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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1876—TWELVi PAGES, “TITERATUR man's History of the re;’\lorma\n Conquest of England. o" Condensod---How=- .Iv:l‘}ls“olaife of Rutherford B. Hayes. of Plnces----Emerson’s l,‘ml]‘];lnglish Traits **---Cano- " va's Works. [ ios' Library Association of m;la.lma;ng.szoo, and What It Has Accomplished, ound About Chicago==The . xitch-anxfl and Holly Families. LATERATURE. ENGLISIT IIISTORY. ¢ OFF TuE NOIMAN CONQUEST O Ol GASKS. AND P M. A, Hon. [t Nt A A, PREENAN. L. and LL. D., Late Fel D.C. etc., otc, X Collegey OStoth ElE, S onguiner, Hovingd i'ncx::k:x:mlulnm 8vo., pp. 004, New York: Macmillan & Co, Price, &4 per volume. i WHST TWO STUARTS AND THE PURI. UTION: 16031060, By 8astusr, Tecturer on Modorn History Tondon, \Vith Four Maps. New York: Scribner, Arme o, £l ¥ OF ENGLAND FOR JUNIOR ‘cx.';«lisxs'.“n;"f.nni.?,fxfffémmm. LL. D. 1I- Tuttrated with Engraviugs and Tlistorieal Map of tli Dritlsh lalex, ~ 10mos, pi. 260, New York: Geurgo I' Putnant's Sond. Price, With the fifth volume of *The History of the Norman Conqueet,” Mr. Freeman brings the great work which has veeupled him during the past ten years to & worthy close. It deals with a period [u the 1ife of England sceond to nono “atherdn its nfluenee upon tho destiny of the people; and deals with it, it {8 almaost necdless fo say, with commanding ability. Theauthor i3 s zekuowledged master of English history, and {nto this exvlication of the polltical events grow- ing out of the Norman Conaucst ho has put the st fruits of his scholarship, bis ambition, and s industry. 3 The closing Yolume of the Laok Is confined to the clucddation of the effects of the rule of Willlant the Conqueror upon tha institutions and usages of the insular Kingdom which was brought under bis dominion, and of the relu. tlons, civil and soclal, between the Normans and {he English, Inthe first chapter we have an essay upon the value of the Domesday Book as 3 pleture of the nation durfng the time of the Feouquest. ‘Hhiis ancient repository contains the reconds of the survey of the vurlous shircs of the country, {n which the possessions of all the land-owners in Englanliero sel down with fuhful detall. The stores of kuowledge thus brought together for theinformation of the King, and ns 2 bosfs for 1axation, are of bound- lees imoortance in nnrayveling the history of the time, To this Mr. Freeman conjesscs his great Indcbtedness in the secmmtlatlon of muterials {urhisown work, * For myself,” he remurks, “ehe survoy has a fasvinatfon which cannot be ut futo words. Nowhere clse do wo seent rought so nearto the thue usin its small notlces of endless mun, Enghish, aud Norman, kuown and unknown."” The reigus of Willlam Rufus, Henry the First, and Slemen, are tuld with suceinetness, and wih the dircct end fn view of compluting the fllustration of the results of the Normy cquest. Tho nuthor's eritival knowledge of srehitecture, gadned from a life-long study of the subject, 1s richly displuyed fn the ehapter dixunsing the moditleations of the building art whien followed upon the introduction of the Norman style into Enzland, The flnal sec- tion brioily reviews the rebins of the Angavin * Kings, Henry the Second, Rielvd the Lion- Hearted, Jolin, and Henry the Third, andan ample appendix {3 tlled with notes furnishing Elnuculm too ubundant to be incorporated t th namrative. The lterary style of Mr, Frcemuan has the chameter apt to belong to the severe seholar dedding qrrpumully with unyielding focts, 1t I labored aud Aedd,—n vehiclo fur the convey= awe of instruction rather than the transmission ol cnthusizam or of entertulument. Nevertlie- sy the value of the knowledge with which it Is Ircighted will causy its stifl, set manner to bo orerlooked by the earnest. student, grateful for extensive aquisitions brought withlu resch by Ilmx‘\flng toil The story of “ The Puriton Revolution,” be- Elamingin the refn of Bllzabeth, mulextending tothe death of Charles 1., 18 told by Mr, Gard- ferwlth Iucdd conseeutivenees, Thu narrative L bo caslly that one furgets liow much puing andlearning " have been called luto serviee to Lompose u etructurc of such olkiliful simplicity, hnll‘mgk forms ano of the usclul serivs uulyl- el “ Epochs of History,” and {8 a. companfon tothe volume on the “‘i‘hlrty Yeurs' Wur,'! pre- Pared by the sume-nuthor, Tho small “{llsiory of En land," by Dr. Behinitz, isintended o text-book ‘for Young :'mdeuls. The seons of the work adinits increly ,Ixe outlines of the subject, which areto bo fiedup- by ou ufter perusal of nuore extended works, 3 CONDFNS! CLASSICH, ““A.\'fll)i?: A Roxaxcr, Wy Bir WatTen Scorr, . Condensed by Rossiten Jonnsox. ‘m& 'é'i 87, New York: ifenry 1lolt & Co, 1wl do to cut down prosy, interminable Rovely, that fn their time, when books wera luum and readers wers men and wopen of elsure, were none too long to (1 up fdle hours, berpetually threatened with vaculty and onaul. ‘\ivhcn “Clarissa Harlowe! appeared fn re- e;;uldvlmcnnlolll.n couple of years ago, tho .‘,,;n,'u“s thanked for frocly using the erasery : clintnating pages of unmitigated tedlous- tés. Tha era of the book's fame liad entirely l’l;scd,nnd it was regarded werely as a literary '::nuauyby thoss who wished to kunow what t tof fletlon that might bo over which thelr Er;:: 1i'r:uu'l'pnruma had raved wnd cried, But oranlce"—a story which even the present. 5?"-"“"" View with reverence us the muster- ,::3 “"1""!,' the * Waverlys ! [t seems liko o ofy l(l?ll!|ll thata profanc hand should be L with the purpu(xtu of condenslug, or, HEVOL A A, ot King'h College, 3&3:&'&% Pric sWift, unerring eye, all Lk ‘ntxml portlons of any book n{ hand £I|Icl\ by e ‘d“““' or frrelevant, Adroitly pnssed Xl ]0 not materially affect thie eijoyment mu."“,“" Wustefully consuine his thne, nor u (v Wil hls fhpropriation of what ho riecds - rm vatents of the votume, Hence It ap- ey than rupurlhwul to omit, for this WicioL lessening {ta bulk, any part, of book Teh sl retatus (s vital Thore will e fat complalut at the condensation of g I..n. Days of Pompelf,'" or of #Our Mu- fereas oo h—b:l‘ut\"clulvhd it Lo Llloy in thia 3 buty ver judiclously Mr. on ity lvecxeeuted his nzmuhn’ud lrnlkol,xlnl:ha Prescnt, 2 ier “I\'::fi.:,"‘:’-‘- ) llllmv, persons will surely pre- poiver, Howy V8K Uy Hnwts LS LIre o GOV, ITAYES, W HIE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF WD B UAYES, Dy Winliax D, Witea! \l‘_nm.,. A Bloguarnicas Skzren op Guihisa: Witz With Poriraite ‘of loth llllurm‘ & l:rnghlun:' thico, g Sov Yorki - HLo¥ells ussumes the sol of € o responsibilit, “‘_l,ll:l:.bhgmphy ol Mr, Haoycs, venturing l:li tat !’nm personal reputation upon its idelity bewnmi The stake fs go largs that we may Olgtugy et it reats upon o safo foundation. % l.m"" diaries, note-boaks, and scrap- il lh"m Decen ut the disposal of Mr. Howells, m‘dhhr{lhusc he bus prepared a sketchof our ath g1 c‘;"nb"". mfl:xl:::uunny which is repleta e 4 v P{escitation of & sterimg man, 0 1 18 tenteg gy, Preface, the author declares, fu sen- “\Vm;.m bave the ring of trus candor, g tg o Mithin four weeks after the materlal 1nuay rm’ haud, the buok has, Fenow, very Do faults ot hestes but 1w cop it whally lonny writer, iowever hurr 11 or fecble, sud, wyo Oneiure Lo interest of thiat matorlal; 4 m;m'r Ls tho result of the political con - Loy (B oL think that people witl quickly " Thg o Story nhmnlo{mund hight 7 an| Words of thess acatenc s will by echoed by all who read the hook, while the S fuults of haste? so frankly ncknowledied will be reantily nofed, A short skeseh of W, A, Wheeler fitly rupplements the blography of Mr. Hayee, A NOVEL. NONAME snmiks. MENCY PRILURICK'S f mo., pp. 240, : s Tirothers, Price, g1, Dasunk Kohe Regarded as a fictitions nareative aspiring to the name and rank of a novel, this first number of the “ Nuineless Serles will