Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 20, 1879, Page 7

T . PARIS. (hit-Chat from the Theatres-..A Curi- ous Revival of the Medieval Drama., s ptystery® at the Theatre do la @nito—Acting and Actors in tho Fourteenth Century. Fauro 8t o Hacred Conoert—-The Opora at Ohuroh, and Morality at the Opora, nly Paln Bis "-Interesting” to Wires and Eehoos of the Carnival foecial Correspondence of The Triduns, pans, March 8,~In the interesting pavilion gevoted to theatrical curlositics at the 1878 Ex- bibltton, was o singular reproduction of a scens {s an old miracle play. As you looked at the aaint simplicity of the “ propertles and stage ammlan which the mediovat actors thought mffident for the purposes of thelr drama, it yas difMcult to repress 8 emile. Wo have im- wod upon all that In our luxurious nge. A mansgor thinks littlo of spending 300,000 franca on the mounting of an opera, and 60,000,000 {rancs aT0 swallowed up In the process of build- fng & single theatre, Nor can it he doubted (hat wo have made giganticstridesn other more |mportaut matters relating to the drama, Wo pey be presumptous in mssuming that Sarah Bernbardt and Ienry Irving are greater artists than thelr unsophisticated forcrunncrs of the year 1800 or thercabouts. It s at least certaln ihat even these, though they are the most eml- neat living exponents of thelr art {n France gnd Eagland, would havoe some difiiculty in com- manding theattentlonof an audlence while they developed the roanifold beauties aud eccentricl- of w ATLAY TASTING PORTE DATS, 1 wonro told the “ystery of the Apostles" did, Profane persong who attended Wagner's recent Featival at Bayreuth found it sufliciently tedious to sit out the three consccutive nights of & **Niebclungunring performance, despite its musteal and scente attractions; and Iam not sare that we would any of us atand ten acts even of '* flamlet,’ though they wera charitably eproad over two evenlugs. Ono thing, however, I8 unquestionablo: we have made nstonlshiug progress in dramatic Jiterature. If anybody doubted it, he need only have Dbeen present at Marfe Dumas’ Inst matince, at which two examples of the French drama of the Fourteenth Century were revived, much to the delight of a few antignarions, and preatly to the smazement of the general publie. Oue introduced us to the comie play ot the pe- viod. Tts title, “La Farce de lan Cornctte,” seemed to the audience by far the most comlc thing about it. Jehan d'Abundance, who wrote ity would not draw wowadays. The *farca” excited soma taughter, but not exactly of the right quality, and £ am very much afrald that, bad it not baen tricked out [n modern French verse, the very antlquarians themsclves would bave had - MORE THAN INOUGH OF IT befora it ended. [nagine the impressfon made upon a connofsseur of plctures by the grotesquo tiste-pencilings of n schoolboy-satirist, und yon bave somo {dea of that produced by Jehan d'Abundauce and his “ Farce do In Cornette.! The other work was the Mystery of * Robert 18 Diable.* 1t 18 of n far moro ambitions cast, of course, than Jehan’s plav ; but, somne how, not slEAL Fournler's tearncd . introductory leeturo siceceded in stirring the Nineteenth-Century .| Tarlslans to any cnthuslosm about it. There are clementa of a fine tragedy fn i¢, though, all the samoj and, If only from the fact that it Is the foundution upon which Meyerboer's © Robert 1s Diablo " was erected, 1€ should have had an laterest to the Galte andience: But this 18 a corrupt and artiticial gencration, "Fhe sfnpleity of the year 1800 or therenbouts was voted tedlous, Wil a feellni of undiluled satlsfaction refened i cvery bLrenst ns wo rejected that “Nous avons change vout cela.” Dy-thie-by,what would we pampered moderns who wax wroth and hiss at an cntr'acto of hal o Lour, say tu . AN ENTR'AOTH OF A WIIOLE WEER! Team not joking. As M. Fournier obligingly remiuled fome who had forgotten®t, aud in- formed tnany who had never known ity the old medieval stago-plays often toole place In the open alr, ond, s a matter of course, were lable ta continued interrupiton from bad weather, A heavy shower of raln or n thunder-storm would damp the enthustasm of the “hongo ¥ b once, wipl, unless the setors liked to play to empty benebies, all they conld do was to _ndjourn-and walt till the sun eaniv out ngaln. In represent tnie m forty-day Mystery, like that of the Apos- tes, this was o serlous natter, It Is recorded that, on one ueensfon, the weather persteted in being so obstinately evil that the whole com- tam—numbering several bundreds—engaged In renresenting ono of these setfi-sacred works revaired to chureh and prayed devoutly for the dement skles which were so inalspensable to sattsfuctory receipte. Whether the prayer wna scceded to, 1 kuoi not, THERB ARE A PEW PIOUS ACTORS nowadavs, but they are rare blrds on the fuco of the cartl, Jiku unto the oft-quoted black awan. AL Faure 1s .one of the plous exceptlons, if wo may judge of hls sanctity from thi readioess Witk which Nie lends ald to any resiglous cere- mony requiring the help of his magntilcent barl- tone, He was stuzlug here the other evening at 8 krund musieal performanco given at the new Church of Bt, Franvols Xavier, to colebrate tho #iveut of the aplendid orean which has just Deen built for {t. Although given In a soered edliee, thia concort was one of the most remark- Wl aud deligntfal we buve bad this sen- 4n, Foure sang o flue * Pater Noster ™ of Nledermever, and’ o * Fons Pletatis™ of old ava Hagdn; Verguet treatedas to an % Ave et " compnsed by M. Ienaud, the orgaulst * of the ehureh, aml the Opera orchiestra, ansisted br the chioir of the Conservatolre, executed sov- eral symphoute fracments und chorusos of M. Widor, the clever oruantat of 8t. Sulplee, Alto- me' the eyentng bs likely to bo long remem- erel by the hiappy persons who maunged to get ’"fl:flifl?" doors of St, Francols Xavier on "The world scems & Miftle upside down to me. ¢ have tu o to church to hear our best aperatic Slogers, winl we go to the overa to ba taugkit morality, To be sure it {s tho pleasantest way :{ mn(l)u:g, 0 1 dfm’: }xrumbla ntll!lu {hayarer W“Duliuel:‘} omlque for productug M. Theo- YLE PAIN DI," Spleasantand clever pleco, both as to the plot and the musle, Inculeating the lesson that hua. hould be fatthiul to thelr wives, and 1t )"lvus)muhl not coddle thefr husbauds, lost, Ko the creatures mentioned fn tho Old Testas mmv they should wax fat and kick,” Briefly, m:ulhu blot of ¥ Lo Pain Bis" which, for o edifieation of those to whom the Gallie idiom m\m nmiilur, gignifies ** Brown Bread,—rather + A0 Uniuyiting title for & comie opera, brehe Clarlutte adores hor husband Daniel ( E\wg}. and at thesame thne fedeaperately feal- w-’ binklug that the surest way to kéep his ectlon from atraying 18 to spoil hiny, (a apare m the stlahtost trouble, and to make him so Ivcmn(arml.ylu 8¢ homne thut lio will never want to h;mr. slio po soover married him than she s the whole mauagement of tho browery ol > Sboulders, and encourages him, by every 3 tans in her powery to Indulve his own easa anil lf”:‘lllu. Uniaccustomed to such luxnry, Danle! ot tinde nis married lifo u very sgracablo uRe from his bachelorhood, and l{‘u bimselt m:uullv. With the most Chrlstian reslenation, o Uy towover, the sweets of watrlmony pall “"nlllln, anud he beaing to Hud all tuls codd il h u;mm Que day he sugizesta to his wife thal x-uf: ltht bo weil for him to go round and sce bis tnomers, whom he lad ‘peglocted for soine ne. Charlutie's 8 JNALOUSY 18 AWARENED, “F"Dflln he wants to sco the customers' wives, st} A'p'lim" mald, who hos long indig- m:“y Watched the uifemiuate lifo of her e lll’, and is burnlng for an opportunlty of .""