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All 1 misatiral W eonvince tho most skeptical, Con- ishation and oxamiination froe, Hond. sigmp for cire rular. “(ifiee hours |l . m., to 8 B M. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.. Gurilold Is Prostdont.: . . To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, -, Caicaao, Muy 6.—[ amn - no “politician,” but I wisy 100,000 tolegramsa -conld go to Prosident Garfield from Chlcugo this morning - fully in- dorslog his action of yesterday. Grrilold {8 FPrestdent} . JoseritJoxes, Our Strootn, b the Editor of The Chicaga Tribune. Cmcaua, May 6.—As thero seoina to bo n good €ealof futorest Just iow on tho streot improve- ment question, It scows to mo that a fow come pamtive figures woulil bo of valuo In detormin- iag tho matter. Take, for instanco, tho cost and malntenance of a wiven length of one of tho Park boulevards and compitre with tho cost and malatenanco of tho xnme longth of somo strect Buving i cqual amount of travel, and Aco what tedilference fs. “u tha streot bus more of hoavy travol than e boulevurd u glvon pereeningo might Lo alded to compensute for that diiforonce fn wear ud fear. Cun you not give these figuros? P It scema to o that tho samo system adopted for tho cauro of tho strects that {8 usod i innking Ldkeeping In repair the various boulovards S, Jould ehow thiat wo cun have good stroots at no REs Such Increasud cost ns most of us imagino, We Sodeatly uced n better systom and loss political taglueeting In tho carc of our strocts, - our Mendota correspondent’s suggostion ro- n fr Lng'“lvleoured wheols 18 a_good ono, nd IS Yy would bo wrunged in obiiging their use = ¥ law, it Boston Corbett, Tothe Editor of Tne Chicago Tribune. CoxCONDLA, Kas., Muy 4.—1n "Liti THIBUNE Of 2ril2h under tho head of % Personal, {8 pub- thed tho followlug ftom: mflnuslon Corbott, who shot Wiikes Tooth, Is 1 bo living now i or near P m\nnld 10 boextremely poor. l?&ni}"‘l‘wml"’“-"gl‘;‘i oy complalng; no one i wilt give him em- t, ud nt tuios ho hay not enough L . Jothluks that he ought to havo Inl:ll o - ‘mBent uflicy and g pcr‘l‘slml. and ho hlx‘m. I:x- en 8o shumefully ovorlooked as to bo m_ilhuu examploof the ingratituds of repub- m"“wn“m Lorbett livos o n homestond In this s uW"my. about slx wniles southoast of miteg . O tbls bowestend ho bus el for euvoral yoars, dolnz & It Ing, u.'f"' and considerablo country preach- Vanty gpg Yo NOL W man of fowlly, his Bkaza ity ‘i nepyhons s oy Afion o ot tho k?lllug of Wilkes Booths 308k Ly o i 88 oo iy A or. Ho W gen- et Gifavped s littlo » rucked ™ on tho sube w lon, and e i at the country schools it M:"m be ‘olds 'his meciiags ho' Ik el k! t:h“"' o rattlingeat talkor over beard Al ,fl,(l'“"l:u Surlng tho summor, whon I buve A [t atin ;;;‘:u;zl?lr.lcugu\lu on hia homo- A bl 3 Privato Datzoll's roventl; Wllhg\}d secount of hiui, fron which l"mx bty 1] i1 9B oriituntad, and goo_ what B0 n-‘lflll‘)ll and Garflold, b lor of Th Chlcaga Tribune, oo Ly hfl) S.~Itfutory ropents itself, Tho Xy poge by. Presldent” Garitold yosterday Jickaa'y g Ilfl'l an ocourrenco durlie Gon, by um'nmmuuu. At that thuo Calhoun e Doy 0P Gt diotutor of & brnsiob of Beany gty ¢ PArly, aud assumed to diotato by Dn-mpu""'l 10 the flery Juokson, Tho Qon- 8 400q i cbted tho tavuo und wald ft wus Weitoa, W0 to wyeeptaf e '-kmv wun - elected by wumm'uxj"-fml;m-'»? 7B 3 unr B Benator or Cpurty of T 3 prenlt we ull kaow. Tho e )t Juckson wus Progidont, and s mhm“ thut ovory Rouutor who ate osle o ’Iflgm or s perogative in the , e ly ltilll'dtu.m vinla, for whotn ho was o e 0y Wil roléatod to obe vats o Surtleld wily tpgw <L [ Dt end .mmu“ll‘,’.fr’('.f“.!'é‘,':.,fl:\‘} — e&'}"‘"“ el oble, o wilk como put tei- ‘m‘};“ w To except in tho buss-riddon Wraq, 1 Benute, during g ¥ :;‘Mllul::fi"',e%"{h now ..u{.‘fifi".‘.‘é "h‘n‘n}l i'lltlall‘-in';l de Wit Em. Hittatn, Bouator Bunton s [l g piadspheat oY it brokon o 1) el T Uty 10" g desirag e s ol e Yo Unguuve. - (AlY o J o g iy ntournuemuu for Gonlus. ie tred 1o gl:l"“.'vg Bayle. s € Prigersid B Bonest lifo, Jodge, ot Y B W lmnaiagetd0n WA your guniug taker cakod s ~:lul:)'-‘::.xlnlaluuuly saltoulng fn- hiy ol gy 04180 Loy > 0, [ R s wetor el M e E Mnm Uover ‘L“l O or'n o your ugo, Q _?.lx:,;,:fl'w’\lng Of It There nl)u'l 0o vp- 2 - interrupy, ‘ e You jpdtunnog i tTUPISd bls Houor, % you've h,::‘,"“““" 4dy. Now tell us whint 1t wie Seuvg, Dom bis eye wit “ted woning n bis coat gy chgu."““nd' & LITERATURE. Rooent Fiotion—A Lazy Man's Work —The Tear's Window—By the Tiber A Prodigious Fool—Lady Vere de Vere— His ' Littie Mother—Land of > Gllead, Sainmmd’s Dryden—Derkeley—Sir Will. jam Hamilton—Religions Works— Literary and Ard Ltems, LITERATURE. RECENT NOVELS. The one, htndred and twenty-seeond vol- nme-in -the Lelsure-Hour Sorles enjoys the distinction of belng the secowd work Ly an Amerlean writor In that sories. That It s worthy of its place witl be the verdicl of the mejority’ of its readers, Whether others, equally worthy, were not denied fellowship with 1t In o question the publishers hinve set- tled. The only other work by n native writer necepted ‘In this serles Is Clarence King's *Demoerncy,” and certainly the standard of excellenco required for admis- slon. to this serles 18 varinble. “A Lazy Man’s Work” is n much bettor book than “Demoeracy,” which, with ali respect for its distihgnished nuthor, was a very Inferlor work of fiction. 'Tho plot of this novel turna upon an apparently well-grounded suspleion one society lady has that another socioty Indy—an artist, by the way—nns attempted to polson her. 'This introduces a certaln amount of detective business, nnd serves to bring out the varlous traits of the characters, -The *lazy man {8 a seem- ingly untmportant porson, who quietly clears up wmisunderstandings, and by his gooid seuse brings together tho lovers ap- parently eternally sopnrated, There is but littlo originality In this plot, but the material s been skiltally handled and results in an interesting story which lovers of light ltera- turo witl find to thelr taste, —*Tho Tenr’s Window” means the City of St. Potersburg, and the title is taken from asaying of Peter the Great, which finds n plnee on the title-page. *I wisn,” he aaid In founding tho clty, “a window looking out into BEurope,” The book™ might be ealled o novel of high life it the frigld Capital of the Ttussian Emplre. - To this clty come a group of Amoricans, rich of course, and on a visit to a relative who has married o, Russlan nobleman. Tho herolnes are not altogether cnvable although plctured ns . bright, flirty, clever -Amerlcan girls, who onsinre successively " Irince, o Count, . an exclusive and cecentrle Tnglishman, and several other equally un- fortunate members of tho walo sex who comw within thelr influence. One of these two uirls tells the story of her own ade veritures [n the form of letters and extruets from her diary.