The Sun (New York) Newspaper, July 19, 1869, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS, plndeernate GRAND OPERA HOUSK—The Child Btealer, Matinee Matorday, BOWERY THEATRE—Mazeppa, and Our Boy from Limericx. ACADEMY OF MUSTO, July Grand Nenott Enter tatnment for the Patriot Cabans, CENTRAL PARK GARDRN. Th ay.. between seth and t0th ste.—Corden Concerta WALLACK'2—Dora, oa Biaok-Eyed nen. Matin’e on Satniday, OLYMPIO THEATRE—Miceory Dicoore Doek. bes at 1 o'cloex, Weanesaavs and Saturdays, RIRLO'S GARDEN—Bindad the Fallon WOOD'S MUSEUM—ANer soon, Rag Picker of Paris Evening. The Poltey Spy. BOOTA'S THEATRE. 284 ¢1., between sth and ¢th ave Enoch Arden, Matinee Saturday, WAVERLEY THEATRE=Moon Charm, Local Hite, 46 The Bee Sun TE Bhimes for AM. 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Orders for the paper reocived at the StN Orte corner of Naesau and Frankfort sta, or at any of the bow stance, oe The Weekly si Will be prblished on Wednesday morning, Business men who wish to reach country cust edition Of THe SUN A valMAbIe medina, A fmitet ber of advertisements receiver! at oS cents per tine, insure insertion they must be handed ta defor ou Tuesday evening. rere will fod thin ‘The Sun im the Conates. Readers of Tan Sve going to the couniry cen receive their furorite paper by mail, « hyty ents a month, by addressing a note, with their eu'» scription, to owe Publisher. ~ —— Spain and Cuba—Weak Incon of the Administration. Some ten months ago the poople of Spain revolted against their Queon Isanen.a, ond sent her out of their country, They then attempted to form a new government, as a substitute for that which they had thus sum- marily overthrown, but as yet have not had much success in the effort. Their whole po- litical machinery is only a temporary make shift, and it is by no means decided whether they will finally form themselves into a re- public or into @ limited monarchy with a new king. Everything is in a state of chaos and confasion among them, and the wisest prophets cannot foretell how soon order will be restored. The people of Cuba, in turn, liave rebelled against the same Queen whom the Spaniards have banished. Wearied of the tyranny un der which they have beon groaning for so many years, weary especially of having «la ery and the African slave trade forced upon them, they have strack for freedom. They have organized a provisional government, and are establishing a republic like ours as fast as they can. The United Stator, locking upon these two. countries, is made by the present Adminis tration to take the side of one, and to show itself bitterly hostile to the other, The Min: ister of the Spanish rebels is recognized at Washington, and he is permitted to use all our naval foree and all our civil officers on behalf of his employers, and even gentlemen prostitute themselves to do his work, The Cubans, on the contrary, are denied recogrnl- tion, aud their friends here are treated as felons for trying to assist them. Where is the justice, where is the scuse, of this discrimination? Why should we en- courage the Spanish revolutionists to be f themselves from their ancient Queen, and yet attempt to impose upon people who lave an equal right with thein to freedom, the same odious tyranny which she exercised? ‘The Administration is disgracing the reputation of the country by ity wouk pandering to the successor of a royal ambassador, and by its ferocious perséention of the Cuban patriots. Let our people arouse themselves, and de mand in trumpet tones a change of policy. Cuba is certain to be free; let us not put ourselves in the way of £0 glorious a con summation of the herole efforts of her sons. Besides, we have just closed a long and costly war against the perpetuation of human slavery, ‘Che same contest is pending in the struggle between Spain and Cuba, though in f groescr form than ours, Spain is pro- slavery ; Cuba has proclaimed the emancipa. tion of all her slaves. Spain wants to de rive a revenue from the African slave trade ; the Cubans want to put an end to it. Yet we help the Spaniards and discourage the Unbans! What an absurd inconsistency for & free and enlightened people ! tency ———n— ay Stupidity of the Democratic Leader The general who, in entering upon u fampaign, relies not upon the strength and Uiscipline of his own forces, but rather upon the weakness and demoralization of his an tagonists, will stand a good chance to be beaten, This is the precise mistake which the Democratle party is now committing while opening the great contests of the cur rent your, They are aware that there is a wide-spread dissatisfaction in the Republican party with the aduinisiration of Gen Grant, They are the outs, who, other things being equal, always have the advan. tage over the ina, They control a large body of voters who always keep step with the music whether the band discourse Hail Columbia or Dixie, And, more than all they have a magical name whereon a politi- tal organization can live along while after Its works have ed to correspond to its faith, Doubtlers these considerations are entitled to some weight in calculeting the chances of sucecss in the approaching struggles be- tween the two partics, But no prudent De- mocratic leader would stake everything upon them, If the Democratic Conventions of Mainc, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, in which States elections are to occur in the early autumn, would even adopt platforms that wholly ignored the issues growing out of the rebellion, teus of thousands of Repub- Ucans would refuse to vote at all, thus en. bling the Democrats to press the dominant party very closely ip tha first-named State, ces and secure victories in the other three, there. by taking a long stride toward obtaining a majority in the next House of Representa tives—the first step toward a triumph in 1872. But if, on the other hand, they give {to be understood that Democratic succceses are to be followed by a reopening of old is- sues, including the repndiation wo far as pos sible of the reconstruction acts of Congress and the rejection of the Fifteenth Amend. ment of the Constitution, then the Republi- can party, now sadly weakened and de- morlized by the blunders and follies, the no potism and corruption of the Administra. tion, will smother its Lickerings, disregard ite disappolutments, consolidate its ranks, and meet ite opponents with an unbroken fronton the same fields where it has so often jumphod over them during the past eight rs, If there be one thing upon which the ma- Jotity of the American people are resolutely determined, it is that they will have an early and a final settlement of all matters relating to seceesion, to