Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 14, 1875, Page 10

INDIAN TERRITORY. The Population and Acreage of the Five Civilized Nations. Speech by Col. Boudinot in Favor of a Progressive Policy. Emancipation-Celebration Iy Creek Nee groes---Defeat of itoss in the Clierokea Election. A Briof of the Proposed Jonstitution of In- dian Territory, Kpeeial Corvespondence of The Chfeaga Tribtns, Muskoars. Crook Nation, Ind, Ter., Aug. 7.— Alargo nnd onthuaiastio raliroad-moeting way holdat Scullyville, Choctaw Nation,—dlstaut about 15 miles In a southweatorly direction from Tort Smith,—on -the 13l Inst, aud s coneldnrablo amount of money waa subreribed for tho exton- aion of {lio Littio Roek & Fort Bmith Rairoad to that point. CIVCTAW EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE. Tho laging of the coruer-stono of the Educa- tional Insatitnto at Sonth Canadian Station (Mis- ourl, Kansas & Texas Railway), Clhioctaw Nation, wuich bas beon postponed twics on acconnt of tho wot weathet, will peatively tako place ou Tuursday, the 12th inst. An unusually larga crop of cotton has been raised in tho Choctaw aud Chickasaw Natlons, and very hoavy shipments will bo mado this sea- on, BMEUITRG WORKE, At Aloka, tho Capital of tho Choctaws, and & station on tho lino of the Missouri. Kaneas & ‘Pexas Ruflway, it ia rumored that smelting-works wilt bo erected carly in tho antumn. Load and other minerala in iargo quantitios, and coal in abundauco, aro closo at hand. OBAGE WLEAT-CROT. T'rom roliablo authority I loaru that tho wheat- trop of tho Osages will exceed in valuo tho sum of $20,000 for this year. This sponks proity well for tha industry and thrift of tho Ossgoy, who number about 2,500, and are Llanket Indl- aus, e The citizens of tho Pottawatomio Nation in- tend soon to Lase erected o fino Acsdemy at thicir Capital,—Clardyville, The population of g tribe iw about 1,300 ; and, though not very numerouy, yot thoy are & prosperivg nnd entor- prising people. FOPULATION AND ACREAGE. Following is a statemont of tho population aud screage of lands of the fivo civilized nations : Pupuiation. Area of a aen 72T SPEECH OF COL. DOUDINOT. Bv invitation of & large numbor of Choctaws, ostended some timo sluce, Col. E. C. Boudinot, tho eloguent and ablo advocato of tiie pmogres- sivo policy for the Inalan tribes in thia Torritory, nddresead sn assemblago of about G0 Choctaws, n few Chickasaws, nod othors, at Caddo, Choc- taw Natlon, ou the 4th jnst, 3o placed himself squarely on tho provisions of tho Trentles of 1866 with tho elvilizod tribea. Col. Boudinot {favors the eatablishiug of o United Siates Court iu tho Territory, with the junediction provided for by thoso treaties ; also, the enlargement of the legialativo powers of the Graud Council, which meels aunually; the clection of a Delo- gato to reprosent tho Territory in Congress ; and tho aectivualizing and allotment of lands in sev- eralty, for the reason that such allotment woutd be better for tho Indian and his family, for, baving. a titlo-deod, thess could be no poasiblo way, in tho noar or remoto futnre, for any deprivation of his rights theronndor. Reaolutions ombady- iog tho for®oing wero all passed with great unanimity by the meetlng, with tho oxcoption of tho allotment-of-lads measure, Thore is no disguising the groat interesc manifested by tha inzulligont Choctasra aud Chickasawa in thismat- ter, and Col. Boudiuot Js now arrangiug u sorica ol simitar meetings. 'The Colonel, as you ure doubtloss nware, i4 s powerful snud convinemy epeakor, and tho Choctaws listened to bim with eluse attention. It s understood that Col. Boudinot favors tho Allison it for the goveru- ment of Indian Yerritory now ponding iu the Beuuto. A COLOBCD CELENRATION, The celebration of tho muniversary of tho emaucipation of tho Uuiu viacks from wluvory wau bold 2t the Old Crook ageucy (as well as ot other poiuty in this nation), about 4 miles weat of thus place, by » largo number of the former Creek sluves, on the dth tust., in o very eightly and well-shaded spot, whore water and Leautiful forout-traes abound, I obuerved thas the colored wmien who partidpated i the culsbration, nud whoioside in o Valley of the Arkunsas nud Verdigeia Rivors, appoar to bo moio advanced in lutelligenco and civilization than ju some other locilities. Bpoechos wore mude by Agent Tugalle, Dr. Mitcloll (s Spanish and Indisn mixed bleod, sud ® fing cladriesl Bchl)lll’{; AMursy Marrholl (colored), and others of Lis Tuco. Jlamball inade an oxesllont epesch for one of bis color and advantages. Ab tho conclusion of each address, thros chioont wets Invarinbly given for the ormtor, and a ealnto fived from an oid anvil, The tables wore loadid with viatuls and tho substantinly of life, and they wwro assauited with appetites likoued unto o eaw-mill. ‘Towards the closo of tho exercises, tho pruvorbial **sassor " wad od to pay ox- penses, during which operation old-time negro- 1clodies, Buuday-school, and church-hymus woro sung, pod exhortations wado to stand by their privciples. At the clowe of tha dav, tree cheers wers given for thie Presdent of tho United Hiates, tho Hecretary of tho lnteriur, and thbo Counnigaioner of Indian Affaire. Tu the evenin, they had whot s culled “ring ploys™ an daueing. ELYCTIONE. The slection in tho Churokes Nation, which was Liotly contested by tho Ross aud Downing partics, passed off, as far as huard from, without bloodshod. A littio upwards of 4,010 votes were caat, and the latest roturty indicate the eleetion of the Rev, Chsrles Thempaon (2 Baptiet vreacher), of the Duwning full-btood purty, to iho oftice of Princlpal Cinf, Ly & majorily’ of 511 votes over Col, Wiliiuw %, hoss, his compos- itor. 1t 14 goucrally conceded thas tho eloction of Mr, ‘Thompson will develop a mora liberal aud progrenstve policy than tbat of his predecessor, wud 1t 1% to bo hoped that tho internocine sieifo, which hus cast odium over this, tho et clyilized Tudian Natiou on thiy coutinout, will coase, nd buttor councils provail, "I'he Choeluw genoral cloction took place last Wedncsday, aua pussed OIF vory quictly and peacefully. ‘Ihe Rov. Haniuel Cliccots (a Motho- dist |veacher), the Principal Chiof of the Croclk Naotion, has juss beon renowiusted. flis op- poucuts Lave nowinated an ludian numed Hars bl Thoro will bo a vigorous though pesceabla canvass. The olection comos off ia tho firet woek of Beptouber, TIHE TI01 03K TERRITOUIAL CONTITUTION, The followin ia a briof of the propesod Con- stitution of Iudian Torritory, za adopted by tha Committes of tha Goucral Couneil ¢ 2'he Prousndie—~Laecites that the (udisu people claim satural Fybtesliks with oll mep. Melog inviied by Treusy and Agvuta o forn & Coustitutiou, they ask tho bielp of God 10 ald and direct thuw 60 forma 3 Unlon, protect rights, aud estallisti this Cunstitution Jur Judian Terrilory, ARTICLE 1, e, 1—Defines tha boundary of the Territory as it Bow s Sac, t~Doclares tiat Indiaa Natious agrecing to thia Coufederucy wball beve equal tights uf {ransit, coms, Buercy, ircdy, 030 6, a0d representation § sunjeet,” nowever, to treaty-atlpulations with tl:o Unitud Btates, »nd laws rguistiog trade and tutercourss, Kights to Tanda sud funds, aud odsr JO{rty, siull euain un- chargwl, ARTICLE 11, c¢,1—=The powers of the Government oro divided ino Legislsive, Exocuuive, aud Judienl Departuwents, e, 4=B0 Jerwots 40 b b tutisber of aoky tak oue Degartment, ARTICLE I 8ee, 1—The Leglslctive power 1 yeated {n a General Council, cousiatiug of & Seuato aud Hutse of Mepre- Bl Vs, u—Eitybe of actaz e §t enacted, or _Tualved, Goucral Council of Iudisn Tesriiory.” e, —Aby Dobefido cilizen, 43 yors Of g, 14 cligtkle for woembernlip of the Guueral Council, S, fgepreaetital.on T0F ekch member of the Besie 856 2,00} Touse, 1,6ud (or Srectiou over 60) imtabit- B, Ly e Liee, b—Memiare cloctad Livuually, and bold ofice o yeas, S, o—Benate o chovke Prealduns and other ofiloers, and Louie to cices Bpeakor acd othor oilicess, 7 Bsc, T—Tho Genesal Gouncdl ahall suske all rules for Sec §Thabiecuso ] Lagulatico: Tatarcousse relee et bf Ladias Nallons fiutémlu-‘:t sad extradition of critainala cacapint from one 1 to Snathors aditrdsteation of Justice, connnon defees, vo 3t rer alay, and $4 for ) miflea travelnd 3 hut nothing Beyond tilrty Nee, J0=Nemboen e orery daye, ex, 11~Exemplion from arrest of metnbers while in rersion, Nee, 12=Tha General Counell may suspend lawa, No law hypodring centracts, or restrepective law, ta bo . 