Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1880, Page 12

2 TH CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, APRIL o bed! 1880—TWELVE PAGES. . LIFE IN THE SOUTH. Habits of the People in the Re- mote Rural Districts, __ The Old Preacher's “ Solid Com fort in a Real Lively Cock-Fight.” ° A Morse-Raco at “ Bine’s Store” -—Qoing to School on Horseback, An Old-Fashioned Spelling-Match—How the Orack Spellers Wore Floored by Two Common Words, Special Correspondence of The Chieago Tribune, CLEVEDAND, O., March 00.—Ono fenture of my doutharn trip remains to be mentioned, and that Ja jo reallty, porhops, the most important— v tho bablts of the people in tho remota Tural districts. Missouri {s almost. entirely peo pled with Virginians and Kentucklans, together with thofr descendants; and it is only to he ox- pected that tho custorns of tho old States, Alight- Jy moditied by the new surroundings, would be fynnd there, Inthe miral districts tho people are patnfully pious in many particulars, and at the entne tine Indulge in the barbarous sports which were so cominon in the ante-belliaim days in the Old Dominion, For instance, one old eilitor, an antiquated Mathodist preacher, when Interrupted in bis sanetum one day, astonish ed ano by Ruying: “T'spose you'll think it strange, young man, ‘but I'm writin’ up an necount of A COCR-FIOUT we hnd hore Inst week. They don’t bey many of then up in Ohle, I reckon; but I take more solid comfort in a real lively cock-fght than in anything else In tho world. . It takea mo back to the old days among the mountalns of Virginia, afore I passed through the troubles and trinis of my Inter Hife,—nfore the cursed War,—and afore the damnable Emancipation Proclamation, tint made us all poor and will keopus so for genern- tlons to come, ‘This particulur tight wns ono of tho most exeitin’ we've hed here for many a day. Jim Tate bet 40 that his cock could beat Hill Masters’, and Bill took him up ufure a crowd, and the day was fixed right nway, Tho Dince whera it nll took place was out here about ninie, In a tirge fleld; andI can tell you there was a crowd. Both of tho fowls wera good ‘uns, and both WERE NOUND TO DIZ GAME, They hed been trainod for many days, and thoir owners were protty well nwaro of just whnt they could do, Both had mighty bloody heads before you could seo that elthor wns getting any ad- vuntage over the other. There was Jim and Bill crouched on thelr hunches, Just as nenr us thoy could get to the rig, snying encouraging words to tholr birds; and the birds seemed to under- Btand just as wells though they had been human. Finally, after both were very. thred, Dis bird struck Jim's a hard blow with his right foot, and Jabbed hts spur right Into Jin’s bird's left eye, “Of course st put the eye out,and: the pain was so terrlbic to tho fowl that ho scumed to forgot everything else, and, t he ren towards Jim. Bill's bird grow over his tomporury ndvantayo, nnd, start ing after, Jumped upon Jim's — bird's’ back, 2 Jim pulled them apart, and, after say- ing oa few words -of comfort to his fowl, and patting him . envourng- dugly on tho back, they wero set upon each other funn, Ittook only a short time now to decido tho mytter. Jim's bird was in so mich pain fromthe wounded oye, und in such constant fear of yotting it hurt again, that: HE PEG AN EASY PREY tothe vigorous nesaults of tho othor, It was only ten minutes more before Jim's bird was on his back, and Dill’s wus- picking tho last sparks of Ife out of him.” - “Didn't it seom ernel to you?’ “O,nol The birds are’ mado to fight. It is nature for thom. They can't be kept from fight- ing if they only'are let out together. No ono trlea to inako thom. ieee They do it them- selves, Mun tight and killench othor, Tho more clvilized they etitho mors, dendly tholr wenpous: become, and the more faollity they show in their Lurbarity. Peopleimaken grent fussover an inno- cent cock-fight; butthom sume folks don't caren continental because we were beaton, and buteh- ered, nud robbed during the War, IT like to sco consistency. 1sayncock-fght is allright, ‘The cocks thomselyes take more delight in killing themselves than they do in boing killed by some one 3 Gnd what difference should it make to us? most Atruttineed of all your Northern Re le, suppose, would -have no scruples In iad 1s fine cook (or rooster’ as you cull him), an CUTTING If EAD OFF BRUTALLY ‘upon the bluck,—Just as n miserable Puplst or an Innocent Nuguonot was destroyed In tho Dark Ages. For my part, I caunot bring myself — to lo te coc! is Buc a onoblo Wrd, ani so full of pluck and epinlt, Twon't murdor him withunt lying blm & chanco to faht for his fe. It’s all In bringing up, you know, A man can come to bellove almost ‘auything and do almost any thing, if ho begins young enuugh. Forlnatauce, if 1 bud been born ty tho North, I suppose that T should hive belloved that evorybody who lives south of Mazon & Dixon's linc was just ns bur- barous as I now know the majority of Northern peonlo, to be, Tt's tho way People behave away rom home thut tells the story. I saw tho Yankees ag they appoured among us."" And so the ofd man ran on, growing much more excited over his narration than I can ox- press. He rubbed his siinny old palms togeth- er, and his watory old eyes lighted up with a gilmmoring of tio tire of youth. He saw nothing fuconsisteut with tho strictest plety In tho erttel pastime of pitting cocks against cach other on 1 et, and of betting on tho result, One duy in the lutter_part of Inst November, as note-bouk Bays, 1 drove out snine saver or elght miles from the little busy town of Mex- ico to whut Ja culled liuc's Store, to witness A COUNTY HONRE-RAOE, Rlnve's Store was so called because o min by the name of Blue was the keoper; and, if there is auything In a naine, be wis Tht eaulled,—for a“ bluer" chance of making a livelliool in tho nercautito business I noyer yet have sven than. woukl naturally be mtferded by the locallty where nie pee Of bustiecas waa situated. Tho Btoro itdolf was 0 amull, one-story, wood-colorad. atructura, orcoted Just atthe polnt whero the billy portlon of tho country, the portion that ns fences, terminttes, and the unbroken prale rie begins. 1t was Just on the edxe of thia vast, wubroken pralriy tut tho test of speed wos to take pluce. ‘The track was not whut tho well tralned sportsman would revel tn, but it wis Jevel, und it was reasonably smooth, A consld- erable crowd of farmers hidcoma in, all of then on horseback; and such horses}! Your Dlinals and Ohio farmers don't beyin to equal thom, as a general thing, "They were horses, mostof them, thut were used for nothing except riding. They Wore not remurkably leek. or reimarkubly blooded: but tha one ‘word “tine” described them fully. The two horses that wore to von: lest tho palm with cnch other wero Humblu- tonlan-Morgan blood, and 48 VINE AS AIH EVER BREN, ‘Theo stake was $100, and whisky flowad freely, 1 Teured that sumothing unpleasnt inbeht happen. when the altalrwas decided, but in this Lwasde- eldedly at Cauit in ny reckoning. ‘The he contested the chmnpluiiship with peculiar a ness, ‘The betting in the crowd was vi uv Dilanced, and the riders both atrove hand to wh; ‘Dut when the for heute were ended, and tho judges decided the hist one, not a word of grume Mi wis heard. That was the nw, ond all gracefully submitted, TC owas informed atter- want tht {f was a part of the Cblvalric code to submit gracefully to a decision of the Judues, althoush it was ovidently unjust. Everybody goes on horeebuck, and thoy begin Young. Sebool-houses aco remote froin enoh - Other, and it becomes necvasnry fur the puptls to attend on horseback, Behool-horses ure keprou purpusy for tho children, aud. USED YOR NOTHING ESSE, “They are brought aut carly in tho mornmg, and ridden to Kehvol, where they stand, with only a sinall feediug of corn which the boys hive brought in their pockets, Tho girla become Very expert on horseback, and huve a froceand- around horses of almost any degreoof u ras. Sho yirly i! sdiool-burse und bo bad ‘Dutt, where the family fa large of horsca istanall, the girls are obliged to mount to tho crupper in the rear of tholr brothora, Somethnes, when the iris wet older and tho nefghbors' boys have thar horses, they ride in tho rear of auld nelghborw boys; and TL think 1 noticed in stich cages tint they gut rathor nearer and closed thelr arma rither tighter than wher §t was their own brothors that wure converned, In the weatern purt of the State, 1 wont by In- Vituuion, ong wight, to attend ‘OLD- VASIIONED BPELLING-MATCHT, MUUNG'S Feloriiod orthografy hud not re 4 that section, so far ue being adopted Wre concerned, Wereti Elementary" was tho standard, and the okl-fushioncd plun of ehunding Up around the room was etl] In