Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 26, 1877, Page 3

. rivalry to do battle for the honors that reward . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNL: SUNDAY. AUGUS ' 26, 187IASIXTEEN PAGES ~ PARIS. The Annual Examinations at the Conservatoire, . A Coming Operatic Star Discov- ered in a Saloon-Waiter. e Decision in the Patti Case---Music- al and Dramatic Gossip. (essndre Dumas’ Speech at the Distribution of ihe Montyon Prizes, e ‘Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Pams, France, Aug. §—I1f, withthe aid of some magic carpet, like that which did such z00d service 10 the Prizces in the Arablan- izhts story, ¥ou could have transported sour- 1t from buss Chicego, its storcs and ware- boases, 10 a Plain-looking white building in the Faubourg Poissoniere; last week, you would bave witnessed a curious scene. The Conserva- toire of Paris was holding high academic festi- sal It was the period of the anoual GRAND CONCOURS, . Anglice, * Compatitive Esaminations.” Some purdreds of students were meeting in artistic g twelvemonth's successsful work. At this time of the vear, the dull courts and bare stair- cases of the Ccnservatoirc—one of the most dreary cdifices in Paris, by the by—are alive with hurrying £roups of young, snxious people, coming to and - from the toriure chamber in which their fate is decided. It is accountcd@ a great privilege o have access to it.” None but the clite of the students, their near relatives-or friends, and the musical and dramatic critics, are admitted. ‘Yet, despite the extreme chariness with Which ickets are distributed, cach day of the compe- titions sces the tiny room dignified;by the name . of theatre, or Salle du Conservatoire, unpleas- rowded. There is no ventilation warth spenking of, and the heat is stifling, yet, day . atter day, you will find f - many tases 10 warrant the bard work exacted . whose superb - Paris itsclf, now that the A THOTSAND FEOPLE ‘patiently sitting through the shomniably-dreary penance of the examinations,—sometimes lasting e or twelve hours at a stretch. Tiere zre examinations vocal, and examina tions instrumental,—dramatic cxaminations, whereat ambitions youths and young Indies, like Garrick, hesitate ’twixt tragedy and comedy; and musical examinations, given up to melancholy orgies of soli- 1arr cornet and {iromboue blowicg, or the bypochondriac piping of the anlcet flute. The Dupils who have been considered worthy to en- ter the lists—to them so dresdful and fraught Wit momentens import—are divided into two groups, male and female. In singular violation of iraditional French politeness, the gentlemen are disposed of bejore their tairer emulators, who have thelr expectant agony thus length- caned ont to an inordinate extent. One by one, 2¢ their turns come op, the unbappy victims jssne from the dingy -background of the Conservatoirzlobbies into the full glore and ex- citemeat of the utive staze. They sec a multitede of inquisitive faces cazeriy turned 10w them as they enter aud- turn their trembling steps in the direction of the open i nervously approaca the awinl form of * But the worst part ¢f %o ondgal Is wmeetive ihe cyes of the jury, throned in fatcful majesty in thelr private box. The vouthful espirant Andshim or herself con- fronied by THE GODS OF TOE ART,— o0 old Ambroise Thomas ana Charles Gounod, M and Paladlille, Bazin and Reyer— peccil and note-beok ready to register the triumph or the 1ailure. How the poor creature coutrives o preserve presence of nind under ddown £Uzh CIrCUmMSLANCes.: not uiterly bo and eonfounded into instant collapse,— amarrel. Zqually wonderiul is the long: fering p . of ike jury. It ismo joke to listen to filky or sixty repetitions of a souata, or to endure the frequeat performance of a solo on _the Freuch born, to mote the su- pericrity or tineriority of cach candidate, powt ozt the fault or the merit of each, and, It the end of 8 weury dax’s labor, e heartily abesed by the friends of all the unsuccessiul. T cate or yrize awarded to the victors with it somzthing more than barren bonor, or wu mar be stre the strugrle would be Ioss keen and the dfsappointment less decp. It is usual for the mana.ers of the irec Iyric theatres which receive a State sub- Opera, Opera-Comique, and Theatre- sidy—ibe Lrrique (or to acopt the exact redundaut title, s National-Lyrique ")—to sclect a cer- taiz pumber of prize-winpers and attach them 2o their respective stages, ata fair ealars, for one or more vears. dhe wioner of thi first prze in. each tranch of the druma or . music Las__ 8t once 2 Steppiug:’ stone 10 a possible fame, while be ls, of course, eure of beiny able to lise for eome time,—a considcration serious cnough fn by the Professors. But ther A DARK REVEDS 10 this picture, as to all others. sfter a pupil Las won his artistic spurs and ob- taned an engazement, he is obliged o wait for vears before he gets an opportunity of appear- ing on the boards. - 1 bavea friend, M. Davngny, for jnstance, wno carricd off the first prize for comedy last year. That is exactly tavelve months azo. M. Davrigny was cnzaged by the Theatre Francaise at once, but itisnota month since _he made his debut, in the slizht of the voung loverin “Tartuffe.” The nstrumental prize-winuers are generally draft-_ ed into the orchestra of 3L Pasdeloup, Colomne, or ot 3. Delderez, at the Opera. A happy few— rari in gurgito nantcs—are admitted into the bods of the very clect,—that Js to say, into the macnificent band of the Societe des Concerts, “the most perfect bandin the world, perhaps, BOw, as it wasin 1be days of Habeneck, bait @ contury ago. The jury tiis year has exccllent feason to he E£atisficd with the work of the students, more especially in the opera competition. The first 1ady’s prize was carried off by MLLE. RICHARD, mezzo-soprano Yoice and really trasic acting in_a eclection from Halery's | Often enough, “Heine de Chypie” sssurc 2 moOs brilliant future to ther fortucate pos- ECSS0T. The centlemen are -, 2 trifle weaker than the ladies, though two re- markalie tenors have been disclosed by the ex- aminations. Oi tbese, the finest s M. Seilier. 1In 1874 M. Seilier had no suspicion of the career be would embrace in 1877. He was then & waiter at a marchand de vias in the Ruc Drouot, where his wonderful fexvre rovusto atiracted e atteation of a journalist, who induced him to abandon® the prosaic occupation of rineing winebottles, and heiped him 0 enter tue Conservatoire. He is likely tobea most valuable recruit to the stage when lie has cured himnself of a3 distressing NCIVOUSNCSS whi:h trontles him at present. "The #igaro indulgzcs iu & miid joke about the picnoforte exawination, which happened 1o be excessively long U -, owing 1o the number of candidates. Durlig the competition a mem- ber of the jury, who shall ‘bo- numeless, was - g0 overcome by fatigue that ke went off into a doze. Jeanwhiie the sonata “dragmed its_slow leugtn along 7 aud the verdict of the jury was cveutually pro- claimed. The drowsy member luckily woke in time to zive his vote with the rest. After the cXawination li¢ was indiznantly accosted by the 1ztber of one of the uneuccessfal pupils. +How could you express any opinion about my dauch- Dumas ter?? excluimed the irate parent. ¢ You were asleep while she was playing her piece.” “In music,” retoried the uascrupulous jurist, *to £0 10 Sicep is 1o cxpress ap_opinion.” And be weat off upon his unscrupulous way rejoiciug. ‘Tae decision of the lawyers in THE ADELINASPATTI CASE s doubtless at this present momcenk matter for gossip at Dicppe. Trouville, and many another fashionable resort; but in nine days’ wonder arcused by the first rumor of the scandal has subsided. it bas attracted little attention. The Teptiation of onc woman, be she a Patti even, affording Etretat, is. a trific in this feverish ditv. We " are’ too used to sudden ritcs sudden fally of favontes here, As the ma- ut finet zar des charsons. 