The Sun (New York) Newspaper, November 28, 1868, Page 2

| AMUSEMENTS. — WOON'A MIEFIM—The Lydia Thompton Nurlesqne Tronpe, Hs \wr and Wiid Anima WALLACY v0 Lancashire Last, Elegant scenery, ay re fo, Asplendia ene Under BEW 30.8 THEAL..2, Nov, the Gas Like BREW YORK CIRCUS. 1th #1, opporite Academy of Morie—oinierolla, Star Rider and Aciobate. Matinées Wedacatape and Rataranys, at 204 1M Prnexore Lown viwa non ay Leet o'eloek COONS NSTITUTE, Thanksgiving week—Gen. Tom xi 1C HALL=De Cordora's Lecture, "Pan * LANCATS.—Genevieve de Hirabant. Mati. rans ’ TRR=Ned Bearlet and False Colors, i torday. | PIKi su USE Torhe Mone, Matings on Saturday ai i velo e P.M mation The = Sun. Tt Shines for Atl. Presidential chair, to permit hin ty do #0 would be a graceful acknowledyinent of his military rervices in the past, and would be a master etroke of policy for the future of the country, It would indicate to foreign na- | tions that we are a power which it is not safe for them to insult or trifle with - — The Totlers of the Land. The condition of the agricultural Inborer in England is one of the saddest pictures in modern life, THe fs expected to maintain his wife and family, to pay house rent, and pro. vide his food, clothing, and fuel, from ways not averaging much over half a dollar a day. This is tho extrome of poverty. It reduces the laborer almost to tho level of the brute Tie # dom cate meat, and his family are half starved. He ean neither read nor write, and his children grow up, like himself, in utter ignorance, Tlie pleasures are grosa vices; hie disposition is made ravage and Lratal ; {_— —! SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1863, — uM ‘The Charter Election. In nominating Donan B, Eaton, Esq, oe their candidate for Corporation Counsel, the Republicans have done as wise a thing as it was possible for them to do. Mr. Eaton isa lawyer second to none in ability, While during the whole of his: professional tarcer he hos constantly added to his original fepntation for sterling inte tuptible honesty Like most others of titlzens, Mr. Eatos owes nothing of his euce tess to his birth and family. ‘The son ofa hard working Vermout farmer, he obtained his education by } rity and incor. our distinguished wi labor,and when he finally graduated at tho Cambridge Law Behiool ho }iad nothin but that same labor to look to for a wal nee Kr Industry aud ability lad attr of the Professors at th when the late Judo Wrnisam Kent appliod to them to send him a competent young law. yer to assist him in editing the fourth edition of his father's (Chancellor Kent's), Comm tariea, they unanimously recommended Mr. Eaton. Ho nevepted the task, and performed It so well, and withal showed ao mueh gren- eral aptitude for his profession, that Judge Kent soon took him partnership, and finally traneferred to him the whole of his practice, From this epoch Mr, Eatox went steadily forward, Ho has been at times standings counsel of tho Panama [Railroad Company, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and — tho Erie Railway Company, besides being the confidential lawyer of many of ont most aub- ftant'al merchants, At present ho fs the fogal adviser of the Board of Health, a body which owes much of ite effi f not its | riunately, hia ted the notice Law School, and, into the and he lives and dies @ reproach to his spe- cies This reault has been produced partly by a long course of henttless and selfish loyrivla tion, enforced by tyrannical "kings and ava- ‘cious nobles, an execllent example of which may be found in our own Jaw against labor uniona, and partly from the incessant wars in which England has been engaged. ‘The la. Dorer has never been allowed to help himself, and hag remained Little better than a rerf. There is danger that ovr own nyrieu)iural laborers aro tending toward this condition, At present they are apparently prosperous. ‘Their wages are four tines those of England. | They have plentiful food, and are well lodged | and cared for. A wide demand oxista for la bor, and no ono need suffer who ean work Yet it is plain that the two dollars aday | which the laborer now gets is scarcely equal to the one he formerly received. 1 fuel, cl ure rent, ving, and food are double whut they once were, and it is evideat that th Jnborer must deprive himself aud his family of many little luxuries in. which they formerly indulged, in order to escape debt. His wages have never risen in equal proportion with those of the eh ed artisan, Ie is sinking, without any t of relief. European | economists propose the | sinall farm ay sco. os a remedy for agricultue ral suffering ; and the plan succoeds remark. | ably well with the thrifty Continental farm. | ors. In our own case, however, where the Inborer wishes to improve his condition, he con do #o better probably by uniting with eral others in hiring or purchasing a num- ber of acres of land, and cultivating it by theircommon labor, Codperative farms have Deon successful in England, where land is ex. tremely dear, They would no doubt be far more #0 in this country, whore it is cheap and plentiful. A little pradence and econo. my at the beginning of such an enterprise, united with perseverance, would give it n The small savings of a number of Inborers combined would enable them to purchase or locate a farm, and they would thus obtain the profits of their own lal without the deduction demanded by talist v1 Bure BUCCONE, cha s would prove a aigual beneft exiet bis nseidnous care and untiring whel he tss i sullrages . Je of thie Vey will, we are cou 1, Lo 1 faithfully, and ’ " t their choice, ne MEDERICR uM nd Donan B, | i or Corpor Al, the Republi *. t fi Y 1 ‘etion is one of | ‘ na 1 deserves mucecsa | vind it, Cal. ConnLine's | 1 ar considerably enhanced | t last evening he recelved the | wi vation at the Constitutional Unton De. moeracy and the Domocratie Union part he place of the Hon. Aspnew IL and the Hon. Joun Kenny, deel ned. The action of these 1 orgonivn tons shows a dotermincton of the opponents of Tammany Hall to make a atrong fight for the control of the elty government. Which of them will win, the result of Tucsday'’s election alone can dotern the friends and supporters of Col, Coxnnina may rest assired: Iko his antagonist, Mr. A. Okey Hats, ho will not decline the fight, whatever may bo the odds against him, un- til the sun goes down on the Ist day of De- cember, mocratic 10. Of one thing a sasiliageaaeiaeee The General of the Army. The office of General of the Army was revived, and was bestowed upon Unyssns | 