Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1880, Page 12

: otenity ol cul rz THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, “THLE COMING CROWN. His Imperial Majesty Ulysses the First. Some of the Leading Nobility of, the New Regime. Blaine Banished, Nast Executed, and Meecher Made Imperial Chaplain, A Gorgeously-Apparolod Army of Four Hundred Thousand Men. Phitadetphia Times, Once of the cleverest satires of the day {san Anonymous pamphlet, just issued, entitled “The Coming Crown,” giving a prophetic pen-picture of the coming Empire under “THis Imperial Majesty, Emperor Ulysses 1.” It is Mlustrated with neut of nerown, and some of Its hits at the leading restoratlonists: ave ndinirable, The chief extracts are taken from the CourtsJournal, dated Washington, Sept. 1, 1882, and from the Impertal Stand- ard, dated Washington, Oct. 1, 1882, to which various telegrams are credited from different sections of the country, telling of the troubles: with such Insurgents a9 Binine, Nast, aud others; of the progress of Imperialism; of the gorgeotisand numberless Imperial troops: and of the grand public hnprovements prose- ented under the Empire. ‘The following ¢ tracts will be relished by the lovers of pol ished wit, whatever may be their ylews of Imperialism: MIS INPERTAL MAJESTY, EMPENOR ULYSS Brom tne Court sestrnal, Washington Scat, fy lis Lnperial Majesty, the Emperor U! I,, accompanied by the Empress, the Crown- Prince Frederick, and a numerous suite, ore rived at the Palnce yesterday, after 2 week's: visit to the Duke of Pennsylvania, nt his aatial residence, Cameron Tall, Marris- urg His tmperial Majesty, wo are happy do announces, is in the best of health, ‘The Tinperial escort consists of 1 battalion of the {unde and two companies of the Household ‘avalry. L Her Royal Iighness the Princess Nellie will not. return to England, We are ina position to state that the consort of her Royal Ialness, Algernon Sartor eit iy to be ralged to the Pecruge under the title of Barl of Granton, We further understand that the Earl of Granton is to be appoluted Governor, With tha title of Lord-Lleutenant, of the Province of Tinos, and that it Is the inten- tion of the“ Imperlal Government to settle $200,000 per annum upon his Lordship, A Viccrezal Painee ts to be built at Springfield, the Privy Council haying Issned an order for the razing of the Capitol of the former Stute of linots, and the restdence of the Lord- Lieutenant will be erected on the site. LOND SITANON, EAN OF NEVADA, Lovd Sharon, Earl of Nevada, ts expected to arrive at the Palace on the Sth inst. Itis Lordship—who has, during the past month, been entertaining a number of the Western nobility at his magnificent residence, Bel- mont Hall, San Franelsco—is understood to have suecessfully conducted the negotiations which resulted In California giving her ns- sent to the propositions made by the. Irnperint Government, In view of his Lordship's dis- tinguished diplomatic services in thits eradi- gating the Inst vestizes of Republicantsin sin the Western part of tho Emplre, we hav reason to know that his Imperial Majesty in- tends conferring upon his Lantshiy tho honor of the Order of the Mailed-Hand, LOND SIMON CAMERON, EARL OF SUSQUE- MANNA, It Is with great pleasure that we are en- abled to nunounce tho arrival of Lord Siinott Cameron, Enrl of Susquehanna, at the Pal- ace. ‘The yenerable Enrl and his son, the no- ble Duke of Pennsylvania, will have the honor of dining with his Iinperial Majesty to-morrow, when the Duke is expected to ar- rivein town. As wo have proviously an- nounced, Lord Simon'was, some time ago, Sppoluted by fils Imperial Majesty. Earl- Marshal,—the title remaining In ‘the Touse of Cameron according to the Iaw of priue- «enlture, LORD AND LADY FISI. Lérd and Lady ILamilton Fish have arrived. atthe Palace. Lord Hamilton will recelye Anal instructions before hls departure for England as Imperial Minister to the Court of St. James. Lady Fish will not, we under stand, reecompany the noble Lord, but will remain during tho coming season th nttend- dance on Her Majesty as Principat Lady in Watting. , WASIMURNE, DUKE OF ILLINOIS, Cards have been Issued by the Duke of WMinois for o gurden-party at Washburn Houge—the splendid residences lately com- piluled by Ills Grace, and to which Ils Graco Aus, given tho family-name—on the evening of the 12th Inst. ‘The noble Duke—whose ap Polutnent 8 Primo Minister by I1is Imperial jesty has given such profound satisfaction hit Court-circles—will, we understand, enter tain during the goming season with ducal hospitality, Her Grace, the Duchess of Tl- Mnois, returned from the country last week, BIR O, HE, HANCOCK, PRINCIPAL EQUERIY, Str 0. E, Babeock, whose devotion to the Imperial cause, and whose conspicuous gaal- Jantry at Albany, N. Y., when the Repub- Jleanarmy under Fenton was so completely defented by the Imperial, troops, hug de servedly galned him so many marks of Ine verlal favor, Is now, we are glad to state, ate convalescent. He remains at the Tine perial Vill, Long Branch, for a few days more, When he will return to the Palace to, enter on his duties us Teinelpal Enquerry in attendance on His Imperial Majesty. LOUDS AND LADIES VISITING, Tord and Lady Edwards Plerrepont, Baron day Gould, and’ Sir Whitelaw Reld, of New York, who have been on a visit to Lord George M. Raheson, of New Jersey, at Secor Hall, Capo May, arrived in. town’ yesterduy for the season, wisaere AND CROWN-PHINCE FREDERICK, fhe magnificent yacht which His {mperlal Highness, the Crown-Prines Frederlek, has been pleased to aeeept_as a present trom James Gordon Bennatt, Esq, of Naw York, has arrived In the Paton She ts wam tho Ulysses, aud is a masterpiece of naval architecture, THE DUKE AND DUCILESS OF NEW YORI, The Duke and Duchess of New York aro expeeted to arrive In town for the season on Tuesday next. ‘The Dueal residence, Conk- ‘Wng House, Is rapldly approve Hn maples tton, nil ulses In polnt of architectural Deauty to equal any of the many splendid af the nobility erected in the Capital Fa Ais Imperint Aajesty axcended) the Trove, Invitations will stortly be issued by Its Grace, for the ball whieh is ta be elven when Conkling Mouse is opened, and tho event promises to by one of extraordinary magnificence, BLAINE SENTENCED TO NANISITM From the tmpertul Standard, Washington, Gets 1, 188. An oficial telegram, published elsewhere in this issue, brie intelligence of the triad and conyietlon by Milt Commission of Janes (, Blaine, of Maine, and the sentences of banishment passed by the Comission Wil ta all prebanility be” approved by His yuperlal Majesty, Woe think the Commis slon cd in it deelsion—not as to the salt, but as to the punishment, of the of- fender, ‘The the has passed for measures: of mercy, Justlee demnnds something more. It demands stern retribution for such olfenses a6 thls man Blaing has committed, and the shinentawarded shonld have been death, he no trifling with traltar: twenty so-called Unlow-Leuciers ¥ nl Hath Heshowd hive been a warning vls that the Tmperlat Government waa noatlo regard seditlon as child's play, Of What use ds bantsiiaent, 1 sich men as John Shennan, dames G. Hhilie, and Therford Ballayes can concoct thelr plots and phiuas anlust the safety of the Einplre on the Cant dha slide of the border, and send thelr ends. surles to spread disloyalty in avery part of the country?) We tre not apologists for the course Birt prtrainiseh by the Imperial Goy- ernment. We have bien, and ure now, its aulvocas, We have, ait ust continue to have, ¢ strong Government, and vaellation or thitdity, be they in what quarter thay aay, antiot neither be condoned nor tolerated, Phe Jessons of the past nist not be forgotten, EXECUTION OF THOMAS NAST, oa ltl Lipertut Telegrayh tu the Standard, New York, Kept. S0—The last of the eighteen prisoners condemned to death by the Jmpertal eat Comission, whieh closed Its. sittings at Governors Island on the 20th, was executed at daybreak tl ayant we vondenmed nun, Chowas, Nast, who was a curieaturist on Harper's We before that dlsloyal sheet was sup cer Dressel Tn June fast, wis aecused of high Treason, by ploting ayalnst the Crown wid Vis Imperial Afajesty, and by etre atlug » so-called cartuon representing