10 of a “contemporary suggested at the ¢ thic St. Petersburg story was originally re- , the clearest lesson deducible from it is, - t.at Mme. Patti 1s not so young as she mfln . b, When oblized to declare her asc, the dwa s fain to acknowledge 87, *Tis the eummer 2% wost women's life, but u eerious and matare age for a priwa-douna. lam told that the affair has made a far more paniul impression in_London socieiy tban Lere. The good people in the British metropo- lis cannot, casily scparate. the woman from ihe srtist. it scéms to them that two reputa- uons” have been ruined, mot ome. That is: an absurdity. The _kinler amon us - will henceforth, no doubt, do theiE best to forget Madame Ia Marquise, and oaly remember that Adelina Pattiis ‘still tho great H‘;E“ and the inspired netress. 18 aguin- announced in the most itive way that M. Frauche, acting under the ?:sxnmc- tions of Mme. Patti, has paid over to M. Leon Esctidier 100,000 francs—the forfeit agreed onin 1he event of the diva wishing to withdraw from her autumn-enzazement at the Theatre Italien. This is unwelcome uews to us, but we still trust there fs no truthin the report. On dit; that, when the DeCaux property comes tobe divided. :{s the law requires after the judgment, the Marquis and his_wifc will each have aboit king, of things o rqvjrn\n% : g itic, we have just had a ‘. THE ““REINE DE CHYTRE™ ° ~ a4 the Grand Opers, with Rosina Bloch—stouter ihan cver—in the role of .Catarma Cornaro. Lassalle sings the music of Lusignan, to which his fine baritone gives due efect; and Villaret—afier soms sbsence from the ecene of his ancient, very ancient, triumphs—makes his rentrec In the tenor part of Gerard. I need not add that the scenery and costumes illustrating Halevy’s work are magniticent. M. Hulanzier invariably does everything possible to atone for the poorness of his casts by lavish -expenditure on_ spectacular cflects, The banguet-scene and the inevitable procession are _marvelous examples of what the Grand Opera-House can do in the way of spectacle. esides this revival, there has been an in- teresting one at the Theatre-Fraucais. ** An- dromaque,” Racine’s tragedy, has been re- mounted with decided sucvéss, Sarah Bern- hardt plaving the Leroine, Mlle. Dudlay, Her- mione, and Mounet Sully, onc of the weird eyes and too-powertul voice, sustaining the trying part of Orestes. Several theaires, lately closed for the summer vacation, ~have taken. courage and reopered. The Theatre- Historique continues the uninterrupted per- formances of the ** Drame an Foud de jla Mer”§ while the Chatelet, over the way,announces the Teappearance of the amusing reerie, ** Les Sept Chateaux du Diable;” and the Folies-Dramat- iques returns to that livcl{liule operetta, “ Les Cloches de Carneville.”” Nine theatres will be q}w.-n altogether next week. Towards the middle ol September there will a gencral theatrical resurrection, and the scason of novelties will commence. Till then we must take the good the manazerial gods choose tosend us, and “continue to be grateful Tor small mercies. In default of dramatic events, we "have tho academic, and it would be tash to devide whether the greatest success of the week bas beew Sarsh Bernnardt's in Andromayue, or ALEXANDER DUMAS' in the to him novel character of a lecturer on private virtue. - M. Dumas, although quite a re- cent addition to the party whe, with more or less reason, LIl the cbairs of the Academy, was selected . to preside at the annual distribution of Montyon prizes last week, at the Institote of France.: Perhaps M. Montyon may not beso familiar to you asto us,—so a word in_explanation before proceeding. M. Montyon, then, be it known to all who read this, was a charitable man who, years azo, bequeathed a certain sum _for the re- ward and guccor of persons, whose speeiel virlue or charity may have been thouzht sufient, by - n committce appoined ad noc, to make thewn fitting recipients. Tnere are various prizes awarced, according to the de- greeof meritor self-scerifice to be ackoowl- cdzed. Some of the laureatc’ get as much as 2,00 or 3,000 Trancs. The cercmons of distribu- ting the prizes is usually adorned by the utter- ance of a few reinarks appropriate to the ocea- sion. As soon as it was bruited abroad that Alcxapdre Dumas fils—toe spark- ling, the witty, the virtuous - Alex- andre Dumas ills—wonld preside, the musty seats at the Institute were the objects of a violent strugele. Every oue was curious to sce Low the author of_such standard handbooks of morality as **La Dame aux Camelizs.” and of all the series of moral squibs peginning with “L'Homme Femme? and coding with the «Errangere,” . would scquit himself of his _unaccustomed task. Whatever else he might or might not be, there was mo doubdt of his being amusing. (Not the least of the sccrets of successin the world is learnt when one csn be amusing) . i, talented as e is, always suzgests ‘the quuck fo we. - His father was o genius,—not of 2 hirh order, 1 admit. bul certamiy a genius. ‘His son is onlv cxtremely tlever and remuant, Yet e hins passed numbers of better men in the race. Beczuse he fs never doll. Be as foise and paradoxical as yon will. Paris loves parndox and pardovs jalsehood. -Butat your perl be tedious. . The French, lenient in many things, arc merciless to a bore. T 2hould dearly like to give you the whole of M. Dumas’ soeech. That might not sult the editor, however; so let A . A SHORT RESUME sufice. Of coursedt wonld not have done for the speaker to {ake the wsual view of his sub- ject. So, after a lengthy disquisition on the comparative happiness snd misery of the rich and poor—in_which he proved to his cwn compleie satisfaction toat poverty was hapziness (bezause the poor were not bowed down with the care of a larye fortune), ard that wealth and misery were cvidently synonymous, inasmuch as thé envy and hatred aitached to. the poscession of riches - far outweizned tue edvantages brought with them. M Dumas, by a numlber of felicitons tran: tiops, gradually arrived at this conclusion: “¥ortune, o much coveted by those who haven't it, does not give bappiness to those who fave it, because those who have it do not make use of it enongh Zor the happiness of thase who haven’t it.” Q. E. D.—a sentiment which T am surc all niust approve: Then came a witty, serio-comic eulogy of Charity, particularly the charity that be- mins with onc’s self; and at last, having relesved himsell of the regulation quantity of paradoxcs, the speaker consented o approach matters more germage to the Priz Uontyon, and drew. plentiful tears from the eyes of the very listeners who had just applauded his lively sallics, Ly a pathetic narration of all the virtues of all the winuers of all the prizes distributed; bt into this part of the -ceremony I must not enter. THE CRITF POLITICAL EVENT of recent oceurrence is the split in the Bona- partist camp. M. Caseagnac and Sho represent tho young and old s party, are at war. Hizh words and bitter taunts Pave been freely bandled, to the peculiar delight of the Republicans, whose success at_the com- fag clections now stems more thap ever assused. HARRY ST. MICHEL. FIRES. IN CIITICAGO. = An alarm of fire was turned in yesterday ‘mornineg from Box 293. “The trouble existed in © A SCRAP OF HISTORY.. Was Stephen A. Douglas Mobbed .in Chicago? Some Points of Political and Per- sonal Ristory. ' The Hon. William Bross' Recollections of the North Market Meeting. - “To the Editor of The Tridune. Crmreaco, Aug. 25.