Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1879, Page 12

12 AROUND THE WORLD. -Gen. Grant Among the Descend« ants of Eastern Gods, The Ancient City of Amber—Visit to the Maharajah of Jeypore. Tho General on an Elephant-—A Royal Oriental Reception and a Holy Snerifice. Correspondence New York Herald, Jurront, Feb. 25.—~Ainong Indian Princes there {s nono who stands better In the eyes of the Government than the Maharajah of Jeypore. - Lam afratd none of us know much about this noble Prince, but wherever we went in India wa were told wo should goto Jeynore, The pro- gramme of the General had not {neluded this tour, but when we cama to Allahabad Sir George Couper made such an tinpression upon the General by his description of Jeypore that it wosclear that unless wo saw Jeynore wo had ‘geen nothing in Indo, Accordingly our pro- ammme wns rovised; n day was taken from * Agra,n day from Delul, a day from Cawnpore, and so ft became possible for us to come, No we took toreading about his Highness, and learned several facts, ‘The Prince Is thus {inscribed in the chronicles: Ilis Hien- ness Siramadi Rajntat Hindustan; Raj Ra- Jenders Sir Maharajah Dhiray Sowae, Sir Yom Slngh Bahadur, Knight Grand Commandef of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. He enjoys a personal satute of twenty-one guns, the hicheat satute given to any Indian Prince, piven only to those who have been submissive and loyal to Engtand, or who have rendered the Crown a distinguished service, J4¢ is common- ly calicd Mabarajah Ram Singh. sVhen he wrote his namo on his photograph ho signed simply Ram Singh, Ife fs 44 years of age. Ills territory ie 16,250 square mites, supporting a population of nearly 2,000,000 and vielding a revenuo of about $24,000,000 annually, In the Mteratura of India there are two pocms,—the “Tad and “ Odyasey ” of Iindostan,—kuown as tho “Manabharata” and the Ramayana,” MYTHOLOGICAL ANCESTRY. ‘Theso poems tell of the exploits of Princes of alunorrace and Princes of asolar race. Tho great Prince of the solar race was Rama, Rama was son of the King of Oude aud on Incarnation of the Deity. A King who lived near bim had abesuttful daughter. Ho promised to bestow this daughter upon the Prince who could bend the bow with which the god Shiva had destroyed the other gods. Rama broko the bow and won the beautiful Princess. Rama was to have ascended the throne. His father bad among his wives one who was anxious for her son to euc- cecd, and sto induced the father to banish Rama and give preference to her own gon. This is worth noting ns among the disndvantayes of polycamy. So Rama wandered off. ‘Ia King of Ceylon had oo slster who fell in fove with Rama, (aud asked him to desert the beautiful Princess for whom he had bent the bow of the gods, Rama disdalned the overture and punished the Indy by cutting off her cars nid nose. Out of rovengo a relative of the mutilated and despised Ceylon Princess was Induced to carry away the beautiful wife of Rama. ‘The tisereant who performed this office, a monster with ten heads and twenty arms, came in the shape of a beggur and carried off the Prinvess in his chariot through the alr to Ceylon, Rama raised an army und marched upon Ceylon. Battles were foucht and the Princess recovered, and her purity eatablished by the ordeal of fire. This ordeal was witucssed by 830,000,000 of izogs, anil the byoutiful Princess coming out unscathed the oem ended in tho happiness and triumph of - Rama. THD BLUZ BLOOD OF HINDOSTAN, It is well to know something about your friends before you visit them, tind we rooted this Informatlon about Rama outof our hista- rea, because from Ruma the Mannrajab of Jes- Yore clnting descont. fe traces bis own line back to 967, to Diola Raf, and Dhola Rat was thirty-fourth in descent from Ramu. We hear a ood deal about good bloat and long descent and Norman aucestors, but tere is a Prince Whose ine goes back neurly a thousand yours, * And then rises {nto the heavens nud claitis the uulverse among ita progenitors. Sometling must he allowed for Indisn tmacination aud the neecssltics of yerac. But the pou which tells of the adventures of Kamn and bis Princess 19 eupposed to tell the etory of tho Invasion of Southern Indin by the Aryans—one of the carlest events 1) Indian history, As ao consequence, the Maharajah ul Jeseore may fairly rank among the most ancient families in the world, Amonghis ancestors was Jal Singh IT, 0 Prince remarkatle for ils learning, es- pecially in astronomy and mathematics. Jul Bineh Hi. fourded thu Clty of Jeypore. The present Maharajah bins slways bee a warn Irlend of the Engliah, and when the Prince of + Wales came to see him he expended $500,000 tn entertaining his Royal Hichness. We left Agra about noon, the day being warm and oppressive. Our rio was throuch a low, uninteresting coxn- try, broken by rauges of bila. ‘The railway is barrow jeauge, and, na I learned from one of the Manogers who accompanied us, lias proved ao fuccess, and strengthens the arguments fy Jayor of tho narrow-gauge system, Itwas night be- fore we: reached Jeypore, On arriving at the station the Muburajal wus present with his Ministers, and tho Englsl Resident, Dr, SWiendley, who actad in placo of Col, Beynon, As the General descended, ‘the Muburajoh, who sure the ribbut and stur of the Ordor of India, advanced aud, shook banda, weleoming him to bis dumintons. ‘The Mabarnjah 1s u sinall, rather fragile puteuti with o serous, almost uw painful, expresston at countennnce, put an intelligent, keen fuce, Iu. Jooked like a man of 60. Tis movements were slow, Impnssive,—the movements of old axe. This may be o mannerism, however, for on studying his fuco you could see that there is some youth in jt, “On bis brow were the erlot son emblems of his caste,—the warrior caste of RaJpootana. [fs Highness docs not spenk Mn- elish, although ho understands it, and our tall: Was through up interpreter. After the exchange of courtosics wid n few maonients! conversatlon, tho General drove off to the Engish residoney, acconipanied by a company of Jeypore cavale ‘The residency is somo distance froin the station. It is a fine, large mansiou, surrounded by a park and garden, 5 THB ANCIENT PALACE OF AMER, Tt was arranged that wo should visit Amber, the ancleut Capitat of Jeypore, one of the most curious sichts in India, Amber was the Capital until the close of the seventeenth century. It was atusong the freaks of the Princes who onva religned in Indla that when they tired of a Capl- talor apalace they wandered off and Luilt a new ono, lesying the other to ran to Waste. The alas of India urons o general thing the aban doned paluces and temples ot Kings who grew weary of their toy and craved anoer, ‘Pils fa why Amber is now ao abandoned town and Jeypora the Capital, Ifthe Maharajah were to tlre of Jeypore uid return to Atmuer the town would accompany him, for without the Court the town would dix, Traveting tu India must be done early fo the morning, and although we hud kat w sever day's journey wu [ett for Amber at7 tu the morning. A squadron of the Mahaysjab's cavalry aecompanted UB. ‘they “are fine “horsemen and = wear quitted uoifortns of printed cots ton. In India one way ot keeping cool fa to quilt yoursel! with cotton, On my observing that suldlere under an Iidlin sun, swathed ii quilted cotton, inust be very wueomfortable, £ was told that the Indian found heavy apparel an advantage, and Englishien when hinting wure sporting dresses ou the ume principle Our drive through deypore was interesting from the dact that We were vow tse mutive city, under native rule. Heretofore the india wo'tind seen was India under Englishinen; but deypare ie soverelin with power of life unl death over hty own subjects. “The elty ta purety Orie tity and is most picturesque nud striking. ‘There are two or three broad ptreets as” om: or twa squares tat would do ue diecredit to Paris. The * architecture ts Urlentat, and, as all the houses ure painted after ihe same pattern (hy rose color, It wives you the tuipression chat ft fs all the sume building, ‘The streets had been cleaned and swept for our coming, und meu, corrying eoatskins of water, wera sprinkling {t, Soldiers were statloned ot yarl- ous poluts to sulupe, and sumetlines the ealute Was accompanied with a musical bunying on Various instruments of the notional air “The beat thut tndiy van do for a distinguished Auer- {ean fs God save the Queen.” 