Lis Imperial Majesty as Nero, ‘The execution wns private, but it fs understood that. the death was nfl, the wretehed traltor's Iife not being extinct for several tninutes. HI ALEX. SHEPPARD, COURT-CIAMBERLATN, Sir Alexander Sheppard has, we are glad fo announce, been Hn signally honored by His Tnperial Majesty,—an Imperkal deere Isstied sesterday Appotnting him to. the re- f y sponsible and }nerative position of Court- Chamberlain, We understand that Wis Im. perk Hulesty Tas t gractously pleased to direct that a salary of $90,000 per annum. be fixed as the emoluments of this ionurable oflice, COt, FOUNEY'S 1) ‘The Hon. John We pia, arrived In town Honor of an andience w Majesty. Col, Fe 's devotion to the Im- perial cause before the establishment of the Empire is well known, and itis the oplnion in Court-elreles that the veteran Journnllst will recelve some substantial marks of Lis Inperlal Majesty's favor, WATTENSUN, MANQIIE OF NOURTON, Lord Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, who has been on a prolonged official visit through the Southern portion of the Empire. where his services in the establishinent of the Im- perial Government have been erowned with such signal stiecess, fs expected to arrive fy town to-morrow; and wo understand that, in consideration of his brilliant political nacht 1 His Jonperial Majesty has 1 traciously pleased to create “his Lordship Marquis of Bourbon. DANA UNDER IMPERIAL DISPLEASURE, Tumors were current in the Capital yester day that Chartes A. Dana, of New York, the distoyal and. virulent Unionist, whose oppor sition to the Imperialist cause was so pro- nounced during the eandidature of Tis poral Majesty f11 1880, has been arrested t Betti Dann's disloyal sheet, the New York Sun, itwill be remembered, was sum- murily, uuuppressedy mal two of Hts editors transported for life, when the Luperial traps entered New York City, MEECHER AN IMPERTAT, CHAPLAIN, The Ht, Rey. Wenry Ward Beecher, Bishop of Brooklyn, whose conversion to the Meth- odist Episcopal Church was shuultaneous with 1fy Tnpertal Majesty's secession to the throne, arrived at the rs yesterdity, 1s Lordship will enter on tis duties as Tiiperial Chaplaln without delay, and Wil preach lie» fore the imperial family, at the ALE, Cathe- dral, on Sunday next, Fe fi THE GODDESS OF TIBERTY DEPOSED, The old figure of Liberty, whieh surmount- ed the dome of the Capitul here, lias been taken dawn, and 1 colussal statue of His Ine perlal Majesty, the Emperor Ulysses 1, fs to replace ity ‘I'he statue will be of bronze, nnd isafters design furnished by Milly, ‘The figure will be sunnounted by a erown, whieh at night will be Wluminated” by tho electric Hight, and thus be visible for nearly fifty niles, THE IMPERIAL, AMY. Armyand vy Netwws.—It_ has been offi- elully deckted by) the Minister of War that the new uniform of the Cavalry of the LI shall be somewhatsimilar to thoseof the G man Ublang, ‘The linperial Guards will b uniformed ufter the style of the Royal Lifes Guard of the British ‘service, and the lo XVECTATIONA, ravy, of Philadel- tern and tind the i ihts Tmperint hold Cavalry will) retain esenit pleturesque and distinetive — sly It is understood = that the strength = of the army intima of peace | has been decided on after a conference the ol princlpal ollicers of rank, at, which his ate perial = Majesty presided, strength of the ling, Including alry, and artillery, a3 well as the engin signal corps, ete., will be 400,000 men, HARON NATHANIEL KAY. The new tronclads Ulysses I., Empire, and Tmnperial,—the: work on which has dl forward by Baron Nathaniel » Superintendent of the linperial, Navy-¥ard, —are now almost completed; and, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord George M. Robeson, of New Jersey, accompanied by 1 numerous suite, will make an oficial visit to the yard early next wee! BUTLER LATE IN IMPERTAT, ALLEGIANCE, We nre gratitied to be Ina position to state that Gen, B, I. Butler, of Massachusetts, tins atlasttaken the vath of aileglance to Lis Imperial Majesty, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Who Invented It? ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cuicago, March G.—Itding In a Canalport- Qvenuo car list Saturday 1 beard n passenger stuto that the 16 puzzle was gotten up by one of the members of the Electoral Commis- slon during the session of that buiy,—whieh Is botter known ua tho 7-t Commission, can you tell me whether that fs truth OF Aatiqnt Fury, is TO Be Send On Your Puzzles. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. MAnion, In. Murch #.—Noticiog a description of n fitte block puzzle in your lesue of March 6, pronounced by tho New York Academy of Sciences as imposslble of solution, L undertake tony that fean give n solution of any combl- nation. of the blouks they or uny one else ent xive. Tf any one wishes to test this let then Work tho puzzlo us fur af thoy eat, und send the positions and I will give tho necessary moves to make the refractory numbers tako thelr places, Very truly, J. MM. Gray, The Dog Nuisance. ‘To the Editor of The Chteago Tribune, Ciicago, March 0#.—How many more deaths does aur Mayor require before he will banish all dogs from our strecta? If he could bave a goad fright perhaps thon he would tuke pity on tho people. The most unrensonable despots wre those ownlng ano of these brutes who will pers sist. inexposiug overy ona to danger. If thoy Uko It, Jet thom keep as many us thoy choose; but why In the namo of Justice should they have aright to expe any one else? Tahould advise aif relatives of these unfortu- nate victing to sue the authorities for heavy damages, Parhups thit might bring thom toa sense of Justico und humanity, ‘Thers i not another such dog-ridden elty es this unywhere, A FIUGHTENED Moruzity The Sewerngo Question. ‘To the Hditor of The Chteago Tribune, Ciicaqdo, Mureh 1L—Consider this plan for disposing of the Kownge, If you please, and pub- lkh tt, Bupposo an immense clstern constructed at the edge of tho river where the sower enters tho rlyer and Juatubove the water level of the river, Lot the wall of the elatern be hollow, 50. that sand and charcoal could pe filled In or roe moved without trouble, or jut the adjustable silex Alter of huge propartions be used, then the elstern would til up and overilow the titer and pitas Hiltered water into the sewer; the slime and muittor would settle to the bottom: then a boat showld bo fltted with unadtretight hold and an oxe envutor; this boat should ply up ind down the river, sopping at the cud of avery sewer and letting ite pipe down to the bottom, oxhaust ull Jn the cisterns, ane trinsport It down tho ennut, whero the fertilizing compainies: would buy it at a price which would maintain bout und worke after thole Dat cstublishinent, K. i, Rentdones of Hitnols Governors, ‘To the Editor af The Chteapo Tribune, Ciicade, March 0—0ne TunuNe of Monday Morning Buy's that Joel A. Matteson was the anly Governor of Minols elected: fren any, county north of Springtlek. “When T came inte the Suite, tn Ke, Vhomas Ford was a resident of Oregon, Ogle County, and Thaye been in his house thore, where he resided when elected Governor, Tho Jog cabin in whieh be drat realded win standing at list dates, eleven logs Blah and cightoon feet square. Adin W, Snyder waa nombuited for Governor in tho winter of BI. Hedtled May 1. 1d. Ho was charged by his oppancnta wlth being unfriendly tooureanal, Ko, no sooner did the news of his death reach the north thin the prominent men of the purty held consultations a4 to tho praper person. to luke the pluce er Cal. Bayder upon the toket with a view to tia pronduneed tCriendship for thy cnunal. Northorn sentineut was so univers sally faverable (a Julze Ford. thea holding vourtin tho Kane, DeKalb, and Ogle Clreuit, that bls nomination was a inere matter of form, For tho revival of the work upon the canal and the restoration of the credit of tha state, Thomas Ford will ever be held in grateful ree ImeMmbrince. The condition of our State tanced and credit when he came inte ollice and when he has wiated in detatl in his work onti- r's Wstory of Hiinoia” jie was a a Wwhenhe died in January, Til, help tt, shall not Iu Aving Curtibahod: Btuto with its very ablest and bost Governor, Joun Westwouru, A Vegetarian Weard Proms ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cmiesuo, Mareh MW.