Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1880, Page 12

vs) drhnkhay 12 TILE OLD CROWD. Some Washington Worthies and What Has Become of Them. Belknap, Babcock, Shepherd, and Robe- son—Thoir Various Fortunes. Gloo of the Old Crowd at Mr. Schurs's Mishap—Tho Hayt Affair. No Danger that Any of Them Will Rise Again with fen. Grant. From Our Special Corresponitent. Wasntnatoyx, D.C, Feb. 2—One of the ‘old crowd may be scen about the Arlington Tlotel almost anyday. Hels a big man, Tis whiskers sweep down inn magnificent way somewhere ubout the mide of his clest, Ais hair ts only slightly turned gray. IIs face is large ond pity. The most remark. able features are the eyes, They are red and swollen, One involuntarily says, 'Phatiman has done a good deal of weeping In his day.” The thought is likely ta le due to somo knowledge of the man’s history, For ns a matter of fuct ho hasn't been without cause for ping, though I doubt whether his en- ergies of late have been strictly confined to that elegant pastine, The expression of his eyes Is on haditual protestagainst his wifort- une position, Thatis why they are cast down as he walks the street. Te must know the color, configuration, and probable weight of every fing-stone I Washington, For this manis W. W. Belknap, once Seeretary of War; and he hangs his: head because ho ought. 3 » ‘They say that Belknap has been fortunate in speewlation since leaving the Cabluet, aud now has a comfortable private fortine, Ho has a good deal of business in Washington, of a financial character it is supposed; and if he continues {o prosper he will soon beable to hold up his head with almost any raltroad speculator In the Innd. Much sympathy $s Telt here, among good men and women foo, for the wretched Belknap, Lsaw one of the best and purest men LI ever knew take him by the hand warmly and speak with him pleas, antfy for some minutes. Then, as they part-: ed. 1 looked to see whether Cato would wine hig hand on the skirt of his coat, but he didu't. Even In the family of the ex-Vresident poor Belknap is kindly thought of, “Lhe woman tempted him” fs not so old an excuse that it cannot serve the turn of one more trembling mortal, Not thatthe moan in this casa has ever sought to shoulder his load upon) nare ‘rower shoulders; but others have done It for tity. Mrs. Belknap Is In Europe. The sad fate of the family which was broken up by her extravagance has been a wholesome warnloy to omteinl society in Washington, When high position and" stender income are Jolned, the temptation to eke ont the expenses of the houschold by questionable meaus Is. very strong, Butit ts easier now than it was to entertain with Spartan shupleity as to table expenses. Mrs, Belknap may have helped to anake afternoon tens and slender reprsts called luncheons fashlonablein- Washington, 2 NAucock, . Another of the old crowd, not seen here but much talked of, Is Gen. Babeoek. ety a’ Lighthouse Inspector, with hendquarters ab Bultinoré. Persons who are curtons in Terard to his present relations with tho fam- Hy of the ex-President may be glid to have some eltirely trustworthy dnformution on this point.” Gen, Babeoek ix, then, simply one of the “outs,” and not likely ev be iti. Ars, Grant bs particularly bitter toward blo Sho belleves he was ungratefitt toward the General, who had treated hin asa sony and ingratitude ix one of the vices of arent minds which the Grants never forgive, “But Gon, Babeock haga very ehanuing and ade inlrable wite; and tho hostility does net ex- tend to her, ‘Various storles are current here in regard to the comection of Bubeock with the St. Louis Whisky Ring, A> man of high char acter, It poxltion to know, nsserts that Bab- cock, When the exposure was hupending, Went to Gen, Grant and told the true story, ‘The *trug story?” was hardly less diseredtt: able to Babcoek from one point of view than the other; butitdld not necessarily involve any intent on his part to defraud the Goy- ernment. Rather than have the true story known,. Babenek declared he would bear the ois of the false nceusation. ‘Thereupon Gen, Grant resolved to save blu, and dhl so, When tho verdict of not guilty was reached, the President called Babeock to hin, aud sald: “You haye lost my confidence, and I desire you never again to enter my family.” BAUCOCK AND THE ENGINEEI Cones, « Tho Engincer Corps of the anny is very ‘sensitive of its honor, During the whole 4 "perlotl of its existence it elatins never to have had amember found gublty of 1 dishonora- De action; and but one oficer has ever been convicted by a courtinartial, aud ho of a technical offense. ‘Kho Engineer Corps was muuch disturbed by the reports of same of Babeack's actlons as Superintendent of Puly He Buildings in connection with Shepherd, hho Chief of the corps, at the mstance of hls assistant, ‘nally ordered an Jnvestigution, ,Babcock’s books and accounts were over= huuled from beginning to end. The Invest! gation oceupled: several months: and it the end of ittho Chief and his nssistint were converted from strong enemles of Babeock to firm believers in his Innocence at lenst of this charge, ‘The Chief was obliged ta say thatot alltho men who had ever held the ofilee of Superintendent of Public Bulldines dn Washington none had his aceounts better Kopt than’ Babcock, and none could show more completely how all moneys had been Tecelved nnd expended ander hfs direction, ‘This mueh is true, however, that, Babeack, while violating no A eulite in land on Shepherd's nlvice. ‘Then, nt convenient places, he bullt blocks of dwellings on eon- ructs, the niason tiking one, the carpenter ‘anothor, the plumber another, and so on, leaving one for Babcock clear of all freume brance. ‘Thiy was using oficial Information for private mins but there Is no Inw te pune ish such un offense, , HOSS SHEPICERT. ‘This brings us to another of the old crowd, Ross Shepherd. Me ts sald-to have made wn fold wealth in mlaing Bpeetattotis, anil sa to, * cbave put his broken fortutes on a. better footing than before, Asa puldclat, his day is forever over, ‘The administration of tho ‘District, without sufrage, by three Comnils- _Sloners da eminently honest and satisfaeto: J Rhore will be no more Shepherds, mae AEONGHE M. ROMESON, “A ‘former Feet tin often seen about iy ‘Mr, George M, Itobeson, M. CG. 1 do notatsso- elute tlm with the others as being guilty of ANY personnal dishonesty. But ho has never Jbven quite agreed tons above reproach, It was customary with some rapld newspaper correspondents In tho old days to Kpeak of Robeson as “nsmall New Jervey lawyer,” “Mut he has shown sinve he has heen out of the Cubinet that if he is a small huwyer in : New Jersey they must breed a big rice of to the profession In that State, He made i hits In dinportunt trinky at home - almost Immediately on leaving the Cabinet. On being sent to Congress, he took 0 position at onve a8 one of the leaders on tho Repub Hean side, His edustitutional aciuellt on the use of troups at the polls is adiuitted by -all who heard It to have been the ablest Speech of the extra session en our side, Robe- Bon speaks slowly und: deliberately, tueks One rm tude his coat-tally and saws the alr with the other, Ilis Inuguage is carefully chosen and prepared. le heaps substuutives tonether, saw seri he Joyes to repeat syne {dea fn many forms, or different sAdeas bn the same form, © Hs emphusisis very ty squarked, and his manner earnest and dignt Hed. Une can’t but contrast favorably o man of this stamp with a joker like Mr. Torr, of So Michigan, who, having considerable ublfity, Go doea’t perceive that he degrades Ihugelf fit yeonsenting to perform for the amusement of falls Tat Robeson keeps ls anleth for prt olly ‘Lar Robeson keeps his mirth for pri- vate tte, Ile $3 said to be the best diner put «Ju Washington, haylng an Inexhaustihte fund vot unecdow and great flow of spirits, He hing the Engilsh Junk of much