Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 6, 1874, Page 3

CHICHGO DAILY TRIBUNE: § e YURDAY, JUN 6, 1874. MINNESOTA POLITICS, Tho Main Intercst Ilinges on (o Eilcction of Ramsey’s Suc- -€eSS0T Tho Last Voto of “the Stato Subjected to & Profgssional Analysi : The Situation in the Different Congres. * slonal Districts of the State.” The Aspirants for Congress, and- ’.l'hpir Prospeota for Buccess, Bpecial Correspondence of The Chicaan Tiribune, . 8%, PAUL, Minn,, Juno 1, 1874, Minnesota is enjoying ono of those periodia wongous whon her politienl mind s **all toro up.” We have a littlo Coosarlan arrangement of our own up hero, and, if tho occupant of the ‘White House has no designs upon a Third Term, it §s not bocauso ho cannot find an oxamplo to follow in Minnesotn. Bonator Ramsoy desiron Jds Third Torm, and, o8 upou that is supposed to hiang (it not the law and the prophots) at lenst & largo portion of tho post-ofiices, the formonta- tion s alrondy in setivo progroes. Six years ago tho Sonatorial fight was precipitated: upon us sarly i the season by Donnelly's. colo- brated speech- on Washburne; and, though no such fircbrand hos ‘beon thrown this Jeor, the campnign can bo snid to. bo nctively fnaugurated, whilo tho work progresses moro quictly than on that memorable occasion. Whatover other matters may appear upon tho - surfaco, s 'TILE CENTRAL POINT ©f the contest is, Bliall Ramsoey succoed Ramsoy ; or. gball & now man bo chosen? The Btate, Congresslonal, and ovon local tickets for minor ofticos, aro sll mixed up in the ali-sbsorbing and overshadowing Senatorial question. However much candiaates for these othor positions may endoavor to disnesocinto thomsolvés from tho Benatorial alfair, thoy are not permitted to do &0 ; and, if thoy do not oponly sssumo positions, thon tho public nssigns thom a placo ot a ven- turo, npon one side or tho other of tho contral wilair, ) : BTATE TIORET. Tho politicinns had plsnned to have an oc- easionnl yonr without any State oflicors to oloct, aud this was snpposed to bo the year; but the resignation of Cllof-Tnstice Riploy, in Mareh, chauged the programmeo. Gov. Davis promoted Associate Justice Mebillan to tho Chief Justico- Bhip, and appointed Georgo B. Young Associato Justice to fill the vacanoy caused by tho promo- tion. Thoso appointments only hold until thelr succeseors aro clected and qualified, and honco tho Btate ticket this fall will cousist of two can- didates for the Bupreme Bench, and nothing more. There hra hoen & protty general feeling in this Btate in making no Pollcicn contest for Judicial positions, and, within the past fow years, n largo numbor of the divtricts havo clected Judges unanimously. If Gov, Davis' appointments had Leon satisfactory, the samo conrs would doubt- Joss have been pursued in solecting the Supromo Court, Gov. Davis had, at one time, vory noarly docided to maka ex-Gov. Austin Chiof Justico; ‘but the Bar put in such vigorous protosts thatlio dropped Austin ; aund now, liko tho froge in tho fable praying for & king, the Bar {s unbappy with its euccess. The lawyors' desired to defent Austin, but did not “wish Young to bo tho implement of ;slaughtor. Tho Republicans and Domocrats are both likely to throw Young overbonrd In their Stato Conventions, and at this timo it sooms not improbablo that Gov. Davis' Chiof Justico, McMillan, will bo nominated or mdorsed by both parties, and thut M, J. Sovor- ance, 'éq., o mild Democrat, from Mankato, will ho unanimously clected ~Associato Justico, 1t is protty enly, though, for prognostications, a8 tho Btate Convontions will not be held before Hoptember. = TIIE CONGRESBIONAL DISTRICTS, For the Congressional nominations, thy Prett lively contest in progress in the First and Iblnf’])istriuls among tho Republicans, and in the Socond among tha Opposition, Tho pros- poct of results in tho soveral districts is bost sliown by the following tablo of the votes for two years past : s & Counties, Bluo Larth, Total. cveseseseorers 16.025)12,008305)" ftepubiican majority ovor all in 1673, Grsat's majurity over Grooley. ... HECOND DISTRICT, aovEnNoR, 1873, — Counties, Countice, ) 7 = odd 243 1d5(, Wador w1 Wash 1,82] 1,108/ Wilkin #7) ' 18], Wrlgl 7ol 1,129 Kellow 1 aul "1y Total....vrrueesess [16,000]10, t:npuhllcln uajority over all u il rant over Grooloy,... s s ¥ 1 hisvo classifled the votes an Roepublioan aud Dpposition, beosuse last year the Demoorats mnde no formal nomination, but rgeommendad tho Peopla's tioket, whicli had bowf'in the flold somo wooka whon the Domocrstic Conventlon wos lield. Counting tho _temporanco votes among tho Oproaltlnn, Qov; Davie had but 8,060 majority; whilo, tho }n’nvloun yonr, Grant had 18,089,—a majority of 14,180 inxexcoss of 1879, At first thia looks Jiko " wondofful gatn for tho Opposition, and fo it waa l but, whon 1t comog to Eu oritieally oxnminad, {¢ will bo scon that tha gnin was owing to tho fact that Ropublicans ro. mained at homo, rather than boonuse the Libor- #als or Opposition obtained any large nequisitionn, In 1873 tho Republicans in Minnosots cast 53,380 yotos, Last Innr they polled but 40,761, —noarly 18,000 Tess, In 1872°85,201 votes woro enst for Grooloy, an Inst yenr but 95,851 votes woro cnst for tho Opposition, Bo tl.n'u,i whilo tho Rapub- lican candidato for Governor had 14,000 Jous ma- Jority than Qrant, tho actual gain of tho Op- position was but 500 votes, "Thore are soveral reasons why thoro_waa such a rosult. Yirst, tho nomination of Davis for Governor was regarded by tho Remsoy mon ag inimical to their intorests, and, If they could Liavo escaped detection, thoy would have' gladly dofoated him nt the pafln. Tho Opposition sc- lected a caudidate, not expooting that he would be olected,—ono Wwho was not sufiiciently coni- potont to discharge tho dutios if olocted. It thora had boon tho samo feoling of compotency, and beliof that thoro could bo an clection, ag thoro wasrolative to the Sinto Trorsuror, tho on- tiro Ilol)ul:]lcnn Btato tickot would bave bean do- fentod Inat fall, With the disaffection of oftice- holdors and politicinng, (ho Republicaus fairly tondored o victory to the Opposition ; but the Opposition, beaten o long and 8o torribly, took no hoart untit it was too lato, Aftor all, tho vota of last fall afforda but littls critorion to oatimato rosulta this fall, whon en- tiroly difforent surroundings exist. IN TIE FIRST DISTRICT, The Hon. M. H. Daunell, the presont member, and Gon. Edgoerton, one of the State Railroas Commissionors, ara tho more prominent Ropnb- lionn candidates; whilo Gen. James H. Bakor, Commissiover of Pongiong, and the Hon, J. B. Wakotlold, at proseut s Land-Ofticor, fill up tho back-ground. ~ Mr. Dumnoll's rocord on the salaxy-grab mottor, whercln ho gla{‘nd tho part of -a friend of tho salary-grab, but went on rocord against it, bas mado fim more un- pavory thon if ho hsd beon a plump end square grabbor. And still ho has worked up his District 80 well that his nom- inntion s not improbable, and,if nnmlunwd’ his suceoss boforo thio peopls is quita posaible. LTha Opposition, howover, are vory confident of sug- coss, and aro nlrunriy commecing to bold their *Former's picnio,” which are social and politi- eal gatherings combined. ‘I'he most prominont candidates for tho Opposition nomination aro the Hon, D, L. Buell, of Houston County, who i ona of tho eblost Domocrats in tho Stato; the Hou, Amos Coggswell, of Stoele County; tho Hon, T, M, Wostfall, of Olmstod; and ex-Liout Gov. Shorwood, of Fillmore, It I8 possiblo that Mr. Dunuell might bo dofoated b{’ at least two of tho Opposition named abovi but it 