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VOI.. YYIY WOeftOflO.
NEW-YORK. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1SG9-TRIPLE HIIKET.
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
CO-Ol'KKATION ARROAI).
SWITZKKLAND.
IIIK "/ll'.ICIIKU KONSIM VKKKIS*'? ITS PRCU
LiABrriBfl and wooeom?patriabciial or
DIR-CI LRORMaATIOlI ? tW_RI BOCIA_l-_,
what rr R_W?BB.
IPROH Oflfl OBIH tJUflfl? IIBBBHT.1
Zrui.-M. Sepl. mXr-Tbi P-WbMbI spirit of Switzer
l.uii) ihmi iiitiin-t.ly eomi.'.t.-.l With thccooiieiativt'.
an.l tii. ftvo MUlflflaflata, if tii. vTi.ay hflBBtfllBflfld, Bifl
I...MMB?fl Bfl Bfltfld. bfl?I for growth and cconouiiral
i.si.ita, sii.it I aaa. aaai ladani la visit Zurirh, Ibfl
ai?Bl R bM 1 of Ibfl _W_H tflfls-hlg Bb-BBB, in order to
-lniiy tl.<-n.IM p?aaVea-flBftflflBatlivest..re, or "Konsuni
V. i.'ii.." flavall?llfl BM niy tii.ndCarl 15iirckli,
M?mm aflfljaaaiitaaoa I ?wfl iidfl ? year af* at IIm
|*aa-8 CflagaMMiafBe_M- Tlns "laaa_a Ver.-in"
I*..* its li.a.i'i'Kiit. re in :i l.tik.'.' and coramodioiiB
Bttilding, t.i-tily divi.led into .-ouipartnients for its
Bflaiafl aad attflBa, Tbifl in Um abo-aah d.-pot of the
S... ictt: IB??I?BJ aionnd .1 Hfl H* tw.-lve retail
i?.baa, Tbla mmm i.ition d-bnia MrtarflJ raapafl?i
from any 0?Mt ifl Kniope. It is ont of dflflfl, and
|M.hheeM-.s property to the .auu.uiit oi 007,000 fa?Oflflj
li_s l?flM in.-nilx-i-. flM MfwaMA to the vi.lue ot 77.">74
fuma. aad b?ra_? ?_#?>aa, baaabaa?a Ac., to 7.ooo
baa?v Itflflflab ?iBrthlj raaaiBflfl arr_agfl ltfeVN
fi.m.r.. or l.-li."..-tvi fr.inci| BBB anntini, aud it takes
BaBHifll I'i'i.'e in ("?ly apportioiinIf I Bfll cent oi divi
il.n.is to its iii.'tiil.i-rs. Tbi tw.lve retail nhops or
ltia.nl;*> are diniril.iitt .1 la conveiiiont localities ull
i.v. i tbfl city, and incct, uniong flbophflflflBHR. all tRfl
aaaaaition autl abuse so common againat oooperaU?I
in Kn-laiid. Tblfl store r.-pr.-soiits and siipplies t\S00
PMrBB?fl, or n.aily oiie-lifttI of tho enlire inhal.itanIfl
<>t Ztiii. h. BOflBrtiafl only an BVflHflflJfl tat four iu a
lamily. and i> lapi.lly increasini', and tlneateiiiuir to
Mipply the whole populaliBR with eheap catables. lt
owaa .. bvrjtfl aabflfljj baafa apaeioafl ealb_ I?Q
ot v. ;;i." ?M?8, fioin whicl_ tbfl |00d people
tliu'.v tlie uittiiti v.i bcveiik-e at i Ifl "0
?BOta a ijiiait. aml is e.jually wall f?IB?b?I
?thi...i^i,.,!ii. iRlilattBl tho invaiiahle aoSpflMBaTI
t4-inl<i,.yof r.niHand. this store tboflgb bfll R iifl
... uvulil. bflflflllflfldj its lihraty aml ica(liii--rooii).
im.l bflfl btx'tiu to a:jt.ite lor aco.'>i>erative school.
Iu ad.iition to the iinuiense gowl tbat Bpringa froin
Ihe BflBC?CflJ home Mk_?NT? it BBRflk?, it op.-nly
LtOBBtfl .f another? tlie politio ..lncational move
uHiit it H iiiuu-uiutu..-, and which 1 umst espccially
BXP_?b.
lt is contraivto ihe piintiples of tho "Ztvricher
KciiMiin Yeiem" to dJflfelhtitc diviil. inls. Airain, it
is Bfll cxclii.-ne, bai flflUfl to the wotld ;it the sainr
i;,t.?aBBBBBMnhei-s. It bt.ys up ?BBBBBBRfl quanti
tu k of BBfldfl at wbebMfl?fli and sclls ihem ont at
retail at Ibfl MHRfl pnee. Paflfl the runmn- flflffliMflfl ?.
the tiattir. an.l is thei-.-foie a iri-antie eneiny to petty
IBlalbllfl and interine.liary bflkt ?BtlHfl >'f every kin.l.
AM this it dtaes on priiuifde. The " KOBBai Verein,"
hk. .'tii.i parta af tbla poa_?b new labot bbotmaaat,
i. fii>ii;ii'it th-.-il between p-adaeer and ooob?bmb,
uiit'i t ii.stin. tion fioin tbfl p.ir.nt to the i hild, and
tlin. t i.-islation m Ibfl .ie.ili.ni oi BBMB, and i?
woikni- out these (htcnninations with all the ol.sti
ii.-uy BrB?? iliara. teii/.s (.. ruia.i labor, when onco
tbfl cnvii tioi.s are H?fldfld. Ifl tlns Iflflpflfla1 this
Kih-iftv is ].,-<u)i.ir and ititerestintr. Ouo very
Bflfl?R?tj! Bfl?flk wh;it Bflfl the iiic.-ntives ?I atttac
ti.uh tfl |oia >aeb a BoeJetjr, when bj i??afaliaf
a noii-ii.. ml.. r II.ey 11 |oj ful! btn*_fi? T The auswer
ih?the iutflie.tual induc*meiit. no other. Yet,
flinagi__rl_r la'pra.-tieal aadaaat?Hoaa aa tbia??jr
aeeiii wlnii MMtnparvd with the _MM?BBI b?Mfl ?1
laboi IMBBBJIflll?Bfl elsewhere, the S.ciity is w;dely
flBRRM U u. lt BBTM BB_I B B?M $ to bflflBfl?I I nieui
bei : loi a)l?naftl it would as-nst tho dunce, if a
j**.. . ; ? . t>> | i'lieap lad whole.souio livinjr, yet it is
bett+r /or him to reinain outsi.le. It tfl?BCfl none bnt
ni.-n iiml wiiiiieii of intellcet. Rk?flfl are not courted.
J-pe. .i.at.us and imjm-iialists are t.?ld tfl keep char.
N.iikibal inmds alrcady traine.l in the chaiinels of
r.tii?iy and trood dedls, and niinds of ymith sustepli
ble an.l j.asMve to its honcst iiieuhiitiotis, aro
ttiiii:* u loi nn iiilaeiship. Tho 8??MQB??? la tlatit
tlie "Toriflhflt KoiiMiui Verein' is the in..-t inteili_ei.t
and BMIb Bl Bfll niy ?I mdii-irimI IRMflBiflfltfllR m tlio
woild. '1 tie shoekuic eonditiou of B bflfl Ifl Bfl sviii
bol Bflflfl ol th< ahseiKC of iiitellc t BBd?f it. 1 BMB
it-. i.ni.td ex-I're-ident, Cail lliirckli. to tlie snnplo
BBd BBfflfei'it.'itioti!|tlloii-h RRRIRBJ Herinanntir.n
lii h. the saine plainiiess of attiro bad tbfl aame ear
ncst j-nii" and eaptivato the '.iaitor. At
tbe last election aiiother j.lairi but tilitieiit BMn,
QoUiriad T-ffM-11! aat eattad to the a_Bfl?liva
-
Bm !. is tba phy.-i.al appearancc of this eurious
i.itr.e s,\vi>3 oriMiu/atioii. vvhie!*, in jKiiut ol
luiiiii I.,.! eeoiioiny and tiue amt/>cra<y, is a areal
aii< aeaa Bai 1 bbtb aai aaaa bmb_mbi-.1 Ibfl import
Bt.t aod ape?fic ol.j.'t of its carcer to which tl.e
s. . tv .lir.-et- its ii:t.!l> I'tti.d powers?dirrrt t-fftalb
tn.i.? l!;e " Koiisiiin \ eiiiir' is . nerK. tu allv vvork
U_alOWaitl-M eieallHli. oi 1 Hilifht more J.ropei iy
i.e i.-iiiio'iiOB, <>1 iiiie.'t, patiiar. Iial le^isla
ti.ui. wiiei.in peoble vote, not i"i ambittona meo,
bnl ' - mple as that of the iou!t
Orraraoa may l?' htnabed at by Araetiean? aoc?_a.
letDMl t<> a!! the eoBiplicata MaaonTm (,f modet- ra
j.ui.iIii aaifuo. Tbe bi_- m_it?_ ..1 pate?ti??tl l.--'..-.
talu ;.. 1 aajr, might be consideied a aian ol BC-tral
i.. i.it _. nn i;t. i,...i not the iiepuhli0 ol s?v. il/.i i lan.l
adopted it, and thusplaued it ou the cata
ii.L'ii ?,f lixeil f?HR
11.. ie at.-four oantona lll Svvit/eiland?Cri, l*n
terwiil.ieu ApiH-n./.-ll. and lilarui8. Mhn-h relain tlie
um.; . ; BBI i.i.t lol in olI the ??MMfMM?8? . and liold
ti. >eai, inaiii.adow, iii llieinoiitl.
oi M..\ Thia the j baveaooe, tindiatarbed, for a
Oreatloi?b and orerbearinf pnvii.-_.il cliaaaa ait
uiiki,,.wii t!..i?'. Tha people, b__??Mlna aad _apay,
reinaii. m (|iti> t ]..iss4->iM<.iiot their nriinitive unatfeh.