—~n form,be it sald, which s to bo used with unusunl skill tn a novel to prevent the chapters from appearing ab- rupt and disconnected, and In order to rotain the reader’s Interest! .'I'his book 18 to a lnrge oxtent filled with descriptions of suvelety and of cltles, of soclnl customs, and of other in- formatlon with which the gulde-books have mnde us familiar, The descriptions of St. Petersburg are, howover, fresh and pleas- untly writlept Ilere s an oxtrocet: ‘During th dny we bnd the miost glorous sunshino L ovor gnw; tho sky was os blus as<au Itallun sky, As wo crossed the rivor on our ro- turn all the treos iu tho Summer Gurdon were #listening liko dinmouds: exoh branch, coverad * with {ee, stood out distinutly - against tho hilae. ‘Whut are aliinonds ahd turguaisces nftor such a” sight us that?' In tho wost the sun was setting in a tlnming glory of orauge and red, and oppusit the moon was' rlsing i caltn_beauty, Wuo hold our brenth whilo wo looked. 1t lasted only n fow | mminutes; thon the sun dropped below the horizon; and shortly aftor tho sceng beeamo ¥o grity and vola that wo shivered and buried our chinsin tho capuclous fur collurs ubous our becks, ~Tho coliurs, caps, and beards of tho Istvoschiks, whom' we met, woro white with frost, and all tho horses lookud gray. St. lsuac's’ Koldeu duine \rnu tho oply warm spot tn tho viaw, Tho bells boyan to ring for vuspors ns we tlrow near hoine. Thoy ura su wanderfully soft und sweot that ono could lnugine thoy™ wore ringing In lenavon, i In nnother blace we find an interesting do- seription of the late Emperor ns he nppeared at tho theatre: ‘I'his sovoreign’s faco 18 to o fnoxprossibly sad and touchlug, a8 if he boro the sins and frluu of his peoplo upon his hoart, and wus iftod so far nbove humun symputhy that no one but his Got bad power to ovntort him, If 1 over bud tho desire to be un Eporor, ono look ot Alexandor 1L wouid havo been sufticlont to ridmoof It. 1o tooks us though he bad novor known swhat it Is to bu huppy, us though ho bad felt from babyhood cvory whit of the responsi- bliity wblch wolghs upon onirebs. 1 feel o deep rovorence for this man, who has freed his puople frow slavery, and many Christians from persceution, and who now 18 biuwed by tho world becauso he tdoes not think It beat to do more. 1 lika to think, though, thut his liborated sorfa lovo him, and that posterity will do himn Justicu, _ ‘The story llaell does not amount to much, but recent events have glven cspoeial Inter. est to all lhl%;u portaining to Lussin and tho Russtuns, Dorrtd’ love-story s at leust o plensant little romance, and Whe.** locnl colur” s evidently puinted in by *un arlist on the spot.” 5 , —'Tho herolne of By( the Tiber” 1s tho authoress—3llss Mary Agunes Linckor—hor- solf. The other characters nre monmbers of the Americun Colony in Rowe, cortain Ital- fans who play the tragle part, the nuns who liwve chargy of the Asyhun, und the doctor, ‘T'ho traglo part of the talo comes first, 1tis Ale lilstory of the handsome gurdener, the fllegitimato “son of. & Duke, who loves Countess, n fale and fine Jady, who takes hlm up for caprice, for -.pure love of lutrlinw. but finds that she cannob throw hfm nslde, er gullt 3 dis- covered and her lover is convenlently put out of tho way, and the Amerlean author, who has seen the mader and who has once or twica seen the lovers ufiu ur but Ens kopt Lhelr socrot, falls alok, I'hils Amorican ~who may bo called the heroluo—is an Ameriean woman 5o Jonger young, who has become n convert to the Catholi religlon and Is living in Jlome. Shody ropresunted s u successful writor of wmghzine articles and stories,~lins intollect, literary toste, o frnnl love of Nuture,-und a greal cnuuchy or joy and suffering. 1lor Nicrally and so- clul "silccesses have roused the wiger and im:lnuu}' of goma of the Amorlean ndles »llvlnf in Rome,~ropresented as creatures -of tho Intriguing Countess,— and thoy rseouto —her, . and final- ly succeed In placly, ler in an fusano asylum from wwhich shie caunot cs- cn{w. . Tho story 18 vividly told, and is full of bitterness anl [ll-concenled penional preju- dices, Bembers of the Ainerican colol, will have no _diffieulty in recognizing theflr portraits, and in many cases are not likely to col flattored, Alroady o writer In a Boston fiuuer liag sprung to e defense of diss rowsior ny ugainst the attnck upon hor under the thin guiso of the fictitlous Miss Chromo, ‘The friends of Mise Litlan Mar shall; of Mrs, Ellis, of Mr, Clive Willls, of Misy Murru‘l. of AMrs, Murton, and of Miss . Peudielon w;lm’xl be heard trom, defend. “f‘ them gguiust the sharp thrusts of Miss ‘Tinckor’s kurcastlo sword, As to the foundn- tlon uf the story: [Ewlll bo mumv?berml that shortly :knur e publieation of * Signor Monnldi®'s - Niece” its uuthoress—Miss Tincker—was repartod © to bo insane and shut up In oam asylum In Rome, w8 uscortuined | by her friends thot she “had been slek, lad Deen delivious, and, after Pnrtl recovoring, had gono to an insane usylum for treatment ‘sllmuly bocungo that seemod. to cortain ad- visersof “hers the best plice for hor, and be- cuuso aho was too weak to act, Intelllgontly. Oneq within the wills she could not get out, without certali tedlous formalitles, which thoss who had advised hor to ko theru re- fused to tuko. Bo thore she hid to romul long after the nsylum-rh siehin *doolared thutsho was cured, untll the offorts of the United States Conaul offected her relonse. And now she hus dectarod war on her porse- cutors, and ** By tho ‘Fiber” 1s the irst fruits of her gall-dipped pen, 1t Is oneof the best of recont works of fiction, full of striking fu- cldents, und with here und thare a besutitul blt of descriptive writing. 1t4 blographical nature does ot detruct from ity merlts, —+ A Prodiglous Fool” 13 un Awerlcan story by John Calvin Wullls, ‘Thescons i3 Inld 1 Pennsylvania, The h ina splrit of marnl bravery, steadlly pursnes his wa; toward right, sacrificing “selt-iuterest, and perslstently devoting himsell wholly to the nohler Instlnets of his nature in the face of constant trial nnd dlsappolutment, until ho wing for himsell 1n the eyes of the worldly tho ruputation of **a prodiglons fuol,” Tho enntrast Jn the carcer of the two yownz men, * botly ambltous, buth resolute, the one having hIgN the nther low concentiohs nf Auceess,” is a capital eonception, and forms a good themo for o story of this kind, But it must be confessed” that the maln den Is unaklilfully handled and the literary work open to suvere critleisi for its erudonesy and fauity compnsition, ‘Cliere is no fnck of variety ‘of _[nclilent, nnd conalderahls dramatie skill Is_ evident In portlons of the book, but It _can hardly bo called a satisfac- tory work, ‘The proinise was most excellent bt the tniftiment of it weak, —The transintion of Spicihagen's ** Lady Clarn Vers de’ Vere—ai_oxpunsion of tha fden In "Tennysolt’s poemn—has been well dong, and the littla volume will atford a pleasant half-hour’s mmllnr. ‘I'ho herolnels n haughty coguet, who deliberntely wins the love of s man_ she considers her soclal infe- rlor, only