Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1880, Page 13

THE CIWCAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1880—SIXTEEN PA Tho “ Pantomime” as a Feature of the English Holiday- Season. ——_—_ of Delight, Spider-Fiends, a Saou of Despair, Fairies and Amazons, ——_—_——. Yok Legitimate Pantomime, but Operatic Exe ~~ trayaganzas Contluding with o Short Hurlequinade, Fourteon of the London Theatres Ocouplod with This Stylo of Enler- tainment. Spetiat Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Lowpos, Jan. 1i-'Tho puntomime {s 1 much apart of the English Nollday-zen3on ng tho rons heef and plum-pudding at Christmas. Long yefore tho boys are home from achoul, while yet the children have a month's or threo weeks’ tuys to. count ane hy one ere BL. Nich- olas-venerable and respectad Baint—will put lie anoppearauee, the willy of London glow with gorgcons posters of magnificent proportions, un- nounelag with pletorinl splendor that 4 ON WOXING-NIGUT the curtains of this thoutre of that ono will riso on its annual Christians pantomime, Ones more will eyes bo gindduned with visions of the Itealms of Delicht; will hearts shudder at tho inquisitorial whekedness of tho Spiter-Flend aud of the Demon of Despair; and applauae be given to tho good falry who, when her time comes, re- wards and puniehes with disoriminating justice the mini people of whose destinies sho bas ever Leen the gulding stir, Then, too, will te Clown’s tumor assert Ulaclf in tho buttering of slides, the theft of groceries, the manipulation of red- bot pokers, and the knocklng down .of unsis- peoting policemon;’ and Pantaloun’s imbecillty secure contemptuous pity. Misehievous Harte~ quin will perform most astontshing transforinn- tones and willful Columbine will trip the beh fantastic, and set again lot the all-consuming pesston devour her, And merry muskera, and dainty fulrles, and bold) Amazons {1 ondless pro- cession, and ‘erpsichorcan oysters, lobsters, erals, monkeys, aid elephants, will oneo again amuse the young folks, and the old folks with young hearts. Tue uso of the word pantom(me to deseribe tho entertulnments which nt this thneof year monopolize our theatres, is nota togitimute ono. Thenrtot pantomime is Ittle thought about or encottraged in thon, They aro OVERATIC EXTRAVAGANZA, conchiding with a short hyrlequiuada, that Inets almost not more than one-fourth uf the time oveupicd by tha spectaculur performance that precedes, Thoy wera Letter called fury bur- leeques,—for so little attention Is pald tothe traditions of the glorious old Italian art that it is a misnomer to spenk of them us panto- mines, Forthe subjects of those heterogeneous hodgepodges of plnys, somo familiar nursery. talu or falry-tulo or legend {8 invariably chosen. Old Blue Heard does seryice with annual regue larity, Juck tho Ginnt-Killer Is never too old to bo worked ap into pantomiinic-represontation; while Aladdin, Cluderelia, and the Babes In tho Wood come forward with perennial certainty. Twill tell you some of the principal subjecis of our this year's pantomimes, and you will seo how vlosely famitlar legends aro adhered to ‘Thoro ure Bindbnd the Ballor; and Biro Beurd (whieh one of tho erities here, from tho tatty Olympus he inlabits,, thinks It mora. profess Honal to apenk of a8“ tho cerulean-bearded man of many wlyes "); and Littie Jack Horner who fat Inthe corner; and ieanty and the Benst; and Alnddin and the Wonderfi! Lamp, or Hurle- quin ALL aba and the Forty Thieves; and Gul- Aver; and Ruko the Rock-Fiend, or the King- doms Three, the Foud, thy. Hee, und the Treo; and INut King Hal, or Harlequin Herne tho Hunter; and & dozen more that I need not snmerate, You will perhaps ask me now HOW THESE THEMES ANE TREATED, It fa possibia that some of my readers havo heard a certrin famous humorist deliver his leeturo on * Mili.” Betare beginning, tho leet- urer pours out i brimming glass of mk, and nts {tupon the desk before hin, with the pre: aunablo intention of Musteating his ditcourse, Tho evening wears on. There fe no reference, Wrect or lnplied, to the subject; and finully tho eeventria philosopher sits down, having talked with nore or lo#s coherence of well nigh overs topic uniter the sun except “ Milk.” And this fs hs Seay Te ig with tho clever gentlemen who write the pantomimes, They are porfeetly ip- nocent of following tholr thoses, ‘Thero are always the good falry and the bad fairy; and any number of ghinte and very bad mon, who confound mulable princes, aro guilty of every wickedness, nud nro willing t0 join in overy dance, and make bad Jokes ty an alarming ex- tent; there are bevies of pretty girls who march: and countermureh; anda sprinkling of * varicty people, who do their worst to make tho thow “take” by the introduction of tha most extraordinary focal “ gugs," which thoy not in- frequently gratt on to the author's topical songs, i tho most approved musia-hull fashion; and geenic accessories of the most varied, nx: 4 and duzzing description fmaghinble, tho ends to these gorgeous spectacular 8 tre belug worked out months before- proporty-rvom, the —curpenter's band, shop, the seone-pulnter’s room, and tho wari robemuker'a evidence this pag in the wit, y jong before which timo tho author has dellyered ae saanuscript, The words of tho pantomime MOCK-MEROIG AND PARCIOAL IN TIM EXTREME, sbounding with excruciating pung that renind ono of what John Dennis said: “A man who wuld mike 60 vile na pun would not seruple t plek uo pocket,” Populur songs reappear with now yeraes, occudlunuly superior to the originals from a humorous polnt of view, Uttle attontion {a pald to the development of tho story, Considering that pantomiines aro Ripposed to be fprudtica for tho amusetmont of the children, this Is a serious faint. ut, uel have explulved, thore is anothor Rruve objection to this entertainment. us it now furvives: it Is not pantomime, it le burlesque of tho regutar boulovard type. Sir-Hoylo Rocho's Und inust have occurred to the minds ‘of many of my renders when L just spoko of “the words of the pantomime.” ‘The only defense thut can Loget up for the 1ao of wo pulpablo a misnomer Istho fnet that, ufter the audience fy tutely tired out with having pussed two vc three houra wit- Tesslog fairy scenes, bullets, armies, and pro- acta hurlequinade puts In ite tardy appear. ance. Ww pity, if thoy will still cull those tomlines, that tho Cloten's scenvs ed inercly supplementary to tho catertuininent propor, and that tho’ openiny Speouculur display gets longer and longer ind THE HARLEQUINADE SHORTER AND SHORTUR, of Thoro rently {8 consiilerable risk," says ono Sour dramatic writers who. Is dulng hfe best to Toor tho Christinus-ahows, "lest tho hunger Hy glitter and show, the superb ebaractor of tho phietuele, he frequency of processions und bale baal and tte elaborate and mechanical churace bi Of tho tineforinution-scene may Interfere th thut frat prinelple of puntomine,—gomuine rents and hearty, rolli¢king fn, ‘The estion js, Ave the hollday pantominios as ents ts thoy wore? Jy tho story so unfolded as Be be put before tho publia in tho clearest mun- toe and Ju ita most comien) aspect? And ia it n fs fact that the come scenes have been, ih ually eliminated from tho opening, 80 that ben Teostalnmcnt Js divided into n lengthenod- adap? play, fullowod by a too brief harlequin- which Gling are certalnly gaverat mathods by fever the difficulty could be mot, if managers the {Bellned to Heton to a change. He belloves ng best way to be to put tho cart befory the . wand let tho real pantomime come first, re BRO parts bave notulng fn common ta an a Beuse, go thore would curtaluly be tel soleclam, The harlequinnde never some out of the actlon of the opantag, aa ha hore payei_" the very net of transformation