8. Gant, a8 an appropriate reward for un precedented military services. As the frulte of these services will continue to be enjoyed f0 long as the Republic shall endure, it would seem to be proper that the reward should remain during the lifetime of its re tothe moral and mental charactor of the la His profits would be far greater than ever his wages had been; he would have lei sure for mental 4 wvement; his manners 1d soften, his mind enlarge, and we might Vtoin in the course of time what no other Lorer. nation has ever posscrsed, & prosperous agri cu ural population idiocy Wall Street Morality. Whilo we are, all of us, properly indig. nant nt the unscrupulous management of | the Erio Railway Company by ita stockjob: Ding directors, and at the witer want of mer. cantilo honesty which they havo displayed in their schemes for raising and lowering the price of its shares, we may ns well not bo too limited in our criticisms, nor confine toa fow persons the condemnation which is deserved by many. The truth ia that these recent revelations of fraud, which 80 asto: ish and provoke us, aro but symptoms of a lying disease extensively per. vading the public, aud perhaps no more spe ally virulent now than it has been fo | years past, The cascntial viclousness of the princi which governs all speculative transactions, not only in stocks, but also in goods and merchandise of every kind, is that of reo, niging no distinction between getting money deep unde tipient. Nay, more—thla mark of distinc tion was heartily awarded by all political | parties, and it ought not to be revoked merely because the Repablic: ys, appreciating strong hold which Con. Guant bad co rnd affections of the le, selected L. peoy ag their can for the Presidency | Let this honor, therefore, continue to rest ing his term; for there is not a pa- trot in the lan would not re if, at the end of that term, whether it be four or eight 3 Gnant were found ith his baton in his to lead our troops, in the | ure ¢ to vindicate our na. or to grive effect to a desire of f ¢ fexico, or Cuba to be | Tn case of a war ng of the long @ standard em tl law 1with the na of Gnast would, if the « n demanded it, cause half a mil ’ | of en to leap to thelr foct, seize their | muskets, « they we would fi; 1 enter the Geld, assured the tobe led to battle by a chief who Lt it outon that Hne, and whoso | " contsincd no such word as de- | feat. 1 Only two objections can be raised to the | Poly sugested, and these ean bo easily ob- visted. Of course, if Gnant, while dis charging Lis dutica as President, also | bominally held the effice of Gencral of the | Army, he would not draw the pay ofeach, He | would relinquish the salary of the latter; and, | If need be, a law could be passed which would place this beyond contingeucy, As to certain | duties imposed upon Lim as General by re- font statutes, theso acts could be modified, they having been framed to meet and coun: | beract the perversitios of AxpiEW JomNsoN, While such of the duties as it is proper to hin | pore upon some one might, for the tine | being, be jorformed by the Lieutenant: | Genovet Wits, therefore, there ia xo Sasuperuble Byjectou to Goa, Gnanr’s retaining his rank Bo the army during his oceupaney of the | | | which the transition to fraud isn asa reward for useful industry, and merely taking it out of other men’s pockets by shrewd management or a lucky turn of event, When aman does a day's work for another and is paid for it, his wages are but a fair return for bis services. When a shop. large quantity of any use. keeper buys a lar ful article and retnils it out, his profit is caraed by the trouble ho has taken and | by the convenience le has ailorded | to the purchaser, Especial the | t or manufacturer y rial into new articles of uso « fully ask and receive a cc for his skill. Money made in any such way as this is ma honestly, and ja the le prey fits owner. But when a man al th's pathway to fortune, and devotes Limeelf to watching the rise and fall | | to be shrewder in his urse of the market than at ho may entrap them fitable to them and profit | 1 from 1 ond 8, of prices, and try predictions of the ¢ Lis nel into ba able to himself, he steps upon gro. atu of receiving Tho habit when stocks or goods go up leads Jugeusibly to an eftort to make them go p or down at will; to cornering: operation 8, to the locking up of money, to over: enay, » down, wes of securities, to false reports for or orainst a particular company Whose shares are involv. ed in tho transactions of the moment; in short, to all tho tricks eo familiar to Wall street, and which, when judged Ly old-fash- joned standards of morality, are nothing but #0 many ways of committing roblory., ‘ho transactions which have just been brought to Light in the shares of the Erie Railway differ in kind but not in degree from those which have been going on for yours, and which are sanctioned by the approvel of hundreds of our niost respectable citizens, If the public is really iy carvest In ite ro probation of the conduct of the Erie Railway Dircetors, Jet it make no dst vetion between them and their fellow etick gamblers, but « Paps Vee & occupation useful in itself and profitable to tho community, be treated ns tho disrepute. Wo character which he really is; and, above all, Iet every ono of us keep out of Wall street epeculations as religiously as we would keep out of the practice of any other vice. Whenever this is dono thoroughly, Wall street will be restricted to its legitimate finan- cial business, and its morality will be as fret as that of any other mart of commerce. But 0 long a8 a great number of people en- courago its gambling transactions, just 6o long will it be useless to rail at the develop ments of raacality in its denizens which occa. sionally come to light. in| We publish in another column a ecmmu- nication from a young clerk, signing bimself It. | B, The complaints he makes are, it seems to us, well founded. We know of no reason why the Mercantile Library should be closed either on Thanksgiving Day or any other holiday; or, for that matte: n Sundays, It was instituted in tho interests of the very class whom R. B. represents—the clerks of this city—and it shuts its doors in their farce on the only leisure days they have to enjoy its ad- vantages in the whole year, It requires but one person to look after the reading ros cantilo Library. A quiet girl at the Superinten- dent's desk suffices to keop perfect order, Cor. tainly to employ such a one for a Sunday after- noon, of for a public