 2y Methinks they aro two spirits bright and truo, Dlending tholr slivorn breaths, and bora anew,. | Iu the still rapture of this .hmvenly ulght | Beo'| how ke flowers thio stars tholr path beatrew, Tl tho llhoun tl:lrm,‘ and smilés, wud looks them through; ° Broathing npon them, when with hosoms white ‘Thoy moolt on one auothor, and unite, Now they are gone ! thoy youluh from our view, Lont in that raptire exquisitely bright! Olove! my'love! methinks that'thou'snd I Ttenomblo thoso thin waifs'in licavon satray ‘W moot, we blond, grow bright} ENE, And we must ate? FYACINTRUE, Nay, aweot, for love cou nover pass away ; mexe, Aro they not gons? aud, denr, shall we not got Oy, Love i life, but'after lifo conies death | NYAOINTIUE, No flower, no drop of raln, no flake of snow, No besutcous thiug that blossomoth below, May-periul, though it yanish, ev'n as Lreath { The bright Moon driuks thosa watderers of the wesk, i They melt in Lior warm boauty, and aro blest, ¥i's dce them not, yot, In that light divine ‘Upgathored, thoy are happy, and thoy shina b Not lust, but vonished, grown ev'n unawares - A part of o divinor life thian tholral NIGNTINGALES AING. : Through our throats the ruptures rlss, } 1n tho acontod nir thoy awlin § From tho skics, Witk tholr own'love-lustzo dim; Gneo fpunmerablo oyes'l — Syweet, ob awaat, Grows tho nusia from oach throat Thick and floct, Noto on note, Tilk i oeatasy wo float1 . e, How vast Tooks Honven] Low soiltary and doep1 Dost thou Lelieve that Spirits walk tho sir, Treading toso szure flelds, and downward Peop With wad, great o5cs when Earth i fast nelcep? srraonvTis, Ona apirit, ot leaat, immortal Love, walks there} & BHOOTING STAR. Swift from my.bllss, n the sileice nbove, 1 slip to thy kiss, O my star! O my loval SPINITS IN THE LEAVES, Who aro these twalu in'tho garden-bowera 2 Thoy glide with ruptura ricks us ours, Touchs thom, fool thetn, and drink thetr sighs, Brush thelr lipe and thiolr cheoks and eycal Tow their hrarts boat | how they glow! rightly, lightly, they come nnd go; Upward guzing thoy look in bliss, 8ave whon oftly thoy pause, to Liss, Kios thom also and sbore the lght ¢ A'hat il thoir breathing this golden night, Tutch them? clasp them | round them tivine, Theirlips are burning with dows divino, naommos, Tove, tread this way with osy feot ; And, resting on tho shadowy seat Neath the laburnum’s golden rain, ‘Watch how with murmurous refrain T'ho fountain leaps, its basin dark Flshing in meny a starry spack, With such u bliss, with sich o Light, With such an iteration bright, Our souls, up\mhhflu{; from tho clay, Liap, spurkio; blond fisilvérn spra¥, @leam in the Moon; atid, fulliig still, Biuk duskily with s thiok thrill, " Togothor blent with Liss and pross, In-the dark silepce of caross, Yot thero thoy pauso not, but, cast fros After surcease of ocatasy, Heavenward thicy leap togother clinging, And like thio fonntaln flasd, upspringiug! - THE FOUNTAIN LEAPING, ‘Higher, atill highor ! With a trembling ond gleaming 8till upward strsaming, In the sllvern firo ©Of a aim dosiro ; Bl higher, bigher, With bright puleation Of aspiration;— Tigher | Tigher, still higher T'0 tho lights above me; Thoy gleam, they love me,* Thoy beckon 1o nigher, 3 Aud my waves aspire, BUill higher, highory;— But I fall dowu Tufling, Bl wildly watling— Highor | NIGNTINGALES BING,* Deoper lat tho glory glow} Buweoter lot our voicea croon | Yol moro slow, Lat our Loppy' musfo fidw, " Bwaet and slow, lushed und low, Now the gray oloud veils the Moon, Sweot, ol Bwoet ] Watchi hor au our wild hearta beat, Beal sho quits tho elasplug cloud, Torth eho