13—=Given the General Caunell pawer to_provida r the muanort of e (Govertment, The Tov- t Lo vniforin, M—Appropriation W8 to rise fn_ the Touse, and may be atyeaded i o Sounta s but all othee billa Thay orainnte i either House, ave, 15—Tio _(L1nse oy ftnpeach, anid Benato shall try huprachmente, “Ser. Ji—Cinvernor and sl elvil oficers subject to m- peackiment, Sees Li—-Salaries 10 be regntated by law, ATICLE 1V, See, 1==Tho Governor of Indian Territory to le clocked by tho people, and hokd allics two yeark, Lires ton-returns of Governor th e seaied wid directed to {L:o fecrelary of the Torritury, who shall_open aud DULIEN tho Fafo s Jolnt restn of the Srusto and 2 e, ) " 2—Modo of conducting clevtions determiued by aw, See. 3=The Governor shall bo at laakl ) yeare ol Tood tha Guseruor, the Prevident of davenor (o be fived by lav, ve information to the 1, aned sev W execital, Guvernor niay couves the General L pdetts ot oo to be filled by the Gove sreent of the Benals g e Govi £nor may grant pardone, and shall commiseaum il elestive and o] polted vilicery, accord= 1oy to law Rce, 10— AU UL vblect to the approval of the Guy- ernor, I oo, tethinds of euch Honde hecessary 10 yasn over the yeto, Seesl—The Secretary of the Terrilory to Ue ape iavernor, witis the consent of the Sen- dice twn years, ‘Tho Sucretury sbail be, Treayurer, Oue Marsl und two Awssivlants, un At- 0, District Attorntyy, 1 bo the General Conneil, Duties to o defined torne et Ly by law, texiont 40 be isvued, 1 tho name of ¥ the Governor, sud attesied by tho ANTICLYE Y, Sox, 1—"The Judielal Depnstiuvat consiata of 4 Su- Premwe Court andtires Dirlct Courte, Thelr furis disthun not to iuterfere witht tw reserved avil and the Nations, Court bo be componed of threo by the Genoral Cuuncil; term, e Judges, to be cloctes Blx yoars,, ‘The Suprema Coust to bo holden st the ser, 4—The Supreme und srisrict Judges bavo £ 40 4AU0 WEHA Ul Nate i (s ity eles Sve, 5—The Disirlet Courts to hive Jurisdiction over eivii und criminal casvs, See, —T'rosldes for o law regalating writs of error, of exveptions, ete, e, 3—The ‘Ferrtory to Lo divided futo threo Ju- dicial Diviricte, Sve, o==Thi Judgen uust be at leart 30 years old. e, 9—"Thy Judyes caunot sit in cases when rolated or fufareated therein. See, 11=Writs to rim inthe name of Indian Terrle tory, buar test, and bo sigued by the C See, 1—Indictments shall. concludo, pesce and dignity of the ludian Terntory. Sec, Vz==liacl Caurt to appoint its uwa Clerk, whoso @eties aud eompensation shall Ve ixed by law, ARTICLE VI. Amendmenta to tke Conatitution to ho proposed by the General Council, ‘The Covernor shail prociaii sud aubmit them tu the Natfoual Councils, n of Righta, and fred government, wo do- Deelar To recoguize lberty ecluru ¢ 1, Politlesl poswer {8 1n tho peaple, 2, Froo vxorclve of religious woraliin, > No religioun test over o be required as & qualif cation o any oftice, 4, Every citizen freu to speak aud write on auy sub- Sec, 5. The peopls to bu oeaure In peraoual proporty. G Crizatnaix ehall lave mugarti.t trial. 7, All cunen bailahle, vxcest copilal ofienses, ¥, Excewive ball wtall nol Lo reaufred, Al Coutts bl protect tho lunovent b perdon, reputation, aud e repircientatives, 12, "The wnt of babeas c unlosm the pubtic safoty d 11, Al power not bereiu espresily granted by the Natiots, tiek ta Lius Coustitution, are reserved by thews, 1 ctivoly, according to the provistons of their soverul Treaties with the United Ntates, —_— A DREARI OF FAIR WEATHER. A ntrango wilil liefog, hall zost, half man— Whthe past Bl W plover sl dunlin tlow, Azl over Lia 0ofa Lo Fiver Waves ran— Blew on a teed, and blow and blew The one monotonons tisy taat by kusw, And a wind came out of the dusky south, Caliiug tho rose with 8 molluw souyh, Like u whistl-call from a Jover's mouth 3 Aud the rose, the rod rese, sweetly enough, Towed In ucknowledgment theroof. And out of the south with the wind thare Sew A ggeeat blug Tioron that drifted low, And dropped by tho river wheru tall Toodn grew, Aud whero right wiliows waved to und tro U'er thu uest of u teal fu thu tags below, Sitmont & emile on the river's faco T laes of ripylen the iy Alent s And hiere snd thers mn fos Viquid epacs, Whets great LTown turses luzily erept, I ahwuls the glittering sun-pereh lapd, An orlole, deep {n it Uratded nest, 1 tho Waves of 1he koutl wind rocked aod rollod, With tho Jittls cnp fitted vo clowe to ila Lreaat Tt it looked dike worno eplendid amolton gold Youred frou a orucibie lute a mold, In n bovering cloud of hutterfifex Lulbed by & twsmny of drowsy bows, Adud loodud witht wwects and th teuder dyes Of 1 bed of Lloom 11 Uho stieatu of the Lroeso, Amaiden slopt . tho-duals of tho trees, A humtabiu-bind duintsly touched tier mouth, Fiudiug ft wweet aa o rosobnd 18— Aa rod und sweet ua 6 70s0 of tho Houth,— Aud sy smited {n lier e, veying, ‘Tt is his kisa: T knuw wy lover would comu for thul 1” Iler luto lay bestdo hor, anit 1o! tho wind Btierod o music s tancd striuge; 1n 3 gatver of rapturo the loug gravk leaned, And swors of beantiful giided things Huug tranced fu the alr on ilmy wings, And out of the farest & youth there camo, il pudt wtrong and litte of lab, Who atopped wid caliod » musieal uzmio 11l the taalden syrung up and snawered him Frota tho poul of Llovins 1u the abadows dim, Bat slrep was loath tolet go her oyos, Thyugh ber lover's kissen agatn wnd sgain Thril them through with 8 wweet surprise, And nponod taen like bluo lysbuds Bivwu into Liowsom atlar a rula, Her loug gold bair fcll down ana down, ‘Tl Likto 1be 3t enveloped ber With 8 zuist of eplendor from foot to crown And thio broatl of Ler Hps was aweetcr (a8 fu ber lover thun il the bleom-scauts wore, 8o lanod on Lis broast, and ho pressed her closo, And he Xluwed ber agadn 1l the ainglug of birds Autl tho aaub of the soutis wind calling the rose, Aut the south wind, toaching tho lute's sweol chords, Drowued tu o urmar his loving words. Th:o bubterflfes rosa from the flowerw and flod Witk o guldabiried Laviles aud: brown oncy- e, And away like a Lolt thu hurumtng-bird aped, Viatu auddenly, GHieelv, b I 0o trov, 'Shedr sioging ihe cinuious chiolsa did cease, “*Tet uw gy alid her lover, * whilo yet wo are young, Aud Iify 1n Hke wine (b thi cup of the heart, Wiitto love 14 & oty tisat fa yet utiaung— Gote, Jot uwa o Eroi ull Olliers apart s Go With o, drift with e, just s thou art1” 80 shio tuak up her lute, aud togotlier they weat, Slow, nide by #ide, 1 tho anmuer-land, Whiero the gruun flowed free (lke 8 aea staraprent), With bubtles uf blowsosus, und tragraure-fanued, 24l thioy ruschod und stood o te river's saud, He drew fram ftu Liding Ught canoe, Jannctied i, sud Lot steppod du with smlee; He dipped the'oary, thasouth wind Llow, Aud away they wout through the suntle wilss OF Wo shiecny wireaw, by 1ls droway fules, Her hadr o ths wind, ke s sun-smitten cloud, Floated b long Ight brnkes of gakd; #ho touekud Lor iite, aud sty oub v load That tho river fringen, through aveey fold Of willows aud ruclics aud planctrend old, Trembled with pleasure, aud leaned far down Where tho waler-rubte (U thu shek, 1ighy coats, And ths great bito beron und dustin beown, "Tiptowd ou the ¥and with autatretcned throats, Caught 4 the wouderiul suate of ber nows, Oli, ever aud vrer tho woatlicr was falr, And ever st ever the