—In the Chitago Zimes of Sunday, Aug. 19, is an article on * By-Gone Days,” professing to give a history of what it is pleased to call 2 mob on the cvening of the 1st of September, 1834, got up to prevent Senator Douglas from vindieating his course in securing the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in the Coneress of 1853-'4.. Though, I figure as o 1cader of that pretended mob, 1 should pay no attention to the article’ were it mot_to defend, my fellow-citizens of that day against the fo- Justice that .newspaper vilificrs -have at times ever.siuce cast upon them. . Whatever my con- duct, or nflucnce may have been fu my resi- dince of nearly thirty years in Chicago, I have in two cases at least dono all I could to prevent amob, Onewaswhen Gen. Burnside ordered the Times to be seizéd and- its publication stop- ted for its false, vindictive, and treasonable diatribes against the armies of the Union, June 3.1563. I neard then threats of hanging: Mr. Story to a lump-post from mon_not accustomed toact from mere impulse, and I did what'I could TO CALM THE RAGING ELEMENTS of passton and Jet the old reprobate Tive. Though by his flatlering the South With the hope that they had a powerful party in tac North, und in the end could win, thoreby pro- longing the War and costing them thousands of lives, and of course destroying for the same reason tews of thousands of Unfon ‘men to pat down the Revellion, he proved himsell the ‘re- morseless enemy of his race, I believed it best on the whole to lct him and his paper live. For this—it may be that those who come aiter us will'bitterly condemn me and the others with whom Iacted—Mr. Storey hasnever forgiven me, and he will doubtless pursue me with all the ridieule and viltainous epithets that his matigui- ty can command s0 long as Lite lusts. Nhow, a3 to the s0-called mob and my relations wwit! 7 . - THE LATE SBNATOR DOUGLAS. When Mr. Scripps and [ established the Demo- cratic Presy, issmng the first number “Sept. 16, 1852, it was generully supposed that Judge Douglas had either loaned us money or had_an jniercst in tne concern. Neither was true. But Doth our principles, and as we thought our fn- terest, led us to side with the conservative wing of the Democratic party. John Wentworth's Democral affected strong Abolition tendencies, and we were therefore rizht, certainly as a busi- Tess venture, in the coursc we -adopted. As far as o thoronghly independent journal properly could do so, we favored the policy and the measures of Judze Douglas, quotiniz his speeches and keeping his name proniiticntly be- fore the people. In the session of 1653-% he broueht in a bill for the repeal of the Missouri Cumpromise. We then thought it the mistake of his lite, and I still ‘believe that so history will record it. His spooch ou the bill conyinced us that the Democratic fress and Scnator Doug- 1as must part compsny, and, after considering the matter for a week or two, MR. SCRIPPS WROTE A SCORCHING ARTIOLR condemnioe ihe repeal, quoting_Judge Douglas in 1848 ezaiost the Senator in 1553, The article created a great sensation, and, coming from 2 ‘paper that had been his strong supporter, prol bfy did him more harm than ail the denunci: tionsof the opposition. Asarenson for myusing the personal promoun irequently in what fol- lows, it should be stated thar thecauvass became yery active and exacting. and, as = conscquence, the health of Mr. Scripps, Dever '3 BLIODF man, iavemn,\' in the latter part of July or early in Rugust, and be did not write a line for the pa- per, and was searcely ever at the office till some weeks aiter the ciection in' November. Of conrse I bad the entire chatwe, of the paper. Inthe swnmer of 1354 the “ Know-Nothing excitement reged throughout the city and country, and it was piited against Judge Doug- Jus and other leading Demotratic politicians, us dermving their strengthand support largely from our foreign-born population. The Know-Noth- jngs were compused .mainly of the very best portions of our American-born people, and were 2ot themen to take thelaw into their own | hands unless to deiend _themeelves trom the at- tacks of therabble. Mr. Seripps and myseil werg not - Knuw-Nothines. During the esrly woeks of . Scripps’ sickness, I wrote two or three articles, winen, without attacking them by naine, showed the failacy of their principles, and really took the foundation stones out of their entire structure. 3 OUE_FRIENDS IN THE ORDER sald to me, You are now on the record, this thing inow cannot last; bur you will find iv to your interest to let it grow and die iv its own Fobd tine; and we did 6o, They told us all that 4t was wecessary for us to know in regard to their movements, and, as Mr. Douglas’ meeting ap- proached, tuey assured us there would be no mob. In the meantime the Lemocralic Press uséd all the infinedee it could command to pre- vc_x:lt one. On the morning of the mecting we said: - By some means or other the impression has been created abroad that eome indignity would be offered fo Judge Dongias in the event of his attempting to speak bere, \We have branded the prediction as a lander upon the good name of our citizens, and the two-story frame building at the northwest | corner of Jackson and Clinton strects, owned by Brown Bros., and occapicd by them on the first floor as a manufaetery tor vault and sidewalk | lights. Brown Bros. lost about ‘8200 on build- ing, ana about S$1,000 on stock. Insurance £300. The second- ficor was occupicd by the Western Sand-Blast Company; damage about. $500 on stock; fully insured. The fire occurred from the careless mixing of chemicals, and it is a wonder that any sane underwriter should issue on such a gunpowder ris u‘?&t T:JOo’clgo‘::k‘}ridav cvening & still alarm was torned in to LEngine Company No. 14 caused by flames_breaking out. o a defective fue 3n rear of 155 Chicago avenue, occapied a5 a bakery. No damage. AT YELLOW SPRINGS. RicmiosD..Va., Aug. 25.—The lotel at Yel- Jow Sulphur Springs is burned. Loss, $25,000;5 insurance, $12,000, Colored boy killod. S ———— CASUALTIES. RY SOLVED. 25.—~The mystery sur- rounding the disappearanco of the little child of Mr. Rose, near Blair, was solved this morning by the finding of thebody ahout two miles north- West of his house, on the bank of a small stream called Davis Creei. - DROWNED. Towa Crr, Tn., Aug. 25.—Ajpert Grentish, 14 years old, was drowned while bathinz in the river this afternoon. J e ————— MINERS' STRIKE. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. Drs Mowts, In., Auz. 25.—The coal-miners of this city have all ceased work, and _say they starve to death before ther will work at t?: pricesoffered. The averaze wages per mont in the largest mine for July was $49.: ‘There isnot a weck’s coal supply in the ¢ty —————— A Difference in -Bugs. New York World. s . AlLEngland breathes morc freely., Thein- soder of the potato-ficlds of Hereford was not fue with ten stripes, but a beetle with seven 2;}352. Or, a5 Mr. Tennyson, in bis admirable 2R of “Thankseiving," beautifuily says: "Ts not a doryphora Decemlineats, 1t is but 3 Coccinell- A Scptempunctatay Yine. Ikmewas w we call upon them 1o vindicate us in, that matter by their conduct to-night. Any attempt to inter- rapt the prescribed course of the meeling would injgre 1 exuas it migh bo deslgusd 1o promts, ativoll as leave an Ingellible stima upon our city Fhich many long years conld not cradicate. - 3iaror Milliken, who presided at the meeting, —it was published on Monday, Sept. 4,—said to s “that the eflorts we had made to allay ex- citement, to preserve the peace of the city, and to save its reputation from the disarace of mob- ocracy, met his unqualificd approbation, &nd that of all the papers of the city no one was so descrying of the approbation “of the law-and- order loving citizeus s the Demucratic Iress.”? When Senator Douglas * came home, some time in Angust, kis fow taithfal fricnds rallicd | sround hiw, and, after much caucusing, the 1 timefor NIS GREAT SPEECT |, . was fixed for the evening of thi 1st of ‘8cptem- ber, at the North Market Hall. - Three or four days_before the moeting. 