Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1881, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNI: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 188l—TWELVE PAGES, OUR » LEGISLATORS. They Will Resume Their Ar- duous and Exacting Duties To-Day. fhe First Interest Contres in the Lower House, with Prospects of Cire ouses Galore. A Change in the Appointment of Park commissionera the First Order i of Businesa. pespernte Efforta Making to Defeat tho Supreme Court Consolidation Scheme, Livly Trading to Acoomplish the Pur- posos of Thoso Opposed to tho Measure, Speetat Dispateh 1o The Chicago Tribune, gemsoriend, I, Feb, 23—The two pranches of tho General Assembly will re- turn from thefr four duys’ season of kdlencss andnlleged respecet forthe memory of Georgo Washington to-morrow, and, provided thore {3 o quorum fn ench, proeeed to hateh out feglstation for tho gond of the people—or otherwlse. The body In which the larpest auonnt of Interest centres Just at present is the Jlonse, and tho restinption of work there falikely to provoke a circus or two by way of varletys THE PENDING MEASURE stthotime of ndjourmment last Friday was Cook's Park LIll, which proposes, in brief, to fake the nppoluting power to which the Park Commissioners owe thelr ofelnl existence ant of tho hands of the Clreult Judges and -place it inthe hands of the Governor. The bill _struck o second rending Friduy morning, and, a3 wag expected, encountered the stubborn opposition of the entiraDemocratic side, who affect to regard It ns a purely political mens- uro fustead of ong designed to bring about ymiformity in the matter of appolutments on the Park Bonrds fu licu of the present het- erogencous and polyglotsystem of appointing thio West Park and Lincoln Park Cominls- sloners by the Governor, and the South Park Commissioners by the Clreult Judges of Cook County. THE ARGUMENTS F10 AND CON, politieal, constitutlonal, nnd otherwise, wera duly revamped and fired off by the friends and the envinles of the bill, and the Iouse sdiourned when It was developed that o quorum wash’t voting on McWillimns' mo- tlon to table Billings’ motlon to strike out the enaeting cluse, or, {n other words, to consian the bl o the nlready well-filied cometery of still-born legisiation. % Nobody who knows anything about the Demacratic minority supposes for a moment that it will relax its efforls to slaughter the bl when the 1Touse mecets and tnekles it agaln to-morrow morning. The persistont opposition ean hnvebut one effect.—to ceinent the Republicans, and, in the end, pass the bill. Itmay not bo done to-morrow, becauso 1tismore than lkelythatonly a bare quorum wliibe present, but that 1t will come svoner orlater s ahout as sure as nunything in 1i- nols legislation well can be. 6 F THERE 18 ANOTHER FEATURE Inthe Tlowse progrmn for to-morrow which “isapt to ndd Interest and zest to the proceud- fngs. It so hinppons that thoere is a apecial orler for 1t o’clock,—the consfderation of Murphy’s resolutlon submitting his scheme of fixed compensation of the mom- bersof the General Assembly in the form of a constitutional nmendwent, to be voted npon by the peoplo at the next general elec- tion, The temperaiico people will buck against it for tho very good and sufliclont 1enson~to thom—that its ndopuion by tho Tlouse will cut off the very thing they have Intely sef® tholr hearts on, now that the pas- sageof the FHinds blll is admitted to bo out of the questlon—viz.: ananendment of thelr own prohibiting the manufucture or sule of all manner of “WET Goons,” excopt for meehanical, medicinal, and chom- feal purposes. Unless the Domocrats should fillbuster all the morning over the Park blll, and thus throw the special order out of time, or unless n roll-call on some of tho votes which are apt to bo taken should show, noquorim voting, and thus precipitate a eall ofthe Ilouse and an adjournment, the con- stitutional nmendment rackot is apt to create something of o breezs, "Tho temperaucemen, led by Chafee, tho one-armed Republican wartlor from Shelby, will-probably resort to the cluver sehemo ot moving to substitute the Chafes mmendment probibiting the manus ficturo and sale ot fres “budzo™” for tba Turphy fixed-compensation amendment. A feat voto on tho tempetines quostionwill bo the result, unless some of thoso who aro BY NO MEANS TEMPERANCE MEN, a‘““’]'“ opposo the Murphy amendment on 1e grownd that the Logistature hos the pow- e under the Constltution to regulate ity pay without consulttng the peaple, should choosd betwveen two evils und elther not votoatall or \’nm\mh the lmuqun ce folks in order to sitdown hurd on ,lurph{. 1t goes without M)lmi that Chafes and his fellow-wnrrlors ‘wuuh 't for the worli do anything to brealk liInlthls vleasant condition of things,—this rv’:llunurnwllnv.vs,nml of interests which 't but do thom good. An uncortain num- mrof members, too, while not tenperancy men i nny very enlarged somse of the y I{asc, seareely lnmnusa tho backbone to i‘l ufnuumsz submitting anything to the peo- ng‘lllr(“o"xl\‘:) nrohllnllmry m{;uxrnmcu anwend- T Piaerevosition 1o al olish the use of ) IT WILL B NIP AND TUCK | .g‘qcs_wlxlclx set ean thus muster the nec- o la'r)_ two-thirds vote, and, while a canvass s, ‘ILI ouse shows that the temperanziers .-M,","“"“‘""'"“" o pretty snarl Is suro to na‘v"“‘:m‘” the proceedings, nnd possibly H ¢ it i sulution of the question for somo "“‘ 1 rimm 1er0 1y still nuother, and perhaps equally i'("\mnum, mi r which may urI Im:]y not sy o the House “when 1t rewe ilm’l“' The bill to consolidato the several o il Divisions o the Supremo_Court still Ilml‘:n‘nm In the Conunittes on Judieiul Do- L mm‘mt Marrls, of Hurdin, the Chalrman A “uL organlzation, has beon holding buck W|lhmfi[t~" ty report for days, The majorits, mm“mmunml Inconslsténcy, will recori- Wil ;:x‘qsl::llr{::‘:ol unudc<nxlsnl§(lutlul\ bill which, thorafore fiufl&" the Sesate, and an ADVANTAGL 1N POINT OF TINP, \ullgl:l willnt the same time recommend o l‘n.{x‘lue of tho House bill which provides Tepory ey tho same thing, —‘The minority has nipon favor of tho pussgs of both bills, Vi eady Tecelved seven ont of seventeen uaforit Sy WL bo put In s soon ns the Ep, 1| shows 1ty hand, The apparent Eu ufié’“" Keeping baek the majarity report went mad 0 B8 the unti-consolidation slo- hun benoro tlme to teade b, and the tradiog 0 firago 1 lively as thut which characterlzes W s lovso walo fn full blast. ‘Tne M“’- imblons on the anti-consolidation e Sm lkcx'b Wilbauks, of Mt. Vernon, mid 3 tgim ,re:»;l’m\vnlum hlllhuannui hwod, uriner Iy r fhadhe fatter’ o Hepablioan, Neither has ‘““‘”l"fiflfim\‘\:“lfl"lfi“rf nrblo! In general : g 1 have bee m‘[‘:}(l;mhu FLROM BUNIUSE ’l‘;‘ ';lunxmm'. 1o o fhist day of the sesslon up to date, fikutu: é‘&\:\m!:}.lll‘u\lghk.-!: ‘["illrl‘l’ly proposts 10 Hasy Lol uurL 0! nois out of the Way, ';l(lwllhlx.lluum tribunals,—n class, by the By, H‘u:%nh 1S now the only surviving liayiny I stereme Courts of tier Stutes Wandylyod flics #iven up the practics of aroupg ¥ \{’l;lll'nu aud thors and * bourding 3 T coming {(IIIHS:O ?;:‘I.R'Im"ml Jindkh fhare 1ot l'unuuu'lm,,, Sty e, and i purpose &mm Telsution, Ssclved in matlers of ¢ T th | Two yeurs ago Ottaw:s Crogilo blunt of " th A 3 \'t"r‘:}‘ orway Ity clmn‘n‘»lflm" S smety 00 gy, This year Mt, Ml the “ids up 4 couple of \vur:hf)u';, rw“ll 3 Inejygj u;.ru.suc Of the country luwyers. wm ot e'!;::b“fifilfild t:m cull:lluuod or 4 o tavorn-keepe O helr eyes, Lave skasted out t’AIw de. :.-t;v' the bIlL 1f they wero not eleeted for t very purpose, they mbzht ns well have been, Wil o othier frons fn the fire, THEY COULD AFFORD TO BE NON-COMMIT- TAL on matters of Indifferent Interest, and to ox- press a sympathetle leaning to a partieular mensure only in case its author intimated o willingness {o give the consolidation urn{unt nblack eye. It hing been sald that onely a Republiean and the othera Demoernt. 