Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 29, 1875, Page 4

—_— s THE SOUTH. The Politicnl and Indus- trizl Situation fin Complete Success of (he Wheeler Com- promise---The Measure Gien~ crally Regarded as a Finalty, Polities Almost Entirely Ignered, and the Qreat Hass of Peoplo Atlend- ing fo Busiitcss, No Color-Line in the State, It Having Been Tried and Proved a Failure. The Industrial Condition of the State Bet- ter Than at Any Previous Yo- riod Sluce the Yrar. No Complaints Abont Labor--"Tho Ne- groes Aro Working Botter Than Evor.” Tha Oolored Peoplo Making Progress, Not- withstanding Southern Opinion ta the Jontrary, Rulnous Results of the Credit-Advance Systom--- Need of a New Population ot the South. From Our Owen Correspondent, Nrw Onucaxs, May Zh—I bave msdeita #pecial object of Inquiry, and have not fonnd a einglo indiviGual in Lonisiana who concurs in the opinion recently exprossed in the North, that, Sut for tho limitation of the logislative eeasion %0 ten day, tho Wheelor compromisa mitet havo fallen lo piecos, Neithor have I encounteted anvbody who approbanded that it would bo dis- turbed, Said Tlolbrook, the veteran oditor of the Picayune, the most influcntial of Louisizua journala: *I think TUR WHELLER ADJTATNENT A PINALITY. Tt bas given us 1 new basis on which to make 3 now start, and will not be distarbed.” The re- sults, ho added, wouid ba to make an end of tho carpot-bag regims,—Rellogg would bo tne 1ast of tho carpet-bag ofitcials; and tho negrocs 1} hack into their old position,—not of eiaves but pa tho working population. Btartemey oditor of the Times, oxpressed bhimeell to liko affoct. Ho said: *Tho compromiso, with all tliat it may have beon left unprovided for, is son- arally matistactory, It hiss given ns s Govern- mont rosting upon s cstablshed basiy, snd peoylo now bavoa chance to attend to their businees, which they are doing. *You'll fina,” ho continnod, that peoplo Lavo sbout quit talking potitics bers wow, and thats the Dest proof the setilomout iy matisfactory.” The editor of tue State Itevublican organ took sul- stautially the samo view, only qualifsing it by adding : * Louisisoa politica are migity uncer- tain, and I dou't koow when aprthing svout them can be said to bo settled. It is imposzible to say what may not bappen Lere within trelve ‘months, But the compromise has not yet been distarbed, and may not be. Certain it is, that it Dias given ua & pause in politics for tho time. In consequence. people &18 devoting themaclves to bunincss, sod to making tho cotton, rice, and sugar crops batter thau any yoar sinco the War ; and evorybody seems more hopoful.” In bosi- nces circles I found the tone of sunguine oxpec- tazion baacd wholly upon thio fact tiat the polit- cal troubtes had been termiuated by the compro- mise. and that INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY TAD HEEN RESTONED a8 tho effect. * Wo bave pasted through yeass of tnrmoil and troubles, such as you at the North have nover apprecisted,” said a Jeadinzg cotton-factor 1 it paralyzed everythicg, and everybody made politics a businces, fecling that it was of no uze to work uotll we had & Stste Government recognized 08 tho Government, and from which we Lnew what we might ressorably expect. Wo have got it tow ; sod now wo are dotng our best (o restore Lovisians industriaily. It's our dull reneon now, zud to o Clicago men it may seem very dead bere, Dut mere work it being dome, wuzd Dbettor, and peoplo feel more eucoursged, than saco our capitulation,” “Sou see, auother & planter and a cotlou-desler, ** for the fira time wnce the War wo bava got 4 Government ; atd for tho first tune siuco tho War wa have so- cured & Leatfng at Washivgton, We fecl that weLavo touched holtom, aud ara now rapidly ziginz, Unlesn thero bo s failuro of tha erops, wa ebedl Lo 1 o moat flourivling condition this 141l und evely ot in doiug his utmost Lo brug it about,” Said anctber, * Wo bavo got rid of politics now, and are uaking tho most of the sltuation, You cau hardly know what & rolief it 1% to ui to nave reackod a final settlo- ment which 1t polng to bo disturbed.” JAnd by muny others it wan assuied that they (the bumntks-meu) were uot poing to let the " ‘Wheoler ad)ustinant bo unsoztled, sioce they all segard it as 1ho LASIS OF RENEWED PIOSIERLTY, Peon, licutenant vernor nuder the Me- Enery (lovernmont, and other prominent Con- servative politiclans, were no less prouvnnead in opmion I]‘:’I’i the comptomisn hed given founi- #lana tho banly for o now atart, and tuat it wonld bo faithfully obuerved, nat only out of intelli- gont regurd to their wolf-internst, but Lecauro it war, if not the ontiro solution, &% least the bogluning of the solution of tho ontita Lou- isiana umbrogllo. Thore were a fow, ho stated, who oxpected to bring un the wholo amattor st tho next sanuion of Congress, conating upun assistauce from the Demoeratlo (Tuane 1o undo the adjustent. “Bat,” snfd he, *they are tired of Loulsia: at Waghington, 'Tho Domocrats | have found mast chary about dolng anytbing for ue, 1tk they will be desirous 10 cep olear of Louisisna affairs, tao, aud will Jet the nottioment stand. 1 telt our paopla‘it’s all noneenew, this notion of takime the watter to Washtugton agaln. We hava reachied thnt point from which wo cau go ahead, aud that's what we aretrying to do, Far that reason, as it wan part of the ..huunnnn:, 1 upzmned any action at the late uersion of tho Logielature fooking to ropeat f the political logislation noder which Kollugy; still contrstn the entire machinery of slections and wiclds an onormous )lmtmnnun." My, Denn in of opinion that this wight, perbaps, bo ro- pealed at tho noxt sesslon, through & coalltion between the Conservatives and colored Kepub- Ticans. Kellog, of course, 1 especiaily happy =4 tho rowult, and ia firmly of opmion that no ef- Tort will ba mude to distirb the ndjustment, The Custom-Houew poliliciatm, though lesn esnguine du their uttorancos, xro of the suma opiuion, “Thio only dissatisfaction expreswod ut sho ret- THE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY MAY 20, 1876.