to cast him olf, 'The hioro suerifices TRIBUNE: BATURDAY, hinselr by nlcslmylnfi tho proofs that ho s the legal und. rightful owner of the wealth which the Indy believes to bo hers, —111s Little Mothor? i3 the title of n col- lection of tales und sketehes by the nuthoraot “John allfax,” Mes. Cralk, The storles areall pathetie, and the first one, althongh defictunt In inelidents and based on very Hizht materlal, 1s the best of them. Mrs, Craik’s slories nro always pnro and good, Those who enjoy sl storles and like to sympathize with e fictitlous sulferings of othors will (‘lg;‘lmthcsu Iugubrious tales of oxcgeding In- LAND OF GILEAD. Mr. Oliphant concelved n_schome for the colunization of Palestine by the oppressed Juwish population of Eastorn Kurope, glits, plan rends exceedingly ‘well, bat does” not seom to have been successfully eartled- into practice. In- the first place the ‘urkish Government could not by induced to clfect- fvely nssist In the operation,and In the sec- ond plico thoso who wors to bo the colonlsts do not appear to hinve been consulted, lad the first objection boen overcome, however, the gecond would not probably have rmouted to very much., ‘Tho Sultan presented him with a diatmond snuft-box, and at the samae time extinguished. all his colonial schemes for the thno being by refusing to graut an ofilelnl liconse for the cstablishiment of his 1srnelitish commonywenlth, Mr. Oliphant has donc u great denl, however, that will materially ussist any future attempt In the samg dircction, for “he has thoronghly and earefully explored the conntry of Pales- tme ‘and particularly the Lund of Gilead ** from Mozarib to Jericho.” - In the course of his travels he visited many gfln.s of the country seldom if ever visited by tourlsts, and his nccounts of this terra Incognita will be found to be particularly interestuus, The author fs n woll-known writer aud an experi- eneed travelor, and his deseriptions of the regions visited lenve nothing 1o be desired. 11is nylu i unnfTected, and ny o book of trn els, * Land of (illend” Is an importantcontri- bution to the rapld-growing departmoent of litgrature 3 A8 to his object and his ta!l‘:xnre. e has this say: “So far from ing disconr- aged,” my late experlence wmore thnn over convinees me that the schemus Is In ull respects practicabld, and that 1t Is only neecssary for the publiec to take It up, supported by the Government, in order to overcomo the resistance which 1 encoun- tered at Constautinople, and which was dug to nn altogether exceptional. combination of adverse influences. ., . Under auy clr- cumstances it 1s lm\msslblo that the region which comprises within its limits the luxurl- ant pasturg-lands of Jaulan, the mugniticent Toreat-clidd - mountalns of “Gllead, the rich arable pluing of Monb, and the fervid sub- tropical Valley of the. Jordnu, ean remnin much longur neglected, - Whether wo rogard 1t from ai archieological, a commereial, or a political point of view, s territory possessoy an interest and mportanee unrivaled by uny tract of country of simillar extont In Aslatly Turkey.” - - i Cz'ub)‘lalwfl In New York by 1D. Apploton & b4 ~qDRYDEN, . .. Ar. Saintsdury’s contribution to the ** En- glish Mon of Lotters” sories is u sketoh of Dryden's ife. 1t Is o work propared with care and containing ong of the best com- mentarics on tholife and workof a truly ropre- sontativo man we have yet scon. J1is unalysis of tho poet’s moral and Iiterary charactor 13 thoronih and just. 1le does not exaggerate Dryden’s merits or'scok to pallinto or hide his faults. 1o says of him: Drydon I8 always striving, and consofonsly steiving, to tinid botter litorary forms, u botter yoeabu! nrry. vuttor motres, bottor constructions, botter style.. He may luno ono bruneh have at- talned thecntito und lluwlers perfection whioh distingulshos Pope a8 fur as he goes; but the ‘rungo of Deydon -18 to tho ranke of Popo s that of o for. & to o shrubberys and fn this cnso priority is overvthlog, and the rlority {8 on tio . slde of “Drydon. o ¥ ot our greatost poot—fur from it But thoro {song point in which the superintive mnay Lo sately upplied to him. Considoring whut he startod with, whut he sceotnplishod, and what advantages ho left to his successors, ho must be pronotaced without excuption the grontost oraftsmun {n English lottors, und us sucn ho ought to be regurued with peeulinr vonerntion Ly all who, in_howover humblo a eapacity, nre coonnveted with the eraft, - Dryden was not the greatest of English nots, but he was “the greatest craftsmny In uglish lotters,” 'This ligh pralse Mr. Hulnlubua’ Justifies, and hie draws hls de- fonso of the poet jun lurgy measure from his own works. | He defends him as agulust Mucaulay’s criticlsis und claims thatif ho Senangod sudes too dftan” all Bogland must be nceusard with him. Mr. Saintsbury finds none of the immorality churged ngrlust hlm by Macauiay in his. works. ~ On the whole, this Is the niost satlsiactory.of any of tho hooks yet {ssued lu this important and well- edited serles. ¥ ¢ 'BERKELEY. ‘Tha third volwno In Mr, Knighl's “ Philo- sophical Classles for English Resdors” hus baen prepared by Prof, AMC. Fraser, and Is o Iife of tho philosopher George Burkeley, In this volume the nuthor presents for the first time “*Borketoy's philosophic thought in its organio unity,” * ‘Cho thought 1s unfolded in connection with his’personal lxlser{ and I8 combpareu with'the results of later philusoph- {cal endenvors, Including those of chief sci- entitio and thoologienl interost at the pressnt day. Prof, Frager clatms to have obtalned important naw blographical .materinl, and to present “an original portealt of Berkoeloy, i one too from plature takon at n much enrlier parfod In his 'lifo than tliose hithorto published,” D o BIR WILLTAM IIAMILTON, *"The vocond voluimo of the sorles of “En- ghsh Philosopliers,” edited by Irvan Millor, of Now College, Oxford, Is devated to *8ir William Hamilton,” and’ has boen propared by Prof, W, 1L 8. Monok, As tho first vol- numaon “Adnm Smith” fs but o few wouks old, the books in this serius promiso to fol- low,ench other” with commenduble prompt- ness, ‘Tho blographical memolr forms ouly a vory suall portion of .the volumes fn this suries, aud the skoteh of the 1ife of . Sir'Will- fum Hamllton queuplos only .a «dozon pigus, 1t Is unfortunato that in’ so . short o skotelt there should be so imugh problemetlonl assor- tion. ‘The “Ufe” ‘of aven a- speculntlve philosopher ought to be on ' dilferont busis from g speculative philosophor's lifo,* ‘Iho ono should conslst of fuets, whils the lutter 14 muinly dovotedl to theorles, In the dozen or _so ““blographioal and introductory piges’ wa constantly find %unh uxprossiotis us thesos ** 1l sosms o, avo beuen,” * e up- poars to have,” * Wo nay Qurln\us ussunie,” *He was undoubledly,” ™ Wa are wnibls to ascortatn,” **[a avidently soquired,” ote,, ote,, which mlrht tuve Loon expocted in the disousslon of hiy wurksl but not_in the par ratiun of the facts of his lite; Bir William Hawilton was born nt Glaskow in 1788, and his father, Dr. William Hamilton, diod when the future philosopher wus but two years old, In 1801 he wus soutto school It En- gland, and In 1803 he ontered the University of Glasgow. 