heliday, would not be « very terrible strain on the resources of the insti- tution; and, toul-destr ® Sunda Why then are this and similar institutions nut opened at all times to the many poor fellows who Have no other day for reading, but their forlorn boarding he no place of refuge » find os, andl W avily on their hands — Aman, calling h If Prof. Rrewrrs foing about this city offering to tench an vented method of drawing, by which pers previously acquainted with the art can learn the time hang ee tingle lesson to produce laud icapes and other pictures of natural objects with perfect accarac i snot disclose his process at first, but brings a numerously signed testimonial to its | value, and requires, In advance, @ feo varying from $2 to $10, according to the numberof the persons who di learn it, One of our friends, who keeps a school up town, was pre vailed upon to form for him a class of ten or more At #2 apiece from among bis pupils, for the sako of having them profit by the wonderful discovery, but, from. tho description of was ire to ren Wa, money di yw plate of glass in front of the object or landscape to be repre drawing on it the picture with a kind of diluted printer's ink, and floally impressing the deawing upon paper, Of course, as much skill and training is required to do this successfully as to draw on paper inthe first instance, The ' Professor’ hiaself has considerable dexterity at tho bu poss, and at frat all bis pupils are delighted with the apparent ease with which may be aot before him is cop tage of this enthusiasm, he pr cach the ink waed in the pr ounce bottle, a kind of fine brick dust for propar ver more completely was ists of wiinply aotting e process jer: ything that d. Taking advan eods to sell them oa at fifty conts per ing the glass at twenty-five cents por ounce box, ad crayons at twenty-five conta each. These articles he informs them are tudispensable, very tired bout” furnishes @ prescription ach as the arly or for his medicine gratis, but takes ear physician whose sands of are 1 to inec only be porate into it one ingredient wh procured of him at an enormous price, The re tof the whole thing isthat the elias or their he “Professor” $3 or $4 upie neat afternoon or evenin themselves with they ean draw pik before, We ink, ver that roa no better than. they did publication of th m of the Mer. | n the other hand, to read is not a | SOME NEW BooKs. — Tho last relics of Nataanren Hawtnonxe’s Genius, as we suppore, to be given to the public aro gathered togethor in the Passages from — American Note-iooks, = (Tieknor —& Fields.) These two volnomes comprise a sort of fragmentary diary of his intellecteal life, from the yenr 141 wp to 1:69. ‘They are full of intorest, both beeause of the positive beauty of many of the Paeenges which they contain, and because they pare tially unveil the interior of @ mort aensitive and Pecultar mind, Many of the notes frnish as with accounts of scenery, oF of tho quiet comtry Nfo of the writer, Mo was always exquisitely impressed by the moods and aspects of nature, and was a keen observer, too, of little things. ‘These two qualities make his Ssolated descriptions #0 many beautiful pictares, touched with the finest penell, and painted with delicate end vivid tints. Hawthorne's wonderful power over words, which, as he uses them, seem to become endowed with some mysterious and hitherto unsuspected vitality, gives a charm even to the sim- plest ecenes which he depicts. But even when most absorbed in the beanties before him, he Invests them With @ shadowy melancholy. His interpretations of the outside world aro apt to be solemn or a his musings dwell more on the imperfection and decoy lurking beneath the surface than on the present lovetine: In bis jonrneys through parts of New England, the people attract his attention till mora than the country, and the sketches of eharseter | Which he makes areas perfect and as fine os the fe, ofa personal nature has been me few alli moe to well-known friends, und the frst part of one volume relates en- tirely to the writer's life at Brook Farm, According to his own neconnt, It would seem that with that moveme \t he never became thoroughly incorporated, | ond thet even at the time when he filled a place in | thecommnnity he did not Identify bis interceta with it suMctently to bind Mm there for any considerable length of time, It appears to have b coting and haif finelfal experim 1 Irrecularly through these assoants nee rnp, eneh # Iden whieh through the writer's braln, and which he nt for They we and while the most containing « Dad passe eo to retain e the the h bas formed the foundation of some pr shed tite. A ap of Hay and are such as no one clan con ted, or as handled by torned froin elo | to be inepected by daylight | “Stories to be told of a certain person's a ance in public, of his having heen seen in varie uations, and of Visits in private eireles but finally, on locking for this person, to con | Lis old grave and mossy tombstone,” | “Sore man of powerml eharaeter to command a n perina germs of future ro new tothe reader, he will | IM have ortztina 1 have 2 Hike thy than solid ideus fit makin ¢ upon person imorally vubjected to him to perform net, The comman ervon widdenly to die; for al! the rest of bis life, the subjected one continues to perform that vet." “4 woman to symp have none of her own Our author is particularly fond of smagining fan je experimeni#on human nature based upon ite deforts or diseases, 1 thelr windin, Ke would be ann Nity, w which he graties what bears the semblun | morbid curiosity, md dexterity with while hand 1. thize with all emotions, but to A following them thre weird end eit not for the gentle manner in offs 4 the subject to “The influence of a peculiar mind,” he Clore communion with an p drive the latter to Ansanity | “To pie he different mem: | bers examp’ ye in thelr way, | thea introduce a viduus p . ee out Ue re Jations that ari manner In wht | Mingled with these curious, specut | innumerable quaint turns of expr e between him and pal! are ait them, and tho vo fdenn, aro and a sort of queer fanelul humor, aa delicate and original aa the Imagination with which ft was combined. The author's quick perceptions often show Lim the ob Jeets oronnd hin veal light, whtel tower mind would nct hive caught, ‘Thus he observes; A weold an good ecchond—brinstone and wood—a ve «ituation of a mon, drawing bis down a sloping bank to wash in the chaise got the better of him, and rush Ir it were poss nate river. ‘The ng downward compelicd blin to rn