Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 28, 1874, Page 4

i I y < -y LY oR . g ;. 4 THE CHICAGO: DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 187 Eorl," and tho like, which surviyes, or did sur- :’;sfifilbg‘;g:& .fi‘;‘;fi‘.’,fi‘:&i the only Indication | German Princes and fewer fiireign e, sinegy I NEBRASKA. The North Loup Country-—-A Mag- nificent Valley, How New Country Is Settled--- Chat with One of the Fron- tier Ring. BSpecial Correspondence of The Clicago Tribune. Oxs8a, Neb,, June 19, 1874, Riding down the south branch of the North Loup River about the middle of the afternoon, ‘We came to THE VILLAGE OF BT. PAUL. the county seat of Howard County, Neb. It is not much of & place as " yet, consisting only of ahotel, two stores, a biackemith-shop, priut- ‘Ing office, and avout & dozen houses. The loca~ tion, however, is a fine one, &nd some day a good-sized town will be built there. “The place is two years old, and for that time has done wonders. Itis noted for the residence of the Paul Town ring, sbout we hed heard so much up the river. I made carcfalinguiry for a bona-fide member of the famous ring, and one was Boon pointed out tome, He had on a boiled shirt, store-clothes, calfskin boots, and his whole ex- torior icdicated the gentlemau. I wasinvited into a neatly-furnisned house, and asked to1e- main {o tea. To my inquiry of bLow the settlement pros- pered, he replied, * Wonderfully well, and we hope next year to do still better.” Isaid, ** Do you not find it an up-hill business founding s settlement 7" “Indecd I do,” he roplied; *‘and sometimesT feellike giving up all public affairs, and attend~ Ing ouly to my own private business; but some one in & new country like this must carry on the public enterprises, and I suppose I ought to do my share. It isa theokless task, and the more ono does the more ho is abused. When o few of us came here, two years ago, there was hardly & settler in the valley, and it was almost wholly unknown. We eaw it contained good land, and that this was & NATURAL SITE FOR A TOWN; 80 we bonght some lands aud laid out St. Paul” “T am surprised yon should name the place St. Paul, as we already have one large city of that name in the United States.” 47t was called sfter the Paul brothers, who firat laid it out, and who have been most active ju building up the county. It would have been better had the town been called by another wame, a8 many of our letters and papers get astray, goingio St. Paul, Mimn., and some of the Mlunesota letters come here,—cccasioning confusion in the mails, and often great delay in delivering." E * How much do you ask for town-lots 7" “We do nct sell, but gize (hem away as yet. Any one who will put up & house cau have the Jot be builds upon. We will also give gronnd for mille, aud expect to donate 40 scres or more for depot purposes when the railroad is built,” ¢ How about taxes in this county " *Very low as yet. The total bouded debtof the county is §19,000, which was expended in ereciing bridges over the North Loup River at St. Paul and Danneberg, snd one over the Sonth Loup east of here. They aro good, substantial bridges, snd worth a1l they cost the county. The total assesed valuation of property in the county is 829,595, xod the lsnd 18 appraised st only $2.30 per acre, ‘whereas much ot 1t is worth double, ireble, and ovon quadruple, that price. Even with the ex- penee of starting everything new, bridging treanw, making rcads, eic., our indebtedness is Jess then 2 per cent of our valuauon, wiich is only a fourth of what the county is really worth. *“You seem 10 be QUITE A FINANCIER." * One has to be. People who do not under- stand thewne things coustantly complain, uud, alihough we explain and accouut for everything e do, still some cannot see the necessity and ere dissatisfied. The county has grown from nothing to = valustion of $500,000 in two years, and sull there sre many grumblers. Whilea faw are working hard and spending their mouey to push forward tue county, the many are stop- ping at bome, making money, growing rich off the enterprise’ of the few, and spending their time in abusing public-spirited men, and de- nounciog thom as & ring, and a set of rascals.” * What resources has your county " “The best of land, that will roise wheat, corn, oats, Tve, barley, and all kinds of vegeta- bles; we have timber, stone, and brick clay; tho best’ of water-power, wita already some mills; we have good schools, pure sir, a fine climaie, and, indeed, everythicg needed to make & people prosperous and buppy. Ihope vou wilt make nowa our edvantages, snd help ts in building up our county.” Promising I would do so, I left this young man with & very high opinion of THE PAUL TOWN RING, and hesrtily wishing we bad just such a ring in every county west of the 3lissouri River. Then, indeed, would the aesert Llosom ns a roge, and the earth yield her increase of fruits s hundred- fold. The ring-member had ialked * kinder slick like at me,"—so slick, indeed, that he con- vinced me he was & young statesman, and fit not only to govern & conoty, bt to rule a State with eredit sud Louor to himself and the people. Weo now began our journey up the grest val- ley, first ascending the high bluffs between the 0 nivers for a view of the surroundiog couu- try. Jt was a grand sight,—the two broad rivers of the North and South Loups flowing toward ench other through groves of greon timber, and Tuingling their wacers st the Town of St. Paal, The valley must nave been 10 mules wide, and was dotted with farms; while far away in the distance could be seen the line of the Union Pacific Railrosd, snd the dim figure of & town which wa took for Lone Tree. Riding over awide belt of table-lands, on which wers many new farms, wo descended into tho Valley of the North Loup, aud, passing up ‘the south bank of the river for 10 miles, came to COATSFIELD, o town but iuname. The place is owned by Capt. Samuel Jlunson, United States Army, and he has a 1,000-acre farm adjoining the itown-site, & good portion of the laud being under cultivetion. Munson is still in service, but eome day expects to retire, build a town at Ooatstield, and live at his ease. The place has gome natural advantages, and may, in four or five vears, become quite 4 village; but we would pot like 10 bet on it. Many of tho finest farms in the vailey aro around Coststleld, aud we saw 80mo quite pleasant-looking homes. Dr. Georgo Tower, another army-oficer, owns a large tract near Capt. Munson's; and 7 miles above is 2 farm of 480 acres, owned by Capt. E. Welles, Second United States Cavairy. We bad now resched the westerly line of Howard Couuty, and_were about to pass over into_Valley County. In the County of Howard, Mr. Paul told us, were 576 sections of laud, con- tsining 368,640 acres, of which the Union Pacific Failroad owned £5,000, the Barlington & iz~ souri Railroad 92,000, ard the remaining 180,640 forks of the river, for the complete protection of the North Loup Country. THE NORTM LOUP VALLEY i8 60 miles long, and from 4 to 10 miles wide. It is capable of holding 4.000 farmers, not one- half of whom are yet settied there. When the vallay, with its adjuncts,—Miry, Dano, Davis, Oak, ana other creeis,—aro fuily sottled, tho three counties of Howsrd, Valley, and Kountz will contaiu a population of 50,000 souls,—a ro- sutt dovoutly Loped for, and that will be sccom- pliehed. 1 think, within the next five years. We had intended returning down the north bauk of the river, but learued the crossing was bad, and so cawe back by the same road we went up.’ On our wiy we crossed muny little strenms runnicg acrows the valley, and tew some fine notural meadows. The head of the North Loup is admirably adapted to THE RAISING OF SHEEP, - and gome of the finest ranches ic the Weet conld be established there, with natural coves forthem to shelter in, clear pebbly stresws to water them. and round dry bills to foed upon. 1 bave no besitationin pronouncing the North Loup the best vulley I have vet sceo in Nobras- ka, and I think it 18 pardicularly adapted to the growing of cereals, and amost ploasat place for farmers to muke homes in for themselves and frmilies. AARON ABOUT. GLADSTONE AS AN ARBITRATOR, ‘The Strike at the Aston Hall Colliery, Flintshure, Eng. From the Liverpool Post, Junc 10, About twelve weeks ago the -en cmployed at tlhe Aston Hall Colliery struck 1n conseguence of a notice of 8 reduction of 15_per ceut iu their wages, and it appears from o letter addressed by the Maneging Director (Alr. Hanson)to tho Right Hon. W. E. Glacstone, that not only hed the Worlimen refused to aceept a compromise as to termny, but they Lind refused to resume work on any térms unléss four non-uvion men, who had been working duriog the strike, were dismissed. Under these circumstances Mr. Hauson Jaid the matter before Mr. Gladstone asking whether men who would thus uuwarrantavly interfero with the liberty of their fellow-workmen weie such 2s ho would be disposed to’ coutivue in the tenancy of the costages ou Lis estate, Mr. Giad- stone replied as follows: HAWARDLN Ca8TLE, CHESTER, June 8, 1874, Ay Feiesps: 1 have received a lotter from Mr, Hane #ou, of the Aston Hall Colliery Compauy, referring to the questions now pending Létseen that Compauy and tlie mivers lately ewpioyed in the pit, and usking my 1ntervention as owner of somo of the’ dwellings which the miners inbabit. 1 do not consider that T have any title to interfere a5 Juniord and par: owner of the pif, at the solicitation of oue party, in any question relitiug to wages. ‘But Mlr, Hanson's letter brivgs in_snothor matter Baving uo conuection with woges. It is one connect~ ed with the workman’s liberty of actiou, und I am very desirous to make kuown 10 you without delay tlo alle- gation which has boen laid before we, ¥or this purpose, as the matter ia 3 serions one, T take the liberty of asking you to mect meat 8 o'clock to-morrow, which, I am told, world be 3 convemint Bour for you, o tle vestry-room, Hawarden, that we Ty Lave & fres and friondiy” communication to- ther. L have anked Mr. Ward to bo in tho Immediate neigihorhcod in caso thore should ba occasion to re- quest lis presence. I romain, my friends, your fuithful | servant, W. E, GLapsToss, To thie miners belng tenants of mire. . In response to the invitation, the vestrs-room was crowded, and Mr. Gladstonomet the mivers, accompanied by Mrs. (Hladstone and the Rector. Mr. Gladstone at once opcued the proceadings Dby au explauation of the relation in which he stood to them, and reading the letters givea above, the latter of which he had requested his ageut, Mr. J. 8. Vickers, to circulate. He then proceeded to say: I should be worth very little %o you or anybody elsoif I were here for nny othier purpose than tbat of spesking tho truth pimnly and outright; and 1 think ic 18 my duty to believe evorything Mr. Hanson tells me— and he is, I believe, 8 very upright and honor- able man. But Imust confess Iam loth to bo- lLieve that this demand lua been made ; but, if 1 understand tho tucts, they nre these : ' A ques- tion aroxo between you and the Aston Hall Col- liery Compauy as to wages. I say the more wages you _can get the better; if they mre used well, nome can lave too much ; aod if they are ured ill, none c1n havetoo Littlo. [Hear, hear.] A question arose in regard to the amount of wages, aud, as I understand, four workmen in the pit différed from the mu- Joritr of the workmen, as they ttought fit to ac- cept the wages offered by the Compuny, or to muke some cerms with them, und contioue work upon those terms. ‘The majority, in the cxorcise ot their undoubted right—I don’t care s pin whether the instructicus came from the Central Union or mot if they choose to put confidence in it—refused to work for lees than what they con- sidered to be the value of their labor. Butthose mon that thought otherwise, though there were ouly four, had as good a right to form an opin- ion as the majority had. And if we have comein this country to a day when the majonity shall endeavor to put down the minority, and Te- fuse freedom of opmion to those who ars fewer in number, in my opinion the country will be one of which I should say the sooner we got ontof it the better. [Hear.] Iam told these four men committed no other offeuse than that of differing in opinion from the others. 1 can understand their being sore, and being annoyed —1I don’t doubt that atall. I am told tuoy comd mitted no other oifense, except working upon tarms which you thought injurious to your posi- tion, to a certain limited extent of their holding- & different opiuion to that whica you hold. But, as the silegation stauds, tnese four men, for that oense of baving worked upon terms which you tbink should not be accepted, are now in the predicament of baving befriended their employ- ers, who 8re mow told to diemiss them, or the general body of miners will not go to work in the i pit. Well, 1 om very loth to telieve that demand has been made upon these grounds, aud I ehall be very glad, in a friendly manner, to bave some conversation, and would first ask if 1 am correct in my statement. John Miliington admitted that the right hon- orable gentleman was right, that they could nok resums work till the four men were dismissed. Mr. Gladstone—That is a very gerious matter. Theso men have doue nothing. . What night have you to ask that they shali demand certain wages ? 1 don't suppose_you will deny them the right to work for what thoy please. What is the naturo of the right which you enjoy in common with everybody else # Liberty of judgment and of action, and that is the loundation of your right. It is not because you are a greater number, and that others are a’smalier number ; but because you have s titlo to liberty, and that liberty which the people of this country won for themeelves, and have enjoyed for many generations is the liberty of the few as well as tho iiberty of the many ; end if one workman chooses to work for nothing in the face of 1,000 otuer men, he has as good & right to do 8o a8 the 1,000 bave to say wlat they will work for. Now, if I understand you to speak plainly, you deny these four men that mght. That is to say, you are saying they shzll ba turned out of employment ; and, permit me to soy, you aro asking the Aston Hall Colliery Compuny to do that which, inmy opinion, would be mean und dishonorable. 1f the Comproy bad chosen to turn out those men it would not have been my business to interfere. I have nothung to do'with it. Dut they are appealiug to me,and Iam bound to kay that they would have committed & mean and dishonorable act if they bad turned out those four men, and I would go further and say that you here present could not have re- spected them if they Lad doune it. You could not respect o man who, for his own interost, would tarn round, to_ please the majority, upon tho few men who had stood by him'in thae time belongs to settleis wnd the Government. Alest of the Government land hLas been taken, but much railroad land is for eale at from &3 to $6 per acre. < ‘Above Coatsfleld 8 miles, the valley begins to ‘widen, ond soon reaches a breadth of 12 miles,— the river flowing down about miGwsy from blufl to bluff. F:om the'south side anotber valley puts off, up wiich, we were told, over 100 farmers had settled. It is called Miry Valley, and a siream of water flows down it, uud emptios iuto the North Loup. At the junction of liry with the North Loup, another town is laid ou, &nd called EVELYN, after the pretly young wife of Capt. Munson. Joalso hew s natural location, aud oue day wifl becomo, no deubt, s goud-sized town. From the huli buck of Eveiyn we could see 15 miles up and dowa the grest vallay, aud, as 1ar o5 the eye oould yeach, 1t was dottod with farme aud cot- tages. In this county (Valley), s great desl of £90d Goverument laud is still untaken and open o scitlemens as homesteads, or can_be pre- empted at ¥1.25 per scre. On the road we had E:fi::i o :;:n o& five immigrant wagons, an- _elght, aud we learned there were two more trains Lobind. one containing nine wagons auod soother fifteen. Pecple appenred to be pouring in, and the wonder was whore they all cawe rom. Notwithstanding, however, tue zush this spring, it is not acall Licely all the Government lands in the North Loup Valles will be taken, and thezo will be plenty of good land still subjoet to entry nex: year. We siept all night at Davis' Creek, and tho next day, passing through a Baptist and a Dan- leis soutiement, after a most pleasaar journey of 49 wiles, arrived at tho Forks of the North Loup River. Here the great valley branches into uwaller yallezs, up_oue of which we continued |, da £0: 5 wiles, and otill found settlers. We wlops st Capi. Munson's camp, near the forks, and psszed & wost plearent day with bim and his charming wita. We learned from the Captain tho pleasing iatelligence that Gen. Ord will saon @reot & two~compauy military-pout a4 or near the of his dificulty. 