18 not probable that Gon. Edgerton conl bo dufented by any of thom. Tho Republican Conveution Liag boen called to moet at Owatonna, on tho 14th of July. This early Convention is m Dunnoll's interest; and upon tho action of thint Convention largely depends tho quoestion of tho UPpuulllon’u ability, to overcome tho 2,624 Ropublican majority of last yoar, SECOND DISTRICT. This district vaturally belongs to tho Opposi- tion, When tho Btute was redistricted after tho census of 1870, the Republican Legislnturo gought to mnke n sure thing of two Republican Congressmen by throwing thoheaviest Democratio countfes in tho Stato into tho Sccond District, Tho fact that Muj, 1L B, Strait (Republican) wos olected to Cougross from this_district in 1872, was a8 much & surprise to the Ropublicany asany ono, Thoy surrondered in advance, and nominated a mere stick, supposing his defent cortain, That ho wan not defoated, was owing to the jealously among the Opposition, Thik district has sevoral men who nsvire to lead if aud, for fear that 8omo one clse may gain & foot~ hole thoy profer to keop it in the hauds of tho Republicans, o8t yoar tho jealousy wns allayed, snd Arn Darton, the Offasltiou candidato for Governor, received 8,144 majority in tho counties com;mslug this district. This has discouraged the Ropublicans sufllciently to prevont there boing much of o scramblo for the nomination, and, 1f tho Ifon, IL B, Strait, the presoul nemmbent. desires it, Lo will ievo uo trouble in walking away with the nomiuntion. He is undarstoodto bo a candiduta 1or ro-clection, though no authorized annouico~ mont has boon mado fo thnt affect. If ho should decline, L, M. Brown, of Scott County, or O. T, Trown, of Nicolies, will probably bo the ~Republican standards bonrer, For opposition candidates, Arn Barton, of Rico County (the opposition candis dato for Governor lost Tall) ; E. 8t, Julisn Cox, of Nicollet ; L. L. Baxter, of Carver County; sud J. L. Macdonald, of Scott, have beon named. Tho threo last nimed woro mombers of the Stato Benate fast wintor. Messrs, Baxter and Macdon- afd bove published disclaimors of their candi- daay, tliough somo assumo that that was strate- gy meroly.” However that may be, on tho eur- face Barfon and Cox are tho only Opposition candidates who appenr- to bo in tho fiold. Barton will make the strongest run of the two partios named, but Cox hos sot the pins so thoroughly that the chances soom to favor him, ‘Whoover i nominated by the Opposition is Bure of an clection, provided tho Domocrats and Lib~ erals donot have fe:lnuu quarrols among them- solves, T'his provisois the key to tho rosult in the Second District. 'THIRD DISTRICT. TIn tho Third and last Diatrict, things aro mixed on both sides relative to the nominations. The fact that (loaving out the Temperence vote) tho Ropublicaus had 5,127 majority in this distriot Inst fall, encourages thom to believa that they can ngain carry tho distriot this fall. In this ostimato thoy are doubtless corrget; for, in the northern’ J"m of tho Biato (which is em- braced In this district), thore aro especinily large Seandinavian sottlomonts, whero tho Ropubli- oun ticket is voted ab all times and under all cir- cumstancos, It is, therofore, pretty safo to set this distriot down rs Republican, whoover tha nominco may bo, The lion, John T, Avorill, tho presont jucumbont, is a canditate for renomina. tion, o favored tho salary-grab openly and squarely. Io wrote an” claborato letter in favor of it, and was one of the fourtecn who voted agaiust the ropenl, Ho took tho ground that tho = poy of Cougressmen is too small, and stuck to it, Pooplo commond bis bolintss, and beliove ho was coneciontiotis, though in o terribly-mis- guided diroction i but the political managars are afraid to go bofore tho people with such a for- mal indorsement of the sslary-grab-as Lis nomi. nation would bo, Tho fundy thing about the | allair ig, that Gen. Avorill's ‘most formidablo compotitoria William 8..King, of innoapolis (bottor known ns “Bill” King), who has sorved soveral torms ns Postmaster of the House of Ropresontatives, and who _ made the £I128,000 Dblooded stock sale at Ubicago o fow days ago. Hie roputn- tion n a lobbyist i8 national, and does not noed any exposition hiera. Strange as it mny seom, tho men who opposa Averill on account of the slary-grab favor Bill King ; and, at this writing, King's chancos for the nomination are decidediy bright, 0. H, Graves, of Dufuth, isn triflo men~ tloned; Lut tho conlost is in rolity botwoon Averill and Kivg, . King is undorstood to bo al- liod with Rameey,—n fact whioh, if satisfactorily proven, might dofoat his nomination, ifor the Oppasition nomination, Mayor Eugene Wilson, of Minueapolis, i miost prominently mentioued, and seema _likoly to bear off the honor. The anti-King Republicans in Minneapolis nro on- deavoring to bring out ex-Atly.-Gen, Cornoll to defent King for the nomination; and, failing in this (as thoy will), thoy will pledge their sup. ort (o tho Opposition tickot, provided ono of rlmh- own citizous 18 selected. he Lope of di- viding the lopublican voto in Monnopin (Klng's) County will muke Mayor Wilaon the Opposition nomines, provided Kiug securca the Republican prize, Charles B, Flandrau, of 8t, Paul, jnsa aspirant for the Opposition’ nomination aleo; but hig proupocts are too small to wurrent com- ment. FINALE, To sum up briefly, it ean be sot down that Miunosota will eloot cue, and possibly two, Les ]Aubllcnu Congressmon this fall that tho Logis- aturo will be n mixed uffalr, and that tho Ropub- licans will not havo o worl mllf“ majority. ‘Lhis will throw the olootion of Unitod States Benator whera it belongs,—into the open Lug;hslntnro; and thon the daya of tho Ramsoy Vost-Oflice dyuasty in Mmuesots will bo numbored. This can Be tho result, and it will be if all elements of tluis‘ Oppotition throughout tho tate cordially unite, ——— A Californin Jury. A jury in Truckeo, Cal,, had beon out four bours, whon tho Judgo seut the Sheriff to learn whether thoy wero golug to ngroe. Tho Bherift put un oyo and the on onr to the key-holo of hw room in which they wore located for deliboras tign, ‘Fhen ho brought the Judgo, and togethor they openod tho door, ‘On tha tablo in tho cotis tre of tho’ room stood & big Lottlo of whisky, and around it tho hilarlous twelve wore marchs fug In single filo. Tho foremun carriod on his buck a basg-drom, upon which tho man behind him was pounding, Noxt cama n juror playing asnaro-drum, then a shrill whistle [initating’ a ilte, and the rest wore singing, +Wa couldn't agreo on a vordiot, nohow,” said tho tipsy fore- wan, w roply to the Judge’s roproof, Yaud wo e think Ytwas any butt fur to havo & gocial tiana glons’s wo was & congon'l party," A NEW PARTY. Urgent Necessity for Govern- mental Reform. The Timo Arrived for Another Po- Iitical Organization, ¢ Lessons Taught by the Failure of 1872. MatToox, Th,, Juno 1, 1874, To the Iiditor of The Chicigo Tribunas. 