—TWELVE PAGES have got to laughing at the *outrage-mill ' kusi~ noss, a8 thoy aall if, and. bave grown tired of taking cars of the nogroes, IT 18 A GREAT MISTAKE. and thoy will find it out yot. Though, the ne. gToos have & soling mjority of 15,000 but for our belp from Washington ira couldn’t have held tho State unill = mow. For my put” ho continued, In & tona of injured junocenco, fated to ba miscon strued, 1 feol liko auitting, 1'vo sson for & long time $uat public aentimant in the North wos coming to that plieb, tho whites would wot.cor- trol of the Stato ; sud I tell you they will, if the North leavos the niegers toloox eut fur thom- sclves.” Liko McEnery, this pairiot, and othera of Lis ilk, despair without help from Washing- toa. Dat, if Louimaua hns the good fortune to bo Jet alono at Washington, under thio presout conditions it 14 quise avidont abie will nhorily bo rid of Doth carpet-haggers and malcontents, and will demoustrato her uhbilisy to take caro of herseif as well ns tho other Htates tako cara of thomselves, The foellng to that coet 1 found evarywhoro prevailing,~tho sen- timont heing 8o froquontly oxpreesod as, * \Wo've bad too much politics in Loulsinna, Wo have 20l dawn to businces ot laat ; now_ all wo want 18 & chanco to stick Lo ity aud we'll foteh the Statn out all right,” ‘Lha nincerlty of theas and similar oxpiussious which ara heard evorywhera Liere, thore in no valld reason for qieationing ; and that thoy aro sincera is praved iy the ab- senco of all polttical exeitoment, tho avsonco of political dincassion fu the pressand pubiic places, aud tho genoral indifforenzo to politizs. Qf the Iatter I obasrved A EXAREADLE 1112 tho other avening, at thu St Coarles IHotel. A patty of gontlemien wero soatsd at the main en- trauce to tho rotunda. whan of thom, from lis naunor and spesch wvidently from tho North, vory ezcitedly and . in tune Joud enough ‘to Lo heard throughont tho rotunds, which waa well filled, oxciaime *0h! you ucver had any statenmen horo; (hat was what was the matter.” From thenco ho heatodly enticigod the asuon of tho Sonth toward Judge Dougias and mince, em- Pansizing bis romarks by fetching his cano down o the tilo-foor with ravage fo In Vicks- barg; that pontieman, under hike circumstancos, would hinvo bad a fight dn haml fustantes, and knivex and pistols would have been drawn, But hero nobody ealled hiw & liar or carpet-baga no steavgor took o hend for tho fake of takmg nart in she row ho moant to 1ats0; and, sftor wnving lis pav, tao gentioman 10 quostion on- aged in conversation an noma other topies. 1f ?h.\l!h'l seen it, Ielhould hardly havs Lelieved 18 could have oceitred, though I have found no place tuus far in the South, ozcepting Vickn- buirg, whero & man could not express hia weuti- maents with about as much freedow as ho mwight in Clucago 1t & timo of nolitwal escitement. TUE POLITICAL SITCATION, fn the party sensc, has hcea littlo, if et il chianged by tho compiomice. No new political orpanization haa resuliod from it and the cun- tost at the meat olection will, aa hetetofore, ba between the Derocratic or Conservative and tho lepublican parties, Each claius & majorits tho Stats,—tho Nepublicans of abont 15,000 in colored voles olong on tho Warmoth regstry, and the Concervatives of at Teast 6.090 un the Warmoti conut by which McEnery was do- clarod elecied. As tho rogistry was mnde with o view to carrrinp the Stats ad ail hazards for tho Warmotuiles, aud as the ratnrus were mada for the purpose of defeating Nel- fogg, the preciso vaiuo of eithos may bo ossily ostimated, Tl rolative proportion of white to colored votera {8, accordivg to the most reliallo dags, about A &ix to lalf-a~dozen. Dut thiero is no color-lino in Louisiaua nolities, It was tried, vroved o faflure, and sras abandoned, Abont 2,500 negroes, it is conceded, voted the McEnorr ticket; and certainly uot & less pim ber of whites tho Iapuolican ticket. ‘The Cus- tom-Ilonsa politicians reckon tue wuite Repub- lican volo at 000 for the NState, and that thero are an equal number of negrooy who will vole tho Democratiz ticket. Bat, ns Ia stacod by leadivg yoliticiann of cithor party, un- Iess there boa prospect of tho clectlon of’ the Demostatic cavdidate for President, thore are ”!;’1“3'“‘”' of the pativo whits population who i YOTL TRE STRAIGET REPTBLICAN TICKET. This o:on) “bound to vots with tho win- mog side,” 15 reckoned at not less than 15,01 sud by manv 23 high za 40,000 votes. Thix indicates, not tho foreo of camyp-followers wad epollnmen, but rather ths extent to hich, after their oxparience, tho most couser- atita progorty-liolding claesea will go for keep- inz on good terms with the Adminmstration at VWashington. The deteimination horo manifest, 10 keop on good terms with tao Administration at Washington, aud the hivging of all shings on thio Adesinistration ab Washisiton, scems strango indeed to ono from any of tho Nor:hein States, where 18 18 wvot the poople who weok to keep on good terins with tho National Administration, but the latter which betrayn tho sharpewt auxioty to keop on good terms with tho peopte. In any of tho Northern Staiey, peoplo eriticiso tho National Administra- sion with the vinw of ruaching it throueh pablic opinun, pud of modifying the Administration poliez. Bus hero tho universal foolivg nooms to De of absolute dependenco upon the will of tho Natiunal Admintstratios of hopelers submis~ Mou to whatever may ba lmposod from Waahiug- won, aml of gratitudo fur auy justice uoie (asin the' Whosler compromiso), “which olsowhero in snited States wonld bo accopled withont 39 rimplo matter of right. Whatever may have hoen tiie purnoso, it s too clear now to ad:mt of disputa, that thera in neither danger of therr attempting to undo anything dono by recsustruction, nor of their sbridging in tho least auy rights of the negroes. Tuoy hava been PLUSDESED 1Y TIX STATI (GOVERNNITNTS until tho debt awounts, in rouud numbers, fo 340,004,009, and nutil the great naueial achems of iho Kellogg Admiuistration i the repudietor of 40 per cont of some tweuty millons thoroof. City aud parivh debss bave boon piled up o the satae realo. They buve heen dopived oven of oy portumity to yote for important local afiiclals, thiough the appointing power vested iu tho Goveraor. They havo Lean raled by igdoranco Ted by raeculity, aud this has gone oo until tha feeling 14 of acyuiescenco in whatevergis decreed at Washington, and to voto with tho winmug sido, whicliever it, may Lo, for tha uako of gnin- g favor at Washinglon. Bince the Whecler adjustinent, howaver, thoy have begun to Juak 1o thomuelvay Lo right their own ulinirs through their Legislature, Hence, their dotermiuation 10 akido by the compromuas ; ihe opzosition of Peun and such men to Jooking to Waeblngton for tugilang ; and thereadimeento conlesco with tlin nejsrocs for tha correction of abuses. Thu incustriaf condition in Louisiana to-day in BEVTER THAN SINCE THE WAR. A larger acroego bay beou plauted, and la being hattor workod. “Lls acreago in cotton, nui:u. o rice, 18 ubout tho amo as lasi vear, Tho itic:ino i i corn, of whith somo enlimates aro that the ucreago plouted this scagou s fally 25 por cent over last yoar; and the gencral oxpec~ tation ig, that the crop will bo sufliclent for a fall wapply until the middle of tho next neason, Lio general expectation in, tuat very Lttlo corn will bevo to be imported for nozt wearon, aud noua for tho wincer, ‘e inportauco of ralsing on each plautation eufticient corn to feod their own ktock, and o furnish meal for tho fisids Laudy, will bo better understood wheu it utated 1hat Liero, uws in Missmaippl, corn, under tha credit advauco wupoly systuul, and with prof- its ndded, eostw at tho plantutions as hich as from %1,50 o £2.50 lrur bushiel; which luizer tigurs Col. 3y, of the larkest cotton-buying firm in New Orloaus, told 1o lio kusw was now being pabl. ¥or cash, ineludioy fioight aml huuliug from rafiroad-atation or 3t anding to tho piantation, the aamo cora 1 t troi $1,40 to ©1.50 por buibe), accurdiag to the dis- tanco hianled, - ‘Thoiu 88 . O COMPLAINTA ABOUT THIE LAHOR. “ha uegrocs are wWorking better than ever this year," was the [uvariabla reaponse to inni- | rios in thot regard ; ani Lore, ad slsewhers in | the Soutls, the wholo labor problom depeuds upon tho tegro, T what do you aétributo thelr worki tor this beazon ¥ 1 nuked of a group of fack wud plantors who were disenssing the question, ** Because thev'vo ot to work this season,” safd tho timt, *Tho vogro never will work when tlement CAME FRON X'ENENY HIMSELY, and from & few loading curpet-bag politicians, MeEnery regards its secoptauce as a gravo i take, aud s bitter upon kis sxsociates for have fog 1ot themmolves bo taken in by keeuor woliticlsns. 