Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 19, 1880, Page 11

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. i eRe NN NS 0 ON ee THE STAGE. “Bait the Union Square Company— Financial Aspect of the Engagement. ‘our Theatres and the Entertain- ment Therein Briefly Considered. Rival Tragedians—McCullough, Barrett, and Thomas * W. Keene. ‘gotes of Things Dramatic—Professional . Directory—The Situation for the Week. oUR THEATRES. Syromafinancial point of view the engage- jnent of the Union Square Theatre company at ‘Haverly’s bas not been asprofitable as the man- ‘geement might have wished. The Dusiness on “ghe whole bas not been dJarge, but it has been ‘andit is sate to say that, under all the ceireomstances, no other organization in the “Country could have played to such continuously {food receipts in this city. So far as the per- gormances are concerned, the presentation of ‘press plas, with the exception of “The Bank- ‘ers Daughter.” has been received with Yittle but praise from = the press. ‘The, engagement came to an end jast night with a performance of ‘The Banker's Daughter.” That engagement has lasted seven ‘weeks, and during those seven weeks five plays have been presented,—“ French Flats,” “The False Friend,” “The Danicheffs,” “Led Astray,” and‘The Banker's Daughter.” As each play fo the repertoire has Boen represented..each “play bas beew treated by.us,and now, on look- ‘ng over what bas been given, it is only neces- sary to say that the degeneration wo sec in al- most all other theatrical combinations seems unable to taint the art-work of this one. Its continuous success, not only in commercial New York, but in Boston and in Chicago, is phenomenal in American stage history; but the causes are very plain, and may be pritfiy named. These causes are found in the ‘peauty of its scenery, in the perfection of each detail in each performance, the even excellence of the company itself, the careful rendition of each sainor part in each play, and, finally,—the most important cause—the wisdom shown in theéelection of the plays which, for the last five years, have brought profit to the manage- ment and credit to the Union Square Theatre. + Baverly goes from one extreme to the other. ‘Having finished with A.M. Palmer's company,” he brings before us Rice's Surprise. Party. To- night the first performance will be given. At the head of the organization stands Miss Topsy YVonn, who will appear in this city for the firsttime. She is English, and isa product of the London burlesque stage, having been fora number of years connected with the Strand, the Criterion, the Royal Surrey, and other theatres. ‘This is the actress who svas engaged-by Mr. Rice to fili the place of Marie Williams after the Lon- don ‘courts decided that the contract entered 4nfo between them was valueless, the fair Marie laving previously agreed to go with Leavitt. Yr. John Gourley, formerly with the Salsbury Sroubadours, is also with Rice. The other names, many of them familiar, are Mr. Hem B Dixey, Mr. Jobn A. Mackay; Mr. George W. Bt ‘Mr. Donald Harold, Mr. David Steele, Mr.Edward R. Morse, Mr. Horace Frail, Mr. E. H. Aiken. Mr. Henry Kramer, Miss Marion Elmore, Miss Lina Merville, Miss Marion Singer, Miss Victoria Reynolds, Miss Carrie E. Perkins, Miss vinia Bennett, Miss Rose Wilson, Miss Ada . Lee, Miss Nellie Beaumont, Miss Emma wage. Miss Bianche Cameron, Miss Edith Smith, Miss Emt Miss Violet Cameron. “Revels,” a spectacular extravaganza seco here before, will be the first piece. ‘Bobson and Crane at Hooley’s have given us nothing new. The novelty of “Sharps and Fats," however, seems to be yet fresh, for the mances have been Uberally patronized. provements in this farcical comedy are ap- Pparant bere and there since it was first seen in this city. The piece is. more compact, the comedy has been polished, the situa- tions are more’ plausible, but the sentiment - is a3 unnatural as ever. Buch dialog as we find in the second act uttered by Everton, John Pemberton, and Marion Pei berton is never, heard outside of old-fash- foned melodramas. it is stilted, wearisome, and absurd. This could be rectified by the author's putting the conversation into plain, simple, and common-sense English. The female parts in the comedy are very slight, but, slight as they are, the actresses make them attractive. Miss Alicia. Robson, the daughter of the comedian, is geveloping into a clever comedienne. Miss fears ‘Proctor gracefully enactshersentimental role, dresses the part with taste, and intelli- gantly reads her lines. Mrs. Mary Meyers plays the part sbe originally played in the comedy— that of the Major. 2 Probably the most profitable entertainment totne originator that was ever put upon the road is. “Hobbies.” Nat Goodwin is the star; Indeed, he is the whole show, and around him flutter two or three people. He has been hold- ing forth at the Grand Opera-House. By the way, we may note the fact that this theatre has Aatonce taken a front place among the better class of playgoers. Before it was opened pre-. dictions were plentiful that a long time would have to elapse before the patronage could be turned in that direction. A magnificently con- structed house, gpl wesora oe, management, and popular attractions have done the business, Nat Goodwin is as droll 38 ever—a little more so perhaps. Among his imitations—he is the best mimic we bave he has introduced a capital one of Henry Irving, the English tragedian. His manner- isms in speech are excellently hit off. The imi- tation of the London comic singer in its grav- ityisrather amusing. The part formerly tilled oils Eliza Weathersby (Mrs. Goodwin) is now pared by a young actress named Miss Alice le. She is good-luoking in face and fig- ure, decidedly English in her manner and speech, and sings in a small but rather sweet foprano voice. She has made a good impres- sion, but in her business sbe req) more chic toever become much of a favorit. “Joshua Whitcomb” has finished two weeks ef his five at McVicker’s, and his business still continues ‘There is every probability that the recelpts of this engagement will equal those ofthat played at the same theatre last season, and ther ‘were the largest ever taken in at that house during a four weeks’ season by any star ‘or combination. One of the important events of the week to a ge number of playgoers was the reopening *{the Academy of Music. The itnprovements made in the house and the policy set forth by - fe management have been given ulready. The bouse has since Monday been’ crowded every fight. This is sufficient testimony as to the ap- lation of the public for the house itself and ‘the entertainment offered. RIVAL TRAGEDIANS. ‘The simultaneous appearance in this city of three most prominent exponents of the higher drama on the American stage is an event ‘of nd small importance, and the bare announce- iemt of the fact has already aroused no little interest. ‘These appearances will take-place on Monday, Oct. 4. Mr. John McCullough comes to Haverly’s, Mr. Lawrence Barrett to Hooley’s, and Mr. Thomas W. Keene will begin his season and bis career asa tragic star at the Grand Opera-House on that date. Mr, McCullough will, all probability, open in bis well-known and: Justly-admirea ‘personation of Virginius, ‘nd during the engagement, which Will last two weeks, he will appear Unearly all the plays embraced in his