not bear close critielam. It appears to be the product of one who lias had fimited experlence us o writer, or fs wauting In the native talent to fuvent and comblua the variows components that enter Into o story of noteworthy importance, Yet thereis evidence of deep Inmghit and acute reficetion in certaln features of the fale. ‘This lolds the render to the book until it is completed, ul- though considerable portions will Le skipped aver beeayno of thelr feeblenioss. ‘The character of Mercy Philbrick fs un interesting study, IL1s true to nature, aud consistent throughout. A womman sorichl stincte, strong uffections, and ntmlg?:unrwnnl tutegrily, is not frequently met with in the real world, and yet appears often enough to make the beauty of the sketeh perceptible to persons of wile experlence. ‘The portralt of Stephen White Is less correct- l{ delineated. "fliere s an incongruity in the dreumstances of s behavior that s perplexing, and forblds a distinct conception of his nature. ‘The remnining nersonages nypcnrlm! in the story, with the exception of Varson Dorrance, roduce but o weak fmpression, The attempt o create an eccentric individuality In the char- actor of Mr. Wheeler results in an absurd car- feature. ‘POEMS OF PLACLS. POKMS OF PLACES, Edited by Husnr W, Lova- reirow, Enataxn, Three Volumes, Uniform with **Littlo Clussic Sories," Boston: Jumes 1. Orgoud & Co, P'rice, 81 per volume, . There are poctical compliutions of enidless va- viety before the publie, and yet it lns remained for Mr, Longlellow to Invent an entircly novel plan far tho collucation of pleces which have a particular charm for hitm. Ife has claseed them under the head of *Poems of Places,""—Ingen- lously arranglug, for casy reference, the names of the places fu alphabetieal order, Accepting the truth that it is *‘the soul that sees,” Mr, lmn{:(ullow suggesis that there is no more de- lightful method of traveling than to st by one's own flreside, und, nsccompanylug the pocts to thelr favorite scenes, by ditit of un enkindled magination look out ou landseapes and towns through - The Hght that never war on eca or land, ‘The consecrution and the poet's dreau, Tt I8 certainly a camfortably wn,r to visit dis- tant places aftractive for their beauty or re- pute; and no hetter guide could be chosen-for such {deal wamlerings than hie who here offers to conduct tourists through visions of fancy around the world. Mr, Longfellow roama firat over England, and fills threo volumes with poema descriptive ot interesting polnts™ tn that country. Other volumes will follow in continuation of the plan, untdl, in the mind's concelt, u girdle has beeu clasped around the earth, PAPERS BY DR. HOLLAND. EVERY-DAY 'TOPICS: A Book oy Bnriezs, Dy J. U, HontAxm, 12mo., pp. 301, New York: Seribner, Armatrong & Co. Price, 81,75, The collection of papers which make up this voluma have been taken from the mass of cdf- torial artleles published during the last five years in Seribner's Monthly, in the department entitled “Topfes of the Time." They relate to o great varfety of subjects,—ail of which, how- ever, arc of current and practieal futerest, They ure also brief, but thelr brevity §s that of tho sllliful writer, practiced fu the valuable art of gathering the most pregnant thoughts result- ing from meditation, and crowding them into the swallest spacs compatible “with thefr cffective expression, They are divided into groups occonding to thelr rclatiuns, and thus the papers presenting different phinses of tha snme tople lend lizght nnd strength to each other. Among the titles of these groups mny bomentloned: Culture; Literature and Literar: Menj Criticlsin; Womun; The Conmon Moral- fties; Amusements; Soclal Intorcourse; and American Life and Manners. Dr, Hollund is an able and rendable author, Ho {s conservative in his position on many of tho questions of the day; yet, when opposiug the popular tide of oplulon, he te calm anid dig- nified in manner, and always commands respect, it he does not produce conviction. It may be sald to_his honor, that his influence fs ever on the side of morallty, courtesy, aud common Bense, S NADB AND HIS FRIENDS.” RAB_AND I8 FIIENDS: AND MARJORIE FLEMING, By dJdoux Drows, 3. D, Ilns. trated. 32mo,, pp. 03, Boston: Jomes R, Oegood & Co, Price, 50 conts, The truth of Lhe trite saying, that * A thing of beauty Is n juy forever,” Is perfectly ox- emplitied fn thestory of ¢ Rubvand Lts Fricnds.” It s A specimen of high art, exquisite In structure and exalted In sentiment. Ouc may roud it a hundred times, aud at the Iast i will stir the heart with a divine pathos moving to better things. No fragment of our llterature could more appropriately be incased in the protty * vest-pocket” covers, Thu sketeh of ¥ Marjorls Fleming," the beloved child-friend of 8iv Walter Scott, lits well ulongside of the more fammous work by the same author. It re- minds one of the 1ife of 1ittle Penelope Doothby, whose lovely fice looks out upon us fram many of the pletuve-shop windows, and Is framed over muny a wuntel. “ CANOVA, CANOVA'S WORKS, Quarto, Uoston: &, Osguod & Co, Price, 81.per number. In this elegant publication witl be reproduced, by the heliotyne process, the enzravings from the works of the celebrated senlntor, Antonlo Canova, which exe contained fo the English and Ttalfan cditions, and which were originatly dyawn by Raphaol,-Morghen, P. Fontans, Bet- tolinf, Marchettl, and other distingulshed artlats of Italy, The work will be {ssued In a sorial form, maonthly, and will bo complete in twenty- five numbers. Tho Jetter-press will einbrace o biographfeal memolr of Canuva by the Count Cleognara, with doseriptions of the plates by tho Countess Albrizzl, Euch number will corni- tuln slx or eeven plates, amd the whols work upward of 160, [t wlil be sold exclusively by subseription. James GOETIE, GERMAN CLASSICS FOR MERICAN STU- DENTS, Vol. 1II. —Gorcne's Prosa. Edited by Janes Motoan Tlant, 18mo., pp 100, Now York: G. I' Patnam's Sons, Price, 81, The scloctions herewith presentod to the student of German are taken from the prose writings of Goethe,—from his Autoblography, Worther, Bcsenholm, and Wilhelmn Melster, It has been the ubject of the edltor to give in these EXL'EHH-B a pleture of Gocthe the man us well as of Goethe the poet nud the thinker, andto show I thom, 80 far s adiissible within their lmited range, the snvcessive stasos of his mental growth, The text {s {llustrated with coplous notus, Aruclufly velating to historieal matters und forelgn customs and manners, ROLFI'S SHAKSI'EARE, BHAREPEARE'S TRAGEDY OF KING RICIIARD THESECOND, Edltcd, with Notes, by WiLniax J. HowrE, A, 3., formérly Lead-Master of the ;th flnclwnl. fimnhrm“u, Maus % wl{h ll’;n 'llnv- nys, usra 10mo. , pp. New York: o Dor b Biothors. " Prlch b conts s Wo cordially welcome this new number of Rolfe's cditfon of the plays of Shakspeare. ‘There are no copiea of the great drumatlst ox- tant so well adapted to the use of schools, und none better suited In inany respocts to the con- venience of adult ronders, The neat size and shape of the volumes, thele pleasaut typs and instructivo illuatrations, and thelr low price, strongly commend them; whila tho copious notes uud critical comments on th toxt crown thelr merits with an excellence of genutue value, ashaaly SERMONS BY FROTHINGIIAM, GF_AND FPAITH; AND OTHER DIS. OcTavivs Biaoks » FrioTinixa- New York: G, P Putnam’s Sous, Price, $1. Twelve sermons by Mr, Frothingham are of- fered to the publiciu this collcction. They aro but the average discousses of a writer of un- usual power, originality, and independence of ht. 