1114 ductrine is, that It wad bottor to iave kept up tho chronio disorder & year longer, —tho assumption being that by that time, in shicor dirjrunt With tho Whalo busiz.oss, Cougrosa must_havo thrown Kellogg overboard, loy- ever, hodid not anticipato any effort would be made in Loulsisua to undo tha Wheele:r rottla- ment; but ho bolioved that, next wiuter. at Waebington, she Democratio lHonee, which would be in soarch after material of wuch sort, would ** ga to the bottowm of ‘the matter, aud bring out enough to break Urpnt's back, aud ta break ibe Ropublican party,” 'Whe true wtatus of Louisiana had snover bron brought to the notica of thy mation, le clauned, aud ho believed tho Democratic ilouse woumld do , ¥ an to eIpuss iho whole of the infamies 2ad minrule hore perpcs About tho carpai-bagors thero was o air popitively touchiog when rofereace was mado o tne compromise and its cMects apon Louimons politica, *'The fact is”" uaid one of tlem who has had a vory Jargo share in vontrol- ling affairs in (his Btate, * tho pusty In the Nosts id tho wecond, “the negroew are lio can ol i “Thien,” sal letting go of ypoiitics, 'Ihey expocted, in a vagav way, all sorte of things from the Uovern- ment: swong the reat, thut eacl of thet was togot bis mulo xnd 100 seres of lind, They Lave found politics doesn's pay ; that they don't got anything by 1t ; aud aro zomg to work.” *They 1o norkiug better,” said the third and youngeat of the group, “HECAUEE THEY ABE INFROVING, You and you [poiutiug to thusa who lind spoken] pay tho uigger can't improve' Homs o them can't, and womo of thera won't; hut tlury wg | are now on tho plantations ars of the surt who do lmprove. Thoy are lews exiravagant avery year, do their work well, aud \rv to get sume- thing abiead, though t's little they eave, Thov aro boginniug to tiud oab they can't hiave sny- thiny jefv if they bave to draw ratlons from the plenter, aud ko has $o got them on erodit of the couutry morchaut, at from 2 o 27 percout a wouth;” : “Tho othera did not agres with the apeaker. ‘They mniutained, a4 13 ganerally duno throaghe out thoso portions of the Sourh I've wisitad, that the negro ia hopalessly mpravident ; never Tooks out for the morrow ; throws sway Lis earo- Infiuurgenuwn b ol never Lo fit to take cure of bimualt," sald ome of the group, 4+ Before the War I know thoy nsed to work 10 reras of cotton and 15 norea of coru to tho haud. Now thov only work Lalf thas, That's tho wav thoy hnvo improved.” **Oh 1 of cotiras,” fald anothar 3 ¢ the womnn don’t work now as thoy used to, neithor do tha childron.” Aud ho embarked 1 s disqui- nition on the damoralized condition of the rising gonoration of darksys, with their goinz Lo schioul, sud yoitimg ** abuve vork." and 1ie like, All joinad in cqudemmne tha colorad women for ineiattng on kouping houao, as thoy callodit,~vel bhy aoct of hounekeapiug, too, fancy,—rathor than accompany their husbands to the plantation=, anld taka up thelr abodoe in tho nouro quartein, * Plenty of thom hava loft thelr lmabands on that accoiut 3 they woulla't fo to the plintations, [ kuow numbom of tham who aro taikimg 1 wasbing aad the like to make monoy thamclves to pay their room-rant, and whano htrbands only couia homa to xeo thew vn Sundagn,” Against this astonishing dopravity of the no- 0 womon {n wanting to have thelr onn littlo iomes. {0 place of the nogro quarters ou the piantations, and & dopravity wosstonnding that thoy would nctuallr take in wanhlog to pet monoy to pay rent, it was useless to arguo that, wharo thoro was such determination to win home, It must juspira husband and wife to bettor work sod lo fiugality, and that thin was of Itsolf & NEFUTATION OF WILAT AD DEEX TOLD U3 about negro thoughtlusanass and idleuees, eto. In fact, whoever comes South miny as woll savo 1o breath oa that eubject. No trie Southernar bo convineod ~ that thero i sy owteomo In the negroos; that thov ean et alang without somebody to taxa ears of them ; or that rducation jn tho Joast improven Sambo. But whoevor traverses tho South will feo that frasdom ban nmproved tho nesrocs 3 that education bas improved thew: and thad, while tiiey apoml money far bottor clothes than thoy over hed before, aud are swindled info buy- ing usolos« triflag al extravazant prices, thoy are nlawly se:quiting wmore thatty Labita, A consid orable sumirr of themt bata ot littla howmos, warih from 8100 to £330, for :h’*m’-cl"rs 3 more havy errood thoir mulen, worth from $100 to 125 ¢ and thoy are growms moro caroful 83 to whot they do with their wonoy when thoy get i, mo that whoever ~ listina o tho oxpresslon of gonulno Sonthern opinfon of " Hambo will mot, provided lo Keep hLis oven open, conclude that, in all thinze, Sambo 8 tho hopeloss fasluee tha true Sonthren pronounces hn, And, considering bie uttsr ig- uorance and incapacity Lo start with, the leadors ship of the carpot-baggers to macipilato bim ss 1 votng machine, the Freedien's to phin= der Lim of hin total earuingy, and prenchory, fu- 100t kpon capturing tho pibitic ofilces, to gida him {4 morale, to vay uothing of White Loagues, Sambo's progress B HELS TO ME MOST HOPEFUL. Th:a common belief among tho whites hare i, that ho will rejapse tito his former estate,—not of slavery, but as a tleld-laborer, without canicl- ty to work without an overscer, and a mero eynher 1 polii voting a8 his cwmporer 1e)ls im to. Possibly ho ray; but lus fate ovi- dontly will bo left iu lus ovn hands, aven should the whites gain the ascendant 1u the Stato Goy- eroment. Any attempt, direct or ifudiroet, to- ward the practieal ensiavement of tha nearo, every Consorvative and Demoerat in tho State kunows to be impossible; and thoy to not givo the elishreat Indication of & rurpase to nitempt anything of the sort. If tho uepro b mich an’ incapablo na they pronounce him, it wilt ha casy cuough to accomplish that witbout any logislation to thera ond. 