extensive pertoire. The selection made tor Mr. Barrett's Yeappearance has been “Julius Cisar,” the _ taredian atsuming the role of Cassius. In rapid {Recession will follow ** Yorrick’s Love,” Hiche- eu,” “ David Garrick,”” and the pluys,of Shaks- Pearein which he is most familiar. The pres- of these two tragedians at rival theatres is Sue of the inost fortunate things that could bap- toMr. Keene, who, although he bas been the public for tifteen years, sou has pissed opposit parts with Booth and the others, ‘Just entering the star. He will Put upon his metal, and_ a comparison ill be at once instituted. He will open as Hoster in“ Richard LIL," apart which he played in Boston last spring, and. if ‘we to believe the m critics, itis ardle that has hadnosuch *xponent since the days of tho elder Booth. The pabagement of the Grand Opera-House prom- that the revival will be exceptionally fine so 88 Scenery is concerned. Tho performances pe supervised by Mr. Charles Webb, who Se erougat from England by Robson and Grane for the revival of “Tho Comedy of Therefore we may expect it, txceptional will be ® details, Ri Othello.” “Thr an ater Pieces will also be presented by Mr. Keene. We Frazier’ Coulter, Frank Roche, (bi ao _ GgorRe we Hill, J. BBrerbant, we » Harry Thom} Ie ‘iiiam Lre7 5, Engene Moore, and Fred Warner. a DRAMATIC NOTES. At Detroit to-morrow night Merlacchi will Play in “ ‘The French Spy.” _ The Keene company begin rehearsals at the Srand Opera-House to-morrow. * . The New York Mirror says Edwin Booth has an agreement to play in Berlin‘after his London engagewents are finished. Hi main abroad three years. ewe A minstrel: party‘ is being got together b; Billy Arlington, who is now in the city. is Manager R. M. Hooley has abandoned the idea of organizing a traveling minstrel troupe. Mr. A, R. Cazauran, of ‘the Union Square Theatre, lett for New York. yesterday after- noon. Mile. Mamma Bernhardt is snid to have made alreaay 200,000francs by hi aieady, 2,00 yy her foreign and pro- “ Our Bachelors"” to-morrow night by Robson’ and Crane at Hovley’s. This pi ols lowed by a revival of “The ples val bo fal Col, Ingersoll at McVicker’s this aft ma ieouures on rhe topic Tans Shall We Do 0 Srane, Stuart Nat Goodwin have engaged front oe ant | The new play in which Miss Rose Eytin, ‘appear at Abboy’s Park Theatre on. then oF October is entitied * A Baffied Beuuty.” It is said. to be effective in dialog and strong in situations. Coles’ circus will, on the 23d of next mor leave San Francisco in the steamer City of gia ney for Auckland, New Zealand. An extended tour will be made through the colonies, and in May next the show will return to San Francisco. Under the management of Messrs. Ht and Locke, Mr. C. B. Bishop, of San Francie, has been engaged to play the Iidow Bedott, Neil Burgess having started out for’ himself. The new company will open in St. Louis on Oct, 25. “Lost in London” will be revive Academy of Music to-morrow croninne Me George Learnck piaying the part: of Job Arm- royd. The olio wall include Mealey and. Mackey in Trish sketches, Harris and Wood, the Big eehun and Jones, Miss Katle H Miss Euima Hotfmaa, and Larry ooley. ‘The attempt of Gulick & Blaisdell to form acircuit in the Northwest has been most suc- ces 1. They have three companies on the road, and in November a fourth will start out. ‘The attraction will be Augustin Daly’s version of “ An Arabian Night,” with -Roland Reed and Alice Hastings in the Icading roles, The firm so far say they are $1,500 ahead. . The American dramatist is looking up. Four new plays by native authors will be produced in New.3 ‘ork the comit week,— An American Girl,” by’ Bliss’ Anna E. Dickinson, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre; * Lawn-Tennis," by Mr. B. E. Woolf, atthe Park Theat *The Soul of an Actress.” by Mr. A. C. Gunter, atthe Grand Opera-House; and “Our First Families,” by Mr. Edgar Fawcett, ut Daly's Theatre. Bergerat is Zola’s successor as dramatic critic of the Voltaire. His first article in that journal last week was devoted to a slashing general at- tack on all the so-called pinys lately produced in France, “They are no more plays,” he says, “than a filthy joke is a witticism.” Bergerat thinks French dramatic art will soon be in a bad way uniess some intelligent director opens a Shakespearean theatre in Pi to correct the vitiated tastes of the day. According to the Pall Mall Gazette, the char- acter of Slute, in “The Mighty Dollar,” is a vari- ation of Mercadet le Fuiseur—Bulzac's Mer- cadet, 2 type which is not unknown to our stage. In * The Mighty Dollar,” says the Gazette, Mercadet is transformed into a member of Con- gress, and is snorn of his invention. The new ‘presentation, therefore, is admitted to be credit- able to the author of the play and to its inter- preter. The critic from whom we quote thinks that, with some modifications, Bardwell Slo might claim to be, after Kip Van Winkle, * the cleverest and most humorous conception that has come to us from the United States.” The last -performance of ‘The Prairie Wait,” with Buffalo Bill as the hero, will occur at the Olympic this evening. To-morrow night the newls-organized Dalzicl-Lingard durlesquo troupe will make a first appearance at ‘this theatre. The piece will be *Oxygen,”—Sam Colvilie’s version,—and the company will com- prise Mr. Boland Reed. Mr. A. W. Matlin, Miss ‘Alice Hastings, Miss Dickie Lingard, Miss Alice Wright, Miss Alice Loring, Mr. Harry M. Brown, Miss Fannie-Wright, Miss Lillie West, Mr. James H. Jones, Miss Annie Southorland, Mr. Geogre Grossman, Miss Lillie Voss, Miss J. Kronig. The engagement of. this company will lust for two weeks, the last of which will be devoted to “ Robinson Crusoe.” PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. ‘The following combinations and stars will be at the places named during the ensuing week. ‘Managers and agents will please-furward route before Friday of each week: Attraction, « All the Rage "000 Aberle’s Minstrels... ‘Anderson, Mary. Abbott, Einma.+ Big Four Auunstrels. Barrett, Lawrence. Bijou Opera Com; Bergers. Cavendish, Ada. Ketter s, aanear titerion Com Coombs, Jane... Claxton, Kate, “Child of the “Deacon Crackett”. Davenport, Fanny. “Edgewood Folks”. Ford's Comedy Company. “Fan on the Bristol”...... Florence, Mr. and Afrs. Favorits (Oates), Golick & Blaisdeli— ‘No. I—Jobn Dillon... No. 2—“Nip and Tuck”.. 1, Neb. Monmouth, 1 Galesburg, 1 “ Golden Game ”.. Goodwin, Nat.. ....-. 58e. St. Paul, Mion ‘Minneapolis, Mi “Hearts of Oak” Detroit, Mic Hyer Sisters... Salem, Mass. Portland, Ma Lotta. ‘M tchell, Maggie. y a Barty... Rochester, 8. Snicket's Plessis Basy anna ©: >ATtNEE see. jeoeeee Springtield, 2 ay Parinrer ‘Hartford, Gon! Pitsburg, Pa. Becta Ears ‘Phiiadelphia.. Mayo, Frank. Teehmond, Ind. McCallongh, John... Murphy, Joe..... “0 Be Joytal”. “Our, "tau: : ss Troy, } Pixley, A Rtusis Raskiiie, en S Eamey Mpa ‘Allentown, Pa. Pottsville, Pa. Reading, Pa, ter, Bi 4 Harrisburg, Pa. 2 “Our Gentlemen Friends”.New Bedford, Mass...20 Chelsea, Muss.. 83. Polk, J.B... “ pirates” (Carte Hoberis ftumpiy: roberts, * eriden, Rooney, Pat... Masten. aia JEitcago (Haveriy's)..1230 chieayro, (Hooley’ Stewart Famil: ridgeport, COuN...+..20 ‘ReweHiaven, Coni-.