the rebellion, to flavery, to reconstruction, to repudiation, to negro wuffragro, tired of these agt tations, and aro resolved that they shall come to an end right speedily, and-eraywiti indignantis tramnté Gown all obstacles which ee Ovstenct their march (to this much-desired consummation. ‘The lack of sagacity evinced by a portion of the Democratic leaders in failing to ap precinte or even discover this phase of public opinion, finds its fit. parallel in the suicidal blindness exhibited by some of the Federal leaders, under sitnilar cireumstances, fifty years ago, 1 pderal party was emi- respectable, embodied great talents re virtues, and could point to distin y nent, and ra suithed gervices in the cause of the country. But in the war with Great Britain, in 181 and the measures rolating — the it tried to stem the current of national rentiment, and was overwhelmed. It prided itself upon conservatism and reverence for the traditions of the fathers, nnd set its f ogainst innovation and radicaliam ; and the natural consequences was that the progres sive spirit of the age left it behind, and it gradually lapsed into oblivion, Tt would look ns if the Demoerney of to day THE 6UN, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1869, SS A TS | structures rected thereon, and roll home steads to tho homeless who have proved thomeelves thrifty enough, by saving some. thing from their incomes or otherwise, to deserve his aid, taking #0 much cash down as they can command, and affording them ample time to liquidate the remainder. In this way, like the Sago of Auburn, though on a larger seale, he will prove himself a real and substantial benefactor of his fellow- men, and leave behind him a name of credit and renown. “ ecititiaiaases An obscure journal out West says that we are nominating for President all who don’t buy Tue Scy, and that our nomination kills as eure as Jersey lightning. This is alla blander, In tho first place, if we nominated nobody but those who don’t bay Tae Svx, we should nominate no- body at all, becanse everybody bays it, Gen. (inant buys it Gen, Simunax buysit, Semevcen Courax buys it, Gen. Swenwa bays it, Mr. Sewann has it tailed to him every day in A it, and #0 do Gov, Spr. and Gronae Fraxers Tras; all the candi¢ and they all peruse it anxiously to about all the others, tions never do any | cond m. We Gen. Grast last year, and he was elected, and a pretty business he has made of it, all by not taking our advice, We told the Cop- perheads to nominate Judge Case, and now they agree that if they liad adopted the eandidate wo offered them they might today be enjoying the rich spoils of office, instead of having to mourn and maunder out in the cold, as they are now doing. In the third place, Jersey lightning isn’t sure death, a4 witness the fact that a fat man lives to be Secretary of the Navy, nd call the Tallapoosa home from Havana to serve usa pleasure ship for the President, thus saving him the painful burden of paying bis {ravelling expenses And now is there nobody to nominate the Hon Avovstes O, K. Hate? He is erinently the right timber for ne, ita ti ‘The Comptroller of Brooklyn is advertising, for proposals for half million Considering that Brooklyn is alre five p , und that it has little or no public property to speak of to show for its enormous debt, it is hardly probable that the bonds will command a very high rate of premint a Accidents on railways have of late re. quently been attended with most distressing cent, loan, taxed about ven pf was emulating the example and following in the footsteps of tho Federalists. The platforms which ita State Conventions are now erecting are constructed from the decaying débris of fought-out and worn-ont controver sies about State rights, Southern satrapics, the disabilities of rebel whites, the enfranchise ment of loyal blacks, and such like effete trash which the enterprise, the genius, tho patriotiem, the common senee of the country devire to see buried out of sight forever. ‘Tho uttor failure of the Democratic leaders to bring forward at this crisis any new and popular weapons wherewith to fight battles with the Republican party, is a sad proof of their paucity of brains, their lack of inven. tion, and their want of courage. Evor since the downfall of the rebellion the Re- publicans have won thelr victories far leas by their own wisdom than by the stupidity of their opponents; and it begins to look as if they might rely upon this unfailing source for future triumphs. Perhaps, after all, we do not fathom the deepdaid plans of the magnates whe control Democratic conventions and construct Demo. cratic platforms, We begin to suspect that for some occult reasons, Which do not lie upon the surface and are not therefore patent to the common sonso of the masses, they do not desire to succeed in the Presidential cam paign of 1872, but prefer to postpone a na tional triumph till 1876, the year of the cele. bration of the contennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, There is a dash of poetic scutiment in this idea, and if the leaders of the party are aiming at the tem ple of the Muses instead of the White House, they have only to pursue their present line of policy with unfaltering step, and they will Le pretty sure not to reach the latter, however it may fare with them in regard to the for mer. ee Homes for the Homeless. Mr.A.'T, Stew Ant has purchased the Hemp- stead Plains for $400,000, On Saturday the clectors of the town rejected all other bids, and by a vote of ten to one awarded the prop- erty to him, This will afford the millio aire merchant the opportunity which he has long sought to make some return to the city of his adoption for tho vast wealth which } has accumulated in her marts of trade, He desires to ameliorate the condition of the great useful middle class of his fellow-citi zens, the men who are striving to help then selves. Charity he does not believe in, ex- cept in very special cases, and he does not propose to found a pauper settlement in Tlempstead, What he does mean to do, how. ever, is to so develop the eleven square miles of territory which he has just purchased, that it shall become, instead of a scanty browsing ground for stunted cattle, the home of tens of thousands of industrious and thrifty peo. ple belonging to this city. Situated as it is, right on the outskirts of the metropolis, it is admirably adapted by soil, location, healthfulness, and topographi- cal characteristles for a new and thriving town. Here roads, streets, and avenues will Le opened, drains laid, trees planted, and dwellings erected as speedily as may be. And that no time will be lost, we know full well from the