‘ L her mistress’ éyes to tne folly of ber Il system, does hor best to Iucrease i otla's suaplcions, 6 end of it s, thut g €18 induced to stay /b boine, and tls wito L»‘ Lo sea the customcers for hin, But it has el truly, if tritely, sald: “Satau finds some it :hll for {dlo huuds to do.” The brower, muuhhis OWn rosqurces, vawns, sighs, un m.mn out for o navel sensation. Just then h'umm Seraphing lover of the uiald sforesaid “The yor, t0 allude o the chisrms of his eodes 2 'fi -:‘lln:nz‘ml»; themouater wanted ! Ile gef . 0 I way on sowe prolext, and ?&':igdem lova to l«yLmol: u‘:nn s catled, A 2 that pretty damsel e upportunity. e WY B8he affects to humor the brower's sult, sul- fers him to embraco her, and to spatch away o rose that she had recelved from Seraphin; and then, to punish the sinucr, she sets him to do her work for her, inoking him hew wood and draw water for the lousehold in hee stead,—all 1o the huge delight of the Iufapunted Daniely Wwho 18 as glad Lo have occupation nfter his cn- forced fnactivity ns most peopla are to have roat, When Charlotte retaris she fa thunder- Atruck to discover her husband buslly peeform: Ing his menlul tack under the superintendebco of the mncklng Llitoise ; nnd Seraphin 1s ren- tered furlous by the sight of his rose in his master's buttonhole. A DoMesTIO “ poENE " resuits, 08 you may suppose; but the storm Ulows over. Daniel vows amendment, nnd Char- {otte pardons him. One moral [s, that n man who fs. lnyfl. too sirictly 1o a white-bread diet, or suallt by*an over-indulgent wife, I8 very npt o £et a sudden eraving for common brown-bread, und fall fn love with a pretty mafd from sheer desire of variety, ‘There isa second moral,— for 4 Le Paln Bls " 1s o two-eduwed sword, cut- thigz both waya, 1t may teach other * husbands In colton-wool.¥ ns it 18 supposed to have tauaht. Danlel, that 1he savor of brown:bread ir, ufter all, only pleasant by contrast, and that there (s nothing equal to the jov of having a doting wife, who himors vour every whim, o satisliea cachi longing of your soul, befors you kuow yoursolf what you aro longing for. Lhcar thint they liave had a VERY OAY CARNIVAL AT NIOB this year, The town was crowded to suffoca- tlon, nnd the amount of money spent upon the traditfonal bonbons, flowers, wind flonr-bags with which it I the funacent costume to pelt peopls at all Carnlvals worthy ‘the name, wouid have suffieed: to build and “endow scyeral hospitals and almshanges. Patti and Nicolini have been slnging at Nice, too, 'They were received as enthusiastically as ever, 1t appears, nnd, at the closa of the representations, werc smothered with bouquets, wreaths, and so on, just ss in the old days, when the poor diva had not ‘stooped to folly,” or *lenrned, too late, that men botray." . HArny MerTzER. B ——— MODERN ALCHEMY. A Tonnwnnin Party Extracting Gold from Common-Looking Earth which Chomlsts . nnd Metallurgists Sny Contains No Gold, Nugalo Exprese. For some time past vague reports of the dis- covery of gold fn the viciolty of Tonawanda, this connty, have been golng the rounds, so dis- ‘Jolnted and [neoherent that but ilttle attention has been given then, It is a tuct, bowever, that a refining establishment has recently been crect- ed pear the village, and operatiois by which ¢ 18 claimed the preclous motal {8 produced arc buelly molng on. The partics who are man- aglng the reflnery hiave preserved the utmost secreey concerning all the detalls of the manu- Iacture, or reflulng process, or whatever [t 133 but yesterday, when visited by an Insidious and uncomprumising reporter of the Ezpress, they unbosomed themaelves to that extent that we are enabled to provide our readers with far more Information coucerning the gold-makers and thelr mysterfous proceedings than has hitherto been published. Assuming that the operatives are honest In their statements, nud we have no valid reason for disbelluvig them, they nre extracting ol by a peentiar and onfy partially-cxplained process from what appears to bo ordfnnry browwn earth, which comes from they will not say where, nnd which, after aualysis, {8 pronounced by our chelsts to contaiu no gold at all. This I8 surely n curlous and emuplex condition of nffalrs, * Now for the results of our rcporter's investigation. At the reflnery, Jocated as bLetora described, he found Mr. Felton, of the flrm of . F, Felton Co., und Prol. F. Q. Hall, of Penusylvania, the chemist in chorze of the estubllshment, ‘Thess geotlemen recelved our reporwer very pleasantly and kindly, and, although they sald they had beretofore tirmly refused to furnish any dotails to newspaper representatives or any- body elge, they oventually gave himn all such facts us were not fuconsistent with the safety ol what they holll to be thelr importaus seerets, The bulldiny s a large framo structure, elgh feet by forty, nnd is divided juto a digestin; room, a rruclnnnwurb-ruum, und a furnace- room, with ‘a steamn boller und engine-roons; where the “ore," so-called, Is obtafued remain- tugs a profouud sceret. ‘The subposition 1s, how- cver, that it {s found on or fn the eighborhvod of the farm on which the building stands, al- though Mr, Hall stated, apparently with soma hesitation, that it was procured from Pennsyl- vanin. ‘The process ro far as could be learnvd 13 as follows: ‘The **ore,” which 13 safd to be of o very high wrade, Is plnced fn a Jarge vat with certutn cliemicals, the names ind properties of which the ehemist conld not be nduced 1o dis- close. By micans of certaln rotating mnchlnery, operated by stean-power, thie vontents of the vat are in the course of afew hours rendered soluble. T'he “digested ore” s then run out into tunks, where JL undergoes another process. From thenee it 8 foreed into o reservolr for the reception of the wold sofutlon, the nature of which I8 also unexplained. By this the refusc, which resombles river sund, 18 extracted from the ore, and the mineral remains are then conveyed {to o concentrating tank, where nnother secret operution §s performed npon it. 'The contents of this latter tank are then precipitated with o gos gen- erator. ‘'Ilie per-sulphurette produced {s then put in o blnck-lead cruciblg, which is placed in o furnace, Hero it fs submitted to saflicient heat to pruduce n specles of earbon from which the wold Is taken. 