-2L Meriden, Cobp. 2 ov flentown, Pa. bd Manchester, ‘Haverhill, Mass. Nushus, N. H. + Salem, Mass. ica Lowell. Mass Bidaeford, Se. Lowell MAINE. ‘For The Chicago Tribune. ‘The Democrats and Greenbackers, away down st in Maine cried, "tet us have fusion, and so our aims im. at je consented, and thus helped them on, Peeper to “fusion” the little wer con ‘ COL. W. P. REND. Why a Well-Known and Honored Irish-American Citizen Abandoned the Democratic Party, with Which He Had Long Affiliated. Instructive and Interesting Reading for Irish Democrats Everywhere. Thursday evening, at a largely-attended meeting of the Irish Republcan Club at .the Pa- cific: Hotel, the Presidency of the Club was -offered to and refused by Col. W. P, Rend, one of the most honored of the Irish-American cit- azens ot Chicago. The honor he declined for the reason that his business interests here, and in Ohio and Pennsylvania, where he {s largely engaged in coal-mining, were of such an ab- sorbing character as to prevent his discharging the duties of the office to his own satisfaction. ‘The Colonel, in the following speech, explained why.he abandoned the Democratic party, of which he bad long been an earnest.and active member: * GENTLEMEN OF THE IntsH-AMERICAN REPUB- LicaN Coop: Iwas informed a few days since by your Committee that 1 bad been elected to the Chairmanship of your Club by your undni- maqus vote. {am again apprised of this fact by your warm, friendly words of greeting contained in the address to which I navo just listened. assure you I fect highly complimented and honored by this evidence of your confidence and esteem, but I regret very much that circum- stances beyond my control will not allow me to accept the position so kindly offered. My personal business duties ure so exacting that, in looking after my affairs here and elsc- where. I could not properly discharge the duties due to your Club without. seriously compromis- ing my own. ‘I assure you T regard this act on your part as conferring un honor on me for sev- eral reasons. In the first place, it is an honor to be elected,in such'a complimentary way by an unanimous'yote to the Chairmansbip of a club of over 500 respectable and intelligent Irish-Americans, among whom are many of the foremost representative Irisbmen of Chicago. I would also esteem it an honor to. become & successor in the position of Chairman of your Club to my friend and neighbor, the Hon. A. L. Morrison, whose political duties and engaxe- meuts elsewhere in the canvass of the campaign have made itnecessary tor him to tender his resignation of this position. havo known this man long, .and have ad- mired him for those talents that have raised him from common labor in the cabinet workshop to the honorable position of intimate personal as- sociation with Gen. ‘Garfield and tho leading men of the Republican party. Lhave also ad- mired him for that brave act of honesty that caused him to pay a public debt, made by the defalcatioof a dishonest clerk, by placing a mortgage on bis only. property, his humble cot- tage, the home ‘of his fumily. In a word, I would regard itan bonor to succeed to such a position a man of such pure morals, such sinccre motives, such high integrity. _ Above alt, I -would .consider it an honor to lead you in such @ grand mission as the onein bien you are.now engaged. But, gentiemen, while fam uvable to accept the position you 60 Kindly promer, ‘on account of reasons already ven, { will work ag a private member of your Club and do everything I can to further our common cause. ‘It is proper and highly honor able for any citizen to be a politiciun in the senso that he is governed by honest motives in aspiring to attain positon where he can make or execute his country's luws. But few business- men‘can well be politicians, for tho reason that their personal business duties require all their time. For this reason I cannot be # politician. Asa private citizen and a businera-man, how- ever, I have enlisted for this campaign. T assure you, in taking an active part with the Republican party, am influenced by no per- sonal motive of political ambition, as I bave never held or suught office, and do not want any political office now, but have simply taken this stand from a sense of duty. + ‘Some of my political views appeared recently in Tae CHICAGO TRIBUNE, given in an interview unsolicited and unexpected at the timeon my art. I was asked for my views, and, asit had een a rule of my lite to freely express my opin- fons whenever ,properly inquired into, I’ stated ieee series. ‘Teserve those that had been jong entertain: I meat to‘nddress you on the subject of the poljtical issues now before tho. country, and in doing’go will speak plainly and bluntly'what I pelieve tobe strictly true. Ican say at least that { express convictions that are honestly and sincerely believed. The purposes of policy are not always furthered by free expressions of opinions, but it is mora! cowardice for a man to hesitate to express honest views through motives: of expediency. Ispeak to you asan Irishman who in early boyhvod tled ‘the. evilsaf a bad Government, 1 speak to you also from the standpoint of a Union soldier, who lived In the South prior to the ltebellion, and there carefully observed the workings of the slavery institu- fion then and there prevailing, and finally I speak to you from the standpoint of an Ameri- can citizen and’a Chicago business-man. Irish-American Republicans, I congratulate ou. a It is indeed a cause of rejoicing, and a matter of honorable pride, that there bas. been formed in Chfeazy such’ an organization as the Irish- Ameri¢&a Republican Club, composed of think- ing, intelligent, respectabie Irishmen, who bave had the courage and manhood to cut loose from the Democratic party, and who are now voting and acting in accordance with intelligent views and honest conviction. You have conquered unmeaning prejudices and bave asserted your indepenuence froma urty that bas proved a fatal curse to the best Interests of Irishmen in America. The [rish- American Bepnollcan Club is an excellent as- sociation, and I teel proud to become one of its members. ‘We have yoted the Democratic ticket in the past, and although our errors were serious the consequences have not been so bad, fur the reason that during the past twenty yeurs our votes were simply thrown away in the general Demccratic defeat. Trishmen are fast leaving the Egyptian dark- ness of Democracy and ‘traveling over to the land of Republican truth. They are beginning to see that they have been on the road to polit- ical perdition, and have too long gone astray. ‘Ashort time since the 500 active members of this Club were active Democrats; but we have cause of bearty congratulation that we have forsaken the errors of our political ways, and that we bnve risen above those foolish, if not fatal, prejudices that: have intluenced us to fol- Jow in the past falee political doctrines, and that caused us to ally our political acts and fortunes to the party of wrong, injustice, oppression, and aisloyalty. ? fe ‘Tho Irishmen of’ this organization have the purpose in view of feariesly discharging their political aatied and of contributing their share towards the public good. You have decided to cast your votes and use your influence to secure the great blessings of good government. You are the gallant vanguard ‘of a wighty army of Trish Americans who are fast breaking louse from the Democracy and giving their allegiance to the grand Repubdlicun