at fail lott nA Mochanio Al n tho ReN- | spec, and drove Wim up to his chin into the water eral subject of eodperative movements in Ruropo, | Asincular instonce, tat a chaise way ran awoy with 1 upon our columns during the late | y man without a horse!” Political canvass compelled the postponement of | ‘Tie character of the Intellect which fs ludleatod tw these int wmmunieations to the present | these care onds, five from restraint or self time, They will be found to contain information | Consciousness, Isa einzularly individual one, It ts of no little importany tho industrial classes, pt so much thet of an actor In ifm as of « | spectator; one who stands usite, and watenes Let us hope that at no far distant date wo | '@ people who carry on their busy action may witness tho establishment in this city of a | before him with Keen eyes and @ strong inter est im their doings and feelings, expecially the free gallery of y perty of the pub) ting and soulptn o, like the Central Park, of every day, affording artists models for study, im proving the tastes of the masses, and opening to them a perpetual source of refined pl ey required for good inve the mi the pro ' uch an aterprise would be a Tt would advance inealeulubly ‘al and material iuterests of the city, In ment & thousand ways its influence would be percepti- ble, To the working classes particularly, such an iustitution would be @ priceless b 4 the Louvre, the Luxembourg, and Versailles havo proved to be to the artisans of Paris, —— : Tho Governors of the City Hospital, on Broadway, opposite Pearl strect, have, it is re- ported, decided to sell the magnificent piece of real estate now occupied by th institution, and remove to another locality, They are compelled to take this stop, it is said, by the excess of their expenditures over (oir income, It may be that it is not necessary for the hospital to be exactly where itis, but it is certainly desirable that it should remain somewhere below Canal street. To establish it at Bloomingdale, as we hear it pri posed by some, would be to leave an important quarter of the city without any accommedations for the sick aud wounded. Think of having to transport the victims of @ disaster like that va ferry bout three a could find @ resting plac that ou the Ful four If miles before they there is no other expedient, the hospital should | be made a public institution, and be supported by the tax-payers, like those on Ward's and Black- well’s Islands, Certain timorous polticians who are always afraid of o their heads that the in En, their toes, have got i success of the Liberal party at the late elections is altogether too big a thing, and that its majority in Parliament will be found so unwieldy of mannyement that it will Split into rebellious fretions, and in the cud turn round and eat itself, Thisis a b even of the Tories in the full moon Hut it does not come gaboo wor of thei rom them, It is the suggestion of deranged Liberals, who are fright. ened at their own power, Nothing could be more ft party lay in the prospect of obtaining a majority ng that all opposition to it would be useless, The country was appealed to upon this rd. The only Lope of Mr, Guapstoxe and his so overwhelm issue, It was no ordinary election merely to seo which party should win, but a great battle be tween and ancient principles—between foudalism on the one hand and progressive lib- Now that the Liberals have a majority, let them use it firmly avd wisely for the reform of long standing abuses and tho great erty on the other, general welfare, We take pleasure in calling the attention of tho clectors in the Seventh Alderman District, as At prevent cousiiiuted, to the fact that Wins Tenure bas been nominated for the ofice of Aw fistant Alderman, and to urge them to give bima cordial and «fel nt, Mr, TERUUNE was one © fow intelligent and faithful members of the rd of Councilmen who kept bimself unepe ted from the corrup of that notorious body, and proved himself # vigilunt aud Han of the utcresis of bis constituents, ‘The workin fearless: gu treat them allalke, Let the man who gains livelihood in auy other way thon Ly an of the district will find in bim, Sf elected, un a bdvecate of (heir rights, nd, | which they would There he has an unew light, to Investigate most rodulously seek usrable desire to br nd deng out the heart of to bide. thetr mystery; and he does it with a subtlety and tact whieh are t Asbrinking dellevcy wh and to hurt nothing. of subtle appreeiati pathy, 1 rvellons, He touches each subject with ms to feel everything But his treatment Is more that than of heartfelt human ay 1y creature and every Im. however unhealthy or miserable, with gentle ut wearcely with warmth of feeling, The isas litle renlality us there is harshness fn his tone toward the beings whom he calls before hix Wintiat Pansrs, who has formerly written onc or (wo volumes of poetry in th } he almost Incompre- sible country dialect of Dorsetshire, bas now pub ail Vook called Jural Mens, in the Ki ne Minary people. They oifer a striking con trast to the general etyle of such compositions, tn their entire simplicity, So unpretending are they, | and fo real, t t the reader may he uncomfortably | ustonished every now and then at the maiter-offact way In which he wa to the commonplace fea tures of every-day life ty th me current of sentiment, Neverticless, the poctns are pleasing, ‘They evidently spring from both affection and appreciation fur the slmpie, shrewd, | healthy country life which they sing. The deacrip | tions of nature are ao minute, and bring with them fuch an alr of fresh rew at ticy can have como | from nothing butaloving acquaintance with her work. There is nese and sadac nies a suggestion of pensive to make Itachi felt | without being forced to any special conclusion by but it is ley te writer Althouch the songs are all on simple theme are expressed In homely fashion, » productions they are exceedingly Buishe evidently the work of a polished. scholar, taste und foulttess worktaanship with which the hook las been bound and printed by the publishers (Roberts Bros.) make it a most attractive volume, | The devoteos of Planchette will be rejoiced to | read the Listory of one which has exeelted in audacity | all those whose bingrapiies have yet been published | Mass Kare Frnt ip ihe editor of Manchelie’s Diary (J. 8, Redfield), w she recocuts the astonish ing feats of the tusp own bands, to Miss Field, Mai under her he communications mate hette te an ingenions device of Lie splits, wince table-turning bas