'Phe whole process oceupies about. o weeli, but u changa can be worked from tho rotating vats, of which thero ave six every day, 08 one process follows unotlier, so that ten tons of oreaduy can be worked, according to the present eapacity of the muchinery. Itis, how- ever, contempluted to erect i inuch larger build- lug, capable of working fifty tons aduy. It is also stated as probablo that an acld chamber will be construeted fur the purposs of manu- facturingthe oll of vitriol requived 1o the works. A plecs of the carbon was operated upon with a swall blow-vlpo {n the presence of our reporter. A small bead of wold waos pro- dueed fu the conrse of a fow minutes. It was then thoroughly tested and cieansed with nitrie ncld mul presented to him. ‘Thero seems to by 10 question but that gold can be producesd by the madus operandd we huve in part cudeayored 1o expluly, but what ratio of guld is vroduced from tew tons of ore, add at what expense, fs Ruown only to the proprieters, for their l'lun wore hermetivmly sealed upon these points, Thay, howover, apoke of the success of the un- dertaklug fu the most sangutne manoer, In re- }»ly to questions as to the metallie substances aund in the ore, Mr, Hall sald they consisted of didymiunt, “ceriua, lynthauinm, orblum uml terblum, GUallfum, ntotor, ' vuuu- dim, nlekel, cobalt, some of which was inspocted, of o ‘)rlllluns blue, sllver, iold, troces of fron, ealelumm In its metallic state, notagsium fu Jts metallie siate, potassium as a nitrute, potnssium as o evanide, potassin both as un axide nnd carbonato, zirconfum, and sodi- win as o nltrate. Al theso properties have heen determined to be present, Mr. Hull stated that specimens of the ore had been submitted or unalysis to chemists fn Poonsylvania und Buf- Jaloy wnd they lad geclared that not o trace of Kold was to be found in them, As to the quantity of gold thus far remlzed, the nearket fu which 1t 18 Lo bo put, the future policy of the firm concernlg the secrote of sup- ply uind manufucturo, aud other poiuts well cal- culuted to oxcite curosily, the gentlemen In question woulit give no word, *‘ilave they really found th fabled philosophicr’s stune ' ia a conundrum with which we must Jeava others who havo more leleure to grapple, e et e That HWistoric Fallure, ‘The April number of tho United States Servics containe & paper written by Commodore Ruind of the Navy {u regard to two articles publistied in the Atlantte Monthiy last May ik Jiuine, written h{ Mr. Lockwood, on the * Fort #islier Expe: dition," prepared, as the Commatore coneludes, *n the futereat of those whose desertion caused the fallure of the first expedition.”? ‘The abject of Cominodore IRhind Is not to nnswer Lliose articles, but merely to correct some statements relatiye to the explosion of the powder-hoat, to which duty the Commodore was assicued, ‘fho object of the Atantic erticlos was to show that tho follure of thu explosion was due to tho curclessuess of the ollicers nnd the distance of tho boat from the forl, wiich Mr, Lockwood says was 800 yuris, The Commodore shows concluslyely thut the boat was not over 250 yards from the fort wheu it vxploded, und that the nou-effect ‘was duo purtly to the fact that the powder W not of the first quality, and that the spparatus Tor iguiting the powder was not adequate, Thy fallure of the explosion was in the conception of {he plan. 1o reply to the remurk at Mr. Lockwond that it was strance that Gen, Butler, $wha suguested the we of this lmmmense turs pedo,'* was uot permitted to be present to wit- nuss the cxrlnllon, the Commodors remarks that 4t would have eiven itm pleasurs to have had the soclety of the suggester of the expert- went, but [ am inclined to think that ho was “sbout as near us bo really wished to be," ——————— Oanneoticat Golng for the Tramps, ‘The paseago of the Tramp law in bath Houses of .the Cunnueticut Legislature is caneing much unea¥iness among fout-pady throughout the Etate, uud especiully amoug the colony of about fifty who have occupled cavos in tho tract of wouwls ot 0ld Greenwich for the Tlfl two yeurs, foruglug lu tho vidulty for supplics S THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE! THURSDAY, TOM CORWIN. Some Anecdotes of the Noted Statesman, Gathered from His Son. How Corwin Defended Lincoln Agalnst the Imputation of Disap- polnted Bewardites. The Celebrated Moxican-War Speech.-- * Welcoming with Bloody Hands to Hospitable Graves,” Corwin's Explanations of This at Jackson- ville and Edwardsvillo, Ill.—" Issan char, the Overburdoned Ass” Bpeeial Correspondence of The Tridune, InniaxaroLis, March 16,—About thirty miles northeast from Cluctonati, In the midst of that beautiful and incxlaustibly-fortile region lying between the Little and tho Big Miami Rivers, {s sltnated the old Viilage of Lebanon, the county- acat of Warren Connty, Ohlo, and the home of ‘Thomas Corwin. A business-trfp recently called me there, and s pleasant cvening was apent with Dr. W. IL Corwig, the only son of thie departed statesman, Upon telling him that Iwns an Illinolsan, the conversativn turmed upon various matters connected with tho Btate und her great men, and finally PASSED TO MIS FATHER] and, from all that was sald, the foilowing anec- dotes stand out the most prominently in my wmemory: In 1560 Corwin was a strong supvorter of Lincoln for the Presidency, wasa delegato to the Chicago Convention which placed that sreat man {n nomination, and did all possivic in hia support, On the return trlp two young men wero sitting {n tho car-scat directly In front of Corwin, and were enraged in talking ahout the nomination which had just been nonounced. 'They had evidently been supporters of the ITon. ‘Willlam H, Seward, and ccnsidered the choleo of the Convention & great mistake, “The idea,”” enid one, *that the people of this country must go out {nto the hackwoods of Tllinols nnd take up an unknown, third-rate Inwyer for such & position aa thisl" “O well! he will probably be defeated any way,” sald the other. “If ho had been much of a man ho would not be so poor, A man who can’t make money {8 n poor one to take up for I'resident.” Mr. Corwin could no longer hear sach aent!- ments in silence, +t1f you will excuse me,” he began,—* [ once read, a zreat while ago, In a very old Book, of o very remarkable Personage,—the most re- markable, perhaps, that ever lived. But on one oceaslon this Personage rode fulo Jerusalem on thebare back of an ass, because He hada't money envugh to buy Iimself a liorso and saddle. Yet the people recelved Him with honor und welcome shouts, and Ho has often been called great, THERE MAY DE MORE {n this Ilinofs lawyer than you think.” When the campalgn of 1860 opened, Mr, Cor- win entered it with the ntmost vigor, and stumped constantly in Indfana and Itlinols. e had a fight of his own to make in some places, too, In 1847 he had made his fninoys Mexiean- War speech. This offort was never fully understood in its day. But, viewed fu the 1ight of subsequent cvents, it fa scen to have lind much of truth and justice fn it. In the passaze which hns been most often quoted, and which, taken entirely out of its natural con- struction, had a tendercy to do him so much in- Jury, e gatd: 1f 1 wero n Moxican, Iwonld tell yon: **Have you not room in yosr own country to bury your deuld men? It you come into mine, wo will groet you with bloody lands, and welcone you to ospital graves," = : ) Early in this memorable émnpalgn ho was an- nouuced to sueak at Jacksonville, IN. Arriving at the town a little late iu the afternoon be wis drlven inunediately to the stand, und began his speceh before a large miscellancous audience. Just ot the moment of begiuning the speech, boys began to distribute upon the erounds inrge numbera of documents with the followlug print- cd upon them: i ( Jackannvllle earncatly ro t fl:fi'.e (?Lrvlcf:’b:lore‘helle:ml thalr mw’n mqgmt tholr cemetery, where lic the