Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 7, 1874, Page 11

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Mulleit’s New DBullding: Tho State, War, and Navy Edifice, The President on Horseback : a Mysterious Being. Washington Hungry---She Wants © Her S_tmngnr. Publio Sentiment on ¢ Knocking-Down * -A Cungressional Sketch. —_— Capitol-Eatonsion = Tho Library of Congross---Indoxing the Doouments. From Qur Oun Correspondent, asuiNaro, Nov. 3, 1874, “Ejection-morning (o manyStates, ond all so quict on tho Potomao! ‘Puoro stands tho very old White-Tonsc in a per- potuslly now lot,—a lot that is nover quite done fu any rospect ; nover quite dralned or quito gray- oled; tho trees novor quito clipped or quite thinned out; the mounds around it bardly in alate quo ; the grounds fatliug away bebind toa marsh, ond they to n marshy woods, and 8o on to 30 qozy crock-mouth. o that Whito-Uouss i THE TRESIDENT, conalgned to a corner, like some town Mayor who illicitly ateals o lodglug fn the City-Hall. Nobody evor sawr what kind of lodgioga ho has, —that {a, nobody who can toll it in & nowapnper, —whethor they be gorgoous or cald. Dut, st any rate, ho can look out of bed at Mr. Mullott's pizngw building,~tho State, War, snd Navy odifico,—swhich 18 his only nelghbor. It is npow stauding like & carpenter’s rolo,—ono wing built up in the air to tho hoight of 128 feot; tho main lino mero basemont, flat to the ground, 567 foet long. Blocks of granite aro strown all over the muddy prospoct, protected by wooden strips, Every morning, at 8, thore 18 roll-call, and then tho laborors and masons dlsporso in ho granite concavity hiko sparrows in o freo. Mr. Tish, thoy say, is to go in thore this winter; but, it Iworo ho, |1 wouldo't, Tuero is lum- ‘hoga emangst ita ather architcelural offects, Tho plester is fresb, and it must oat storo-conl by tho minoe before it will smoll hieat. Tho women al} lilo this buildiog ; it is 80 new. That i8 o womun's groatsrchitoctuial reason, it 18 80 ctean, besides, a8 if it had como fresh from the china-store. Tho architect of tho Capliol says that it 1s very good holow the coruico, but too much in thoroof. *Thete,” ho says, **you sec & strajght corvico; on top of it a sogmental cor- pice; thon s belvidero; eud then chimaoys,— violenly high chitnoye, too.” Tha Presidont con gce bis stablo right under o noso of thia great edifice,—a crowding littlo thing of red brick, with gate-posts of granite, so big 88 to look ko out-houses. Thore, whoro o strcot hos been reclojmed from tho immemoiial osh-beap and raiv-gulloy of former years, a bit of fresbly-sodded square, noar ot hand, containg {ho granite pedostal for A TIOE LTATUE OF RAWLING, of Galona. Nearly fourteen yoars ago thoy began totalk wartogether, sround Jesso Grant'sloatuer- store, Now tho Lronze imago of the Oaief of Btafl, wrapped away in boxos, liko his remains in tho grave, awaits a morning when it shall riso upou these stoaes and look ot the Iresident overy day as ho rides out of tho stablo. Hoalth s half of fame, and all the anjoyment of it. A tougher being tban Grant bas never been in that White Houso. Ife sur- vives his great contemporarios, of whom be is the bend sud stil is celled 80 young o man that the poaplo wonder what ho will fipd to do for the long remaindor of his days. A fow dnya ago, I was returning from msrkot ahont the hour of 8, 'The President on a whito loree, bis wife on a brown, wero loping down be Avenuo toward broakfast. Dirs, Grant wore & block crapa bat acd mourning ridiog-dress; - o, o iff eilk bat and black suit. Tho daw was on tho gruss; tho mists of morning steamed from the ground ; thoea two only woro abroad, oxcept huckslers and tho country-carls of mor- keters. Both aro now G0 or more in years, Agaig, three days sgo, on & blustoring aftor- noon, I eaw them together in o suburban 10nd,— Guyant smpking, his wifo with a face apparontly on hoyschcoping maitois,—perbaps discussing the children's prospects, of whom only two aro now lefl uoder the parentsl roof. 1t wascold woather, but they rodo indilferont to 1t all, This man bos now bad, of oivll ofice,’ nearly a8 mual timo of rest from military lifo a8 in his forlorn lapse botweon 1852 nud 1859, when ho gavo up bis commiseion in Oregon, aud all the ust, ab Palo Alto, Monteioy, sud Malino del v, scomed parts Of & wasted oducation, INis lifo, in its harvest, bov-’m 10 1361, whon he was nearly &) yours old. Whatever the opinion hetd of him, 1o is a mystory. TANIO ON LLECTION-DAY. To-day is Ig oloction, aud thero are aad, ap- probienkive henrts in this town. Goverument work is ko a stork’s neston o vory tall clum- noy, where, haviog industriously earriod up gticks and straws, 4088 to got the benefit of the fire thot comes up undetnoath, tho pooronc- legge occupant nevor gota quita warm but onco, ud then tho nest catchea from bolow and burns im out. Still, bo will nover bo happy again without another chimuay. * Do you think, Mr. Gath, wo shall havea Re- pubiioair House #* “Tlio askor wus ono of tho Dooument-Room slorks, s kindly young man, who has baon in the Capitol ever since I buva Jived hera, Noancom- pluming dridgo in & country 6toro has less liber: iy or moro obliging equanimity. w1 dop't thinit auybody lmows, and very fow caro, IU's o toss up for disadvantagos.” “ 1 don't caro myeolf, sir. Only with usjt's a matter of wages, or an order to o West. Ono Jon't teel very comfortable, sir. Gen. Garficld says thero can't bo more than five Republican zajority." 1t s tho short ecsslon, too, that follows to- 1ay's election—little abovo thros months; and thiat compresses luto threa mouths ali thoavarico sud the busimess of the long year. Prices go ig—mma of rooms, all things ; and credits stop, o shiciulago that js bearly uniform over tho ntrv catchies (hIs city in tho short session, snd €400 a month for & pmall inmily is the rate fa tho tap etories of hotels, The botel-accom~ wodation of Washington is too grent for all the vear but the session, and then too lttle, 1luio vo bavs Willard's, the Anington, the Ebbitt, ind Wormiey's,—all 1 one group, svernging $4.50 o day, with combined accommodutions for, teihaps, 1,600 poonple, Nearor the Capitol ia snother group,—tha MNatjounl, Motropolitan, M.-—-m:commm! ‘f'hen uting, say, 1,200, b §3,50, Where aro a dozey littlo bounes, scatiered sbont, 1t drop rates. For tha rest, the man snd 8tates- {mlz mxlls:tnluke‘g!rnmal |;Jnd foed at goma nolgh- joriug hotel. Fifty dollars a month iy the usual fable-banrd rate. o T1E PUBLIO BENTIMENT POR * KNOCKING-DOWN." Do you wonder that, lngeuoral, o nopulace 1kco this is ip faver of o good deal of jobbery 7 YNonty of l.lnmlm'v plonty of achomes, plonty of appropriations and eatisfled clalms, make rosy siower {n Washington, That is why the man of ‘mjcmnns and giabs s always at home Lere. jobody nconses him in his visiting-circia, Tho wter papois that da, arriva_auly {u the evening, hen & regoption, & hop, & round of calls, dis- Facte tha porusal of tliom, or nentralizes tho of- tet. Poople do nut lose sensibility, but the ns. poiations which etimulato it. Ilero, uoarest tho oat of [o\ur. Is the common Baunctuary of the tibunal, the executioner, and the culpsit, ("WVill 16 be a lively winter 7 esys tha hatel« nan ta the correspondent, “ Livelv for isaues, or for monay?"" # Qb monoy ! Confound thae inaues !" “No, I can't kco any projects which will re- olve common rospeotful aitoution.” . " O 1" says tho hotel-man,* you ‘ara mistaken. I the electious go Demumnfm‘ Wo are suro to tave lots of good jubbory, ‘Thon tho Ropublice wa will eay: ‘Tiis s our laat clinudo Yo sjueeze the guoro. 