Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1880, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. : jon man, too—for saying that Seces- al Gnion meiore than half the people of that way. I_am opposed to coming a man for his opinions, on that proseritiue_ of secession angbow. I’ condemn Sead adicals for proscribing a Southern man, be- use they hold that Secession was not treason, cause (ovally condemn any attempt of Southern ‘nto proscribe & man, OF say he shan’t hold men toprosfacause he "believes Secession was 2a on Zeoession 16 dead, and 1 am in favor f burying it forever. We can't afford to reject of burns: that's my position. If we do, the Bimtplicans will all say that a. Democratic Sen- Repred by Southern men, rejected a man be- ste lef asserted bis belicf that Secession was causa; and | tell you it will do us of the South jnore 2 ali the Kemper County and parm than outrages. ‘The matter bas been further complicated, and io.a ludicrous way, by a spat between Aleck Maphens and Senator Gordon, in the course of Bin the latter said he would hold the former FhSonally respousible” for his lauguage. This threat has been modified by an apology and a matement that the Senator, in view of Stephens’ gge and infirmities, would not -proceed ‘to ex- treme measures. ‘Mr. Stephens has replied at great length and with much diplomatic dignity, sing the third person throughout his commu- eon; In the course of the letter he gives Se-gordon to understand that “he claims no respect, or any gurt of favorable consideration, Tom any person on account of his ago and in- ies.” There is a lively snap in this which will delight Georgia, and the defiance is another that the invalid statesman is in full posses- sionof all bis moral and mental faculties.’ Still afarther incident isacontroversy about speoll- ‘The chief objection to Simmons is that ho Se yepell. Now itissnown that Senator ‘Gor- don himself, in his letter to Stephens, spelled Marshal with two “I's,” and controversy with ‘omany e's.” It is an extraordinary fight. If the test of Democracy in Georgia is to he ability to stand up in & spelling-bee, the Inde- dents are likely to have large and sudden nocessions to their ran! A DESCRIPTIO: of the Orvis patent smoke- burner appeared in Jast Sunday's TRIBUNE. We pave had the improvement uttached to THE qarscss's boilers for several weeks, with highly ctory results thus far. Itis the only de- ‘vice for consuming smoke and soot in which we Inve erer felt any confidence that it would ppré form as promised. Itis exceedingly simple and not expensive, and can be attached to any boiler inafew hours without disturbing any of the Wiehinory. The advantages wo find from its mimsy be triely enumerated, viz.: () An sbatement of the smoke-nuisance. The great Diack volumes of smoke and soot have ceased to roll out of THE ‘TRiBUNE'S chimneys, darkening the air around and griming up all the rooms in the building and blowing into our neighbors’ houses. @) The contrivance, by consuming the smoke, keeps the flues of the boilers so clear of soot that they don't have to be clesned oncea week. (3) The steam is kept up in the boilers to the requisit pressure much more steadily and easily than before. (4) A large sav- ingof fuel. Wehave not_made accurate tests as yet ‘w ascertain “tie exact economy of coal, put roughly compute it at 15to20 per cent,— that is, we consume about five tons of coal where we burnt etx tons for the same service before attaching Orvis’ gmoke-burner to our boilers. There are other advantages that might be named, such a3 producing @ better draft and the combustion of the sulphurous gases, thereby protecting tho boilers; but the points of chief merit are: the complete cofnbustion of the smoke and soot, and the large saving of fuel. Having abated the smoke-nuisance at THE ‘'Tarscne premises, we are naturally solicitous to have our neighbors who are stifling and Dlackening the air around us with their smoke and soot go and dolikewise, and they are invited to inspect the operation of the Orvis smoke- ‘purer on Tue TRIBUNE boilers. If each owner of asteam-boiler in the business districts of the city can be induced to attach it, the murky, grimy nuisance can quickly be abated, and the atmosphere of Chicago cleared and purified. —— Tue Shrove-Tuesday reception of the St Nicholas Club in New York was a most enjoyable affair. From 150 to 200 of the 300 members (all of whom are descended from persons who were residents of New York in 1%85) were in attend- ance, with a large number of invited guests. ‘The event of the evening was the reading, by Mr. Dougles Campbell, of an interesting his- torical paper entitled “Was Capt. Kidd a Pirate?” the author taking the ground that ‘Kidd, instead of being the freebooter and mur- dorer he is painted, was. in reality, a loyal sub- ject of the King, and fell a victim to the political persecution of his friend and Whig patron, Lord- Chancellor Somers, by the Tory Lords, who came into power in the last days of William LiL Kidd was denied counsel, was hampered by legal tricks, and browbeaten and overpowered by the six partial Judges on the bench and the five cun- ning lawyers opposed to him. His trial was * railroaded.” It began May 8; two verdicts,oneof “murder” and the other“ piracy,” were brought in.on the 9th; and on the 12th, three days follow- ing, Kidd was hanged in Execution Dock. The impeachment of Somers, which the Tories had thought tocarry bythe aid of Kidd's death, failed, the House of Lords throwing