Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1881, Page 12

12 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: 7ENICK. Tho City of the Doges in Festal Array. Tuternational Congress of Geography, and Horticultural Exhi- bition, The Royal Family Present, with All of Their Court. A Visit to the Ducal Palace—Point Do " Barano Lace, Speetat Correspondence of The Chieaco Tribune, Vester, Italy, Sept, 28.—Venlee, notdead, It living, now welcomes within Its palaces erowds of vistors, among whom are Senne tors and Deputies, Generals, Aimbassadors, and, ina word, allomedal Italy, And all the Court 1s here—the King and Queen, the Prinee of Naples, the Duchess of Genoa, the Duke of Aosta, together with a numerous: aud brilliant sulte, In honor of tho Royal visitors, this glorious Cily of tho Doges has atranged Hself in holfday attire, and totes on sétes ave following ench other fn rapid sue- cession, nniong whileh may by muned several grand gala representations at the fentce, for which the most famons artists of Italy have been engaued, Regattas and regal gondotas enliven the Grand Canal; fairy barks glide over the waters, with thelr freight of youth and beauty; and the sleepy gondolier, aroused to life, no longer dreams of the poer’s mournful song? Vontee! when thy marble walls with tho wit hore shall be nations v Lament atong the sweeping gent Alo Andif Byron could now took from his palace of Mocenlgo—whieh still throws Aanutlay oyer the waters of the Grand Canal—l might well exelalm, on beliolding all this movement, @nd joy, and leht, this Hylng and radinnt crowd: “1tis Ventee, + VENI thy sunken hulls, that I see!” Jar the moment this ancient Queen of the Adriatic has risen from her stupor, and fs all astow with patriotic demonstrations; sounds, of revelry fil! her palaces, recalling memo- ries of the past. when Doges and patriciins here sarrounded themselves with incompara- ble grandeur; Wluuinullons are seen ow every hand, from the Plazetts, that splendid portal of the State of Venice, “on whose broad marble steps, leading to tho sen, for- ehen Princes und Ambassadors used to land? up the Mace St. Mare, where a herge con- course nightly assembles to greet the King and Queen, who nppear upon the baleony af the Royal palace in reeaynition of the affee- Hongte demonstration of the people. “Vi vats’ fit the alr as Queen Marguerite winlics and waves her hendkerehint; and 1 can assure you these are no empty forms to eratl{y excitement, for never were sover- elyns more beloved or subjects more kindly reguided by thelr rulers. 1 havo told yor in a previous letter how this sniile of the ehanuing Queen Is loved and longed tor in all Italy, for all know it Is sincera; and I dnd she ts not only the Idolized chitd of the pedple of Piedmont, as the demonstrations of afection which greeted her on the vecasion of her entrée into Turin during my last visit there led me to Imuglne, but ts equally be- loved everywhere in Ltaly. + Lust week the INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF GEOGRAPHY opened its doors, and T regret thut space dues notallow me to name the large number of Mistluguished representatives present, us the Importance of the session would thereby liu- press itself upon you, which, however, will not be deomed trifling when 1 inform you that King Hiuburt and M, De Lesseps were among the number, ‘The Hortleuttural Ex- hihition commenced the following day, aud a more magnificent dsplay cannot posatbly bo duet The presence of the King and Queete here also enhanced the interest of the ovension. Numerous excursions have been arranged for this festlve season, unl tomorrow the Royal guests will visit tho = Murazzi, the most ancient «wills erected bs the Venetlans, <I the midst of all ihe art treasures with which wo are surrounded here, and where avery chureh [sy n museum, L cannot persuade myself to abandon theso enchiantments for athens, even in the beautiful environs Naples. After vis}ting the National Exposition of Vine Arts nt Milan this stummer, a prospective visit to the Ince-schools of tho Island of Burund Jnomed up before me; which, however, lias been abaidoned stuce arriving here, In view > of the fmpossibility of cvarrytig out the pro- gen arranged for my sojourn in Venice. The often-repeated descriptions of | this famous city tuduce bells? that wo are Ina ineastire propured for the marvels that here reel the slzht; but how trivial the impresse ions of others secu ns the souvenirs of the inighty past urise In tangible forms before us, under the glory of Ttalinn skies, and in the ningle framlog of nique splendor. EVEN THE DUCAL VALACE, 30 often and so widely described, presents to strangers awenlth ot art whose labyrlaths have not all been seanned, and whose his- tory unfolls wow pages as: we watiter through its halls, A magnificent stalrwa: conduets to these sumptuous Halls, oF whieh thatof the Grane Counter fs the largest, and adorned with precious works of art, repre: senting the erandeur of the Republic; while on tke celllug we see among other wulitings that “of Paul Veronese, repre- senting Venice in the mist of clouds crowned py Gory. On the frlezo aroun this hall are seen the portraits of all the Duges, excepthig that of Marino Fallero whose place Is ocenpled by wblack surface bearing the following Tuserlption; “ie est Joctis Marini Fateh, ducapltath pro erlnul bus.” Tn tho hall della Bussola, the antes chamber of the terrible Connell of ‘Ton, an opening Is seen near the door, which was mnie Cove by the head of a marble lon, in whose Jaws wers dropped seerot denunel- ations, After viewing the Viombl, or rather all that remains of this prison of the palace, [ crossed the Plazetin with feallugs no less sabre {liga Ghose tpressed apon ie by the Inemory of sullering ondured In those trieht- ful cells, for 1 remenbored that on the col- wins that adorn this place the terrible Council of Ler hung thelr prisaners. , To turn, however, from the ntuniuments of Venice, whose lnpostng grandeur toads us almost Lnperceptihly Inte detailed deser Lions too lengthy for the contines of a letter, Dwill Invite you to ASCEND THE CAMPANILE and look down npon this elty, whose monn: its and valaces seem to hy floating in the ava, Fram this dilcht tho Grand Canal, and thatof tha Guidecen, larger still, resemblo little brooks, and the Islands 11 the envirens glean and glitter lke Jewels In their azure selting, Dit the distint horizon we see tho bills oC Tyrof, these Jegendary hills, where vommies and poetry love todwell, and where tradition tells us nionnrehs of old performed sich wondernil limtnig exploits, and whied stilt remadn the Count de Chumbord’s favorit resort In the hunting season, Deseending trom the hight where Venice ore Us in her silent grandeur, 1s is Of her glories passnd away, It seemed ike entering another world is atl the pomp and lsury of the joyful city agai Hurst npon tho view, On the baleonles of Ue palaces that bordered: tho rund Canal brilthant gromps wore fooling on (he numer: ous gondolas, sparklhuz with Miht, ethtlie fo gracefully over the waters lo the sound of mmusie=-aniong which gleamed forth in aplendor the Howal barge, Whose appearance was hatted with aechimations that resound: the length of the two | Mea of superb Tram whetel vy sed other wenes antl o omnes, very diferent ‘rota thase Venleu presents todiy, Amony other subjects worthy of notice bs de protision af magniteent: lace which atorns the ladles? tollets, and: whieh ts probe ly owing to the success Of THE KCHODL OF MURANO, atuated on the Island witty te above, ‘Tho cenalssanes of the polut de Durgno promides. the destarntlon of an art almost hopelesly Ont sliee the Sixteenth Century antl! the present thie, amd the workt will probably again be able to inaules in this luxury, Which ts so nueh adinired in all the plotures DY opwent Venetians painted centuries azo, ‘This rleh porure hot only adorned the pa: triglan ladies, but wasalsd used by noblemen “und Vrluces uutil te Seventeenth Century, Max andl Lnposinys tng, and when Polut de Venlse beeame a veritable furor. Soverefens and rich Lords expenled fortunes on this daxury, med for the verona tlow of Louis XPV. a sinple collar was nuule Whose completion cequiréd two. yeurs, and whieh cost 240 pleces of gold. All these an- Hane speetmens ate disappearing, however, and that especially known a8 the polut