1t might also be added thatone Isn mm‘mrmwu Tunatic and the othor n liberat of tho Hberals, Between them, they ean como nbout as nenr belng all things to all wmen, If, peeadventure, they mny sava the oue-lorse lawyers nid the whle-nwnke tavernkeepers of Mi. Vernon, as thelr constituents conld well de- sire, In populnr parlance, they have traded everything to seenre votes ngainst consolldation, until they now profess to have e‘lnluy men deadset {n favor of o Supremo Court perennlnily on wheels, Morris, of Hardin, the Chairmnn of the Connnitten, Is Wwith them, nnd the retention of the report in his Inner cont pocket for fouror five days wns n pleee of taeties which was no doubt well understood by, and fully met the appro- Lation of, the no-consolidatlon trlo, THIS LITTLE STREAK OF STRATEGY, Tiowever, was of itsell a confesslon of wenlk- ness tantamonnt toan admlssion that they Iuuin’t quite onongh votes, and desired to put I little turther work before they camo to tho tug of war, ‘Lho other slile,—the con- solidation people,—headed by Judio Crook, of Springfield, Joo Mann, of "Vermlllon, and Rockwell, of' Cook, althougl they hewan work Iate, lhave not been lsggards, bub have drwomed up all the materinl ‘they could get and _ marshaled it for action, ‘Tho winority report will follow close on the heels ot the majority, and then tho musie will eome menee. While tho conflict witl be sharp and Drisk, however, tho untl-consolidntion fol- Tows, unless the situstion materinlly changes, are pretty apt to hinve the best of it TIE LEADERS entered the fight from the first day of the session, 1f not before, and hnve kept steudlly at It ever sinee, while not 11l within the pust two or three weeks have the consolldation nmembers appeared to think there was any- thing {0 do but to sit with folded hands and funcy the merlts of the bl would pull it throitgh, whun, as o matter of fact, lttle it anything goes through here purel ? on lts merlts. Labor ag they may from this time on, tho bill will probably die, on its head- stone will be inscribed the legend, * Traded away,” whilethe Bonlfaces of ME Vernon and Uttawn wili give tho liash-mill_another turn of the erank and rejolee without eeasing that tho craft is 1o longer ‘In dunger—unt the next time. A GREAT FAMILY, Xow K¢ Grew Up and Bloomed in England, : Tondon Truth, In the days before morals were Invented— or, at least, before Kines thought it worth while to have any—one of our graclous monarchs took to wife a pretty whliner, omitling the usual formalities of marringe, 1le became the happy father of a son, for whom he provided in the customary way by .conforring wpon him & Dukedom, and a right for him and his heirs to levy a royally of fartling on every pownd of soap manu- ‘fuctured {n the Lritish Isles, 11is (irace, on arrlving ab yenrs of dlscre- tion, naturally farmed out this Impost ton mpecilntor, whose object it beenme to ex- clude soaps of forelgn manufacture from this country, and Ilkewlse to stimulate the cousumption of the home-made urticle. Tho Duke of Fitzeharly—for such was tho titlo of tho XKing's -son—was able to agsist bim In both these naims. Flrstly, as a Peer, holding scveral pocket-bors oughs in hand and much Parliamentary In- flueneo, he coerced Ministers into pagsing o bill which fixed a prohibitive tariff on forelgn soaps; next, by reason of hisexalted posl- tlon at Court, which mnde placemen nfraid to say him nay, ho compelled the hends ot our army and navy o lay In extravagant stocks of soap for the behoot of our soldiers and sailors. Tho dock-yards at Deptford, Woolwich, and Portsmouth became encum- bered with barrels of soft sonp and bars of ellow. Large allowances of these commod- ties were served out to tho fleet and the troops instead of pay, and soldiers or suilors who gtumbled were flogged for being dirty fellows. When the stock of sonp in the yards got over large, oftlelnl Inspectors used to do- clare s grohit deal of it unlit for use, and have it flung Into the sen to make way for the new year's supply. ‘This was In the days when therg were 10 members lu Parlinment to vex the Treasury Bench with ! disngreeable ques- tlons. So the Duke of Fitzeharly contrived 10 muke nbout £25,000 n year outtof his roynl- ties, and died ut Tast_universatly lamented, and leaving a lnrge and plump family of ehil- dren, who "had all been provided in their cradles with 1lfe penslons, some rs superai- nuated clerks, and others as retired Major- Genorals. \ Nobody used toloolk elosely into“thopen- slon list thon, else §6 might have been found thnt the first Duke of Fitzeharly Lnd muny other sources of reveuun besldes his soup dues. 1o wns Colonel of tha llegiment of Bufl Dragoons, and made nbout 420,000 a year by clothlng his men in fifth-rate clotn, and mounting them on gerows. 3o had heen appoluted hereditary Candle Learer to the King, and enjoyed £3,000 n year in that capa- city. Ilo wus patron of twenty livings, thy presentations to which he rellglously sold whenever they beeame vacant; and ho drew o salary of £4,000, besides perqulsities, ng Lord 1iarhormaster-Generul of the United Kingdom, I1is eldost son, the second Duke, did not suceeed hin in all these hotiors, but thoy re- mained in the family, for the second son hid the Coloneley of the Buil Dragoons; and _the third son Inlierited the Harbormaster-Ge- cmlshlv, ‘The second Duke, however, was dotermined to be no poorer than hissire, 1o took n brond view of the universe, and saw how mueh soap night bo shipped out to Indin and the Colonles under cover of an ex- tended Protection bill, Unfortunately, the Miulstry of the day hesitated ™ to forbld ‘the manufucure of soap fIn our dependencies. Soa Court Intriguo hiad tobe re- sorted 1o the Ministers wers dismissed, nur- rowly eseaping linpeacliment on tho chintge of taking bribes from France; and soon nfter- wards a genoral eloction was hield to the ery of * No French sonpl” 1t resulted In o com- plete vietory for the Dueal party{ mid the new Parlinment lmmedlatoly pussed an act rendering It trensonable to manufacture sonp inuny purt of his Maojesty’s dominions, cepl the Dritlsh Istes. Now It wis that glorfous times sot in for the Touse of Fitzeharly, Ships sailed from onr ports dally laden with British soap for dis- tantellines. A long and bloudy war teok pluce with an Enstern potentate, who clalmed he right to -wush with his own sonp: and milllons had to be spent fn suhdulnz an Ameriean colony where nleague had been formed of robols who vowed they. would not wash at all so Jong us Britlslisoap was foreed on_ them, Meanwhile, rogues were hunged daily Jn England for smuggling French soap Into tho counlr{. sl wany Lon- don barbers were whipped at the cart’s tall for lathering thelr =~ customers with forelgn soap, which was proved, or at least suspected, to have nover pu'mduly‘ The judges were pitiless In onforelng tie Soap act, beeauso of the obvious Intorests which England hagl In - protecting her own manufactures; and tho second Duke of Itz charly, a8 ho grew older, und richer and richer, came to be popularly regarded as the fmnt champlon of British commeres, Whon 1o died o wonument was erceted to him in Westminster Abbey, and s grateful country soon afterwards teatlfied its resveet for his heir by, ucch\hulmi his appolutment to the oftice of Lord Iigh Treasn; ust atter he hitdl reached the ripe agu o Of the Fitzcharly Ministry und Its wondor- ful finanelal polley, which inflated the na. tlonal debt, nnd Increased the price of all foud and merchandlse in England 1n order to adil to the wealth of mugnates who > already preposterously rich—ot this you mny read in English history, Jut wa need nhot here follow = the eareer of the third Duke of Fitzeharly and of his lmmediute successors. They wers constmmately rich and powerful, and they pushied