out the articles. History had done full justice to the character of the great Whig Chancellor, while that of his friend, William Kidd, the New York sailor, had for six generations rested under un- deserved ignominy. The most casual reader of American history knows that there isa good deal tobe said on both sides of this question. The common opinion of good historians is that Kidd did not start out a8 a pirate, but as a privateer; ‘Dut that, failing to get the prizes he expected, he exceeded his instructions, and made himself amenable to a prosecution for piracy. Undoubt- edly the zealof his prosecutors was quickened by Kidd’s well-known relations to Somers, but he hed given those enemies all- the evidence they needed to hang him. a Ir any American wants to know any pat- ticulars about Ireland, or any of the details of the various measures proposed for the redress of the evils which have reduced her people to chronte beggary, let him buy the book just pub- Ushed by Sherlock in this city. It is a-volume fullof information. If any Irishman wants to ‘now anything concerning his native land, this Volume furnishes acomplete gazetteer of the island, giving in detail all needed particulars of Ireland generally, of each province, each coun- cach town, and each parish. Nota village or parish is omitted. The price of the book, which ishandsomely bound in cloth and gilt, is only $L AS a contribution to the immediate wants of . €verybody interested in the Irish question, it 1s bisoer ten times its cost. The publisher's office zpos 8 Kingsbury Block, 15 Randolph Ose of the shrewdest politicians in Wasb- Belousays: “The Harrisburg Convention bas i ped Gen. Grant, but it has hurt Mr. Blaine. the Convention had instructed for Blaine, or even if it had refused to instruct for Grant, Be canvass would now be practically decided. - Blaine would have beea nominated at Chi- cago by acclamatién. As itis, the ficld is open bahaishescs Grant is losing ground ly because itis known that he isan active candidate. The American people. might bare made him President if his friends had held back: butthe American people will got have ex-President jor anybody else forced upon e The wors} thing that has happened to rant has been revelation of a compact be- eron, Carpenter, and Logan ident. Those_four Senators ‘Will never be able to deliver the goods.” Tae New Orleans Times authoritatively States that the Democrats of Louisiana have had all they want of Acklen. ‘The whole coun- ‘try has had all it wants of Acklen. His scrapes ‘With women have made him notorious and of- fensive to all decent mep. His recent imposi- tion of a fraudulent report from the Committce on Foreign Affairs upon the Lower House of = isan outrage never before attempted. f consumes a great deal of valuable time in to empty benches. He is a conceited Soxcomb, not above being known as “the band- Some man of the House,” and having his picture et in crayon and photograph in the lobby. relate which is fully warranted by his attempt to impose a bogus report pi House, would be a great relief to the Tris to be hoped that Mr. Parnell will ac- cept Mr. Bennett's offer of a place on the Com- mites for the distribution of the New York eraldfund. Mr. Bennett's manner of offering the position to Mr. Parnell is by no means the Most polite way in the world, and it is evident that he will be surprised and disappointed should ‘Mr.Parnell accept. It is not true as stated by the Herald that such a proposition was made to Mr. Parnell before. Wh&t Mr. Bennett pro- Posed was that Mr, Parnell and the other "entlemen appointed on’ the Herald Com- mittee should act as an organization to promote the Herald’s and the landlords’ pana- cea for all the ills of Ireland,—emigraton. No money was then subscribed.” Mr. Parnell has Practically forced Mr. Bennett into his present attitude, and, now that the fund is to be applied to the relief of distress, he will do well to waive all consideration of Mr. Bennett's attempt to belittle his mission, and accept the proffered place. The Herald fund is now close on $200,000, and, judiciously expended, as it will be should all the members of the Committee act, it will do much to relieve the distress which has been pro- duced by the class whom Mr. Bennett 60 likes to associate with and whom the Herald is so prone to champion,—the landlords. ‘THE Sussex County (N. J.) Register (Rep.) says that a canvass of 300 representative Repub- licans in that county in regard to their first choice for the next President of the United States has given the following result “Many of our most in- fluential Republicans express themselves decid- edly against a third term; that they will not vote forGrantif nomixated. Others think him the most available candidate and the best man to harmonize the Soutnern element.” Mr. Dwicut Jackson, a Chicago lawyer, who is represented as being engaged on a polit~ ical-mission in the sputhern part of this State, has no authority to speak for anybody but him- | self. The statement is made ina dispatch toa morning paper that: ‘This Jackson says there is another Jackson in Culesgo, for whom he does not.wish to be mis- “The other Jackson” referred to in the dis- patch is quite as good aman as “ this Jackson”; they are both lawyers of excellent character and standing, and neither would desire to cast any reflection upon the other. So far as the dis- patch tends to do anything of that kind, it is misleading and erroneous. Ir is not within the power of Cameron or of any one olse, or of any combination, to give Grant a unanimous vote from Pennsylvania for the Presidential nomination, There are just next to no Grant delegates at all in the delega- tion; but if Cameron shall call the roll at Chi- cago, with orders to form aGrant line, fully one- third, and probably more, of the delegates will have'a little Hail Columbia of their own, and plunge awhole lot of the most ferocious: doy bead of the wolf in the race.