Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1875, Page 2

to a rude syatem of hieroglyphics, which he drawa npon a board, to mako himself uuder- 1 ——— SPARKS OF SCIENCE. THE BRITISH SOCIAL-SCIEMCE ASSOCIATION. “The Bocial-Bclonce Associstion of England re- cently Leld ita meetings at Bristol. during which s variety of papers were read and discussed. 'The inaugural address, by Lord Aberdare, treat od of *Crime.” Amoup athers, Sir Charles Ticed road & paper upon * Education™; * tho Ifon. G. Q. Broderick, on the question ** llow Can tho Influence of the Universities Do Most Eftectively Excitad in tho Gencral Education of the Country ?* and Miss Shoiiff on the ques- tion, *Is » Fair Proportion of the Endow- ments of the Country Mado Applicablo to Femato Education ? " Qne of tho mont Interesting papors prcsen:r} befors the Association was that of Dr. W, Richardson, describing an ideal **Ciy of Health.” A full report of the adiress is puh- linbed in Nature. In his prefatory romarks, the nuthor stated that, with the progress of civili- zation, the value of hfc had increaged, and the health and strength of mankind had improved. In Engiand aud Franco, botwoon tho yoars 1700 and 1810, the gouoral mortality diminished one-fourth. Tho doaths in France were 1 1u 30 in the yoar 17803 or, during tho veam frot 1817 1o 1828, they wero 1 in 40, or s fourth less, In 1780, out of 100 new-born infants iu Frahco, 60 died in the first tsvo vears ; o ths period extand- ing from 1817 to 1827, only 33 dicd at the samo Ag0,—an augmentation of infaut lifo squal to 25 per cent. {n 1760, at loast 55 por cont of tho childron died beforo resching the age of 10; in the iatter period, 43 per cent died, or about n fith lesn. In 780, ouly 21 per cent'of tho pop- ulation attained the age of 50 yenra ; in the lat- tor poriod, 82 per cont reached that term. In 1780, only 16 pev cent of the population arrivel 8t G0 years; in the latter potiod, 24 por cent at- tained that age. Iu proportion a8 longovity ineieases, tho or- ganic strengtl and _size of the munad wuomsn aro augmented. Peron, who fir-t nused tho dynsmometer, or muscolar-strength mossurer, doterminod by its tests that tho strength of tho limba of the patives of Van Diemen's Lavd and New Hoiland was an 50 degreca of powor, while that of tho Frenchman was £, and of tho En- glishman 71, **'I'he stalwart Englislinen of to- day can neither get into the armot, nor be placed in the sarcophagus, of thove sous of men who wore accounted heroes of the infanile fife of the human world.” During’ tho past twelvo enorations, or 400 yeare, tho development of enacity of life and of vital nower, and tha de- crease of diseaso and mortaliky, bave beeu astou- ishing. i Ibcnlllunccm" Aaya Dr, Richardson, ** which decitanted populations, and which. like tho groat plaguo of London, destroved 7,165 peoplo in a pingle weck, have lost their virnlonco ; gavl- fover has disappearcd. and onr gaola, once each plagne-apot, bave beeome, by a strange porver- gion of civilization, tho health-apots of, ot least, one Kingdom, The term Black Death is heard no moro ; and sgne, from which the Loudon physician once made a fortune, is now a raro tax evon on the akill of the hard-worked Uuion medical oflicer.” And yet Dr. Ricliardson adds that no malady once originated has ever died out, and that many remain aa potent am over. **'l'hat wasting fatal scourge, oulmonary consumption, is the samo in character as whon Creling Aurolianus gave it descriplion; the csncer of to-dav e tho cancer known to Paglus Egiumta; the Llack Death, though its name ia gone, lingera in malig- nanttyp us; tho mieat plagno of Athens is the modern grest plaguo of Lugland, scariet fever; the dancing mania of tho Middie Ages aud con- valsory spidemis of Montmarire, sBubdued in its violence, is sLill to ho seen in some Amer- ican communities, #nd, cvon at tms hour, in the Now Foreat of England : small-pox. when the blossed protection of vaccination is with- deawn, {5 the samo virulent destruyer as it was when the Arablan Ithazes deflued it ; ague lurks yetinonr own iland, and,albeit the phvaician s not enriched by it, is {u bo symptom changed from tne ague that Celsns snew so well; chel- era, in its modern represcntation, {8 5 more ter- riblo malady than ita ancient type, in 8o far aswo havo knowledge of it from ancient learng; ond even that feariul ecourge, tho great placus of Constantinople, the plague of hallucination and convulrion which raged in the fifth century of our era, ban, iu_our time. under the mnew mames of tetanold fever and corobro-tpinal mepingitls, beeu mot with horoand in Frarco. and in Massachusotts has, in tho yeor 1878, laid 747 victuns intho dust.” ¥ ARCTIC EXPLORATION, Inapaper on tho principles of Aretic Ix- ploration,* read st the German Sciontific and Medical Association, by Lieut. Weyprecht, tho suthor maintrins that the I'olar rogjons offer, in cortatn [mportant respects, superior advantagos for the obeervation of natural phenotnena,— magnolism, the Aurora, wmeteorology, zoology, sod botany. Ilo also contends that the main objeets for which Polar expeditions huve thuy far been conducted—tlio oxtension of geographi- cal and topographical knowledge—aro of socond- ary valuo, In detailing tho observations that should be the purposo of -futaro Arctic expedi- tions, bo urges the Importancs of eustsining stations st points where Investigations of the pheuomens to be studiod can witts most sdvan- tage bo preserved. 'Lho cost of one geographi- ical exploring expedition would support 8 balf-dozen stations tho noigh- borhood of tho Arctio Circle for » year. At theso various atations, which should "’J’“’"d" with similarinstruments and worked under similar instructions, simultancons obsor- vations wight be eustained through tho vear that wauld yield rosults of great valuo. Wera ntations of {a like character to Vo established in tho Antarctic rogions, the protit to science would undoubtediy be great. And the oxponso of thesa stations, divided smoug the various civilized natioos, wonld fall very lightly upon eaol. Thoe suggestlons by Lieut. Wevprecht ara rensonable, and deserve tho cousideration of :‘I‘i Governments Interested in the advance of once. in SCIENCE IN CALCUTTA, A pow observatory for wolar physics is in process of erection at Caleutta. It will bo pro- vided with & 7-inch equatorial by Merz. and with the usual spectroecoplo aud ather accessorica, The schemo of the observalory originated ln nuggestions made by tho Italisg Transit-of- Vonus Expedition, which’observed at Maddn- poro. The fuuds wero obtained by private gub- wription and a grant from Government, ‘The Bosanical Gardens st Caleutta mre being considorably improved sud extended. A larko conservatory is being built, which will give fa- cilitie fof the culturs of doue:_le plants hitherto unkaowa 1n Caleutta, The building will bo 200 foot long by GO fest bread. The collectiuns o the orphid-houves aud olhier conservatorics Luve boon largely incroased, during tho past yuar, by additionn from Hikkiw, tho Khnsilnlly, thie Anda- many, Burmah, and the Nellghersien. ‘The