—After roading your nue inerons ant huniune articles of late upon tho brutal and unnecessary treatment of animal Mtv wt tho Stovk-Yante, it occurs to me ns Uough thore was a litte refined frony In those sume urticles, ug witness how shocked and bor- riled your reporter was upon observing some exceptional und, tui, unnecessary cuscs of miun’s cruelly, Hut aus, netther the same humane reporter, nor Aue other humane and wmerelfal gentleman, Urged his pen te proclatm the gigantic fut thst the nbusy complained of te nota tithe of the cruelty preticed ut the Yards, 46 not the suoriiicing of life, whother upon tho ulturs of tho pricats of olden Umes, vod, according ous views, bur Darous timer, or in (ob) eumgestive name), Aweet, savory anells,—not.to the gods, for new we belleve Mat to be a ernel mockery. bul for our own carnal, sniltnad aelt, a most cruel, une elvillzed and barbarmta erie? Aro not those samo anitanta, whose Hfe-btoml Is shed every of pain, and all that pain | “Alinost avery one will fnatinet- Js it not true, then, that we iM ut, ales, why aay that: why plend the ease of the dumb, helpless animals, when the highest civilized) nattons, wilh prayers In thelr mouths, wo forth to slaughter and to mow “down hike geass huinan bene (aht what does their sent profit them?) for Holds for trade, as tustanes tho Zin wie? In uation to the trio friends of notmals, to the trie friends of snelety, the yexotariana, Lhope you will publish tho above, aa TL bellove there are few persons that have given the subject this view, and Thope that more peoplo will begin to diseard from thoir tables flesh thatance quive ered with the sume Hfe-giving properties nx wo ourselyes possess, for tho more Fonte, divine, and herithy vegetnble food in all varieties, minted to ts, whethor man or beast, by a ktud Mrovidonce, Lreimain, yours respectfully, Joun MONO. Tlic Winols Local Press, To the Editor af The Chteago Tribune, Cnicaqo, Marvh 11.—At tho Inte meeting of tho Illinois Press Assoclatian, held tn this elty,, Lembraced the ovenston to sound the gontlemen on thelr politica! preferences. The opinion pre+ volls to a great oxtont throughout the Enat, and An somne degree here in Minols, that the country’ Dress Ist machine to be set a-going or stopped At willby menof National oomo and fame. This, T am giad to any, is but an assumption. Although tho Press Assoclation was not. fully Tepresented, yet in canvursing thelr views I found men who were ns intelligent, as well got in thelr views, and ns outspoken as one could tid tn the same number of gentlemen from any we 1 found Republicans who be. a atrong Government and Grant, who cared nothin Jere Blaek and bis third-term our staughter-houses: that we nay baive 3 cirecrow; Demoernts who were ‘Tiden men in the faee of the elpher dispatches and John Kelly's bolts independent fellows who liked Taine for his aggresalyoness, Bayard for his ariatocratle Inenge, Wasbinirne for his honesty and integrity. Palmer for his independence, and oven John Shermun for his flnanctal abliity. White tho Htlnolg Press Association wax con: yened for the consid tlon of subjects portain- ing purely to a coiperative harmony. and proilt, and while State and National. preferences 1a politicians were quietly fznored, yet the most casil absey would not fall to deteet that every country editor was aman and nota muachlue,—a man who thought and neted for pes no machine moving him: In any diree- lon. The time was when the country, press allowed iteclf to ty controlled elther from Washington or Springfield. ‘To tty credit. be it suld, tht. tine has long mun: T regurd tho Milnals country press to-day as the most independent Aggregation of tilent that shapes and moyes the poitical imiching of the third State tn tho Trion, and would rather rely upon fits conyles tlonsthan upon the convictions of any similar number of public thinkers. OusERVER Hydrophobia. ‘To the Euitar of The Chicago Tribune. Cmicaao, March 0.—This isso horrible a disenso that it Is surely permissible to. any one, whethor physician or not, to present to the public any thoughts ho may have on the subject, It seams thit Alsberge, the victim, was bitten about alx weeks ago; the polson, therefore, required nt Jenst some tive weeks to culminate and develup the Intent cause, If the polson were of a ebemtcal character we should expect results within 2 few hours; the long delny, therefare, would point to the conclusion that the polson conveyed by the bite was composed of organic worms that required a long time to hateh and poy iat before reaching tho vital centres, or, perhaps, simply the brain, Another fuct point- ta the probability. of germs: ts tho wido difference between the effect of chemical Ingredients ns conrad with Ingredients con- tuning tfe-forees within them. "lo quote froin. whut Ehave wlrendy published: “For instance, if we wish to polson wolves, the arsenic or other chenilcal put. into the pads ak t sheep inuist bo ena in quantity to kill the expected niinber of wolves, for ono wolf thus polsoned will not convey the effect to the ofthe pack; butif we deslre Lo ilestroy nsavage race by small-pox we have only to jufect one or two, and they will Impurt it to tho whole tribe by tho dlsenso saw. ing ttrown seeds or germs, "One mad dog will aullice to {nfeet.n whole pnek of hounds, and the incase ealted rabies will bo of the anine force ln cnet doy.” It nppenrs to mo to be logically and mathemut- feally certain. that hydrophobht is conveyed by germs, Dut tho antidotes applied wad a palson used by = South | American Indians to up tholr arrows with, and reported to have enused two recoveries, When wo consider, however, that. olson used to tip arrows: Is calculated to kill or disuble men, the nttnok ts on tho patient mther thin on the parnsites that are working mischief within him. ‘There nro ehemleals, sulphur ag ono, that ure destructive of low ornnising and not to us, it wero n recognized and accepted thoory, which I think it ought to be, thit all” contagious discases nt least: arise from organte germs, then there would beat atent search (Ht the dlreation of dist verti nical agents that,wilt destroy the germa an 1 tho parasites derived from them, without ing to tho patient, ‘This would be a further Introduction of selence into a profession that stands in need of it. ‘There nro stilt too many usuges or Cushions that have come down from the Just generation or two, and although alterations tako place and now usiges aro ndopted, it fs frequently unguided by any sctentifie concep- ton, I. P, MAUKELCAN. Z ov. : Puro Malic. ‘To the Edttor of The Chteago Tribune. CitcaGo, Murch t—Consequent on the Into ratd of the Health Olliccra upon tho milk of ‘the elty, and the exposition of the poor, trnahy stuit gencrally sold by the mitkman, there hag apring up number of sinall cowkeepers who profess tosell milk puro and good Iu vvery way. ‘That this inilk fs pure ta without doubt, but that it fa good In every respect 1a 8 fallacy. Tho aniinuls from which this clnss of miltk 1s derived aro erowded into small bars, badly ventilated, un- cleanly, and dark; there thoy aro fed on slop- food, for the niost part consisting of brawer's grains or distillery-mash, Upon this kind of feed, and under such troatmont, they put on flesh nnd ut tirat apparently thrive, but very soon the animals begin to fallin henith., Dark- ness, confinoment, It-ventilytion, lower the tone aud put the edwa into w feverish candition, and this condition is lmpurted to the mik, and from milk to those who Ive for the part upon - it. It ls not the Ktrong and the well-zrown that auf fer, but the Dables, Baby's stonmch gets out of order, It has feverish spoils, and indigeagion, and. restless nights, und wo say, “Oh, baby fa cuttin: another tooth,” or © Baby has enuyht cold’; thon baby gets dosed, But if we followed our milkman to his barn, and viewed the sourees of baby's nourishment, we could know where tho trouble came from, Absolutely pure, wholesome milk fa what wo seule for our little weuntings, and unless we wet thiy the poor td ones must sutfer, How to get this absolutaly pure milk ought to be a wmatter of euruest consideration with overy pa it. Most of us living in the city cannat evp a cow for our Httle ones, for many ren ehietly for Inek of roum and Inck some one to “attend to ber wants and cleaniiness; we can't all lye in tho suburba, nor even there could wo keep a cow. flow, then, are wo to pot the milk from at healthy cow whieh woe know {#8 auch? ly co- poration. Let some dozon or score of familtes huvlog young children subserlby the sun tsunlly De ata in milk to establish a herd of a. SOME fatnitlos spend from 4h to Fb a ieee milk,—aay 850. Lee thoi bire aman, i ttle plice in the suburbs, and hive hlm supors intend the cows of eteh of tho codperutive Mnombera and bring them tholr milk overy duy. ‘This plan, if judiviousdy worked out, would, E am sire, give to our litte ones lesé allinents nd ourselves invre peace of mind. XxX. Why “ The Tribune» Docant Suppress. ‘Tu the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cricado, March 1.