necessities of the case, Mr Srewanr feels the pressing need of the peo ple whom he designs to serve; and moreover, he desires to see the full fruition of his philanthropic scheme before ho takes his leave of mundane affairs forever. In short, as he nobly said in reply to some of bis Southern debtors, who, in April, 1861, throat ened to repudiate their obligations if he took the loyal side : * All that I have of position and wealth I owe to the Sree lnstitutions of Oe United States, under which, in common with all others, North and South, pro- tection to life, liberty, and property has been eu Joyed in the fullest manner, # * # ¢% T dedicate all that I lave, as Iwill, if need be, my life, to the service of the country, for to that country 1am bound by the strongest ties of affection aud duty.” ‘The sentimente which he then expressed he still entertains, Tis means, large as they are, he intends to dedicate to purposes useful to his country and serviceable to his fellow- citizens, The Home for the Million at Hempstead Plains is one of the vasi schemes of Leneficence which are now engaging his attention, He will fixa fair price on his land, counting first cost and improve ments, and the actual exnense of the effects, arising from the fires which follow the collisions and overturnings. The disasters at Ang Carr's Rock, and Mast Hope are notable cases in point, In cach of these instances the passengers maimed by tho smash-up, or pin- ioned down by the broken debris of the cars, who might but for the ensuing conflagrations have been rescued, have been literally roasted to death, It behooves the railway compani viow of these terrible experiences, to spare no effort or expense to at least mitigate, if not wholly avert, these horrible sacrifices, And it seems t) us they have the meansright at hand, if they will only employ it, We refer to the portable Fire Annihilators,” of which there are several approved kinds in use. These simple machin which may be carried in the corner of a car, are always available, They may be borne about and operated by any one, ‘They eject @ small stream of liquid, which on contact with heat im- mediately turns to @ gas which effectually stifles fire, A couple of such machines at Mast Hope would have saved the wreeked train and its wretched inmates from fire, These ma- chines are now employed, we believe, by every five company in the city, under the patronage of the Board of Fire Underwriters and the Metropolitan Fire Commission, and in many notable instances have rendered the use of the fire engines quite unnecessary, saving buildings and which otherwise would, if not gutted by the flames, have been at lew ously damaged by the deluge of water. On is where fire stoves are used for heating cars, one of these annihilators, so attached as to dis- charge its stream into the stove in case of an overturn, would effectually extinguish the fire before it could ignito the surrounding wood- work, So simple and safe an appliance must commend itself to all railroad men, W confident that its advantages need on! moustrated to insure its adoption asa safeguard, oe ‘ Illinois now has a hundred and thirty odd woollen factories, employing # capital of about four millions of dollars and 3,500 operatives, and king up four mittion pounds of wool a year. There are also @ hundred or 80 of such factories 1n Wisconsin and Iowa, not to speak of India: Michigan, and Ohio. Indeed, a great manufac- turing intorest is growing up in the Northwestern States. This is the reason the people of those States are not so ardent in the cause of free trade aud no duties on foreign woollen cloths as they once were. The old question of protee- tion or free trade is a matter of theory with some, but of self-interest with the majority, Such is human natur anne eeey At the recent Parliamentary elections in England, a certain Mr. Canocan took it into his head to represent the borough of Cricklade in the House of Commons, and the electors thereof saw fit to assign him « seat therein, Thereupon, the North Wilts Herald spoke as follows of the honorable member: The majority of the cloc contents seri ro are he de- we re of Cricklade have In a ino- covered themselves with everlasting infam ment of pollucal inadness they have returned the Hon- oratke r Capouan to Pas lianent, und by so doing have done their best to deprave and diveredit they at filustrious assembly of the vepronentatives of nm free people, ‘The result of the Crickiade cleetion proves that the Radical conse is debased and Vitiated, ‘Tow jority of the constituency it was a matter of n@ consequence that Ue candidate fcr whom they recorded tuelr votes was & Papist, a man. of damaged reputation, condembed out of bis own mouth, and proved by bis own words to be guilty of Mforgsry when aitempting to clear his cbaracter fn we Corn By ee. Destitute of ull regard to character Fly Ingiflerent to the moral condi tion of the House of Commons, they have sent to represent then there & man Whom no merchant would trust, With whom no honorable man could safely associate, and in whom uo calm aad sens! ‘n could repose implicit confidence,” Firing up at this, Canoean commenced a libel suit against the writer of the cbuexious pata graph, laying bis damages at a sum which would make an ordinary editor tremble for his fortune. ‘The case came to trial in the Exchequer Court, and, after a furious fight of about a week, ‘leman recovered a verdict the distinguished g of £50, ‘This may be regarded as enconraging to plaln- tifls in libel suits, ‘To use a legal phrase, we may marshal the assets of Cavoaan as follows : 1, For asserting that the electors of Cricklade had covered themselves With everlasting abuny by eleetin ADOGAN. . 2, For intimating tnt they were thereby depra: Ving the House Of COMMODB. secure. 8. 3. For declaring the Kadicauls to have debased themselves by choosing CADOGAN..... 5 4. For calling hint @ nian of dauuaged repair 4 For charging him with forgery RE G For saying: that be was deaiitute "of ‘ait 1 For proclaliing te Cxnouaw ‘hid eon: demued imself out of tix own mouth,..... 5 & Dor saying that no merchant would ‘trost Ohi atican he 6 ® For asserting that no honorable man would wasoetate wth hi rT Pre | 10, For declaring U1 je peraun could ut any cont * 5 1, For calling Ca generally ,. o Total........+ Hvidently libel suite are yot remunerative in- vestments, cither in England or America, ‘The only actions of this general description which pay are suite for breaah of promiag ‘The veoant | Chicago ease proves that this class of plaintiffs ‘not only demand $100,000, but the Jury give it to them. Capooaw should be » warning to all who seek either character or cash through actions for libel. N. B.