'Fhe titles ol 'some of thuu ars as fol+ lTows: Infidelity; Religlon and Chitdhood; Mu- terlolism; Rights aud Duties; Moral Narcotlcs; ‘The Natural Manj aud The Gloritled Mau, EBMERSON'S ¢ ENGLISH TRAKTS," ENGLIEH TRAITS, Iy Raten Waroo Exen lasd Bdition. - 18u0., pp. S0, P L o Ty S i This volume takes rauk with the® few books of travel that, by rcason of their sclect materlal ung artistic form, have becoms classle, and will lold a pere manent place fo ltcrature. By mapny au- thoritative judges (b is placed at ths bead of all tho ly endowed with pure, trile In-\ works of {8 kind; and few who h read ity "or wmay he induced to do o throngh {ts yresenta- tlon In this alluring editfon,will feel 1He disput- ing thelr verdict. It {s wrilten by onc who hins pre-eminently the gifts of the secr, and who, In avisit to a forelgn cuunlt{, diviues (ntuitivel the ohjects worth looking at and tatking abouf. It ts an expoaitton of tha philosophy of Lravel, produced at a time when the art of studying subjecta from a philosophical point of rlew was scareely concelved of by the popular mind, The character and the unterprise of the Anglo-Snxon race had never, hefore itsappearance, heen Justly aunlyzed or clearly Hiumimted, NOOKS RICEIVED, THEHUNTING OF TUF BNARK: AN Anosy 1y Fionr Firs, By Lzwis Cannonr, Anthor of *iallea’s Adventitres In Waonderl ete. With Nine Niustrationa by Hollday, 32mo., pp. 83, Tioston: Jamus R. Osgood & Co. LIBRARY OF BELECT NOVELS. arxfie Tine, By Dintee Wintnnor Moonr. Paper, Naw York: Weatern Nows Company. TIE POETICAL WORKS OP JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Household Edition, 12ma,, pp. 408, Moston: James It Osgond & Ce l’rlco."x'l. TIE ARCHDEACON'S KITCHEN-CABINET: Boox or Rrcrtrrs ron e Maxi TickLEn, Prrarnves, dnuiies, Brc,, Bre, Come 4 &llcil {rom an Actual Experience of over Thirty )" eal Tly WILLIAN AuciugacoN, 18mo., pp, g‘l’s Chicago, I'nblished by the Author, l'rfcc. THE STRANGER'S ILLUSTRATED POCKET. GUIDE TO PHILAD! HTA: EuanaciNg A De- SCIMITION o THE PRINCIPAL ORIECTR OF INTENENT In axn Arousn tie City, Kre. 1lmo, 120, Phillndelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, THE ULTIMATE GRNERALIZATION: Asx POUT 1N THE Pititosuriy oF Hcies 2 Ppp. ). Now York: Charles P. Somerby. SOCIOLOGICAL BERIES, NO. 11, OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, DBy Cnani Foumen, With an Introductlon by Albert 1 bane, 12mo., pp. 288., New York: C. Somerby, Tinn's Un- P, NEAR TO NATURE'S HIEART. By the Nev, E. ', Itog, Anthor of **Barrlers Birned Awa; n-lak&](?niu.. ppe 636, New York: Dodd, ad & Co. RELIGION AND TIHR STATE; on tus Dintn AND TiE Puntic Scioons, By Sanuse T, Sezan, . D, 1%mo., pp, 3 New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, FAMILLAR TALK. THE LADIES' LIBRARY ASSOCIA- ‘TION OF KALAMAZOO. On the Michigan Central Railroad mid- way between Chleago and Detroft, there les, In o level valley surrounded by u eircle of low hills, n Dbeautiful vil- Inge of about 112,000 fuhabitants. It is noted umong travelers for the attractiveness of its sftuation, for the regularity of {ts broad streets, the neat exterlor of {ts houses, and the ampli- tude and hixurfance of the shuade-trees and shrubbery In which it s literally embowered. But it Is not of these outward charms, visible to any stranger’s eyc, of which we mean hcre to speaks but of a higher distinction, which has galned for the liquidly-named Town of Kalama- 200 an exalted ostimation with all who kuow fts {nner character well, At the present thne, when to many mings the question of the work and place of woman out- sidc of domestic lifeis one of pressing {mpor- tance, the history which follows of a syomar institutlon in Kalamazoo I8 peculiarly appropri- ate. It has a significauco that ls not merely tocal In fnterest, but contains hints capable of o wide and uscfal application. Its lcssons will throw light on the vexed fuquiry ns to the ways and means by which women may influcnco o community, continually and heaithfully ele- vating its moral and Intellectual tone, without offending o punctilious sense of right and pro- pricty. Tho work was begun, as ofton the greatest and best works are, without any notion of the oxtent it would reach or the cffects it would nccomplish. It was concefved In humfll- ty, wasnurtured In quictude and modesty, and {s now! regarded, after long ycars of slent agen- cles for zood, without hoastfulness or obtrusive pride. Like most' things of genuine worth, it sprang from a germ of unsuspected Rotencr, and {ts noble growth has far surpasscd the hopes of those who have watched and pulded ite de- velopmuent and progress. ‘Twenty-five years ngo,—in Jnuuurfi, 185%—a few carnest, intellizent wotnen of Kalamazoo met together to discuss the feasibllity of catab- lishing a circulating-library for the benefit of the yilage. Books were searce in those days; and In this Western town, though commercially act- fve and thrifty, Hie other places of fta” slze, there was the common want of the mental stin- ulant to to be derived from contact with the re- flections and rescarches of authors who are the real benefuctors of tho world. Means were seanty for the organization of the desired (nsti- tutlon, and the projectors were wowen, whose purses ara everywhere proverbially H"ht‘y sup- plled. Yet these spirited workors had fo abui- dance powers thatrival Inutility the “all-mizhty dollar;” they had resolution” and o steadfust persevernance, It Is unnccessary to relutc the cireumstances by which their obfect was accom- plished, The detulls of o slow and difilenlt process, performed with inadequate instrumen- talitles, whose nbaence inust be provided agalnst. by iugenious contrivancea, are ouly loss weari- some than the actunl Inbor that aclfeved & suc- cess out of the clements of defeat. 1t 13 enough to say that, within a rew montha after the fncoption of the undertaking, soveral hundred voluines had been assembled together, an encouruging _list of subscribers had hizon so- cured, and the Ladles' Library Assoclation of Ialamnzoo was an nssurcd institution. It wns not the first organization of the kind in the Stute. A shintlar work had been commenced by the lndies of Flint, fu the year 18515 but no {u- telligence of its progress or results Yiad aided or affected the earcer of the enterprise carried for- ward in Kulamazoo. 'The scope of the institution we are describ- ing was uot limited to the clrenlation of books. 1t wras included in the purposo of the foundera to muke the Assoclation wick promoted its wth an oducator fu sl permissible ways. Very saon after the socicty was formed thery wero ostablished annual scries of lectures by popular speakers before the lyceums of the country. These were continued for several years; but, the machinery by which they were operated I‘.relng found “too troublesomo for wumen to manage alone, agreeably and success- fully, they were abandoned, and other methods exciting of intallectuul luquiry wers substituted in thelr place. In 1854 the reports of the Associntion fnclud- ed records of * Sucfal Meutiugs,” ns thev were unpretendingly called, which convened the last Wednesday afternoon of every month, At these meetings, which were not expocted to invite the attendance of inembers of the sterner sex, snd robably fow women not interested In the prac- rlanl work of the Librury, topivs of current lm- portance oceupled the attention.: Boveral origl- nal essays were usually presented on each o slon, scleetlons from authorawho had sagacious- 1y treated tho subjoct under conslderation were read, and freo discussion was enmnrnf;orl. Kal- amazoo had at this tlme not half its present wumber of Inhabltants, yet there wore then as many s thicty or more thoughtful women who recularly sought these unustentatious meet- Inzs, with a genulue craving to get from them kome suggestions that would help In the per- formancd of llfe'a every-day dutfes. "Iho Boclal Meetings were sustuined until the exciting ovents of the summer of 1841 contered all thoughts upon the futerneclne strife be- tween the North und the Bouth, and engaged the labors of the woinen in feting-ont goldiers for Lho Army of the Union, and uruvl:llngr comforts for the sick and the wonnded