1 called upon _him at the Tremont fouse, and requested him to write out 2 copy of hisspeech for me, and I woula publish it in full. Though the ZPress bad Pcmsu-nn: opposed, and . perhaps denounced him bitterly at times, he received mé with great id poliLcness,—be was too good a too thurougily a =eutleman to thanked me {5r my offer, but said he ‘pever wrote out his snceclics before de- livery. He let the reporers - write them out, and then corrected them where necessary. On Tuesaay morning_before the meeting I published a statement of the programme of the Dewmocracy, and told our liberty-loving citizens Tow to prevent its accomplishment, 1t was de- termined by the Democracy to'fill North Market Hall at an carly hour with the rabblc, thus pre- Yenting otucr people from gaining admittance, ‘pass resolutions strongly ingorsing the icpeal of the Missouri Compromise and Senator Douglas; aud have that go out as the opinion of the peo- ple of Chicago. The substantial and order-lov- irlsg peaple were urged fo turn out carly, and thus il 2 DEFEAT, TOE SCHCMES OF .THE TOLITICAL TRICKSTERS. Mr. Douglas’ 'fricnds, - knowing that this ad- vice would be strictly. followed, changed their plan, aud built a platform in frot of the south door of the North Market” Hall. " The mecting trasan immense onc, perhaps the largest up to that cvening ever Leld ia the dty. We then had no shorthand reporters bere, and, unwilling to trust any one_clse,—as _only anxious to give a8 corrcet a version of the epecch as possible,—1 went there myself toreport it. I was at once invited upon the stage, perhaps by Mayor Milli- ken, who presided, and, recelving a_pleasant grectius trom Senator Douglas, I sat down and composed mysell for the work before me. The very first sentence he uttered was considered an ingult 1o the peoplo and. the press of the city. He charred them with not understanding 50 Plsin a proposition as the repeal of the Missouri L Compromise, and thc press with persisteatly miscepresenting and maligning bim. The state- ment was received with groaus and hisscs, and for perhaps two or thrce minuies . pothing else could be -heard. - When - comparative quict was sestored, he. spoke for -perlaps ‘eight or ten minutes, and then the laughing and hooting werc repeated. : THIS THOROUGHLY KNEAGED THE SENATOR, and his language and _maoner became exceed- ingly offensive. Finding no use_for my pencil during the uproar, I slipped down from the stage and circulated among the people to seein what temper they were. This Idid several times, and always found them hnngy and in the best possible - humor. Never before or since havel seen alarger proportion.of. our solid; substantial, leading atizepsat a.ppblicmeet- as’ Tcould kmow ‘without Telng toldit, therewere more thana thousand re- “volvers in the crowd. * All'vould laurhinaly tell | .| me, “Bross, we shall have no mgh.” Ané J%: I feared it, for, had some Democrat . told oué of our respectabie citizens he lied, he would have been instantly knocked down, and when once & fuss began the . pistols :would have done their work fearfully. is so constituted that the change frum’the best of humor to the Thost 'intense .anger requires but an instant. -Little did I supnose that I was sosoon to illustrate this principle myself, for on returning from’ one of my short visits through the crowd, and- while the houting and yelling wereloudand long, Judge Douglas turned round aud paused tor a moment. Knowing he could not and would not be heard, with the best ot motives and the polltcszand most pleasant Janguage I could command, T said, “Judce, would it not be best to print your specch? You cannot be hoard; allow mc to suggest. that you retire.” With all the force and power he could command, he said: “Mr. Bross, you ece that your cfforts.in the Democratic Press to zct up an armed mob to putmedown have been entirely successful.” In an instant I sprang to my feet, and, with very emphatle gesture, said: Judge Douglas, that’s false—every word of it sirl? It will do very well, sir,”” he re- tifor you with your armed mob about you- o make an assertion like' that,” “It's false, sir—not & word of truth in it,” I replicd, and, a littie quict being restored, he turned to address the people. > LD 1 ye otten wondered at myself for the put lacted in thislittle drama.. . There: was: not more than one or two besides myself on the stage who were not the warm "porsonal ‘friends of Judge Douglas, and to hurlthe word *false ™ at him wight have cost me my life; but I knew T had done all I could to give hin a quict 'hear- ing, and I took not 2 momeat’s thought.’ and repelled the charee on the spot. After contin- uing his efforts to be heard perhaps for half an -hour longery Wwith no succéss whatever, ‘his friends put bim in a carriage and he rode - away amid the continued jeers of the crowd. - % TAE QUESTION RECURS, Was there a mob on the cvening-of the 1t of Scptember, 1354, to Drevent Judge Douug'as from making a speech oo his Eansas-Nebraska bill—otherwisc his repeal of the Missouri Com- promisei If you defincamob to be un -angry crowd of med who_ usc_missiics, or destroy property, maim and .injare their opponcnts, perhaps kill them, then [ assertpositively tht there was no mob in Chicago on_ that evening, and thonsands of our citizens who were there will cordfally indorse what I say on the sub~ ject, Thers was mot a rotten cge, a roften ‘apple, or anything clse whatever, thrown st any one on the stage during the entire mectiog. was there during the whole time till Douglas Jeftyexcept 2 minute or two,: as ‘sbove- stated, when I was circulating among the peopie 1o sce if they were in a good humor. Had any missile been thrown 1 certainly would have known ‘it. The truth is, I don’t believe there tvas an angry man there from the commencement to the close ot the meeting, except Judge Douglas, a few of bis friends, and myself when we had the little tils, which I have descvibed precisely as it oc- curred. 'These being the facts, 1 submit, as I then stated amain and ‘aain at the' time in the columns o1 the Demoeretic Press, that Chicago did not mob Judze Douglas; that the people were noisy and refused 16 hear tim, thereby re- senting the imputations he ‘cast upon them, no- body ever denied. Mr. Douglas was more to false, plied, blame for what eccurred than any and all oth- crs. He bad, as great men often do, lost his ‘balance, and foreot that he was the representa- tive of the people. After Teferring 10 this, 1 ublished an article on Monday, from which the ollowing sentences are taken: . Mr. Douzlas came before his constituents—those who bad made bim—wno had introsted to bim the exccution of certain dutics, rather as a masler than a kervant. The epirit of a dictator flazhed ont. from his eye, curled upon his Jip, and iningled its cold irony 1n everv tone of his voice and every ges- ture of i body. His manner as welt us his fan- guage furnished a practical illustration of the pos- Eibility of reversing the natnral orderof master and servant, of represcatatrve and constitnent ina free Government. The Czar of Rossia could not ‘have exhioited a more domineering and intolerant Epirit thun he. . Perhaps I may be pardoned for adding In this connection that JUDGE DOUGLAS AND I DID FOT SPEAK TO EACI OTHER FOR SOME POUR TEARS, though we oftén met at parties and celebra- tlons. For my’ part, T bore him no personsl grudge,. but [ did not kmow how ‘any ad- vances on my part would be received.. But he was in the end himself forced to break with the -Southern wing of the Democratic party, who were determined at al) hazards to foree Slavery ‘upon Kansss. He made his great speechon the Lecompton Constitution—one of the grandest cfforts of his life, for he Wwas then fighting boldly aud bravely for the right of the ex:unlu to “govern themsclyes—on the 22 of March, 1855, Tue Denocratic Iress ‘published coasiderable portions of it, and com- mended him bighty for the gallant fieht and the grand patriotic sentiments it contained. When Tie came home io the fall we met at the celebra- tion of the native Pennsylvaniuns. Iwas stand- ingz in the Jobby of the Tremont. House talking o threc or four friends, not knowing that Sen- ator Douglas was in the ho Cotning wp from behind me, he called me by name, and we reeted each other most cordially, neither of us Teferring to the past, and ever after we werc rsonal fricnds. Of course he remained a emocrat and 1 a Republican, but that did not interfere with the pleasant relations that existed between us. When he made his patriotic speceht in Springticld, fo 1361, whercin he declared that in the contest then raging there could be but two_partics, patriots and_traitors, from my ‘heart I'thougnt the naticn ought to forgive him for all the errors of the past—I certainly did. Subsequently bie arrived in Clicazo on the ‘evening of the 1st of May, and was accorded A GRAND RECEPTION, from our citizens by all partics. He was wel- comed on the part of the people by the Hon. Thoms B. Bryan, and, in response, repeated the substance of his Springficld speoch. The fol- lowing is a part of bis exact Janguaze: But thls is no time for a cetait of canses. Armics: have been raised, war is levied, to accomplish it. There are only iwo sides fo the gnestion. Every man must be for the United Etates or against it. There can be no nentrale in thix war,—oaly pa’riols or iraitors. Thank God. Tllinols is not divided on this question. 