Hupor- Intendent of the Gardens feels the necd of a train. od European collector to exploredistsut dintricts, and secure reprogeutatives of thelr floras in tho form of living snd dried slnn!u for the ennch- ment of the herbarium and conservatorics of the Qardens, Wore this want supplied, the Gar. dana would soan be ablo to exchsuge planta with eimllar justitutios all over tho world, and thus grently anlarge tho sphere of its usefulnous. UTILIZATION OF WASTE PRODUCTS. A littls pampliet on the utilization of waste products has recestly boen printed smong the publications of (ke Belence and Art Department a4 Bouth Kensington. It wonld sppoar from its Mtatements that no substance is too unimportant to rescue from destraotion, if it can be made to sorve any purpose of man. ¥or justauce, oorn- cobasre recommendod s fire-lighters ; as also theocones of the Hootch fir, which are sold in Franco under the mame of Allumetles #es Landes. The sceds of vegotable mar- fow, melon, and allied fruity, already largely {ake the piace of sugared wlmonds among con- fectioners. In Chins, the secds of the water- melan are used for tood ; and juuxs, laden solely with them, ply from Llace o place, The seeds contaiu & yuantity of blaud, aweet oil.” A saving in tue wsoufaoture of olive-oll haw Loon Iately” practiced. The .pulpy portion of tho gruit was formerly “lhruwn away after being gnund. but this s now uubjected t0 chemical aotion and powerful steam-presuure, aud & yield of abous 20 per cent more oil is the reault. “This oil is ioferior to that obtained from tho tiret extraction, aud yot bas it value. ‘Tho seeds of the olive, which are erustied 1n the process of extraction, sre fiually used as fusl or as wanure. . SEASONING OF WOQD. Bome usoful facis bearing upon tho seasoning of wood for commercinl purposes are presented 18 8 latp Frepch work on ' Indigenous and For- o8 Woods." Tho proportion of water contuiued THE CITICAGO TRIBUNE: 8 in wood varies with the time of the year. fchn- bler and Neunlor found in the fir 53 per cont of waler in January, aud 01 per ceut in April, 1o the ash, thov foiad 29 per cont of water in Jan. uery, and 39 por cent1n Aptit. Theso fuote siow that tioom contan more water at the timo of the aecviat of the eap than in winter. [t lias also beent foundd that emall branchos contain more froo water fhan liige once, and theao last con- tatn more than the trundi, ‘The preneico of the bark retards the process of lll’_\’nl. An osfeniment wan triod with aomo tieon that wero foliad tn June, ad placed in the flindo, Those from which the bark had been rewmoved had logt 14.53 per cont of water in July, A8.97 10 Augnat, £9.34 in Septomber, and 32,62 in October: whilo those on whioh tho bark ro- mained had Jost in that periad only 0.41, 0,54, and 0.93. THE HUMBLE BEE. Waunotod, a faw weekn ago, thatan Acellmatiza- tlon Society of Now Zealand had applied to au- thorities n lngland for a transportation of humblo-been to thelr island. In anawer to that requent, two nests of thie required insects wero Iatoly dinpatclied to New Zealand by Mr. Frank Buckland. They wore packod in separate bozes, and evory provision made for their welfare dur- iug the voyago, which, it is expected. will ter- minate in January. Humble-bees &ro Dot na- tives of New Zealand, aud their preseuce is do. sired thero for the purpoes of fertilizing the red clover. Tho probuncis of the honoy-bes does not reach down to tho polien of the clover, and, thoreforo, it ia nu heip it transporting the grains {rom flowor to tlower. 1t i expoctod thet, by verforming this easantial service, the Lumble-beo will securo the production of clovor-soed, and thereby enable the agriculturist to extond the cubtivation of this uselul crop. ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION, The Toternationsl Exbibition of Tlectriclty, to be held in Uaris in 1877, will be divided into cighteen sections, In that exbititing tho His- tory of Electricity thero will bo collected, a8 far as possitlo, tho justrumouta which were used by vy, Faraday, Volta, Arago, Ohm, Oocrstedt, Arnpere, and othors, 10 making their discover- ien. Tho ecighteenth group will te Biblio- graphical; and a libyary 18 complota ag practica- ble wall bo formet of books, papers, and poriode icals relating to electricity. A patition will ba sent to tue admynistration of tho National Library, asking thom 1o offer their Systematic Lle'.n.lugun of Llectricity for tho uso uof the Expo- sition, INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS, Mr. J. W. Clark racards, in the Journal of Jiotany, a vortos of carefully-conducted oxperi- ments upan the Drosera rotundifolia and inter~ media, and tho Pingincula lusitanica, which tend to prove that tho loaves of thieas piants do ab- w#nrh and digeat captured insects, A numbor of {hes, proviously soaked in hthinm eirate, were placed nt tho bases of the leaves,—caro being takon that tho ealt should not reach mny other part of tho plant exteroally, After n period of about forty-cight hours, the leal-stalke wero buruied to ashes, and tested by tho spectroscopo {ur ‘llizhlum, snd a peccoptiblo quantity was ound. SOUTH AMERICAN SILK. Tho production of silk in South Awmerica in rapidly increasing. At un oxbibition recentiy held {n Buenos Ayres. #amples of raw and man- ufactured #ilk woro dieplayed, that compared fuvorably with the best wilis of Awsia, The oli- mate of Irazd is woll ndapted to the cultivation of tho silk-worin, which feeds on the Foima christi, or castor-oil plant, that grows in abund. ance 1o tho country, ‘The Governmont of Brazil is contemplaung offering suvnidica for tho oulti~ vation of silk-worms within its domain. EXPLORATION OF NEW/ GUINEA, Tho exped-tion under Mr. Mackay, of Bydney, which left Australia four months ago to explore Now Guinoa, has becomo disorgavized, and in roturning, One of the results of the enterpris ia the discovery of a Inrge uuvigablo river in New Guuea, —_——— THE LA PORTE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Special Corresnondenca of The Chicugo Tribune, LaTonre, Ind, Nov. 11.