yore, As vlten ayn word wis mifased, the pupil mias- Anis 1t took bigscat, wad the spelling proveedod, {Cho dizgrict turned out en mass, and tho Inter ext wis absorblug. Chis was the opportunity -altorded the older people of weelug the progress ot their childres., Whey cun all understand “opetiin' oud, us ovo uld fellow in homespun Suid to m0: »Thoy may talk about thoir alyerbra and all and now-fangled studies, but, for in ‘the by itrt, Lum infor thu common things, hero {# Jota of these fellers wilh catlegy ‘clleation who can't spell worth a continental. Cbold thst (0 ts Buxt tow crim for a tan who pretends ta any= thing in the way of Iearhy’ not to be able to spol, well; and very little credit to such a man to be ablo tu spell well, either. It’s one of them things which should be taken for granted, and tho only way fa to learn tt young, L told ovr teacher thld yenr that we nitiat HAVE OU RVR MATCHER NHAULAT, and thoy huve been very interesting tu every- body, Tivitre time tho school was called toorder by fn slight tap on the teucher'a bell. You may first choose skies, and afterwards spell down," said tho teacher. © Willan Young and Abram Phelps may take thoir placcs on the flour as Cav tuins, and Wivide the school” too pind to bo ont Hately fn thoir places, hy tho old-fash~ foned method of “drawing cuts.” The frat per= son eclected an each aldo was a young lady; anid Teuw by tho signittcant ylances thnt wero cst about the rvon, nnd the blushes which wrenthed the faces of tho “girls ns thoy took their places, ns woll ns by the approving amilo of tho teacher, that the Captains were tho lovers of tha girls. Had TF been in-nny doubt, however, it would have been dispelled by a whispor from eairest nolghbor: Thom gals are not the heat spolters hore by n Jong shot,” ho sald. ‘ho boys thoy are waitin’ ‘on tho gnia, and go thoy choose thont frst, so that THEY COULD STAND UP TOOETHENL After u moment's consultation in whispers between the Captains and their “ gals," tho chooalug wits resumed, “Inno Hollister," sald Abram Thetns. s ! Georgie Williams," spoke up William Young Pompey’. Pieithore’e thotwohest apellorsin thodeestriet," remarked my neighbor. They enn eet away with almost any of'em, They tev euch of "ent spelled the school down n thno apiece, and tu- Tight thoy nre todechie the cont ¢ Fram this time the choosing we andatits close the spelling bean, timo war devoted to tho easy words in tho first. pnrtof tho book. bexinning with “able, table, suble, cable, gable,” ete,, und thon the teacher tily soUAKE the more diticult regions Tn the rewrof the book, All the words that wero missed were carefully charged to tho side mlas- Ing, and the one receiving onst uiirks nt the close of half att hour had beaten: Thon came the most interesting part of tho ovening,— THR BPEETANG-DOWN PRocrss, The same plin of beginning with tho onsy words was indulged a second time, When tho Jong, hard words, Ike *“In-com-pre-hon-sl-bil-l- ty,” in-com-pttel-bil were renched, Voth Abrin and WIUbt 8 well a8 their * girls,’ Were floored, and seemed relieved, 18 they could bo sented side by ride nnd look sweet nt eneh other, aeitiidane Hollister ani Aeare Willlamns wore laurels or lost the palm for tholr respectivo eides, One after another all went down, notll only tho two gira rentalued, and then thoy fought nobly, ‘They conquered " helies-lettres," Malde-deecainn, rad muiny other semfeforehen Jawbrenkers, and still the tencber wns unable to enteh thom, Finnlly he rtopped, and with somo- whatoft u flourish nsked the nudience if they bad any words to pronounce,-of course coniln- ] thes alr es to such words ag are found in the ing bok. wie of the Dimetara, ovilenOy.n hlebly precs tent man, and 1h new-comor In the district, 5 “1am greatly pleased with the protieler has been shown here toenlzht in the ar glish spelling, expeeinily go fur us the moro diicult words of the linguage are concerned. But 1} tave sometimes noticed that, while pupils and Peapte in business tnd very lttlo aliicnity In handling the cutchwords of the spell- ing-book, they still Btuinble over the comnion and praciiea! words, | Trhouli Hike to pronounce a few of these words to the cluss, If you please.” “Certainly,” suld the teacher, “Sane Oe saeranAre, 1 — to place apart, “Se0-p rate," sald Ja “Wrong,” said the Director, With a Dhigh, dine took her sent. “ Georgie,” how do you spell that word?" asked the Director with a smite, “Tahould hive spelled It as Jane dtd," hon ostly replied Georgios but, ns pot say that 1s not right, [ would put two *r's* init” “Wrony nila,” said the Director. “That Isa very common Word, and very cor spelled. Instead of Marion two ' P's,’ ave two'n’s,' Separate js tho word.” “You didn’t say separate.” sald Goreaes pouting, “If you had, I should have spelled it correctly.” "That is possible," replied tho Director. "1 pronounced it, however, correctly. L only em- pharise tho a to show that it fsa and not an ¢. Idhin't expect to get you down so easily ns this, Iwanted to pronotince a number of other words, Georgie; how do you spell + * RECOMMEND " “Oh! Ts’posa thero’s somo entch about that, Jnat ne there wae about tho othor word, and T 't know whether I cuninnke it out or not, CmTeC} C-0-Ml—com; G-n-d—end; reccomr siltd Georgle, a little impatiently. * Badly missed!" auld the Director, Jano spelled it with two“ ofa" and two 1's," and tho Director called attention to the mistuke, Raying that many people who pretend to be edu ented Insist. on putting in two * o's’ In this word, Ho closed his speech by stiggesting that tn tho future more attention he pald to the common words, such asmust be used In ordinary bust+ ness correspondence, Altogethor, tho npelitaraantel wns very Ine toresting to me, ns it enlled to mind similar ones in tho Eust and North many years ago. Gany. ——____. A MAN WHO KNOWS SHERMAN. To the wr af The Chicavo Tribune, SrninaeiELD, O., March i0.—1 notice the press statements of tho Shurman charge upon you in regan to resumption, and recognize tho etinr- actoriatle malignity and selfishness which have made thousands disilke John Sherman, Ho has always had a toudy act around him, whe bayo flooded the nowspapers with tho most fulsome adulution of him, and Inid thereby all tho groundwork for tho present “protensions of John Bherman.” Tho country bas had too much Shermun and hig contraction schemes. He has been scolting all kinds of nillances to strengthon his power anid protensions, You have hit him u telling blow in reply to his dofamntory Insolence te you, and yeu have thousands of curncst sympathizers in Ohio. Let him prosvoute his issue of veracity with yous it will tho sooner finlsh his career, He Ja evidently: mad now. The whole patronage of the Aditi tration hus not seuured for him the palitlend in- fluence ho expected, and hence hls vexatla Now, If ho enn't ruse himself, he will drug ot! ers down,—tho uld Satania spirit, Yours tH ren-t-e—rate; e—s0pe; sepa- <<a Amcrican Grain in Russia, + faniton Examiner. We aro not the only people ufected by Amer- foan competition. ‘The Risahins are complain of i. For some thing past the atrug- thom and the Yankeus for th premucy of tho European cor-trade hus been u kovero one, but now the Amerienns have so far developed thelr strength that they hive: ul had tho audicity to carry corn to Olessn, which Js Just as aggravating us wo should tnd it if they commenced to ship coal to Neweustlo. A tow t= gays nyo in American vessel ld reported to huve: tovehed at Odessa with a curgo of corn for tho frnine-etrleken people in the Caucasus, One wou have thought that, a8 corn fa 4 plentiful in-tha intertor of Mussin, it would have enper te haye exported the grain from ess, Intend af brhuging it all tho why neross the Athintic., Hirt this docs not appearto be the ease. hanks to the corrupt system of subaldizing tho rallwaysof Rusala and the rte bout communtention In the luk sea, the. frolghts churged are su excessive thit the mers chnuta at Titis tad it cheaper to bring aver corn from America. Durlug Inst autumn tho Pros vineial papers of Russia frequently complained that thonsunds of tonset corn were rotting alongside tha Southern ruliways, owing to the absence of propor grannies to protect It frn tho weather and the inadequacy of the rollin, stoek to transport it te the sea. Asan inatince OF the badness of Russian rdiway organization, the Odess Prania montloned that, owlnz to the setuda Biittion of the Odease [allway boli aloe ated amie and ns half from the export quny, the cost of coiveying tho corn in wagons from tho Irneks to the furcign stenmers was heavier thin tho ecarrhure af tho grin all tho way from Udessn to Loudon, a A Greek Horror in Runsing dandun ‘elegruy A torrible story’ ren bd the Petersburg Merolt from Samar. A dys nya the wits of a akitted