At il.- ?laual. l.-.iioiis the |M-ople. larni. ih. lahnrei ,
au. I... ? bauii 8,. ..il..; togetber, brio^iag witb ihem
and th. ro, invariaul) in a
rotei exerciaea bia prerogatiT? b? B
Mmplf jrea oi nay, for >>r agaioal a pk.ik.s.-iI law. Iu
l?e large and pote-io?i cantona ol Zorieb, Beme,
t., ut. a.-.. a Im i. ware tim.w _ ln gMgraphic- im.m
tn.i aet witb civi?_Rtoa, the friction >.t
<i .-?.:?-' bad tleatroyed tbe "Uialten
(?i'. thongfa the people tanadooaly
efit | t-i their repifhliean tttrm <>f torernBient
li ,: ii?.? tlu "Znricher Koiieflitn Vetin" !iBfl Bfl?fld
apuii ibabiboi iiioMin.iit, a?a lev.-irflaifliimt;ttatb?
'" l I...1. ;, W? in. in.le, or toiui ol .lii.ct legial?ilOB,
1 pou apennan?il l.a--is. WbataraUtt
ati:ii:..i tita ..1 Ita philoaophy ' Bimply the argumenta
ot ti..- m? i.il Heinoeratic tbeorieaof thafrenchin
reriaad by tbaai al (lologne ia Ifl-fl, un.i ahattai<-.i
in ti..- itruggl?l for inonaiciiisin. 'ihe hwiitei ar. not
lu.:.,ii,i:.iit..i with popoiar bcliaffl b_Md on aapMali
in.il. ItHit iliacB?i tb?bb aiuiple locial t,_?ttioni8 with
OBl BUflpU ...li. I1IH..1.M ioilr, ihat lll otii.i < olllitl i< >. Bfl
in Eugbuid aud Antfrica. they ai<- aeoated a-. etil
prnii r-turnedtodiMtioyn.icn's morals. ForiJMtaaoe:
tbia lubrlligaal woikiiiLriii. n's oo5peratiY<B aoeiety
i - a !,;.ll w l;.-ie th.'.\met to ilrseuss wbat they called
Noiaiislii. ltdOMIMBt .M-enr to tlieiii t liat So. lalisui
iiie.ii- ti,-.- !?.-\.-, biganij,i-ligiotui doeaiaaliam, or
apiritnalutm. (tectaluni in Swiaa iuduatrial orgaalaa
tloli is wli.it _M tll.p. 1 A.lle.l Wi.l.l ililpli.s ; MM'ia.1
gath.-i;;.-. aoc-ial diacuasiou. aocial and i.-.i|.io<al
alllllatii i.i'iil h.-ip. Kven the Woo?BaKiabtfl
<iu..-;,.,!! ?umi n"t ei.ter it, to it any im thei than that
ll,. .-.. ,i-u u.l.iiines an.l protita l.y the female m
telli rei.ce, nl wlueli it is in part foiine.l.
Ii..\ ing tl ui' leai-d tbe li.-itl of all imagina*7 ()h
*-ti... ? - -. bichmightotberwiatiacaravataot coi
to;.!... ll,. BtOfP oi tbifl " Koiisiiin N'el.iii," let nn
in... af.it.- us raanltfl m ;i s<..-.al aod palttioal poinl <>l
vi.n. _iuccit? lonudaltoa. in Oot-bar, IB51, this
Hoci. ty liiu* iiia.ic tne .1. \ation oi the u.n kiii_- el?_
ib. apecial huaine?t, botb in tbeory aad praetice.
_4riightR*rward aod tree, it bokUy pnelttimtd before
tl.. >..:?-triojile the eiioi of a (leinoi i.i. y withont
npriauitatioti. mch aa mnat naturally folloa frooi
a ayat-tii ibal teavea to the option <?l BiubitU>ua bmh
tl.e tiiH. Lliiellt "1 1.1 t'.a,. i'l.ll.tlllK to tJ.e lliljipy Ull.l
tiini-li.tiioirad " L7r_Itan Ganuiniba" ol ueigluM>riug
t'aatoaa. it paabcd tliciuestian of .Incct Ugialatiou
? tin-Histtiii l.y whieh ihe |M-.ipi<- vni.', nor toi the
repieseiitati ve, bnt for the law iis.lt. thns doiug
awav w .il. tlu-vexati'.n iimi exj.ense oi preaidenta,
MBBl?L and botikvt'B of repra?tutatiV?L in lieu <*f
th.-s. ti.eie MaConui.if. <. which, if its babavioj ba
good, hits iiuin ouo to tinaa yeara. Tba lomnittea
Rtajf ptropaaa a bu1, tu tba peapk aiap piapoaa it, or
Bliy gi.e i'iti/ei. mav |MO|eOsc it, an.l, lt lt he (lolie lll lt
li.iiiiiii iiiiinnei, tbe ( oiniuoiiwealth is abliged to
aaaaaflM aaa aiapoaiti..n. And iier.-i-.iii.es h radieal
bu- iiniKirtant jM.itit. |i tead oftbe Intelligenoe of
tbe |a*Miplt beiiij- exei.iM.i in praising or oefauiing
e?riaiii mm oi liata of u.eu on tbo caOCIM loll; i.i
ol tlie giaoU tetaakw. oi tbt nat.on bt-ing ubaoibtd
in the in? antatioiiH of a nmiiopolv of wily nffice
M-skera, the people *ct aboal Um atodj of tno law ii
self, for or ********* whieh they are to vote. " Hut all
this may looa veivtine at adistanre," says the otBjOO
t4ir, "and tiine will havo to spin BlBclianot wineln
loni* ei. tlnt Utopian platiaibiiity booooaaa a fact"
N.it at all. lt baa alrea.l.V beeaBM a law of tlie Repab
lie. It was adopied by tbe entire Canton of Zurieh
.ui the l*-r11 ot April, Ib*m\ aud almost liy the wbole ol'
I iii bi in. Ik'iuc. aad (JroMuhurdeii: and tbo < **intnii of
Aargan *t at this muinent couiiting the liatlots of its
IbbI eleetion. _
CO-OPERATION IN FRANCE.
TIIK FAMII.IfsTKKK Or ttm**? flflMM I.KMAIRK
AM> BU I.AI.OKS? DE-CKII'TION Of TIIK l'AL
Ai'K Of LAilOK?FREE KDIH'ATION FOR ALL
? KKWARDS AND l'LMSIIMI.Ms
Ibo "Fumilistirro of Guise'' was founded by
Oodln I,o-naire twenty years ago, aud U ctiU m tho full
tult- u( MiciTsi. I.odin I>ruiaire was born of poor pareuts,
ju lr-17. :.t I'l-u'-shci't-M. aml i?a*t*t.(lhli>youth,till 8Cvent4Jon.
iu the labors of tho Held aud the liuic-kiln. He then trav
eled for ten yeara. In 1M4, sttll a Blmple worknian, be
it turii.d to his natlve TfrYgl and directed his thonghta
to tho founding of U)i8 establishment. The problctns
which he nmtertook toeolve, were tho equitahle distribu
tlou of tha prodiicts of labor, and the ditfiislon of wealth,
or ita equlvalenta, among tho poor.
The buildings arecomposed of two parallelogranir*, with
a court ln tbo ceuter, aud covcriug 324 jxirdH of ground,
the moat extrewe apartiuenta belng ouly 100 yards apart.
Tlie wmgs are also in tho form of a parallelogram, and
have an 0IB0 of 200 yards. Cellars and bams are at the
(lispoMtwu of tho ftovcral fatnilies, wbose privacy is per
fectly oecured. The Interior eonrts are more than 200
yards wide, and from 30 to 40 long, and are covered ln
with glass. Conimunlcation is effoeted by stair-caseB aud
t'.ilconies. Kach story is prbvided with fountalns of pure
water iu great abundauco. Kvery arrangement ia made
to aaaara BaaBaaaai pai uy. and aaavaaaaaaa Tho lubabi
tautof the "Familistere" has his scrvants, liko tho rich
man. Fifty-flveporsouaareconstaiitiycniploycd tokeop
the buildiiigBin order; and every day the courtn, thostair
tm***, the balconlcs, and all the nparti-cnta, whether for
.?n'oyinent or utility, are awept aud chanod by
them. The salaries of theso persons are
pald by the general admlnistration. Wlien tho wnrkmau
aud liir- wifo return from their labors they flnd large
kitchtM at their servirr, from wlilch tbey ean proeuro
food, preparcd hy experieneod 800-8, at prices as low
a* if thoy had eooked lt thaaaaolfaa wine, boer. aud
culer are always frenh. Kvery dc cirahlo articlo of food is
found in tlie eominoii 0800*8*4408, and of tlie be-t .piality.
Each day the physiciau take.s, at the biir.-au.Ithc BB0488 of
Ifeaawk. Kxt.-nhive bathingptivilegc- aro acct sniblo to
all, while portahle baths aie Rcnt to the invalidr*. 1'arlorn,
luulaia looaao. plaj roeaaa. ?afl a Uhcarp aro at tbo public
dispoeal. (iardenx, bowers, walk.?. and tho trani|iiil
watera of tlie Ouse Biirroiuid the bulldingn, and furni.-.b
tbe tenants with walking, ilritiing. and boating; whllo
whoorat a__ao cau aaNtrata somo choscn piot of
grttiuitl.
Tho feature of tlie " Familistere, ? that has
laaaflBBOaiai M ehiclly to Its inhabitaiit.--, Is the
trainlng and edueatioa it BBe*--B*Sa giatis for their
children. ('nl)rt are so arranged BB BO la be accv-ibl..'
night and day totlio liiothers, and good iiurBts aro pro
vided for their eare, when the luothers Bad it necessary
to ltave thtin. At slx years of age the elnld ls ex
paBlaO to know haa to spell, to eount a huudred, to add
on tbe couDting-franie, and to draw npon the
slate. He then passea iuto tlie seroud claaa,
where be learna to read an.l elpber, but at
intervals lie retuniB to the foriner Btago to
take part in the itrelirnluary eierclnes. The ubo of eor
j.oial paniabmaol in aupir-uitod \>y Iba 1.1 reanaaa, tlie
,1, _m,-. . Hi- >. A.n-.l.-, dlBtinction-t and eomplliiM-Dta, und
tbe pubiieitv of thaae taa-noniala. Hoaaraba dlatlaat
Uooa aie awardad npaa U4a Baiaclpla of aotlao Ifca
a>M.luitv and pri'di'.-Bof eaeh wn-k, not tlie 84DN ?f
knowladBe aoqnfied. Tlie erowa of tl*--i ment cau
even fall uj.on tho fet 1.1. -t of the t |08B
Kvt iy day tln' tliildten ure aeaa. **11h their little apadea
an.l rakaa, arr_a_laB tho garden fftttiis, and kcepina
e\t rvlliin-.' neat aioniid tlie bllildlaaa, one of Ih. n own
niiiniiei -in. ?-. i -ving order. Tlie oaraaaa lia\e n.'Vt i y.-t
iiaidtii.-it crpnnaoa; bal Ibaaartaaaneaaf aaapablamaa.
lli-pll.il Wltli the name M-iiljliielil M the l.iUlidei, Would
?l\.- a at-TOBB ilul>lil-.e to li.il llelill iir.l n.ili.sli y.
