Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1877, Page 3

“THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. AUGUST 5, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES, o 3- “ LONDON. Another Letter from Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. ‘ A Visit to the Dore Gallery—The Mas. é ter’s Chef-d’0suvres, ERR i Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, and De- psrture from the Preteriom. Srtists’ Studios and Surronndings—Burns Jones and Alma Tadema, Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. Loxpox, Eng., July 2.—The Dore Gallery {san object of permanent interest in London. fet the sichts and occasions of this immense . eapital are so multitudfnous that one may post- pone fora long time the pleasure and profit of viewing the works of this wonderful artist. Known unto all men: in esthetic Christendom are his illustrations of the Wandering Jew, Don Quixote, Dante, and the Bible; yet those who do not know him as acolorist, and as the author pf grest pictures, haye much to learn concern- pg him. Passing by some attractive landscapes and a host of. drawings, we come into the presence of the master’s chef-d’ wuvres. On our right, the wall iscovered by the painting of CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. ‘This picture seems lit by the very sunshine of hope and enthusiasm. Its atmosphere is the cloudless sky of the East. The Christ, mounted on the ass, is its central figure. The glad mul- titude are smiling and grectingaround Him. On’ ose side # group of lofty dames in a balcony turn for‘a moment to consider with nonchalent curiosity the pageant which is passing in the street. The general good-fecling is such that even the tace of the Man of Terrors appears lit with a devout and hopeful enthustam. The pains of the past and the near anguish of the future are both hid- den forthe moment in the joy of the present, aud the prophetic heart of the Master leaps the abyss of death to make this moment continuous with the happy eternities beyond. Beside this vivid presentation, with al} the power and in- stroction of contrast, appears a painting of equal size and of equal interest, representing CHEIST’S DEPARTCRE FROM THE PRETORICM after the Hearing and Judzment of Pilate. Allis now changed, The crown of thorns hangs over the bleeding brow. The marks of rude treatment appear in the disheveled hair. The eyes are fallof sorrow. The figure, draped in white, is majestic with the simple carncstness of agreat resolve. The cross, which the vic tim is to bear before it bears him, is prominent in the foreground, carried hy two men who seem strained and wearied by its weight. In all the variety of feeling and emotion which surround him, the Christ of this ;*cture is free trom -all ‘taint of theatrical or sentimental extravagance of expression. Condemned, dethroned, fersaken, his creat thoughts and purposes are with hin, andin their streneth he prepares to meet the dreadiul extremity which lies before him, and 60 near ut hand. I remember one Christ of high art with which Tsbould be giad to compare this work of M. Dore’s. Itis the Christ in Rubens? great pict- ure, THE ELEVATION OF TRE Cnoss. Art can scarcely try for anything higher than the embodiment in’ one effort of so supreme a conjunction of tharacter and of circumstance. In Rubens’ work the arous aud the heroism arc so blended that the expression baunts the beholder for days after i hasbeen seen. I might also say that, ouce ceen and comprehended, it will never de forgotten. -Itis pernaps slory enough for M. Dore that, jn contemplating “his Christ, I ehoald have thought of this otber, wondering whether he, too, were not near of kin. ‘Among the smaller pictures, 1 will men- tion two of great effect and finish. One of these represents the streets of Jerusalem on the night after the Crucifixion. In the foreground are the anxious faves oi people frightencd by the unusual gloom and darkness. In the centre of the bac! Fround appears the Hill of Calvary. bearing the Ubree crosste, darkly outlined against a sudden glory of the heavens. The other is called. ’ “CHRISTIAN MARTYRS,” It bears the date of A. D. 303, and portrays a night-scene m tne Coliseum during the vei cuiion of the Christians by Diocletian. The cS entertainment of ‘the dary, which as been anencounter between thie Chris tins and the wid beasts, is at au end, an darkness partially veils the torn and mangled forms of the victims, among which the lions still prow) and devour. Above this gavage and bloudy record the stars shine in thar purest fervor, as if each one made his pro- test against such iniquity, In the centre of the Seep skr, a faint group of angels in white light looks not only ‘beautiful, but possible,—the transcendent horror of the one scene cailine for the transcendent beauty of the other. And these words of description make me think of the strange power of — opposition fn the human race, in virtue of Which the most brutal horrors are answered by the most angelic appearances,—depth giving way to hight, and degradation to illumination. t mg further sy of this material and ske; tical city'in which T find myself, where faith to the nner divine scems to give way to reliance -tpon external authority, and where the sweet music of thought is relieved by the passion of Movement and possession, that { caunot im- agine a corner of the globe in which the Christ- ideal should be hela to with more fixity and fervor than in THIS VERY BABYLON. For this isthe ideal of disinterested love and “ eif-sacrifice.—the ideal of the human and di- Nine as intimately related,—of the grandeurs of human nature rising to every peignt of practice gad of doctrine oy means of faith and of will. Where is this whole train of consideration more weeded than in Lis creat market of the whole aarketable world, whose brokers can sell a soul biecemeal, and cause a man in the end to won- der whether he ever was anything more than an poe of dissolving scruples and delusive ones Now, O Man of Sorrows, Man of the Uncon- yucred Heart, build Thy narrow way of duty and endeavor, Here mn the fave of these macniti- cent shams and illusions, show the strpassing beauty of the eternal virtues. While one yreaciles science,—another, history,—a. third, vspectability,—a fourth, looseness and licence, ~do Thou in our midst ‘hold fast that flaming dewel of love which in Thy band lit up the threatening Heaven until its glory snot down into the depths of Hell, making true Eeaven, God with us, everywhere and always! « There are other works of interest ia the Dore Ballery. One of these, called “THE NEOPHYTE,” = would seem to tell us that M.Dore's Christianity. is not of the formal kind. ‘fis Neophyte is a youth of opeu brow and earnest countenance, iresh in the habit of his order, sitting in the amidet of a long reom of cowled creatures, searcely to be classed as human in their attri- bates. In this face is cunning; in that, besti- ality; from that other looks out senile idiocy. These are men withdrawn from the" Wholesome labor and experience of otber men,~—losing, not intensifying, _ their human power by this withdrawal. The candid Youth, who bas sought in this cloister the con- ditions of a higher life thau that of the every- day world about bim, now learns the lesson of his mistake,—too late, possibly, for his salva tion, Living Witn these wretched mockerics of manhood, how shall he not become like unto them? The anguish of this question mingles With the utter blankhess of surprise {a the Neo- phyie’s tace. Looking at it, one carries his cause away in one’s beart, and prays deliverance for all who are thus afliicted and distressed. Beside this bangs a vivid presentment of FRANCESCA D1 RIMINI