vicw wue fing “Thoy eughod &nd sung, bur druamuwd of & care, Hut tioated righat on 1u the ¥wost suLsLine T4 they dranuk 1o up liko dnuking good wine, Now, whon they were gone, the gost-footed wan, Wit tho furty ears, bilarious grow, Auy up aud down by tho river ran, And‘:haw on » reod, and blow wud Ulew “Th one delightful tune that bakuew, —Janus Maurica Thompeon in Lavper's Mugazine -Jor Seplenber. A Postmnster Sicps Down and Out. Prescott (Arizuna) Miner, My realguatiou of the oitice of Postmastor at Prescott will be sout to the President by uoxt meil, It f# for gho voople to petition, usoiivg my riecessor, blaviug from 4 u'cloek i the woru- Jug Ll 9 6t wight §s breaking wo down, aud I oI going to givo it up. T'Leso 18 WOro WOrk in tise uttica than ohe man can 4o, bat the compen- wsnon is not sutticient for two, I upologize to y oue t0 whow-I may have flun ® outt roplv. Try it yourself, knd you will see how bard it is o always keep your tabper, Jaxro 8, Gusk ' FHE CHICAGO KANSAS. What the State Is Dolng In Connection with the Centennial Exposttion. Plans for an Extensive Display of All Kinds of Products. S#tisfactory Results of an Attempt to Civ- iliza tho Osago and Kaw Indians, Speeial Corvarpondence of The Chicago Tribune, Lawar Kan, Ang. 7..-Yor tho Knnsas representation in tho great Centonnial Exposi- tionof 1876, piaua aro s neatly perfacted, and wo much work has already been done, that o somewhat dotailea deveription of both msy serve as woll to nsstut othier Btates a8 to intorest home-roadord. To begiu with, then, our Centounlal afaira are it chargo of & State Board of Mauopgers,— Provident, Georgzo T Authouy, of Leavenwarth; Necretary, the Hon. Alfred Gray, of Topeka. As udleative of TR OENERAL TLAN pursned by thoe Board, [ transciibo tho follow- olutiouy, mlojted Juno 4, That the difieront socksl organi Masoaie, O t-Fetlowe, Patromn of Hustund- ry, Toruverei, Pytiie, Good Teraplir, nud others—be iuvi Baard o1 5 atingers fu itaulo vxhibition of &: « Expositlon i1 1876, and in raieing the fitds urcessary {0 xevura such & euticetion of producta, and crecting o Lutldwg en the Ceutcunlal groands for thelt exhible tion. Kewolvod, That cirenlars, atating briofly the ylana and purp. Fe of the Board of Geuvral Managera, shall o nddresned by tho Hecretary to promiueut citlzenn {0 euch connty of the Stata, asking their co-uperaiion i Wi effort 10 asenre a full coilection ofjKauras prods ueta for exbibitfon at Philadelpbia, und’ i enllovting funds for the erection of 8 suitable extibition-build- ing tn Fairmount Park, County organizathnw wil connist of weven members, who will elect thelr own oftivers, ‘They will secura thie orgauization at auxiliry ownship organizations, 10 bo comyosd of all poraous who my enroll themscives an wemabers, The Conty Hocleties wHI have the jentoral suporintendence ol Coufenulal afuire 1o their respective countion, nud Wil ho apected to Teport to the Beerotary uf the $tate Board at least onee & wmouti, ‘Reaulzel, ‘Tint Gen, Frarer, State Superintondent of Pablic loniructiou, e requentud Lo tike charg, of the organization and exbibition of the educational tuter- catn of Knnsas, connected with tho Natlonal Conten- nini Exposition ; aud that the Kecratary of the Board e instricted to co-oporate with it n'the work, Teemoleed, That tho Sceretary bo fustructed to ask of tho_ newapaper-presu of Kanwas, for oxhibition at Philadelpliin, aud for pormancnt preservation, the fol- lowinzs Firal—Thres copies Of CVORY Newspjer subliatied in liausan, (0 ita Isste o of nestaficr the Fourtb of July, 1835 Seeand—Thrvo coples vf_the jxanoon_or neit after fhe Lt day of Jauuary, 143t Third—Thteo copiea of the fssuo bext preceding tho Fourh of July, 18id, Tue first two weta shoulil be wmatled to the Becratary, at Topeka, marked * Cene tennial Specimen_ Copiva” ‘Tho third set will be mafled to Kanana Hesdquarters, philadeipbis, — Ono file will be turued over to tho Director-General at Ihfladelpbia ; another will be deporited it thy Library of Congress ' aud the third will be kept oa the prope a1 of tho late, fu lke mauner na oller Property re- turned o the Stute after the Exhibitio Lesolced, That tho Secrctary Le dirocied to offer two prondnms—oun of £0aud one of $25, respectively— Tor tho Lext and_eecond-lest display of grains and grasnen it the State, under such ules and regulations s the Secrelary may ndogt. Retolutions of another dato requeated of min- {nters and ehurches hulding services on Bunday, July 4, somo AIECIAT, AND APPROFRIATE ODSERVANCE of tho day, firat of our Centeunial yoar, and tho taking of a collection, the procecds to bo applied fu the construetion of o building in Falrmonnt Park. This resolution was approved by & convo- eation of clergymen; and, In secordance thoro- with, patriotic or * thauksgiving™ serinons wote preactied, and liveral donations collected. ‘Tho thrst of tho above regolutions will noed no comment, farther than to eay that it has mot genoral response from social organizations throughiout tho Stato. An agont hea now visitod auout balt the counties in the State, and arrauged for the formation of County Boards, ns requirod by the sccoud rosolution, Both conn- ty aud township organizations aro [aboring ditigently toward the collection of agricultural products, specimena of ores and minerals, arti- clea of manufacture, otc., ote. Professors and exports from various localities ara carefully clas- sifying sud arranging collections as thoy como in. Casty will bo taken of fruits aud vogetables of too perishiablo o uature to permit of safe traneportation. Slinuto instructious are ixsued by proper porsous respecting tho taking and pro- servation of bowsnical, oruithological, ethnolog. {eal, and other specimous of a delicato naturo, Tho following address hes baoen issued by Becro- tary Gray to photographers : First—Artiats roaidfug In Kansss ave respretfully fuvited to contrilute to the llln]\hn for thls Btate at tie Centennial, by furnishing laudscspe-viows of f uatirsd beauty or historio juterest, ; ¢ photographa sbuuld Le wounted, but not fra , uniforry 31 inchiea Ly 14 fuches, with naime of ohject taken, dato sud uaine of artist dia- tinctly aifixed. To 'bo marked Centenulal Spoel- nieny,” atid sent to tha Sacretary, at Topaka, b Tho viaws accepted by tho Mansgers for oxhiLition at £uladelplis Wil bo kept us the property of the Blate, TIE BUILDING, woveral timos montioned above, s to bo in overy way worihy the time and placo. At fimst it was 2 matter of much doubt whether or no Director- Ueneral Goshorn would atlow Kaneas an nde- pondont position In Fairmouut Parlk, but, aftor wuch earuest solicitation on tho part of onr Managors, who felt how {nfinitoly better it would be for Kansas to stand alone iu hier glory, 8 very desirablo location was socured, near tho Park's ceutro, just whete the concouarae of pilgrims will always bo greatest. The bullding itself will bo conutructed, for the most part, of wood and glngs, with plan desiguated substantially as a “Grock cross.” Tho length of each transverso gection will ho 132 foot, width 40 feot, and Loight 27 foot, ‘This gives about 1,000 Bquara yards s floor-room, A 12-foot porch will surround tho eutiro structure, and heavy glazing just above the poreh, uuder the ¢avos, will serve to light” tho inlerior, The contro of the fioor D4 to Lo occupied by an artistic fountain and rquarium, exbibiting, in the most advantagoous mannor, the varlous stoues, min- eraly, and plants of the State, together with such varivtles of fish and ather wator-animuls Ay iy Lo ublo to survive s chango of climate sud condition, Bpecitwens of Kanus building-stone, i tho form of vasew, wills, columns, capitaly, aud corridors, will entor Lo the construction of tho building, and add not a litide to the beauty thoreat, Platforms, pedestaly, brackets, auvd rucku, will be covered wit glaws, to i-revanl. din- turbanco by lnwlees investigatord, Aany