8m: If you will nllowme tho space, I wish to address this articlo to tho poople genorally, Lut moro especinlly to tho agrienltural pnd labor- iug elemont, who have become tired of being riddon Dy old party-hacks, and who waut to cut 10080 from old party«intludnees, Belioving that tho days of tho usefulnoss of tho two old parties, which have dominated over the poople and oceupled tho political arons for many yeurs, ARE PAST PONEVER, with many of tho Issues over which they fought and struggled for tho mastory, aud which issucs sustained them, gavo them life and vigor, and ondedred thom to tho hearts of their respoctivo partisans; and that noither of thoso old parties, Lowover usoful they may have been fu thoir day, can longer retain tho confidonco of tho peoplo or aubsorvo the onds for which they woro origi- nnlly organized, viz: Tho preservation of our Ropublican {netitutions, tho advarcomont of civilization, and tho prospority, and Lappinoss of tho pooplo ; and belloving that the time has come for tho peoplo to withdraw, not only their confi- denco, but ollogiance end support, from thak which (and all that) is loft of thoso parties— i ¢, thelr names,—it s tho poople's duty to thomselves and thelr country to como togothor in whatover way may scem mosat wise and politio, and unite upon tho vital principles of State and Nationnl policy, and theroby inangurato.a new ora'of fratornity among our fellow-citizons of all sections, ignoring old party prejudices and tho sectional jealousies and hatreds of the un- happy past. Teay, believing the tima hns come for this movoment to take placo, and tha olo- monts bolng ripe, the ORGANIZATION BHOULD DE INAUGURATED Many quict, observing men, outside of the political mnelstrofi, ndd free from purty influ- conco or biag, have for sovoral yenrs forescen, to somo oxtent, the present distrossod and unhappy condition of tho country, end have felt that Bomo now movemont or combination among the honest margos of nll parties was nocessary to the best intorests of tho wholo country; but it soenod 08 though the peoplo wore slow Lo be- come ripe for it. Domocrats were still (oo nmch attached to tho traditfonal Lonor and glor‘j of thoir old party name, apd it scemed that they could bave o onslly contomplated the sacrifico of thoir individunl names, or oven their lives, nd that of tho old party that was handed down to them from tho days of the immortal Jefferson, whom thoy claimed na thoir political progenitor. Aud, though thoy knew the projudico oxisting in tho minds of those who Lnd ‘horetoforo acted with the Republican party, and who favored tho War and tho abolition of Blaverys sad thongh they know the odimn that attrohed to tho very namo Domoorat, on account of its opposition to tho War and to tho war-measures of the Repube lean party, yot thoy hopod that the mnsses of the pooplo'wonld uvits with them uhdor tho Demacratic bavner, in an honest and patriotio offort to_rid tho country of those Wwho woro abusing tho truat reposod in thein, and using tha offices conforred upon them, for their indi dual aggrandizement. But, in this oxpectation, DEINOCRATS WERE DISAPYOINTED, for Ropnblicans had been taught to ballove tho Democratic party s corrupt s thetr own ; and, whother it was trtio or nat, the world know thnb somo of the Democratic leadorsword as corrupt o8 Sofan himielf, aud woro only desirous of obtaining posscssion of the governmental pat- ronage for purposes of their own, and nat for purposes: of reform, and nothing was to bo ained by turning oub ono clags of corruption- ists to give place to anothor. This being tho condition of the two. contond- ing partics, what had the pooplo to expoct from either of them in the way of roforming the abuses of power complained of. Tho Demo- eratio party could not if it wonld, for it conld not obtain tho ascondanoy nt tho polls, whother it hiad the. numorieal majority or uot; for, in many Btotes, the clections wero manipulated in s munner just to sult the party in power, And tho Republican party would not, if it. could; for its chiof motive seoms to huve besn PLUNDER, £ aund to roform nbusos would have been to choke itsolf off of the. sufforing ' cor- cnsa of tho Govornment, or'to have tried itaclf for malfensance in oflico, for ombozzling the mello mongy, for dofaulting, for forgery, for defranding the Government, for robbory of avery kind and under all circumstances, for dis- torting the lawa of the Jand, for pnssing unwiso and impolitio laws, and for suborning witnosses, and bribing and bridling the courts of justics aud appesl,—tho last hopo and resort of an injured and opprosscd pooplo. Tho party in power would have had to impoach -and try its lenders forall of theso offonses, sudmany othors, are it conld have brought nbout roform ; and this wowld have baon & were forco, for-the crime foal would have boen put through the moro form of o trinl bofore his ausociates in crimo, ‘T'ae people, whan brought to undorstaud this condition of affairs, were very desirous of the YOINLATION OF A NEW PARTY, thinking that tho honest clements of both tho old partios might thus bo Lrought togother, to tho rolief of the country. But this was not o thing 80 cnsily nccompliahed ; for the pooplo had always boen used to being led by the noso ; and whore wero tho leadors in this anticipnto movoment 7 It required men of courage, emi- nence, and ability, to make a new movement pomylar ond successful. Where wore men of this stamp to como from? They could not be oxpected from tho Ropublican party, for that party was in powor, and most nen of this class who woro nmbitious wera already woll provided for, Neither could thoy bo takon from the Democratioc party, “for that would hnve given the prospective party the smoll of the Copporhoad, and that would havo strangled it ero it breathed vr kicked ; con- sequently no Democrat could act in the oflico of ocithor nccoucheur or spousor to this babo, though, after tho christoniug, ho might bo om- ployed in the monial eapacity of nurse; When tho old women that woro to -ofticiate in the more respectablo oftices woro in cousultation over this expocted event iu Cincinnatl, some ono of tho oh] granuics remarked, in o high nasal koy, that, if Democrats oxpoctad to take o part in thif momentous movement, it must bo understood that thoy wero to tale back soats. Aftor tho pooplo hd, for two or threo yonrs, boen anxiously o‘flmcung and waiting for mon of eminenoo to lead thom into the orfivnnhmlun of a now party, thoy bogan to lose all . _DAYLIGUT BEGAN TO BREAK in a ‘muddle among Republicans in dHgsouri, and they soon bocnme divided into twa rings,— oua tarmiug itsolf tho Liboral Republican, and | the other rotaining the ofd party prhxuhm.-u, boing tornied Nadical Ropublican, “Lhis uplit soomed to givo the massos of both partied oll over the eountry gircnt satisfuotion, and it was hoped that it would develop nnd bring out tho comlng man, the hopo of the cquutry, thio Moses who was prodostined to lend in tho new party movewent. Tho Democratic and Southem cloment in tho 8tato readily and gladly united with this Liberal wiug, in ordor to obialn oqual rights bofora tho laws and ot tho polls s and the Liboral chumpion and candidato for Governor, Gratz Brown, the oxpoctod = delivorer, wags trinmphuntly elected. From that timo on, & great offort was mado to organizo a now party, having for its objeots o roform in the collection of thio ravonuos; oppo- sition to [all Protection; only a rovenuo tarifr, and this o bo confinod to a fow articles ; muness ty to il and oqual rights toall, - Sevoral meel- ings wore called, the calls boiug aii{n:d by promi= nont Ropublicans intorested; and it wus san- guinely oxpected, up to withiu o very fow days B:'inr to the Cincinnati Convoution, in May, 1873, nt tho movement would rosult succossfuliy; sud this would hinyo baon the cnso, undoubtedty, A the leaders Ind not bocomo slarmed at thoeir own bolduess, and sold out to, aud united with, the most violant und sotivo lifo-long ENEMIEA OF REVENUE-REFORM. to bo found in the country,—thus 1gnoring tho wholo groundwork of the movoment,—nnd then raluod the ory of “'Auything rud auybody (o hoat Grant1” All know ihe ond of it'all, with the hopos of tho poople Linsted and withored for anuthor four yoars, ‘Tho ltovenue-Reform and Troo-Trado Convention mot in Cinclonati In May, 1874, and nominated for thelr champion in tho Prosidential content the arch-onomy of Rov- ouug-Tloform, tho vory Atlns upon whosa shioul ders the manufacturers rested for Blroleuuon, and the Ajax upon whoso tronchont binde thoy opo till " noighbor! rollod for protection to ** Protootion.” Tha bo- gluning wks tho indox to the onding,—shamo, chagrin, and ¢onfusion. Bo onded Liberal Ro- publicanlen. 