Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 18, 1874, Page 3

CHARLES W. HUNTER. . History of His Family and Early Life. Formation of the Tilincis Antl-Slavery Sooiety. Dandidate for Governor in 1844, )id e Bianaway Slaves---Incidonts of Escapes: His Personal Characteristica. The followlng papor, propared to bo read be- bro tho Abolitionists’ Rounion, was not submit~ }d thore, but will bo read with interost, relating B it does to & man ko well known {n this Stato: OHARLES W. NUNTER, Oharlea Willinms Ilunter, like so many of tho wrly Abolitionists, sleops with his fathors, s wmmo, though historic, will, oveu at this com- rmnm_v rocont pordod, swakon littlo In tho Jinda of the presont generation, save that tho Joble band of patriots, the Liberty party of Tili- ‘ois, gelocted hitm ne thoir standard-loaror, thelr andidate for Govornor, in the campnign of Bid Ho was not an oditor, that his thoughts shonld Jave boou brondeast over the tand, and himaclt yporsonal momory in every houschold, Ho was jot n statesman in oftieial position, whoro his wta should bo wide-sprond ag tho lsud in which 1o Uved. Ho'was, during all tho lato years of s lifo, o private citizen. A man of * proporty sad standing,” as the phrhee current in those Inys bosit; but, unhapply for those solf-com- Nacent men of ** properly and standing,” dis- loguished from thom by love of universal jus- foo. A prompt sacrifico of tiwo, of offort, of ponoy ; a cortain ronuncistion of porsonal popu~ wity and social consideration—ond 1t might pore thon possibly be, the devotion of life self—nll these wero involved in the position thich ho took, that Right might triumph aud iis country be rodeemed, In & commumty slave- lolding in its sympathies, with tho ties of oarly @m,pnoionships and friondships binding bim to favo-holders, ho burst all bouds, and not fittully x spasmodically, but with one continued onr- Tt oflort of solf-devotion,labored on to the end. 118 PARENTS. *0. W. Huntor, n8 ho shv.ys wroto his name, a8 tho son of ltobort aud Auwe Huuer, Will- ams his second name, \was given by his mother, jor own maiden name. Robert Hunter camo of family of some wealth in Itcland, aud was of teh-Irish descout. Tho exact time Iobert unter vamo to America canuot bo given, but he as an oflicer in tho Rovolutionary War, His ommission is from “The United Btates of }muriea in Congress assembled” and runs to Jobert Huntor, Gontloman.”, That great struggto was not “without i rolax- itions, and Lo mou hig fuwre wite at a bull in a ountry villago nenr Ehzabothtown, N. J., sho ;eina a resident of that city. " The |prightliness and grnco young wdy did what tho Iiritish Army combined led not do, conquered tho heart of the young Federal officer. ftor a courtslup in no konso jedious, on Ieb. ), 1782, tho twain wero mar- Lgnd. The yoar tollowing, Lis rogiment Iny in onlucky, Where his wife accompanied him, and m Doc. 22, 1783, Charlos W. Iluntor was born, El;ua n potive of Kontuoky, A duughtor, Elizn~ th Hunter, died at tho ago of 1 year, Cbnrles vog not yot 12 years old whon his fathor's monted aeath loft him to tho sole care of his other. Subsoquently, sho marricd an oflicor y the namo of Wobstor, but this union was without offspring, and Charles grow up au only shild. Mrs, Wobster is ropresonted to have beeiy [:womnn of mwuch forco of character, and ono at inspired groat rovorenco in the minds of 0 young, ‘Tho character of tho son malkes such faots presumablo, but little information of Jhis period is now at cormmund. HE WAH APPOINTED TO A OAPTAINOY by James aladison in the War of 1812, His mimnission bears date July 6 of that year. rovioua to this, but at what oxnot timo caunot o stated, ho married, for wo find his wifo was with him whon lio joined lus command at Platts- burg. Ho sorved with distinction throngh the war; wus promotad to the rank of Colouel for gallantry; beld o position on ITarrison’ s malf, sud rommined greatly attached to that Geaeral through lite, AFTER THE WAR, grobuhly in 1818, in couuection with Col, lemons, ho went into mercautilo busmeus in Bt. Louls, Thoy woro personal frinds snd brother oflicers in the somo war. Each bore the title of Cotoncl. This, in tho transaction of businoss, somotimes brought nbout littla mis- takos, 80, to nvoid confusion, be being the ;unugnr mau, Col, Iluuier vroposed hence- orth to bo nddregsed ms Major, IFrom that time ho was always known as Muj. Hunter. In 1820, ho romoved to 1llinois, entablishing himself in that part of Alton known to this day a4 “Ilunter’s Town,” and still continued 1w mercantile businesy. IS FAMILY. Ho hod n good housg, with the comforts and onnvenicnees uf older Slates, but thiy did not esempt the fawily from the miasmatio fovers of & now country, and, in common with othors, they wero prostrated with sickucss. To the great rief and wrepmieble loss of hor hus- oad, Brs, Hunter died—died in tho first yoar of their residonce in_ this State, moro than fifty yours ngo. But I bave mot with some who knew hor, and who speak 1 high torms of hov vigoious intelleet, 1o perdon, aud lady-like manners. ter muidon nome was Marthn Maldron, and she resided in Bomerville, N, J. Alnjor Hunter was tuus left sloue. No, nokalone, for threo mothiorlows ones clung around him, thoir only parent. Tho eld- eut, Blootafield, called nfter” Gov. Bloomlleld, n particular friond, died ab the ago of 15. ‘Lo sucond son wns named by his grandmothor Junter, Hampden, as sho hid & most justitiable pride in her tomoto nucostor, tho consin of Crom- well, staunch Jubn Hampden. ‘The cont of arms fentillin the family. 'This gon grow to man- Tood ; mueriod, but died several years previous to his father. His widow and chuldion were not long ago, and avo probubly still, rosding in Juck- ponville, in this Stato. The only daughior, Sareh Ann, marriod a prowminent morchant of Alton, They, their children, and grandehildren now rowdo 1n that ‘LE-. ‘Lhe predout writer fivst becamo acyaintod with Maj, Hunter in Docember, 1834, o was then living in a socond houno of Lis own build- ing, and many will remomber the compnrative cloganco of that homo ; the opon hospitality of the owner and his benutiful duughter, tho uni- versslly boloved Burab Hunter, THE ALAVERY QUESTION. At this time, elavery hud excitod no particular attention at Alton. Ldo not know the fuct, but the probabititios aro that tho Major was 8 Colonizationist, Slrango as {v may yoem, most persons_oppesed to slavory at this period an- chored thoir hopos in that Society, ‘o nlaves soomed so rockloss, shiftless, and uttorly inonpa- DLlo, that mon did not #eo what could bo done with thom, but rogardod colonization, if not s o paunces, etill as a project that might keep tho !:npulnr mind from going wholly to sleop over lo subject. Not much was 8aid in conversation of the mattor, but there wero those who consid- orod slavery a gin, and some few who thought all countonanco givon to slavery sinful. A fow could not be Induced to employ slave-labor. A LITILE INCIDENT, somewhat {llustrative, ocourred woon afler my coming to Alton, Blaves, whoso ownors lived in Missourd, often lired out hero, A Indy om- loyed n colorod woman for a day's washe g, At its closo she pald her prico, which was to go to hLor mistress in 8t Louis, The lady did not foel wholly at oaso about it, and made a presont of 25 conts to the girl for her own beneilt, Ier husband oame homo, and, learnlog that slave labor Lad Woon employed in his family, tho matior was quito thoroughly disonssed, | Tho conclusfon reachiod was that all emplayment of sluyes gavo comfort to slavery, and that honcoforth, ot what- over inconvemence, they would forego slave Inbor, This stateof fecling wau far from Leiu goneral, but oxistod with some who thought Gar- rison o crazy man, or at loast had heard ho wan such, Mr, mefuz himuolf, at this poriod, was groping In the durk, Tn 1830 tho Observer wuy ostablished at Altan, and of thoso whq took ground in support of that jpapor as it eteadily advancad In {ts opposition to slavery, Maj, Iun~ gor wus always (n tho front ranlk, TIK ANTI-SLAVENY JONVENTION, 4 Tn the fall'of 1837,"aftor tho pross had