other loes important watlors of both ornamont snd utility are to bo attonded to by Frof. Worrall, the artint pre-ominout of Kansay, One itow finthor must uot b forgotten: Asa worlof text-buvk or oxpostor of the entiro diwplay 18 to bo published for gevoral dlutribu- tion, a ktout 4i0-page volume, giving, with ste- tintical exactuess, INFOUMATION ANOUT EVERYTUING PECULIAR TO KANHAS, from paw-paws to population, chiuch-bags to chinrches, peaches to politiciauy, coal-iniuos to collegen, brought to Ligh water, Thin book witl aluo contaln finely-colored tmaps of every county n the Stato, shiowing tho vurious clasics of land now 1 mmket, winiug regious, woodod woctions, water-conrsos. evory schoollouse ou its owa 40 weres, ote., ete, Jivery county-map will bo ac- cowmpaniod by & picture of its priveipal towu or city ; sud by wav of proface will bu_inacrted an ilustration of tho four Capitol buildiugs of the Stale, whose walls have withessed iich & sthiango panorams of levislative viciselntlay, Aud novw tet it bo remembercd that, whatever succcew Jansas may have noxt yeor in Plila- dulphis, ft will be not tho succaes of a century, but of loss than twooty-five years. Aud who will dora imagiue whut warvelous things, aftor he lapse of thrico twonty-five years, our own centenuial day wmay biing torih 7 Tho experimeut which Unitod Statos Jodisn~ Agent Gibson hins been makiug with OBAGE AND KAW INDIANS, on thelr now territorial redorvatiou, seems thuy far Lo huve beoy watisfaotorily puccessfal, From & vory winute siatistical report prepared by Gib- oo for Commissioner droith I velect & fow ftoms deemod woithy uf publication Sumber of clubius takun Ly fami} 23320 ‘Fwalve of tho buildings erevied bave blon’al stone, for Goveimnent use, Awide from tue wtatintical porticus of the yeport, Agent Gibsou T “Flio rewrvation 8 uearly 0 tuilos squure; the cluime are widely seatiored, and, hasving Lo surveyiug lostene Ieutu F BUTYEYLTS, KO ha descriptions are usce TLe foucad are will 8y my 53 Jards around J.a SATURDAY: AUGUN 14, 1876, ~LLN" on il cerrals, Others BAVe A ereck, Tive L, ne part boundary, and - consequentiy sl mber of acres foncod with th of raflx than othera, Moat of 1 o roum Lelow, with # half-story aliove; aaen generiily havo Ewo roonin oF nuire, Perhinps tho word * oxperiment ™ requires a LITTLE EXPLANATION, ‘e roservation, awsumed by the Orage and Kaw t:ibes not more than threo yoars ago, has been divided into four *stations,"—onch undor thoe auservision of n porson omployed by the Agent, "Fhoro stations aro desigonted an Agency, Little Osnge, Salt Creck, and Hominy, The duty of each Supervisar 4 o fnduca ag mang Tndinns ad possibla to take and carry on farnm. AN yot Iv nbout one-hall tho faniblies have fallen in b tho sdoa, and it ju inno way prolable that all who hava eot ont in tho good” work will con- tinuo falthful, Tho vacions Suporvisars, how- ovor, roport encouragingly of tho new-order of things, and oy that tho Indiana are genotally pleased with civilizod methods of living; that they beg for moie and moro furnituro: and that thoy spiit raila as though the biography of our Aartyr-Presidont was their only and ail-mfluen- tial toat-book. When thin '*oxperimont" will coase to bo pueh, T do nob know, "but truat that nuctormiuation will saon bo reached, for tho cx- tonsive contract-business attendan: upon tho seliome gives naple roont for first-clayy frands. B 133, Hy CHARLES ¥, WiNoATE, New York: ‘ntterrot, While Mr. Reid, Mr, Croly, aud other experi- onced conduetors of tha dally pross. have boon dincnsaing the utility of n acbool of journalism, Mr. Wingate has beon busy producing s work that will auswer nn oxcollont purposu ay & text- book for those who would learn the theory and practico of nawapapor-making, 1o hag, by tho popular process of **interviewing,” drawn from the mos=i distingnished mombors of tho Areri- enu press their opintons upon tho provinee, the character, tho progross, and tho futuro promise, of modorn journalism. All tapies have been touched, by ouo or another sposkor, that have auy bearing npou the smim and tho scope of the daily nowspapor, snd upon tho best and most suceessful mothods by which it may bo ralsed to the hiyheat point of nacfulneas sud of prosperity. ln cases where tho views of promi- neut jouroalisls wera not elicited or vbinived in the direct, colloquial form of the iutorview, & fur prosontation of them has boen socured thromgh oxtracts from editorinls, osuays, and addrevgoy, and thus Mr. Wingato has beon ablo to surich his book with the fruits of the wisdom and expertenco of tho Nestors and tho Massonas of the editurial sta of tho Unitod States. Ou most of tho important festures of tho sub- Jject of journalism, there haw boon & strikiog unitormity of exprossion among tho various authoritios consnlted. Although thoy have de- clarod wititout dissont that therois no scionoo of jonrualism, thoy have yet nuited in enunciat- ing cortain rules and principles that tio ot the basis of their profession sand must ever guide and coutrol their legitimats uction, Whero untursl laws rogulating tho courso of events have boon discovered and dofiued, thero oxist the cloments of & scicnco that may bo writtou out aud demonstrated, Au thoru has lately bovn foundod » scionee of roligion that is ackuowl- odggod to havo o souud basis by acato thinkers, 0, it sooins to us, thero may bo established o sesenco of journalism., Munny of the gontlomen anworing to the quostious of Mr. Wingato un- hesitalingly nssort that journalisin is an art, but notu seicuco, Wuorover thore iy an art thero liew a serence underneath it on which it depends for suppost, sud the truths and doductions that have beeu so many times rettorated iu this vol- ume show that the art of journalism rosts upon invarinblo rulea and teucts that may be formu- Inted nud studicd as & selonco, 1t i intorostivg to note 1 connoction with the barmouy of tho principles oxpressad by tho great oxponents of Journalism in America the pute and lotty tone thnt marks their soutiments almont withoos excoptlon. Thoso who take o dopressiug view of the moral character and tondency of tho daily press will bo oocouraged to learn, fromtho earnest uttorauces rocorded hore, how truo and atrong o senso of thoeir dutics and responsibilitios aa teschors of tho peoplo tho great body of tho editorial fratornity ontor- tain, Human naturs is frail and succumba ensily to temptation, but it 1 asauring to koow that tho men who dictate tho palicy and guldo the courso of tho most influentinl papors of tho country liave an eulightonod snd clevatod idoa of thelr office, and labor diligontly to maintain fta digoity snd integrity. Mo usa tho great power at their command to worve tho highost intoresta of thowr resdors iy the Lonest purposc of most of them, aud for this noble iutention, in thio mnjority of cascs so amply carried out, thoy desorve the contidence and respect of the public, Nearly nil tho persuny standing in tho front rank of American journalism aro roprosentoed in Mr, Wingate's volume, Henry Watterson, of tho Lonisvillo Courier-Journal, heads the list, and {a followed by Whitelaw Relil, of tho New York Tribune; Bamuecl Bowles, of the Bpring- fleld Jtepublican ; William Cullen Bryaut, of tho Now York Post; Clarles A. Daua, of tho Sun; tho iate Henry J, Raywmoud, of the Now York Times; Hloraco White, of Tue Curcaco Tnip- oN; David (., Croly, of tho Now York Graphic ; J, 0. Goldsmith, of Frank lestic's Hlustrated Murat Halstead, of the Cinciunatl Commercial Frederick lludson, of tho Now York flimald; Mea. Jonnie €. Uroly (*Jennio Juna”); lloraca (irocloy; 1t R, Bowkor, of the Naw York Mail ‘William Hydo, of the 8t. Louls Bepublican ; E. L. Godkin, of tho Nation; Manton darblo, of the World, eto., ete, Tho catalogue of names includen about thirty. Homa of the most sbrewd andeonsible remarka put forth in the volume are delivered in tho plain, pithy words of Ienry Wattorson. Tho powor of imporsouality in journalism, Lo soye, “in the power of the bruvo. escuest, and thor- oughly-cqnipped mand, which forgols itwolf, whicls iguoros ituolf, and koou in to sccomplislt results not fn {ts own oxaltation, but for pur- poeon chierished beyond its oxterior bolongiugs, conscious at all times of ou aveured posttion, rud wasting nono of its cnergies and its timo tupon the fover and the worry und the fret of supira- tious which, like water, aro protiy sure to settlo thewselves, and, liko tiro, won't do (o bu tam- pered with., Therois u_protonso of this wort of *iwpersonality * in tho London press, but only & prateuso. ‘Tlia roulity, wiich l3n powor i overy wall of life, i 1nrely found aoywhoro. Mr, Nchnrz, a8 n statesmon, seomy to me to bavo it. Mr. Jofforson, the comadisn, has it. Gen, Lea, as n soldier, bud It. Alr. Liucoln Lad it ” Q.