—You little know what you are doling for Chica when you are ninking one river nod waiter 60 bad. Rome tine in bile, Lang John nnd a dire mountal out of molehill, He made our Btute debt twonty mill- Jons, when it wis but nine, and stated that the I ple wotlld have ta be taxed to death te pay ho interest. ‘The tide of emigration turned to Wisconslit,-so intich go that MHwaukes nearly outstripped Chfengo, and it took some elght to. 7 fen years before we could disatuse the minds ot tho publilg xo that they ventured to settle in one Bate, What tus been mid in our papers ti tho Just wook wil cut olf from ane to two hundred send Increase bn population th the next tive: mW, aod lower the vulue of rent estate, Lre- kunt the injury to our elty by the publications xreater thun the thre, Nelttor i nor E wilt ever five to see the end of it. Chepe you will roflvut on the subject before venturi furthor, dang duns qiotive for whet he did waa to kill the Whi Harr he killed ble paper, and at last Killed Nimael! by tho course be thousands of ottiors ‘eo done, 7 fool thit 6 worl to the wise ta suficient, 1 feel quite vor- tin you did not reflect on tho subject of enuscs: aud effect. Very truly yes acon V. TRontipAK, (Mtr. Probridgy represents, we hope, but a smuil proportion of tho Intelligent peuple of tho predontday, Hla theory, that un evil can be suppressed by ignoring Ite existency, fe an okt oad o very old-time absurdity, The water of the Chiengo Hiver was offenmive, aud that fact was patent to overy person who had a nose, Some of this water escaped into tho Crib, and was returned through tho water servico; this was equally notorious, aud the dlecussion in the papers led te tho suspension of the causes Of The water Inconvenlonce, Mr. 'Trobridge probably would have suppressed all mention ef the great thre, und of ull subsequent tires; would suppress ullinention of epidemics, aud of ware, pestl- Jonce, and famlue; of accidents by food and field; of deathy und suieides. He would probe ably suppress all mention of the medical faculty, 1G pursed, tha MARCHE 12, 1880—'TWELVE PAGES. test some one would think the professfon had business; he would wlzo, perhaps, forbld persons RuRrestiong any remedies, moral, political, or physiont, lest. population might .be deterred through fear of thelr extatence. The work! has moved away from that kind of polley, and no soot is hkely to result from a return to ft.) Tho Soldiers and the Weaver HII, ‘To the Eilitor of The Cheago Tribune, ‘Usion Brock-VaAstos, March Ih—There isn Jorge number of ox-tinton soldiers geuttored throughout the length and breadth af the amd who do not belong to any Unlon Veteran, Grand Army, or other army organization, who doulit- Jera feel ns deep nn interest us any in the various propositions for the equalization of the soldiers’ pay, bounty, ete. Doubtless many of them would be willing to eommumente thelr views on tho atbject if somo convenient and pructienble method were devised for dotug so, I hive often wished thnt thore might be some sttch expression of views on tho pending Weaver Dill, by postal-card oF Mf dlrected to sume one who would collate and publish the results of such & canynss, It seems that some are so much Interested In tho passage of tho pending bi that thoy hive organized societion to nd and urge Ita presage. None are sulticiently {nterested in ita defeut to incur tho expense und Iubur of organizing so elcties for ita defent, As one of tho Intter class, who served four and n quarter yenrs in the army of tho Union, I desire to enter my solemn protest agninst any further Unkering with cilher the pay or bounty of the soldlers of the Inte War, T think we have no Just oluim for further. compensation from the Governmpnt. When Litlrst unlisted, in ‘01, {¢ was more a mnt- ter of patrlotiam than ‘of dolinrs and conte with me. 1 had good employment, at better wages than soltiors wore thon revolving. It {s true that during my term of servica thero was # radical change in our monetary systom and in moncy values, which latter was surAlNst Mutit isalso true that Sur pas ies. Incronsed early in tho term of service. Let one change stand the other off, ‘The last time Tentisted T went for the money that was in sight, and got it; knowing the kind of money it was to be, and making my enteuln- tlons on that basis, What, then, hive. I to com- nOf? Nothing! ry soldier who enlisted during the yenrs of 34-5 knew beforchand the kind of monoy he wns to receive, and practically agreed to 10° veptit in discharge of the obligution of the Goy- ernment to him, When our sectional dificulties shall be per- manently settled, and our Government int thoroughly healthy mul prosperous condition, nl of us Who may then be living will be old, and perhaps indigent. ‘Then, if the people sed. It ta pension the survivors, it may he reugonable and proper ta do go, te We WILD, jembor of Company ¥, Thirty-third Hayiment Infantry Volunteers Canipany Li, Fiftoonth Kegiment Minols Infuntry Valunteara: and Compa. py i Fifth Hoye d States Veteran Volun- aks ment Uni tors (Hancock Corps), About Penstoning Mexican Voluntcers and Jeff Davin. T™ the Editor of Tae Chicago ‘Irtbune, Law-Orvior or Axpnew T. Mcltexnowns, Gnanp Rarips, Mich., March 8.—Aa & constant render of your inte: Ing and very able jour- nul, f take tho lberty of requesting tho corree- tion of an error in your {save of the Sth tnst., {nto which you have been, doubtless unwitting ly, led by the Inndvertenco of your Washington vorresponient in relation to tho Dilt_ now beforo Congress granting penstans to the surviving veterans of the Mexican War, Your correspond- ent informs you in substance that the Legis- Inture of Massnehusetts hus, by a large mit- Jority, requested Congress to pass the bill in question, which provites for n pension for Jef ferson Duvis! Such is not tho fact, aa tho bill, on the contrary, excludes thnt gentlomun, as will appear by refercnes to the sixth kection, which Is us foflows, vizz “Soec.6. That the pro- visions of this bil khall not apply to any. person while under the political disabilities Imposed. by tl urteenth Amendment to the Constitn- tho Unlted .States.” Tho bill that was before tho Sennte ut its extra session, which Js doubtless the ong {1 the infin of faa corre- apondent, bus been Ignored by the friends of the mieastre, and anew bi containing the clause in See. 6, substituted by tho House and now pending before Congress, is doubtless the ono with reference. to which the Marsichusetts Legislature took auch commendable and praise. worthy netion.