AND DER LOVER | as described by Daute in bis Inferno. The pict- ure, of course, recalls the well-known work of Aty Scheffer treating of the same suvject. Yet the two paintings are quite dissimilar. While Scheffer shows the two figures nearly in profile, Dore so turns them as that we see on the breast of each the lind wound from which life passed, —thus heightening the: tragic qinterest of the Moment by the evidence of past agony The face of the lover looks ‘down “with concentrated feeling upon the pale countenance: 30 dvarto him. Dante apd Virmil stand aside quite obscured and forgotten—the two spirits Etill exist for each uther only. By a wonderful effort. of foreshortenize, the form of Francesca is gathered intoa fuating attitude, us graceful asit is unusual. Rubens and Alic! A need not tase been ashamed of piece of work, ina department in which each of them excelled. Having spoken of art-exbibitions, let me add about artists’ studios and sur- a lew wor {| Yariety of rezions which it represents. Angelo. roundings. One of the most interesti Yormer is that of z eae - ‘MR. BURNS JONES, -concerning whose pictures I had something to say in my last. Let me‘ add to whatcver has already been eaid the statement that a nearer {- View of his methods of work, and of the incom- plete pictures not yet given to the public. has grentsyaised my idea of hi genius and power. conveptions are exceedingly poctical, and include long sequences of illustration. He chooses, Lowever, to embody them by a Process of drawing so dificult and labor- ous as greatly to delay theis proauction. The quality of mind by which this teeming brain, lashing so fuli of beautiful fancies, retains its creations till they cap be “clothed upon” with perfect and adequate expression, is in ‘itself re- markable, and, in’ these days, very unusual. This great fabor gives the artist great freedom, arising from the consciousness of power. All attitudes, ali contrasts, ure possible to him. One of the finished pictures which still adorn his studio snows so much of this freedom that 1 called it, at first sight, an ecstasy of color,— &@ name which did not displease the- artist. We admired also a picture of the Annunciation, in which the Virgin, eluthed in white, looks like the lily of consummate purity whose golden heart gave to the world its greatest glory. Not fess excellent did we find a series of designs representing the story of Perseus and An- dromeda, One of these—so far only a sketch in white chalk, with alittle shading in neutral tint—represents the group of the three 1 those dreary old witches who possessed but one eye between them. This sketch carried one back to Retsch’s Outlines by its vigor and power of expression. The house and studio of another artist, well known to inaay Americans, deserve especial mention. This artist is <, ALMA TADEMA, whose paintings are of small cabinet size, but Nery rich in ‘coloting and quamt in desian. Several of these mill be remembered among the “gems” of the Centennial Exhibit, and others astorming part of the Loan Collection which attracted so much attention last year at the New York Academy of Design. As Mr. Tadema’s pictures need no introduc tfon to au American public, ‘we may say some- thing about his very original bouse. This, though uot large; appears spacious, through the in the first floor ig a ‘Lurkish boudoir, furnished with low seats, low tables, pipes, porcelains, and Oriental hangings. You ascend to two drawing- rvoms, exquisitely decorated, one in Frenvh, one in old English styles from which you. pass to a Pompefan ‘salon, whose ceiling “and walls are —_einbellished with “Gesigus stolen_from the long-buried city. “The studio is Egyptian, and among its ewbellishments are stall. mimicries of” the classic mununy, placed at regular distances on the walls, which thus simulate the sides of a ‘This gloom does not overpower the exuberant hilarity of M. Tadema, who is a Ger- man of the Germaus, bland, rosy, and full of sparkling good-humor. His first-finished pict- ure, he tells us, was purchased in Boston. One of the pictures sent by him to Philadelphia last sumnrer was aso purchased in the United States, Ho iss, therefore, a kind side for Americans. TUS CHARMING WIFE, ‘once -seen, explains some of the features of bis works. She bas yellow hair of the richest calor; her eyes also have a primrose tint, while her complexion has a pale bloom of its owns, most resembling that of a white rose. She gave us tea from lozenge-shaped ‘cups, with saucers to match. In the ante-room below we admired a painting by her own band, of yellow jonquils and 2 yellow fan, on a dark back- ground. Her busbaud seemed pleased when we praised this picture. “So these two artists ow cupy their gulden nest peaceably, and do not. tear euch other's laurcis. Let me here say that the passion for the gold- en color stil prevails. In dress, in furniture, in poms, 42 {6 the prevailing favorite. Long anished from the social rainbow, it now avenges itself for years of ueelect, and, as every dog must hure his day, we will say that the Jow dog is now to have his, and that the doz- star of this cyming August will certainly be of his color. 1A Warp Howe. CASUALTIES. AN UNFINISHED NAP. Special Dispatch to The Tribune, ‘While the New York ex- press‘train of the Northern Railroad ot New Jersey, leaving Jersey City at 5 p. m., was pass- ing Corrsville ata high rate of speed, the en- gineer saw an object lying across thetrack ahead ofhim. The train was stopped as soon as pos sible, but the object nad been struck by the en- gine and, fig into a ditch near by. It was afterward discovered tobea baby, 15 months old, named Katy Sullivan. She was uncon- scious, but the only injury she had received was a slight scratch on the face and _a bruise on her side. The infant was taken to her mother’s house near by, and soon recovered consclous~ ness. = MINNEAPOLIS. : Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune. Messganouis, Minn, Aug. 4.—Abont 10 o'dock this morning a young man named John Duffee was run over by freizist-cars and instantly killed. He was coupling cars, when he caught bis foot ina frog and fell, two cars passing over bim. He was from Mitwaakee, where iis parents live. About the same time another man named Charles Bell, who was digging in an embank- ment at Darwin, on the St. Paul & Pacific Rail- road, was instantly killea by the caving in of earth. It.threw him against a car with such force as to’break his neck. He leaves a wife and five children: KICKED TO DEATH. Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune. Exar, Ul, Aug. 4.—Thomas Dud, aged 21 Sears, was killed by the ick of a horse this morning. He was au adopted son of Willian Frazer, living amile nortn of the city.and worked about the farm. The deceased was struck in the neck by the hoof the horse, “and the blow being very violent, Geath ensued within an hour. WALKED IN HIS SLEEP. Special Dispatch to Tre Tribune, Daxvitre, Di., Aug, 4.—James East, an old resident of this city, who has been boarding at the St. James Hotel for some time, during a somnambulistic walk last nizht stepped out of a window in the thipd story of that building, falling to the sround, a distance of nearly forty feet. He was very severcly hurt, but the physicians think not fatally injured. BOILER EXPLOSION. Special Dispatch to The Tritune, East SaGinaw. Mich., Aug, 4.~The boiler in the shing!e-mill owned by the, Taxworth Bros,, at Baldwin, Lake Gounty, exploded about 2. m. to-day, killing Harry Taxworth, who was in charge of the enginc, The mill was totally wrecked. The other bands were outside thi mill and escaped injury. 2 THE KILLING BKINDLER. Specia! Dispatch to The Tribune, Warertows, Wis:, Ang. 4.