fs Inglesge enUly omitted ns Dolnticas and menn= weold: and it lg dittoult for thaye learned in far {tallun story to get o glimmer of tho Eqs lewend bearing on the loves of Har- ry: and Columbine amid tho mixed nuraory> Wed And mungted fulry-stories," tro LOUSTEEN OF THE LONDON THEATRES Lane t's laying pantomime. At the Drury ta is suld that Mr, Augustus Harris, tho ro nt has spent £10,000 on his spectacle, Mr, for old yahehiry , who hus written the puntomine ad rue foe the lust quarter of # century, ancrecettil, Supplied this lstorio thoatrs witt Haag souingly: right. book,” taking * Blue- 4 eT. hia subject. Strange us it may Mlusthiee is fuuluus story has nover before been up eed on this wtugo, Tho Vokes Family trol tho pleog with’ ull tholr. irreslstiblo who Tetra ea {tie vivattinis Miss beget 1 F 0 stage BOUL thing Oyo; W et exception, thy tulonted family. were As f= ie Himehow ar other the neon wa Boxing-Nigl regret to look “upon the pantomlne- ght, woe their own special privilege and de- ; 1g ohio conductor who negluets ta ob- On the fag, Sccustomed formulu, Commenting eo Hewéine demonstration on the oxcaslun une uf the ight of © Bluo-Lourd,” the ¢ritle of wc a Merping-pupers wrote: “1b ts sald Tan cule? hot @ musical nation; but the Drury prusscy fot athes idous ou this subject, and ‘I “rund w toverials deg for he aba quite Hé-Fendioand Wallerstela it foe old a hand and lerstetn fa and, a Wide ta eee, a a ee ea 3° 8 Very sous! Hoga bold tues on tho ‘mutter, ho turned ‘deatred harmony, Talked _ Answer, Nothing, rénnd to beaming theatre, and conducted the widionce quite ws iach as he ted his band, Vhis was really a very extraordinary abit, and one most interesting in tho atttly of eect, The atdlence oceaslonatiy showed resttess dine patience to raton with the tune, and to leave AMr, Walleratein and his orchestra $1 tho lurch: Dut one appealing. look or wave of the linnd from the conductor managed to check tho refactory spirits and te restore tho in tholr endenvors: to seo the end) nf 'The = Muld and the Magpie,’ and such ke popular ditties, the gallery buys took it ont in *Gad bless. the Princo of Watlea’ and the Natlonal Anthem, wiiding up with one of those profongent cheers hilt scronm and half whistle=that really seemed nlinost to shake the very walls of the old thentre.” Thus Ha ave tho Olympian deitica of tho thoatro arv the same ail tho world over, THA STORY OF “BINDNAD THA BAILOR" furnished Mr, Frank Green with a fitting Aube Jeet for tho Covent Garden atage, and tho Mesara, Gatti have put i upon the bouts with untin= ited splendor, The various eharneters are tiken by sone of the most. versatile of London pro- Terstoonl people, who entertain its most ndininn- phe with thetr personations of the various people whoin the Hagdad_ merchant encountered on his strange travels. OF these, Mr. MacDormott, tho Jingo Hon of tho musio-hitlls, and tha poet- latronte of Conservitism—he who frat sung “We don't want to fights but, by Jingo, if we Ho, wo've got the ships, we've got the men, wo've yol the money, too,"—deserves apecial mention. “Red Ithling- Hood and Little Hoy Bhi" is an the Impertal’s card; and tte “author, Me Younze, who wrote the popular © Lily of Lyons” burlesque, has treated hls subject dex- teronsty with rythinteal Ines and well-aszorted jokes, ‘Tho scenery is unis fine, and tho ttle falets suy that the fart rd, with ita live geese, donkey, nud horse, and its Unree wagons UTR, played by threo littio wits, 1s the most. wintielng stage-pletiure thoy hnve seen In a long thne,—only equined by tha Wolf's Palace thit entrances thom later on. THE RURATY, {a a transpontino thoutro that ordinarily startles Its habltves with the most gory of deans, in tho representation of whieh: blued and powder wre no object, But at Christmas-tlne it always underscores tt pantomime, and In the production of those pieces [t haga great reputation, This year Its “Aladdin” is a quite justifying tho Hra_ in writing of it: Whensuever it skull please her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Victuria to appoint a Royal Commission to decide the question who nmong London theatrical niannyora bas during the past few yeurs produced tho best pantomiine, the odds ure the Bunk of Uapiana ton Thith bun on the people's caterer, Win Holland": whieh is to Bay that, in the opinion of tho well-ln- formed eritio of ono of our first dramatte four- mils, the Surrey pleec, with Misa Nelly Moon and all the rest of tho faselnating young ladics now under engagement thore, is the best pantomime of the sensu, {wus reading, «morning or two since, thoso clever, hulf-forgotten voliines on" The Curlost> tles of Literatur and C camo quite unox- pectedly upon tt sketch called “THE PANTOMIMIGAL OHARACTERS,” which those {terested in the orluin of Harlequin nud all hfs Hfeless famity will did oxtremely ine terosting. Disricll says that those charicters “eune to us from the genial hilarity of tho Italtan theatre, and were all the Bentonite obi. dren of wit, and whit, and sutire, Why." he uska, “1g this burlesque race here privileged to cost so quuck, to do #0 little, and to repent that Ilttle so often? Our own puntonitine may boast of two inventlons of Its own growth: wo have turned Jfaregain into n anagietin,.and this produces the surprise of sid- don changes of scenery whose splendor and cu- rows correctness have rarely been equaled; white, in the metamorphosis of scene, a certain sort of wit to the eye— mechinic wit, as it hus been, termed—has uriginuted, ns when fo sitr- vin's Bhop is turned into a Inundry, with the nseription, ‘inangling done here It 1s so Jone since we departed from the original legend that gave ua the charactors of the pantomime that a rovival of this old story is rather timety than otherwise, showhig that even threo-quiur- ters of a century ago the faults of this enters thlnment ag presented in England, though un- doubted]y Jexs offunstys, were Not disalinilar from those that embarrass it iu 1880, g THE PLELD AND STABLE. Strangles, or Common = Distemper— Spuvin—Several Questions—Bovks on the Nature of the Storse and Hin Dix« cusxce—Farmors, Sharpon the Keeth of Your Dogs. 3 Froin Our Own Correspondents Feunvany 6—The followlng comes from Odense, Allen County, Kansas: “VETEMNARIAN: Ibeg to trouble yott agin, A young and healthy brogd-mare took sick on the dul of Deeember, -1870, Commenced will a shivers Inter on, swelling of throats as time went on, she coughed 0 good deal; mouth ran with saliva; one oe (lett) ran with matter, which nearly closedit WP; and now swellings and Tun sores on yartous places of the head; threo discharges from nose and inonth, of & white color, Next Iv broke under tho Jaw, her eye opened, she bexan to ent, and Dihought she was_ gettin well; but, twoor three days after, [found her back and fore legs swelled very badly; all of the legs flually swelled to tho very Highest extent, and cracks caine In the heels; the left fore leg lings 0 hole, or raw. sore, be- tween the pustern anid the Knee on the inside, ulsoons on tho pastern. ‘The breast and belly, between the skin and the body, are swelled back under the belly nearly 16 tho flanks. - No other sores or tutnors than whut. Lhave mentioned. No cotigh now; norun- ning from nose; nothing oifensive about her to the sinell, “You would ask, What lins been dono? ‘Two horses were sick before her jn the same way, and got well by leaving them alone. We have no farriers. ‘There ave ‘hoss-doctors? that can nelther rend nor wrile, great many of them; but I ant afraid of then, “She has bled twice from her right nostril. Has been fed bran mashes, wheat, oats, and hay; sho ents and drinks enough, She ty loose Ina well-ventilated barn, and not ox- posed to elther wet or wind, Ilave two rowels before and