* When it fs remembered that the fruits of tho Mexican War were tho addition to our domain of almost nn enipire in extent, containing moro square miles than that of the thon other Stutesof the Union combinod,, with Ite fabulous mineral wenlth, thus oxtent- fog our dominions fromrocean’ ta ocean, Inked foro t bee ag thoy are byan iron band that forms: a bighway for tho commerce of the world, and, too, u war that gave tothe Amorican arms the tinpress of almost fovinelblilty, whose nehteves monts against sich fearful odds tn un Inhospltn- ble and foreign climoe 4a withont a porallol in the annils of modern: warfaure,—is too much, thon, to hope that tho powerful Influence of tho grent nowsynpers of the North- ‘west will be found in sympathy with the voter- fns of that war, by ‘adyoeathng thy grant by Congress of the mere ipltitance that fs asked to. give thom succor in thelr declining yeurs. ‘The fiveravo uge of tho survivors muse now be at leust 0 yours. [About 55 yours), (The sub- seriber is now in his Td year) Tho most ace complished experts in thelrestimates of tho ten- ure oF humiun ox! it enoo sls tho average duration of those who have readied the age of 60 at nine years, while the hichest. uggregate annul umount thie the bill would requtro Ip estimated at leas than one imiltion of dollurs, and tor tho Mexiean ve ins nopte exceed eight hundred thousand dollurs per annum, or $8 per month for elaht thousand vegerin T muke this ap- peal with the greater freedom from embarrass: mont from the fact. that, boing a life penaloner from wounds recelved: in the Mexlean War, 1 would not bo a benellelary under the provisions: of tho bill in question, | Lam, very respeettully, your obedient servunt;. Anmtew T. Mcltnysowns, Prosident Michigan Assoalntion Muxicun Veterans, *Massnchusetts fs not alone, khe being ono of Bome thirty Stutes that. have done Ilkewlse, (Our correspondent appenrs to have forgotton thnt, In addition to whatever compensation was promixod to the volunteers at tho timo of enlist- ment in the Mexican War, Congress has given ponsions to every man receiving wounds or physteal dianbilltles In tho way of permanent in- jury to his health fn tho service of the Govern- ment, and thut In addition thoreta Congress voted avery one of the 84,000 voluntcors a land. warrint of 100 neres ns n free gift, which could bo located on the best lands In the United States: utthattime. There was plenty of most exeol~ Jont land then open to location in ull tho States wost of Ohio In tho North, and Virginia and tho Carolinus inthe South, ‘Tens of thousands of those voluntoers locnted tholr warrants and have held thelr farms under them from that tine un- til now, 1€ thoy ave yet Wylig. Our correspon ent forgets another thin, hat the taxpayers of tho Fane furnished all the mioney, meus, and material of war required for the conquoxt of the acquired torritory, lneluding tranaportas tlon and pny of the volitnteors from tho pluce of unilatment to the seat of war, and back to tholr homes on being nnuistered out of serve lee, ‘Tho taxpayers also pald) Moxleo twon- ty millions of dollars ufter the treaty of peace for cedlug the territory of which she was divested, ‘Tho cost of the war to the taxpayors exceeded 20 iniitlons of dollars. Tho pousions Alnee patd to the disabled volunteers amount to notfar from another 100 millions of votlins, whieh has heen contributed by the taxpayers, ir. Ht. spenks of the present great value of tho aeqired territories und the rullrouda that now shan thom, but he overlooks tho fact that newly all their present value hag been created by tho hard work, enterprise, wid enpltal of tho’ althe zens who hive settled therein and Invested thor invand, tubor, and tine in devel tholr re- sourers and rendering them tt Brae and habrtutions and that tho Natlon Itself has Invested aome 70 Hulllongs af Government credit in spanning the arid and alkaline wilterness with iron highways to cunble the Hirnte and cross thoae dificult Government in ancient i ie ever Tedd 8 taxpayers of the and no nation [a now paytny bull or quarter as Heb for ponsions ys the United States; but the ory set heand Give, givel What ure to bo tho Hinita of those demands? ‘The ubillty of the taxpayers fan Umitod quantity.) . oe Garcelon’s Menxaze from the Veople Porthind (Me) Advertieer, In concluding hia apaeeh wt Auburn Baturday oyoning, ex-Gov. Gureclon wad: Your mus niclpal elections will ecenr next Monday. If pou betlove that [have done right, hye fear- lealy performed my duty by strletly f i the law und Constilution, vote the Der Ueket, If not, vote the Lepublican teker.” ‘Pho anawer comes Ina Republican mifority of 430 ‘he five citles which wore distranchised by Gay, Gareolon and Counell held elections Monday, Portland report a Kepublican mnjority for Mayor of 12a1, ainitost av Deinoeratic ifoetty ofdd hut your. Lewlton shows a Republican of Ld. ttockland, which elected a peut. loan Mayor hat spring, on tho third trial, by a majority of ii, now auubles the muijority, and. the Mepublican ward tekets y chiowen in punt want bu! Jn s8neo vs ward Is Kos partite a i crate carried two wank. Tn Bath tho Democrats made ho nomluation, and Gen Hyde Is elected Mayor. Coming next to the towns whose Hopresuntatives were counted out we fad Skowe hemun electing My. Stoward, tho Hepecsaiiutlvn, slist Sete #1 1a. 1d, Fariniugton, while Was Fusion Inst spring, now turns up with a Res publican musoriiy. Fairield oleots the whole ye Republican teket, Norway shows a Republlean rH et 4. Deering barely elected a Ropublican Kopresentative, who wae deprived of his svat by tho Fusion Legislatures and Deerlag now, for tho first thie since the town was incorporated, elects a full bound of Hepublican ollleers, VPermanency an Object, In troubles with the kidneys or liver a cure Ia Worth nothtioy witess radical and permanent. idueys Wort ussails the causes of tha discuse by yently acting on the stomach and bowels, Vor piles tt is better thun any kuown specitic, JAMES G. BLAINE. The Life and Character of the Maine Statesman. His Coolness and Self-Possession at tho Most Exciting Periods. The Charm of Hix Manner, and the Brille fancy of Hs Faseclnations, His Home and Family, and His Personal Appearance, HT, Ramedelt tn Phltadelphia Timer, In writing even a two-column sketch of 1 great man I stppose it is essential that one shovtd begin ut the birth of the individual ‘brated, although, in a life so nective ns Mr. Biaine's has been, to do this is to record. commonplace information, while important ocettrrences may be displaced, 1 did not happen tu be in Washington County, Penn- sylvauia, on Jan, St, 180, when Mr. Bining was born, aud it was not my fortune to be o playmate, schoolmate, or collegemate of his; but from “rellabla sotirces,” ns tho newspa- per-tmen say, 1 am ennbled to state that Mre Dlaine’s boyhood was much tke other men's, Ue had the same troubles, the same quarrels, the sane successes, the same youthful sor- rows, tho same disappointments. It is only Phenomennl men who have no ehitdhood, with the stone-brulses, the chapped hands, and the bloody nosea of the country- boy. I belleve Mr. Blaine (although it makes not the slightest difference with the man) comes from the fine old Revolue tionary stock; that his great-grandfather was a Colonel in the Pennsylvania Line in tho Ttevolutionsry War; that ho lved in tho grand Cumberland Valley whose golden ficlds: of grain and bright-green meadows charm All beholiers to the present day; that the Blaine fanily is still well remembered tn the lovely village of Carlisle; that Col, Blaine was the Inthnate friend of Gen, Washington (or at least as Intimate as that old aristocrat ever allowed friend to be): that he was Commissary General of the Northern De- partment of Washington’s army; that he ad- vanced from ils own means, and from con- tributions obtalued by hin from his friends, Jarge sums of money toward purchasing sup- plies for the army during: that terrible winter at Valley Forge; that Washington attributed the preservation of his troops from absolute atarvation to the heroic, and self-saerifelng efforts of Col, Hiniue,—thess are facts, 1 be- Have, suscaptible of proof, But Col, Blaine is not a candidate for tha Presidency, and His grandson 13, Mr. Bintno gets his amddiie mune (Gillespie) from h inaternal ranlfat ter, a plonecr of distinction in ester Penngslvanin, Fortunately, or unfortunately, ~ there fs no record of young Blaine, oxeept that contained in the family Bible, before he arrived at the age of 3 but Lhave no doubt that he was ns bright ng his schoolfellows, and fully as: misehiev- ous. I forgot to say thathis father lived in the Borough of Washington, and was Pro- thonotary of tho county. AG tho azo of 13, in the year 1843, tho young boy enterec Washingtom College, from which he was eradiuated at the head of a large and distine guished class In 1847, when he was only 17 years old. BLAINE'S YOUTHFUL DAYS, From an ol college-mate of Mr. Blaine’: an oflicer of rank and charneter in the Rebel army, I have