1am quite sure you could not respect such & man, and I believe thut in the long run you will respect Mr. Hanson very much moroe in refawng to turn them out thin in baviog agreed to do so. That, howover, i3 a matter of opinion, and you will forgive me for speaking so plamly; but what I beg. entreat, and pray of vou 18 that you will consider the matter a httle. Now, you have plenty of power. Your coudition is different from that of other lnborers. The agricultual laborers, till quite latety, wore no: aware they 1hsd any power in their own hanas arising from their own labor. But they have been making demends of Inte, and I must say, £o far as I have seen, those demands have been moderate de- mands ; but I never beard of a cuso throughout the whole country where agncultural laborers have gone to a farmer and uid, ** Such and such. persons differ from us; they refused to striko Wwhen we struck, aud wa require you to turn toem Off, or clse we will not go buck to work.” Your position is an exccllent position. You have an excellsnt orgavizaticn—an immense establishe mant all through the country Ly which you can communicate ono with another. Yoa are’s lnzyo discharging a difticuit and arduous occu- patisn—very difiicult, very arduous, Dou't sup- pose I make light of thar, It is no small thuny, in mv opinion, for s man to go down below tho surface of the earth, sway from the hght of the sun, and spend u considerable portion of his Iife thefe. You ought to be well paid. I am glad you are well paid. But lev ma tell you that no portion of the commuunity has advanced so muci Within tka lost forty or fifty years as youreelves. Ivis Lardly credible—one caf bardly understand how it could havo been. Alfter referringto a local incident to contrast the psast condition of the winer, when be received only two eLilliugs 2 with * the present, Mr. Gladstone continted —Juxy think of the immensecaange in your con- dition. Ongzht you not to be satisfled with it ? Why should you eddeasor to press yonr opinion upon poor men? Thoey may be righ: and you s1ong, or you wrong and thoy #’zhi. I don’t Presume {0 give an opinion upon that. But &3 thoy have no right to interfere with you, 50 you Liave po right to interiere with them. As English- men, as Welshmen, I appeal to you not to iuter- fere with them, Give them lberty. Let them exercise their own ‘judgmeut. You are quite strong enough in your eudeavor to keep up the weges, but don't interfero with others who aro taking a different course. You will destroy the whole moral strengta of your position if you doit. Yon will take away your own salf-respect, and Mr. Hanson will lose his title to 4spect if the men are turned off ; &nd, for my put, I will do evoryshing I caninstauding to them. I entreat you to consider tho matter further. I won't say another word. Our relatiou is one ol very recent date ; but one thing I sbould like to tell' you. I dont Jike drawing in with- out 8 saoggestion on an occasiou of this kind, sud there are a fow words 1t would be wall to say. I don't kuow whether it 15 & matter that will interest you or not; butif not, I will not dwell long upon it. It is_a question about the county franchise. [Hear, bear.] I have 8 very strong opinion, which 1 have declured elsswhere, that the householder, who, if ha Lives in the borough, has 3 vote, ought to have a_vote if bie lives outside the limits of the borough. T cannot dray anw distinction, aud I am no: the man to chstige my opivion, or to hesitate what to do iu conscquence of strikes or dificultios thac may arise 1n that way, I am persusded myself that tl:e more the people of the country are scenstomed to think upou public affairs the less difliculty there will be apout these ques- tious —the more they will think about their own rights, and the more tboy will 1espect the rights of others, and 0o man can value bis own rights unless Do respects the rights of others. But I must tell you this, that there are very many people who are very much pre- judiced “ugainst the ides of extending the suffrage into counties, when they bLear of sttempts of the majorities of working- meu to interfere with minorities. I think you know we all roquire learning in our duties one toward auother. Tho rich heve a groat deal to leurn in their duties to the poor, and employers 10 their relatious to workmeu, but. depend upou it, workmen Lave a great deal to learn also, and, pormit me to kay, thoy have a grest deal to learn in Tespect to their reiutions one to another. I have bad discussions—friendly discusrions— with leaders of trades-unions, and buve told them tha very plainly. For wstance, in the attompts mado to reudor the pay of a good workman equal to that of & bad workman,—in tho attemptsmuade 10 reprous & man from doing as much a8 Le cuu do,—in the attempts made to discourage the la- bor of women aud of children, that is, of boys not fully grown up,—all theso' are superstiticns B33 otins whid preval to a certam extent among many of the working classes of this coun- try. ‘Those arrors will, I believe, cuie themsolver. But woen it comes to an attemy § to interfero w.th the liberty of others it is a very seriouy matter, sud thera is certainly & grest prejudice in the minds of many in Parliument to give the frauchise to workingmen when there is a disposition to interfers with oue another’s labor, when all should enjoy equal rights. Thisisa political consideration worth thinking about if you value a vote, and if you desire to strengthien the hauds of those who de~ sire to have the sutfruge extended. But I don't stand upon that ground—I wtand uon the moral and social ground; and I aay to you a8 Englisti- wen,” 88 men who possess and value liberty, there is no true value of iiberty where & man don’t respect the liberty of everybody else just a3 much s his owa liberty. Now, my friends, [ will not go further to-day. I feel this a very serious matter. I wish Lo state clearly 2od ex- phicitly what I think about 1t, and I think it my duty to do so. Having again referred to the question at issue, not of wages, but & more serious one—the question of equal Tights—Ir. Gladstone concluded—God graus you may como to s wise decision, for if you dou't, I am’ afraid there will be moroe ditficuities than we can well define at bresent, or than it would be easy for us to see our way ot of. Hdward Wainwright, in a temperate speech, admizted thac 1t was not & questior. of wages, and said they hsd no _kitter feeling against tour men who bad behaved baaly towurds them. He complained thst tho Compguy gave notice of o reduction of 15 per cent twelve weeks before neighboring collieries. Mr. Gladstone thanked the men heartily for what was said, and remarked that the conduct of four men might be & matter for examination, and they ought to make apology if thoy bad conduct- ed themselves as described. He relied upoun the promise of thomen to reconsider the mattar, and left the room, many expressing regret thut he did not stay longer. The men promised to reconsider their decision. Whales at Bay As soon as all hed taken their sests, says a writer describing the scene in the St. Jawmes Magazine, we rowed off milently with double- banked ours. Five lurge boats were all we could men, a3 many of the fishermen had gone_ to the baulks in the morning; though their brown sails were in sight, time did not allow of their rocall. Our armuwment was most ludicrous; besides guws, we carried nxes, lauces, old swords, aud sevoral kettles for meking a noise with. Several were bu-y improvising a formidable weapon Ly fastening scythe blades to short polex; one man, called while mowing, sat in the bow, halding Lis seythe. As wo lett the cove the women kept calling after us and wishing good Juck. aod then burried to the clils, where they watched the progress of the chass. Maiing = loog detour, the boois were quietly formed in & semicircle to sraward of the dark group,-which appeared uuconscious of our approach ; as soou as all were placed, the lender ired 2 gun, and we bore down mpon the whalcs with all speed, shouting aud splash- iug the water. A movement is seen amouy the whales, dark forms disappear and _presontly emerge again ; thoy move klowly at first, then iucressiug their speed, rush in a foaming crowd toward the shore. We follow at our utmost speed, regardless of the spray