boen Qoatroyed thrce timos, & rocital of whivh will not ITHE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE:. TH( DAY, JUNE 18, 1874, hera bo givan, #a eonvontlon of parsons favor- able to immodiato omnanolpation” was ealled to meot in Usror Alton, ‘Thoro wore nearly 200 names from difforent parta of Illinoia apponded to tho enll, Twonty-throo of thoso wore from Alton, and O, W. Huutor wns first on the list, o Conyontion met, a body of men uurivallod in intolligenoo, poreonal worth, and weight of oharactor, It cousisted of mnioro than olghty dologatos, They ocoupied tho Presbytorian Ohwreh, & now and commodious building. ~ Their nrovondings wore braken tp {he flst day by tho riotous conduct of men cunbinad for thaé pur- poso, aud, recolving a nato from tho Lrustoes of tho dhirel, who woro impeliad by fosr that thowr building would bo dostroyed, roquosting them not to reasgomblo there, thoy mot the next morning in & privato dwufun", Attor diseussing tho mnttor for romo time, tho Convention deoidod Lhat il was oxpedient to form n Stato Anti-Blavery Hociaty, ‘Uhis hadnob in tho flrmt fnalanco beon contomplated, As tho clrcumatances under whioh {his Stato Autl- Slavery Bocloty wag formed lave nover, within my knowledge, beon given Lo tho publie, £OMIE PARTIQULARY may not horo bo nmiss, . Whon {t was nscortained that the Convontion hiadt wot at the houno of the Itev, ' B. Iurlbiit, the mob of tho provious day repaived thoro, nrmod with bowio-knivon, sword-caned and pis- tols, U. F. Lindor, Stato's Attoruey, was ab its noad, Moy filled tho yard. They Doeieged tho door, Thelr faces pressed agatust tho window- panos, M. Hurlbut wont out and asked * tho gentlomon " what 1t was thoy wished? Lfuder roplied, **We wish to o in." Mr. Hurlbub an- nwored, “ You canunot go in unloss you broak in" Tindor, in n most excited manner snid, 4o will broak your damued licad.” *“Vory well,” eaid Mr. 1L, ** you can qoso if you cliooso, but you caunot o I, ‘Tl mob contimied thront~ oning, thosa within the houso ealmly proceoding with business. In tho meantime, gentlomon of Upper Alton, neighbors and ftiends of tho besieged liouschold, gathorod round at no groat distanco to watch rosuits; and, na the mob truly_interproted, to prevent their doing violonce, "It was thon pro-* posod by somo one of the assnilunts that thoy adjourn to o brick school-house nob far distant. Thero thoy wont, and dobated whothier thoy should break down thoe doors nud forco an enirauco {uto tho houso, Linder was questioned as to tho law. Ho road it to Lhem, that ** A mun's houso is his cnstlo, oto.” Still, thoro was o strong determi- antion to break in, Somo one iun tho closely pucked school-houss, amid the confusion, it was never known whotn, arrested their sttoution by tho atatement, *'Thore aro sixty armed mou in tho liouse,” 'This soemnd to put a now phato on affaira, ‘Their zeal bogan to cool, and in the end thoy closed praceodings by pussing o voto that % Acertain stono Louss in ppor Alton ghould bo torn down.” As to those *‘rermod men," no ono ever know whethor it was friend or foo that gave the information, but moac probably a friend, though, liko the famed Falstaff, no one snye Limsolf ovor saw thewo ** armed mon,” "o follow out this atory of ‘*a cortain stono house,” tho ownor who rented It to Mr. H. with tho understnuding that he aliould occupy it ns long o ho suould wish, and who was personally friondly to Mr. H., novortheloss requosted him to vacato it, wishing, as Lo statad, to vconpy it himsclf. On inquiry, no vacant houso could ho found, so Mr. [1. filted up to somo oxtont a log cabin that stood on lus own premisos, and where their child of 8 yoars would amuse horsell, as sho Iny at night, looking through tho crevicos of the 100f, with ropoating Tywiukle, twinkle, Hitle star, How I wonder what you are, eto, Tho door was nover fastoned. ‘Thors was no weapon of dofonse about the dwelling. It could have boen pulled down with fish-hooke. Dut, savo threats and aomo brickbats, il remained un- wolestod, ‘Ihis entiro abandonment of solf-defenro was no renuncintion of the principlo, it was simply accopting tho situation of holpleesneus as it ox— 1sted under tho Iivine pravidence, TO RETURN TO QU SOCIETY, the ofilcors elected were 1lihu Woleott, of Jack- sonville, Prosidont, ho Vice-Prosidents wero tha Rov. Hubboll Loomis, Upper Alton ; 11, I Snow, Quincy ; Thomas Galt, Sangamon Count, and Anron Russoll, of Peoria, The Doard of Manngers consisted of twelve names, C. W. Hun- ter being the gocond namo, The Exccutivo Com- mittee were ull residents of Alton, aud connisted of the Rov. L. I’, Lovojuy, tho Rav. 1. I. Hurl- but, tho Rov. Hubbell Loomis, 0. W. Hunter, and, Julius A, Willard. Tu looking over the names that constituto ts first Stato Anti-Blavery Socioty, it is & matter of surpriso that go many of them were clergymon, Tc will bo noticed thut tho mnjority of the Ex- ccutive Committoo wore ministors. And it may 10t Lo Awmisa hero Lo aflirm that, whatover mav hiave boen truo elsewhere, 1o Illiuois the Church was not the buiwark of slavery. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, As to aiding slaves 1n thoir attempt to escans, whon tunt attompt was fairly undertaken by thomsolves, thero existod little differonco of opinion _among Anti-dlavery men, Indeed, tho beat of Whigs or Democtats either, could havdly botrusted if'a iying tugitivo was tirown directly in his path,—to the honor of human nature be it spoken. Thore are Abolitionists in this State who wiil romembor the incident concorning two little girls whom their mothor succeeded in tak- ing safoly from St. Lonis to s little town in La- Balle County. Thoy restod a day or two in the villige, and spent an ovening at the bouse of n cerisin Judge. As the chil- dren wera very mprightly, thoy were takon from tho kitehon into the parlor, and performed thenr lictlo autics greatly to tho entertainment of the expouuder of the law. Thoy went on their way, Dut tho very next weel they wdre taken back through tho same town, hunted, eaptured fugitives. Whon the angust Judge heard the faot ho wept like a child, - Btrange fo relate, tho Democratio party hns to boar the disgrace of thoso toarato this dny. The O often declared favornble to slave uP into individuals, would pluy ths Fugitive- Sluye law most falsely. IN A CERTAIN LOOALITY in this Steto thoro was a gathering of ths whole praivie aromid fora tempeorauce niceting, Amoug tho gpeakors were two youug clergymen from the county-soat, both of them talented, both good men and iutent on usefuluioss, Noither of them, for any considoration, would ‘have thrown away their powor of doing good by allowing tho faintent smoll of Abolition in thoir garments, Thoy pnssed tho night at a houee which had the roputation of being in_ cloro prox- fmiy to tho Undorground Railroad., Con- versation © turned upon that Subjoot, and the Methodist minister iuquired of his hostess if sho had over aeen any of tho fu- imwun? It was gcum(; late in tho evening, por- haps 11 o'clock, 'Tho moon was at ita full.” Tho sound bf o hieavy two-lorse wagon wes nearing tlie timbor, and drove up to aneighboring houso, Sho roplied, “I think & train hay come in," Both mmnisters rushed out, aud soon came back, ushering in all tho pansengors, shaking huands, laughiug, and whouting as though thoy had beon at u camp-ncoting,—the Congrogationahist quito &4 rapturously as tho hothodist ministor, Thoy seatod them round the fire; thoy piled on wood; and it was not until soms timo had nh\‘mud thint the young divines loarnod that thoy had not takon tho passongers into tho right depot. Another little eircumstance I will mon- tlon in conuection with this station, Bomo por- soud had beon indieted. More hnd beon thropt- oned, whou this sarmo two-horse wagon cama in, lfl'ullghladiu the usual way, but drivon by u young ady, Sho camo, so sho enid, to learn the way, thut, when tho men were ull In jail, sho migit run tho traln, This, of course, was far north of Alton, but at that point, had' tho passongors takon the cxs, thoy would liave Deen arrosiod, Thus, no genuine Anti-Blavery man conld with- Lold the cup of cold water from him nlrondy on his way, although thore wus & diversity of opin- ion a8 to the propriety oy ax;mmam.