'Go right in, boys 1" 44 Well, suppose they go Rapublican 2 ,# It's about the same, 'Lbat wili be a vindloti- tian of iberal oxpenditures, as in tho pasc, Why,"—snd this j8 & yeal conversation, no! meroly o roprosontatlvo ono,~* do you suppose THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1874—TWELVE PAGES. I S A any party cankoep In power without providing for ita own rotainors ? I dun't caro what party [t ja. Bag therol—do yon know that man ¢ Tucon man Wwith o familiar faco, who noda ploasantly, as if woll acquainted, +'I'nt man I bave soon for s your, but can't ramombor whero I mot him," ¥ Woll, that is Priam Aciillios, tho furnishor of walnut-furniture aud upholstory to tho Olhow-Chow Deopartment. You think bo's s lobbylst? Wall, tuat's no mat- tor. Ho olcsta the UOongrossmnn, Bisouitlig, overy time, 110's & royal map, Ifo takos Bis- ouitfig right up, and runs bim with his own mouney. Do you supposa Bisouitlig won't_work for him to yefurnisti tho Chow-Cuow, the Picca- dilly, and thio Potted Horring Departmont ot this Governmont 2" +\ell, that's bribory 1" It fsn't bribery, It's o roturo of obligation. 1vs decont friondship, 1¢'s what is dono lu avery dopartment of bustuess, botweon Ltha profeasions, and throughout socloty. You must male n now raca of meu to got thoso etatussquo, bioodloss politiolans, of which tho books aud nowspspors waut o supply ! ‘'his 18 the voloo of tho subatratum of politl- cal gocloty, ** Pay your billul"” 1s the only human commsudment. Lven a vory large city, like Chicago ar 8t, Louis, woula foel the impulaion of millions of appropriations, a8 can Lo scon when thoy roquire 8 uow pont-ofiico, or plor, or rivor-improvoment, But hiere I8 no othor source of aupply, ‘I'he commorcinl rosourass of this place ava ordainad bovor to be, unless Jovorn- ment croutes taom, ALTER GO TO 31, C.'8. Politios {s & kind of caravan, whors the Con- gressmen transport thowr dopondents to the gone aral Pair on tho orsla of tho Potomno. ero is o Beoator who brings aloug bis olovator-man, aud commands this partioulur_elovator to bo put up m the Washingtoo Donumont, or he will abolish tho oilico of arciutact. Anothor Con- grossman comos with us lawyor, aud the lawyor insnipulatos the Cougressman to tho Load of a Comuitttea, Iua shors timo you hear the re- mark: * Blawno tbat foillow, Packenoun! You can't mako a point beforo s Cownmitico without 1otoining Gibbes! ™ After awhilo, Gibbes drilts along to be a stable, rospectablo citizon of tho placo, and briugs up lus daughtors Lers. Ouo of thom marries Commodore Vorsimmon, sud tho hitlo Persimmonsos storm Alglors, or Jopgn, or Nowoastlo-on-Tyne, aud 1igo to ;mwmg imna monymont. Thon™ postority Loacs in tho bools thut Adanra) Gibbos 18 tho grandson of onaof the uiost accompdsbed aud patriotio lawynrs at tho Sout of Governmont,—n gentlemun too gelf-ra- specting and indepoudent Lo tako any oftico, but tho adyiser of Lis Governmout ju casos involving tho greatoat fidolity. ‘I'io subject of tho rflzo conundrum onght to bo: * Luw ato you going Lo reconcilo ideat mor- alb with politics?” Feoplo wou't bo oconspicu- ously poor any moro, ~ Liogones will mansard nis tub, Gon. Mariov wou't eot chestnuts bo- Tore o British oioor, Washivgton wiil lio, What 16 tho 1onson ? . A BEETCIL And Enl thoro aro patbietio and ludicrous sides to il this bufoonory. Look at yonder Cou- gressman. Yor folirtcen yenrs he bas been » aready dovotoo to the scionca and application of Government, There may Lo men of niore grasp and masculivit; Lut mono of that cliss hove b activity, Ja fitomlly loads tho proicssion of legslator, and 19 tit for vothing else,~having let the powers de- oay whicl: ao but mimister to this niono, 1o avolded generul socioty, and sat up uights road- ing Liovor sud Moutcsqulen, aud what wot. Otber Copprosnmon disliked him for Ius soclu- slon, ouviea s pure tauie, and wero ausious to seo m slip up. lo & Liko sil such nuturally-houest mon, Lo bad no ot in docop- tion. 1lis obildren lad grown up; sobool bilis aud bills for shoes como in ; half bis coustitu- eucy oxpectod to cat dinwor with him when thoy visited Wasbivgton : tao stise prodigy, tho oountry editor, the 800 c.ergymon ; nud all tho bummérs burrawed money Lo raturn home. Bo hie awoko from his trance of publicism asd looked around him, on tloutisoing rascals ; ou insousnto colloagues witls big banl-acconuts ; ou patsimonious demagosuos, wno uscd tho Bpeak- or'a nob hiko n wall for o trap-bail, that ther gabber mixzht robound to where thoy cawmo from, and thoy thencoto Congrass again. + Lend me $600," Losald to soms tuick-hoaded giant, who uses Congrasa hise a fulerua to work Dia Archimodonn lavor., **If I dun't raso it, thoy'l forecioso my mortgage ! They moy eclt out my furniture.” +\Way, what kind of oonstitaents bave yon got? Cau's they find enough use foc you to Keop tho wolf away from tho door? Como, 11} do you a service.” And so thoy trade in the exceptionably high uame of this may, who was one of tho fow with & nume to koep, Instant oxposuro and pablie ro- sontment slighted, not op tho flourishiug rogucs around biny, but on this une reputation, polished liko & #hiold, whiteued likio & pluma. Ha uwoite, 1lo avoused bimeolf, ‘Uho barbaria horrors of u cumpaign broke round bis boad. T'hey dragged bis fannly into tho aroun fn tuo namo of Hoform, acoused bim of abusing hia wite, robbiug Indinns, aud seal lug orpbaus. Ouc of that camprign Le camo v torious, but not tho sawmo mun, A spirit of To- scniment, o ruggeduese acquired iu tho contost, a graduation in the bLusitess.school, had hoon couforred in thig ordeal by fire. And, while lis coustituents hnd_prosceuted him for rascality, tho foliowing article welcowod bhis rotura fo Washiugton ¢ 4 1f the Republican party ia in danger of dafoat, 1t owas it to such unworthy leadora ps Doosteld and Crows, who havo omicted no opportuaity to emblazon the errors of tho party, aud threaton it in tho pamo of the countrs-people. We want no sucl disorgsnizers in the important Committoes atter this, - Wo expect to run our party on hu- man nature and majority rights, nod we can proudly compare morals witly (o other party, without insiuneiog cithor Mooitleld or Crons 8y tho show-cards of virtuo.” ‘Tue way of tie Roformer is hard, Efornal patent ularm 18 the prico of liborty. EXTENDING THE CAVITOL, 8till, under tais surface-wasl, the great con- corns of Govervmenut goon, If, for every stroku of aballongo