~For six or oight years the Dircetors of tho Public Library Lave beon seeking a permanent Lome for that {nstitu- tion; and, in all theso vears thoy have not been 80 far from the desired object aa they are to-day, Five years ago, througl the generosity of Dr. 8, B, Cotlins, tho Library was given tlie uso of the rooms (hey have sinco occupicd, froe of chargo. About one year ago, tho Diractors con- ceived the idos of building for the Livrary o home of its own, aud asked the citi #eus to aid them, which (Ley did. At this timo, Gen. Orr donated to tha Library the building formerly occupied as the Terst Presvyterian Church : butthis was too much for the wieo Board of Directors, and they refus- ed the genorous offer, aud (hus the poople’s sliort dresm of prosuority vanished. Dut, with- iu the L fow mouths, this samo Board of Di- soctors again determined Lo build, and sgain neked the citizena for sid, which wan promptly given. A lot was purchased, the plan and speci- fications deawn, and horo again thoy stopped. Thoy rould not agres; aud why? Becanse ono wauted the buildiug to face wost, auother want- ed it to fuce cast, aud eo om, until the ‘Treasuzor of this worthy and long-nuffering in- atitution—who probably wanted a flag-staff on ench chimney~—daclared that none of ths institu- tion's money should bo expoudod, Aud uere we rest. Our people have bocome indifforent. It 1 tho worst of crimes to point out our short- cowmings, _Ostraciem awaits thoso miserabla wretches who dare to speak the truth. Now wo nwait another entorprise. Lot it bo something clao bosides the library, thon thess afl-wise men will ngain sbow their brilliant management, s T0 W. What ahall T write about, darling, for you? You've asked a favor I'm willing 0 d0'; But where can I sond my stray thoughts to ask For a thewe for such a dolicato task 7 Btall T pray tho broeze to bring from the Lilla Home maglu to e from thelr slnging rilla 7 Ab, o1 niot that, for it would only b Thougbta of & beauliful, doad, by-gone thing, Bhall T ask the hills themselves to grant Mo a few of the beams that o'er {hom slante ‘That fall ou tho loaves in shuwera of gald, Just as thoy once fell on the hilis of (fid 1 Bhall T nak of tha leavos, falling so soft, ‘That foll arvuud us muny timen and off,— in first, Urf st leaves of Autuinn's sweet time, aoemed to us like 8 besutiful rhymo? T! Bhall T call to the birds, ou switt, Lright wing, [0 sing to o now as they once did slug,— An thiey sung wheu wa two wandered toyoilier, Iu the'swoet, peaceful, sunny-skied weather 7 Bhall I call o tbe waves, that dimple and break On 1he white aliores of my besutiful lake,— ‘T'lat gleaw, 4a tlo river gleated in m:-\ Ight, Avtt wound ita way ‘neath the moanlight bright BUll T kneal to tho dalsics at my feet, Aud ank of their faces, s0 pure snd swoet, 1 they kuow of aught I could say to you, Aud uot bring the dear past sgaiu o viow? Eball Task of these ? O no! you will sa; 1t briuge back the lght of a vanished Tho dream of & love that faded aud died Wikl th ' Emw:fll;: wild tlow's oo the bleak hillside, oz, S Infla tion Incldents, A Boston map, ongaged in wanufacturing and rotailiog men's goods, contributes ts the (lobe $he following Ulustrations of what e calls the workiugs of our jutlated curroucy : ** Previoun Lo the War Lhe fixed price fo wmade o ordor was w»-duzeu.‘ In ':55;7'«’1}: prico wad advanced to £36; nexe (o g4, #60, sud foally, 1o 1564, to #73, whore it remared & nhort timo sud then dropped ngain, When at the Yigliost joint 1 receiyed Bl arder from a cus- tomer in Mchireal, and wout by s dozen, in. cluding bill for 7, which way promptly paid, A shurt tioie aftorward my custower, Aty O came to Hoston aud droppad i at the rocs: Home conversstion took bisce sbont g shory: and the writer apoke of their euormous oring and doprocated it8 necessity. Wiy, yaid Afy 0 »tioy are tho boapout L uvor bousky of sous ‘Tow s 7' 1 auked. Said Le, * 1 ook 837 in oty and lmufht tho 872 In greeubacks L neut you ** Anothier : Hume timie #g0 & man cellyg and made & few purchases. e happened to put hyy band oo a pile of traveling shawly, aud, whon Le Uad cxamived thom a littlo, Le "becaws corg- wuuicative sad told me this siory, Said he; *lam_from Geotgis, and bave not been Nortl, sluco 1800, when I bought u shawl of this king 4o use iu my jousrnoy. Nobody had soen such tuivg at bowe, bat I found it useful in ways,—on wy bed in cold weather, in my and sometimey to cover my horée, and wood when cawpiug or hunilog, wrmy clotbies b gon, - the But in the uearly worn ous aad I could et uo mory, 80 L took the wimwl to & talor, who wade of & B complete suit,—oost, i trowsers, wuistcoat, aud a wr bosides. These [ ware evory day for more than o year, uubil a¢ lasy I had the good fortuna ta ket anoth i d tlou Inold tho old aueto s nugubor.fw“ 35“0&‘-' * | FRENCH HARRIAGES. A Novel \;l:ivh I;v;s Not End with the Wedding, Octavo Feuillet's Latest Volumo, ' Mare ringe in High Life.” Newn York Hrening Post, Pants, Oct. 22.— . Octavo Fonillot introduoes us, 1n hin latest yolume, entisled a ** Sarxiago in High Life," to somo very interosting types in Fronch socioty. Ho fs, a8 over, exceodingly dainty o his stylo—cold, calm, and somowhat barren of bumor; but bin pictures finish, on the wholy, by fascinating. The atmosplora of the book, too, is, on the whalo, pura aud refreshing. M. Fenillot takes up and troats the difiicult quos- tion of marringo fn France, and does it with great graco and ingonuity. Ile preaches numer- ous good sermons in the mont interesting man- ner in conversations between husbaud nod wife. Although his hiero and heroine hase fanumerable troubles. and at times seem entirolv boyond the reach of aid or counsol, Foulllot brings them triumphantly out of dauger, and establishes them fu tho safer calm of wedded blies, Lot me Rivo you au auaiyeis of this roally romarkablo story, which has created a veritabls sensation in Taris. A MATCIL MADE TO ORDER, Madamo do In Voylo, 8 Countess, and a lady of tho lighest uppor ewoles of French socloty, is n mateh-makor. She haa a rago for marringes. 1 need ecarcoly toll you that her portrait is given with the utmost delicate and minute care, and that eheis drawn from life. Thia worthy rop- rescntativo of tho aristocraoy of the Capital do- torminen to mako a mateh for her god-on, Lio- nol de Riss, an elegant and accomplishod youag man, who has bad a fine diplomatic carcor and bas retired while still young to live o lifo of re- fined leieuro. M. do Riss, Lelug & person of strong mdividuality, 1athor objects to having a mateh mado for him, and makos some sarcantic rewarks about the incongruity of the matches of wthich he has Leon a careful observer; whore- upon the vencrablo Countess thus roproves him, oxvatiating upon bis lugratitude to her married dauzhter: How shall Tanswer bim, my dear? 3o would like to have a marriage without fuconveniouce, mith- out dauger, without bud Inck, offered hiuw on o allver salver, like all the test of the men, Eh bien, I have DoRe of that kind to offer, for the simple rearon that thore aro none, As & gencral rule, suy dear, I anly marry thoee people who unite in themselvos suficiont eloments of agrrement and bupplaess, 1 knaw, for example, o well-bora und well-lowered oung girl who can luako an admirablo wife: 1 kuow on the otber hand a distingue young man, the soul of honor, al- mout eharming—(k mean you, godaon, by the way), I murry them; tho offuir, as far as Iam coucerned, Is Oufsbied; the rest concerns them alone, . , , You Lave glven us (now addresnina the grandson directly) our symploms ; they are decinive, You are ripo; ale low yonreelf to bo plucked, and do not atruggle. 