1 was amused Boubay, on the ovcusioy of a stute dinner to Gen, Grant, at the distresa of ouc of our {riends st Government House because pis band could nut play any American national air, ‘Where was to bes toast to the country, aud of course us The toast was drinking the band would play, But what ropa! The “Star Suangled Ban- ner," “slat Columbia,” “Yankee Doodle," they bad never beeu heard of iu [ugla. When the'dinner came aud the toast was drunk the band played wu susteh or two froma German waltz, aud our company all stood gravely unttl 4 was done, under the junpression that tt was the national American air, and feeling, 1 have no doubt, that we must bo a giddy peonls to create a hattonnl hyinn out of ‘dancing music, The deat the Jeypore banda con to for the General Is “God Save the Queen; and, lnpplly, It makes no difference to the person for Whom the honor is meant, as he does not know one tune from another, and belles no doubt, with bis English friends at Bombuy, that the dance-musie was the real anthem. ASPECTS OF INDIAN LIFE. We note as we drive through Jeypore that. “there are gas-lamos. ‘This {s a tremendous ad- vance fi eiviiization. One of the first things wo heard in India was that tn Jeypore lived o great Frinee, a most enlightened“ Prinec, quite En- Rlish fn itis fivas, who had gas-Iampa in. his streets, Wherever we stopped this was told us, until we began to think of the Maharajah not nen Princo déscended from the gots, but a ruler who bad gas-lamps in his streets. We are told atso that ho has a theatre almort ready, Thero is on troupo of Purace pinyers in town, who have come ail the way. from Bombay, aut are tvaitlys to open ft (The = Maharaja owas sorry that ho could not show the General a play, but Ws theatre was not finished. What strikes us yividiy Is uot the gas in tha etreets or the theatre, but the Indlan aspect, It is all so new and strange that the gas-lanips ecem to be out of place, — Theae long strects of rose-colored houses, with turrets, nnd verandas, and Intfteedt windows, that look go warm, and picturesque, nnd clowing,—this ig what your faucy told you might ba seen tn India ‘The bazaars, in whieh dealers are crouching, the holy men and ascetics covered with ashes, the matdens with green and svarlot drapery, carrylig lutwe water pitchers on thelr beads, the beggars, the brown, naked chil- Gren rolling in the carth, the calfeo-covered soldiers, and the odd costumes, the marke of rank un caste—from the holy Brahmin, who belongs toneacred race, cows to the water- beavers and scavengers,—nl! this is new und strauge. an attendant lende n cheetah alone the street, and vou shudder fora moment at the fden of awlld menagerie animal being at farge, but you fearn that the cheetab’ is quite a harmless animal when tamed and youd for hunting. We comme to the edie of the town, which suddenly ends, and are in a valley. ‘The hills are covered with o brown furze, which looks as if it would crackle and brenk under the burning sun, ‘The roads are Aimed with cactus, and the fletds are divided by toud fences which would nut Jast 0 week In our raluy regions. We pass gardens—walled gure deng with iminarers, Here the nates of the Hindoo gentleman's house may take thelr recreation, but thelr Mfe ts seclusion. ‘The catnc{s pass us carrying heavy burdens, and the trees are alive with monkeys. ‘The nionkey isn sacred animal, nd nu Hindoo would take (ts ite. Monkeys skip over walls nani sit on the trees and watch us as ve pass. Ido not know what would become of India with the monkey a8 0 sacred protected antmul but for the leopard. dur short tine be would swarm over the lund, But the leopard aud other wild beasts keep him. down. Wild peacocks swarm and beautlty the hard brown bills with thelr plumaze. ‘The peacock {8 also a sacred antinal, and they Were as plontiful on our road ta Atber as so arrows on the road to Jerome Park, The hills are now and then crowned with castles, the alronglinlds of old chlefs who took to the cliffs and the fastness for protection inthe days when might made right in India, the days pefore the Enellshman caine and put bis atrone hunt upon all thee quarreling ra¢eg and commanded peace. We pass a lazy pool, in thich alligators aro laz- ily ewhnoing, and on the banks are tio or three wild pigs drinking the water, ‘They are uncon- scious of the murderous eve of the Cotonel, who has come to Jeypore to add to the faurels of his luurel-laden house those of 9 pig-sticker, The beuting sun pours its ruys over you, and you shriuk from {t under the shade of your carriage, and wonder how these lithe and brown Sindoos: who rao at your carriage wheels can feht the sun. ‘There {6 no air, ne motion; md now, that we are out of Jeypore and away from the cool aid -frealiened strects, all {3 parchod, and arld, nn ve AN ELEPHANT IDE. To go to Amber we must ride elephants, For after a few miles the hilis come mul the roads are broken nd enrslages are of no value. We might coon horseback or un camels, but the Maharajal has sent us lis elephants, and here they are walting for us under a grove of mango trees drawn up on the side of the road os if to salute. The prinefual elephant weara a scarlet cloth tsa special honor to the ‘General. ‘The elephant incuns authority inTnd{awid when you wish todo your guest we highest honor you mount hint on un elephant, ‘The Maharajah aleo sent sedan chars for those of us who pre- ferred an easier and swilter conyeyance., Mra. Grant chose the sedan chair, and was switched of atarapit pace up the ascending road by four Hindoa henrera, ‘The pace at whieh these chatrs is cnrricd [6 a short, measured quickaten, 80 that there fs no uneasiness to the rliery The rest of us mounted the clephants, Elephant riding is a curfous snd not an wnplearant experience, ‘The animal {a under pertect control, and very often, especially fu the cage of auch aman as'the rater of Juypore, has been forgenerations fn the dame family, ‘he elephant {8 under the eare of o driver, called a mahout. ‘lhe mahout sits on the peek, or more properly the bead, of the elephant, and gufdes hin with a stick or aharp Iron prong, with which he atrikes te aalmat on the top of the head. Between the elephant and Mahout there are relations of affeetion, ‘The mubont fives with the elephant, gives him his fouil, und cach animal bas ite own keeper, ‘The huge creature become in time as docile us a kit- ten asd will obey any order of the mahout. ‘The elephunt reaches a great ave, ‘The one assigued to me had been sixty years in the royal stables, Ibis not long since “there died at_ Calcutta the elephunt whch carried Warren Hastings when Hover-Genvral of Indty—a century ago, ‘There aro two incthods of riding lephanis, One 1s iu a box Ike the four seats of a casrluge, the other on a square quilted seat, your ieet, Iangiug over the sides, something Mike an Irish Jaunting car. ‘The frst. plan ts ood for hunt, Jn, but for conrfort the sevoud {s the better, When wo came to our elephant the huge beast: at a signal from the mahout, slowly kneeled, ‘Thea « steo-ladder was put against hfs side, and We mounted into onr seats, ‘Two of the party Were assigned to on clephant, and we sat it lounglys ashton, back to bavk. = ‘There was room enough on the epacious seat to Me down fod take oa nap. When the glephant rises, which he docs two legs ata time, deliberately, you must kald on to the mdi of your svat, One Ov tis feet ho swings wong at a slow, wobbling parg, ‘The motion fs un easy one, like tit of a bout Ita Hetit sea. In cine, if you go long dls- tances, it becomes yery Uresome, Anrarently You aro as free aa ino carriaue or n allay car, You caw sit tn any position or ereep about from aug side to the other, But the mation brings every part of the body into action, bending und swligtar It, aud T could well seo how aday's Jong Journey Would make tho body very weary and tired, TUM MOMB OF AN INDIAN KING, Wo left the plain, and ascended the hot, dusty hill to Amber, As we ascended the lain opened before us, nnd distance deadening the brows arid spacos only showed us the graves any walled Rardend, and the grecuness of the valloy came Upon Us, cumu with Jovousness and weleome, a9 a Memory Of hou, fer there ts no green in Tula, aid you fone fora mendow ora rolling eileld of clover—iong with the sense uf thirst, ‘There was the valley, und beyond she towors of deypore, which seemed to shimmer and tremble fn’ the wun. We passed over riined pathy, crumbling into fragments, We passed