remalns of tne gal- Tant Col. Hardln, one of tho men whom be hoped the Mexicans would ** welcome witt bloody hands to hospitablo graves.' ‘I'ic campalizn monagers, ever on the hlert to sao that evorything moves ofl well,saw that the effect of this circular ‘WAS BAD UPOX THE PEOPLE, with whom Col. Iiardin had been a great favor- itey and that they wero of necessity prejudiced sgamst tho speakier, Dy, Corwin, who, a3 usual, accompanled his nther, sald, upon learnlug the state of nffuirs, that ho would carry ane of the virculars to bl {mmodistely, und vive him an opportunity to answer t. “‘The managers all thought it wonld not bo well to do so, as it might throw the spenker pff his guard, st cause him to say sotnothing that he ouglit not,—the subject be- {nyza delicate ouo; still they were all of apinton that the speech, under the circminstances, would do but litle good. At length the youuy man told the Committeo that ho was setiled ju his ownt mind what he should dog wid so, taking o copy of the clretlar, he passed up futo the stand, Flero he was urged by Gov. Beub not to show It to his father, but, siepplug up behind the speaker and waiting untit a break eawe In tho speects, he lald his hand upon the old states- man’s_ehouldor, und called atteutlon to the paper by placiug it fu his hands, Mr. Corwin imcdiately took In the situation, andd, drawing out bis spectacles, he began to ns- sume thosu fnimitable expressions of counte. nnnee of which he was 8o caonble, Ho would glance at the document through his spoctacles, und theo take a luok over them at the crowd, Ina moment all wers ju the best of humor, und tho document was thoroughly bulittled botore tlie orator sald & word, A% Iéngth Lo mado the most THOROUGH ARD EXJAUSTIVE HXPLANATION of the whole speech from the midst of which this portion ot & sentonce had been garbled, Ho showed how thoroughly ho had busn inisrepre- aented durine alt the fifteen years that bad passed sinca the delivery of the uch, and called upon tha peonle to vindicato him from thls fojustice, o arzied that, while Col. Hardin was a hero, and did his duty nobly as a soldler, atil} the war was wholly in the intercsts of Blavery, and ac- complished no good fur the country at large, 8o convineing was of] this, and it was mado with suen evidont candar, thut the effect was wonider- ful. 'The peovle anwy huw the old statesman had been wrongzed, und came over to him with ro- marksble unanimity, 1le was given a grond 10- ception in the evening, and went away the next mornlng decldedty master of the situation. The next day he spokest Edwardsville, In the gamne State, and here was met by the 0 thing, only the words which he hud uttercd were even worso misrerresonted than thiey had been on the day before. The son brought a copy of the circular to his father, who was vngaged fu speaking, and the atter, tuking it, lald it to oue side unm he had apoken for nearly two hours, nnd :l;‘m arrived at a propur poiut (o bis speech, o, TARING UF THE LITTLE SLIP, ho safd: “ Aiy attention has bean called to a portion of anc of my anccelies which was delivercd in the United States Scnate nany years azo. Thu munner in which it has been presented to the public has much surpriscd me, It Las been Lrouuh: out by some Hitle Democratic country- eqitor, acting under the command af the Btalo Democratic Central Conunittee. Wo read in the Henptares (hut acertaln patriarch had exhunsted all the names {n hils vocabulury for his children und grandebildren, and inally another came, und ho was for o thio ut A loss what to call lim. But, at length, a8 thouyh « happy thonght had struck him, besaid: *Issachar shall be lis name,~n strong ass crouching be- tween two burdens.’ Thus will we pamo our Mttle editor * Issochiar, the overburdened uss,! Now 1 wish lasachar wera here, I would ltke to tatk to hlm." Just then a little man, besring every Indlca- tion of being a country vdltor, started ‘in hasto to Jeave the erouais, but two sturdy Hepublice uns, calling out, K “uERE 18 1884008A81" ught him aud brought bim back, and placed fn‘lm“hz(uu e um.kir. who procseded somius thing s folly ) © Well, Issaclar, I am glad to scoyou. I kuow perlectly wah now that you are ths overs burdoned and that you dfd not understand this speechy, You sluply acted, lssacher, upon thie orders of your ters, the Gentral Com- uittice, Now, Iam gl you ars here, Iasachar, Wauk (0 ¢xplalu my speéch 0 you, which, of course, you did not hear, and I fear never have read,” i He then proceeded to show what he meant, uoln‘z over much the same ground that he did the day before at Jacksonville.~nddresaing him- self all the whilo to Iasachar in the most patron- i2lng mauner imaginable. Finally Insachar plped out, {n a tenor volce: ' Well, Governor, why didn't Jou say It that wn,y when x‘(m made the spcech i’ ‘The sneaker replled, i1 & tono conveymg the utmost apparent regard: * Isaachar, IF YOU MAD ONLY BERN THERR, 1 should have done 03 : but, a8 you were not there, T was loft to my own weak résuurces, and 80 made this great mistake.” The peapla cheered and Jaughed by turns; and, when the little editor feft the grounds, fifty boyas followed him home, shouting nt his hecls the pame which had beeu {ndelibly stamped upon him,—** 1seachar.” Gov. Bebb prophesied, that evenlng, that Tssa~ char wonld not stay I the town six months, as 1ife would he mada sucli 8 burden to hini. Upon the day when President Lincoln was in- augurated, uov, Bebh saw (Jov, Corwin at the Cupttal, and the firat thing be sald was: * Jasa. char staved in Edwardsville Just four weeks izlu.-r your speech; he couldn's atand 1t any onger. Vi It was afterwards ascertained that there had on A PRECONCERTED PLAN upon the part of the Democratic Contral Com- mittee, just as Gov, Corwin hnd sald, to use that sentence of his ogatnst him overywhere he should speak; but the disaosirous oilerts at Jacksonville wnd Edwardsville were conclusive, aml orderawere sent to County Cominittees everywhere not toreferto that spocch againg and It 13 a recorded fact that the Mexlean-Wae 53}1 was never used agalnat the old hero after that day, ¥ " Lr. CYanvm insfats that the Issachar speech wns the witticst his father ever delivered, and greatly repreta that it was not reported, or pre- served in full, OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. S e Remarkalle New Theory Ofered hy Prof, Peirce—Where Do Comiets nnd Meteorn Come From?