become old fashioned, 10 attract attention again to themselves. The epirit animating this particular board talked, or Father wiote, without stint, gave unlimited advice to Mts trlends, and answered any number of mysterious questio ways correctly, but eti!t hittin mark orte to afford many remarkable colr 1 plece of woo. 0 cideuees, Some vuluable revelations were made as to a future life, Planchette says that spirits, after thelr deccase, are cmployed in much the same Ber As on corth, even, she particularly observes, sometimes getting drunk, thas offering @ fund of consolation to those whe may have feared that death Would deprive thom of that occupation The spirit from whom these remarks emanated, when asked if he himseif was happy, responded : “I'm in a sympa theite aimosphere for the first time ta my ii Shakespeare and Tare great cronies.” In spite of the fact that they came from such ete. vated supernatural efreles, such of Planehette's re marks as ner editor has sen ft to pudlish do not embody any great amount of wisdom, The accounts indicate that the manifestations should be classed tory of tablesturning and epiritrapy category each reader will, of course. giv much attention of eredence as he personally deems ft. Cradle Lends, by Lavy Heroent (Catholic Publication Secity), le the narrative of@ voyaze up fn with bia | THE SUN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1868. the book offers little information as to the aspect of these countries, OF thelr inhabitants, The sathor's time was priveipally occupied in sectng Places of Seriptural note, and especially in visiting the various Roman Catholic institutions scattered over the face of the regions whe visited, It Is more her own religious emotions which she deseribes than external objects, Ono of the most Interesting fragments in her nccount of Jerns $s that tn Which she speaks of the Jews excluded from thelt Erentglory, the Temple of Solomon, which is deserite ed as now turned into a mosqne where the Ma hometan worship is duly celebrated. Lady Herbert tells ns, “pro ceeded to the ‘Place of Wailing’ of the Jews, who am wemble every Friday to weep and pray for restora tion to thelr own country. Mere alone the Jews are Permitted to approach the walls of thelr temple. Which they literally bathe with their tears, It is the most tonching ecene possible, from fis Intens reality; and it would be as Intiuman to goto tt as 8 mere sight, a8 It would be to pay a visit of curiosity to B house of mourning which teath had just visited, Jows of every age and country, and of both rexos, were there, leaning their he the sacre walls—now repeating verses of te Pentms, now sobs Ding asifthete hearts would break! The stones are largo, bever'ed, and perfect, except where they have been Iterally worn away by the kisees of the mourners.” Among the handsome MMnstrated books of the ren. fon are a beautiful collection of poems called Woods aide and Seaside (Apt n & Co.), and Appteton's Juvenile Annual for 1869, A Chittmas and New Year'a Gift for Young People. whieh fre all entertaining, have been ed from a earl ety of sources, and the iilustration# are particularly fine, Roberts Bros. also publish a pretty book, The Little Gipsy, by Fur Savvaon story, which has a strong resemblance to many Ger- man tales, Is rather pretty, but the binding and the | Mlustrations by L, Froulieh make it eapecially eharm rtories, Ing. Mexsox's Complete Phonogropher proposed many radical ¢! an.es Io the system of Ivaae Pitman, Os practised for thirty yours, but th heen very ally approved by tt the practive of the art e changes farniliar with t from an attempt to slinplify the « y mak ing the art conform to the evome | and perplexing arbitrartes of the old system are die carded,aud the abbreviation re efvom te se. | cured by conforming to principle, an obvio tage to the learner and the wri tr, Rules ore made, no as the basis for exceptions, but as quites practice, ‘The #o-cailed povding * which war never of any advantage to any ¢ which only furnished @ convertent stage at | the learner might stop, and where a great 1 f them did stop and turn back is abandnoed, and the fystem presented a one complete and unbroken ‘The time necessary for the attainment of reporting epeed i by thee simplifieationa reduced one-third reporters ass at Mui a ot Inferior to the old styles tu rapidity, Is written with mach loss mental effort, and in more legible wien notes are taken at a high rate of speed, The chapter on law reporiing gives some val- table information on @ anbject not well enough understood by many of the profession, ‘The publi ers are Messrs, Oakley & Mason, INSURRECTION IN CUBA, ~ To the Bulitor of the Sun Sin to give a few reasons of my own for believing that the Insurrection In Caba will us THe arnount to nothing—reasons whieh nded upon | aclose examination of the people themselves and the elements of revolution, such aa they are. First—Thie population of Cuba is in round num- bers fourteen hundred thoasand, More than hall of this population consists of negroes (ree and slave) ant of Chinese laborers, These classes, except so | furas they become the too's of desdguing or anti DUS Men, Are Utterly Poweriess for revolutionary purposes, They feel none ot tue oppressivences of the Government, exeept as relates to their servile condition; and, from what I personally saw on. the inland, Fam eonvinesd it will roqul Hinore bu struction than they have #0 far received to stir up any wmbition in thelr minds looking toward any Second —The white population of Cada te divisthle into Spaniards and native Cuons, or Creoles, The first are flied with olf fashioned prejudices of Wirth | and blood, and are devoted adierents of the inother | country, looking either up annexation to this ¢ s independence of her or The native ressive in ng educated tn 98 liking for re tom Cabans, it i fair to say, are more pre their views, and, many of th the United State publican Justitat They wou object to annexation to this horror, m by ® class | try, but it must orderly way, and not as @ correlative se two classes it may be supposed | there exist many antaconistic points. The political | power and much the larger part of the moneyed infa ence are in the hands of the Sponiar the Creote not only not trusted, but be is ‘The weakness of th tisheres etl the rea sons for considering the danger shght I will explain Notwithstanding the antagonism between the two races, there are points of unton, These ave, the na tural love of ease and the habita of tudolence of all roatedt Govern the