—Philadelphi ‘Tue Trreone stated the day after the Conven- tion that at least one-quarter of the delegation would not be for Grant, and this result is sure to be verified. Cor. Viias, the favorit son of the Wis- consin Democracy, manifests an alarming tend- ency to desert his party and join the Republic- ans, He has sent a proxy to Gen. Bragg to rep- resent him in the Democratic National Commit- tee, and itis well understood that he will not support an objectionable vandidate, if one should be named by the National Democratic Convention. Col Vilas found himself in such good company when he made his eloquent specch at the Grant banquet in Chicago that he a quite unwilling to go back to his old associa- ions. Eacx day, adds more to the proofs that Grant will not withdraw or be withdrawn; and it is not now the purpose, nor do we believe it nas ever been the purpose, of Senator Cameron to permit Senator Blaine to get a vote from Penn- sylvania at Chicago‘f he can prevent it. Thisis, of course, a matter of opinion, but we are will- ing to let time test it.—Philadelphia Press. The talk of an understanding between Blaine and Cameron is all bosh, as the above opinion of Mr. Blaine’s most jntimate ana confidential friend, Mr. Edward “McPherson, plainly shows. The talk of an understanding between Logan and Washburne is equally without foundation. ——— Wxen many persons read last week that the 70th birthday of Ole Bull had been commem- orated at Cambridge, Mass., by a surprise-party, they probably thought he must be older because they had known him so long by reputation. He began his career very early, gained an eminent name in youth, and made his first visit to this country not far from forty years ago. It is a remarkable fact that files of newspapers of twenty-five years ago report Ole Bull's “‘fare- welltour” through the United States. Tue Grant men, to 2 man prominent in Grant’s two Administrations, who are urging Grant on the ground that the corruption of his eight years was due not to Grant, but to the bad men about him, are very much in the position of that ancient clothier selling a coat, to whom a customer objected that the odors of the past still clung to the coat of the present. ‘No, my frients,” said the dealer in third-term clothing, “you mishtake; itish not der goats, it ish me.” —Springfidld Republican (Rep.). Tue Republicans of Indiana have made a new departure in allowing the Congressional District Conventions to appoint delegates to the Chicago Convention. Thelocal conventions will be held on the 25th inst. Why wouldn't this be an excellent plan to try in Hlinois? It’s. the fairest and truest representative system that could possibly be adopted. Iris said John Russell Young, author of « Around the World with Gen. Grant,” is going to be Minister to China, to succecd Seward. This is said to be the outcome of a wish ex- pressed to Secretary Evarts by Gen. Grant dur- ing the visit of the Intter to Washington. ‘Tne New London (Conn.)Telegram fs try- ing to poll the Republicans of that city on the Presidential question. Washburne, Blaine, Sher- man, and Grant is the way it posts the candidates. “<"TyE near political and personal friend of Gen. Grant” who has done so much talking of late is now said to be Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, ——_—— PERSONALS. Patti is 36 years old. Senator Edmunds is 51 years old and worth $200,000. ‘Another week has passed, and Uncle Tilden is still single. Mary Anderson has bought a $13,000 house at Long Branch. m The widow of G. P. R. James, the novelist, lives in Wisconsin with her friends. ‘Aman named Ice is an inmate of the Vir- ginia Penitentiary. He is no relation to Mr. C. F. Adams. Campanini, the tenor, was formerly a blacksmith, which explains why he is s0 effective in the anvil chorus. ? Victor Hugo says that love gives him per- gpicuity. In this country it generally sets a man to buying dresses. A St. Louis paper says that Tilton never smiles except with his eyes, This will be good news to the blue-ribbon societies. Lady Thornton, wife of the British Min- ister, gives elegant dinner-parties in Washing- ton, but docs not want them noticed in the papers. Senator Caméron’s victory for Grant at Harrisburg reminds one of the ‘coon hunter who bursted gun and only wounded the ve at that. jy. Roberts, of Texas, is more than 70 years of age, yet at a recent leap-year ball he anced, dressed in homespun, with seven young ladies. The next day he commuted two death- sentences. Gen. Grant says Florida is the best place in the Union for young men of smal] means and plenty of energy; but still the people down there would probably be willing to let in a few wealthy old gentlemen. Cornelius Heyer, of Waldoboro, Me., is the first 90-year-old man heard from this winter in the wood-chopping line, but it is hardly possible that this part of the country, will allow itself to take a back scat. is King Humbert visited the Pantheon at Rome early in the morning of Jan. 16, the ann{- versary of Pope Pius LX.’s death, and remained on his knees more than an hour and a half. Contrary to general expectation, he walked away quite easily upon arising. Berthold Auerbach, the German novelist, is described as being a man of wonderful vanity. His-associates.frequently go fast asleep while pe iS chanting bis own praises, and even their Tesonant snores fail to remind him that he has exhausted their patience. Unless he curbs him- self, his forthcoming memoirs will be one of the most tedious works of the century. THE THIRD TERM. A Reply to Ex-Senator Howe, of Wisconsin. Resolations and Committals of the Republican Par- ty Against a Third Term. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cnicaco, Feb. 14.—It'is evident from the tone of the article from the pen .of ex-Sena- tor Howe, published in the current number of the North American Review, that the special advocates of the nomination of Gen. Grant are be¢oming somewhat exercised over the question of a third term. Referring to the objections that were urged against the renomination of President Grant near the close of his second term, the Sena- tor says: ‘This senseless clamor culminated when, u5th of December, 1615, tho Hon. Mr Springer Democrat from theState of Illinois, presented to the House ot Representatives a resolution in the following words: Resoired, That in the opin- ion of this House the precedent established by Washington and other Presidents in retiring from tho Presidential office after their second term has become by universal concurrence a part of our republican system of government, and auy departure from this time-hunored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic, and fraught with peril to our free institutions. This, ‘the Senator tells us, is senseless clamor. Strong language, indeed, even for Senator Howe; and it evinces a zeal far su- perlor to knowledge. 1f the objections that were made to the renomination of President Grant in 1875 on the ground of the third term were senseless, then there were in those days a great many men in our party concern- ing whose mental acumen and political sagac- ity the people of: this cquntry were most egregiously deceived. In May, 1875, the Republicans of Pennsyl- vania, in convention assembled, passed, with- one a dissenting vote, the following resolu- Resolved, That wo declare our firm and un- ualificd adherence to the unwritten law of the Republic, which wisely, and under the sanction of the most venerable of examples, limits the Pres- idential service of any citizen totwo terms; and we, Republicans of Pennsylvania, In recognition of this law, are unalterably opposed to the elec- Hon to the Presidency of any person fora third In view of the action of the Convention lately held in that State, and the excuses offered .by some of the Cameron men, it is well to note that this resolution does not, as claimed, refer to ‘three terms in succession,” but it aflirms that under the unwritten law of the Republic, sanctioned by the most vener- able of examples, the Presidential service of any citizen is limited to two terms, it the Republicans of Pennsylvania are placed squarely upon the record as unalterably op- Posed to the election of any man to the Presi- ency the third time. Soon-after the Passage of this resolution, the Republicans of Massa- chusetts gave expression to their views upon this subject in the following language: Resolved, That sound reason, as well asthe wise and unbroken usage of the Republic, iilus- trated by the example of Washingtou, requires that the term of the Chief Magistrate of the United States shall not excced 2 second term. It is impossible to extract the idea of three terms in successiom from this. It is clear, definit, and to the point. In June of the same year, the Republican Convention of Ohio declared: The observance of Washington's example in retiring at the closo of a second Presidential term will be in the future, as in the pust, re- ele as fundamental rule in the unwritten w of the Republic. : The: New York Convention, which was held later, and in the fall, resolved that: Recognizing as conclusive the President's pub- lic declaration that he is not a candidate for re- nomination, and, with sincere gratitude for his patriotic services, we declare our unalterable opposition to the election of any President for a third term. $ Like resolutions were also passed by the Republicans of Jowa and of Wisconsin, the Senator’s own State, and it was as clear as anything-could be that the sober, honest judgment of the people was against the elec- Hon of any citizen to the Presidency the third ime. And when: the Springer resolution was adopted in December following, receiving as it did thesupport of all Laut eighteen of the Re- publican members of the House, the action was indorsed and approved by the country penarally. The passage of this resolution, jowever, says the distinguished Senator, ac- complished the purpose for whick: it was written. “It defeated the nomination of Grant in 1876.” Here, again, the Senator is wide of the truth. Or, if he is not, if the passage of that resoln- tion did defeat. the nomination of Grant in 1876, then President Grant himself played the demagog, for nearly eight months before its passage, and only three days after the adop- tion of the resolution in opposition to athird term by the Republicans of Pennsylvania, he wrote a letter to Mr. White, President of that Convention, in which, among other things, he said: Twould not accept a nomination if it were ten- ‘dered, unless it showd come under such circum- stances asto make