1n 1807 ho becams u studont of Lallol College, Oxford, nnd was dlntl‘muluhed a8 0 *hard reader,” and acquired u high reputation a8 a stident of phllosoohy, Ite entored Oxford with the intentlon ot ultl- mately adopting medleine us i profossion, but when he Toft it In 1811 no haa deelded to changs his jutendod profession, und ho became an advocuts -in- 1818, In_ 1 he compated for the Professorship of Morn! Phllosophy lu the University of Fdinbury, but John~ Wilson (*Christopher North was his successtul competlior. Soun after he became Professor of Hlistory fu the Unt- A MAY 7, versity with the unificent salary of kmr anniin, and in 1827 he married ilscousin, Miss Marshall, In 120 hoe first beeame an nuthor by acontribution to the Fdinhurg Renterr, and ho farnishod several artieles to that.nmgazine 1850— 18306, [0 18K e was age pointed Professor of Logle nt the University and wrote his Lectures v Metaphysics dur- Ing the first kession. -The Lectures on Jogle were contposed during the nest session, In 1844 he had nstroke of Pnrnlynlu which de- prived hlin of the ugs of his right aide for tha restof his life, In 1848 he published liis unfluished edition of “the works of told, a .work of matvelous lnbur and research, and contalns tho bust exposition ‘of Ilamilton’s Systent, . In 1852 ha republished his Discussions fronr the Revlew, and in 1851 ‘mhllshml nn edition of the works of Stewart, ledied shortly after the closo of the Aca. demienl session of 1850, - Tlischarnctor is thus sumned up by Mr, Monck: * Hatmllton wns nited loverl by his pupils, and to all wiho eame to him for informntion he was kind and fllllllEfi':(!lllllmf. 11ls tempor, however, was lm‘mrlnus. 1fa was fmpatlent of opposition, and, belng an ardont reformer, wnd pretty often opposed s but he was inore frequently engaged nn quarrol ' with some publie hody than with private ndividuals, ., . He was always a strictly honorable and some- thes sven getieronn opponent, and euilmzu and respeel “and esteem not only of his friendshutof umpubllmlr tothelast, .., s philosophieal condition has probably never hoen equalled, but {t was far too vast to be neeurate.” ¢ Of Mr. Monck’s statement of Hamilton's works und philosophy It may be sald to give an Intelligent and elénr neconnt. . Particu- Inrly 13 this trne of “his sunlydis of il ton’s solutlon of the problein of the exist- ence of Matter—hia “natural Reallsm—by which the pittlogopher 18 best known, ‘The fundamental principles of.the lamiltonian phillosophy are thus _cuumernted: Firs Is theory of External Pateeptlon, or Nntira Renllsm g second, his doetrineof Nutive, Nee- essury or o priort 'Trithy, and the tests by which they ean bie discovered; third, his Inw of the Conditfoned, Inelnding it application to tho Principle of bnusnm{; md fourth, his conseqnent views conceriing the linpossi- bility of knowing the Absolute and the - In- finit. Mr. - Monek s righ in assnin that * [neompleteness 1s one af the characterfsties of the Hunlllonian I'hllofiurhy genernlly.” And he considers that an lncomplety system, rrqvlded it con- talns numerous points of interest and lin- vortance, Is *often inore useful In nmunlnfz specuintion than ncom‘nlew one.”” e wonld, however, handly be willlng to indorse a de- duction thata speculative writer nequired influence tn the ratlo of the incompleteness of his system, although ho sags: *Accord- Ingly I belleve that no plillosophic writer of the present contury hus had the same infln- ence tn caltivating mutaphysical speculntion a8 Sir Willian ITamilton, nor perhaps is there any other in whoso works so many im- portant lnhllusnphlcnl problems have, mooted, If not solved,” " . Published in New York by G. P, Putnam’s Sons, 3 . RELIGIOUS WORKS. . Tho recent assaults of akeptieal - writers® and lecturers upon Christinuity have very nutirally raised up .defonders among ' its frlends and supportors. We have recelvad a Iittle volimo of about, 300 pages, written by Dnutel Cary, of Roehetle, Ill, and published by Walden & Stowe, of Clncinnafl, <vhich bears tho titls of **Circumstantinl B¢ldences of Christinnlty.” It is not the design of the author to present n diroct argument for Christianlty, so much as to exnibit & line of Important facts which eannot be satisfactorl- ly explulned without sdmitting the truth of Christianlty. 1n the prosseution of this ob- Jeet he first makes n sfatement of general fucts indieating the existence of a designing Flrst Cause of wio world. o then considers those features of tho Old Testament which tend to prove the superlority of the religion which 1t tenclies to all the other early re- higions of the world, - Next he notless” tho purpose . and character; of the Old Testn- ment, and _auswers | objectlons to 1t And the remainder: of the volume Iy oceupied with o consideration of tho Old Testnment prophecies, especially the Messianie prophectes «and Ine evidentes of thelr fulllitment, ‘Che whole discussion Is fuirand candid, and wiil impress nny minds #8 1 convineing answer to such writers and lecturors ns Ingersoll; Paine, and Strauss, gt | lenst ns to many points,” ‘Choss who read the skilitul attncks of the encinles of the Bible ' wpon lts eredibllily ought, in justice to 1t and to themselves, (o ‘rond the Ruswers that nre L from timo to thne appearing from the Chis- tinn press. p —~"“Young Folks' Bible-History?” Is the title of o hundsome volume of 414 pnges by Charlotte M: Yonge, which® has beon lately published by Walden & , of Cineln- nath, It 18°the design ol tho unthor to give the chlef facts und incidents of the Seripture history in siinply lnuguuxu adapted to the winds of children. 'Lhe voliwe nbounds n good Hlustrations, which will render it ver attractive to the young. Ve Judie that this Bible-History 18 equal” to any of its prede- cessors In polnt of acceruey, style, and udaptation to itspurpose. ‘U'lie pricy Is $1.25, =% At tho Threshold: Famillar Talks with Young Chelstinns = Coneerning . Doc- tiines nnd Duttes,” §s u litths volume lnf’ the Rev, Ltoss ¢, Houghton, D. D, Walden & Stowe, of -Cinelnuatl, sre the publishers, ‘The subjects of the svvernl chaptors ares TYirst Words, In the Chureh, Repentance, Ealth, Growth, Entire Sanctitieatlon, Irayer, Study of_tho Binle, Sockul Life and Amise: ments, Call to the .\lhl|sll’i'. Rending, and Systematis Beneficence, These toples ‘are wall presented from n Methodist position, 'T'hb disenssions uro inteliigent and clear, and condueted bna plain and Linpressive manner, “T'he bovk Is fitted to by usu(u!.n 1'“’-'“1.