'There is hore tho guard that is in every Stato against class-locislation, that, whatover class It may bo dirceted against,—cvon tha ne- grocy,—that class 14 protected by its voting ower, whicl in Louisiana is, on tho moal relia- Uls esiimates, A small majority of the entire voting_populition. Hithorto, botwithstanding ther lncn}mm_v. they have had the pohtical senyo to hold together and voto solidly ssatnat tho pariy the atutude and sentimenta of which wore & menaca to them. ‘Lhero ¢cna ba no doutt tha, Wheaever menaced, they will voto solidly m relf-dofenss, Aud, when such menace shall bo made, though overy carpet-bagger ehinll havo feft tho Stato, there will ba native Lonisiariang anougl to take their places, raliy the golored voters, and GOBLLR THI OFFICES I'OR THLMAZLVEN, Ho largo & voting forco cannot Lo left without Tuaders 80 lang aw overs native Awerican 14 n staicaman born, aud aspires to Congresw from tho timo Lo can read. 1lere, 28 in Miseinsipp, tho greatest draw- back to muterial prosperity ia tha sams ruinois nystem of credit-advauccs, In aute-War tiuos, the credit of o planter was about as good as that of » firut-class merchant; and tho rates Lo pad is Now Orleans factur for advauces were soout thota on ‘Chenge rulable for good busincss- paper, Naw, tho 1lanter's cuareof the ciop 18 less than hall wuab it was: he has no slaves, and his plantation 1 worth from a third to one- half what it might uavo &old for the ud tho factors will not, except In rarcatinatances, credit Lim st atl, o hss to get his supplies tor hiw- scll_and’ for Jus Minds from tho country miercbant, who, in bis turn, psya 10 per cont and 23 per cent commwissions for advances from the factor, or 215 per cent for tho factor's sixty or binetv days”aceaptance, And tho country mer- chiant eharges from 2 to 21¢ per cent per month for his advincea of supplien and provisions to tho piantar, aud, for security, talas a trust-decd of tha plantation, and another of the growiuy crop, mulew, and ugricultural unlomonts, *\Why, bofore the War,” maid a mecchnnt and planter, * cotton-plantinz could nover have pald bat for Stavery. It takes too much Jabor to make the crop, and tho crop itwelf is uncors tain, Fivo acred aud & litio patch of corn aro all the average laud will work in tho bluck laude. In Ilinois your farm-hnud worka %) to 4 acres of corn, 1 boliove. Tho product of the labor of & man oud feam, in 6 good ronuon tuore, must bo over 1,00). Horo they don't oxceed, at tho vory best, over $600 ar 0D, thougl, with better Iabor, wo could produco as wauch per hand for uno-lifth tho land. ‘F'he fam s, wo are goiting over tho ides of ruuniung nholly to cotton.” Certain 1t is, that cotton-plantiog npon the ercait-ndvanco gstom, and 1n tho caroloss stylo i whick hore canducted, PAYS NoBoDY, excopt the merchent who mnies the advances, ‘fhe planter pays 414 por cont per month for his nupplies daring th #ozaon, aud commisnions for sellingt bus erop, sud has notsieg worth reckon~ ing left, 'This negro repays planter 247 por cent por munth for hig rations and mule-fomd & vanced, aud Liss nothing worth reckoning lefi and, if thers lo sy fattiing busincss syhich is aupplied with everythlog, trom borseficah and ats down to corn and bacon, ut 445 por cont per twonth advance on full prices, aud can shiow any profit 8% the ond of the vear, I never heard of it. Tho ural mods of pisuttog thronghoat, tis tatoi8 on phaten,—the land-ownor supplying mules and agricultursl implomonty, and recsiv- g Lialf tho crop for rént ; the negro, aftor doe duction Lian been mado foc rations and supplics advanced to bim and for feod for the mule, ro- ing what is loft of tho other lalf, Whon the plantor abandons the oredit-atvance systom, sud wheu (ho negro grows thrifly nougls to look s year aliead and bo abla fo carry " Limeel? through withous tho rations. eredit, both will niet just abont 20 to 25 por cent 1more than vow, ‘Iho system {4 sudeod BLOWLY 1n1¥0 OUT, not becauss of ita abandonment by the planters, but hoeaten of tho whortoning of cradits by tha factors anid merchants, - ‘Thero both havacoms to regerd growing crops as tho loast socure of eccurities, and plantation-lande, with ligl tages aud no_ya'c, a4 ovon les nooura § &ud, an the Cottoy Excuauye here, thay claim that thae erod. year aro not balf what thoy woie laie, thay mil bo fuxs nozt seakon. To tlun atein i attnibutable much of tho sban. ut of plantations, which has taken W a4 great oxtent in Lousiaoa av dn Msmppi. Value of w crup Lay feft & planter withont eredit, and ha Lag bean unable to ot the alvances noccrsary for blmgsl! und hauds, and so the laud fs ** surnod out '; or thore may be neconsity for new iy, outhuildings, feneint, and athor improvements, in addition to the ordinary advancos for making & ceup, betare the crop can Le nudo, and hin credit ta nob good for both s and thun it in ihat only the beat lauds aro belng workcd, sud that they are workoed in a gost sshauative fashion, Whut the Houth wants to-day to restoro hor pronpenity b not Forco billa nor meif-gaverns 1ment, hall 80 much au A XEW POPULATION, full of thrift, enterprisy, sud industry. Five wnllloun of New Englund and Westorn Yaukoes wonld muka this tha richont region on tha Cous tinent within tou years ; but tho people who are IAra sro bwproving, aml perhaps, in snothor laifcentury, they aud thoir descondants will Liave u;«:mn,:lllhud what thoun warao Yaukeos would bavo brought about within a decads, Hansyrit, - —— A ¥ian's Sult for fireach af Promisee Tha Pottland (.\Io.? L'resstoils tho story of n ty who becama acquuintod with a Ivmtan dnuamer ou the cars, allowed him Lo vinit hior, and Hoally consented to bo his wifo, Hho atterwazd ropoutedof her hasty promiso aud Wrote him Lo relopwa her, but he wonldu't, Sho seeaived a letter from a Joeton lawyor, Tueaday, stating that her wes-to-bo husband had rotaiued Lim £a counssl, and thet unless tho arrisge 100k place at tho time set a suit will be coiie w'onco:l"nrfin‘ hor ‘lnl: 1)'11qu; of promise, Aa 8 Youtig lady is worth a haudsome propesty the muii L auziously looked fos oA - NEARING AN END. Another Day Spent on the Con- tempt Question, Mr. Storrs Vindicates the Ways of the Aldermen to Man, Undgr Certalo Circumstances Mr, S, Will Rend His Heart from iiis Bosom, Goneral Hope that He Will Rooonsidor Hia Rach Dotermination, Judge Lawronce Closes for the Com- plainants. Tho Case Goos Over to Monday. MORNING SESSION, MI. HTONNS CONGLUDES. The Aldermania contempt caso was resumed in the Clroult Oonrt yestorday atterooonm, iu Jutdge Booth's room, Judge Wiillams prosiding. Tho attendanco was ununually largo. ‘Tho concluding portion of Mr. Storra’ speech, which was tho first matter in order, was listoned to with preat interost. Followiug is s eynopais of hia remarka: Ar, Storrs proceoded to show that the Court hnd 1o Juriadiction, firat, 1n the sibject matter, and second, in tha weit, If tho Court biad no Juriadiction of the wrt, then ho bad no powor to fssuo auch an watrment. Mr, Storrs read tho prayer of