tt an imperative duty,—circum- stances not likely to arise, This letter was written and published in May, while the Springer resolution was not passed in the House until December; seven months later. Itis absurd, therefore, to insist that the adoption of the Springer resolution defeated Grant’s nomination, when President Grant himself publicly proclaimed that he would not accept the nomination if tendered. By this letter President Grant put himself on record as ‘being in accord with the. senti- ment expressed in the Pennsylvania resolu- tion, and consequently as opposed to the election of any citizen the third time to the Presidency, except under extraordinary cir- cumstances, and he was so understood by the country. ‘The letter was written to the President of that Convention in response to the resolution, and the writer intended that the country should understand, and the coun- try did understand, that he indorsed and ap- proved it, din doing this he was but re- echoing the sentiment of the whole line of his illustrious predecessors. Said Mr. Jeffer- son, in response to the request of some of his personal friends that he would allow his name to be usedas a candidate the third ime: ‘That I should Jay down my charge at a proper period igas much a duty as to have borne it althfully, and if sume termination to the serv- ice of the Chief Magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution, or supplied by practice, his office nominally for years will, in fact, become one for life; and history shows how easily that degener- ates into an inheritauce. . . . I should un- willingly be the person who, disregarding the sound precedent set uae illustrious predeces- sor, should furnish the first example of pro- longation beyond the second term of office. In this position Mr. Jefferson was sustained by the best element of the country. Boe ‘And if this was true in Jefferson’s time, if it was then considered expedient or necessa- ryto limit the Presidential office to two terms, lest the office nominally for years, in fact, become an office for life, what shall: be saidin these days when the political ma- chinery has become so complicated and subtle that the true sentiment and will of the people is otter overvOLnes if not lost sight of alto- gether Whatever may have been the views of Gen. Grant upon the subject of a third-term, how- everin 1875, it is reasonably certain that-in 1880 he stands ready to accept the nomina- tion a third time if given the Opportunity, and Senator Howe tells us that he hopes that the Republicans will not put lighted candles in their bats after the manner of miners and “descend into subterranean depths to quarry outa President, when the foremost man of hig age. stands upon the mountain-top,” Teagy: ‘and anxious, we suppose, to be called own. a 2 Thigis a fine simile, and is evidently the outpouring of the heart of a man that has been left behind. ay ‘Without attempting to reduce the altitude of the man on the mountain-top by the one- hundredth part of a barley corn. ‘we submit that itis a rather severe reflection upon ‘the other distinguished gentlemen who are sup- posed to be quite willing to accept the nomi- nation, to insinuate that if we fai} to" nomin- ate Gen. Grant there is a chance that we shall be obliged to quarry out a President from Some: poplerratean cave by the dim light of a tallow-candle. St Gen. Grant indeed stands upon the the valley below is*thick with the political graves of his companions and appointees who fell during his Administra- tion. The names of Belknap, and Babcock, and Shepherd, and many others of like fra- grant memory can easily be read upon the fombstones that dot the way. And what shall be said of the perty itself, that stood united and strong, well intrenched high up the slope, when the man _on the’ mountain- top first took command? We saw it eradu- ally pushed from its position. One Repub- lican seat after another vacated in the House and Senate and filled by the opposition, until at the close of the second term the party was mountain-top, reduced toa helpless minori ‘and a bare majority in the Senate. ‘The result of the last Presidential. contest admonishes us that if we are to succeed in this we must nominate 8 man who can com- mand the active and enthusiastic support of the engire party. : ig enbire Dara: will be fought out mainly upon the merits of the respective candidates, the past history of the two political parties and the probable future course of the Na- tional Administration. Weshall not be able to Torce our oppon- ents to an issue, upon any Clearly defined measure, financial or political, and ‘the cam- paign must, toa great extent, be a personal one. Under these circumstances, it would seem to be the -part of wisdom to selecta standard-bearer whose record is clear, and who is not personally objectionable to. any considerable portion of the party. President Grant’s Administration, during his second term especially, was not po ular with a large portion of the more intelligent members of the party, who neither’ held nor desired of- fice, and ‘whether their opinions as to the conduct of ‘the President were erroneous or otherwise, they were, and still-are, honestly entertained, and it is now too late to correct them, if erroneous. With Gen. Grant as our candidate, the campaign must be fought on the defensive, and will be one of apologies and denials. : ‘As there is no valid ‘reason why this high honor should again be conferred upon him in preference to others who