tivo behind her fore legs, in the swellings. No enlargement on hor back now; itls golng away from. under the belly, and legs not swelled so much; but the hieef-sures and those of hier left leg are the sre. She hates to move, and walks sti, Doves not very often Ho down, but, if she docs, she lics tut on her sides, always Bets up with her own help, ‘The comfortable stable, well cleaned and ventilated; th id water and feed, sweet and unstained with mold or heat in storing, lead mo to hopo that neither glanders nor farcy would Sutrude on my promises, “Plenso state what to do, and what the nan of tho complaint is. Could your elty not furnish this country with a veterinary: surgeon? Lot hin locate ina little town, say Humboldt, and he would have a four- ishing business. Yery Taapeattullys “N, BP, Wisnona.” Ansiver,—You deseriba the symptoms of strangles, or common horse-disteinper, a contuglous disease, which usually affects a horse but once, and is, therefore, more com- mon among young horses and colts than among those that are soincwhat advanced In age. If the patients have good care, there Js seldom any danger. Your mare, too, will recover, if you attend to the sores, keep the same clean, dress them with diluted earbolle neld (1:20), and tnke outthe rowels or sctons, An antnal that hag as many running or sup- purating apres as yours docs certalnty not need any sowels or sétons, unless it is In- tended to wenken hor and to exhaust her yitallly. As to tho sores, It will be advisable to oxamine every one carefully, and to seu to it that from every ono tho matter (pus) cay be dischargtd freely or without lmpediment. If this should not bo the case,—if In any of tha sores tho bottom should be lower thon the opening,—the Intter, according to circumstances, must clther be enlarged or a now opening, lower down, must be made, Tt will not be necessary to glye any medi- eines internally; good - care, scrupulous cleanliness, and 8 proper protection of the sores tigainat hijurious external Influences, constitute all, that iy necessary, 4 You speak ot Chleago furnishing your country with a veterinary surgeon, Ini the first place, Chicago has ‘a large number of “hossdoctors,” and to spare, but only a fow veterinary surgeons; and, secondly, u yeterl- nary surgeon, tess blessed: with an abun- dance of wordly possessions, would soon atarve to death ina little Kangas town like Aiumboldt, He mlzit have business enough as long as he would consent to work without pay, but would find it very dificult tu eke out a decent Hving without resorting to quackery and deception, . SPAVIN, Wrst Grove, In, Jan. 2—Verertna- RIAN? Last full my son swapped horses at oureounty fair. ‘The horse, when worked or rode, becouies Inne, Slen say It is caused by bone-spavin and that both hind legs are alfected, ‘The horse ts othorwlse sound, a pacer, a good worker, and is 8 years old this coining spring, Js there any eure for it? 1 W! j for your answer in ‘Tne Weex.y ‘TaipuNe. Respectfully, J.J. Dicnson, Answer.—Spivin—that Is, as far os the Jnineness is concerned—imwy be cured If all vircumstuneea are favorable, In the first place, the horse must not be bow-legged, and the affected hook-jolnt must not bo a ‘ver’ weakone, but be moderately strong and well- proportioned, Becondly, the animal must be of n quist disposition. ‘Thirdly, tho treat- quent must be undertaken either in the wii “the animal iy uot made wneas: ter or in the spring, or natn aenson in wh ant restless by belng tormented by files; and, fourthly, tt must be possible to xlve thé anfinal the most perfect rest In the stable for at least two months, If all these conditions can be com- Hed with, the treatment—an application wice a week, of an ofntinent of binloilite of totreitry and tard (1:16) leserbbed repeated ly in these columns, muy, aud probat ry, will, bo attended with suecess, On theother hand, any treatinent will be tn valn, first, If tho nf fected hovk-joint, or folnts, ty, orare, natural ly very weal or fl-propurtoned,—that Is, In other words, §f the welght iy very unequally distributed upon the diferent parts of tho joint; feconlly, if the spavin has not been caused by hard work or by severe exer- else, but has made its appearance befare the anlinal has done mueh work, or while dle bt the pasture: tidrdly, i tha animal Halostaned for harder work or severer exerelse than that to whieh the same, 1s acenstomed; fourthly, If the horse ts of very uneasy or restless ‘Mlaposttion, and catmot have, or will not take, tha necessary rests (iftiily, §€ the apavin kins been Tepentedly blistered, or oth erwise treated, without success or improve- ment, BEVERAL QUESTIONS, “Pen, Neb, dan. 20~—Veterinarian: I haven colt, coming 3, that has whint is com. gnonly exiled ‘Iampass? to such un extent that fie will not eat enough to thrive. Ie is *moon-eyed? or ‘glass-eyed, and one eye 39 periodically sore, Appenriig inflamed, and running as it externally injured, Has been sore four times In as many months, and then getting apparently well, but never Jooking quite so clear as the other ¢} What js the remedy for so-called ‘pin-woring? In horses ? + Contig. Mrapen? “lnswer,—Lampnss is only ai imaginary diserse, A. swelllng of the gums fs slinply an attendant symptom of some other morbl or jaybu {hystolonical, process, which will be reveale oy careful and unbiased examinn- ton, For Instance, several gastric and entarrhal disorders, the existence of a dly- eased tooth, and tho chaning of the teeth (nolars) may, and frequently de, cause such ngwelling, 'To be “moon-eyed” and “glass-eyed” are two different things, which have nothing to do with enclyother, Periodical ophthalmia, or socalled “moon-blindness,’—the latter name, though common, 13 9 misnomer, be- cause the moon is pertectly innocent: and has frothing, to do with itis a hereditary and incurable disease, and terminates {n+ yarlably in bilndness. Still, proper trent. ment, plicinal and hygenic, may retard fint termination for a tong t me, even for years, but in your ense, In which the animal sonly colt, and had already four attacks within: four months, I doubt very much whether itwvould pay tonttempt a treatment, Asto “ply-worms,” thelr presence 5 best prevented by giving no food but such as is sound and clean, and no water but whint Is ure; good well-water Is the best. If exist- Ing, the worms may be removed by a number ofremedles, ‘To give two mornings In sue- cession, say two or three hours befora any food fs offered, two drams of tartar-emetie in combination with an ounce of powdered Ncorice-root, half an ounce of powdered mutrshinallow-root, and just sufilelent water to combine the powders ton stl dong of the proper consistency to form pills, will an- awer, ‘The above doge will give two Figod- sized pills, and is calculated for a middle sized horse, HOOKS ON. THE NATURE OF TIE HORSE AND HIS DISEAYES, “ Pex, Ill, dan, 20,—Vetertnartan: Wil yor please state how-or whero 1 could obtain information on the nature of the horse and lls diseases; and what kind of straw should be fed to idle farm-horses in winter ? “Henny Joni.” Answer,—Veterlnary science eannot bo studied from books alone; and, even If ft could, it would require a whole Hbrary. | It you desires popular book, and not scientific works, 0 bookseller can ndviso you mich better than I,—fur he knows, or has means to learn, what Is In the market. If you waut aelentifie works, you may Inquire for the swore of George Flaming and of Prof, Will- ANS. FAMERS, SHARPEN TUT TEHrt of your Doo! and look out fora couple of swindlers from Jowa who are just now traveling through the country wiih a ‘Sure Cure for Hog- Cholera.’ “Chelr modus-operandi Is as fo) lows; ‘They come toa contig farmer, talic wise and sinooth, offer to sell Iti a town shipright” of their patent (?) medleine, leave some wilh him for trinl, promise to send more, and induce him to slzn 1 contract, which afterwards turns out to be a ite which, of course, 1s disposed of to the firs! bani, ete,, that is willing ‘et Ke it. Yellow-Fever Money: Wasuinatos, D. C., Feb, &.—The. Yellow- Fever Commission are learning to eat up money In the most skillful manner. ‘They made away with $200,000 of the money ap- proprinted Inst year with great case and satisfactlor They spent $47,743 in Tennos- see, $18,625 in Lottislina, $13,180 in Missis- spel and $12,314 in the Havana Commission, ‘the President and Sveretary of the Board make tho following estlnate of the expense icy tho coming year, and up to June w, 18s1, hey Bay: 3 twill be perceived that to mect theso catiinates the sum -of $00,303 should be ap propriated for the use of the Board in addl- tion to the $100,000 balance of funds which it hag on han, “Tn addition to this estimate, itis advised that an appropriation of about $100,000 ba made, to be held Jn reserve for the emergency of the occurrence of such an epidemic ag that of 1879 and to be used solely for tho pirposes of {utund quarantine in ease of such an outbreak, FROM JAN. 1 TO IONE D, 1890. For establishment of quarantinertations ut mouths of Chesupenke Itny, at Ship Isind, and near Brunswivk, Gn. or. Fernandina, FR. .ccccceces seen eres e506B100,000 YNOM JANUARY TO JUNE 30, 1880, For {mprovement of quurantine station at Charleston +8 12,000 For ald to otha: tubons, «48,000 For egtublishin stutlons on tho Misslasippi aud for police Sout,..,.. 000 For speciul Investiqations and surveys... 21,600 For printing report on yellow-fever,..... 23,000 For printing report of Board, with ap- a For rent, gaa, and tu For clorks and measengers,. 1,000) For stationvry, porte, and telegrams 5 For printing of bultetin, aoe x Yor printing of unnual report. For other printing... beth For contlnyent and miscellancous, TOLD ..cssescovsscss sere vereeseesens soe SOCK GUD ‘Tihius they are after nearly $800,000 for the ensulng year, as shown above, ‘The Board has evidently got hold of a good milking teat, and thoy Intend to suck It, BeEES Overtaxed Railroads and Newspapers. Hugate Beprees. Congress hine now bills before It to repeal the duty on white paper and to reduce the duty on steel rallroad-ralls from $23 to S10 pn ton, ‘These dutles are now virtually pro- hibltory, and two of tho country's greatest interests, the newspapers and the rallronds, are fultering severely from exorbitant prices for their chlef article of consumption. News- papers are puttlig up thelr prices,—which ts equivalent. to a tax on knowledge,—and rall- road construction 1s coming tou dead halt. Mr. Wilson ‘of Iowa, sald jesterday In an argument before the Committes on Ways and Means—and said well—that protection does not mean prohibition. We favor a reasona- blo protection for American manufactures which need protection for thelr firm estab- lishment, bub we do not {[nvor the creation of artificial inonopolles by the countenance of a war tariff which lins in many respects be- come obsolete, If the papar-initis and the fron-mills—the former of which have nearly doubted and tha latter nearly quadrupled thelr prices within a year—donotcome down and keep down within tho bounds of reason, they will soon find the country ready to le! down the tariff barrier and try what’ virtue He ig Ina little wholesole foreign compe- lon. — More Executions in Burmah, Nowe bns reached Caloutta that the executions at Mandalay are atill continued with unubuted eruelty. One of the nowly-cruuted Princps has Jatoly, een put to death, ostensibly for aspiring too high in’ his amour, and five sivters of the Phongzal Prince have also been oxecuted on the pruvoxt that thoy wera in corredpondence with ho Nyoung Yuu Prince, but reutly, it te bo- Huved, because thoy huve hud. the miafortuno to become the object of the Chief Queen's scal- ousy. Tho lino, howover, is not drawn at Hoyal Or oven at nutives of Hurmah, Two Pon nus, Or Manipur Brabwins, with threo Burmese attendants, bave beon put to death, whetbor on the ground of thelr having undertaken to pro- ourv polson to be used on the King, or for devo- tion to the cause of the Nyoung Yan Princo, ta uncortain, Itisatated that tha Chief Queen's elder sister, Boopa: yee, has been concerned in a attempt to admislnter poison to the King and Queen, ‘True or false, such stories of pulace intrigues aro mudo the excusy for romuriclusly @lspatoh! those who have incurred tho dis- ploasure of the King or his favorite, Ts. , ARIZONA. A Visit to Tombstone City, tha New Great Mining-Camp. Aspects of Life in That Lively Town—Bar- > Booms, Keno, and ‘ Varioties."’ The Principal Nelghboring Mines—Tough.Nat, Con- tentlon, Lucky-Coss, and Others, Special Correspondence of The Chicago Trihune, ‘Tucson, Ariz, Jan, S—~To visit Tomb- stone, the new great mining-camp, of duleful cognomen but lively charactertstica, is the recognized duty of every one exploring, In- veatigating, or Interested In Arizona, this new field of American enterprise; so of course I went to sea and judge for mysclf,— for many men have many minds, ‘Tombstone is seventy-flve iniles from Tne son, inn southerly direction; and there-are two lines of coaches on the rund, which, with the porphytitic belt. Shafts, drifts, and cuts are being mie on various portions of thecliuim, exposing ore-bodles of varius sizes, clinracter, and yalues, Mostly the ores are rich, and free-mllling Incharacter, A week's careful study and exploration would not be more than sufflefent to carefully and proper- ly examine and investigate thts property, I hear, however, many statements that tis des veloping finely, and giving great promise of being rich and yery produetive, In which opinion iy brief examination leads me to concur, We visit the Contention, Tho steam holst- ing works are nctually at work. Ore Is belng freely turned out, ‘This mine Is in porphyry, is developing large bodies of high-grade ore, and, a3 soon as fits mill starts, will undoubt- edly turn out a heavy stream of bullion, TUE GREAT LUCKY-CUS8, the Grand-Central, the Rattlesnake, recently bonded. fur $70,000, and promising adloln tig properties, such as the Bunker Hil an others, recelva a share of our Investigations, and We listen auletly to the remarks of mining speculators and experts, all pro- nouncing favorably-on the future of this district; and those who have traveled spenk- ing In terms of more or lesa commendation of other inining districts, now begin- ning to attract attention, Said one contesting with each other, have reduced the fore to a very low figure, to the great thank- fulness of the general public, who can now travel for $4 where they recently lind to pay $10; nnd thts very day L hear tt has heen re- duced to $3, and there are persons who say that passengers will probably yet be taken for nothing, and GIVEN THEIR DINNER FREE, until one or the other company collapses, when the weakened survivor, with a grim smile, will no doubt put the fare up to $10 again, for auch 1s (stage) life. ‘The rond to Tombstone Is good for a now country and for natural ronds. The seventy- five miles are made in about eleven hours,— all the glorious effect of free trade and com- petition, for they formerly took about twen- ty-four, At times It is dusty, and iny fellow- passengers’ tobacco smoke—three of them {n- side the conch, smoking like steam-engines— Js not delightful, but all are good-natured and full of information, and I live through: it, Mark Macdonald (the Ursus-Major of the San Francisco Stock-Bonrd), Senator Luttrell, and other Hons are also traveling to see those eccentrically-named mines: the Lucky Cuss, Tough Nut, Contention, ete.; which sald mines, with others, aro now