—Berths Wallin, of Milford, aged 13 years, applied kerosene from can to build a fire in the kitchen is en i “un ignited, setting fire to her the oll nd baring her, voty so. terribly that she died of her injuries this morning. TRAIN COLLISION. Greverann, U., Aug. 4.—About 7 o'clock this moruing, aheavily-loaded stovk train, stand- ing at Conneaut Station, O., on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southeru Railway, was run into by another stock trafu. causing a bad wreck. The Joss is from $8,000 to $10,000. RNED TO DEATH. Says root N.H., Aug. 4—A fire here to- day burned two cottages and damaged others. Henry Graves, of Concord, assisting in remor- ing the furniture, was overcome by smoke and burned to death. THE CINCINNATI DISASTER. ae Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Crxcrssatt, Aug. 4—The body of Henry | Maag, the last. of the victims of the cigar-box , was exhumed from the debris to- Poe een est commenced this morning. aay. a Bitten by a Horse. 3 rs A. J. McKimmen, the well-known Nashville trainer and dr-ver who bi Sr. Was recently bitten in 2 horse was being the girth under the horse to the groom. saon as the horse he seized McKinunen’s left arm near the wris ving his tecth in the ficsh to the. bon Piitimen pounded the brute orer the head: with his fist. but it was only after being strac geveral times with a rake that be loosened bi: hola Fourtou, ho brought out Blackwood, 4 horrible manner BY Si %s Hambletonian. As the; the stallion, Stroder’s Hambleto sora! rk, Mr. McKimmen placed bis Jeft hand on: The end of the shart, aad. witb his nght passed; felt the pressure of the strap! PARIS. The Monarchist Coalition Divided Against Itself. Something “About the French Peasant, “Onr Master, Our Arbiter.” Arrangements for the Exhibition of 1878-~-Novel- ties at the Theatres, _ Special Corgrpondence of The Tribune, Panis, France, July 14—Tie wonderfully- astute gentlemen who form the Royalist sec- tion of the Conservative coalition are getting uneasy. They are beginning to sec that the 16th of May, viewed from their own point of view, may have been a mistake, and that the only Monarchist party which could excect to de- rive any benelit from the fall.of the Republic is that of the Bonapartists. Necdiess to say, the Orleanists and Legitimists had no intention of helping their old persecutors up the ladder. Under a Republican regime they are free, but it is not by any means sure they would be were an Imperialist triumph to seat a Fourth Napoleon ‘upon the throne of france. Indeed, it is pretty certain that, within a mouth after that problematic event, the Princes of the Bour- bon family would find themselves again obliged to knock for admittance at the friendly rates of Twickenham, where, no doubt, the Count of Paris would bave ample time and leisure to add anew volume, or even several volumes, to his work on Trades-Unions; and the Duc d’Aumale, might sigh in vain for Chantilly and Mile. Croizette. That such clever men as the Or- leanists should have been so blind to their own interests, {s astonishing enough. Now, how- ever, the ever-growing arrorance of the Bona- partista has at last opened their eyes to the trath, and they sec that, after all their ante- chamber intrigues and plotting, they Lave, as usual, been playing the game of others. His- tory repeats itself, The cvalition of the 16th of May carried the seeds of dissolution in it. It was i DOOMED ATJTS VERY BmTD. So long as there was.only a werk of destraction to be dine, matters want comme sur des roulettes ; but, a5 coon as the reconstructing process had to be considered, the difficulties commenced. What candidates were to receive official support at the elections? The Bonapartists, as the strongest faction of the Conservatives, want to have the llon’s share of the spoil; but this docs not suit the Orleanists, who think that, having been the prime movers in the reaction, they are entitled to a reward commensurate witb their merit. Then the Legitimists must be remem- bered, aud they argue that they take precedence of all others, on grounds of right Divine. Nor is this all, Were every one of the foregoing parties satisfied by some miracle, there would still be -the Clericals, whose pretensions are considerable. Since the dissolution, the Cabinet’ has been vainly trying to draw up a list of candidates that would meet with general approbation. The task has so far proved beyond their strength, aud every day thet goes by -strengthena interaal | dissensious of the coalition. ‘When rosues fall out, there is a chance of hon- est men coining by ther own again. Tae quar- rels and jealousies of their opponents are doing good service to the Republic. A little more patience, alittle more quiet waiting, and the élections will allow the voice of the country to be heard. ‘The result is hardly doubtful. Yet it does not do for us to rejoice before we are out of the woods. The French peasant is a fickle individual, constant only to bis own im- inediate interest, and carcless of all vague prin- ciples. Talk to him of Justice, and he is deaf. Tell him that the Government is likely to -med- dle with his patch of veretable-ground, or to draw upon the eecious hoards that be has stored awayin some old stocking, and he is alert and suspicious. Selfishness isthe only string which answers to the touch in the political or- ganization of ‘THE PEASANT, OUR MASTER, OUR ARBITER,” as that miserable journal, the Aigare styled him ima leading article this week. We may witness to-day the strange spectacle of M. de Broglie turning for Ins only hope of victery to universal sufirace,—that same universdl suf- irage which makes the peasantry a power, and which M. de Broglie and his friends would be, under different circumstances, so extremely happy to *‘ improve off the face of the carth.” ‘There is still nothing fixed asto the exact dato of the elections. On this subject the Minis- try is divided against itself. MM. de Brunet, and the greater. of the Cabinet are anzious to delay; but Duke Dr- cazes and Gen. Berthaut are equally anxious to have the strugele over quickly. Whecher it is truc or net that the Germau Goverament has notified its disapproval of the *proylstonal”? character of our present ralers, J ercagot say, but so it is wi red, A clever ieilow, M. le Due Decazes. one knows better than be how to trim-and tur, fe has succeeded fn ontliving 2 goed mary~Gabinets now. and per- haps cherishes a fond hepe of retatuing his portiolio even in the cvest ofareturn of the Republicans to office. He deceives himselt. THE 1878 EXUIBITION. Preparations for the great Exhibition continue ona large scale. We are new sure of the par- ticipation of almost all the countries invited to exhibit, with the exception of Germany, who bus refused to have anything to do’ with the show, and of the United States, Brazil, and Turkey, which have as yet not come to a decision. ‘The applications for space have been far in excess of the number anticipated. In the French section alone, they amount to over 000, while in 1867 there were not above 19,000, M. Krantz, the Superintendent of the wock, hag just drawn up a highly-interesting report on the progress of the undertaking, from which it would appear that there is every likelibood of the Exhibition ed ready for the opening festival on the Ist of May next year. ‘The remarkable mildness of the winter has allowed the buildinz-operations to make much more rapid progress than one had a right to expect. The mzsonry of the Trocadero Palace is approaching completion, and the gen- eral outlines of the Main Building begin lo emerge from the seeming chaos of the Champ de Mars. It is hoped that the grand Cascade, which is to be constructed