—In these remarks there is no reference 10 the celebrated libel suit of the Hon, Jonx Rossmte Youna, It is still expected that it will Prove richly remunerative to its author. — ei ~ We are indebted to an unknown friend for anumber of copies of Hong-Kong newspapers, containing articles setting forth the horrors of the cooly trade, as it was practised @ few yonrs ago in China, Ignorant Chinamen, It seems, were kidnapped by the hundreds, forced on board ship, and transported to the West indies, where such of them as have not died still remain in a state amounting to slavery. Our friend asserts that the Chinese immigrants into California are of the same unfortunate class, but the California newspapers aay the controry, aud we shall re. quire to bo convinced that their statements are false before we can yeuture to charge them with inisrepresentation, —— The gallant Col. Cuan, of the Yonkers Stateeman, who covered himself with glory da ring the war by his services in Louisiana, makes ® pleasant nmery of tho events of Gen, Gnawr’s administration, giving full credit to the remarkablo official ability which has suddenly made Secretary Bortwert so prominent as a can- didate for the Presidency. Bat $n this summary our brilliant friend—brilliant as a journalist, no less than asa soldicr—makes no reference to the persecution of the Cuban patriots, or to Bont Ronson, Sinas A. Hensox—who snfferes so from “nuralgy and rumatism,”’—the Hon, Aacusres Fonp, or the celebrated voyage of the Tallapoorn, Come, come, Colonel, this won't answer! You are not the man to be a one-sided partisan, and to hide the unsavory portion of the truth, It fs better to imitate the example of Tue Sux (which shines for all), to tell ail the fucts, and to give blame as well s praise precisely as justice de- mand: - — According to the census of 1860, thore were in the United States, inchuting the Terri tories, 18,849,087 human hi of the mule «ex, and 18,115,843 of the fenule, thus showirg an of about six per cent, of males over Tn some in al States, however, the proportion was reverrod, New Hampshire having 159,503 males to 105,019 females; Massa. clusetts, 592,231 to 629,201; Rhode Island, 83, 204 to 88,355; Conmecticut, New York, 1,910,279 to 1,921, 824,738 to 23,960; Maryland, 2 079; and North Carolina, 8) 816,272. The preponderance in the other States was #0 much greater tho other way that the aggregate result was as above state — The Allion calls upon Mayor HALL to stop the nuisanee of firing cannon in the Park, We second the motion, so far as the Fourth of July, election victories, and the like, are concerned; but we trast that the privilege of burning powder in that glorious locality, in cases of successful yacht voyages, games of base ball, fishing matches, trotting and pacing races, and such manly sports, will never be restricted, so long as Oawer Haut is Mayor; no, nor after be has be- come President. Suppose that the Harvard boys were to flax out the Oxonjans next month, shouldn't wo all waut to fire a few cwmnun? enethihnaas*-sickaleetultice ‘The well-informed Washington catreepon? ent of the Cincinnati Commerolal says that there is not now in New York “a single paper distinctly devoted to the interests of the Republican party as such; and he adds that Taw Gem is what it “which is certainly not Republican in any po tive sens ‘That is very true, and we are astonished that any man who enjoys the honor of writing for such ® journal as the Commercial should not understand at the start that the day of partisan newspapers is over, and that the Md pendent Press is now the meons of daily inst tion which the people most delight in, There must be political parties, but their newspaper organs will never have any great value for seusible read ers, because they are not fr, but are impelled to think and speak as the selfish interests of party, and above all of party managers and intriguers, The Independent Press, on tho other , is raised above this slavish necessity, It als to the public all the facts in respect of every party, its policy and its candidates, and then the people can vote as their own patriotic judgment tells them. If there wero iu Cincinnati a dozen organs of the Republican party, all intel- Kent men would none the leas pr all the independent, witty, bold, faithful, gener- ous Commercial j and » hundred Democrauic or Republican partisan Journals in this city would not prevent Tae Sun from having # hundred thousand daily subscribers, And it would be of more real use to both the Democratic and the Republican parties than all the papera with party collars about their necks that they could count in year. Putnam's Monthly for August is a first-rate uumimber, Not to read it is to be beblnd the ti ——$——— A Now Jersey Journal Tells the Truth, From the Newark Courier. Tue Sey is unquestionably the most carefully edited paper in New York. We don't know who does ft, or how many sre engaged upon the pay there is evidently a heap of hard work dune upon it every day, No wonder it slines, poesia ‘The Lost German Family, The husband, wife, and three ebildren lost at Must Hope have been ideutiled as Jolu Kruch, Elizabeth bie wife, and their children, David, aged 10; Lizzie, aged 9; Katio, aged 1, They were golnz to Girard, Tll., where they have three sons, They started (vom Morrlsania, Westchester county, N. Y., where they bad resided for some tine, athe Our Pet Libel Suit—We Have Fenra for the Rewult, the Washington Cor cepondenes of the Another libel suit whieh pr of Young againet Dana, whieh Is not at all aban. ad tho the public seem genorally to beliews Mt. ‘Tie SUN does not appreciate the Joke, and Dana Ws uusdersivod to coufess some foarv of the re: wut, ry wnoinnuth nises fun is that - — The Den in Ludlow the Bitttor of The San: It is with satis, posure of the “jailer” of Ludlow strest, and thin ke you deserve the thanks of the eommunity for ex Posing the barbarities practived by the inhuman mon- ster Pracy. Never having been an thuvite of Has oF any smilie instiivnon, AC cannot be that Luin {i flu- enced by selfish experience wo to speak; but in the jnterest of humanly Luiay be permitted to add my protest aguinst | such vampires as prey apon the pudite, and injure the (somtimes). alpondy. tnsttred Continue, Mr: Editor, to expose alll such iniq monsters u® this Tiiey of Ladiow a whore duty {s simply ty treat thowe w necording to prec! ted rules, with no right to usurp. to putin Cae to Whom he may ove ayy tty MUMANILY, Stree on I notice your ex — Aduitral Pink's Opportunity, To the Editor 0; The liey of the Ad ww Haruden Bxpi . was ever started 1 ed on all sides by the the United st merchants an ‘ detrimentally, Company, 1 Harnden alw: ”" Harnden and the Adams Express or been FOpuia rs the sity of ranning the a change ie peges- sary. The fw \s crew of the Adams Bx: prews are try'ng by 1a monopoiy they ean Make ofthe Adams 8 4 and my Oldest in-writ- tnt you k (ose ie, Gree Mes Just here ix Mr, Jamo <a opposition by ex: tending ‘the lines mton and New York Express and (04410 » oplet? an opposition to the Adams 8 "ANY EMONOPOLY, AD) stiller) Relmed, Locd’s Mo lory ut inetio of Tenth ave- pyc aod They a been sell hit in sained. and te wadar the Oym' anor ited Hates Marshi aplatants, bs rm ar a charyady ald iden Jes 8 SOME NEW POOKS. a Walter Snvace rand John James Andubon, In « Biography of Walter Savage Lander, by Jonn Fonsten (Fields, Osgood & Co.), we have a speclmen of what now has nearly passed out of fashion—the man of letters, Not the literary man of the time, who applies literature to securing alte- Thor ends; but one to whom literatare was in tteelf a sufiicicnt pureuit, and who held himeelf far above the vulgar herd almply on the ground of his elegant sniture and the excellence of his compositions, Lowning, consisting not in knowledge of the sclences or practical information, but tn study of the classics and acquaintance with all authors of dis- tinetion, wus to him the most ennobling object of existence, Landor's genius, energy, devotion to hit Prsnit, and generosity to others engaged upon t! same field, made him one of the most prominent ‘men in the Hterory world of hie day. His connec- tion with politics was of a very transient kind, and iis mind was never absorbed by it, In his youth he Was for a while actively engaged in the political discussions of the day, ut his immediate interest in them soon passed away, and in his later disqul tlon# on sneh topies be treats them in a philosophic and Nterary rather than ina preetieal manner. In the direction whieh he gave to it, Landor's learning was both elegant and thorough. His av quatntance with the Greek and Latin classies—cepe: cially the Intter—was ay familiar as his knowledge of the English, He composed in Latin with as mach cility ae in his native speech, His English was of he utmost purity, and he carried his reOnement in the use of language to the extremest point. A favorite project of his was to restore Baglish epell- ing to the forma in ase before the accersion of Charles 11, Since then, he sald, the orthography had been corrapted, As to the substantial merits of Landor's writings, that is a question still in dispute, No one ean deny to them frequent pasaaes of beauty and force ; but his adintrers farther require that they should be received as the gifs of a great g Whether bis name ts, as to # those of t'ye few all-surpassli wifted from the ther itis fade Into forget |, Iie Still too soy Landor’s opinion of his own merits almowt Inu talents of ile friends was mation of his own, Although drawn by a warm friend, the picture of the poet's charactor and cireer which we find in Mr. Forster's Mography is scarcely a pleasing one. Landor's was a » the charm of which was to a great degree personal, He had devoted friends, wad those who come in contect sh him, especially his later day, wore strongly attracted by his ener: ey, beartiness, geniulily, and whole-souled courtesy His friends say of him that he had the air of a lion, and that bis inspiring presence, deep laughter, vio lent denunciations, and brilliant talk, made t) time speat with Lima continual plea Yet even these same friends acknowledge that his temper was so exaggerated that it was impossible for one to live in intimate relations with Wim for many day4: if he Possessed power he became tyranaical, and if none, rebellious, lo was the oldest son of hie parents, and knowing that he would be heir toa considerable property, would apply himself to nothing. He was not on ood terms with his father, who is nevertheless re- presented as having been an exceedingly just and kind man ; aod finally, on account of some college scrape, the friendly relution between them was ea tirely broken off, Tn those days he had not acquired the coartesy for which he was afterward noted, and his rudences and violence must have been intolera ble. The elder Landor was exccedingly hospitable, und his house was generally crowded with guests, bat there were many of his friends wio would not enter the dwelling when his eldest son was at home, Tae tone of young Landor's manners may be juiiged from Mis telting an old taty dining at his father's house, reed with him in sowe arguuent, that whe ass, OF W Ine: n to say indeed ably high; yet his admiration for the was na his xtravagai sure, When Spain rose to repuise the yoke whitch Napo- Jeon endeavored to fasten upon her, Lindor sympa- thized warmly with the stragyling country, and not only gave much of his money to mid the cause of lib- erty, Lut himself joined the Spanish forces. When , shortly after, the strife was brought ton close, he re- turned to England, much to his disappointment, Without having been engaged in battle, Before the poet's voyage to Spain his iather had died, and Lan- dor transferred bis inh ance to Wales, where be Lought a large esiate. Lis career here giv s a strik- ing cxampio of the manner tn which the defects of his character were always aptto interfere with Ina Denefleont projects, He weng to Liautiiony with the intention of improving the estate, clovating the eon dition of the peasantry, and making a beautiful ome for himself, But bis temper was so intoler his luck of common sense #0 perfect, his im dence so great, that whi oft he had earned the hatred of the Welsiiand the dishke of bis neigh. Dora, had thrown away his fortaue without return, and bad patted down much of the old mansion, with- outever completing the spacious new home whic!) he bad planned. It was while be was at Llantuony that he married a young lady of no gre Whom his frieuds seem to have considered unsuited to make him happy. sequent disagreements between them, the fault, as far as spectators could see, seems to have rested #0 much with Landor that even where he throws the blame upon his wife, we ean scarcely believe him correct, From Lianthony he moved to Italy, wuere he spent the greater part of lis life, aud to his ebil- dren, boru in that country, he was alw devoted. Yet even thts affection was seldsh, for he was 90 foud of having them constantly with him that he re- fused to send them to ls sisters in Englanit to be cared for, and forced them to grow up almost with: nurely Yet in the many sub- ‘ont education, although he knew that he ot no means of providing for thelr future life, Yet he Anally quarrelied irretrievably with his wife. and re turned