de Burany, which rmatenrs covered with. colt when any was to be found, Js rarely to. be seen. At Durano, a poor little stand two leagues from Venlee, the traditions of this precious industry were — preserved, and oan old | workwon)|r mumed Concha Scarpurtola, auecended, by means of — anelent patterns ollected mnt carefully preserved by her in reviving the beautiful art. 11 1872, two noble ladies, countess Marcell and the Urineess Mas high-CGlovanttl, discovering that thls poor anof the Hale island alinest lest in tho tan Arehipelage possessel thesy (re 2, founded the celebrated selon) from hie the brilliant renaissance of this most Vof all inees hay come forth from ks suved from the past. Tun one of ages to Venlee, Queen Murgtarite, then Princess Royal, went to the schoul of Burano, whore, amazed at the mnguificent results obtained fn iy establishment, sho asstuned the patronage thereof, ant WAS MADE HONORARY PRESIDENT. Almost fnnmedintely after its foundation in ASS} the school of the polnt de Burane ob- tuined.a silver medal nt the oxpusition of Vie ennins iy 1877 0 slinitar dlstinetion was graut- eat Naples; and at the Exposition Univers selle of Paris tt exhibited speeimens tht tt. tracted gener adoration Ab that perlod Art published an fiteresting article on the schoolof the pont de Burano, Uhtstrated by mitmerons specimens af fs productions, and the portralt. of the old lacemaker, Cencia Searpartola, whose traditions aud: sonvenirs have united the new lace of Burano te the fous paintut olden times, Today the school has more than 800 pupils and workers, and T noticed at the recente: hibition in Mitan thir von pi of the finest and most exquisit luce forwarded by this institutlon. Anion these was it wont ful reproduction of a enniuil in point dare gentan, having belonged to Pove Ctement XEL, and now the propo ty of the Queen of ltaly, (iuipures, handkerchiefs, fetits, and even silk stockings with polnt Snterinced, were among tho magnificent ensemble, whic marks 9 new and brilliant era div the tevival of this branch of decarative art, a CONFEDERATE BONDS. An Kffort to Imporc upon the Cree dulity of Ignorant Engilehmen=Thoe List of Bondholders Murninhed to Mr. Soward by Mr. John Bigelow. Correspondence New York Wortd, Loxpon, Ost, 6.—Every now and then one hears of the long defunct Confederate Joan, anda few Inquirtes in the eily will briug to liht the fact tliat dealings do actually take pince Init now and then, though itis un versully acknowledged that among alt wild- ent securities this ts lngomparably the wild. est. No broker mentions it without a smile upon his dips, and no banker mentions ftat wh ‘Ther ts a nominal price for tt, but It Is purely nominal, for lf any ono wanted to sell any quantity of it he woul have to like anything he could catch—probably nothing. But shoul abuyer apperr x price ts soon anade for hh, aud lie may Inve vonds to the nominal value of £1,000 for 4 £10 note, or even less. The view which is tuken by the speculators who buy this sors of lumber is put forward (of course Inan entirely disin- terested munner) fi the elty article of your maumesike, the London World. Fortunes, the writer suggests, have ero naw been made by investments In rubbish; Mexican, Jonturas, Peruvian bonds allure intrinsically worthless, and yet all tind purchasers at a kiven price and money fs galned by denting inthom, “ Intrinsic merits ure no’ guide to Stock Exchange quotations, and the rubbish murkeb may ybe profitably worked by peo+ ple who know wit they aro doing.” Tho writer goes on to admit that there is no legal eluhn upun the United States for anything whatever, but he ire that the model Re- public bus ‘ennobled itself by many nets of self-sacritice, and may perliaps some day be inclined to add) another siinllar net to the series, If ail this is not intended to persuade the gullible British investor to put a iittle of his money in Confederate Joun, it has very much tho appearance of it, and it Is nut very likely that the “elty editor” in question Is tu any doubt as ta the interpretation which may be put upon his unusually broad binds. In fet, he gues on to suggest that the United States ought to show some gratitude for die recent outburst of Engllsh sympsthy by. giving a sort of nudge to the Southern States to pay theic debts, Une good tum deserves another, Loam heartily ashamed to repeat suelt stuff, bub there it as set forth In the onion World of Get. 5, and L dure say thut the author of It saw nothing whatever to bo ashamed o£ in it, but rather. took a pride in insinuating thac “ British sympathy vi atee to be paid for, ike any other commodity, ‘This, alas, is the ovinion which all) English- mien are stipposed to hold, and it is not eal- culated to Linprove the workd?’s opinion of them or thelr sympathy, But it is as unjust to condemn a nution for the stupidity of an individual as itwould. b telligence by the standard of the writer {11 the World, It would be a inisfortune as Well ag ry if the sentiments expressed by this gifted person were takon ad representative of any shade of Enitish pale feating, ‘This is a specimen of the tiem which may too easily be done by news: papers inthe present day.” Because England sympathized with the ited States on the loss of Gen, Gurtield, she ouglit to be paid the amount of the Confederate oun. leave You to tmagine tho feelings with which Mr. dunind Yates, who has enough to do with out attending to city matters, must hive re- garded this degrading suggestion when lie first saw It th the columns of his nay Ignorance and folly urg tho only excuses that can be made for the writer of this arti- mud poor excuses they ure for ina who undertukes to contribute tot news paper, even though it bo only the odils anit ends of stock exchange gossip. ‘The frst thing which the Wortd “city editor’? shoutd endeavor to procure i6.a copy of the Cc Ation of the Unitad States. from whi! would learn that “nalthar the Unite nor any State” can “assume or pe any debt or obligation incurred in’ ati of fusurrection oor rebellion against United States.” Away fo al the tulsbugotten theories about the selfsacrificaig spirit of the Northern people, and the probability of thy Southern Status resolving to jay the Confederate loan Mise Enghnid muttrned so mueh for poor Gon, Gardeld, A publly writer who was not above hinting that Englishmen ought.to be ald for thelr “synipathy at so much the ounce ur pound is not Hkely to have troubled hhnslf aueh about the United States Con- Blitutlon, i he hoped, however, that Mr. Yates will now reveal to litw the fact that such a document Is In esistence wd anake thn understand that Tt is scmethues consulted by writery and sponkers before shes venture to discuss American politles or i to mensury its ine nossihle, of course, that some credus Jous persons may be induced by articles Ike thutto witeh 1 have called your attention to huy Confederate fonn, espechly 1 the fdea so -erntuly thrown out da the article obtains a lodgm@nt In. the popuhusnind—tho fden, namely, tat ‘the “United States? could very casily Induce tha “Southern” States lo pay all the debts whieh they contracted durhig the War. and that, in’ tact, It all depends upon the Kuod-will of the Scans tral power thab.rules dhe Union’ Ir this notion should spread, of course thera will bo purehuses of the Confederntoe Joan aud Innocent and foollsh people will lose thelr Ineney to others who are foolish but by ‘ne tueitha Innocent. Uncle Sin ts a goad debtor to havo iy one's books, and I the publie can be duped Jute taney tag that he isthe * party” Who really owea the money raised for the Southern States—or at least that he can get Te paid IC he likus-it would not be surprising to sev before very long this worthless paper atiuted at oy fancy price, ‘Phere has been wn “Toterchange of gamma oymythies han wide the "hoard of the two L ugilsh-spuaklig communities bet wnlson and econ’ (vide: the Port), aid consequently, not to luince tho mnitar, Unels dan ought tox uutp up” and bo kencrous, ‘fo people who knaw nothing Whatevor about the saets (und there arg many in that predicament) this Wil appear a plaust ble view tu take, and D ahoutd not ba muels hi Hite Kee WOT ich went al aweys Ib ei aver, that the awhile It has preeedtud 9 Ue PMbaes ight nuke some aniends tur past wiswikes by tudterlahing Uils expusire, aad shawhnz how ulterly abard tt was aud is tor ayhady to putashiitiog bie bogus low. Had ii done as Inuch dn 1863 and 1h, nO one would uve thought any worse of it navy, 4 remember that one day i Hoptarnbor, 1665, I went to seo Mr. Seward in the Stute are neu MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1881I—-TWELVE PAGES, Department at Washington, and found dh Tan iimatity pleasant and commiunleative winged, Fle talked ahodt uauy Celis, beled: Ing the vicissitudes tna qaneot whist whlely we find played at fda house the previous Wlglit~-for Mr, Seward delighted dn whist nd played it exceedingly well: for a man who would insist on talking all trough the gaine, After some little chat of a generat kind, the Secretary tured sharnly towards me, and snide How much did Mr, So-nnd- So [naming a well-known gentlenmn tn Lone don} make’ out of his Confederate bonds 2” 1 reptied that ft dit not belleve he hind @ held any, but Mr. Soward shook his head, rang his “little bell’? of which we used to hear so inte, and told a messenger fo bring the “st of British bondholders.’ dn aaainute or two the list was brought, and Mr, Seward first rent ont the agmos of rev. eral prominent public men in Englond, and then tamed the paper tome. it purported to ben list of persons who lind elther siub- seribed for the Confederate loan, or had been allotted shares tn irin consideration for thelr serviees. Called Mr. Sewnrd’s attention to tho fiet that Mr Gladstone was down for rs ee £2,000 ant Mr, Bright (as well as can remember) for about the sane sum, and onsked him If he thought VW probable that ulther of these gentlemen would have taken a present of Confederate stock? do nok know anything about that,” sald Mr. Seward; “there [4 the Ist, aud L suppose those names did not get on it by nceldent.” "May Task you where the Net ene from? If sald, and the Secretary ind not the stizhtest objection to tell me, Tt came from Paris. J afterwards ascertained thot tt was in the handwriting of Mtr. Blze- low, then Minister In Vrance, who tn bought It with other pretended Confederate papers of certaln persons who at that tine were quite ready to mantfucture as many documents of the kind as Mr Bigelow or anybody else was willing to buy, “Yor many publish this isttt you like’? sald Mr, Seward as 2 rose un to wo, but TL de- elined even fo forward: Tt with my ustal let ter to London, and was in hopes that Mr. Seward would sve that the whole alfulr was an tmposture, Not so: v few weeks atte wards the list was sent through the Asso- cated Press toall the papers, aud thon It wag republished here, and there was a great to-do about It, almost everybody who was muned in it having hastened to sent a strenuous dental that he had taken any part whatever In the Issue of the Confeder- ate loan, Aniong the very first to write w disclaimer wags the gentionatn whom Mr Seward bad first mentioned to me, now no longer Hvhyg. Deeldedly Mr. Seward had no Tove for tat iman; Indeed, he threw pun lim all) the blame for the way In which the Union cause had been misrepresented to the people of England. | ‘the Seeretary probably wished to “bring him out? ay the saying goes, und to inilict a little wmoyance on others who had been unfriendly to tho Northern arms; but he did net ack un falrlye Ile belleved tho ist to by part ¥, genuine aul partly spurious, and ic feft. the persons directly concorned fo fight ibontamong them. After that Con- federate paper sunk very low Indeed, and, [ well remember that in December, 1869,“ Ciov- ymment londs’? to the nominal yaluo of 2,000,000 were put up for auction at 2 snles- room in Broadway. TD went tram euriosity to what happened. The auctioneer (a Mr. Nevlay, (aather think—his name comes back to meas L write) pitt tha bonds wp tin one lot and recommended Giguteliteity on the pround that they were "beantlfully em- belllshed with the portratts of Jeif Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and other leaders of the Confederacy.” He told the audienee that It wasn splendid opportunity for growhig eh ata very tril outlay, and thei whet no bid eune, he excited some laughter by erying out,” Where's Jonn Bull?) Where's Roeltick?” But Bull and Roebuck auswered never a word, At Inst some ong bid a dollar for the $2,500,000, and then a fow more tol- lars wore’ bld, ‘and at last the mag mificent’ price of SL was reached, amd at that the whole carko was Kunoeked down to a Mr. Parker. 1 wonder whethor by any elutes itis this valuable consigninent which has now tonde its way to thy London warket, and Is belng Introduced in so “genteel” nv fashion by the city editor ofthe London Wortd? it would be eurlotts it this were xo. At the sale to which Lhave yrred Virzinia State bonds and ‘Treasury notes to the value of $80,000, were sold ton “Mr, Smith” for si2, or thoreabouts, tas Mr. Sinith sent any of those over hero too? And ate they the Virginia bonds which we read of as “likely td tiirn out good"? ICELAND. A Talk with W. Ll, Howard, Who tus Junt Returned from 2 Visit to tho Inland. 2 New York Tribune, Vet. 19, Willams Lee Howard hus Just returned from Icelund, where he was sent-early in the sithumer by the American Geographical So- ciety In order to settle some disputed points in the topography of that tstund, Monday evening he was visite by a Tripuncd re- porter, to whom he gave an account of his stomer'’s travel, ' * Liett_ New York,” satd he, “in March last, and went.to.Lelth, Scotland, where a ship was fitted out for me, ant thon L went direetly to Leeland, Last year 1 skirted the istand with a boat, going Into every Pord around it, ind Jett some ponles there te rainy use the past summer, but they had ale dled in consequence of the searelty of food. One of tho most tinportiunt discoveries that £ nade was in determining whether Merdubricd was.a voleano or shuply aimountaln, Lbat now fs settled satisfactorily to my mind; it isa volcano. Lelimbed to the topot it—0,740 t uboye the sun-lov ‘The only way to ascend for 1,600 feet was to fly nlargo kite with an anchor attached and a rope fastened tothe anchor, After seeuring the auchor to the rocks ubove my head L owould) pull myself up by means of the rope. By repent jug the operation many tines 1 mada the uscent dn thirty-eight hours, ‘The volcano rolInposcd of three-parts; the lowest is pal- fonite. the middle, anid steepest part, is a risnitle cliff, while the topls tava, “Phils shows conclusively that [ts a volentie, and not w mountain, On the summit Jt wis blowing and snowing so hurd that could not see fifty fect fromime, All topographers had nereed that Uils was nots yoleann, ‘his was only a part of my task. No ono had ever traversed across the stand, but Lf crossed Itdn tour dlrections. The standard mip of Tevlund was constructed after twenty. years’ Jabor by SkJolfudersot, but he place inany Inkes on it and traced severit rivers that he had never se OF cour he left aut-many tit Lhave located. Dury ing the four months Uint Fawas on the Ishand wy purty Of fifty-six men traveled 1,744 miles, Gov or them on foot, We worked on an syor- ace Hinvtewn hours a day, Durtog atl ow stay there Tt was constant Stay ie, Several fines when hurried we worked goventy-tive hours without obtauing un hour's sleep, Jatt a base line and trinnziatad ninety miles: long i river, traversed for the first thie by white manznalso taking many photographs. “Front Ltunafjordin L statted tor ¢ Jand tu seo if 1 could hear wnything cou Ing the Jeannette, On the way T met some Jishermen, who sntistied me concerning It. Jatst winter was the severest ever Iniewn ft Greemand and Teeland, ant the feo: dtd not Melt during the summer suticlently to allow it te come down aa It sana dous. “Tita had ip sone advantiuges, for a shfp could go much Tarchor north than ever buture; bul it thea dean- nette was Crozen in dhe fee jast fullit ts doubt- lesa hora now. Sathalled that Peould hear nothing more detiuit concerti that ship We returned to Jeehual and contiiued our trivuls there, Hore, toa, the gue, dog, pontes, mid sheep have led In great quanti: tes from tack of verdure, ‘The population of Jecland ty being constuntly orowded out toward thu coust, Yau cannot find aw hut thirty initas | from the coast hy any direction, It in sale to any “from present appearances that within fitty suars the entire: Island wilt be depopulated. Thoy ate sturving out. A curlous feature of the depopulution ts thy taking of