at the foot of the Trocadero, may shortly be com- menced; but at present’ this important feature inthe enterprise exists only on paper. After much ccliberation, it has been resoived that the Pont de Jena shall be widened by tne addi- tion of iron works: but the origival plan of cov- ering in the bridge has been abandoned. Vis~ iters to Paris in 187 may remember the CAPE-CONCRRYS AND THEATRES in the Exhinition Park. These places of enter- tainment Will be excluded from the grounds in but no one with a taste for the combined attractions of Theresa and sour beer need go further than the Champ Elysees to find the ob- jects of his desire. At the Concert des Ambas- sadeurs and Alcazar, he will be able to hear bad. mousic; at the Bessclievre Garden, he will get ood music; and at Mabille, if he be so minded, fe can unbend his limbs and ratresh his jaded spirit by joining in the exhilarating exercise of tne can-can. Most visitors to Mabille resemble that Chinese gentleman who preferred having the dancing done for bim. Orientalism of every.sort will be strongly represented in the foreign xcction of the Ex- hibition. The Khedive promises to send us an exact copy of an ancient Esyptian temple, which will be set up somewhere in the park. China and Japan will’ both figure worthily beside their’ many modern rivals. Siam, Burmab, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco have arranged to exbibit; and, lastly, his Persian Majesty, the Shah, has cent over some Schilite workmen to crect tae special exhibition by his country is to be illustrated. THE PINE-ART DRPARTMZNTS are te.be another great attraction. No pictures or sculpture exhibited in 107 will be admitted; and in all cases works of art will be erouped ac- cording to the nationality of the artist. Visit- ors in quest of pictures contributed by the numerous American artists studying under French painters in Paris and - at 4 the Ecole des Beaux Arts must consult is feria part of the official catalogue. Talk za this, M. Krantz has decided ta’ re~ place the usual bulky one-volume catalogue by several smaller volumes, explanatory of the different sections, The outiay in connection ‘with the Exhibition was estimated at 35,090,000 franes or thereabouts, but it is pretty sure this sain will be found insufficient. ry No definite arrangement has yet been made abont the grand fetes that are to take place in the Trocadero Palace, thongh thereis some talk of a gigantic choral competition, in which 20,000 orpbeonists of various nationalities are to take part, Then we are told of theatrical perform- ances in Russian, Italian, English, German, and even Chinese; but for the present, as i said just now, the programme is vot positively settled. THE ATTRACTIONS OF PARIS ITSELE. may be expected vo vie with those of the Champ de Mars and the Trocadero. All the leading theatres are preparing magnificent revivals of oid favorites. or -productions. of . novelties “troduced and from the pens ot popular dramatists and _comporers. “Paul and Virginie” is to be ‘splendidly remounted at the Lyriqne, aud to alternate with a new opera, “The Loy- ers of Verona,” in which it is hoped. that Hot bropn and Capoul will be induced to play the lovers. At the Porte St. Martin, the chief tri. umph of the the theatre. “Tie ‘two Orphans.” isto be reproduced. The Grand Opera‘ and } Gpera Comique both speak of new works by Gounod. Before these events come off, however, we ex- pect to have Halers's “Reine de Caypre and *L’Africaine” at the Opera, and Jonaan Strauss’ “Tzirane” at the Renaissan.o, which, since the accession of that most charming and piquant of bouffe-actresses, Jeanne Granier, to the troupe, has quite eclipsed its older rivala; the: Varieties and the Boufies Parisiens. M. Poise, the tune- fui composer of that pretty one-act trifle, © Bon Soir Voisin,” {s also going to give us a new work, the subject of which has-been -borrawed froin 'a comedy by Marivanx, Y Sr. Micuer. a RAILROADS, CUTTING RATES, _[t was hoped that the recent difficulties be- tween the railroads and their employes would haye the effect of preventing the cutting of rates hereafter. But uo sooner are these troubles over and the roads open. again for business, complaigts ure being made that some of the roads have gone back to their former practices, and are trying to cut cach others’ throats.. T.:e first case of this kind came to light yesterday. The Quartermaster of one-of the regiments of regulars now in this city came to the manager of a road leading Enst from this city, inquiring the cost of transportation of several companies of soldiers. Ue was informed that the Cémpany would charge full rates. Thereupon the Quartermas- ter mformed the manager that a rival Jinc had already offered to trausport his men for hall price, or ou cent amile. While the Company who made this rate will claim that the reduc tion was raerely made to aid in the sugpressio of the riotors, yet the managers of otifer road# say that if the Company had made the reduc. tion out of such motives they might have made an open offer to transport troops to disturped points free of caarge, or at half-price, and need not have acted claudestinely in the matter. aus has made much bad blood in railroad cir- les... HOW RAILROADS ARE BLED, New York Tritune, July 30, A brakeman attached to one of the passenger crews on the New York divisidn of the Penn- sylvanfa Railroad recently expressed himself with considerable freedom to a representative of the Z'ribune. His statemeats, which are kere presented in substance, haye some interest as au expression of the views of one of the most. intelligent of bis class; and, although nis ac- count of certaiu luxurious perquisites enjoyed by his superiors is, perhaps, colored too in+ tensely by the glow of a vigorous prejudice, it may be salutary to take a look at these prac- tices as seen through the atmosphere by which be is surrounded. “When we.complain,” said he, “that our Wages are too small to support a comfortable life, taey tell us railroads do not exist prima- rily to supvort us im any sort of lite~that the managers ure trustees of other people’s prop- erty, and they must conduct their business so as to protect the interest of the property-hold: ers. Now we can’t help sccing that these man- agers, in spite of their conscientious devotion to tue interests of the road-owners, hare been wildly squandering this property, income and asscts, in a crazy struggle to slaughter cach other. Everybody knows that they have becu siuking moncy, sinking it needlessly aud will- fully; and when this ruloousrivalry fares out in such freaks of puerile aud jealous extravagance a6 those senseless. dangerous, aud demoralizing races acroas the Continent with fase crains, we Jose some of our reverence for the superiur sa- gacity which capital is sald to attract into its service. But it is still more irritating to sce the money, Which is whittled Iroui our wages by those magnates, spent with open-landed liber- ality to gratify their own lore of display and sumptuous piggsure. Right bere, into this Jersey City depot, there come at least a dozen private cars, each of which belongs to some grandee on one of the Ifnes in this ‘system,’ Now there is actual need of some ‘private cars on some occasions, and if tae gorgeousness of these vehicles could be snbdued a trifie in the interest of economy and good taste, and if they were only made to facilitate the business of the Toad, they would provoke no complaiut or com- ment, But hardly 2 day passes without one or two of those palaces roiling in bere. Empt} palace-cars are running evcry hour, but tite rail- road Pasha must haveacarof his own. He may have his car all to himsvif, or he may have ali’ his friends with him. Tue supplies which are furnistied to these luxurious travelers are not such as the families of vrakemen habitually enjoy, but they are luxurious meals, in several artistic courses, with wines to suit, and all are charged to ‘tie compauy.’ The ovcupants some times live in these couches for days togcther, and they (the. coaches) are always nuisances here. ‘They arc in everybody's way, and syme- body fs kept switching, and backing, and haul- ing them about till they are coupled to av out- oing train, aud on tie Way to another yard. ‘he actual expeuses of a round trip from Phila- delphia for one of these cars is $20 at a mod ate estimate, and when forty or fifty of such trips are made ina month, besides yoyages to other places, a clean $1,000 is wiped out. “But there arestill more expeditious methods than this of bringing about an alarming shrink- age of values in railroad stocks. Private curs are not sufilciently distinguished to gratify the most luxurious oficials. They must have special trains, and everything must clear the track for them.’ Mr.—— thinks no more of ordering Lovomotite 1,001 hooked up to Car 2,002 than he does of ordering his coachman to harness his bay mare to his road-wagon for a drive. Last winter he used to roll from Philadelphia to New York in this grand strie to attend the opera, whenever the performance promised to be suficiently attractive for his ele- ant taste, aud then he would steam back after it was over. It costs about $180 to make the run, and five or six speciale amonth kno-k the bottom out of another $1,000. Now $2,000 a mouth for private cars and specials is rather precipitous. It is alte cent of $20,000. or the pay of 400 men at $50 per month. And this, amounts to saying that the 10 per cent saved by’ reducing the wages of 400 men on this division never gets us far as the stockholders, but is charged up in a couple of items to the ‘ vanity and case acconnt. “Now you can snow us under with argu- ments, and political economy, and social .sci- ence, aud it may be that all this has no bearing npon the question of wares as viewed by puilas- ophers. Our men are not profound or subtle thiukers, perhaps, but they keep both eyes wide open, and these things are exasperating. I€ the men who are paring down our wages for the good of society at large, and reilroad-stock owners and bondholders in particular, would only pinch themselves a little in the general squeezing up, we could: listen with more pa- tience to their protessions. They say we have a common interest in the prosperity of the reads. Why don’t they distress themselves just a little say to the extent of riding in palace cars—so that we can luxuriate in sume community of suffering for high principle? a THE WEATHER. Wasatncton, D. C., Aug. 5—1 a. m.—For the ‘Upper Mississippi, Lower. Missonri valleys, and Upper Lake Region, falling barometer, south and cast winds, warmer, partly cloudy weather. LOCAL OASERYATIONS. Cuttoaso, Ang. 4. siaitones Ren. Tar | Wind. 90.08) 57 JN W.. gent, S., wentie, S., brisk. VHBUVSSSASssaVa. THE CHAUTAUQUA REFORMERS. Fairnrorst, N. ¥., Aug. 4—The Reform Council, connected with the fourth annual Chantauqua National Assembly,opened its first session’at 9 o’clock this morning, the Rev. J. H. Vincent, D. D., presiding, with an” unusually large attendance from all parts of the country. ‘Anthony Comstock, of New York, addressed the audience in relation to the Natioual Society for (he Suppression of Vice, giving its history and describing its operation. Fee See Francis Marah, temperance lecturer, was in- jade a few remarks. g ‘The Rev. J.-P. Newman, of Wasbington, preached at 11 o'deck-on “Peculiar Keformatory Forces.” are eet je “attendance is increasing rapidly, the steamboats and railroad trai + 701 win ‘les = ins being crowded at 2ovclovck the Reform Counci - an account was igen of the Murphy work and its progress at arpa s at Elmira by Eccles Robinson, At 2:80 F. Murphy, of Pittsburg, a address on “'Gospel Tempe ees A eat trons Real Life,” 4,000 persons befie present. During the erening Frank Beard gave a short talk about reform, and Mrs, Emily Huntington Miller, of Chicago, gave “Mothers in Council? first of the series of papers on “Art at Nene” Mrs. al. E. Winslow spoke of Christian temper- ance work; Prof. W. F. Sherwin, C. B. Stonte, and Anthony Comstock spoke of the work of Young Men’s Christian Associations. The reeeints to-day—tne opening day—were more, -tuaa those of any day last year except cay sit imes the receipts of the opening -An unfounded rumor that a steamer had with great loss of life, produced great Gn ‘ ment, FIRES. AT ADRIAN, MICH. Special Dispatch to The Tribune, Apntay, Mich. Aug. 4—C. B. Ackley’s gen eral merchandise store-room in the Central Hotel Block, South Mata strect, was found on fire at § o'clock this morning. Everything on the second and third floors was cleaued, inflict- ing a loss on stock and building of not less than $4,000. Inaured. The upper stories of the hotel were damaged, and the contents ruined by water and dense smoke. Some of the guests and female help narrowly escaped suffocation. Allen, the Iandlord, has nn insuranee of $3,000 onthe furaiture. His loss and that of the guests and boarders must be $2,000, one lady losing au clegant new summer wardrobe. Origin surmised to be spontaneous. FOREST FIRES. Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune. East Sagisaw, Mich., Aug. 4.—Destructive fires arc reported in the pincrics near Bradford Lake, on the Mackinaw Division of the Michigan Central Railroad north of this place. Consia erable ‘valuable timber has-been destroved Heavy fires are also burning in Clare County. AT MANISTEE, MICH, Bpectat Dievatch to The Tribune, ManisTEx, Mich., Aag. 4.—Two dwellings and a blacksmith shop belonging to the firm of Cushman, Calians & Co., on the north side-of eats, burned this morning. Loss abont . Insur : Wittams, $300: test stone =a eh Reeee AT ORANGEVILLE, ONT. OnancEvriie, Ont., Aug. $.—Parson’s hard- ware store and Johnston & Lindsay’s general store burned to-day. Loss, $35,000, a eee CINCINNATI GOSSIP. The Railroad Strike—Basiness Outlook—The First Thing That Strikes a Chieagoan— ‘The Cincinnatl Newspapors Unjustly Crit- jsed—Cincinnati Resorts—Working .Girls Drivea to Prostitution. To the Editor of The Tribune. Crxcinwatt, O., Aug. 3.—For, I think, -the first time fn my life Iambomesick. The change from Chicago to Cincinuati requires a stronger constitution than mine, thoroughbred cosmo- politan thoughI am. Cities are cities, there’s. no denying that, but how different they can be! From the apex of Mount Eden to the bed of the muddy, yellow Ohio, there’s no resemblance butin the fact that both have houses, streets, and a population sufficient to entitle them to incorporate. ‘The strike is over, such a8 it was, ‘and Pork- opolis, if she has‘not yielded her right to the distinctive and euphonious cornomen, bas suf- fered mostly through other towns, The deten-, tion of freights, éspecially in St. Louis, has caused a starnation of business, giving a short vacation, not in many cases wholly unwelcome, and many, especially the colored people, of whom there are vast numbers here, seem to have a general seasorfof picnics, basking in the’ fiercest dog-day suns with apparent enjoyment, Looking across the narrow, sluggish river, Iined with steamboats and busy with enterprise, {it does not seem possible it was so recent a date “when freedom and when slavery wero dwell- ing side by side.” Business must be more than moderately good. bere now if the buildings in course of erection are any criterion, and I also observe some new boats in process of construction. The Telegraph, really handsome,, if any