1n this summwary fastion, and sided by other arguments, Medame do la Veylo porsundea M. do Rias to allow her to make a match for him, He consouts, and is shortly afierwards presentod, at their country house, to the charmiug AMsdame Fitz Gorald, and ber atill more eharming dangh- tor, Let tho author himself givo you thoir portraita : Madawo Fitz Gerald, widow of a Conruelor of State, bad been a great beauty, snd nfght still bo ealled so, although sho bad reaclied her 45t year, When, nnder tho Gt sunbuama of March of Aprll, sbe emergod from her furn aud deicued to deacend the boulsvard, from tbe Rue de I I'atx to tho Madclelne, In compan; with ber duugbter, the promennders, who shran away from her path with fovoluntary defercnce, got ' perfect {dea nf Parlalan olegantce in its suprome purity, Motuer and daughler, although Iittla accus- tomed to fong waiks, advaneed with firm snd suro ateps, cleaving (Lo crowd with fovereign {ndiTeronce, and exchangiug 8 fuow words o Langhty and crisp voicen, an i€ thoy were anfoying s teto-a-tete In tholr own park. Fheir (ofletten,althiugh marvelowaly atapted 10 thoir sges, had o profound and charm ing wimilarity; thelr gait was harmonioun ; they left bahiud themn nty odor of hotliouse fluwers, and _geonied ta purify the aaphalt which they trod, ' Btrangers studied with joal- on3 eyes the dress, tho movements, tho attractious of tlieas two Parisiaus stiolling sbroad In their einplre, and with reason despaired of imitating then. When the fair Mius Fitz Gerald saw Lionel de Rias come riding on horseback into the park which surrounded her mntuer's chateau 1n the country, sho at onco fell in love'with him. This was the way of it, according to Foulllet: Whien ho had passed out of sight sho sighed deeply, platng her Liaud on ber ted Lisart, e fized hier rillizut blue eyes for au nt on the space which a I moient ago he had Alicd, then, lowering Ler gazo slowly to the ground, sho said in & Lrokon volce; * My husbaud,” At thie sound of tlis word her face became purple; sho Lid it in ker handa, and remained thus for somp 1aluutes 1iko o stutio of atartied mo leaty, aftor which Mademoisella Fitz Uerald, with lively siep, returued to the chatean, The match is mado; all partice ars delighted ; tho youthful pair aro somowhat chilled by tho tayateriona bon mots of Couutess Jules, au aged yot uprightly rolativo of tho Fitz Geraids, who comncy to the warriage festivities, and, on going away, loaves, instend of hor parting blonsing, {’h!a mysterious admonition to the trembling rido: Alwaye remember, my poor child, that woman s mads 10 suffer—and--1ain to ba suffered, MABRIAGE IN UIGM LIPE. Tho housymoon Jasts long. Children come to blosa tha uuion. Madame de Rias is lovely aud of good report. With the most wonderful mi- nuteuesa ). Fouillot painta_the progress of this ‘fiplcll marriod couple in high life; he traces thom through tho whirl of fashionable Bociety iuto which . de Rias, always protesting, is dragged Ao conatantly by bis wifo that ho 18 ot lunt nearly loat by ouo of the fotrigues which alwaya flourish thero. At last, after numerous soones, Madawode Rias ronouuces the vain world and geska to renow ,her Lusband's ardor and ber own by bocoming thoroughly domestic. ‘This suo doen wainly becauss her lusband ro. ueats and almost enjoins it as & duty, Feuillet thon shows us tho rosults Frultful {u resources aa was M, do Rias, it waa aif- ficult for him to Bl the {inmenae tclaure which he had impused upon Lis wife, ilis occupations aud his own eapecial amusements did not allow him to appesr at Lome save at ruro Intervals during the day; in the evening ho rematued in ber company sfter dinner for 8 fow moments, listening to one or two waltzes, and thun weut to bis ibrary, or to promenada in the fown, e vacorted hor sometimes to tho theatre, Dut he often abandoned hier to het owu resources, evidently {magiuing that shie bad as many as be, The truth is that thelr futimacy, not beiug sustatued by any intols lectual futerests 0 common, was painfully dimcult, Conversation batwesu them languished into an embare raaning sterility, With un futelligence which was uatu. rally very vivacous and frank, Madatwe de Lias was trammelod with that remarkable “iguorance of overy- Ihlngf]uull.lr to young Frouch women ; ou wmattors of art, of lleraturc, of history, of politics, she oufy the superficial and confused notiots wit Larisienne becomes imbued from day to 1t some- timea happens st last that thess oruc otions get clazsified and consolidated $u the head of nu into)ll- @ent woman and compose for hor, willy-ntlly, rea- sonablo basis of instruction aud couversation ;' but {n wxo of Madawe de Llian they were atill only iu tue of vapor, and her atartliug {guorance, whiich hnd {mmentely diverted her husoand at the outaet of thelr love and marriage, no longer sintsed Lim, Monslour d&lnu is_mortifled bocause his wife says in pubM that he is writing a history of Fronch diplomacy in the eighth, when she meana the erghitennth, contury. He also bogins to dis- cover that hin wife has returned to the fashion- able world, and be sometimen gives her littla lectares, as follows : 41 13 iIncredible,” raid e, * that women cannot pleass thenselven In their own hames, ‘Thoy mnet abe 2olutely bo in thoe atresta] Eh! Moo Ileul low do you supposo the honeat wamon of ofhier days got slong when whiat we calt high life did not eslat? At Rowe, for instance, honest wifo did not pass her days tn |hurnlnz d Ler nights in danciug, Hhe reared her chlldren aud spun tranquilly, sad l“n was bappy, I don't auk you to do exactly ihat, Dut you Lavo s thousand mesus of occupation, You have your children, your household, your embroidery, your plano, as many bovka sa you hleass, You have your Teliglous dutles, and yet you are balf dead with engul, It's very suuoying," MEDIATION AND RECONCILIATION. M. do Rian, being » gentloman, hestates for a long timo befora e neeks elsowhoers the conso- lation which o cannot find a¢ bors since the family troublos hayve begun. At last his home- Life becomes so painfal, o rostrained, so diffar- ent frous the bappy domestio oareer which ho Liad hoped for, that sa open rupture ocsurs ; he besomes sa matranger to his wife. ‘Then ho dnifts out inta the world out of whioh it was biy duty to keap ; aud hia wife, in the giddy fasbion- baunta a4 Trouville aad other summer reaqrts, is graduslly losing Ler senso of faith and bonor, When ebe ia reacaed by tho courageous iutervens tion of MaJawe do Louis, the spiritueile and poblo daughter of the matob-waking Coul tesy, Sladame de la Vevls., ‘flug Madame de Loufs is sided In the good work which Lo undartakes—that of reconciling two spouse by Henri de Keveru, & high-miaded and ehasia iog gentleman, who'tells Madame de Rias plain tiuths, sad keeps her to the path of duty aud houor. The mediators saaage at last to briug husband snd wife togeiher again in perfect loye lll'.l’I‘uhny sccord, not, however, notil Madsme do Riss bau narcowly escaped falling in love with the nobla Henri de Kovern, aud not uatil the Jealous Mousionr do ise Lau sudearored to draw Do Kevem inta u dusl, from which he ia ievunded wlea by diacoyarn that it s 1o tho lat- whicha ter that hin owea tho proteation and tho couver- sion of lis wifo, FEVILLRT'S PIULOSOPY OF LIFE. Tho story in slight, but cvorvwhora impreg- nated with' healthy viows on society in goneral and mariiago in partenlar—not the least atrik- ing of which aro containod in tho sunoxail para- Rrapha from lotter which Madame do Loulw srites to Moneieur do Tlis, when shio {4 ondoay- oring