—A Spherical Shell of Me- teorle Matter Bounding Our Solar Syatom, Boston Adtertiser, Interesting as wns tho maln part of Prof. Benjamin Peirce's lecture at the Lowoit Instl- tute loat eveniug, there was one part which will command at once the atiention of the sclentific world, both from the ‘bigh reputation of the lectarer und from the facts he zave to support Nis views. o broached the theory that around the eutire solar systein’ls a apherical shell of ntter, from which fall* the metcors which sup- ply tho heat of the sun, aud to which return the comots and meteors which pass aronnd the sun, This theory, Prof, l'elrc¢ stated, has not yet beon propounded to tho sclentific world, but will be’ soon, Below will be found the chlef polnts of the lecture: ‘The tingl stage of the “nebular history 1 the planet. It may be consldered under the heads of uouFeuled star, fuorganic pertod, organie pe- riod, planet, satellite, comet, meteor, wud cha- atlc mass, Througl the process of condensa- tlon the star must sbouer or luter hegin to tiquify permanently, and will, after a thine, be- come” liquid throughout, aud may be classifled us u congealed star. - The planet, satellite, comet, and metcor ars different forms of the congealed star. They are shpultancous in exlstence, und not successlve stazes of the history. Starting from n common orietn, they bave passed throuch a process of differentiation, and are fitted for dhTerent fune- tlons, ‘They may all be recarded as bolldes, and they fill the colostinl apaces with every coneotva- ble varlety of nagnitude, motion, and physical uspoct. ‘The perfect comet combines nucleus and tratn. ‘The beauty belongs to the train, which Is unsub- tantisl wnd temporary, while the mass and density reside in the ‘almost invisibie but per- manent nuclens. The solid nucleus moves about the sun In o nearly parabolie orbit, obedient to the same Iaw of attraction which governs the motfous of cither of the planctsj whereas cach purtlele of the train moves (n its own hyperbolic orbit in consequenceo! a repulsion from the sun, olten two or three times s great as the ordinary solar attraction. ‘Lhese particles are electrilied bodies, and have the samu ulecxrluh{ with the sun; the particles which are most highly elec- triffed ndvance to the front edee of tlie tail, whilo those which ore the lesst electrillel fail back to the rear, Each: partlcle secins to re- tain 1he same amount of electricity during the whole perlod of yisibllity, ‘Fhe theory of ... thess . hyperbuilc,. orbits us real a phenomenon, and uul,‘ect to as certain and definite n geometry, na the planctary ellipses themselyes. Thetr” mathematieni relatiun to the parabolle orbit of the nucleus Is singularly glmple to litn who can read the formule of algebra, They conform to Kepler's two flrst laws, and especially §ilusteate the prineiple of the preservution of arens It the nucleus were to be taken awny the train would continne to move off through sprce wn- disturbed by the loss, ; This s a stnrular phe- unomenon, but, strange o say, it has been actuatly observed. The oucleus I8 surrounted by n mist, on which occount the head has been desirnated ns comn, mud hence was derived the namu of comet or balry ster. The 1nss of the eus cun be weighed from the hight of jts rrounding atmospliere, or, more exactly, the Jeast limic of mass can be determined, which w‘l]ll autlice to matntaln ‘such a hight of atmos- [i 1n the caso of Donatl's comet the dlameter of the nul was perhaps ot more than 100 miles, while the hight of the atmoasphere ex- tended to 18,000 miles. You will be surprised to learn that the corresponding density of the nucleus was at least equal to thint of iron. What anunexpected cantrast is here presented to the prevatent notlons coucerning the sun and the comet! The solld aun {3 reduced by selence to the state of yas, while the substancs of the ethereal comet i o eolid and heavy uietal. "The clectrutieation of the cometary mistisanata- wous te that of our own thunder-cloud, any partion of the coma which had received the op- posite kind of electricity to the sun und the re- pelled tall, would have beon attructed. This gzives o slmyle explonation of the negative tails wlhluh huve been sumetimessoon directed Loward the: st " Omitting the comets with elliptieal orbits, we find nothing in the position of the other orbits which indicatus retation to the solur nxis of rotu tion on theplunctary planes of revolutlon, The aro ns uniformly distributed oy 1f they had en- tered the systenn sndifferently trom every direc- tion, and withont referenee to the futernal mo- tlons of the plancts on thelr mntual organlzs- tion. 1fa parabolotd of revolution were con- structed, with the sun at the focus, the number of meteorites which would: be contained within it durlng their elremt of the snn woula bumeas- ured by the tnagnitude of its oponing at somng roposed greut (stance frow the sun, Rexand- css, then, of the dlrection of the metcorites from tho sun, the samy ures ol opening woulld be the messuro of nll the meteorites or comels which would have periheHon distane: Jess than that of the parabotold, Now, the arca of the opeuing i tsell “proportiousl te the periielfon distance, The inferenco . s obvious that if oll the . comots and metearites wera distributed upon a line drawn from the sun, at distances mrrmmmlln;.i to the porilietia of thelr orbits, the llne would he uni- formly coverod with comets, Unon apnlymng this luw of distrihution to the cometa ot “our eatalouues, we find It to bo quite well enough vertfied to suthorize its acceptance wnd oxtens slon to all the comets which approach the sun us near as the mutermast of the planets, Wa mav assuno the sun'a authority to extend half way to the nearest fixed atar, “This gives the limitlog sphero n umeter oxeeeding one hundred thousoud thnes the dameter of the curth's orblit; wind a comet wonld requtre alght bundred aud sixiy-seven” millions of gcnn to pass from the regions of terreatria) visthility to theso outer llmsts of the solur jurisdiction, wnd Just as long for the Inward passage. The num- Ler uf now comuta which annually appear {s about three. Hence the whole number of comets which are capable of being seen from tho earth at periielon, nd which at any other tine, as Wlie preaent, are contatned within our sun's sphiere, may be falcly estimated at more wnau five thousand milions, ‘The mase s, however, more impartant than the pumber, Euach cowet may bo sssuméd to be a3 heavy as those which have buen - apuroxis mately welghod, especintly when Itis consider- ed Uatt tnany comcts wust have cutered the sphore of vIEibilly wnd huve escaped ubserva- tion, Under this ussumbtion the tiuas of each individual comet exceeds, on the uverage, a wptiere of a hundred miles In dlamuter, with o density vqual to that of tho earth, Such o mass 18 about oue tlve-hundred-thousaudih part of the earth’s inuss, ‘Ihe azgregute moes of thy comots just enumerated would then La 10,000 thmes tio mass af the carth, This ls one-tortleih of the mass of tho sun and twenty-slx thoes beavier than Jupitor, i ‘'nis estimate ovuly locludes thoso which he calls thy visiblo comets. A small extenslon of the law ol distribution beyuud the orbit ot Neptune would fnereass the estimate till (L be- camg as largo a3 the sun's mass, and would stlll be hundreds of thnea too small, The ob~ served velocltica of the comets would be totally {nsutlicicnt to carcy them out o the bounds ut! tho solur territory, ogoinet the forco of gravitas tion, subject to'this fmmense fncreaso; und vo comet would have cutered our domuln und de- scundod to visibility without h-vlnli acquired u veloelty far cxcecding those of the observed comets. Tho bypothesis of the costical origin: of the comets may ba consfdered to have re- fated itself. Notwithstanding thelr frecdom from the pecnlfaritics of position incldent to the lareer members of our group, and their conse- guent deflelency of family Ifkeness, they must be adopted into ft. They must be recognized as ermiunent aseociates, aithough thelr lezitimate lomeo must be placed so remote from the centro that the distribution of thir perihells may manifest the law nppropriate to distant orbits, Iu many