their relutives Info all publly plices atly paid, ‘Theve were ‘Charlles (this was tho fumily nume) to command our troops, mismanage our navies, and misgovern our colonles; other Churlles beenme Blshops, Judgoes, aud Ambussadors, Many went into Parlinuent, and, by-and-by, tho famlly split into two brunches, the one Whig, tho other Tory, but this was ouly to the end that the conticetion might kave » eluteh on all the good things guhl’i! whatever might bo the party in power. ‘Tho Dukes of Fltzeharly aud thelr cousius, who beeame Earls of Fitz- curoll, could wink at ench other Hke Augurs, for was not the carth theins und the fullness thervot? No Charley over gave slgns of talent, still less of genluss but thelr ea- Euulty u all mudmsu they filled was backed y an aristocratie arroguucy au eutirs self-comblng ey whieh fmposed upon the L the fumily weinl e For there wi 8 who went wrong, sl who: In':'l'mllllmm et to ho hushed up by the tion of famlly 1n- finencs and un oulny of coln, Indeed, a tinu came when the jovirl blood of his Royal an- cestor and the gueer tnstinets of his miliiner regs paserted themseives nu Diko of zeliarly, who turned spendthrirt, game- ster, debauehiee, and finudly eard-shorper atl blackleg, ‘This estimable Jeglsintor would have brought his estates to the hammer 1 they hind not been entafleds; ag it was, he squandered all tho hoarded eash of his nn- cestors, and go mlsmanaged his soap reve- niea that they ylelded him lesy Limn half what his fathor find drawn from them. The British, publle galned nothing by this, no moro dld ouy colonies, whera sonp remuined a3 dear ns evers hut the speculators swho fared the tax from the Duke mude grand hanly, and the smugglers who defrauded them continued to be punlshed with the w- most vigor of the lnw, The only dilference wad that, nillder thnes having eone, many of them were trangported fer life istend of hanged, ‘T'his was at tho connnencement of the pres- ent century, when maxims of Free “Crude werg begibning to eirenlnte, A Ministry, taking ndvantago of the Duke of Fltzelurly’s embarraysed clrenmstunees, swdden) thought itself of mlmnllnu the dutfe: sonp, and abolishing the Duke's royuities, 1€ the Duko hal been suelt w mnn ns his father, this proposal woulil have led fo w glgantle party fizht, In which the Cubinet must, thunks tothe defeetion of the Whig Charlies and thelr Influence, have suceumqeds hut there happenwl to be a Chaneellor of the 1x- cheguer In ofiice who planned how he could et the Dulie on the hip., Ho privadely gave his Graew the option between surrendering his royaltles for a big compositlon, which should be publiely bestowed, nnd would con- sequently be sequestrated by s ereditors, or for w smaller e, which should b puid seeretly to himself, The high-minded noble- nman closed with the last ofier, aul commuted — his royaltles for £100,000 down, mnd o perpetunl penston o lim- self and lielrs of £5000. As the £100,000 was J)um sub ros, out of some seeret serv- feo fund, his Griee pot credit for agrent deal of publie-spiritedness in having sur- sume Chirlies rendered his re eap, while tha Chin- cellor of the Exchequer lauded for an able stroke of financing. ‘The Duke lived Just long enotigh to fool nway his £100,000 to tho last shilling, and then dicd, leaving to his icit hls entire estates and two pensions, amounting to 000,—the ono jeoming yrom the sonp and the other from his heredltury post of candle bearer (o the sovercign, I'his new Duke, of course, paid not n pen- ny ot his father's debts, L\ulu!i poorer than aily of tho other Dukes of Flizeharty hud heen, he thouglit himselt mueh to bo lnl(hul. and could not understand how it was that his father had parted with his soap aues for sueh an nsignificant swm s £5,000 w year. lle became” the implacable enemy of the Finance Minister who had efTected this bar- gain, secusing hlm_ of linving taken advans tage of * my poor father’s patriotism and Lr- norance of business”s and lie pulled polil- fenl and social wires o such goud purpose that this statesman was never- invited to slt in any Cabinet ngain, = ‘hién the Duke of Fitzeharly applied him- self to the writing of books and prnphletson the soap question, o showed how swiftly and surely Lngland was golng to ruin through the abandoning of her protective poliey, 1o wasready with statistles to prove that the English used much less sonp now thin two centuries ngo, and were, conses quently, nmuch less godly and hmnllhy - tlonthan of old, Onewould Inve thought 1o hear him tatik that his anepstors: had washed the people for nothing. Voor, droning, old dullnrd, e was an honest iman in_his “way, and schuftied throngh lils parton this earthiy stuge no pelter nor worsg than many other Dukes. Though hie wonld allow the trades- men who Lind trusted hils father to go away crying from hls door for wunt of the few ]mmuls ho could so easily have glven them, he provided abundantly for all his sons annd daughters, and ho went so far us to ereet tn ho county town near hls estate some public brths and wash-houses, ndmlitance to which, howes wis ot glven gratis. 'This monu- ment ot’ his Grico’s exceeding generosity stil] fluurishes, bearine over s frontal nn eseutehean with the Ducal uresr.uucrubhlufl- Drash, und the Inununizing motto, “Sapo!lt Tho present Duko of Fitzehurly Is tho son of tho Inst-numed 1% and you may imng- fne what disgust he felt on Iwnrhnt; atterly that a prying L B, intended to bring the question of héreditary_ penslons before the 1ouse of Commons, " Pensions, forsooth ! ns if tho great House of Charley had not done enough for Its country to deserve such wis- erablo pitiances as £5,000 o year and £2,000, 11is Grace 1s pald for beuring eandles before the soverelgn, and ho never does bear them, but what hag that to do with it? Does any one suppose that, If hig services were wanted in this direction, they would not be lnstuml‘y {forthcoming? " Why, his Graco hus In his drawing-room two zold cundlesticks whick ure Ul‘nwnl)r()purk?’, but which ho keeps ns insignin of his ofilce; nnd his father Lors them down Westminster 1all nt-the Queen’s Coronation. What 1tore proot can you wang of these Dulkes earning their motoy falriy His present Graco is o business-like Duke, whose {deas have doveloped with the times, 1le s private partner in o great sonp-factory, and Lo does not despalr of tho duys when the soap duties will ba reftuposed, Liet u few more lttle wars by waged, let a situntion of finanelal embarrassment present ftself, and the Duke's brother, Lord Bob Charicy, who sits In tho Lowur House, will ot once urge this felleitous impost on the sttention of Governmont. Meanwhile the Dulke hng no fear at nll that his sonp penslon will bo abolished during hiy lifetime, 1o scouts the fden with w grim, broad sille, which displays two long rows of teeth not unliko tusks, 1lls Graco s power In the State, and not to botrified with, Tor on questions nifecting famlly interests has henot with him his kinsman, Lond Fitz- earoll, who sitson tho Whig slde with n sqund more of Charlles, who “would strenu- ausly reslst any attempt of n Lilieral Premler to tamper with the Iucomes of a Charloy? “spolintion” and *pawpering to Rl Conununlsm ” are the cries which these gel tlomen would raises and, by getting the reln- tives of other pensloners 1o conlésee with then, they might.at o critical time turnn divislon, It 1s not sure, ecither, thnt tho *large Teart” of the nntfon would sympathize with an endeavor to_abolish heredltary pensions, whichenn bo defended alniost ug pluusibly as hereditary suce on tothe Crowu. If thove be herc(lllx\rry wonarehs, thon why not hereditary candlebonrers ¥ e e————— An Old Prouchor’s Critielsm, Ty an fnteresting noto to tho Norwleh (Conn) Bulletin u clergyiun of that eity wriles: 3y porsonul sequilutunico with tho laty Rov, Dr. ott dutes fram tho duy when, nearly sixty