wails on etlvorn Taot, Bunlling withy her bright heod "bowod ( Pour tlie liviug rapture toud | Thick and fleot, Sweet, ob Bweed, Lot the notes of rapture crowd | xwznE (o lierself) +And ¢this is Love |—Uutil this hour 1 nievor lived ; but, like u flower +Otosa prest {*'the bud, with sleoplng senees,’ 1 drank tho dark, dim intluences OF aunlight, mocnliyht; shude, und dew, Ablast X opn, thrilling through WitLove's a{range scent, wlich scemath par Of the warm lifo withiu my hear Turt of the uir uround, O blisy Waus'over ulght so sweot us this? It'is euough to breatho, to be, As {(-one wero a flower, o tree, Aloaf o' thio Uougl, Just stirring light: Withtho warm breathing of the night } GPINITS IN THE LUAVES, Whisper, what gro thoy doing tiow? Mo in kissing his Iady's brov, oliding hor fuco up to tho Hght ‘Like o bonutiful tablos marble-white, * ¢ Moon 18 smiling upon ft—lo} * Whiter it {a thuu driven snow.' 116 kieses agaln and speoketh gay 3 Wisdupor, whispor, whut doth Lo sy 2 UYACINTHUS, TForevor and ever ! forover and over { As tho fount thiat uplesps, as the Lreozes that blow, - Lo}m thou m; 1 i Torover and over, forevor aud aver, Wale the nighlingules sing. uud’ the rose-garlands glow, ] 2 avor i af iings to prove u, Farover anil ovor, with all things (o proy s this woeld, In thut world Lt bendeth above us, Autcoplug, avaking, in wrl oa n beavon, 1y this kins, this other, by thousands uugiven, By the hunds which now touch thoy, the urns'thnt ene fold thes Dy the noul I my eyes (uat now swoons to-beliold th Dy starliglhit, by moonllght, by aconted rose-blossorms, By all mf'nr. yirtaking tho Joy In onr bosoms, By the rapture withiu i, the rapture around us, By Gou who bisth made us and Love who hath crowned 11y one venso and one soul wa aro blent, no'or to sover, Yoraver aud eyor! foraver sud evor | BMara kiswu 10 sgal it, Focevor and over ] TIE WOOD EGHOFA. | Forover sud over) TILB WIND BINGS, Fush, no moro—for tley ave fled, Foot by foot und troad by tread Lpureus thom; all 4 aidy i Apollo risc red, thioy sat, and thore, and thorel Hore mvngnl alugig m’m’\ may'ss awear, For Lo wpirit of the uir . KU (holacontod broath doth bear, " Allis done, and all graws chill, Here upon lh‘f [':l‘ .D‘v.l;rlfilll . X will lean und fe " Trom tho aldepiug chawber stil i Dlow the onriain back aud peep: Bilvern bright the tmounbeans oreep, ::’m{‘nl a:fl&p-l«; ml:m:.}iun deop, ve thom Iying, e s TopxNT BuomANAN, and sugar prodominnto; they aro the fuol, sery- ing chiedly to Austain tho animal heat by the slow | combuntion of the oarhon givon off a8 carbonio sold ‘In tho notof rompiration—n kind of food uso ty'xmf o quadrupods, which, when takon In ono's stom- ach, aro rathor slmply nbacrbod_than digested ; alrendy muedular ingredidnts, borato chango to ba appropri- atod into the musoular tismion in order to supply | tholr.wanto, This class is consequontly of grent |: To the third olnas belong oyntera and flali, of woll-undoratodd. idaptation to porsons given to brafn-labor. Y.emons and Ionion-Juice are by thls writer made (ula, oruptions, indigoation, consti- | THE NUPTIAL NIGUT OF HYACINTNOS , oon LOUISIANA. Her Prosout Sad: Condition, and Yow | Xt Ifas Beon Brought Abotts Villainlgs of Toso Who' Hold the Reln of State Governmerit, * Directly Responsiblo for the Ime i e+ | Tlto *Cairpet-Bag-Sealawag-Negro Ring. | | 1icise Klood Dovastationy, Thio followlng i a privato lottor from a gentlo- : mon In Franklin, Lay, to & gontlomanin Evahe- i ton, IIL, ¢ My DeAn Bin: I have boon plonsed moro that Loan wall expross by the oxprossions of a. &onerous sympathy for tho distrossed peoplo of