to bring him baak to his wife: A long thme, slr, befors you lonored me with your confidence, your' miarriage was for me the ohlect of much deep aud rober reficetion, ‘Tho sad turn which it had Inkon aatonished add tronbled tue to the Isat degres, 1t confoundsd my, good sense, discons certed my logle aud larmed my vety, I knew youe wife an Uknow myeelf, T thonght that T undérstool you well alsv, and it was rathier dificult to fancy that the union of two heings fo happily dowered and so petfectly tinponcdd for each oLher happimens snd wels fare whouiid fatally turn toward misunderstanding, discord, and a disordenvd houschoid, 1f marriagn even tontracted in thewa rar - condilions o barmony, brought oenly disastor, it wan high tinie 1o renounce {t; “{ho iostifution was cone demned. Thin was what it caused ma great pain to admiit, “Mappily, by mcking my poor head for klean, T fuislicd by tincoveting that inated of attributing the oviin to marrlne, it wis peshiapa moro fust to ascrite them ta the married people, and svectally, I confers, to the husiand, My Diews T know that women are oo frivol. ously broughit up tn France; that heir education in auperticlal and exetusively worldly ; that it but 1l prepares thews for tho aerious duties’ of the wifo : nil thia I grant you: but despite all this T dare o affirm, a8 o genersl prineiple, that thers is nol ono of them who fs aot morally auperior to the man she marries, and far more capablo {han Jio of all the donestic vir: tier, Tt T will tell you why: 1¢ fa becaiss women a1l liavo in n higuor dexreo than you tha main vistuo of matriage, which I the apirit of ‘sacrificas but it Iu dif- ficult for them ta renonnco all when thelr husbands renonnce nothing ; and that is uevarilioless what they aro anked to do, You have, perhinps, fancled yourself, sir, s model husband, aiid §u MANY respeats you have been onc I give you that praise; but you have, notwithetanding, o point of resemblanco to e mass of your confreren— and it fa, that you make for yourself » very clear ides of the dutiea which marriago imposes upon the wora- an, and n very vaguo ono of those wiich it demands of 'the man, Marriago 18 not & monologie; 1t 48 & plecs for two persous, Now, you have studled only one role, and It wan not yonr own. You sre too in. cere, air. not ta admit tlixt yonr porsousl couception of 1narriagy was simply this: To add te the habitual comforta of your lifo an agreeabls accesnory In tho peraon of an honeet and graclous womna who sbould ornament your hotsc, who shouid pers petuato your oamu, and wio, ju_slort, should bring you, without troubling you tao_uiteh, & mupple meut of comfort aud respactabilits. You iy husted yourself insenrely, like all of your aex, i endeavoring o fod ac Tarls'in tho codtry, of fu Chlua, it marvelous woman who would make mry sacriflco and exact none, You have not found her, and_no one will find her, becauno that raro Wind of which you all dresmtho dumeatic woman—necenaltaton the ex. istence of a Lird atill rarer—the domestio man, And thon Madame do Louis wivea n very ac- coptable picture of what tho aforcismd domestic man should be, and rlio adds ¢ Marriage {8 cerlainiy an enterpriso which fneatlinabie Denefitn : but thero s & st of fndispenna. ble lnstructions for It, Haveyou romd {t7 I fear not, boeatine you wold havo seen there that a groat part of & wotnan's eduication must be given hor by her hus. band; that it ia for bim to madel ber Lo bis will, ta form her aceordiug ta bis desires, to eisvate to tho dig- nity of hix sontiments and Lin ‘thoughta the youni heirt and mind which demand only to pleaws him'; you would then Lave leartied that it 1a &t once wiss and Charming ta ndd to tha bunds which unito a wifo to lier husband thoso which bind pupdl to manter, in. stzuctor, gulde, and frivud, ; 1 foreseo the objection : the young heart and mind fed from your carc, Tley apposod 1o yew tueir futile education, thelr tasto for’ dissipation, for venlty, for coquetting; in ahort tho neurablo frovollty of wotan, Monslour, £ do not believo {n the Incurabio frivolity of womn ; nor do you, hecaime you seo, ns I do avery day. that frivolity trausform In itaclf under the empire of pastion, pity,” falth, misfortuno, inta anstero dovo- tion and riid alinegation. No; ownit, Yon Liave not trisd. You hopad that tho child you had macried would suddenly bacome, by tlie mere virtuo of the sacrament, an _mocomplished wife. No.sir, That wasa miraclo which you would cartaluly Lave to accomplish youraell. JUDGE DILLON, To the Fditor of The Chicago Tridune: Davexronr, Ia,, Nov, 11.—Your correspondent from Des Moiaes, in a letter of Nov. 5, arraigns Judgo Dillon for sppointivg bis father-tadasw, Hiram Prico, » Commiesioner for the Iowa Con- tral Railroad. T was tho attornoy for thoe Trus- teon of that road, and iliram Prico was appoint- od to examine Into complaints as to tho manago- wont, at my roquest and recommondation, stx~ tained by all tho connsel in the case, Lhe ape pointmeas was mada in Janunry last, the ser- ‘vices vorformed immediately, and the prics fixed by me and paid by tho Roceiver, on my rosponsi~ bility, with Judge Dillon's spproval, Your correspondont says: ** And now, to cap the climax, he hos appointed hie sou, Hiram Prico Dillon, Maater in Chaucory in the foraclosure nuit of tho Davonport & Bt. Paul Railroad. Hiram Prico Dillonisa young man in Judge Grant's offico at Davenport,—a mors boy that naver had & cass {n Court,” Thero is not & word of truth fo thin paragraph, except that young Dillon is in my employ. ITo bLay atudiod law a year in my oflico, fs a graduate of the Iowa Law 5chool, aud s licebsed attornoy, lie had the good acuee, of his own will, to re- main in my oflico; s in every way compo- tent; and I procured Lis sppointment from Judge Love, and not Judge Dillon, because bho was in my ofiice, aud I think it my duty to my clients to superintend all such sales, and to re- 3ucut the Court to appoiot Masters under my irection, and I thus eave thousands of dollars to my cltouta in Masters’ fees. The correspond- ont of your papor couid have found out hose and by whow young Dillou was appointed at the Clork’a ollice at Des Moines, Iho record was open to his lunBemiom Tat Judge Dillon desiren the succoss of hig fa'hor-in-law to the Booate in Eerlcct!y natural, amt, I presumo, trus; bat that he will ever staty is judicisl robes to promoto bia elootion will not be bolioved by auybody who knowa him, Your obedient servant, Jaues Grant, swectal Correapondence of The Chicado Tribune. Des MoiNes, In., Nov.10.