yours ago, ho cullod at my futher's housu to invite me tocome up und preach for blw. 1 was very ready to nceopt hla invitution, ~ From thut dny my futercourss with the fumily hus boon fros ?uom und imtimnte. The st timo Lpreachod oF hing, though really an oxehnngo with hiy collengic, Mr, {lurrison, 1 Inquirod for hin us [ otored tho bouse, 118 jrvandduugliter roplled with iwnmile, *Hols fn hls study proparing for tho Subibuth, 1was pot sure thut be know mu Ul wulking dow to tho church (i tho sfternoon hu observad, *My ancestors und yours camg frons tho snio plico, (Ui Buybrook) Laaid to b, *Doctor, {Lmust bo i rellof tu you to huve acollenguy ut your perlod of life,'” ¢ tHe holps mo a8 litle, but 1 keep rwight ong §t 18 better to wonr out thnn 1o rust out’ At thp close of tho ufgpenoon servico ho turned to mo. *lum glad AL you happened alovy to prouch for o to-day, 1huve u colil fu 2wy head: I odon't know that 1 over heurd you preach botorog lulur v, orltiuising Yl 1y preacumg nt tho minlsters' movting bad wot loft e objivioud of the fact that he hid heard mobefore, Spuukiug of eriti- ulams, Dr, Palmer, fun tributo to Dr. Daggutt, nutices tho oxcelieneo of his critfcisms fn the mintsters' moeoting, - Institutinge no compurlson, T eannot bub revrl tho criticisms of br, Nott Intedn lfo;lls mind ocensionally tiashing out despite tho ullure of his wental puwers. goner- uhly, und Lid memory n purticular, At tha closo of n earnest tlieussion ubon tho udvantages and disadvantaged Of uXpository preaching, when it caine W the Doctor, ho salds *After all, brothren, it dopends w good deal upon tho man- not, A poor eook will Spotl nuy dish, und n good cook will_muke nimost uny dish pulatably.! tukes rank with Dr. Daggott's suggestion thut o Aritish burrister, whon usked thoe seoret of hid Buccesy, roplied, * IF 1 have bud nny it s this: When §huve wade a good polut Lsafler nothing 10 Joatio it —— - “ Dowagoers,” Up to twenty yeurs ngo tho widow of a Peer becauio ut bt Husbund's deat, supposlug i to buvo i guceossor In bls titl, * the Duwaker Countess,” or whntover the title might bo, ut length'onu or two ladles, wilows of Ty, whoso houors hud descandod fo' tholp oldest soi Ly o former marrtuge, discarded tho Dowager beforo thiele names in favor of tholr Coristlun numes, ‘'hud tho widow of Lord Aliosbury lie- enmo *urls, Suarchlonoss of A" und Lady Wuldegrave, whosy Land's titlo puased to w cousin, wrota herscl! “brauees, Countess Walde- grave.” Soon Dowagors who wore Downgers without doutit, boinginothors of roluing Pe must needs, ta try and _make the workl forge how tino hee, adovt the suma Kdew, el now thoro I8 scarce s Dowager to bo fouud lu the Povruge. 3 Hut ———— No health with Inactiva liyer and urlnary ot FALSE KEYS Joe Gorman Plans a General Jail Escape. e £ SR The Watchful Eyes of the Juiler Get the Botter of Him. A cunning nttempt was mude to break Jall seatordny by . well-known thief, Joo Gorma who 13 under indictmont for burglary fn onte It the howse of a brotuer of Al lefter, on tho Went Blde, fust Augusty along with Bob Brecke fnridgre, 0 noterd erook. Gdrman hnd planned for n genornl fuil dellvory similar to that attempt- cd nhout 165 under BUGril Agnew’s adminis- trution, whereby tho prisoners coucerned in the ot wera to got out of thelr celts by talse keys und ke n sidden rush 1 body upoy the As- slxtunt Juller and escapo througl the muln door. Thu plot might have houn suceessiit] BUT FOITEE ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY by Juller ¥ and u largd number of the worst ertminals i the Juil might have been suddenly let loose npon the community to roam nbout at thelr own sweot will, i The Jaller did not intond to let uny visitors #eo the prisonues ym-(u[dnx. but there was Auch 1 hirgre number of femnles vith bundies contuining food and wenring npparel, many of whots hud come from lotig distunces, that ho coutld not turn thom nway, 80 tho women wore Jut to tho *cuge,” nn’ inclosure ndjoining tho jnlt-oflice, und partitioned off from tho ground corridor of tho Juwil by an {ron- work Interwoven closely with wire. In this cage tho visitors and altornoys arg nl- Iowed to assemble und converse with | the vrioners on the othor side, Itwis nbout 11 o'elock yusterduy Forenoon when Jdoo Gorman's mother’ang her two littlo. dnughters were wd- mitted to tho eage, and that prison fowel to come out of his cell, N third tor, and converse with the was stunding ot the door. betwe thie cuge, and observod Gormun SHOVE TIROUGH THE NARIOW WIRE-MESIES a buit-colored envelope, which Mrs, Gorman re- ceivid und concenled nbout hor persan. After the Interview was over botween tha motber and ot Aho tormer stepped out into the ofilee, when tho Jufler usked her o produce the letter or note he bad n° her receive. Sho handet — nim - several old letters, but be Inststed that the particulur envelopo ho hud seen her receivo waus nbt mmong thow, Sha denled buving any suck enyelope, und ho calied the Matron of thé female depurtment, who took Mys, Gorman luto an unte-room und rehel her, finding tho ddentlen] bull envelope, whicl d written upon §t_in peucil thu followin; 13 dnch diat file, 18th and State, Duffalo,’ which lntorpreted eant: Mother, tuke this to @ Kaool at tho cornor of Eighteenth wnid Stato streets, and give 1L 10 i man who 18 known as * Ruttnlo,” aud he will furnish an cightb-of- an-uch tint Nle. One of tho little girls with Mrs. Gorman bad n bundie In her armé,—u shire that Gorman hnd sout out 10 her—and within its folds was found A SINGULARLY-MADE KEY, with which Gorman ovidently intended to let himself und the other prisoners on histicr out ot thelr celly, preparitory.to n generd jall es- The end of tho Key, or that part whicl untord the Tock (o GPURLLE UPDH the BpRINg, wad of hard woed, und hud. beon eut with i pocket- kuife to correspond with the key thit was used In gpening the celi-doors. Thut plece of wood, which wus i1 the form of threo toeth, was lustened to nsmall plece of tin pipe that hud beun iade from s tin cup. 1t 1s thought thut un Impression of the - coll-door key bad hieen made fu a pleco of soap, from which tho rude key nbove doseribed was tnade, ** Buf- fnlo,”” when hu recelved that key, would, no doubt, understund from Mrs. Gorwig, who had _provinusly been posted by her son, thut he was 10 obtain “duplicates of It 1n brass, and with tho 1ile nbovo muentioned J could fit thewm to the lacks and thus offect tha'eseape of himself and othors Iu the fall. When tho (nlse key wns dis- covered Mrs, Gorman professed Ignorauce of its existence. Jniler Folz sout for State's-Attorney Mills, who went over inio tho Juil-ofiiee and questionel tho wnman gbout the matter. Sho swore Lhat Ao wus not nwuro that tho koy was in the bundle, and _she lkuew not what thio on- velope was for. My, Mills, therefore, advised her relensa from custody, and sho was allowed 1o depurt. = 1T WAS UNDOUNTEDLY GORMAN'S INTENTION 18 soon he procured tho keys und file to seize tho first tuvornble upportunity to eifoct his csenpe and thut of others by making n rush upon, tio Asslstane duilers atn very carly hour indthe morntng, or In the night. Y Gormnn I8 a thiel well-known to the clty police, rnd hig been convicted of petty offenses ¥everal thnos, reeelviog o sentence o1 ong oc- enslon of ten wonths in the Bridewell, but hohas nover been fi the Penitontiavy, It is sikd that he Linsspont nearly atl of ki thno the listsoven years in the Count; or fu the Bkl 11, - 1 Dbeen In the fo v since lnst summer, aud his trinl wny soon 10 tuke pluce. His relense was nrobablo for the reuson that it wis belfuved that Al Belter’s brothor would not proseeuto him, Juissull that Gorman was not slonu by any means i his plot to brenk Juil, sevon or elght othier notorlous crooks Lelng concerned with him. Tho names uf the guny could not e ob- tafned Inst ovoning, the Juller not desiring