at- tracting almost National attention, Much of the road Is over barren, uninviting country, The mountains in the distance everywhiera are, however, all more or less mineral-bear- Ing, but part of the road fs throught park-like country, onk and mesquit trees, with miles upon miles of the finest kind of grass, extend- Ing to and up the mountain-sides, Water generally is searce, but, with the digging of wells, the great pastoral facilities of the lilgh- er lands can be readily utilized, ‘This is nearly mid-winter, and THE CLIMATE 18 DELIGHUFUS,— cool In the morning ond evening, rendering a, little fire acceptable, but no snow, ive, or really cold weather, There aro no towns and few settlers en route, except a little Mormon affatr on the San Pedro Iver, the way-stations of tho stages, and three little places between tho rising village near the Contention mill-site and Tombstone, which threo pinces, of. fellow-passenger — as- sured me, rejoleed in the popu larly-be- stowed naines of “Hog-em," “Gouge-tm,”” and “Stink-en,!? fhese = und{gnificd tiles must have been originally bestowed by some genlus ag inventive in adjectives as Dennis iiearney himself, Possibly, however, these titles will eventually blossom into Roseville, Diamond City ‘ete, At present the locations look primitive enough to suit any name. We pass many dead soldiers on tha road, For the beneflt of the reader, I will expluin that a dead soldier tg an empty whisky-bottle; and their mournful remnlia are frequently visible under a tres or by the duaty roadside, At the new miting camp called Contention City (and here be tt observed that all mining villages contatn tng two daloons and a restau- Tantare courteaus! y called cities by the graco of the President and the custuin of the cot try), we see the large {framework and prepa- ratory masonry of the Contention mill, which promises to be excellent and first-class in every respect, The machinery fs enleulpted to work twenty stamps, with power to In- crease to forty, Every man around seems hopeful and cheerful, and full of confidence ng to the future, WE REACH TOMNSTONE CIty. “ . Stiff and dusty we alight, and a crowd nt the hotel Jook curlously on to note. the new ar rivals. good “square meal,” consideripay itis “this country,"’--to use acommon oe *} expression,—and we feel refreshed: and, the mantle of night haying fallen, we sturt out and ground to see the sights. On the prin- elpal street, Hned with adobe buildings, Tar tents, and frame structures, we find nearly every other building {8 a saloon. Some are empty, and the whisky busines is ab present evidently over done. Some are full of rough-looking men, niiners and others, with quite 9 sprinkling o: red-tiosed, blcoated-lovoking gentry, plainly belonging to the anclent order of the mining- camp bummer, Who lives on free drinks dollars borrowed from genuine miners, a1 an cceastunal mining ovation that lie stumn- bles across, aid gelis as soon as he can, to spend the proceeds In whisky and gambling, until, used up and exhausted, ho pays the lust debt of Naturo,—the only'debt he over does pay,—and fs finally buried at the public expense, or by ®@ local subscription, Gnin- Diing 38 in full binst, and the monotonous calling of numbers, with the occasionaleryof “xENO,” In 6 stifling atmosphere ef stove-heat, un- washed humanity, whisky-fumes, and a cloud of tobaceo-smoke, In the inldst of the crowd, {nsoon sufiiclently satisfying to Induco re- treat; and the sweet air of heaven on emerg- Ing 1s so refreshing that It sots 0 person woll- dering where the tin comes In to induce men to work Ilke horses only to spend thelrmoney in such pincer, as somany foolish, hard-work- ing, yet honest-meaning miners do, ‘The gen- uine typical minor Js honest, open-hearted, strong, fearless, and brave; 18 0 class, fine specimens of manhood, full of enterprise, and with a heart that readily sympathizes with tho sorrows of others, and a hand equal- ly free_to relieve. But all miners arg not such. Reckless, debauched, and depraved nen aro amongst thom, with Instinets utterly Jow and debased; nnd the less people have to do with sueh men the better, ‘They float on tho wave, and, when they become to well known in one camp, they move to another, end are the sticks, straws, and scum borne onward by the rising human tide, An illuminated sign marked “VAMETIEG,” and the gounds of danco-muste, attract us elsewhere, and we enter 8 very large framed tont, probably 100 feot hou, A liquor-bar Js on one side, and several tables for gambling on the other; but business does not appear tu bo very brisk, ‘The crowd Js a motley one,— mingled Mexican and white, mostly dirty and. il-dresscd, and som hulfdrunk, The crowd Js more interesting as a study of certain pisses of humanity than attractive. Amongst |" he crowd are a few persons attracted by curlosity, looking quletly on; but it 1s s dangerous placo for tho man fond of Hquor or Inclined to gambis, ‘Tho music (1) Is from a room at the far end of the structure, where four women and soveral men are dancing, or rather stutnbiing and rolling through a qundrille, Tho atmosphoro Is dusty and abominable, but they dance away nevertheless,—the men inanely grin- ning, the women, pvidently danelugas a inate ter of business, It 1s work to them; it 1s the way they Hye (thoy had better dle). ‘Two are white, two are Mexleap, Ona of the white women looks old and wort dunelug with evident cffort, All arelomely; and, with the evidences of worthlesness, worn-out tawdri- nosy, and probabta disease that they present, form a ghastly picture of 6 LOW TYPE OF IMMONALITY, When daylight comes we note the city more particularly. Adobe bulldlngs are going up in every direction, stocks of goods are arr vn nice-looking stures ore pit fitted up. ‘ho howshapee oltice, the Nugget Js here already, publishing & lively paper. ‘Thore are two drug-stores, three or four physiclans, several Inw. Tan and inore peaple coming, ond it looks as it they were comin to atays for the lmprovements, though not o! marble or with brownstone fronts, are durable, and Jntended to be permanent, We leave the town, and start off to visit the principal neighboring mines on foot, for they are nearby, distant froma quarter to ia niles, i Bu incl detall has been already ven hy relation a tulues, that my re- harks sail bo brit, ” : ‘THE TOVGU-NUT . fendeman to another who representa the contention Mine and Mill, What do you think willbe the output of bullion of ‘the three millsin your district, when they get started? Do you think It will be $200,000, or perhaps 8 quarter of a million per month 2"! The party addressed amulets reptleds "1 don’t know what the other mills will do, but Wwe expect ourselves to turn out $200,000 pur month, What the facts of the future will be time must determine: but great expectations are contidently indulged In; and allowing ainple marglus for over-sangulne ealettations, there Is qstbstratuin of facts already suMcienth evident to make the outlook interesting, al- Inost exciting, In fts possibilities, not only for this district, but for Arizona generally, and the southeastern portion more particu: farly, Rapid developments, discoveries, and finpgoveinents are being made; nud there is speedy onward advance into the hitherto almost terra-Incognita of THE TRON MORSE, from the enst and froin the west, with pro- jected branches to the port of San Diego in Southern California, and to Guyamas In Mexico, on the Gulf of California, an tron finger that tho United States is already plac- ing on another corner of old Mexico, linkin and chaining the Enst and the West with fresh bands, and opening new and vast flelds of speculation and outgrowth for tho enter- prise of the Nation, Tombstone will grow, Nearer to Sonora than Tucson by seventy-tive