3 My last interview with Judye Douglas affords me one of the most pleasant memories O‘JJ Jife, though mineled with a deep tinge of sad- ness. For some reason I could not attend and ‘hear his speech on the: eveninig of the 1st. The next day was most beautiful, and when at bome at noon for lunch I read a most interesting arti- cle on tac Contrabandists of Spain. "On my way to the office, passing MeNally’s news-room, on Dearborn street, 1 saw in_the window a ye striking_ pictore of the Contrabandista, al mounted on mules ¥rith panfers and gay trap- pings, and the men dressed in bright, gaudy tolors,—the whole caravan winding ap the trail on on¢ of the sea-coast mountains of Spain. It attracted my attention. and I stood for some time gazing at it. Prosenuly Lwas startled from my reverie by a pleasant pat upon the shoulder, with the remark, * Seehere, old fellow, you bet- wer not turn your back on me.. #Bee rour pardon, Jadge Douglas, I did_pot fmow you iverc within 2 miic of me,” I replied. | We bad a moét pleasant, chat for pernaps:four of five minutes, wien he and his fricnd, Dan Metllroy, passed in and I went on to_the oflice musmg sadly, for 1 was sure, irom his appearance an ‘whatho told me of the state uf* his health, that ‘IS DAYS WERT NUMBERED. He died on the 3d of June, 1861, The levislative scssion or 1365 will ever be meworable in the history oi the State. Amons other notable acts, the ratification of the Con- stitutional Amendment abolishing slavery in all the States and Territories of the Union was adopted Feb, 1, placing 1ilinois at the head of il the States. ' On the 4th of February the in- famous biack-laws—a foul disgrace to the State and to humanity—were repeated. And a bilt was passed and approved Feb. 16 appropriating $35,000 to. purchase . the ground for. the State where rest the honored remains of onc of her noblest znd areatest sons—Stephen A. Douslas. Surely the man who helped to pnss, and_signed thesc and many . otber; most _important - bills doring that _session, should [fecl grate- ful to the people who &ave him that privileze. 1 cortainly know one who docs 5o with all the intensity of his nature. ~As that. Lewislature was largely Republican, and the Statc ufticers were clected by more than 30,000 majority, their purchase of the zrounds for the resting-place of the departed statesmun shows .that Illinois knows how to honor true greatness, and the ac- tion of the last Legisiature in appropriating §50,000 TO COMPLETE THE MOSNUMEST is a fitting sanchbnh to that of (he Legisla- ture of 1565. . There on the banks of Lake Mic] igan, almost in the shadow of the University. which his wisdom and his liberality founded, are after age will the patriot and statesman— those who visit the grest metropolis of the Northwest—repair and_linger to horor ‘the memory of Stephen A. Dou;zl‘:m. . WiLLIAM BROSS. —————— Prospective Sults Growlng Oit of the.Rail- © 7 road Strike, . . - New York Sun. .- It appears that the New York Central and the Lake 5 Gre Roads nave become fuvolved In diffi- cuity In & curious way on account of the orders given by the officials at the beginning of the re- cent labor troubles. When Willlam H. Vander~ bile fearned that the men proposcd to strik instead of waiting for them to do so it is_sai that, he telegraphed all along the line of the Central and Lake Shore to stop the trains at midntzht, snd would not allow them to run un- 1il the differences between the men and the cor-. porations had been adjusted. While the block- ade was going on'larze quantities of perishable 1knew that the buman mind | 1 frcight were ruincd, and great’ nuibérs of caf 3 t- tle cither died from lmnzg and thirst ursbgumg unfiv for the market. If the trains had been stopped by the rioters it would have been a ?ng.stiun whether the shippers of ' perishable reight could have recovered from the compa- nies;: but, as the officials were responsible for the detention, the lawyers say that the corpora- tions cnn be made to pay. Shippers have al- ready sent in claims for damages. WANTS IT VENTILATED. To the Fditor of the Growler, ARCRER AVENUE, 9 p. m,. Aug. 25.—We have 2 most nngodly stink in Bridzeport to-night, hnd if ventilatinz ‘it in Tre Triscsewill do us any fo00 I wish you would ventilate it. - We have not had it as often as in past summers, and not 18 bad as to-night. 1118 perhaps tho pleasantest evening of the season, nd people who are tempted abroa to take a walk meet Lhis almost unendurable stench in every direction. If you can help us, do 0. Respectfully referred to Dr. DeWolf. WHAT’S THIS? To the Editor nf the Groiler. i) ‘CrICAGO, Ang. 15 —If tho latest news be true that the Anstrian Emperor has_expresstd his £ym- [tbdes for the Czar, he has forfeited his right as ing of Hungary; and, like the thirteen predeces- gors of the Hapsburzh family, he has broken his Imperial:oath. ‘Ihe next thing.n revolution will Urcak out in Mungary, which the Austrians will call **rehellion™ of course, but is such the casc? The King of 2 country congratulatcs the Emperor of wn Enipire of whicn the people are hated worze than anything, What does Francis Joseph mean Dby congratniating Hungary's encmy? Does he ex- pect any help from him?. It would be better for sancis Joseph to lLeep cool, for Hunzary is strong, —stronger than Austria {hinks; and in case of war Austria is ruined. Since the Hapsbargh family has refgned, thirteen have sworn to be true to_tho Hungarian' Constitution, and all thirleen without exception have violated their oaths, and now tho fonrteenth is taking steps to do so. ¥ will be the result? Emperor Francis Joseph be nothing. ~Austrla will be parted in three pie —part of it gong to Italy, part to Germany, and part to Hungary, and that shall be the end. Lotuis FT. I such be 5o, FrancisJ. ought certatnly to be ashomed of himself. Lot us hope that things aro not-what thoy seem, and that the prophe- sled division may be postponed. - But it isn’t worth making a row about just yet. TOO MUCH HAND-BILL. ¢ * - To the Editor af the Growier. Cmicaco, Aug. 2&.—Ilive on West .Washington Mreet. My house 1s not ** nifty.” but simply neat, comfortable, and cosy. I take pains to keep it tius, but would you believe it, dear Growler, when 1 come home at night the front stoop and yard are liternlly strewn with carda, circalars, ‘ers, baud-bille, gratuitous newspapers, and the Tike, and my patience gets nearly exhausted in trying to keep the place looking decent. Tama believer in advertising to the futlest extent, but notin fhis clags of advertising. No on reads these uasty bits of paper. orf they do the readér sncers at the con- temptibie jmeans cmployed by these peopie to sell their go Let the grocer, shoemaker, dry- gocds dealer. batcher, "and the handreds of others who employ this wasteful and slovenly way of ad- vertising their business drop it, and try the columns of some respectable newspuper. some lemtimate and recoimized advertising medium, and when they come to compare the resuits, they will feel asham- ed that they cver littered up their neighborg’ yards. Yours.traly, ¥ b o It would appear that ‘“Nibs” bhas been afflicted with * gratuitdus” Tuter-Oceans, a discase for which it 1s ditlicult to prescribe a remedy. He had better hire an abje-bodied gir], arm her with a broom-handle, and—let her go ahead. “THE LITERATI CLUB.” To the Editar of the Grotcler. Augz. 23.