'I'ho pooplo, and mora espoecially the pooplo of tho Middlo, Wentorn, and Southorn Statos had oxpocted n groat doal from this movomont, until o fow woolis l)rlor 10 tho mooting of tho Conven- tlon, wlon all could seo that it waa to bo turnod into n factious mavoment to * tho AACIIFICE OF EVENY PNINCIPLE, and of avon common docoucy itsolf, by many of tho moro prominent movers, Now it {a to bo hopod thnt this now poople’s movement will toko warningand lenrn oxperionoo by tho past, That it must dovelop into a politionl party, and iifluonco tho conduct of tho Governmont, ovors ono must seo and foel. “That no many intolll- gont mon (and wonion t00), aggregated togethor, aud united by mutunl sufforings, mutual wants, bont Qrant,” at mutunl interests, thoughts, ‘and fealings, must thivk _ and mob - togothor o tho polls, Ja' s forogone conclusion, And “how can thoy act togothor intolligbntly without party-organization and party-machin- oty? Of what ayatl 18 thoir consultutions, couti- cils, or dosigns, if not earriod out at the polly ? TI6w aro they to oloct mon who roprosent them to tho Blato Legislnture, Congross, &o,, withdut concokted action. Coucuslng, wirg-wor hlng, and tho tricks of ringa and convoutions, may be very disgusting, and. wo doubt aro, {o the consci- oul}ous and straightforward Reformer; but such thinga are not necessary concomitants of po- litieal organizations; 'and;in fact, this part of the worl {8 gonorally.carried on by the nhystors and trickuters that worm thomselves into “the vitals of a party, and usually feod upon thom. And the coming ne ‘mny hus got tho usunl rinks torun with thhro asss lins got to keep its oyes upon them, and'the relus out of thorr handa. It over tho Refarin olement intonds to malo an offort to do anything ns a party, NOW 18 THE TINE, aud tho mcconted timo; and * Whatever its hnuda find to do [in tho way of Reform], letthom do it quickly;" for there is no time to lose in vaclllation und doubt. Thore are now Legis- lators and Congredsmen to eleot ; county officors to bo choson to take chargo of homo affnirs ; e {ssucs to ho made, daveloped,‘perfected, an tosted by the poople beforo tho Iresidontinl campnign fwo yeats henco, and those things requiro timo and industry, aud, tho sooner tho machinory fs put in wotion, the greater tho cor- tainty ofjauccens, : What fs neecasary abovo ail ihings olse, nftor o consclousnoss of right motives aud coricob views, {8 positive sotlou and A DETERMINED PURPOSE. A half-heatted, doubting poliey, and a trom- bling, vaclllnting movement nre l]mql: a8 sure of boing defented na that time rolis on, Tho old parties will masa thelr shattered, crumbling columns agatust the new party, and, with thoir truinod voternus and oxporionced gonernls (al- though traditional arremics), will fight brenst to breast and shoulder to shonlder, and will drive tho Reformers liko shoop bofore them, if the honrts of the latter boat not os oue in coufidonco and determination. § loping soon to hear the sunnd of®tho slogan calling Lo arms! to arms!" I am, respoctfully. yours for War, Dn. 1. B. Dona. . THE VIN. Its Cutture hi the United States, To the Editor af The Chicago Tribunes Bn: Much attontion is at presont devoted to the cultivation of . tho vine in this country; but thia attention is moro on papor thau in praotice, Wa have troatisos onough; but practicsl and ox- perienced mon, who could carry them out, aro comparatively rarg, or are unable to demonstrato their knowledge in tho vineyard, X " Vino-culture, which hag been tho origin of so many fortunes iy Southern Burope, reccived o good start, during tho years 1805, 1860, nud 1807, in different parts of tho United Statos, when the vino was .planted oxtensivoly, Sud- donly, hawever, = " ° TINS PROGRESS CRASED, on account . of . the poor success which attended a cnltivation which had to suffor from ignoranco of the nature aud treatment of thd vine. Soils were eithor badiy chiosen or bad- Iy propared ; {hie vines wero, not selectod with relation to the differences of climnta ; nnd, bo- sidos, thero was o total lack of proper care and attention during tho courso of vegotation. Tho failure of opou-alr culture was inevitablo undor such circumstances. Anotlier capital mistako was the planting of too.largo an aren at a timo, and with too faw vines ; thus some cuitivators hiad only 400 to 900 vinos to the acre, whero thero should “haye boen from 4,000 to 5,000. 1in gxgbua:m, in Tact, thero aro searcoly ovor lous than "In somo cnscs, tho Inoxporienced Jproprio- . torn suporintended tho plantiug aud culti- vating; in others, mon from North- ern Kuropo, who: porheps had nover seen a vine bafore, ‘wera charged with the duty. As thio vine doos not yield , boyoud the 49th do- greo of Ititudo in Lurope, and as it is ovidont, that theso farmors and gardenera could bavo ob- tnined no practical knowledgo in this cauntry, it is not tao much to eny that a nativo of Groon- land would bave boon as capable of undortaking tho Inbor as thoy wero, Those fnen may lLave been lenrned botanista or skillful gardeners, but they did not kifby the vine and the cars which it requires, Nurserymen wore thus compollod to abandon the vine, or nenrly so, FOR WANT OF COMPETENT VINE-DRESSERS, Many Amoricans, who spared no expenso to laco the cultivation of the vine on n solid nsis, thus saw their hopes dashod to the ground, and even concluded that the climate of this country was not favorable, This is o great mistako; for, though fow vino- yards in tho United Btates yield more than one-~ tonth what they-should, yet tho proprictors ara entisfled. What would theso gentlomen suy ab the \'luufnnlu of llm}nunlly, or at thoso in the hood of Bordeaux, or oven at o singlo wall of Thomery ? Tho revenue of one acro cultivatod on tho Thomery systom constitutes a respectablo fortuno afior o fow yonrs. Tho an- nual vine-production of France alone is esti- roated Lo amount to $400,000,000, more than half of which is’oxported ; and from this it cau easily Lo inforred what an important rola tho vine playod in the paymont of tlio Froucls war-indem- nity; and that, with its cultivatiou in this conn- try, ocaupging the position it should, our na- tional debt could soon ba paid. Whou vine-production has assumod its logiti- mato importance in the United Statos, BIX NILLIONS of peoplo will find omploymout in it, and prop- orty of overy doscriptiou having any councetion therewith will havo ‘doubled agnin and again, and tho woulth acquired init will have an elo- meut of stability which i lacking in so many spoculations, i I shiall fiot attempt to decry ton na a boverage, although I might state the fact that n mixture composed of thres-quartors water and one- fourth pure wino, with-n litlle sugar udr.hu]li warmed if nocossary; and allowod to ,utan but s momont, would form s diuk ‘which would be & belter tho Chinese favorits, The saving which would Do thus offactod would amount to hun- dreds of mullions of doliars B.mm'.