to givo thom for prudentinl ronsons. i mensures huvo been adopted to prevent Jnit cAcapes, snd it is likely that Gorman and thoso concerned with him il be punished for thontrempt. SLAVERY REMINISCENCE. Death of n Former Soa Captaln Who Wan Sontonced to Norty Years' Ime prisonment for Ktdunping Saves In Virginta—1lin 12clonso by the Union Army. rwis i 5, 0N the adulfer Folz he oflico und Pelersbury (Va.) Indexedppeal. The followlng brlef announcement, which woelip from the Wihuington (Del.) Com- merclal of ‘Tuesday, will revive Interesting memories among muny of the citizens of Petersburg: *Willlam B, Baylls died In this city Mon- dny. Ile wns formerly the owner of u schoonier which plled ulong tho Atlantie coust, nud while engaged in that bushicss was overhmuled by n Vieginla cuttor, and sentenced to an lmvrisonment of forty years on the charge of nssisting slaves to guin freedom by running off to the North, Bight sluves wore found nboard his sehooner, and five years wers lmposed for esch man, Mr, Laylis nlwnys protested thut he did not know how tho black men” got aboard the Doat, bat the protest was of no avall and ho was enst bl prison, e served somo ten years, when, through the Influence of George 11 Pendleton and Jofierson Davls, the Gov- ernor of Virgliln was prevailed upon to par- don him, Thils was before tho Iate Civil War, As his vessol lnul been condiseated, Mr, Buylis retyrned to Wilmington aud opened n store, \v;l;lcyl)l ho has conducted from that time to this, Capt. William B, Baylls was tho Captaln of the sehooner Keziah, n evaft hnlllng from Drandywine, Del., which enmo to this portin May, 1858, and louded with a cargo of wheat consigned to tho Newport Mills at Newport, N, J., by Messrs, Brauch & Sons, at that time morchants of this clty. A fow days befors tho departure of the schooner it was reported that two slayes of Mr, Thomns W, Eppes (Liltbert usd Sarah by nivne) hat disappesred, and from the elreumstunces attending thelr departure It was suspeeted that they wero con- ceafed on board the Reztali, A striet watel wis neeordingly placed on the movements of the vessel,and on thentternoonof Sunday, May 50, shio was observed to welzh anchorand drop wdelly(lowu theriver. Activomensures wers ien tuken to capture the scheoner, and tho story of what followed I8 thus told In the South-Slde Demuoerat of June 1, the elipping trom which has beon kindly furnished us by Mr. Willinm ¥, Spotswood, who hus pre- served U nitong nny other artleles of local aud State Interest in a serap-book: #A totegraphle dispateh was sent to tho In- speetor at Norfolk, with instructlons to pro- ceed up the river utd keep o bright lookout for the schooner, while [u the meantinte sre rangements were puvle 10 pursue her with tho steamer W, W, Townes from City Point, ‘I'ho steamer got nhder way yesterday morn- Trgg on board besides the oflicers nnd '\ James Colilwell, John Kevan Henry La 1, and Ottleers Hutts ad ¢ gon, und proceeded down tha river b se of tho schooner, which they succeeded n overhauling a shorl distanes above Hood’s Tunling, bottor kudwan as the O1d Fort, about twenty lles betow City Potnt, Whei firat spled threo porsons wers scen on deelk, but on nearing hor ong of ulull-urly suddenly dly- appeared below, which hadu tendoney to con- 1inn the suspicion that something was wrong. Upon overtakimg hev, the steainer ran slong- slde, and Messrs, Hutts and Coldwell Jmuped abourd and {uformed the Captaln that they came to senrch the vessel, to which hy offered no resistance, shaply asserting thut 1o uther persons were on buurd excopt niis wnte, Whose name was Josoph J. Shupkins, and himsolt, *“‘Phe search was commenced first In tho cubln, Cuncealedd ot of shingles, ueat, and rope they discovered the womun Sarah, dressed In wmwn's clothes, at which discovery the Cuptuln nfected ns much ustonishinent ns the others did satis- faction, Qthor parks of tho vessel weso thian searched, and four negroes wero found stuweil awny in the hold, all of whom werg seenrel, mud, together with the Captaln amd sferred to the stenmer, the ves 1 tow, nhd the whole narty turned -Imr-,k towards City Polut, where arglved and Immediately telezraphed to rshuri the result of thelr expedition. to. gether with the Information that “they would arrlve at onr wharf at 6 o’clock with the i, - Of course, the intelli Mke whidiiee, und an hour b aner arrived the wharf was fined anxloud to get sizht of n real e stealer,” and nany of them citesment, speaking ar pid freathers were in n wild withont reserve of 3 S About B:45 o'clock the steamer hove In shihit, with the negro pirate In tow, which wig recelved with a yell of ght from the ndignant madtitudiron the dock, In fiftee minutes she arvived, and, while enguged In seeuring the eaptured sehoouer to the wharf, o rush wag made by the people Lo get on bourd the steamer, where It was aseertained e prisoners were conlined, and 1L was witlh thie grentest difliculty that it was prevented by thoso In command. As soon s the sehooner was minde fast the steamer ||runlunl ustern and enma up to the sdoelk, and the two prisoners were led out under the eare of tho officers. It was then that tho most intense und terrible exeltement ensued, and they lind barely reached the shore when s wild shout of indignation went up from the populace, el i nle:&l]mmlo effort was inade to take pos- sesslon of them; and but for the most vizor- ous measures and the assistanee rendered by geveral of the calner eitizens, they must have Deen taken, when they woull have been Iynehed npon the spot, a4 in the oxeliement of the moment that seemed to be the pur- pose. Fortunately, hawever, with the exception of apme pretey rough handiing, they eseaped Injurr’. utid were hutried through thestreets to fall, followed, of course, by o large crowd, who did not cense thelr sliouts until long after they had been placed seearelv iy con- finement, ‘The negroes were pluced in an amnibuy, and reached the jail without nuy part leular demonstration helig made on their behalf, In thelr nceount of the multer, In which they all azree, they say that they w ,}u' approached by the L‘nmnln of the vessel i’ the Muarket square o few days since, and nsked If they were free, nnd In” reply to their ungwers in the negatlve he proposed for the Buin of 850 eneh taputthem beyond the rench of their mnsters, and that, aereeable to his arrangements, they went on board whils the vessel was at the awharf, ntud were secroted, John Bell, slave of Andrew Kevan, Fsu., pald 250 for his passage, which amount he sold lie obtalned from Gilbert, Joe Mayvo, alwve of Miss Laura Hare, pald £48, which he obtained by disposing of *what thines hie had? Witliam, slave of Oltver Hamilton, Esq., patd 34, which he had accmnulated by performing oyerwork at the fuetory. Gil- ert, sluve of Thomiy W, Lphes, ‘mhl 30, and, upon belng questioned, wsserted thot e hud $500 hegides, which he had wmnssed by rulsing swine, a story which is considered extrentely doubtful, he Captain’s story was that he was ap- plied to by o mun in the city, who proposed to pay him handsomely 1Uhe would take the neeroes on to New Jersey; that he did not know the man; furthermore, he was totally unaware that they were slaves, and, in u word, entirely Innocent of iy evil intent; that he started off on Saturduy afternoon. and run agrotnd just below the ¢ity; got off the next worning, but ran agrvound auain about five ileg further down the river, from whonce he started bright and early yes- terdny morning, and was steerlng rapidly for the Capes when he was so unceremoniously overhanled, A constdernble nmount of money was found on the vessel.” The vessel, under the law, was confiseated to the State, and was subsequently solid hy Messrs, Braneh & Sons to Pannill " & Cartor for the sum of S5, Capt. Willlam B, Baylis (1 was tried on the 10th of June In the Clrenit Court