miles, It, or Charleston on’ the Sin Pedro, where the mills aro situated, is bound fo receive o portion of the Sonora trade, now worth to ‘Tucson froin $1,500,000 to 22,000,000 nnntrally, to say nothing of local requirethents and int of surrounding min- Ing districts, Still, Tombstone {s nots very attractive place, either in namo or appear ance, ‘The City Fathers can soon amend the names butt Is windy and dusty, genutily supplied with water, with no trees to break the lundseape, and {t would not attract the painter or artist, except from the very ab- senee of such advantages; yet it “will probably be found healthy, the zephyrs not 80 strong as those of Washoe, and good mines an Approprinte sition will build a town more «quekly than sylvan, scenes, The mines vrownd, too, are not on the sur- face very attractive, even te the prospector. The mbneral outerop generally {s poor and dublous-loukings bata few feet of sinking on doubtful locations WAVE DEVELOPED NICH ONES, surprising In Guantity and quality, So true is this, that mines there, toxlny valued nt hundreds of thousands if not millions of dol- lars, have been thought not worth locating. A fellow-traveler told ine that, though he had himself hind the Opportunity, he did not then think it worth his while to locate the ground on which one or two of the principal tmlnes are now fount to be situated. Tho old adage appearances, whether for good or evil, are often deceltful, has thus inet with one more flustration. Doubtless the prospectors who did at Inst make the lo- cations, and bestowed on them the ironical naines they bear, litte dreamt of the life to spring 80 speedily Into existence; and even now, though the spell of silence is broken and the new existence fulrly born, we cannot see much tore clearly; but the changes tline Drings are wonderful, and in these days nore than the events of an olden century are be- ing crowded into a decade, N. NEW PATENTS, Spectat Dlepateh to The Chicago Tribune, Wasurxaton, D, C., Feb. 6.—Following is alist of patents issued to the Inventors of Mlinols, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, lowa, Indiana, and Nebraska, during the past week: TVLAINOIB, Cc. G. Akam, Chicago, darning devico for sow- fngetangb ines. . J. Allisoh, Nelson, bottlo-stopper. M.G, Armour, Chicagy, korosene-stove. GC, G. Cros, Chicago, device for welghing fluids. CG. R, Foster, Chicago, rotary gang-plow, Gray, Chleayo, @etrio telahane. A, Lindgren, Moti, sulky-plow, W. HH. Lotz, Chicago, window-ehutter and oR ony Chi fastening £ + I. stool bicago, corner-fastent ‘or ee ee tp are pula . Jt, Nett, Cubn, sulky-plow (two patent &. Nelli, Chilticotho, eudeplunter. se : L, Price, Creston, attuchment for plows, G, Kx. 1Ux, Chleagu, sinoking-pipe. J. Skidmore, Chicago, portable window-seaf- fold, EL. & E. ©, Slosaon, Verona, cultivator, U1, Sunderman, Quincey, whip-socket, ‘bomas, Belleville, car-vontilator, s: n, piston-heud. Wostfull, Keensburg, washing-machiuo. WIACONKLN, G. F. Burton, Menomonee, wagon-lock (two aAtents). d, Counif®, Oconto, vehicle-axto. C.D, Lawrence & Kerr, Pina River, clothes- Prioger. MICHIGAN, 1, If, Hottomly, Cape, door-hanger. O. 1). Carter, Allon, cultivator, 'p, Cranoy, Hay City, sawintll-dog. 8.1, Edgerly, Juvkson, equulizing-trap for Btenm-ongine fubricators, W, A, Galbraith, Flint, carriage-polo, ¥,'A, Lewls, Porter Township, car-coupling. HN, Mullery, Flint, horsoshoe-hammer. J. Muson, East Snginaw, cleaning salt-wella, ane Merrill, Battle Creek, spoko-driving ma~ Wy if. Stevens, Mendon, thill-coupling. DP. Sweet, Hustings, sleatro-mugnetic clock, G. HH. Wilaon, Summit Township, cir-ooupling. MINNESOTA, J. A. Olson, Red Wing, grain-separator, 1OWA. bind, lot. J. at. Me J, M, Abbott, Tama City, inside A. Meach, flown City, writing-tabl J. 1. Glover, Dubuquo, overalls, 3. EL Klein, Oskaloosa, thill-coupling. INDIANA, ait: Hornung, Brookville, vegetable and moat ror. 3 J, Hogeland, Indianapolis, machine for press- ing, ote. Clay Ulex, ofc. E. Kubus, ha catpeteeat ripieatee (relssuy). CoA. Mins, Indlanmpolls, lyuld-eouler, 2,.C, Mondunhall, Pininiold, gato, W, Newlin, Attion, making wheels, HU. Smelsor, Arcadia, churn, NEBRASKA, No Nebraska patents lust we A WINTER-NIGHT, 1 Tho Ughta burn blue; the red Hames writhe and it (ehind the grate) ke snakes; the room ia dim vith suudown Tony righted oyen Euch oorner holds a epootre, wan and grim, WA {fica to foaral" you say, with laughing eye And wi lke sun-kissed mists my boding files, i Hark! how tho wind keons all about the caves, Eerie, and wild, and blowk; how the sad rai, Tieats down; and ull tho pale, cold stare Arohidden Ilko Love'sumilos/noath Wintor-paln. row wo, and shadows all!" you sayy "ia June; and awoot Neo-innten dag Fannie Ditwcot., ——— Wated to Glye tho Boys Away, dndianapolts Herald, Last spring some qallty wero missing from Giimore's livery-stablo, and Jimmy Counelly, a iittie boy, whuse futber yes on Callfornia streot, was accused of the theft, j@ was ar arrestud, but stontly deolared his innocence, He acknowledged that he know who took the quilts, though he dit not take them, Nothiug coud induce bin to name the culprits. His fathor, fearing that he was not Innocent of tho uccusa- thon, sent bim tu the Heform School ut Muin= ville. He wrote to bis father whouover he had an opportunity, reiterating his innocence, and Depging ta bo brought back boing, Tho futhor, boligyi that he was dolng what was best for the boy, let bi renalo. few days ayo tho child wis sent homo & corpse, buvhig « led of humo-sickvoss. When he know he wus going to div be mado a statement of what he know about tho thoft, and again auserted hia Innocence, Ho hated to yiye the boys uway, be sald—thoy bud ‘boon his friends; but be did not want to die with “ Let sot And lol 1880, is nearest to the town, and 1s situated Ina a formation, or capping, near its Junction such a churye aginst bin, He numed the Inds who had comuitted the theft, but allirmod that iy was not with them, THE PUZZLERS' CORNER, {Original contributions will be published tn this department, Corresponitents will please send theirrenl names with thelr noma de plume addressed to Puzzlers’ Corner.” Avold obso+ lete words ns far as possible, Answers will be published the following week.] ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES, No, 1,060. 8H BEAL In ie o 6: ad M AR APTERGAM zg a BR 3 [> " TEGO OS und anaes eHHkHa one wte o24 oa ° | wane [obs ta Cc ES 083, pean . No, 1,064. Not, notl, knot, No. 1,005, Wassailer, BEZHrCes “No, 1,066, Cabriolet, barouche, rockuway, witgonette, sledye, currlage, DIAMOND—NO, 1,007, seen et eaten enee Rete eae neh Ce ee ey eee hee eae teh eee eee ane ate * In Dromios; vicious; bestows: destroys; im- ident; weriminal deed; severing; enpable of cing cut anoothly; a large not; un andiron; in Honida, Fouron, Ill. Townnap, " RHOMBOID—NO, 1,068. Acrost—A style of ornamentation applied to metal bofure the invention of engraving: being three in ono; auything high and precipitous: Dird; stratagem; trouchorous, Down~In Dick Shunerys G pronoun; souner than; to speak im- perfcou y3 distinct; an animnlof Central Asta; forevand A muoch-used abbreviation; an imaginative writer; an egg; two-thirds of a Plunt; in Waljenn, Bnarpwoop, ll. Bcorva, COMPOUND DOUBLE ACROSTIC=NO. 1,009, Bearclty; last; unfledged; a Russian coin, Primgs, a fowl; finaly a bird. Primals and Alnus, a bird, BAutinone, Md. OntoLe. SQUARE WORD-NO. 1.070, he middle of wa temple; ‘n yess 3 to inoculnte; an ollicer of court. Dsvavan, Wis. BQUANE WORD-NO. 1,071. Atind of gond or stick; old-womanish: white; ono brought up or protested by another: prin- clple. Drostos. Wen, ALENA, Til, CURTAILMENTS—NO, 1,072. Curtailing a picture symbolic Lenves to earry (in languiga bucollo); Curtail