—Tho charge that Judgo Dillon was wirs-working with politicians, duriog his term of Court bere. in the {nterest of Mr. Prico for United Btates Sonator, 18 probably afiction. That bo adjourned Court in hiasto, and fixed » term in Jauuary, #o a8 to be here during tho Senatorlal contest, is not true. The Jan- uary term was agreod upon by the Judges at the Inat May term, befora Mrs. Dillon went {o Eue rope,—Judge Dillon volunteering to hold the romines Court, which would be st ths time of bis usual vacation, His family being in Enrope, bo wsaid he could ms well lrnud the time hero a8 clsowhero, and finlsh up the bualness of the Court, or stay as long as thoro was anything to do.” The Bar so under- atood it. 1o remained horo, at tho last term, ten daya longor than usual, Tha'charge that ho makes appointecs of his family bocause thoy are such, {n also & fiotion, Hiram Prico was apnointod Commissionor to in- upeot the Contral Hailroad, at the carnest re- quost of the hondholders, through their attorney, e got no pay, M. M, Prico was appointed Clork of tha Court at Hi, Louls, some time ago, to fill a vacanoy caused by death, and not recently. nor as this pl 84 a lottor in Tnx ‘TrinoNs {nfers. on’s son was ap- pointed, rm, Maater in Chancery tosell the Davenport & St. Paul Railroad, mo- cording to the terme of adecres of Court. The uppointment was not made by Judge Dillon, bug by Judgo Love, and at tho ‘special requost of Judge Grant, attorney for the bondholders, and sgamst the wighes of Judge Dillon. Nawxere, CHANGES., T've baen back to tho desr old liome once more, And ts roaf is moesy and gray; And tho weeda ara tralling over the pathe Whiere in childhood T used to play. *Birango {aces met mo at every turs, Aud 10y eyes wers filed wilh teary, Au 1 merked tho changes Time bad Wrought 1n theas faw short, rleeting years, Tle dear old road by e river-sids Tu traced b( the tron rail, Aud the shaded path to the Rectory Las fled, as & awifi-told tale, T looked {a vaiu for the old schoolhouss, With ite seata 50 straight and hard ; Aud the oaks, on which we carved our names, That stood In the old schoul-yard. But they're gons! And the cluidish faces, That wo loved in the days of yure, Have grown tonan and womanbood, And respond (o the roll no wore, But their children mest o the uew schoolhouse, Where the uld une used to stand, And ibair Joyous fust press s aeios old sods, ‘As they wander hand in hand, 1 walked through the qaiat Lillside- Whero sabies Lo asties Mo low, e T Jobk on the shinlug wasbies For (he batea that wo uasd Lo knew, Aund the glawlug western sunlesms 148 up witli their shats of gold Many & uRe on tha tablew ‘That we loved (o the days af old, But the purpla shades of evenlug Came and bid wy falling tears, As T wept for the vanished faces Of the friends of bygona years, Aud oit, fu the din and busile Of wy active, Lusy life, Coume thouykta of thasa Lillside-sleepers, Aud the changes that wure i ¥, M, Xioro Tumara, - Quigauo, Nov, & Lelb THE CURREDR cY. INFLATION: Tho shades of night were falling fast, A% thrangh aue silet Iad there paserd A eliqie, who are with awkward graco An infant with dilated face,— * Iudatton ! Its Lraw was sad ; I3 eye, beneath, Waarw 1y lpending grie Aud, liko I's parent'a raitling tongne, 1n necents lung wnd lowek it sung 1 “lufiation 1™ Tn happy liomes it saw the lighs ¢t irotamers new, and | rospocts bright s Arove, eletion cdimly shoue, Awd from tte Lipe eseaprd » mosn 3 ntlation 1" “Try not the pasa,” the nobes Rakil ; + 1hark lowers tho fempe-t overhirad Thn laancisl stronm ta deop and wide " Tiut foud that Infant volca replied : “ Intation " 0 nay 1™ Hard Moncy salil, “and rest Thy weary iead upon s breast ; 1 «agite togethier at tha poll 5 11 van B ard, thouals faint And droll ¢ Iuilation 1" o I “ Rewarn your partica’ witherad branch ! Dewara Nosembor'a avalsneho ! “Thin wan * the hollor's ™ last good night; A voleo camo from the ragged uight *Inflation ! At break of day, 8% 1n tho East Tho &nn grose (0 warm the feat, A giiva now atrength to the Infant falr, A'voico came fulntiy throwh the alr . * Inflstion 1" A child was in Ohio found, Deep buried 'neath Corruption’s mound, Aud a'er lta grave, alas | was renred A dirty slab,.un which appeared : “ Inflation [ There, tn the twilight, cold and gray, Litelcns but boautiiut 1t lay And from New York, serens and fair, A yoice oanio Iike o movirner's pragor “Inflation 1" s o, U A LAST PLEA FOR THE GREENDACK. To the Editor of The Chieaco Tridune : Cutcaao, Nov, 11.—I lavo demonstrated. in your paper of tho 2d and 23d of October, the legality aud mubstantial character of tha groon- bnekn ; and, Ly & current bistory of all other apo. cles of circulation tried in the United States for the past forty years, the unsubstantial charactor of tho Iattor, atory shows that tho beat of the banks, and thoso aituated at tho most favorabls poiniain tho Union, under the old system had sustainod speclo-pavments at no time for a lougor period than cighteen yoars continuously; and I re- Lioarae this rnoning resumo, with illustrations in my own oxperionce, 8o that, If possible, tho orrors and ovila of tho past may be so catab- lished that none of tho old modes may be again attempted in whatever may be done in the future a8 to rorumption of spocio-paymenta by tho Governmont for ita nutatanding issues, Ticst, thon, an to the radical chango in the wwmmbers, woalth, and condition of tho people of the cauutry, during the panic of 1837 to 1842, Our entirs population, during those yesrs, ranged from 16,460,000 to 20,000,000, and tho ng- gregate wealtl of tho Unitod Btates was not to oxcaed ono-fourth of its proeout amount. Our railrond, telegraph, rostal, and hke facilitics woro then, an compared to the prosent timo, ina crude infancy, Now, if, under theso esrly circnmstances, the feow chiolco bauks of the poriod, with a fair cash capitnl, substantial bills receivablo and otber so- ourities ; with ona-third of tha amount of ciren- Iatiou in coin i thole vaults: and with honest aud honorable mon to manage their affalrs, could not withstand a run of thoir noto-holders and depositors, thero must bo some reason for it, to be found iu tho system iteolf, and chiofly, porbaps, in that intuitive suspicion fn all minda of individual security, unaccompanied by sub- atantial colinteral. Is it not also largely found in the peculiar nature of our entire people, who, when all is calm and their good-nature is in full nlav, ave prone to sudden and impulsive con- fidenicos; mnd, on the other hand, upon & mere hint, an ill-nswired suggestion, on no founda- tion perhaps, loso instanter all contidenco? In this way we hava nll seen reapoctable and usu- auly careful men go with tho crowd, witliout o why or & wherofore, I'rom those peouliarities of onr vaturo, mobs, panics, lyaching, and sudden bank-runs, spring, with all their baleful renulls. 5 My memory ia stored with many funny things 88 to runs on buuks, illustrating my “eubject from actual observation. Let mo givo n faw : Wo all remember tho story of the Frenchman, which bas become tualorical, I witneesed it at Now Orloaus in May, 1837. Beelug quite a run going ou, ho drew & check for his balanco in the old Stato Dauk, owned chiofly by Lis conutry- mon, and In great oxcitomont demanded gald from tho Teller, who, proceeding to count it out, was stopped by, ‘“Ahl you got bim? Well, Dnow, I dou't want him. But, if you no got him, 1 want him very much!