artlean mumied Bebiidd, of tut tawn, was brought to bed of a child white ber hustind. who hud become a contirmed got, and spent all his wages for Suny provious weeks in lquor, wis tuvay from bid home upon a drunken fvolle, Twa days after her contineent Behinid staggered in cabout noon and begun to Khout, with horrible Rircats and curses, for bls dinner, Thore having been nolther food noraoney inthe house since he had Inst dett it, tho unfortunate woman bud bad no nourishment for borielf or her babe sinco rth, aud the fatter tind died of exhaustion but ae few minutes hefare ite heartless Juthor made bis appearance, intoxtested nnd blasphomlng, in the room where a son had been born to bin while he was squandering bls wages In drink, do Sehinid's bratal menneed his tls. erable wife nade nie answer, Bilently shu rosy from her sordlit pallet, wan aud eniaclated, & Tiere spectre of a WOU, crept avrosa the room to tho dresser, took thence wv hurge dish, which she carried back to the bed, and plnctoy her bab: orpse upon tha dish, eet lt dowaan the table before her tusbund, with the simple but awful words, “Phere ja nothing else to ent It tho house!" Schinid sate gazing with w ylnesy store ut his dead vbild for some tine, Prosently Qnelghbor came jn and spoke to him, but bo uttored no word and made uo sign. Upon closer exaltation ho wad found to have entirely lost hla reason, and ho was conveyed to the Sanam funnies where be atill reuaina uw bopeless junutic, Sore” of Endurance, Palt Mull Gaactte, The manta for excessive feats of enduranco Sppeadrs ta be growing, Men toil round a etreus unt) utterly worn out with futheue, day after day aud nfght after night, to show whut the buinan frame 18 capubte of, insearch of alu wud now Cupt. Wobb, why long since eatubituhod his fieiston ns u awtuniner, bus heen engaced in pertling bia inagnttieent constitution by ww ming round ang round a tank for sixty eouseuu- ve hours. it secs to huve been a prent sues cesa frum ong point of view. No fewer thin 908 peaplo thought it worth while toluak at a man who hud lived In the water fram Mouday tormngyg ull Wednesday vlxbt. Capt. Webl camo outor bly lovy aud exhausting tusk, wo are told, in excellent health and with a good Ooppetite, and he waa loudly cheered for his per= formance, OF courae a full-grown man his a right, if ho likes, to show how jong he can ree inain In water without apparent damago; jurt naif he thought proper, ho might stay Inn fuetory chimney, in order to exhibit the length of time that human lunge could support, the constant luknlation of carbon, But to talk of such proceedings na If thoy possessed nny eci+ entife Interest or were of tho slightest value to tho world at large {is ridiculous, AMUSEMENTS. TELIGION AND THE DRAMA, There ta at present performing ‘at the Acad- emy of Musica gentleman in tho varloty Ino snamed Mr, Fronk Bush, who, aceording to tho Program, Jaa “favorit dialect. comudion.” Mr, Hueh's performance, stil relying upon the pub= {shed bill for Inforination, consists of “zongs, sayings anil imitations,” and It {sto one of the latter that Tre Thmune has more fminedintely toallide. As an iniltator Mr, Bush ts, Judging hls performance by the reception the audience uecords it, n sucess, Te is vorsatite. ton, his mingo of charncters including Seotelhimen, En- Highinen, Irishinen. High and Low Dutehmon, sraviites, Down Ei nexe, and othura, and, though the tieal observer inight find cach charic gomowhat msrred by ite bearing wstrong Hkencss to all thy others, aul on tho whule, the audience seem to be pleased with thom. Tt must he confesied that the ehure acter in which ho nds most favor wilh tis patrons Is that of tho New York Chatham street febrew. Iisa Scotchinan fs tainted with a pale pe suspicion of browio; his pieture of an rishinin ts not improved by the presence of a Teutonte tingelng; and bis Nutehman (high or Jow) lapses occasionally Into a Caledonian drawl which Ja canny but quite inappropriute. As tho Jewlsh second-hand clothos-dealer, however, he presents a pleee of acting which is almost en- Urely free trom the minnerisms of utterance and jresture which belong to tho othors. not * the dew which Shukesperre drow," but it Is quite an effective curicaturea of one of tho geuticmen who stop passengers on Chathain street, New York, and iniportune them to pur- chee of tholr stock, and It amuses the audience wonderfully. Whunt brought the representation fmmedl- Afely to the attention of ‘THe Taine was letter from an indignmit Israelite, who come pluined of it that in “the present enlightened Mines" it was “yolng i Ittle too strong,” and that when the netor went go far ta to wear what purported fo be a piece of unlenvened bread attached fo his cont lnpel it was no wonder that n great many Israciies in tho audience left the theatre disgusted, The correspondent {usisted that however far Mr. Bush mbght go in his turing the personal peculuritles of any race, he should be enrbed in his making fun of rethelous matters. ‘This seemed oO wirrantable geese ed t the dialcet comdian's performance, nnd vt UNE reporter was sent to the Acndeny of Mi Wednesliy night to see Mr, Willian t muinnger, and to learn bis views upon ubject When the case was stated to him, Mr. Emuivett, who is one of the culinest of men naturally, arose nt once to the loftlest blahts uf anger, and sent at once for the olfendcr, Mr. Bush, how- nr, had gone home, and Mr. Euinett was ied tonmke his own explanntion without receiving one from the offending actor, Bald Mr, Hounetts “y — shame, Now, if I'da only known that that cracker—T thought It was an oyster cricker.—wis a religious cracker, I'd a thrown Bush into the street. Yes § would, I'd have cut. him open. Lutn't religous; no, 1 an't religious, wat Tadmire religion. 1 love relizton. it's a food thing for them that has it, and [t ought to "be respeeted by thom that inant. They cin say whut they like about Bil Enunetts 1 know Lye heen second on one or two prize-tights, but Heavon perish my soul if t havo another yieo outside of profialty, To don't drink, don't smoke, dou't frequent naughty places, but T do sweir) when Vin mad. After my father's death, profanity grow on me, but] never swear on the stuge orin tho presence of women, Tdon’t care what kind of woman It ls, when thoy are nround I never exereise mytal—that isto say, Lnever allow myself to awenr, and never allow nvybody else to dose. When n min swears on my Hage T Just gay to him, *Go into tho ofice, tike of your cont, and swenr nway Hr yow're thred! ” *'Thut Is very propor, but do you think the Souipiuing of the correspondent tg welt found. ed “ Yes, a8 faras tho religious erncker {acon corned; but Pdldn't know auything about that. Now I think of tt, tho Jews ducut that kind of brend on Now-Yenr's Day, or some other day, f forget whieh; but Tdidn’t have any idea thot bat shingle Hush brought in on his cont wus taking it off. Its oa ineky thing, sir, Tdiin't know it Monday: night. I'd hive fpoued him right up; Vd bive piyerieeel him, here are twoor three things in Rush's busi- ness Lent right out after £ heard him. Hs Chinnien uses the expression, *go ta hellee,’ andT fell vou that won't do for tho Academy, at Haverly's or MeVicker's it’s all right, but It wan't do at my place, and I won't bave it." “What are you sete to do ubotit the objec i tionablo buslness “that cracker shall not appear on tho Acnd- emy of Musio atuge nguin, No, sir} the ‘re- Ugtous feelings of all must ba reverenced, Lt E tell you that ters, perc jaan ie But tho min that come plained to “THe ‘Tnmunye ‘ought to have come to mo If he'd ‘como ant first, explained the Dread business ta me I'd have stopped it rightolt, The Jews have no right to kick outside of tho bread business though, I've seen Jews, right in my house, jurtaplittin’ over some porforimer who was taking off an Irish- man, an Enulishatian, or a Dutchman, The Irishman delighted th tho: Englishman pleased thom immonsely, and tho Dutchman iekted thom nigh tadenth; but now that thelr tlmo vorues, A turn round and fet on that a Attlo bit of cracker ig bronkin’ wp thelr church, L respect thoir religion, — mo if 1 don’t, and TH wave no more crucker-business yoln' on, ut, outaide of that, If they don't like my show thoy can atiy away fromit, I can get along we tha beenin t that: th r us beenmo apparent tht the trues nature ot the ‘objectionnble part of Sr. Bush's per- formance wus ultogether unknown to Mr. Em- mett, who, however well versed in all tho diffor- ent branches of the variety stage, docs ot pro- fess to ho an expert In the religions rites of tho Mosale digpensntion. Mr. Bush, however, must. fave known better, and upon him the fall biane must lie. ‘Thi being the case, no fentellte should harbor Ml-feclitg ugaliat the Academy of Muste, ee ng