—* Do you know of mauy uowspaper ox- amplos of it 1" A.—* Not many. Horaco White, of Chicaro, basit. I thlok Williom Hydohawit. . . . In- deed, it 1w lozs raro amoug us tian itism England, where it s chiotly dovetoped wmong setentilic wen, O1d Michaol Faruday was o grost oxample, [uxley, aud Herbert Bponcor, and Tyndall, —nll of whom 1 have had the pleasurs of moetuig,—-sngxost it. Wa surpass the Englivh in journalisn ax the English surpasa us in tiction, ‘'hu Enghsh are boin novelists, 'Cho born Journalikt 1s & Yuukea produet.” Slr. Wattersou criticises the English pross un- spariugly, uud 18 answored Ly 3y, Swolloy, the London correspondent of o New York jourual, in un intereuting lottor moknowlodying $ho weak- nesscs of tho English plruu. sud upcchllr of tho Loudou Times, but valiauily defending thom agninnt cortaln hissty accusations of their Larsh censor, Ar. Whitelaw Reld aaserts in the beginnlog of his conversation the fundsmontal proposition that *'f'ho eesenco, the lifu-bload, of the duily paper of Lo-dav, is tho news, The papoer which wost thoroughly, nccurately, and systomatically, cvery day, oollects and attractively publisbes ull the bows of tho world for tho day before bost worth tho sttoution of the averago umon of lutel- lect,—whatovor bo its fancicd or jeal draw- hacus lu otler diroctiony, —will inovitably Lo the teading jourual” **I might add that *THI NEWB' I4, of course, & flm)f: Lard todofine, I weun by tho term nov merely accounts of politl- cxl mattors, accidouts, movotents of groat indls vidualy, acoouuts of public dewonstrations, aud tha liko, but would iuclude overy ntiaiva- ble fact of susllciout wigoificanco affect- 1og tho socal, pohitical, futollectual, sud woral movements of the world, Ilers, in truth, Is one of tho poiuts in which it seems to mo Journalism is likely to mako tho 1o0st progress. When we compreliond that, ass matter ot news, Herbert Bpenver's groat iduas sre 84 itoporiunt, bocguse hikely to affect future philosophy, as (icorge H. Poudioton's plan of pay- iug the notioual dubt with preoubacke was, be- causy likely to stfect the action of the Lemo- cratic purt. at 116 fact thet o smali nuiber of the tt ou},huul peunlo o London heve cor- tata tdens of tho powers of wunicipal govern- wmont avor yr«rmy, {w aa flmportaut asthat sonie of thair dicipiss bave meds monutroua trouh! in Parls, “ suali batter auderstend thetroe im. postance of ‘naws,’ aod betver adjust wum the Jurnsa S AGIN, Nation haw aptly ealled the ‘1o Jovrnalian,* ¥ Mr, Bainuet Tlowlen states the eame witinn in moro concikn termy : * Not toat'empta nico dofinktion, wo might #ay that wasthe mont euecensful which lays before ite resders the highest clasa of * nowr, wmost Intolh- gentiy discriminated and nicoly et forth, and which cnltivatos n tanto for siich amoung fta rendera.’ William Cullen Dryant remarks, in Imuunnno of tho theme, that tho nows ** shonid ho given, of course, with caroful attontion na ta 168 aceuracy, and ati equat caroful avoidance of ndeeent dotatls, nud attacks on privato chinrac- tor, aid intrusions into private lifo. FExaggeras tlons for tho asko of attracling attention aro a kind of petty lying, and degrade the charactor of tho journal in which they appear, Tho samo conaciontionsucks shonld govern ali thu com- mouts mado on tho events of the |1nf and publio mensures. Thoy ahonld bo fair and just, and look to tho public good." Mr. na observes : A Journaliat should cator to tho Jargeet intoranta in profereneo to the small and focal onos. The elioico of nelecting news ia to bo doeidod not by ity beimng local or cowmopolitan in char- peter, btut by ita sitractivns to gonoral humanity,” Mr. Halstend sayn: My notlon "of tho duty of a publie jour- t in that ho should print, first of all, the news: and pext that ho should spoak of facta witliout favor; and that ho shiould regard him- sulfl as conduetiog a privato busincss, nover seek ofiica, or plazo bimself in the position of & tool of politicians and the istramont of ringa," Finsily, Horaeo irecley, who, though dead, still spenks from besond the grave in words em- DLalmed in print, deelares: ** In my conception, tho Leat wae of a Journal is to print tho largost amount of important truth,—Lruth which tends to munito mankind wirer, and thuas lappier. Othoer mattors munt also be printed in order to obtuin accusn to minds that would otherwiro Lo closed to thio truths thus commended; but the aim shoutd De that first indicated,” Vith reganl to the character and qualifications of an oditor-in-chlef, dr, Wattorson wigoly re- inrke thet he shontd huve ** Intuitious rather than convictions: too ofton convictions {mply obduracy, n dabgerous newepaper quality. Ifa sliould eortainty bs Lonest. Tochmical con- vistoney i1 fwpassible in journalism. Bul if o may sticks to lys ntuitions, aud iy faithful to them, hits conduct will digplay o spintual con- atutenicy—n_sincerity of purposo—which, if ho be a man of soneo and popular sympathics, is prelty surgy to hit tho mnsses of tho peoplo somowhers not vory far from taw.” In the opinion of Horaco Whito: ** A journalist should, firet of al), bon man, 1f tho vusls of nwan’y infiuonce conulsts in_lollowing n erowd rather thnn lending it. then doos thoe basia of & journal- ist's tufluence convist in follawing public opin- ion rether than lending or sookiug to lead it Au cditor hos po right to employ hin colurnng for unr personal end—either to advance bimseif 1 public position vr to gratify porsonal rovenge. llo has no moro right to do tlus thau a Judge on tho Ilench hos to employ bis writs and bailits for similar ends. Nor lhms hie the right to engage iu any pursuit or entorpriso ontsido of his profos- slon which cau bring bin interosts in sutagenism to'tho public interonts,” Parke Uodwin urges on thig pomt: ** Whon a man assumes to divect tho opinions and form tho character of his con- tomporarios,—when ho volunturily places Lim- sell in the attitude of a leador of the goneral miud,—bo should;be compelled, by the force of public soutiment, to cherish linbits of tho strict- est aceuracy and nonor. Weo raguire of tho pronchor of tho pulpit that ho should not do- grade his ofiica by inconsistcucioa of conduck; can werequire less of thepreccher of the press?” DBut ono or two of the editors who epenk on the subject encourage the iden of anchool of Jjournalism. Says one: 1 think that journal- sty must train themsolves by practice in tho woveral depattuients of tho profeamon.' Haya nuotaer: Give tho boy u guod neademical o4 eativn, not omitting Latis aud tho modein Isuguagey, put bim to writing wrappers on a largu daily journal, and let i work up to tho cll.)i depurtmant.” Mr. Goldsmith skotchios the toliowiug plai ot study for the tyro m journal- wme * For stylo of writing, for form, strongth, asud compression, study the broad-ax Hngltah of such meu s Greoley, Cobbott, Dann, Coug= den, Halstend, Godkin, Gibson, Swift, and Winte, 1f you would add Bomething of person- ality, of *truo inwarduess,’ study John Henry Nowman, ltobert Browniug's 1rose, if you can ges hold of it, Thoreau, Carlyle, Wouuyson, Bholtey, nnd Thackeray, uot forgotting Light- lorso Harcy Watlorson, who 8 & compound of Shelloy, Stocto, aud Dick Bwivoler. . . , My ideo 18, that soccessful men read a fow booksy much, , . .l do not think a man can read too much on subjocts thnt alfect the economion of life—Qreeley's forte. You remewber tho ancedoto of Danicl Websier wiuning a swit by kunowing all about & iustard-seed. Well, Grooloy nud Frankhn won meu's boarts by tolilng thiom sowmething now about old work, 'J.