to Fngland to live, leaving the children with her, and, after ashort season of grieving, mabi himself very comfortable without thom, Inde: one curious trait in hfs character was always the rapidity with which he could reeonelle himself to o separation from those to Waom he had formerly been attached, After spending many happy years in Bath, he returned again to Florence. is relations with his family, after this long absence, were anything bat happy, and thelr conduct deserved blame now if ever, In regard to money he had always been generous, and on bis return to Ttaly had sur rendered everything, putting himself entirely in their power, Although with adyaueing age his judgment had grown more Infirm and bis tom per more iraseible, they cannot be altogether excused for the spirit in which they received him, or for the manner in which they deprived him of pecunlary tn- dependence. Tt was owing to the ‘nterference and sistance of friends that he was finally separately established and comfortably maintained in apart- ments in Florenec, It was im this howe that be died, in 194, at the age of eighty-nine, One of the most enduring friendalitps of Landor's life was that with Southey, There were but few of his aequaintance with whom he did not quarre} sooner or luter, but the affection between the two poets en dured to the end, ‘The tle was formed tn early life, they both lived to be old men, sharing each other's troubles, taking part in each other's disputes, and praising each other's poetry, It was Landor who restored Southey’s courage when he had abane doned writing (rom sheer despair, and who gave him the most unstinted measure of praise thenceforth, which Soathgy repaid with an admiration extreme and unfailing, Londor's friends were chiefly among literary men, they being the olass whom he held ta highest estimation, and his kindness, liberality, and courtesy to those among them whom he chose to be> friend were ouly equalled by bis intense walignlly to his opponents, Ife was a man ot the most extravagant pretensions, He raisod himself, in his own conceit, to a level far above all contemporaries, * funcying always,” ays bis biographer, “that he could place himscif ‘on a bill aj art! even from those with whom actually conteuding ; and mistaking for indifference, both to opinions and to consequences, what was but exaggerated impatience of contradictory opinions and a running away from consequences.” He was eager to establish the claim of his family to greater avtiquity and dignity than there $8 any reason to suppote it entitled to ; ‘and possessing few equals,” the writer observer, “in thove intellecusl qualities which be was also not indisposed to estimate highly enough, he was not less eager to claim a place where many thousands of his contemporaries equated and many hundreds surpassed him, I bad on one oceasion the greatest difficulty in restraluing bim from sending a challenge to Lord John Russell for some fancied slight to the memory of Sir Arnold Savage, Speaker of Henry the Seveuth's fret Roure of Commons; yet any coumsstion beyond Lay nama Could nob with safety have been assumed.” “He ‘Was never beyond the control of the mood that pos- sensed him for the moment; and though it was easy, by hamoring this, to continue friendly with him, i was yet easier to quarrel with him by opposing it in however slight a degree."* A relative says of him : of his own mental pret “The extravagant opinion nence was formed enrly In Life, and remained with him in old age. Often as he changed his estimates of contemporaries, wecording as they rose oF fell in his personal regard, this ent ate never changed. Me looked upon himself es superior to everybody else, and was angry with titles, because they disputed his higher title, He wasan enthusiastic friend, and, as far as sound, violence, and unmeasured denuselation went, a bit ter hater; but beyond unsparing vituperation, he would not have injured an enemy, He would certaluly not have lent a band to crush him, It was the strong whom he always rushed to attack, With all the violence of hia dislikes and likings, he had alto the softness and tenderness of the poetic temperament. Ile was pas- sionately fond of young children, Te was generous to profusion whenever he had the means. fe had a warm fooling for all men of literature, and would have nurtured genius in whatever obscure nook found lurking, Self-satisfled ander all clreumstonces, he was withont personal ambition or the desire of ag grandizem His own conception of himself was too clevated to permit of his descending to ordl nary meannesses, He nelther desired moncy, be- yond what the necessities of the hour demanded, nor rank, nor influence, The men he admicod were men of genius and alent, not men of station."* ‘Tho Liography from which these fucts are drawn is the production of a devoted personal friend the poct, who has ccnsefentionsly endeav. 4 to give a fwithful outline of his life, fut in so doing he las permitted the work to expand to anwiclly fiae, snd as It now s there {9 decidedly too much of It. Lande lite was too uneventful to be Interesting in ap ed narration, and Ms «npreme rank as an author ts not yet snfictently admitced for many people to be somewhat curious as to all the Little details of hie existence If the biography took up a half, or perhaps even a third of the space It now ocenptes, it would be both read and liked by a far larger will now attempt to peruse tt Aastriking contrast to the life of Landor fs that ¢ ts James AvDUnON, the nataralist, ns exhibited in a Life edited by his wi (Patnam & Sons.) Au. duton exme of a roving family. He was bore 4 Now Orleans, and brought ap in Prance, retuenin to America when a youth, Asa young man he wa Inay a far as business was concerned, but expert in ll athletic exercises, andsome and fotellivent, with A sort of artloss vanity in his appearance and his slall in fencing, dancing, and the like, His father was wealthy, and he was heir to considerable prop- ¥, but In some inexplicable fashion he permitted it all to slip through his fingers; and when he mar- red a young American giri he was almost without menns of supporting her, Such resources as he had speetiiy disappeared, and he began « long struggle with fortune, which, although it Iasted for many years, never svemed to break Lis spirits He took cargoes of goods for sale to what wus then the extreme Wert, although he generallyilost on them, and made little sums of money on odd jobs, often b painting portraits of the citizens in the places through which he passed, Frequently ho would be without a cent for days, His family would some. times be with him, and ovtener staying with the fa ther of his