river steamer is so, makes her triaMtrip to-morrow. Far more passeuger and freight business is-done on the water her, than one would suppose when the bumber of raiiroads is taken into consi-teration, and the river-men are justly proud that land transportation companies have not been able to rob them entirely. ‘The first thing that strikes a Chicagoan, ashe makes his way from depot to hotel, is the ex- cessive up-hilliness of the streets. Go which ever way you will, and it is up-hill, until, from. excessive climbing, you come to fancy you carry’ a banner marked “Excelsior,” and you have to glance at the thermometer to dissipate the idea. of Aloine heights. ; Another thing that strikes you—this time your pride swells vastly—is the absence of pretty women. There is not an hour of the day that State, Madison, or Washincton streets, or any of the South Side avenues, could not show more on two blocks than J have secu all the thne I have been here. Igive the premium to Chicazo—Queen City in ery sense—for the beauty, grace, and elegance of her daughters. Then the newspapers. Oh ye Gods! Can't you send us down some of your superabundant talent,—a live man to rin a paper,—oue who has the tact to make something good out of trifles, and something readable out of nothing? was never more _ astonished in my life than when [ unfolded the Sunday edition. Absolutely the Journal is more interesting, and a dozen brighter ones hive died because from surfeit of good things yon did not appreciate them. : The resorts around town are numerous and beautiful, such 26 Chicago has not, and, with all its morey, cannot have, an some few private residences are macnificent. In hotels they are short avain, but the: have enough, and good enourh, for all practi urposes,—well filled, too, they seem. There is little to indicate to the ordinary traveler that there is any great pressure of hard titacs. Mrs. Shoddy aud Mrs. Petroleum certaluly have as stylish outfits as I ever :2w wor. Ostrich tips tremble over naughty heads; diamonds flash on white, ungloved hands, and heavy lusterless silke trail in the dust of many crossings un- swept but for them. But in the poor quarters of the city, where ‘want and ignorance do congregate, you see it in every form and on almost every face, from the unWashed, half-naked infant to the crone of 80 years who sits at her shanty door and tells toe idlers around that “times are not what they were when stic was young.” Ab! blissful, far-off time, wher the summer days were long and swect, and the winters sbort and cheery. They forget that the halo around those years was from a star set for then forever —the star of life’s morning. And on the streets at midulent—how many a woman’s light foot- fall is heard as she stealthily tries to attract that she has not the hardihood to solicit openly. + It fs told me tor a trath—t know not if it be so,—I hope it may not be, hence will give no names—that a very large retail, store here, em- ploying In its different departments about 200 girls, did a little sum in simple division, and by ‘the process took from them half their already stall salaries. Earning, or rather paid, but 2 sum barelr sufficient to give the ordinary neces- sitics of life when used with strict economy, then to have the half of that taken away,—imag- ine the result. The balance must be made up some way; how? Lam told, too, that few resiened, but that Many ayoung face ages aud fades rapidly as the poor creatures who have, no choice give their nights to sin that daily bread may be Bre vided for themselves, and often for helpless ones depending upon them, Surely not they who have suffered more than they have sinned who would have kept their lives clean and unpolluted had it been possible. And how with you, Chi a Are your businéss men initaential, strong, holding the life and honor of thousands of thelr young sisters in their ands Mlictating the paltry sum Upon which they must live, guildess? Little you euess how often the price of the thrown Hal Phurned Spon the strect inveat- edin food, aloaf of bread, or a bed for the night, would save some one from the frst step that wrecks a life. G. B. FF. Ward, the famous young pitcher from Will- ampere teas who Tes been getting up a biz reputation with the: Athletics and Philadel- piss bat qoied ae goa (Wis.) —. ue looks like one. the comi men. formerly of the Memphis, Reds, hae also signed with Janesville. stri my beantiful home? ABYSSINIA. A King Who Receives His Guests with a Tame Lion Beside Him. A Curions’ Campaign, but in Which There ‘Was a Deal'of Good Fighting. | Ya em Fork Wortd, The recent war between Abyssinfs and Egypt furnished to European journalists a subject of unustal fascination, loss in view of the interest the civilized world eould -poasibly have in the 2s of the Mhedivesnd Xing John, King of Kings, than of ihe mystery which has always ural Ethiopia, the veil whereof not osity have su resence of so many foreizroill ers the Exyptian force rendered ft possible to collect a corpns of valua- ble aad vovel information, not to mention the Jortuadte accident of the capture and release Uy the Absssinians of an intelligent officer, so thst it was ouly .a gitestion-of time when the lucky author to collect, collate, and publish the essential facts would happen along. He has happened atong in the current namber of Black- woo, and tells the true -story of the late Exrp- -tian campaign as obtained from the livs and note-Looks of foreiz oflicers who served in the Exyptian army. As specimens of the misrepre- sentations of European papers may be cited the story that. the whole of Archidrap’s force of 3,409 men ‘was surp! in a defile and ex- ; terminated, but one-third of them having fallev, while the reports of the capture ana ransom of Prince Hassan, son of the Khedive, and of the capture of Massowah by the-Abyssinians, so generally circulated ond believed, were sheer fabrications. : In October, 1875, the Khedive sent a colump of 3,400 men under Col. Arendrup, a Dane in his service, to ehforce peace, if possible, on the border where the Egyptian fellahs were sadly harried by the Abyssiniuns, thinking that a dis play of force would accomplish this object with- out any bloodshed. enemy and dividing his furee, was caught ia the detile of Goundel, with t00 men, by an over- whelming Abyssinian force, defeated ‘ond de- stroyud, the few survivors of the siauzhter dus ing the engagement heing butchered in cold blood.’ Count Zichy, a volunteer, brother of the Austrlan Minister to Turkey, was one of the ex- pedition. Two weeks later the French Cousul, while traversing ihe scene of combat, was startled by the apparition of a bloody and ghastly objet creeping to him through the bushes. It was the Count who had been left for dead, fearfully wounded and distigured, but bad managed to dra himself to shelter, sul sisting on berries and roots during that lone period. He was removed ona litter, bis trou will enabling him to rally so that. indeed, be as huinming some favorite airs as they bore Lim away. ‘The natives with whom he was left, for some unexplained reason, yielded bim up to the Abyssinians, who'put him to death. The other detachments of Arendrap’s force were menaced, but escaped by night, thanks'to the skill of the foreign officers, especially of Maj. Dennison, an American. c This defeat compelicd the Khedive to send out @ stronger expedition to restore the Egyp- tian prestige and prevent incursions by the Yictors, so in December, 1875, a second body of 16.000 men, well armed, provisioned, and offi- cered, was scent by steamers from Suez, to Massowah, commanded by Ratib Pasha, the Egyptian Generalissimo, accompanied by Gen. Loring, and baving the Kheuive’s third son, Prince Hassam, as volunteer aid on the staff. Some months were spent ati Massowah before the army marched into the Abyssinian country, which is shut in by ranges of hills, rising in sus: cession until they alinost attain the dignity of mountains. ‘Tne. difficulty of passing these natural barriers has been greatly exugeerated, as also. has the climate, which, on the plateaus 2.090 fect above the Red Sea level that are found at from thirty to eighty miles inland, is one of the most delightful and salubrious in the world.