again, you have a small cup; Agnin, a particle oft followed up; Take away half, or nothing indeed, A bundred and sixty, Cucsar would read, Bunurnatox, Wis, Cooci CHARADE-—NO, 1,073, Count the commandments; express by a sign The number you find of these precepts divino: ‘Then join to this aymbol tho numbers expressed Ay tho cities which good old Manusseh posscssed; Again senreh tho Seriptures, and thera you will rent ‘The name of a tree—tho next sonnd wo necd. - ess fee Bins once lore, and note what you 1 (For this bps ts one of the orthodox kind); Turn to Acts the mnth ehnpter, ubserve What yor (As au prayerfully ponder) in verse thirty- TeUS Orclse take the act for which wo all grievo— The ain that was done by Adum and Eve. When this bus been found, search tho Bible again To ane ae whole word; but your search will bo val, NeusoN, mM, { NELSONIAN. TRANSPOSED MONEY—NO. 1,074. (1) Pale noon; @) Old buono; Ch Halt, BE. R.; hy ‘Any pelt, N. 11.215) Hill, sing; (0) Siu over, 47) Don up; (8) Rid leg. ‘duicaao. fe Tyno, CORRESPONDENCE, M, WaYecan, Canton, Il, suw her way through Nos, ui, bod, 1,00), ald 101, ‘hanks for ea, Aunt bale city, en gee tho “Castaway,” un- tied the “Knot,” aud made a display of tho carriages. s Swallow, Oshkosh, Wis. discerns tho " Casta- wuy," tho” Knot,” and tho yvebicles amoug lust week's list. O. W. L., elt, considered tho lista very bart one, but mannged to solve all but tho * Wag suiler" and tho * Knot.” Youngstor, city, forwards four of tho lat, and thoy are not tho four easiest, elthar. Nog. 1,000, 1,062, 1,063, and 3,006 are to big credit, Ezoklel, city, returns tho “ Castaway" fn hia lotter, and the answer to Puplur's riddle in Thymo, which is omitted for want of space. ; Punch, Urbana, Il, had no troublo with the mytha except Gurth's square word, but finally it that, aud thus was able to present anothor elean svore to add tg his wouderful record. Scoeva, Nraldwood, Itl., constructed tho main mart of the hexigur, Saeelee pals two words, The reminder werv unrayuled. with the excep. tion of Gurth's square and Punch's * Wasaaller,”” Noenida, Champaign, UL, compliments Garth on ber square work, noticus the error by Quirk, and proceeds to disentangle, une by ono, the elght puzzles, loaying oth! unanswered in uw pretty hurd ist, B.F.K., city, didn't find the answers iu ono hour this tlie, and be doosn't boast of his alort- oss. He found hig greatest trouble with the hale squire, which was wrongly mado up by Quirk, ‘Tho list sent by Mr. K. was the proper one. ose at ees Un om a 0 bridye-in 0 Ty ane to The Carat withacten of tho yuzaloa on tho hook, ls one failure belng probably duo 1o Quirk’s mistake, for he gota part of the hulf- square. Web, Delavan, Wis., put off the work of un- trio tha knots until lute In tho weuk, thinking thoy were easy. Hoe found bis inistake whon hu wud etuck on tho first ono, though he answered Be rildie 1s as nice aa such a Kno! @ could be, and thinks Nelsonian’s charade admirable, notwithstanding the fate ho fixes upon her hero, Asan old settler in The Corner, she extends 0 welcome to her next-door neighbors from Nelson. Diok Shunary, city, regarded the {let as @ terror, but stuok to it until bo had mastered Bovon, and no doubt would have beon successful with the othor {f Quirk hadn't made a mistake in ono of hia words In the half-sqttaro. Quirk mado one of the words "Licge” Instead of “Liens,” and the Cairoan must take tho blame of Dick's one failure, ———— THE DARIEN CANAL. Vigorous Prorecntion of De Learom SurveyasHow They Are Carried On and What They Seok. Correspondence New York Evening Post. PANAMA, Jun, 23,.—The surveys begun by M. do Lessops are going on rapidly and officiently. Tight working parties, or “brigndes” as tho French term them, are In the fold and hard at work, employing In all more than 190 men Theso are distributed along the line of sure vey, where, ng they are contiguous to the rallway and telegraph, thetr provisioning and supply, a8 well ns thelr general direction from Panama or Aspinwall, is easily mannged. there the dally reporta are sent, armnged, Placed In order, and filed with their correspond- Ang drawings, ready for use in making a unl ree port, No time Ja lost In thinking of other routes, butso thorough and extonsivo n survey is mak- ing on this route that whether work in actual cannl-buliding followa it or not, the subject will be practically exhausted, all doubts on vither side dispelled, aud the best or worst will bo clearly known. No surveying parties which baye ever explored the American isthmus wore BO lenge. wall pepolnted, or undor 80 efliclent and Intelligent direction as the present, nor have thoy had the advantage of the en- thusinsm which M. De Lesseps has managed to infuse Into ull partios, fromthe bighcat to the lowest, who are engaged under him. Tho particular dircction of these preliminary studies muy be briefy stated, They arc: First, the verification of wll previous surveys muda here for a canal, including the Wya his and LulleMenoca} routes, Second, ‘ndditional sur- yoys, in which nre included the atudy of the topoxraphy of the country by cross scotions, 80 that every foot of tho entire Ine will bo thoroughly known, and all points on which information is noeded with be determined, ‘Third, from these data tolny downs ling for the canal, arrange working plans, and present tho project falrly and fully before the ougince r= ing and financial world. Fourth, borings, dril- Ungs, and soundings to ascertain tho kind and churacter of material to be exeavated, both along tho line of the canut and under water, at the termint of harbora, Fifth. a cateulation of the quantities and classification of the materiale tobe removed; and sixth, an estimate of the toll cost of the groat work. M. de Lesseps bas expressed tho conviction that the result of these labors will he sutisfac- tory, and that with them In bis hand ho can an- swer tho trguments of all who de not approve thoacheme. The general results of the survey under vers competent. Inspection and Scrutiny’ Col. “Totten nnd Gen. W. W, Wright ara the American representatives, or what is known as tho “ International Superior ‘Teehnien! Cominission,” and with them are ts- aochuted Mr. J, Dircks, enylneer in clurge of the Holtand water-works, and the constructor of the ennal from Amsterdam to tho North Bea, and Mr. Danzats, chief engincer of the Suez Canal, and Mr. Boutan, French mining engincer in the meg hog: of the French Government, ‘Tho moat dificult and jinportant engineering problem involved in the construction of tha ennnl Js the rectification of the Chagces River, 80 that the foods to which it ts subject will not affect the permnnenoy of tho canal, or juterfero with its operation when feobfoet Two plans ara proposed to effect this object, both of which fre considered feasible. One plan is to erect very bigh and strong dams above Matuchin By which a reat reservolr will bo crented, sulfi- clent to bold the flood-waters of the river, which will be let of feeadunlly through the now chins nel built for the ordinary flow of the stream, Tho other plan is to erect n dam in the same lus Sallty, only suMelently high aud strong to turn tho river at all stages, and then increase tho size of the new channel and the protection works bos tweenit and tho river, so as to cnable ft to carry of all the water of the river direct at any thine, Tho questions of the relative ellicienoy and cost of these two methods will be duly cons{dored and ucted on by the International Commission, and thelr decision will be mado known to the world in their general report. It is not expected that the surveys now in pro- ress will have beon com! etely. finished before 1, de Losseps joavos for New York, which it is expected will be in the steamor leaylng