Loulsfona, contained 1n yout osteomed favor of this: Oth {nsh:, and also in the accompanying ln_lll!r from your fathor. Your briof stay in Lonislans, last winter, mado you acquainted with the truo charactor of our people, and gave you an insight into our actual social and poli~ tenl condition. But, to be able to appreciate tlie “extont of tho ruln thut has boon oocasloned by the sibvorsion of our social nnd politieal syatem, you' should: have knotrn this® country: beforo tho War/—tho' most: lovoly, prosperous, and hapny on tho Continont. Ot ita ante-bollum condition you snw somo faint traces in its flch soil, its charming climate, its amplo plantations, and in tho sad sobriety of its onco affluent and hospifable ‘peopls, Tho War inflioted Immengo injury upon this pooplo by an almost total desirnotion of property of every kind ;- but such ‘ wae the unbounded fertility‘of our'soll, and the recuperative enorgios ‘of our popitlation, that, but for tho malignant mensuros of the Genoral Government in disfranchising all -tho bost men of tho country, and forcing.tho Btatoe under the control of the bascst spocimens of humanity, wo would long ago have regaiuod 2ll our formor wenlth, and wouid to-doy be as prosporous and-'Lappy n8 any peoplo on enrth) Tustaad of tho most wrotchod, © 4 q BEFORE THE WAR, mon liko myselt had » voico in public affairs, and felt tho Lionor of o seat in elther House of tho General Assombly a suflicient componsation for thoir most dovoted sorvices for tho public fund. without any viow to porsonal galn. “Thon ho toxnble wporti»ol tho Btato wag ostimated at $410,863,308, a8 by tho Auditor's roport of 1861, Tlion, tho annual oxponsos of logislaiion ‘were, on an avorge, $100,000. Then, the entire oxpenscs of tho Biato Governmont did not ainount to 8800,000 por annum. Thon, our char- itablo inatitutions, and inatitutions of Tenrning, woro fosterod by our Btato Govornmont. Thon, thora waa 1o Btato In tho Unlon that enjoyod & hl{horcmdlt at homo and abroad than Loulsiana, t is henrt-sickoning to contrast our present abject condition with "that which X have thus briefly skotchad; our dogradation.under tho Joiut rule of the earpet-bagger, the mcaluwag, and tho African barbarian, contrasted with -tho ,{!ronpurlty and high prestige wo enjoyed whon ho Governmont was in the hands of our own intolligont people, Now; the intolligent ‘taxpayors of tho Btate Thava practically - NO VOIGE IN PUDLIG AYFATRS, They have been strioken dumb by the Fodoral powor. ‘They were obained hand and foot, and dolivered into tho hands of strongers and eman- cipated elaves by tho malignant provisions -of tho “ Rooonstruction sota® of Congross; and when, in tho tast Btato olection, thoy attemptod to brenk their chming, and to mako ono last brave offort to recover the State from total ruin, and nfter their offorts hod boen erownod with success in the fairest election we havo had since tho War, the Fadorsl powor nlop‘)cd in, and, by aots of violonco and un- paralled ontrage of ‘every prlnclfinl of constitu- tional liborty, wrenched' from thom the fruits of thelr victory, and installad as their' Governor o heathen pnrasito of Gon, Grant’s,—a stranger, ‘who had no other interost in the. State than to, proy upon our people, By tho same act of Fod- oral violence, o Logisiature wos organized withe out olection, composed of tho mostignorantand degraded clomonts of fallon Lhumanity., If Con- gress neglacts, as it doubtloss will, to restora our Btate Governmont to tho hande of those olocted by tha pun{;lo, thon I seo not why the . usurpation may not be perpetuated to ' THE ORAOK OF DoOM—" our peoplo