‘ho{ studiod tho seisnco of common fife. I would gay, Go farthor, aud study, ay tha Times somuthnes stadios, tho hittlo domostic econo- wies, 'he editor who will plonsantly convinea o thonsand women to throw Bway feying-pans and gat gridirous will do as much guod 88 Le who sdviscs b thousand mon to vote for Puddy Tou- Tolwiroch for Alderman.™ Whitelaw Roid rolates an anccdote of his amly Journatistio oxperienco which i nppropriate nt ihis place: - When I wanted to loave country editing (on o country woekly uowspapar) aud bo- come conuoctod wiih owme city proes, 1 hinted to my friend nud namosako, Houry Roid, now (late- iy] of Chicrgo, and ona of tha mosk trenchant writers 1n tho Journalism of the West, or of tho coantry, that I dign't waut to do toportiog, + Younyuter,' waa the consolatory roply,’ *if anybody weols to succced, ho must do whatever work ho can_got to do, and do it bettor than it has boon done. Roport the law courts, firos, prize-tights, anything they set you at, ond do your very best evory timo. Thut's what I did, sud you biave uo right to expect any- thing olro. An oxpoeition of modern journalism would bo Incompleto that did not attempt to define the Enflh(on that women writors aro calculated to 0 iu relation to tho newopaper press, Accond- ingly, **Jonnle Juno,” the well-known fushion writor, and Mary 1. Bootb, tho editorof Harper's Zlazar, have contributod the rosults of their ox- tondod experienco in the prufesaion. JonnioJuno rolatos the following bicof personal hustory : “It {s nearly twenly years since [ applied ton dally paper in thia city Tor o placo on its rogular staff, and was refused on the ground of simple imprac- ticability, It bad struck me as strango thut amid tho wmultiplicity of papers and periodiesls no ono of them ropresonted women, or tho sube jocts that bad special Interest for women, and still believiug that thero was & place for thom somewhors, wroto an article _addrossed specinlly to women, took 1t to s waokiy papor, and boldly (it roslly requircd suma courage) neled tho oditor to mako & *women's dopart- meut,’ and give we chargo of 1, Tho cditor was & good and euterprising man ; it struck bim favorably—he oftercd nio £4 per week for a do- purtment to be ealied *Cossip With and For Y.adios.’ Subsaquently auother paper offeiod &5 for n column of *Parlor and Bidowalk Guoseip.” I'his wos the Imghllunf of departuients for la- dios—editors dit not like * wotnou'—in woelly Journals, and it way not two years bofors every paper of any protensions in the large oities Lad thom.” Miss Booth considers women ominently fitted for jouroaliam, **aspecially in thoso departienty of newspaper discussion that portaln to tho fawnily and to tho noods of their own sex, Their sento aud eubtlo jutuition, snd hubits of keen obaorvation, readiness of thought, and rofined taste, fit thow to nucceed both ae contributors aud cditors, They know iustinctively how to choane what is readable, and $0 oschow what is todious to tho comfort of their readers. Ol comue. [ epeak of those who bavoe had literary trnining, which thoy nood s much asmon, . . upoctivo of - As contributors, 1 have generally found thewm io- dustrious, accurate, painataking, and faithtul."” ‘Fhat American journalism will continue to Increano in power, u purity, and in usofulness, iu the uuanitnous conviction ot thoso who have expressod thoir viowd in tho present work. Tha statemont b Mr, Bowles muy Lo taken as fairly embodying the gonersl opinions **I look for thoe featuros to work tho future character and progress of Amorican jourvalism i First—An jucreasod growth of imiporeonality in its cons duet. o » o Second—An enlargod sonso of the powor and responaibility of journalisio, and with it an ivcreased dignity and self-respect. . . . Third—A wtill preater indopendence of maro Smr- tianship. . « « Fourth—A bigher culturo tu all ity departments.” In conclusion, he save: * Fow can tail fo soo thut journaliam has slready coma ta b tho first power fu thisland—that the pulpit, tho platform, and theuchool-houso are all wubor- diista to it, or of warrower inttuencos, Lut ity responsibilities have growa with its power. 'Thoy nroof tho largest and most delicate olisracter. "Thoy appeal to 1t to rive sbove the coarvenoss, tho, poieonality, the wantonnoss, that have markod its poast and atill mar its presont. They 1ovita it to tho highest plavs of woral oiovation, of wtelloctual capacity, of consclontivus cour- age. They enconrage it to load ths peo- plo and tho vation out of (he tuils of corrapt aud solttah non, 1m government, in busioses, snd in suciety ; to recounizo copaci- ty, virtua, lutelligenco, fu all places of trust and rosnousibility; 8nd to mako the brightet aud bighost dresws of America a proud realizativn and o pornauont pouoesrlon of mankind. The yress of Amorica is its Lope, its prophat, sad its Kusrdisn. Woe bLotide proes, sud ustion, 100, if the formar talls of ita opportunity sad ity 1756 bare oopiad eruaty fromm s worta of 1he raprosentatives of the prosa, chooking ta allow them to speak for themanlvos on the topies ro- latad to thelr profoksion, rather thau to attempt & reproduction of their fdeas in our own lan- guago. ‘Uhe canlor, sinoority, and carnostnoss with which all have expressed thoir viows of the work of Journaliem and the dnty of tho jour- nallst must convinee ovory ono of the hon- outy of their fooling and tho ganeral integ- ity of their purposs, Wa should by glad to kive room for mnny of their commants upon notnts of groat Intcrest, much rs tho rights of oditors to honl political office, tha proper reln- tion of tho editor-in-chiof to the husincss man- agor, tha distinction botwoen cditor and journal- int, the tendency of nowspapera to localization, the trua policy to bo pumuctd in the matter of advortizomonts, the anconragoment for young men to entor tho profesaion of Jonrnaliam. nd tho poor pay it_aftords thio majority of writori; but wpaco farbids. For this and mueh other en- tortaining and fnetroctive matter wo must send tha roader to tho book Itsalf. Without Lias or oxaggeiation, wo can say that noblor rentimonts, mora fntelligont ideas and eatholie opinfons, hnvo not been combined in any volumo that has latoly como under our notico. Faulty ma may many timea be tho porformanco of the American jour- nalint, fareliort asthomodern nowspaper may stop of roalizing tho expectation and the demand of its roaders, it 11 cortain tnat the influential repro- sontativen of tho daily pross chierish n high idonl of tho dutles of their vocation, sud that thoy continualty strive with all tho means at their commawd to acquit themsolves of their oblign- tiona to the poople aud to their own conscicnco. NOVELS, Joux Donntrxs A Nover. Ty Jutia Kavanant, An- thor of ** Nathalie,” ete, 1umo,, pp, 60, Now York : Appleton & Co, Pricy 1,23, Miss ANorn: A Nove 3y Misn TnacksRray, Al thor of “ON Kenstoglon, " ete, Paper. Witia 1 tratfons, New York: ilarper & Bros, Lrice, 5 : WAy We Tave Now, A Noven, By ANTHONT noLLovz, Awthor of ¥ Phineas ¥lnn," ete, Witn Byo., pp, 403, Cloth, 2, §2 yOATd, OF eVOD more, sllice thoe novals ** Nathalio,” *' Madeleine,” and “ (irnce Lee,"” gavo tuo name of thelr nuthor, Julis Knv- anagh, s wide popularity amoug the readors of fiction. As we remember tham, after this long lopso of timo, tho socret of their charm Iay ina sprightly oase of atylo snd