\llfl. which ara now ‘m!. uot only in the pockets of the Ohinoso, but the Engliski,” The fhoct that tho Union lies botweon tho 25th and 49th dogroos of north lati- tude would unnhluvarg“g)im to cultivato his own digostivo than vinoyards; but, even exdluding tho uso of wine &4 o drink, millions of goros of vines aro not the logs nocoesary for dessoft, oooking, modical pur- poscy, and for proservos of _nfi kinds, 'Tho grape, too, is so denr that throo-fourths of the werld is doprived of its uso. “Tha vine can be sccossfully cultivatod in +EVEDY STATE IN TUE UNION, but, beyoud the 421 dogroo, tho varotios which ‘can Do grown are yery limited, viz.: Concord, Hartfoul Prolille, Diana, Cataw- b, oto, Tho neighborhood of Now York City is more fuvarnblo; tha Middle aud Westorn States are woll adapted, but diffor according to climate znd oxposure; the Southern States ara still bottor, near tho bordora of tho Gulf espe- clally, and'thero all the Amoricun, with some European, varioties ean bo grown, Most of the Iattor flourish romarkably woll in Bouthorn Flor- idu and Toxas, but only sandy, stony, and dry and olovatod solls, Bparl ling wino (champagne) can cortalnly bo made in Norih and Bouth Caro- liug, on account of the natdre of thoir solln. ‘Tho Delawaro and Gona varatios of grapo mako s vory fine wparkling wino (ohume pagno). ‘ Tho Waltor, Kolon, and Allon's Hybrid aro also alapted for tho sama ]\urlmun, L oxpact, but1 have not tried thom yot Duliclous wine in nlso made from the Adiroudne, Israclla, Epmolan, Ives' Soedling, Norton Vir- giviu, and sovoral of Rogors' Hybrids. - [2{lis'e can be thoroughly cured by the application of flonr of bymatouo, but §t must bo omployed with {utelliganoo, au all times of the dny aro not oqually well adapted for tho applieation, Tho dinosso apponry, howover, befora the plant Is so dvanood 88 to he ln]lmu( pormunentiy, Budden changen of temperstura will, howaver, repro- duco the ovil ; hut the practionl drossor will foro- stall its nppenranco, s Our nurderyimon hiave always boon foromost In advancing thia oultivation of everything caleu- lated to incronso man's comfort and happlnous, aud a4 Aoon e nso wine-oultute shall become more popular with the publle, our arborioultur- ists will again take their part In oxtonding its propagation, 5 bavo tho most profonnd rospect for tho Indies of Ohio and Indiann, andI sympntln:o with thom fu thelr crusadoagatust the polsonouy alooholio drinka which work suol minery ; ‘but thoy cannot confound a nntural and harmlus s driik with the polsons of tho bar-rooms, 'Ll o moral and peouniary advantages which would | rosult to the natlon from tho svbstitulion of wino for thoso villainous compounds would 1o simply incaleulablo, It may bo asked, Iow can such o rosult bo obe talned ?” I answer: Lot tho Goverument, or & Stnto, county, or vlllagu. university, oven s pri- vato family, mako the oxporimont on n fow acrod, Lot thom engage an hortienlturist of the f modorn school, o man who possensos thorequisito practienl and thooretical knowlodgo, i woll nct‘]lmllltud with the conntiy and its clinate, and s ablo to practically domonkirato the culturo of thio vino on the Thomery sysiem fixst, for fumilios; sacond, for the markot ; third, on n large sealo, according to the laxt method of vintago, ‘Thogo threo mothods nre altogother very difforont. I'he mproved systom of Dal- Lray, applied to all kinda of fruit-troos, should also” forn n great portion of this institu- tlon, which I holiove to be ono of the moat os- sentinl and useful, Gardencrs and dologntes would diffuso a knowlodgzo of tho proper treat- ment of the vines throughout the Union, if n +public courso of proctical leoturcs and demon- strations woro given an tha subject. The pro- puring of solls, tho Flnut(ng, pruning, policing, and disbudding of the vine, could be nysteialic- ully taught, ns woll nu the' modern pruning of overy kind of truit-troos, The enlawe of 1uit- :)ro‘eu o4 conductod in this country ab, present is ut A PRINITIVE SYRTEM of farming, and hus not yot produced a bunch of grapes, or evel o llm”’ peach or plum, thab would bo considored it for dessert in Burope. 1 oxeept tlio poarsand Spvles of Culifoaia, Wiich ceitainly aro romarkabla for their size, Dalbray bogan his courso on mrboriculture in Paris, in tho Garden dos Plantos, {u 1840 ; and in throo years the_old routina systom wes donn away with in Fronco, A sinilar oxporienco could be obtained in {his country, aud tiwc 10~ sults above mentioned would ba reatizod fu less than twonty-flve yoars, Dalbray ‘was the amginetor of fixed nainral framo-works for fruit-troos In 200 dit- 'foront forms, whioh offered the - voutnge of baing yo;éular proflla- ble, and attractive, and, fmme: i-uu[_v after tho publication of Lis work, thoso of Dubroul, Mexis lo Poro, Malot, Hardy, otc., appeared, which nro highly spoken of ‘by Robiugon an Rivers, well-known Lnglish writors, If auy of yonr readers should desire any fur- Eher information on this matter, I would bo hap- by to furnish wll in my power. 1 romain, sir, very respoctfully yours, Ou. BuLor, ICELAND. Iler MHillenninl Celebration — Dr. Jayes? Expedition, From the New York Sun, June % The coolest lizod in tho subjoined ndvortisoment, ‘wus dif- [used by yestorday’s Sun : ]’.\IIIXADDR, GREENLAND, AXD ICELAND IN 4 thny for tho Millennial 'Colebration, The faste sulling elipper achooner Mary D, Ledch, Atking, Auater, fu intended toleavo on or about Juno 20 for tho shove placea for o threo montha' plossure-trip— ong month in Teclind, Slio hus two cabing, sccommodating cnsiy elght pas~ senyors, and, hoing o fast sallor, It 1 confdently cx- Dected sho will mako tho rin out within twenty dave, Lgrsoun fn pursuit of Lealth or plensure will tind tis thy most uttractivo trlp of {his year, For further partlculars, tornm, &¢., apply to B, J, WENDERG, 31 01d Sitp, A Sun reporter found 3r, Wenberg in Jong, low-ceilluged: aparttnent, adorned with painie ghips and canvas belliod by prosperous galey. A bunch of tho Inrgest imaginable bannnas, an enormous watermolon, and n head of rough- Jjackoted pineapples from Barscon lay on o table near the privato office, Afr. Wenborg enid that Dr, Tayes, the distin- guished Arctie oxplorar, aud u Mr. Macarthy Lad conditiounlly chartered ono of hiactipper solioon- ars, tho Mary D. Loach, for s \'nfi'ngu to leoland, ‘Thoy had authorized him, he said, to book cight roputablo gentlomen at $1,000 ench, This men- gro information, Mr. Wonborg added, was all txmr. bolind yet learned of Dr. Iayes' expedi~ tion, In tho library of the American Gaugruiflflcnl Bocioty, surrounded by timo-stainod maps, charts, birchon canoes, aud grotesquo idols Dr. Hayes was soatod, smoking o Imfirm!l cignr. ** Ab, slr, from tho Sun,” snid the unassuming Doctor, riging from his sent. * You desire to know somothing about my nnlpmuhlng visit to Iccland? - Iavo o chalr, and 1 will toll you all about it.” Tho Doctor said: "** At lost fitty in- dividuals have appliod to mo for passago, but thero is n distressiug contrarioty of tastesamong them, Somo wish to go vin Dundeo, Scotland, othors direct to Ieelund, and the remainder de- claro that their enjoyment would not Lo porfoct unloss the yeould "hivo o briof ramblo [n Lubra- dor and Icoland ‘on route. Ileturning homo wo will probably touch at Norway, Svitzber- f‘m' whore walrus soals abound, or Janmayen. Reprosenting tho American Geographiea! " Ho- cioty, and accompanied by oight of its fllows, am to bo present ot tho millennial colo- bration of the Icolandic Republio on the 2d of August, On the preceding dny, the Kmg of Doumark will grace tho aceasion itrolf with his presencoe. No cauntry has ever celobrated its thousandth anuiversary. Trom the earliest poriod of tho world's history Icoland has pro- ontod, not exactly in form but