of the city, Judge Nush_presiding. great crowd was present. The Court ap- pointed Messrs, David May and Williasn ‘T, Jones as connsel for t prisoner, It was agreed by the counsel that tho prisoner shionld be tried by the same jury on tho liva indictments found aguinst bim, The evl- dence was the sanoc as the facts above glyen, ‘The ense was opened by 1R, G, 'egram, E: the attorney for the "Commonwealth, very foreible argument, followed by Messr: Joinos und May for the prisoncer, In an appe: leh, percelving the hopelesness of the was dlreeted to the sympathy of the ry, with o view to obtuin at least n verdict - which mercy might be bletded with jus- tlee, \e Jury, after an absence of half” an hour, returhed w verdict finding tho prisoner gullty nd fixing his - punishwment at elzht years’ imprisoninent on each indietment, nmkl(m: forty years in all for the five indi ments, ‘The Commnerclal 1s mistaken as to the par- don of Capt, Bayls,: Tle was relensed from the Penltentiary by the Federnl army after the evacuntion of Richmond. NASBY. Mr. Nusby Gives nn Account of ¥is ¥irss Marringe—=What Ho Expecied and What Jie Got. Toledo Blade, Coxrrmur X Roans (wich Is in the State uv Kentucky), Feb, 15, 188L—1 wuz a young man, snd singlerly averse to work, Work never ngreed with me. My prinsiple employ- went wuz to tay under trees all duy and com- mune with Nacher, onless ther wuz n grosery convenyent, wich wuz Huablo to nsk the house up to take suthin, Ldidn't feel the need uv much egmsercise, but wat 1 needed Leood gib at playin® seven-up or cuker in the grosery 1 hiev menshuned, Shufiln aud dealin keerds dlevelops the muscles uv the arms wonderful, Ditlyards wuz alluz too much for me. The time cum, however, when it becum necessary to do suthin for n hvelihood. [ whiz {00 Yung to go fyto polltix, and the otd man, my father, he got to that nge when it wuz nll that he cood do to borrer for hisself. Tle wuza gittin old and witznt ez strong ez he wunst hed bin, s Intimatld to me that tho sovner Lshifted for myself the better hie'd b pleased, Wat coold Ldo, L hed no perfeshien that wood enable mo 1o live with- out Iuber, and Inber 1 wooden’t, My father solved the problem, ‘*‘Marry n widder,” salil he,—%n widder with o favm, and mnke her do the work, Yoo aro ekal (o 0 sin a fwem, Adnt yerdy? 1 romarked thut I eood’ seo othor men swet without materlally fatiguin myself, and that ltllmll{lls segestion o good one. 1 wood adopt it 1lurd-by wuz the widder Tompson, wich wuz the owner uv one uv the best farms uy the seckshun, It wuz 200 akers of good land, well-improved and wellstoeked, She wuzn't exgsnekly wat wood ba ealled & handsome wolan, and wuz 15 yeers older than me, but 1 didu't mind that.” What enred I thut ber teeth wuz ull out, and that sho hed o goitor, and wel [zhml 200 ponts 2 Wat eared L thint sho- hed o habit uv goin about with her - stockins down at her heels, and that she con- sidered the thme spent in comin hale 0z wastid? Sho hied o farm, and that wiz enutf for ni. Linld slega to this venerable female, awd to my dolite found her not averse to n_seeond chunce at mutrinony, I wuzn helthy young wau, and not bad lookin, aud looked ¢z tho wite run wo er threo fivms to wunst, Shy wuz ruther lonesomo on the farm, and it cost pils uy money to hiro holp, and thon they needed o man to look atter 'em; and, to make u_ long story short, she seeepted me, and wo wuz yoonlted in the holy bonds uv nutri- mony, Torn few days L lived In o elysium, wit- ever that may bo, 1hed tho best uy eatln, suthin tho Nasby fumily did not indulge in, wud Mrs, Nusby wuz vz complalsant ez o woman cond be. 1lied clder to drink, the Tate “Tempson left n good supply uv lu-ruu\mr, snd things wuz n goin ez sinooth ez cood be. “I'ne fourtl duy Mrd, Nusby romarked that we hed hed nlong rest, and” 16 wuz {hmo we ot nbout our work, > Pote,” sulil shie, * Yoo want to take tho oxen this morninand go and break that lot behind tha barn, TLuist be done (e wonst, and shood. hev been a woek ugo, but for this murrylng bizals,” “ 3xeansu me, Mra. Nasby,” sez I, goin out and lyin down wider & applo troe, with my ].n-u Itghtld, **breakly ground Is not my hest iold, 'Thlssoots v better, Ddldw’t marry lu‘!)flzr’lk#l"ullllltl." Talingd. hat,"" sho exgselalined, 1 wmerely suy that 1 shall not break grounds, My biznis on thls farm Is merely orpinental. Lam wiltin to go and lny down tnthe field to bo broke wml overses the Dreakin, pervidid there 13 n shade-tres under which Fkin lny. But ez for tukin hold qiv plow mysell, nover.” The woman looked at me In a dazed sort of way, for o mlnlt, She held in her rite hand wpuleof ponp-suds wich shio waz n-goli to pour on tite ruutr WY 1 LIRPE-VINE nenr mme, Without s wordd uy warnin sho listld that buekit of suds, fot ez ft wuz, all over me, and in another second hed mo by the hair. 1t wuz thue thut L assertld myself, Lwado up my mind to whals her then and there, wanst for ull, and hovin estublisht my sooperdority, tey It ol my way, ever uflerward, Assertin ono's soaverlosityds oll well eauft, hint yon want to b qhnnrnbnutynurstromim. that bein the mnh hlz- pint it any assertin nis, I riz and grappled lier, and found that assertin wiz one thing and establishing quite another, In Jess that & wibit that infoori- fnthd kg r femnale hed ine on my back, and waz na nie_bald-headld at a rate wich 1 never ‘lrenmed}msulble. She toreont. v halr by the handful, she peeled my face {nn e mindt, atd Iy less than four minits Iooked very mueh ilke an old-fashioned frizate after an encounter, at short range. W ¥ a0 won’t work, won't yo? well, 1 guess you will 1 Yoo'll work on - this farm, or ye woi't eet. Yoo won't work, won't ye And then, oz ef the thot Ineited her ta mad- nis, ghe tore out wat little hair [ had left, and knocked the Just bit uv skin off uv my face, and nl me ont to the lot, ““Phere Is the plow, there Is tho exen, and there I the gronnd. Yoo sooperintent! I'il o that eenil uv the biznls. Glt to work, yoo broot, er—"" 1 saw shie wiz In earn it I yoked thent oxen meekiy, and went to work fi the hot st ond she sot down wikder & shadetree il Kept me at t, without wminit's rest, thl nite, Her soopremuey wiz assertid and estab- Hshed, Whenever 1 dared to murmur she wood exhibit a, Jock uy my hair, which she kept by her, and’that wuz ehuil. 1 darednot question her authority, ‘T'wo mizrable yeers'T spent on that form,— two yeers uv agonizin labor. When she dled 1 dls ed that the place wuz mortgaged for il it wuz worth, and that the money ghe Lot for 1t she had Lequeathed to n neece 1y hiern, and T wuz turned out on i eolit world, with nothin' *copt wat I mnnaged to git off the place the night before 1 left, That wuz why L went Into politix, After driftin_ some time, subsistin on wat ehinea threw by way nftes, 1 found that men uv my callber tre nceded In politis, and _that 1t is'n shoorer Hvin ian mareyin widdérs; and 1likewlse made up ny mind that ef Lever sl marry another wilder it wood be ohe whichdidn’t welglimore than ninety pownds: atd that 1 shiood eggsimnine the records nrory tha ceremony wuz pernounst, und see that the farm didn’t hev no [ncumbranee onto it Epgsperience 1s the only teacher, Tutt | shel pever doit, Age hez dlmmed my arder, and long egisverience in borrerin enables nie to Hve In suthin like comfort, ef not fi uxury, And then so loug ez there I8 a Democerlsy sich men ez me are in il and Jist before eleckshuns { wm shoor uv enuf to drink anyhow, I kin alluz piek up enuf to ent, and elose are not diflicult tocome by in a keerlis and confidin kentry, Dos- sibly I have did ¢z well ¢z though the widder cood hiev bin motded to my wiil. Prrorres V. NAsny, THE VAQUEROS OF TEXAS. The March of Clvilization Driving to the Wall=The Great Urivato ew of the Lomno Star State=Tho Struggle of the Owners of Beeves und Sheop—A Cow=I8oy?n Kife. New York Su Bounsg, Tex, Feb, ‘e