party. Many of you are veteran Union soldiers, who went to the ‘War Democrats but returned Republicans, and who now vote in the same way as you fought. Many of you were the intimate friends, the gal- jant associates and companions in arms, of the heroic Gen. Mulligan, slain in the Union cause. Many of you, on many hard-fought battle-fields, bravely risked your lives to defend your adopt- ed country, to preserve the Union in all its in- tegrity, and that loyalty should be victorious over treason. ‘ ‘There are also here a large number of young men of intelligence and enlightened informa- tion who place a high value on the prerogative of the ballot, and who regurd it a sacred duty to use that ballot as a means of attaining the ben- efits of free, just, and wise laws, and of placing in office men that shuil be competent, honest, and faithful in the execution of those laws. You are men of true, honest political convic~ tions, and you have the courage to act upon them. You care nothing for ‘the hostile criti- cisms that follow and denounce you for leaving the Democratic Baty, and for uniting your voice and yote to the Republican cause. You are independent Irishmen who have cut asunder those unnatural bonds that have tied you and your countrymen in the past to the Democratic party in an alliance which is difti- ‘cult of explanation, and which has been injuri- ous to the best interests of Irishmen in this country. We have allowed our votes to be used as the means to elevate into power Democratic oliticians whose trade has been to shower Piandishments on Irishmen before elecuon, but who In reality despise and hate everything Irish except the Irish vote. £ ‘The Irish of the State of Ilinois are now be- sought to elevate to the pusition of Governor a man whoa short .time since showed ina plain and unmistakable act that he is one of the elass of politicians just named. His.act is apoiogized for by his friends us thatof a retiring private citizen whose DIGNIFIED MODESTY PREVENTED IDM from allowing his name to be used In connection with a movement to raise relief for an op- pressed, wronged, and suffering people. ‘Let us iook at the case and review its circum stances. A few sbort months, ago the people of Ireland, groaning under the heavy Joad of iniquitous taxation, and suffering from the evils of bad government, and cursed by an iniquitous land‘ system, saw their misfortunes culmi- nating in the horrors of a_ famine that threatened to be more disastrous in its consequences than the ‘Irish famine of ‘thirty years:ago. <The public press of ‘America, and in fact-throughout the ‘civilized world, contained the cry of distress that came from this starving people. The news dispatches showed that while monster meetings were being held dafiy in every city, town, and hamlet throughout Ireland to protest against mighty throngs that had been long endured, and to de- liberate as to means of escape from a fast-a proaching and terrible crisis, order, peaceable Ponduct, intelligence, and patriotic enthusiasm everywhere prevailed. The American moors were attentive listeners to Ireland's unhappy ory, and became admirers of the masterly course of the patriot Parnell and his coadjutors fo their gallant struggie against wrong and ‘op- pression. They applauded these ae who aan their only means of al acres atic e the pean of reason and justice and the werful weapons of peaceful tation, Rae gubsect ae irish. grievances wis never before so intelligently inquired into and dis- cussed in America, and as the inquiry and dis- cussion went on the kind and generous sympa- thies of the American people were actively awakened, and became manifest in most liberal donations.. The Congress of the Nation dis- patched avessel to carry to Ireland the. noble contributions of a generous and sympathetic people, While this was being done throughout and while in ourown State active the utmost vigor, it was decided by tho’ Iris! Relief Association of Chicago to hold in the Ee position Building a grand ting of ‘American citizens to show the universal {Interest felt in the cause which had become the common cause of humanity. ‘The Governor of the State, the Hon. Shelby M. Culiom, was invited to preside over this meeting, and he cheerfully and nobly responded and accepted the invitation in a letter of kind- ness, friendship, and true manly sympathy. It was also decided by that Committee to publish as Vice-Presidents of _ thal two hundred and more names of men rominent and distinguished in local. State. and fational life. -Their list included men of all parties and nationulities, even many liberal- minded Englishmen of jour city, and of this entire number so invited Lyman Trumpu!l was the only prominent man who gave an abrupt and emphatic refusal to allow the use of his name in connection with such a movement. He was not asked for money or tor any active par- ticipation in the demonstration, but simply for the use of his name that it should give indorse- ment to a grand effort of.noble and deserving charity. His apologists say it was modesty. ‘They know better. It was.the act of a selfish, cold-blooded man. This same man of dignified modesty less than a month ago Jin order to catch Yrish votes went to a strictly Irish National demonstration at Ogden’s Grove, and, amdng other American politicians who had decorated themselves with green badges for the occasion, hobnobbed with Irish ward politiclans and ured out sentiments of affection and undying fove for the Irish people. Unfortunately the Irish people in the past have been misled by similar political devices, and, being a contiding and open-hearted people, $5 dften alee! take professions of friendship a8 genuine when they are simply schemes of dis- simulation’ and treachery. Some of the Dem- ocratic.friends of dudge ‘rumbull at the time of hig refusul alleged that his reason was the dread of wounding the susceptibilities of some of his Hoglish clients; while others conjectured that, as he bed failed in bis ambition while io the Republican party to obtain the Presidential nomination, ho now aspired to the position of Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James,.and of course In the event of securing such on appointment his con- nection with the Parnell demonstration would affect the acceptance of his credentials. . “Bis act,” it ig claimed, “ was that of a private ‘gentlomun.” ‘True, be bad a perfect right to re- tuse the use of his name, even when requested a4 he was by a former Chairman of the Demo- cratic Central Committe>, but when he now asks the Irish people to vote for him for Governor of the State of Illinois on the grounds of friend- ship, itisalso perfectly right and eronen to in- airs whether auch claims are entitled to recog- jon. His case is only a single one of thousands that illustrate how the Irish vote hasbeen sought after, and how this people are imposed upon by hollow professions of friendship used for selfish political ends, Itis high time, and self-respect and common sense demand it, that we sball not yote for a man simply, because bi drinks the Shamrock on St. Patrick’s night, or puts on Irish badges at Irish national demonstrations, and in extravagant speeches lavishes fulsome praises on the irish race. Self-respect should puta stop tosuch humiliation. Have Irishmen dono right in voting as they have,—with the party that oppressed and enslaved