cases debris of comet are distributed all along the cometary path, These debris ars meteorites, and are vislble as shooting stars when they enter our atmosphere. They may be deflected nud pass out Into nrm:e; they may bo burat up oy the heat arislng frons their concus- slon and rapld motlon, and portlons of them may fall unon the earth na meteoric stones, Pursuing their paths in groups they mivo us the cele:-r:\tcd meteoric showers of August and Sep- tembar. ‘Iie sun's light and heat were derived In the outsct [rum 1ts compression, nnd sume astrono- murs are still disposed to rc%lrd this as thelr source, Combustion ar any Torte of chemlcal netlun has been abandoned by thoughtful physl- ciste. The rival theory ia that of the beat of energy derived from the coucussion of the bolides, which are constaotly falllng Into the sun. It fa not as fucl that they are supposed to nct, supplying heat by comhustion, but as mosses whicti huve un energy exhiblted under the form of ravid motlon, and which is transformed Into actual heat when they striko the aun, Prof, Pelrce dliscussed at length the amount ot heat that would be reccived from meteors, and reached the following conclusions: 'This feives us the unexoceted and startling result that the heat which the earth recefves direetly from the meteors fs the same in amount with that whicli it reccives from the sun by radiation, Tliere can be no doubt of the valility of this strange conclusion, although 1t has not yot reached scentific publication. 1t s still more strauge that it 15 verified by accurate obscrva- tions made long ago by s most eminent and trustworthy authority; but which have never been discussed 1 relation to their signiticance, nor have they ever becn doubted, ‘Ilie next point taken up was the heat recelved frum space. ~ Careful experitnents show that this heat is only n littte Jess than thut from the sun. ‘The carth would not give a thousatdih part of it. To hold that i comes from & vocant space {s an tintennble doctrine. It is unreasonable to assign It to the stars, for it involves too vaat a differ- ence between stellar Jight and heat, for the former is excecdingly sllght compared with the sun, HBut the meteorie theory fully explains the phenowenon. ‘Ihe doubt {s reversed, und the question arises, Why did the experitents show the metuorle heat inferior in amount tu solar beatl ‘The differcnce would scem to be partislly caused by the penetrability of the earth's ot- mosphere to sular rays, whereas o Jarge portion of thie meteoric heat Is absorbed into the upper atmosphere and 15 radiated luto spaco beforo It can reach the surfacs of the carth, or it may show that five-sixtlis of the sun's Leat Is derived frum metcors and the remamder from cown- pression. The constant dashilng of cold volides upon the sun would cause the mighty disturb- ances of fts atinosphere, of its surface, and the vast zascous fets which are seen. 'I'lie bodles falling upon the sun musat increaso {ts mnss at 50 slow a rate that many decades of centuries of nice observation will be required to detect ita effect, Dut there are other modes in whica it s not Impossible tmt the Increase of mees may be detected through the rovelations of geometry, A constant increase of the solar nass would bave o_peculine Influence upon the plaetary orbits. Iz would diminish thefr ec- centricitles nccordlng to a law of essy computa- tion. Hence their orbits may originally have been quite ceceutric so 08 to approximate them more to comets, nnd their present freedum of t.u-cmrlctlz may be the effect of the growing mass of the sun, What wmodification of the nebular theory may be juvolved io this phonom- cnon canpot easlly be imarived without any in- dicatlon from uature to gulde us. Returning to the original round nebula from which the solar systern was gencrated, it seems to haye goue through stazes which are repre- sented in many of the ncbulie. A central spherical portion s2ems to have concentrated into the sun and plancts, leaving an outer spherical envelope, which was much alower in the process of condensation, und finalty be- cnine an envelopo of bolides. The natural orbit ot each of the bolldes was o ncarly circular path, of which the sun was the centre. ‘The varfety of dircction of their orbits was eo great that they constituted a nearly unlform eyatemn constantly upproaching each uther, aud, by thelr mutual heat, vroducing explosion. ‘They werc thus broken {nto an tnerensed number of #maller frrerulor massces, such as zre constantly secn in the metcorfe stones. In this way we find all the varicties of the bodies of thie solar system har- moniously explained. Would It not be stranger than fletion, would it not vivlate all the physienl nnaipizles, i€ this ideat bypothesis of the meteoric structure ol our systein, sustained by sucha varicty of obscrvations, were not a clos¢ repre- sentation of the octual phenomena of natured HIDDEN TREASURE. A Remlulscence of Gnerrllia Warfarc— 805,000 n Gold nnd Stiver Unearthed, nrresponlance Cincinnati Enguirer, Mannow-Boxe, Cumberlund Co., Ky., March 8.—During tho last week s scusatton of cousidershle interest camo to the surfoce. It waa nothing more or less than the discovery und recovery of nvast amount of gold, silver, and precious stones which have been buried since the begluning of the War {n a small cave on the farm of Robert 0. Willls, ouc mile south of this town. 'The treasurs couslsted of about $35,000 fn_gold and sitver cotn, and nbout £10,000 (pres- ent value) of jeswelry, suchos diamond rings, pins, carrings, cte. It appears that M, Willis wlaced all these valuables in an old sugar-kettle, which he burled fu the extreme end of the cave, cavering it over with boards, and loose rock from the sfde of the cave. His wifc.alono he nformed in rezard to the precise spot where the treasuro had been secreted. Of course it would luve been very imprudent to bave imparted ruch nn finportunt seeret to any other person or persons. A fow weeks after secrot!ng all this treasuro, Mr. Willls mysterlously disappeared. It is supposed ho was killed by guerrillas on the Cuwberlund Rlver, whither he bad gono with eeversl hend of eattlo to ship to’ Nashville. Ile was never heard of afterward, und hia wifo mouraed for Iim tp until the day of her death, which occurred lost Saturdny, March 1, At~ thuuih she was woll sware thut there was a vast fortune buriea in that cave, yet aha did not im- part_ tier seerot to any porson, und, huving o Kood income frown the farm, had no partleular newd of anv of the mouey, 60 ahe thought she wuuld let it remain there, ns {5 was fully as safe 04 it could be elaewhers, (iri} ovor the loss of Tier huaband, and having poor health combined, rendered ler sumewbat carcless wnd indifferent. Hue lved all atone with un old negro man and hils wife os her servants and couipanions. ‘Thoy were old slaves,~Uelonged to ber father,—bad nursed her i her infuncy, and she was perfectly cuntent. She had no childron or near relatives, wid o fow dovs before death elalmed her us his own, she finparted the accret of he hidden treasuro L0 tuose old servants, olso to the Kew. John D. Hozan, ber pastor, and Mesirs. Owaley & (iore, ber attorneys, suwwmoned to oxecute hier last will and testament. ‘The Lreasure was found aecording to directions, all safe and sonnd nud In lrsiecliss condition, i it was upenod fo her predence, Sho bequeathed her jowelry und 340,000 10 her old servants, also the old Twomestead, a rich farm of somy 200 acres. The romalinder she ordered to be invested fu securl- ties for her Lusband'sgeneit, should he turn up ulive fu twventy yea! L oot, thut it bedunated to Catholic charitable [ustitutions that may be uru.