the feelaudle girls to Utah. 1 convinced many of them that thoy would soon regret thelr coming to slnerica to become Mormons. "The Bishops of Uhat sect uve using great intluence to bear upon ther women, and sueceed In gettlig many to emigrate, ~My report to the Geographical Soclety: WH bo given dina leetire during the coming Winter after E have mada n map of Iceland, based wpunt penional observations, especially concerning Herdubded wil Sproughsnide, Hiternily arate sands, a desert extonding aeyoss the Isiand from north ta south, which Js toll of bowldons, evidently of glacial origin; and Eons many observations concerns tho movementsof gluclers, which will appeur Bt duter die, “} alka attended tho Geographical Cone gress at Venteo on uy way hone? a abi ‘dinara Acalust Disease, It you tld yourselt yorting billious, teat be uth au , ey ve lowe die} iene der ot pl o i tormenting you, 14 iy ih Lew doses of a ut eye Words “Tea = Ure’sA yrene, ussietunt, Uso it uk an advance kuurd~-don's walt to get down sick, Bea largo advertisement, | “CHECK YOUR BAGGAGE,” Iminense Numbor of * Pleces Ree colved At and Sent From Chicago, The Various Kinds of Ohecks in Use, and the Purposes They j Serve, Tho Occasional Lost S* Plece*—Excosse tye Voliteness and How It May Result. “ How mans piecesof bagwage do you suppose wo handle at thisdepot im month?" aatd Mr. M.A. Winter to a Trinune roportera day or two ago, ‘Tho reporter gavo the conundrum up, and ox- pressed surprise that the titzzuge-smashers should take tho trouble to count tho pieces atter demollshing wt enehel or Saratoxn. ' Tstppuse, though,” he concluded, fu nnawer to Mr. Wine ter’s Interrogutory, * that the number of pleces depends hurgely upon the skill and mtiselu of tho buggage-emnaher und the atrength of the trunk." “Lwas referring oplyto the number of whole and original articles of bugia.ze," unswored-Mr. Winter with an injured ate, “beeausa no bag gageesmoasher would stony bo low na to lonk after tho fragments, after wrestltug with au are tlolo of bnzage.”” Mr. Winter, it may be in order to romark hore, istho General Ruggnge Avent of tho Iltnols Contral, aud also superintends tho binding of all buggaye coming in or going out of tho Tlt- nols Contra) Depot by tho way of the Michigan Central Road; and whon the Chiaago, Hurling. ton & Quincy Rond used the sane depot he sue perintonded the Lagguye business for all three rons, Tao reporter clintted for nvout an hour with Me, Winter, and got for tho tirst Ume something ofan Insizht into THE GREAT AMNNICAN NAQGAGE-CH : SYSTES, td and likewise sonie figures relntive thereto. It is fA systoin ag alinple ty a, b,c, to the Initiated, butdecidediy and wonderfully Intricate to an outsiler--n system which hus reached its pres- ontatige of perfection throuxh sendual lie provement, and which fa being adopted by oir ‘English cousins ua belng better, of course, than anything thoy could get up on thelr own hook, The bigguige dapart- Went in tha inaiigemont of a raitrond is tt extensive and lmportuut one-tnoreso than Js generally supposed. It ty a department that has to bo maniged by sutne one educated to the work; for, while it it probubte that 50 per cen. of the bagkuge-emavhers woultl commit stichde or resize If an unbreakable trink snould be put on tho market, thoy are obliged to know somethiuz else thin how to smtke enemies of tha pusscagers und Dusiness for the trunk muni ficturers, From Mr. Winter tho urter fearned the number ol pieces of bawgage handted ut tie Tle hols Central Heput alony during the manths of April and May lust—that le, tho number or pleces cheeked Gut by the Ihiots Central, Michigan Contral, and Chicago, 3 & Quincy, and thy nutnber of pleces res the sutne thread onds, ‘Tho showing wes i 8 IN AND OUT BAGOAN: WO MONTHS, iMinios Contral—Recvived nt Chicago 2.776 pisves iy April and U8) plecea tn May; choeked out of Chieugg, 2, nie je April and Y,201 pieces in Slugs “a total of 12,000 ‘preves baudled yy this one toad. Michiqun Centrat—Reroived at Chicuo 18, pleces in April und 20,311 pieces in May; oh Out of Chicazo, 6498 pieces In April and 710) ploces in Mas & Total of 61,594 pleces bandied by thiy rond, Chicago, Rurlington & Quincy Chieayzo, 6M plocea tn Apri May; ehecked out of Chie ‘April and 6.065 pieees tn May pieces nandled by this ron These three roads in the mouths of April and May handled &, 0 pleces of baggage. ‘Tho muni- hor was perhops a little higher tnt usuith ow- ing -to the face that the Michhrau Central was doing a lurge emigrant: business at thine partle- Ulur thine. At the same average ul the your round, tho turea roads would huadle tn Chivagu alone Just 10,000 pleces of baeguge. TUE, CHECKS. Not loag remarkable, is tho number of tug Stocelvert at apd 171 pleees In 0, NiO pieces In 0 touul of 21,60 aguecheeks fituse. For instance, the’ Contrat uses 46 foeal cheeks," 2a,000 re~ versibla 7 Ud Jolt revenditie cheeks," and wbout 00" spectitl checks." ‘This mukes 2 totator whout 16,00 checks, foally tt ds 74.000 pairs Of chuoks, becnuse there 14 always: one check to zo to theawner uf the baggnge atid another to beheld by the company, with the baguuge. In avery “joint reversibly cheek,’ and “special check" there avo three pieces of iirasa, Ibatend of two, 40. that, the amount of bruss and her requircd for the check system of tho road may be rendily Lanagine ‘Vno “loow checks" ure used sulviy for points along tho rond ownlng them, ‘Tu i lustrute: The Ultugis Central has 45,00) af these cheeks, und 2h elitiond whero thore are. bugwaruinnsters, aud to nid from which stations bagwaze can be checked. Kuch station ts munbered, and cael station bas nesigued for tte exclusive use on certain pumber of =the 4 ehecks, and tho niubere on tho cheuits ised th ened statlun ate consveutive, Chicago, tt No. and uses checks from No. uf Chico 1 No. Ti, and uses eho! to 28U00. If a traveler ta gol yl ohe ov she guts a [to plus which [6 inveribed * 1.0. 1 Ut a number must be between 3,00! and Y2,000), At- tached to big or her baggage with w leather ty Jan check of tho same Kind, » But how ty the train biywagensnster to know yiges to throw the baryaxe off? He will know ‘rom ALITTLE PAPER CITECK which fa siippod Inte tho leather tag alone with tho brass eh sod which ts murked 74," Caicos nunil At tho traveler is coming to Chicngo from Cairo, he or suv gots 4 chock, whieh must be of Aatuaber betwoen 27001 and 28,000, while the paper check, whick accumpunies the brasacheck on the baggage, will be murked 1," Chicago's number. Ln tho same wuy the baggie I sent tu wny othor station along the route. “Tho traln Blops atistation, and the trian tunemuemun, Knowlug the number of tho stutlon, thivws ot any aud all baggnge hiving « paper ebook of that munaber, Ag uny one station fa allowed to uso nono of tho “ locul checks” except such as are assignees to it, ull tho Othur stuuons, ds soul me they Ket ebecks belonging to that one, send them back, Yor instance, Calro sends a trunk to Chlenua, As soon ux the owner getd the trunk, the check he carried and the one that was on the trunk with the tng nro vent back to Calro. Aud Cairo dunds Chicazo chevlts thivk here to be used agalo. euge beige A ruut euntral polit, ther wre sunres and geores of * Joeal checks" voming in boro overy day from the many stations on tho roud, which cheolu havo to sorted Gut and gent back, great eure bolig nucosiary to prevent cheeks of cortuin numbers belay BENT TO THE WONG STATIONS, Tn Chicago, the Ultnols Central employs twa men to do nothhig elo bUt sort Ont uu trrange Tor eonding bnele these local cheeks, Tho ame kind of work hus fo be done at every station on tho roud where bagenge is hundled, atchougls it : only tn the Jurger citles that the work $8 ox enaive, Next cuino the “rovorslb| ohocks go with Arevorably check rouds oe one ality, "From — y" th nium of thy two oltles being, ngod—aiy, for exnmple, “From Chleago to New Orledas,” | The othar side rants, ** From New Orleans to Chicazu,” ‘The Mumes of tho ronds over which the buggnge will have to go ure tio lndivated on ench side, AL cach Gad of one of theav checks |y a bole, and, if the Lagunyo ts going from Chicago to New Ure fonns, thy leather tag ia run through the bules fu kuch a way that * Prom New Griewns to Chi- cio" is vovered up, (On the ocher baud, if the bugxagy iy comiug tls way thu leathor td tinde tweover up "From