who sutfered in camip and lospitat, But the hubit of sociul assemblics having some Intelicctual alm for thelr muln object was now sixed in Kalamazoo, nnd [n the winter of 1861 o system of Evening Readings was cstablished by the Assoclation, The ludles threw open thelr purlors for the accommodation of thenew enter- prise, and, through the monthis when the tyens lugs were lang enough for the erpnac, the Readings wers maintained for a period of seven years, Onco a fortnight, no uatter what tho veather, u vonsiderable company was suro to be ;imnum\ together, and to purtake with zest of the entertaininent provided, T'ho programine generally conslsted of choles bits cul Ictflrcm the best prose uud metrical writcrs by the readers of the evening, with vocal and fgstrumental music lnterspersed for \-nrln.z‘y and chilivenment. Buitable {utervals wers luwed for conversation; and the whole w concluded by & report, prepared by some one ‘who had been a spectator, of the order of exer- clses of tho Just previous Reading, SBometimes oucof the plays of Shakspeare was read, fue stead of the ordipary miscellancous sclectlons, —as many individuals taking port 88 were res uired to ml-uX tho different characters. Again, arades would occupy the entire evenings or wusio and dramatie récitations would usurp the ngmmmu. By these occuslonul changes thoe nterest was sustained, und the pu‘;_m urll{’ul the Headings kept up to the last,” [he publie was freo toattend, und all were shke wade welcome,—decent behavlor and the small feo of 10 cents an evenlug beine the only requisites for the admission. of uny citizen, ° The auditors sometimes numbered above a hundred, bus the averuge attendance was cousiderably less, In 1808 & class {n, History was formed wmler tho auspices of the Agsociation, and taught by one of fts most accoplished members. The coursa consisted of twenty lvssons, given at the rate of one a week, aud attended by sbout fiity ladics, old aad young, married and alngle, The course was Lhree times repeated during nferm af eighiteen months, the nimber of students re- mnluln,‘:nlc:ul(l{ undimini=led, T was not, Hmited to the m reviews of historleal pu il personages were prepared for reading fo class, n short the system pursned was as thorough nnd complete oa that which provails In our semina- rles and collezes, The pronnd covered by the Icesons included the divisions of ancient and modern history. After the close of the History classes, In the spring of 1869, there followed n period of a year and a half during which there was no organlzed effort for mental culture made In connection with the Assoctation. In the winter of 1570-'71 there occurred a serfes of Shakrpearean Reade Ings, and a single course of lessons In History; but, apart from these, the attemptsat Intel: lectual advance were of an fndividual or desul- tory character, Discontent with this state of things led Lo the establishment of n * Woman's Club*? by the Board of Administration of the Luadies’ ~ Association. Tne soclety was or- ganized In 1878, and, at Inst advices, embraced 110 members. The mpete ings are held every Mowday afterncon. The regulations of the socicly are systematics hence ita nlns nre satisfactorily attained, At thetirst sesslon eackmanth, the afternoon s given to the studyof Literature aud Art: at the second session, to Science and Fdueation; at the third to Histbry; and atthe fourth,—and fcel, shonld there happen so many fn the month,~ o mis- cellaneous topics, The members ure divided into four committees, each of which Is charged, throughout the season, with the rpecial prep- aration of tho subject treated at the recurrence of acertain one of the Mondays. Thus, the first commitice attetda expresaly to the depart. ment ol Literature and Art, tho second to the department of 8cience and Education, and so on through the serles. The weekly attendance averages ahout sfxty, The anmial assessment 13 81, and the weekly fee 10 cents. Gentlemen and strangers are cordially admitied to the ’t‘lm" 3 for In this, as i alt the orzaniza- lons red by the Assoclation, a cutholle and gonerous spirit prevails, Tha lbrary of the Assoclation embraces at present about 2,600 voluwmes, It Is located inone of the tivo commuoilious apartmients in Corpora. tlon Ilall uccurlcd by the L. L, A, These roons” are_handsomely furnlshed “for thie convenience of business and soclal meetings, aud contaln, in addition to the hook-cases, nwell-filled cablnet of minerals and fossils, cases of Insects, casts of famous ceulptures, copies of paintings by the old masters, orfginnl works by modern artlsts, [ihuw;:mphs of world-renowied citics and mas- urpicees of architecture, enpgravings, auto- -aphs, and other objects of intereat and value. he taste and aspirations of the Indles of the Library Association are well exemplified in the fittings and adonmnents of these beautifal Toonis. - If we now review the carcer of this roclety of the women of Kalamazoo during the ncarly twenty-five years of its existence, we shall dls- cover that the beuefits it _has wrought are be- yond calculation. In the first place, the Board of Administratfon, comprising ffteen of thd ‘most eflicient membera of the Association, have convened once s month from the beginning, ane in carnest debate considered " the Cmost Judiclous measures for furtherlng the interests of thelr fnstitution and its influcnees over the cummunll{. Books have been sdinitted to the library ouly by thelr sanction, and not one vol- ume has been neeepted without a carelul ex- amination of its mcrits. It has beenncon. scientious alm to sclect the best works of the best writers Incvery domaln of knowledge, aud, to accomplish_ this, a tolerable acqualntance with the standard publications of the past and the present hns been essential. In itsell this constant survey of old and recent literature has Deen no small’ means of edueation, and the women who have profited by it have not re- stricted to themselves its cnlightening cifects, These have been, In the nutural course of things, communicated to others; and, like the pebble dropped intu water, the extent of the excitution produced it is fmpogsible Lo estimate, Tho custom of eonducting thelr mectings in strict secordance with parlimnentary forms, and of mannying the affairs of the Librarvin o pmm{xt‘ lhurmlfih mantner, has also affurded excellent discipline for the women engaged. 1t has, In a g deproe, inade-up Yor the lack of traluing to business-lll:e babite whicl ir sy wolully mnnifeat in the slipshiod education of the majority of the female sex. Thoe * 8oeln) Meetings,” continued for five years, extended to a wider cirele the benefits of achool of culture. The women attracted to these conventions felt thelr minds stirred to serious gud fruitful thoughts, aud their aims in lifc were wnwzueuny lifted higher and mado wider, ‘The “Readings" still further enlarged the circle of educating Influences, and drew {n wmen and womon, youths and misses, who might ot otherwise he nffeetad by the efforts of the Association. About thie time the * Readings ™ ‘wera established, the study of French was gen- orally: entered upon by the women who had been Infected through the agoney of the Libra ry with o love for knowledge. Unusual oppor- tunities were offered for izood instruction by na- tive teachers, and large numbers jolned in closs- cs and zealously conued thelr text-books and readers. It was not the young and the care freo who chietly joined these classes. The ma- }orlty were _wives, and mothers, and honse- eepers, and_ not o few wore fo thelr silvered lnfr the badge with which Thme is wont 1o mark advancing age. It wns a singular yot an udlryln‘: #pectacle, and had a striking slgnificance, * The study of French was main- tulned for years,—indeed, fs still pursued b, many of the firat puplls, who speak and read the language with flueney. 