in substance, n ropublican Qovernment, Weo find thero tho ancient Beandinavinn ugungo, ‘'he poople pro- serve'thelr original simplicity of eharactor and lionesty in tharr wocinl and political rolations, The ovent will undoubtedly attract from all pa of tho world tho lenrned, curious, and adven- turons. I may particularizo Cyrus W, Fiold as porhnps the most distinguished Americnn who iz goiny an Tcoland. Mo will journey thither via ingland, “In nddition to tho historlcal interost at- tachied to tho commemoration of the establish- mont of tho Icclandio Ropubile by tho old Northimen, A. D. 874, my compauions will enjoy the magnificont sconery” of Groeniand and por- tions of the intorior of Ieoland, ~Greouland has the fiyost glacior B{ulum in tho world, and it has thus far, oxcopt by myself, boon bt littlo studied, Icl lnud?mxauaaann glacior system, but none of the individuul placiors reach the sen and dischargo leoborgs, The islind is ontirely voleanie. Tho mountains, very lofty and ox- coodingly picturesque, aro otornally shrotded in pnow and ico. At thelr base, sud forming nurrow margin for tho sea, thero is o belt of lIand whicly was once partinily clothed with forests und moderately abundant vegetation, With the soomingly incronsed govority of the climato, however, the forests havo disnppearoed, ‘The paople support oxistonce by hunting, fishing, and tho tillagoe of the soil, and are pencoful aud rosperous, Tho most prominent fentwro of colnndio scenery is tho groat luva beds formed Dby the cooling of Inva stroams that wero dis- charged by Ileclar aud Skoptar, the eruption of which, in 1783, was tho most Qovastating that listory records. “*©ho Indo plain of Tingvallais a solid bed of lava, and ia equal in beauty to the Plains of Almanassa, Oceupyinga portion of tho firet of theeo pluins Is Logbarg, a mountsin on which tho Lagamann and his wise man mot in August, of encli year to logislato aud ndjust tho affaixs of tho Republic, * During tho summor the climate of Iceland 18 mild sud pleasant, and not sovere in wintor, The Icclanders, numbering €0,000 sould, arc among tho fow peoplos of tho world who live in ithmunity from war, In fact, the island bas nover hoon deérolated by an enomy. Icoland is raadily renchod from Europe and from this coun- try by a sumiling vessel in eighteon days, Thore Is'no moro danger in the vuynfia than'in_ o forry trip across the North River, Although the namo of the lsland is suggeative of cold, vo ice, save in tho forin of au ocensional iceborg, will bo on- countered. hese oncouuters will bo in_day- light, and not dangerous, Aftor leaving Now- foundiaud bohind us‘thero will bo no durkiness at any timo, and ouw may read av bight without ar- titlolal light. s 4 A large party hins beont organized n Bngland for the dauble purposo of sclontiflo explotation ond sport. Tho oxpeditionluts, aftor onjoying tho colobration, will push Into tho interlor witly tho view of sealing sono of thio loftiost ol ot voleanio mouuntainy, hitherto considored inge- cossible, T hope to sealo Monnt 1lecla alone, if my fellow-voyugers are {ndisposed Lo nccompan o, Whis font hus novor yot boon accomplishad, though froquently attmn)l)md. Ivinone of tho moxt remarkablo oruptlve mauntains in tho world, It was lust aetir in 1840, Shonld I not form & suitable party ta start honoo, I will go to Beotland with tho gontlomon of the American Qoological Bocioty who havo been choson to Jouruey with me, and engago o veusol to convey ug dlrect to Ivolsud.” R e — —The Blshop of Athabason aud his wifo, nccom- auied by tho following missionary tonchors from inglaud, doparted for Fort (arry shis morning : My, und Alrs, Shuw, Mr, and_ Mrw, Nender, Miss Maore, Mr, Flines, and Mr, Malloy, They were mot _loro yuuter(?uy, on their arrival from Ln- gland, Ly a party troim Fort uunf connlming of the Kova, ‘Thomas Iutt and D, 1, 0'Moara, uud Mosura, MeArthnr and MoMioken, Athabasca i about 700 miles northwost from Fort Gorry, and its misslon stations nro widely acnttered ‘oyor DPrinco Rupert's Loud.—&t Paul Dispatch, propotition of tho reason, eryatal- ANTARCTIC EXPLORATIONS. The Voyage of tho Dritish Ship Chal- Ienger, —_— " Wilkes' Continont” a Nonentity. From the New York Herald, June . Wo priblish below o highly iiterceting and important lottor from Liout, 1 oy, ., N, to Dr. IInyes, the well known Arotfe oxploror, glv- iz an account of & portion of tha oruise of tho u]r tlgl.:‘ 8hip Chinllonger, which eallod from Bu- gland two yeurs ago_on n vovage of discovo: iiround the world, Trimarily the shycet ot voyago was to obtaln information of the aoop- on curronts of tho ocean, to necortain the tom- Foml.m'o of tho waler nt “gront fln’lths, nnd tho ifo which was thero supported, Tho chief ime portance nttached to tho leltor is, that it shows tho Challenger to linvo dono away with n con- siderable put of Wilkes' Antnrctic Continent, which, sluco we we went to echool, has figure on the mapa. In ordor that its importanco may Lo tho Lotter appreciated, wo quoto from Capt, Wilkey' roport of the Unitod States Exi ploring Lxpadition hig romarks in relation to th dige covory. It will bo ubserved that in compound- ing longitude Capt. \Vilkos reckons froms Wash. inglon, whilo that of the Chullonger is rockonod from Groenwich, Wilkes suys: WILKES' FAMOUS DISCOVENY OF A NEW CONTI- NENT, This day, at noon Iatitudo 62 deg, 20 min, woutly, 2 mun, oant, . Many potroly, athntrosson, o fow whales, and a goal ‘worc noon from the ship, and tho waler way quite greon, ' Sth—"Tha weather thin day was variable, with with light wosterly winds; tho tomperatire of olr nud wator consional rqualis of anow nnd mist ucerrod, but It was ab timos clenr. lie weter sas otill olivo greon, and. tho rt uir \-c]uuclu oceastonully in sight, boating to wiadward, longitudo 166 dog. uing of 14019t wo found oursalvos inu deop hay e tho Deacock standiug to tha soulhwest, “Until 8 o'elock, o, m, wo bad & moderate brecze, Liso walor was of o durker olive groen aud had o muddy apponranco. Land “was now cortainly visilo. from the Vincomues, both. to tho southenst and sonlhwest, i tho _former direo- tion most distinetly, Both appoared high. Tt was betweon 8'and 9 in tho morning whon I wan fully sutistied that it was certainly lund, and my ovn opinion wau confirmed by that of somo of tho oldest nnd most oxperioneed sen- men ou board, Tho officor of the morning watch, Liout. Alden, sent twico and eallod my attention to it Wa wera at this time in longi= tnde 151 deg. 30 min, cast, Intitude GG 20 min,” kouth. . Tho day was fino 2 uito cioar, with light windg, Aftor diviue servics T still saw the outline of tho fund, wnebanged in torm, but not po, distinct as in tho moraingz, By noon I found wo wero H0g- sing on 1o the barrier, I'he boats wore lowerod i congequence and tho ship towad off, The report from aloft was: ** A continued barrior of Ico around the bay and no opening to ba soor, bLaving the western point of it beariug to tho northward of wost of us.” Istood to tho wost- wiird to pues around it, fully assured that the Poncoolt would explore all the outline of tho Y. The Pencock, nt b, 30m., necording to Capt. Iudeon's journnl, having - got into tho drift ico, with n burtier still ahond to tho wast, tacked to the southeast to work up for an ftnmonse mass, whicl bad every appearauce of land, and which way belloved to be such by nll on board. It was soon boyond and towering above an ico island that was from 150 te 200 foot in height. It boro fom them nbout southirest* and had tho Appesr- nuco of boing 8,000 fent in Leight, forming o sort of amphitheatro, looking gray and dark, and