small temples, some of them rulved, some with offer. Mugs of gral, or flowers, or fruit, some. with brieité and people at worship, On the walls of some of the temples wo saw the murks of the Auman hind ts thou it had ‘been steeped in Uload sud presaed agatnst the white wall, We Were told tit it was the enstom when seeklny from the gods some benfson to note the vow by putting tha hind into aliquid and printing fe on the wall. ‘This wad to remind the god of the vow and the prayer, and if {ft came in the shape of rain, or food, or heulth, or ehildren, the loyous devotee rottirned to the temple and inode Offer offerliys—money: and trait. Wo kent our way, stowly asvonitln; fuding around The hill on whose crest was the, Palace of At ber, Mrs. Grant, with ber urters, had gone ahead. ond, our procession of elephunta Lurned ty the last slopa and) passed under the urch, we saw thy Iniy of our expedition hich up uta lattices window waving. her handkerehtet, ‘The courtyard was open and spacious, and, cue tering, our clephanta knelt und we came down, We reached the place while worship was tn progress at the temple. Dr. Hendley told ua Ubat We were tn thine to take part in the services and to gee the priest offer up a kid. Every day fn the yeur In this templu a Kul ts offered ap as wpropitivilon for the elos of dhe Mubarajab, ‘The temple was Ittle more than a room fn the polace,—a private chapel, At one ead wus a Platform rulsed a few Inches from the ground. und: covered over, = On this platform were the images of thy yads—of the speclal god—1 think tt is Shiva, whom ls Highness worships, Ou this patut 1 wil not speak with certainty, for in a mythology cme braciug several hundred iniliions of gods ong ts apt to become bewildered, Whatever the cod. the worship was tn full progress, wed (ere wus the bid ready for savrifiee, “We ‘ontered the in- closure and stood with our hats off. ‘There were bulfdozen worahfpers erauchius an the ground. One of the attonduats held’ the td while the pricet sat crouching over {t, readlnyg from the suered books, und’ ina half-limovus, balf-whining chant blessing the saerifve, aid 43 ho sald each prayer putting sume gral or spice or oll on its bead. ‘The poor animal Nekwd the crumbs us they fell ubout it, quite unconsclops oft ftw holy fute, Auother attendant took a word and “held tt before the priest. de read P outany special vaitte as n real worle of art. THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, some prayers over the sword and consecrate it. ‘Then the kid was carried to the vorner, Whore thera was asmall heap of sand or astics and @ gutter to carry awny the blood. The priest continued” his prayers, the kis head was suddenly drawn ‘dawn and wito one biow revered from the body, ‘the virtue of the snerifice consists in the head fnll- ing at the fret blow, and so expertdo the pricets become that at soma of the great sacrifices, Where buffalo are offered up in expfattost of the Princely sus, they will take off the buffalo’s head with one stroke of the sword. ‘Tho kid, having performed the office of explation, be- comes usclul for the priestly dinner, THR NOME OF AN ANCIENTANDIAN PRINCE, OF the Palace of Amber the ntit one can say fs that te fs curious and interesting as the homo of on Indian King fn the days when India was roled by hee Kings and a Hastiigs and a Clive bad not come to rend and destroy, ‘The Mala- rajah bas not quita abandoned jt. Me comes soietines to the creat feaatsof tho faith, anda few apartments are kept for him. Ts rooms were ornatnented with looking-elasa decorations, with carved marble which the artisan bad fash- foned into tracery so delicate that It looked ke Jacework. ° What strikes you in. this Ortentat decoration is Its tendency to Naht, bright, Iacelike gossamer work, showing in- flulte pains and patience in the doing, but with ne general effect of these decorations 1s agreeable, but all ts done for effect. ‘There is no auch hon- est, serious work ns you see in the Gothic euthedrals, ur even in the Alkatnbra, One fe thie expression of n facile, aprightly race, fond of the sunshlue, delighting to repeat. the caprice of nature ty the curious mud quafnt; the other hasn deep, carneat purpose. ‘This is an im- agination which secs ita gods in every form—in atuner, und trees, nnd beasts, and creeping things, fy the stars above, in the snake wriggling through the hedges.—the other sees only one Gad, even the God Jchovah, who made the ‘heavens and the earth, and wilt come to Judge the world nt the lout day, As you wander through the courtyards and chambers of Amber, the Jancy fs ammused by the character of al! that surrounds you. ‘There $s uo luxury. All theso Kings -wanted was, afr and sunshine. They slept on the floor. ‘The cham- bers of thelr wives were Ittle more than cells built In stone, Tere gro the walls that sure rounded their sectlon of the palace. There ara no windows looking into the outer worldfonly a thick stone wall pierced with holes slanting upward, so that 1€ a curlous spouse fooked out she would seo nothing Jower than the stars. amber ts an immense palace, nnd could quite accommodate a Rajah with a court of a thou- sund attendants, ‘Thera were somo beautiful views from the terrace, and we sat in the shade between the columns and looked tnto the yalley beyond, over which the sun wae atreaming in midday splondor. We shoul tiked to have remained, but our elephants had been down to the water to lap thetuselyes about, and were now return- ing refroshened to bear us back to Jeypore. We bad only given onrselves o day for the town, and we lad to return the call of the Prince, which is a serious task. in Eastern etiquette, Mr. Borie was guite beaten dawa ant used up by the sun and the wobbling, wearisome clephant ride, but we suc- cecded In peraiiadiny him to make the descent in a_chalras Mrs. Grant bod done. ‘There was something which did violence to My, Borie's republican spiritin the idea of being carried about in chair when there were clephants to ride, and ft as only upon pressure thit we mon aged to mounthim in his chair, While Mr, Rorle and Mrs. Grant went off swinging und Tolling down the hill the rest of us took a short cut among the ruins, leaping from stone to stone, watching the ground corefully as we went to bce that we disturbed no cofled und eleeping cobra, until we came upon our huge and tawny brutes und were wobbled back to uur carrlayes and in our carriages to town, MME. BONAPARTE’S JEWELS. A Handsome Cotlectlon of Antiqno Rings, Bracelois, Ete.—A Vormal Appralnement—— The Telukets to Bo Notatnad by the Lo- napartes, Au Telegraph ta New Pork Herata, Bartisore, April 11.—The jowels of Mine. Bovnparte were appraised to-day at the request of her cxcentor, Charies Joseph Bonaparte, by doscph H. Gale, a jowcler, Mr. Gale expressed the opinion that while tho jowels cost. when they were purchased about $70,000, they would. not now sell for thateum. The most expensive article of the collection is a nevklaco and pendant composed of at least 600 diamonds, ‘The gema are old India stapes, suverior to any now in the markot, nnd Mr. Gale says they are Landsomer than any he has ever scen, The necklace was the gift of a distinguished noble- man to Mme. Bonaparte while in Europe. Mr Gale appraised ft at $18,000, though he {sof the opinion that but for the aatiquity and the sasociations conuevted with {tt the neck- Jace would not now sell for more than $5,000. Some of the diamonds In this superb ornsincnt weigh two and a half carats cach, and the others ore smalicr, The collection consiats of neck- {nces, finger-rings, antiques, vinalgrettes, bon- bon-boxes, earrings, and other articles. ‘They were presents from her parents, from relatives «nd friends, from ber husband ducing her brief matricd Ife, antl from persons she met during Der extended visit to Europe. One fine cameo ring fa valucd at $150, One palr of dinmond varringa, Ivaf-shuped, are exceedingly beautiful, ‘They consist of tivo large sotitalres'at the top, with smallor dlamonda forming the leaves be- low. ‘Chey are worth $1,002 A crown of ame- thysta and pearls was yery costly, but 1s now worth only $500, + There are four pearl neck- laces, the fowest In value belt appraised at 350 and the biichest ut $560, ‘Two antiques in thecol- lection are superb specimens, and would bring large sums it auld. Onvoft the greatest eurlosittes in the tot is a bracelet made of gold wire, about twenty-two carats fine, made