werepetition of theoffenso Js not tobe allowed, : Asaoon us Villy learned from the reporter that the cricker business bit sermaly wounded the neluriaus fvelings of his patrons, bo murde d+ reetly for bis sture. The play—"'Tho Lowel atelaa,” called tn the bills © nn delginul, emotion- und highly interesting drama "— Misa Lizzie Floteher bid lntd her head tenderly upon the shoulder of her long Jost bineksutth: ti Mr. J. He Brown. Her afileted ol uncle, Robert Ransom, wil brake up with. excess of joy ut the reunion, and at prog pect of huvhug his debts patd up, for the hluck+ ainith had become weulthy, had sink Into tho eusies Pehle an tho stage. “Ths seony had beon: by tho sheothig of villain No.2 (Me, Me No. 1 (Mr. 1 J, Tandon), tho foviner falling into the uring of his brothar, Mr. Gvorgu W, Thompson. Villlan No, 2 was Og ing 11 a most effective death scene, when Mr. Eminete startled all by rushbue from the tite: saying: Hold an, Score. for a minute, T want to say somothing.” Billy ut once went for Disubject, sehatonttound for tho eracker, which, unknown to hin, hed been smushed, to tho In= ary of the anered feelings of hls wudlence, and retired mintd inuch apuliuse, Mins Fletcher burled her face on the shouldor of her lover, George ‘Thompson embraced hla wounded brother, the eurtiit was ring down, an actor's Ufo wits saved, and tho gallery bad not tho nitis~ fuetion of aeclig the wortd-be murderer, T, J. Langdon, carted off to n dungeon eglt. MVICKER'S, In every assumption by Misa Cavonitish hor mounting 1s distinctly revealed, We pre novor wenried by inelllolency nor vain pretension, ‘Thore is nelthor healtutlon nor uncertainty in her portrayal of ehuravtor, nor excess or error In hor depiotion of Intenso autforlng. Bho may not reallze the pootio {deal of a Jullets but in thy Interpretation of strong pluses of trugto roe nutnce, Auch vats found in tho rdle of Jane Shore, Miss Cavendish Is great, Thore i a porfect. unity of texture and aymmotry in her work; and white we may say her method Is often 9 atundled one, yot envh of hor portrayals {8 (ise tnotly individual, Tho distinguishing churio- fortatics of hor June Shore ure ucep feeling and strong thought,—that thought which thoroughly fashions and truthfully expresses a dramutio cduception, ‘Thuy wo ure presented In tho that act with a Jane Shore full of jruce and iustinet with that soft dignity which must havo beon & prominent chirieteriutie of Ed+ ward's inlstress, friond, and adviser, At tho ond of this uct, when tho nows of Edward's death 1s announced, Whon sho {a allyhterd by the courtiers, triumphed over by the Queen, and oven forsaken by tha boggara sho bas fod, her heartfelt ox- pressidas of sorrow and despule wore wutinged by nolay heroics. Hor oxpresston and her action When Jolin Griat voluntouns bls friendship tell tho story of the womun's hvart aa Wo words can, In the third act, where, bubited in tho garb of disgrace, sho telly the citizens and courtiers of Gloster’s trouson, ber pussionate protestations wore excellently temperod, and in hor seono with tho Queen ber wild abandonment to despair wus touchlugly expressed. Her great oppor. tunity fs iu tho fourth act, however, ‘There the “temptations — tu yernct aro auch ne tow warnen could reaiat, In hor rags. gaunt aud famished, hunted from _pil- dur to Post, tho dultity mistress of the King ts driven to despule, In hor ucting thore is Wo trace of witiness or mint to sully the patbow Of the scene, antl never once did she overstup tho trie urtisto boundaries that divides the de> Hineatlon of, pa and despair. Biles Cavett. dish pliys Wills’ version of the story, which at the best ti foomy one, and, however great tho tA not u favorit dramu with the Generuhy speuking, the support wie yon x Vierey presented the cburacter of juli Shore curetully and aveoptubly, Mr. Hagau loomed up fy a miost unexpected munner us luster, und ag the sturdy Juin Grist Mr, Le A. Rberlo was fully equal to tho part. Mist Bila Wren neraonnted Queen Elizabeth and spoko ber at ie speeches Anil eloquent harnngics with olfee! THE PEOPLE'S THEATRE. A sories of entortaininents was to havo boon Ine Augurated Wednesday night at Twolfth Streot ‘Turnor Hall, under tho atrepices of an organiza tion, sald to have been formed somo time ago the “Colporative Thontro and Publishing As- sociation.” The Association having beer forme ‘Upon nothipg more substantial than windy 8o- elnlistic uttoranecs, tho entertaimments havo vome to grivf at the outset. The projectors sc- leoted Mr. John it. Allen to manage thelr thont- rieal business, ho being an excellent representns tivo of the dignity of labor, John got a company togethor, engaged a playwright to wrlte a play in which tho bloated bondholder would bo rele- gated to his proper place and the son of toll sot before the public with a hato of glory round his head, and he hired TurnereHall, Proapecttises wore fasticd nsking peoplo to’buy rhares in tho Peopte's| Thentra at sid nblcce. i ounaty wold bite, however, note 10 Roe ciniiats thomselves, “Un Wednesday night tha doors of Turner full wore” thrown open, and the etors and actresses were at thelr | lees So was the agent of tho hull, waithig for Is rent before tho curtuin went wp. Some 200 peuple came in, most. of them deadhends. dotn Allen saw that this couldn't Uquidate and he flew around among the Soclullstle Committe, hanging around to see that John did the flr thing.—but they finanelally were In even i worso box than John, ‘Thereupon Join implored tho agent to “lotup" on the show for ono night, but his cloquence fell ow deat cars and hls pore stave powers for once were lost, ‘Tho agent wus inexorable. He turned the gas out npon tho entire concern and the crowd melted away, John Alien making bis eseape before the actors contd get from thete dressing-rooma to the front of tho hotso, ‘ VUE EW BENEFIT. Tt ts likely that the roceipta at Haverly's yes- terday afternoon, on tho occasion of tho third annunt benofit of the B. P.O. Elks, will not fall short of $1,000, As on fortner occasions, in tho auditorium there were many prominent pro- fessional people, and the program embraced tho services of netors and netresses from nearly every house In town. Mr, Nick Norton was tho director of amusemonts, Mr. Harry Armstrong acted ng stago manager, and Henry Dochno | looked after the orchestra. Mutlen and Magee, Little Mac, Charies W. Young, and Frank flush ned tho nlfalr in thoirapeetaltics, after which: “Tho Tragediins of Kalamazoo” mpheared in tho thind net of thelr plece now running at Hoo- ley'a, Will Gillotto then xaye tho first uct of his new druna *Tho Professor.” Charles Gardner, Dolph Lovino, and Harry Armstrong followed In amuaing speclulties, and the perforinanees closed sometime after 6 o'clock with the lust Beene from “The Two Orphans,” Mise Dickle Lingard and Miss Elle Vaughn assuming the characters of tho aMiicted daniels, Misa Amelia Wnrugh that of the Prochanl, Mr. Chartes M, Collins wus the Jacques, Mr. WI Cooper the Pierre, Bal Marrett tho Pleard, and Mr. James Hurley the Chevalicr, t THE OLYMPIc, . A variety solectlun begins the bill at the Olympic, anda sonsntion, "Marked for Life,” ends it, Tho curtain rises upon Schimer and Bingham, who appear in a musical sketeh; tho banjo playor—rather clover—Charles Schofletd, follows, ond tho Layan brothers show tholr agility on tho trapoze, A young woman with ain ‘excessively thin voice but very plump ox- tremities, clud in blue entin, pipes a comic ditty and dances a jig, the paper of eand business being thrown in.” Sid France cleverly presents a negro charneter in tho drama, and Miss Alico Sherwoml enncts tho part of tha virtuous and | pultering, but eventually well-rewarded herv- ine. DRAMATIC NOTES. Sam Colville, It is again sald, thinks of leasing the Californin Theatre, Mr. Wi Huyddn (inanager for Robson and Crano) and wifa pire in town, John Raymonel sails for England on May 10, Me appenrs as Col. Sellers in Juno ut the London Greolun, we ‘Tho ebaractors:in which Miss Cavondish will next wook nppent at MeVicker's will be Beatrice and Rosalind," Mr, J, N. Gothia takes Joe Wheotock's place in“ Tho Galloy'Bjave” now playing in the Now England circult., |, sl Pauline Markbjm bas blossomed into at Ari- zon thentrieal, maunger, "Tho Cotonol ia uo longer bean of, ,,,, Misa Jeffreys jp’ to play tho lending role In George Hocy's,, pow “play at Wallack’s, com- menoing April fi, Ineix woeks Ewin Booth will salt for En- gland, where he will porhaps appear profession- ally during tho summer, . ‘Tom Keeno has signed n three-years' contract with Will Hayden, who willatur tho actor next senson in the logitiniato, Again wo may.pomind playgoera that Robson and Crane will b6'hero next week with thoir new pleco, “ Shurps tid Flate,”” Mr. Hil'a “All tho