tho petilioners sotting forth that tho queation of minority rop- resoutatton had not boon properly voted upon. Thia they mado tho ground of an injunction, Inthe course of hin argument liw proposed to sho First—That the bill of complainants nover ect out any Irroparable jujury which would result from the canvassiug of the rotucns ; sud, if they hiad, then a quo-warranto ot s conteatadl slection pracoeding auould follow, Second—No bill could bo framod in wlich such & atato of fucts could be proved, Third—Tho duty of canvassing thio votea was imponed Ly luw, ¢ Uo wouldl first take up the anthorities citod on tho sid of the compluiusnte. They wishod w show that the caso CAME WITHIN TIIE JUNISDICTION OF A GOURT OF TQUITY. In tho Now York enses roferred to by Mr. Penco, tho court of equity very propotly trok notico of thom, becauso tho righta of property wera at stake. In cases that wore purely miuiaterial, tino Bupremo Court could iesuc a mandamus re- quiring the performanco of & duty, Wonld it not be foolish, and conteary to the apirit of law, 1o enfoin thie performanca of o ministerial du when the Suprome Court could orlor a mau- us, and compel tho counting of tho sotes? Ths complainants assumed tho Jutindiction of tho caurt of chancery bocanss frandulent voting had, fu'thoir opinion, ren:laered tho elsction void, Whicheror way they looked nt it, there appoared to ro a dilomma, Tho Bapreme Court helil that, in theso coses, tho courta of equity had no Jurindiction. He quoted from the caso of the eopta vs. City of Guleahurz, 43 I, Suppos- g the election vord, thon a contest by quo- warranta was tho proper legsl action, "It tho clection was fraudulent, it shoald ho contested. Whon the law commanded » rorvant to oxecuto o public duty, ho was to oboy willingly and ex- plicitly, and no court wes to suspend tho lay by saring Lo should not, "'ho Couri—Do you hold that to bo a univer- sal rulo 2 Mr. Storrs—I bold, your Homop, thatit is univeraal In-lnuivln. Tho Judge—What if thero is no law? Jir, Storra—1len there would be no Judge. (Laughtor.] Tuo Cotirt—Supposo that tho pretonded law has 10 exintonen 2 =, Stortz—Lat tuo complainants proceed by qno-warrauto. Lot thowm go into the Criminal Court. Tuo_commaud of tha Iaw was very plain,— thut of the Coutt was equaily so. IN THIS DILEMMA, tio counsol of tho Atdormen sdvirod dimobe- «dionca of the infunction,—not beeanso thay had contompt For tho Judge, but boenu-a thoy re- spocted tho law, ‘Lhero was s very great differ oucs botweon tho fsening of an inJuuction to provont tho violation of a law, and the issutng of tho gatno Inutrdtuent to provent tho parform- anee of a public duty, clearly dofiued aud com- wauded by the law. WIAT WAS TIlK: DUTY OF THE COMMGX COUNCIL In the mstter of the canvaen Inw ponitive- lv and distinetly eaid s ¢ You chall exnvasm," “Lhe Court, in tormn quito ow unumstekablo. sad **You shull not.” lero waa u direct conitict betwaon tha law of tho land and tho dicates uf tho Judge, It tho lattor was to overiide tho Taw, then they woro apyroaching » utato of an. archy, and might as well bo ruled by the club of liorculos as the mythical world was ol sozo, h:lr. Htorrs procceded in eloquent words to tliow S TIE DANGER OF IESUING WANTY INJUNCTIONH, In doaling with thia subjoct, he referred to the coudition of affuirs in o cerlain nection of the vountry, where tho very alr was blacie with in- Junotions ; whera ono Judzo had eujoined an- ther, whero & third Judgo had onjolned Loth the othors [lauzhter]; whera policiciaus ueo:l tho powor of the Court as an Instruinont to dofuat tho abjoet of the lnw ; where the freo- tomt of Amotican citizonship wan fmperilod by the injuditions operation ot judicial power. Dul they wish wich & siate of thiugs in Illincis? Forbnd it evory principlo of fresdom ! Might tho (lay never corio wlon, throuxh angor, prejadics, hasto, or suy other cause, n Judge In this Btato should hold himsalf superior to tho law, sud punivh public servanta for oboying the mandatos of & statutn! - 140 would say that the Chicago Judiciary hnd ovor mainlained a high cliaracter for ipertialis Ly and storliwg honor. 4o believed that reputa. tion wonld ho suatalned, 1o would resd from the ntatuta tho command of tho law to the Com- mun Couneil to cauvaes tho vote, ‘L'z Looi was not at liaud, nud Mr, Storra said ; *1f any gentlomau within tho wound of my volco bay gol a copy of tho statutos, will hu leneo band 1t to tmu 7" o Couri=I buoliove, Mr. Btorra, that I'm withiu ronnd of your vuics, (lore's the book. 2z, Storis—Thunk yonr Honor, and T will re- mark Lhat you aukwor the rest of tha description in my roquest, |Laughter,) "Tho eluquent conusel then read tha nection of the ntatute bearing upon tho duties of tho Coutil in regmd to tho counting of tho votey, nud quoted vowmnously from soveral logal authorition, among thew o decieion doliverad by Chief Justios' Buarlaloy, of Obio, in whicl it was hold that 20 court Iy nulbority to countoract the provieluns of the faw. Tho Conre, Lo hatd, + IAD NG JURIBDICTION, and could have 1o, o7er tho aubject mattor of thabell, It uever caine within its provinco, aud tho injuuction was simply void, aud, thorefuro, worthless. There woro 10 dograss (i wortllous- nois, It wau a doad level, Disoledionco o an injunction thut was voul conld unt be eallod o coutompt, becnuso the Courd cenld not gbauze thoorder of Lhings, The peoplu of thiy Kiate ado tho lave of 1 peapls could bo out and the digoity of thy ged ouly Ly n vioia. on of that Jaw. " They conld enly bo rowpected by vespecting tho Jaw. Now, the wnt was vaid, aW ho Lield it t2 be, apologics were not In order, ‘Thoy reatedl thobt caso on the ground that the writ was void, ‘Thereforo, tho Court coutd ouly retrnce tho steps that had beon tuken in tha mattor no far, 1o would not thero pause {o chiaractorize THE UNMANLY AND INDECENT ARSAULT mado by the counsel upon tho other sido on the Aldorien, tho dofondanta in thu case, Gontlo. mon could have very litile respact for lu Canre, of whnee dignlty tliey protouded to b su jols ous, whou violating, within hoaring of * tho Judice, ovory law uf privata deconoy aud of pro- d fossioual decorums. Thoy had atoopod to br thio defendunts a8 porjurers and falvitiors. Aldermon did noe moed lus dafonsu of _their characters, aud he would not dotnin the Court by dwelling upon the sul- joct. 110 would only #ay that tho conduct of the opposing; counsol iu the matter was unwortby of thio noble profeseion of tho law. Anathar thing, ho would ask whot justiflod tho attack of shi couusol upon : "¢ thoy wauted 10 ek hm, wh of thiscity? oy wanted to punish him, w! not come |’nnnlullv orth and mako hini g .]qmm" aut iu the cass? \Why sliould they skulk behind tholr logal shield iu order to make an aessult wboa bin character, which thoy would not day to do as privats cltizens? Ia'bellsved that | Bil of the com) wa ariginallys cans Tho ceived in iniquity, IF (4 wan allowed to goon with