theirtellow-men? O'Connell, the great Emancipator and the leader of our fathers fifty years ago, in the ime of Ireland's direst necessity, refused to accept a gift of $5,000 from the slaveholders of Louisiuna, as it came from the process of unpaid toil. The humane world appl jauded this grand actof a truly noble man. Listen to his grand utterances, that will go down to future generations class among the noble sayings of iilustrious men, and that will endure as long as timeendures. He repties to the tempting offer of powerful sup- port in Parliament if he would torsuke the cause of the negro race: “God knows! speak for the saddest people the sun sees; but muy-my right band forget its cuuning, and my tongue cleave tothe roof of my mouth, if to save Ireland— even Ireland—I forget the negro one single hour.” And again: “I send my voice across the Atlantic, careering lice the thunder-storm against the breeze, to tell the slaveholder of the Carolinas that God's thunderbolts are hot, and to remind the bondman that the dawn of his re- demption Is already breaking.” Had he lived in the days when the agitation of the slavery ques- tion in this country divided political parties, bis words of eloquence and his potent intluence over the Irish people at home and abroad would have prevented the unnatural alliance of the Irish with the Southern slavebolders. It is strange that people who have suffered such grievous wrongs, whose lands were confs- cated, and against whom barbarous penal inws had been enacted and enforced, and who suf- fered every cles of wrong, tyranny, and op- pression, should, when they come to this coun- try to enjoy freedom deniedat home, act with the party that sustained human slavery. ‘This has been due rather to misapprehendion than wrong intent. Before the War the pro- slavery politician worked upon the prejudices of the Irish people by claiming that were slavery abolished the negroes from the South would- rush to the North and offer their labor at such low rates that the Irish laborer would be reduced to a virtual condition of degrading slavery. This delusion was foolishly believed, and did much to keep the Irish in the Democratic party. Now slavery bas been abolished, and with it that Chinese wall which the Mason and Dixon's line erected against the introduction anywhere in the South of free labor. Were Irishmen to bave known that the aboli- tion of slavery would have elevated and ennobled labor, and that that institution had degraded and brutalized it, their votes would have been ' cust on the side of justice and freedom. Srishmen in this country owe little to the South, while the North bas offered them an asylum from oppression, and has given them the d opportunities to better their every condition in fife, and surely it is uot fair or just that we should have placed ourselves in the past in political antagonism to the people ‘mong: whom we have cust ourlot. We bave not come here as sojourners, intending some duy to re- tura to live in. our native land, but to stay per- msnently and to become American. citizens, and we cannot afford to act in opposition to the best interests of the intelligent people emong whom we live. ‘Their interests are our interests. In the entire Southern States, according to the census just taken, there are not one-balf the number of Irishmen that there are in the single State of Massachusetts, and less than in our own. City of Chicago. Our interests are surely in the North and not in the South. ‘At the polls next November a mighty strug- gle of political parties will take place, and asthe consequences of the result are of seribus im- portance, it ig the plain duty of every man to Carefully investigate the clalms put forth by ench side and examine intelligently their merits, and decide how his vote shail be cast, and if this result Involves genera! benefit, or possible gen- eral disaster, to the interests of the country, it ‘becomes all the more necessary and imperative bred our votes shall be cast in the right direc- ion. ‘Tne coming contest {s not to decide the merits of the two candidates, each of whom was a gal- lant General in the late Civil War, and either one of whom. would make an excellent Presi- dent; but it is rather a question as to which po- litical party shall be allowed the supremucy, ‘and as to the principles upon which the Govern- ment shall be conducted. Among a MULTITUDE OF GOOD REASONS why achange of party in the management of tbe Government is not desirable, three very important ones stand out in particular prom- inence: The danger of Soutbern supremacy, the peril to the best business interests of the coun- try, and the culamity of free trade to our home mauufacturing industries are seriously threat- ened by such @ change.” ‘The Rebel Brigadiers have marshaled their forces, and now, as in 1861, are again a united South attempting to capture Washington to gain ‘possession of the Nutional Government. efeated in the Civil War, into which without any justifiable cause they plunged the country, they are with a rebellious spirit still unbroken now resorting to the plans and stratagems of politics to regain their former power and to establish “the principles for which Leo and Jackson fought.” The people of the Solid South have been emboldened by their late polit- ical successes, and reinforced by their Northern sympathizers and Northern allies, they now pre- sont a bold, deflant front of political hosttlity that threatens the security of the results of the War,—results bought at the precious price of the lives of half a milion of patriotic Union soldiers, and the expenditure of three billion dollars of the Nation's treasure. ‘The Northern Democratic politicians who are in search of power and the spoils of office and the lute Secessionists of the South have joined in the common’ demand that the Government shall be changed. Upon what grounds do they demand this change? They allege that the Re- publican party baving been in power twenty Fears achange therefore is desirable. We have now a3 good an administration of government as the sunevershone upon. Is it nota fuct that requires no argument for demonstration that the longer a good government is continued in power the better for the governed? A govern- mentor a party should not be changed when there is such grave peril of disaster tu every In- terest. whether financial, industrial, or Nution- al, that can be injured or affected by hostile or unwise legislation. ‘The cry of corruption that hasbeen raised is Dut the clamorous utterance .of hypocrisy and falsehood which proceeds from the hungry office- seeker who desires personal guin rather than the good of his country. The question of 8 change of the present National Government policy is a most serious one, viewed in any light or from any standpoint, and deserves most thoughtful reflection before we attempt an act 80 fraught with dangerous consequences. ‘Shall we change, that treason shall be rewarded. and loralty rebuked? Shall we change (and will such a change be brought about with the assistance of the votes of Irishmen in America?) to place in power the ex-slavebolder, the autocrat of human oppres- sion, who so lately held his fellow-man in the chains of bondage, and who trampled underfcot every right, human and divine, of the colored race? Shall we restore to power those men who lately formed the slave oyarehy, who