Cbiedo to New Orleans.” Ab will ho sean, one of chose checks ean be tded onlyjfor carrying buxgage botween the two cities naued on the obeck, ‘The “Joint royerdible check" t¢ one that Ia tved by two connceling rouly, Suppoee, for ine atince, the Siltnoly Contral and the Chicngo, Rock tuland & Puciiic to be the raxds, Witt 1B of thelr “Joint roveraihle chucks" 1 pieve of Daggnge on be gent (rom any stution on une of the two ronda to, any station on the other, The vheck Is made of two plecoa of brags, not ine cluding the pleco givin tu the owner of the buys wage. One side rondy, “1.0, to Ue He 1. & und the other, °C. It LP to tC" tere is i bole ut oach end, ns iu the ordiungy “royersi- blo check," but there ts aldo is Diy hole fu thy aufddlo of each piece of brie, A pleco of stut puper fs phiced between tho two piecus Of brs, and on tho portion exposed by the middie hola is written tho destination of the baggage, If the bagunye is going from beru to tock tuather the cad bolus in auch) ok way to leave exposud “1, C, to. MeL & Py" und on the, pleco: of panes, oxposod Will bo written, “fog Island,” If the buxyage ts coming thts way, the check {3 reversed, and “Chicago” Is weltton Instendof "Huck tslund.", AOU RPECTAL CHECK " s Js ured for sending baggage from any station on any row to nny station on any other roud, ‘The “apectal chook ” of thy Elinols Central ta nude of two pivces of Lrass, with accomadation for a paperellp, us la tbe “Jolut piversibla ube! At haa shuiply mevrived On Gnewkle, howover, CUR Un cho paper slip ta written. Fron to vin OE tha bayguge 1s going to Sontreal, tho writing would be from “Chicage to Montraal vit ——. Although the baxwuzerchcok systuin is about AS perfect as Tt cub bs, there necessarily aust Wo Inistakos mads where bound hands ary ents ployed, Of course, the Unilin bagged sonies ames ‘puts olf bagiaye at the wrong sation; vouasionaily chooks are inlegatobed, the owner of bagguce goitiu 8 check ut one wuinber while the baggage ty coocked with wovtber number, the Chi ky," No paper. dnd dupressed, or los evidence of A, D. 70, nt the tine of the burning of the pnd bawicsge-check ia very frequently | The uiletokes nmde by the branagenvan testis Play th DiS nthe be vit} only where euery py xage was roce(ved and ta destin whore (( was netttally pur att, When tie owner at a ples oF buugungzo Inevs bis or her eheck, he or abo Is obliged to toll tho custodian of tho trunk, of suchel, or whntuvor ie may bo, Just wint it contains, and to sign a receipt for tho sino, GREAT INCONVENIENCE * fvoften crented inthis way: A gentleman who fanhout to lenve the elty mects a lndy friond at tho depot who te also goin wage ft itr a ctif- ferent direction, Le politely offera to get hor baxuage cheoked tor hor at tho sng Limo that ho is pertorning it similar service for himself. ‘the result not Infeeqnuntly ia that he gives hor tho eheek be shonld have kept miuself, and retains her eheek, | The bauwage joes throush all rieht, but when the owners cull for tt they tind that tho gullantey displayed at the Hredepat might better have been omitted. Op tho other hand, tho gentleman may chcok the Indy'a bagzaye ta hia destination, and hig awn baggage to her dos. tuntion in whieh avent the sitiation fa still more unfortunate, While most of the baggage that xoes astray Is recovorud. It ocenstonally happens: that a trunk or sachel Is dumped ot at sume station where it Hngers wotll suld at auction. After a trunk or srehel has remutned too lone att a station without being enticed far, it is opened by the ba gangemaster, and generally there a POT ‘or somothing to be. found to indicate the pune and residence of tha owner. Otherwise tho Vague Is STUWED AWAY TO AWAIT TID SALE. Tho Hitnoly Conteal tas been suving up stray: Duzuaue ever ines tho great tlre, and tow bas abeut iO pleces on hand, whiclt will sbortly bo soldat nuction, ‘There fs not a very yaluotle piece of nye: it the whole let. ‘Travelurd de not usualy trust money and Jowols to the eure of tha baying stunsior, und when aw trunk contiins valanit clothing {tis usually guarded with gronat cure, and, If lost, 1s usually x0 diligentiy sexrebod! for ats to bo ultimately Found, dt sumottin De pens that t passengor not having 0 tle! witht hi orher on the train, and without money enough to pay hid or her fare, turns a bagengee check over to the condietor is security for whatever balanes tay be required on tha fare. Somotimos tho baggie Is returned, and sone (mes tt goes to the pile that fy to be muctione ol Apeordltg toMr. Winter, tha Chicago factory makes tho best raliread bugeigescbecks 10 tho world. There aru Wie three uther factories in this country where ail kindof rallroad ghecks tire turned Sut—one In Now York, one tn lose ton, anit one in Cliciumatl, whieh «he Wik ano AUCTION IS GUITEAU INSANE? On tho border Linc, but Not to Be Cons sidered Irresponsible-Tho + Crazy Circle %—A Clasn of People to Whom the Assasin Has All Mis Lilo Belongzod, New York Medical Ieeurd, Ort, 2 The coraing trind of Guiteau for the assnalnn- tion of the tate President bas eniled up a ques- tion of great medicu-legal Interest. The prin- cipal Huo of defense to ba adupted is that tho assusin is Insuno, There fs no doubt that tho American people, with tut few. exceptions, bellove film sinc enough to be banged und tlemand his ox- ccntion, On the other hand, there are miques- tlonubly nny strong reasons fur belleving Gul- tutu to ve of unscund mind. It would be un- Just, wrong, and, polittcully spenking, futile to exceute Guiteau If he ts insune, even thoughbis vietin was the hend of a untion; for responsi- bility tusot aside by wontul disease, and, fur- thermore, it hus Leen shown with tolorable cor- tuinty that tao tear uf uxeention has no detor- rént effect upon the criminal {mputses of tho weak-nunded aud insane, So that the question of Gulteau's mental con dition and responsthiity fa one that deserves it nest serious considerution. It ia clunued that Guiteau fa a monomanine, Tlo hus that fur of monurnnia which hus Leen dveeribed by German writers us urimare Vere ruckihett, und by othors ag partial fntellvctunt dusunity. It ty a disease in which deluded opine fon forma the striking feature, though delualon 4h wot ulways present, while there muy bo with It some perversions ut the emutons, or rome Il- tuslong, slinple or trausformed. Writing of the generil nental conuidod of thts cluss, SoZ. (Bt. Lowla Cunteat curd, December, 1539), suys: Tho geuoril Incelloctual suitus of (wse— pationts, though oraucely of very high orders, Is muderatoly— fuir, a MioHOMUNIKG Is Lrequontiy crotuboty, irritable, Ite coneiides Unit he isu pore sonuye of sue iuiportauce. Sona great pulit- iual movement tikes plied, be Lhraws blnsell Into 4t, either fu xed charactor that he has aulcoady constructed for himself, ar with tho yugue tien that lie fe an lutuential personae. No deolta Interviews, bolts wotuul conversations with tho big men of the day, nceepts tho com- jon courtesy shown bln bf those In othee a trlbuce to tte valu; Is rejected, however, aud thon Judgva blitself to be the victiin ot Jealousy or of rival cabula, makor Intemperate ald quere vient cowplalnts to higher olliciuls, purunps inakes violent attucks on ttm.” : AN UNBALANCED MIND. ‘This degeription stows very well what aro suing of the oversional phases of mougunnin.: Aud this doscripuon, thougu written 1 18s, corrosponds uurtously with the netions af Gul- teau, It uruat be remembered, howe: thie avtions almust similar way bo performed by porteetly sane men, ‘Thuy do not prove Insin- Ay, Dut are simply Mable to form a part of the elinical pielure oF ong form of Laut disouse. Thy evidences of Gultouu’s unsound mental condition ure, a9 fur as the facts uf bis bintory are yet elven, as follows: ‘There is evidence of hereditary unt, an unels and two cousins buy? ing been insane. Guitenu was carefully brought Up and Well educated, but uarly showed un un- huluneed mind. When quite younw he Soiied the Oncldu Community, ifero bis conduut was 80 Pouulinr that be wad, after # tine, oblized to fenve. Hts netions showed moral pervoraities und disagreeable pergonal truita rather than any: notable intellectual auverrations, Stllt ho wis remeinbered on account of bls intense concelt, bis cocentricity, and occasional inconerence. Attor ler ying the Community be atudied and practiced law, but