that dashes over the bout. Suddenly the fish pause, feeliug, perhaps, by iustinct, that they are getting into shoal water, tiey turn, seem to deliberate aud welect thie wenkest spot for s charge ; our speed is slackened, and all prepure for & struggle. After a moment's pause, hended by the largest of tho herd, thoy rush at my boat, which Lap- pened to bo in the centre of the line. On they came, raising 2 wall of fonm, bohiud which are dimly seon arched backs and' agitated fins ; we shout, fire our guns, throw stones, aud dash the oars in the water. They besitate, a few piunge under the boat; I feel their backs scrape agninst the keel 38 we are thrown over nd half- filled with water; the mext is received with o blow of an ax from a gigautic fisherman; terri- fied and spouting blood, the whale rushes bacle iuto the herd, and heads for the slore in his blind agony, We redouble our exertions, and the fieh, fiunlly, yielding, follow their wounded companton and “fling themselves on the shore, ‘where they lie wallowing in the ehaliow water. Withscry of trivmph borne back from the women who stood on the cliff, dancing and waving thelr arms in delight at the prospect of an abundant winter suppiy of food, &ll tlio boats rowed for the shore, each striving to be first to commence the fight. With & final cheer the men drove the boats 1 among the fish, leaped out, and began to strike right and left. Quite_satisfied with my exertions, I sat 1 the boat and watched the stiange combat, aireaay closing, us the poor stupid fis, ignorant of_their strength, fell easy victims to their determined enemies. The sight was strange and striking, the cloudless sun was shining ou the waves of the bay ; blue, except over a large patch, many yards in extent, dyed red with biood. Each wave showed a stream of crimson, as it wasied over the ghstening bodies, rejoicing that it could insult thie strange forms that had lately swam lords of the deep. DBelund 2 narrow beach rose the steep cliff, down which were runoing the women and children, their shrill cries rising above the ehouts of the men and roar of the waves. Gradualiy the tumuli ceased, except where a whalo in the laxt thices wrapped himealf in a cloud of bloods spray, and deluged the men who stood by watching for an- otLer blow. —_— Missouri Literature. An asseult 1 which eggs were freely msed calls forth the following epreal from a 3lis- souri writer: * Give us back the palmy days of the Inquisition, or the foul fires of witchcraft lifung their black columns to the sky, bat let the 1ow principla of such midnight cliques, in whose_ breast s luriing in embrso the feelings of a bighwsymua, iike the purid yeaut of denth that often spreads tbroughout the physician’s frame and reduces it to a living skeloton, bo Lanmshed from the pationover whose domain tLe star of cmpiro now trembles in its last rovo- lution in the historic heavens.” Raistng a ¢ Qow.? Tho following is tho Iatest Virgioia City yarn : A few evenings since, a fellow rustied intn Tinker & Shephard's saloon in a terrible state of excitement, Throwivg his bat on the couuter, be cried to Dan, the barkeeper : “ There'll be the biggest row here in 3 minul that you ever saw! Give me & arink, quick!” Dan set out the bottle, and while the follow helred himself, began to look to his six-shooter, 2nd got bis club ready. Leaving his bat on the T, the fellow ran to the door, looked out, sushed buck to the bar ard said : es ; in less than half & minute there'll be a b—l of ‘s time here! Give me another drnk, _And, reizing the bottle, he proceeded to help bimself, He then took up ms hat, and was cooly marching off, when Den celled out #Boa hers, you—you fellow therel What's all this about a ror? You come back here and anflllo'r thoso drinks, or I'll ciub you hall to eath I “ There you go!" cried the fellow. “ There yougo! Didn't I say there would be 8 fearful l'fl\lv ere in 3 minute? I know it, and there you go!” Dan saw the point. E: {* Look herc!wsnid bo, *you come back and take another driuk, if you wantit, but I wish it distivetly understood that this is the last ‘row’ you ever raise in this Louse. e * Dou't care 1f do settle up 1o that way,” said the follow, grinning awmiably, as he returned to the bar, TITLES. A Dissertation on Their Aabsurdities .—A Nation That ius None oX Tiei. From the London Saturiuy LReviewc. In tho latter part of Mr. Dryco’s account of Tceland 1 the Cornlill Magazine, he_ gives a curious picture of the state of ociety in whicl men who are perfectly civilized in their thoughts and manners live in & physical condition not mauch above that of saveges. Aud one featuro of very priwitive life they still keep n all its fulluers. They bave Lardly auy suriames, and thoy have no titles. A man is simply Sigurd ; if you wish to distmjguish Lim frum somie_othor Sigurd, bo is simply Sigurd Mugnussoo. If you 50to o house, and wil to_seo- its mistress, Tou a8k for nobody but plain Ingebiorg ; or, if You wish to be formal, you do not call her Lady or Ars., but only fugebiorg Sigurdsdottir. For in Iceiand, us in old Rome, s murried woman is koown by her father's name; sbe caunot take the surname of her huskand, because he has no surname for Ler to take. In ull this we zre car- ried back to the daye when the smallest mau in Athens or Rome could uot Pericles or Ciesar anything but Pericles or Cwsur,—nay more, when he could not call Agariste or Juha sanythiuc but Agariste or Julia. At Rome, to be sure, there were littlo dehcacies about the useof prienomen, nomen, and coguomen ; while Poricles could bo nothuny bag Pericles in the mouth of anyvody, he whom the outer world catled Ciesar would be koown to an iamer circle of Caius. S$qiu the Universities s man 1sspoken to from the lirst mo- ment of iutroduction by Lis coguomen, allowing for & fow exceotional Caues in which, owing to eomo special charm cither in the inan himself or in his presomen, the pre- nomen is used instend. But Gieeks. Romuns, Icelanders, ond undergraduates all agres in callng % mau by nothiug but one or other of his real nnmes. Even in Iceland there are re- spectful ways of marking ofiicial rank, as, when men spenks to the Govoruor or DBinhop, but there is nothing lite o::: fashion of pucting a handle to the name of vverybody. We uso this last phrase of set purpose ; people constaotly say that such a man has got a title, that he has got & * handle te his name,” when he is mudo auything which gives him a right to be called Siror ford. Grave heraldic authorities who write peerages and books of landed gentry, and e who write letters to explain_Low, though .+ »re not peers, they are still noblemen, draw & disuioction petween “titled ” and ‘“‘untitled ™ nobility or geutry, or whatever word they choose to expross that foreign thing wiich the law of England bas always so unkwdly refused to ac- kuowledgo. When poople say that the now Lord, or Baronet, or Knight has got a *‘title” or a “ handle,” they forzet that be has been called by a “* title" or a **handle " ever since the tirst time chat his nur-e spoke of himas * Mas- ter Tommy,” or perbaps more famliatly as * Mastor Poppet.” ~We are 8o much in the habit of giving eversbody titles, just a8 we are so muck iv the habit of talkilg in prose, that we Duve got to be unconscious of the ono process as of the other. We ale 80 ‘constantly in the babit of giving everybody the title of Mr., Mra., Miss, or waster, that we regret that nll these are titles. and we fancy that no one bears a title but those who are called Lord, Lady, or Sir. Iu facs, the smallor evervday titles are more stiictly and purely titles than the others, because they are mero titles, while the others are in most cases titles and something more. Duke, Larl, Bishop, are not merely titles ; they wear Ladges of actual rank; they are originally, aud sull to somo ex~ tent, descriptious of oftice. But we call people 3Ir. aud Mrs., not to express rank or oflice, Lut simply to avoid what passes for the undu6 fa- milwrity of callivg them in Greek or Iceland’s fashion, simply John and Marr. The custom undoubtediy camo in through the use of ofticial defcrivtions. A man was called John the tarl, or Peter the Bishop, or anythiug else, greater or emaller, to mark bLiw off from thoso Johns or Peters who held some other office or no oifice at all. The ofticial desenpiion easily shdes iuto the title used, not merely to describe ofiice, but to express respect. But, as long as the descrip- tion marks out cay deunite ofiice, or even auy definite rank, it 15 not s mera tifle: it roally serves to point ont what the man is, and not merely to avoid the necessity of calliy hum by Lis simple Christisn or surnsme. 