Rayo" combination has beon phiying to dkowded houses on tho Now En- lund eireuit—Bostun Herald, Tn Now York tho eritios, in. the vernacular of the day, bave effectually sat down upon Herno and Helasco’s “ lourts of uk.” Mr. 1B. BE. Woolfand Miss Kate Fiotd are writ- Ing a new piece, In which tho Indy will probably make a aturring tour next season, Clinton Btuart iWalsinghusny will Jotn John T. Have compuny at the Park Thontre, Phila- delphia, March 2~—nappenring as Clay Hawkins, Henry Irving ia still playing in London to erowalel houses. Wo have! ton ned iuthority “that he serfously ‘thinks of coming hore next season, * A Michol Strogoft’ {a finished, and D'Rnnery add Verne are now working ata new fairy pee tobe called © Voyage # ‘Lravors l'impos- alutitte." Kiralty’s “Enchantment,” a spectacle about which wo have heard a good deal, wilt be pro: sented for the rat time in this vity on Monday wt Huverly'a, Mr. Chartes T, Androws, tho gifted young munnger of Haverly’s Brooklyn Thontre, are rived hore yesterday morning, Ho will leayo for tho Enst on Saturday, According ton Boston papor, Mr. John Gone. ley, for savernt yours past n member of Suls- bury'a ‘Troubadours, has beun engaged with Uico's Surprido Party for next sensor, Contrary to repeated announcemont, Miss Marie Williains will not appear in this country Hextsenson, Burlosque huving gone out of vogue tn London, sho thinks of appearing in that elty noxt season fp comic opera. Mr, D. Dalzlel, on behalf of Miss Lingard, has urehused the Keonery of * Tho Heurts of Onk," italy used nt Hooley's in the production of that lay. ‘The intention 18 to trivel with the drama, Mr, Dalaiel loft lust. night for St. Louis to ur range for its production in that elty, Tho members of tha Savayo Club of London will give an ontortaimmont dn aid of tho [rab Relivt Fund wt the Gatoty. Among tho attrac: tlons witl bo tho burlesque," Forty Thloves,”* ity which Henry Irving, J, T. Toole, Barry Sulll+ an me other distinguished * Sayages" willap: AP, “Tho Danites” company finish thoir Amori- enn senaon to-night at Providence, und sull from New York for Liverpool to-morrow in the Bpali,, W. 2. Sheridan's London engugemont with Mes Keo Hankin {a Cor anty Blx weeks. Ho will re- sure to this country about tho imiddle of Au- Thoro in a report to the offect that Loster Wal- lick will huve a new theatro newr Delmonico’s, with entrinces on Hroadway and Fifth avonue, Should be whindon his old and familiar house, A.M. Dalmor fa expected to become blé sauce geasor 8.4 tenint, and it is rumored thatc, R. Thorne, Jr., will be his partner, Dr. Edward Loowenthal, a well-known author of philosophic works in Germany, has written a fouruct drm ontiticd WWapoleon IIT. and the Counell of Paris;” nso, a prulog ontitled Phi Kesurrectjon; or, The Counull of the God: ‘Thesu works ure to_be transluted for the Amo! fen stngo by Mr. Julius Sllveramith, the editor uf the Uccldent, ‘Thoy aay that Mr. D.R. Looke (Petroloum V. Nuasby) ks engaged upon a new play of the ae. rlous kind for Miss Hayman, an English actross: Of tho emotional order, He has flushed wo new Avesuct comedy which he hag numed in tho tirst priieoe tho deed “Quartz Valloy.” 1t fa sald to bo tito of guld oud whisky—w sort of rock- ant-rye drama, In Trooklyn last week Miss Alles Wren of the “ Under’ tho Gualight"’ company dted, She wie 25 yours of anes anil was the youngest of 0 fumily of nine, all of whom bave been on the stage. ‘Two years aro shu returned from 4 soy= en years’ eit round the world, during which she bad many adventires, Sho was twice ruported to havo been killed, and once had an olfer of marriage from an Ethiopian Prince. Mr. Donman Thompson recently sont Milo. Albertine, tho bifid actrees, now residing MnNow Bedford, ih xtraltened wiroumetinces, the sum oof $100, dtlpulutiug that tho yitt should be kept secret; but tlio ludy would Hut convent (oO ro- main silent, and made tho fact known, More thon twenty years ngo the giver aud reelpicnt wore mombers of IM. 8. Chunfrau's company, playing 1n thle olty, Miss Aiborting ud a stur and Ir, Thompson in small parts. Tho’ Princo and Princesa of Wates went tho other evening to seo Miss Gonoviove Ward in “Forget-Mo-Not,” and the Prince, in talking: with the actress. ufter tha performance, paid a pretty complinent te hor couutrywomen, While ure ut diss Wurd's acting, that he thought sho was 8 ussertod ber natlonality, r French, anid when be auld pleasantly, “2 always thought the Aue Jean wolnen the clevercet in the world," Upon In Castroville lust week, Col, Chambers, the Greenback Candl- date for Vice-President. “CBigeFoot® Wallaco and the Ingratt+ tudo of Republics, - Wintry Weathor and Its Disastrous Ro- sults upon Vegetation, Bpretal Correspondence of . The Chleago Tridtine, Texas, March 24.—About thirty miles south enst of Fort Worth, and two niles west of Clo- burne, In what ia known as tho Elm Valley, ts 0 pretty lttlo homeatend, consisting of 9 two- story brick houso, built: something on tho atylo of a Moxtenn hacienda, and a number of out- buildings, all set down upon a velvety plat of green, Back from tho bullding roils mile after tnile of gontle undulating prairie, large pore tlon of which ts devoted to stock-ratsing, while hero and thors are patches of corn and onta, showing that agriculture fs not wholly neglected. Tho view from the root of tho house -is most ploturesquo. ‘Ten miles to tho northward the oyo is caught by whut ls known as Caddo Penk; to tho westward tho ridgo of the grind valley prairie forms tho horizon; to the eastward Hes the greut Toxas Cross ‘Timbers, with knotty arms oxtending into tho vultey, sem{-clreular frum northeast to southwest; and twelve miles to the southward No tho Mesquite Finta, oxtonding to the Brazos Iver, Such is tho home of tho distinguished ‘Texan, COL. J. 1. CHAMBERS, homineo of the Unton Labor Greenback party for Viee-Prestdent, n8 seen by your correspond- ont during his recent visit to Cleburne, at tho time of the hanging of Sanmel Houston Myers, full particulars of which were ut the timo telo- graphed to Tun Trinune, Col, Chambors Ia in the 02d yenrofhisage, erect ond supple in Hinb as an Indian and platy and unassuming {n deportment, He hrs blue-gray eyes, thin Ips, email nose ant mouth, ond a Bquure, well-shaped chin, forming a prepossess- ing tout-cnsemblo. He was born In Montgomery County, Kentucky, Dec, 6, 1817. His fatbor was fn fartner and emigrated from Virginia among: the earlier scttlera of Kentucky. Hts mothor'a malden name was Mathorshead; sho was born In Scott County, Kentucky, and her father was a solilor in the Rovolutionury War, and was with Washington nt tho buttleof Trenton, Young Chambers labored on his futhor'’s farm until tho fe of 20, when ho volunteered {n tho Texas Kovolution, Ife was goon commissioned Cap- tnin and attached for temporary duty in tho re- crulting service to tho staff of his uncle, Gen, T. J. Chambors,—landing In the “Lone-star” In April, 1837. In- 1880 he made his way to tho frontier, and located in Mobortson County as n practlent survoyor, which business he followed ten years. Ho was thon clected to tho olllee of District Survoyor, his district com- prising tho territory of about ton counties. In thia business ho had to penetrate far into what ‘was thon wild Indian haunts, and hig encounters and balrbreadth ‘scapes would put some of the Rendle dimo-novel churacters to ‘the blush, After the closo of tho Civil War ho migrated to Johnson County, and opened a farm, partly com. prising the present alte of Cleburie,—donnting,' In conjunction with Col. W. F. Honderson, ono- | half of 100neres of land, to which the county- sent was removed Jn 1607, He thon conducted tho business of . merchandising, in conuection with his farming, for about threo yanrs, In 1871 ho oponed 8 private exchange and banking office, - ‘This he closed In ‘76, and. retired to the farm, where he still lives, Durlng the prometna of tho War, observing tha InJustiew of the eae laws and othor class legislution of tho Contederate States, » JE LOST HEART IN TIE CAUBR, and, although ono of the exempted class, de- nounced tho polley, and wrote directly to Preal- dent Davis about tt, predicting, If not arrested, tho overthrow of the cnuse. On the olection of Gen, Grant as Presidont in 183, In’an article published In the Cleburne Chroniele of that dato, alscuasing the interest-bearing —national-dabt rystorn, he wrote ns follows: ‘Our fathers, na. rive, mide grout political progress (toward a highor Christin religion) by brenkyig down Teyitimacy, church-supromncy, and fit pro- soriptive rights. Tt renmins to be soon whethor their children will make further progress by breaking’ down this monuarchical scheine of Anterest-bearing mationnl debt. 26°. haga nothing In snytoyg that truv and