thero was & trake of tho adze and bammor, this Capitol-building would not be ju a never-ending condition of progrossion. Babel, slwaya going toward Heaven, but with confusion of tongues, 1nust havo boen old Mosew' gront moral atiro ov pablic constructions, Tho Li- Vrary of Cangrgse, which, av & cost of $330,000, was “finjshed in 1866, occupics more than ono- balf of al) the available apaco u the old Capitol ; that s, tho contro of the pressut composite odifico, whoso wings are vew additions, The Supromo Court gots tho lessor balf; tho uaked Rotundn and empey all of tas Reprosostutives atorelimo ajo were waste and clfeol, Now, the march of this Libiary on tho space allotted 1o it will pross before tho ponding ses- slon tho anbject of suothor Capitol oxtension, ‘fhore woro loes than 100,600 volumes whon thi Libraty was opeucd, with slelving for 70,000 yolumes more, Ning yoars have puesed, and 820,100 volumes ato nlready orammicd 1n thoso alcdvos,—growing from copynighis alono at the rate of 18,000 volumen & yoar. By tho year 1900,—only twenty-live years henco,~—thoro will inevitably bo 700,000 volumos. What i3 to bo dopo ? ‘'ho Libratian tulnks it 12 foollsh to bujld an- othor oxtonsion morely for tho Library, to lnst ouly o fow vears, and again hecome too small 5 but that o sopatata building should be raised on ono of tho publio squares in tho heart of the town, available for o contury, or with plans of infinito extongion. Thoso plans aro propared. Mr, Waitor, tho formor aschitoos of tha Capi- tol wing, ot the command of Senatar Edwunds, hins dovised tao centreto bo oxtonded in the lna of the main portico, which is inforior to tho wing porticos, and tho Litzary to bo_placed m tho very vestibule of tho edifico, 'This would gervo for about fificen yonrs, Mr. Olmstead, tho landscapo-artisl of tho grounds, wan(s tho oentro extended in tho back, Fovorsely from Waltor's plan, covering the glaclt and toreace, aud making room for twonty years, Othors waut a_soparato building on Camitol 11111, accosaiblo by Congrossnion during the sos- gions, Mr, Lot Blorrill s in favor of cither of theso Iatior plang, Tt would appear to a dlaintorested person that it 1n enperfluous to tinker with the old_contro,— alroady pletaresque, momorublo, and quaint. “I'ho Library 18 Leyond tno noeds of Congross- men, {tiy about the bost thing that cxists at Washington, and tho only llbrnr'y we have, har- moniously aud systomstically colfocted o an ii- Porial sale, Tho Goverument Lss plonty of grauud here, aud this Library ought to bo down In the eity,—~open_day, night, and Bunday,—s0 that its growth of hooks may bo attonded by & growth of resdors, thinkors, and workmou, INDEXING TIE DOOUMNENTS, Auother enorntous work Liaa beon bogun in the Library for Congross,—indoxing tho ollicial his- tory of the country, This is n uiguntio work Jualinbly nover nr\lml‘nd ity way, ‘LChe follow- ing aro tha dooumonts t ‘f. "Tho Cangressional Dooumonts, 1,400 vol- uines, from 1789 to 1873, 2, o Anuals of Congress, 42 yolumes, from 1789 to 1824, 9, Gales & Soaton'a Debatos In Congross, 20 volumes, from 1824 1o 1838, 4. 'Ine Congrousionsl Globe, 100 volumes, from 1838 to 1873, 5, Tho Ameilcan Biato Papers, 33 folio vol- umes, from 1789 to 1848, 6, Wait's Btate Papors, 12 volumos, published %Yo Statuton ot e Tl 1ot o, Statuton at Lorgo, 17 Volums, from 8. Journnle of tho Continontsl Congress, 18 volumes, from 1774 to 1778 0. Forca's Amorican Archivos, 0 volumag, from 1774 to 1777, 10. Bparks' Diplomatie Oorroapondonce of tho Revolutton, 10 volumos, from 1774 to 1780, 11. Tho Madison Papers (Dobntus iu tho Fod« oral Convontion). 12, Elliott's Dobatos iu tho Stato Conatitu- tlonat Conventions. 1u all, 1,600 volumos, A topical indox, with orogs-reforances from boolk to book,—~makiug & mass of nll tho above, #8 il thoy wora tho anmo genoral work,~—~ls tho plan projeoted. ‘Tho Library has just pub to- gother which nover existod Lofore,—n comploto ot of the Governmont dooumonts in ordor. This Library had proviously catalogued tho subjeats of the Library. 1t took three porsons four yonra, and mndo two volumes of 1,740 pagos ootavo, doublo columus. Gamn A SPLENDID STRUCTURE. The Now Parls Opera-Elonsce From the Pall-Mall Gazette, This sumpiuous and ambltious houso, which will bo complotod witbin o fow weols, may bo presumed to embody tho most approved princi- ples of thoatricot arrangoment. Its designor, M. Garpior, has studied all tho nowost mouumonts of tho kind In Europs, and by tho aid of *loglo- al" atrangement hua contrived to satlafy the do- ‘manda of & forelgn audionce. A groab nattonal thoatro, subsldizod- magnificontly, roquires o building for its ** admiutatration, contral, ota., for its nchool and practicea, gient galleries for promenade, tho ludisponeable foyer, wheio bolf tizo nudionco may assomble, o sort of palaco for tho comfort of tho hoad of the State, and vast sccommodation for scencs, acontc-machinory, ballet, ohoruscs, and * first subjoats,” whoso habits and tostes are of & luxutious kind. ML Garalor bas omphagizod Lig various departmonts externally, and tho flancur on tho Boulevards con noto the block 1o front which expressos tho foyor sud Unlls; the capola which sig- .niflos the sallo or sudienco portion; and the huge box-iko structuro which riscs behind, and botolons the stage and tho realms abovo the stnge, lofty enovgh to atlow of o whols soeno being raised without folding. Tala omplsis, howover, is faultv: it dosiroys tho unity of the builting, and praducos tioe offcct of o many distinot buildings jolned togettor. Tho arrangemonts for ontraics aud for the proper clagsification of tho audionce have excreised tuo architcet to no small degrae, and his wish to bo logical bas led bim into distiuctions too ro- fiued. Ilis econviction that tho front of a thontro ehould, liko a church, bo dignifled with av imposiog light of stops, nnturally makons tho sotting down thera of persons who arrive {n oarrlagos and in full dress an impossibility, Carrisges, thereforo, pag i round to tho side, and boneath o covered pavilion, AL Garnter's sido arrangement i8, however, s mistolko; for tho “earringe company,” ofter maling its way throngh vault-hiko pissagen, has to climb a com- parntively moan fight of staiis beforo it can voach it8 own proper staircass of Lonor, ‘Thore 15 also o capriciousnosa in thosa differout levels —foor passsengers monnting by & dlight of steps from tho siroot to tho plino ot the sinlly; tho full-dross company onteriug from the level of tho streot, and ssconding threo flights to goin tho boxes ; wlnlo tho ** Cliiaf of tho Stato ™ is transporied ju his cartioge up an incliued way, which allow. Tiim to bo kot down on a lovel with his own box. ‘Phiesa arrangoments scor & littlo forced. Tho foyor i a brilliant ball, a little too narrow for its belght,—nan elevation st which tha much- | talied~uf Bandry picturon wilt producoe little im- roasion, ‘Tho **hotieo™ itsoll 18 o uoblo hall, genuhmlly proportioued, and a{)pn;\\‘iug neatly ciroular, The spectator, as