eating and. a purplish complexion aud gener- men, Anywhere that ha was not Known he mnight pass for a distinguished i Briton chime ‘Lo sve the blawsted country, you know.” : “THE OLD CROWD AND SCHULZ, ‘The glee of the old crowd over the down fall of Conunissioner Huyt 1s perfectly fentl- ey adsh. “fu, ha, told you sof Ant the ‘ous a See wi <1 highly-moral cuss has come to,” are some of the choice congratulations exchanged. Not f anybody cares about Hoyt. Hut itayt or Seeretary Schurz, The Conmals foner was spocially selected by the Becretar the Luterlor to carry out bis polloy; Sul! ’ | ales ' HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDN 3 ' SDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1880—-TWELVE PAGUS. was re }, without cause, to make room, for tho new mani and the Beurclary hay stood by tho Commissioner through evil and through good report ever since. The down fall of Hnyt really proves uothing — e: that Schurz was iuistik: that minkes no dite ke to say that Sehurz pf posbnts, of mistake when he was erltlels- og the old Administration, “Gen Grant made inisiakes tony but Schurz spoke of them aserimes and bhi Timust confess to feellng no sympathy whatever with this species of attack on. the Seeretary of the In- terlor, ‘The Government never had a more faithful, conscientious, and intelligent ofltcer than Mr Schurz. He sin his office early aud late, He disposes of an Tine mense amount of work, Ie has estab lished the strictest dlscipline, and appolits, promotes, anu removes subordinates for merit or demerit, as the etse may be. Delano used to be away from lifs oflee half the thie, and what eame of It? Schurz is constantly there, nnd he has caught My. Hayt In one of lis frst peeadillocs, The offense Is not a erline, after all, Ts not. the manner of ex- posing and pramntly quniehing the offender admirable? Would Ath Dela have done as inueh if he had had todeal with Mayt? The dsmissalof Tayt shows the differences between the ald régine and the ne All that the Seeretary could do to purity the serviee was tone the tistint the need of It apneared, though It must have been a source of Intense personal annpyanee and mort! cation to hin, ‘oa he compelled to confess the fallure of his Indian udiministration nt the inoment when he believed it to be most successful was tho bitterest enp that could have been offered to Secretary Sehura, He took it as calmly as Sgerates did tho her I~ lock, and drank [tof ata draught. Would 3 Delano have done that? or would he have shifted, and temporized, and denied util Congress had ordered an Investigation, ant the Republivan party had been seandalized by an attempt to shield a detected rogue? WILL TIT OLD CHOWD COMB HACK? Some persons pro! to be extremely wronght up in view of the prosp ver Tee turn of the old crowd to oflee in ease Gen, Grant should be retice 1 really don't know why tlis should be assumed, Exam- ine the tases of Belknap, Babeork, and Rolie- Mm. The former was out of the service when Grant was still President, Is now Inde: pendently rieh, and doesn’t need office, and would surely not have the claim on Grant, having once betrayed hin, that ony other worthy wan would linve. — Babeock Is Major of Engineers and Inspector of Jighthonses. ‘The Grant family look upon hin cas oan enemy, “He fs entirely out of favor, and not likaly ever tobein again. Fiually, Robeson. Tle has n better Income from Congress and his pro- fession than he would have in tho Cabinet, and he has no claim on Gen, Grants no right to anything. Taving been so long a benell- isone reason, of all others, why he shonld not expect to be any more, “The Cabinet at test would be composed of fresh men, with the possible exception of Mr, Fish, if he could be Induced td como back: and, if Robeson should be sent fo a second or third class mission, the country would still be safe, i don't hetleve the ald'crowd would, come back if Gen. Grant should be chosen President again: and the repetition of the Instniations® often connected with such statements are tmworthy of decent wen and of patriots, RW? A BRAVE CHICAGOAN, Gen. Edward Bouton’s Adventures with Wighwitynien—Good Uso of a Kee volver~The War Record of u Residont of Callfornin, Spectat Corgravandence of The Chicago Tribune, Los ANGELES, Jan, 20—About as good an Hlustration of tha saying that “Fact ts stranger than fiction’? Ix futind In the ae- count of the adventure In which a former Testlent of this Stute—Con. Edward Bouton —played a prominent and dungerous part not: long ago. ‘ ‘ GEN. ROvTON Is and hasbeen for several years a resident of Los Angeles, Cal. Among other enter- prises In whieh he is largely iiterested fs the San Jacinto Rancho, a valuable estate located about six miles south of Gorgonto Pass.) On the evening of Inly 27, Gen. Bouton Trad nade arrangements to meet hii agent, Mr. Collins, on the arrival of the train at San Gorgonto statlon, from whence they were to proceed to tho estate nbove reforred to. It was about hut-past 9 when the two men set ont Ina Ught wagon upon thelr Journey to the rancho. ‘The road was ensily distinguishable In tha moonlight, and thoy antielpated no trouble. It was, however, a lonely drive, down through one of the vafions among the San Jacinto hits, and to n solitary traveler the situation would have Inspired far from cheerful sensations. ‘The road iseut through adense thicket of chenisal brash growing near the hight of a man’s shoulder, and was n trifle wlder than was needful for a wagon trail, It was therefore almost Impossible to proceed faster than at a Mvely walling-galt, Absorbed in conversation relative to the business afuirs of the General, prinelpally concerning the property they were fntending to visit, his sheep interests, ete,, they _patd ttle heed to surrounding objects,” Both were suddenly aroused bya command that could not be “inisiaken or pass unhee ‘The word “Tint!” delivered tna grule ¥ told thein that thelr further progress was ¢ off, .'Phey found themselves confronted by THREE MASKED MEN, one potting shotgun at the head of the agent, Mr, Collins, aul two others toyln; dangerously with thé locks of a brace ot} navy revolvers resting on a level with the” Generals head “and breast. They BAW resistanes wis useless, Wen can nanied to surrender the! aris, Gen, Bonton replleds * We are not armed)? ‘They were then rudely ordered to get out of tho rage, Very reluctantly they obeyed, Collins alfelitug on oie -stde, and the eval an the other, Both wers at ques seized and bound with chains. ‘Ihelr fetters had Hently been used upon Tenplnctunchines. Some of the links hind been stralght- ened aut, and, by the ald of ry pute, of pliers i the villains had, wero afterward twisted and bent 80.05 to make hnprompti handel, Besides the fron bonds that confined lis wrists, enitting and lncorating hh tlesh, a chain was placed about the Generals neck and the piieers again brought Into requisition, Very few words were spoken on elthor side, ‘The catty s instinetively realized how “utterly yan itwoutd he for them to ery aloud for Velp. In thatlonely eafon, It wot be elim: ply un echo of thelr own volves that would respond, “‘Phey were entirely + AT THE MEnCY OF t CAPTORS, Unless some Unlooked-for event should oc- enn After handeutilnz the agent, Collins, AX securely ns tl Juul the General, the SO MsL BE proceeded to confine him to one of the wheels of the carrhige. Tho horses Were then unbiteched, and one of the threa Wahwaymon started down the road with them to find a hiteling-place, ‘The ather two moved of jute. the “brush dragging with them the General,—ane tating the lead, and his mute following with the mitzzle of ashot- fut Ju, close proxiinity” to. thelr captive's hick. Meantinie tha General was nut sub. uniting to all this outrage without ii sos anety OF RESISTANCE, ls Utmost enileavor, however, falled to break the bonds contiiing him. But. cate tlously feeling along the inks of the