Two coiinciirt, coaipoaed ..f IS aieB-bera aaob, aaperln*
tend the " F__illlataere." Koiii are eb. t. dbyaaorel ballot,
oue from ainoiig tlw uien. tlie otl.er fn.ui tlieaWuiii.-n.
l.vciv peraon <if 15 yeara oi aa* laeniltled t<> vote, aad h
alaoellgible f..r otiic.-. Tba eonm 11 of in.-n Uparttoolarli
oei-iipn-d wnli organltUig luaaranca lUBUtatloaa, \..ih
Mut-Mioua of coiip?ratlon, aad tba OlaUibnUoa of taa
foiidr, whieh are ofleu eiainiiied an.l diw um*. d
m opaa eonfareaea. it aoatalaa ordor, oaapatea
the feMivulfl. givt-rt Ua opiii.nn Bpoa works in
laoginaa. takea **ooa*_a_?a ol tba rariaua aerrlaea aml
Um u raralta, ..nd daeidea up-n tba aaiptoymaat ..f iii?
proflts ie.ili/.etl. The i-.jiineii of wnjneii ooaaptea itnelf
tnora puti.-ularly witb all tbat relaU ? todotoi ? lafaira
-eie.uiluii-.-, veulilatioii, the .pi.tiily of thti prOV-tloDB,
tbi . .ii. and edil. itn.li of the i-luldreu, IB tJkOtt, t-\eiy
tbing that eoncerna Intenu- order aad tranquiUlty.
B-chlatha unnal Bldaof l_a ??!".? n. ?; t-t .-i??" lu uatarl*]
ad- W? i...ve. jet I.i ...iihidel. In Ajilli, 1899, the fouu
dations <>t tba "palaea for tka |.e<>i>i>-" \t.-i<- i.tni. Ia
ir>r,i, 300peraona ladaad Iharai ti"' aaeandpan oftbee*
tabliabment beiaa Daana la 1888 an.l oocapied la 1888.
Tm- balldlnga ar.- ek__nl and aalldi earafolly on
Mui. 1. <l ll. < li -rj .1. tail. and hai. retiirne.il * tall i Bt* of
mi the capital inveated. Tbe la'i.i (aboat 18
eoat 6-jOOO fi_nca?812,000 and tbe bnlldlnoa an.l
propertj eoam < t.-.i. flxtorea, kc, ttaa-QOO. 'J be latal taat
it et-iv.-.'I .- V..'-' '?? <'i 4^ jter e.-lit. All tln-milt. - ot rOOlBO
lly coii'inodioii-. but diffbr iu prioe aeeordina t<>
tln- in^'iii of tin- -tmj. Baobobainbei .- prorldad with a
praea la iba wall or_ barean. I_a waiaaraall plaaterad
* uh .. Kt.^ -oolorod Um*. 'The k'*.ih"I tl"": la raatad nt a
m.ih tln.. . entaa aojo?ra rard, taa Bral ator) at
tiiti.-1. ni-, tln B.. iiiiti tba Bamc ..-. tbe Kroaad Bow, and
tbe thiiti at two and a half oaata. A imiiof tberenta
addad to tba ooat ofeverj aqoan :>anl for tboaeoutalde
aparim. ni.t which overlook tlie t-i.iinl iy. Tlie buikllliga
tbi in ? r. ? - real fut *'.'?', the iaa! 1 t"i orebarda and gar
deuit. TbU low renl a aa detei mln .1 by tbe prkrea of ili?
wret-bed bov?la in wbieb tbe Isboret* pravloiial*| livcd,
whicii lan^td fiom *1 Ui *2 50 pw uionth.
ENQLASD.
I KOLIBH TBADI BOOUtTII 8.
Tboinootiag at Bina_o&_uu*i ot dologatO- fpoo
tbe vanousTradOB Societiesof Eogland, und. 1 tlie __B of
"The Trad.-- Couik il Congre".," was tlielir.it OOOBBlaB ou
which the principlo of produetivo enupcratlnn BB4 hB8B
offlcially discunsotl and sauctloned by tlie Trade* Uulona.
The proeeeditig-i of the OaaajTOaa appear to have been of
more than ordiuary uiter?t,aiid l,..!hnpeei hesande.-.-,ay-t
were very fully reported by tlm I.oiidoii j.rens. .Mr (.. .1.
Holyoake read a BOggaaaifa paper on "Induatrial 1'art
B-aBBapa-**1 of wiiicli we append au ab.ttiact:
"Cooperatiou Ib a scheiue of wnikinc, 111 whieh each
peraoii anaagaa t.> belp htoaalf t<> ? fair ehar.- ..r tho
proBtaof ba ateea or prodaee ef bu labor, airti acraaa to
allow his fellow-uieiiibei or ft llow-workiiiBii B-BaU-l and
eqnal opport?ntty. An Induati ial partaarahlp 1- a plaa <>f
oondncting a masofaetoring or prodselng boataaaa, In
wlnch tlittihief maiiiiKeiiient ism Ihe handn of tli"-.. WBO
itupplythe elii.-t capital, and tho prollts and 14)0*84 aro
proitorttonately diBinbuted lietwti-ii -_u_-boldera aml
w-oikmeii. (aneltheror both of tbeae nietlioda be ueed
10 rai-.elai.or lo a po.-itiou ot iluo eqaaUtT m its baii-aiiib
with ca|i!tal I ilm ordliiary fnnii of < ""|n'ratiun for Ihe
dlatribnttoa ef artlcleaof lainily coiiHiniii.U..iii-?M>aiiiiplo
and ho j.rorltable, that no workuieii 100 Ifl Iiuuibei i.ught
to be v. ItbOUl B nt.ire 111 any part of the eoimtry. liut lt
m lndiihtriai part?arahlpa. in wbteb the workmaa'a laimr
and akiUaraaoaatad aa hli? c_/?tal, inat a__rtat8__ao
BOCletlea lli<: advautagea they iie.-d. Itecailliig to Iny le
eollei-tion fourlecli J t*X*' <-xpeneii. e art a worknian ill tlna
lowa, 1 *>.?>' aaw laal whare 1 aaeared aaaaa aa eight
hoiirs' daily labor, wlnch would supplv a BaoderaU 1 0111
[.etflici: tif'fi.M' tlie f-lent'th o* llfe WMaMBB, und were 1
left at llbertf to predaaa tlie beot work i could. aa tUat
my ptida and laate and cliaraeter Bbotald be jn my handi
t Tail. aml I had a reanoiiable aaant-Iiee ol coiitinnlng ln
iny niiiani.il while I discnai i:< <l m> OaUaO in good f-ith,
I abould now prefer that Btate to any other I ahould be
the frtead of my maatori lunfaine woald ba my pruiejiin
intereMt iniim. He would have the eare, aud lho piofit
wlmh i.-il.e honaatdao of eare, and I nhould have cou
lent an.l i.inure for leainiUK and study. The great eui
Ua>JIOI8 have it ln their BOWeT lo rtei uie tlieae CoildltioliB
for their worfcaaao. They woald lbeaha*a bonor and a*
(iiiity. lliere would be leim losr, "lum eare. lOflO hlrite |
ladoad gi< ai gaiii im tbaa. aad aa haaaraala eaataal
aroimd tliein. 'liie tmployer would llien be a king. and
f\ny workiiinii a citireu la the ' oiiiiiiouweiiltu of lu
du->try. * * * * What I maintaiii ir, that tho fair cou
Mdeiation bv tho employer ol the woiknian'e intereat?
pay*; and that Induatrial partnerahip i- ? method now at
iiainl for aecoinpli'.liiiig tlmt. He wiio doa* not sw that
|uat- e pa) a, and doaa uot truat il BO BB el.-inen! of proOt,
ir. waataof workaiau <>r ?tnploy*r, a aaara %uigar
at-ratiiUlei, imt an uttist, Ifl BOCCB**, The i.lali of an In
dustrial uai inerMiip le this: Tlie pro|>rietorr! make a lib
tral eatiaiate t.f Uie value of tbeir buainesN and plaul.
Tht y form acoiiipaiiv lo adiult their men aarthaielioldeia,
if they hke to eotae m 'i h? capital ropraoeato the ralae
of tho Vhole coucern. Th' V ealiuiale their m.crsaiy
protit tocorei aii iihkaaiitleoitUat 7. W, oi II p*B . ent ,
or ujt.i,-, u* tlie BVeS-fl* Of tlieii-Oliiir.ine.'.ri Inay be. All
ov.-i. u an., i. tiiM.ii.i BtTirra riiur-<iit.;ti?:i-. 1" proportio*
t>. their -?_***, and woikiion Hcculliig to Bialr waoea,
'Uio- wiio aie uoikuieii u* w*U aaeliareboldarBhaTa twa
piolitB on Hieir ahares and on theii aages. Then they
waiak witb tbeir aiaater'a eyea, aud noik \. 11H iheir waai
Itl e will. Iiialeadol .Imn. tlie Itaht IlK-y cau. tlii'.v tlo
tln- lllo^l tln> taii. Iitrtii u.l t.f caualit_ eare they uivo
m?ciiiiiy. 1 hey put thatr rkill and kooiIwiII Iato the eon
teiu. By tbi* uieaiit they have niailo noiuo 4ti,ooo a year
cltrat piolii lu 4tie U liilwood Colliuiit-N. Thiagtvea *:j,000
Im llit men and -j.ihki lor Ihe eiuiuoyete, who aro the
chicf aliaielioidt in. '1 i,1n 0*1,000 otdalucil to the lnen la no
_ilt, uo boiiii-., or briifvolciiio ol ihe iiut?t< re. lt ib tbe
gitl of t)ie iuen to IbeiiiBvlveB. lt m rr** 1*0 by Uie men.
11 10 tn?' renuit of t I.f. akill aml Bood will they put into the
_-oik-iiir.tci.il of tl.tr nl will aud airiket they put into it
beloie. Tha prutlt would aot cxiai lut for Ihe ludiiatiul
|>.trluerelii|>e' 0ljailB04B0llll uml llie .MeBeln. HllKgBget
A.i,ouo a yi-_i- aa a rewarU for their auguviiy m aoling ou
tli. prmi ipie."