ho looks from tae graod or, notes tho general airinens and light- ness, an_offect producod by all tho seats haing Inid out in bnlcoules, tho boxes boing bohind. “Phus tho oceupant of overy scat Is in full view, while lus box bauind forma a sort of little open ealon. Tlo wholo is ona muss of gilding from floor to occiling, und recalls the docoration and arrsngement of tua **Monuaio” ot Brossels. Ouk 18 used abundantly for tho doors and frame- works rathar too austere material. ‘Lo chan- dotier 16 usod for illumination, On_tha wholn, boyond the Larmony and boauty of ita shuno, thore {s nothivg very novel in tne troatment of tho sallo. Tho regiona bolow the ntn%a aro carried down to » doptan sulticieat to engulph auy palace ar ca- thedral which mught riss to the height of tho whole scene, Looking aloft, tho lines of cordaga and © flying bridgos" araswing and recrossing aro bowllderiug. It is thia that has spoiled the buildiog ostoraails, supplyiug it with o Tugs stono chost, which rises with such disegrocablo congpicuausacss. Faw dmnnlu have o cunicoption of the vast apacs thus dovoted above and bolow tostaqe arrangoment fu tho groat thenlres of Europe. Hore it is possible to descond taves or four stories bolow tbo stage. I'rom those vyast depths will horaafter rise huge aud tower- Ing structures, which straitonod acoommodntiou of old timos rondored impossiol>. Tho sconcs and sida scenos wiil bo arranged aftor the usual Fronch faelion, for, thoueh many now aud in- gonjous sohomea wore laid bofoso the comtals- #ion of dircoios, ome of which—ibat of suspending the sido scenos awnd allowing them to travel on raila nloft— hiad noarly hoon andoptod by tho arvhitect, it was found that tho old clumsy systom of sup: porting thom ngaiust * masts” and on * chari- ots " 10ft the stago frao and cloar for tho nrtists, whioh oy fixedmachinory did not. Nothing can he mare tofvy o airy than the corridors or tho fine room at tha back, a sort of foyor for the Jdancors, which can be thrown into the stage. Evory * fitst subjact ™ hins a littlo suite of ko rooms, which, a8}y tha custom in France, will ve richly furnished and decorated according to the tasto of the occupant Or accoiding to the richuess of the silowaugo otten made for the purposo, Thoy contrast favorably with the col]-lko rooma with which firat subjects aro iu- dulged on this sido of the Channol,” Tho crowd of dancors dress in Inrge long rooms, Lven the quostion of tho aurtmin was™ donlt with by 3L Garnior on msthetical principles. Af.or long dircussion, ho dotermined that o mimig ourtatn, with folds, cte., painted on canvus, i8 tha teua form, A genulne curtain showacreasse, collects dust, and grows shabby ;3 whila a landsoaps bo- longs t rogions hehind the ourtain, % "I'ho gomplotion of this edifica before tho now yoar will tax the enorgics of all concorned. A fow days sinco maiters had advanced thus far— the dome was painted ana gitt, a8 woro also the various bnlconies down to tho second tior. The flooring of the snlle was laid, aud the divisions of the hoxes were in their plage, All thoe plas- teriug appoared to bo dono: tho roof of the foyor was docomnted, snd tho superb marole chimney picces were in progress. 'I'hestage aud stage mnchiney fs all but completo. In shorr, the palnting, fitting, and foruishing haa all to bo dono: aad ton weoks scoms but s short time into which to comprosa so much work. No donbt 14 will bo nppacently complotod by the duy fixed, though it will talo many months bofore ic can e roplly finished, On tho wholo, tho success of {his 028tly and pretentious structura will scarco- ly roward tho thought and pains expouded on ik, ity classical ud siatoly Dordaaux Thoatro, with 1ts fino aolounado and statucs, will probably ro- tain jte rank o6 the fluost houso ol iis kiud in Truuco. o A G Californin Vintage. From ths Sun runcisco Chrontcle, ‘I'ho eatimato of thoke best l\et}\umwd with the wine business of the Statois that the vintago this year will not fail shiort of 9,000,000 gailons. Lust yenr it was _somewhovo botweon 8,500,000 aud 4,000,000, The nnseasonabla raing this year, whicl: are nob ponerally looited for carhor than the middio of November, will toud to destasse tua strangeh, but improve tho quulily of tho whito wines and champagnes, the chiof fuult of which, in the judgmant of connoisscurs, ig that they are too icavy, The prematuro yams havo cauted tho grapes to well, tondiug to o decrogsa in nlcohollo siremgth, which will, it is thought, produce light wines of gronter dolicacy und tinor flavor than wo hiavo had for several yoars, DBub tho proapect Is luss favorable so fur ns red wiacy aro concarncd, There has loug oxiaod amung counolssours in wines a notion that tho vintugy in **comet yents " is always of a superior quuli- ity, and this thoory soems Itkoly to dorive lresh confirnalion tho prosont yoar, ‘Cho fateigu pin- gul‘fl stalo that iy the haportant province of tho [nrno o remarkably fine winehias boon praduced this senson, which has not been equaled by any viutago for many yoars past, Tue viataga i our noithorn counties will be late iu consequenca of the ralus, capeclully fn Sonoma und Napa. Tho grapo product has boon Imuiense, inlopond- cnt of what is davatod to tho manufucture of wines and brandies, A gentjomavn engaged in the businoss, and who has a fugn for ! facts and figures,” furnishes us with an estimate that tho amount of grapes ralsod in the ftate this year aml ownsuted or oxported will smount to 60 pounda for every mau, womaw, and child of our population. A Milltary Execution, A military_execution took place recontly at Viocenues, Franco, A privato of the llno, namod Toussel, who had attempted to murder bis Cors poral, bt only infliotad o trilting wound, was nhiot in the presence of dotachmonty from sl tho rogiments quartered in aud wround Pails, Ho meot his doath with fivmnees, refusing to huve his oyes bandaged, oud was killed at tho first dis- charge. The troops then flod off ln front of tho corpe, LITERATURE IN BOSTON. Trowbridge’s New Volume of Poems. “The TEmigrant's Story "--''At My Enomy's Gate "' Ono Day Solitary "= Com- munion." Correspondence of the Chicago Triyuns, Tiostox, Nov, 3, 1874, Hardly has Mr, Trowbridzo's now story, * Fast Trionds,” loft the pross to find Buchhearty greot- ing nn fow books aro fortunate cnough to ro- ceivo, beforo hiy NEW YOLUME OF TOETRY is sunounced, Mr. Trowbridge's fama ns o story-writor, especially for boys, is thoroughly ostabllabiod, His praino fsin tho mouth of an army of boys, aud of men who find undimin- Jshod plonsura fn stories that glow with tho frosh- ness aud palpitato with tla enotgy of boyhood. Trowbridge's **Jack Hazard” sorfes, of which “Fast Frionds® o tho fourth volume, ls nc- counted ono of ikio bost serics over writton in this countey. Probably thouesands who have read his stories, ond know all about “Unck Hazard,” * Cudjo's Covo,” *' Noighvor Jackwood," and * Fatbor Drightuopes,” would bo sncprised' to losrn that Mr. Trowbridzo I8 n poot, oxcept as thoy know thint ho