1f John Churebill is Duke of Marlborough, wo call him Duke of Marlborough, not merely to avoid cail- ing him Joun Churchill, but to express the fact that he is Duke of Marlbor- ongh. Hut if Jobn Cburchill is nothing but John Churchill, and we call lnm Mr. Joun Churchill; we do €0, not to express any fact at all, but merely to avoid tha seeming rudeness of calling lum simply Jobn Churelull. Thus the Icclander recognized the ofticial rank of the Governor and the Bishop, only be differs from us 1n holding that plain Sigurd and Ingebiorg have no veed to be called nuything but Sigurd and Ingebiorg. In tlis way it is plain that the “untitled classes” are really those who are most truly titled, those to whom titles are most habitually given sumply as ticles and for no ather reason. All Europe, except the Lappy Icelanders, con- forms to the fashion, and tbere scems no great likelihood thet the rest of Europe will go beck to the simpler practice of one unsophisticated island. How deeply embedded the practica is in all modern habits of thought is shown by the fact that when the First Freuch Republicans determuned to abolish titles all that theydid was to abolisl the old titles, and to invent a new title of therr own. When a man was called Citizen Toland, 1t was 0o less a title—ndeed, according to our showing it was much more of a title— than if he bad been called Duke of nlont- morency. A man was not to by called Monsieur, but he was to be called Citoyen; but Cifoyen expressed just as muchias Monsicur, tho fecling which diwstinguishes all of us from the Greek, the Roman, and the Icclarder, the sbriuking from callimg o manby his name, and notbing else. It mever came into the head of an Athenian or s Roman to spea¥ of & man as Citizen Perikles, or Citizen Cicsar, thoogh there would really Lave been more rehse in so doing than thera was among the French Republicans, for no Atheniau or Lomen had declared tbat all men were equal, and the title of citizen might bave expressed the very wide distinction betwesn the member of the raling commonwealth and thie member of any of the inferior classes, from the mere tlave up to the ILatin or the Piataisn. And ovea in those cases where intimate friendship. or sany other ground, causes men to speak of one anothor simply by their names, it is only doae privatoly and among equals. The man whom we Bpeak to 2y Smith becomes Mr. Smith in s speech or an article, and in the like sort thie undergradnate, to whom Smith is Smith from the very bemin- ning, speaks of Mr. Smith either to his tutor or to hig ecout. Thus, evon when we go furthest in dropping titles, we do not dare to drop them altogetner ; we have not got back to the stago of tallung of Perinles and Sigurd at oll times and to all persona. There is, Indeed, one excoption, though not in oor owa country. He who finds Limself reviewed in a German periodical enjoys the privilege of being praised or blamed by his simplo surname and nothing else; and it might be woll to set up su interchange of privilege in tms 1oatter. It for no other couse, yet for this, that. 24 the German and the Enghshman, if they try thewr hund at any kind of titlo, aro sure to miacall one unother, o good deal of inaccuracy is eaved if they ngree to call one another by no title at all. _ There is gomething in our received system of titlen, great and small, which seems very puz- zlivg to men of all other natians. The Barouet or Kbight and the Esquire scem very mysterious beinge. It is strange that the title of ** Sir,” in its origin so purely Frencb, should bave become in its use so pureiy English thatno Frenchman can understand it. We suapect that what makes our titles 80 puzzling to Frenchmen is their va- riety. An Erglishoan’s description may begin in tweuty different ways; s euchman'y de- scription zlvays begins in_ome way. An En- glishman may be Lord. Sir, Colonel, Doctor, plain “*Mr.;" s Frenchman is always * Aloo- tieur.” Ho may be plain letter 7., or he muy be “2L le Duc;” but he is *)M." very case. Tueo the Exquire outrages the feelings of the whole human raco by sticking his titlo after his namo instead of befors it. Tlus no foreigner can_allow. A Freuchman must iodeed be familiar with English ways to keep himself from putting * . John Smith, Ee1.” You may writa down yoor description in full of your own haud, but the ** AL" is sure to appear i the cddress of the latter which your foreign friend writes to you. His Zeoiivg i¥, ** Vous etes trop modeste,” 23 an Englishman is sometimes told when he Legs earnesily not to be called *¢ Ji-tord.” Tk truth is that the style of the Eequire is altogath- er anomsaloas. It is stuck after the name and not bafore, because it is not reslly o titie, but o description. A.B.is described s Euquirs, 63 another man mav be described 28 Kuight, Clerk, lnthinp down to Laborer. The description of * A. B., Eequire,” is, iz fact, the remnsant of tho oldess formula of all, * Cauh Oruing,” * Haro ).eriphres:s. vive 8 fow years back, ‘when visitors to Blenheim are called on to look at the portraits and oxploits of * John Duke.” By some odd freak this kind of descrintion goes on in any mention of an Esquire which is in the loist degree formal, though colloqually he is spoken of by the **Mr.,” which it would be thought disrespectiul to be put on the cutside of a letter. The peasant who talks about 'Syuire Tomping is far more consistent. Then, ag thus cescription of ** Esquire,” & mere descrintion a:d no titie, is, oddly enough, just the thing which o man avoids callimg lumsolf. It bas an 00d look when a8heriff, sizning an ofiicial paper, sigus “A. B., Esquire,” aud it has an 0dd sound Shet s tacis rate doslfving Bencribés Gimusle as “A. B., Isquire.” Whether a Sheriff who is a Barovet should sign himself, 23 he commoaly does, * Sir -A. B:,-Baronet,” wo doubt. Skould be not rathor sign lumsolf “A. B.. Baronet,” as g description, and wait for ocher pecple to give him the title of ““Sirz” Bas.des the substantive title or description, ticre is tho honorary adjective and the houorary v These are much older than mern ticlen; they are as oid ns Homer. What our modera rules bavo Jone iu simply to stiffen them, g0 that everybodv kuows exactly which to aoply o eversbody. Butitis odd how tbe substan- tives nod adjectives got confounded, as if they were thiogs of the rame kind which excluded oue ancthier. It isnow thought vulgar to call a Privy Councillor or o peer's son * Hon,” or “TRight Hon. A. B., Esquire.” It was the right thing carly in the lasc centary. Aud the old_usage was_ more rational. A peer's son is an Esquire; * Esquire” is therefore his proper description ; he ig alro entitled to the compti- mentaryadjectivo * Honorable.” The substun- tive aud the adjective in o way exclude oune an- other. One might make & long hist of usages in the wav of tirles which are absurd and ungram- matical ; o, for instauce, the last new pirce of atfectation, **'Ihe Reverend the Honorable A. B.,” which' seems to bave just displeced * Too Honorable and Reverend A. B,” which is gram- miatical and intelligitle. But it is enough to point out the crowniug ebsurdity of such phrases as ** Her Majesty,” * Her Majesty the Queon,” aud the like. They are vulgar corruptions of the fine old formuls, *'the Queen’s Majesty." When the King, Prince, Duke, or other exalied person Lus occe been described, 1t is senso and grammar to go ou speaking of * Hig Majosty,” ** His Highuers," ** His Grace:” bLut if 18 clearly ungrammatical totalic of * His hlgjesty” when nothing bas govo Lefore ' is" to rofer to. And * Her Majesty the Queen,” cau all the her- 8ids in the laud parso those words? When Charles the TFirst greoted Laud on s highest promotion with the words ** My Lord’s Grace of Canterbury, you are welcomne,” he spoke the Kiug's English ; but ** His Gracy the Archvishop of Cantertury " is simply gibberish. From theee difliculties, aud from thiese courtly vulgarisme, men were of old free at Athens, sud they are still free at Icelaud. INDIAN HOSTILI#ES. Reports of Massacres and Torturings —Are They Exaggerated 1-Gen. Pope Aurnbutes the Gutrupes to Disguised Lesperzdocy. From the Learenworth (Ran.) Times, June 24. From Camp Supply comes by