from geld found upon the arm of askeleton discovered in the runs of Pompei. ‘There is a lack ennneled bracelet, made tn Paris and set with Amertean quarter-cuple gold pieces, worth $100. - Apother Dravelet is made of six five-dollar gold pieces and a Froneh coin Mnked donate with gala. There are three gold watches, unique and beautitul, but not of much tutrinsic yalue, ‘Two of thein have plain hunting cases, blue enam- eled open faces; and the third is a double-case watch, ornamented with pearls, Onv of these wate Waa A present ta Mine. Bonaparte While she wos Miss Elizabeth Patterson from her Rraidgathers and Mr Gale ts of the opinton, from its atyle, that it was made 800 years ago, ‘The appruisement was a matter uf form aeeord- img ta. the niles of the Orphans’ Court, aud was mide at the oflee of Mr, Bonaparte, ex- ecutor of tho estate of hls grandmother, ‘There is no tutentlon of offering articlca for sale, amd they will be preserved {n the family, piesa diecast 4 Yapor Money uth Aimertea, A young American, who is now traveling on business iu South America, writes from Lima, Peru, regarding the use and abuse of paper money $a the several Sauch Amertean States? “In theso South American Republica Gen, Butles'a fleas have long vincu been tried, In Buenos Ayres, for instance, the laboring man vrospers te the vigeest extent pussltte, In Cit elty common workluy ni tas hich as R30 a dav andoyen 860, and there is no ordinance agulnst hackmen charglay 815 for the briefest kind of ride, and the lowest clusa of all Jaborers will not look at you for lesa than $15 ngay, The slowest unt most tgno- rant of all furelzn clorks get 320,000 “per annum, and I was introduced to young men who recerved $75,000 a year, Milllonaires aro ag plenty us eriss, 1 stppose aur laboring men, In their unthinilng way, Would take this state of affairs to be slinply nerfection, but the pear ple can’t foreet the gold basis, and uke trouble is the paper dotlar ia worth but threo cents quld, und you can't buy cotton cloth for less chun 81 aw ynrd, nor a singly small ual of bread for lesa than $3. Jn Chit yold fa ato premium of U3 per ceot, in Botivla they ave a silyer currency only, because, long before 1 was born, the paper mils of the land gaye ut, and now the tna. rant Work-people caunot by made to look at a paper dollar there, bu tt ever sa woud, It rttiay the Inst revolution was o paper onewnd the only thing for thent to do. was to tullow Holtyla's example, 80 Dictator Laturre lasued a dlatund snulfca out forever all paner imaney front the lund. They likewlgo use oothing but allyer cata: “in Peru gold fa worth 110 por cent, though ithas been £30 por cent, Here everybody ts trying to gut rid, by some honorable invthod, of the curas of an ayerlssuy of paper beture tt be comes too late, , . , All political parties {h, Pera are unitiiyg to vet some tangible resuls from the present mixed-up coudition of affairs, and out of the yarlous conilteting interests, Our current paper money to Lima ta so black, eapoe ela)ly 40-cent pleces, that you can with aliiiculty Agcertaln thylr yainer bid olgo mutilute the currency, bad aa itis, and if aman nas only o AQ-cunt piece, unl wants to'pay 20 conta, or Lalf, he tours the bil in twot. As for 10 or 90 cent Mfevcs, they resemble fakes of mud for all you can read on them. ‘This tearlug process was sanctioned by special Hat ot Government. ‘The banka then refused, of course, to redeem the Tags, the furetzn banks appeallug to their Lega. tions, wo the tearing liberty had fo be glyen up, though eveu now pretty niueh all the fractfonal money ive yet has been torn? a Tappinods aud prosperity depond toa very great extent npou good Dealth, Al those auttenug from Hourashors, Cold, oF Cough, sbould try Dr. Bull'y Cough Syrup, Is cures, and costs only 25 cents, \479-TWELVE PAGES, A LIVING DEATH. Leprosy os Described by Charles War- ren Stoddard---A Foothold Scoured in America, The Terrible and Incurable Disease Which tho Chinese Hayo Brought Into Onv Midst. San Franctsco Chronicle, The “keen, industrious, intelligent China- man,” which Henry Ward Beecher hns Intro- duced to the American public, and who is so beautitully portrayed by Thomas Nast, of Harper's Weekly, brings with Im to these shores tho seat of 9 dishonor that probably dates back to the fall of man. Whother, with the tenacity which fina shut the gates of their walled world against barbarians of the globe for cons past, they foster this crownlng evil of the Noah, I know nots, but certain tt ts tht 400,000,- 000 Mongollans inherit scrofulous tendencies, and that with them the feprons seed scems to germinate spontaneously, This horrible nnd {otal disease has already been Introduced into Calfornin; it has follawed the Chiuese to every Jand where they have colonized. f will nnon at- tempt to prove that a little leper may Ieaven a whole race. But Brat, do you know of what we treat?) Maundrol, an old English traveler of the seventeenth century, writing of the leprosy he saw in Syria, says: “Itis adistemper so nolgome thatit might well pass for the utmost. corruption of the human body on this side the grave.” And well it might! Behold the DIAGNOSIS OF THE GREEKS: When leprosy Is fully developed, it is character-. {zed by tho presenco of dusky-red or livid tu- bercles of different sizes upon the fave, Nps, nose, eyebrows, cars, and extremitica of the body. ‘The skin of the tubcrentlated face fs ab the came time thickened, wrinkled, and shining, aud the features aro very ercatly distorted, The halr of the eyebrows, eyclashes, and beard falls olf; the eyes are often injected and the con~ Junctiva swelled; the pupil of the eye contracts, Riving the organ aweird, cat-like oxpression; the volce becoines hoarac aud nasal; the senso of smell is timpalred or Jost, and that of touch, or common rensation, is rtrangely altered; the tuberculated parts, which are. in‘ tho first in- stance, sometimes eupersensitive, latterly, in the course of the diseage, becomes paralyzed or anesthetic. As the malady progresses, te tu- hereles soften and onen: uteeratfons of siinilar mucous tubercles ~=—sappear th the nose and — throat, rendering the breath extremely offensive; tubercular masses, or leprous tubercles, ng shown by dissection, he- cin to form fnternally upon various mucous membranes and on the surface of the kidneys, lungs, ete; cracks, fissures, and clreular wleers Appear on the fingers, toes, and extremities, ind joint after joint drops off by a kind of snon- tancous gangrene. Sometlnies the upper nn sometimes the lower extremities ara specially aflileted by this mortiflestion und mutilation of parts. An Iastern traveler, Dr. fialbeck, in looking down from na nelghboring hight into TUR OREAT LEVER NOSPITAL of Tinmel-en-Arade, tclls us that he noticed two lepers sowlug peasa in the field; “The one had Ho hands, the other had no feet, these membors ‘bolng. wasted away hy dicea: The’one who wanted hands was carrying the other, who want- ed fect, on his back, nid he agam ecarrfed fn his hands a bug of seed, and dropped a pea. evay now and then, which the other pressed Jato thie ground with tis feet." Tt fs uot the fashton to discuss this subject; but foasmuch ag, to quote Mr, Becchur, ‘we have {nsisted upon tt that they (the Chinese) shail come here, and they are comtug, and some- body has to get out of the way,!? lot tg ee What possible fate awaits those who have the moral couraxe to stand theirground. Mezcray records that in the twelfth century there was scarcely a town or village in Franve without {ts leper-tios- pital, Murntor! gives astinilar account of the oxtent of the disease during the Middle Ages in Italy; old Scandinavian bistorians amply prove that the inhabitants of the Kingdoms of North- ern Europe equally became its unfortimate yic- thus. In England snd Seotland, during the Middlo Ages, leprosy was as rifeas ft was on the nelhboring continent. Almost. every large town in Great Britain. had a leper-fospltal, ora villago near ft, for the reception and laola- on of the diseased, Some of the cities tyero supplicd with more than ono lazar-house; there were six of these establishinents {1 Norwich, or dts immedisto vicinity, and flye at Lynu Regia. YEARS OF FEARFUL CANE have thinned ont the ranks of the aflicted; but the fruitiul seeds of the disease are broadenst, and {tis roasonuble to huppoas that, so long as mankind rematns suaceptible to the itls of the Nesh, it may not despatr of blossoms