obtained some Intoresting polnts regarding the youthful days of this distinguished man, At the college, with 200 or 300 students from all seetions of the cain try, Blaine was from his first entrance a louder, Endowed with a, splendid phy slaue, dia was foremost ‘Ino all athletle sports. Ife iy not remembered as a hard stu- dent who burned the midnight oll. It was not necessary for him to do this, as he learned everything quickly and easily, and his standing in his classes was always aniong the very first. In the annual commence ments and the frequent contests of the rival Hiterary societies of the college, he was never conspicuous 28.2 debater or wrangler; but he was known and acknowledged ng. the power that managed and controfed ali these ings, Goethe hag sald: One builds his tnlents In the stillness and builds his charuce ter In the storms of the worlt,”? ‘To the wew boys and young Freshmen Blaine was always a hero, “To them he was uniformly kind, ever ready to assist and ad- yise thagn, and to make smooth and pleasant thelr tMftintion Into college life. His hand- some person and neat attire, his rendy sympa- thy and prompt assistance, lis frank, gener- ous nature, and his brave, manly bearing, made him the best known, the best loved, aul the most popular boy at college. He wag the arbiter among younger boys In all their disputes, and the authority with. those of hisown age on all questions, Ie was always for “the under dog in the fight,” Like most college boys, he hut his sobri- auet. Owlng to th fact that ho was pos- sessed of n somewhnt prominent, though shapeless, proboxels, he reevived the appalla- tion of “ Nosey Blaine,” which elang to hhn ll through his college Ife, Is was one: of those noses vant would have been the pride aud ndiniration of Napoleon 1, and would doubtless have rintced high and pained Rreat glory among the other prominent noses whose owners were selected by Napoleon to form the shining ranks of his favorlt Gen- erals, a3 0 prominont nose was considered by Nin as a true indication of genius and courage. After the usnal term of college he graduated with distinguished honor, and varried with him into the world the enduring affection of all those who knew him and anh whont he was'associated In hls Alma ter, CARVING IA OWN FUTURE, * From this point tn life Mr. Blaine began to carve out hls own future, Tn those days tho young college-graduate dd not Joat about home, a village-beat, smoking elgarets ani devothye most of hit tine to hls hulry—at lenst Binine didn’t, He struck out at once to seek his fortime, It was a very lucky. strike for him, for, if he had not striek out ans he did, and had not gone to Kentuelky ant had not located near Millersburg, he might never have met Miss Harriet Stawood,—a woman who will “do hin good, and not evil, all the days of his life.” Hut of this neni, t Blune, after eit college, went ta Due Lek Springs, and beenme one of the Wrofessors Inthe Western Military Inst! i Jn this school there were about 450 boys. A gentleman now Hving In Wash- Jugton {he wis also, by the way, an ofll- cer In the Rebel service) was a student in this school, He well remembers Blaine; and describes him us a. thin, handsome, curnest, Sou man, with the saine fasclint- ing manners he has now, Ie wags very pop: wlur with the boys, who trusted hin and mate friends with him from the first. He Knew the given names of avery one, and lie knew thelr shortcomings and thelr strong polutss aud to this day he asks about this boy and that who went to sehoaol at the Blue Livk Springs, then a very ppulir watering. place, My friend says that Blume was a anit of great personal courage, and that, during a bloody fitit between the Faculty of the school and the owners of tho springs, Involy- Ing some questions nbout the removal of the sehool, he behaved in the bravest manner, fighting hurd, but keeping cool, Revolvers and Knives were [rcely used, but Blalng used only hits well-disciplingd muxele. Col. Thorn. ton FB. Johnson was tho Principal of the sehool, and his wife (both excellent, wells bred, and highly-cultttred persons) “had a young indies" geliool at jllersbures twenty iilles distant. Jt was at this place that Blalie inet Miss Stanwood, who belonged toan exe cellent family in’ Massachusetts, and ste atterwards became his wife. Bintine, after an experience ofa year or two, discovered that ho was not born to be a sehoal-teachor; and he returned to Pennsylvaniaand studied Jaw, but never practided it, In 1863 he re- woyed to Mulue, and there began a career that has made him to-day the most talked of and the most popular man in the country, BLAINE AS AN EDITOR, Tt was In Portland that Mr, Blalne first be- cane anediter, 1 have often thouzht that 0 Brent cditer—as great porhaps as Mr, Gree: loy—wis lost when Mr, Bling went {nto polltles, He possesses all the quailttes of, a reat Journallst, and [have heard bln say 9 dozen thes that he never willbe entirely hip py until he gat the head. of a great nows- paper, He has a phenomenal memory; und there {3 no. quallly wmore value ble ta Journalism than this, as you very well know, Mr, Editor, fla remembers efreum- stances, dates, names, and places more read!- dy than any man Lever mot; and it Is this wonderfully available memory that makes hi such a ready speaker and sych a eharm- ing companion, We has also great quick- Ness and ace racy of Judgimept,—another excellent and hadlspensable quality fn jour- nalism. Ile writes us readily aid as strong- ly as he aponks, and very rapidly, fu many respects ie resembles” Mr. Greeley as & zr rs he goes atralnit to the point, and wastes no (ime fn painting with, lirutty words, abaekawronmd for bbs thorugh His other qualliies for journ: he is cour- io is far. Hernsps and and flunlly, good journalists, 11 fA wool hus tnd father, an a good fellow, Mr. Winine held his firab pile offices in 1854, when he was elected to the Malne Legis: Tature. | Tle had already netiieved distinetion asa publle speaker in the Fremont eunpalen of 10, Tle was five times elected to. the Legislature; and i 180i, and again fy 1863, Lu we chosen Speaker of the Ih wh fitness for presiding obicer that he showed ns Spenker of ‘the National House of Repre- sentatives, though it must be confessed that Ja the Intter offlee he was 0 little too op pressive and autocratic. THE FIRST TERM IN CONGR In 1863 Mr. Dtaine was first elected to Con: press, During his first term he gave himself up mostly to study aud observation; but in tho ‘Thirty-ninth Congress he began to be felt, and from that time to tho present he has been foremost tn all legislation He ling an aptitude for legislative business that few possess. Ie sees the weak and the strong potnts ina bill, and hits Judgment is so qulek and nceurate that he 1s ins ready to take his position Ina minute ag inmost Congressmen are after a day's reilec- tion, No doubt Mr. Bining has made, Ike every other manever in Congress, a good many speeches for home-consumptions butin tho Inst ten years he ling done none of this, Tie has rather avoided thisssort of public service, and has taken fustead an active prae- tient participation in the business of Congress, Itis ral worth while to follow Mr, Blaine through his fourteen yenrs’ service in the louse, He always communded the attention of the House, and, before he had been three yeurs a inember, he ranked with the highest isadebater. With himin tha House were ‘Thad Stevens, Ben Butler, Schenck, Colfax, Banks, Jolin A, Bingham, it Janes Brooks, Conkling, Dawes, Delano, QR, BB, Mayes, George W. Julian, Seotleld, and otter well-known wines, Before the ‘close of his second term he had Uiat angry contro- yersy With Conkling, sluee become so famous, in which, for the first time in his life, Conkling got a dreastig whieh did. hin goo. All your readers will remember that, of the Forty-tirst, Forty-second, and Forty- third Congresses, Mr. Btaine was Speaker, Tis quickness, his thorough knowledge of parllamentary Inw and of the rules, his firm ness, his clear voice, his impressive manner, his ready comprehension of gubeets and sit- uations, and his dash and brilliancy, made hima great prostdin oflcer. Ie managed that most turbulent of all bodies with an fron hand. Iflg management of his own ease when the Mulligan