wrote *“ Darius Groon sod His Flylog- Maohino,” Bomoof thom may bavo heard of “The Vagnbonds,” which 3r, Tronbridge clatms, ond justly so far as I know, ns tho first succoss- ful experiment in American dialect-pootry,—the progovitor of ** Jim Bludso,” * Listlo Breechos,” * Jim," * Tho Meattion Chinee," and others of that clags. Cortaiply It hus had avorywido popularity in this country, ond “ Roger and 1" are recognized in overy town as truo to tho lifo. Mr, Trowbridge has boen writing and publish- ing ocenslonal poema for a loog timo; but not till 1869 did he collect any of them intoa volume. Tat year ho published, through Fields, Osgood & Co,, a thin book ealled * Tho Vagabonds, ana Othor Poctne,” It bias had about such o ralo as most volumos of poetry resch jn America § but it gained moro reputation than copyright-monoy for Mr. Trowbridge. It eausod many who had not thought of bim a8 n poet, to rovige thelr ¢s- timato, and to add bis namo to the noble, but very small, srmy of Amercan poots, Now ho las cullected a sccond volume, called **Tho Emigraus's Story, aad Ol Paoms.” The loadinie ptoco sppeatod in Harpers Alonihly for October, Lheicst of the book is filled with pooms that have appeared in tho Af- lantic, Scribner, and olsewhere. ‘Tho bent of ‘Prowbridge's mimd iy highly dramatio ; Leace his storjos in verso, bis bailsds, and distect-picces, fix the reader’s nitontion and hold it untl tho nnd comes, too soon, In hia meditative pooms, ho reveals olosonoss of observation, n raro pos ception of the subrlo analogios bolivaen the out- ward world and the oxporionces of humnan kind, autadoop sonse of profound spititual truths. Ta his gay moods, Lo I8 ono of the mast rollick- jug of ‘bu'lacists ; in thougltful moods, o fivos worthy utteranco to sentiments and aspications thas Uoloug ouly to our wiser hours and our ot~ ter mouds. Lot me givo a Laste of bis qualicy. TUE EMIGRANT, tolling a strangor the story of his journoy to his frontier home, dogeriben the famillsr objeets ow Lio looked at thowm for tho last tima: + « o T toll you, %was bord on thowomosn! Buly Took ‘85 i "mow, with lior grown and balf o} c 3 w g dauglteranbuut her, gl Hmart as tho Lest of tiom, sstling tho table and get- ting our suppes, Hopoful, reolute, light of heartand of hand,—and, ovo 1m0, That’s just tha way eho bas been ever eince, after Lave Iy bar cry ont Over her young ones that moruing, sho turoed o face Hiso thosunrisa Westward,—nover a tear from that timo nor a word of repiulug ! Novelly kles o yonug; and tiochildren, scelag the ‘worll tnove Slowly nud loisuroly past, through tho rolled-up Eldes of the cauvas, Shoutod and lnugbod, ani thought there wae nothing ut fun fn s fonruey. Tired of that, they walked, or romped with the dog by 11 roadsido, Racing, gathoring fowors, and pleking sad etringlng the berries; Tired of that, sometimes they rode on {he backs of the axen; Tired of evorything clee, they £31l asleep in the wagon, Spito of tuo joits i—whal wouldu't wo givo to sleow us 8 boy sleeps 1 ora is tho Eangrant's view of n nioo theolog- Ieal quesiion. Ho aud Mully weio wondoring whotlier they had uot been foollnidy i golog off {nto tho wilds with tholr six ebildron : ach knew mi:l enough what thoe other was thinking : thien Molly— #God will tuke care of thom 5nd of us," saya sho, *'1f wo trust, i, "Twasu's {or 19 0 disputa her; but someliow T have o uation, Praying our lost is doing our best for oursolves and cacli othor Trust in Gad 18 belloving that, atter wo havo done our part, e will look out for tho rest ; anyhow, it is uscleas to WarLY, ‘Whether 1lo does or Ils docsn't; and so I reasoned wnd uctod, ‘*AT 31Y ENEAY'S GATE " 18 not onty » charming poem, but s wonderfully~ good sermon upon the folly of projudlce aud Liatred, It seoms too bad to omit & single line of 1t, but W'ue Yrinuye noeds room for mome- thiug alwo, and wnoavor wishos can road the cn- tito poom in tho book., Hore are fuur stanzas: As passed my onemy's gato In tho summer afiorsioon, Ou my pathway, stoaliby as Fat Cropt a shadow yagus and chlll “Tho Lright epirit, tho rainbow graco 0O swoet, hoverliig Thought, gave place To & muioloss foullng of 104t A darle senso of someliing il Wheroupon T snid, fn my scorn, “Tauro should grow about hia door Nothiug but thlstio and thorn, Surowd nettle, dogwood, and dock ; O threo-losved vy that twines A bloak Icdzo witli polsonous vines, ‘A black {fctiens tuat morust Tho sealy crest of & rock! Then T looked, and thorc, on the ground, ‘Were two lovely ciilidron ot play The door-yard turf all around Was nfla teil with dalsiss and pinks; From bls applotreas showered the notes Of a dozen gestatic throats, And up from the grass-lot below ‘Gamie the gassip of bobolinks, And, beheld 1 ke eloud, overhend, Yiocked o multitudoof wito dovea ] Thoy elrclod round stiblo und shed, Adtghting ou eill and roof 3 Al ustir ju the sity, so white, Al a-murmur w;th love, the sight Bent a pang ta my softentng heark, “An‘airow of sweat voproat. ** ONE DAY BOLITARY" is & poom to leave hieartachie, 1t bringa so vividly beforo the reader tho lonoliness, the lnte repont- anco, tho haunted momory, spd the darkened life, of tbe condemned man, i vngabonds only would read it bofaro givigg thomtolves up to thoir ruiuous appetites or vielous whimal Was I horo for thia? Will tho old folks kuow ? 1 can seo (liom now on tho old Lome-places Hin gadt Is feoblo, lis atep b wlow, Tliere's o sotticd gricf o bis furrowed face Wistla sl goes wearlly groping sk 11 @ sord of dream, 50 bent, 60 sid — Bt this won't do? T must sing und shout, Aud forget mysclf, or elso go inad, ButheroTam! What' the uso of urieving? Five yeurs—witl 1t b 10 late to legin ? Can goues (inking sud bonest Nving Btill muke e tlis man 1 might buve boen 1= Tl sleep, O, would I could walke to-morrow In tsat old'roorn, to find, at Inr, Thut ail my troubly and wif thelr Asrrow Aro only o drcain of the night that i3 peat| ** ooMMUNION i ono of the deepeut pooms in this new valumo, and—uuloss I am uistakou—is lowed from tho iuwmout oot of the writer: Eflioreal Babbath | Day avoemor blest § T will walk iy garden, Enjoyiug Uy test, Whila tho peal from the belfry 1 sweot on tho alr, Aul tho peoplo ute tlironging ‘Yo seruion sud prayer, ‘The churchos uvito me, “Liseir tables wro upread Withs the bnfghiness of eilvar, e whitciiess of brean § Tl goldei-ppe gty Aro dusky with wine, Aud 1know the 0 minunion OF Qurist ia divine, ‘When wilt thou, dear Proagncd] Whatover thy wawme | Pour out on ths nations u’f‘n‘flo‘fl'“m o tiums pourest this sunshino) ‘And teach us (0 hood i ‘Ths living communlon or mufl and of do:d ? 