free republican institutions cannot bo muintuined Jf the peaple allow their jawmakers to crente an interest> benring national debt." Notwithstanding ‘he chided tho leniers of the Democratic par: if In that article for failing to como up _to “the hight of the great argument,” bo always acted with and vous! the Democratic ticket ‘until 1870, wie ‘og ho snys, he lost wll hopes of tho party, an . FSPOURED THE GREENBACK CAUSE, ditice which thine ho-hns been an ardent sup: orter of ita principles. In 1878 he penta Stute reputation by his open letter to Kenator Cokes aud since that tino a ati wider reputa- ton by bis article on “ Snered Coln-Contructs" and other writings. In 1878 he run for the Leg- islature on the Greenback ticket, receiving, though not olested, ubont three thes the nun bor of votes then contained in the Greenback county orgunizution. Notwithstanding his Yehoment opposition to the iuasiiena and Democratic leaders, ho has, by strict integrity, high senso of hunor, and moril rootitude, minintained tho respect of all ctisses of his fellow-citizons. —* ‘Whethor tho ingratitude of Republics orthe im- providence of heroes is moat in fault may bo ft question, but nothing uppeara to be tore’ common thin the spceticls of men who have Ngured us horoeg and benefactors aluking: into overty and want In their old age. Daniel Boone and a niinber of others of the plonecrs and soldiers who won Kentucky from the guy- ages sunk intoabject wantin ‘thelr old ago— somo of then ete 4 jail under tho bar- barous old lw of tmpriyonment for debt. The condition of somo typical heroes of Texas ta a Uttle betters but a majority of the real voterans of the revolution ure poor and needy, Among the nuinber ts tho famous “IG-FOOT" (WW. A. A.) WALLACE, whom your corrospondent unoxpeetodly, run ** Bilge Foot," un= ‘nble ta. Bur hig taxes, has been driven from his farm and littia home in Castroville County by: tho Btate, Which owes him w debt of gratituily it can nover repay. W, A. A. Wallace, aboyt whom ‘paoma, newspuper articles, and books have beon written,—than whom no! bettor anan over battled for or sorved tho Stato of ToxaK,— the mat who carried the firat mulls from Ban Antonio to El Paso, through roving bands of suvnzes, and oyer theso almost) unknown Teglons, and who by his very nume (for no come plote history of Toxus can ever be written that Innkes no Mouton of the once famous scout, dead shat, and Indlin-fighter, “ Bly-Foot"” Wale, Ince) gave ense to the curly settler and atruok terror to the -hoarta of tho troucherous red nin,—this mun, who haa been placed in the front rank of auvh mythieal hordes we Oyury in stories of ramunce,—this horo, now in advanced yenrs, has to teacn a people's gratitude and a country's recognition, 2 lnw—nnd I bow my head ovor in subinission ta it—took hold of 418 LAST WORLDLY Goons, and hore ts whut tho Sheriff rentized, ng givon to us by * Dig-Foot” himsulfs Forty head horses, £25; twonty-two howd cuttlo, $18; twolva head on8, v. Wallace haa ever opposed an ostenta- thous upluy of hia former exploits; has always waited to bo kept outer newspaper, and no doubt will get mnd atime for this mention; but Taga chronicler of fucta, must tell bin that, whilo be may think, and be content in belloving, that“ virtue ig {ta own reward,” and ‘lovo of rountry a man's solenin duty, [ cannot belp but regret thutso braveund worthy aman bus fallon into tho clutches uf the Inexorubte law, Ag J naw bin, * Big-Foot” fauboutthe medium hight of Weatern mich aural ts aud jron-cagt in evory Jimb, with broad shoulders and iffent depth of cheat, His well-propordoned bout 18 covered with n stragullng, matted shock of dandy balr, thut falls wlnost to his shoulders, His eyes are bhick and magnotic, and wore shaded by uw broad-brbnmed bordor's bat, with the rim turned down; while bis remaining bubitiimonts,conslited of 9 suit of cordurvy and top-beota, Another .personuge of Indinn-Ofyhting fame 1 have motelnee my sojourn in Voxus ta Davy Crockett, Sentor,—son of Davy the famous,—of whom 1 will speuk more jn the future, Porbape It will, and perhaps it won't, fs just as dete conclusion a8 one cin form when cons aide 4 THXAS WEATIER, Its ficklencas bas tong alnco pussed into a well- understoml maxim; and oven tho now-oonier prides himself on being sulliciently well-posted from coyeur without more or jas wrapping. Be thinas it may, thore are oo cusional spurts of weather which wre so extremo In thetr puture us to oxcite the surprise of even old-timers; and wo have just passed through On Saturday lust a bitterly cold blowing, usa sequence toa week of unsettled cHimatiw condition, All Saturday night und Sunday it continued, while overhead adismul, threatening claud bung like x pall over thocurth, On Sunday night it begun to sleet, and by Blonday morning thoro wus a white car bet two or three tuches thick over the carth, Tietng: tho day suow fellat Intervals, but in such sinall quantities that it melted us fust ay it cumo down. Tucsiay morning tho sun peeped from bebind tho eustern slope, ep- parently ufraid to venture from ity lair, unless sutlativd that the tight for supremacy would got be disastrous to lt. Finally it bunt througd o bank of clouds, and shone jn all ite brightness, diy) th the mista, tempering the north winds, and tlooding this part of tho worut vinyand with ight. Then ensued a period of mud and slush, which yielded a harvest to the Devil In * cuss words," sud a bousnza, to bootblacks in shines, At present tho prospect Is good for bright apring weather, Such an oxtremols cold spell this Inte In the senaon yas not only unexpeeted, but will be DIAARTROUS TO VEQETANL ES and such green stuff na ft is too tondor to resist frost. Tho farmors in tha city to-day from this and othor countics unite In anying that all corn which was up is killed; that corn-seed which Was sprouted and not tp is damaged more or Ions, Dut not killed; and that seed which had not germinated Is not hurt. And they all any thore fs ample time abend to replant ovory alain Mill, and make n Rom Ladle a\n to whent, opinions diffor. All say that that whieh had Jointed haa boon proatrated; but, as to whathor (t willxprout aguin and fully recover, some say Yes and others No. That below the {einting mines ‘haa Mot been taterinlly burt, ‘ho reports in the aggreantoare, that thor will be n good crop scoured If no otter misfortune overtakes tt. Oats have been seriously injured, Muny farmers say they think thotr crop riined: while others tellus thoy wil gut a full-sowing. There is na doubt crop Is greatly injured, 1 1¥ NOT RUINED, F ‘Those engaged In Its culture diffor In thelr opin- Jons as to tho amount of damage done, The carly bide that had bloomed out are killed bo- you! question,—most of thoso bolng peach treea, put n few of which had bloomed. ‘Those trees that hid bloomed nre situated for the most part on sanily soll, which bloom much eartier than those punted on binck soll, Mats. Raines, ono of tho heaviest frult-growers tn Northorn Texas, and an acknowledged good authority in fruit mutters, was questioned by your corre speronny as to the protable damage dono ali fruits. “The crop," said tho frult-growor, “and espeolilly tho pence. crop, is ina vory eritieal condition, and I fenr that tut few, if Any, perches will be raised in this seotion af tho Stnte this year, The penrs, apples, plums, and other fruit-treea aro not so bndly injured but what a falr crop can bo ronlized.” Tho early girdons.in which corn, potatocs, and othor vegetables hi eomeup. and which a fow duys a presented such a thrifty appoar- anco, wore Irreparably ruined, everything bolng destroyed. Buch vegetables as beets, turnips, rudiahor, cabbages, and garden-truck in general, are dead,—dend as Hector. Upon the whole. howover, North Toxas, though pretty bidiy hurt, is not so badly off as it might have been, Had the recont frost ap- genres, ton days Inter, tho damage would have can impossible to conpute. aw. ood yield a at the fruit THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Twenty Yours Ago. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, CAGO, April 1.—Some twenty years nro, during tho Sickles trouble, Tre Trrocne suid, editorially, that women should be kept out of Washington; they were wenk, allly, and easily Jed astray, or something to that effect. How 13 {t with the men to-day? Had thoy not better be kept out of Washington? Look over your files, pleaso, and let us have tho article oveE ae aln. Egyptian Corn. ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, * Crtcaco, April L—The article on the ndapt- ability of “Egyptian corn" to dry and sterile regions in your paper of the B0th March re- minds me that somo thirty yenrs aince, at Philndetphia, Pr, Prof. Gliddings unwrapt on Exyptinn mummy said to be some 6,000 yenrs old, from which during tho process was taken fome grain. Curiosity ledoneof tho audience to plant some of It In bis garden, where, to his and his friends’ astonisiimeont, it grow and matured, notwithstanding. ite great axg; and thore fs now in a collection in Philadelphin a cluster oftho corn then grown, every kernel of which Is covered by n sepnrate and’ individual pe This mention Is made to show the endure ig qualiics of the yrain, W, W, Lona, SiS No. 875 Michigan avonuc, 0, ‘Tho McLean County “Exodun,)? | To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Hornpen, McLean Co., Il, March 31.—My at- tention hna been called to the following telo- gram published in your paper of Friday, March 24; . /, Bioominaton, TIL, March 26.—Mclean County farmers, who imported, u score af exodus no- grocs from St. Louts to do work as farm hands, {ire thoroughly disgusted ulready with tholr ex- orlinont. At lenst ono-third of tho immigrants uve decamped atrondys antl the rest show slgns of uncasiness, and will probably move out bee fore epring work has fairly begun, Now us to tho fucts, “Tho only{exodua-negrocs Drought into this county wore. twonty men and womon whieh T rapt in 8t, Louta and brought hore to work’on my own farm. ‘anil on tho farms of .some. of my, notghbors,. Thoy reached Holder. on: tho.. Mth - of March and places were found for them all at once. They.are all at work, giving good satisfaction to thelr omployers, and carning goot waxes. With the exceptions of two, all aro working for the Arties thoy tirst went toafterarriving in Me- Lean County. Thoao two are still at work in the same neighborhood, but fora different party, ‘Tho farmers for whom these colored people aro working aponk in the highest terme of their industry nnd faithfulness, and the colored peo- plo ‘thomsolvea-nre woll satisfied with their wires and situation. aS e ~Thnve now applications for nearly fitty, from £8 good farmers na can be found In MoLean County, and brd I the time to [euye my, farin for a few weeks T could find omploymont in Melonn County for soveral hundred. are Our farmors want ‘the Inbor of these colored people, and,-while a fow may prove worthless and ilscontonted, yat She panie, would be trie of . the ike number of white laborors, Yours truly, JAMES WELCH. The Contral Trunk from Lake to Gulf. . To the Editor of Ths Chicago Tribune. Farmnoury, Ul., March 31.—Argument will not bo necdod to convince practical business mon of the neod of guarding against even crrora and dolays by engineers, ua well ns against those of pollttoinns and Sawyers, In the very plain prac teal work so long and so platnly noeded by all sour country whose waters reach tho St, Law- .rence and Gulf of Mexico, ‘gard for tho things that all true mon should re~ If wo hnve duo re- gard, It will be cleurly shown that It has beendo- layed many years too long, and is now urgently nevded nt once, Hunco, wise, faithful, and cor rect notion Ja nceded,—and that action must be prompted by manty motives, and just, true, and noble purposcs. It must be woll guarded against all errors, und espeoinily-agalnat a set of in- fiucnces too vast and subtic to be hore explained, but that pro na roal us uro tho teachings of all the: lessons of tho mighty past in all history: Tut bofore considering some vital points, lot ua briotly noto one or two strange omissions ut tho mevt{ng of tho Engineers’ Club, as reported in ‘Tuy ‘Tuimuny of tho 1th Inst. Buny valuable facts were brought out at that meeting, and it should perhaps tuke tho form of a continuous session to titke evidence and Ta} iee a roparts But let us now reooynizo tho plain fact ta constant Inflow attho Crib, though far out iu tho great Inke, and compani- tively vary, small, will, when alded by various oxisting forces, draw floating mutter from n great and unknown distance, A simple proof of this cun bo given with a tank or cuak af wator, ju the side or bottom of which an open- ing the size of a knittiug-ucodlo has peen windo. Flour or meal aprinkled upon its surface will tind Its way to the leak or openiug, 08 Is vory wellknown, But if we wants largor ilustra. Uon of water ourrenta wo find tho great and lavel oceans permeated by yust currents oven on tho surfneo and bearing tenting matorial many thousand mites, < Dutanintlow from the-pure and cold Inko thiough tho’ Chicago iver, to feed. a canal, #uch ns would be suitable for an adequate con- neotion between tho Great Lake and Aushalpnl systums,—to udinit of the pussuge of river-boats and barges, work say 20 tout in width b; goven and one-half ve epht feet In dopth,—sucl uwork, With the tibernl outilow to the south that pea et Renan waale Hof, onl y beep ever; at the crib, but wa vo purer wutor in the canal and -lilinols ihrer, down to the vory mouth, and caso an Improye- ment that in extreme low water, say ns usual In August and September, would bo perhaps per: coptible on to tho junction with tho bila. sour. And aa from there on, tho earthy and chemical material burne by that atroatiy from the great plains of tho fur West ucts as a .puritier, so this inflow and current would gather oxygen on every milo of canal, where It now gathers only filth, and evory fall st locks and dams of course would ald this prone Tf tt be true, as woaro told, that oxygon hus imbibed by the water will consume its im- poste then nature stands ready in this also 0 ald hor very old work, and belp Chicago and tho towns below ft, and emile upon that mart riuge which was 60 poetically described at tho meeting at Ottawa, and that is most truly a union that is necdod in overy frood sonse, and without which the problem of inland trunsporta- don In all our country cannot be rightly solved. In a formor lotter I referred to the faut that tho best reaults in jnterior cormmerce—and un economic blending of rosoureca—could not be won without the meeting of the river boats and Jako vessels, aud brieily reforred to morely two clusses of oummodiiics (mineral and forvat prod ugts), and briefly touched upon fron produ. don, and tho single ftom of rallroud thes, I would now beg lenve to Introduce (for the pure pose of ilustration) tho single item of yoHow Ine. vor oourse {it $s, or ought to bo,’ very well known that wo areannuully using millions on millllona of feet of soft pino in the Northwest for soma purposes for which it is not well sulted, and for which {t will not list more than one-third aa long os tho sciew ping’ of th South, On tho othor bund, thoy uso great guantition of the hurd or yellow pino for uses lor which the white ‘or soft pine of tho Great Lake regiona would be much botter, Whon ia New Orleans, in the summor of 1875, Tlearned from Prof, Culeb G. Forsbey, of that clty, that thoy bad, near tho watory of the Lower Midalaaipp, ubout 80,000 syuare tniles of yellow pine. ow, Ho practical mun will doubt thut nis will bo enbunced in tutrinslo value to the least 1 per were within three years from the comple jon of the work. If so, this would umount to over $19,000,000. nd, on the otber band, the cunsuwers of lum: er, North and South, would bo alsa benefited at lenst as much tore, And every consideration of public policy should forbid the double wate that Is now going on, and preparing the way for extravagant prices for lumber in tho future. Ahad intonded to refer to the propor tesa steps that wo need now to take, but have uscd up the apaco intended at prescnt, and will en- dcayor to prosont that berosfter. W. T, BTACKPOLE. LIGHTED BY, ELECTRICITY. Tho City of Wabnah, Ind., Now Entirely Lighted by Micctric Light. Bpectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, WAnasn, Indy March dt.