whites, to which we may add the stionzest of the Incen'ives to p scltnterest, ‘To success fully prosceute a rebeilion, the planter must take the risk of 1 si fo, property, llome—with all the luxuries and comfor which he has been accuse tomed; avd the exactions of the Government after all not having Ween #0 great but what thoy have all these, Now, too, ts the cou of the busy feason, when all their energies are taxed to either the ripened crops and reap therefrom the rewaris for their year’s labors, For them to plunge into a revo lution, at this particular seas Himply Spartan Virtues, and a love of liberty uover yet developed ha the Spanish ebaractor. Take ont, therefore, from the popalati island, the negroes, Chinese, me era, and what bave we lifts buses n of the wns, and plint eafal revo ton upon? Dedueting from thse agin tt t number of white laborers, too ignorant or too fu lo lent to care for much outside of such comforts as their lapor # ni we have aga reserved 5 volutionary" force exactly what events have proved It to consist ofthe lowost strata of soriety ina dis trict where one man ts equal toa housind, at least in making a notse, ‘The region domnated by Puerto Principe i mountalnous; the occnpation of the peo ple prineipaly the raising of They ars the Fonghest and wildest of ail the population, and from such a class {tls never diflcult to organize banits of guerillas who can do an humenso amount of danise, | aud, for a long while escape eaptare, ‘The wuol number ¢ Jin this movemant, I ve: to aay does unt to five hunured. Suppose the Spanish papers tn Caba, on the strength of a standing hoading in the 7 New Rebellion," and the elaborate report of the do: ings of the Ka-Kinx Klan,stioud draw the tnference tat our Government was oa the polut of being overtirown, should we this reoellion In more seriou augi or otherwise? Yet never hive beon any. | t for the opporinalty given by t overibrow of the Government in Spain to magnity every movement In Cuba, Only a few words more, for wi forbearance, 1 wish t Cuba wo 1 Terave your earnestly protest against the abuse of tae credulity of newspaper readers by tying telegrains, If any portion of a daily paper should be confined to real “* Gea facts, it 18 this: and yot we have the wildest and most contr dictory reports dally served up, ng men's minds, disturbing commere.al operations, and keep: tng one in a fover of excitement, from the single fact that a telegram ts looked upon with respect. A Penny-alincr might write himself out of breath from Cuba and make no sensation ; but let the sume man send ona telegraim of * Progress of the Revo lutlon in Cuba,” and all tho world ts in a foyer of excitement, Aleating Journal of this city bas for more than a year past been in the habit of pudlish- ing tong and exciting telezrams from Cuba, with a basis of truth of the most Simsy description, Ajlow mo, Sir, to venture the prediction that nel- ther within six weeks nor six months will shere be any change in the Government of the “ever faithful ile.” ee Naw Yous, Nov, 25, 1968, AAP. col a SESS Woon's Meseew.—There were 6,989 visit- ore to Wood's Liuseum on Thanksgiving day and evening, the reeolpts reaching the sum of $4,899.25 Daniel R. Lyddy, Esq., will tecture on Thurs: day evening at Cooper Institnte Subject: * The lish in America,” Boe advertisement TW the Bator o* The Sun Bir: Richard Sackett and I lodge together at Mra. L—'s in West Tenth etrcet, in alittle room at the end of the entry on the third floor. Its jast big enough for the bed and the warh-stand and the two chairs ; our trenks have to go under the bed. Of course we have no fire, and itis not @ very jolly Place to apeud ones beliday. Dick and I went to chareh this morning, and then round to Greenwie! street to get our dinrers, for Mrs, 1— only gives Us breakfast, After that we went to Pike's Opera House and saw the “Grand Duchess.” 1 would not have gone there if Thad anything else to do, for, though it was good fun, Lhave not the money to apare, We went, however, to the gallery, #0 that the damage was not #0 very rreat, ond we didn't know how else to pres the day. After thin was over I ame back to my room and tried to read, but it wi So chilly and dismal Tcualdn't stand tt, and #0 Tit my pipe and jumped into Led, and, after f had amoked while, feil asleep, When I woke up it was durk, find as there was nothing elke to be done, I went to Pfaffer's sa'oon and ate pretzels and drank beer an- {ii it was time to go ty bed. But after I came back tomy room J (honght f would write to you about out Thanksgiving Day There ate thonsands of young fellows like us, who have no homes, don’t Know @ soul outside of the store, and have no re- Sources for our holidays but about the saine as I have told you, Diclehus more money than Ihave, #0 he Will sometimes come home tipsy at midnight, just because he don't know what todo, And this is what Iwant you to help ut in-to havea decent place where to spend our teienre hours, If the Mercantile Library was open, as it ought to he, Dick and E would have a warm, comfortalte, weil Ughted room, where we have a right to sit end read, and we would mueh rather o that than loaf away our time, Why exn't the Library be ay and every evenlig? They lad better close it all the Week days and open it on Sundays, than do as now, for our week days are all occupied with our work down town, and we don't know what to do with our Sundays after morning service. Why not open the hb: RD. i ——— THE PARAGUAVAN IMD Seevetnry Seward to Secretary Welles structions Forwarded to KeareAd Davis | Wasiusorox, D.C, Nov. The note of the coretary of State to the Secretary of tie Navy, | Which is herewith pablisied, tv understood to indie | cate the orders which have been given to General MeMalion and Admir Paraguayan ditien! Deraniment ov State, Wasmxer DG, Nowan "Ff To the Hon. Giition Weltea, Secretary of the Navy. Bin: A disputeh recelved Chorles A. Washturn, ister to Paracuay, Which was Ww e Witt of September hi roversy has be Davia on the subject of the was yestes 9 cannot be well nee Teelf et < Me Washburn's dispatch, eonela- elt 8 oWs that the situation of all tureleners, in- cludisg United States citicens, at Asuncion ts greatly Imipertled, and. that expectally. Porter, Cc Bliss. and Goorme Fo Waterm t Bt citizens L yin rome way connerted’ with the United Sates Legis tion, have sutiercd personal vivicuce, and huve per- Jape been evurderc ligpatch has heen recived from Mr. Webb, Unired Siates Minister at Tio, In which he etut that he requested Kear Admiral