0 Lova! il thon make us A i il Evtatiioh thy kingdo Tis hoart and 1 migds il thy wil In our wistios And aciions be dons Han gropalh In sindor, And waits for the sun, e gropoth snd ercepoth, ATt avmbol and cread, + T thio Day of Balvation T risen indesit,— Till the strong, winge3d Seraph, T Angal of Light, Tl tho stono of great Darkness Awasy from the Night, Frurz, VEGETABLE DIET. The Summer-Dinners of a Vegctns rian, Prot, Francls Nowman, in a recent number of tho London Dicletic Iteformer, sayss ** ‘[ho question hns o ofton Leon put to mo, +Dut_nctually, what do you got for dinner ? that Iat length resolved to'keep a register of my dinuers for an ontiro month, At firat { intended to givo ovory day literally, but ou finding that from not having vogotarian messmates Lo finlsh my dishes 1 often had neatly the same dlaner for two dnys togotlier, or the principol dish throo daya, I thought this accurats publication of my cconomy to bo a needloss bit of autoblography, 1 linvo theroforo generally omitted such ropoti- tion. If auy ono new to vegetnrianiem phould read through tho list of theso nincteen diunors aaten by mo in June, I foar he will rathor think mo a luxurious opioure than pity me ns on as- eotio,” Tlloning is a list of ho diuncrs ny re- corded by Prof. Nowman : 1, Pear, pudding from split pess, with anlonesance, in which 'te suge and pareley, Bolled cablogo, Slowed goosuberrien and rliubarb, Ourd und whoy, 3, Savory plo, of vegelablos, with tapioce, Broth from yestorday's peas (uetter than uny mution broth), with ¢lice of Lrown bread and batter, Baked puddli ot tice wago, and Sultna ralsiug, Willi top of brea ad butter, 3. An omelet with anvory Lerba. Bpinach and eab. bage. Blewed rhularb with greengago Jom and eomo of yeaterday's baked pudding, 4. Lollad barley pudding with Bultans ralains, no miik or sugr, Lt #avory herbs, Cabbage, Nuw pio. tatocs Wit parsley~saucoand o fow atalks of aspara- gus,_Mixed fruft, stewed, 6. Drown broad Clicddar checsc, French fig, wilhh walptiis and almonds, Goosoberry tart. A little curd and whey, 6. Green pens, Potato fritters, Cabbage, Yester- duy's goonbesry tart, with slice of Licad wnd Lutter., . Totuto scone (I bulievo this ia tho right numo), Cabbage. Now potatoos, Oswego lanc-mango and stewed gooseberzies, 8, Guecu poa souy, thick with lottico and somotling alis, Potatoes 1a yursloy sauce, Aspagagus, Hlraw- crey tart, 5. Polatoca baked with butter, sogoond onlonr, Catr bago, with a acrnmbled (or rumbled) cgg on 1t. Stewed pear, Gooscborry Lart, . Somo groou pes sotip, Omelot of bread crumbs and “herbe, ~ One jolato, Some cabbage, Turt of rhubarb and strawbeiries, 11, Who:t mush, bollod fn water, ealon with paral saude, grcan penn and young polsloce, (This i 19 an excolleut dielt, Tho wheat is cracked, not ground, Oulomey an.all i quaitity, aliced fie_ dud frled, ura mixed 1nt, with o pinch'of savory berbs, afier'it {s bollea). Oawego blsuic-mange, with orange marma- udo. 12, Trench horicot, Aressed with leaves of marforam and thyinc, small quantities of tried oalous (ndiod af- tecward as 10 tho wheat mush), with a tesapoonful of off, Greon peas and young potatocs, Riubacy and strawborry fouls, 13, ¥ried battcr pudding, noarly liko Yorkehiro pud- ding. Greon poas, Youug potaloes lu butler, Lrovn Lread pudding with Dlauc-iunugo and mitk, 14, Ouo emall_ dumpling, Cabbago with mint sauce, Rtowed rhubarb, with preserved glvger ond milk, 15, Tticanud lenlfla, Spiunch and youug potatoes in paralcy suico, oung Windeor beaus, with parsley uad buttes, Oswogo blanc-mavgo oud - dawmson tart, 8 10. Medloy of Windaor beans, French baricots and mall catrols, with cho:so powdered over, Youuy Dorutaen, Stewed rhubarb with dumsen Jam snd milis. 17. Wiiole groat puuding. Cabbago wiih mint swuce, Young potatoes in parsley sauce, Stewed rhubarbaud dunisons, 16, Do of cabbago, onlon, and egg. Brown brend and buttor, with Prench figs, Afterward struwborrics sl chorrics, 19, Biewed mushrooms, A beautsful cabbago, Po- tatags In pursloy sauco. Stowed riubarh end goose- beriea, — A Wild paunces Aa Alabama lotter ta the Now York Times, in giving au aceount of a nogro political meoting at Suowitown, ekotehes tho following kcano: * Lho mon who came from o distauco rodo on mitles aud horses, They wote clad in ovory varioty of costumo. A fow wero comfortably clothed, but by far the greater number appoared i an ingou- ionsly-contrived garmoot of rags, which was noither coat, vest, nor trousors, but a combion- tion of tho thron, Many of them wero covered with froshly-picked cotton, but sowmo wero with- out shoes, othors with no covering for their lieads, aud o fow appeared in nothing but a toru tlaunol shirt and ragged calico pants. The wom- en, on the othor Land, wero all well and even expensively dressed. Somo of tho youngor miss- cs wero coquettishly aitired in Bmart woulen gowns, made in what scomed to ma to bo the lat- &5t fasbion, and one or two very soleci young persons, who stood at a distanco’ trom tnd reat, iworo till waluts, Thoy ovidently foundno favor fo tho oyos of the other women, who froquontly avo vont to their outraged feclings by catiing then ‘stuck-up niggels,’ sud intimating that ‘they never cummed to dom clothes by no good way.' “ \Vhen somo 200 of the plantation bauds bnd aesembled, and night bud fullon, o largo wagon containing o band of biack musicians sud a wum- ber of nogro politiciaus from Montgomory drovo up. 'Tho horses wero takeu out, nad tao wagon drawn up under a beautiful live-oak tree in front of tho Dlncksmith shop. Themen and womorn wathaored avound tho wagon, and 1 soon fotud that 1t was to serve ns a speakors’ stand. Wiilo those preparatious wero going ou tho band played o lively gune, in excellent timo, and the young men and girls commoncod to jump up and down, first on ono foo and thew on tho vthor, It was remarkablo, howevor, that thoy did not danca ta- ataer. Afound one’group of fuur soung mu- 1 fatto girls o largo orowd couuregated, and wit- nessed tholr movemonts with ovident satisfac- (iou, 'They dld not attompt to go through any- thing which tesemblod tho figuro of a quadrille, but, holding each otlior by tho Lands, jumped up aud down in tima to tho muste, oc- casiounlly swaying gracefully from side to &ido. Al around the men kept tune with thew hauds and feot, and, a8 the tempo of tho music becamo, quicker and more oxciting, exclamed at intor- vels: *Dom's tho gala for dancin’' ‘Ain’t doy somo? Ol no. *Blap dat hool moro bebind, Hue.) ‘Ruige tho dust, boneys. Tho musie becamo quicker and quickor, and Fastor and faster danced tho gisle, They jumped from side to sido, and changed places from right to loft, ulways keeping oxsot timna with their foot. ‘Thon, us the musio again quickened, they broko into & wild soug, tho Fetruiu of whicl wea taken up by, tboorgwd. L'he danco beeamo madder as the’ chorus commenced. Tho darls eyes of tho girly flashed in thoe darkaess. Thoir white toeth wers soon gleaming bohind rcd, moisk Iins, and, with quick, gasping breath, thoy wout on with the song. dancing with alinost Bunerhuman rapidity, and, gonded an to frosh exertions by the frantic cries of the excited nogroos, they nover paased in theirwild porformanco until iho musiocensed.” n v The Dundeos Adverfiser says: ** It is nob gon- erally known that a sories of olaborate experi- menis intonding to Mustrate the laws affocting the variation aud sclecton of spacies havoe been for some