WESTEKN BTBLTOORAPH Y.
THE BOOK TRADE OF THE NORTH-WEST.
KOI'KV MOI NTAIN FASII10N9?SAN FRAN< IV<>
utkkati'KK?chicaoo BOOK BTOBBO?C__
Cl'I.ATlON Of PKRIOIWAI.S?SMAI.L BBOIK
N1M1S?CIIOICK HINDIN'.S AND KARE WOUB8
??IILMOUS Of IHlOKhEI.I-IMi.
CiiiCAr.o, Oct. 4.?Then> an; still pcraoiiu who
expect, ob rcachlng the prulrlei* or tho mounUliiB, to
leaTO bchmd culture and taste and th.. qulck pulee of
fasbion. They are Jii.it as .ntclllgont as the not-qnite-cx
tlnct Knglishman who thinks to encouiitcrbufTaloes, you
know, ln walking up Ilroadway, and to bo flred ou by In
dlaiiB, my boy, while sailiug down the Hudson. A Now
Yorker, on a visit to a miniug camp in Colorado, boughta
palr of exccllent Bhocs at a ridlculously low tlgure. After
tho purchase, ho asked: " How In tho world can you aell
such Bhoos for 81 601" " Well, Bir," rcplled tho dealer,
"s.juare-toefl went out of fasbion a month Bgo, and
now my customers wou't take thom at aD.v price 1" Ke
turnltig __at a few week? later tho pnrehascr found nlne
teiitlisof his city frlends still wearing tho abapo which
was too antlqunted for the Rocky Mountaina.
(-llforniaiiM, restrained perhaps by their proverblal
modesty, do not even hint tbat Ran Franelsc.o ib tho
Athcnsof Amorlea: but whilo yet lsolatod she producd
The Overland Monthly, conflpicuously the bcat of all our
magazlnes; and The W**H Lrlter, lrreverent and sonie
Uaaa ooarse, but of all hutnorous Journals ln the Jan
guage, tho keeuest, the wittiest, and the moat genulnely
American. As for Chlcago, the stay-at-home world knowe
of her graln-elovators and rallroada, her porkpaeklng
cBtabllehmentB, and real entato miraelcj*. Old vi.itora
may bavo heard also a feelile and dlflldent bintortwo
that she ls a city with a futiire, and a Uttle faint and in
dlrect dlsparagomcnt of Ht. l/ouis and I'inclnnatl! Home
have even encountered that dreadful, IrrepreBslhle omul
pBOOBal man who, 20 years ago, was oflered " C40 aeres on
the South Sidc for 82 an acre. and, like a fool, <_<1 Bf take
it; and to day, Mir, you oan't buy a single house lot there
for less than 8:>oo a front foot I"
Itut tliere ls quite another asjvect with which we onght
to grow famlliar, now that the fast traln can br'ng us, aa
handliillri here announee, " From Metmpolistu Mctropolls
in ao Hnurs!" Tlie peephl of tho North-Wt st?lari.oly
ft*** N.w-York and New Kngland-aro ravenous rea.l.rs,
and tho booktrade of Chlcago is exeoedlngly h< avy.
Tho Westeru Ncwb Company, H. (\ (Iriggs A Co., W. H.
Kern A Cooke, O. A C. Sherwood, and QOBB. I'ritchard A
Co., are the leadlng liouses. The tlr-t threo ate all U8B by
Blde in a flve-story marblo block on Btate st., an.l their
preiiilsea form tlie flnest group of Itook etores in ihe
world. They rcnt for from llfl.ooo to foo.ooo aplece. Kaeb
ls 150 feet laaf by 48 wlde, with shelveB and showcasos
otowOea.aaiaaaat-Oaa Btacks of books, often tum ?e
hlch as a man'Mhead, rising from every avaiiable squaro
foot of tho floor. One tlrm occupies threo storice, and the
others two each.
ln 185. there was a single perindlral dopot In Chieago,
and it did a businr-.s of 8*l,ooo per annuni. Heveral yeara
later an cnte rprlhing Iad nanied I alsh B80BB to sell morn?
ing p.ip.-rs ou IhO strect corners. His capital lay iti Ihe
fact that he could " toil ternbly." Now, wlille yet so
jaalhfillaaBlaa t\\a.l ? Btran**rr instinetivcly (-laiiece
around the store t.t sce wbether "the old geiitleuian" is
In, he ls the supcrliiteiideiit and larj-est stockhold. r of
th. Wi st, ii. Bewa Oooapaapi a_fa_ is awaaihoM in New
York and half In Chicaco; cmploys M men and ****% and
d'siriltutes annually tliroughoiit tho North? Wcst-clcar to
the Sl.-rras and to Northern Texas?about tl.uoo.non worth
of current llter.iture, from the morning newspaper to the
nowest tiook aml the latcst quarterly. l'criotllcal atock
la so periehable that, aa a rule. lt la not even aold for caah
on delivery, but only upon the salo plan of n-qumiii*
OOatOOBera to depoall tlie money before it lesrafl the
Btore. 1 asked anem*.'..y< I " Have SI. I-ouie uml CUB lt
natl any cstaulnthiueutB altnilur in plan and iiiagnltiida f*
"No," he answered, " Cliiciimatl ia t.s-i 0008 BOO Yurk,
and .-?t. Loiiirt haa no back country. This hue of trade ib
created and sualalned only by railroads."
llercisaii ctirnato of Ihe ic-trc< ti\e OBlOO "f perto.ll
eatofrooB__lo__o Ihroogli B-OOBaaaaL n aaaa_a lho
BOBSl inelamholy exlubit of the popular 800*4, tliou_h
the l.ally valuable luibllcatlotiB galn ate.idily ***** tlie
milk loaM anfl tho Woo.l-alid thiilid. r I Itdjtr,
?*t*mt*T****\ .\rtc-York Wrrkty, MySBBj .Saturdnij Wi**k
14,8881 ./nr/rjr'f ll-./V.y, 1-880] (Bka-tBOp '.-r-ur-, .*..??'.
faa-WM M'o;/d. M8B . Iirtade 0*****V****\ M8B| Uurtxr't
Bazwtr, 3,000; Utiy'i Hotngi, 3,wio; tYank l.ttUrt S**n***>
B*r(_-B80| MfM .?ir?, 8,880) i***m**ft f*******\ ?.*"*>:
Uarirlttf JfSajaB-OO. '.'.>??; *\**W***m3 HBIOO, lat-Oj H"tr1h
(in</ a-MWaMaO) tftriiofUt* Timti.Zuo; Satton.'JOU; < ./i
rr-n Hound-la'ne,-:-, JIarjtr'i Jfr.iitA.'v, 1(888) i.'rr/e-/, 1,088]
Allanlif, 1-iBBj lrlnti>n, '..iio; Our Y****$ /.</'.#, MBBl
I'uttium, T.'o; tiataiy, 700; t>ur Boy*and inrti, Mli "<'*'
/.rri</.'. 0 ; l.n'1'inrott, 3<>o: Htrrr*\dr, .nn. Ir I. nn falr index
of *lfl'*ial8 ciirulali.uiH, fur 400B8 "f theso publlcationa
Bciid aaaoat tfeaarooava *BW***m to maii Baaaaofhooab
while otfeeta are eold excluslvcly througb perlodical
Oealeia
The Baaera] haak trade afC_1aa_? hagaa la iai5, when
Maik H. Newinan, an old .VwV.uk )>ublleher. aent an
iir-.nt heie to e?talill-li a luaiieh hmise. In foiir yearB
tln hk> nt was up to lus eyi.- ln i< ul eatate spectilatlons,
and dnillig a liltle panle lie b. caino frl.hteijed, and took
ti. ba haalO, <-losin- .iiit ln- li.t- for next to nothlng, and
ahaa_oi__B lho hoci store aitogetht-r Thajafeaal thaaf.
fair jiioved to lu tliat lie waa |-||*hl iu hlsorigin.il imiiu.ee,
and the alariiil-l- to WBOOB he llst.n. I w* re wrong Had
he rciiialiicd and sold only ? nough of his real entatoto
eiialde him to " c.irry " the re.t, ho would lisve li.tome
one of tho rieht -t men in the Nuitli U. at. The Chai ylnlie
whieh Hank BBB WBO laal of falth in tlio futiire of the
city. Few 0__M_B rhijis of tho pBOBOal I ra a 088 t" 80 in
daiir'ti Of 08?80 to |uecee on that aide uf Ihe channcl!
1 nmi tl.e gei-in whieh ho left has BB8-Bgfl-4toadlBg
Iioiibo of BaCaOSlB-B i lompany. Mr. (.rigK's VB8 -40
pooaaaTi oaOataoooa Jaaaaa, MoClata loBajoaaaa-laa.
eral of rejuito m the War for thu liiloii), and Hmltb,
cl.ikri wiio have grown n.to partners. It ia not a great
many fOBIBOOMO Ih8 flrin vt.ie proud to flnd that their
aiiiuial Halcsr.-a.hed |BMHL Ul.en they flrst to.'k I.hhi
i-opie.t of tho " Baa-iaro IpaUaa " lat a Vlatoe stock (gooda
had to be hauled ln wagons one or two hiindrcd mllefl
from the railway tt rminus at Ann Arbor, Mlchlgaii, while
the lako was tttJ**M) they felt that they wtro dolug an
enormoui biisim sa. Now they conslder any year ln
v. Ln h they iO not sell 100,000 copies of the Ppeller, adull
one , aud tbelr aiuiual trade la not far from 8*kki,ooo,
Two thliigB are noti vsorthy. 1. Tlie rt lative deniHnd
forflue bindlugs, for full and half calf and moroeeoedi
tions of aii Btandard works, is apparcntly BBMt80 **
Ca_aa(80 than In any other book marki t ln th<! woild. .
Ho M th. spc-ial taOBBBi for old, rare, and choleB hoako,
It ia not iincommoii to have tao.oou worth OB hand-mauy
Of tliem liniiortt d dire. t t.i Kurope?aud ln this line I
fjBQf no otlier Aincrlciin housc in the general bo..k ttado
doea bo lurge a busluoaa. The store is n paradiat for lnbll.
aaaaaaaaa aiss pajBtaaaaaaM psaflio aaaaa aaat ceica
tial nook for that large claus of enthuaiasts ln the next
edition of " The (iates AJar." I note oue folio voluiue of
03 artlsffl-proof (before letter) engravlngs from Turner,
witb aecoinpanj lug text, on large paper, marked at fiSO;
flve folio voluiucflof tho " MOOB- Royal" and " Mum-u
fnaoaa m at BBBBi three folto volunieB of the " (lalerle
du 1'ulaia 1'ittl " at |;iM), and one large paper copyof
" Iivliige w.ihliingtoii," made BB '"to tt u volumes, and
with inBiiy lliuatrativo engravlngs Inserted, at 81,500.