wife. ‘Thronzh all his wanderings be carried the most intense delight in nature, and hls business was often only secondary to his researches in natural history, His love of birds, his desire to depict them, and to become thoroughly acquainted With their havits, became a passion with him, and from it gradually grew his puroowe of making an immense illustrated work, representing the * Birds of North America.” “But, after all," we are told, “Audubon was not at heart a man of science, He gathered much and speculated litUe, and was more a backwoodsamn than a philosopher, Ia his rough great way he did good serviee, but his graat physical energy, not his mental resources, was the secret of his success." Having ot last, in the midst of his roamings, priva- tions, and anxieties, collected an extraordinary num: ber of portraits of different bi-ds, Audubon desired to put In execution the projeet which had so long been resting in his mind, For several years previous his Wife,who,when every one else had turned against him As an idle, senseless fellow, had encouraged and up: held him, hud been eraployed as a governess in two or three Southern families, The money which she had earned, joined to that whieh Audubon hud him- self made, Was sufficient to enable bln to sail for England, Mis means were of course entirely insull- cleat for the publication of a work #0 expensive ny his was lateuded to be, and his purpose was to pro: duce it by subscription. In taix he was entirely suc- cesstl, and his bad fortune may be sald to have abandoned Lim when he reached Great Britain, He Was reesived everswhere with acclamations as a man of note, mate many friends, and found little diMeulty inraising money fox, the execution of his design. Hisjournal, written while here, for his whe and children, records all his experiences with a very Pleayint sinzie-mindedaess and absence of conceit. After this his life beeame a more prosperons on thongh it was always liard-working. Ie returned to Aweriga, and afterward made one or two mare Journoys to Europe to attend to the progress of bis book. When this was completed, ho travelled through hitherto uuvisited portions of America, in order to make ndititions to the work, and a very in- toresting part of his blography 1s the account, taken from his journal, of jonrueye through Biorlda, Labru- dor, and the extreme Wes: Audubon worked constantly until his eyosight fulled; luis mind also became gradually enteedled, and In 1851 he died peacefully at the uge of seventy-one, It is impossible to read his biography without feel- Ing admiration for the gentioness, the aprightness,and the #tmple-hearted perseverance of the naturalist, or without admiring also the unfailing faith and devo: tion of his wife, whose support made possible so many of iis achievements, A friend said of him in his oldage: “In my luterview with the naturalist, there were #overal things that stampod themselves indelibly upon my mind, The wonderful simplicity ‘of the man Was perbaps the most remaraal His enthusiaem for facts made him unconscious of bim- self, To make him happy, you had only to give him anew fact in natural lisgory, or introduce him to a rare bird. His sel-forgetfulness was very Smpres- sive, I felt that I had found # man who asked homage for God and nature, and not for bimsel?, ‘The unconscious greatness of the man seemed only equalled by his child-like tenderncas,’ — - Movements of the Presidential Candidates, Governor Hoffnan is in Saratoga, Chief Justice Chase is in this city, Gen, Grant and family arrived at Cape Island on Saturday morning, und will remain unt Twos iny morning, when they will embark in the Tallapooss mnber of people than Dw. for Long’ Branch, Ex-Secretary Seward has reached Sitka, - Political Gowsip, The Gubernatorial canvass in Tennessee coos on with vigor, Senier’s friends claim that he will reevive a mujority of from 85,09) to 40,000, One of the first things the Virginia Legislature as the resuit of the late election—will do, will be to ratity the Fifteeuth Amendment, Tals will just sail the Pennsylvania Democrats, ‘The Seandinavians of Minnesota have inereased to such an extent that they demand recognition in the distribution of the State offices, Colonel Hans Matteson i@ to be their candidate for Seeretary of State on the Republican ticket, Special advices from Columbu row Was atone time imminent in State Convention on Wednesday. The Vuilandigh and Pond eton men were fu eral Ros rans: ened to bolt. All at temp mination unanimous file), The Richmond Dispatch, hitherto” strongly Democratic, sit is absord to style Walker's elec. na Derhorratic victory, ue Diapater ‘adibs : ve there will ever be a Democratic nia, or, if there should be, it will be so ot that it Will resemble the old Pie revolution in the theory of taken away the main pillar of ‘our Goverum the old Demoerae! Governor Scott, of South Carolina, has address. ed an elaborate reply to some citizens’ of the State who ieccntiy made complaint to him on the subject of the present system of tax con, Guvernor Scott says that there isnothing in the present system of taxation to Justify the charges of unfairucss aud op. pression ; nor is Ik excessive or extraordinary, either 4s compared with the past experience of their own State, or with the existing rates of taxitivu in other States of the Unton, A Colored Lawyer A jo Pract c Wasuinaron, July 18,—In the Cri tena, brottesor George B, Vashon was ahmed th of the Criminal Court, Professor Vashon naive eretotore known colored man, and bas bi law In Ne A Brett leat ty eae Jy base qonnested Witt the Wramdamme's Bia. ireme Court, and has recent: SUNBEAMS. necininnes —The grape crop in Wlinois has been greatly’ njared by mildew. A —Boys in San Francisco amuse themselves byt throwing Cayenne pepper tnto the eyes of Chinas men, =Tho people of Oregon are again talking about the separation of the eastern and western portions of the State, —A man in Omaha has been challenged by another tn Sacramento to @ four months’ ducks shooting match for $10,009, —The railing around the Mexican monument in Harrisburg, Pa. is to be made of condemned muskets, with bayoncta attached. —AlLuny has become one of the grent lombew marts of the country, The lumber business of I year agzrogated the sum of about $14,000,000, —A man in Towa has invented a gun that, ha says, will kill at @ distance of fourteen miles, Tt ie satended to test the valor of the home guards, —There is a horse in Northern Illinois, sim years old, name and unknown except by ite owner and trainer, which can pace a milein two ninutes and twelve seconds, —The best bailot in Europe is to be seen at the Vienna theatres. Formerly Italy furnished