years gotug on under the direction of ablo nud tolligout vaturuhsts, Tbeso oxperi- ments were begun soon after tho appearance of Mr. Darwin's great work, aud their object 18 to dlacovor the oxtont to which, by poreistont al- fort, species may be varied, to what degieo par- ticular oigans mny bo chunged by o different ciroumstance aud condition, und how far feoble wnd rudimentary developmont may bo increased and accolorated by spomial conditions and wants. hoso exporiments uro carried out with tho ut- most care, and tholr results recordsd with aceu- racy ; and they will no doubt in duo timo throw el Jight on the doctrines of dovelapment aud natwinl solootion. ‘Uhe pesiod diwing which thoy * have boos conducted hay, os yet, been too bricf to yicld ynportant rosmits, aud thoy msy possibly havo to bo carried on for more thun lalf o con- tury bolura tueir sciontifio value is really nscor- tuinod, ‘hose oxperiments are under the di- reet supervision of noatly all tho mora eminent ooturaliats of tho day, including Bir John Lub- book, Mr, Darwin, and Mr. Wallaco; sud thoy will be the flvat suslained sofentiflo test to which Lo sy affocting thio varlstion und orlgin of tho speoies havo beon subjacted.” A potermined Suicide, A man employed in a Baltimoro factory com- mitted suicido tho ather day by drownlug, ‘Tho deliboratouces_of purposo evinced by Lim waa romarkable, Ho flyst took n drink of liquor, then walked to a wharf, laid hiis cont and hat and & book {n which he kept soma of hin omployer's accounts ou tho edge, and leaped into Lio wuter in full viow of tha crew of a schoonor lying u fow yards distant, and of sovoral porsons neay by on hio whaef, ‘o men on tho veusol throw logs of wood over to kim, uud ono soized B wl)n and fosacd it B0 closw to him that ho was obliged to chungo ki position to avoid it. To ull eutreaties to yavo himeei! bio answerod only that ho wonld not, 08 ho was dotecmined to dlo. A boat way hen pracured, and sovoral mou got into 1t and tricd to rescuo bim with g boat-hook, which wus wound about tho Jog of hin pantuloons. Aftor numerous efforts, the unfortunato woen was drawn out of tho water, 1o gave two or throa gasps, bt although every oxertion waa mado to resusoltata bim, lio soon coased to breatho, —_—————— FIRE-DAMP, Advantures tn o Conl-NMine. Pittsburg (Nov, 3) Correspondence of the New York . Itepublie, A tow'daye since four mon, atrangors, dosiring to geo tho interlor workings of & coal-mino, tored tho Columbin_tunnol, near Rongh and Toady Mino at this placo, Somo distanco from tha outinnco tho rmungn-wny divorgos, londing iu_ouo direction Into tho working partof tho mine, and to a largo unused chamber in tho oth- er. his chamber has been abandoned somo timo, and, a8 a consauenco, has breome (iled with fire-damp sud other nosious gases siising in & conl-mine, Tho visitors, being witbouta gulda, found thelr way along tho dark aud slimy meana of n lantorn carriod hy oncof the aud toolk tho tunnel loading futo this infeste chambor, Tntering it, thuy walked about until they bogan to faol tho offack of thu poisouous gased, Awaro of tho provalonco of fra-damp in miues, thay know nt oneo tha cause of tho pa- culing sonention, and endeavored to find tho way by wlieh thoy entered the chamber, in order tint thoy might oscapo, Buforo the entranco could bo found threo of tho party were obliged to succomb to tho influenco of tho five-damp, aud fell to tho ground, The fourlh, carrying tho lantern, found the passnge, aud succeode in reaching the outsido gallery, but in n wenk condition. Ho soon recovored after coming in contaet with the puror air, snd at onee sot him- solf about tho rescuing, it posible, of Lis com- panfons, 110 wna fonrful that if ho Jeft tho mine for ald thioy would be dond or boyond tho Liopa of ro- susclention before bo could roturn, so he de- tormined to re-enter the noxious chambor and drag his friends fortb into tho alr himeell, Hastonlng 1n, bo discovered by tho dimnlight cast by Lis lautoru the prostrato bodics of his thrzo companions, linuging the laatern on one of his &rms by the largo cnrryhlf ring, ho grasped two of the kenseleas mon by the collars, and, heing o powerful man, apd borved to sull greater strength by tho circumstances, ho pulled them outnto tha main passage. Isusing a second for a broath of frosh air, bo again rusbed wto tho chamber snd drow tho romaining mou out, Losivg no time, bo dragged his sonseloas frionds toward the mouth of the entranca to tho mino, taklng one sovernl fect forward, then going back apd bilugiog tho others, one at o time, uutil he brought thotn to tho fresh air at the entrauce. Boforo he got thom out ho was rojoteod 10 no- tico signs of 10turning consciousnues in them all. It was some timo aftor reaching tho mouth of tho mne beforo tho thice men woro ablo to compichend thoir situation, aud to roalizo that thoir cecapo from the vory jaws of doath was almost miraculous. Ald was progured for thent, and they wero taien to owe of the hotels is the place; and thoir remmkablo odvoutura tuada quite a sousation in Pittaton, Tn the same chamber was enacted s fearful tmgedy oo Frday. Westley Willis, o young nuih who had Just hirod out to work in tho wiuo, wislo awmtmg orders, thought to laxo n louk at things inside. Unfortunately he was nat aware of tho fire-damp chamber, and fol- Jowed tho psssnge directly intoit. Nosooner Diad ho enterod the foul place, whou tho gus way oxploded by Wills' mino-lamp on his hiat, und tha ymmF tnan was bharled out of tho chamber aafust tho jogred sides of tho galtory, Tho ro- port was hoard for great distauce ronnd, aud the pnuungn was soon fitlod with startled minors. Willis body was found mavgled sud mudinted €0 68 to be_nimost wurecogaizabla. Iis faco was burned Dbinck, and nearly overy bono in his bady wns broken. 1lo was the ouly support of & widowod mother and orippiod brother. Pucy Entering a Church on Donlceys. On tho ovening of Oct. 8, some youug mea wearing the nmorm of the Natiounl Guard, who bad ascended Monto Pozzo, mear INowe, on donlkoys, ondenvored to onter tho chureh thera mountod as they were., A disturbance uroso bo- tween thom and the sacristan, who was aided by somo perauns who hn{u)unod to be In the churel, The polico tuterventd, but on tho srraignmont of two of tho young men befora the Folico Cowrt in Romo ‘on the following morning, tho public prosecutor disregerded tho acousution which bad boen brought againet them of having iusulted tho cause of relirion, and tho scoused were sentenced to five days' imprisonment for having abusod their noiforms. AMUSEMLNES, PR R B 5 op o g TARWELL HALL, LARKESIDE LEOTU_N._E COURSE, Y, 3. C. A, CHEAPEST AND BEST, ‘HON. CARL SCUHURZ. MISS ADELAIDE PHILLIPEE, MR. HEPWORTH DIXON, MR, BRET HARTH, MME. CAMILLA URSO, MRB. SCOTT-81DDONS Gontlsmen's Tickot, including Roserved Seat for Intir glncurlu. $4.4; Ladles, do. . salo Ly J; Clufg & Co., 116 dtato-st. Awouty-secoud-st. : Lmorson HOOLEY'S THEATRE, THE PARLOR HOME OF COMBDY, Saturday, Noy. 7, Matloanatd p. m, Last Terforn. U tor “hoGreat 1t of tho Yoar, - bartley Carnpliol's tow play, THE VIRGINIAN! Evoning at 8, Shakspoaro's Sublimo Creailon, EAMILET! FEAMLET! Buporhly Mounted. Tho Stac itack Co. u tha cast. GRAND OPERA-HOUSE, +5t., opposite Shcrmau Houso. FRED AIMS, ‘lfs Aftoruoon at 3:20, nud Erening at Tt e vk aeition ot ICoily € sants of Oifuubach’s Comic Opers, CEHEING.CEOW.