what it propased, the Govornment of tho city would have beon suspendod in mid-nir, sud tho tomlt of the oloction wonld, porbaps, nover havo bean renched aad doclared, But the coutral an tho other sida steppoid ovor zl\ proper bounds in vouluring to dictate to the “outt THE VERY TROMA OF DININTMERT for this oifenwe, ~six montha® imprisontsnt and £1,000 fno, Thin was the rugzestion of Mr. Pence. *'On what menat bath this our Cesar Ted, that o hath grata no groat» [1,aughter.) I1o thrust himeoif (nto tho judicial eat, aad as- sumod the onirsof Bir Ur "This, ho (Mr, Storrs) hold, won an iusult (o the Court, The answer of tho dofendants wau manly, dignifiad, and truihfal, aud ho knaw the Court was jme- prossed with @i boliet, Whiat should ho sav aa roganled 11 DEVESDANTS' cousarnn? Tho Iaw made it imncrativo that the Corpo- ration Conusel should gno his opinion whens | ever toquesied to do #o by tho City Gov- ernmont, Was ho {0 slirink from this duty through terror? VWem he, when askod for Lis opinion, to_give such & ono my would bo pleasing to the Court, or such an opin- {on as ho conscicntiously liold 7 Lor thn rout, whatevor might bo sald at his }m—. Storrs') ddor, ho would pluck Wis heart rom hin bosom rathor than ahtink from giving an honost apinion, aye, oven wore all the conrts that evor pat to thaunt terrorlum in bis face. The dignity of the Comt and tho dignity of tho pro- tossion moved on parallel lines, and ono could pot bo infringed upon without injury to the other. IHe conclnded by eloquonily I\p\mllhux 10 the Judgo to proserva’ tho Lonor of tho Ju- diclnry by disrogardjnz nassion and projudico In the cae, and by sustaiving s owa honost repu, tation upon the Benchr. Jr. Goudy aunounced that ho and Mr, Tuloy srould waive anv argumont, ay Judgo Dickey would conclida for them. The Cours thon Look a rocoss until 2 o'clock, i i bt AFTERNOON SESSION. JUNAE TAWRENCE, The Court ronowed iho hoating of tho eon tomnp cuso ab tho stated hour, Judgo Willlams proaiding, Judge Larrencs proceeded to make the closing epecch for tbe complainants, Tio learnod coun- ol commenced by reciting the maiu facts In tho case, nlroady famillar to the publie, The ques- tion Vofore tae Court could bo as caolly discussod 88 & mathematical problem. It did not call for o display of passion,—it did not appeal to preju- dice. Ho did not hold tho opinion that the law- yers of tho city woro in contemp: elmply for Riving an opinion, in tho abatract, as to tho Jjurisdietion of tho Courts. They should, how- ovar, havo accompanted thoir abstract opinion with another opmion, advising tha Council not to violato tho injunction, but loave it to bo de- cided iu the comrts of law. If tho counsol of the Aldermen know, and it appeared to hitn Lirey did know, that their abstract opinion wonll bo con- sidored nsadvico to violataths injuuction, thon it was decidedly questionablo whether thoy were not in contempt fully £o much an the partien thoy advised. Tliy, howevor, was a question taat te Court should docitlo. It pained hiw that tie could hardly mitigato tho action of ‘the mo- Jority of tho Common Council, Tho writ of injuncuon brougbt obedienco on ita face. It was not for the Mdormon to decide upon itu le- gality or Illognlil{. The disohedienco of the Cominen Counctl hiad net been douied, and, therefore, their conduct was the moro oulpably, Tho wholo eass was based upon H & JULISDICTION OF THE COURT. Ho waa prepared 1o acmit all the part of M. Sitorrs” arguaent in which that gentl erted himseil to show thet an’ tliegal wr not by obeved, and thaz diobedionca thereto in- volvod uo pontity. To confosued ho was unablo to understand the drifh of the major portion of Mr. Sturra' addre«s, unless it was for thopurposo of intimidating tho Court. Tho gontlemon of tho onpesition held that, to mako a srrit valid, tho Conrt should have jurisdiction of tho sup- Ject mattor of the suity and, aleo, that even thougu the Court had juriediction of tho matter, yet it could not lhave jurtsdiction iu tho mattor of 1ssuing tho wiit. They hold, in point uf fact, that pawor over the one did not confer power ovor the othor. Judga 1.a vrence quotod sevoral anthorities to ahow that the quostion of juris- diction knd beou over amd ovor again mettled in county-soat carea. It had boon froquently scttled in the Supremo Courts that n Court of Chancory biad jurisdiction over a nunicipal body when tho Jattor was uot oxorcis. ing dicrotionary power. Could theie be any controvarsy on tho quostion as to whether, a faiso ond fraudolont governmont being startad {uto Iife, the Conrt had no power to intorfere and wrvo the peoplo from tho owrage? Would nut tho azt of tho Municipal Govornient in forcing upon the pourlo 8 system nzaiuet which thoy proieetod bo » streteh of aushority,—in fact, on uMCRSHUR oF yuer upon thair purb which would call tor TIK JUDICIOUS INTERTERLNCE OF TItE COUNT? If everacano arosom which Judicinl interfar- enco was adaissible it was when tho Counal rotght to impoko upon the peopie & governniont that was franduleot and falso, VWas thero any lawyer at the Bar who, o a o Lke that latod, wonld douy the jurmlic- tiou of the Court in tho issning of a writ of in- Jjunetion to avort a groat publio wroug ? J Dickoy~=Yes, sir, I Lold in my biand the hth Hlinols, which procluims that {ha right of “election shiall not be Intorforod with, Judge Lawronco usld he wad astonlshed that fifs Inarnod friend held thas boliof, As to tho Fuoaty-eighth Tllinols, it held that the municipas Conneil suould not bo enjoined from ordering, or the peoplo trom Lolfing, an olection. That wag quito proper, for tho iterferenco with tho right of "tho pooplo to hold an electiun woull ho the samo as fulerfering with their richt 10 peaceably wwsemble fur noy lawtul purposc. Such w power in tho linds of tho eonrtn would Lo dangerous to nablio liberty, and wouald endanger, if it did not overthrow, our syato of govorament, Lub this did uot provont his belng knrpised st tho ac- complishe! J Dickoy's conclusfons 1uiative to the 44 Ilinoik. 