meantimo remaining dumb speotators of their'own ruin, Dut' to retura to tho contrast: The wholo tazablo proporty of tho Slato, a8 per the Auditor's roport of ' 1873, is ‘estimatod at 8121896220 sguinal 9410,853,308 boforo tho War, as boforo statod,— Tens {han ono-third of tho formor valuation ; nad it 18 known that proporty of every kind, ospecially real estate, has_gréatly deprecinted thronghout +| the Btato sinco 1872, And yet, tho oxpansos of our Btato Government are mow annually over $2,000,000, although it is impossible to say pre- cisely what they are, owing to the wondorful skill of our ‘carpet-bag oficlalan covering up their transactions, and thus koeping the world in ignoranco of the disposition thoy malko of tho onormous taxes wrung from the peoplo. But it may bo safely aflirmod that tho actus] -oxpensos of our State Govornment arc at least treblo what they were bofore the War. Tho rate of taxes is toir-fold grontor than at that poriod. Moantimo, our Stato dobt has been more than quadrupled, and our Btate credit has sunl to tho sorry figure of 23 conts on the dollar for our Btate bonds ! And yet, not one work of publio improvoment has been mads in the Btato since the carpot-bag- ots have bornarule ; ourcharitable iustitutions Avo boon almost tnlul{{ noglected ; our Btato Unlversity, located at Iaton™ Itouge, has been PN’EMB tp-porish for want of Stato aid. And, n the meantime, our mastors, who came into oflice as poor ag churchi-mice, are flaunting their iu-goluuu woalth in tho face of an impoverished people. Tho dire calamity we are now sufforing from tha floods of tho Misalssippl River 18 DUR DIRECTLY to thene irresponsiblo mon who onrich thomselvos out of the mistortunes of our poople. In 1872, a fow individuals, mon of straw, banded thomselves tofiathnr for tho puipose of sequiriug from the black-and-tan Legislaturo the monopoly of runniug our leveo-systom;—it Dbeing the estabilshed practico under our carpete bag-negro rogime to farm out to' monopolies, for a long torm of yoars, ovory matter of publis in- toroat from which large fortunes may bo rondily made. Theso entorprising gontlomon, undor the Goneral Corporation Inw, formed what is oalled tho Loulsiona Loves Company ; and tho Logis- Inturo conferred upon them, for & term of twon- ty-five years, tho monopoly of conatructing and kecping in ropair all the levoes of tho Mississippt: Rivor and its tributaries {n the-Btate, on tho most oxtraordinary tgrms, and at tho most ox- travagant compensation. The act is a monatrous ploce of logislation, which would not Lo olorated Ifir o momeont by any State- north of the:Ohio- ver, The - Qompany furmished us secnrity for tho faithful oxeoutlon of the work; and tho partics were known to be . WIHOLLY IIRERFONSTILE. Tonds of the Btate to.the amount of 81,000,000 were immediatoly issued to them, and ‘the ‘act imposod & tax upon all the property of tue Stata of- 43¢ mills o the dollar, and - imposed the sa-* verost penaltios for ita nou-{u:)ymnnz,—yloldlng to “the Company . nearly . 81,000,000 snnually, Whoroas, before the War, the Tavoon woro kopt in. good and securo condition at an oxpenditure of about - 8500,000 per annum, Prior to 'tho War,: too, the lughest prica paid for Jovos-conatruction * nnd ropairs was 80 conts per cubio yard, This Company ' is sllowed G0 couts, por cublo yard; "and, what' is still worse, it- I8 mot made. nmocountablo to anybody . on earth. And,‘to cap the olimax of tho outrage, tho Legistafuro, nt ity sossion- Inat winter, passed an aot relioving' tho Company "from l'lY liability whataver for auy damage. ro- sulting from tho non-fullllimient of their ougage- ment {0 keep up tho lovaos | Tho results are what any sonsible man woutd hinve sntloipated. 