the best dancers, bat as a rule the German queens of the ballet are now the most popular, —A wedding took place near Dry Grove, Miss., a few days sines, in which the bride had searcely reached her tenth year, the groom being over six feet high and thirty-eight years of age. —'Harry, you ought not to throw away nic bread lke that: you may want it some day, “Well, mother, would T stand any better chance of getting It then if T shontd eat it now —The Hertford Times makes the following sine gular announcement: “ Persons troubled with corns can find relief by calling on Mr, Seliger, Colt'® band will be present, and furnish good mnste,* The next new fashion for men at the races resorts isthe following sult: A short t of light gray with two rows of bute 4 in front and a black velvet collar, light gray pants, and a felt upturucd pudding hat —Miss Ida Lewis, the lighthouse heroine of Newport, Honized, Mr, Jame Fisk, Jr., rece her with a ene pass on bis sten) ed to build a boa e for the be tober, w reigned longer than any sinc except Pins Ving ry Adrian F, and Pius VIL, Mis health is present said to be good, His two brothers are ve spectively fonr and sev if than he is, —Jay Cooke aud his party, from New York and Philadelphia, have purchased Sandy River pond and 2,000 acres of laud at the Rangely lakes, in Met for a Osh preserve, Houses are to be erected o purchase, and the land cleared and made attracti —July 1 was the 100th anniversary of the arr val at San Diego of Fra Junipero Serro, the founder of the Catholic missions in Upper California, ‘The Spanish Government ordered the found) ng of these missions, partly as means of securing the terrie tory against the designs of the English, —A lady recently visited Mount Holyoke who was M4 years old, and ber previous visit had taken, place seventy-nine years before, when she was @ girl of 15. Yet the nonogenarian rememberad her irlish trip perfectly, und recalled with ease the general outlines of the view from the mountain, —A book on the war, by Gen. Henry Lee, revised and corrected by Gen, R. E. Lee, is announeed. Tha second portion of the announcement looks ike @ bookseller’s trick, If Gen. Lee would write bis owm history of the war, it would be veluable; but his ree vision of his son's history may be good and it may not, —The Reformed (German) Church Monthly (Dr. Bomberger’s) claims that in the last ten yeare there have been reccived in one of the Reformed (German) churches of Philadelphia more converts from Romanism to Protertantisin than converts from Protestantism to Rome in all the Roman Getholia churches in the city in the same period. —A family in Philadelphia, when the nefgh« bors are going into the country, secures the uma result by cheaper means, ‘The parlors are cloned, carpets taken up, gas turned off, cheap crockery used, and by the use of plain food, frequent bath, candle Nght, and other discomforts, they persuade themselves that they are enjoying @ season ja the country, —The Rev, Thomas 8. Burnell and his wift, fore merly of Northampton, Mass,, who have been mise sionaries In India for the last twenty-one years, ree turned home to Northampton on Friday. They were 183 days in going to India when they first went out, and but 38 in reternis 80 great has been tha improvement Jn travelling Mcilities within he lasg two decades, —Five thousand smail salmon, two and a half Inches long, have recently been placed in the Pem- migewasset river, New Hampshire, A century aga this river was full of salmon; but the nets and the dams along the river have so completely exhausted the supply thata salmon has not been son there for twenty-five years, Tne State has now under- taken to stock this and other rivers with sha@ and salinon, —It is proposed to make an attompt to popu- late the New York lakes with whitefiab, ‘The Come missioners of Pisherfes of the State, the fom, Ho- ratio Seymour, RK. B, Koosevelt of the New Yora Citizen, and Geo. @. Cooper of the Rochester Union, have decided to commence the work next wiuter, when the season for propagation shall arrive. For this purpose they have engaged the services of Mra Seth Green, —A member of the Connecticut Legislature Was told by a fellow member that 1¢ wie a “good day for the race.” “ What race?” sald tha shad-eater, “Human rac id the Joker, ‘Tha shad-cater was so finpressed with the sell that ha tried it on a friend after the following fashion; “Ive ‘8 good day for the trot.” What trot?” usked the other, ‘The human race,” shouted the joker sire Mattered himelf he had said good thing, —The Mourne Argue says: Thoro apyyery to be something in the circumstances and social ( dition of Victoria that makes American humor es; _ clally popular here. Most of the productions of r& cent American humorists, #uch as Artemus Ward, Orpheus C, Kerr, Mark Twain, and others, have been reprinted here, and fod a large sale; and now Leland’s balinds of Hans Brettmann have been simi larly published by Mr, George Robertson, and be come very popular, sterhoods of Chariiy seem to be an objeet of attention in the Episcopal Church at this moment. ‘There has been recently instituted a society which has adopted the name “ Evangelical Protestant Dewconesses.” The object of these ladies is to visit the poor and nurse the sick, ‘They wear white caps and aprons, with dark-colored dresses and bonnets, ‘This is not unlike the costume of the Sisters of Charity. ‘They will, in addition to undertaking the charge of hospitals, visit private pattonts on condi tion that they are addressed as Sisters and have Uieir expenses pad, ‘They seek no personal remu- neration, The conditions of sisterhood imply eell- bacy. Postulants must be between tie ages of seventeen aud thirty-five. They are supported from @ common fund, but are permitted to Lave a private parse, —A man in Illinois has been fined $190 by & Justice of the Peace for attempting to kiss a Mra, Slippery."—Jtem, Ob! world-wise Mrs, Slippery, ‘To think that for sueh frippery (Or may Tcall it lip" -pery 1), You brought him into court ; And there the Justice blundere, And from your vietim ptanderet OF greeubacks Just one huadre |, Aud so good manuers tiugist, continues to be tly presented ers, and h tha Now lips are formed for kisses ; And men, of ail life's blisses, From majrons or from misses Such osculations seek, ‘To think that you denied him! ‘To think that you defied him! ‘Took him to court and tried Liu ‘Wasu't it rather weak ? Since kissing is In science A lip-tickle alliance, ‘Phat bids all rule deflance (I've tried it from a boy)— Ob! purse-wise Mrs Slippery, Men won't forges such frippery + You'll do without such * lIp"-pery Heneeforth in Iiinois, Hanan, N, ¥, WILLIE E. PABOM,