telegraph the news of au atta~k made on the stazo when near Dodge City, sud the wounding of the corporil iu cuarge of tue military escort. Stock is beng driven off by tho hundred head. and the settlers and citizens are powerless to prevent it. It 18 cleimed that there are not troops enough in the vicimty to protect the settlement, to say notbing sbout keeping the mauvrsuders from stealing stock and elaughtering unprotected settlers and traders. Tue greatest excitemeut prevailsat Supply, and all those who can consistently do so ate leaving the country. From Medicize Lodye comes the report of o massacre more horrible thao sny we have ever been called upon to record. Billy Roberts, muil agent on tho Santa Fe Road, came in yesterday alternoon and confirmed the report. He said that on Mouday the stege in from tbe south was attackied near AMedicine Lodge by a band of prowling sevages, and six men, including the ail agent, wore shot and scalped by tho blood- thiraty villiins, Ths massacro has creeted con- suderanle excitement in that vicinitv, and the in- habitanta are forming themselves into compsnies for theiwr own defense. From the Leavenwcortl (Kan,) Journal, June 25, From & letter received in this city, dated Dodge City, June 21, we learn the foliowing partici- lars of the Indian depredations in the Bouth- west. Five white men have been scalped and one ahot through the abdomen. ‘The first man attacked (a Mr. Dudley) was tied to a wagon and lus finger snd toe nuils pulled out bv the roots. He was then thrown upon the ground, s stuke driven turough him, and scalped. The second msn, by name Tom Waller, had both bis arms cut off and was then sealped. ‘The third man, Cheyoono Jack, was tied to s wagon and scalped. . The fourth was scalped in his own bed and his bouse fired. The (ifth man, named Warren, lives near Dodge City, ia & freigliter to Cowp Supply. He was maling aroturn trip to Dodgo Ciy, and when sbout twenty-two miles from the latter point, 1t bLeing nighs, be with his four companiona was camped out. Some time during tne night the Indians stampeded their horses. Warren took one of the party with nim and started on foot for home. Near Mulbe:ry Creek they discovered the trail of their horses, and near by a pony, which they caughr, and Warren mounted aad Lantened homeward, leaving his compzuions to follow on foot. Warren was afterwards found &ix miles from home, shot tive times and nearly ba!f s head cat off. He leaves a wife and six children. The writer goes on to state that the arms sent by the Governor are not what is wanted, and will be returned, He says that on the hills near Dodge the siznels of the Indians éan be secn at Dight, consisting of blazing pine knots and bun- dles of brush tossed into the air to attract the atiention of other tribes. The settlers think thiere are about 5,000 Indians forming together, am}".hc whites are prepared for a concerted at- tack. Since writing tbe above we have met Mr. J. C. Kitkpatrick, a Couuty Commiesioner of Barbour County, who states that he was yesterday 1o To- peku in conference avith the Governor, C. C. Be- mis, Chairman of the Comuissioners of Barbour Couniy, and Cbarles Coliivs, Sheriff of Reno County, in reference to the Indian depredations in bis county, He iearns. tiat eigh: citizous have been Killed. The people hevo aeserted their claims, and are in_stockades at Medicine Lodze, Kiowa, and Sun Cuy. . All the horses in the county hisve beea run off, aud houses have been fired into at Kiowa. “Tbera is evidently a move on_the frontier for & geperal Indian raid. r. Kirkpatrick says there can beno doubt of the counection of white men with the rad. ‘The settlera must bave aid in tthny of arms and rations or abandon the county, The Gor- ornor is doiug all ho cun, and has telegrephed to FL“ Leavenwortt and Washingion in the matter. From the Leaveniworth (Kan.) Times, June 2. 8o mauy rumors have been afloat for the past threa or four davs, in regard fo the Indian dop- rodations on the frontier, and so deep is tue naziety of people who have friends and relatives in that region of conotry, that we determined vesterday to get at the truth of the matser by direct applicetion to military headquarters. The reposter found Gen. Pope, commander of the Department of the dhissouri, busily engaged m dicraung dispatches to bo gent to the seat of war, buc nevertheless willing to furmsih sll the in- formation possible. As was aoticipated, the re- ports so widely ¢jreulated during the past two or three daysale gréatly exaggerated. but have somo foundation. The Deportment bave had nothing oliicial from the scene of trouble, with the excep- tiou of the killng and sealpicg of the mzn Warren, near Fort Dodge. Nothing has Leen received in regard to the terrivle massacre on dedicine Lodga Creck, and the zeneral impres- sion ut the post is that the entire story 1sa canard. ag no oflicial notification of the murders have teea received. Gow. Osborn, hiowever, has been flooding the office with aicpatches calling for troops to protect the settlers who, he says, are da:ly importuping him for aid. 1In Tesponse to these requests, Gep. I’cps lias videred two companies of cavalry,—one from Fort Dodze and the other from Fort Hays,—to make a scout on Medicine Lodge Creek, but he has no faith that tuey will find a trace of the red-skins. The Geoeral is under the impression, 2ud perbape correctly, thac the murders have been commmitted by ruving baods of desperados disgmsod as In- dians, who bave inaugurawed the raid for the purpose of getting anus and amunition aod be afferded a good opportunity to steal stock. The action of Gov. Osborn in ¢ending all the State arms to the scene of the troubles is not indorsed oy the Department Commander, &8 these impie- nients of warfare will be more Likely to be used on the bafalo than on the Indians, who are oi- waye committing suck horrible depredations, bt caz pever bo found. When the news of the Crooked Creek massacre was reported, 8 com- pany of cavalry were de:ailed to scour the coun- try, but they could find no sgns of Indiane. Even wood-choppers encamped on the creek noar where the murdera were e2id to have been committed kpew nothing of Indians befog in the u;i(hborhuod‘ As we said batore, tho only ‘case morder known $o the Department ia being scalped. We were shown advices from all the post com- manders on the frontier, and, while they admit thy terrible rumors aroat, and the genersl stampedo of settlers, they fail to report any sign of red-skins. Gen. Pope has the most reliable means of communication at liand, and the best opportunity of judging of the impunding danger if there roally is auv. There are good and sufticient grounds for his statement of the real cause of the trouble. The belief that this terri- ble scare and stampede i3 all the work of an or- ganized band or bands of outlaws, robbers, and confirmed horwe-thieves isnot at all preposter- ous. In tact, all the ofticial advices point to this viow of the case. Thke vamors o industriously circulated and magnified a thousand diameters in rezard to the depredations of the Indians, have worked incal- culable injury 1o the froutier tier of counties. AMany eottlers having but just fairly settled, and being blest with luxuriant and promising_crops, sre Heeing their homes at o time when all agri- cultural products will sulfer for want of care. ‘I'ho Government has been called upon to furnish ratious to the fugitives who are pouring in from { every direc:ion, under the impression thac all the denizeus of the Iudian Territory are ou the war- path. The military authorities are confident thac the troops now in the field are adequate to tho task of protecting the settlers and of putting & speedy quietus to all further depredations, whotber from outlaws or Indians, People aro advised to raturn to their homesteads aud care for their crops, as the preseut excitoment wil soon blow ovar. THE WAGNER THEATRE. Affairs at Bayrenth--Prospects of the Reiormed Operi. Bayreuth (June 5) Correspondence of the London Daily Aftera lapse of exacdy two years I visited Bayreuth again, o few days ago, in orderto soe the preeent state of Richaid Wagner's Niebolungen Theatre. 