chain that shackled his hands, he at length found ong of the Hnks that was partially open He qulekly and quletly worked it. firther apart, and, stl keeping” his hunds hn the same yr parent position, begun fovllng for his plstol, Under the hazy Hgtit of tie moon Ubese moves ments were unnoticed by the guard in the reary Dae tha moment he squght to pull the Weapon from lls pocket, the man Kang out, Wale? The Fenernl had net idea of obeys ing the comnbnad. ‘Turning quickly upon the man in. the rear, he pointed the revolver (fortunately a xelfcocker) at him and fred, aud then, with almost the rapldity of thought, facing about, he tired upon the man i front, BovI FELLY ond, fovling suro that they were elther killed or badly wounded, Gen, Bouton proceeded to Telease his companion, Hearing the two shots, ani eval y, not jereciating the real stato of nifalrs, the fellow who had taken away the horses suddenly returned to learn the cause of the commotion. ‘The Genera was rely for him, and, aguin pulsing, fils falthfut weapon, drew o bead and fired, This min also fel}, but subsequently munuged to creep away Into the brush, The General and Lis agent were not slow fn hited up thelr team and leaving the spot behind them, Stopping for a bricf space ut the place of Jolin Weston, which was on thelr road, they gave bin et hurried wccount of the aifair, it the same the cautluning hin to beon the luokout for any strangers who light pass that way. ‘The offlee ct John Kennedy, duatice of the Peace, was at length reached, sume ning or ten miles frou the scene o! Y ’ contlet, Tt was then about midntaht, and further proveedings were deferred until day- Helt. Early the’ following morning Cen, Honton, accompanied by the Instice aud two other persons, started back tothe place where the wounded Iighwaymen had been left, Mr, Weston and several omen from the station, however, had got tho start of them. They reported having, found the beady of 1 aleadt man about a lilfmile back on the road to the station. Further search In the vielnity resulted di'the discovery of revolver, two vinasks, and the hiteching-plae three The body of tho deceased was identified og that of JOUN WAKEFIELD, From the stylo of dress and other signs Gen, Bonton was positive that it was the seeond man he find shot at, and the one who had led bin by the chialn attnched to tis neck. After ‘an examination by those present the corpse was thunsferred to the station, and forwarded to Calton, where It was taken charge of py friends af thy ed. At att at held at the oftlee Bouton was fully doe Coyne, Sheriff of Sin Diezo nty, hinppening at the time to beta the: vicinity ons other” business, tinmediately started ont with a posse in pursuit. of the two remaining villainsavho are stil at large, Certain testimony rendered at the tnquest eave rive to the supposition that thelr names ure Aga Covington ant Oscar ‘Tripp, ‘The te onerated by tl jury Con General was the HERO OF THE DAY, and not without good cause, That the vil- Tains intended to get away with I mysterious manner wos very clei, nid for what purpose will, perhaps, forever remain a mystery, ome thne after this singular adventure, it was reported hy Tn- dians ving between the Cahuilln Valley out Werner's ranch, that: Tripp and Coving- ton had come to thelr camp, and remained with them some three or four dayz. Ono of the men.) was. desertbed ag having been shot through the site of afte iy faev, the ball anikiny the cheek-bone, other was wounded in the thigh and hip. They seemed very uueasy, and afraid of be- Ing captured. When their injurtes were suliclently retleved to allow of ‘their travel- ing, they set ont with the Intention of trying foreach Utah Territory, At luter lutervals they were seen by various persons on the journey, and one party, who was intimately: acqualnied with the rascals, met them cross- ing the desert on the Salk Lake road. Ife stated that the one shot in tho hip was so badly wounded that It was only with great difficulty he could get alone. IMOGRAVIICALS With regard to the brave man who figtu so consplenously In the exeiting sce: - seribed above, it will detract nanght from the interest of the fnets when it ts stated that helsa former resident of Chicago, and was one of the foremost to ralse na battery under the first eall for volunteers during the War of the Rebellion, | After three years’ service ho was promoted to the rank of Brigndier, As an artillery officer he made a record equaled by few officers ins any service. As Captain conunaudlag a battery, Chief of Artillery of adivision, and commander of brigades and “divisions, We had under his command from four to thirty-eight guns in some forty: two engagements: and a. flattering tee thnonial of his remarkable — pres- ence of iniid In such engagements, 1s the fact thot not atgun under his command was ever captured by the enemy. ‘The enzae sent participated In by Boiton’s Battery at hitoh, and by Bouton’s Brigade at Gun- [lus were mmong tho most gallant, if the War. ‘The famous artilley duet between Bouton’s Chicago Battery ‘and a New Orleans battery, during the afternoon of tho firstilay of the battle of Shiloh was graphivaliy deseribed at the time in inany of the newspapers. The contest lasted some ihree hours, at short range,—a portlon of the Une the New Orleans battery Ing assisted by a Mississippi battery, sand, while under the fire of both these contestants, the Chicago Dbnattery was once charged by a brigade of Confederate infantry and also by a force of cavalry, but held its ground aginst atl odds intl “dusk, Gen. dtalleck remarked that 1,000 men, In his oplnion, won the day ft Shiloh, and most conspicuous among that number were the nembhers of Bouton’s Chieago battery, At Guntown, Bouton’s Brigade, numbering about 1,350 inen, sutecessfully engaged and held ineheck nenciy ten thnes their number for nearly four hours, and loft the feld in gootl order with about 450 mei, Gen, Bouton recelyed complimentary mention for bravery, nhillty, and integrity from the late President Tincoln, Seeretary Stanton, Cons, Grant, Sher- man, Halleck, and others. Secretary Stanton. stuted that Bouton was one of the very faw army ofilcers who had “been able to handle Confederate cotton without becoming con- tumlinted.” It is understood that the Gen- eral declined tho position of Ltentenatt-Col- onel In the. repallac, ariny, which was tendered Kin at the close of the War. Content with ngrictttural pursuits, it will be hard work for politicians to spoil Gen. Beware Honan: THE. DRAGON AND TILE SUN. Curlous Chineso Observance of tho Hecent Kellpse In Calltornia, San Franctaco Chrontete, Regarding. the eelipse tho reporter found a vast variety of opinions among the China- men Interviewed. One man, a eleyer mer chant, snid that the caitse of the dark space on the sun was beeause tho moon was be- ind tt. Ifo tried hard to make the reporter comprehend this theory for some time, and then suddenly selzed a picee of smoked glass froma friend's lund. and sald: “Allo same this, No smokee, seo through; sino- kee, no sve through, Swbe2 After consid- erable of an object lesson and further smoked- glass demonstration, tho “reporter was made to understand that jn the Chinaman's opinion the sun isn holo through whieh a glowing light beyond shines down upon the world, and that at thatthe themoon hadslid in behind the sun in-somo irregular man- ner and thus obscured a portion of the light by DleckIng up a portion of the hole. ‘The Chinese Hsteners to thigexplanation all grunt ect thelr ussent, and the reporter moved on to> & portion of Chinatown where the lower and more ignorant class live, Here, for u wonder, the Chinaimen were found with thelr eyes wide open. This proved that the celipse wax a anatter of stu- pendous wonder to them, One Chinaman there oxplained that the sun aud ¢ioon wore having a quarrel, and the evident conclusion Was that the sun had got the worst of ft