divided into o distinct ridgos or elovations throughout its entire exteat, tho wholo being covored wilh anow. As there wos no probability of gotting neaver to 1t {uthis qunartor, thoy stood ont of the bay, which wss about twonty miles doop, to procved to the weatward, lonKng to get an opportunity to-eppronch tho object moro clogely on the other side, Thero being now no doubt in my mind of the discovery of land, it gave an oxciting intorest to tho cruisp that Bp- peared to sot aside all thought of fatigue, and to mako every one willing to -encounter any difie culty to offect a landing. WIAT TIE OUALLENGER DISCOVERED, MuLnounse, March 17, 1 4, 1y Dear Dr. Hayes :— i <+ . Woworo dirccted to oxnming Korguc- len, or Dosolation Iuland, na Capt. ool called it, aud to solect an obkervatory site for tho Transit of Venus Expedition, which is oxpected Lo arriys there towards tho end of tho yeas IHonrd or McDonald Xsland was alao to bo oxplored, and as wo lnd to go 5o far south Capt. Nares dotor- mined to go o litulo further, Lnve o look st tha ico and endenvor to settlo the donbtful question 48 to the oxistonce of Wilkes' **Torminetion Lnnd.” But wo were in no way propared to en- tor pacle ic, ns the ship was not strongthiened for 1t, and did not cnrry provisions sufliciont to allow any risks of being frozen m. Teo anchors and chivols, o couple of whnlaboats, oxtra storos, and somo warin clothing, all of which were ob- tained at the Cape, wero the only things taken outwatd for our Autaretic cruise. Wo loft tho Capo of Goad Hopo Dec. 17. Tho distanco to Prince Edward and Marion Talands— ~-1,100 miles—~was run in cight days, Marlon Island ia 8,000 fcob high, and covored with snow, which extends in pluces to within 800 foot of the level of the en ; a soft moss, which growa in great profusion, glvea tho hillsides o boautifully groen appearance, and tho largost plant is tho Kerguolon land cablagoe (Pringlea antiscorbutica), _Tho lnrgo albntross (diomedia exulans) woro sitting on their oggs in great numbers on tho lillsides, whoro from a distance thoy looked not unliko a flock of shicep grazing in n groon flold, hree kinds of ponguing wore found—tho king inpl('nmlylca), tho white-winged and tho oudypted, or roldon-crested, or macearories, ns the "soalors call thom, Bostdos TUMErous pro- cellarin, torn, oto, Christmes Harbor, Kerguolon, was reached on th January, 1874, The place is iutoresiing ns Laving been visited and named by Capt. Cook on his first voyago, aud Rous spent sixty-fivo days thero thirty-threo yonrs ago, during which time hourly obgervations were regiuterod at n station on ghore, Pleusant work it must have beon on the cold nights watching the dipping neodlo. Qur obsorvations woroe taken on the samo spot. ‘I'lio noxt twonty-four days wero spent examin- ing the numerous bays, crecks, and flords on tho oast or loo sido of the island, A high range of mountuins covored witly enow extend. the wholo longth, tho highest peak boing Mouut Ross, at Togal Bouud, 6,000 foot, The vegotation is much tho sanio ovorywhora—soft mous, conrso grass, plonty of the cabbage, but no trocs or shrubs. 'Ihe floworing plants in all do net num- ber ovor thirty. Hon ulu‘)lnmts and leopurds Wwere numorons in the craolts, and a fow fur soals obtnined. Tho only four-legged animal discoy- ored was o mouye, n colony of which probably got ashoro from some whaler. “Thore was capi~ tul duck-shooting overywhere. Tho birds ara small, of darl brown plimage, something like a widgeou, and.capitul eating, 'We could not find that ihoy woro describod by nuturalists, and probably the specios is only to bo found on theso southorn islands, Cupt. Nnrog was fu favor of Royal Sound for an observatory station, It Is tho” headquartors of tho sonlors, and a fino estuary, with fully, I should think, ono thonsandislands'fu it ; wo Inid down about one hundred in our running survey. T'he climate at Kerguolon may well bo com~ pared to thal of Bugland in wintor, Galos of wind, however, wore rather moro froquent; our averago wad ono every throo dnya; we wero Dblown off the laud sovoral times and had difi- oulty in roturning on account of thick woatier, The thermomoter gonorally staod about 44 or 44 degraos, nnd rangod from 88 to 68 degrees, No Taud bixds wero found, Tho liat of son birds is rather long, but the principal are : Threo kindy of albatrous, four procellaria, prion, gulls, duclk, pu;mmm, graculuy, mogalistrls, and four pou- guins, Vory fow flah wore caught; most of them wore stmall, from the dredge, trawl, and surfuco notd, T'ho sonlors told us thut largo fish wore to bo canght off somo smnll istands which aro mou'e apiropristaly callod tho “Rocks of Doupuir, but we kept well olear of thom. Thick, forgy weathior wus exporionced on tho assago to Jeard's Island, which was reuched on fim 6ib Fobruury. Corfuthinn Buy, or Whisky Bay, s it is catled by tho soalers, from tho quan- tity of Bourbon consumed evory ycur whon tho bork arrives, ia tho best suchoruge. The land 18 vory liigh, tho mountain being vutlously osti- mated from 6,000 {o 12,000 feot high, but it doos not appeur to havo beon mousured by shrvoyors, and is nostly always enveloped in mist. On one sido of the bny a magnificent glocicr runs down to tho water's odgo and {8 eald to oxtond the longth of tho faland, It I tho first L have ovor soon, but I canuot sttompt to doscribo ita grandour, ‘Ihore wag Eoavcoly any green on shago, no cnbbago aud ‘uo ducks, The temperaturo fell to 84 dogreos, andthatof the wator to 36 degracs, Top wan it seon on 11th February, fn lati- tude 61 dog. 4 nun. soutk, tongitudo 80 dog, 20 min, oast, whon we sounded in 1,200 fathoms "“Siotches of this Jaud will be acon fn tho atiss on the cliart of the Anluzctic Continent vy tn (Jan 17, 1840), wo wero in‘ and drodgod olosa to tho Inrgo borg 270 feet high and n quarter of nmlilo long, For the noxt five Ay wo salled througl great numbors of ico~ boru, niost of thom tabilur oy flat toppod, and basin jeo, until on tha 141l of Fobrunry wo wern stoppad by tho prckice to tho southonst in Intls tudo 65 deg. 42 min., longitude 17 deg, 49 min, ongt. Wao boto nway along the edgoof tho pack 1co Lo outhwantward, and crossod tho Antaretla cirelo on thoe 16th of Fobruary in longitude 78 enst, Wo reached within 1,400 miles of the South T'olo nod 120 milea to tho monthward of ho position nesigned by Oapt. Wilkes to Torminntion Lund, but 470 miles Lo the westward of Ity 8o wo stood to the onstward with tho view of socking for It In that diroction, The icohorga which wo passed wore, I may Any,’ innwmorabio, ns many a4 cighty-soven. bolng i +#ight at one time, noarly all fnt-topped, and ovie dontly ot ndrift from tho groatsouthern ico bar- rier, ~ 'U'ho effoct of o shot at n large ono, over 200 foct bigh, astomshed us all one” day by the quantity of ico it brought down from nonrly the wholo longth of the borg. "lio wenthor was now fino, tolerably cloar, tho nlghts novor properly davl, brignt flashos of Autora Australis and o brilllant rod light gen- onlly flluminating the wostern horizon, cauned by tlio refloction of the Aun on ico. 'Thore wis o good doal of wnow and sharp frost; tho low o8t tomporature was 23 deg. Tuhronhoit, and that ?'r th? \'\"nkor 7 dog. whon runuing throngh opon pack, Ureat numbers of whales woro foon all tho. timo wo ware noar the feo, On some nflornoonss thoy woro blowing round the ship in dozous, Many nppearod to bo *right whaley,” and #pouted only one jol of water., Shoals of grams DPusoy wero aldo scon, 11ind almost forgotten to sy that whon wa £ave up tho search to tho westward, on tho 16th of Februsry, au open ses, aimost {roo of boerge, was sgen to tho southwest, nnd notbing ta provent o atrongthoned ship golng on in thay diraction. 