1t will be veadily understood that, when the classes In Ilistory were formed, §t was an ecasy affalr to sustaln them; and it wiil ne equally clear Liow thu Li- brary-rooms are at the present thine regularly flled, on the afternoon of the housekecper’s husiest day in the week, by the memibers of the Woman's Club. 1t is important to mentlou that the ladiea who have been most active fu the qu’pun af the Library, aud most eflicient on its Board of Ad- miniatration, ave been leaders In the soclety of the town, Fow school-tencliers and fewer ])cdxmts ave worked with thew. In thelr own homes, and at thelr social gatherings, the ma- ority would be remarked as cultivated, charm- ng womenj but no tinge of the Blue-Stocking, no smack of the ludependence and asser- tlon of the * Voman's Rights " advocate would be discovered about them. In thelr Askocin- tion they have kept wholly sleof from the question” of womau's suffrage,~wlscly bent upon holding closo to the origlnal object of thelr institutlon, mental and moral culture, “pure and simple.” The results of thelrorzan- ized and persistent cfforts are notably n? arent in the refineinent ot their homes, the elegance of thefr manners, the intelligence of thelr con- versatfon, nnd ju the Food taste that_adheres to artlatle effects in thelr fusbionalle dress, The cifect upon the entire community has not been less consplenons nor advantageous, ul- though iLs extent maoy not be sushectad by the many, nor by them be referred to the proper suurce. . ‘The moral of this story need searcely be polnted. It shows what women may aceom- plish for the public good by combined actlon divected in appropriste channels. Its applica. tion may be made In any town, however sinall, where there are woen who desire to Incrense tho range of their mental setivities, and who would holp others onward while sdvanclug themsetves, e m—p——— SPARKS OF SCIENCE. TLONA ROUND ABOUT CIIICAGO, Tur Witcn-{lazeL axp Tk HouLy Famie rags.—The genius of Artymu has come to hls throne, and the muarks of his desolating power are visible throughout his kiugdom. The herb- ngo of the Aelds, aml open spaces, atd wood- Vorders, droops earlest under the blight of lis wasting Intluence; and the divers shades of fts rich, Jush green have faded into dull, sombre tints of amber, and russct, and Lrown. The maples are flushiug Into a Llaze of scarlet fn- dignation at the harsh rigor of his dominion; tho cornels and the woodbines are crimson with the pain of dissolution; while the hickorics, In their dyfug throes, ure turnivg n golden-ycllow, and the oaks are slowly changing into statues of bronze, It la the (inal etfort of explring Na- ture, conceutrating fis spent furces in one glo. rlous yot trouslent struggle to withstand the as- saults of dgath and corruption, Likoe tho heetle low on the cheek of tho consumptive, tha ra- diant coloys of the fall-vegetation are o melan- choly symptom of approuching extinction. England's “poet-laureats has exqulsitely por- trayed the Image of the fell ravager who pur- sues his work of destructfon through the sad months of Septemnber and October,—softening our resentiient ut his operations by the gentle hint that it 1a a Inbor of sorrow, Whichi he ace c;)m plishes in submission to sy fmperious des-: tin A #piril haunts the year's tust hours Dyvelling amid theso yollowing Lowers: 10 Wimself e tallis; For at eventlde, Hstenlug earnest] At his work yuu may bear hiny sob and sigh In tho Wwalke; - Karthward ho boweth the heavy stalks Of the moldering owers s Teavily hangs the broad synflower Over [t grave bu the earth so chllly; Heavlly bubgs the holiyliock, ileuvily baugs the tiger-iily, The alr la dawp, sad hushed, and close, As 8 aick man’s room when he taketh repose . .Anhour beforo deatb; B . My vory ieart fainte and iny whole sanl grieves At the mnist, rich smell of the rotting Jeaver, Al the breath OF the fadinzg edzes of Hox heneath, And the year's Inat rose. Meavily hangs the hroad snnflower Over 1ta gravo In the earth so clufly 3 Heavily hangs the hollyhock, Tieavily hanys the tiger-Tily. . Yet, nfter the task of destrniction Is quite compiuu,- nnd the folinge has withered and dropped from the trecs, leaving thelr branches £8 hare and brown na the bleak face of theearth, a single shrub In our forests daringly puts turth its blossomm,—meriting by this bravery, and by its fairy-liko aspcet wrapped in 2 Lisaue of mlat] yellow, tho name of Witeh-Hazel (/umamelis Virgiulea). Its blossoms burst out In axillary clusters, and droop in 8 most graceful fashion their tong, narrow petals. We have hot a-pret- tler ahrub tn oll onr flora, for the cifect of its delleate bloom at Lhis late reason produces upe on the vbserver the Impression of & it of cn- chantment, No green leaves linger amony the boughs to Interrupt the monutoue of colur, ana from thp to Uip the sprays and stems arc i with garlands of u fale Jemon-yellow. ‘The plant does not perfect its frult until the ensting summer, The Order Jfamameliducer 1s small and widely distributed, yet none of the specles grow In Enrope. Thiey are all surubby or tree-fike, and bear small, axillary Nowers.” The involuernl I h showy, belng The secds of our e¢ In slze and painted red, Witch-Hazel ure aweet and palatable, while the extruct of ita leaves and bark Is greatly used in wmedicine, It may be strougly recominended as n reledy for weak or overworked eyes. A forked stem of the Witch-Iazel has been sup- posed to possess wonderful virtues s o divining- rod. Another shrub which s highly ornamental throuch its brilliant (:olurlm; in autumn wnd winter. fa the Black Alder (/lex rerticitlata), n specles of [{olly. It grows in low grounds, and way be fouml at Gibson's Btatlon. The blos- soms appear in )\IA')' or June, nnd are succeeded Il[)‘ bervies that at this scason are a vivid scarlet, (Intherud e bunchesat theaxils of the branclics, they ore extremely handsowe, and, mingled with evergreens, may be used with fine effeet Iu winter-housucts, and festoons around brackets und pleturcs, "I'ic Mountatu-Holly (ANemophanthes Canaden- afs) {5 un inhabitant of damp woods, and Is com- mon at Miller's Station, Its drupes are a light~ red, and are Jess ubumdant thau those of the Black Alder. The blossams L-:E;md In May, The Molly Family (dginfoliacee) embraccs above & bulidred specier, which are seattered pparingly aver the world. The common Holly ;Hu Ayinfolium) {s_the only representative ound {u Eurove. Dirdiime is obtained from the bark of tlus tree; and ita beautiful white wood I3 much prized by cabinet-matkers for lulay- inz, and of late years is yery popular in the mutulncture of ornamentat articles, The I{ol- Iywourts are characterlzed by sstringens and tonie propertics, which have procured them some eateem among medical practitfoners. The leaves of the llex Surayuayensis arc extensively eni- ployed fn South Ameriea as u substitute for tea. ——— AFRICAN FOTTERY. Licut. Cameron's Diary, published {n the Journal of' the Koyal Geographical Soclety, con- tains an Interesting uccount of the primitive method of manufacturing pottery as it Is prac- tised among certaln native tribes of Africa. “I was much interested,” says the writer, “ina village (Kisurge) by watching a potterat her work. Firat she pounded ewough earth and water for one pot, with a peste sucli as they use in beating corn, till it forined a perfectly homo- feucous mass. She then put it elther on a flat ktone, ory on the bottom of another, and, giving it n dab with her flst in the middle, to form a hollow, worked it Into a shupe roughly with her hauds, keeping them constantly wet, and then stoothed out the lluger-narks with a corn-cab, and finally polished it over with one or twao hits of gourdind n bitof flat wond,—the it of gourd giving It the proper curves,—and finally orna- menting It with o sbarp-vointed stick, I went to loole at it, wondering how it was to ve taken ofl tbe stone and the bottom shayed, when, lo and behold! it hatno hottom! T waiteu to sce what would be done, and, after It had been drying four or five hours in o shady place, it was St eitough to he handled carefuily, nod a bot- tom worked fu of another pleco of elay, T timed one from beginulng to pound the clay tiil it was put aslde to dry, and it toolk thirty-five minutes; nuttine in the “botton might take ter more. This would hold front two ™ and u balf to three eallons. ‘Tho shapes of inany are vu:?