Davis, commanding the south Atlantic Squn to send or proceed with on adequate naval tore toprotect Ame sn citizens, Mr Webb is o infortn the Department whether Adnirit Davis same the rest st without be tet ar ce to Paru event ¥ r ‘ence to the hiv neltivens t mid in the exercise of a il direretion, to demand and obiaia promot re: | devse tor any extreme tumult ur vielewee tut ma have boon arbitrarily committed against the fax of tie United States T have tie hy their ettlaer oF to be yonr vbediont acrvant, WILLIAM H.SEWARD, om Terrible A cident at Cleve A Body of Work Burted ewer. Pion ihe € after 5 ted t! tund Herald, Nov k vesterday afternoon, m number of workmen enzaged & for a sewer on T way bod been Lnreed Into the presence of their Maker by a cave of the dirt walls, As the rumor few from mouth to mouth st gained in volume, wntil th « 1 i at haifa hundred, and those about halbpast 4, and ina ents afterward there were a large Haim ber of people on the ground: bat tor the want of Implements the work of digging out the autorta Hates, Which wae begun at once, went on but «aw ly As tie hours passed on, the crowd was largely aug mented by rivals fi Of the city; regular working reliele were olgauied, and wider th nt dlrection of the po ¢ systemized and equal. Amon ds and relatives of those e dirt, and their ould be dead be Shortly nor Prey wonnded Tue cave ery few snot body of some af the oud be seen. ‘The timely arrival of ut by the Common Council placed ch oF many who desired to help in the work of humanity, the inean® to dy #0, and we great number us could work tofetlect wis sp. odily in the treneh. One man who. by 0 L by the feet nnd legs by the descending dirt and (brown ina par tally prostrate position, and weross whose bre: several plank were firmly held by te dirt a endured the pain of bis constrained condition as lon: aa his nature could bear 1, and Uy vkong that he would die betore he could be reseved. called for» priest to confess to him before bis. oul peaked over tie confines of time to eernity, Phe pri for, came, and seeing one of bis beloved Mh \n the agcnies of death, he grasped a shuve into the trench, and 1 shoveling all his) might, ‘at the same tine speaking with words of comfort and cheer to Prostrate oman. His eiloris succeeded, ry afer the man was sed 1 ng coal smothered by the five or ax fee allen upon him, taking bis ile, ound upon the bedy J lar below (he surtiee of tie ea' ound, firmly held down by the whieh had ing no m tiie had also departed, A plank ed across his neck, acc plows quantity oF blood his face, and oozing sti trom luis mouth, ex sirils, bruises abe death wast t his bead and bedy told e violent. As his body was taien out, a portion of his family who were present, ret upa wall that went to the Leartyafevery one of | the yost mulitude congrecated there they bad lost a loving husband, « tence ne Wain say in bigs SH the dgeing went on, the tired ones being relieved as often as wecessar ail working With & will and pnrpose which humane feelings for the afleted. and the. ¢ stricken ean give, Near the centre of the c:ve. but rotected ina maner by th nh had een pusicd in over I and og young wan was found. patiently Wait for tho assist kvew wits Mand, wit . 1 pam, part ond helo in tha the un g sand, he held out for f hone, y cared for No one taped fice for so long a per form any smn have en: y years, to to endure eannot be hit all, th in his religion and the ex: etonsol te worrinen, He was te ist one taken ovt, and, « could be positively learned, was tue'lust that caded tor the exertions of the workinen The spades, shovels, aud working tools wore all kalherod up, the crowd: dispersed, and the scene of the disaster wax leit alone with ‘its possibie tree Yoon } undernea rothless sand nnd phink weave, at bas aiready Deen stated, occurred in What ts known as the Broadway strect sewer, see tio, No 4 contracted by Alvannder Campbell, and was about thirty feet in length An exc hid bien male in tie centre of the street corner of Cross street, about fitcen feet deep, a the neual planking ha been put down and prope braced. ‘The soil being sandy natin with slight tendencies toward quicksaad, the m aged upon the Work foun erp the sand fre Fpot where the ew at Lime & greater quantity coming it, the work ng for the Uraces plank sides in thelr position. ‘Tho thein foreed two oF three of them out, acnt after the siles,with one tremendeus Way, hurrying 'wo men into eternity and scVerely fuftiring several other, So quick it game, that ont ot the ten or eleven men suid to have been in the excavation at the time, only one or Lwo Who were neur the ends of the cave rscaped unin jured, ‘The dead and wounded, embrace, 90 far as Kiown, seven persons lu all, Wo dead und tive wounded, Tumors that two men and 9 boy hinder the debris were industiiously elrculaed. They grew ont of the ement of one Of the res ¢ that there were mine men beside the boy at work in the treneh at the time of the accident, I stshould prove true, they were undombted'y dead long before the men ceased labor, there must be ay Hess tone feck of sand wow them, re atill bovted SUNIEAM ctaanstiioenae —Missouri declines by a majority of nearly 25,000 to give the elective franchise to the negro, —The Metternich rose, a violet purple, is the rage in Pars —A pumpkin vine in Indiana measures, with) ite branches, over a fifth of a mile. ' —People crossed the Missouri on ice at Omahi last week. —Cincinnati journals estimate the population Ut city at about 10,000, —A proof-readers’ society in Boston calls itseld) the Hoase of Covreetion.” =—"Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,’ faye a Southern editor, alluding to the defeat of the) Democratic party in the recent election. =The Saturday Review ‘ Girl of the Period articles are attributed to a sister of Lord Cranborn present Margnis of Salisbury f Louisiana is going extensively into rice ent ture, and expects to raise a greater crop than th Carolinas. —Senator Doolittle is said to bo in impover.