never rose abuve the position ofa bill collector, Somewhat later, in writing ‘Ww his relatives, he ngsumed tho tle of © fon.” and continued tu uke it, despite expostulution. Although without grodit or tricuda, ho formed 0 chums for buying out ‘Lite Cateago TinuNe, which paper he uxpected that he evutd then conduel ils Intonse and morbid egotism was constantly displaylugitself, It tuuk the form ot a craving for noteriety, which nt tines deycl- oped with considerable Toree, He nitempted tho rote of Wlecturer aud failed. Mis lectured contuned a seeming delusion, which was de- Yonded with incoherence. ‘This delusion was that tho second: coming of Christ touk lace 'cin- In advertising ils lecture ho had himeeit wHounced 19 a coiebrated Chicago lawyer. ile ivured ono political lecture before it cola andionce daring the list Presideutial campuizn, ‘Taig avems ty bnve leon tho sule sory wit be erformed, Upon it he bullt up hls belief thas wis vatitied tu the Austriin Ministry, aud, that falling, to tho Paris Consulship, MALICE PROBARLY AISENT. Tho fran of sulud In whieh he conceived the projeut of murdovinw the Pregidunt does not seem Lo-litve been one of mulles, Ho neted une der a dchided opinion that the deed was for the goodof ina Republicua partyand tho Nation, ‘This delusion was exoited and fed, uo doubt, by bls extrome = exotism and craving for phbile attention, The purpose of nasnslia- Uon onco formed, there sone doubting or thouxht of chanuo atterwurd, The propari ons forthe murdir were made dullberately, and tho after consequences wore, tn a doyree, considered, Binco the murder, Gulteau his shown nocvidenco of remorse, but there his developed an iolense galicitude for his person sufety. Ho his shown great insonalbility to to uttering bo hascuused, and Hes ap penred rather proud of tho sickening diatiuction. hy bas Achieved, ‘Tho above are tho principal facta ns yet fure nfshod which contribute tu tha belief Mn the af srgin’s tnaauity, It must bo added that the geu- grat charactor of tho tan hugs been extremely bad, Sesides bomy vain aud pretentious, hu hag always uppeared quite insonalhle to shame, and bas nover besitated to importune oggres- sively for any desired favor. He was utterly unreliable, led, evaded lis debts, earned money by the worst mothudd of the hystur lawyer, was brutal to his wife, and Immoral In his habits. Mis intnnor wits mean and origin His intele Joutul ability Js, perhaps, lttle below the Weraz0, With theav and othor facta that aro quite won erally known, we way ‘bo ube to forin somo Iden as to which side of the border line betwoun sanity und iusunity. Guiteau ta to be pliced, OF the functors uf an unsound mind wo can Gnd tu Gulteau's wontul histury inure deluaton, incoherence, and of moral perversion, Tho worbld oxo. twin, the bhumividal get, pertormed without mutice, and the subsequent development of a inurl fear of douth should wilde be taken into uccount, A nore vomplote bistury of the aguein's Ifo might bring out other favtora. Mit at presont it ta ehloily the ev idence of 4 tuuden- ey ta duluded uplnions, procecding oftonvat from 8 morbid cyotisn, Bust mudt furnish tho: teat of bis tntotectual cundition, BELONGING TO THE CHAZY CIRCLE. Judyed by this test, wo cantiot convince our- aclvod that Gulteau should be conehlered poste tively lusane. Jio tion the border-line whet the ccountriity of wouk miuds trends upon ine sunity. .Crichtoa Brown deserivinl a cinss of persona who stand half-way between the linune und idlotig on tho que band, and the slinply “nervous” on thoother. They constitu 1o “ornay circle." Guitcun bas all bis Ite belonged: to this cinas, Tt will bo clutined thut in bin Jase, murderous uct fo showed hiwself to be unmiee sakubly, jusune. Wo dv not think that thore te yet evidence enough ta prove this, it mist not bo forgotten, as Bucknill and ‘Tuke buve said, that deluded opinion upon unc subject, standing by itevlf und without bul- Inoipadon or perversion of tho emotions or iu- atincts, cap rarely by recoynized asa form of insanity. delusions of Gultcau were not accompanied by such porversions toxnv marked ple, degree, It ia worthy of ule that, despite bie eogentrioities, thy ualrorm story Ww that nobody SS | thanaht insane. oF Uinttean, Inelud: en hry be entied stich It wes strter language of route tuithers yyy who detloe a delist ain involuntary belied without data or premise. ‘The doluston of Guitea regarding his crime, whiah had some data, if mest widely marked off Crom Unitof the gonulne monomaniig who, for ax ninply, belioves bimacl? the Holy Ghost; and none of his previous quastedelusions had indl- ented to nequalntances anything mora thin 9 disagrecably eccontrin charactor. Anregards the morbid cgotiein which formert a part of Guiteau’s character and so often shaped his notions, this ts Indeed a ecaminon symptom In tho insane atid in the unbalanced mental condition that precedes Insanity. But nelther morbid egotism vor eansequent dolustons necesyarily stamp the individual as a lunatic. Tha degres of the one, the (rrationallly oof the hs well a8 xecompanving feta, be cone sidered. CGulteau’s egotiam wad great, but pot heunomennl; his deltsians were contomptibte, utirely without data, Add tu this that hia 8, though brutal, were net uncontrolnhtos was more vicious than pasalunites moro coherent In bis decults than Incohorent In his Innguage or writing, and we get tho pleturo of 0 man who Is vain, brutish, weak minded, atid of- fonsively eccontrie, birt not Insane, THY QUESTION OF REBPONAIDITITY, Even suppose, however, that somo taint of insnnlty were upon this man, it would yet re mata to be proved that he was not legally re: aponstile for his deed. It ts now nt recoxalzad prinvipie that a man may be fngane dn some particulirs, yet wane nad capable of tegal and panstble vata in other directions. [ft a man the delusion that a person whan to moots: is wone bine an injury, and ucting on tho dos fon kills this person, he fs resoonaibte tn Inw. ‘This muy not be tho carrevt test of responel- bitity, but tt ts, wo belleve, the ane Aull yeu. erally beld, and Js the ono indorsed by Elwell tn Als recent teoatlee on mnvdlent Juctapradence. Now. in tho cage of tho present murder It may ‘be shown that tho nat wits dong utnor a kind of delustons but this WH not beenough, Lt must be further shown that tho delusion was ech that Guiteau did not know the nuture of tho uct hu wie doing: or, in other words, ho did not know he wns dolug wrong. We suspect that this will not be nn easy thine to demonstrate, ‘Though the asvasin claims that his net wos for the nirty"s good, he haga wever shown wy evi- dence that be did not understand its Immorutity and helnousnesd, : Jt may be that the ovidence will develop facts whieh will put Guitenn's mental condition in a diferent Hight. Hut now it appears quite tht the prisoner's erline was the actot a vicious: natures congenitally had and erratic. perhaps, but nade worae by eolf-Indulgence ind tho un= ehvoked promptings of taupreiy exotisn, So tar ns thelr natural filrmities ga sich men de~ serve pity, but they cannot be considered ir- reanonsitle, And, if soulety must protect itself by tnking w Hite for a life, it muse In Justice bring to uccaunt such miscreants as Guiteau, tha deluetons * TARIFF REVISION. Proponed Cori Manitiacta voution In Now York— ors Want the Tarlir Re- Muterials—Stronc y Also Watt It Khalsed on the Homo Consumers of ‘Their Guods—it Is ‘Too Beastly Migh Now. New Yorks ‘Times, Oct, 1% It bas beon determined that the “National Convention of Representatives of the Ayricult- ural, Manufucturivg, and Conmmerutat Interests of the Country" shill open at tho Couper inatl- tute, in this clty, at 10 o'eluck a, m, on Luesday, tho wth day uf November, and shall continue ju session two duys. The subject of a re- vision of tho turif will .thon be dis- cussed in all its bearings. The sub-com: mittee to which was usstgued the allotinent of delegzutes to this convention have made a report: to the Excoutive Committee, in which they limit tho total number of delegites to about 00, aud apportion thom, on a Hberal plin, to the re- apeetive industries throughout the country, It hus been deolited to invite all the signers of tho eat) to particlpute in the convention, and to allow, jn adaition, 100 delegates to tho Ni York City Industries, Tho most Industrint ussoclitions in the «i Sintes are allowed twenty-tive delezates zations OF lesser hu port ited by ten delegates enc veral inérohiunta of this otty', who are interested in the question of the tarit, wag held In ttuom Nu. 2 or the Cooper Institute Just Wednesday, It was reaolved enat all who should constitute # ecumtnities to the various manutucticing firms in and cudeavor to get thom In- tho ally terested in the uppronehingeanvention. A spus chil committea was also appointed ty cali upon the Gankers and ascertain trom eben tuele views upon tho present turiit, and if thoy are found tu bave any grievances they will be inte vited to coperata ft tho vifurt to “secure Wt roe vision of the tariff. Another tneuting of city manufuctnrers ly te be netd on the fuck Laer, Amung thovw who have ‘ken an interest in the movementure the representatives of sev- eral very important munufueturing industrics, sone of whom have freely oa pressed thelr views on the subject of tho tariit to the Zines’ repurt- ere. Tho wppended interviews, fn cennection with thogo published dn this paper a fow duys ago, WHE give tho public something of an idea of wout té dusired, und wut fg hoped te be accom- plished by the approaching convention, Sr, 13, 1. Huttnng, of the tirts ot Charles Paar Co, munutacturing choumtsts, No, bt Malden Ling, auld that he was cordudiy In favor or the ‘ariit Convention, and bud “nu dowbe whatever uf ity being a auccess, ‘Lhore wad very went necesity fur thorough revision of the turtil, and he thought that suen un luterebunge of .viow3s us would be likes ly tu take place at u gathurlng of ropresontae tive business-men would be of advantage tonitbrauches of Ainoricun industry, " Ltwe can brve on totolllgent comnission on revision of the tut,” suid Me, Huttmunn, “wo shall probubly be nble to secure i turitf'that witl be qr and gutisfuctery. We curtainly need an improvement on the hashed-up tarlil that ts now Ja existance. Tho munufacturing chetne and drugisty 'do not nl for any increase ol duties on importa, bue on the other hand owe aire anxious to have muny of the present turlf rates reduced In the Intersate of fair ploy und consistency. 1f we contd have all of our crude innterlals treo we would be watistied ty have a lighter taritl ons all Smiports, ‘fo hie surg, the grenter portion of the erud@ inaterials used in uur Luginess ure free, but thura ure somo articles that we hive to pay a duty on, and Lf om in favor of ndmntting everthing that wo use fu ite crude state tree, Then with a falr and senalble Hari? that will give us moderate protection we shot have nyu couse toshrink from competition with foreign munuficturers, Of oourae, It ty ‘Well understood that inbur ts ia sueh chuapor jn European countries than it fa at home, hut the Ainericnn people beat the world on lubure saving mnebinery, und in that way almost make up for tho Srut-named disudvautige,” “What speuial features of thu preaont tariff do you tnd fault witu?" asked the reporter, “ ‘The present lari, 18 a whole, is faulty, was, tho reply, “It is full of inconsistencies, and many of ‘the duttes uro larger than. thoy ought tobe. Cam not inclined to be a free-trade, but T am dealdedly opposed to an oxorbitant rit, Now, Just look at this (tukhue ont a printed lst]: Borax 14 Neth 18 conta po - pound, and. thers is ity on It of 10 Gents por pound; a tarilf of five cents would be perfectly satisinetory, On tartarle acld there fs aduty of 15 cents, and W cents would be quanghs cream of tartir Is subjected to a tari? of Ib conts, and six centé wortld be quite sulllelent, £ aight polnt out scored of instineca where th Import duties on yoods in our Iie of busine ure neodlesly high. ‘The trouble 1s, tha tari? was gotten wp by persons who did not know What wos rewiy” proper, Profussjonil potitt- cluns, ba a rule, know very ilttio about tao tartit, aug whonvyer they uleddie with it they ure pretty sure to blunder," “In what way would you Hko to goo a revision of the tari? made?” “ily a commission at Intelllyont men who would be wiliuy to bestow sullluivnt tine ond cure on tho work to nike it thorough. Whut la known ag the Katon bill provides for the ap- Pept Of & cuttmission composed of ones i wht bueines# omen nud one-ball | mei bera of Conyress. [ presume that the ap Pronehing convention will recommend tha passage of this Eaton bill, for it 18 genernily conceded by all manufacturers tint wo should have a commission on revision uf the tarlit.ap~ poluted oun as possible, ‘ho existing tarltt rates Were, parhans, woll cnouye for War ties, ‘but things have ehingod ranerhily within tho past fow yuars, ana the tiritt Hat stould Do altered to conform ‘with present neces sities, One of the nbsurdities of tho ox feting tari now ocuura to me is this: On tunnte aekt thoro te a duty of 8! per pound, and on tannin, which fa the sume thle, tharo i a duty of €2 por pound, Why: that dies orimination should buve been made Leunnot tetl, Ttonly zoos te show that whoever made up tho tarlitellat did not understand tholr business. Another cause that we have for compluint {is that In many particulars tho business men put one construction on tho turl®. provisions and the Suoretary of tho Treasury another, We would ike a list of dutles Lunt cxpanot bo misconstrued. Many of the declaious of tho ‘Treasury Department uro Now fult tu be unjust, Deed usae du many Lure in, provisions are cnpubie of ditferunt interpre: ations," e The pottery manufacturers of Trenton, N. Jos fro very much Interested in the subjectot a revision of the tarilf, aud mio looking forward — to the upprouching — conven- von. as a poasible tneane of wtfording thom tho relicf that they dedire. [What relief’) A meeting of the Manufacturing Pot. tory Avsuolation of ‘Trenton was buld lust week fur the purpose of elocting delusates to tho ‘Tari Convention, There are sixteen lactorics repreaunted in this assuciation, und fourteen of thou were reprusentad xt $bo inentiuy, An ex= truct frum United States Consus Lang's last res pers, ou * The Eurthenware Trude of ‘Tunstall, ‘vyglund,” was road and quite generally com- munted on. Mr. Lano mye thar the wabnrientk of Kuglish pottery to the United Stutes tor the Sirst quarter of tbia year were £55,055 in oxcess of those for the firsc quarter of 1s, He then gous on to gays © What, however, la of more tine thetlaty interest, partivularly to those une gaged in daycloping thu potting industry dn the Unitod States, ly tho fact that, ‘not witbutunding tbe vumparatively rm tocthol whivb tha Kngiish potters still retuio jon wets of be United States, they nnve uot escaped 7a tho contngion of tho amigration fi evitlent throughout Barone, tnd tage oe eable to wy Cit a oud clase ag a ty Beaptey ft Josd skilled In the various weraites ® ter's thunitiwork, fs rapidly e teint, Pate (Weofenmizration now towing to the (2) Stites,“ Many of these people whe Wl tho houses” ther live in— 5 very common with working havo pliced thele proporty In the hinds o Hora, tobe sold, in ordor to. take worldly olfecta with thom to America, ‘Thore te now auch a prevalent inelloution atin? tho best workmbn to go to tho Walter ene une tly fact cannot fall to he intemeting perhins weorul to Amerioan manutuctures Mr, Henry ‘f, Cook, President of thy New. soy Pottery Works, ‘In spenting of these peotlve convention, Bald: “The mute; E Rreat impoetan eel ter And thore iW very lively Interest taker thom, ‘Tho fnet i, something uveds ce po Uy to brace up tho pottery buatuess, 1 * Ibvenmatono time, and. thoso who Muga St Juvosted in ie feck the change yery im There hag been oa thine when great dea) of mone mado by the 1; potterles, b 4 and we hard work to make n ltving, ‘on © What bia caused this changes" “'Tho Increase In tho mumber of pottories [s one of tho causes, and th therensing quantity of forelun ported Is another entise, America 10 teudilse ware: ine to the forelun inportations. -Lelaim that (ute right of the American manufacturers dues tho goods tused in this conntry, and ie eunuot do business In open competition wil foreign manufuaturers, then they shoud thoroughly protected by a taritt,” You are a protectionist then," remap, tho reporter, O, u cortaln’ extents nm," replled Me. Cook. 1 simply arate to see the American capital that A vest {un the pottery business protected, und | dung Wish to be understood na speaking atlogother, the Interest of tho capital ey thie for Lam