‘ fmuc[ul, and all are wonderfully truly formed (ke the mnphora in the Vills Dioned, ut Pompeil). 'They are used for palm-ofl,” BOOWERS OF FLESII. The June number of the American Journal of Microscapy states that the substance which fell from tho sky In Kentueky a few weeks before, n what was called a miraculous shower of flesls, proved, on ¢xamination under the microscope, to be of undoubted anlmul origin, One speci- wen was deteemined to ba stristed muscular fibre: others proved to be lung-tissue; and still others, cartiluze, The nature of the material belug thus certifled, there still remained a mys- tery us to {ts orlgln_and manner of descent frot the heavens, The August number of the Juuraalcontainsy parazraph eut from the Coluin- bua (Gn.) Enquirerof Junc 10, whiich throws light upan the obscureslde of the phenvmenon: A few day azo Messrs, Dick anld A1 Kervin were standing In the pack fanl of the latter, when quite a showerof flesh fell upon and around them. 1t at flrst seemed 08 o miracke to them, a8 they had often heard of flesh ¢ rafning ! from above, They east wp thelr eyes and discovered sevesil buzZards about 1007 feel above thiem, fiyinz about; and this explained to them the mystery, and une, Loo, which has go often oo curred and been unexpinfned. As a Lonisville Frofessur hus suggested, this nay account for the famous shower of fesh ln Kentueky, Tho particles of the Columbus shower were not gathered or analyzed, ns were those of Ken- tucky.” COMBUSTIBLE EARTU. Certalu caverns in the higher parts of Reunlon Island ure paved to the depth of an Inch or so with combustible earth, M. de I'Islo Jately vis- ited one of thens In order to exainine this sin- geular soil, and found 1t to be n solt, friable, Ine sipld, inodorous substance, of an ochre-yellow color. It was euslly broken into fragments or crusbed topowder. When dry, it burned with & short, yellow flame, and witn little smoke or smell.” When dompened, it consumed un the application of a lizhted mateh, without tlame, but with s good deal of smoke and u vegetable smell. On being studied with the microscope, the substunce was discovered to bu composed entfroly of smasll bodles which wero either s,purulnr grains of pollen, It was ufterwarda determined that. these were nflu’l}' fdentieal with the spores of a species of Polypodium growlng In Reanion. From the cohesiol of the spores, and the slit In tost of them through which the contents had eseaped, It {5 supposed that the uccumulation in the cavern wus ciaused Ly watcr rathes than by w BRIEF NOTES, The South-Africun International Exhibition will be opened ut Cape Town in February, 1877, A Chinese Polytechuls Inatitution, supported by private contributions, has been opencd at Shanghal, The Coundl of the Parls Obaervatory pro- posus to undertake the manufacture of oject- glasses by machinery, which have hitherto been made by hand, From the “Year-Book of ths Norweginn Tourfsts’ Association for 1375," we learu that this Society numbered, at the close of last 1,217 Fellows, 168 of whow were forelgn, 8 threo belongiin to Eigland, The Orieutal Congress,which met ut St. Peters- burg dwrjog the dirst ten dduys of Beptember, neeompllshed a oot deal of useful work. A cor- «tial weleome was extended to the Saclety by the Russian Governinent. It will hold its ‘next meeting at Florence, A statue costing X0 francs Is to Le erceted by the City of Perpignan 1o the menory of l)x,mu-uh Arsgo, who died twenty-three years ngo. A monument has alrewdy been dedivated tothe celubrated aatronomer in hia native vil- lages of Estagel, situated in the Dupartment of " 'rc(nfl:l Orleutales, of which Perpignan is the chief town. A novel feature of the French International Exhibitton of 1578 will bs a colossal Gifford steam captive balloon. It will micasure 81,000 cuble mietres; the rope will welch' twenty pounds per yand; the clevation will be 500 yards; thesteain englne will have 200 horse-power; und thirty persons will aseend at a tiine, and, In calm weither, 100 moteorologival observation: will be made during the ascents, for the instruc tion of cxcursionists und the benelit ol Scien At tho Glasgow mueting of tho British Asso- clution for the Advancement of Scicuce, there were present T08 members, 1,253 ussoclates, 00 ladles, and* twenty-four' forehm men Thers werv efght ex-Uresidents fn attendance, Prof, Stokes, Dr. Carpenter, 8ir Willlam homson, Prof, A, W, Willlameson, 8ir John Huwkshuw, Dr. Mooker, i, Lloyd, and the Duke of Argy ‘Tho majority of” the papure Erumlcd wero of genuluw sclentille value, and v xtyt he tuecting was pronounced ono of the most cilliant of Teceut years. Tho Assuclation will convene at 1'))ymm|lh on_the 15th of Aupust, 1577, and at Dublin fn 1878, Prof. Allen Thom- ann, of Glasgow, was elected President of the Vigmouth mecting. Mr. Ioward Grubb, of Dublio, who has the contract for constructing the Great Equatorial for the Vienna Observatory, reports that the work [s progressing satlsfactorily., The Ob- scrnlm—f Itsclf I8 rapldly approaching comple. tion, an mn{ be ready for occupation by the bewinning of winter.” The Internal arrange- ments will probably not ba perfected for tvo or three years, The telescope, n refractor with o twenty-six-inch objective and thirty-foot focal distarice, s expected tu be ready by the autumn af T, pesiel o berpudy By £ King Leopold, whn is President of the 8o- tlety, called n -:Gaventlon of the International (.m;:mlmlml Congress at his Palace at Bruasels on the Lith of Septemver, The maln object of the meeting was the forwarding of measures for the civilization of Africa, ‘The” King urged the niccenrlty of establiching stations and bospices on.the “confines of the unexplored portions of the Continent, and of furming an Internationul Committee Lo push on the work, England and Frane were represented at the Congress by n nunber of savants, ‘e Norwe; Arctic Expedition, whose progress we h several tiines ehironicled, re- turnied to fergen on the 2th of August, Bad weuther was encountered throughuut the voy- es tu and from feeland, which interfered with the work of the zoologicts, but did not so ina- terlally operate ugainst the deep-sea soundings, The dredgings indicate that the fuunaof the Arctle deep sea i very constant, yet not very rich, The expedition remained "ot Relklaviic elght days, durlug vhich an_exploring party misde a tour to Thingvally, studyig the geolog- fcal structure of the country alung the route, ———— TWEED AND HIS FRIENDS. Fato of the Members of the Tammnany Ring . F. IFingate in the North Awerican Revler, Almost without exception the subsequent carcers of thuse prominent {n the history uf the Rime were marked by exile, milsfortune, and rulis. The way of the trunsgressurs was hard, Firet, of whe four great central figures, OI these T'w passeda yeur Ina felun's cell, from be was releused by a decision of the Court of Appeals adverac to the Jegality of the cumu- lative sentence tmposed hyfluclue Davia. Iin- medlutely_arrestel on neiv aults, lie lay fora time in w New York Jail, while lawyers consum- ed bis means in litleation; and then, sudilenly wscaping from the SherilDs hauds, he followeil swev.-n,?