“" cunts, CReWL I . LITERARY NOTJS, The Dublin Untversity Magazine has beon discontinued, Miss Rhoda Droughton -1s sald to be at work on a novel which will partly deal with Oxford aud Oxford soclety, i, Mr, Charles Dickens will soon-commenco a now perlodical ywhioh will huve the old and honored nutno of Hoiygehold Words. Mrs. Lyoll, the sister-tn-luw of the late Sir Charles Lyell, is prepuriug for publication tho ‘um and letters of thedistingulshed geolo- 8L, 2 B Houghton, Mifllin & Co, are preparing n “Popuinr Kdition " ot "'l‘hu‘drll eal Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas Carlyle,” n two volumes, Victor lugoe’s new npoem, **Les Quatyo 1881 —SIXTEEN PAG Europo and Ita colontal emplre from th Hest days, Mr, Georza J. Holyonke's papers descrip- tve of his journevings In Ameriea wiil sonn hu published In book form it London, ‘They uppenred orleinally tn the Cw-operative cion, According to the Atheneum the voluma will have * n double-puge illustrn- ton of tho author being Interviewed by Frank Lealle.” Canmtlan and Awmeriean editions will include Mr, ]luli'unke'n néwr in tlie Nincteenth Century, entitled ** A Stran- Rur in Ameriea,’ A full-length portralt of Dr, Damrosch, by Ttoburt Blum, will form the frontisplece of the haxt number of the Critie. Accompany- ing It there will ba an expert's annlysis of the Musieal Festival, Walt \Vhitman,” In an ox- lelrlml account of his recent trlr fo Foston, will take ocension to say what o thinks ot Lungfeliow, Whittler, and Emerson, Alrs. Mra: Julta Ward Howd will wrlte of the new Iiteot Laura Dridgman: Mr, Stoddard wiil critlelse the Cyclopadin of Poetry complled by thie late Epes Sargent; awd other books, ntorg or fess noteworthy, will bu reviewed by spoclaliats, Bc‘fieml original manuseripts of Burnayere sold y auiction In Ydinhurg on the 1ith ot Aprlle’ ‘The first int, consisting of * oy Willie'a Prayer,” three J'flltfls foolscap, wns sold for 30 gulneas, The second fut, which Inelnded ** A Seat’s Love-Song ™ ** Yestreen Lhad n Pint of Wine,” ax verses quartos and A Now Song froms_an Ohl Story,” »The Night it was o Haly Nlght,” two don- ble verses, brought 1414 puinens. A poem, one and halt pages foolseap, *'I'liere was an uld Man and hie had n Bad Wife,”” was knocked down for 156 uuinens. An unpub- lished poetieal epistie, ons amd n half pages (mllsenr, addrossed to W, Willm, Stewart, Closeburn Castle,” * In honest Bo- cou's initle nouk,” six verses, wus sold for Mgulneas, An address, three pages fools. *T'o the Right Hon. W. P, Esq., &e.,” e distlllers of Seothund,” in "Dend? Hoio- . anh, went for 37 guinens, _Anuppublished etter, one pnga quarto, addressed to “ W, Willlam_Stewart, - Closeburn _ Castle,” wns suld for 37 guineas. A letter by Burns, dated » Gleneair,” and having referenco to o lent copy of “Smellle’s Philusovhiy,” went for 10 pulnens, ‘Che manuseripts wera the property of a gentlenian In [reland, At the snue snle a lotter of Sir Walter Scott’s was sold for £2 15s. PERIODICALS RECEIVED. Princcton Revlew—May (Now York), ’ L)nkll'u Living dye—May 7 (Littell & Co., Bos- lon), v Puldtahers' TWeekly—April 30 (¥, Leypoldt, Now York). E y Ladws' Moral Cabinet—ay (Adams & Blstiop, Now York), B Progress of Sclence—Moy -(Sullivan & Macken- zie, Boston). Amériotn Law Iteview—blay (Littlo, Brown & Co., Boston). J Stoddart’s Review—May (J. M. Btoddart, Now York and l'nlmlelpnm:u L i Magazine of American History—->ay—Lafay- alnlluemlg,nber (A.8, Burnos & Lo, Now York and el e ART. ART NOTES. At the reeont sale, in New York, of the - Iate Sanford Gifford’s plctures and studles the suin received for theentire collection was $42.200, B i 'The worlks of Landseor are announced by Virtue & Co,, of London. They sreto bo brought out in twentv-four numbers, quarto, to subscribers only, and will have farty-four steel engravings, ten examples ‘of earller work, and 200 woodcuts. Only 2500 pletures wera received at the Paris Salon this year. ‘I'hers were 1,000 de- mnnding admittance. Minkncsy was not able to finish_his *Cruclfixion ™ in times and the sane misfortung befell 1ans Makart, of Vienna, Kenyon Cox, son of ex-Gov. Cox, .of Cluciunatl, has a ‘mlmw: in the Purly Salon of this year, entltled ®Blanc et ltose.” Of the thirty '-elgl_nl paintings and ong bust by Parls_Awmerleans adinitted “to this year's Sue lon, Philadeiphin has nine, Boston elght, Fork six, Chlengo one, San Francisco ‘NewY ano. - d . A, Ward Has finished a sketeh in cny for tho pravosed statug of Lel e Norse- man, the, diseoverer of North A cnnlhu: to Norwegian history. It is to stand on the triungle of Tand in front of the Boston Musewn of Fine Arts, + I\ G, Appleton - ins been ehosen Chulriman of the Cominlties | _onastund. The sum wanted Is $20,000, an the smonnt now secired i3 §4,500, Leit 13 to* bu of bronze, helineted, long-locked, with n shirt of umil, and a Jong. double-handed sword. The uattitnde I3 meant to express surprise and telumph, The hight' of the fizure is to be elght teet, and it Is to stand In the niddle of & granit fountain, ‘The Philadelphin - Academy of ‘the Flio JArts propuses to hold in the wonths ot No- vumber and December of tho present year an exhibition desiined to be ot ‘special impor- fnuce to Amerlean artists: Arrangements have already been mnde wihich insure u su- verlor ropresentation of the Amerlean artlsts In Eurufm; and 1t 15 earnestly desived that tho artists at home should be equally well ropresented, and in a manner mmnfncmrr to theselves, The colleetion will be lmited to pulutings In oll, and 1t 13 suggestold that cuch arglst enter 1o nore then tvo works; bug within these limits every effort will bo ninde to give n comprehensive view of the highest achievements of the Ameriean art of the present duy. _Fivo lmportant pnintings of tho English Sehiool have been adided to the Parls Lonvre, whero liitherto British nrt hag been compara- tively poorly representeds. ‘Thoy are *'I'he (lebo Farns,” by Constable; the * Halt,” J Morlundy * Brother and_Sister,” by Siv, W, Beechey; * Woman In \White,”” by.Oples-and “The Watering Trough,” by Mulremly,” Tho Louvre huw also nequlred a mngnificent: Jan Steen, *'I'he Prodigal Son,” and n * Country Fate,” by Dirk 1lals, Gustuve Dord exhivits 1o pulntings ut tho Salon this year, bit sends nsroup of seulptury represonting a Sister of Chnrity reseutng o sick womnn froin o burn- fng hospital. Lu next year's Salon there will probob) r) bo two portinlts of M. Guinbettn, sines M, Metssonlor, as well us ML Bonnat, 1$ working at n likeness of the I'resldont ot the Chamber of Depntles, 0 ART PERIODICALS RECEIVED, Amerisan Art Revlew—Maroh—No. 17 (Bstes & Lnurint, Boston), Lending {llustrations: | Bun. wet, Gowanus Bay,"” original otening by Honry Forrdrs “Solitude,” original atehine by Mra. N, Ninwmo_Morunt * View of Dordrocht,” palnted Ly Jan Van Goyon, ctened by L, Flschor, Art Journal—Aptil—Now : 8orlos No. 4 (I'at- terson & Nollson, New York: Muonoy & Smurt, o Vonts de I'Esprir,” will uppeir this month, It will havae four divisions,—satirical, den- matie, lyrical, and eple. . ] Mr,'Darwin lins tiow book nearly ready, Tts titlo 18 *The Formution of Vegutable Mold through the Actlon of ‘Worms, with Obsurvations on ‘Thelr Labits,” ‘The Indofatigable Mrs. Ollphant {8 sald to have fowal thiue amid her varlous iitorary Inbors to writy “A Literary listory of the ‘\'l;na:nunzh Century.” 