'I'holevoe-tax Les ‘baen cols Jooted by IEu ‘most - vigorous progoess, but- the loveos bavo not boen coustructed, and, when orovassos bave ocourrod, this lrrosponsible’ Come pany has mado but the feablost offorts to close them, In the caso of the Hickey . Orovasi which sont its wators to inundate this roction o! the.Btato, tho Company sont to its agent §140, and 7,000 foot of lumiber, to closo 141—a- fair sample of all tholr offorts to avert ihis dyeadful calamity. i Am lynnt justifiod, thon, in holding this vilo carpet-bag-nogro-soalawag Qovernmont of ours RESPONHIBLE, DIRECTLY, - for tho torrible uun!fl%\lsnosll of tha prosont in~ undation in Louisiona You will pardon tho length of this communica-. tlon, forl havo comprossed it into tho smalloat oompass that would glve you an adequata idea of tho causos that hiave brought this onco-proud " and proupérous Bists Into ite prosont lamentabla flfunu.‘ To do tho subjeoh Justios would Tur quiro yolumes from the- pen of a faithf; - riun, T hopb that the badi Andintolixenem o ap tho North will 1nquira into the sotunl condition of {helr brothron of the Bouth, and no longer, by their indifforenco or eil Annotion: |hu’ + procosses by whlol_xn .Btnhcl:‘* tidellon” ot tho Unlon Is bolng dostroyed and rondered nninhabitable by Lonoat mon, Who will imitato tho oxamplo of yoursolt and Your father, by viaiting the South and minglin, among iis people, will have tholr eyes opono: and - thoir. sympntings arousod: for': tha . moat sbuded oominunitlos that ovor oxisled uhflbr* what s caliod a Froo Govirnment: — CROPS- AND BUGS. " From thd slaraittiom (e Reviblicar, * - It fs foarod by !om"o”lh(nl l.)hfin;mriao’} Iawn’ will, this sonson, be invatted by the grasshoppors army, If thoso insccts should come upon us All . uow, thoy would fiud'tho lovellest and most lux- - urinnt flolds thoy evor ravaged, for noyer did tho whott:flelds look- more fuviting thianikioy do’ {hin year, Bomo of the papors Ez Northwostern Towa spenk of tioth‘appvaring In Inrge numbors in thoir locallties, .The Humilton ¥reeman is informod, bsfnqmomllving 6 or 0 milos wost of Wabstor Oity, that tho Evmm;z *gragshoppors Lavo appearad quito %luuu uu, in the ;;n.n?unu? in thoir mu{mu! vo vicinitios. Thoy deolaro thoy ara tho roal migrating hopper, but do not appro- hond any sorlons troublo from their ravagos, ns thoy gencraily migrato to soms othor scction Bos foro bocoming large nnougillx to'do muich damago. It 1 tho full-grown grasshoppor, that comes on- bLis.own aud the wings of tho wind, that the ,u’:;fl'u' drend. The Upper Des Moines, Algous,, “Lhough we vionld not oreats any unneccassry’ alarm® 23 zogurdn suathor grasshopper.Lavasion,. sos 2 1o met duty 1o prosont things as thoy como to out knowlodgo, Tt ia an undoniablo fact that infilions of lnvve e or Pasited by tho grasshoppers befora loaving' Lioto. Iask: scason, and that these millions sre now hatshing into: iifo aud aclivity, From tho beat Informiation we can” gutlior, theso Insscts depoited el lurya-on thobigh=: o8t laid, usunally solocting dry, sandy knolls for thnt ur) Wa have reports from roliublo men, tint, on' lities 3 abovo named, thoy are appesring In and havd ‘eaton tho young gratut ut that in lowar lands thoy have- not mado thole aypearauce, and It Is bollovoq (ey Wi confine tholr operation to the high lauda until Naturo® shail sprout their wings, when thoy will fly away aud - Ieave us in peace, It in also Lhis opinion of some good {armors that what s thus eaton off will conio on and