| ished eircumetances, and at the expiration of bi Senatorial term will resume the practice of the law. —Chicago is diseussing the subject of intre ducing daily papers in its public schools, to be use tw place of “Readers.” OF course it is essential to, know what “dally papers" are to be «clected, —"' Motber,"’ said a little boy the other day,| “why are orphans the happiest chiliren on earth #'*) “They are not; why do you ask?" ase the have no mothers to whip them.” —A very enterprising advertising agent lately; called on the Superintendent of the United State Armory at Springticld to inquire if be did not want to advertise his estabiist 1 Frouklin Hargo, a negro, has been admitted a student in the Law Department of the University of Michipon. He is the first of bie who has enjoyed that privilege. —The probibitionists bay ity In cach braneh o latniro, and it i expect Bee a two-thirds 1 xt Maren that the od or tthe sale of liywter will be re nacted. jor tte Legis: =A Troy pig was recently exiui th ns of an elevator which w etroyed by fire @ month ago, and trotted of at a lively pace, Ali he Dad to eat for a month was Wiest The Horton Lost says: A Sunday paper aye it i# In favor of women voting, If they want to, Weeh vote Like to fee the man wlio ¢ if they didn't want to, ud make them —Gen. W, T erman will deliver the wel- come addi ces at the approaching reunion of the an mies of the Tennersce, Cumberiand, Olio, and Geor gia, in Chicag —A lady asked hor little girl, on returning from ered the text? “Oh, yes,” aid © ladies’ sewing society will mect at Mrs, MeCraken’s house Monday evening next," —It is stated that there are now over three hundred gr dustes of female medical colleges tn @ tive practice im the United States, nome of re in the receipt of $10,000 per anuuim from their prow feemion, —The Washington gossip about the marriage of Gen, Schenck is «explained by the fact that the cards of his nephew, Kovert C, Sevenck, Jr., who Was recently marred, were supposed to be Gea, Bebenek’s cards, Jnate are sweeping the Plain great Northwest by a simultaneous and apparently Spontaneous etiort, The desperadocs and roughs of all kinds are moving caetward, fying im terror from Judge Lyne —A Los Angeles (Cal.) paper notices some leaves of the morus multcautls variety of the mule berry, crown ed in Mare last. ‘The leaves are nearly as large as tobacco leaves, showing low favorable the climate of Califoruia is to the cule Uvation of this tree and the production of raw sith, ve new Preadent uf the - rgentine Contede. ration, Domingo F, Sarmiento, in bis inaugural a dress, very receutly delivered, quoted from the ine Augural message of Pre<ilent Lincoln, of whom he ul been an intimate Was a du tue Unite resideuce af n 1 States, naw Minister t The undergraduates at Cambridge Unive Englan are ret ne Against the comm The practice of the ob » is to assemble Frace, Ho as Hot to FUlyEet themselves to penal: ties for absenee, and then to leare en magee, and Uine at their lodgings oF the various hotets —San Franeisco, according tained in July, 1868, an esti: its directory, cons ted population of 14 of whom 45,000 were white minor eh dren, the males being under 21 and the females under 18, ‘The number of females over 19 is estimated at 20.000, --A Welsh paper says that at the last religious mecting in the district in which it clreulates, the assembiod clergymen ditvussed “eweddi gynnat Jeidtaol,” and that the subject for debate at thelr vest meeting 1 “ Yegrytlirolded eefydiiad erefydd mewn gwind.” A North Carolina freedman writes that the Convention of negroes to be held at Washington March Sis not to wet forth grievances, but to (hank God for Grant's election. and to discuss the question of erlablishing mudrage In States where color is now 4 bar to that privilege. st price ever known to have beon give a book was atan ction sale in London, June, 1811, when copy (considered the only one extant) of Valdoriar’s Qret edition (lssned 171) Boreserto"s Decamerone was sold to the Starquis Diaudiord for (wo thousand two buadred aud slaty re are three books considered absolutely perfect avd tree from typographical errors, only three ‘These are: An Oxiord Bible, the per- feetion being atinined by merns of the stunding ree ward of a guinea for the discovery of a mistake; an edition of Horace published In London and Leipsic; and an American reprint of Dante. A gentleman of Great —This is the way a cc Barrington, Maxsachagetts, announced his intended marriage, combining eos with pleasure: * Noe Hee Cezar Carter will Ue married at Miller's Hall, November 2, 1868, at To’clock PM. Aduittance te the hall 50 cents. A good tlme expected. Come one, come all, —Srazan Carin” —The Freneh Atlantic cabl minus on this side of Duxbury, Plymouth county, Mass, ‘The township has given to the company 9 large tot sitnated on a bigh bluff for the station, apd the deed has conferred the title apon Processors Veivce wad Whitney of the Coast Survey as truse wen. will have its ter. —Glycorim is a substance recently introduced for healing w m with a kind of Varnish, which protects them frot the atr, and le made by adding five parts of glycerine to tour of solk of egg. he mixture hae the eons! Loney, bas a salve exposure to air, Thy Massachusetts Medical Society, con vering © fevling, aud ts unaltered by Vinced of the need of providing proper means of vens tilating eick reams, has ofered a prize of fifty dole lars for the best dissertutton, worthy of a prize, wh H “an eftectiv rooms—one th the m pe in plain language and brietly, y method of ventilating sicke ean be put in operation at once, af ment needed, with lest dimculty and ex+ in houses of ordinary construction.” . —A well-kuown physician in Troy prescribed turpentine in of gungrene. The patient prow testing that the turpentine was disagreeaule to take, the puysician advised that it be civen in capsules, ‘The man %, HOt understanding hie direction gave the unfortunate the eapsuler without the turper ine, and, singular to relate, with the most gratiiying results. The physician was highly pleased, and at once wrote a lengthy article on the use of turpen- Mine tn gangrene for the Medico Chirurgicul Review. Accidentally, the mistake wus discovered, ‘The ar- licle for the Rertew has beou desiroyuit, the doctor is In a state more easily huazined than deseribed, and the man ts well, ~The wife of one of the leading foreign Mine isters in Washington took a book some time ago, and went from house to house in ihe residince partof the town, soliciting subscriptions for « charitable object. Suddenly she entered a parlor, the pletures and de corations of which showed too manifestly that it Was a disreputable house, A woman entered, Ww! ose face and dress confirmed the suspicion, ‘The Min ister's wife quietly presented her book, and made her plea, “Do jou kuow who Tam,” said the womany “What you come io me on an errava like this? “Ib matters not who you are," sald the aly; “your git to the poor may be better than you know.” ‘The Woman took the Look with @ brighicued face, and Wrole d subscription,