and came off with a black oye, The reporter ear- tled a sminil plece of smoked glass with him. One amazed Chinaman looked hard and long. al the-reporter's uxe of the glass, aml then asked to have it. He wns given It, and after viewlng the sun with it a moment, delight- edly passed itto a friend, who clapped ft to his eye with the smoked side toward hin, When he passed it to a friend in tirn, his veya was discovered to be completely blacked, aud a horcified shout wert up, for it was thought that the actlon of eclipse had caused the fellow’s eye and eheek to discolor, and shot ong of the nifrighted crowd could be In- duved to look thraugh tho ples aguin, In the Chiness theatre tho tragedy which has been tn course of production there for soe months was procecding ay usital when the growing eclipse mude the liside of the Uieatre inconvenlently dark, At about a quirter to 4 o'clock “a solemn-fuced gad Inan came upon the stage from the dressing room, wid, paying not the slighext attention to the gyratlons of 0 dozen oxctted trage- i ply proceeded to Hghtthe footlights, yecurrence of the aus man tn that nus sual manner did not excite tho sllghtest atten- thon fron any of the ammerous actors or the band which accompanted them, It isthe custom in China won the oceasion of nneclipse to beat gonss and play the sweet est Gneaning the loudest) of thelr wind “in- struments, none of the back alloys the re- borter found a patriotls crowd who were enrrylig out thls custom. ‘The favorit ine strident was a reed affair, compared to tho tones of which the segregate squeals and squalls of the oaguipy are asa trill of a Patth conmared to the excellent roar of a fog-horn, ‘Che favorit boiler of the Chinese in relation Ww eel fy that there Ia a huge dragon Which is kept securely fastened, only: being released ones a year, On thutoveaston he always attempts to swallow the sun, ‘They explain parthil eclipses by saylng that he was forced to rellugutsh his uttempts; Dut on the fon ef wv total eelipses they atlirm that but was compelled to nd Was stecessfil, ylold up the morsel. Oberlin, Publie ncotings are beld ut Oberlin, Q. for the arb oe driv ng tho aquueeg tts ris of OWE. nor sellers andl bitlurd-salounkeepers huve already been expelled, : One coll after another will, with muny cone stitutions, securely establish tho seeds of con. sumption in tho system. If jeu ary in aiced of a romedy for any lung trouble or throat disease, you will tad Dr. Juyne's Expectorant always Prompt and elticuclous, SOUTHERN SENTIMENT. Unrensoning Projudice Felt Against the “ Yankees.” The A Southerner’s Opinion as to What the South Chicly Needs. } Speetat Correspondence nf The Chteago Tribune, Inpranavorts, Ind, Feb, 3.—The one thing that operates more agalust the progress and development of the border aml Southern States than anything else fs the faet that tho venerable tomfoolery whieh was, a part of the old slave oligarchy still adheres to a Jnrge part of the peuple of Kentucky, Soma of then know It and rearet 1b; buta largo munber cherish it ns thelr principal stock in trade, and feel that, although impoverished by the War and “robbed? of thelr slaves, they are still highly: respectable, | [1 conver- sution with a pious Presbyterian Dencom by the name of Seth Willits, + TH FOLLOWING CONFESSION WAS MAD “ Tayas taught that any white man was my equal, while any nleger was my Inferior. 1 see now how very fpalish any such distine- tlon Is, but at the satte thine Isometines have tothink twice before lam exactly straight’ on tho subject. Such early Impresstons last long and take deep root. 1 know, when I think of it, that na respectable darky iy often. more respectable and more nearly my equal than many of our poor white population, ¥et when I come to speat to a nigger Lean hardly address hin in any other way than as amenial, Much of our hatred for the darkles comes of tho time when they and a, few of the forelgn population did all the yot- ing In this lvenitty, We who had formerly been the principal men of the section were disfranchised, beenuse 1b was well known that we were Rebels.” : cao peally’ co Ite the colored people, i} red. yell, land su aAimoment ngo, but “when you come right to lt 1 think we lke th etter than the people of the North after all, and there Js good renson for it All of ts older eltizens bad negro uurses, Old Aunt Nell, asshe was fauiliarly ealled, wi ry nurse, and was always very nenr and dear to. me. [ delighted, throwtgh all the early days of my filldhood, to stenl away. from my mother's side and out Inte Aunt Neil's eabin, and, sitting by the grent fire-place: which ex- tended elenr across the end of the Nttle room, J wonld listen to the weird fatry tales which could be traced back through many genera. tons of colored people until probably they took thelr origin with tho remote ancestry o! the blhek man In Africa, I have often re- called these, and can now see with my Inter intelligence that there is much of thio old heathen idolatry nbout them: and If you have watched the eofored man as Glusuly ag Thiave, few will have noticed that that form of re ten? “W gion which hing in ft the most pompous rites, ns, for Instance, the Roman Catholfe, will take tho deepest root. upon bls, veliglots, af feettons, Aunt Nell believed every story which she related, and she told them with such a degres of interest, over and over again, that I enme to belleve them, too, ‘The result of this teaching Is that alarge number of our Southern people at the present time BELIEVE DEVOLTLY IN WITCHES.” “Do you think this superstitious bellet among your peoule is the cuuse of thelr fall- ure to advance and keep pace with thelr brethren of the Northern States?” “That is one of the cnuges, and I have been doing what Ittle L could ina weak way to overcome It, Butthero are other causes equally great.” . . “Will you name some of them 2?” + “Well, in the first place, I hold'that it ts absolutely” necessary for aan ora peaple to first feel thelr need of improvement before they enn beta to advance. So Jong as a people think they are tho salt of the earth they will never try to become anything. bet- ter, A grea nanny uf our people take their Jin from the ol families of Virginia, and anything is said tu then about im- provement, they will answer that they havo come fromotd Areiila, and they out want to haye any Yankee progress In theirs. Now, L an a Virginian myself, but don't think thas fact alonu ly going to make mo keep paca with a bitstling, stirring, nineteenth-ventury life, We must wake up, and cease to perse- cute the people wilo | would like to come and make thelr homes mong us from the North, Wo mnust encourage emigration inn way that people will know that we mean it. We must do away with all such tulk as the following whietr actually heard from one of ow citi zens here the other day, ‘The citizen referred tos well posted and considered aboutas good as we have down here, but sucha weleomens he gave to a stranger cannot fall te do us much Injury. Our citizen had been drinklig, und naturally felt his oats, 1 was in the ofiice of our hotel. e A STRANGEL, A COMMERCIAL, TRAVELER, was thers. ‘Tho conversation proceeded as n—' Where from, sah? “Commerelal Traveler— New Jersey, sir? “+*Damned Yunkee, sh 9 “ePhat's what they sometimes call us,’ “*Damned right, tog, sah; I’m from Vir- Ania, suly—a graduate of the University of Vit, hy G—d, sah, lve no use for Yan- 20s, Hin. “And with this he turned his back upon the stranger In tho nirof the haughtiest con- tempt. ‘The stranger, of course, was ds. guste, ond went away with a very bad im- pression of Southern uimnners and Southern men. It is such things ag these that hurt us,’ “What do you think to be the best menns of advancing the inuterial prosperity of the South 2? L asked, much pleased with the Dencon’s frankness, intelligence, and hon- esty, “Ont I hardly know what to fy to that, question, ‘Chere are v great many thinga that should be done, and the only question of In- terest iy WITAT TO DO Fmnst, - Our people need to travel more,—to go North aud mingle with tho bustling, stlrring men of the work They need to. see that thoy are butchildren in ‘the grand life of pra Tess} that there is much to learn of which thoy have scarcely mnstered the slfabet. ‘They want to cease to look. back Into the dreamy pastand brood over what they have lost by th rj thoy need tego forward and ainke new-conquests on the battle-fleld of progress, dt makey no difference in this grand, Iberal tepublle whether a man spring from the nristocratis fainities of Virginia, or from a folly that pick A cotton on 8 Loulsians pinutation ‘Tho thing that the publis wants fo know and. the world demands of him bs,’ * What can you do for your country? How much can you contribute “towards the advvancemeitof your race?’ Tf he can show that he fs of consequence in the great battle of life, that he ‘ean do any one thing butter than iy one else, the American peo- ple fre ready to assist Juin forward, ‘Tho nt wnpt to establish ar arlatoeraey in this country based on human slavery has been an ignomfntous failure, and tho etfete remnants of that aad attempt are becoming s0 very rotten thut they even now stink, Lunder- stand all thesa t ines. 1 know that our Stato (Kentucky) has all the advantages of—aond In some respects more thin—Ilinola; yet the Jatter, Messed from the begining ‘with tho seal of freedom, is marchingon to the highest degree of civilization 1 every departnent, while we remain in many particulars buried In the Egyptian night (of a seml-Middle- Ago burbitr! ye We want men to artso and usk fn - omphatls tones why thesy things are so, Wo want ‘mei who shall answer tho question and proposa the remedy, ‘Che people need to be brought to u realizing sense of the fact that they are manufacturing pothhngs that thoy are ralsing Aliioak nodding in the highest and best senso of the term of agriculture; they should be taught to aspire higher, and make a sigarous attempt to realize thelr Mets, ‘There, [guess fave preached quite a sermon on my favorit jene,’ “No matter; I am much interested, and should Hke ta hear you goon, Txeothatyou huye taken in the situation just us it presents teelé tow stranger.” “Yes, IL have thought upon the subject, You seo our people . GANNOT COMI'LAIN HEOAUBE YANKEES COME IN HEME and cheat them; they tre to blame for it, Thoy ave dependent upon the Yankees for averething, ‘Thera fy absolutely nothing manufactured within the Hits of our coun iy, © prodyco a Httle something In the rudest ugricultural way, anc is tt sent away in tho raw state ata very Jow price, and then bought back at a very Wah one after It hus beon imanifaetured. We have to pay exor- bitant transportation rates, while wo should pay ngge. We have the best of water-power, and yet It fs unused, and over since the morn ing sturs sang together {t haw been muuning to waste. All these things trouble me, but 1 can make but little progress in arousing the energies of B people Who have ueyer’been taught to work or look ont, purtlenlarly, ‘for themselves and who have Had It Institted i to them alice Infancy that they are better than thelr fellows; that the necident of birth And not the fact of tralniag mnkes the man.” “Well, Eshall look for greater progress. in your county than in any other in’ Kentucky. teh men ns yourself, understanding your people and talking te them fn the proper way, cannot fail to make Uheniselves fell.” “Atay rate let us lope for the best” And, phaletng, hands, T parted with the most sensl- blo Southerner f melon my travels, Gany, “TIE CHICAGO RIVER. FILE Ve UP To the FAttor of The Chicago Tribune, Ciucaga, Feb, .—Tho river of Chicagu, is itn necessity we must have or ig it a nul sanice we must tolerate or gel rid of? fy the all-nbsorbing question to the ciilzens of Chi+ cago to-day, aud of the prospects of the city for the future to consider, ‘The eliief nul- sances are of two Ichids: the evils sewerage running tito the riv bridges connecting the North and West Sides to the central or malnpartof theelty. ‘Chese are our two obstacles to-the progress of the vity, and they aro growling worse and more unendurable every day, ong equally as detrimental ax tho other, ‘To. stale these evily and obstructions in all their deftly of ineonyenienee, luvs, atul discomfort. $s not necessary here, e they confined to the citizen whost ‘ Iyon the river-or who crosses the bridges. ‘The odors from the river in sim mer, alirred up by every passing vessel, the }robalite pollution of our drinking water, he constant Otilng up and dredging out to preserve v channel, mt some of the evils that Are proposed to be remedied by extra pump ing-works at Bridgeport or by enlarging tho canal; Dut still tho river is left as a sewer, oly” iy be uw litte better eleaned than at present; the bridges, with all thelr Ineon- venfences, delays, loss of time and temper to the cltizen on 1 to the horse-ar travel, tho strange: going to depots on the North or the West Side” on Lusiness or pleasure, the — bloekade every hour in the day, the danger in crossing and ‘reerossing when opening and closing, and prospeetive “Tay disaster” sooner or lnter,—these are growing worse every day. No remedy is Lroposet, while two-third the eltizers tre placed at disadvantage tay to get to thelr business and rettirn to their homes. ‘The disease helng severe and of tong duration, aud almost ineurable, the remedy must le radieat and expetsive; but 1 believe olpleto cure ig to do away with the river and branches north and south, Lot the olovators, lumber ant coal yards ete, fo south on the Calimmet or some new cone structed branch connecting with tho canul, orto docksmade out inthe Lake-Front, qn iN nice ot the water in tho river (after DlockIng up the mouth) let there beu covered sewer hirge enough for all tine running to the ennal or further south, tf needs be, the Hauld part to. a down the canal, tho solid fy be converted into fertilizers, Alongside this sewer, or above Ut If fpraeticaite, place 1% double-track qulele-translt rallway running north and south to connect with the suburbs of Hyde Park, Englewood, and Lake View, Bowmanville, Jeerson, ete, the whole to bo covered in with a biiek tunnel having epen- ‘ngs ut Intervals, this solving one of the needs of an underground or elevated rall- road to, the outskirts of the city and placing the North and = West Sides on he saing plane as the busiiess centre, the benefits and damages to property to be as- sessed as usual. Will not the benetits to property on streets adjacent to the river on the North and West Sides, anda valuable franeluse hin railway se central and with stich fuellitles, do cousiderable towards pay- Ing damages and vost, and bestow a Instin it. on the: property of the citlzens 0 Chiengo? No disease-breeding rlyer, no ves- sels constantly stuek Inthe mind, no smuke from tugs, no horse-flesh to suffer as now, no Delated passenger from open bridges. Tho bencilt inline, money, and temper will eam- pensnte for the change, Real estate on the streets adjacent tothe river on the South Sido Is nuw worth ‘almost’ double the samo property In the samo position on the West and North Sides, ‘Chis. atone shows the dis- advantage of the river to progress, ay well 1s anulsance; and, on the part of vessels, the cost of towing forms no smnll item in their expense, Which might be reduced were the elevators and Itimber-yards more condensed in some other location. VARI View. A JOLIET SUFFERER. TM the Editor of Ths Chicago ‘sribune. Jone, Ib, Feb. &—L have glven consid erable attention to the discussion which for some tino past his been conducted through the columns of Tue Trimuse relative to the disehurge of Chicago's sewage, and have nto new plin to suggest, only to say that of the plang already proposed those offered in your editorials of Jan. 14 and 