in o sharp delinontion of charactor, Hinco the lesuo of thowo and some other less knawn taley, all of which wero written inhor girthood, Miss Kavanngh has produced nothing save a blographieal wketch outitled 4 Womoan in France [n the Eighteonth Century.” A now novol from hor pen after this protracted nilonco has rovivod pleasant rocolloctions ot ity predecerwors, aud been receivod, on their ae* ocount, with cordial interest. The Buglish critics have doclared themsolves disappointed in ** John Dorrien," nnd regrotfully pronounced it inferior to tho early worls of its author, Dut, puttiog asido alt tdon of compari- @on with those which have goue before, and nl- lowiug tho boolk to rest upon ita own morvits, we havo found it ontertnining, and, indeed, moro sotistactory in its tinal improssion theo the av- orago novel of the day. If s work of ity kind can hold tho reador's attention so cloto aa to pro- vont all criticism during its porusal, it has ac- complished its primo object, which is to mimuse, to divert. It i tho mustorpiccos of fiction— most rare creations—that give us ploasiro a8 works of nrt, sud make it o treat to minglo study sud meditation with our resdiug, **Johu Dor- rien " i not o work of art, is not, indoed a fivat- rato novel, but it snsword an oxcellout purposo 84 rocrontion, and thus has u usoful oud to serve 1o the world. It might bo further eaid that the story is wholesome, a8 the thorough mauliness of tho principal porsonage, whoso mnawme gives title to the buok, is not without influouce upon thoso brought into association with it. Tho story ia located in Frauce, yob the characters are noarly all English or of Tinglah doscont, and display | tho decided traits of Auglo-¥axon charactes, Iu tho list of the first moembors of the Royal Acedomy of Lonlon stands the namo of Angeliea Koufmann, o young srtist of Gormau dsscont and thedaughter of a portrait-paintor. Sho was born at Schwarzenberg in 1742, but that sho might Liavo the bost opportauities for trawing in art had spout many yoors of hor early vouth in Rome, Milan, and Vonice. At tha aga of 23 shie was taken to London byan English jady of rauk, and thero hor talonts, hor azcomplishments, and, abovo all, hor fresh, protty faco and hor nrilel Yh‘mM mauners, gave her imumodiate celebrity u bior profession and an anviable pourtion in fine woctety. When thoe Itoyal Acadowny wus founded in 1768, with Sw Joshun Roynolds ns it Prosident, Augelica, alibough’ now but 26, was eloctod one of its Fellows. 'Phis distinc- tion, togethior with tho polnted attentions of- fored bor by the eateemed hoad of thio Bociety, #avo Tigo 10 a gonoral rumor that “the fair An- golics,” a8 sho was commonly tormod, bad so- curcd, mmoug othor trumpls of the kind, the Licart of Bir Joshun, the firdt porsrait-paintor of bis time in Englaod. Bat no fate vo fortunato ss that of s happy, weddwd lifa was in immediato ntore for tho charming youug wotnan who soamed to bave in possession ar in prospect evory goad gift that youtl, and beouty, and fae, and popuiarity can cowmand. About tho timoe thiat Aupeliea first appoarod in Loudon, s Bwodish gantioman ob~ tained, undor tho name of Count de iory, o fa- vorable entratco futo Eoglish socioty. = Like othor gay gallants, ho paid sssiduous court to the fascloativg nrtiet, and floally gained her congont to n privato mar- risgo. fow weoks nftec thin cvent it was discoyered that tho protendad Count do Horn was In reality the valet of a nobloman of high ronk in Bweden, and that he liad stolen from Lis moster both tho title he wore and tho means to suatain it. Angolica was able to obtain a divorca from the wrotch who bad so crielly de- cotved her, but it was loug ere Lior wpirt recov- °'°d.§.f'l" tho bilgbt of shame and grief that op- pres: t. ! “Chirtaen years aftor hor firat lll-starred unlon Angelica was marriod agaln, this timo to & Yuno- tzan paiuter, namod Autonfo Zuchi, witls whom #ho wont to Komo, At the ngo of 65 sho was burlod with gress pomp in tho [rpo:lat City, two of Ler boet pictures belng borno iu the funoral procesion in frout of hor coflin, As 8 womun, Angelica Kaufmann morited tho love autl praiso that wore wo lavishly Lostowed ou her, but as an artlet sho was groatly over- ostimated. Bho hod many talonts, o grood deal of sentiment, and much genuiue feeling for art, yet her picturca wors, tho mojority of them, commounplaco productions, In point of col- or, thoy wero oftun folicitous, but they were dofective in drawing aud artificial in composi- tion, It was tho xood fortuuo of Miss Kauf- maun to live at a day when culture was nut com- nion amoug women, and the fow who possonsed it, oven iu light moasure, wore conspicuous abovoe tho rost of their sex. Mies Thackeray has wrought the history of Angolica Knufinann into & romauce bearing the titlo of **Miws Angel.” "Tho task sho undertvok would appear nat to bo a hard one, we the syo in which the artlst dwalt, 88 woll s tho incidents that distinguishod bor )if6, aro eminently adapt- od to the worle of tho imagination. And yot Ms 'Fhockorsy has produced lows triking offoots with thia ropdy-mado thome than wo hiave boen acoustomed to seo Lier creato whore the subject of lor novel was entirely of hor own invention, Bho seems to have brought losn pawer to bear uFuu her attompt, na if lior facul- ties wore not all enliuted and stimulatad to thair highest action. ‘Thus she has failod to make tho romanco of hor horoine real. Lesopito of soume clovorness ovinoed fu tho managemout of various dolalls, oue never furgets (bt it {s but a story bolug vamped over by an author who has bero- tollnm told several original utories exceodingly woll, Aftor conolading tho weary 400 aud odd octavo pagen, along which Mr, Authony Trollope's latest novel drags, tho harassod critlo valuly asks, Whore fu s good thing in it to commend, sud why was the book ever writteny It s certaluly fu no broad and just ssnse w picture of **‘fho Way We Livo Now," cither v Englaund or Amerioa. 1f the autlior lLad suy sl m tho work boyond that of pro- dueing & pisco of profitablo litorery merchian- alio it waw probably to satinze the English re- viowens, to e3p0so the viccs and follies of s vile elass of dissolute e and schoming womon of fushion, aud to judulge in o fow wspiteful flings at tho imaginary iudividual who stands i Englaod for the typical Ysukoe, Lut his ridl- cule in discharged B0 8lowly sud weakly that it 15 altogutber hannloss, sud'thoso who are meaut to suffer frow it Boat cau affuid to smile at the uctile offort. The paople portrayed by Mr. R‘rullum aro, without exceptiou, a mierable sob of kuaves or noodlos, and their profligate and imbecile proceedings are intolersbly tedioua in thelr monotony. LAY PREAGHING, Sxaxoxe OUT or Cuvncy, Ly the Author of ¢ Jobn Halifsz, Oentloman,” elo, 12wo., pp. 317, New Yorki {{arper & Brothers, . 