16 will .be In three volumes, " . Mr, Goorge Augustus Sala has {n hand o sorlal romanes of wodern uuule% entitled “A Party In the City.” It i8 Iniended for Pan, and will doubtless bo satire written with ackdl. ; Yrbf, Goldwin Smith has rorrlntell. for private circulitlon only, his varlous ossays, roviews, and lottors contributed to diffgrant | lmrlndluals. Everythlue beaving on polltles: s buon excluded, 4 A Matthew Arnold, who 18 rapidly be- comng the chiol prefuce and Intrmluc&llm writer of the contury, hus written a E- co for o collestlon of Limund Burke's * Letters und Papors on_ Lrish Affales,” which Mao- milian & Co, will publish atonee, " Fanlle Zola hos fun! 1>Pblulm1 o socand voluine of theatrlenl oritiolsim witls the titls, *'Nos Autours Dramatiques.’ 1le says if ho s baen yuduly severe upon his dramatic hl'utllmu. 1t 14 not becauss ho 18 jealous and vindictlve, but bucauso truth 1s his rellgton, Ar. Tunnyson hayg boen I.viontl AMr, Ellls, the ‘fonoticlan, to enreful roudings of his cluet dialect pooms, Alr. LR fonetio transeript of s readings will enablp n elover reador to reprodnes M, ‘Cannyson's tones und aceont /s ensily us o musiosn can reprodues muslo from notes, 1t fu roporied In Lomlnn‘untt Mark ‘T'waln has received from hls Engilsh publishers 25,000 for ‘his shurs in thy profits of YA Tramp Abrond,” It s cluimed that this fs an Instanes of tho unjust disorhnlnation mady l]?' tha laws of tho twe countries nygaipst the nglishund in favorof the American author, M Edward A, Freoman’s + Hjstorleat Goography of Europe” wil Anpear du o fuw days through Seribner & Welford, 1t will nmake u furge octuvo volume of 650 paces, und Iy uecompanied hi;« an atlas of sixty-five col- ored maps, "T'he book Is not o history, buta statomont ot the unmberless ehabged of ruloe and dowinlon which nuve taken placs i g Chleago). Uhree stecl plntes: 1, * Littly Barc- foot,! engravad by K, L. Moyer, alter 1L, Vautier; 2 wine Bmpty Saddie,” Tio-engraving, by . @, 1anden, sftor e Blater'a d ul . Wallers i, Birthday,” eneraved by W, Rotfo, aftor s statue by T N, MacLeat. . N L'Art dola MudebFobruary and March (Parisg J. W, Bouton, New anm‘.’yl‘rlnclml fl‘ullm- tlons it Februury number: »Costuine Montes- o ’s *La Modouu XVe 8(dclo’; * Planche do Bix Costumes ''s Pinnche do Chupeaux.” Prin- clpnt iHustrat i Kureh numbers * Murs-Cose tamedo Dinec''s ¥ Costumes '3 Avccssorjus ''5 wpecimen de Collturus Anclennes.” ; e - . “THE LOVE OF LONG AGO. . ) .. bor The Chicuos Tribune, . Whon' the nfuhu wero 'fl:n'm. ‘aud tho Barth was . aumbered 5 With drift un delft of cu)d.)wnllolnnw. e With o thousaud ‘beuutiful things that slum- Tharo'slupt tho love of tho long uko:. The Sumuer-ways of iy beurt forsnkon, L 1tduy in a sllont aud cRim popase— 0 1n sioop that seemiugly know no wyking With leaf and blossout of treo snd ruso, |« But now, when tho wanton lell}h buring * o tho Bun's warm kiss her throbbing breast, Alld tho sbuimeleas ukivs sinilo on, uncaring, ‘I'he old lovoe stire with u vague unreat, - In the swout, dusk nights when the suin is tall- Quitly over tha valo and b, 1 Huar its low voice calling—cuilug— And 1wy hourt respunds with u nuinelvss thrill Tho jco, aud the suow, and the sleot duparted .~ And Joft thy blossous to wako und sroiw; - But stranpost uid bost of tho gera that startod Was the dear old love of tha long nga, * What tho' my reuson and prido forbid {t— o’ 1 treud tho curth dowii ovor It tomb— 1t pushes tho swds from the gruve thut hid ¢, And rlses nowly 1o bud and blooia, - i Rvor and alway its sad lonvos tumiop ‘Fowurd 4 fun that has long slicw sot, ‘J'o bud ayd bloom 1nto pusslomite yearning, Ufilm worrow aud vaiu pogret, © . Y 0 did old love, why bave you visen ° Out of the Em\'n That wu dug for you? . Go biavk, go Leuk, tu your sileut prison And fotme and 'y beart ud sowethlng vew, : f BLna WHEKLER, J. D 1. Harvey, Kaq. of Chleago, K, apout over 83,000 i medicing for his wite, who was sutforing sdreadfully from rhsus matsm, wd without derlving uny bonelit whatevers yot twa bottles of St Jicobs Ol accomnlished what the most skiltful medical wen falled to do, merien, ne- | GEN. NELSON. More - Lotters Concerning His Killing by Gen. Jeff - C. Davis. Both Sides of the Matter Presented by Men Who Were There. A Little Incident Showing that ‘There Was a Surprise at Shiloh, - GEN. NELSON'S DEATIT. T the Editor of, The Chlcagn Tribune, Ciitcaoo, May 6.—In Tuesday’s Tinuse I3 n letter reforring to mysketeh of Gen, Net- son (publlshed lnst Saturduy) signed by soimelody who 1s ton modest 1o glve iy tho benefit of his full name, He savagely attacks my veraelty, calls my nccount of whnt he calls *“CGen, Nelson’s diffienlty with Gen, Davis* entirely false, abounding tn *delib- erate misstatenents,” ete,, ote. Trobably the writer nf the, nrticle referred to wns an obseure Brigndler (by brevet) dur- ip the War, nlways wore the regulation uni- form (including the cpaulets!), and s o snob now—when opportunity offers, 1lis first sentence containg a tiean sncer agalnst the private soldlers,” which was entirely gratultous. & Probably he was smong the erowd hud- dled together .un .the *landing” st Shiloh _on the Sunday evening that Gen. Nelson came to thelr rescue, and the nlronz» statements mnde by respecting Gan. Nelsow's treatment of In- eompetent or eraven ofticers struck bim In o tender spot, or that of some of his cronies, Iwill heta one-cent sum{I) that ny nc- count of the killing of G elson fsin the mali seversly correct. ' At lenst, that was the version everywhere current ut the thme. Division commander all during 1802 till hig death, Gen, Nelson In*n peenliar sense en- deared himaelf to the ranks by zenlous eon- cern for the welfare und condition of his trours. and made himselt hated and feared by shoutder-strapdom by unwonted, and, it Is true, nnneeessary anit . offensive rigor as to them, 1 knew that some one woull feel a tender regurd for *‘the truth of history,” and rush into print. “It1s ns easy as Iying” to deny n state- ment In general terms, especlully without offering any counter proofs, ‘Tliere were at the tinie of Nelsun's death ‘eertainly 100,000 . soldliers In and about Loulsville, and It i3 Brnlmblu that the *difficulty between Gens, nvis and Nelson ” was talked over in every eamp, nud very likely several versions of tha affairmined the general ear. t was of no consequence at all ns to whether or not Davis wns' o West-Polnter, That wns an easy misstatementto make,.—he having been an old recular army ofticor, Regular army ofticers usually gradunte from that select natitution. No one sald Gen. Davis was not n brave and eificlent soldier, - before or after the ‘‘difiiculty with Nelson.”” 