letters came out was worthy of any General wh er set a squad ron in the field, Jor nearly fifteen years I heve looked down from the galleries of the House and Senate, and L never saw, antl never expect to see, and never have rend of stich a scene, Where the grandeur of human effort was better illustrated than where this great orator rushed down the aisle, and, in the very faco of Proctor Knott, charged him with suppressing ao telexram fuvorable to Binine, ‘The whole floor and all the galleries were wild with excitement. | Men yelled and cheered, women waved thelr handkerehtefs and went into livsturtes, and the floor was littls ele than amob, ‘Ihe later life of Mr, Blaine ig familiar to all, Lis transfer to the Sen- ate, his promInence ng a Presidential candl- date In 1876, the sunstroke on that unlucky July day, his defeat at Chichimati, lis proml- nence in the public eye In the Senate, his admirable pollt{cal management: In Maine recently, and his: present distinction in the hearts of the Aierlean people,—your readers know all these things as well as I. Mr, Blaine, with those who know him, [s the most Popular ofinen. ‘The charm of his manner {y beyond expression, and nobady: comes within the circle of his presence that {s not overcome with his fascinations, With his great brilllaney, he has that exquisit show of deference to his companions—n sort of appeitl to them to verify or deny his words—thatis very taking, Tle Is ulso a goad listener, and he has 9 familiar way of speak- ing one’s name and of placing one’s hand on one's knee, that{s an agreeable salvo to one’s vanity, ‘There Js no aeting in the heartiness of lis manner, Ie is an tmpulstve man, witl a very warn heart, kindly instinets, and ge erous nature. Ho fs open, frank, and manly, MLATNE’S COOLNERS, One element in hls nature linpressed itself upon my mind ina very emphatic manner, and thatis his coolness and self-possession: at the most exciting periods, L happened to be in his Hbrary in Washington when the balloting was golng on in Ciielinati on that hot June day in i8i, A telegraph-instru- ment was on his lbrary-table, and Mr. Stier- aman, lis private avy, a deft operator, was manipulating Its key, Dispatales cane from tlozens of friends, giving the last votes, which only Incked-2 few of a nomination: and everybody predicted the success of Blaine on the next ballot. Only four per- gons besiles Mr, Sherman were In the room, It was n moment of great excitement. ‘The next vote was quietly tieked aver the wire, and then the next announced tho noitnation of Mr. Mayes, Mr. Bisine was the only cool person Jn. the apartnent, It was such a reversal of all an- tlelpations and assurances that self-possession was our of tha question except with Mr. Blaine, He liad Just left his bed after two days of unconsclousness from sunstroke, but he was as self-possessed ag the portralts upon 6 Walls, He merely gave a witroiur of str prise, and, before anybody had recovered from the shock, he had written, fn his firm, plain, fluent hand, three dispatches, now fn my possession: one to Mr. Inyes, of congrat- ulation; one to the Malne delegates, thank- ing them for their devotion; and another to Eugene Male aud Mr, Frye, asking them to go personally ta Columns and present his ood-will to Mr, Hayes, with, promt: hearty wd in the eampalgn, Tho aeension affected him no more than the news ofp sery- ant quitting his employ would have done. Half an hour afterward he was out with See- retary Fish In an open carriage. recetving tho cheers of the thousands of peouty who gath- ered about the flegraph bulletins, Charming as Mr. Blaine is in. ordinary s0- celal Intercourse, itis in the family elrele that heisathis best, No man in public Hfels nore fortunate in his domestic relations, He dx the companion and contidant of every ono of hisechildren. Te is of the same nge, and they fear him no more than they fear ong of thelr own mumber, Mrs, Blaine fs the model wife and mother; and more is due to her strong judgment, quick perception, and hero- Ie courage than the world will ever know, Mr, Blaine, a3 alrendy stated, hing six chil dren, ‘Tho eldest, Walker, is a graduate of Yale College nnd Columbia Law Sehool in Now York. He 1s a member of the Bar in New, York, Matne, and Minnesota, Te is now tu St. Pant, In the oltice. of Gov. Davis. Tho second son, Emmons, ty at the Cam- bridga Law School, -having graduated at Harvard two years ago, Hoth sons show a wonderful aptitude for polities, and thelr paltient knowledge 13 rathar remarkable, The youngest son ts James G., dr, a noble, generous, manly boy of 11, who 1s the plet- ure of his father, ‘The three daughters are naned Allee, Margaret, and Marrict, MLAINE'A HOUSE IN WASITINGTON, Mr. Dlaine's house {n this elty Is large and handsome, [tts one of a block of four—the three othors belng besupled, by Fernanda Wood, Gov, Swann of Maryland, and Gen, Van Vieit of tho army, Gen. Sherman lives two doors off, Mr, Blnine's louse is of briek and brown-stone, nnd is four stories | it is furnished with great good tast xanee, and comfort, ‘The walls are covered with pletures, mostly rare engravings. Mr, Blalne's taste runs to engravings, and. he bs constantly pleking up portraits of distin. gulshed characters, In his house on. Fif- teenth: street you can see portralts of the gent Retors on the world’s stage in all ages, ‘ho walls of his dining-room are ornamented with crossed muskets and sabres, and old pls tols grouped upon a shield. These are ROU- yentrs presented by friends, and no doubt each wenpon has a history, Mr, Bluine’s wwork-roont ig at the top of his house, whore letters nnd papers come tn by the bushel every day, ‘Tho billlard-table 1s packed full of letters answered and unanswered, and busy clerks gre hard at work tryin to keep up with the vast accumulation, Probably Mr. Mintne receives more letters than any six Senators In Congress, It ts his custom to spend as much thie o4 possible in this work-room, Hy [sn tremendous worker, and can write more letters in aw given thie than anybody 1 ever saw, Ifo lnsa shorte hand Writer always at his elbow, and ho dic- tutes every day a large amount of work, Allison, Boutwell, 1 havo scarcely room enough lett to say! that physically Mfr. Blaine is the perfeet inal, You may seo hin almost any duy striding along the avenue, going toar coming from the Capitol, with theatrett ofa welt. ile {a 0 strong nin and a good walker who can keep up with him. He bounds up the steps, two at a time, talking and iunahing with his companion, ‘He ts wonderful y preaervdd and Is just in the bight of full physteal strength. He does not know what fatigue 1s; ond « sesslon of fifty hours without 9 break turns hin out as fresh as a lark, while nearly all his colleagues are badly used up. Ho is In appearance u very strikin inan,— Jarge, full, straight, and erect; an ene Mead; gray beard, cnt t whilentng, and Indeed ngeges ale fast | somewhat thin on the tap of his {real enger, zeal otn face, This 1s ¢ can como In deseribin; first to atirnct attention wh orever ie oa tg ———— THE UNSHOT SCOUNDREL PORTER, Mow Ho Disobeyed Orders Analysis of the Cane, New York Times, March a, Tho dtacussion of the Porter Relte¢ Dil, which bids fair to prove tho great dchatg of the year, has already shown the muagnitua of the task that Gen. Porter's fronts Ii 4 undertaken, Had thoy been motlestly cat tent to petition the Prestdent to remove ig polltienl disabilities, and Congress tg . hin on, the retired list without netiva rae and without any, PAY, bast present or rank, peetive, they would have aroused but made ate opposition to tholr plan. They contahees urged that the recentopinion of the Schotiere Revisory Board shows that somo mills men of Integrity and Intelligence disayy fn the penalty inilieted on Porter in ios i to those who hold him guilty of sulkin, ie the memorable August of tit yenr thes could have represented thnt le hind sulfa; af cnourl for an offense now regarded ‘non lenfently than In. the stress of a douttt coutlict. But when Gen. Porter demands if tha people full restoration to the anny, rebuke of the court that tried and canton ‘ hin, high aettve rank, and a eratalty of ine Md under the gulse ‘of pay that hie neve: earned, no wonder that there fs Indlignattone® There