11, ndoed, it camo to such a yAos that the Clty Conncil cduld not ho re~ suraioad by tho courtn from doing an unlawfal aud outragoous uct, the peoplo were, indeed, reduced ta a pitinblo condition. He cauld quoto dozens of anthorities to prove THE POWEL OF COLITS OF OMANCERY over nmnicipal corporations. Dillon, in his worl on dudicial Functions, matntninod thut the wapershiory powers of tho courls upon City Conuelin wore bLaing mora oxtoml- ad "~ overy day, and this was nactually neceunarty to rave tho peoplo from wrons, Ho bold that 1t was abeurd to #ay the Conrt had no potver ko Inteifors when an illegal act wan abont to Lo committed. As regarded the duty of counting the yotes, it was only tho result of a legnl olection the Council was™ empowored to catvans and announco, Judzo Lawrenco at thin point bronght in his formar illuatration, whon the cana timt ams up, tolative to tho innr of tho Htato Auditor and Bovretary to soll projerty of tho Htate without proner notires, and whothor tho Attornoy-Cinn- erul would havo tho right to onjoin such & eulo, JUDIL WILLIANS suld that ho understood My, Storrs to take geround su brogd ns that that morning, His at- tention was called to tno point, and hoe maked 3r. Btorrs whether by his fanguogo he held that tha Couet hed no right Lo intortern with a miuis- :ur;:x! officor Iu porforming w duty defined by aw. Judge Dickoy rald that Mr. Storrs was uok prevent, but, if ho wero presont, ho had no dunbt hie wounld not hold such broad ground as that ntated hf tho Conrt, Judgo Wiillsma—I underatood him ta reitorato the ognfon in his arzument. Mr. k Adama suid that be balleved Mr. Htares’ meanlug to bo that, If o atatute express- Iy Iaid down tho duty of a luiaterial ofiicor and commanded bun to do acertain act, without praviso an to the mothod of s dolug, the Caurt would not, in such case, have tho powor of in- Junction, Thn Court. Lot ho did not 3 Judge Lawrance continued to road somo mora loga) nuthority, and dwelt on the dlfference be. twegn ‘HLDINALY AYD FXTRAOKDINARY CONTEZPT, The offonao of the Common Councll caine un« ddr tho latter bead, for thuy deliberatoly violuted the injuzction of tha Court, Fhis was the quas- tion, 1ot whether tho Couts bad, or bsd not, the iower to lusus tho writ. Tho violatiou of tho lu- unction was doliborately insult, 1o aquivecation whatovor abuub it The Iujunce tion was proporly Isaucd, o1t slrong ropresentas tion that tha cloction wan frandutant sud tuare. fore void. It was not fur tho Conncl to declin the question of *ur!u'lwzlou. Aw belora niatod, (b wad for the higher Courts 1o determine that, And Lo would say that tho atteupt mada by the othor elde to show that the Court had noy the powor to punish the Aldormen for contompt, bee caugo ths fujunction bud not boon malntained, was fallaclous it tho vstrome, Flaquoled nue merans authoritics Laaring upon this point, aud wuid (lat Lo hod spoken sl bio desited to eay upon thu mattor, ‘I'ha Court sald that, if Judge Dickey would consent, the cawo would go over uutil Munday morning, whiol was sgread o, dod the Coust adjourned. ° .lill!m'n may hava meant that, FAMILIAR TALK. RNOBERT DROWNING. Robert Brawning, whoss recont poem, *'Arls- tophanes’ Apolugy," hias callod renawod ettoution to his name, was horn in asuburb of Londou in 1312, Hlo early developed a geniua for rhyming, and fa sald to havo written & drama when bo was but O years old, Deforse ho was 13 ho hiad docidad that his lifo should bo spent In wor- ship of tho Muscs, 1lia father was aman of woalth, and the boy eould look forward ton fu. ture of lejsura and luxury, henss ths unproduct- ive vocation of thopoot could Lo choson by him with fmpunity. e was odncated at the London University, and ere ho had obtained hils mojorty ‘| e want to Iaty, whors o remaiued soverat yoars, studsiog in ita Capitals the history and liter- ature of tho country, sud learning by travol and familiar intercoutas with tho peasantry in cural dinteicts and rotired hamiots tho charsctor aud Lablta of tho people, e 1w first publistiod work was * Paracelsus,” & philosopbical pocus, whiah was gtyon to tho world whon lie was only 23, It excited but littio luter~ ot oxcopt among a thoughtful few, whosawin it tho oxpression of a groat and original goniua. T'wo yostsafter tha publization of ** Paracolens,” the **Lragedy of Stafford " was produced on the London stago. It was oxcollently presonted, Macroady playlog the principal charactor, and tho other partadolng effcctivoly rondored, yot 1t achiloved no positivo sucaoes, and was with- drawn after o for ropreseutations, In 1810, at tho age of 28, 3fr. Drowning pub- Hishod ¢ Sordello,” ong of the most puzzling and eccontric of all hia pooma, It provoked no end of ridiculo from tho critics, and was tho object of & number of extravagant burlesjues * Punch' went g0 far an to aseert thnt it had offorod £100 to sny porson who woull discover tho moaning of n single Jne, wud that at tho cnd of n lwelvemonth no ono had put forward a clalmto tle roward. lu 1843, "*'Che Duot in the 'Scutchoon,” = tragedy of surpassing Swoothess and sadnows, was produced at Lrury Laue, but with indifferont. suceced. Dickous prouounced tLa poem oo of tho most exquisite ever writien, and 1o one can read fu swhttiont glotding to tho' power of its pa- Lnatio buauty. A sorennde sung by the bero of tho story undor thu wiodow of his botrothed tinely oxhiibils tho nassion with which Browning can at will oncivdlo biy pootry : “Tlicec’s n women lika a dowdrop, sho's 8o purer than the purest | he And her novle heurt's {ha noblust, yes, and hor sura falth's tho aurent : And Lereyusarn dark and bumid, like tho depth on depih of litrs A # the lioroball, whilo ber tressen, sunnfer than tho wild grape cluater, Guah i guiou-tinted plenty down her neck's rose- it tacbic, Tlien hor vol+e's mnisie—call 4t the woll’s bubbling, tho bird's warblo | And ths wowan rags, "My days wore sunless sud my nigats wers nioonless, Parched' tho pleasaut April horbage, sud tho Jark'a howr:y outbroas tunvles, 1f sou Joved nio not!" And I who (sh for wards of Haws) adore ber, Who ain mnad toluy sy apirit prostzato palpably befora bier,— Lmay ciftr at ber portal soo, aa wow hot latica aliea ma And by novotido as by midnight make hor wmine, a1 Hor shio makes nie, A collection of l{‘rlu ond dramatlc pooms was publishod vy Mr. Browning from 1312 to 1818, & e o smail volumes boaring the goneral title Dells and Pomegratntes.” 1t 18 sard that by few enloglstie hmes upon thewe pucis, intro duced by Eiizabeth Barrott into” oue of hor compositicns, the scquantanca was brouzht akont wineh resultod fu tho marriago of tho two Doets 11 1886, Mra. Brosnivg was the daughtor of a wealthy Losdon werchant, and tho sentor of Lov pusbaud by threo yoars, After his marriags Mr, Browaing repided chiotly in Kiorence until tho doath of his wife In 1861, when ho soon aftor returned to Englund with his only cluld, a von, ton 10 or 12 years of age. "Tho moat popular, or 1t might botter bo gald, tho most plessing, of AMr. Iituwniug’s publica- tions sro two volumes containing a colloction of Lia mizcollaneous ‘vlucou. 