\lli in need of it at thut time, in Loulsville, Ky, the Interest to bo glven from vos on yearly 10 the orphan asylums there, This vaat “treas- ure was talen to Glasgow Kv., veaterday, and shipped from thero tu Loutsyille, where it will bu deposited for the present with the 8afe Do- pasit_Cotupany, ‘The old colored scrvauts who are thus uhumluntl( rewarded for thelr devos tlon expressed 3l thut their portion of the treastire bu mve for them, a8 they did not wish to Keep it in the house, fearing they srould b munlered for it 1 forgot to mentfon thut Mrs, Wiilis Lequeatied $1,000 to her homu paper the Ulaszew (KY.) Times, which, she ns- serts fu her witl, was u sourco of great comfort to her In her sorrow, bringing weekiy nows from her old home i Barren County, Ky, und thus, for once lu tho history of the tiucs, a newspaper s kindly remembered o **u Just will und testament,” - ———— A Man of Fumilly, 86, Loute Kepubltean, ¥ 1 am come [rom Ofe Virginia, that's whore I ‘was bory und ralsod, sar,'" wus what Jusepl lh[v a colored veteran who lives i Caroudelct, n d yestarday to a fepudlican reportar, Juseph bag & listory which will perhapa be of intervst, He Is now 74 years of age, but balo and hearty, aud declures hls abllity to live ot least tweaty years mare, but nevorthelesa {s fu a_conatant state of prepuration for bis departure for another world Iu.wu he buy wade a mistake in his calculu- tions. v {8 now thy husband of 'his Hith wife and the futher of Ihlrty-fuullcgulmna cblldren, the oldust und youngest both liviug, and he thinks u seoro ut least of the others, I oliest child fs now 40 years of age, und the youugest but 5 moonths, 1losayshe cxpects to have at least. onu mory wifs uud odd six childrou to hls taim- i1y, making a graud total of forty, sud when that is accumplished to apply for & penslon thy balaucy of s Ufe, MARCH 20, 1879—~TWELVE PAGES. e e e ———————————————————————————————— . ANNEXATION. The Proposition to Cede the City of 8t. Louis to the State - of Illinois. Interviews with Prominent Merchants, Lawyers, and Btatezmen, &t Lnuts Glode: Demncrat, Hareh 10, The proposition toannex the City of 8t. Louls to the great State of fllinols, which was inteo- duced the other day {n the Legislaturo of that Btate, has glven rise to a good deal of dlsctie- slon on thls side of the Father of Waters, For many jcars the neopleof 8t. Louts hava groaned under the bard burdeos Yinposed upon them by the State Leglalature, and have In valn peti- tloned and prayed for reliof. 'The Intereats of the city arn so casentially different from those of the balance of the State thut the eame lawrs are not suited to both; yet, undor the Constl- tutlon, the Jaws Must operate upon all sectlons allke. Previous to the adoption of the Con- stitution of 1845 the city could procuro the paseage of laws of a special nature that would berietit her and not Iojure any otheer portion of the State, Binco then all Jawa must be goneral, and when an act s passed for the benefit of the rural districts it must bear on the city as well, no matter bow unjust and oppressive the provisions may be, When the {lrcnent City Charter was adojpited it was thought he city would by atlowed to en{ny some de- gree ol scll-government, and would be permit- ted to regulate its own aflairs in so far as the rights of other portious of the State were not affected. This Charter, however, has proved a delusfon aud & snare, for the Legisla- ture fnterferes with the internal vovernment ot the city, and dictates to the people the meas- ures tiiey must adopt for thelr povernment. ‘This intcrfereuce extends even to the local laws for ralsing revenue for sustaining the police of the city. The «.-u{ found it necessary to Impose o liconse-tax on lawyers to defray a small por- tion of the beavy cxpense of maintaining its courts of justice, and the Legislature stepped in and passed o prohibitory act. The rity ex- nended millious {n constructing streets, amd the Legislature granted charters 10 numerous rail- rond companics, giving them the right to ude the streets without paying an adequate compen- satfon therefor. The city eatablished n pollce system for the protection of MNfe and property, und the Legislature created a new system, by which the Uovernor exercises the right to ap- point the Board that has the management of the wholo Police Department. Many other in- stances mizht be mnentloned wherein the power of the State has been used to oppose and despoll the people of the City of St. Louls, Itis n well-known fact that ‘the city pays annually about one-third of the entive revenue collected for the support of the State Government. Aund yet there secied to be no remedy for these growing evils uutlla sazaclous and en- lizbtened member of the Legisluture of an ad- javent State couceived the idea of aunexing the City of 8t, Louls to the State of Iliuols. The pul{mnhmulc statesman saw. bow our people were being ground down h{ tho uppressive rule of the Democratic wmajority that controls the State of Missourd, und, knowing the superlorit, of the laws of the great Republican State of L]~ nofs, be generously proposed to offer our city an asylumn and o refuge by annexing ber to the gruud Pralrie State. Iinols may be actusted by u feeting of seltlshness in this watter; but, as it foures to our benelit, we should not complain of the motive. It may be sald that, as Illinols has no great city of her own, she desfres to annex 8t. ulunl ordm“ilol cm-};.-n llrrfilr fllllld tlo’mld to her dignity aud glory by acquiring the richest clty nr‘mu \\v’c‘:sfi. Boitso. The benefit will by mutual, In order to ascertaln something of the feel- ings of the people of Bt. Louls o regard to this ugemn of annexation, a GlobeDemocrat re- porter went on *Change yestenday und {nter- viewed a number of the leading merchants and manufacturers on the proposition as & busincss mcasure, MR. JOIX WARL, Prosident of the Merchants’ Exchange, was warmly in favor of the project, lle was walt. ing for the Mexiean Mintster to enter, and had his apeech or welcome ready for delivery at his own optt 0, and was willing to go ever to 1llf- nois at uny time. * Yes, sald no *Iom for it. Lum in favor of bursting the blasted thing up und taking a fresh start.” ME. M'ENNIS, the Vice-President, was enthusiastic on tho sub- ject: ¥ Put 8t. Lous in Illintos and we'll go ithead faster thunever. That's the only thing to make Chicago sick. A floor can be lald over the Misalasippl, and steambonts can pass under, and novody will know that there ever was o wuter-ourse to scparate 8t. Louis from lliuois. Mt B, W. ALEXANDER was {n favor of the vlan. Not oniy has our Legislature displayed an utter jgnorance of the wauts of the eity, but our Municipul Asscmbly islittle better, ~‘They are driving busincss away Ly unjust legislation. ‘Fliev have driven the cattle und hog trade across the river, and will drive'away the inule trade. They think that mules must be led through the strcets, six inn string. Let some one tryto Jemd six grcen mules, and he'll find themn all over the side- walks very soou. Ml E, B KIRBY thought it would be a rood idea for the city to secede and 2o over to Ilifnols. 