ylold 8 fair erop, .Thoraforé, wo do fiot now anticipate suy serfous damage Lo cropa in this soction, and,unlo {uithier devolopments shall demonstrate athorwise, wa prodict as good crops thi yoar as th sy previons'one, It I too early yot to know hiow oxtensively the grasshoppors will pro; upon vegetation " this Foar, or thedircotion of tholr flight. Uheir cowsss Inst acason was southeast, From the Desdotnea (lotea) Leader, ’ Gon. Baker thinks that tho grasshoppers will mako no gonoral dovastation thia season; though thoy may cause considerablo damago in lnanfi- ties, 1o has falth, bigger than & mountain, to boliovo that tho oxtromo northwestern countios, ‘which suffored so’sovarely lnst vear, will rojolcs in an abundant harvest next fall, From the Massao (111 Journal, X ‘Whoat looks well now ; but how-long it. will, look 80 wo are unabls to Bay, for the air is black with the ohinch-bug ?in in overy dircotion,, aud hea beon for somo day: From the Otttimua Slawn) Courier, - The chorry-treos in thin Jocality have'so many chorries on thom that thero is scarasly any room, for loavos. Tho plum-troes are also yery full of” fruit, Poach-troes also, whoro tlioy' lave been” proteotsd, are full of peaches, Fyom the Carlinuila (Tl Dsmocrat, Potatoos are up nicoly, and ‘tho. Lugs are as- plonty as wore tho lice aud frogs of Egypt on an. oceasion ; and tho small boya and gisis aro busy: picking. thom off and subjecting them to the proe cogs of oromation, This, our gardenors clatm, istho only protection ngainat their ravagos, Thoy havo triod tho varlous ohemicals, aud -now 0 bacl to tho old wayof picking them, or nocking thom off with & etiok, into & basin or puclguz, and submitting thom to oromation: Thoir ashes aro not prosorved in urns, From the Joncsboro (IiL) Advertfser, The prospoct for ponohes ‘contiifucs’ to he: good, though the ouroulio are very*troublosomo, and moro numerous than ovor befors: Our fruit-growers, howaver, are rumningthe buge catchor with a vangoauce, and aro catoliing thera: by tho 100,000, Ths tomatocs are all out, and robably enough to knook tha -market info pi: y‘l‘:“o“ énznu \m:‘ drlopplng somo, u:];ylmilully from reod. Apples are very promising, Thio: will bo & large yi pi g o Lrrom the Harrisburg (111.) Chronicls, The damage to the tobacoo-plants in this (Sa- lino) county apponrs more sorious than at'firas’ confomplated. A small bug, similar in appeaza anca to a {lea, ia destroying the plant. Many* planters who have sown large beds will not save’ & plant, The samo inscct is found'in many moadows, and s killing the grass. —_—— Brenkfast in Paris, ,Brealdfast in Paris monns the' American'12' o'clock dinner. Brend and cafe au lat takathe' placo of our morning's meal, Tho French havo tho sonso to combino a vary large proportion of" milk with their coffeo, theroby giving nourishe' mont and stimulant togethor, ~ Broakfast withe out wine is deemed a imposstbility. Tho wince bottlois tho first article pincod bofora you ab tablo. As o genoral thing, the Bordeaux s not ?‘lutmingly strong, It hos soon the pump and gone goveral botter.” An ultrateototaler might driok a quart and then scarcaly know that ho hud broken-hia vows, As tho Fronch use and dilute it; I deem it & more hoalthy boyerago than Bay 8 pint of strong coffeo. Broakfast commoncos with soup; then n{;lntu of meat; thou. ono of -fisli; noxt vegetables; for dessert, choess”ro cone fituro. In fact, broukfast is simply dinner. For twenty-fivo conts, you have, at the cheaper restaurauts, tha abovo courss, including ' balf-" bottleof wine, and ns much brend s you can eat. Coffoo i8 nt least six conts’ oxtra, That moans coffeo and & glll or 50 of brandy, or ofo gloris.” Alittlo docantor of cognaois brought, from which e holp yourself. Howaver, if yon ate too liboral its uso and exceed n cortain amount, you are charged therofor. Cafa noir includos, also, n.gront dont of sugar, Tho waiter expacts ‘s coppor or two. An urn is placed in the paying-counter for contributions to the garcon. An’Amoricannoads, ntlonst, n month’s drilling" boforo' ho loarns th oat o Fronch breakfast. Uirst, he will kick ot’ tho soup or potago. Boup for bronkfast, Thon' tho dishos do not como to suit him. He wants thom altogathor. Instead, thoy are brought along at intorvals of five, ton, and'oven fiftcon minutos. Bometimos he thinks ho'has hoen fore fipmnannmly. The ides, for [nstance, of oating * eans or csuliflowor alono and unsupportod by mont! _For the Fronchman, broakfast 1s a busje noss. Ho onta slowly, He concoutrates himsalf on each partioular dish, When that'is finished, ho censs for a timo' and moditntes, Mo givos ' his stomach a short breathing-spoll; Ho atudios to promoto digostion, | Ho doesri’t drink much’ wine until the socond or third courso. And so, when ho has loisuroly flnfshed,'sud st tho ve last drapk bin cafo Flurm aud smoked” hia cigarette, he feols, dospito the last humiliation, thiat Franco is still o great nation and that the fortune of war may yob. cango his rod-brogohed goldiors to awarm undor tho walla of Borlin,= Prentice Mulford. The Snrtoris Familys . From the Boston Glabe, Xt 1g & curious fact, which we Lavo not seon noticod Tu councction with the Sartorls family,’ that tho father of Nellio Grant's husbaud was tho porson: who conferred upon Mr. Goorgo - Jones the titlo which ho has made so familiar. of tho Courit Josunos, This Mr, Sartoris, who was familiarly, called **Qount" by bis - frionds; , ot ‘s dibner-party.at ‘his houss in London, at which 8{lk Buokingham and otliors wers prose ent, dubhed George Jonos, who, we bolieve, wad thon an actor b one pf tho metropolitan theatros, with Lis now famons title, Tho wholo ‘affair, thougl a plece of waggory, led to more sorlous conépquonces than its nuthors dreamed of, In tlio document prosented to tho Count Jonnnes, it Was sot forth that *tho " right to cons for this titlo was dorived from & mombor of the Bartoris family who was onuoblod Ly Qharles V. as & Count Palatine of the Holy Roman Em- lw’[m, ‘ono privilego of tho.honor being. that ite earor could croato one Count a yonr. When the Count Jopnnes coutested his libol sult in our courts, ho producod this document as evidence of bia title,' M. Bartorls, who was written to by the dofondant's counxol in roforonos te the matter, haviog deolined to auuwor tholettor, Mr. Matloy, whio was then at Vionua, obtained ' pormission to search the archives of the anciont hmph-u for evidonco to coutradict tho claim, The rosult of his rosonrchos, cortificd by the neces- oary ofilcials, showed that no Count Palatine by tho namo of Sartoris or Sartorius had boen:' oreated by anybody, and that no such family - logally in posscasion of this title was in existe oncs, Thoro was a Sortorious family in Roma in tho oldon timo, but the last member of it en- nablod recelved hin titte in 1403, aud that baing | in personam, became extiuct with bim, Thoess fadts, while they do not nogativo tha digolty ana * antiquity of the fawlly iuto which the Presi. dent's daughtor hay married, show’ that {t does nob new possoss any tilular ovidenco of the - nobllity which lins: beon claitied. for it in soms quarterd, that’Lonor being ouly an aucestsal and. 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