~ and Counolly fnto exife, leaving be- hind him un unsatistied judgment for millions sggalust his estute. Curlously enough he was even then bunted finally Lo earth through the remorscless penctl of the caricaturlst. Farced to leave © his first plave of refuge fn Cuba, le took passuge for Spain, ond dn Awgusl, 1876, after nine months of unxious liberyy, wos tdentiticd by mcans of a caricature on ‘his arrival ut Vigo, sud at ance arrested. There wus no rest or peace for hitn except within his prison’s walls, = Sweeny amd lis brother, far more cautious than Tweed, had early taken refuge in fligit. Timld by natuge, and’appreciuting the fury of the stura, Swesny had, i1 Decemlier, 1871, on pretext of ill-healtl; withdrawn to St. Cutherine's, In Canada, aul from this point of vantage nttempted to hego- tiate n peace. Falllng In this, be subsequently went. o Europe, accompanied by his brother, amd the two therealter resided exiles in Parle, They were abundantly eupplicd with means, for il kept of their plunder well in hatid ; but none the less they were outeasts and pariahs, and knew themselves to be sueh, Toe brotber, James, drank himself to deatl in June, 1875, while the more astute Peter B., less for- tunate. remains u solitary exile In a brithant capital, shuuning most of all the fuces of bis countrymen, snd awaiting in shawe and fear the issuc of the suits which Involve the owner- sh(l{n of his New York pruperty, onnglly fled the country curly fn 1872, 1lis timidity counscled him well. ~ In Europe he wandered helplessly about, passing much of his time ot first In Egypt, where some pasaing stranter vividly described him as sitting upon the piuzza of his hotel, *“shunned by ever body, with trembling bands and vacant cyes. Subsuqlucntly e was reported as living with bis son-in-law at Vevay, In Switzerlund, Hall alone, of them all, sttempted to re- sume bis old ways of lfe. The ban, however, was upon him. “The law firm of which he was n partner dissolved, and things went badly with him, unth ot last, in the carly duys ol 1870, New York was astonished by the sudden un- nounceinent that the ex-Mayor had declded to abandon his profession aid to become an nactor. He always had o faney for private theatricals, and” had won a certain reputa- tion in them, and now, & man of middle lite, he thought to mount the stage. Ile did 50, andd soou came down, e performed but fu u single play, speclally weltten for him, und having u very direct refprence to the odlum foto which he had fallen as Mayor; but his fuilure wns too evident to admit of gues- tion, even hf. hlmself; so, having once more made 4 o himeelf ridiculaus, ‘he shutlled off the back to his law oftice. Whether he would change places with Sweeny Is an open question, The lesser satellites of the Ring were not more fortunate. ‘The miscrabla death of Wat- #on has already been deseribed, His successor, Woodward, lives a furitlve in Paris, the com- panion, it 13 aaid; of Tweed’s son Richard, who supposed to Keep guard over hinrin the inter- est of his father. - Genet, Wilbeue, Flelds, and Cook are likewise in exile, bankrupt and depressed, bearing as- stined names, living from hand to mmltb’ and anxiously * studying extradition treatles.' Of the contractors, through the medium of whom the frauds were perpetrated, UGarvey turned State's evidence and disgorged his plunder. Ingersoll, convieted of a 'technleal forgery In connectlon with the city business, was {inpris- oned, aud then pardoned on condition that he would furnish the evidence necessary to convict his priucipals in erlme. The Ring Judges were uo tiore fortunate than its more fmmedinte principuls. Ejccted from the Bench and dls- qualitied from practlee at the Bar, broken in Ticalth, rafned in character, bereft of {nfluence, ond depeadent on a father-in-law for support, Barnard could only show hils strong sense of dis- grace by denunclntion, at once fleree und hnpu- tent, of every one who had contributed to his downfall Cardozo. hardly more fortunate, escaped an expulsion from the Bar ouly by a pitcous appent tothemercy of the Bar Assoclation, accom- panicd by the assurance of his futention to fm- mediately leave New York and settle n tha ex- treme West. When the proceedings nzalnst htm had been sbandoned, he quictly resumed the practice of the law, at lrst in thelower, sud then, emboldened by {mpunity, In the ligher courts, But s haggard, anxlous face testifled to the sullering which bis disgrace hod caused him,and thoee who knew him best spoke of him as & broken-hearted nan, Even his uephow Natban—hla Girarz "—after his uuclv’s reslg- nation, huving becowne despondeut through pe- cuniary losses, added to shunie and family mis- fortune, attempted his own life, McCunn, procecded against like Barnard and Canlozo, was removed from the Bench by a vote of the Senate un the 44 of July, 1372, "Broken by dissipation, his system ylelded to the heavy sirafn of shame and excitement, and next duy he took to s bed, He died thred days tater In “atlucnce,” but neither * In peace " nor Hease Of the wholo number who In July, 1871, were 8o flushed with suceess, so secura Ivu nower, 0 lavish lu tholr vulgar wealth, not one 1 1875 but would bave fovously exchanged his lot with uny decont inhabitunt of the city e had leunderenl Who carned un honest competence by honest toll, ——— Tetters of Wushiugton, Four bitherto unpublished letters of Presf- dent Wushinzton's lave Lieeu storal away and overlogked fn the Muscum of Leleester, En- gland. “Thay are addressed (o Mrs, Catlierine Macaulay Uraham, of Bracknal, Berks, Lngld, und aro all dated In the year 1700, She Ilevedd to huve beon an autharess, und closcly seluted to the Macaulay fuuily. It is supposed nlsu that she llved at Rachluy Temple, about six imlles from Lelvester, the hote of the famous Zachary Macaulay, one of the first antagonists of slavery, and the ancestor of the late Jord Mncaulay, and, a8 some of Washington's ances- tora are burled ucar Lelcester, the wequaintance- ship may uot bo diflicult to trace, The most n- terestingz of these lettersis dated New York, Jun, 9, 1700, andd contalns referenve to Wash ton's clevation to the hesd of the Itepublie, mnd o statement of his vie upon the . establishment of the mew Gov- ernment, After stating that nothing short of an absolute conviction of duty could ever have brought liin upon the scenes of pub- Me life ngain, Washintgon states: “The estab 1isbiment of our new Uovernwent scemed to be the last great experiment for promoting humnan Lappincss, . by reasonable tompact, “In civil society, h wes to be, fu the first fnstance, Iu s conslderable degree, 8 government of accommo- dation as well a3 & government of law. Much was Lo be dons by prudence, much by concillu~ tion, mwh by tnuness. . . . I alwoys. be- lioved that an uncquivocally freo and squal rep- resentation of the )Ixcu ple I the Lejsisluture, to- gether with ao efticient and responsible Exveus Live, were the great pillars on which the preser- vation of American freedom must depead, It was fudeed next tou miracle that thery should have been so much unanhnity, in polits of such ’I"LY'J"““W' among such a number of cltizens so widely scuttered and so different in ghelr babits iu mauy respects ua the Awmcricans were” Tag remaluder of tho letter §s occupled by s stator meut of the condition of the country aud top- fca uf a soclal character. Photographs of tho | letters have been received at the Cente bibition, i UTAH. What Will Be Done with Les of : ° Mountain-Meadow Fame. John W. Young Seated on ‘the. Right Iland of the Prophet, Spaculations as to the Futare Polioy ef the Mormon Church, Special Correspondence of The Tribune. 8aLr Laxm, Utah, Oct. %.