like the rose, by nnother name, but with adar less agree- able, In modern times leprosy has heen found extating to a greater or Jess extent in placea the Most distant nnd dlssinilurin regard to temper- ature, climate, sftuation, and soil, You will find It in Sumatra, under the Equator; in parts of feeland, almost within the verge of thu Arctic Circle; in the temperate region of oth hemispheres,—in the suuthern, ng .nt Hamel-en- Arde in the Cape distriet, aud iu the northern at Madoira at Morocco? fa the dry und arid plains of Arabla, und in the wet and malarious districts of Batavia and Surinam; slong the shores of Guinea nnd Slerra Leone, and in the interior of Africa, Asta Minay, vud Asiatle Ruse, sla; on the seacoast, us at Carthage, and thou- sands of ieet above the Jevel of the acean, ag on tu: table-lands of Mexleo; on sume of the islands in the dndlan, Chinese, Caribbean, and Mediterranenn Seas, wid basking in the sunsliine of the heurt of the Pucitle. ‘There ts nv reason why Jeprosy may not be distributed PROM SEA TO 8BA across this prolific eontluent. Ibis tric, ue Afr. Beecher snys, “We may be Wino in time and have friendly relations with uls grent peuple, or wo may ‘be ieolleb In tine and have relations far frei’ friendly,” bitt tt is wail tu take tine by the sureluck ind recelyve the refuse of thet 400,000,000, crowded out of thelr own inhospitable land, with due preeaue Cons that-uhutt of no deny. In the golden ave of Jenrosy, laws were cnneted by uearly all the VPeliees and Courts of Europe to arrest tts dlf- fusion among thelr subjects. ‘The Pope issued bails with regard to the evclesiastieal separa ton and rights of the inferted, A particular order of knighthvod was fnatituted to watch le sick, Avcording to the tenor of varl- codes and local enactments tn Great Britain and other countries, when a person bo- camu afllicted with leprosy he was constacred ae legally and polltically dead, unl fost the privileces belon| Ais to his right af cvitizenahip,. The Church also took the same view, and, on the day an which he was scparated from lila ful- Jow-creatures aud consigned for the reminder of ils fife to the lazar-house, they performed over and around the yet living sufferer the varie ous soleing ceremontila for the Durlal of tne dead, und the priest terminated ths bong and feneful formuts of his separation from tits Hy+ ing fellow-ereatures by throwing upon the body o! THE VOOR OUTCAST ashovelftl of earth, in fonitution of the clos ure of the grave.” Dust off your Old Testament, my {lends turn to the fourteenth chapter of Leviticus, and read how the leprous man was pronounced wielean; how his clothes were rent, and he was shauna, and his habitation was without the camp. Read how the priest came unto Uw house, and the atoncs (i Which the plague was Were cast foro an Mncjean place without the city, and the house Was scraped, and the dust of the strapings wae unetean; other stones were taken to reuluce tho ald ones, and they were playtered with Lresh mortar; then the people wafted tho results, When the priest camo naain, if the plague was spread In the house, it was § a frettiny leprosy in the house," aud thy oud was broken down, and the gtoues of at, and the Uibers and) the Mortar, wero carried out of tho city mto un tne clean placa; and hie thatwent inte the house Was uncloun; and hy that ate tn it, orslept in it, way unclean, wit his garments were put off, As for the fermanta of the leper, if the plague apreud In the carmont, cither in the warp, or {n the woof, or in the skin, or in any work’ that Was made of akin, “it was a tretthy leprosy,” and it was burnt in dhe fire. This was thy jaw for the feproay of a garmout and of 6 house in the good old days when the price Tooked after the bodies of his flock as well ay after the souls, What was thu result? In splte of the atringen- ey of the Mosale law, die isvlation, the purging with hyesop, tha “CLEANSING BY re, Bt, Luke has written in bis gospel (xvi, 27): “Thero met bin ten men who were lepers, which stood afar off; and they lifted up their Voices and erled, Jesus, waster, ‘o mercy ov up.” And to-day,—imore than 1,800 years later, sythe lepers gather upou thy sloped of Mount lon, and borer at the cates of Jerusalom, und crouch fu the shadow of the tomb of David, crys dug for bread. ‘Lhe leprosy once grafted upon this nation, we ure lost, for the virus will coursy through the beat veins in thy Jand, and we have seen how hopeless ataskit isto attempt to eradicate the evil, Therw fs a Jeurned and conclusive essay on “ Leprosy und Leper floapltals in Scotland aud England,” by Bir James Y. Simpson, Hart., of the University of Edluburg, wherelu much curl. ous information ta gathered from all quarters, Though Sir James notes eased of hereditary eprosy, he doea not pretend to deny the cots tauious character of the discase. fle yivea n lat oF 110 lepers-houses that existed [n Great Britain rom the twelfth to the sixteenth eekly, He saya: "Ny Agtruc Bach, und others, Tt tas been averred that the leprosy of the Mtddle Aves was introduced from the Enat by those Who returned from the Crusades, though the disease Was not tinknown on the continent at an earlier period, nnd there were two Ingur-hotses at Canterbury during the relen of Willlam the Conquerer, svyen years provlous to the Firat Cruaude,”” Evan . 4 THD ROYAL FAMILIRS * of Eneland and Scotland were not exempt from suspicion, Henry ILL tas accused of belng o leper, It wasn local tradition that the Ieper. house of Waterford, In Ireland, waa founded by King John, father of Henry UE, in vousequence of 1s sons belnse aiMeted “at Jasmore with un eruption that was thought to bo leprosy. His- torlans baye allexet that Henry 1V, was leprous foward the ond of hie life, Kine Robert the Brieo Aled of leproay, and Bakdetn LV, Klng of Jerusalem, dicd nt the nage of three-and- twenty, a leper, Callfornia to-lay, as Mr, Beecher declares, may Le “suffering fram dyspepsia by reason of undigested nationalities.” sho may be aulfor- Soy from “a want of sense, of vublle Justice, ot universal morality, of the brathertiood o man.” Perhaps it is the want of the Gospel aplett Mint wits the Pacite States to-day; but the Gospol according to Mr. Bevcher eaniot anve Us, nor the gratuitous offerings of the wise men ot the East who follow the clerical star that bangs over the City of Church-Scandala. As for Mr. Couk, of Boston, he has not the feeble excuse for advisiie te Preetlent aml the peo- le upon the Chinese question tint Me. Beeehor nas, for the lateee genttentan spent at least afew Mays within vieusl range of his subject, ‘The leprosy of antiquity sevns to baye: been yisited Upon people high fu vflice as x punishment for ain. ‘Shere tnay yet be leprosy exough propa. uated Jn theay United States ta meet all de- mands. Itis within the limits of the possible for the White Huuse to become. a lazur-house, and the "People’s choice” tuberculated to the Inat degree. In reviowing an article on leprosy contained fu Tiibury Fox's “Skin-Discases,” F fod that leprosy exlats on the eastern shore of thls con- Hucot, at New Brunswick, ‘That in Indlu about 16 per vent of the leprous cases are of a mixer forms, a fatal form, with hereditary transmission strongly marked. Two-thirds of the subjects attacked sre males, Damp and humidity, un- cleanly nabits, Mth, and poverty are conditions favoring the occurrences of Jevrosy. The causes propagation aro mainly threo: First, in- tertuarrlage of the loprous or ‘with the leprouss sccoud, hereditary transmission; third, juocula- tlon and cohabitatlon, For a posslble fourth there fe vaccination, In the American Juurnat of Suphilography and Dermatology, Vol, 4, you will “find” the following extracts from a series of Jectures by Robert —Livelng, Me Dar Sf thers Is one thing cor- tain nbout — “lepros: In the present. iy day, itts Me incurabillty; during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the nuwber of Jepor- houses in Europe was estihated by Matthew Paris at 10,000; at Edinburg oa gatlowa wos erected near the hospital for the (mmediate ex- ecntion of the leper who attempted to escape from it." The substanee of Dr. Liveiny's Mhly interesting and exhaustive course of lect- ures, dulivercd at the Royal Collego of Phyal- ings, 1873, may be briely summed up tn’ his own ionguage as follower “Su conclusions to be drawn trom the toregalug account of the ETIOLOGY oF THE LErnosy . are: First, its primary cause fs yet unitnown 3 next, of secondary causes, dict and hereditary tendenvy are by far the most important; lastly, leprosy, If not contazious, fs capable at. propa. gation by the fmbibition of the exereta of lepers, No one has ever succeeded in curing a vase of leprosy; nul, however much wo may hope that some dru may yet he discovered which will exercise a curative effect on the dis- tase, We catmot but admit that meana of pro- ventun are more likely to be efilcactons than any attempts at cure? With thls conviction I will bring fate face to face with the harvest of vlooming fepurs lately gathered tn the Chincas quarter of the City of San Francisco, Citaxces Wannken Stopparp. KEARNEY’S PUNISHMENT, ‘True History of tho Afalr at Santa Ann, Cal, San Franctaco Luner, Sana ANA, Cal., March 2{.