Then there are other treaeureB, from old nilssalson vcl
ium to " Dore's Hible," from bluck loMOB and hund illu
iiiinatiouB to the lut* st trliiuiph of chiouio-llthograpliy?
troasuresof Dibdin, 1'iekering, Audubon, Rogers, owcii
Jouee, and llogarth-hunilredaof \oluiiieaou lndla pOfOB
or in Turkey and l^vant morocco, aud trcc and poliahed
calf, which sell at from 110 to|l-0.
Not many persons ask for tbesc woiksln cold hlood;
the ileinaml for them ls chlefly klndled by the aight of
them; but it 088808 not neaily from ( hlcngo, but from
Quin.y, Keokuk, Hprlngtlcld, ht. I'anl, andOinuha; and lt
ia alreadv ao large tliat uot only thia house, which inakes
a BjH-clalty of provlding for It, but all other book ilruifl
bave to meet lt ln 08040 degree. Kxceptlonal exainples
are that of Judge (i. II. llalllday Bf Carlinvllle, 111.. who
soinetiuie orderB here for his pnvate llbrnry |t.,Mio wortb
of rare books in a .-.jej-le bill, and that of If. M. I-OOBfOOO
Of ( hiciigo, who retenlly liouKhtfor tho l)oii?.las Unlver
sity--only one of ihe many jflfta on his |>art?the " Ilolin
I.ibruiy," 600 volumes, lu half calf, uta ooat of tl.'-too.
Ordinary examplei* are iiirnisbod weekly by men iu all
piiisiilts, I'lofesHlouul, coimiicrt :al, meeliBiiical, aud agri
cultiiral, wbo iudulge modeally iu thcae luxurlea of llter
uture.
The flrm of W. B. Keen it CooVe Ib also an old one. An
early partner iu lt, llkewiae becamo infected with tbe
real estate mauia, untll flnally bla nilud gavo w?y and he
died ln a lunatle aaylum. The house Is largely in tbe
aj-aBOiaJ trade, and alao In scbool books, bealdea inakiug a
siKcialty of the more fBLciful vanetieaof atatiouery,and
It prolMiblydoeaabuaineasof over $500,000. < obli.I'ritchard
ACo.are ehiclly retallera. 0._ C.Oberwoodcouflne them
?eivea excluaively to aebooi book* of tbeu owa publiab-'
1-K, aud toscbool fumiture. Tbeae two hniises bave an
leatuuatedltraileof from I1W..0O0 to tloO.wa.ap.eee. In rtli
Kloua booka, IIitchcock A Waldron (Methodiat). W. fl.
ilolmea ((ieneral Ortliotlt.x), Tomllson flrothera .Sauilay
School). KMMMty m fl?M?MI (Haptiatl. Mitehel) AClark
(EplacopHl.au), Jamea Oraharo (Oatholic), and a aniall
Barail nborglan establishroent, probably at-11 in the ag
ffrcgate gtflO.WH) worth BMI MMMM. The Tract an.l M?Ifl
aoeietlea. aml all the kimired organlzations, have in addl
tion apeelal agcnclea here. Ho do tbe Eaeteru publiabera
of Hcbool books, and of books aold by aubaenption. lt la
iiotunusual tociroulate from Chicago nVM. copiea of a
popular aubacrlptlon book. Tbo entire book trado of
C?RBflB, ?aModlng tbat small portion of th? atationery
trado which ia di.no bythe book housea, nearly RHMBflfl
ly.ooo.fno per year. Of the iinabridK<'<ldiotion_riea, Oriicgs
ACo.aellannually 1,000 copiea of Webater, aud about 25
of Worcoater.
Tbrec or four storlea of tbe b.imors of book sclling :?
Country custoinera ufteii lueludo otber articlea in tbeir
ordcra fot books, and tbo housea bero eend out and pur
chaae thetn. Oue order for 200 or 300 popular worka con
talned tbo ltem " 1 Bmokcd (Jlaaaea." Tbo clerk who
fllled it, biaaal and abipped to tbe ciistouier a p;nr of
colored apectaolea instcad of tbo deaired book, witb tbo
iiuiiie of wbich bo did not bappcu to bo fannliar. For
ruonthaafterward the remindingjeataof hisfe!lowilflBJBI
made the life of tbat uufortuuate young man a buiden to
blm. I
Another order enumerafed: **Pix Trimifive Chr.rtlan
lty." It waa aent baek with tho retponae pencilled oppo- |
allo tbat ltem, and not at all ln jeaf?"No J'riuutive
Christianlty to Iki found in Chicago!"
" Tbe Itnpcnitcnt Dead" ia a work hy a Maeaachuwtta
profeaaor of theology. One mornlnc, vtaltors ;n aloadlng
book houae were all etartled by tbe lnqulry wbich ono
clerk who waa fllling an order ebouted to another ln a
dlatant part of the atore: " IJave ' Tbo Iinpenitcut Dead'
comc in yett"
A rather alow boy had been cmplnyed In ft preat eatab
liahaieut-ln wbich hia fatber alao w.ia a clerk-Juat long
eiiouirb to realite tbat bo did not know anythiinc, and to
look b.-wilderc.l whenever ho waa aske.l foran iiiif.miili.ir
work. One day a fellow clerk, wiablup to apeak with tbe
el.ler, aaked: ?* 14111. wbere la your paternal aneestort"
" I'm stiro 1 don't know." replled tbe l.i.l. Ifl a tOMI of dc
epalr, " I never know wbere balf the books aie I"
A rather .pi.et boy, uud fllflfl a new eomer, Bad learned
the irr. at lesson of a aalcsuian Blwaya toMll B TlaUor
aometblog, whether tba atore aontal?i wbat he uka f">
or not. A tUgatfled aeatleiaaa li g<?id epeetaclea antered
an.l iii.|iiireil: " Have you ' I-'eui litwaniC'-r'.- (.--iiim I ' "?
a large ireatlaaon iewala. Tbe lad baa never beard ol
lt, but li.- Instantly pro.lureil a littla rellglona Tolume,
aud repli.'.l : " Nn, Mr; Bflfl bflN is a tM.ok wb.eli way
answei your purpoae-Preoiotm QCBM ?f tbe IIc.veiily
PeuBdatMoaf " Tba eatoa?bed tmqalrerga~e mm aeareb
Ihg an.l pM"plexed fclaiice ov.-r Ins spc.ta.'!. ., as ( ii
dOObl whether Ibfl JTOOth was liiaklhg BBOM tfl llllll or not,
and tbeii. with..ut a wor.l, tuii.'-.l u|.".i bia Bflfll aud
blulked ofl rt-luctaiit, like an IIiubc.1 g?Mt. a. u. Ba
THE ri.lVA'lK Ul.l.AKll-.s OF (lIICAf.O.
TIIK IK.OK ((Ml KCIISO MANIA?CON..IU.SSIONAI
I.lltltAKT ? 5*1,^00 1..R A SIN.,1 K l.ook ?
"Kl.l.H.l's DTDIAI ItllU.K ;*?oTHKlt RARI
RtXB?fl AND IIUa?IIRA-.-'! I'AI.MIS.. ?KIIA1
BODl?fl "t A c.l.l.i.. rOR.
Ciik 1A430, Oct. 4.?"Kvcry man," as Capt.
Ir. flMM Ingham approvlnirly quotos," _MBM know two
thlngs-a i.i.atioi| aml an avoeatioii." Tbo iiiimber
of AmerleaiBfl wbo flnd tben BTflflflfltflfl ln t.ook .'ollectinp
Bflfl iiiicrea-..l ei.oriiioii-lv WBtB?I the l.-t f.-w yeara. It
Im. e.-nt MMBf BBflai flflMHBB al.road to niH rn. ts wt?I tbe
lirltish Museinu for lafwly <l.s<BfBBfli 're;MMres. BBd to
aatoBlah Ixmlou dealera by offermg recklcaa and onbeard
of pricea. IBBBBRMM?Mi tenfold tbe \ alue set upon
m.iny old booka In our own m.irketa. Tbia BflVflBflfl Bflfl
I.e, n, aml loiitliniea to be, ao rapid, tbat B gradnaily
BflflMmnlated I.birary, s.;. MM1 witb fair taete M;id Judg
m.-nt, la one cf tluBb?fl pflflBflBBB- proviaioiia a man can
make f..r bi. fitrnily. tboni.li tl.e flnal bBM?flflfl BfflDfl
fltBRMflBfl flfl lt R like tbo aelllng ef bflfllr-looma. Ia"*?
tbau balf ado/en New York aud ?flflflflfl dealera ln rare
l.ooks keep tbe ruii ?.f tbe prlvate llt.ranea ef the coun.
try nith marvcloua tnlnatenfaa, but they are frequently
Biirpils. .1 to lln.l Iwenty or f. rty .-r flfty thoiiaand dollara
Bflfl?I flfl cbolce i.iidrare worka ai.?l.-nly thrown uinui tho
markct by ?Bt fl?Rfl of eome country BBBflflflfll ot wbom
tbry bad never beard.
Tlu ini.at iiot.il.le pnvate librarlea of Chlcairo are tlBHM
of John A Itlce, K (. A-ay, 1.'. H M.(ur'i:, II. nry I..
Monr.K-, aml l'< <ry II. Hmltb. Tb,Bl of (i W. oi.lway,
until re.eutly. B?RBflfli ? tbe same catefc'ory, but it haa
iM-en aold, an.l Mr. ("r.lwt.y now (levotes himaelf to the
Bflfl. etlonof -veryf.w ol the very rareat worka. Mr.
RbM- llbrary ."iiiaiii-..i.out MM voiiiinea, M?8??g a
Dlb.lln. Wb?fl .? proiii.uii.e.l tl.e tin. ?t n. tl.e BTMrM, ainl
uliicli co?t ll,'-'"1, aii.1 iiiany otber treiisur.s of flM ?B>
B__ hterati:ire. Ita BTflBl str* nutb. bowever, la in
" Atveri.-aiia." Iu th.a d.-paitment?mbu b, until very
lat.-ly, waa tliefatolie tiil.t tbe Bfl?fl?rfl rej.ct.-d-lt IIUIU
Iktb 2,7(0 viilum.a, enttira.lnf BflVflflfll worka tbat BM.
wboliy uiilqiie. aml la ono of tbe cboiceatand mobt valu
able ln tbe eonntry.