—The sublime egotiam, the suave_self-righiconsness of Sunday's nrticle on *iSocial Position” fed me, with many others,— when contemplating the probable ‘workings ‘of euch an assertive coterit,—devoutedly to repeat the seventh aupplicat'on of the Litany. ~ Some plan eurely might oe formed for o mutnal-benefit asso- cintiop, birt there tan be no ennobling resalt from such tonches of sarcasm, inelegance, and pedantry s repel us In this effusion. 1f politencas be to do and say. ’The kindest things {n the kindest wa, was it truly kind to ridicule the figure Nature gave H od, innocent ‘‘Mrs. Passing Phase®™ If “+Mrs. Alpha ™ enjoys her barmlcss hallactnation, why trouble yoursslf to remove n pleasure you cannot restore? ‘*Mrs. Beta™ I fear will never fnow & more cxcellent way in etymology or syntax from any ficclln suggestions of the assertive ++John " and **Ego," andas for the ‘rare pic- ture™ faced **Mre. Gamma™ if she did not know the rules of pradence 80 ezgential in social life, 1 rejoice that some ome taught her. fooner this _ kindncss was snown her the better. Far preferable sn excess of formality than an excess of _ informality. 1 hoye saffered from the Jatter. Americans are nou likely to be accused in this zencration of too much care in the onscrvance of the rules and regu- Intfons which shozld obtain in society. Is it true hut our own faults, when exhibited in others, ap- pear to us most uupardonable, and awaken our severest criticism? Are *'John™ and “*Ego €0 far from error: &0 wisc above that which is wriiten that it by becomic a eecond matura for them to conduct themsclves with all the graces of & refined courtexy und to epeak ever wiselyand well? *‘Let hifi: that thinketh he fall.” ¢ CrIcAGo, L. Ax ExoLisu GOVERNESS. Madam, you have our heartfclt approval. If the Growler were not, alas! a ““wictim of con- nobiality” would humbly request your address witha view to correspondence, an ntervies, and possibly matrimony-. STREET RAILWAY TO CENTRAL PARK. To ihe Editor af the Growler, Gricaco, Az, 25.—1 desire 10 say a few worda abont Central Park and the means of transit to and from the same. 1 live in the vicinity of West Washington and Lincoln streets, and frequently of a Sunday afternoon wish to take my family and go to Contral Park. My only way Is by strect-car to Western avenue, then we are compelled to take a 'bas from there to the park, and _pay an extra fare of throe cents foronc mile ride. Now, we are faxed for these parks, and a number of millions of money has becn _expended in the improvement of Centeal Park. The cparter: of the West Division Railway Company limila the fare (o fve centz, yot e aire compelled to pay eight cents to get less than two miles. . There has been an ordinance passed by fho ‘Common Council of this city requiring the Woat Division Railway Company to lay ita tracks and operate the same-on and along West Lake Streot to Central Park. Whyis it not done? Isit becanse the city lacks the power to compel the Company to lay its tracks o fprfeit its franchise? The Company admit_the meccesity of operating tholr cars to Central Park by running busses; but in that way they can make three cents extra fare overand above what their charter allows thom. fave they not clearly forfeited their franchise Will the Common Council and Mayor of the City of Chicago stand by and aliow the West Division Railway.Comunay to saub their noses, and pay no attention whatever to their ordinances, and allow The same Their constitucnts to be imposed npon? ower. that grants a privilege cun’ take it away. ‘hen why dce not the Common Council forfeit their franchiee on Lake street and allow other par-. tics to build and operate the road? T am credibly mformed that a railroad man is now ready and willing to baild and operate the road if he can get the rigot of way. Lot the Aldermen of the fwelrth and Thirtcenth Wards take this matter in hand and sec justice done. + S GimizEN Axp TAXPATER OF ThE WEST SoE. “1i 5 credibly reportcd that during cight months 6f the vear there is absolutely no traflic along the route indicated, and it would be un- reasonable to expect & railroad company or any other individual or organization to_build a road which would orly be used on a few pleasant Sundays in summer. i it POOR YOUNG DAN. To the Editor of the Growler. Curcago, Aug. 24.—Will you doa little growling. forme? Inm 3 youog man from the conntry. i foll"in love with a_winsome little woman who Tonded her father's produce store in opr raral town. Tthought her the nrettiest woman in existence T ream of perfection itself. Sne grew tired 3 fier country home, and, withoat acquainting me of her determinution, left for the cits. But I'fol- Towed, and found. and Iast nizht culled upon her. Sho didn't smile when she saw me. because I think Tonce heard it sald it wax not pohtc to smile in company. She showed me into the parlor of the Soarding-hoose, anc arked If 1 would remain untit she should rethrn. ~ Of course, I tald ber [ would twait, her return i1l dopmadiy, If necessary. I Bellove I kept my word: at leaet it scemed ‘so. Tivaited and watched for her coming with all the Jeeen anxicty of my overmastering love; waited wntil there was ot 3" onl Stirring in the honse; until she strects had become deserted and silent. What conid have happened to her? Tiad she been suddenty taken fll, ot was she 5o long enzaged in Tacing and powderinz icrself to appcar with artis- tic perfection in the eyes of her adorer? Ir vey 10 ascertain, and walked silently ont into the hall to find the boardinz-mistress. 1 found her much Sooner than T expected. She percelved me instant- Iy in the dimly-lighted hall: and wkingana poo- dérons coilection of leather, of whicashe cased oue* of er feet with consummate dexierity, shied it at with all of mu underhand thrower in A b match; and. . then, shonting -**Thieves! = Murder! TPolice!” in toncs -of thunder which fuirly fitled the halls of the hashery, seized a small ring ihich hung from a box'attachied to the watl. aud - Dulled in a most despeirinz and frenzied manner. Bhic collection of lenther aforessid had strick me amidships with. atmost deadly effect; it deprived me of my wind, and, becaimed, I Jay to untla zalc sprong up on the larboard and sent the spray from a copious rengu:le over my rig in distrees- ing quantities. A bright light shone in my face, . and 2 buay **locust’ was circomnavigating my caput when I was dragzed to the station. “Next Torning I was fined 523. I was too unwell and un- tidly to see my charmer that day. so I went home, Which is why I ask: Should I call and’ sce my sl Apain and apologize for leaving before she return- 255505 maiden aunt saya my charmer +tis 10 {ady.™. This i8 bard, but I'know sheds prejudiced. 3 EpwarD HOLLAXD. Mr, Holland should' most eftainly call aud standeth take heed lest he | anotogize. A% the samie time ' he conld return | the landlady’s shoe. ‘Country girls have pecul- Inr ways, and he must remember that women are singularly nnreliable 1reaks of natare at the best of times, Perhaps it was the other fel- low’s night. WASHEE-WASHEE. t o the Edilorof the Grovrier. ¥ Cnrcaco, Aug. 12.