™ Horo was a sudden lose and restoration of confidence on what waa apparently n good basis; aud yot tho bank did el that same day! In 1850, Ellis & Morton. large privato bankera at Cincinnatl, got suddonly into bad odor. and a liervy run commenced oatly in the momln;; by thair depositors, The kumvlnE ones on ‘Lhird strect conld not afford to lat them go down, if it contd be avoided ; 80 a clique was promptly got togothur, with **Old Smead,” the then big uav- iuga bank man, at ite hoad. A faw thoussod doltars was distributed to several discroet brok. ors, who, mixing with the crowd, picked up all the smali chiecks, raquiring them'to be marked “GQond;" white “Old Bmead" bimsalf every helf-hour walked through the crowd with a bushel-baskos of bank-bitls, throwing them on tho counter, and declaring, in ‘bis peculiar, tond voios, that he had half-a-million mare to spare if it was wanted! In thras hours the crowd dis- persed, and ina week their entire deposit re. turnod ; and yot the brokers and Smoad's base kota, all told, did uot handle or countain 210,000, Tour yoars Isier, the aame houds, than Lllis & Bturgas, with a much incroased eapital, aud al- togetar in & bettor tinaucial coudition, after standioz & rua for threo “days, failod, and never opened again | Giviay; » history of the banking system for the forty yoars past, so far as tho runs sre coi- cerued, iyt but a tehearsal of what [ saw ju per- #on, a4 it soemod _my lot to witnesa most of the hoavy bark-riun ESst, Wost, and SBouth, Galn- ing thus inuch persounsl information as to the animus of & crowd thus suddenly brought to- gother, all straugers, and what may be termed of the ill:torate clase, but filled with one com- mon purpiose, It Liad struck me aa unexplaivable why such 2. multitude sbould intolligently jump at the corwict condition of their victims, while the bankea) themsolves, boasting of their sound condition to the Iast, would, afier a brief strug-~ gle, close their doors by suspension, and ofton in utter bankruptoy, “A most romarkablo llius- tration of tz:18 iwas the fuilure of tho baoks in New York City iu the fall of 1857. I go inwo soma detail, bacause the chief partica st tha head of thoso banks wore so woil kuown, standiog ot the very Load of the linancial col- umn {o Amevica. Chlof -monf thom was Alr, David Leavitt, well known in Chicago by his le managetvont of tho Ilknois & Mlch- igau Causl lauds, being also President of the JAwerdean Exchiango Bank in New Yark City, 'Tho writer was inmany wave connectod with him and bis bank, both in'the Wit and in Naw York; and, betug 10 the {atter ciiy' for soveral wecks praceding the failure of the lianka last named, he began to opon his eyes friyn casual remarks overheard in the hotelu, eatinig houves, omnibuses, barbor- sliopa, etc., to the fact that & run on the eavings banks was brawin z; and, reporting these prog- nodtlca to Mr, Loavits, was lsughed at. Bus tho faw days' delay In ‘the actunl commencement of the panic ooly addiid to ita strength; sud ove Hne morniug, at sn early hour, gl the savings bauks in the city wire surrounded by an eagor multitnde of deponitors. g in mixing up with and crowding in amongat this multitude surroz ndivg the several institu- tions run upon, I found the ssme determined countenancos met wish in Baliimore in 1836, st New Orleans in 1837, .at Oincinuaty in 1342 and 1850. The faces were .all strangs; but the cloud on them, the glare of ihe eyes, the frownig, brows,—all these were ¢id to mo. Twenty years oxperionce of such crowds had impressed my mewmoty with their salieit poluts avd dotermined urpose, P urrying back to my friend Leavitt, st bis baok 1a Wall street, I toli} bim of the nature of the crowd, recounting wy opportunities for udgiug of such matiers ;-predictod that the run, ocoming hupotuous, wauld bocome genersl, otc,, ote, He lauyhed quile beartily 8t my wox- foty, attributiog it to mry experience in Wall street matters ; aamitted thiore would bo runon the savings banlw, but sll would snon blow ovet; sud wound up by handing me the last ststement of the Now York bauks, msde n fow days previous. Iremembor, in geueral term, it waa s wplondid showiug, wa wuch things wers viewed in thoss days,—ove ¢ onc-third of their circuiation in coin in their v saits, wud tmmenss amounss in first-class bills irsceivable, in which their Jarge oapital aud heavy: daposits had Leen ATURDAY., NOVEMBER 13, 1875, —I'WELVE PAGES. inveatad. 1 woll romembor tho substanco of my reply to nil this array: ** Mr, Leavits, you will have a heavy run com- mancs on your bank bofors night. What will you redeem your circulstion and deposits with, when your gold is gone 7" Tha answor was, ** Shonld wa havo a tun,— which we will not,—wo havo more gold than wonld redeem what cirenlation could he pre- neated, and, a8 to our doposits, they chielly be- lon to cur regular custonats, whouo obligations matiring we liold to & largo amount: and, in eano of & run, thoy would tot dare Lo clhi copt to take up thoir indobtednosy die u Lleft the privato room of the bani,— L through qnite a erowd already ou hand fur their monoy,—with smazoment at” how tho wodentary babits of n lifotime spent fn Wall streot would dwarf tho mind of a great tman as to the kuonl- adpe of tho onteide world, aud that, too, in ref- aronce to the business of his whole life,—~finance and banking. Tho banks of New York City all failed at 2 p. m, that day: and thus cnded tho very oream of the ol systen, Maviug seen from sad oxporionce that no 1 uroly individual or State-incorporated Com- pany can meet tho wauts for & sound and uni- vorasl clrculating medium; and that, to avold that innato disirust which has herotofore at- tached, and must continuo to nttach, to any but acurrency baclied by the ontire nation, lob us now begin the now ordar of things by continu- ing the greenback and national curroncy for over asofr circuinting medbim ; and let tho people individnally, Congress, and the constitnicd authorities, all cultivato economy, honesty, aud confldenco in onrsclves and ono another,— the Government retiring, from timo to time, all redaundant circulation in & gold-bearing boud, e that tho nation, baviog the confideuco of nll, will be able o rosnme sud maintaln spocie-pay- ments on & roasonsble and proper amount for crrrent cirenlation (leaving a part, if nocessary, an legni-tender, nftor the plau of the Bank of Englaud), as goon aa the olaeticity of our pooplo and tho prosperity of our various pursuits wil Juetify, N. L. PAPER VS, METALLIC CURRENCY. To the Editor of The Chieaga Tribune : Cutcaao, Nov, 11.—Some yonrs ago, the writor spont six months in tho City of Mexico. At that time there was no money but gold and silver, n recont panio having closed up what faw banks oxisted in the country, 'Chere waa little busi- ness or improvement of any sort, and fow manu- factures, except in the way of cotton and paper fabrica, Tho tariff prohibited theimportation of somo goods, while it was almost prohibitory on all articles which would competo with home mauufnctures. I'or iustance, the importerof printlug-papor paid the Custom-ilonse at Vora Cruz &3 per ream,—about tho cost of tho paper at tho port whence it was sbipped. The same duty—100 per cent—was charged on sugar, coffoe, rico, maize, cotton-cloth, and many othor articles, Tobacco, playing-cards, and somo othor articles, wore a Government monopoly, and their importation enjomod. And yet Moxico was & cheap conntry to lvein. A dollar would Lire a diligencia half a day, or board onsatn good hotol twice as long. Fruit was abundant and cheap, and a faw coppera wonld supply one with all tho luxuries of the tropica. 