degraded human labor, and who ignored the grand. ennobling religious truth that the black man as well as the white had an immortal soul to sav made after the image and likeness of his God?” ‘The issues of slavery are saidto be settled, but the cruel memories of that great crime which was punished bya bloody, devastating War rise up before the world whenever these impenitent and disloyal people set at defiance legislution enacted for the protection of the froedmat lately held as their property and their Democrats would gladly have us forget that slavery ever existed in America. The ghost of slavery will not down, but will rise up before us whenever the unreconstructed Rebels attempt to gain control of the Government to curry out eir old schemes of rule or ruin. This institu- tion, with all its barbaric cruelties, hus been—as far as legal enactments can: go—legislated out of. existence, and thank God that the National statute-books are no longer polluted with laws that upheld human slavery. and that permitted and-encouraged the saleof human flesh and blood. Our laws now accord tothe black man some of the common and natural rights of man, and itis the solemn duty of the people of the North to see that the War legislation sball not , become a nullity, and that the sacred rights be- longing to the colored ruce shall be respected, by that this inoffensive and loyal people shall PROTECTED IN THEIR LIVES, in their property, and in their political privi- leges, and that they shall in fact, xs well as in name, be free American citizens. Are not the rights of suffrage of the colored race in the South to-day impuired, and indeed destroyed, by fraud, intimidation, and violence? ‘The colored man has, in fact,no vote that be can exercise In peace, and ho is at the mercy of his former master. When the War of the Rebellion was over the Southern people were treated with lenteacy and mugnunimity, their treasonable offenses were pardoned, their property and political privileges ‘were restored, and even the crueltics that mur- dered several thousand Union prisoners of war at Andersonville were unjustly permitted to es- cape righteous punishment. Not a man was hung for treason or those acts of cruel torture practiced in the Rebel prisons. except a single fiend who was simply the tool of those above him and who were at the heud of the Southern Confederacy. os ‘The Southern people were treated with mercy and forgiveness, but they have not appreciated the spirit of pence and conciliation manifested towards them by the people of the North. Has the South shown any evidence that they should be trusted with the relnsof Government? Have they shown any repentance for their past misdeeds? And have they abandoned their treasonable purposes, and returued to loyalty? Are they better uble and more worthy to admin- ister tho affairs of the very Government they late- ly sought to destroy than those men who defend- ed that Government in titne of peril, and were its preservers? Is it because they have shown & willingness to accept the legislation framed for the security of the rights and lives of their late slaves?’ Is it because they have become toler- “ant of free speech and the exercise of free prin- ciples, and nave ceased to ostracise and perse- cute Northern men who have scen Proper, to_live and do business in the South? fo! ‘The Lost Cuuse is still dear to them, and the mafority of tne Southern people still cherish a hostile feeling for the North, andure asintoler- ant and as disloyal as hey dare be, and it would be fatal folly to trust in their hands the Govern- ment of the United States. True, a gallant Union General is at the head of the Democratic forces, but it is our duty to inquire who-are be- hind him. Had we not better place at the head of the Government the gallant Union General and noble statesman, Gen. Garfield, who has at his back the loyal, intelligent North, than the Union Genera! who has for his chief support a Bolid South? If there is any feeling of sectionalism or hate it proceeds from the South, and uot from the North. Prudence, experience. and National peas ‘and security forbid thut the South shall restored to political supremacy. We are told that Democratic soldiers saved the country, and Democratic statisticians present an elaborate array of figures to prove that Northern ‘War Democrats formed a large proportion of the Northern army. It is true that many of our best Northern regiments were composed of men who before the War had been allica to the Dem- ocratic party, but itis also true that these sol- diers returned from the War either Republicans or in full sympathy with the principles of the Bepublican party. ‘ne Democratic mathematicians seemed to have lost sight of this important fact. Thoy alse tell us that Grant, and Sherman, and Sheridan were Democrats at the commencement of the War, but forget to state that after their heraic services they. returned stanch Republicans. This, too, is u fact, and there is every. reason to believe that they will continue Republicans the balance of their lives. In this audience there are many gallant Trish soldiers who fought in the War for the Union and who can testify to the truth of the assertion that tho War caused a complete reformation in the politics of the Northern Democratic soldiers. By the way, there sits in this audience the gul- lant Colonel of one of the Irish regiments that did noble service in the Union cause, and that retiected proud honor by its deeds of daring and ‘bravery upon the Irish name. This veteran offi- cor has now in his possession REBEL CLAIMS THAT WERE FORWARDED to him from Washington for bis certification for property, destroyed in the war districts uuder ‘is command. He says that, not one dollar of the $50,000 claimed is justly due or should be paid by the United States Government, Many say that Rebel claims will not be presented, but ‘the voice of the Northern War Democrat, Gen. Bragg, will be unavailing In denouncing the in- justice of the consideration of such claims when the Southern Brigadiers get into complete authority. The War cost several thousand millfons, but these Rebel war-claims wil! amount to as much more, if the South can only secure the passage of appropriations for their payment, ana you - can rely upon it that neither modesty nor loyal- ty will restrain their presentation. ‘The only claims that should ever be allowed by the United States Government are justly due for private property stolen for private purposes in New Orleans. Nonation.on earth bas such cause for re- joicing and congratulation over grand advan= tages of material prosperity, and the benetits of just, wise, and honest government, as has this country at the present period. A bountiful har- yest has filled onr eranarics and storehouses, and out of our overiowing abundance we are sending our grain, provisions, and other prod- ucts across the Atlantic to feed and supply the wants of many millions of people in the Old World. : Our agricultural, commercial, and manufact- uring interests are in a most flourishing condi- tion, and the country is now enjoying. uolversal rosperity, and ison the high rond to wealth. Baer the rostering care of n reasonxble and wise protective tariff, our home manufacturing industries are being rapidly built up, and our fron factories and furnaces are in full opera- tion in converting the products” of our