hora on the Oth of February, 3. de Lesseps will bo au- companied to the led Btates by all his secres tartea and family, but the large corps of en: neers at work will remain undor tho. direction, probably, of Mr. Dircks, and pursue thelr labors ‘until they are thoroughly conipluted. . do Lesseps Is extremely desirous of uniting American and French public opinion on tho sub- dect of the Panama Canal; and therefore has takon the steps lio bas, so as effectually to silence those who nasert that ho represonts 9 scheme poorly conectyed, and whose diMultics are not nif inderstood. —* It Is needicss to say that the poople of Panama and Colombia heartily wish M. do Leasops guc- evss; butthero Is not the alightcst disposition shown by the Colombian Government to grant o concession fur the construction of a canni to tho elUzens of one nation more than another. It is regarded 08 an international affair, and no dif: culty would be experlenced in having that part of tho State of Panama cmbraced in the citica atthe termini anda resonable scopo of torrie tory olong tho line of the cannl mado {nto a neutrulzuno under a Government guarantecd by the greut Powers and free to all, But so fur 8 the Monroe doctrine is concerned people here do not seo its application and would resent any sorlous interference from tho outside world fo ‘that dircetion as an insult and an outrage, es GRANTS VISIT TO FLORIDA, The Pcoplo Pleased by Wis Plain and Unaffected Ways-Mis Hemarks ust Jacksonville, Ocala (Fla) Banner, Jan, 17. Gen. Grant’s visit to Ocula wus, of course, n surprise to our citizens, but be was'given us warm and hospitable reception as could Lo gotten up under tho circumstances, and ox- pressed himsolf as being plenzed with bis treat- ment and,unfatigued by the ride, The General, and Indood the whole party, and especially Judge Sottlc, made asplendid impres- slon on our people. Tho largo fund of common aenso which Gen, Grunt happily poaacssos makes him equal to all occasions. No proparation bad been mado at tho hotel to recelve him, us his coming was entirely unexpoctad. Nearly ull tho servants had gono to the Spring with the rest of tho peopte to bo present at the reception; but Gon, Grunt soon put the proprictor cumpletely at ease. Ho sald to him not to mako any oxtra prenipatione on hig account; just to ect blm lawn to tha gaina that bo would wat ather tan down to, which dr, Harris did, and the Goueral ate his dinner the same as an oniinary ine dividuit, and expressed his sutisfacoun with it, Tho honore showered on Gen, Grant by the World bags ot spoiled him. He stitl conducts himself n4 0 plain, unpretentious American olti- zen, Thero 6 un utter absence of arrogiuce ubout him, and tho perfect simplicity uf hia Tnnners nukes the tale of Cwaurisin and Em- pire sound ridiculous. Ho enlarged blinsolt tn the favor of our pouple by unhesitatlugly com. mitlng bitmself into Weir hands, We lupais will yo forth to the whole country that in yery interior of Floridy, Gen. Grant. permit! himself to be driven vieven miles in auopen buyguy by ono of our citizens without the lvust hesitition. Ho was outtrely Jgnorwmt of the country and of the peoples was uucoinpanted by no escort, nud knew that It would be nightfall bes fore he gould reach tho Springs, yot this nave bia nonlurm, Ho certainly teared no indlgnt- tlew and bolloved Bimself safo wnony. us. The talk by the politivians about “tho rule of the shotgtin in the South" and the “ burburiem" of It partially, Ho found Nos, 1 1,005, and 1, antl topped for want of broath. aed ea Nolsonfan, Nolson, Ill., succocded by diligent application in sulving all tho puszles suve the hexagon of ELF. K, Ho was the first out-of towner to report, and is to bo congratulated on hia success, Lator in the wock came the hexa- gon, which was forgotton in bis first letter, Mn. E. Ua, Steward, IIL, ts ' free to confess" that bo doubted bis ability to answer tho list, oven ho mors timo than was at his disposal, ‘Tho stowardite hax Nos. 1 a 1 1,065, and 1,066, and 1a anxiously ‘valitag 1 wont Uortiy to see the 80-many-minutos-by-the- wutoh puaziers, Orlote, Baltimore, Md., tnoloses some accept- able purzics, snd Ang ileus: wey The Corner docsn’t offer p: ‘or complete solutions, Leadyillo hasn't wealth enou; the "bost fn tha world” wl tho Bocrotary would lke to offer, and he dgam’t wish to yive chromos or braas jowelry, Tho Dromioa, Galena, Ill, regard tho Just Hat astho boetof the year. The puzzles wors hard Qnough to bo Interesting. ‘Though yenorally ope riddlos, thoy cannot refrain from oom Inending Poplar’s riddle aa ono of the best of its kind, ‘fro Dromioa meet with succes In tho Hat from mansard to basement, Voptar, Oshkosh, Wiy., blames Gath and Punch for his two fattures, but, bus atl the other hurd ones tn. ‘Tho ludy hus racelved saveral comipiinents for her kuotty riddto, Shu thud handsomely forgives the Xunthio Fultoulans ‘Towhoad, thou art forgly'n, and now Thaye but one destra: Its Sear upon that brow Which hath escaped my Ire ‘To oo thous tawny Crosics twine, . ‘Though sparvo they be, and fows Bur sino such biiss may not be wine, ‘Sowhoad, adicu, adieu) Enena Chanugru, Dixon, UL, fouud the oom. pista lst of wouk berore lust, 'but the luttor was to iu reaching thie city, though written Juu.27, ‘Tho lady's aaswers are in good the this week, and presont her uaual unmistakable Vet, all belag duswered correctly, She says Poplur's e its poople bas hind no effect upon Gen, Grant, The pouare puld him by the people of the South should at least tend to show thit the Southora [eave are neither scolonul in fecllng ior dis+ joyal in sentiment, jon. Grant talked frocly and pleasdutly to all who were futroduced to bln upey ull tuples of genural (utercat, Suid that be buliuved Florida would become one of the grout States of this Union, ler productions of oranges, lemon tobnceo, sughr-cane, sea-island cutton, an carly vegetables, and hor mutehless ellmate, would muke ber such. Ilv sald, worvover, he futendod to puss the remainder of his winters in Florida, and that tho throo States of his eholca word Florida, Colorado, sud California, Nearly allour citizens pid thelr respects to him, ‘and, ufter remuining several hours, he took his depurture for tho Spring, Gon. Grunt certainly mudu nw favorable {ine pression upon our people, and whilu be awakenud: no outspoken “boom,” wo must admit that thero. is mory or les of an undoreurnsnt favor ablo to bia numinition fora third terw by wome Yery pronounced Demovraw. ‘Those who hold these views urmie that if Grant tw notulnated and bas a followlug tn the South of native Bouthurnerds it will put an cud to sectionalism, and thut this ia the paramount dosiru of the South. ‘They belluve that by the South's ine dorulag bin be will labor to promote the growth ofa fraternal feellng between the acctions, and a genuine pus Hon of the country, jon. Grait's rospuuso tu the groviipgs of the oltizuiia of Juckaouville wis us fulluwss Ladies ANO ORNTLEMEN: 1¢ ls with @ goud dout of reluctanco thut { uttempt to spenk uflor the choiow and feullsg remarks of Ju Handull and Attorney-General Hanoy, I scarcely know whut to buy othor thun to wssure ull prea ont that Lnover wished to wnjoy uny Hunts or privileges ghar T would not ucvord to every ono els, 1 wish all to ubido by tho law of tho Nation, and to be ready to uphuld ft. Wo ure on & youd, bale at pressed of fruternal fricudstlp and con cord, and onthe roud to prosostiy beyuud any- thing that bua yet Leon known In the land. Our country la yet ln its infancy, but it ls stronger than any nation, and will be eo as long ay we €re true to ounelyos,—ay long us we realy one und indivisible. Wishing the State and all you the guuutest pruspority, I thunk you. The general headquarters aro in Panama, and-