1avi occasion to nse some chango, I went to a bank to get o doubloon vxchsnged into eilver cols. Tho roal difforcnce between gold and gilver was 8ixteen of silver to one of gold ; but the banxer hanled me eighteen silver dol- lars, wolghing moro than a pound, At this rate, & poreon wauid nood o pack-muls to carry a fow thonsand dollars, Tho largo premium on rold was owivg toita smaller bolk and groater con- venionco. ~ A train of wagona and a guard of cavalry woro used to convey monoy to and from the seanort towny, Moxico was then, and {s now, pre- Qinincutly a specio country,—lhor own mines pro- ducing the precions mctals; her soil ovory nocesasry 1o tho way of grain, fruit, and wine'; whilo cattlo nud sheop ara rainod almont freo of expenae or care. Moxico is subatantially o nelf- sustaining conutry, which any country can be by turning ita back’ to the comforts of modern civihization, With a better local Government o insure domestic tranquillity, Mexico,wonld bos far more Inviting conntry than South Carolina, With o climate oqnable and ressopably salu- brious, oxcopt mear tho coast, an infusion of Notthern snergy, fres schools, and & stable Gov- ornment, would mako our sister-liopublic a fit land tolivein. But how wonld our own eountry conduct its complox busincss-affaira with a metallic curren- ey ? 'Tbe oxchaugoof New York alone sumo- times amounts to nore in'a aingle day (%100,~ 000,000) than the monev transactions of all the cities of Muxico in n week, Sull, thoto are thous who think we ought to have no money bul coin. Our businoss can bo dwarfed to such” & narrow basls, Tho businosd of muy country will nde Just dtself to tho volume of its our- colating” modium, whether that medium he £100,000,000 of coin or $700,000,000 of papor. After the panio of 1837 bad cither destroyod or driven from circulation the Lank-currency, we Liad precious littlo monoy loft vxcept coin, nd that largely composcd of silver. As the volume of businoss bud coutracted oqually \ith the cur- roncy, tubre was no spparent uge for any moro mouey. As busivoss gradually rovived, in 1844 " Dbanks muoitiplied in numbar and incrensed their ecircalstion, until tho diu- covery of gold in Californls, in 1848, star- tled the world, and filled tho avenues of trado with a golden tide of prosperity, culminat. ing in the panio of 1807, which was not causod by ao expaugion of paper-money, because Lne gland was quite as much afllicted a8 our own country. Prior to 1850, coin in Europe rated four of silver to one of gold., Sinco then, na- tiona with an active comwerce have hoen able to replico thoir milver to s great extent with gold. Tho offact of thua great addition to tho world’s trade and industries—expanding them a hnadred-fold—has compelled the greator use of billa of exchanga and paper-monoy. In thia conutry, in partioular. apread aver such an oxtonded territory, an exclusive metallia cir- culation would be siwply impossible. Aside from bnlni; bulky and uneafo to carry in large smousts, it would be very expensive, Ask our Laukors about this item of oxpense; they will toll you that the wenr-and-tear and **chipping” of cotn—even when used, a8 now, ae au articlo of merchandise—areno Inconaidorablo matter, If 1n activo use, the loss would not be leas than 114 por cony per spnum, which, in 800,000,000, wauld amount to 86,000,000, This would bo s dend lous to the public, because the Govarn- ment receives coin by motual wolght ovly. Ian fact, this process of welghing coin would bo adopted by the banks msa protection ngainat “alipping " snd *filting,” and the many devicea of tampering with coin, There sre still greater obstaclea to tho adop- tion of a motallio currency, avon if 1t wore prac- ticable, somo_of which ‘wmust occur to every thinking mind. Dut, saide from ita utborim- vracticability,—aside from any economio objon- tions,—the introduction of an exclusive matallic money at this Iate day would bo the resumption of & barbaric ocustom, lookinz back to Asia for tho line of progress: and, abova all would lo giv- it ing’ up that _sublimo ides of Faith in Man, on which, more than snything olse, dopouds the eredit and bumncsa of (he civilized worid. It is time this question of monoy were sat- tiod, Older than the Christian religion, it Las boon tho subject of nearly as much dlscussion. Each nation atudies it from ita own standpaint, Tho Groat Ropublic need not look abroad for light 1o political phllauoph‘, with the experi- onco of a bundred years bebind her. And, if wo would improve on this century of fiuancial exroflonu, wo must establish tho fotlowiug nciples ¢ E vr}‘irfi—'flm eupplying the oirculating mediun of the country 18 & prerugutive of sovereignty, too importani to ba left to the caprice or wsnia of individuals, or to the cupidity or intorest of d bapks. '"gfl,fi':’i”fifi’ l“:g‘n'.:lnucn. however well intend- fatled to make a bank-currency ab :fi‘l}'u.)::;: rl standard valoe. Intimes of crisis, when wmost noeded, it sulkily disappenrs. At all times nurellable, If not uossfe, its volume aud value are, in private hande, a constant threat to the stavility and safery of the bLusiness of the country. E.o. 0, A FINANCIAL CONUNDRUM, To the Rutur of The Chicago T'rioune : Micuiaax, Nov. 11.—Your late articles in ro- lation to specie-payments and the dobtor class are Instructive and interestivg. You suggest a measure by which spocie-payments may be ro- wumed, and, at the eama timo, do justico sliketo the debtor and creditor classcs, by the conyar- sion of greeubacks futo 4 per ceut gold bonds, **witbout any disturbance of tho relstions of debtor and ereditor.” But bow is that class (to which I Lalong) to obtain justice, who loansd their monoy previous to our lsst War, fn gold ? Howaud whea will I ge$ that 15 zeuta on the dol- lar,—the differouco in value betweon she moueg loaued and the bonds or gresubacks with whicl Iam o bo paid? 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AN TMPORTANT LETTER. rominent gentleman and resident of Clacionsty B Bra moat forsy {u-.i';' well kuowu to the newspsbtl publishers thronghiout the United Htates, NE D, RApwAY-Daan Bin: La duty o the suflorlng to make yoking of oue wadiéios oy o Bad beea affectod with sume tr: in tho bladderd urinary orgaus which some twelve months sgo culiioaied in s most ey atfcoiing dussase, which 1he ply! > 1} said was'a prostatio strlotur i the uretha as Sit31% famimation of the kiduers And biadder, and e b Ligir uplnion diat sy axo—7a peure—yuiuld proredt val cadically oured, { ba b 5 L icen s favge auastity of medleian u hio and honeapait 1 tad rwadt of patonlehing vuros od solue fuug montha Filiiadelnnta saturday & ninn 1 {lected 52,8 perton who had Tun k3 basills, Hesctvan DR. 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