mines into valuable commodities that add immensely to our home wealth, and that free us from de- pendence on the manufacturers of Europe. Tn the development of the wonderful mineral resources with which Providence has blessed us, we are not only guining manufacturing inde- pendence, but these enormous and rapidly-in- creasing industries are employing at rood wages severnl millions of thrifty, intelligent American workmen, aud are keeping at home in our own country a vast amount of money that otherwise would go abroad in the purchase of imports, thereby keeping the balance of trado largely in our favor. The skilled artisans of Europe are flocking to this country, und are adding to the skill und ingenuity of our work~- shops, while thousands of the best. clns3 of the peusantry of Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, ‘and Scandinavia areimmigrating to our Western prairies to reclaim the fertile and unbroken soil, and add by their Jabor and inaustry to our general wealth. Almost every vessel arriving t our American ports brings foreign gold, which adds largely to the increase of our cur- rency in the world’s money, and which has ‘wrought the restoration of a sound financial condition under the guidance of wise and pru- dent legislation. In our Government, which fs administered with economy, justice, and wisdom, we are alyo highly favored, and no fair or truthful man can deny that President Hayes has made a most ex- cellent Chief Executive. His Administration 1s clean and without spot, stiin, or blemish, and no Administration of the Government since the time of Washington bus been, characterized by greater purity or honesty. The Nation is prosperous at home and respected abroad. In PNword, we have the blessings of abundant harvests, general business thrift, and, above all, of good government. Then why institute a change that will place in Jeopardy all these ad- vantages? Col. tend here explained, with much fallness, how the success of the Democratic party would inevitably lead to the ruin of American munu- factures, which are now, under the rule of the Republican party, in 50 flourish'ug a condition. Tne policy of the Democratic party, as indicated by its platform, was inimical to the manufact- uring interests of this country and friendly to those of England and other foreign nations. Every act of National legislation - in the direction of right and pi 38 proposed and supported by. the Republican party hus been oppnsed by’ the Democratic party. The consti- tutional amendments of emancipation, of civil rights, and colored suffrage were contested with the most bitter hostility by that purty in Con- gress ‘and out of Cungress, and it is a fact that Jemocrats now concurin those measures, simply because they have not the power, to annul them, end because public opinion throughout the elyilized world sustain tho, justice and wisdom of the principles upon whic! ey stand. ‘every pledge “mae by the Republican party bas been religiously observed, and its entire his- tory has been that of good fuith and perfect probity, a course that has secured taroughout the world the most implicit contidence in the in- tegrity of:the promises of the Government. 't is really a mutter of astonishment when we seo the beneficent effects of its legislation, the Hiadom of which is now so universally recog- hized_ that any sane party could have go bitterly fought against such lezislution. ‘This Repuolicun party faithfully kept its promises to pay the interest on the National debt in gold, and by so doing raised the value of our bonds nbove par, thereby rendering possible the refunding achemes of the last few yeurs and elfecting an enormous saving of our annual in- terest. Then it courascously, in the face of clamerous and tierce opposition, in a time of, unusual business and commercial dis- tréss, adopted the sound policy of specie resumption which has secured for-us a sound currency of gold and silver recognized as money the world over. Superticial Democratic politi- clans tells ug that our present business pros perity is entirely due to our bountiful harvests of the past two years, Whila Naturo bas vloased the country with its most lavish, gifts, and we have been given great and measureless abun- dance, for which we have every reason tothank Providence, still, to utilize and enjoy all these dlessings, ernment is most essential. These arguments that the wonderful improve- ment in business is-wholly due to the crops is largely talse, a3 our crops have been good ever since the War, our harvests have been those of teeming plen' still, in the midst of this nat- ural abundance, trade. manufactures, and com- merce languished and suffered in that con- tinued depression known as the panic. ‘nis panic was due to two causes, one of which bas been remedied in part by wise tarit laws, and the other entirely removed by honest laws. The panio was cai by overpurchasing of Europe during several years, when we spent abroad more than we earned at home, and, as a consequence, the balance of trade was largely aguinst us, and 2 day of reckoning had to come; and the othef reason was simpiy want of busi- ness confidence. This confidence was resto! by the unbending course of integrity adopted by the Government. / ‘THE PANIC WOULD ‘NOT EB OVER TO-DAY if the Democratic party bad been in power, and their measures, such 28 paying the interest on the public debt in paper instead of gold and of postponing the time of specie-resumption, had been succesefully carried out, and had they been given opportunities of discrediting the Na- tional obligations. In power, they would have wrecked our Naconal credit in the same way as they have depreciated and ruined: the credit of their State Governments in the South. Success or failure in the financial manage- ment of the affairs of Government rests on identically the same basis as does the success or failure of private commercial business; and when honor and integrity are ignored or unob- served by any. Government in the repudiation of its honest debts, or in evasion to meet them with full and exuct payments, that Govern- ment, like the individunl, loses its credit_and is on the high road to financial ruin. The Repub- Hean party not only suved the country, but it has, by its wisdom, saved the financial credit of the country, until it stands to-day higher than ever before since the establishment of this Government. Should not every thinking, in- telligent, loyal citizen.look upon this achieve ment with pride and admiration, and bless the pany, by which ithas been wrought? {t would, indeed, be difficult for us to form a realizing sense of the importance and grandeur of the great acts in the marvelous history of this par~ ty as they have for years successively passed before us in rapid review. Now, if a brief summary of reasons is wanted why the Democratic party should not be sup- ported, it is only necessary to recall the errors ‘and the crimes of its general history the past thirty years, Compare the Republican part with the Democratic party. and what do we find? One has been the party of right, the other the party of wrong; one the party of freedom, the other of slavery: one bas been loyal, the other disloyal; one emancipated, the other enslaved; ‘one sustained and saved the Union. the other in bloody civil war sought itsdestruction. The first bas built up and reconstructed, the