have borne the heat and burden of the day, and as it is rea- sonably certain that he cannot command or secure the hearty support of the entire party if nominated, prudence would seem to dic- tate that we recognize the “ unwritten law of the Republic” as to a third-term lease, the “ foremost man of his age” standing upon the mountain-top with our blessing. Nom- inate either Blaine, Sherman, or Washburne, and, having nominated, elect him by such an overwhelming majority as to leave no ground for doubt as to the result. AntTI-Toizp TERM. ART. Some New Pictures by Col. James Fair- man. During the past week there has been on exhibition at O’Brien’s Art Gallery a col- lection of eight oil paintings, mostly land- scapes, from the easel of Col. James Fair- man, 2 New York artist, who for the last ten years has made his home in Europe, study- ing the methods of the different schools. Those of our older —_art-loverS who were familiar with /the art receptions at the. Crosby Opera-House, in the ante-fire days will doubtless remember several. ributions by this artist,—mostly moonlighteficcts. During the Colonel’s resi- dence abroad he has devoted no inconsidera- ble attention to the study of the connection between the physical sciences and the pic- torial art, and so firmly has he become im- bued with the idea of their close rela- tionship that he is now regarded as the head of the new school, which he modestly calls. the Eclectic. Under the direction of Bunsen and other distin- guished German scientists, he devoted him- self to a thorough study of the laws of color, light, and meteorological effects, making numerous experiments with the spectroscope and’ other mechanical appliances for the analysis and combination of the direct and refiected rays. The results of these studies and experiments, so far as they relate to the art of practical representation, he has largely made use of in_ the pictures which he now has on exhibition. na purely technical sense, they have un- doubtedly béen of great value in enabling him to depict with more than ordinary truth- fulness the chromatic gradations of light, as seen in ‘shadow, half-shadow,. or the dircet glare of the noonday sun. His shadows are not black. Each one has an individuality of color which it receives from the play of light from surrounding ob- jects. This is particularly noticeable in his pigtares of the “Valley of Chamounix,” wherein the deflected light jumping from crag to crag illuminates the mountain-sides opposed to the direct-rays of the sun, so that the beholder can in every instance discern the quality: and texture of the rock formations. In this respect the eclectic method, as Col. Fairman modestly calls it, imparts'a positive charm to the works to which itis applied. “~ ‘ In following out fhis method, however, there is danger of going to an extreme, ant in some instances the Colonel has not ¢s- caped it. The application of the unvarying laws of light and the realistic method to their fullest capacity has tendency to convert. the living artist into che dead copyist of the camera, provided he be an accurate draughtsman possessed of .a thorough knowledge of perspective. In other words, the tendency lies to the photo- graphic reproduction of whatever natural objects the vision of the artist is directed against, The result is an absolute realism Without the: slightest suggestion of the ideal. It robs art of its poetic feeling. The pictures haye no suggestiveness. There is nothing left for the mind of the spectator to fillin. The effect is simply that of the ‘yellow primrose by the river’s bank.” Itis nothing but the primrose. There are no longer sermons in stones. They are buta inass of granit, gneiss, or sand. These re- marks are applicable-to the ‘Interior of the Golden Gate at Jerusalem,” which is brilliant in color and architecturally faultless in drawing, butin artistic effect is absolutely expressionless. The sense of ob- servation is so much taken up with the per- fection of detail as to allow the beholder no opportunity to mentally imagine the minor characteristics of the scene. “Dunblane Church” largely partakes of the same mannerism, and after a careful ex- amination the beholder turns away with the feeling that he has just witnessed some beautiful effects in the fixing of light and shade. : ‘The view of “Stratford-on-Avon ” is acom- bination of realism and poetry. In the dis- tance is the church in which are enshrined the remains of Shakspeare. It is half hidden by a clump of trges. Between it and the foreground is a ldgg_ stretch of meadow, on the fuithest border of which is here and there the shimmer of the River Avon, Close in front of the spectator is a bunch of cattle drinking at a pool. These animals are ‘reproduced with the fidelity of the photo- graph. The nose of one of the beasts is actually dripping with water. Cui bono? We are not asked to make an’ ihspec- tion of the _bovines. The object to which the beholder is asked to direct his attention is the church in the half distance. Around this should be thrown all the wealth of sentiment which the artist can command. In one conception Col. Fairman is exceedingly happy, and that is the immensity of. solitude surrounding the burial-place of the great dramatist. An eter- nal unbroken silence is in perfect harmony with the central thought of the picture. The handling of the rocks in the view of the coast near Gloucester, Mass., is very fine. Bold and rugged they, stand solid against the sky. ‘The veins and fissures, with