Ivaslon of the stock-raising district of Texns, deseribed In the Sun a few weeks sinee, Is fast crowd- Ttz tho cow-boy, nlong with the Indlan and the antelope, into n trecless, sterdle reglon, whiere hierding will not be as profitable in tho future ns It has been In the past. Many acres of grazing land, such as I8 found on the western borders of Texas, will be re- quired to support each lotg horn, except in unnsually good seasons, like thut of the past yeur. Tho wise stock ralser dovs not o West, but purchases and fences us Inrge n pasture ns his purse will per- wlt, and, buying good bulls, devotes himsclf to bettering the quality of his eattle, In the southern portions of this State this Iins been tho puliey for muny years. King, Kennedy, and others have under feitco pastures of the finest grazing lands, ranging in extent from 150,000 to 200,000 acres. Pastures of from 10,000 to) 20,000 neres are conmon In many of the counties west of tho Colorndo Rives ‘There I s 110w o grent deal of bitter fe ing nmlust the owners of these Inrga tracts auong those who own smalk herds, who have not the means to buy and fenee land. Ilie range, they think, shunhl be free to nll mankind, and no one shoulil be permitted to monopoliza the God-given grass to thoir In- {‘ury. Sowe of them do not stop b grom- lingz. but destroy the pasture fences when possible—nn ensy task where wire s used for foucing, Shecp owners linve generally been com- pelled to buy or lease the land upon which they graze their flocks, Dy reason of the lus- tillty of eattle owners. "The Intter suy that thielr eattle will not graze o 1 range -over which sheep have passed, but sheep have no lon to eating after enttle; therefore shieep should be confined to Tand controlled by thelr owners, As tho sheep men are in the minorly, nud it s nn ensy watter for w emles to do great daniaze to o flock, they tnd it polley to neeept as conelusive thy areunients of _thielr opponents, During the drought of 1879 the vielnity of water-holes i western countles wis ofien strewn with tha carensses of sheep, killed and hung up by stock men s o warnlng to the shenherds,— another fuvorit theory being that cattle do not relish water where sheep hava drank, 1 do not wrlte, however, with the Intention of deserfbing the condition of the stock-riis- g interest tn "Cexas, but to give u sketeh of the eharneteristies and mode of 1ify of thnt fast-disnppearing product of by-gone duys, tha cow-boy, or vaquero, Having spent it goodly portion of my days s n cow-boy, 1 consider myselt practleatly qualified to write on the subject. | The boyhoewl gport of the cow-boy 18 not with inarbles, ar balls, or fups, but with n larlat ot rope or ruwhide, with which lie Inssoes the ealves and every- thing, unbmate or Inanhnate, over which o loop ean be throwi, At7 years of age o Is i espert horseman, ad uble to do serviea on the runge nmuny ways, Botween this nge and manhood he nequilres sone knowl- edgeof the “thres 1’8" though seldom ot r sehool, and at 16 18 usually as good a Lorse- man snd us dextrons i rober ns Any nn in the distrlet. Hol s nover “fleshy por’ _Inrge-thnbed, 18 slightly how- legged from ,congtant riding, 14 endowed with wove than averngoe nsculur strength, and is very actlve and capuble of great en- durnnee, e is an unerring shot, and cool fin thne of dauger. o smokes elgurots, chews tobacco, drinks whisky, carries asix- shooter, and s guilty of pany vices that wonld, If enumerated, shoek the embezzler and stock-gumbler of elvilized reglons. 1o I3 not more quarretsome than man in genor- ul, but, unfortunntely, hls quarrels aro apt 1o result in homdelde,” -~ § ~ T'ho pmfn:r(y of the cow-bov Is n wiry pony, o saddie, and o larlat, I'hie pany, or Seplug,” s of Spanksh stock, activo wd en- duriung, Tt 1s nostranger to the toneh of cur- rycomb and hrash, and don’t know corn from Duans, The saddle is n ponderous affuir of wood and leathor, welghing from ten to fifteen pounds. 1t hus o pommel vary- g I dinmeter fram three to six nch Costly suddles sowetimes havo silver s plentifully besprinkled on wvalluble parts of thelr sul a, "T'wo t:lnhx or sinehes itro necessiry Lo hold tho snddle firmly In po- sitfon—a forvard nud u flank girth, “The ln- rlat Is nbout forty feet long, and Iy camposed of elght plinble ruwhide thomes plaited fnto nrope about half wn inek in dinpeter, Ay onecid 15w ring; ut the other u loop to fit over the saddle pommel Lhe,wardrobe of the cow-bay Is unlque, 1lo wenrs o browd-brimmed straw or wool hat, 11is Jacket Is of nluul;lut:‘ his shirt of calico or hickory, and his pantaloons of some stout stuff, over which are worn leather qu Thgs, Heavy hoots, with high heels, to which aro uttuched o puir of spurs with twa-inch row- els, complete his outfit. Whoen the weather {5 threatening ho straps hohind his saddle slicker of offed finen, which reaches from head Lo heels, "hus aceoutred, the enw-boy I8 rcmli/ for business. 1v §s employed elthér to deive o Tiord to Kansns or to look after those on the runge. ‘Tho sprimg I8 his havvest thne, Then the great hovds nrd put up for the drive. ‘This 13 tho senson, ton, when tne annual rownd- up ocenrs, for the purposs of apportioning the unmarked enlves il yerllngs among tho owners of stock on thé range, that they 1ay bo brunded with the partleular device adupted by euch i his distingulshing murk, penerally the inltiuls of his nime. “The lnw requires, the brand to bu recorded in the County Clork’s oltics, togother with eur- marks, crops, half-crops, upper and mder bits, wpper aud under slopes, splits, swallow- furks, mkl ‘llnule-lm!m. W hien caitio ure sold the seller must coun- torbrand thewm, and, I ease they ave driven from the State, the vuyer niust roud-brand thom with o deylea” different from hls repular brand, ‘Phis brand must by rec- orded Ju cach county throughout which es, Affer n fow transfors well markied oy o bulletin board, and space eunnot be found on hs hide to plien o good-slzed brand, 1 have soen welt-knowst brand, A I' B, which extended fr:;m lllm shouldor to the hlp boue, In letters u foot long, Wihen convenlent, the anhmal ta bo branded 1s driven between fwo parallel 1ins of fens- ing, colled v ehute, burs placed before and befiind him, und the iron spplied to his sldo ur thigh, at the Jelsuro of tho operator 9 ——— Iut this is not always convenient, foncloy being n searce articloon tho range, and tha animal must be caukht and thrown tothe grouml, ‘Then tho cow-boy ust bo eatled to the nld of the brander, Sii nlms abouk elght feet of tho end of his Inriat through its Iron ring, and pumn;f a loop nt tho other end over the pommel of hils saddle, he gath- ers 1ts colls Into his bridle hand, holdIng the noose fu his right, and puts his harse into aantlop. The unimal that fs wanted breaks Into a run, and when the rider Is near cnonglh for the lavint to reach i, ho dexter- ously throws the noose over its head or foro foel, whon the weli-tralned pouny 1s eheckell, - and nulele turns and awaits the shock which he knows will come. When the [ly- fng animal runy the length of the rope tls Drouglt to grownd, the “brandery seizo It by the head nud tail, and soon tho brandinz-fron 1s scorehing into tho cuticlo its indelible charaetors, * Great eare must be taken not (o burn through the skin into the flesh, clse the brand will ho blotehed. After the branding comes the troubleof tha stockman, for the blowfly, the pest of Toxas, deposits Its eggs wpon the raw sore, and soon thonsiuls of serow-worms are entlig theie way toward the vitals of the anin The remedy now most popular for thesere: orn Is vrusf'llu ointment.” "To upply it, however, tho anbinal wmust Le roped, and sometimes thrown dowr The eow-hoy's e is not an easy one. Du- ring the whole yeur he Is in the saddie fram daylight anthl” durk, [Hs diet s bread, bacon, and eoffee. When on the trall, fn ad- ditlon