1maued fn 1835, with tho titie **Men and Women," Binco then he las published *The Riug and the Book,” bis largont puem, oceupying two volumee, ** Balausnon’s Advonturos,” fino at tho Pair,” * Rod Cotton Night-Cap Country,” and * Aristophuues’ Apol- ozv." Ar, Drownlng doos not cave for the world's sflisc, and, as if to insurs hLimself ayainet {t, ho painatakiogly produces such ab- scuro pnetry thut oply tho few who lovo the se- vereat study witl attempt to read ir. Hiy sdmir- eus ora stanch, but ho sries tnem soroly, aaking theni 1o unravel hin meaniug from the most - yulved and anigaiatioal sontences that were aver iroven togotuer, SYDNEY DOBELL, In & sympathetic proface to a Inte edition of tha pooms of Mr. Bydnsy Dobell, Prof. Niohol, of Glasgow, givos soma intoreating particulars of the bio of ths author. Mr, Daboll was born at Paukham, Tlye, in 1821, but pagsad the greatoer part of his youth nt Cheltenhaim, whero his futh~ er was pursulng tho business of » winc-mer- chiant, Tho young man, when ready to onter o vocation, was engagod in tho counting-room of his father, and winlo thore found time to write a dramatio poom, *Tho Roman," published in -] 1850, and soveral volumes of verso, tho last of which appenrod fn 1830, In 1858 Mr. Dobell wan obliged to give up literary work and dovote ls nttention ontirely to tho Luetuess, now es- tablishied (o Gloucestor, that ha Lad inheritad from his father. Ho was ome of the first to adopt tho system of co-operation, carrying out {n practice tho theory that cvory morcantilo firm should be = rort of communwoalth, in which all the workors should share in tho general prosperity. ‘After thoago of 30 Mr. Dobell was a conataut sutforer from nlcknens and a broken constitus tlon. Whllo travellng in Italy mn sesrch of healtly, In 1865, hio suntained a fall smonr somo ruius, au sceident which nnbmqunullviuduced ?Eermuuunt o;nln,nla malady, Lour yusza later, i on his strongth suomod incroasivg, bo was thrown from a lorse, which foll upon him, in- Hlicting injurlon that oould not bu ropaired.’ 1o hugered in a condition of helplossnoss uutll his deatu 1 August, 1674, AMr. Doboll possessed s pocaliarly lovely and olovated choractor, *To tho lant,’ gays ono of hin frionds, **ho was tha most sunsluny Jf in- vahds; nothing conld exhauat his chacrtulnesy, nor waar out tha sveotuoss of Lis patienco; hig Innato brightness and olasticity of mind was sirengtiuonod aud elnyated Ly spiritual culturo into womothing holier and nobler than mero tampersment.” Frof, Niclol adds to {Lis testimony: Hin real fasctnotion lay in the lucommunicabla beauty of & eharucter Ju which mascutiue and femi- niue elements, pirength aud tenderues, were almost mnlguely blouded, Nevertholeas *In fta Ligiust wte trilvites of courugo, encryy snd fndopeudenco pee- vadod hlalife, Tura without pedaniry, ho bxd the 4ycont of scorn for every fonn of falschood; but tho range of Liu clinrity wan Hinited anly by his love of truth, Ho witn chivalrous to an extrume, sud thls sametimen led bla fudgnient satray on bahalf'of sallen cauncn with s louchi of lofiy yet generons manneriem which recailed tho fdeaof a Castllfan Kuight, Like thove of most poels, his theoretlcal politics had a Yislouary slds ¢ but lie was far from belug 8 droam O praciieal will-doing fowarde. tho poof-of enc st fo tho youuys and all who werg sruiing for Atecoyuition of thelr merits, fia was novur weary. He vould afforid L0 bo yensrous, snd to ail with whotn lin catuy I contuct, grateful ar ungratefal, bo hind «lune woine kindnosses, Yo ive with hin was 10 Lroatho asereucr alr, TALLEYRAND AS AN EATER AND BLEEPER, ‘o I'rincs do Talloyrand was not only by n ture, hut Ly habit, & most axtraordtuary holng, 1t In naid that he tauted of food but ouco a day, and theu at dluncr time, whon ho ato onormons- ly. Ta proparo this menl to hiy liking, ton meu wero reyulatly omployed In his kitchen, Among thom wors four chefs,—tho rotisseur, the squcier, the patissier, and the afficier. 'Tho businesa of tho last was to wuperintond the proparation of the dessort, the fces, and tho confitures, Tha dinner produeed by thls atafr of skillul artisty waa not only exquisite In ita materlal and ap. paintments, but overy diuh was choson with re- ard to itsepecial adaption to tha Prince's health, o vawence of overything that was nutiitiouy waa presonted in the form mont digesttble by an fulirm stomach, The Yrinco was accustomed' tu taste of overy dish placed bofora hiuw, fot lowing vsch mouthtul with a sip of tho Hest wino,” It was said by thuse wha know him that the pwlum(n!ou ot hiu lify wna owing o tho talent of bis cook rather thay to that of hila plysician. Tho Priuce was posossed of au — e =] swrithout eleep, Rln pulan regularly int PASI AL Sviry et laat paelr inte b cirenmatance Iio ascribed bin babliualy, need of roat, Tro or thros Liouts st moug *org all that ho gave to sicop, 1lis bod was ma with & doop .wlopn In the middla, ® gpn ot the hond and At fhe ot o will go to bed, silting pagy nolt uprlght fu bis bod, with (nnumerabla men? capn on Wi head to heop it warm, an ho ati) aud foed hin fntoltect with blood, Bt in'fae g {\m"n; his Injuring tho nent of knowladgs if fy umblea on the ground; ond ho mita upripiy from Liis_londency to apaplezy, which woild doubt soizo hiny if porfoctly recumbont, Wa miny remomber the lmwrpnrorn Biating ho ung fotind o fow vear 0go. hin hond having droppag from hin pitlow no drowned in blood iy o fostnro wan Lo’ bo scon, %ll he roes 1 bnd so late, st € or 7 al o wakes ang gouda for hin aitendanta.” WINVOCD READE, We learn trom an English exchange that Ny, Winmood Teado dicd April 23, st the eatly ape of 87, When but 22 yoars old Mr. Roada mads s tour fnto Africa (1362-'8), oxploring a ronty through the weatern portion of the continent, In 1808 ho conducted an oxpedition inta Tnner Afriea with tho object of studying tho roliglony of tho natives. Thlo second tour oxtendsy throngh tro years, On his rotirn to Engimg Mr. Reado published in Nature somo resulty of his travels in n eries of papers onfitle “Bavage Africa” and ho African Hkatelis Bool," Ifeiabeat known in thia country through hin ¢ Martyrdom of Man," a volumo of mingled lustory, theolagy, aud philosophy, reprinted from the Londow editlon within Innt twalves month, Dir. Heade was n_remnrlablv oloqnant and vigoroun writer, and aivplasod conniderable Teartng 1n liis buoke, biit hiy fnflnencs was ek tujurod by Liuoxcitablo and fattical disposition SCIENTIFIC AND hfi‘rexnnv SOCIETIES OF DIA, Tho Journat of the Sociely of Arts turnishes us with somo facts rogarding il eclentifle anq literary sociotiea of Iudia, 'Tho Iengal Asiatle ¥ oligit Bocioty wea founded by Bir William Joues in 1774, Deeides this, thero are in Calcutts several other societios both for Eurpooans and natires, aud for tha lattor alone. Tho Madras Literary Society wes formed in 1818. Tho Bombay DBranch ol the Asiatic Socloty datos from tha yoar 1804, In 1817 it waw grafted on to tha Nozat Asiatie Socioly In Lngland. The pube lieatiou of its journal bogun in 1841 Lag boou regularly rustained over winco at ine torvala of one and two yoars, Thy Bombny Ciconrnphical Socloty, ecatablished fn 1510, wen in 1573 amalgamated with the Hombay Dianch of the Aslatio Rocioty. 'Iho Medieal and Phyuical Socloty, which liad Ianguishod from 1563 Lo 18G9, bas now bean revived, and in 1671 publishoed a Targo volumo of traneactions, Tia Lasnoor Mochinnics' Institute has 340 mambers, soveral couracs of lectures, and a good library of 13,035 books. In Bombny tho Kudonts’ Litorary and Setontifl. Socioty, consisting oxolusively of nativos, han 111 aembors. THE OREGHAM LECTURES. 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