the trans- parent shadows _here and there, are earnest studies after Nature. The waves gently breaking” against the rocks in the mid-dis- tance are lacking in undulation; and the water inthe pool in the immediate fore- ground fails to indicate the feeling of wet- ness. s 7 “Jerusalem at Sunset” is a view of the Holy City from the Mount of Olives,—be- tween the two being the Valley of Kedron. Bathed ina mellow light are the tops of towers, mosques, and churches, while here and there eanght up are reflected rays of rosy hue brightening up the gradually-deep- ening shadows. The picture is broader in technical treatment than many of its com- panions. “Melrose Abbey by Moonlight” is the gem of the collection, The noblest ruin in Scot- land stands at the rear of a meadow, flanked by clumps of trees. The full moon, casting 2 flood of light through a rift in the clouds, paints in silver the exposed sides of the structure, and through the ruined win- dows and other openings —_ shoot lunar pencils that form a sfriking con- trast to the gloomy and mysterious shadows, which the light of day can only dissipate. The intense solitude seems to be the same: as inspired Gray when he wrote his “Elegy.” ‘The meadow in the foreground, broken by two hedges, is bathed in light, which, how- ever, shows no definit color. It is a mass of bluish-green, on which is depicted the pecul- iar effect of a heavy dew. Almost at. the spectator’s feet is a little brook from which is occasionally reflected a shim- mer of the moon’s rays. This -picture is a transcription in color of Sir Walter Scott’s poetical painting of the famous Abbey. Itis the glorious ruin in the moonlight which the artist has attempted. To this alone has he devoted his labor.. The accessories are sec- ondary and subservient, and, no matter how closely the connoisseur may examine the work, his eyes will constantly wander back to the central figure. ‘ “The mountain torrent in the wilds of Scotland” possesses many of the peculiari- ties in treatment of the view of ‘Bass Rocks.” Coming up from the horizon in a dense bank of black storm-cloud, completely. enveloping the mountain beyond, it is sur- charged with rain, much of which it has been deprived of by the mountain-tops. Down a narrow gorge roars the rapi¢ ly-swelling stream, and, as it nears the spectator, it has swollen to a resistless torrent. The treat- ment of color in the whirling mass, while vividly describing the effect, gives to the wa- ter tifat appearance of solidity which inva- riably associates itself with a sudden and un- logked for visitation of the mount- aif fiood. Far different is the ap- pearance of the babbling brook just below. The latter, gently flowing over stones and moss, gives the condition of wetness. The torrent has no time to wet anything. In exhibiting the pictures Col. Fairman uses the panoramic style. A large frame. heavily draped with maroon velvet, is placed on the line, and in this the pictures are shown. one after angther. RETURNED HOME. Special Dispatch to The Chicuso Tribune, Crncrxnatt,-0., Feb. 14.—W. S. Marshall, the absconding Cashier of the Middletown (O.) First National Bank, returned to his home this merning from Milwaukee. He refuses to tell any one what his plans or in- tentions are. Ashe is nota defaulter there will be no proceedings against him. He in- sists that there has never been anything criminal in his relations with Miss Langdon; they never had any intention of eloping; their only object in going to Chicago together was that they might have a final talk. He told her of his plans and arrangements for the future, bade her _good-by forever, : and sent her back to her friends in Middletown. It is believed that Marshall and his family will remove soon to the West. ————__. THE BROWN WAGON IN NEW YORK, Mr. Thomas H. Brown, of the Novelty Car- riage Works, this city, has received the fol- lowing letter from an eminent lawyer of New York: New York, Jan. 3.—Mr. Thomas H. Brawn— Drar Sir: I havo been trying fora long time to get track of you. 1 have had three wagons of your make built in nine years.—one for Mr. Jay Gould, one, a top wagon, for Mr. Charles Rob- inson, and the third, an open wagon, I bought of a’stablekagper here. 1 have owned a good many carriages, but I never saw any others to compare with yours in durability and strength, in proportion to their weight. I was saying this to Mr. Robert Bonner recently, when he in- formed me that by asingular coincidence you had been in his cffice that very morning. I sent a clerk to look you up, but he was told you had already left the city. had previously been told that you had been burnt out, and had not resumed business. The wagons I have re all made with the patent spring in the bottom. If you are still building equally good carriages, I Want several. I want everything—lining and all =the very best extra, and Without any chaffer- ing or referring to {t but once, at the lowest price for best quality. Tinclose with this a momorandum of a car- riage I want as soon as possible. Please inform me how goon you can furnish the same and at what price. Very respectfully yours. —————— LATEST. One of the greatest evils of our day is envy. Indeed it can be aid to be the “ root of all evil.” Shame on the 100 dentists of our city who peti- tioned to the Rubber Vulcanite Company tohave the McChesney Bros. pay $1,000 tax for 1850, all because they would not favor the “ring” in high-priced dentistry. Justice brings its own reward. DRUNKENNESS, Dr.D "Unger, discoverer