—Many Incorrect accounts of the episode of Kearyey’s campalgn at this place having been published, it 1s due to the public that a trno history of that ovent should be given, At Lomvoc Kearnoy sinn- dered Sherlil Covarrublas, At Santa Barbara he stzned a retraction, nud complimented thit officer in his speech, Thls last aggravated the offense, and he should have been made to apol- ogize for his eulogy, At Los Angoles ho made nersonal attacks on offictals, but had to take them back immediately upon the stand, By these retractions le avoided castigation, At Anaheim ho spoke his Httlo piece, with his eus- tomary tirade, and without personal attacks, and Was not Interrupted while speaking, After he had spoken be was replled to. This was right. Ho had oa right to speak, umd go had hls opponent, who spoke after the meeting had adjouracd. This he objects to, os ho. don’t Mko free diseusston, —nor his own tactica, when applied to himself, At Sonta Ano, whilst addreasiny the squatters au Las Bolsus, he cuunscled artued resistance to the decrees of the courts, and gnid thut riftos Were letter law than the taws of the country, which ho advised them to defy, And thinking that he had the etrong backing of a lawless cle- ment, he mady a series of outrageous personal attacks upou several prominent citizeng, at the {nstigation of personal cnemles, thus making hlingelf thelr tool ant mouthpiece, When enlicd upon for hits authority for these charges, he re- fused to give it, und assumed the responsibility, {od he given the names of his informants ho wold not have been motested. At the time he made the nitacks, and when the injured partics demanded his authority, he nat only retused, them any satisfactfon, but defiantly told them, “(¢ they wanted to try physieal furce, to come on,—he wus ready for them,’ —thus taviting the attack that he and hilt vassals now complaln of, One hour after thy speaking waa ayer, the agerieved partlus addressed him respectfully, rd again demanded the names of lils Inform ante, andagain he refused in the most insolent Manner, und wus particularly insolent to Mr Frutt, who, being Just olf & bed of sickness, was very weak, a8 Kearnoy saw, und thought ho had a good chance to bully him. At this tine Tule, who is a warm friond of both Frait and the MeMaddens, and who fs a man in every Rense of the word, bofled over, and seizing Reamoy by the collar steack lum in the face, Up to this moment Kearney had been backed by adozen of bis ost valiant supporters, but at the xound of the first blow they seattered like acovey of quall. Instead of protecting their master, they forsook him and fled fn different directions, cach one of them seeking an oliver Of the lawy—a8 they any themaclyes, Among them was a bly bully from Los Angetes, a larger nian.than Rule, who lad puogsted “at Auabelm “tht he traveled to put heads on Kearney’s opponents.” ‘This man suught the oflicers (ia very small pulling fa the buck yard uf the hotel, ond tt ts reported that he was found there an hour later, sth) dillzently seeking for tho ollicer, ‘To uso the expression of an” eve-wlt+ ness, Kearney‘s trienda ran Ike turkeys" at the sound uf Mule’s first blow. When struck, Kearney ture himtett loose, dashed into the hotel, and drew tts pistol. Rute followed funmedintely. At the aight of bis us- sallant, Kearnuy, without attempting to use his pindof, turned” und fed fucontinently., ‘This duug-hit cock of thy sand lota “clovated bis cow feathers, aid squawked “ Mucther! Murthert Piiteet Pilea! ™ us ftv ran harehended ancrogs thy atrect to the drug store, where Rule, tig him, seized him by the batr, and, HE itm up against the counter, struck litn fy the face, und again demanded the names of his informants, and, after giving him tne for reply, atract fitm ogatr, wud again demanded the bunes. ‘To wits dumand Kearney did not Teepond, but coutinued tu squawk? “Murther! Ptheal Pitcet” During ull this thine Kearnoy never etruci a blow in bla defense, but was ap parently paralyzed by fear, und during the whole wifair stlll retained hls cocked plitul in Mu hund, and did uot attesnpt to use it. Bob MeFaddon, who was sad to have betd Koarney while Rule was beating Lin, was at that dime fn Vigorous pursuit of tho flylag Chronicle re- porter, whom Le supposed to be Kearney, but When the reporter turned a coruer he saw his Tuve, and fining he was mistaken he returned, and finding Hule still beating Keartwy, ro- quested him to desist, us be had buen puulsted , onough. ‘The Deputy Sheriff coming Iu at that time, McFadden touk Kearuey's pistol frora him, and hunded it to the officer, Mcladdeu's interfer- SHO Wus to Buve seurney drom turtber puntah- meut, und not to beat him, as was reported, During the rematuder of. bis stay Kearney stuck to thy oeer ke a alck kitten tea hot brick,” which was rather inconasletent with ble advice tu the équatters to reslst the execution of the law with rifles, aud his delant challenge to the McFuddons to come on Jf they wanted hysical force. When trouble came his only Tope of protection was from the laws he bod jie sulted und defled. Of the three reporters on the ground, Mr. Melrose, of the Anabeiny Ga- aelle, Was tbe only One who saw what ovcuited. Kuarucy run, Rule sollowing, and Melroae line modlately behind, noting everything av fie curred. Tho Chronicle and Cail reporters dt hot rocien until everv(hine was quiet and What Melrose reported was the nets as he anw them, What the others reported were the onus sided reports af Kearney's adherents, he rruth riixed with a greut deni of fletion, and vofored to help Kearney, The Anoheliers who attended the ineeting at Banta Ava did not zo to distury. the apelin, but went out of curlostty ty hear the yeluine coy- ote of the sand-lots, Just as they would bayegono to sec a circus orn inenagerie, "Tha crowds tnt gather to hgae him do so mostly from curlostty, and whilst te fs spealeinie cheer ond enconrage him, to seo what the conceited asa will do or say next, Kenrney’s motty fs to Rule or ridin. but this Rute has been his rain, 1 Santa Ava Rule {sa new sort of Golden Rule to “Do unto. others as they do uute your: frlends.” In dofig so ho Ins pretty effectuolly cut the comb of this durghill cock.” Kearney ts an exceptional Irishien. ‘The race would rather Malt than oats hut hero {s une who Is stich an object coward that ho never struck o Mow tn bis own Mefense, and was beaten while holding a cocked plato! in his hand, and had hot the nerve to use tt. Free speech {9 indiapensahle, and should bo matntatned at nll hararda; but the right tu dis- cuss public measures aud publle men docs nat aive the right to utter sanders on apy one, and Me characters of private individuals sre: not legitinate gubjeets for discussion at public nicetings, It Is not justifiable, eyen if the charges were true; hut, when a man cots up in 8 pudlic mecting, at tho instigation of maltciona persons who eneak in the dark, atid utters malls clous Hes agalust some of the best wen of a community, und refuses, Ina deflant and {nso- Jent manner, to give his authority, the only way to stop such proceedings fa to bones a club off of bls head. That ta an argument that auch fol- lows as Kearney ean recognize, ‘They don't Ikea, man who thrashes them, but they ‘haya an fin- menso respect for him, ‘Tht the lesson was not lost on Kearney Is sown by the fet that at San Dlewo he was careful not to indudye in personal. ities. He lind better not, as, after this, he will probably get kicked whenever he does {t;—“a consummation devoutly to be wished.” a DOES INSURANCE INSURE? A Defunct Insurances Company in Vermont to Ho Investigated—Tho Polley-1Woltlors of the Champlain Mutual Fire-Insurance Company tn a Piette, Spectal Correspondence of The Trine. Bugrinatoy, Vt., Anrfi 11.