-y of recom- mending flight to a sfave, Thoso living in tho Blavo Btntos, or on their horders, were on torms of wocinl interconrio with the more humane mase tors, Thoy folt It a violation of the social com- pact to “‘tampor” an the phrase wont, with their sorvants, Thoy regarded it as dishonorablo, A largo clnss ‘was in donbt whotlior the avernge elave woald find himsolf - happior, an escaped fugitive, with all tho illa thut ocondition om- bruced ; sopayation from kindred, uncortain moans of livolihoad, entire ignorance of u free- man's lifo, and more than all, thoe risk of yesnp- turo, with its fonrful consequences, This claws wus {n_doubt, Isny, whother, savo In oxtremo ouses of z:ruu!ly, it 'wers wiso to make tho at- tompt, And it was not often, snve whore to bo #old down the river was Lo altornativo, that the slave thought differently himeelf, ‘I'hon, agaln, thoy thought the drain not sufliciont to make any marked lmlunmnm: on glavory iteolf, and that tho ;}uhjnul wus Lo bo rognrded simply ay Douring on' individuals, Othors thought luerly worth dying for, and woro ready to counsel eeenpe under all olicume stancod, aud wore oquully roudy to seal with their blood the counsul they had given, Boforo going farthor it mny bo well to mention MAJ, HUNTEW'S BEGARD FOR LAW, o bolleved it a solomn obligation, biuding on all, to houor the laws of their country, Ilis viows in_ this respoct muny muy regard as ex- tremo, 'To u prominont editor in thiw Btate e onca declared *That, should ho offer him o 31 bill on a bouk out of the Htute lio would proseeute him* A stututo oxistod at that timo pmhlbnln;i thelreireulution, Luws nob opposod n to God's fnw be_held snered, Laws roquiving L to violato Qod's law he would nol obey, but quigtly submit to tho ponnaity, Providenco cacl 1iis 1ok In Alton, Altan was the gront starting- oint of tho North Star Lino. Maj, 1lunter Pwl(l tho stock; tho peouniary risks wero his. Ov, to spenk without the figirothon so much In vogus, whl}o othora sustalnod oqual or groator nnmmml riuka, tho moana noceasary wore furnisliod hy him, 1f a friond of the slavotappod on the Major's window,—his slooping-roon wns on tho ground=~ flo;n',T-{m recolvod such aesistanco as was re- uired. & Inquiring recently of & prominont citlzon ny to tho Mnjur's charitles, ho replied, in B 8up= prosaond tono, eo a8 not to bo overheard: I know ho n}»um timo and monoy enough_in run- niug off niggers. Thoy woto gonerally dostituto without !‘mnu or much that could bo eallod clothes, All sorts of coprso clothing was pur- chasad, about which wo aslied no questious, oud the Major mndo no romarks,” . A COVERED TWO-IIONSE WAGON wat nlivays ready at tho shortest notico, or, if & single horao wore wanted, tho Major'a own fino horse could do duty. I romomber his plonsant- Iy telling mo tho distross his groom was In one morning nt finding his clmrf;ur “all wot, yor lonor, with sweat, and {rombling from head to foot, and for Aure ho'a slck, yer onor." An ineident of the wagon at this moment oc- curs tomo, Two slaves wora aboard, a colored friond driving. Twomon on_hotroback ware in puranit. _All tho horsos woro {ino mattled anitnals, and tho chnse was fenrful. The pur- Buers wora gotting quito toonear. Tho wagon camo inlo n strip of ttmbor, Thoro was o sud- den turn in the rond, the_ slaves, unporceivod, lon&md into tho bushes, and Liie wegon still drovo furlously on. On, on it went for miles, tho pursuors somotimes near enongh to dlnufmrgu tholr pistols into it, Thoy approached Macou- in Creck, whon the driver {urnoa into tho hushes, leaped from his wagon nnd escaped un- burt. 'The pursuors camo up, bus save n few bullet holos in ite top, the wagon coptainud no &mu! of having aided in the escupo of slaves. '‘bo purauers went on o fow miles to Choster- flold, but thoy lonrned nothing more. A CASE, UNLIKE ANY OTHER thnt ovor occurred at this point, I yill mention, A man by tho nnume of John Benson called on an oldor in tho Presbyterian Church, who lind Jknown him some time provious, a8 a membor of Dr. Nelson's Dlssion 8chool, the enmo nchool that contsined Works and Thompe son, Ho rocalled himself to the Elder's memory, expressod great feoling in rogard to slavery, aud finally stated that n woman with her child wns wishitir Lo oscapo to her husband, now fn Cana- da, and ho had nnEngu(l to aid hor, and had como to Alton to know how it conld bo best necom- plishied, The Eldor introduced him to s promi- nent woll-known Anti-Slavery man. Lenson stoppod to brenkfast. Ho restated tho mubjoct of his coming, and the facts suggestod a case to tho host in which ho bad fell a great intorost for monthy, A young man from 8t. Charles, Mo,, oscaped to Canadn, Ho lenrned to both read aud write, and in cloyen months roturned to t. Charles, thrusting his head into the lion's mouth in the vain hopo of rescuing his wife. o wau dotect- ad, and obliged to cacape without horoven lniow- ing that he was thore, In this gentlemun's fomily he lond in prayor, Ilis anguish soomod unutterable. Mr, ——and his family bocamo docply intoronted In_tho young man, and told bim if he woutd write to his wife, shiould any opportunity on'nry thoy would get Lhe letter to its dentination, Tho letter socmod o wondorful an offort, that & copy was tuken, but unforiu- nately has since beon lost, Ho proved it to be written by himself by toll- fug hor the placo aud time of their marringo; thoe name and age of their child, and recalied convorsations Letween thomselves which conld not bavo beon overheard, Ho deseribod her clothung, o ring he had given her, and their last parting whon eho fainted in lus arms. Il ac- companicd the lotter by a veat swhich ho-wore nt their wedding, and begged her not to doubt, but fo Imow it wis hor own_husband that addressed Lier, and urged her coming to bim. ‘This soomed tha vary opportunity to sond the Ietter and vest, which Bonson olfored to take, sayving that, il tho’ youug wife wished to go North, sho could accompany the persons already in s ehimge. Ilo was introduced to Maj, Hun- ter, and tha lnttor, whoso provident card often extonded quito a 'distunce, cugaged o sco to their sntety, A particular time wis agreed upon when Bongon was Lo bring thom to Alton. Thoy did not come ut that timo. An article appoarod in a Bt. Louis paper, somo satato- ments of which Mr. — considered must bove come from Benson, e cousulted with Maj. Hunter, - The colored pooplo placed full confidence in the man. But, whilo they were tatking of him Benson eamo up. Tho two told him their suspicions. Thoy were at onco convineced thoy wore right, and Mnj. Hunter Snvu him his opinion with’ such characteristic” ireotness that ho was very glad to leave. It appeared that this seme follow hind bean operat- ing at different polnts for fome timo—playing the double game of receiving money from the slaves for gotting thom away, aud maney from thoir mastors by recovering their loms slaves, Whether Richard and Maria have over met 1 not known, but since emaucipation, mavy stravgo rettnious hayo taken place, and his prayers moy hinve been answered in s way ho did not pro- pono. THE LIDENTY PARTY. The Liberty party of Illinols, a8 of tho othor States, was largely drawn from the Whig rauls. No one who hias not experienced it, can well con- ceive what it costan true mun to forswenr hispar~ ty afliliation ; toforsake Lthoso with whom ho has long struggled ; whose victories and dofeats ho has shike shared ; and whose londers have been, 1ike the chioftain to bis clan, objects of almos! idolatrous regard, With what pain did many a heart turn from Heory Clay. I remember well bhonring Maj. Huntor sny tuat one of the hordest things ho over brought himself to do, was to voto against William ilenry Harrison, his old Goneral and warm porsonal friend. But what colso could he do? “What could nny man looking at tho subject from his standpoint do? Tho reat question that, in tho eyes of the Abolition— 15t dwarfed all othiors, tho question’ of human rights, was always m the end ignored or com- promised by both politieal purties; nua his duty to thoso in bouds, to his country, and to his God would admit of no allernative. Thus he broks loose from all oxisting partics. NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR, Maj. Hunter was nominated an the Liborty DParty candidate for Govornor in 184, 1t haw recently beon stated that the nomination of Duj. Hunter defonted the Whig candidate for Governor, and docided tho victory which tho Domocrats obtained, This may or may not bo o mistak ut it has nover boon dinputed that, in o provious campaign, the large defection of Anti-Siavery Whigs chauged the ro- sult of the oloctlon. Tho Hon. Fredoric Collins was eandidate for Lioutonant-Governor on tho samo ticket with Maj, IIuntor. One roceived rathor moro than 1,000 votes, the other some- what logs. 