—briht and sqnny in winter, and in summer refreshed by constant rains. » Large and. numerous water-courses fer- tilize and refresh this region, the aftluents of the Nile contributing to Exypt’s richness so considerably that the Khedive could eay truth- fully that as Nature was alrealy sending him down annually the best part of Abyssinia he had no desire to annex the residue. Marching eizhtv miles inland, the Egyptians fortified the Mountaiv of Kayakhor, where were posted 5,000 mien, while six miles iurther along 2 valley some eight mites lonz and from u mile and a half to two miles in width x breastwork deemed impremnable, Fort Gura, was thrown up snd occupied ‘by 7,700 ‘men. King John with a large force moved along the right flank, under shelter ef the mountains, endeav- oring to draw the Egyptians into the open coun- try, but they pursuéd a waiting policy, kuowing that be would soon have exhausted the conn! and then must cross their path and attack. Ratib Pasha was urzed tozarrisun and leave the fort, effect a junction of bis forces, and await the ouemy, but he was slow and undecided in his movements. Making no effort to unite bis divisions, he took out his corps for observation, not intending an engagement: but he was an- ticipated by the Abyasinians, who at once made a savage and desperate onslaught in mass variously estimated at from. 40,000 to 50,000 men of ali arms, Of this horde not more than S009 to 10,000 were armed with singie-barreicd shotstuns, old Tower muskets, ets, as many more with swords and sbields; the rest with clubs. But they were never able to dispiay or atively use more than 15,000 or 9,60) at a time, from the nature of the cronnd. The battle lasted two hours and there was fearful carnace, with con- siderabledoss to the Exyptiazs and far sreater to the Abysinfans, owine to the inferiority of the Jatter in respect to arms and position. This division of forces, aud the neglect of Oz man Pashia to bring up lis reserve, encouraged the Abyssinians to continue the war, and on the $th of March, 337t, he attacked Fort Gura, garrisoned by %,CO0 men well supplied with Large bodies of skirmishers were ut under cover of the undergrowth. The summits of the hills a mile distant were crowded with met, women, and children, who sured backwardsand forwards, yelling and brandishing lances and clubs, ready to fall on the garrison en masee as econ as the stormers had surmounted the breastworks. Of these there were some 30.000 or 40,000, who moved boldly up and_estadlished . themselves within some forty yards of the fort, and a deacly fight which Tasted several hours took place, the frantic efforts of the stormers proving, vain, and the artillery inflicting immense destruction among the masses on the hills. ‘The Abyssinians final- ly wavered, when a charge was ordered, and the broken columus were crushed afd scattered. Shortly after, without further. fighting, King dJobn sued foF peace, and no hostile movement has since taken plese in Abyssinia. In the first ae it Dr, T. Jobason, an American surgeon with the Ecyptians, was wounded and carried off by the Abyssmians. “He was tied to the bridle ot his captor’s horse and draeged along, being compelled to kedp up with the pace of the animal, which fortunately was not rapid. Whenever he lageed, stumbled, or tell, he was incited to activity by the monitory pricking of & lance, until half dead with fatigue he was placed under guard in the camp. After sleeping a night on the ground he saw early next morning small squads of Abrssinians driving their Egyptian prisoners, with hands tied, before them to the hillsides. With spear-thrusts the captives were made to run, then shot down -like par- tridges, the wounded being finished with spears, brata? mutilations also being {a- filcted upon therm, so thst the few who were seat back in mockery to the Egyptian camp bad reason to envy tbeir fellows who were killed outright. Finally Dr. Jobnson’s turn came,but ag he was belog dragged to the slaushter-pen an Abyssinian pie chief), only .secoud in honor and power to King Jobn, interfered, took him to bis tent and treated him asa guest rather than asa prisoner,—tinally asa brother. Hay- ing no idea of thedifference between an Ec- lishman and an American, and considering the Soelieh their allies,—had they forgotten Theo- dore’s war!—they treated the doctorwelland he did not disillusion them. For a month he lived with his captor.sleeping on amat, his food being ebiefiy hard bread and VYezetables, washed down with milk or merisea, the brandy of the coun-- try. At occasional feasts meat -was caten, cither taw or cooked, the Abyssinian apsearing ‘to prefer it in the natural state. and greedily de youring what literally was ¢ plveding Dept?” His host * cravely and aimost affectionately aj- proptiated ? the dovtor's way partof his clothiue. though inretura he ‘made: bite literal presents of curious articles of Abys- sinian workmanship. Finally be was taken before the King, whose tent was. somewhat larger than that of the chief, and bad a,wom- an’s tent beside it. King Johannes had evi- dently made his preparations to impress the stranger at this audience. He was carefaily’ pose uponhis mat atthe extreme end of the. ‘tent on a Kind of raised platform, his left arm thrown careléssly over the neck of atamed lioness whose two cubs the tevt. Several of his chieftains or ras grouped around him. The King himself seem- Arengrap, despising his , ed's man in the prime of: life and, yizor, his ox- pression of countens cullen? eee cy he Kept his cast Jown, 3 lovk- echt at his interlocutor, but piting sad den, swift, sidelone glances, Sit! oF Leaetzation and suspicion. His complexion was now b but coffee-colored, many shades -lichter that that of the rearo. His features. lke those of all the Abyssinians, were high and sauiline, cleat cut, withthin compressed lips. Hi measured and slow, - and almost pesitatiig. ‘There was not much native dienity in his maa- ner. He wore the dress common to Aby. chieftains, consisting of a long cotton clutl a red bant! ranning through the centre, worn in the style of the Roman toza, with nocover- ing for the head or feet, though ou great ocea- sions he wears tke triple crown of Ethiopia in a goldcircle. The King’s wives, like the other Women, wore scanty cutton cloths scarcely sutti- clent to cover theirnakedness. Like the Indi: by pea they were treated as drudgesand beasts of burdea, “They have generally, from the hard lives they lead, small pretenstons to evod looxs. ‘The only coquetry fn costume of cither sex is the elaborate dressing of their tone hair. To the King Dr. Johnson. oxpiained that be Was a surgeon and nop-contbatant, who joint the Ezeptians to attend to the wounded dn both. sides, to improve in his profession The King proposed taking him into his own service, offer. ing to double the pay he was re:elving from the Khedive and to make him Governor of a prov- fuce. But these brilliant offers the captive de ned, on the plea of an imaginary wife acd children at home, in Europe who needed his care. Finally the King asked if he would un- dertake,, i fiverated, ‘to convey a letter from the “ King of Kings”? to his sister, Queen Victoria, without letting the Khedive know anything about it, not to propose marriage, a8 Theodore had done, but to complain of the Egyptian invasion.’ Tuls the Doctor promised to do: but during the weeks which elapsed the King would not shake of his céhstitutional in- dolence, only,conquered under the strong ex- sitement of War or the chase, to write the letter, and when 1 ners were se Doctor left without it. Setspeed. the 'r. Jobuson represents the manners, hat and customs of thé Abyssianian as filthy, mabey id, and barbarous in the extreme, thus ivimo- rality being as conspicuous 2s thelr fanaticisia, Thongh he lived with and fared even as a chief of the highest rank, his health suffered severely from the privations to which he was subjected. A brief account of the coun try so little known is also given. The country bord = ngon Lake Tsana, where the Blue Nile and -*.nra both take their rise, is tropical in its Vegetation, producing the orange, lemon, lime, and banana. The lower valleys produce cor, def. a small grain much prized by the natives, indigo, and dourah, or maize. Barley, wheat, and fax are grown on the most elevated platedox. The vine and most fruit and_vexetables can be cultivated with little effort, though little atten- tion is paid to their cultivation by the Abyssin- ians, who prefer the production of the food which costs the least Iabor, and go live chiefly on tef'and dourch and on cattle, of which they have enormous herds, and sheep. Good cotton lands are to be found between the Blue Nileand Atbara. ‘The ae of these half-naked barbarians is surprising. ‘They claim descent from Solomon aud the Queen of Sieba, and in the uame of *Menelek,” still arrogated by thelr Kings, re- produce that of the issue of that uoiom aud boast that all other monarchs are but pretend. ers and parvenus compared with him. All Aby3- sinians of more than average intelligence insist that they were Jews before they were Cliristians, and that ‘Menetek’” introduced among them the laws of Moses, retained in part even to this Like the Copte, from whom they draw “their spiritual head, they _ oti gerve these laws, aud claim to. have derived tueir Christianity from St. Marke, Toey have clreumeisiun, the choice ot meats, the veil of the temple, and many other things recalling Judaism, besides a striking re- semblance in face and figure to that ancien people, Their Christianity, of which they are 0 proud, concists‘of long fasts and correspond ingly long (casts, and in ferce fanaticism, while practically disregarding all the sacraments. ‘They bear undying hatred to the Moslem people and faith, fostered by continual warfare and | kept live by their priests, who accompany them toand enccurage them in battle. There are among them about 10,000 Mussulmans* about the same number of Catholics, and perhaps 15,000 Jews, all of whom are apparently of the same color and race. The Jews in Abvasinia are workers in cold and iron, and by their skill and industry furnish the rest with their barbaric appliances of suow and splendor, snch as rings and trinkets for men and Women, crosses, etc. for the priesthood, the emblazonments' of the shiclds of the warriors with gold and silver, 23 well as the rich trap- pings for their horses. As to minerals, iron and. copper are frequently met with, and Sir Samuel Baker speaks of gold found along the streams, He describes a fine and extensive country, with Yery -fertilg lands, lying on both sides of the Atbara tiver and its tributary the Settite. These lands he regards us suitable to the cultivation of cottom, as they can easily be irrigated. He warms into enthusiasm in describing the- great herds of elephants wandering through, these pastures whose ivory would be so rich a rize. Other large game, such ao the lion,, eopard, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, wild boar, giratfe, and other animals common to North: Africa, roam over this paradise of hunters., Besides these you find such smaller game as’ the gazelle, elan, etc; and the guinva-fowl,, pheasant, pigeon, and a’ vast quantity of birda, of variegated and rich plumage abound. Among the rusna of Axium, an ancient city, near Adua, the present capital of Abyssinia, ig one of what scems formerly to have been an: obclisk, similar to those ot Egypt, covered: 5 trinkets, and d ‘like kittens about ere Ho wer | seperately io » burglar-proof sale.—Aockland ~ 1 Courter. with hicroglyphics, recording the names ane histories of unknown Kines—an-l dedicated t “the Son of the God of War."? — Another crumbling fragment comisemorates in bivro glephics King Makeka, coeval 7 anit set another, the & herself, from whom Abyssinian ita descent. In the great interests of civilization and manity it would indced be well If some ct: enlightened and less barbarous ruter (1 Christain or Mahometan) than the saracce war: now rules with a rod of irvi to govern Abr: So long 3 fertile country jected to the + age chicftains, néither cirilzation, prozres:, nov tue Curistianity canbe hoped for. Tne trud emblem of Joliannes, and of bis cruel compecrs, is indeed, as he boasts, that untamable beast of prey, the lion; aud the trinmpus of peace are; and must continue to be, alien to the character 4 Prince and peopte. ie, therefore, Eeypt has no need of Abys- sinia, the latter has great and pressing need of Egypt, or some other civiliziug agency, if the | ancient reaim of Ethiopia is ever ag: to | femerze from “the double darkness of Night, and Night’s daughter Izourance.”" a MARINE NEWS. THE CANAL, Brmoeprort, Aug. 4.—Arrived—Peerless, Ot- { tawa, 3,600 bu corn, 1,700 bu rye; prep City of | Henry, Henry, 4,800 bu torn; Tlidore, Henry, | 6,000 bu corm, Sunshine, Ottawa, 6,300 bu corm — Gleared—Deer Park, Henry, 97,013 ft lumber; North America, Henry, 97,040 ft lumber; Fred erick, Henry, 04,036 ft Iumber; Victor, Henr7, | ‘77,502 {t lumber. * Brroczronr, Aug. 40 p.m.—Arrived—Oma- ha, Morris, 5.900 bu corn: prop Montauk, Lock- port, 300 brls four, 12,600 ze meals Lotkpor® Lockport, 5,000 bu corn: Elizabeth, LaSalle an Ottawa, 5,900 bu corn. ' Cleared—Lily, Senaca, 85,000 ft lumber, 50,000 - shiagles: prop King Bros., Kankakee Feeder, 99,700 ft lumber. PORT HURON. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. G Port Horos, Mich., Aug. 4.—Down—Props} Manitoba, Cavisteo, Kershaw, Staracea, China, i ‘Alaska, Fairbank and consort, Allegheny and, barges, Merrick and raft, Cayaboga and barzes,; | Egyptian and consort, George King and barzes,, Birckhead and barges; schr Empire State. : Up—Props St. Paul, Anna Smith, Emplre: State, Russia, Huron City, Acadia,wEmms, Thompson and barges, Yosemite and barges, Walesand consort, Oakland and barge, Cor morant and consort, Vanderbilt and consort; schts Myoso! Wabash, Houghton, Thatnas Parsons, C. jae ee Je Re ‘Bentley? New Do! i minion. . Wind north, light; weather fine. "LAKE FREIGHTS. tt Curcaoo, Aug. 4.—Freights were active at] @3i{c for corn to Buffalo, chiefly at theoutside; Several vessels were takenand ordered here trom ‘Milwaukee. Charters: . To. Butfalo—Props Cuba, corn and prprisions, and Dean Richmoad, part cargo corn through: Moatana - aud Fountain City, corn through; sthrs #1. P. Bald! wio, Ida Keith, H. Wells, M. Collins, F. City of Tawag; Donaldson, Nevada, H. John..on! and Crosthweitg corn at 3a3ige.. To Eres Prop Philaselphia, rye; and schrs Allegheny = apd Sehuyliatl, corn through. fn the afternoon | the barges Ioter-Ovedn ard Argonant and scht Granger, -corn to Buffalo at current rates. Capacity, 565,000 bu corn and 50,COO bu rye. ; > : * The agricultural papers are publishing arti | cles on “How to-Protect Melons. About tha | best plan is to hfre a man with a loaded guo and dog to watch the melons, or else raise each ond