—Yesterday waso busy day {n Ingurance-cireles in thts city, arising: from a meeting of the pollcey-holdera of the do- funct Champlain Mutual Fire-Inguranee Cosm- pany, held in the City-Hall, ‘The recent nssess- ment of 26 percent on the premium-notes, to Wind up the aifairs of the Company, was enough to arouse the feelings of the polley-holdera, The Hon. Hiram Atktns, of Montpelier, stated that he was one of the chicf sufferers, being asscascd about $125 worth. Mr. Atking, ina spicy aud emphatte speech, stated that the yeports of former years showed thut the Com- pany Was prospering, If theso reports were correct, no assessment of 25 per centcould be needed. As near né he could figure it, the losses since March, 1878, whon the Company as sun- posed to bo square and with muncy in {ts treas- ury, had not been over 3 per cent on the pre- miim-notes; yet 25 per cent ta called for, DI- recturs’ fees and exoenses reported for threo inonths amouht to about $1,009. He understood that one Disector ad evased to insure his own Broperty in the Company, aul advised hts friends not to insure fn the Company, same time ngo; but the person still continucd as a Director., He (Atkins) aid not wish to be aery- baby}; ke wanted to pay all that was Necessary and right to close up the business; but he wanted to be aura thai thero Was nothluys rotten about the concern before he pald, ‘As [t looked to him now, it ts a swindle, Mr, Atlins moved tat a committoe of three bo appointed by the Chalr to recom. mond what action was best tobe taken. The polleshuldera should employ experts to exain- Ine the Company’s books und see how it could bo that, swith $28,000 of losses and expenses to bo met, there should be, as set down in the flual statement of the Company, over $16,000 of pbabentents and costs of collecting to be allowed or, A Committee of five was chosen by the Chalr, viz. Measra. Strong, of Vergennes; D. A, Brodie, of Burlington; Chauncy ‘Temple, of Franklin; R. F. Parker, of Wolcott; und E. D. Mason, of Richmond. This Committee, who are. well- and widely-known gentlemen, present. ad a report, recommending that 2 Committee of three, witn authority to employ counsel und an aecountant raised to inquire into the legal status of the Company; as to who are its lawfal Directors; - ns fo whether (he assessment which certain individuals have assumed to make as Directors of tho Company fs 9 legal assessment, nud {3 en- forcesable against the members 80 osseseed3 as to the debts und asavts of the Company, aud of what they consiat In detail. ‘The Commitéce to investigate were chosen as followa: Tho Hon, Wheelock G. Veazey, of Rutland; the Ton. Hiram Atkina, of Mont- pellers the Hon. BR. F. Parker, of Wolvott, Ex-Lout.-Goy, Muasell S, Taft, the President of the defunct Company, stated that he had ac- cepted the offles of President reluctantly, and had served without pay, in order to assist in ex- tricating the Company from emburrassments. For the last year thy only salaries paid wore 350 per month to the Beerstary ond $7 per weok to the clerk. Tt waa a dificult thing to adjust tho ngsessments amon the polley-holders; but the Directors hed. dono the beat they could, It was Imposstbio to aay how many of the premlum-notes wore worth less. ‘The Directors hud aued nobody on the former asseasinwut, preterring to vall for all that was Ikely to he needed, und, if necessary, sue for both nssessinents at ange, Mr. C.K. Turrill, Recratary, stated that the oflee and books of the Company would be cheerfully placed ut the disposnl of the Com- mittee, Ilo explained thnt the final statement of thy Directors, to which alluston had been made, contatied somo mistakes, which were not Uiscovered until after it was fasued,—reducliy the total balance against the Company 31,000, Of the 3057 put down as for offlee-expenses and utlorneys! fevs since December, 1873, 3508 was for attornuya! fees tu three suits. Of the stim dus for balances, $250 [a duo to the former reasurer. ‘The Directors* feos are set down os a claim, but they have not heen pald. All udjustey ctnting draw Interest, which swells the account against the Company, “Gentlemen should under- stand,” sald ihe Secretary, “that, while the pree Miuin-nolws umount tu ‘$109,900, bot wil of them are in foree for the whole time, nur are all of them now good, ‘This gssessmunt had to be made large enough to cover the shrinkage ou uaocollectable notes, It was onestimate, If it proves that tt called for moro than Is ueeded, the balance will bu repald to the pollcs-holders?? He safd that 87,000 bad been collected of the asxesement of September, 1878, ‘the total of that asscssmeht. was $11,700. Tho Josses wero all pad up to Seotember, 1877, Some losses occurred since then, watch have not yet been pald. ’ ‘The Hon, Mason 8. Colburn, of Manchester, and Mr. B. 8, Benjamin, of Wolcott, cach a DI- rector In the Company, disclaimed responsibiil- ty, a3 aleo did one or two others~admittlsy, that dy lnow very tittle about the affairs 01 the Conipuny, and declaring. that they did uot Understand Why such w heavy, assessment was necessury. twas shown that, {n 1877, but one Director, Gen, We W. Henry, tied a bond as Director} vince then nove had tiled bonds, ‘The bonds bound the Directors “for the year ensuing,? As {t was neeessary to file a bopd in order to U ality aaa Director, the opinion was exprossed iat un. dlenry inluht prove to be tie only legal Director, veatest In hin, ‘The Lnyestieating Committes propose to be- sin thelr labors at once, and report at an early ny. The report sent out to polivy-holders about four weeks aco has proyen pretty Intereathye reading to then, the result of which was (his necting, With the next thirty days the re- port of the Juyesticating Committee Ia looked lor, and suother tlyely meeting ja anticlpated, Insurance-circles ure considerably Interested in this matter of the defunct Champlain Company, 2 FRANKLIN, ———___ Moat of tho Comstock Mines, San Franctsen Cheniticle, ATow deop can the Cumstock lode be explored? This i3 a question whichis now Decomlng of great importance to people futerested tn the Kroup of miiues there focated, Al the old bouauzas have been worked out, und no yew ones of much im- portance have been found eluce 1873,—neurly six years age. In the upper levels there were 4,000 Hneal fect of productive ground. At a depth of 1,400 fect there were nearly 2,000 fect of good ore, while alone the 2,000-toot levels and below the deposits oro inulxnitteaut. somo of thy tnines hayy already reached a depth of ‘2,500 fevt below the common surface level —the Gould a& Curry craputigs, Sti the hope of future success will probably stimula explorutions, until from natural causes which seicuce cannot oyvervoine tilners cou un longer works aud the volat of abancoument bus beeu rescucd. «These causes will doubtiess be heat nud water, ‘he Junter has already suspended explorations for three yeare fu two imines, and unless the Sutro Tunuel camaccomplish more than the pumps those mincs must soon he abandoned, Troublesome os tho water la, it 1s less Ukely oud that the sole authority was to bo the cnuse of final abandonment than heat, ng the Satter affects all (he mines, and le certaty toinerease with depth. Prof. John A, Church, iniulng engineer, who was connected with tn United Htates Ceologteal Survey in charge of Lieut. Wheeler, has recently eluted A deetuey delivered Columbus, Oxy tn May, 1848, on the * Hout of the Comatoct Sines,” avin the re. sult. of a careful etndy of the Cantstovk, pp, Whieh fe begins by saying that “one of the wost strike phenomena connected with the jniuee on the Cumstock lode Is the extreme heat, encountered fu the lower levola. ‘Tht ftent tg nob dus to the burnlag of candles, leat of the Mon, and decomposition of tlmbers, all inten, Hed by bad yenttlatlon, as was the case Nearer the surface, It proceeds from the rock, Whiten walntains constantly a temperature very much Weher than the average of the atmow pliere In Nevada, ‘She heat of these mines Is a matter of moro than usual fntor est, for ‘ey aro the only hat ones nay Worked fn the United Btates, und both tn the Preseng temperatura encountered and in (Wie thereasg which Isto be expected os gronter depths are. reached they appear ty surpaes any foreign nilues of which we have a record.” Atter refer. {ng to the greatest beat In the hot