'The number of votes polled seoms Inconsidorablo, But overy one told, Thers was not & voto thatdid not voprosent enrncst, firm conviction. No ring made the nomiuations. No [wlulcnl intrigues barguinod or sold, And when ho votes werao polled, no whisky sustained tho offort. It was o small party, bub 1t wis sirong for tho right. Cod grant that ils mantle may full on 1,000 of this genoration. TEUSONAL CLARACTENISTICS. In forming un estlnato of Maj. iunter, the hunmly adngo will force itsolf upon his frionds : that ‘Tsomo novor get ns good ns they dosorve," iu genornl and just apprecintion, at least, A bland, courtoons manner; & wily yiolding to prejudice with an apparent’ doferon- tial © regard to others, which ofton voils supromo - _self-seoking, will varify tho truth of that Seripture, * Mon will pruiso thee whon thou doost well for thyself.” Even fulyome sulogy may be luvished on a public do- faultor, and tho county record be blackened with & grout ho, as wa recontly tho caue in a portion of this Stale, novortheless, in the ond, *tho momory of tho wickod shull rot.” 1 may bo deemed ohuritable, it may bo deemed mugnanimous, thut n man’s faults be interrod with his bones, but In such enso lot Mother Earth ill up the gravo in silonce. Wo wiito of tho dead for tho beneflt of the living. Maj. Tunter was of A warm temper and por- feetly transparont nuture. 1iis convictions wore ntruui,v. und wero oxpressed without suying ¢ I your loavo, sir,” Iis priveiples, tho outgrowtlt of his convictions, wore as firm as though tho blood of Humpden, his matornal aucostor, hnd overleapod the conturles, and circulatod freshly 1n Jus voiun, Lapousing n proseribed causo, tho champlon of u dospised raco; lus soclnl tiew all drawing in otherdiicstions, und hissooial status, his lifo-long, heing one with' tho slaveholder; he separated himselt from the moueyed olasy, and sucoiutered tho bitternoss, the misveprosentation, I will not add ecorn, for no man could scorn Muj, Hunter, Which wore so hberally heapod upon him, But Maj, Hunter could Lio]uutico to au opponout, and it cost lum no offort to forgive bis onomies, His atTectlons, family tios or blood relutionship, never soomed to warp his judgmeut. 'Itie writer of Lthis article once nrged upon him a purticular measura_with all the forco nud patalstence at commuyd, Muj. Huntor roplied: 1 will ae- copt more from you than from uuy porson living, but that ean nevor Le,"” LB BITAIIT-FORWARD TNTEGRITY won a lutent rogurd in the henrts of lionozydle nypnunutn. I rocall, st thismomont, an instingo, whore an antagonist, who had heen fur yeurs un- tiring and hithorto aucovsstul, was at lant dofeate ed, and walking up to Maj, Iluntergave his haud n hearty shnke, suyings **Icongratulntoyou. It la & victory you duserye,” ho stord viitiicn woro not his only only ones. I hnve scon him at tho Dedetdo of tha slck, in a hot summor day, quonching tho thirst of fovor with lainonado o lind provided and propared with his own hunds; ond fanning tho burning brow with tho most tondor kindness, % OF 1S NELIGIOUN OIATAOTER, dlatinotively as such, I have hithorto said noth- fug, In 1834, whon my acquaintaneo with Maj. Tiuntor comnioncod, ho wag not conslderod, nor Mid ho considor himself, n Ohristlan, Ifo wns punctunl in nitendance on publie worship, and o most stnunch supporter of 1omperance, Born in the army, bred undor ita influones, himaclf In early manhood an intogral part, {t s sot strango that his early life should not have baon Fovorned by tho strict codo that marked his ator yoarn. Iis temporance viows woro tho ro- sult of tho refloctions of lator life, and his ralig- lous charaoter continued to dovolop and mature through the wholo of my porsonal acquaititanco, Icaunot give tha datoof bis firat connoction with tho church, nor of his subsequont clestion to {ts oldorship. But Ican seom tosgo him now, after an attack of his horoditary disonso, renl Engheh_gout, ns soon as ho could leavoe his rooin, with his bandaged feot ronting on sttrraps, r!;]hig to ohurch, that ho might illl his acountom= od placo, t wns from tho Major's early lifo that his do- cided military bonring took its rivo, and to this samo causo, doubtlews, Was owing s mannor which rousitive nntures interpreted ay imporious, Of tho Msjor'a : COSHTANT AKD VANIOUS GNARITIES no oxnct record ean now ho givon. o Shurtloff Colleze hio gavo what at the time was considorod #6,000 or moro. Lo another colloge Le gave nbout tho samo time an equal amount, T think— but I stato this only from memory. Ho gave n town lot to tho Geniua of Liberly, I do mot know for what it soll. Another 10t ho gave to tho Weslern Oiltzen sold for $100, Its editor now wenars o watch, the memonto of Maj. Huntor, which o bought with pntt of tho avalls, o also bequeathed to tho Wostorn ook and Tract Sooloty nnd lo the Amorlenn Missionary Asnocintion $9,760, with four hundred acres of hulnd in Miseouri, tobo oqually divided betweon o, A SECOND MATRIAGE, In 1852, Maj. Huoter was married to the in- toresting widow of the lamonted William Leg- gett, who survived him throo- years, ‘Lo coro- nony took placo at tho rosidonco of Mr, Stagg, in §t. Louls, whoro Mrs, Loggott often mado lier home. ihny will recognize Nir, Btagg as tho friend nud ‘early patren of Miss Iosmor, Mujor and Mrs. Hunter woro proceeding in a quiat way to their homo in Alton whon a oircum- stance quito unigne transpired. It will bo ro ‘momberod that Maj. Huuter had boen o widower many years, Ilis marriage was by no monns an- ticipated. Bt, Louis was always on the aloert for runsways, and the bride had the surpriso of bo- ing horuoff chinllonged ns o fugitive slave, aud gooing Lor husband arrestod for alding in her oseapo. Dra. H. aftorwards pleasantly romarlked that, “ though ulio bad nlways thought hersolf o deeidled brustto, sho never kuow boforo that sho wa8 o negro, T e B HIB DEATIL " Tayly in 185, the Major's henlth visibly falled, No phyuxcmwnvu him any roliof. Mis consti- tutionnl malady, tha gout, had seized upon his stomach, and he continued to sink, Iis wmind continucd unimpaired, Tho 31t of March wns » clear, sunshiny, delightful day. 'Uhe Major remarkod, *‘Chigis n bonutiful dny in which to .gllai" On that benutiful day Lis apirit took its ht. Iis funernl was attendod at the Presbyterian Chureh in Alton, - Tho sermon_was,pronched by tho pastor, tho Itev. O, IL. Taylor, and his text, so pooulifrly spproprinte, was from Secon Corinthinne, 6, 9:1As nnknown, yet wall known."” A volume could lurdiy have expressed moro. ‘Tho final tribute of reapect was paid by ns- gombled frionds and neighbors, but of all the multitndo gathered in that house, nona folt the lons more than ono who hardly ‘dared vonture in. Mo wns o colored man who had nequired wealth and nu irreproachable charactor, Au ho came to the orowdod church, tho only ono of his raco, one aud nnothor made way, aud tho only yacant place found was assigned him, a seat with the choir. There ho witnessed the obso- quios of the mawWho had done so much and suffored so much for himeolf and his nooplo. 