—Tho lighting of an entirocity by means of electricity seoma to bo successfully nccompllahed, Tho Common Coun- ell of thia vince, a fow weeks ngo, entered Into negotiations with tho Brush Electric light Com- pnity of Cleveland, 0., for ono of thelr dynimo- electric generating machincs of a gunrantoed eapnelty of four lights of over3,00-candle power ench, Theso fourlampsaro suspended from tho endsof two cross-bnrs bolted about half-way up an fron fing-staf® that rises from the domo of the Court-Houso, Tio Court-Iouse itaolf stands on a risoof ground that, with tho ight of the domo, gives the light an clevation of about 200 feot nbove the city. From those lamps, which are of au ornimental pattern, with lurge gloss globes, two ordinary telegraphesized pure copper wires toad down over the roof to tho baacmont, where the generating machine fs ‘driven by nn eight-horse power ongine, The Jainps nud tho wires were all tho ordinary ob- server snw. Tho rest was hidden in thocoltar, ‘Toe night, a8 per announcement, tho test waa made inthe presonce of the City Counell and Invited fueats. Thdjcontract wis thit the Lights should Nluminate a elrcla one milo in dlamoter as light at the farthost point as it would be with 0 gns- Inmp of usual atrect size overy hundred fect. ‘This requirement was more than fullMllod, as it was ght cnough at much moro thun that dla- tanco to tell tho tine on a watch nr read course print. Over 10,000 peopto witnessed tha test, ‘The Mayors and City Councils of nineteon towns were present, and ull oxpress thom. selves pleased ond jn favor of tho samo system. Over forty cditors and corre- spondents reported at tho Platndealer office, Tho night was dark and rainy, and promptly nt 8 o'clock tho electrician in’ charge guVo the word to turn on the stenmn., In an tne stant the dense darkness wis turned nto ight, and n loud huzza of applause went up from the wuting crowd. Your correspondont went up. into the dome, right under the light, where be beheld a aceno of mugniticent splendor. For o inlle around the houses nnd yards were dis. tnetly visible, while the faraway river glowed like & band of molten allver. The crowd svar spread nll over the suburbs, making tests ue looking at watehea and rending papers. Tha eftizouso€ Wabash are delighted, and loudly praise tho enterprise of tho City Council, Any one who anw Witbash to-night must belleve thit the cnn BENE HOE elty entirely by elec tricity fg at last solved. Every alley ‘and backs yard receives the light. A careful computation ahows that to light the town eal) 7 0s well by gas would require three lunps to every square, which would taku over 600 for tho aime aren. ‘Those elcetric lamps consist almply of two cure bon penciig about half ineh in ‘diameter, ar- ranged so that the current pnescs through all four and then returns to tho machine. Each Inmip has two sats of theso carbone, 60 arranged that If ono sot got out of order the other Iighta automatically, The entire apprratus furnished: by the Brush Fiectrio Light. Company—lnmps, Wires, and generating-mnchines—cost . $1, ‘Tis cust of running the lamps when in actual operation jaw cent and a bull per hour, making the ontire cost of illuminating the city, exelualvo of wages of engincer and fuel, 15 cents per night of ton hours, The engineer, and fucl, and ontiro expense of Nghting the town is estimate at $70 per year, while sixty-tlvo Fas iamps. which would only make durkness visible In tho sumo firea, would cost $1,100 por year, Tn short, tha Uirush ayatem of clvetria Hghting for cities is a success, and Wabneh enjoys the distinction of being tho only olty in the world Ighted by electricity. : RUDOLPH AND STEPHANIE. Proparations for the Marriage of the Auntrlan Crown Prince and a Fuir - Belgian Princess, a New. York Heratd, ot oh Surprise, gencral-nnd unmitigated surprise, Was tho ttupresston produced both In. Vienna and Bruasoly by tho news of Crown Prince ttudolph's hetrothal with Princess. Stéphanie ‘of Holium. ‘Thut hus now given way to equally unmitigated Butiafuction, for tho Prince Imperial is, ufter his fathor, the most popular man in the Aus- trian Empire, His affabiity and simple- man- ners have won the people's hearts. He ts a dis- tinguished Ingulst, and can converse with any of bis future subjects in tholr.own dialect, Ife hag n taste for natural history, ond bas: written two books, the subject .of one of ‘them’. being a trip down tho Dunube, and. tho other cuglo shooting. .Nelthor of theso works hns been pub- shed, He has attended with great punctuality to bla military dutics at Prague, to’ tho garrison of.whioh ho belongs. Ho hna seen something of tho world, and only Inst year wonton a shooting oxoursion to Africa. Ho: wus greatly pluased with his last journoy,to England and Irclund, and looka forward to the opportunity he ia about. to have of ronowing noyuulutanas with tho Prince ot” Wales. “His futuro brite is enid to bo one of the handsomest Princesses of Europe, of fn aniable disposition, and, even for a Princess, execptionally well educated, Fow boyund tho Court circla’ havo over seen the Princess Stéphanie, oxcept thoso_who lave huppened to boin the way whon the Queen hus oceasionally been accompaniod by her daughtor, as sho drovo: in tho well-known pony chaise tothe Bala, She bas been Brune in tho strictest seclusion, never, unloss when with her parents, having been ou of tho sight of the gouvernante, She has never appeared on any public occasion, not even to witness tho achuvol-children's fate aivon two enrsugo on the aceision of the -King and con's silver wedding. Nor has sho over boon Been on foot In tho streets of Lrussely, or en- loyed tho envied pleasure of gazing in passing nto tha shop windows, Her sole companion his been her ajster, the Princess Clémontine, now fi her 1th year, and the principal recreation of the week a visit every Bunday to tho Convent of Jotto St, Pierce, where ahe wns allowed ta joln in tho amusements of the penslonniires of that aristocratic sehool; and now all is suddenly chunged. State dinnors, visits to the oponi, drives every day with hor future husband, hor avlf, with him, tho object of rospeetful curiosity ana interest, with all those gay tings fying Inher honor, tho Princess Stéphanie, inal the fresh- ness of youth and bright with tho first impros- slong of un unknown world, inuat feol hersclf transported to a now life. A GOLDEN-HATRED PRINCESS, All who have approadbetl ber Hoyal Highnoss speak of nothing but her graco, her ouguglng manngrs, hor kindness of heurt, witb which aro combjued. uccumplishments of no mean order, and a highly cultivated mind. Fair, with.zoldea hufr and blue oyea, sho 18 slight and rather tall. Tho story {a-told that when a few yours ago hor elder slater was murricd to Prince Phillip of Bax ony sho had oscaped ton corner and was found: porlny ovor tho “ Alwannchde Gotha,” trying, na ahe Setleste enld, to discover which of the young Princes of Europe was likoly to taltto her lot, and tho one she hind decided upon was nu othor than Princo Rudolph of Austria, Ry somo ine discretion tho tologram gout by tho young Princo: fs goon aa tho offor of his band hat beon accepted to bia friend Coynt Hanna Wile zok bas been published:*. "Jo suls Phous roux tuned de la Princosso Stépbunie,”* Whon the wodding will take pluce {a not decided; the Princess will only, complete her iéth yenron tho 2iat of Muy, and It is uncer- taln whothor it will bo celobrated shortly after. that date, or be deferred tut noxe, your, At any nate, it is not probable that it will be in Hrus- sela, 18 in tho cusy of the marringe of n Crown Princo It {s tho rule that tho vereiony should be erformed ina ewu Cupitul Vienna Is de Nghted with tho match. The Prince's cholco wus pecullurly Iimited, being contincd to tho Catholle reigning houses, There fs, indecd, no Stnto luw or Inw of tho soverelyn hoitse provent= ing u Protestant Princess from wedding the holr Appneant und eventually becoming tho Empress of Auatriaz and ny grandfather of tho very Princess selectod—tho late Archduke Joseph— ‘was uiarried frat toa Ruasiin and thon to two Protostant Princesses In succession, Brill, by reason of the fuct that for two centuries the Tins Rerinl family, ono of the foremost chumpfons of ho Cathollv enuse on the Continent, hua been in tho habit uf taking o public purt in all grent Catholic festivals, und that the coromony {tsolf of coronution, hath of tho Hees pene of Austria and of the Apostalla bard of ti ungary, anil tho idoty Pe born Legateo of tho Bee, rformed nosortiny fo the ritos of the ftomuun Catholla Church, the choice of a Protestant Princess, or a Princess of ather than the Cutbolle confession, would have ralsod a gregt number of perplexing questions, Anothor clroumstanos that coul not be ultogethor loft out of consideration was tho close relution ulroady subsiatent between the Austrian Importal family and almost all tho Cutholio felauing: Banas. ‘With ali this the Crown Princo’s cholco of a wits was restricted (0 avery amnull number of ladies, and it became auentonuble whether among that sinuth number thero would be ono whom the Princo bimealt would think olfyiblo. ed - ‘Women tn Central Afflea. ‘In Central Africa, says Livingstone, the wom= enhaye the upper band. They feod the inca. ‘Tho wife is obliged foeupply ber mother-{n-luw with trowood. A man who hus ‘tive wives, have fow returned home, asks sumothing of No. 1 rotors hin to No.2. No, 2'desires him to 2 to the ong bu loves bost. Ifo {a bandied about rom ond to the other till ho bepones quite on- raged; but all he can do ls ta up ob tha top of otree and cry aloud, “11 A it had got five wivos, but I fud I bave got tive witches,” Tf a woman beats ber husband, wbe is puntabed in this way: Both are taken to the market-pluce, and tho wife {s compollod to tako the husband home on her buck, amid the cheers of the peu- le. Ou theas occasions the wamen generally bry outs “ Give it to him agains".