1le -nobly tried to- out- live tho blot on his fair fame which his killlng of Nelson fastened . upon hiw, As to whether Davis was a_Democrat, and noton friendly terms with the Republicans, such s Gov. Morton, ete., wasalsu n minoe misstatement. Tha matter of politicy il not enter Into active caleulation in those dark days of the Natlon's peril. ‘Tho Hne of golltlcs wns for the time belng obliterated, S0 it 18 ntterly puerile to call sttention to such a statement. Tha fuet of Davis zolngz up_into Indinna to confer with his futher, and Gov, Morton and other friends, after the **Insult™ he recived from Nelson, and ‘his subsequent return and- * encounter” with Bilm was as much n part of the commnon story of the kliling as auy other part of it. "The writer was within n block of the Galt Ilouse, when Gen. Nelson wasshot, and heard the first and last necount from oye-witnesses, only of the colloquy between ‘Nelson —‘and -~ Davls, + but: ‘the actigl shootiug, "“é',lm now Insists that the mnin ficty are as they were stated In_his aceount 03 published,~all, the - Brevet Brigadlers or _Second Lieutenauts to tho contrary notwith- stanting, i A, C. McC. nlmost ngrees with me ns to tho farce called n court-mnrtinl, ‘There was an “Tnvestigution,” ‘he says, Haul Gen. Davis been tried by n'court-martinl drawn from the ranks of Nelson's ol division” he would not huve delayed his journey to the unknown a Ldaty, Luckity for hiw, the judges who sat nuon that Inguest wers certain to requit Davisor m?' one clse wha had the nerve to brave the flon-henrted herv. It was ‘com- 1l of ofticers who were sure to deny that Nelson's memory hivd any rights which ey werg bount to respect. Ii was the curso of it cause that so many men utterly unfit for their commands were placed i eiwrge of our hrave boys; and ona great heatl saw ‘ml desplsed these pres tensions mid wnde himself so "hated nd feared that even now, after tho lapse of nine teen years, they wioat over his untunely denth’nnd aporove of his killing as 1Tt were a personal delfveranee, Janvis BLusie, THINKS BLUME ALL WRONG. To the Editor of The Chleago Tribune. Cuicauo, May 6.—1 read in your pagor of April 30 a communleatjon over the signiture of Jurvis Dlume, concerning the killing of Gaon, Willig - Nelson by Gen, Joft €, Davis, and ns [ feel that Mr, Blume hus used lan- gunge i deseribing (his oecurrenco thutis not.only harsh, but unfust-to the character memory of Gen. Davis, Tnsk that-spnea be allowed me for a'faw words In reply, . Ay, Blume speaks of Gen, Nelson ad * fall- ing a.victim (o jealous hato and envy,"” and of * Gen. Davis ns “nffectlng o kind of mock-dignity in retalintion for Nelsun's brusque manner,” und of Nelsoh us **in this cowardly nunuer put to death,” Now, there are hinnidreds nud thousunds of ns stil Tiving who will protest agalnst the Injustice of usiniz any such langungoe I referénce to Gun, Davis. 1 knew hiw, and Gon. Nelson ugwoll, having serve lu,the smne armies with thom. “Gon, Nelson had some nobls quali- tles, a glant intellect, great intelligence, much Jiterary culture, and b soon much of foreln lands, e was u uuurkllmi conversi- tionalist and was a Princo In his hospi- tulities. Mo had < an 'hupouln;i presenes and manners; and - the. holdness n spoech and action thut e him atower of strength to the Union enuse in Kentucky in the early part of the War, This N0 one disputed, 1118 was the finst division of Buell's army to reach the battlelutl of Shiloh on the 1irst day, and it is prestined no one will refuse him &, genorous weasure of hounor for that, - But ho had ona grievous fanlt,—the one that senled his tate, He had bean w Con- nunder i the nuvy, aud had beeane nsod to o comnand that ‘was practieally supreme, and natnrally having the faculty of lingusge doveloped to o hlgh degres, ho dil - proved it by oxercise to such an uxton that In inveciive and. sbuse he find no equal in-thie whole.urmy, and with hiue ft-wis ower which e wielied with iroat eifect, I seemed.to feel a flerce joy tn the exercisy of it Ho wimed 1o bo just, and ho Wis i ter- ror.to evildoers, bub his suceess wis so grent In-eawling apd dumbfomding ull whom hu ttacked, from n Htrlvuw soldier toa Briga- lor-Gienoral, that ho luoked for thut suceess #8 u matier of course,” It. wus his sport to bully e, and’ -henco the soliiers enllod ill" “ Bully Nelson” 1t wus wle wmnst o folly tu-attempt o answer him, but It an ofiicer could get fu words *litly spakon ' and showed “pluck " Nelson woulil nuulwslzu to him llfl\dflumu A It hardly be disputed” by any one that QGen, Nelson's eonduct ind best overbauring and Insulting to Gon. Davis at the Galt Ilouse in Loulsvllle jut bufore the killing of Nel ®on,—60 mieh so, that after an interval of o day or wwo, for reftectlon, - Gen, Davis folt hoimd in hetor aud In ‘i“ cv to himself to hinva rudress, aud ho call Gun, Nol- sonfn few words an o shi- ple mshior, w8 stoad. ALk, lll‘:l:ne affecting mml of mock dianity,” but that was cortali- 1y not Ms wanner, 'for ho was exceedingly n{mnlu wnd yupretonding [ his mynuer, - up In answer o this dennd, whother mutle arrokautly or mudcm{. Gen, Nelson atruck i in the face with his open hund, and denowneed hhn ug n S damined listls puppy.” Davls, burntug with this gross fu- sulp 5o publjely wiven, at once obtuined w pintol from ‘a “triend, sought Nelson, wnd, wftor warmng him to defend hlmselt, shot Eor \ju, ‘Pl guestion nuturally arlses npon the re- cltal of tho facts, What did Nelson oxpuet to foblow this lusult? Was by armed? L not, did he arm himselt .and watch the move- ments of Davls ? But whatever lte may havo dono or fatled to do,_had not Davia'the right fo snppose hat Nefson would expeet, sl by prepared for an attack from him? We.cannot renson- n!xl{ douht that Davis belloved that Nelson was prepared for- an: ajtack ol {hpt n “mere . notice to Nelsol was _ all that wns " required ot him But Nolson had no right to expectany notics or afiy eonshierntion nfter heaping siich in toterable insiits upon Davis, o had gom mueh ton far, It will bo weil to eall to mind who and what Davis was at that (ime, He Dol enlistend nsa\f)rlvmu soldier in ‘the Indl . ang regiment In the war with Mexleo, and Iy 1848 was wmmlecl to Second-Licutenant fi the F nited States Artillory for gallaw eontdiet nt DBuenn Vista. s wns First Isentenant and a part of the garridon ol Fort Sumter in Aprll, 121, For 1 enndiet nt .\lllmnl.p .\in., \vlmrlé lxe.grgl&{ onel of an Indiann regiment, captured nosuperlor force, ho was made n Drigndier-General Dee. 18, 1801, At the battle ot Pen Ridee, in Mareh, 1462, hia cowh- mauded a divison, ' Sueh had been his e reer when he stood before Gen, Nelson and recelved intolerablo lnsults. Tle afterwarda made n brillinnt and successful eareer n'our .great CIvil War, and was promoted: tq the command of an army ebrps, His life was withont repronel and he enjoyed the friend- ship of the hest of people in'the anny and i elvil life, and died Iess than two years ngo universally estecmed and beloved; e Ieft o wife nnd children behinid ta who, of eourse, his reputation is as dent ny lify Haelf, [lo was not n West Polnter, as My, Blume aupposed, but. made his wiy by his awn valor and energy to the command of an army corps, L will ke n statement In regard to Gon. Netson which Ihellove to be: triie—nnmnely s that when the nceotnt of his death wis published 8cores upon scores of gatlant Oftleery then In'thie nrmy sxperienced u snngs of rellef In learning that the work vt kitling Iim had been done by another, and 1t was np Ionger probable. s it had Deen, that that duty might devolve upon them. AL Hrour. THINKS DAVIS WAS JUSTIFIED, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. NEw Yok, May 4.