-FLI. FE-AN-NICH-TON.. SRIE ONLY LEON, With tho Most Gorgoaus Sconary ovor Witnossed fn M Kelly & Loon's “Famons Minstrels | now Ethioplan Comfealitios, AUADEMY OF MUSIOC, Last Day of tho Brillisat W, J. FLOREIN CEL? ‘Two Grand Reprasentations: 3 o'clock his wonderful ‘Dersoation, BOE BRIERI Y. & 'elnck, Julos Ohenratrer, tn 'O TEEZOROUGHFARE. Mouday~BLLA WIESNER fn hor now drawa, MoVIOKER'S THEATRE, LAST NIGILTS OF MIS8 MISS CARLOTTA LE CLERCQ, Friday Evoolg, Honafit.of Miss Carlotta Lo Clere: o7 YO i Taylur's hesri-draina, e MARY WARNER. faparday Matineo and Baturisy Night-MARY WAlL- Monday Kvening~ WYRERT REEVE and - LR AR I Y N Wlkor e AP GRAND OPERA-HOUSE, THE SUNDAY LECTURE SOCIETY ANNOUNOES ROBERT COLLYER For Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p, m., in tho Grand Opora Houso. Bubloct—t*Tho Humap Life of Washington.” Aduibaslon, 1 cents, MCORMICK MUSI0 HALL. ‘GRACE GREENWOOD’ AND Mers, Sarah Fisher Ames, Coatume Impersonationy and Reoitatio) o Toitn Stage BiToots, Y Monday and Tueaday Evenings, Nov. 0 and 10. Adinfuslon, Tio, Rutoryod Seats, 2o extra. Yor salo urg & Co. atJausen M —KmND CHARITY FAIR _ WILL B IELD 1IN OHIOAGO, Beginning Nov. 16, 187, FORIILIL BENEFIT OF THE HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL, o ladles In chargo carnostly wolici 01 o R e R A e e, diled, gud prosorved fraits and it il visilVed, ™ Phekaust shunld s orpital iy teile ket Cidacar o0 Jormstion L“ll Manager m., paslifrely nslation ‘uusehiold supblles ha_ad- l“t‘l"l‘l” o fo i o WANTED: AT T, By s Phitadulohia Jobbing, Hasiory, Noilons, and Whito alosina, Aust Gouds House, s list-cluss traveliug s hava a1 ostabl llbflg}l‘m!é Inldllm exporiv) J‘(Il Iln ]llly:l'.lu (’n“l.l:. foe + 1 ¢ utladoluhin, ng £ull partioulazs &s to amouut andYocativa of trado, uxpo- slongo, 6l0. JING MAOHINES, mEzm 7 “FAMILY FAVORITE? TASY ; . rfit SIMPLE, DURABLE. RELIABLE. This Machino rotalns s nopurarity haoa i a1t o do- sorud. DR 01 ThO T 31 mungyiis: pasie Iniarahenies ablo and fow In mintber; cusily leariod g B geest varloty of work without exirn aud pa pohaiva attastinanees t v tha No Plus Uitra of Seving Maching Wo Gunliticatly dany tho watausnts mada b it for Lt TOROLIGS, 43 to GuF EoudS And 98E b ot conneeted with any other Come © nro mulkdng more Machines than overs Our new S 1M In ngomplete success AGENTS WANTED EVERYWEERE, Bpoclal torms (o Grangers. Soud for Prico Lista, WEED SEWING MACHINE COI'Y, 152 State-st,, Chicago, TIl. SLEEPING COACHES. Via MIGH, CENT. 8. W, & ERIERY'S Pullman Through Palace Siecping%oi:cyhs' A B B T T TR Y FOR HEWYORK, 5.15 prm. Daliyd __ _RAILROAD TIME TABLE, ARRIVAL A DEPARTURE OF TRATNS, FErLAATIOy oF jepRncE MAns—1 Sxtuedaree " oxuapion 3 londsy sxeoniads | Ase 0 By ave 0 oy ) Dalipy PR exeovtad. 4 NICHIGAN CENTHAL & GREAT WESTERY RAILRIADy gt o ap ke e and so08 o Deentptecnn bty e B s e & Hewihy Tewvr, CHINARN & ALTON RAMHNA, Chicago, Kantar City and £ Nlart Line, ol L T el o, e el Ao v S s hwough Line, Ui Liepot, West Stte, near Hadinonnsgy Brutye. - Ticket Uliess i b Deyot, ond 123 andolph st ) Louls Fust Iz, via Jacksanvill Sprintield lExproy Springseld Fast (txp Jshemon Gicy kapron § rntor, Lucon, Waslib, Joliet & Thsszht Acasm CHIAS0, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RAILWYY. Unwon Depoty corner Hartison and Canlesle,* fevet Ofas 63 Soutl Clarlzat., opposite Sherinan Ioure, and at Dejiot, T A * 8:00 8, m.|*11:008. o' *9:3) 3. am. [*4:00 p. o' 1o Northorn lowa, {‘I“I artlioru Tawa, Mal Sinsugten, St Bas oli, Night Exps " 6:00p, m.[* 7:30p. m t9:300,m. It 6:45 8. 100 ILLINmS Depot footnf Lake: 1S CENTAL maiLoan, ey 121 Tetolph . a econdets Ticket §t, Louts Eapross.. n Fast I, CHICASN, BIY Depots—ivit if, ke u zall and Lxpress, 5 und Sercatir 1 quo & sioux Uity 1 © £t Lins, fur Om s Gty Loteamvorti,” 41 0. 2 TEls 1o prec. Riirora Passon Hondata Gltava A\Ilnul ll:llsumfl: i Aurora Passengor (Sunta; Dt ST ity Facltio'Nigh! txp, far O Lstenvurtn, A¥ XD, 4lix, Monday e cnlc»&ola,nuon‘nnyfirsw RAILTIAN, AT e A e e Taare | drreve, aFactfio Fast Lin Frtwimiovicgno ‘@ Dubuquo Night ISz, via Clint alualia Mgk tixiress a Faveport & Dubiaauo B ‘a Fioebort & Dubuguo lixbre 8 Mitwaukcu Mal & Bliwaukoo B diiwaukeo I iof cornor o i U=Duput corner of Caval and K1 CIICAGD, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIS RAILROAD, Dewot,curner of Valiuren wnd Sleruansn, Ticke aficey Omans, Leavonw'thk Atchison Ls! Peru Acouunuudution, Niht apress., PROPOSALS, PROPOSALS. Convict Labor to Let. ILLINOIS BATE PENITENTIARY, COMMIAEIONPA'S) ORI Tsti, I " Uet, L, Tho undorsignod Connssioners of ' the Titlnots 'St Do e G ol Dl ko sovemtsiive canviaty to tho biihoit biddor, “Piicro men ara wtind aud ablo-bodlod, and adantod to oot aiy.or afl kinds of Talior, fuenishod, uicod, S tans QoMY B e s RATe Fate M P . sunablo rato 1f ro. I lacifing b0 (ho natirution s axcalont,uud ont standard. il o opunot 1 a'cluck v tho f0th day of No- il bo roceived up to that hour, Con. run ot oscecding olgiit yoars. . Each hid pintod by s gnud nind sutticlont boud 1a thy [n;‘.l‘r:‘l,-uull':‘::“ .|,lm. with llvllafl'okt l‘urullus.! " umnteionots rescrvo thie right to roleet any hid whioh, 40 thole Judginoat, 1a BoU N (ho Litoreet of o0 . or Turthor nncttoutars, Ingnlen of cithar of tho undec- slancd, oF 1ho Wanduy 3 A MoSlamhey 3t (ho Pitioal WolpRUI st tavLo, JOLN N SOUTHTWOITH, JUSEPH W, WHAAM, ‘Copnmissionors, NOTICE. Tho Troasuror of tho Villago of Norwood Park, Gook County, 1llinois, Invites Prolicsats for $2,00 of 10 poy cent fitorest-buare bonds, hearing data Nov. 1, 187, ot tha denuntnation of $1os tach, lutecost payable somf. uualiy, on the fiest duys of May and Novenihor, In each r, al o Merowants' Nailoual lauk, In-Chicago, il payabl fu ive yesea ot tlosald Vel o Villago hins un fadcbieduow ovor sud"aliove the amaunt jucurred by th fun of theso bunds. Thgulra ol Jdohn Oammick, ¥itagy Froasuror, Nor. woul Park, or L. U, Cultiny, Jr., Villago Attornoy, Toom 17, W3 Waslinglonsty JOHN OA nsuror, Koy RO PAY ! 360 SOUTH CLARKNT.. CHICAGO, e rulte, porsutially or by mall, drus. f v oy bl e e DL, . K1 1 b in tho city Who warrants gures or no Daxe s 8 e e Sundays from b 1 —Mfif;l:ey Caylus’ Capsules, Used for over twenty soars with groat sucoc Iy Uiai fas over oty oA L roal puososn by, the Toutua superior 1o ull othurs fur (o prompt oure of all dis- us, rovent or of lung standlug, e enturout by OLLY & ULth 1 Rua Ractno, Par ld by, iraughout tho Un MANHOOD RESTORED, A viotim of yonthfnl Lmprudonoo, oaust: EEvotis debilly, 010,y having (Rlod (3 ain orery e anfibiers -l rilea e 775 Nussau-ste Now Yorks L o al chront oaty pinuleta & Uios uwurs: e g T S e S