4 On tho 234 of Fobruary wo reached Iatitude 64 deg. 16 min, south, loigltudo 91 dog, 47 min, east, bolug within 0 wmilea of tho supposed posts tion of Willkew' Tormination Land, when packe ico was scon ahead, oxtonding from west-son, b~ weat to gouth-southonst, and complotely stopping us, We woro aliio surroundod with borgs, olghty~ alght baing in sight, Boundings wero obtained in 1,800 fathoma, 4 Tho gly was remarkably cloar ot the timo, tha xaugo of vision heing logged at botween twanty- fivo nnd thirty milos, but thero was no Appents ouce of lend In any direction. The noxt morns ing the drodgowns put over as closo ns wa could 50: to tho supposed position of tho Ant~ aretio Continont, but nothing was brought up which would show any H§m on the subject. The wind now froshenod to galo, with heavy squalls, snow, and o thick mist, so that it wns soaroly poesiblo to soo . alip's longth, | Tn trying to mako fast to an igoborg, an eddy cure ront kot us on to it, and tho jibl oom, dolphin- striker, whiskor, and all tho hond-goar woro cnr- od away. Bhortly aftorwards wo wero nearly foul of a large borg bofora it was seon, 1t wea only the ‘prompmudu of tho maintopman in lot~ . ting fall tho maintopeail, which was thrown aback, and by %olng astorn full speed with tho Berow that wo cloared it, and thus probably og~ eaped a rathor untimely ond to the cruiso, horo s nmhlmi1 more now to tell. Tho weather continued bad for tho next fow days. We gradually ran out of tho ico, heaving to gon- eraliy at night. Nearly all_our conl was gong, #ows had to bo off, 'Boliovo me, sincorely yoars, Joun Hynes, s en SINBAD OUTDONE. A Romarkablo ¢ Magnetic Chambor? in o Calttornin Cuves Tha author of *Binbad the Snilor’s Advens fures " must resign his laurels. One W H, Btokes has been exploring a recontly-discovered cavo noar Pine Grove, Amador County, Cal., and * writes to the Suttor Orcolt Independent au ace countof his jnvestigations. Rr. Stolos vouches for tho exnct truth of bis narrative in overy par~ ticular, and we doubt not tho reader will 1l adily oredit it from tho following speciman descrip tion of ono of tho chambers the party enterod: After journoying for a milo and_ o quarter through the undorground passages, Btokes and lis party found themselves in a * lan‘: bug rathor narrow chambor, tho walls of which are not limstone, but o yollowish brown ana biack iron' oro.” 'Thig chambor bents Binbad's magnetic mountnin, which drew ail tho nalls from his ship, and thus causcd it to fall to pieces, all hollow. Listen to Mr, Btokes: ‘Upon ontering this chambor wo noticed a most pecaliar disturbanca of the mag- not, the noedlo constantly vibrating from sido to side, and frnquonglfl whirling around for a minuto at o time with a velacity which rondared it invisible. Wo also exporicnced a singular seusation, a gort of o cbill appearing to com- monce at the back of the neck _and extending to tho very tips of our flugers and tocs. As wo ad- vanced iu this chamber we found those stugular sonsations to increaso in intonsity until it bo- camo almost uuboprablo. Wo ventured on still further, howover, though it beermo avident that wo could not long.remain in this mysterious placo. Iomittad to mention that the walls and floor of this chambor, especially portienlar rooks thorein contained, swere bhighly magnot- i, and pocomo mora xo tho farther wo advanced toward tha north, Ouo of the party Who carled & hatchot had {t suddenly wrosted from him by o mnguetic rock nesr which ho pnsscd. and tho combined strength of four of us was insufllclont to dotach it. A, 0cket-knifo, which accldontally dropped to tha oor, had to remain thoro, nono of the party bav- ing sufliciont strongth in his fingora to piok it up, Maeon, who had put on for the aceasion o pairof miuer's hoots, tho soles of which tere filled with nndls, could walk with difficuly, and, bappening to atep upou o porifon of tho floor unnsually mingnetie, found bimsolf suddenly aflixed theroto and uunblo to move. He was compolled to with- draw hia foet from his boots and loave them there, tearing up his cont and wranping the plecca aronnd his feot to protect them from being cut by tho rocks. Wo hind remalned in this chambor abons ten minutes, when suddenly tho chilling sonentlon bogun to Incronse, tho focling being an if & cold aud piorcing wind was blowing upon ns and bocoming onch moment more intensely cold. Wao hastily rotreated, and noon reached, fecling mora doud than ulive, the lnrge chnmber contnin- ing the hot spring. Wo thon retracad our steps along the twine, and in & couploof Lours emorged {from tho cave.” ———— A Liquor Merchant QonsciencesSmite ten and Crazed. From the Omaha Bee, Muy 28, Yeutorday morning a telegram was roceived by Doputy Bhorift Hanlon, to come to Elichorn, on the Union Pacific Railrond, and take charge of o crazy travelor. Tho man's name is William Boal, & promiuont lquor morohant of San Francisco, ot b wny to Now York on business. - Ho tost home perfoctly sound in mind, but upon near- iug the enstorn end of the Union "Pacifle Rail. roud ho showed wigns of approaching insanity, and upon reaching Likhorn station hie bocamo ontircly insane. Ho throw his monoy (815)) out of "tho car-window, jumped from the plht form and cut up many curious antics, Bhorift Hanlon, who bad put in an apnouranco in answer to tho conductor’s telogram, took ulmr;;o of hiin to Omabn, ‘and lodged” him in jeil, Vho unfortunate individual i a fine-appoaring gon- tloman, Judging from his ravings ho Lns bo como insano from braoding over tho subject of tho liquor traflie, and tho ovils it ontails upor mankind, Hoia' constantly praying to God it forgive him for hias crimos, and for baving caused 5o much intoxicution. The sud informa tion of his oago has boon eont to his fricuds iy California, e e =y A King’s Oupueity for Champague Lrom an Interview unllllx l.‘l;vllh;forl, in the New Xorl ferald, I nover paw guch wine-drinking as I anw in tho Bundwich Islinds, The Kiug thero sent me word ho would bo pleased to have mo at the siaco, o went, aud woro vory houpitably en- ortalnod. Tho King didn't know Froncly, but ho suid, through an interproter, that Lo had o o] ly of La Lanferne, which he would not part with. The King and his threo Ministors wora prosent, and they ordered champagne, oud, with & cottplo of friends moro, drank forty bottles of it, which thoy poured down llke wator, Of course, I didu't nnmn‘pt to kqu up with tho Kiug, It was vory funny, Tho others ad- droasod tho King véry familinely, and . tho, . intor- protor ouly futerpreted when i folt liko i€, ————— Willard Sunlsbury?s Slave ¢ 82ill,% Benntor Willard Saulsbury, of Dolaware, DLrothor of tho presant Henntor, nsed to tell thie following story of his slave Bill, as an. Iilustrn- tiou of the ingratitudo of tha colored race. At o tima whon 31,000 each was -baing paid for . substitutas, Bill wan draftod, and his master, at coniderabla incanvenlence, ' raised tho §1,000 and paid hiniout, Bill wout home, but tho noxk dny o wus misking, Going to look for him, who should tho Boantor woo but his favorite wor- yank rovoling {n o bran-new uniform, and whoel. lug into colunm with o company of rovenits who wora boing activoly put through tho drill. e mau lind gono back to the oficor and rocoived aud pookotod the maney which his mastor bad poid tho day bofore for hiy roleass, - -— —Mlle, do Totheohild hns juag presed hor examination as a public wstructrons, 8o is not iu groat prosont nood, but woans o bo prepared,