1In tho cometery wero gattiored the colored peo~ plo of the wholo suriounding country. They lruew the man. iy record is on high. Its pagoa will moro correctly rond with overy passing year, aud ench coming genoration shull more cloarly apprehond their 1mport, 'OBERLIN. Co-caucntion * sBonbons—Collego Conv. Correspondence of The Chicaao Tribune, OpeRLIX, 0., Juno 16,1874 Toro, at Oberlin, the two problems of HEALTIE AND CO-EDUCATION bave been undergoing a thirty years’ experi- ment ; and tho results should certainly lave some weight in the consideration of thoso vexed questions. This is doubly true when wo consid- or that only o fow women aro found in the vari- ous colloges aud highor institutions of learning in tho country. During this timo, Oberlin bns graduated 579 men and 620 women,—06 of the lattor having gradunted from the full classical course, with the first dogree In the Arts. What is known as the **Womon's Coarse,” though distinct from tho classical course, cmbraces many of the snma studios, and, where such is tlie ense, the recita tions avre beld in tho same class-room. Inan articlo by tho Lady-I'iineipnl, Mra. A, A. F. Johnston, shie writea: * What of theso womon, -to whom Oborlin has given the privileges of & higher intellectunl development? lHow have they stood tho wear and tear? Suroly thoy have heen put to tho test, for few of them buve led Inactive lives. Thoir names oro to be fonnd as leachers in our common- schools, in our bigh-sehiools and scminaries, from Mexico to the woods of Canada, from the Paciflo Conat to the Atluntio ; in our lists of mis- sionaries, both in tha lhome and foreign flold ; a4 Professors in Female Medical Colloges ; ag foundors of Asylums and Iomes of Xofuge; and us leaders iu all beuevolent outorprises. As regards tho question of 1E. L gL, tho figures show nothing that shonld displease any honest inquirer; but, on the othor hand, soveral fucta thut shonld oncourago every advo- cato of tho higher education for womon, ‘I'he ‘Triouninl Cataloguo gives G0 as tho number of dentbs emong tho Alumnw, and 62 smong the Alumul, Thus tho per cont is ueu:‘lfi' the snwme,— if anything rather [avoring the lndy-gradustos. ‘Tho most potout argument in favor of woman's higher education is secen horo in its oporations. That as high u slandiug 18 reached by the young ladles in their classos s by tho youug men, tho class-books empbaticnily testify. Au this ot no avparont macritico of honlth; for it s woll kuown that tho course bos | been & positive blosing to some who hiava como bore as invalids. The provervial sallow face is tho oxcoption, and morry blondes and statoly branettes mako tho olass-roomd and homos choorful nnd pleasant, ¥ Oberlin furnishes no pleasanter sight thun the daily assombliug of ity thousund studonts for evening prayers.” Fresh, huppy faces, tho elustio siep that it s said Americen women Iack, tho merry laugh, and, with those, the true Indylike bouring, chivnctor- izo tho young lndy-studonts of Oborlin, Is this the rosult of a systam of diotetics ? Not unlous tho substitution of Leof for boubous, spiritnal meat for spiritual sngar-plums, montanl activity for montal drowsincus, rhymcnl oxartion for phvsieal lnssitude, bo such system. Mind, and #pitit, and body are Lhe Iactors of lifo ; and the dovelopmoent of one quickons tho notion of the others, Ilere all are brought uto action, and tho rosulta nro such as we might oxpoct, At o couvention of dologates from sevoral of tho Ohio colloges, lately held Lioro, it wus dator- mined to orgunizo A HTATE AUSOCIATION for tho purposo of providing for annual rhotorl- onl contesty, A constitution was framed by the Convontion, which was soon afterwards adopted Dy the moubors of this iustitution,and wluel will boprosouted to the other collogos for adoption, ‘Pho oflicors for the ensuing year wore u»u(Snml as follows: Prosidont, Oberlin; Vice Prosidont, Westorn Resorve ; Socrotary, Baldwin Univer- alty; Lronsuror, Antioch, Hubsoquently, H, K. Taiuter, Aucistant Principal of the Ireparatory Dopartmont, was elested Prosident by the classen bore, 'Whe Assovintion thus formed will conncet dtuolf with tho inter-Siate Associution, now altondy comprising lows, Indisun, Itlinois, Michigau, am! Wisconsin, By the constitution it I8 provided that tho winning "cantestants iu tho Stnto maoting shull ropresent the Stute in thy Tutor-Stato contest, Thore are fow lowns in Northorn Obio that prosont A MONE DEAUTIFUL AUTEARANCE at this sonson of the your thsn Oborlin, The county I somotimes alluded to ue # good for cow,"' Tul nove will dwputo that Oberlin is guod for men and women, physloslly, mentally, spivitunlly, Its ghado-treos, patticulurly its ovorgrens, give the villago & plewuresquoneces soldon rivilod, The Jawusuro & feature of con- siderablo intorest, and add much totho benuty of the plnce, The first impression on entorlng tho villugo is its froshinoss and honuty, and aftor« {mprosuion vorify and futensily.shis vergiot, ; DazwsoN, MICHIGAN. Politienl Outlook in the Wol- verine State. Rallying of Xorces Agninst the Chandler Dictatorship, Correspondence of T'he Chicago Tritmne, Jaorsox, Mich,, Jnne 0, 1874, Tho Roepublican Contral Committes are in sogsion horp to-day, Inying tholr plaus for tho coming campalgn in Michigan, and fixing the dato for thelr Btato Nominating Convention, whiol, it is undoratood, will bo held in eithor July or August. A esll for a Reform Convons tion, of all who believo that both of the old par- ttos havo forfoilad any claima thoy formorly pos- sossed upon public confidonce, nnd that a now organization should bo formed, in which the popular tryst can bo justly roposed, was issued Lwo or threo wooks ago, fixing Laneing ns tho place, and Aug. 6 n tho time, The Domocratic manngors have ns yot done nothing, and sre watching to sco the dovelopments that shall fol- Jow these proliminary movements, Thoro can bo no question that tho coming local canvass fs Qostined to bo tho most important and the most oxciting of any puroly Stato contest which has taken placo in Michigan {n years. Wo elect in Novembor & full Btato tickoet, Congressmen, county officors, nnd n Logislature upon which will devolve the cholco of & Unitod Btates Ben- ator,—the sent now held by Afr. Chandler falling vacant in March noxt. Who turning point of tho wholo struggle wiil Lo TILE SENATORIAL BUCCERSION. Mr. Chandlor issa candidnte for ro-election, and confidently expects to obtain his fourth torm, aud become, before its oxpiration, tho sonfor Senator in consocutivo eervice. Ilis so- ourity of feellng Is duio to the firmncss of his hold upon the Republican mnchiuery in Michi- zan. Noatly all the londing ofiicos in the State arofllled by bisdevotod personal adheronts, The Dotroit Custom-House is _tho property of tho ‘most astufo and unscrupulous political manager of this seotion,—George Joromo, a crafly and able lawyor, who s peculiarlysuccossful in thoso dopnrtmonts of the art of fmm::s known ns “pipe-lnying” and * wire-pulling.” Mr, A, B. Muynard, fho United Siates Districl-At- {ornoy at Dstroit; Fred Mortey, the incum- bent of tho Detroit Lund-Ofiice_and tho man- ager of tho Dotroit F7ost ; Col. F. W. Swift, tho Dotroit Postmnster; Postmastor Bingham, of Tansing; Colicelor 'Sanborn, of Port Huron; and about all of the emallor offico-holders in the interior_of tha State, are all thoroughgoing “ Chandlor men,”—rogarding the tenuro of their Iuctative poxitions as conditioned on the fidelity of the servicos they shall constantly ronder to thointorests of theirmaster, Itis searcolyneces- sary to onlargo upon tho urte by which Mr. Chandler . AAKES T1I8 TOOLS USEFUL in orlacs liko the presont. Cnucuses aro to be peclted, nominating conveniions manipulated, bargains made with aspirants for Stato ofiices, ]ngfih\flva candidates solected who will bo * re« linble," local mauagors concilinted with nromises and favors, lobbies organized to bring * pres- sure” to bear at opportuno moments ; in all thosa sorvices Mr, Chandler requiros activity and adroitnoss ab the hands of the men whom le hires by tho distribution of United Statos patron- ugo on tho plan of ** placiug it where it will do the most good.” Add to Mr. Chandlor’s grip upon the Kepublican machinery, bis gront wealth and its influence, and then tako into considera- tion tho fact that his re-cloction does not depend upon the