30 have about the right ring to them. I qualify by saying “about,” for in your editorial of Jnn, 14 you adyoente elther the canal or tho Desplyines River as tha channel of rellef. Of these at present either would bo suflictent to clear Chicngo of Its sowage by pumping and not materially alfect the country below, But in the not far future it Is questionable’ whether or not the canal would be of sufficient ca. pacity, - ‘This perhaps might bo a serious tion to its use In the future, But by locating the pumping-works at. the tend of the Ogden Diteh and buniplng fnto the Des- pinines River, you will have a chance to disvharze daily from one to twenty times the present volume of both branches of the Chi- eago River, ayd bring In a constant stream of pure water from the Iake through the works at Fullerton avennte and up the inal river, und so dilute the sewage as to make it inoffensive to the Inhabitants of the river below. And [think that we, for our patient endurance of the past, should have some consideration in. the future, Anothor ad- vantage of lacing the pPumnping-works so 13 to discharge Into the Desplalnes River would be tho nvoldances of all obstruction to canal- navigation, for Lind that boatmen seriously object to the ereation of any additional cur rent, and the discharge of from 5,000 to 50, 000 enbie feet of water per minute, ‘added to tho present 15,000 cuble. feet which moves 4 ainile every hour and forty minutes, would necessarily create additional current. Before the “deep cut? was made, boutmen used only three mules to propul thelr boats. Now alxare required, and if the current fs mate- rinily aecelerated {t will require about ns much mule ns boat By slg the Des- Plaines River this objection fy avalded. Lhe fall of the Desplatues River from the north Ihe of the township of Lyons to Lock- port is about thirty feet, and In that distance here are quitea number of river Inkes or broad, deep places which would measurably clear the water; while from tho same Hnes on the canal the faltis only threo feet and tho whole length a narrow diteh of sixty feet, When, therefore, wo tuke into conslleration the capacity of the river and {ts current, there is no good reason why It cannot carry off, without crenting any objectlonable stench to tho Inhabitunts ‘nlong ita banks, all the saw- age for n city ns Inrge as London, But using elther river or canal we haye to suffer or enjoy Chicago's filth, for there 1a no other way of your ottlig rid of it without drinking tt. So, when you send It down throw It enough water to rinse ont your filth tub and we will ho therewith vontents say 40,000 to (0,000 cubis feet per minute, and only the Desplaines River has the enpnelty for that amount, Vide A. ONE WORD MONE AROUT DRAIN- GE, Ty tha Editor of Ths Chteago Tribune, New Yort, Jan, 81.—There aro two ways by which the Chicago River may be purged, which cleansing inyolves the whole question of drainage. Ono is to open the gates nt Lockport, so that tho water may flow through without ‘ket or Indrance, ‘This, If done, would most undoubtedly fully accomplish the object, But Jt will be urged that this plan will not obtain the consent’ of the ennal ‘authorities, whlch is undoubtedly trues Ay T stated In a former letter, that, were tho eonal 200 fect wide and fifty fect deep, it would beno better as a means of dralnigo than the present canul, unless there hy ii suf. ficlent outtlow ut Lockport to maitula a cure rent from the lake, . It was, therefore, bo- eatse of the presupposed hupractieabitity of harmonizing the Interests Of navigation and Lockport water-power privileges with drainage purposes that Zo urged hie former letters a separate conduit, which, in my opine fon, ly the only other way for druning the City of Chicago, ch proposed conduit Twill explain, more tn detail than formerly, he Sou y twelve feet below peuenary Wigh-water tate, 0] and toa width of eight fee! nore, niulutaine q fect snide from th ne Tver below oltete es to the bed. of *Phero Ia suflcient descent betweon the two polnts to xlve a rapld current, though gates niust be placed at the entrance to regulate orto cnitrely shut off tho water from the conduit If necessary. The condult can be Jeft entirely open as farns earth excavations extend, or It maybe walled np and covered with dimension stone amt then fited ina partora the way, a8 may be deemed hest after sur ‘Throvah the rock exervatlons also HL may eftopen part of tha way. If notat loo great a depthy while i xo, stiafts can be sunk at intorvals, and then tunnel be- tiveen then, After the present accumulation of impurity feearricd down the Mlinols River, whieh would tike but a few hours, and a constait eurrent hegifis to How from the Take, that river will rather be finproved than other wise, ATL that fs noxious Inn constant ont. flow of the sewage even of n great. elty will disappear when ina rpld: current of 0 few alles. And, whether such stream be open or eovered, TE think, wil make no difercnee, But, If covered, suflicent openings can still be left in any event, ‘ Concerning the Tlnols River belng rene dered hnpure hy Chleagzo sewase, | hive to sny that 1 was at Peoria New-Year's Day (whieh was about the tne that Ald. ‘Thrany reported stich av dreadfil steneh at Jollet), and there T found the people using tlyer was fer for all purposes, and Fdrank of ft, and T went to the river and exmained closely not only the river banks, but nooks where water froin the river would bo conned for a while, and L found no trace of Chicago seware, Norupon nau of tho “oldest inhabitant”? and others did Pind one who had discovered ANY ‘ With this work Chicnzo will have perfect drainage and pure water for all tine tocome, Thatis tu the ordinnry aeecptation of that plirases for there will be wonderful changes. fore 360,000 years have rolled around, ‘This conduit need not interfere with the coustruetion of a cant) whieh willndinit Mis- sissippl stenmers to Chicago wharves. Sucly neandl is a necessity also, But the ential eamnot-be constructed without locks; while with loeks there ean be no drainage. Tho day ig not. far distant when oeean steamers will give Chicago direct connection with the outer world. ‘Chere iy every reason shy, Chi- engo should he the largest ant wealthiest vlty on the continent, If not of the world. It Includes every element of greatness. Dut drahinge Is a iecessity of Its growth, Lwill add, however, that it is a necessity next to svetrity agaiist Impending fwlestess and violence, ‘Therefore, as such conduit will accomplish the object, and as nothing else will, the cost, when the benefits to be derived nud the resources of such. a elty are consid: ered, need enuse no hesitation; ‘that ts, only to provide thit the work be economically done. In this, as well as fu all municipal affairs, would be well ta adopt ex-Muyor Wentworth’s motto, “ Liberty and Beonuny.? Je ML. ANNALS, THE MAYOR ON PUMPING. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cuicaco, Feb. 3—L notieed in your paper of Saturday morning the explinatory state- ment of the Mayor on the nbsorbing question of pumplng out the Clileago River, ‘Tho necessity of taking some tmmediate measures to clennse the river scems to be well estab- ished tn tha public mind; but how, or where, or when scems tobe undetermined, After rending the Mayor's {ntorviewed re- inarks, Lam of the opinton they are wider and wilder than anything heretofore ad- vanced, ‘Tho Mayor says: “Itmight be far better for us to Ilft the water ont of the river down near the Bridewell, and putit Inton ditch running Into’ the Desplaines, whence there would bone complaint, as we could pump chough to cleanse the river, and then have pure water rimming through the Desplaines.” Leannot see much sound sense in pump: ing tr into wslugeish river, perhaps the crookerlest in the world, niles of crooks near the Summit without gaining four rods of distance, with the whole bee interminable barrier of witd rice, pond-tilies, and yegetable growth to obstruct the flow,— and this against a straight line of: eanal ‘of aunplo camelty, Purl in many. pinces with- In ten rods of the Desplaincs. "this scheme, in ny Judginent, is simply finpractlenblo an visionary, without recurring to the grent ob- {yellow that will surely ent short this alr-bub- ble, —T mean the fmnenss tee business now estublis jnensits nt ed atong the Desplaines, the im- of which ts, perhaps, not weil un- stood, What will you do wile the Messrs, thrle, with bulldings and fixtures. nready establlshed probably exceeding $100,000? Next, the Messrs, Pipers may be muelt ture expensive; the Grifith & Conlys, and others, dependent upon the Desplaines for the water and antlelpating profits for yenrs to come? ‘The fact Is, any outlook In that dl- rection Is slinply prehosterows, ‘Tho remark of the Mayor in reference ‘to the contract with the Nortons at Lockport has really a great deal of pith In if. From Mull tha information I have on this subject, from its earilest inception, you can draw tho Lirgest portrait of a colored gentleman be- hind a wood-pits ” aud not overdo It, ¢Per- Ips theru is no remedy, ‘The Mayor further on says: have been for years urging the construction of a ship cannl frour Lake Michigan to tho TMtnols River, and Lintroduced a bill in Congress for that purpose.” Without thinking {ft im- portant to quote any further what thé Mayor says, [want to stop rlght here, and emplint- jeally pronounce this schemecof n ship canal to the Ilingis River as one without one sit fle practical merit asa ship canal, Tt Is well nown to many persans conversant with tho early movementon this subject, that It first originated with Mr, footing, and was thrown out expressly ns a hobby for his friend to ride to second term In Congress, It was eagerty seized upon, a large convention nse suinbled on the Inko shore along Michigan avenue, in which the Subject was ¢lsenssed, its merits presented in cloquent. lowers of speceh, and finally the subject brought be fore Congress; and L state it for 0 fact. that, although many of its friends enter tained a hope in the morning before it came | to pits defeat a vote, was determined upon by n Inrge majority of Congress; and it was well understood by the members who should vote for ltand who should vote neninst It, Out of compluisance fo onr member who was astride the hobby, the yote was much larger in favor than would have been If it were not known oxact- ly that it would bo defeated, In this Con- gress showed some good sense, though it seeins that our worthy Mayor has bridled and. snildled tho same old spavined pony, Now, there is another most einpliatle atate- ment 1 wish to make, It ls th sthat, ifn shipennal were constructed tora, no steambont from the Missouri, the Missfslppl, or the Ohio River would over under ay pre tense attempt to use it, Just think of It, for A moment, a steamboat with Its complement of iifty men, more or less, dragging along ut tho rato af two miles im hotr, comers every rock and ud-bank, taking an hour or 80 to enter Jock and get “shut” of It, com- Ine to bridges every few miles, keeping up steargghe while, and arriving at Chicago In about ten days if it ever got thore at all, Lt would not bo the kind of fan steamboat men would Ike to indulge in very often, know just onough of the history of tho stenmboneé naylgation of this ponntry to know that even in the ease of the Loulsville canal around the fulls In the Ohio, only, perhaps, halt a mnile long, steambont men often run the falls” at Imminent risk of Hfe and prop- erty rathor than take the canal. Ihave been there, and know that the locks and esnal, though an absolute necessity at times of lew water, are, novertheless, dreaded hy all who navizate tho Ohlo, If the Missiésippl and. the Mllnols Rivers were great inland Inkes, instead of Intrieata ‘and dangerous rivers, whero the construction ot yessels for wavir pation is so widely different, and must ever he, the talk-of the inter-comnrinication of ships and steambonts night not bose idle o wind that bluweth no good, B.D. a Tho Rudtants of Old Dublin, Coruhitl ‘Tradition tells how Bightinng Fitzgerald, an ox. ansit and duelist of tho fast century, deals with the *buoks,""u plague then “infesting the streets of Dublin, and, indved, tho, strevts of every town in Irehin Theso “ butka" wero half-bred spun Sellowa of somo means aud Algh anhait wplrits, whose solu occupation eons aisted in making town-life intoloruble to quiet per on ane was moro! thin onco com yelled to frame staal enietinents with the view of restraintug thelr peculiar ruftinism; but as thove | wits bo properly constituted police tg ene force thom thoso stutiites were of sinull eifect, Among tho tricks of the Dublin bucks wag this: Ono of them would take his stund fn tho middle of w qgossing on a dirty duy, and, drawing his sword, thrust everybody who wanted to. piss inta the mud, Itwasa common thing to seo half adozen or more of these Luplewant sentrivs Mntug a leading thoroughfare allready to afford gach other support, Nor were thoy content with inarely obstructing tho pisage. They kavcked off hata, ripped Hp marmunts aud prickud tho limbs of the weurers with tho points of thelr Weapons, and broke ribald jests on then tho while—to the vast amusement of the ragumuflins who used tu colleot in He vienilby. dt unybody turned on one of those bullies tho rest would rush up and form w circle round hn; then. welains bi by tho collar and tho urms’ they would prick htin about the legs untl! thoy con aldored him pyniahed sutlicientiy, ditzgorald praised to some of bis brother ex- ft and Hire-eaters that they should clear etgof the inetropolls of thew pests. It was just the sort of proposal to suit’ such Garlby wpirity yyd qu assevlyigp Wag {uumedl- aloly formed to carry tt ont. Like thelr te, thoy were consummite swortamen, and deat of tho first wator—tho Dandy tedng ing mdles Hale tho antipades of ‘tho Bucken agent whieh people who serite about the Teyieee etn Past nre very apt to forget, the Hon gat to work most hoart{) AInthis uy: Whenevera tine afternoon tt Bhawory initia they would aully forth knots of four or five, each hen followeat tv jute vulot carrying an onk sapling, ony rex’ fing the tiunte df tho biteks thio servants gee tho rubble off whilo the oxquiatty tid ture fen thoy hud undortaken. Kora ceotple. of mete fow days pasted without, thee oe foe Mame hotweon tho bieks nnd the datdion, ineher gs former Invarlably enmo att second-tent ne long the inninstay of the bucks, the mob, ture ogalost them too, ‘This meant thet alefent atire fo be followed by hooting and pelting 8 The naso miudand stones, Than tho pleasant past with Docking the thoroughfares In broad dane! was abandoned. ad das lake PERU. Its Nad Lueck in the War with chin, EL Nactonat of Lima, Dee. t. : In tho brief perlod -of forty days tho ga, itinerary of dignaters hus gone very far, th 2th of October, tho 24, 19th, and 2th of Nosent Wer, revordting tho wotul dates of Angam, Pisagun, Sin Francisco, and Iquique, will eg down fo posterity on the bronze tablets of bi. tory all of tho following calamities, Theo loss of or naval power, Tho loss of our best. fronelads, The loss of our Rear-Adniral Grau most. worthy enilors, ‘Tho loss of the naval campalgn.