equally deal 5 Inbor protected uni wantto seo our uber put on a good, 5 stantial basis, so, RE the | Workin can Hye comfortably, It we are from the ruinous competition of Imanufacturers we shall be Able to do a mig, profitable business, and, ayo natural cone dueney, Gur workmen will set otter pny, Tt wo hada fuir protective tari thore woul o6 roum in this country fortwice as tnuny potters ne tharg nro stow. Tho, pottary muanutactires of Trenton are not bleh tari men, and dong, {ko ta beso entled. Tho pucnte associate thy Adon with, rnuriepoly and wo are not monopalisa, We simply want what wa tire entitled toandes more." Do you untieipato that tho convention wy duce any results ndvantngeous to your bys a Woll, yes, ina vertaln sense. We expect i this tari convention will arouse tho people nm livelier Jnterest In tholr munufucutrmg tndue tres, Ie will give thom knowledge of the con ditlon ‘and necessities of the varlous. inant factories, and may uwaken a public sen ument tn our: favor. want to 6g every Industry in the country protected aa gy to make Aimerican labor remunerative, and | tool that untess something 14 lone upentily 4 Erextmuny mumutacturliy concorns Witt goby tho bonrd, And those who tlk free trade mag bear in inind that when n factory ta obliged to close, it isnat the cupltaliat who eutlers thy Most, Wut tie poor Inburing people who ay thrown out af employment.” (All thle gnbbte aiinply mouns that the higbip. protected pottery cormoriats want to whack og aatill henvler tax on American consumers} Mr. W, H. Linburg, Seeretury of the Hamiltng Rubber Company, of Tronton, N. J, sald thatas hho Understood the present tari? all rubber vents manufietured 1 forelgn countries were sub Ject tou duty, und the erude rubber le enterct free. ‘This ls about all that cin he dosirud by the Amerious manufacturers, The Ramitia Runber Comminy had digned the call for theo ventlon becuuse there could by no harm indie cussing the subject of tho tarlit, red. A. Mint, of the Goodyear Rubber Com on Broudway, said that he abort vo the tarilt on rubber goods any ese thay Itnow is. [tis about i per cont. Latarisa much ¢! per abrowl that foreign manifacture ors couid come into our markets aod under, the Americ manufactn if thoy wery nol held fu cheek by a pret HIE Tinpert duty, « ‘Tho Secretary of the fndnt-ftatiber CombCony puny, of Mereor street, in this ity, said that by company bad very httly competition. Ceo fore elgn manufacturers in Amertoan markets, ne Thowght that especie on maw ufactured goods would le very muck better than tho prosent duty. ([Thut ls, this fellow wants higher tax on the consuniers.| There brve born instances where rubber goods of foreign make have bean browrht over here und awori Ubrough the oustom-hause on valiae Hons ge low as to arouse & strong sispleion tbs thos Were tase, and goods from Cermany bere beon olfered In our markets at legs prices then thoy can be majla for here. If an honest apple eation of the present tari! caulit be made ibs rubber inunufacturers wortld lave wo cause to comphuiay STEEL IN PLACE OF IRON, English Uso of It In Shipbutldings Its Protitublencss, Patt Malt Guzettes A decision announced by the Consett lira Company must be regarded as aleniiicant nt ine present. tne. ‘That company tins bean ane of tte Inust tertunate of all tyose eusgeedd in northern metallurgy, Jt bought iminense lrou-worksand collieries in the northwest of Durkuta ata very Jow price, and by Judictous expenditure aad good management bt has paid wonderful disk dends for many years. Over n series uf yearsit puld He per cent per mannan te [ts fortunate shareholders, nud fn the lust two yi It has ree turned 25 per cont per anuum und giver a bons In nddidon. Tnese hurge result, contributed to by the cole mnumifaeture, have been chietly attained the frog trade, and notably by tho lron-piate trade, For the year Just closed the Consott Iron Compaoy hada protitat £201,000, nnd out of this £16128 was the prolit on iron plates and plg-iron. Tot cownpnny fs, indeed, thy largoxt frou. plate prov ducing concern in tho world, and hence (tia dict of very grent slantiiennce to tnd that it bas deckted to urect 8 Sleniens-Martio phint fer the production of atect plates, Iitherto the ships built on Northern rivers have been Iron sinuv tho cessation of tho build: (ng of Wooden vessels, with n very few excep ons. Exceptional steel vessels nave beet built In the North of England—on the ''yne ood the ‘Lee nt West Hartlepool; but all tho steel for sumo of those, and much of it for othors, bat been tiken inte the district from Scotland and Wales—distriets tut hive curler eoinmences) tho production of steel plates for abipbaiiding., ‘Tho northeastern district, down toa fow years azo, wite alinust exclusives Jyun iroueinnking district, Stua! menced ona jarge seule some Ul only, but the fminonse ateol-rall mills ¢ hear Middlesborough produced: dy,0n tons of steel mils tn 1872, nbout (0,000 tons last yeahs and thiy year will enlarge that quantity, Thee were mate nt frat exclusively from forelga {ron ares, to tho logs of the consi mption of focdl ores; but the dephosphortzution. process ea nblus the Inttor now to be med, and pence there Js 1 growing production of steal In the form ul ralla in the North, Practleaily, the prodncuog of whut was ono of the staple” munufacturcs the distriat—iron ralla—is now extingulsned 1a ninvs Of those of the snore enduring inclal For long thera bad been a controversy whather Iron thus supplanted would also hate steel substituted for it for slalpbultding wer. ‘The Consett Company takers the fea In ue production of tron for abips, und henco the 514° Hifleaneoe of tho atop ft hus now announced, If even Lit step bo taken on i seile eotaptrte tively small, “Loonlly and nationally the quer thon of the comparative serv or en and’ steal in shipbuilding ia being vit cussed, and fa also wndervolug tue (est ig experience. Tn the most recent of these discs sions. (t was atated on tha ait of roa thal a4 van, easel would cost 43; por cent more b ton of dond-welght carrybig cupaey tt of ste than It would of iron; while, on the ather nae it wus ¢lulmed thyt even with atecl mud above iron in price, as oat preset iy would, by carrying © more, cost sible less pur ton at eurrsing capacity, At hy ninply was glyen of tho cust steal and bi veaxcla—the former of a certain 6140 ee £14550, and stn tron ong tho sitio sido Come SUM), but carrying eighty tous tess A bhter§ Henoo it was contended that for the adillt “te cost thoro was wi iaswe interest, When the mit ter fs narrowed to these dimension fot senreely ‘be guid that {tls ton goon Ww in io the ultimate substitution of stect fur ry! shipbuilding, Artin the Bondolv. St, Jumen’ Curette (Loudon), ‘Tho following ndyortizamunt, culled from 8 Freneh newspaper, contalas a santeace wilted shuwws what aevamplishinents are expeuted v kood Indy’s innld liv those thin slate Bxcellonty fomme do chaniico—Analaies Dannie Catbolhjue, parlant Pruigaly, oe Tatro les. robes, ct meniler tea quatre couleurs alee xy piacur.” ‘Gen “ifundling tho four colors” means palntihy lady's five uccording tu the principles of bie art ‘Phe four volurs wee“ wopls te the tised to darken the vyebrows and clommte 1h corners af tho cycs Bo us Lo give, Het ae almond shape so iuen appreciated; ” tint a perlo” aod “cart,” used separately vie gether to Inpirt a délicatu rosg-bloaui OF tt creamy tnt tothe chueks; und © bleu da voller whieh ly roquired for the dullcuta traciay 1 Ho Velne on tho, vides of thustereheud iy good Cutholo Enslisnwomin? whe etn fy her fuur colorals rathor modost in. dea fur it herself plainly aga * Comune de chantry. ny hiv Koons gore OF the Tadles uf her profession tte Vegun to advertise thouselyes by the PI tithe of © urtiste-cumncridre.” 4 a el Gon. Arthur and Mrs, Hoberts Washington, Star, va ent Lust spring, at ane of Cont, (aritelds reer tons, the wifo of a Juaticu of tho Rupr: Court josted with Gen, Arthur about the Ta, that he wasto marcy Mra, Stareball 0. Ihe ig Ho unawerad guod-Bumorediy, but emplinti denied the report, Ran ited Lhave {dea of nuerylng Mra. Roberts tua ot nn he Fesort was Brat wlaried 03 8 during the tase Preslduntial wie ww of the would-be wits uf thy New tig Union Longue Cink, who at the ery started the rumor that dirs A, T.Stewue marry 8 yCusig Episcupal mimnsicss ” or blarke Pt cauapaigt UF WT 1 ‘