ara two branches of this enso, —th legal and the historical. So far as concen 4 the former, Gen, Logan has fully put the point that neither tho President nor Congres ean tinul and set aside n sentence of core martial alreuly approved ant carried into execution, Yet this, under the first section of the Committee’s Wil, Congress authorizes Mr. Hayes to do, Again, the Revised Stat. utes, See, 1,223, declare expressly that 0 officer dismissed trom the army iy enerat court-martial “shull ever be restored ty tho military service except by an Teappolntment confirmed by tho Senate.” Yet the second secs tlon of the Dill referred to authorizes tha President to restore Porter to tho Ariny, with all the rank, rights, and privileges to whieh he would have been entitled ‘if there tad been no court-martial ‘Thus this bit tiles In. the face of Inw, for the only lawful method of redress Is that of pardon and subsequent. neynlnation to thearmy. ; this roundabout way is pro + hence, the historient branch of the die seet isthe more important, And,‘now, what is there in.the history of Gen, Porter's conduct in the summer of i803 that entities iim to the extraordinary privileges and emoluments elated for him? Te ts allowed to elect: under the third, section of the bill, whetibe he will go or ctlve or retired lists hie la given, by the ‘foltth section, “n credit for twenty yours’ service from the Ist of Septems ber, 1864, In settling his pay recount, That would be not only excusing reluctance in the performance of duty, but offering a premium, onit. Ie it be possible, In, the volunlnons Mterature of this ense, to selze the key. polnt of the discrepancy between the opinion of the Revisory Board of three ollicers, In 1879, and the judgment of the general court-martial of ‘nine oficers, in 1862, It would, perhaps, he simply thts: That the Revisory Board concluded that if the tle lays and the disobedience of orders, about which there ts Httle practical disagreement, enn be accounted for by a presumed exers else of tho discretion lodged in 2 corps com mander, “the evidence of bad animus in Porter's ease ceases to be material.” Tho court-martial of 186%, It. Is to be prestmed, took no sueh view, Finding repented delays and acts of disobedience to account for, and, discovering in private dispatches signed by Porter, contemporaneously with these delays and nets of disobedience, repented ex pressions not only of profound contompt for his commanding officer, but of extrene anxiety to get nway, with his corps, fromtho fleld of operations, whut could it conclude? Even the Revisory Bourd say that Porter's language about Pope * cannot bedefended”s how, then, does it cease to be material” to account for accomplished results? ‘Tho diseretion lodged tu acorpscommanier fs avery itl-delined one, and, aving once re Jected the consideration of Porter's: presume able motives and sentiments, as shawn by the evidence of bail anintus, the Revisory Board 80 sprenil the discretion as to cover. the facts, Porter, for example, had, seasonably, an ex- press order to “start at 1 o'clock to-night, and come forward with your whole corps, of such part of it as is witli you, 80 3 to be here {Bristoe itation) by daylight to-norrow morning.” It ta adinitted that Porterdld got stort until several hours after tho tite unmed, HHls excuses were the darkness of the night, the obstruction of the roads, the fatigue of his men, the oplutons of his sub- ordinate olticers, But the wight was not s0 dark but that other parts of both the Union and Confederate armies around Porter wera utarching; If the roads. were. obstructed, it does not appear from tho evidenced that Porter know of ft until next day; of his two divisions, Sykes’ had arrived at noon the day before, and Moretl’s at stiuxet, us these Officers testfled in 1863, and the distance was but nine miles to Bristoy; and what could his subordinate ofllcers say to nsuperlor oficer whosecontempt for Pope was pronounced, and who did not even reat thom Pope's order, as Gen, Butterfleld testifies, though it contained an wapreel reason (an expected engagement) for urgency}? ‘The Revisory Board, regarding a8 Imiinterial the evidence of bad ants, say that it was within tho discretion of a corps gomnander to delay to execute this order But, after all, is that the conduct that pro- notes diseiniine and wins battles ? ‘The same mathod of regarding Porter's conduct 1s used by the Board in considering the events of Aug. 20, ‘There Is no question that at3 at, Pope sent him an order saying 0 severe ete kagementds likely to take place, and your presence is necessary”; that Inter lie got smother: “Push forward — with — yout corps and King’s division... «dh expeditions, or “we will’ lose much" that a battle occurred that day in. which the losses were from 5,000 to 8,000 in. Pope's army, anit of which Gen, 2, E. Leo wrote, [a lis report, “the battle raged with fast Try}... the battle continued mntll 9p, me adding that his losses were “seve at that Porter himself wrote at ono time \thet dny to McDowell, “Tow goes the butte? ‘Yet the Reyliory Bourd held that there wat “nothing In the military situation that re guirat him to attack the enemy without or ders before recelving the 4:80 p,m, order, a sunset,”” which positive order to attack the also deolnre to lave coms too late. For sue opinions the Revisory Board may have techy neal warrant, but ate reluctance and Ilwill 80 ttle different from hearty codpera tion as to bo autogized and pald with a gift of 30, 000? Mr. Randolph employs his eloqnencé todeny that Gen, Porter was guilty of treason. ‘That was not the offense he was charged wilt or convicted of, | Ever should he naw be re eyed from further disabilities for lils cou duct in August, 1883, on the strength of the favorable opinion of the Revisory Boa Congress should not, by, its notion, hold ti conduct up asa model for young ollicers ta bultnte, andas a fit object for popular ule miration, A Clog ——— Recognition by England, France, and Germany of tho Independence of Hous mianias Bucnaursr, Fob, 20—At half-past I tht morning tho representatives of England, France, and Germany culled upon MM. 1iresco, tho Rous inuntin Mintator of Foreign Atruirs, and presents od the following {donticat note frou thelr rs spective Cabinetas of “My Government has, through tha agent t his Royal Highness the Princo, been Inforined u! the official promulgation on tho 26th of Octobery 1870, of an amondimont passed by the Conatitus ante of Roumanta to make tho fetter of tho Constitution of «tho Frinuipality cot form with the atipulutions contulued ‘f tho 4th Article of tho ‘Wrenty af Berit My Government — cannot, however, four upon this constitutional amondment, hrough! ‘fo Its knowledge a4 above montioned, und espe ‘clally those clauses by which individuals belongs ing to non-Christian creeds residing permyocole ly In Roumanla, and not subjects of any ‘orelyn Goverament, are compulied te ue dorga | tha formalities of individual nile uralization oa perfectly corrosponding ¥ we the ideas which actuated tho signats Powors ut tho Conyross of Boriltt. ‘Trust lay bawuvor, fae tng Pri nee Government wo putting these changes in the Const biteot, approximate ‘continuutly to, tho Liverdt ideas which prompted tha Ureut Powers bid taking into consldcration tho positive wir ancea conveyed in songo, my Go ornament, desirous of giv to tho le manfan notion un evidence of ita friondly sot . nuonts, hag duc! to recognize the, lndypente once of the Prinelpality of Roumania withou furthor delay, and doclures ttuclt prepared {0 {paugurate Texulur diplomatic relations Wie tho Government of the Prince. The unin signed, in communieating the decision of Os Governmont to the Minister of Foreign Agim hus the honor to renew the asgurances of most distinguished consideration," ete. ina Je will bo seo at # ylancy that the fears of tb Houmuntang regarding conditions to be atuichey tg the recogaltion of tholr Independence bare roved groundless, Tho nation Is put upon a wuor to make the chunge In thelr Constltulion a valld one, undit the legistators keep in Viet the true Interests of tho newly-enfrunchlse Btuto the Greag Powers will hue no resin regret in the future the confidence munlfed to-day in the good falth of Xoumania,