of the ciuchona cure for drunkenness, cures all cases. Room 27 ‘Palmer House. $e Such blots upon beauty 23s pimples roughness, plowics are obliterated by Glenn's Sulphur joap. f BUSINESS NOTICES. Arend’s Kumyss, the daintiest of foods and most potent tonic in form of a pleasant beverage, a mild milk-wine. Nothing else so rapidly enriches the blood. Dyspeptics, the weak and delicate generally, should drink it. It affords immediate comfort, and often re- stores health after all else has failed. To be had only at 179 Madison street. Dr. Clesson Pratt, Physician Special for the safe and speedy cure of the. morphine erave and opium habit. Also, for drunkenness, sleeplessness, and other babit-induced and stricttly nervous diseases. Professional rooms Central Music-Hall, Room No. 23. << $$ ofmann’s Hop Pills cure chills and fever, dumb ague, biliousness, general debility, sick beadache, and dyspepsia. Price, 50 cents per box. Van Schaack, Stevenson & Co., gen- eral agents. FOR SALE. FOR SALE, HOUSES, OLD BRICKS, N MATERIAL. ‘The C.& W.1 RR. Co. have bought or are con- demning the following houses, which will be sold very cheap for Immediate removal: 96 Fourteenth-st., 105 Fourteenth-st.. 106 Fourteenth-st, 2-sto1 135 Fourteenth-st., 2-story.. r materi rt tory. tory and basement brick. tory brick. 328 Third. ry, for material. 333, 805, and 30 Third-av., for materia For further information apply to F.C. VIERLING, 602 State-st., near Twelfth. SLABS. ‘The Northern Transit Co. have just received a cargo of about 240 cords good Pine Slabs, which they offer forsate cheap. They arc on board vessel, and can be fanded on dock where wanted. Apply at Company's Office, foot North La Salle-st. ‘ SAPANULE. 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COPARTNERSHIP. ‘The undersigned have this day formed s Copartner- ship under the firm name of Harzfeld & Goodman, for the purpose of manufacturing Cloaks and Suits. 7 Frankiin-st. LEWIS GOODMAN, Chicago, Feb. 14, 1580, ALBERT HARZFELD, THE TRIBUNE WEATHER-MAP. From Observations Made by the Signal-Service, U. 8. A. at 11 P. M., Washington Mean Time, Feb. 14, 1880. 7 9G) Longitode West 92 from Grecuwich 198? 3 Carry Winni Bar 296) ipes) Ti2 EXPLANATION. ‘CHARACTER OF WISB-FORCE. #} Pembina | (OXON) Fair. Cloudy. Rain, Snow. Q® ® Calm. Light. «teak. Gao. Bar TO Dx Quoinf Ohio « Cairo! Bar 30.09/59 ¥- Ghawnee 7. conned Feveport. Vicksburg “i. Rainfall, past 6 hours. ‘Bor. Fincennes BY Oin z oe ashvilie L744 ‘Salen? : T 37 aS) , Atlantae 46, “Arrows ‘Barometer. the wad is blowing. Toledo LR Bar 30.0 Taz S dont, Bar s002 2 Springfield v 3 @) tnaahapons go oulsvilie ‘Bar 30.03 T40 tin: off e ae oe. ples We baat ‘Chattanooga Bada? o> Calunibia. E D ‘Observations taken at the same moment of time LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. ‘at all stations. int Ia the direction 4 Feathers upon, arrows Dodicate wind-force. Wastingtone 4, i Ons SOR, Ge : (aeaRichmond, i - Norfotks Ki Ory Mmingtonty, SANDS rising temperature. ‘The Tennessce, cur in the Cumberland, below Nashville. and the Ohio, between Cincinnati and partly cloudy weather, and stationary or slowly rous floods will oc- ittsburg. Curcago, Feb. 1 Bar.) Ther.|Hu| Wind.) Vel) Kn.| Weather. || ‘Time. -|Hu| Wind. Va] Rn.) teather 6:18.a. m.] 30.02] 30 | 68 jW..... --++-|Cloudy....|| 2 p. m2, B | $8 /s.¥ Ta. m....| 3.03} 31 | 9 |S. W. so32:|Gloudy--1) 9 p.m 38 | 53 |S. Ww. 1:18 a.m] 30.03} S4_| 70 1S. will’ [occ Falr...7--[110:18 p.m} 57_ 153 [S. W. iCloudy. ‘Maximum, 37; minimum, 20. INDICATIONS. Orvice oF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D, C., Feb. 15-18. m.—For the Upper Lake region, Upper Mississippi! and Lower Missouri Valleys, warmer southerly to westerly winds, falling barometer, with partly cloudy weather, followed during the night by areas of snow cr rain. For the Tennessee and Ohio Valley, slowly rising temperature, south to west winds, rising followed by falling barometer, and clear or fair weathor during the day. For the Lower Lake region, southenst to southwest winds, light snow in the eastern portion, rising followed by falling barometer, ‘Cumberland, and Ohio Rivers will continue to rise, and dan; and areas of i! AND INRANTS US UN We are now offering ex- tensive lines of the above in Low, Medium, and Fine Grades at VERY LOWprices. We invite close inspec- tion and comparison of prices. Large line Chemises at 30, 40, 50, 65, 75c, and $1. : Drawers (30 styles), at 30, 40, 50, 65, and 75c. Night Dresses at 60, 75, 85c, $1, and $1.25. Ladies’ Skirts at 50, 65, 75, 85, 95c, and $1.20. Misses’ Drawers and Chemises at 25, 30, 35, 40,.and 50c. Misses’ Night Robes at 55, 60, 65, and 75c. Our lines of the above are so varied that it would be useless to attempt a description. Prices guaranteed below those of any other house. PARDRIDCES’ MAIN STORE, _ 114 8 116 State-st. TO RENT. FORMANUEACTORING OR BUSINESS PURPOSES ‘The three-story and basement Brick Building and 58 South Canal-st., with the four-story Brick Building 86 and 37 South Water-st., directly in rear; good light, rallroad side-track within few feet of building. Pos- session of part given now; balance on May L E. A. CUMMINGS & CO., 134 La Salle-st. TO RENT, At Kenwood, 5 ) Good Dwelling-House and Bam, Has water, gas andsewernge. Rent low to good tenant Tnauire at Stute-at., cor. Monroe. ‘A BISHOP. “THE BONANZA.” a eee THEBI INANZA The People’s Great Saving Store, 195, 196 & 198 West Madison-st. 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