Mr. Klce'fl lil.iary Ia eapecially rich ln early
Amerleai. HflflflBRflfl, tnclii.liii- mauy books piintod
l.y Mariiinduke J..1iiik..ii, at Cuiiil.i kfcja, R. I , yeara
before a Ba?lR?fl preaa waa MflB?I?bflfl Bfl ??RMh
lllsaerieaof " Aiiilrei.na" la fttie. aml la.mly B?MO?1 by
bia "Wiii.Iiinictoui.ilia." IIIs "Multh'a IIlatory of X.-w
York" la the only kuow I Bflff m RMfl paBBI; an.l a large
portion of Iiih booka bave t.< en made iiuusl?_f Infenat
ln*c by tbe a.blitioii of extra plBBM BBd BBtflfliapfl iett.rs.
UmOaapaaBRflMl Uiifliyaaflfl? .t. f..r, kpaaaafllw
miracleaof our BaBflM?fl aystein, we have IbBllfM man
at the bead of that. ln tbe peraon of A. R, BpflflRld, wbo
kliows b.M.ks better than any o'lier iil'iaiiai. m Ibe coun?
try. and whoae M?I la accor.liu.g tfl knowle.l-.'. A year
or two BflflJj M?Rfl bls lnapnatiBB, GB8R0BM vote.l to |,.iy
|1U0,.'00 for tbe BB?BB?88 ?'f tbe \. MflBB fi t.r Ifltflfl, tho
WuabliiKtoi) Prl.iter, itltb B?MB |B_?l?fl] Dflflbfl on
Amerl.a waa a life-long passlon, acd who. to tcratify it,
kept liiins. If j>oor ;>nd bia BBflRflfltf BMfltfBfafl Bl 3 per
eent a moiitli. The addltlon of bls liicoinparable colleo
tion haa?adetheCoDgreaaional Llbrary?etrong before
in tbat ilepaitmcht - one ln wlmli wcinay Mfll B )HBl na?
tlonal prlde. and whnb B ? prove a BR?I "f liouii.liess
rlcliiH-sa to tbat (ominic Man, who ia j.t to fl*?rM ua
with a wortby llistory of tlio lint. d tstatea. How bls
Uirdy footBtepa would quicken if BJBBjHfl coul.l only Bfl
opene.I to tbe (creen. bnpleta wbi. I^wait to deek Uks l.row.
and tbe yell?w treaaiirca, pflBflflflfl down and I?MflBfl
ov.-r, tbat wPl atream into bia.coff. ra 1
Tbe only pnvate libranea wbi.b e.xe.-l Mr. Klce'a ln
"Auierleaua," aro th*'so of J QBUflfl Bflflfl? flfl l'rovi
|MMB, and .lam. H I??M of N.w-Yurk. aml posail.ly tbat
of K 1,. M. liuilow of New Yoik. Ilcre is tbe (BMBBBflaV
tively) larire-jiaper coj.y of " Klliofs Imlian l'.il.lc" (wbich
uoliviUK man chi. MMI exeept J. IlumMMMI Trumbull of
Hartfordi. witb tbe Kihk ( barles fl??MR?M, aml m the
orljclnal bindiiiK. for ulii.h Mr. Kieo puitl 11,IM. Ita
9Jmm*I lutereBt hea ln Uie dedication to tbo a'.slle
Charlea. I'untan like, even tbe pure-aoiiled aml at-.-s
tolic Klliot w.ia R?fl after tho niann.r of men. He iu
aerted tl*e addreaa to that "Most Dread Miv.uii.-ii aud
exemplary " Defeuderof tbe Faltb" lu 'a-o copi.-e, wbich
wero aent to Ki.icland ; l.ut earefully oiu.tted lt fioin tbe
two thotiaahd or thrte tbiuisaud copiea which were
cireulated in Amerlca. Hy aud by. I flRPRflBBi
we shall K'vo to Klliot tbat flrat piaco which be
deaervea iiuii.uk |our colonlal l.eroea, not only for
hia aelf-denjuIfl life, but for hia stiip.'.id.'i.a litn
ary achlevctnenta the translation of the . iitue |MIf
turca Into a new -MfflR, ?nd tbe picparatlon of an ludlan
MMMIuar, and several otber work*. all donc iu tbe midst
of active aud abaorbli\g praetical dutlea.
Tbe Indlau lllble lajuot al.ove tblrd or fourtliI in Iifl liat
of raro Amerlcaii booka. The flrst ia - Klliot. Wel.le and
Mather'a Veralon of tbe Paalniaof Davi.I " iC.uiil'.idce,
lotii), tlie eailliat book printed iu Amerlca. <?nly two
copiea aro ki.own to exlst-ono in tbe ??flflB 1'ubllc
Llbrary,1the other in the llodlelan. Next comes " RUtflfl.
Indlaii (iovernor," of which thero la only oue Bflff
known-owned, I believe, by Col. Trunibiill of Iliutfoi.l.
Hut I will try to atlck to uiy theme. Korty tlmu.-.iml
dollara haa beeu refusod for Mr. Uiuo'a collcction. It is
rich in tracta aml booka on our dutcov. r> , colonlal and
r-evolittlonary penoda - booka of ten mero fiiscliiatln?{
than IM most bnlllant novel. and of piiBB-flfl h!fl?flkfll
value. With ita preseiit fullueaa lu " Americiina," aud
ihe Miiuanal o.lvuntuK.a enjoye.1 bere for BBBBBBRbJ ??rly
worka on tbe West, lt ought to irrow into tbe Bbflfll valua
blo of all our privata libranea iu thia special .1. partineiit.
Mr. McCaiCK MMMflUf stylea bia eolleet.on- Rflflfl vol
umea-"agood workinK libiary." lt is utiiiaiially ayiu
metrlcal aml eoiuplete in all dcpartineiits, aVi-claliy In
porlodleal llterature; but tt is likewlae rieb In antiquo
trcaauroa aml Ifl flRfl-fl enirravluifa. It contuina a flne
"I'urcbaa'a Voytgea," audjau orlginal (1'ariai "JetTeraoira
Notea on Auierica." In au adjolnlng room BflflRR Heley a
large ploture of the Mllltary (onftreuee at Kortreaa Mou
roe at the beginuinn ot the caiupalgB of itM-i, which waa
palnted for Mr. MflfR-f. Bherman aeema to fu? diflpro
portlouately large in flgure, but good In face. aad-all tbe
rtai llataaiaf, wbila ba talka, witb bia "dicUtori- loro
tlnger" raised?capital BB positiou. Grant ia dilntol Iato
the fecblest prettiness. Lrueoln 1a admirable. Itobert
Kincoln?now a practiclng lawyer here, and witb Iy **>
teemed as a young man of great worth, promlso and
modesty- thlnka Una tho best likenesa of his father ever
painted.
Mr. Asay's lihrary contains about bbVbBb volumes. Old
Kngllbh llteraturo ls ki* weakuess. Iu this department
ho has f ully'."00 volumes, which, in (.noney) value, will
avcrage $125 apiceo. Ono of tho iuoet attractlve, though
not the coatliest, is a copy of tho tlrst edition of " Para
dhM I.ost." ln American history he has ono pceullai
treasure-tho orlglnal inaiiuscrlpt correspondenco be?
tween Washiugton and Jaincs I-aurens of South Carolma.
detailing tho aufferlnga of the aruiy at Valley Forge.
W'ashington's letlers bcarhisautogr-ph.but aresupposed
to be ln the handwrifing of AJB-BB?0( Hamllton.
Mr. Monroe has, I bellevc, tho llnest law hbrary ln the
city, and m genenil litcraturo an excecdlngly cholce eol
lection. His Uihdins aro enoiigh to set a book collecier
niadjbut illustratcd worka and engravings are his pct
enthusiasra, and ouo might liuger auiong his shelves for
wcekswith everfresh delight. Mr. Snilth'a colloctlon I
havo uot bad the plcasuro of senug. Ono of these geu
tlemcu is a hotel proprletor, ono a railroad man, and
threc are lawyers. All knote their books, husk and ker
nel, skln and eore, and wonld flnd lt hard
to brcathe out of tbelr attuosphero. They have
tho usual Intense dcli-ht iu cboico bindingei, large
paper coplcs and ull bibliographic dalntles and raritles.
All tafk ln tho usual tongue?unintelllgible to eara pro
fane?of " CaxtouB," " Wynkcn-de-Wordes," " Dibdlns,"
" proofs before all lctt?r,"Ac., "oneof tbe only four
coples ever printed." All have purchasern and blnders
in London and New-York ; are ready to give roore than
Its welght in gold for any rare little volume wblcb they
OBBBoa to want, and which cannotbo had for less; and to
pay 150 or |C0 for the blridmg of a favorite tract of 60 or 60
pages. For threc of them, Flelds, Osgood _ Co. aro now
prlSttBf on large India pajM-r a Bpcclal edition of only
three eoiiies ot " Longfellow's Da_te," wblcb are to cost,
in tho chcetfl, 8333 aplece. Iublnding and adding more
IflaoliollOBO tho 8-pOBaO of each will -oubtleea be
douhli d or trcbled.
Of i ourso tbesc are not our largcst OB cOBtltest prlvate
libraries. Tho value of C. W. (iriswoid _ of New-York la
statcd at 8150.000 ; and James Lenox's. which coropara
tively few pOOaBBO have seen, ls vaguely rumored to be
worth ll.ooo.mx). Nor do I argue from them that tlie hcrb
women of Chlcago are all capable of enticlslng " Kath
ruia." Sin.e I began this letfer, au editonal fricud haa
rlicwn me a voluuie of some bulk and pretensiona which
he has JBCO received " With tho compllmcnts of tho
iaAerte." Bol Iholi orlotewea and tho wide
demand here for ohoieo and raro book* are often to
l.ast.rn vlsitors a new r.velation. A wellknown Bostoii
lawver ai.d bot.k collector of gravity, both t-eut-ral and
?pe?*lfic (be welgha 900 pounrts,. was lately turned loo**,
withoiit a word of preparation. in one of tnesc libraries.
wbere a eoUeot-M- <>f the damtiost eadrarest Dibdins had
beeu prevtoualy arranged aa a i?ait. At ilrst ho was dnaib
with incrednlooa anrprtae, aad tbaa -aa the storv goe??
bugging tho voluuies, he laaparl upon a table and danced
wiili dollght. Your Ulilioinaiiiac, of all iuen, r.-eU that
i.i.i-.uc iu Leing mad which ouly madmeu know.