—I have read with interest several arzuments and communications in yoar valued paper. in regard to the above institntione, and as 1 have made this matter a special study for many a year Youwill please to permit me the fol- Towing suggestions: The writer of to-day's article addressed to the editor of the Groiwler most ass edly expressea the views of the majonty of oa habitants, . The Chicago Natatorium is {00 expens- ive for a great many, although the prices are made s low as possible fo_securc the permanency and success of this estabiishment. Three tickets are sold for $1, and a_ticket for twenty admissions, which {s transferable, can be secared for$3. latter ticket is generally used as. several persons can contribute fo its purchase, consequently the admission is virtually 25 cents,. Stili the people of Chicazo are entitled to free o very. low-priced ‘bathing institutions, and’ & city of the magnitade of ours is morally bound to furnish - them. The suggestions to -erect- batbinz-houscs at police _ stations does not seem - to. me practicable, as the surroundings of police stations are not very walatable. and the cost of erecting wonld be too heavy. I will suggestthe following: Our water-works are discharging constantly o large amount of warm water from théfr bollers, which is waste. Ithink there {s enough sarplus’ ground adjacent tothe water-works wherea cheap bufld- ing of appropriate dimensions could be erecied which would furmsh warm and cold baths with lit- tle cost. This cost could be covered by ‘a very small fee for admittance, o hot bath_could ve far- nishied once & week whero_sosp would be permit- ted, cold swimming Laths for heaithand refresh- ment toe balance of theweck. Days or certain hours could be set aside for females, -and two Jarge bathing establishments conld be secured at com- parately small expene, waich conld be reached by the poorer class of our citizens quite readily. I would farther say that if any number of our phil- antropic and wealthy citizens shonld_feel it their duty to take steps in this matter. 1 will pura larze meeting-room in the ** Natatorium ” at their dis- poeal, and will contribute liberally to tne erection of such institutions ns will secure & keénly-felt want to the mass .of our citizens, = Very respect- fally, . J. RaDISiT. 1f this were St. Louis, where the average foot of the femate citizen requires a * natatorium * to itself, or Milwaukee, with the editor of the Sentinel coming in on 2 froe pass and trying to bathe both cars at one time, 50 cents would not. be too much to charge for admission. Mr. Kadish can win the cternal gratitude of an un- washed public by putting the admission fee on & hard-pan basis. + i WANTS TO GO HOME. Tn the Editor. of the Groucler. Curcaqo, Aug. 25.—Are we an enlightencd peo- ple, orare we bencath the heathens! The argu- ment you held out to_the poor was the same that Trusdell heid when I applied for relief on a cold winter's day. There he sat: an able-bodied man in comfortable. quarters, and living on the moncy the poor old people ought to have, and argued the oor onght not 1o have any assistance ; Chey might ave looked out in their younger days. for Tinedell _ be ° crippled “as was__when T was hut 18 yearsof age: he .never would have ot through the world with as little assistance as I Bave done, _‘Then for ministers and editors to-sct up with such argument as was published in Tis shows them o be far beeath the 1 believe the worst heathens would as- sist cach other in distress. Such men and princi- les onzht to be despixcd by every enlightencd man frve country where there is plenty of everything, and no need of any eufferinx. Why should they sclect the old people who are nnable to work for a living is another bud show for learned editors and ministers of the Gos- pel. Is there any Christian charity init? Lookat the large amount there has been expended for the 01d Peaple’s lome. on the corner of Indiaua ave- nue and Thirty-nnth street. and such men as Coll- yer and the Trustees forbid any one to havea home in the building_unless they advance $100 to secure a_membership. There you can eee what kind of Christian work thex don in cutting off the poar and needy, and giving homes to those who Areable to help themselves. Snch kind of socie- ties are o _curse to a [ree country. Now the poor, meedy old people are in. a worse situstion thun the duss. The dogs are fed; The old crippled people are not, but have to bear the slangs of the editors. ministers, and those de- celtful persons who 2o under the name of Christians. It is no more than rieht the Devil should bave .his .due. It i3 no more than richt the -ola people should be provided with o good bome where they can spend their last days in peace. Christians never will reach Heaven with their gold and deceit. I be- lieve the cyeof God of the Universe is upan thew, and He cannot be deceived in what fs truth and justice. _Give the old people a home. 1t is more of a Christlan duty than wars and suiferings. If our friend had given his pame, it might Thave been possible to ascertain from the books of the Relici and Afd Society just why he fafled As to the uliimate destruction of Christians who possess gold, with its apparent concomitant of deccit, the Growler ‘has his own opinion. His far-secing optic cans to obtaim what he wanted. discern nothing beyond the pearly gates. SHADE OF WEBSTER. To the Zditor of the Groicter. E CrizcAgo, Aug. 2. —Iticnard Grant White is on the other side of the Atlantic, and sonds us inter- csting notes of what he seus and hears.. His stories are exceedingly cojoyaole~not limiting hunself to any partscalar point, he_dashes frecly at every- thing, dealinz the lash without stint on all sidee. A very usual subject of the letters from the other side is the orthoepy of the English poople. ~An ingentous people, when shown their sins, will not T ase to cry **peccavi,” especially when the er- ror is pointed out by an acknowledged master hand. It is, however, exceedingly aggravating to be harassed by tnese numerous minor satellites who flazh their gossip from over the water, and whoee “grammur is_sometimes a8 remarkable as their ignorance of the suoject they treat upon is astonishing and amnsing. “Some of these secon Tates hail from Chicago. I should like them to ac- Company me for twenty minutes through the eity. S\Tetus take a walk down Fleet street,” sald Dr. Johnsou, but, insread of Fleet street, London, we will tuke a stroll down Dearborn street, Chica- go. Letus halt here, {n front of the Commercial §lotel. You sco Inlarge gilt letters over the portico of th ladies’ entrunce,—**Lapie's Entrance ™11 How ehocked would be Richard Grant White, shonld hesece such disgracefal nymolafl;lnlnflhcd averthe doorway of a first-class Englich hotel. Tarning aside, we presently find oursclvee on Clark street bridge; w“ile waiting we arc sttracted by o large poster ‘placed npon the bridge which gives the novel information that **The Bret Harto is the only boat that £tops REGULAT at the crib ™" 11 With Jess confident gait we continue our stroll: Look at that Chinaman's sign, down at the basement, ‘iging Lee. Cru¥a Lanndry™!! Look at thut sign fbove, in the real-estate office window, Tent, desk room, to 8 prompt-paying tenant™ !l in the large wholesale . &tore “win- close here at 3 oclock on Saronoar’s™t! 1 am afraid Mr. White would Decome anxioug as to your exact knowledge of the ctymology’ and syntax of our language. ~dAtlons, més enfGats, do mot be discouraged. ~Look up at fhat street name on the lamp-post, ‘*QuiNcer- Surely Webster docs not authorize that. rday 1 hinppened to be in the Railroad Reud- ing-Room on South State atreet, apd on taking up 2 book and looking atits back I saw ‘!larper's ¥EERLET!" Fartherdown, on Cottage Grove av- enuo, T noticed on a Isrze advertising: board, Langleys patent paint STOP's LES shingles, &c.'" »and to-day I saw in thi & taflor's. cétablishment opposite Tits TIMDUNE Buildinz a very neat-looking_sian with the words “*SELLIY ont at coat,™ ete. Yours faithfally, - J.T. Joxzs. Mr. Jones need not have hunted round among Chihese laundries and erocery stores for out- rages upon the Englishlanguaze. At thesmall oxpense of fivecents hecan purshase this morn- ing a twelve-page ancr {a Storey paper at that) with an average of twenty-nine outrages to the column. — FEELS SORE OVER IT. ‘" To the Fuitor af the Grawler. CmicAGo. Aug. £5.