'I'hewe ossays by Mrs, Mulooh-Oralg scarcely neod » word of comment or explauation, so well kuown {0 the reading community are tho quali- ties that distinguish both the didactio and fisti. tious writiugs of this euthor. Their thles ave ) " What te Belf-Beacifos P ¢ Que Oltso Jufrmis tion,” ** How to ‘Tratu Up & Parant b tha Way tla Shonld (3" ** Bonavolenca or Benefloenen 70 “)My Hhothar's Keoper” and ** Gather Ui tho Fingmonta.” A toveral of thosn headings ara womuwlint onigmatical, wo may add that tho sl ject of tho mecond dincourse s Loalthi; of the fifth, worvaula; and of the _aixth, the dnty of converting a broken, disappoiuted life' mto a wuecful, soreno, Al avan happy onn. Noma of the sormang can put forward a clalm to attention by ronson of unuaually brittiant or ingonioun treatmont, it all abonnd in rational, practieal railoctiony, word- ot in plaln, fluent, and spirited laugunge. They ero fn offect carneat, straightforward talks, suich na any womnn of & thouzhtinl aud well- halancod mind snd with large ospdrienco might Liold with bor friends upun topics deoply cun- cerning tho woll-being of humanity and eapecial- 1y of Lor own sox. PERIODICALS RECEIVED. Harper's Magazine for Sopteinbor (1larper & Brothers, Naow York), Contonts: *(Houcoster aud Capo Aun,” by 8, G, W. Benjamio: “A Dream of Talr Weathor,” by Jamey Maurico Thompson; “'Tho Monntsing (X, A Virginia Tournamont),” by t'orts Crayon; ““Tho Houth Konsington Musoum” (Hral paper). by Moncure D, Cenway: “'Phio Colousl," by . B. Aldrich; “Tuo Yollow- hammer's Nent,” by John W. Chadwic i * Lecant English Caricature.” by James | rt's Exchangen,” by Fannie It, Rolunses ‘Tonensmont of ths Middle A duard How - Iandk: **The Song of Deborab and Barak,” ar. rauged by Dr. Thomas Conant: »Tho Hton: Age in Furope (VL Nochtime Tmplemebts), * Ly Prof. Charles Huw: ** Graudpn Dorringe Wi, by Mary N, Prescott; *‘Tho First Ca tary of the Hepable™ (oleventh pipe “ Monetary Dovelopmont,” by I'rof, VY, G, Siume “Umil," by * A Shoppee sy, by Chint a Buttolly,” nith § ho Wit and Wisd tiunn™ (coneluston), by Jolu Big-lu Windows,"” by Heurictte I Holdich; * ¢, Tenekott, T ber containg ve a itlnstrations, ;ym’r'u;?u Homes tar Awgast. ome Magazine tor August (Mss. Mary G, Clarkn, Now Yurk). i Tt dmerican Hooksellors' Guide (Amorican Nows Company, No¥ Yo I0IVA CENTENNIAL DOARD. Speefat Correapandenceaf Thie (hica:n Tritacue, Dix M i, 1., Aug. 0.—Tha usnal practice of mppointing impottant Boards of Comminsio . ory, where thore I hanar and no Py, wos no reward, from notable men scattered ovor tie Stato, simply beeause they nre suels, produc ¢ tho usual result; the business for which thw were appointod {9 nover doue, Hoin thoe Iows Centennial Board of Manngoers: thoy were sc wenttored tirey could mnot ho got togather to o ansthiug whon it ought to bo done. The G w- crnor has, therefors, addod to tha Board Gon. N. 13, Baker e aclditiunal Vice-Lresidont. and 8t (o Anditer Sboviman, and 8. h Mote, of Purlig- ton, nu additional members of the Board, ., T'oote, aa Financial danagor of tho Now Caji tof, {s hore much of tho tims: 1o busiuess can now bo dona promptly, Au now comnosad, tho Joard s noted for its oficieucy, onorgy, il executive u|)|lll{’. The Donrd aro determned that towa suall bo fully represented in tho Giuat Exposition. WEST POINT. for Augu:y *T'wan Commencomant-ove, Tis Lier dnzzling Deausy w74 mino that nigut, A8 thy mwle dreamily rosand €11, Aud the waltzors wiirled du k blaZe of light. T can nzo thew Bow 0 the mounbeatn’s glance Across tho strect on a billawy tloor, Tt rioca atl £2118 siiflt the merry dimeo, To u muefc that floats fu my heitt unce more. A lang hulf-Lour In tho tavillut ) Of 1o khrabbery—sho, Wit co: And duf o quetish face, ty L 1 tHedT flowling wieoves, n of st and Jove wiid face. ndor Lhiere of her quennly walle, “Turougit her two Lrkzht oyes 1+auld sos the glor f catbiedral window., 1.4 up tho atsle ‘masched 10 the Wusic's cbb and fow, All 1n o dreatn of Commencement-evo ! Tremember 1 uwkwardly buttoued v glove Ou the dufnty sru i e dowlug uleove, V7ith o broken entonew of hopo and fove, But the ditmonds that Saehed 11 bor wavy hafe Al tho beauty Uit shono §u bur fauitioes fave, Aro st T recall iy T ntrnggied thro A poor brown tly fu a web of laco, Vet 4 laughing, coquetttuh faco I s0), “As tho woonlight fulls on the paveinent gray » 1can hioar e lawgh in tho malody - OF thio waltss musle weross tio way And [ Lept the glove wo d dnty and small, a1 atolo &8 uite #inpod hee lemonade, T4 £ pocked 1t uway 1 thiuk wit all_* of thoso traps I 103t in our Nortirn rald. But I nover can Ust to that walz disine, With ite goldon meavurv ot joy sud patn, But it hrings, Like tho davor of aomo old wiue, ‘T'o my hiart the warmth of the past ogain. A snrt flirtatlon—that's ull, you Know, Howo fadud fowers, & #ilken tress, Tho lettens I burned up yoars ngo, ‘When I keard from Lor last fu the Wiiderness. I anpposo, conld shio sce T nm malmed and old, Mo would softou the scorn thut was chistuyed 10 haty When £ chose the Lary of the gray snd the gold, And followod the Sonth 1o ifs bitter fato, Bat bero's to (e luds of the Northern bluo, Aud hore's to the boya of the Southern yray, And T would that tho Nortlern star but know 1o the Southern cross 13 borna to-day, =0, L, Stone b the New Yok sun, SES R Iunquisitive Mrv. ilooper. Lioston Cmmeresat Ludletin, 8lio was otio of thude Inquisitive old wemen who would seem always to Lavo an interroguiion powt concoaled about” shom, Aud, ns fs go. ore ully the case with & person who Ia hard of b.n ing, her voico was palufully audible within the rauge of o sixteonth of 3 mile. ++Anybody sick ot your houso?” uha lquired of Mr. Bawpson, the young dry-goods mau, who Las boen mariied aLout s year, as ho measired off throo yards of cheap calico and askod ber, with asubdued smilo, ** Is that all " —that fs—my wife isu't very woll,” wuaid Bampron, growing rod clear to tho back of lis ants a4 ho noticed four lndics in ditferont parts of tho storo oxchanging siguiticant glancos. *floy#" romarkoed the good hfiy with hor * haud at bior ear, I o voica which utarfod s borso that was hitchod acrowd tha stroot. 1 antd thut my wito waen't very well,” shouted Bampmon, hiy face saffused with o liveiy purplo, and tho voiny at tho top of his head dis- touded ; aud ay Mre. Shephard, who was buying tlauuel at tho other ond of Lho stove, vaid soiie~ thing in » low toue td Mary Carter, who rospoud-. ed *Tohe,” Mr, Hompuon wished that ho wes & Lallovn. “Ou-h!" snswored tho old lady ju & tone cf high-koyed Indifferenco. ** What's tho matler with Lizg now,—cholry morbus!" +Hbo aln't vory woll,” #aid Sampaon ; shen't 1 shiow you anything more ¢ + Hopo Lizy ain't gotog to bo sek,” coutinroed Slra. Hoovor, "I soo v a-guinz for tua doctor oarly this mornin’, and soz I to M. Hoopor, *1 woutler who s slck to Bampeon's.'™ Mrs, Hoopor's voico penetrated to tho preci of tho npothecary shop opnosite, and Chan- dier, tho clork, took his pluce 1n tho stara-dois; and listoucd with 8 Erin. whilo soveral ematl boys gatisored round the door. **No, 1 guess not!” ahouted Sampson vagualy, and wondered if the thermomoter wasn't up to 120 dog. in the ubade. “8ho oin't got the nauralgy, hoz ahe?" seid Mrs, Hoopor, untylng tho cothor of hor pooket- handkerchiof, whonca sho extractod the prico uf” tha calico. Harkor's boy, who {8 14 years old, and lives: npyw(to to Batpron, sulckored o lung sud loid. w4 ho heard this question from his post of obwe = vation fu the store~door, thut hogrow hystorical. aud was lod forth by the tip of Lis ear ‘uto b2 stroat by Bampaon's olork, amid tho deriuve sbouts of tho othor boys. ++Quess I'l} run 1u on my way howme," wald tho unconscious Mrs. Hoopor, ** What did { undot- #taud you to sav was thomatter with bor ? Bonct 1 got to be deef I ain't va quick at hearin' a4 wau," aud tho old lady lenned avor the couuter with hor left ear cauted upward in an uterrogs-- laiy maunor, " ‘ortunately Bampeon’s hired gir} camo breaths lensly into tho storu wud told him Le was Suuk st the house right off, and, as he grabbed des- rately at Lis hat and sled, the dorusstic was medistoly surrouuded by the femala custour ers, aud, above the cager, ‘half sudibla whisper= iugu of them all, was wafted tho voice of tho: waid-servaot, the burden of whoso answer Was i She's n-dolu’ nlosly, I1t's a boy, and welglied! poun’ A Bemurkable Heart. Auyuata ((a.) Chromicle, A physiclan of this city Toceivod from n broth= or rluncun » human hoart, which lisd sttachod 10 It 8 romurkabls story, The msu from whose body tho heart was taken attempted to comui® sulide by lhhbl% Limself with » knite. be woapon penotrated tho Leart sud cut s gash eu= tirely zhxou‘d.\ it. Notwithstauding this the man Jived for thlsty days sfterwardy, aud would prob- ably bisvo survived fus wany yoars lLisd he uok risen from bis bad aud &o& on w drunk, Whlls in a0 intoxioated coodition Lo died. The beattls. 10V (0 the muvetn of the Georgis Medios! Oals