1 was surriised to find the exterpal structure almost finished. The theatre 18 now tho first Luilcing seeu by the traveler in ap- proaching the city by rail. " The interior ia, bow- ever, quite bare; the machinery cannot be pro- cured for some time to come, and the peform- ances of the ** Ring of Niebelungen ” have again been postponed uatil the spriag of 1876, This 18 the second postponement. Wagner's original plsn was 1o bring ont the Ring” in the present summer; but he made his calcu- lations on the hope of a warmer support from the Germans than he bas thus far mat with— made them whon he laid the foundation-stons of the theatre, two yeurs ago this Whitsuntide, when over 2,000 musicians and singers had gathered to do him honor. His plan was to give three entire performances of the four parts of the **Ring.” The necessary funds were to be procured from the eale of 1,000 * patrous'” ticke.s at 8,000 thalers apiece. Three hundred thousand thalers (say, in round numbers, £59,000) was the sum he required. Tlauks to the exertions of Wagner's ver- soual friends, snd of the many Wagner's soci- eties in Germany, and in England and in Amer- ica, 100,000 thalers was quickly subscribed. Vilb_ this sum Wagner at once commenced erccting the theatre. ~ Then suddenly the foun- tain stopped, us 1t were, and some months ago it was tnout by many, that the composer's great plans would fall through. And this would doubt- Tesw Liave been the case Lad not King Ludwig of Buvaria again como to the asswstauce of his friend, acd geverously placed a credit of 200,000 thalors at Wagner's disposal, with the condition, however, tha: the sum ve repaid outof tha fands resulting from the sale of tickets in the futare. ‘The nssertion that the yoanz monarch presented the composer with the monay unconditionally is ot true. Since receipt of this royal credit some months 230, Wagner bhas completed all his con- tracts for machiuery, scenery and interior fittings. and the work will' henceforth go rapidly for- ward. If the outside etrikes us oddly with its appeurance, which may be Likeued to 2 happy uuion of &n ornsmental barn und a_large tnot-tower, the interior su:prises us with it unovations, und at the same time with its adaptability for theatrical purposes. The stage is of vast Gimeusions, and can now be seen iu s full proportions. It is sunk a depth of 37 feet, and has a height up to the pulley floor of 176 feet. Itisin broadth 95 feet, by 79 in length, and will have ten side-scencs. The furtuer stags, back of this. is 40 fest long b; 49 broad. The widtn of the proscenium fil{ be 45 feet,—the widest, I beheve, in Ger- meny. The young archbitect, Herr Runck- evitz, who superintends the works for the builaers, pointed out to me the peculianties of the stage, the suditory and the orchestral space. Un the stage there will be neither foot- hyghts or promptor's box. Wagner intends iotends hin theatrs aad i 1 aesly £ to bear & thoroughl, oath ol e e soms ighly German Dationa] th T © reformed Germag B ey o asner informed mo thalt the' up; ; Niebelungen " is vomplete, with o080 lhs of the instrumentation of it part,—* Gotzerdammerang, merely mechanical works’ 15 4 casy task. Ho hus a3 sor copeloy} engagementa with singers, Ha mag, the rorthwestern German fiheatrey g% 320 for the purpose of seleciing srageo™ (an returned home withont finding ape iy bitta Foiated with the condition of Gpery fu U Drerywhere ke found Frencis tasta bupe2il apnerism in singing, a i Ao of tha music by Diog of the ‘1;‘:‘22"‘ el all tho refasal to see tho fact to frac 42 arty 0 whin e B, humnn(km, % of the German hes in na it vain imitation of the French. Lo second pature. Of maloinge; and Batz (cass), both of cured. In fac:, I baliese, ¢hex:§n:'w}f,' *hem fored their services graus, Beta's ogly i being & seat during the fesral 5,00 condi his wife. Wagners greatest; e Tt0CeS by young Hungarian tenor, sition isy pmo (Herr Glatz), foung & Gemm Ricliter, the Director of th Y o 3 0 Hangariag et Theatr ac Posth. Herr Glazy; worad Nation] R sl i s s uociotiea. Ho is maid toharg s Gy 2400Ally ia and voice, aud Wagner, o higuicent forn bim the principal tenof role of »ger L%, §878 i8 nOW in training under the cayy “g(éma. s ter. Since Wagner can ouly ‘o ngagy Lo RS- for one or two months in thio yeas oy Lo Nogers lt:ave thom fl;r Tepoarsal during ‘e oy 0T urlonghe, 1t is gratifying 1o ses scanding, like Niemana and Batz, wpports composer with their strength, (ven consid, e it a0 bonor to bo * permittad ™ to ks s the festal g‘ar{ormmce& Posacsaion of hig pey Wagaer has just taken villa, looking on tho castle park. I fomd hinoy with thy the ‘enjoyment of good bealth, busy Artists, giving plans of architects and scenic work to tranecribers, and lookin:3 after the worg goiug on in hus own house and at the naw they. tre. Heregretted much that a tpozemens bad been neccssary, and felt dee ply gratefal o the King of Bavaris, withoat whese a1d ths yory must bave come to & dead stand. He spcks of the recent “Lohoagnin” perforniancss iy §ar York. and of bis admirers and_promoten 1y England. Wagoer said, if he lived, be i teoded to give, after the Niobeaugen Feusl f performances, anoual performanses of przy - Germau operas, and each year ons of his oapy gperas o s etyle_originally intended by bin, Thus “ The Fising Datcuman,” instesd of being riven in three acts, as ia ordinarily the would be given in but one act wirh three (sh lenux. He wishes the Bayruh Thetatre to bess 2 national German character, not purely s Waz- nerian one. The composer has two RO Opersa fally sketched out,—one eutitled * Percini+ thereforo another Grail subject, and “The Victory,” a Buddhistic theme. I do not know what indoced Wagner to lesve the Germay legendary field for_this latter worl; the Ger- man papers asserted some t:ms ago thsi he bsd promised to writa an opera for tie Khedive. In regard to the Bayreuth nndertaking, we mayus sume thac its future is now assurad, aud thaj the performauces will actually take olscs in 1835, the funds now being in haod. I hope that pe fore this time, however, the railrord compazies will have placed Bayreuth in better commanics tion with the rest of the world than itis st pres- eot. The city seems to have been willfully ne- glected. Wagner completed his 618 b yesr on the 994 of lay. The day was celsbisiad by the composer's musical friends in Memich and in Bayreuth in a plea:ant manner. i MISCELLANEQUS ITEWIS. The sixth man in the present graduating e - at Yale is Mr. Bouchet, the only coiored stadent in tke ck —The facultv of Yale College attnounces tha hereatter no musical instruments “aill bo allovel io the college buildings. —A Tennesseean who killed & man recently was one of the jurymen summond by the Car ner to view the body of the man he had killed. —A homesick Pennsylvania school-oy, Il years old, walked home, 78 miles, in two dirs aud a balf, with no nounshment: whataver a cept green clover leaves. " —**\Vhere's that twelfth juror?” exclaimed xa Tdaho Judge on the Court’s resuming busines after a recess, scowling as bespokie at tha elaven jarors in the box, oue of whom rise and said: ** Please, Judge, it's [ke Sunmous 18 is gone. He bad £o go on private businesw, but be lef bis vurdick with me !” —The Emperor of Russia, on luaving Engiand, made the London poiice a paesent of aboat tbat his singers siall be firmly seated in the caddle ere they appear before the public. The stage scenery i being painted by the Brothers Erucknerin Coburg, from the designs of Hoil- monu i Vienua. The smaller pieces will be finished tn Coburg, the larger in Bagreuth, in a large wooden bsll erectsd at the rear of tha theatre. The portion of the thestre devoted to the sudience 18 remurkable for it simplcitv. The plany were mada principally from Wagner's own sketches. There will be no boxes; even the royal circle at the back will only be ele- vated & ftew feet above the level of the last row of seats. Commencing immediato- Iv in frout of the orchestral space, the rows of eats rise stop by step, 28 they recede, ‘-smf;hizhenuicnlly‘" it I may so expres it, the last row being twenty or more feet higher than the first, but the view of the stazo beiug nowhere obstructed. In most theatres the ordi- nary form is_tho elongated semicircle ; in the new Bayreuth Theaire wo have the horseshoo form in the shape of an exact segment of a circle, the weats growing in width as they re- cede; @0 that, while tue first row has a width corresponding with the prosceulum (about 50 feot), the lasi row and the rovel cucle or gallery extend i0 & width of over 100 feet. The great width of the auditory (114 feet), and the com- paratively swmall depth (79 feet) from