—aving seen in late issues of Tue TmicUNE, in the Growler's department, several communications commented on by you re- garding the punctuation of telegraph operators, it uppears to me that you arc writing ana comment- ing on an occapation of which you know but very little. Can_you, pr any othér employe of Tug Triguse sliow another person to spell to you, Jetter for letter, words at the rate of from thirly to forty a minute, and copy them into plain legible writing, having nothing to assist you bat hearing cach lctter follow the preceding one? ‘I you can do this, you will b performing aboat ono-Afth the task an operator has, in receiviog a Trmcse special. 1t might be interesting to you to know just the amounof work that is requ to receive a newapaper apecial. First—The lmn’;hl.'rn:of frequently mixed Morse clhiaractern, cansed by poor insulation, long clr- hite. and the pecaliaritics of anoperator's scnding or key writing. SandoThe writing in penmanship of tkese charactrs into plain lezible worde. It cannot be e dur for letter, Lut by worls, consequently the operator docs his own speiling. burdens his thfad by copyinz from two ta four words belund in order to got the ~*sense™ of the article to avoid error. 2 Fird—The words dre counted as received, so e end of &special the number of words may be attached. 3 S ourrhLspecials are sent to the newspaper of- fices in pagea, cach conlaining 100 words. Each page has to have wntten al the top the place where from, the date, the namber of the Fn“' .tne time Feeetved, and operator's signal letfer, the number 5t lho iecesage, and tne name of the paper ad- dreased. The operator ia requircd to do this extra writing while receiving the 100 words of matter, o that the pge may be complete when the Jast ‘ord is sent, and the next one commenced fm- mediately. | Yet witif all thfs extra work yon com- plain that your ** telegruph ™ is not pancinated by The aiready overworked operator. Iiis quite an- other thinZ from writing cditorials, when you have ome 1dea s 10 the language you are £oing o use; and to punctuate matier, and that, oo, casrectly, \vh:dre you do nx;zlt'knnw ":lm: will be the next word after you have one written. . ‘speech belng banded " You speax of Judge West'a to the operator in print. Did Tas Tals0xs orany other paper ever agres to” pay for pun . marks if they weré transmitted? It x'}-x;“x‘:{ll;n as long to transmit a period, comma, or interrosa~ tion-mark as it does a four-letter word, and it seems to me no mare than rigat taey should b paid for if required to appear in telegrph copy. 1 have taken the trouble to ask severalof tho printers emoloyed in Tia TmBUNE and other ‘printing offices 1n the city, and they al, every onc, s‘:zlhll telegraph is the dest copy pl¥ced before m. 3 ‘The only way to remedy this is, Mr. Editor, to Day for your punctuation marks, thereby lengttien your spaciai measazes about one-fourth, increase the cost and delay in transmitting in the same pro- portion, and the telegraph editor will B¢ snite: OPERATOT 10 years® expericnce. Qperator,” notwithstanding this extensivo experience, furnishes the foregoing, which is given verbatim et punctuatem, a first-class argument in favor of the higher education of the class to which he belobgs. If no more commas appeared in TRIBDNE - specials than can be found inhis letter, they would. not be lengthened more than one-eighth of one per cent: - : = B r——— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. Nasoviiie, Tenn., Aug. 25.—Chancellor Cuoper made an oider to-day turning over to the Tenngssee policy-holders tho progerty of ;.I‘I‘cgnlumb.inul’.fle nu;l te)‘llnt of all other compan- ics merged into it, valued at 375 Life Association of roiring ¥15,000, (ol of b NEW YORR, Aug. 25.—Hamilton Fish, Secro- tary of State dumpbg the Administration of . President Grant, salied to-day for Europe. ‘Burravo, ., Aug. 25.—The Geoeral Graod Chapter adjoyrned to-day, after inviting the Grand Chapters 6f West Virginia and Texas ::;:;oe:n: sonal ;::lex;u, and providing that mme constituté & quorum to open th Royal Arch Chlm.a:\!or l;‘\‘lsin;fs. Sl HILADELPHIA, Al 25.—B. J. Reynolds, and Nellie Johnson, 15, were mstm‘i’?&dfl\‘ 1091; o charge of peing rapaways from Chicago. The father of the girl was in’ the city, but left yes- terday without learning their whercabouts. FINANCIAL, NEw York, Auz) 25.—L. Roverts & Co., flour merchants, 17 South. street, to-day made an assignment to Isape Hoyt & Co. Liabilities estimatcd at $50,000.) IFPARTEE OF AT, EXFLANATION OF RKFERRNCE MARKS.—t Saturda) Sicpied Ssunday excepted. $Manisy exeepie CHICAGO & Hoxi'swmmx RAILWAY, Ticket Oflices, mcmlfi_s:u pfil‘wmm House) andat cneva dGeneva Laie Express. bLake Gedeva Expross Pullman Hotel Cars are run throngh, between Cil- cazo and Omaha, o the frain loaving. Enlaro st 105 X rosd runs Pullman or any other form of a.m. ‘No other hotel cars west of 5 ‘a—Depot corner of Wells and Kinzie-sts. bDepat corner of Canal and K Kingje-sta CHICAGO, 8T. PAUL & MINNEAPOLIS LINB. Ticket offices 62 Clark-st._and st Kingfe-Street Depod St. Panl & Mingeapolis E: St. Paul & Mlnnugglh 3 OHICAGO, ALTON &' 6T. LOUIS AND CHICAGS mguglusz ?Y_fi VEN VRE‘ SHORF LINES, s eaird st lckes Bice: 1o Fandoromist Streator. Lacon, Wash'ton £ Jollet & Dwight Accommdats CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE.& ST. PAUL RATLROAD Unfon Depor, corner Madison and Canal-sia. Tickes Otfice. 43 South Clark-st., opposlte Sherman House, a0d ot depot i Milwaukee Express, ‘Wiscor Mlnneso! Bay, aud Menasha through xpress. sota Expre: * 5:05p. m.{*11:00a. m. Wisconsin & L i Ay, Stevens'Point. and Ash-| land through Nizhi Exprese. it 9:00p. m.'t 7:008. m. s run via Miiwaukee, Tickets for St. Paul - Al and Miuneapolisare zood either vla Madion and Prairie du Chlen, or via Watertown, LaCrosse, and Winona. JLLINOS GENTRAL RATLEOAD. Depot, foot of Lake-st. an t. of Twenty-second-s P Ticket office. 121 l’hndslnvhvst.. n::r ‘hri(.“ 5 St. Lonis Express St. Lovis Fast Line .. Calro & New Orlcans: NewOrlcans & Texas Ex Dubuque Gliman Passenger.... CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD. Depots” foot of Laky Indiznu-ay., and Sixteenth- st... and Canal and nth-sts. Ticket Odices, 55 Ciari-st., and 8t depots. Arriv [RLT Mafland Express, Ottawa and, Streator - 7 Rockerd, Dbugue, &Slow Paclfic EXxpress for Omatia. _.... *I Kansas City, Atchison & St.Joe ‘Express 35 R Dubuque & Sioux €it) ‘Pacific NIghtExprss forOmaha 110:00 p.} Kansas City, Atchison, St.Joe, ‘and Texas Express. . 110:00 p.m. 't 8:33 2. Depot, foot of Lake-st.., ficKiet Office, 67 Claris-st., south doiph, Grand Pacinic Hotel, and at Patmer louse. Arrive. Mati (via Matn and Alr Line). Diay Express... Kajamazoo Accommodation. Atlantlc Express (dally) Night Express..... PYTTSBURG, PT.. WAYNE & CHICAG0 RAILWAY Depot. corner Canal and Madison-sta. Ticket Otlices 65 Clark-st.. Palmer House, and Grand Pacific Hotel. Leave. | Arrive. Mafl and Express. {7 8:00a. m |t 7:00p. m. Pacific Kxpress 3 oo Mt a0k m- TFast Line..... [t 9:10 5. m-t} 8:0wa. m. Teatnsleave Ry % O venttisen t . Toe-st. ‘I'IekelOfll:::.moéll-\"&-lnn."l‘flzet House, ‘Grand Pacific, and Depot (Exposition Bulldiag). Leave. Arrive. - ; 8:508. m. | 9:40p. m. | Morning Express. 8:40p. m. Mall—-Old Line..... ‘Boston Speel Moy Dol B aally. X. Y. Aflatle Express, Night Express..... PITTTSBURG, OINCINNATI Depot coraer of Clinton and Doy Exyress. Night Bxpress (QHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILEOAD Depot, cormer of Van Burea and Sherman-sis. Ticket Oftice, 56 Clark-st., Sherman House. [ Teave. | Artive. 5a.m.s Omaha, Leavenw'th & Atch Ex Peru Accommodation Night Exoress.. LAKE NAVIGATION: Mitwaaes AN e Shore. ports an For e Uaaday exceprea. . pam st ap.m o, b Salarday's boat dou's Pr‘l:a)‘ m’rrmln{l ;)IE“HOLI th) ipec: ForGrand Jiases, Graad Raplds. and Musze- iy SnUAY eXCOPIOdes reszs c-ce T For Siatsice undintton, and Ay T andar e For 3 otai _Saturlay’s boat does not ieave Gt 1i:90 . LiOP D b, cte.. Pridafumee..e TP I Rt sad doga. {00 Michlicia-ar. JEAN DEAWERS. Keep's Jean Drawers, - Very best quallty, 50c ver valr. 173 East Msdison-at. SUMMEK RESORTS. L SLEN BPARK HOTEL, A N R trer Bens tor Srebiar 434 5o Aelrslsof waies. & 5. FLOST, Proprioian