tnlnes’? of Wales, where the temperature ts from 100 de. Erces to 118 degrees lalirenhelt, he says: “Th rock In tho lower levels of the Comstock talnes appears to have a pretty unlferni teinperature of 180 degrees Vatirenbelt. This was the read. {nz obtained for me on several occasions ty Mr. Comstock, foreinan of the Ophir Ming, ang about the same temperature was found ‘by Mr, Ferrin, foreman ot the Chollar-Potost, Mr, Cosgrove, foreman of the Yellow Incket (139 degrovs Fahrenheit and 180degrees Fahreutelt) and by myself tn the Crown” Polny and other inines,”” By theans of veutilating-pines of gale vanized fron, usally eloven inches In «linmetey, couler ait from the surfaes fs {troduced and the temperature [s thus redtived to 110 devrecg to WG degrees Fahrenhelt. Mut these olpes ary inelliclent ventilutore, as they become heated by eontuct with the hot rocks and air, dhinlotehing in efliclency with length, ‘This great heat of the Comstock was obserteq by Clarence King severnt years ago, and wa ab tributed by him to the hot water with whieh the mines have always n troubled, Prof. Church does not. merepe this theotys nor the theory thas. itisdue tothe internal feat of the carth, nor tothe residual heat of the rocks witch wers oneo melted, but ho refers {tte the chemfcal action now malntalned ta the erupted rocks, ‘The average tempernture of the water tn ths deep levels fs, ho says, 154 deerees,—much higher than that of the alr or the rocks —while some af the hottest mines are free from water, Ie thinks it fa (he rock thut heats the water, From a series of observations he reaches the conclusion thut the licat fs inereasing with depth at the rate of from 3 deg. to 4 deg. per 100 feet, Clarence King. writing in 1869, gives the ayer Oye teniperature 700 fect below the surface at Srom 70 deg, to 75 deg., and 1,000 fect velar the Butface ob 100 deg. Prof, Church, in May, 167: gives the average on the 2,000-foot levels ay a deg, to 440 deg. At this rate the 38,000-foot ler ela will shaw a temperature of from 150 deg, to 180 deg, which by avy method now tn use tan hot be reduced below 130 deg, to 140 deg. In guch n temperature tt will bo almost impossible for any mau to work. Already it requires sey. eral tnen to do tht work of oe man in the up ber levels, Whea we reflect that the decpet Metal mfue now in operation anywhere In the world fs but 3,300 feet (Iu Bohemia), and tut with a temperature of only 110 deg. whlte as udfacent, mine has been abandoned at a «litte “reater depth on account of heat, woe con see the importance of this question of heat fu rele on to the Comstock Alines, A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE, Roforring to Brunswick, Ga.—Tho Climate Ite Inhwbttunts Aco Enjoying and the Lue urles They Aro “Toying” With. < Ayectat Correspondence of The Tribune. Buunswrox, Ga,, April %—AsT sit besldebe alde my window and watch the revolving lightot &t. Simon's Lighthouae, which with cheery glor tnakes Itnown our safe and commodious harbor to “seeling* vessels, I cannot but think of the contrust this favored land, with ita soft, balay air, bright verdure, and warm sunshine, must present to your shivering, Irost-bitten, snowy, uncomfortable telime, O my Chicago friends! A postal to-day from your great elty,—~I will adinit that much in your favor, you have Col: cago,—dnted April 8, bas this aentenco: “snow ing bard; an inc already hag fallen. Now “Look upon that plictura [unless you are to tired of it] and then upon this.” Acloudiess blue sky, bright warm sunshine t now coating of soft, tender green budding out of tho somber evergreen onks and cedsrs, orange and Jeinon trees dropping anowy shor cers of fragrant blossoms, flower gardens blue ing from palest pink to deepest rich red in tel vet potaled roses, gorgeous crimaon Ulles snd stately callas, making ready for Easter. Th veuetable gurdons look beautitully. Potatoes onions, turnips, lettuce, and too many common ones to mention, Green peas, aaparacus, celery, ects, ete. I ato for dinner, frash from the gir dup, this day a week ago. My neighbor—the bright Ittle wife of the British Consul—isa most successful gardener, and upon highund drytund at that. You would sy, tooktite atthe soll; “Nothing can bo produced trom that sand, no matter what amount of manure fg applied"; aud yet with very litle fertilizing, when compared with New sey sd gurdons, hns been used, and they freen pens ot Christmas, and havo ht ever since from a quarter of an acra moro Tek otables than they could destroy, vou while #enerously calling tn their nelehbors to help Another frend, whose garden {8 {u Jower, and consequently richer and damper, ground, told moon tho 7th of March that they had ie strawberries. This climate fs not as fayorable to strawberries genurallyns wo could with: though I have eaten very fins oucs grows {n the above garden (in town), and some from “Al tua,’ the rice plantatfon of the Coupere, four teen mnlles from Brunswick, ‘The Jong drougst of summer seems to buro them up, ‘The black berry and raspberry, however, grow wild in the Breatest abundance, us large us your Lawtooh With, [ think, a superior Mayor than the cultt yateo berry; followed by the huckloberry aul blueberry. Add to which our Misclous muse dives, and I think our wild frutta will compart favorably with other sections, Our, plums Neaches, nnd tes are unequaled, and thle pat of Geol {s pecullarly adapted to the calturs of the grape. ‘Thera ure seyoral young rise yards already established, of which 1 have msdé meution in former letters, Take ft the year round, I know of no plate more healthy “or comfortable to lve to me Brunawick {uv all these United States. It truo Unt We, in company with Savannah, welt tu 1876 nillicted by the—to us—atrange aml Ue expected visitutlun of yellow fever, but It sho be borne in mind that our ¢lty charter kad beet granted us over a hundred years bofore we bs: an epldcinle or a cage of yellow feyer original here, although {t had” raged at Savauety Charteston, and Dariew on the north, and Fer tanding, Jacksonville, and the Gulf coast of Florida, previous to '70, wd though ot Lis handing the succeeding your, only forty init from here, we eacaped “scot free, Hence ‘ contldently count upon another hundred yea passing betore we allow ouraclves, trough rare loss security and Jong fmmunity trom, any fore of sickness, to again be caught in the ft moates of Yettow duck, i Jsuul is cheap in ull this sectlon of Georg onboth lues of rallroad which terminals ere from GO cents to $l and wore per acre, aco ny Ing to situatfou, ete, Corn ts one of ours vroducts, of course. J was told at our ltt Hleultucul fale by ufamor that, despite the ie of sullicicnt raing, barely cnough to a in the soll, with very Httlo lielp in the way a ust nure, from ordinary land soventy-tve e ela of corn to the acro was the erage yluld, | ‘Thera are severa niet tee plantations on the Altamahu ‘it ubout twelve miles from this city and Hourlshing ‘cunditlon, Oats grow readily: ull root crops to an immense size. sicably Sheep, cattle, and poultry can be prolllay? ratacd,—indeed, any one wiio ean inake wa tlo outlay ut thd first can muke a comfor living, Fortunes ore not pleked up here aide fu a day, any mare than with you. at t9 Fish of all Klnds, fram delicate sca trots monster drum (une cought lost week welt! fd nluety pounds, f was told), are abundant, bres te, raw, or abrinn, Seas e plentifal, and of most chojco qual a : ‘ Yevtaw SysgaMne ————— Superiority of Subterrancan Telograyhe a ‘The storins which hays tately reced in bd have demoustrated, the Culugne Guzelle rou the superiority of aubterraucan to ove ‘1st telegraphs, Durlng the heavy storma fo Get for lnatunce, telegraptic communication HM 4 many was Frequently futurrupted, somes fur long porluds, and immense Incomreyerct Was thereby occadloned, “This winter, Reng lon reports of the debates fn the he raph have been sent by tho subterranean wll irom Berl to Colagne, und, in spite iy and storm, not the slightest Juterruptie pout ever taken place iu the service, Thrutt yy, the winter the telegraphis communica! Mt o> tween thy tivo towne hus been regula 2, rg broken, Nothing slay bad tu be spent 1 oF While with the overland wires larve sud constantly to be expended fn muklie &' yp ott tes occasioned by inelemenc weather erases cuuses, Ultimately, therefore, suble poe graphs will, there is reagun to bene Abel cheaper than the ordinary ayatei, des?! Beater original cout,