the or- chestra to the royal gailery, enable each of tho audience to commund &n almost perfect prospective view of the zcene represented on the etage, The ceiling of this part appears low to us, accustomed as we are to high tiers of boxes crowned with the uppor gallery. There will_be Lut ons gailery, inmediately over the royal gallery, and this i8 eimply made for tle mommadufiouf( the citizens (300) of Bayreuth, some of whom Wagner will invite to zee tho performance gratis. The sides of the muditory il be rendesed slightly orusmental by pillars; but there will be othing in the eatire space to diveit the attention of the audience fiom the “stage and the scencs thereon represented. Tno spproach to tho fizst dozen Tows of seats nearest the stage will be through four doors on either side; the back rows will be reached by entering the front of the theatre, two pa-saze-ways tnen leading underneata the royal circle and balf o scoro of the back rows, aand emerging sbout a_ third of tho way down. In this simply coostructed su- ditory there will be seais for 1,500 persons, 80 that the theatre will hold, including the gallery for the Bayreuthers, sbott 2,600 porsous. Wagner' arrangement of bis orchesira is an interesting experiment. Desirous of present- ing his stage pictures without aoy interruption to the gaze, snd therefore of removitg the me- cnauical producticn of masic from sight, ho camo upon the ides of rondering his orchestra invisible to tue audience. To tus end, Le einks the orchestral space 17 ieet below the level of thestage. The orchestra, which is to cousist of 106 members, will be_seaied in & space the en- tire width correspouding with the proscenium, aod o depth extending 10 feet under the stage itself. lhe Kapelimeister alone will bo elovated abovo tho_ rest, so that, though not scen by the aundience, bhe will have full command of the gtaze. The mere sinking of theorchestra ia, bowever, not the only muo- vation. Wagoer leaves there a space 18 feot wide, and extending the entire breadth of the stage (ot merely of the proscenium) aad up to tho roof entirely free. He calls this the Mystic Sracoe, because he intends that hero the invisible *“wail of music” proceeding from the invistble orchestra sanall sepurate tue real (that is, the audience) from the ideal (the stage pictures). If we may 60 express ourselves, the audience will percéive the scenes through an invisible wall of wound. Wagner anticipates from tiis inaovation some surprising Tesults: mystic and beautiful music and the appareut re- moval of the stage picturs farther bnck, so that the entire scene will be 28 though witness- iug a dream. Ricuard Wagper intends to have a *reformed” public to wituess his festal per- formances. The operss will commence as eurly 88 4 o’clock in tae afternoon, and will last until 11, thero beiug a pausa of an hoar between each act. For the unoccupied time tbere will be ample provision made. Thero will be several ro- freshment_and retiring rooms, balconies, lerics, besides the garden grounds surrounding the thentre. The scene will be very enjovable if the weatuer be favoravle, The view from the theatre embraces toe city of Bayrouth =t cur feet, and a geatle, undulating laudscape bound by the Franconian mountains. For the pnncely and royal ¥isitors there are separate refreshmeot rooms and & bolcony ou either side, about oue story high above the ground. So far, bowever, Waguer has probably been dis- appointed about the German Princes, since but fo¥ have taken any intersst atall in him or his plana. The Khedive of Egypt and the Sultan of Turkey are mnnfle Aiebelungen ** patrons.” I ‘think, however, Wagrer would prefor more $5,000, besides giving to s numiser of ths chiefs articles of jewelry, such as rings , pins, ete., 0m1 of them worth a3 much as $1,000 each. —The Empress of Austria will visit Brighton, the favorite English watering placs, iz July, remain there some time for the ses bathing. —It was rumored 1o Rome th:tt tie American’ pilgrims, on visiting the Pope, would all we wky blue robes decorated with 1 :eligious devicsy and the common people wero decidedly dssp pointed to find that the report ‘was false. —The Cremation Saciety of Z urich, which pm bers 600 members, has met vnth such support that it intends offering a ‘prize for ths et method of cremation. It ieito be und: E that methods will only be conssidered which bave E beeu found prag ble by ss:tual experiments. Prof. Reclem, of Leipsic, hus consentadtods Tiver lecture on his proposed. mode of procedast in the burning of corpsas. —A barber on the Khine has recently celstrsd ed his 60th year of service viith the razor. had dwing that time shaved 200,013 persanh and ezrned 3,900 thalers, from which it mara 1y be computed that the aver age price of s gt in Germany for the past eiitty years bsi lesy thut 1 cent. —A writerin_the Iast purnber of Notes 2 ies soya that the of i-repoated formul, “Emperor of all the Rusains,” is a gross emt. The fitle, literally translatsd, is ** All-Rusn Emperor,” and does ot drriw a_Sne distintia I Letween the ruler of Russizs in Enrope sod Bz i sis in Asis,—ivisiong dea:* to the “schoulbor® beart. —The following 0dd advortisemen: appssred in the London Times of the 10th inst.: “‘ahn:d I this mect the eye of the lady who got intothe 12:30 traio at New Cress tation on Frdsy, 337 15, with two boys. one of whom was evidastl! just recovering from ar illness, sho meyb Dlessed to learn_that three of the four your ladies who wers in the carriage are very iil #il the measles, and the heal-hof the fourth is fat from what ber relations oculd desire.” —A correepondent who accompanied Nells Grant and her busband to England, writes thab “ Mra. Sartcris never left .ber stateroom bubcoee on the pussage. She caime on deck forsfe¥ minutes one morning ir: o blue wrapperasd white shawl, bt befora it was well koown sh3 wag out, sbe had disapperired sgaw. Mr. B toris did not suare tlus se:lceion, bywum}f most a!l thie time. He ss:id his wifo was ‘0% soa-sick, but home-sick.” While we I'llltdvlfl torn at the dock in Live rpool, he, with som9 o:hers, went ashore aod I>ought mutton pies 22 that the first really good riew of Nellie Grsat ¥$ biad after she camo abos»d was standing 16502 on her husband’s fat aray, her eyes full of m‘ui—nfi affection, her heart fall of confiding love, her mouth full of Liverysool mutton pie. S e R Social Amcnitics at Nashville . A Nastville paper give:s the following #3251 ! of vocial amenities in thitt section: A Nasbrild soutl asked his sweaine 810 go out fosoue 2 terteioment with bim'thiss woelr, but shs declin on the ground ihat her ¢iloes were out of repssy wherenpon the young triin offered to bsts mended 1f 8o would sen ) them around the ef day. A lady friend who ovarheard :be con'fl“: tion, secured a well-worz: pair of brogans bflflfd ing to Ler colored cook, <ind had them COBVEY: to the enamored jcurg msn early the D&Y morning. The lettor wis astounded, 88 be o5 been under the impressiu that hus Dujcines 5 the posressor of the ne atest foot in ‘\nhvlj; (or & parr of thom, for t: iat matter), but, 38t/ concealing hus feelings «f bitter diuppmr-h‘l!:n he took them to the nes.rest shoemaker, snd s them with a request that they be meoceCr once. After the shoess had been repsirs e soung man escorted them to the koo of s dear “one of Lis hear, expscting to be o1 whelmed with thaoks. On_ the contrary. it an hour of glib talking; on bis part was "quid in order to conviuce th'e young lady that be B o ntontion of iosultic: g her. . Letter from Gen, Putnam. TIn connection with ‘the ceremoniea of mlm ing » etatue to *OLd Put,” of Revolatio: ¥ fame, at Hartford, Coun., & few dava 880,10 following letter, writen from White Plnmi;“' Y., in Angast, 1778, to the mother of tbe 1 Daniel Wadaworth, ffam}derh of the Athenieum, wos broug hit forth: . DAz SApax: I have, to uform you that Theft u‘:‘ Wadswortl #: Miss H suse's ut Fhiladelphy U Wednesday. He bad bei i quit anwel, but ws 3 U3 mending band, sud hop s soon to recover 38 b you Boen taking fwsck, He s going to Vorgiane &3 Y Wout have e Pleasur of seeing hiz soan. A2 (00 nues wo hava non but wl ot I roat Danel and (2443 partly gooswork- Pleas to give my most repol Zompiements to all tne Lcidya of your bous and msf danel pot forghting thu youny gen'lemen 151, his Log at your hous when I was. Diting fandiy T am deee ondacs wich o g - sarvani apects Jour most obedau | hucl .