popular vote, but only upon bis secur- ing the support of o gimnplo, mneym-il.y of tho 182 mon who will mako up tho Michigan Logislature of 1875, and it will bo seen that tho siLuation, ns viowed from his standpoint, docs afford ground for confidence, Stll, ho is_shrowd enough not to rolnx his offorts to make matters more cortain, and thero aro oceasionnl surfuco-indications of tho fuct that he is industriously at work strongthening his poeition upon all “sides, Tor oxample, the developmont of the Grange-movement in Michi- gan into importauce; lass winter, ond its prou- pective sprend through most of tho rural com- munitioa in tho State, wers suddouly followed ' by the appearanco AT THE FRONT OF " TIE PATRONS" of sovoral of Mr. Chiandler's most active rolain- ora among the farmers (mon of the stmnp of State Benuior J. Webster Childs, of Washtenaw Couuty, and others), who have been romarkably nctive at all ** Graugo" councils for tho lust fow months, and are unquestionnbly *on duty” to gather in for the Benator such harvest ns * the Farmers' Movement® may promiso to yield. Tho offorts of theso onterprising gentlemen were aleo reinforced by the prompt sturting, ab Lansing, of s papor which purports to be tho Sulo organ of tho Grangers, aud ywhich, it is onorally undorstood, is backed up by Collector guromo'a monay, sud will bo used for Mr. Chandler's benotit, if tho Pntrons of Husbandry dovolop much strength in the legiulative contest this fall. Meanwhilo, items are not rare in tho Stato prezs about the Chundler mursh-faym near Tansing; and the Senator Las alrondy made ono trip from Washington this yoar to overses his agricultural operations thero. WTHE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT,” - and the great vevival of ‘Peototalism in this Stute, have also attracted tho Sonator's atten. tion, and he has becomo oconscious of the fact that his babits might more seriouly injuro his prospects than has boen tho cake in previous contests. A chinrgo made by the Dotroit Frec ZPresssomo months ago, in its Washinglon spo- cinl,"” that he had beon taken from tho Sonato floor in au incbriated condition, was accordingly improved by him a8 o menus_of making scme cupitn} againgt bis nceusors. o thorefore com- menced a $100,000 libel-suit agaivst the pre- sumptuons journal, Ho was shrewd enough alko to o bring bis suit in the Dotroit Courts that tho case could not coms to trinl bofore No- vembor next at tho carliest, whon election will bo over and_the new Legislature elected, Tho JFree Press's doflance of the Senator’s prosecu- tion, and ity roitoration of its charge, followed by the leaking out of the fuct which I bave just stated, have very greatly impaired, how- ever, tho foico of tho Chandlerian tactics In this matter, THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT of Bonatorinl forothouyhit has boen tho s&)}wlnt_- mout to the vacant Appraisceship in tho Detroit Custom-Houso of the Rev. I, A. Blndes, n woll- known Mothodint clergyman of this State, who Lo baon an amatour politician for sowo yonrs, has considorable personnl power in his donom- ination, and bus undoubtedly sgroed to nse his influence to deliver to his patron all tho votos of that * persuasion ” which mny ohance to be in- cluded in tho next legislative ‘roll. ‘The Detroit QGormans received this solestlon of a Methodist for un fmportant position with & howl; but their ropresoutntion at Lansing ia always limited to one or two, whilo tho Methodists are nover losy than a scoro in_number; aud thoir protests can thus bo safely disrogarded. Notwithstanding all theso facts,—tho advan- tagen of prosent tenuro, the control of the machin- ery of a poworful party, tho nupport of many mid oxporioncod politiclans, and the taking now of numerons precmutions againat disaster,—thoro are excollent grounds for the belicf that the days of the Chnndier antocracy in Miohigan ave APPROACIIING A CONCLUSION, In the first instaneoe, the populay disgust with “things a8 thoy aro™ is as notoworthy and widosprond in Michigan as in any of the North- westorn Statos ; old party-ties are greatly reo- Inxed, and thoueands aro rondy snd anxlous for o #now deal” This poworful movemont among tho wassos will be given organized form by tho Convention of Aug. 6, called to meot at Lauuing by n cummivtee of the lust Logislatare without distinction as Lo_politics, and dosigned to pave the way for the formal marshuling, under s now Lanuor and npon live issues, of o pnxk{ ‘which shall Inbor for gonuine and not nominal Retorm, ahall ropudiato the corrupt leuders of tho oxiut~ ing orgauizations, snd shull thus utilize tho provalent feoling of unrest and disuntisfaotion, The Lnusing call hos already securea the ap- proval of somo of tho londing Stato papors,— notubly the Grand Rapids Jemacral, the chiof l;umcnutiu organ in Westorn Miohigan,— and of not u few of the most prominent citizens of tho State. Some of the Domacratic papors are euarded in thoir utterancos (for oxamplo, the Dotroit Free Press), but noue of thom havo condemned tho stop, end thore can bo no doubt that tho intelligont aud thinking meu among the mussos of that purty ARE NIVE VOR A CHANGE, ‘They aro heartily sick of coustaut dofeat, and on the butlook for somo available ntu\) to a highor aud more effective plane of politieal nvtion, ~ OF courso, in matters of this kind, much dopends upon careful and disorcet managenent at tho outtot, and thore is not luoking wome dauger of & finsco. Thoe auguries, howaver, are mainly favorablo, and Juslify snngnine oxpeciations of bouoficial resulta ag following the Lousiug de< mynaleation, . Mr. Chundlor has alio very active OPPONENTH IN 118 QWN PANTT, who will rosist hiy xo-clocllon to the lact, The Detroit Tribune han for yoars doflod his dlotn- tion, and fought tho ring of his sorvants, nnd | mny bo oxpocted to cast its {nflnence this fall againgt hinmt and hils selfieh sohomes, Quito n Inrgo munber of influontinl Ropublicans in the Htata ara also bittorly opponod to tho Dictator,— notably Capt. Ebor B, Ward, of Detroit, tho grent capitallst and manutacturer, and, in the pnst, ono of the Sonators stanchest and most usoful frionde. The brench betweon theso two magnatos i vory wide, and Capt, Ward is om- phiatio In bis denuncintion of Mr, Ohandlor, and oarnont fu predicting his dofent noxt winter, Withiu the last month, o conferanco of lending anti-Obaudler Republicans at Washington do- termined to prosont tho namo ot JUDGE JAMES V. OAMPIELT, of Dotroit, oy n Honatorlal enndidato, whoro olection would votloot houor upen both the Btato and Sonato. Judgo Campboll 18 ono of {lio pros- ont Associnto Justices of tho Btate Bupremo Court, and has held a seat npon its Bonoh for many yeors, Flo i8 n man of the purest char~ nactor and of scholarly tastos, an admirnblo lntv- yor, n fino sponker, and the possessor of a woll- oullivated futolloct thorougily atatesmanliko in ol its tondoncios, Ha ia almost an ideal Judgo, —able, lenrnod, dignified, and impartial ; and, in tho Sonate, his provonce would_ bo tho antip odes In its influonce of thnt of Mr. Chandler, ‘who is rongh in sponon, & corruptor in politics, and uttorly unsonsational in all aspeots of his ohnractor. Of courso, .Tudpln Coampboll {8 not *a candi- dnto" in the ordinary sense of the term, and will not golieit votes, of manipulate primnrics, or organize lobhies, and will nnrnxmmmly keop his Judicial ormine unsolled by holding it aloof from tho contest; but thoe simpla presontation of such amen's name by others Is not without 1ts valu- ablo influouce, and it must ho considered au im- portant fentura of this campaign. From this basty roview of tho prosoent situn- tion, it in ovidont that the men who recoguize in Chandlerism in Mickigan tho organized form of the rotton cloments in our present political ays- tam, and proposo to fight it accordingly, have NO REASON TO FEEL DISCOURAGED, i The straight Ropublican strongth iu this Stato 1u very groatly impnired, and the most sangnina membors of that party do not oxpoct anything thin fall oxcopt greatly-roducod mn{urulua. ‘Tharo is thus o strong chenco that tho Wiscon- pin