OBB. LAFAYETTE'S WATCH.
\ 4 i 11 T PROM WASIIINLTON TO UKV. I. U..YK.TE
10lM> IN A PAWXBBOKBB- sliol*.
WO extiact iiont B Na?hville jiniinal tlio
following jnteresting accouut of the lluding of a watch
poaaaatai to Oaa. f afajatia i>>- Qoa.WaaMaajaaaaai
st'il.ii from hna during his vieit to this country forty
fuiir years ago: .
WhUo Hie Revoliitlonary War was going on. there
lived in riiil.id. Iplila a SwiUOT naiued \V..'it/cl, a watch
makei by trade, a man Of great lngenuity and mveriiive
renioi IIbtIdb a great ailnilratlon fort.en. B/aablngton,
bocoiwtructed u walcb with j.eeuiiar eare,whlvfi,hartng
placed in a valuable gold caae, he preaODted toOan.
Waablngton. wlth Inatruotlooa to preaent it to any man
he might Und who tle-erved lnoio or the Amci icin
people tliau hmisclf. The Oenoial carncl the watch
iiutil tlie efforts of tifii. Lafayetta had iiupr.ssed
hnn witb the tbIoo and distlnfratahed eharaeter of the
man. aad, lielie\iii_thallie)ia.l fouiitl tho man dt-.siKl.ated
by '...iw.. i in hia Inetru* Uotoa. ba ootnpaUed Lafayette to
a. i-ei.t it. Lafayatte earrled the watea uutll his returu
to thia eonntry, m I8_^ wbea. m tbe neat af a gratafal
free peoph . hen.ade atour tbrnughtbe couutry. recciv
iii- eveifwnare tba nlaodiU and walaeaaa of a peoplo ot
wboae hlatory be had written tbe brigbteat pa.;.'. winie
puranloB aU trlamphal lotirney be arrlred at Nashville,
aialwli.leatth.a i ity icceiving the congratulatiotH of
tba t-:ti/.ei.s of Teiiiito-rt-e, Ihe watcii was stoleii. Kvery
.iiurt poaaible waa mado to raoorer lt; Ihe papero
throognonl the wlmle eonntry advertlsed it; large re
warils w.re olTcred. and the tletectlVii otticers in all the
oltiea wei* on tha alan to taeaver lho watch. Bal m apita
ol ai! tbal \. aa <!' ne at tbe tiuu tha watoh was not foun.l,
and In Uaie tbe matter waa foncotten.
Bot iiitny daara afaaa. in a Weeeam city, a watch
, ..;...-? ii for aale latho ? kadow af o pawabt-oki t attracted
much uttention fnun people paaaiog by Ita peeuliar make
aml value Oae 6mj an old gentleman paaaing the wiu
Oawaawtha watch. aml on laoklaaat tteaaooay baaaaao
tatiafli .I tliat iu knew aometblDg about It, a-epped luto
op and reqneoted the pawnbroker to !<:t him
Bxamtneit Tha waa readlly grantefi, After anomenl
tlie old a*ntleman axelalmea, " tius was Oen. L_Xayette'a
watcii, pr**eulad toblm by Uen. Waeblnaton, and stoleu
fnun tiuu .rn lus Msit to tius eonntry la IBBK, i know it
from tlie deaerlptlon i>ublishe.l at the time." The pawa*
i,ii.i,ir w.is Bflionlflhnd to hoar tms.aadptaaeaaedat
oneato exenlpate blauelf by aaanring the geutleman
tbat be did not hare tbe allgbteal ?uspiclon tbal It waa
itolen property; he had loaned aome noaey upon it lo a
yoiin. cul WBO was ui great distr.-ss, and \s ho l*ept*
? ninl tbat it waa a UmUyrellc which had beea gtren
h i byhermothar, Tbe oW gentleman Inslatedtbat the
?ii-l abould be prodocea; be waatod to haai
hei sii-ry hlnaalf. Ho w...s mneh t iclted, and ro
iii ti-keti tliat ba waa oneof the Marahala thal arranged
Un- iuo. .-.-.-!.ui t.i i... Iva th- great guaat ob the day the
vatca wm atoli ii, ai d i.is bonor. ao aell aa thal of oTery
iu,ui tbi n Uring in tbo aatlon, waa Intolfed. Bho pawa*
brokeraald Dotblugwaa eaalar, aaaairi. whodauced at
;. .1 a louin in tbe next
d take a
man took
otne i'.a. i- of entertalnmenr, occopled a room in t
uutsi aud If the geutleman would walk baokani
aeal Ua would aeud for the glrL Tbe old gentleman iooic
Ibe proffen d aeat, and lu ? faw mlnntoo tbe glri 8ame Ln.
Bb* looked wc.tk andfoebk. tbougb young, and when
ciueatioued about tbe watch did aot erlnoetluj laaat want
ol comiKwure, but wltboul heaitatton prooeeped to glro
iu aaawet lo uueatlona tbe following narratlve: Bhe was
imiii amous tlie mountalna of Eaat Tenneaaee, an.l when
ibe waa about etgbt yeara ohther paranta ronoreU to
Mempbla, wbere tnei remaloed throe yeara; then tbey
w.-i.t t.i >!. LrOttla, Wheta tluy lived untll both her
parentadled her father tlied lirst. and about oue year
after ber mother dled The watoh had beeu in
tbo poaaeaeloB ot her tathar all her Uie; she
could rt-.ollect sccing lt lu her youth d'.stinctly;
that iu ir father, when importunod to a Q
it i.y vi.-itors, invariably refused. laylng flutl lt bad been
iii u l.tiiiily many >tais. he havinir n < eiv.-.l it OB tlie
deatb ot hia father, witb poeltive Inatrnetloua uol to aeu
or dlspoae of It, but to keep It lu tbe famlly; ber motber
bad . uarged ber ool to sell it. but keep lt. Bho was then
Miving uioliey tO re.leein tlie watch : would not ba\e
pa* ii. d it, but a oerero tit of ateknooo had redui ed her to
mi, ii Btralta tliat ahe waa obllgad to teaort to the watch
tt. i.ii-i iuen. -v for ab-olute mi t-s.irle.s to sustaiu life.
Tbe old gentleman heard the glrl'a atory with aetonlah
mi nt. an.l. bolug s.itl.-lli d fi-'in her tiianner tliat she tol.l
tbe troth. he felt continced tbat tha thelt of the watch
waa atQl a niyatery or. at aaat, lt would i>e Impoaaible
after so many years to le.un who couimittcil the robbcry.
It la rreatlng aome excitement to kuowwhat mapoal
Uon aball be made of thu lutereatlng relie.wltb Ita -n
K-uiai bialory. Townomoanlt be giTenl aboabould
properly belUcuatodlanl ls there auy heir of Kafayette
wlu. can legally clatiuitt or nhuuld tbe United Mates
(iiiv.-riiin.m come forward, pa] ehargeo. and puee it lu
the I'.itenf Ofllce Miiseiiin with Other relics of the great
iuen of a foriucr geuerati.ui 1
TBE 1ND1ANE,
1NDIAN HORSK THU V1S IN l____8a
To the Fdttor of The Trtlntnr.
Si i;; Witliiu tlit* paot ftfl aaoka at l.ast forty
haeaOO have OOaO 08alaa from tius town |JoaaaBB> and as
many moie from other partsof the county. l.u-t Baa
|B| tlie ludians cbased some whlto men withiu ouo mile
nf I'ort Kichard--on, and to dav, though i|iuto a party of
Indiaiir made a charge ii|.oii 008B8 l.ay contra. tor.-, witlnn
si.;lit t.f the pottt. no inovemeiit watt inade liy the aoopo.
Tbeae boraea are run r..% mllea to Um reaerratlon at rort
Mll. when. llirouglitlie|K.st tra.hr, many of them IBid a
market,aud the Imlians are thuaeueouraged to make
other raida. t'rom tha Informatlaa wa obtaln from rort
mii a appaiara that bad wlute nioii are tradlog m ihe
htulcii ato* k, \\ ln!.- im- g. ii< iai toiie ot couvci**tlou tbere
among oflker*. aobllaro, tradera, eoatcactoi^and ageul*.
is wcil caU'iilated M eiicoiuago tluse i.tnls. lcxaiis.
without cxception, aro daaoanced aa ulaloyal. ^??"V"
the e-Mireeeioii lscoii.inon tlutt it ls no mittter if lndiai ?
tb.at.aTrit.iiitliclU. UtheWeweceaUJ loyalm-nl" tox**
tiiiiin- tlie war thi v lived bero. An old elai trao, n. ai
m_t.le ?lVn< 40 Fnlon men were hung uvou oue
l.iub. biiU atando a? a Uvmg monuiaant to tht r i w >
o tho r.iien. but tho people baaa hare ..n
ined by l ,-se lndiai. rai.U; thoaa OfBf cau aro aelllug
.? " _ ?W.. nu. A man ... day oilered ^?_'?P~^d
*^oea^w;???
h,N .,,.,, Iiavc .Windled tlieu. .?. ?;'?>?? *'.' l ? ? ?' ??
Nilm- Him- tl..ttt.odcill jUMl.V Xs I I
. .> . .. , 1,1,1,-nt -i-ul ic-i.et ' III" l IglilH OI UIO people.
N,r, .: ;; Wt " oleu horste fbould bo fouiid un.,,, the
i ,,,,_..,...,,.i,.,,- ..very luiliiin f.uuul with a etolen
L^B_?_ki li ane. -d aid puulabed. Tbe Iteaarve
Ii.dui.Saroul. bo .iwiucilv tol.l toktt-p outotTexaa
i v- ?,. . ..ii- to ataett era and tbelr property uloue.
A uood f .ice ? ouM be alatiom-d oi. Ued ll.veV, about t!.e
moutoof UttS Wichlta or higher up. roinuiunuatio..
X ,1 be o H'i.e.1 witb Fort Bill aml Fort Richardaon and
t e.? nidi* '? -w??ad Hkc wolrea jrhenew they set foot
lB___a*V AaaaWteaud tlrm polityoftbia kludwould
iooii. Eule tha luthau difflcultlca aud f?*^ef*|(f~J>?
jaaaoaa, uta*. Bept. B, iscd.
FOHEIGN C( )KUESPONDENCE.