—Thero arc no defle nite -developments yet from the conviction of Lec. That 1s to say, although he threatened and stormud by turns, Lee has not yet told any- thing of any consequence. It is gencrally bo- leved that somebady in the South has got docus ments fixing the ordering of the Muunltaine Meadows massacre on the Church, but it is now thought thut Lea hay them or can get hold of them. It is enld that W. H, Dame, holdlog {hen a8 now high rank In the pricsthood, and by virtue thercof ‘Culonel in the Nauvoo Leglon and commanding fn the Boutn, gave n written order “to exterminate the cialk grants and leave nonc who could teil tho tale,” to Iaizht or Highee, who were subordinate of- ficers In the militfa. The Nauvoo Lepion was the legal militia of the Territory; there wasa etate of war, Utah belng In arracd rebellion against the Washington Government; Brigham Young, as Governor, had proclaimed martial taw, or did about that time, and it would bo In some sort a justitication of Lee, or any other subordinate actor, could he show that ho was legally o militla man or officer, and acted in obedience 1o orders. 1 was the case with Lee, he will tin doubt show it shonld he ever stand In immi- nent danger of executlon, which it s doubtful it ke does as yet. No one has cver been exeentod for murder In Utah since I have been here,— nearly eight yeara,—aud there have been several cold-Nooded” murders committed. The courts somehow scem to be made to shicld the crime Inul, aud obstruct justice und right. THE CONPULRENCE, semi-annual, {8 in sceslon. The attendanco fa hardly so treat as customary I tbink. No new © policy . has been announced, the speakers barp on the old strings, namely: co-uperation, colinbitation, and merchandising, mixing in a good deal of * shop * tallc on gen- cral toples. The orly move of any consequence, s0 fur, 18 the election, or appolntment rather, o John W. Young to the place of First Counselor 1o the Prophet, made vacant a year or 50 ago by the thnely deccase of old Grorge A. Smith, Hriglam lind three lesitimate sous, Joseph A., Brigham, Jr., amt John W, Josepl A. suddenly dropped dead in his teacks from heart discase about & yenr ore. He was a Doy with considerable stuff fn hiin, pretty smurt and fast, and, with the same opportunities, might have made a passable inberitor of the purple of his sire. Brivham Jr. is rurl.ly. not tu say por- cine, and more stolld, although he had spirit enouzh to get Into a serape i England which cust the King, bis father, 235,000 to get him out of, as the story goes. It hasalwaysbeen thought thot Brigham the (ireat had an espeelal fond- ness for this ron, his natnesake, and that the de- stre of his heart was to sec him ascend the throne 28 his successor. But the pcunlennd the higher d[%n(l.urlns aod princes of the church under Brighum witl none of it. They say there {s nothing Inlifm deserving of such high eminence,” and they are not dieposed, in shurt, Lo be gov- erned by a nune, JONN w., 5 the youngest of the three, now 32, {s the repros sentative, if he rerruscm» anything, of young and progressive Mormondom. e has “uever done much of anything for himeelf, his father has set bl ut thie, then at that; now getting together and Keeplng o useunt; now ruuning a stenmer, more ornamenial than useful,”on Salt Lakes now starting a strect-ruilroad, flnally, at building ruflronds that du uot pay expenses. This lnst kind of guterprise baving been run Into the ground, Johnny, us everybody calls hlm, I3 to be put at his real professton, runmng the church, 1fls experlence abroad, for the' past few years, negotinting rallrond bonds, buying fron‘und rolllng siouk, ete., ete., tins enlighten= ed and lHberalized him. His first wifewas o Philadelphia girl. Her cousin _on one ovcasing accompanled ~ Johin from Pliladelphla out on a visit, fell in love with and marrled him as 4 third. Binee that e hus divorced hia second and, It is populariy supposed, his firat, but L css the last is doubtfu). A Murmon divorce o quecr thing at best. It 8 or it {sn’t, ns u please, Now you sce it, now you don't, At all events, it Is not. mpnaau‘xle that Johin W, Young can slncerely take much more stock tn polygamous, murderous, bigoted, fanatical. Mormonism, than you du, or thunIdo. He knows better. Now his udvancement fs looked on differently, and who is right, of course, I, not belng's rruphcl. sldl not venture to Indicate. Ficst, hen, one man says, It fsablind. The Church Is poing to move Heaven and earth, and Old Saturn to get Utah {uto the Union so that they\ can malce It ot for the Gentile, hotter than tho entle rebels are making it for Republicans in lexas und Eouth Carolina. They have furuished 2 full-blooded Mormon_ jury for the conviction of Lee, killing two birds with one stone, They have shown that they can and do subor- dinate the Eodowment House oath to the clvil oath; — and tho, bave atoned for Mountain Meadows by g{vlng Lee awny, Now,ns au indication that they ure goitig right ahead fn the path of reform, Jonn * W. Young hus been advanced to the richt-haud of thie King, George Q. Cannon {3 put_ up for * Congress, o man who hes *“divorceed,” ko to speak, bls l:rcvut-wh‘cul’uu a platform dewand- Ing admission {nto the Union, llere fsn seem- ing abandonment of the old objectionably feas tures of the system, polygamy aud murdar. Anothier man says {t {8 the SIIPLE RESULT OF FAMILY PRIDE on the part of Brighum. He feels that bis end Is drawing near. Tlis darliug ambitlon fs to bo succeeded by Brigham, Jr. 8o, to et o power- ful usslstant aganst the crists, fio advanced John to the place next in fimportance. And now there are father aud sun to Le depended on to help Brlgham, Jr., ealled the Fat Boy, fnto the firat place. Neither of the boys has much fn- Huence with the ol hurd-lieaded fanatics of the Churehy—those who fought, bled, and died with Joseph, But whnt of that [€ (¢ (4 the best that. can o donet Another theory {8, that Brigham, with that insplred und © pructical sagacity which have always stood biin in pretly good stead, sees thy inevitable—sces that Mormonism, 1lke wil other lssues, must ndvanes or die In these days, and that he is preparing for it. In othor words, he sees that the Chuich must abandon polygamy and murder as tenets of foith; must once aud for oll abundon throut-cutting us a means for conversfonor a8 o punishincut of apostacy; must adopt o more popular form— no, nut form, hut spirit, in {ts governuent ; must. l;uur ita tingers out of civil and. domestic afalrs; in short, thiut the Church must be, is belug, ' revolutionized, Whether s it bebter thut revolution should proceed from within or 'without—that Is the question, Unduubtedly the formner, And (€ incvitable, why shouldn't the young dynasty still ride the wave of power | —wlty not place {self at tho heud of the revolu- tlou aud endeavor at leust to control vl I hope this {s the old man's jdea. Or, it v s not, that the result may prove the same, Whatovor the wotive, Wit ever the result, can bot hail it fs an ausplclous omen, It is done, and [t cannot fafl to baye ity influence. John Young is ne fanatle, At or near the head of the chureh, Iis fuBucnce must tend to liberalizo, humonleo, and moke It decent. It lie shall wot be sustolued there, his ousting will canse iMl-feel~ Ingz wud dlssenslon, and free thought and action, wlil iu 8, word make divislon—the begivning [14 th Lregard it us the most fmportant sten taken by the Clhurch elocs they allowed Heynolds to Le couvicted of polygufi:v. J oug LASS. —————— TOGETHER AND APART. TOGETHER. Like rushing fiight of Summer-birds ecting Time, urrounded, loving hoarts intertwine, . APART, As move tired morials, weary, o'en foolsore, Crt!]‘tl Tiwme slowly by, # Now lengthoned nlles part loving bearts, My Lovoand 1. AXox, Curcaao, "October, 1870. Noturn of BuMloes. Winnipey (Manitoba) Fres Press. P Immense ll:n{l(ul buffalo #ave been seen within eighty miles of the Ited River, after ton ’cnn of total ubsence. From ull accounts the ords uro migrating castward, Tho Sioux Ius dinns restdivg at Devil's Lake, In Dakoty, have alyeady been un v great bunt, and haye returned to thelr homes with an abuudance of buflule meut und vumbers of yobes. velers from the Northwest, who have lately come fnto V ulpctfi. Nrrb very large numbcers of buffalo ver) el feetber ewst thun heretofore, Wo a Exe | tho lingostance of lejlalation to prevens 3 | waztox Prtermination’ : i Liede >