—~The discussion on Shiloh seems to have ealled for n general statement of lucldents of the Inte War, In your Issue of April 30 a letter Is printed from o correspondent (Jarvis Blume) purporting to give an nccount of n *Ilomicide most Just,” or, nsho stylesit, * Murder most foul,” ‘T'he stntentont, ns published, is totatly ficor- reetso fur as Gen, Davis Is concerned. o styles him a West Pointer. (and, by the way, ho *always regretted that he did ‘not «hnve the excellent educatton nnd train- Ing’ miven ‘at that Institution), though that. of Itsell meant neapaclty, The fact, 80 far as Gen, Duyls-is coneerned, Isthis: " At I8 Lo enlisted ns a private sols dler Inn_volunteer Indinna regiment, . was mudo a Sergeunt for his bravery nt Buena Vista; when mustered out was comuys- stoned Second Lieutenant fn the regulur artillery, served until the War, and wns in the fight at Swinter. Afterwards he was sent to Indinuapolis on mustering duty, was tendered the comnmand of the Twenty-secoud Indinm Infantry, touk the reximoni to Mis- sourl, commanded a_brigade ns Colonel, und at Pen Ridgo a division, - For his bravery ond abillty here he was mnde n Brigadier- General, 5 Durlng the time of the Invasion of Ken- tucky by l\h'b{ Smith he was at his home 1n Clark Connty, Indiana, on slek-leave, his cominand boing South. Knowlrig the nrgen- ey of prompt actlon helefea sick bed and volunteered his suarvices for the defense of Lonlsville. e was ordered to orgrnizo the Ilome-Gunrds and other raw materinl . thot offered ftself, and report to Gen, Nelson for urms, On Nelson Inquiring how many stand of arms ha would reguire, he unswered, 1 cannot tell exactly, they nre coming all the thue,” but thought about 2590, ‘Then begau ro charucteristle abuse of Nclson that nitl- mately led to his death, Gen, Davis dil not +leave Loulsville, Jledld not go to Indian- apolls “to get balin for his wounds,”—he not belng of tha, pulitical faith-tat made men popular with Gov, Morton, Hewasa War l)e;mcmt. Neithor was _he court-mnr- tinled, - T'hio shooting was 8o plainly justifin- ble thatn Court of lnguiry did 1né: prefed chorges. That Nelsou was brave -no ono will deny. ‘Chat he was a brute no ong who served with bim will question, - ~ “That Gen: Dnyvis was equally- brave, any, member of the Fourteenth Corps-will testify, While n strict diseiplinnrinn, he was © gen- tleman. i P U R e - 1 hope. your correspondent in the future will confine himselt to fuets, His first letter was Interesting, DBut It his facts are no nearer correel than® fn' his lotter of tho B0th ult. they will make doubttul history, B > ONE MAN WIIO WAY SURPRISED, b the Editor of The Chicagn Tribune, MeNasia, Wis, May 4.—~"Thers sesmaNo be quite o controversy as to whether there Wi or was not o surprise at Shitloli, nnd yer- haps the following iy add u lttle to the testimony on the snbject. s The writer was at that time In the Signal Corps, and attached to Gen. Nelson’s’ ivis- lon; and, tn fuet, for the thme bolog o part of his staff. When the Ganeral, -ufter o mapld ride through the wools from. Savan. nnh, arrived on the bhank of the river opposit to where the buttle was belng fought, two ofcers, with four lagmen of.out party, erossed the tiver, leaving the ssme nwmber. with the General, Lo opsh up communleations between him and Gen. Boell, 'The wvshage which Gen, Nelson sont was this: “Say to Gem Buell- that [ have 10,000 soldlers over liere who want o hund I this fight, and & d—d slght hetter - men thut “any hio hins over there” [t wus not dellveral exactly. a8 glven, Fludinge Gen, Buell, whe was then on the feld with Gon. Grant, und raceivig Iustriecions from him, we returied to the river ntid with our thigs conimunicated . thew to onr party on the other side, whe In turn communicated the snme w Gen, Notson, Our work was in the midst of the hnndreds of strugglors who Hierally lined the bunk of tha river, and who froquently Interfered by gettingedn the way, O vur party was a Liet. tenatt short of atature, but lungof langnage: and particulurly so i un energeney, mig doubtless o word itly xlemkuu lind_any tunes resulled to by advantage. ‘To hin wis delegated the duty of keeping the strug lers ont of the way, nnd ol pressed ?uw of them Into servics ns panrds to help Iiim, and they wen aul{ too*lid of uny ox- ousu to acentint for thelr prosoncs there, Ite Dnd cleaved o clrendur spucs uf about thirty ns’ e o e ER e g D U T S R A L St feet B dinmotor, whicih guve olbow-roum e *, o thgimen, Wa ld niot Gens, Grant mid Buell “rodo’down, mulmhl‘ to sod™ nhout the f:rusm-um of getting thi freah frocips over [n thue for somd servier that day, tud Gon, Grane rodu os nearly 'lutc the wklile of our clenred speo'ns ha well could without speelal effort In that divection, while Gen, Buell, whether by acoldent ot atharwise, rode i litle to one side, -Onr gunrds, recognlzing the connnanding Gous ornl, of course made B0 protost, and onr short Eleutouaut, turning suddunly from auother dircetion; saw i horse and & man’s fui in_the very centro of tha pluco whicl must: by kopt “saered, and; vislons of strags whing eavalrymen oatis befors his‘oyes, le marched tp to and caddressed o the ” horse’, and tho log thuslys “Got out of thu, wuy, here, - Dow’t you -ses yow'ra *In the way? o Alwe you - got ‘l.xv 8ens0 "’ The Genoral, casting his oyed earthward, | suw an olllenr T stul unifori, who seomen. 1o be sufllelunt rln cariust to watrant the, probubllity thut he hnd gowmo business there, and by yery kindly and gentomunly mans ner nhmlu feind tor bulng In the way, and rods over tonishied ut the apol vinlot from the Knn‘i Major-Gonoral’s unitori, of It, und for onen b m:« i suys Ho ity thort; shiloh, . v, followed the Jine ot ek upwurds Wkt Baw and w i Disida fo hind nothing to wus # Burpisy nb Jo LliNsoN, - HASHEESH. Fur T Chicaga Tribune, . Faroff, whoto fulr winds blgw uxu! bright Whicre-soft wavus whispor peaco to vain regrot, Where oven Bin mixht ol w‘: und hole forguty. 1 miglit bo buppy-yot| ¥ 7 Par off, whore pllid fotus-litlos Yo, " = 55TE Whvre biuc waves bont beueath a bivor Ik{ . Whore hlossoras palut thacarsh, sud brigt bleds i Tudiieht o biappy yob! 7, Whora all the glow aud glory of my sout * Might, i 1o myutic splomtor, liko a voroll. Uutuld, and eateh the radiunde of tug wholy, Tanbght b buppy yetl =4 My oplum-drearn has made wa drunk like wined st no fatr fruition o'er ho ming? O give o ankwer, Futo—ylve mo sowe sivu— . Audnako we buppy yee! 185k ” Favstine, been at_worl .\(ary loug bofore . ustdy Gon, Buell,” 'Fhe Licuisnant, ay.- |