FKANCK.
tiif. Kivrg RCRDRR?ITB I'Ol.tTKAI. vrPf.trAa
TION?TIIK PARfl NKWsl'Ai'KKS AM. TIIKIR
WUl'i'KRB?RKPORR PROflPltIT?
(utou oi tl ows OOBBBBP?laaaxj
Pa?M, Oct. 1.?lt is ?flffl?iblfl ?id?Mfibfl the atatfl
offovcrish exciteineiit into whieli I'ari.-, haa leteii
tbrown, durintr tbflb?4 BBTflRflH eight days. by tbe
terriblo inurdei at I'antin. it ia Rfl B?BfVflfl?flfl to
say tbat nothing fllflfl haa been tfllkfld Bbflfll or
thought alioiit. Tbe journals have given "I1 a?11
laiRBf part of ili.-ii space to the discuasiuii of tbe
Cflflflt, and totho insertiou of every d.tail that they
could possibly lay hatids upon. Tlio ncwspapon| of
I'uris are by no RMBRfl reinarkablc for tbo MMBRf
with whieh they collecl uews, or for the faithfuIBeaa
with which thev rejMirt it, but, from tba joiirnallstio
point of vicw, twoof tb.m, at least, the Iiijaro and
tbaMmtUtor, rbtb doaa Ib?mm_tmi gnat .re.litby
the way in which they have thrown tliemselvcs into
tho ?Rfl?flfl?Bflfl task of appcasing the apivctitea of
the I'arisiuns for news rclating to tlns terrible afluii
I will not uHileitak.- to say bow many copiea of tbe
I'igaro have been priuted each day, or whether the
attempt of the Moniteur toout-rival it la its appeaia
to the publie curiosity has lieen sueces+lul; but witb
all the forco at tbeir command these journals have
bardly been ablo to satisfy the dcniand for copiea,
and tbe kiosques in tbe more frequented quartera
have been entiroly nneqnal to tho orcasion, S4> that
extra offlces have had to be taken in several placcs.
I saw the other day ou one of the Qtiuys a shoj.,
wbich for many weeks has laeen nnocenpi. .1, trans
fotmed into a temporary kiosque, so to speak. for the
aale of \Le I'ctit Jdoniteur, an extra edition of tho
Moniteur Univer$il, illustrated with wood-ruta, and
which, since the day of the mnrder, has been able to
run a ncck and neck race with tbe Fiaaro
by means of its double appeal to tbe mind;
for tho I'iqaro has only vtoitured upon picturee
in its history of the transuction, on tbe one occasion
when it gave wood-cuts of tbe pickax and tlie spa.le
?coal-shovel, rather?with which the grave of the
six victims was lielieved to bave been dug. As these
iinplements were nothing but such as one may see i-?
every hardwaro shop in Paris, the Figaro was rather
langhed at for its attcmnts to minister to thfl publio
curiosity. It justiiies itself by declaring that it did
not have the implflflBBR?I eugraved for any vnlgar
iBMBBMB, but to sbow tbat they could not bave beea
wielded by any slightly built person, Buch as the re?
cently arrestcd murderer proves to be. However,
the Figaro by no means deserves to be langhed at,
nor does tho Moniteur either. Not only does one lika
to sce the newspapors stirring thcmaelves up to cner
getic action iu their duty of collecting news, but
they bave, in trutli, been of very great aervico ia
tho whole afl'air. Indeed, the most stnking
fcatiira in the discovery of this unparallele.l
crime has been the miserably lnefficiect part played
by the oflieers of justice. Kemember, lirst, tbal 1 bo
crime was committed just out.si.le tho walls of I _ris,
withiu sight of tho lortitications, and so ?.ear in
hflhitfld houses that people heard ttkC cries al the vic?
tims distiucfly, and only mistook thetn for some of
tho many disorderly noises that are oonstantly heard
bl Uiat BBBBflwhat disrepntable neighborhood. There
was no police within range to prevent a motber and
her live children from being murdered in coid blood,
and buried there in a gravo that had been prepared
for them beforehand. Then, it was tbe editors and
assistant editors of the Figaro and the Monitmr who
set theinselves at work upon the evidence, and by
iudcfatigable and, it eannot be denied, most intelli
gent researcb. traced out tbe whole history of the
crime so far as it is at preseot knotrn. Then. it was
bf a mcrc aceiuent, if oue can believe in aecidente,
that the murderer waa arrested. Hero, again, the
otiicials have no claitn to make, for the ;nan who pnt
hia hand upon tbe shoulder of the murderer had no
notion whatever that he was doing anything mora
than th.| ordinary ineddling with people's attaira,
that is his daily dutv. as it ifl the daily duty of every
French otbeiai. Ked-tape had sent out formal in
structions to the otticci| guarding every gatoof exit
from France, whether by land or sea, to prevent tha
csciipeof the murderer. Uut one classof men had
had no instructi?11 whatever given them. Tbeae
were the oflieers of marine, whose businesa it is to
walk ahout the docke, ask men for their papcrs. spy
into their buaineas, ask them when- thev canie irom,
what tlu if BBflBB for. and a thotisand other questiona,
V. t iswas flM-isely one of these men tbat arreated
Ti'iippn:iann. and he was l.-.l tc respect him liecaus
ho had read tho newspaners. The Ftgan
says he bad read the Ftguro. The Moniftn*.
s.iys be bad laeen reailing tho MoiiiUnr.
Jlien. ;is tbfl bodies ol the lirst six victims wero di_
coveied l.y ac.ulent, the body <>f tho seveuth waa
.li-.-ovcnd l.y aeci.l.iit also. and to tho greater <hs
ci-.'dil ai tho ot)icials. who. knowitig, or haviug rea
sou to believe. that two more victims were to ba
accouuted for, had made not the sligbtest efiort to
lin.l their ieiuains. And to-dav a rumor rnns that
tbflei-lith coipsehas been toiiud where tho lii.lica
ti.ati ..I tho jouinRl?I?i had pflflBffld it Bflfl. Am I
richt la iny iniprev.iim t'.n.t tbfl French 0?V ials and
tho French judgesof instruction have a singulariy
loose-ioint.d. aiuiless way of couductiug investigav
tioii- into BT?flfl 1 The French fflflfll show a singti
lar instinct in traciug tln'se att.urs. Nothing BflflM
have been more ilirect and pointed, more ingenious,
and Bflfl morocotiviiiciiiir, than thorescarchesa;nd tha
views of the newspapors. Itiit the ofticials have con
ti ilnit.-d nothing to the dovelopment of the mvstery.
If we had ben B?ffl??Rtt BB them for exertion in
the altait. the murderer would Im> at thia momenton
his way to America to eetablish himself iu bnsinesa,
an.l as ho would have gono with tho titbBfl??11 to a
large j.roperty. he would very likoly have been in
time D?_I?fl?fl caiidi.lato lor tjovernor ot vour
State. From the unpleasant, bnt not iinprobahle
eveut. the Bflfll??Bflfl of I Bflflflb?> of ininiitc an.l BBb>
forseeal'le accideuta. aided by tiio quiet iutelligonca
an .i ?BBRBB energv of ? few Fniieh news|>apci- uieii,
baTfl savc.l us. Wo owe absoluU-ly nothing to tbe
French (iovcnnnent. . .
It is qnite amusing to s?M' the air of injnred digtiiljr
assiimed towaid Ibfl flfflrvaad tba ifawtMar bythe
journals which are bouud to call themselves Irieuda
Of tbe (loverntiieiif. and who und no nioro pleaainf
eniplovinent than dol'eiuling tho .?onstitut.-.l an
thoiities in all their bluiulers. and attiw-king without
Btinl all who will not believe that their blunders are
proof of siipeiiot-wisdoui. These jouruitls reproach
their more interestiti- and ent.i-pri.sing coteiiipora
in-Jwith raking in the BOttMra, like s.. .nany rag
ir.ithara, tor iteins to plMMfl tlicir readere. Ilnt. then,
tl'i.-v bave no auewer to tbe n-tort wbiab jeers al
th.-in for fninishing no news at all to tli.ii ica.leia
on any siiltje.t whatever. Tha Joimml OfMti isthe
i.iincipal l.utt for ll.e sarcasm of tho real nowspa
p. is, aad it well .l.'scrvcs tho ridi.uli- that ia sho.w
ered upon it- -fothlna, it aeema to me, but tbe ln
grain lore of tbe French people for " otfieial" thing*.
will explain tlic fact that this lniseral.ly ...ndticted
slieet liuds so RR?if piurhaseis iks lt d.M-s. It never
cotitai?i tbe aMtionany subject. Iteoetiunallv nns
stat.s faeta, an.l has tO ls-sot right by new spaiHTs that
ih. not i>iol'.'ss u> be in tbe conliilenc.' of any body in
uttthoiity. And OB nianv matteirfl it does n.it doign to
open its niotitb at all. thits, if has not aa \ct had a
sinnlc word ou tbfl uiiirdeirat I'antiii, and aft.T long
eiiiliiiing the ridiciilo aud reproachea <?f ita
iinollicial tiowpanaona it coinos out with on
Bpology, ni.-ant to Ikj dignitied, which coia
liBta il (lediiklJBH its opinioti WBI until the
(ioverninont s|H-aks a*td givos the result of ita inves
tigation. flo OB0 baa tbfl right to know, hear. or saf
auvthing ahout tlio mattei. Cousldoriug that tha
t;..\eriiiii. nt kuows nearly all it kiiowa fioin ntt
other flourao bat tho newspapers aud froui iM'r?oua
who from tbe lirst have pushtnl tbeir auccerHflBB huB
wholly unautbonzed invoatig?tions, this is rathaf
c.k.I. "Ibif. then, nolxsly is.l.'ceivcl bvit.
Hbinaof tbe jotutiaN, such as tho Sit\ie and thfl
Roppef, object on otber gronada to the exo?-dTi at
tcntiou given to the niutderat I'autin by so mauf
of the titwapap. ts. J'l..y regret to aee tbo pubbo
all.'tition so easily aud so elie. tually turne.l fioin tbe
polittciilsiliiatioii. which is, iudeud, of the utuioal
-i a mi \. Tbe bitltsrt-r \ml ti.siuis .loclare, without tlia
_iiKe tbat the Oovernni'-nt bails Tiitppmaiiii a* BO
allv, und thiinks him in Its secret heait ft? g}v",BJ_|
a few daya' re*t from tbe ery of tho dogs and nonv
man who are bcafina it to ita la?t V'l_*I' iij
tbuckks. aav the lmconcilabloa, to aee how eaeiiy