bistory of Inst year will ropent itsolf in Mich- x%nn in 1874, But, if the Roform movoment stops short of this result, it will groatly wonken the ovorwhelming Republican muforition n tho Logielature, and will brenk tho * Ring's” abso- Iuto control of that body. In such ncngo tho Opposition mombors and tho untl-Chandior Re- rnbhmus will cortainly outnumber tho Chandlor- tes, and thore are good rensons for tho beliof that tho fron rale of King Caucus could, under such cireumstances, bo broken, and some inde- Eondcnt man, freo from auy strong partisan iny, conld bo choson. Tako it nllin afl, the out- look is oncournging, and the frionds of Reform may expect n good roport from tho Wolverine Stnto this fall, —_— SOLDIERS’ HOMES, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribuns: Sir: Congress, saon after tho War, set aside soveral million dollars for tho support of tho disabled volunteer-soldiors of the lato War. Tho Board of Maangoers waa incorporated as tho '*Nationnl Home for Disabled Veluntoor- Boldiors,” There aro nino Managors, exclusive of tho Presldont, Chiof-Justice, and Secretary of War, who are ox-oflicio membors of tho Board of AManagors., I bellovo that the first Home was established In Maine, at anabandoned watoring-placo, where it takes about a thousand tons of cosla year to keop tho boys from freezing. Tho noxt Branch ostablished was in Dayton, which was in Valandigham's Congrossional Dise trict, and the Homo was talen from Columbus, wheu the Btate Homo was located, and placed in Dayton, to dofet that Domocrat and elect Belionck, which was done,—the vetorans boing 8, allowed by Btato laws to vots, This was o beautiful ides, pummfu tho Sol- diors' Home in a doubtful district, and thus securing it to the Republicans, At tho laut Congrossionul olection, the boys in bluo held tho Dbalance of power, and dictatod the nomination of Mr, Gunckel,—threatoning to nominato Gen, Brown on the othoer side, and go forhim in & body, 1f thoir Locul Manager was not nominated. Tho noxt Branch started wos af Milwankee, and the fear of not filling the ITomo was #o great that auy one who clnimed that ho Liad over been in tho army was taken in, whethar he had been disabled in the sorvico or not. Then camo the Southoern Branch, at Hampton, Ya. This was for consumptives aud the *‘col- ored troops who fought nobly;” and I betiove that, as thero is no largoe farm to siulk money ou in oxperimenting, and as the coal-bills aro small, thoiumates are supportoed thore at o loss expento than af oither of tho othors, Tho Board, in their annual reports to Con- gress, make'n groat display of the mumbor of meon supported at tho sevoral Branches. Thoro is, howaver, & constant uumfl;o going on in the porsonnoel of the inmates. Mon are constantly eing trausforred from ono Branch to anothor § being discharged on the ground that, with tho assistanco of thoir ponsions, thoy can support themsolves, going away ou furlough, and de- Borting. But the fact is, tho whole systom upon which tho Homos are carried on is in direct opposition fo social Iaws ; and moue of them, nlthough widely unlike, are, in sny senso, Homos, No man who bocomes an iumnte, if Lo haa & singlo spark of ambition to paiticipate_in the affairs of lifo, to remain & useful mombor of sociaty, but expects to romein fonly temporarily. Lvery attempt which las boon mnmde to nggregate n large number of men or a large number of women togother, has eignally failed, This evil was seen et the Homo in Maine, and an errangement made to build cot- tages, whore tho men could earn eomething in the shoe-shops, and live with thoir familios; which was fruitloss, because tho impracticablo Deputy-Governor insmted uY)on the provision that ench houso should be liable to mulitary in- spection. It id creditablo that not » man would accept the condition, It is roported that the Commundant in Maine has particular rogard for his flue blooded stock ut tho stable, foeding his colts nud calves on milk whila the mon's dining- room has none. A species of contentment is on- forced thore by keeping tho mon constantly at work. In Dayton, excitemont i3 tho order of the day, Ruceptions, concorts, plays, &o., make up the lifo. In Milwaukeo, work and play nre alternnted. In Hampton, fishivg ia tho ocoupa- tion. In organizing theso Homos, tho Managers floundered around considorably before finally sottling down upon a line of policy to bo pur- snod, They had no exact precedont to follow, Phoro was tho Hotel des Inva 8 at Puris, and tho Greonwich Hospital ; but neither was found to be ndaptod o tlio putpose. Cireonwich bLas siuco beon nbaudonod ns impracticablo and moro oxponsive than to support the veterans at home or in boarding-housos, When the Homes ‘Woro fivst formod, the Board, In thoir poriodical visits, would maka buncombo'speeches to tho inmntos, tolling thom that theso Ilomes woro theirs, bought by tears and wounds, and that tho of- ficors woro the eoldiers’ servants, and, if thoy did not do their duty, thoy would be discharged, and good meu put in thoir placo. Bnb that has long since played out, Tho ofticors aro now supported through thick and thin ; and the mon, taught by bittor oxperi- ence, seldam potition or complain to higher au- thority. ‘Ihore is tallkc of discontinuing tho two Northorn 1lomes, but it will not bo dous by the present Board, slthough it is evidont thut the eslublishmont of a llamo in IMloridn, or some ather Southern State, on tho cottage-plan, whore the itom for fuel would be small, would effoct & great naving, 2 When those homes wore first started, all tho work about them was done by mon and womon employod for the purpose. Tho couks, dining- room wailers, chambermaids, &c., wero all out- sidors, Duttho mon soon bogan to flud fanlt that othors were pnid for what they might do thomsolves; 80 that, aftor o while, all tho attondauts were inmates. Aud they are aid from St to §25 o month wages, aecording to ho uaturo of tha work, Lhls thoy recolvo in ad- dition to their ponsions, which sums togother Iroquently amount to moro than thoy vould earn outsido, Gen. Butlor is Prosidont and Tronsurer of tha Board ; and several Congresnlonal inquiries have failad to show sny mismanagomont. Thero aro now two vacancics in tho Loard; and as thoy ure choson by Congress, the elections will have to bo hurried 1p, or tho Board will be without s quorum wir July meoting. e oo that tho Dosrd will hava to to Congross for mora funds within a yonr or tw and the quostion 18 to tho utility, cconomy, aud neceusity of theso Homes, will receive un Amori- cau investigation, WINLAKD, ok SR O —Tho manufacture of cheeso o rapidly be- coming on_important dustey in this eeotion, Boven fuctorios havo been started in - Wihiteside County, their loeations bulug at Unionville, Co- lota, (lnu, 'rophotatown, Coloma, Dalhi, and Jordun, "o miceans which has boon abtained during the short thno theso factorlos have been in oporation has domonstrated tho fuct that thoir products ean oqual in quality the artiolo brought tvom * York Slate,” and that It will be no longer uecowsary Lo soud abrond for an oxvellont mlulu {ny the ¢hoeud lino.—dterting (Z) Qazetle, GOTHAM. The Races at Jerome Park. ILife in & Tenement-House. Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Niw Yon, Juno 19, 1874, The oponing day of tho spring-meoting of the Amorican Jockey Olub, nt Jorome Park, was not only comploto success na to nttendanao, andat- tinctious, but also ns bosutiful o June dayas ovor dawned upon Now Yorlt. In tho morning, a slight rain cooled the air and loid the duat, and rondored riding or driving & positive luxury, By 11 o'oloek all tho stately Iandaulets, coupes, barouchey, and other stylish turn-outs, that are wont to wait for their fair occupants in front of Tifth and Madison avonuo mauslons, werodrawn up beforoe thoir respoctivo ownors' residencos,— “ John " sitting oxpectant on tho box, radiantin now hut and yellow gloves, By 12 o'clock every rond lending to the race-course waa literally packod with vehicles, Teams of every concolva~ blo shapo and kind—from the two-wheoled little butcher-box, with its sturdy, strong-pulling nag, to tho most showy * drag,” with its ouiriders and bevy of fair bonutles—wore roprosouted on tho difforent roada that contered at tho race- track., Tho drivo through OINTRAL PARK was of itaolf worth a description, Naver had its many nitractions looked so iuvitingly lovely. The morning roin had clothod tho troes and ghrubbory in vivid green, and the flowers and Inwn scomed to have -put on n now dross, sud 10 o pot of dust, or a discolored leaf, could bo woen, All Nnturo wore » holiday look, aa if specially rojuvonated znd attived for {he oc- cagion ; and'the groen volvot of the Iawns, tho fragranco aud bloom of the flowers, the annhght that sifted through tho troos, and tho shadows of the troos in the rippling walor, all found their many admirers, n8 tho road-wagons, closo car- Tingow, and difforont vohiclos swopt through the woll-kopt rondu of tho Park. \ho tho bridge .atMcComb's Dam was renched, the jam and lock of teams was reslly wondorful, and sug- iestod the “ Derby Duay"” more forcibly than oveor. Thero is no quostion that, as » peoplo, wo Americans ars fast cmulatwg the English in keon appreciation of racing; and when tlho turf shall bo cleared of the gambling fraternity ond othor questionable characters, thoro scems to Lo a falr prospoct that tho love of this sport will become national 1n vory truth. Asno vohicle cno cross the bridgo at the dam faster than & wallr, we linve timo to admire the police-reguln~ tions that dispose of the teams in waiting with such rapidity, slthough thoe lino oxtonds ns far a8 tho oyo can reach. And we have ample timo to ndmire the beautiful scenery of tho river and surroundings at the bridge; and also to condole ith tho late comers who are constantly arrivin in tho roar of tho already-walting teams, nn wha will, 28 & natural consoquonco, be vory lato nt the racos. Now wo bowl merrily aloug, and orrive in due senson ot THE CLUB-HOUSE, where, amidat tho members of the Jockey Club, and o gathering of beauty and fashion unsur- pnssed at any similar stand in the world, wo rac- ognizo many familinr fucos; August Belmont, ono of the Jeromes, and numerous well-known Wall stroof brokars and railroad-financlers. Tho ladies aro in all the glory of summor-attiro and new recherchio styles, Buch a fluttering and buzzing of fomalo tongues on tho verandab as ench equipago rolls up and deposits its load of fair occupants ! Such comments and eriticlems | Such uhmgfi(n& of shoulders, and whispers of approval and admiration ] Buch kisses and wol- comings! Lvery ono of these feminine fashion- ables bas beon for weeke studying over s new sud foascinating toileb for ~ this grand opening accasion, and has dotormined not to ho outdono by any rival, and consequently was woll propared for tho try- ing ordesl of running tho gauntlet of fomale eriticiem. And now the bell has rung, John Morrissoy i8 scon conversing with Col, MoDaniol nud witly Mr. Prior, in_churge of the Lorillard stakos ; and Dr., Underwood begins his vocation by, gelling pools on the * Withers Stake” and ¥ Wastchestor Cap.” Mr. ——, of ,the Union Club, will bo $16,000 richor if tho favarito loson ; and another Club-mernbor Lins bet on the favorite 90,400, The * book-making,” in the bands of Morrissey, foots upton total of many thousands; while the lndies bot gloves and bon-bons, lace« handkorchiefs and neckties, in the wildost excite- ment. Now the horses come up for the start, and the raco - DEGINS IN EARNEST, ‘The Grand Stand iaa'sca bf hondg, and strained oyes, and excited faces, In tho Tast race, twa Lioraes collido ; thedrivers areinjured; one Liorse runs away around the track, crashing into sov- oral buggies, and finally becomes disabled and useloss, And then the long rido home, amongst the double filo of returning carriagoes, boging and tho scenery and country quiet nover seomod Eorn rofreshing, a8 wo whirl again into our oity- omes. In striking contrast to all the attractions and extravagauce that have opened the summer, and tho showy toilots and outnblishments at tho Je- rome Parlc races. X will montion o case of DEGRADATION, DESTITUTION, AND DEATH, that has just ocomred in o tenoment house in ona of tho worst of those places in our city. A colored man, who lives in ono small room in the fourth story, with his Gorman wife, actually lets art of it out to lodgers] Tho room is about 12 foet square, and he takes lodgers for 10 conts a night, who sleep on tho bare tloor. ~ One Italian and two Gormans, besidos two Irish women, ara his_lodgers in_ this misorablo den, Lout night, in’ their Sunday broil, tho colored man kickod ono of his women-lodgers in tho sido, and sho died In tho hospital to-day, In this tenowment-houeo thoro are 600 people living, Irish, Gormans, Italinns, and nogrues, are &1l inddled in together, in indescribablo poverty, filth, and dopravity, In oue room, dirty, demp, and almost uninbabitablo, were found mxtcen Italian mon and women, and, beside innmmor. ablo baund-orgaus, ton balf-tarved ‘monkoys, One poor young man was dying amid these sur- mun&lngs of want nnd wrotchedness, and the vory air of tho room was almost unendurablo, Such nro somo of the contrasts in New Yorl. Tho sin and_misery, the want, aund povorty, and crimo, aro closoly allied to tho abodos of wealth, luxury, rofinoment, and olegance; aud one hag not to walk very far away from the finest locatt- ties to find himself among sconos aa appulhing na those I have narratod, aud of which 1 can spoak {from actual obsorvation. Bruvau. —_——— MESSRS. MARSHALL AND CREBS. w BuawszeTow, Iil, Juneld, 1674, To the Editor of T'he Chicago Tribune: Bin: You stato, in your {ssuc of tho 12th, that Samuel 8. Marshall and John M. Crobs, ex-AI, Q. of tho Ninotecuth Congressional Distriot of Tiliuols, have beon killed by tho salary-grab. You aro mistaken, If Judgo Marshall was o' candidato, ho would carry tholdistrivt by 2,500 majority. You ara aléo mistaken in nssertin, that John M. Crobs is s salary-grabbor. Col. Croba voted agninst tho bill, and wae among tha first to rofund the grab, Do justico, the, to nu honest, able, and faitbful opresontative, Yours, Joey G Monaax. —_—— Fow Mules Cante Into Fashion. Tow of the farmers of this country are aware what a dopth of gratituda they owe Gioorgo Washe ington for the introduction of mules into gons oral uso for farm pmimscs. Trovious to 1783, there wero very fow, and {1103 of such an inforior order as to prejudica farmers against thom as unfit to comnete with horses in work upon the road or farm, Conso- quontiy thore were no jncks, snd no disposition ta ineroase the stock ; but Washington beeamo con- vineed that the introduction of mules genorally among Southern planters wonld prove to thom & groat blossing, as thoy are less liablo to dis- enso, and longor lived, und work upon shortor feed, and aro much loss linble to bo injured than horaes by oaroless sorvants, As yoon as 1t hoexme known abrond that the illustrious Washington desived to slock hix Mount Vernou ostste with mules, the King ot Spain sent him & Jack and two jonuots, from tha Tloyal stables, and Lafayette sent another jack and two fonufos from tho sland of Malta, The first wam . gray color, 10 hands high, henvily made, and of sluggish nature, Ile wnt named the Royal Gift. The other was called the Infght of Malts; he was about as bigh,— lithe, flory, even to Iuroull{. ‘I'ie two difforont sots of animals gavo him tho mot favorsble opportunity of making improve- meonts by crous-broading, tho result of whioh was tho favorite jack, Compound, bocausa ho partool of tho best point in both the original, The Gonn efal brod tus bloaded mures to theeo jacks, evom tating those from his fumily conch for that purs poso, sud produced such suporb mulea that” the councry was all agog to bread somoe of tho sorly and they soon beenme quite common, 'Lhis wa tho ovigin of improvod mules in the United Hiates, Thoro aro now somo of the third spd fontth genovasion of Knight of Malta and Royad Giutt to ho found in Virginia, and the groat benes, {lm uriuémiv. from their unrnduot\ll:;r; to the ooum... ry ara to bo séen upon overy oultivatos m}:n Southorn Btatew, y gy