'Ihe State of Missourl has & bad odor. Yesterdsy be met o friend from Crawford, on his way East, sud he gald when he got nmoog civilized people ho would not let them know whero ho was fram; be would tell them he waa from Hell, or auy other place but Missourl, MRt THOMAB RICHRSON, President ot the School Boa s in favor of the movement. East 8t. Louis sends many of her children aver here to be educated, und” wo mayas well ‘bufld a few school-houscs and kindergartens on the other slde of the river to suve toll on the bridge. MR, P. ROZIER voted yes, Althougha nativo Mlissourian, he could not epprove the attitude taken by the State in certain measures, Belrz had callea it tifo ** Robber Btate,” and It was worse: thu State robs the city with tho bolduess of a high- wavman who stops you on the road and calls oul, “8top and deliveri” .MIL 2. K. NORTHRUP voted yes, on account of the bad legislation of the State, which seemed to be gettlng worse ayery year, MR. 3, N, BURCHARD s0id he would vote fu the aflirmative, Aftertho action of tue Missourl Logislature, he was will- ing to cut loose und Intruduce his now water- covlor in the Btate of {Ninols. MB. IENRY STANLEY was emphatically In favor of annexation, Bob Tugersoll had aptly compared St Louis to a diamonil pin in the bLosom of & dln{ shirt. “‘They tax us to death, aud send mon hers to govern the cluy und (il thele pocketa with the stush obtajned by blackmalling the gamblers." 0NN, RIPLEY usod {he word * Ridleulous,” but added that 3¢, Louls ought to annex some of the spirlt of Chleago to heip her atong.' On the whole, the volco of the Exchange was for snvexation. The luwyers wera mnexc intcrviowed at tho Court-tlouse, JUDGE LINDLET, of the Circuit Court, was strongly fo favor of anuexation, ‘The Stats puts most of the taxa. tion ou 8t, Louls, He underatood that they ro- fused now to pay the salary of our Clrenli At- torney, ‘The way they wo on, they il us well puss & law to compel the city to pay the whote of the Btate bunds, Interest aud atl, MR, 3, C. M'GINNIS fllustrated the feeling of the ruro) roosters aealnst 8t. Louls by an anoedote. In 1860, All. Jones, o rampant sucesstonlst, inado u speoch at Lexington, Lafuyette County, in which ne d the followiog lunguage: * 11l el you the way we can gt rid of the d— Duteh down thar fn Bt. Louls, We'll tahe our niggers down rhar, with spades, and muvo 'em shovel the durpe towa over info lllinofs.? MR. HORATIO M, WWOOD had been examiniug the subject fn (ts legal as- ect. He waa for annexatlon, und liad no donby t coula be carrled. It requires the consent of the Luglelatures of lllinols and Missourd, nud of Congress, ‘I'he boundary line of flinuls can e detlected up the Missourl Itiver from ity moutt toa polnt a short distance ebove Bt, Chisrles, nud theneo (o the Merumea Iiver, tak- 3¢ 10 the whole of the old County of Bt. Louls; orlt may start at the Grand Chuln, sud fotlow the Jloe'of the present city limits. MR 4. . P\ UALBSONE saw no legal difficuity in the way of annexation, provided Lhe partics interested wore willing, Illnots s undoubtedly 8 bettor governed State tban Missour, and the people of thut Htate are more prosporons thun ours, MR, CHANLES DONORO waa for aunexation us a uieasure of rolicf to the ¢ity. Wecanuot fall into worse hauds than those that vow grind us dpwn by legialativo oo~ sctmants. EX-JUDON IRWIN Z. BMITI was decidodly 1n favor of suncxatlon, Ho owns * Tntroouclig Kut a larzo farm on the other slde of the river. * M would Jay ont an addition and call ft-8mith's- addition (o Venice, and bulld a bridge ealled tha Rialto from Blsacil’s Point to the Tilinols shote, . Ha thought anncxatlon was tho only wn.y to got ridof Fast 8t. Louis -of - Bowman, and Lllinols ean afford to do without hlin in consideratfon - o[ldll\e acyuisition of another Bowman from this side. - MIL B, L. RICKNAN {favored the scheme on busincss principles. By Ketting out of Missourl 8t. Louls would escave 1 the bad lawa passed by the Legislature, and in & lew years would become a rival of Chicago, . MR, LIPSCOMBD sald it was a grand schemo. Fast St. Lonls faa magnificent clty, und the bridze s stupendous structure. Bloody Island will always be & bate+- tleficld, und why 1ot acquire it for the usc of the Tolice Comrmlsslancra and the gamblers, MR G. W, DAILEY . was for anncxation. When Bowman and Over- stolz come to divide the honors of the consoll- dated kingdom they can draw straws, or put- tickets fn o hat nnd shoke them up, for the vrizes. He had geen yaluable estates partitioned in that way, and whole familics mado happy by drawing lofs. ’ MR. B. . BHBRZER was an advocate of the schems as tho most olausible method of scttiing the dlfflculty, If 8t, Louls s given to lllinols, and Kansas City to Kanans, Jefferson City can provide for ihe 'l}nlnncn of the population at Fulton and 8t ocs & MR, JOIK 1. JORNBON, 8 nativa of Illinols, was willing to take the stump In favor of the scheme, * In Missourd the game and fish laws are not_enforced, und fing doys are not respected. 1f St. Louls wason the other slde of the river, he could go out duck- shootlng every morning withont golug out of sight of the Court-Ilouse. MR, G, W. LUBKE thought the scheme a zood ove. It might make ' 1tlivols a Democratic State without hursing . Missourl. Anything to beat Grant. 5 MR R. 3. JONNSOX was for bullding a Chincse wall around Bt Louls, with a gate opening fnto Iitinoln; or the bridge might be elevated 80 a8 to go over Bow- mao’s head, MR GOODING opaoscd the anoexation, llinofs is agroat Btate, but she hasn't room for two such towns as Chicago nnd 8t, Louls. Chlcago River and Cahokia Creck aro bad enough, put If Qingras and the slough ponds are added to the State, there will be a pestilence. —e—— Old-Time Pluck and Tatlence. Tirginia (Ner.) Enterpriee. An old gentleman was talking_yestorday about pluck, Said he: “Iwent to Missour {n 844, Every day familics came in from the East with notfiing save what they could bring on s four-horso wagon. ‘They would settle on 160 acres of lund, get out the logs, and Lulld a rude cubin. They had no suizar, no coffee, no com- fortable fuod, but they Mved some way. They made themeelves a sort of sirup from pumps Kkins; they scurched wheat and made wheat cof- fee; with a band machine they broke thelr corn 50 88 to make o kind ol bread, and all the time kept to work, kept ralsiug bobles, and llvod. ' They shot turkeys, prafrie chickens, and sauir- rels” for meat, aud scuflled along, I usred.to watch thelr progress, und It was a cortain mlu;f that {n the fourth or fifth year after thelr arrival they would bulld themsclves o cowlfortabla house and turn the original cabin {nto a stable, * Now the sons of those people are the solid men of Missourl, und the daughters and grand- daughters of those plonoer mother) wear robes a singte one of which costs mare thau the eatire cavital of the average Missouri ploneer.". ANUSEMENTS, M' VICKER'S THEATRE. GRAND ITALIAN OPERA MAX STRAKUOSCH,. +DIRECTON, ‘This (Thursday) Evening, only night of Rigoleito. 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