to driving during the day, ha 18 com- pelled to guard the eattlo during o part of the night, the forca being divided into threo rellefs for this purpose. “In caso of nstam- peile, he must ride night and day. T 'spite of all this, the cow-boy 1s henithy and cheerful, No one Is more_lospitable, sl his bravery I proverbinl, But huis o relle of barbarism and must go, and tho rlm:rs that have known him will” not mourn tis departure, for he is too much addieted to “whooping 'em up.” “LA DONNA E MOBILE! " The Divine Surah In a Terrible Tane trum—A Comfcal Account of Xerne hurdt's Appearance in_Mobile—t Cow mille? Played with an Entirely Origs fnal Denoucment, Mohite Iteglater, Sarah Bernhardt is o grent nctress: nt least we have heard so and read it In tha voluminous criticisins of the New York erit- fes, We furthermore bellove it to bo trie. A Iy who can he the leading pensionnalre of the Thédtre Francalse must be a great netress. Buf, from what we saw of ler Inak night, we would judge that shelsa very peevish star, "The curtain Tose on the diminutivestaga of Temperance Hall ut the appolnted hour. ‘The house wns a tine ones the most select wa hinve seen in this eity, Mile. Bernhafdt had been back of the stage slnce half-past ¢ o'vloek, and hid perpelvated some very heavy okes nbout the beanty wnd magnitude of tho dressing-roon, its dnimnsk curteins, its Brus- sels carpets, its marhle bathvoom, cte. Slow- Iy but perceptibly the persons around her Liegan to notice thit madeniolselle faisalt In notte; or, ad we sny In English, was work- i herselt up into one of her tantrums. Wihen she nppeared on the stage the audience fmmediately notieed that there wus some- thing wroniz, She neverucknowledged their reception, She begin talking with a rapidity sl volubilify that would have stuwed tho polssardes of Nme, AAngot, and when tho supper was brought on the stage the guylng started. From that time 1t was plain'to the more experfencer In theatrical matters that the play was to be n faree, ‘The sight of the Lucullen feast which tind been spread for Mademolselle, aceustomed to the menn of the Malson Dorée, dhlwt suit her.. She gleeled sshelaughed s she serenmed ; shecoulil nutspenk her lnes, and finatly sho rushed off the st in v {yum'cn\munlmm - ner, leaving her guests at the subper table to wink expressively at the prompter to rine down the curtain, But Mademolsells had pzone too far, and the resuit wos n very se- rlous hysterleal fit, 1t came on suddenly. 1 my could be heard w block awny. singer's orehestra tried their best to drown the sbricks by playing u * Barbe Blen” medley, but the musie grated 8o on Mademalselle’s earsthat it had to be stopped, Tho ludles got nervous, Soive one remarked, ¢ Levs have that seene on thu stage.” The Indles got still more nervous, and the wholn post-scenle performance was getting fo ho tiresomy, when Dr, Teustls stepped I front of the eurtaln with Mr. Snow aad announced that the luly wus too 111 to appear, Mile, Bernbardt was then very ill, but she had brought It on herself, and Inst night aftersho was earrield 1o her ear she was In the weale awd depressing conditlon whicli generally fullows sueh nervous attacks, £ We symunthize with Jr. Abbey, who felt the fiasco us muel as the audience, and pers haps mora so ina peeuniney way, Ile has with hlua spoiled child, Impreghated with the delcterlous Parislun Incense, and_ linole to fall to pieces nt any thue, So far she has done very well, but coustant traveling and overwork have shattered the articulated skeleton with anlmated eyes, Ile was the loser by her anties Inst nlght, 1o did his best to keep his faith with the publle of Mobile, und we appreelute his endeavors, The truth of the matter ls, Temperanco Hall shonld never have heen engaged for M1le, Bernhardt, If the theatrs could not vo been secured, she should have passed , aml we would have been spared somoe rench serenms. Quels eris! WOMAN'S SPHERE. carlyles Opinlon of tho Advisabllity of Womun Studylng Mediclne, London Standard, A correspondent sends the following letter, written by Mr, Carlylo to n medlieal student who lipd been s prominent supporter of his candiduture for the Lord Bectorship of Ediu- burg Unlversity, and who hat wrltten to him requestlng an expression of his opinlon fu . regurd to the entranco of women into the medlenl profession: No. § Unkysi KRow, Cheesea, Feb, 0, 1870, — st B Lo 18 with roluctunce thut 1 write unything to you on thissubjeet of female cuun- clpntion whith 13 110W risug to Buch a bight, anl Tdoftonly on tho strict conditlon that whut- ever 1suy shall by private and nothing of it got o the newspupers, . Tho truth 18, thut the tople, for five und tweaty yenrs pust, cspeciatly far 0o Just thres or four, has Lot W UEFo sor- row to me, one of the most aititetivg proofs of e mdsornblo. nuarchy that provalis in humat sueioly, und L ve uvolded” thinkmg of It, ox= voept when fairly compelled. What Httlo bns be m“uvulurwmoun it | shull now oundeavorto tell you, 11y tho fimst place, then, Fhuve neverf doubted but the trie und noble funcuon of 1 woman o thila worlil was, I8, and forver will bo that of be= iug o wito and helpmoto (0 /8 worthy man, and diseharghue woll the duties that devolve on ber, i vouscauetce, us wothor of children und mistyessof a_ houschold,—duties hign, unoble, sllently hnportunt us any thut cun fall wa bumusn creature; dutles which, 1f well dis churged, constitity woman, Ina soft, beautl- ful, and simost suered wuy, the Queen of thy worll, nmi which, by hor satursl faculties, wrinced, SLronypins, unil Weakicsses, ure every way indicateit ns speciully bers. Tho truo destiny of woman, thorefore, 18 to wed a mun who st lovo nad Besteem, aad to lead nolsclosly: undar his proteotion, with ull the wisdom, yruod, and buralsny that is 1n bor, the lifo prescrl n constuence. It seoms, furthormors, Indubltable that ifa wornnn mlss this destiuy, or_huvo renouncod ft, gho huy ovory right, bofore God and man, to tuke up whatevor honest uml)lui'muuuhe oin flt open to her dn tho world, Probatiy thore #ro Bevernl OF miny employmonts now ex- clusively fin the handd of men for which women might bir wore o less ft—printing, tullorluir, ving, clovking, ote. ‘Chut nedivine g9 ne sluul[{ ‘ot uulit fur them {8 proved from tho wer that i wuch oro sousd and earnest uggus thun ours, before tha wedleal [lrlmroulon soso futo belng, thoy wore virtuslly the physi= clang gud surgeons s welt us slek nupss—ull thas tho world bad, Thelr form of iuteliecty thoir sympathy, tholr wouderful souteness of observation, ctu., seemn to fudicato in then pos cullar qualitics for dealing with disessc, and evie Gently In certuin dopurtuionts (it of fomalo disease) thoy buve quito pecutiar opportunitios uf belng useful, My answer to your Aauennml b, iy o (e T Ui Ao w0k oubtful to 1m0 {0 this mutters 1. Thut women—any woman who deliberately s0 dotermines—have n right to study mediclng, and that It might be protitublo and derviceublo 10 huve facitities, or at least, possibllities ofered thew forvo doluy. Dut— & 2 ‘I'hat, for obylous reusous, fetoalo studeats of mudicine oughit to have, 1€ teachiers, or gl un oxtromely sulect kind of suca, und, In_ particulur, that 10 huve young 1 PEEROIIL UIHODK YOURR vl ju anatomios ul clusses, olinival loctires, or gunerully study- Iug medicine in coneert 18 un Iumm{rully uf tha e nngnitude, and shocking to think of to every puro and nodest inind. ‘bat b adl § hivo to sy, und T send 1t to you, under tho eondition aboyumentioned, ava frien for tho uss of fricuds. Yourssiucuroly, V', CARLYLE, ———— A Fooullsh Burglars A burglar entered & wiser's residence at Cors IJIIICII!LH “Tex., stolo u trunk supposad Lo cons uln oureled [E o inflo BwaY, opened | and found 1wibing of vatue. Thon be return 10 the Logsu In sngor, demanded the miser's moacy or lfe, and rocelved u b L) \ psalblo, femalo * ]