- The loss of Pisagua, * aho loss of its fortiNeations and artillors, Tho loxs of muny of our soldicra, wounded op Mihvu loos of n military rattread Att I . . with tho lmpnrtant positions of orien ae lores, Santa Catalink, Amun Santa, ald among thon the impregnable and strategic bightsof Sun Francleeo, ‘Tho joss of our ammunition, armanienta, and conon, The loss of our depots of provisions. Tho logs of the first campuliga by land, Tho loss of Iqulque with [8 fortifications 03g artillery; ite twenty-six rifles of rallroud and ity telegri} hs. and tho loss of Patillos with Its railroads ang telegraphs us Caras Lagunos, All this muuns that we have suffered: and of ogr Tho loss of our territory to tho 10th degree of Intitude, ‘Tho logs of Port's area. Tho loss of the entire Departmont. of Tar Piea. ‘Tho loss of nearly £00,000 souls of our populy. lon. ‘Tho loss of our rallrons and telegraphs tor over two hundred intles, worth more than tren ty millions of hard dollars, ‘Tuo loss of tho threo poriaof Patitlos, Iquique, Pisagua, and thele egrresponding fnlete and ithe tabs Of €20 000,000 worth in bard The lass of $20, worth In bard money nitrate factories, es ‘Tha Joss of 2,800 miles of nitrate Jands, pro untti ‘to £28,000,000, or 140,000,000 hard dol urs. Tho loss of our gunno and nitrato revenu ptitiur 10,000,000 hard dollurs per annum; He sty, rt Tho loss of the integrity of our territory and moro than 1,800 square loagues of filled with an’ of tho denrest rights of Pert xs an independent and soverelyn nation, Through all the pores of our organtyation: there flows the blood of our shamo and of the opprobrium which a handful, of incompetent oficials havo enst on the Heptiblie. From a atutenent af the Chiltan Mintater df War, Tho editor of Et Nacional of Lina gives, it ap. pean in tho enumeration of the results’ which ho Warin the Pacltte has brought on Peru, only 14 far as the immedinte consequence of the battle of Dolores on tho 19th of ‘November, such us tho occupation by Chilian arms of [quique, Blatics Yozo Almonte, La Noria, and adjacent country, To theso resulta should be neded thoso of the subsequent milltary operations, The battle of Tarapnes, on Nov. 2% was a hoody one for both armies, but was very fayore nblo for tho Chilinn cause, ‘Twenty-threo hundred of our soldiers, worn, out by wlong march, hungry and thirsty, bare compelled the enemy's forces, almost three times thelr number, to whandon in great haste the po- sitions behind which they wero Intrenched, lear- Jog behind them about 800 killed, and a largo ssitinber wounded and -prisonors, besides thar equipments anda largo portion of thetr arms ment, ant to continite tholr Aignt through meky. desorts, nimost entirely devoid of tho neocssary elements to sustain life, At tho same timo that our land farces beams mastors of the rich Department or Province of Tarapaen, our ficet extended {ta operations northward, establishing the blocade of Arica, And aru crulsing between tho ports of flo and Mollendo, whic! atly obstructs tho supply of provision tothe Peruvian troops quarte! fa he Dopurtmént or Provinve of Moquegun. This aniaterndetel series of victories for Chill and of reverses for our enemies has gradually been preparing tho rupture of the Peru-Rollvian alllanes which, as it 1s reasonable to suppose, must disnppeur before long, ‘Tho Pornyian Journals only speak of tho Te livians now, not as formerly, relying on their support, but to incriminate them: more ar less openly. For inxtianee, Hl Nactonal of Lima enn tatns the two following pigniticant. paragra “The Bollyinn cavalry fled at the very begin: ning of tho nttaek at Dolores.” “Of the Cam pero Division thore {8 hot a purticle of news. It Wns nover-goot for anything, not even for the protection of tho herds of cattle brought from tho Argentine for ouk army, which bavo been constantly falling tuto tho hands of the enemy. Lt Is. un nscortained fact that the remnants ot tho Bolivian army after the battle of Dolores deserted the Peruvians and returned honie. ———— DR. 8. DANA HAYES MISSING, Setting Up His Business and Leaving a Lotter Saying that. #fo Shotld Not Ieturn. Correspondence New York Vosron, Jan, 29.—Tho disappearance of Dr.8 Dana Hayes, which 1s unnounced to-day, 1s 8 mutter of great surpriss to hia many friends Dr. Mayes has helt for years the position of Stato Assayer, aud had carned a high reputation us a chemist and onc of the first experts In assayd in tho country. Tho circumstances of the afar, Fo fur ag thoy’ can bo learned from unquestionsy Dio authority, are ns follows: Dr, Hayes Ieft Boston for New York on tho 15th fst. and was oceupled in the latter city transacting some business for a law firm fn this oly by whom be hud been engaged a8 nn expert In patent ine fringement suits. On tho 20th Inst, he suddenly left the ctty, leaving his business untiulsbed, and without éyon informing his legal employers of his intonded flight, Hofore starting for Now York ho mado x care ful exainination of bis business, and pale eves outstinding debt, sole 80 far ua toacttled ront bil in ndvunce, Ho drow up a full state. ment of his alfulrs, and conferred tho power of attornoy upon bis wife, authorizing ber to make all arrangements for tho settlement of bis business, and to dispose of it to any customer, Ho left a pauper addressed to bis wife which contained nothing morc thin & stutoment that ho should nover return, but it tho evont of his death, assuring her that 1b¢ shoul know where ho dled. rf Hues’ business wis in peyote flourishing condition, and prebaoly he had tho fargest price tee of the kind In Mussuchusctts, His character Was unquestioned. somo of hls friends assert that biy sudden departure fs uttributablo to teine porary mental aberration, but tt 1s certain th! domestle troubles, tho: nature of which it ts {m- fosstnle to correctly nscortain, aro really at tbe jotton of the matter. Tho only bint given !s that. ocrapHNDUNyY ot temper and tastes Da rendered his married lifo MuuNtler actors, ils wifo was lo consultation to-day with laws yer af to tho'propor courad to nimi. Dr. Hat wag onu Child ving, a Httlo girl, who fe with ber imothor, Dir, A. A. Hayes dr. of, this city, 1s a brother of the inissing man.'-Ho says that he can a fount for his brother's disappearance qnly 00 ho supposition that-ho had suddenly become insane, “Ilo wan juat in the bight of enccess 1 his profession, und bad lately distingujsied bin: self naan export anulytatin the Hayden mie der trial in Worcestor, Mass, A fow days a se sont a note to his brolier in this efty, address: ing him in hiv umual familiar and alfectiona way. In this note Dr. Hoyes sald that be wy foing, away, and that his brothor would provatly hear of his death, Ho added a rather [nove beront sentenco ubout boing ablo to * #uch t Port," ota, la Mr. Hnyes says that ho Inst saw his brother ff this elty: about tivo woeks ugo, the object of ls vialt nt that time being to consult some lawye by whom ha bad boon professionally engaged, in the Inttar. part of November the brothers buried thelr mother, At that time Dr Hayes appeared to bo more affvotionute thin crer ha ward hia brother and the othar membary of the family. Mis business had been unnsuilly Aue Prous of Jute, und an cxamfnation has # sare hat hocould not bave been financially eu Tuased, Dr. Hnycs {8 8 years ald, Ho was Bean red in Bwitzerland somo fifteen years agM Lest : itis sald that the union did not provo to boo =| of the happloat, » He bua « wifo und ono adopt child, a girl 4or 6 yours old, No clow whereabouts bas boon obtulned. a 5 ‘The Latest: Coract. mdon Letter to New York Times. By tho way, ua w privileged perdon, 1 wis ope duy this woek, in a fumoug store, shown tbe Jutest corset froin Paris,” It ws a most labore utely-made pulr pf stays, mado to oxumgerate furrow wulat, by tho addition of wrtiticlal hips and an urtitictal bust. hy Eogliels ladies wile 4 great doa) duet the coming oat suid (ud artist who presided over tay Tre view of the now Inyention, * but my Purls com respondent tells mo thoy expect to send mor them to Amorien than to Euglund.” ‘Tuo re a, tho United States Is quicker to, adopt, tbe Froneb fashions than England: and in con latinetion to this bud alan of the further Pro motion of tight-lacing, there ts the good ond o An, urtistia ruvival fi Loudon society 0! Daby-walsta and loose robes of tho early aus * —————- Don't catch colds but, if you do, nothing, wi meet tha Toquirenenta” of ‘tho cuso us well & Dy, Bull's Cough Byrup. Pelver 3) oath