latter has aimed to teardown and destroy. The for- mer is ‘the party of progress, and hus been sup- ported by men who have had a regard for the cause of humanity, while the latter bas been the party of reaction, and has been upheld by those who bave trampled on human rights. The for- mer sustains home industries, while the latter announces as its policy that it favors those that are foreign. The ‘retention in power of the Re- publican party guarantees justice, good gov- ernment, and general prosperity, while the ac- cession to power of the Democratic party im- perils all these. In short, to compare the Re- publican party tothe Democratic party is like comparing Heaven to Perditio MARRIAGE LICENSES. Increase In the Number—Evidently Preparing for Winter. ‘The marringeabie days have come, judging by the returns from the County Clerk. The largest number issued in any week during the year 1850 was recorded Inst week, the number reacbing 168. Young and old, widows and widowers, had the necessary papers granted them, and it is hoped that they were all made happy. Four of the men were over 62, years of age and in two cases the women were over &. A man aged 52 took for a partner a woman aged 27. Three girls were only 17, and one boy and girl from Evanston, whose combined ages were only 3t.— he being 18, and she 16,—got acertificate. The Ust is as follows: Hilma Young: +4 William Neugrass.. = bee. 242 Larrabee. 423 Ashland-av. 413 West Ohio. 138 Lytle. Chicago. St. Churles, Minn, ...Chicago. -+--24 Bradley. 32 Brad! } Hetta 31. Vansly! A. Lampkowski. Gusta Herrick. Richard Iverson. Yetta Lai Sophie Horberg. Hamilton Crary. Julia A. McK ee... William Bui Magdalena John Stokes.. Chicago. Sarah Gallngher....23....Chicago. A. F, Neidhardt......23....Chicugo. Will. He i Gi Albertina NI Jobn V. McNamara..21. Joho Melvill rea. Min’e Wanemachar.23....505 Morgan. . H, Schermerhorn.40....Chicazo. 3 3 5 FA o Annie Young. ---- Chicago. Andrew Stewa '28....537 South Canal. Annie Grennan 29,,,.141 Michigan av. Bernardino Vito Carmela Josca. William Stews Catharine Vaugi Chas. A. Spauld: Julia B. Case James R. Shai Emma K. Dingm Charles W. Schatfe Mary Reilly John Erickso! ‘Anna S. Nilson Aurora, Ill. 162 South Desplaines. 162South Desplaines. ret ahem nin on ‘The Adolphine Hodik. James Schreuder. Helena Mathison. Alex. Desbouillons. Seraphine brewer. J. M. Williams... Beasie A. Arthur... 23. 8.65 56. li. 26. August R, Hoeric! Katle Burkhardt Harry Wa ener. rhebe E. Camp! Krambs. .Chica: . Biue island. ee eas ay eye ee ere eee ee ree 4 2 obOE 1a8.29....Chicago. e.20....Chicago. +62 ...Munchester, Ta. 44....La Grange, UL Chicago. if 1 Currie H. Eyans.. Chicazo. Charley Anderson...28....450 West Ohio. Gertrude Kautsen..22...1450 West Ohio. John Tichy..:.:,....23..- 260 Rucker. Mary Wundraceix....20. J Valentine Souck....21....25 West Nineteenth. } Mugaie Stober.......20 Patrick Cummings..31... {Jane Field. ....73 Thirteen! Juhn Eberle: 33.2166 Fisk. 7 Barbarx Schodort...20....2715 Wentworth-av. jJobn O'Donnell.....21 1 Ellu O'Leary fone ack e! ‘Chicazo. nn Reick... :T. ‘3LN. Ashland av. {Me eee ‘190 North Halsted. Fre: fl ramer. i Bue. 9 .. Schwi Joseph Thompson...36. Mary J. Nelson 28. James ‘lor... Fredricka Sten.... William F. Kienzle..25. 23. " ‘Adolph Relmers....125 Ida B Linn Wagner. Peter Stone. SarahSi Maggie A- Schiang..24. Edward Ss. Becker. Ida Eddy... 22, Martin Brostmeyer. 29 Chicago. Anna Lauterbach. ..18....Chicago. Edmund Cantornel..23....Chicago. Bertha Rosner. 19....Chicazo. Jobn Canty... ......28...-Chicago. , Bridget O’Conner...25. Henty. Sturm... Emella Oblexing. Chicago. Mrs. M. E. Lindgey..27:..:Chicago. Jobn H. §: 332° Chicago. 24....Chicago. «Chicago. | 20. 30. 31. her ...20.... Chicago, William L. Lindsey.32....! sv weiehpisix Mary Jalinek. 4 Jace, Metzle: 38 20. 30. 20. RID, 2. 20, 21. Leah 2. 30. Dorothea Jarne 39 ...Chicago. Herman Dierker ....27....Palatine, ML Christina Koelle.. Vs *{Palatine, DL ‘Dalton, YU. Alice Swerts. ‘Thornton, John Johnson 104 Milton. Emma Carison.. C, E. Schiyte: Kaia Stibolt... Sam Emily F. Miller. James Lillis BBSRESERLYS Mary Hersmat Chancy White. Olive Clark.. Henry Weiler. Eliz. Folzchweiler...22. Joseph H. Realeanx 25. Annie Rbeinhartz. William H. Ward. Mary Clasby. § Michael Scan Mary Quinn.... Michael Nolan... ...38.. ret Burke 30 ‘ick E. Smith.22. ‘William Latta ... Murgaret Geni Leopold Bender. .-Chica zo. George Bauman . <p Fenty avenue, Vent. a ie L. Davitt. y Annie Sass.. -Chicago. Albert S. Kreb.... .607 Contre avente. Annie Pech......-..90...-I1L Fisk. William A. Friberg.27....115 Townsend. Augusta ©.Lund....22.. ‘Townsend, Vencile Chalupa. ..24....105 Maxwell. ‘Theresia Kucera....21-...105 Maxwell. Anton Helebrandt..26. Alport. 7 Albertina Francova.2 ... Alois France. 22, Mary Kol BLACKSMITH’S SONG, Pma folly old Diackemtth, with grizzled hate: ‘My face is smutty, I own— Ym'rough an’ tough; but I haven’t a care— T'm able to go alone. Clink, clang—¢iink, clang—clink, clink, clink— Plenty to ext an’ plenty to drink; Rough, an’ tough. an’ hearty, you see: ‘Wouldn't you like to tive like me? © m rma merry old blacksmith: I've children three; ‘The'r full o° the’r pranks an’ fun: ‘The'r neat an’ sweet ez babies can be; ‘The'r bright ez the mornin’ sun. Clink, claug—clink. clang—clink, clink, clink Plenty to eat an’ plenty to drink; - Rough, an’ tough, an’ besrty, you see: ‘Wouldn't you like to live like me? HL I'ma happy old blacksmith: my home is mine— Thev no mortgage to pa: house is snug. an’ my wife fs fine— ler temper ig alwus gay. Clink, clang—clink, clang—ciink, clink, clink— Plenty to eut an’ plenty to drink: Rough, an’ tough, an’ hearty, you see: ‘Wouldo’t you like to live like me? LAWNDALE, Chicago. Euvoene J. Hatte A Great Carpet Sale. New York Times, Sept. 15. ‘The largest public sale of carpets ever made, either here or abroad, it is said, was held at tho auetion rooms of Wilmerding, Hoguet & Co. in White street, yesterday, W. L Shaw & Co. agents for Stephen Sanford, of ‘Y., the most extensive Anste: manufacturer of tapestry Brussels in country, offering over 5,0W rolls of these goods without reserve. The most Important previous gale was that of the Lowell Company in 1855, when something over 2,000 pieces were sold. The trade bas been greatly excited over the matter for several days, and business has been almost entirely sippeet buyers preferring to wait for Ne results in the belief that the future course of bas would be definitly indicated prices osterday’s transactions. Nearly carpet-house of importance in the every sy took New ork to Suu Brancisco was represented, and the large salesrooms were un- comfortubly crowded. ‘Three grades of gooda he well-known and popular one. J. & R. C. Jobn- ston bid 70 cents, which was raised by successive bidders tu_89 cents, when the lot, four pieces, was knocked down to Minges, of Troy.—H. B. Cludin & Co. promptly taking the remainder of the pattern at that price. From this point the sule went on with varying fortunes, the extra goods ranging irom 76 to 92 cents, accord- {ng to the styles. Twenty-six hundrea “ Eagles“ were sold at prices varying from a0} cents to 76 cents, and the “Comets” brought from 73 to 7 cents. - The priccs realized were thought to bo very fair, and’the Rencral tone of the trade haa, itis sald, been,much strengthened by the trang action, © a: Ae iene, eee.