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The Masque of the Sew Tear. Br FREDERICK TKISISO. 60 forth leuw'd thSconjo:th Veara.-i;yfr. Out from tower and fromiteeple ran tUmd-len rlw er belli. Like ths choru.Ing of cen'I in aeiUl citidild ; And, hi i thy chimed ana echoed overthwtrt the Lo, . hrlUUnce burst npen me, and a Uuqut went through the room. tint tne roan; New Vear came forward, like Andhiaha rwaa w a glory, acd his ejes were britht and wild. And be thooL. an odorous torch, and he liulied. bat And his smJ went aoftly rippling through the Round he looted across h!s nhouldT: and the Entcndalowly.maFed tefore me, psnaed and lin firl on the win? : And sae tm.lei ani wept together, with a dalliance And her tear-drop3 cnanjed to oower underneath Then a line scape opened outwards. Broad, brown 'wiKxlUndj stretched twty In tlie inminous blue distance of a windy-clear March da j-; And at oc itt branches kindled with a l'jht of And crew viul la tlie lanihine, a the Spirit passed Cirils flashed about the copei, striklcs sharp notes taroagh the air j Daccdtte laraiw within the meadows; crept the Soft as shadow sprang the violets, thousands eaemin? bat as ona Flamed th crocuses beside tb-m, like gold Jrop- And ths Godd:sj of the Sprinjt that Spirit tender and beoljn Sqaeeied a Tapory cloud, which vanished Into hoiren'tf crytt il wine ; And sbe feded in tbe dtfctance where the tbicienms leaves wer puia; And the "New ier htd grown older, and 00 longer was a child. 11. Summer. ihiUas lanjuid roses from Ms dew-be- aaomea otir, Sammer.iu a robeof gieoo, and with bis arms and Next came toward tana the ilchnen of hJ pa- gsanti filled tbe eei BrtACtbict Enz.Uhmeade.wi taikin; underneath the bappy sky ; LocpcraE8swlB;inthe playlnr of the almost m tailed breer.0; Flowrrs tKed beneath a crowd of the jellow-ir- Eamttantis lrcts filled with twilight, lite a aremy old ronian;o : Rlrers. :ailln;, rirers calling. In thlr Indolent ad- Tane 1 ; Eapid, reiy-t'nted li-htLiof, when the rocky cloidj sr riven Like the Il'tinz of a veil before the Inner courts of neaveu ; Silver stars In azure evenlogi, slowlni climbing up theiteepi Corn-fitldi rnin; to the htrrcBt, and the wide sttj smooth wlta sleep. Circled with there living splendors, 6ummer passed lion cut my aifht. Like a dream tuat tilled with beauty all the cav erns or tbenUht; And the ruiun and the presence Into empty nothing ran; And tbe Xew Vear was still olJer, and seemed now a uuthlul nan. til. Autumn Forlh from glwwlng orchards stepped he Eajly, iaapowD Of warm ruet.freaked s-'.th gold, and with a rls- aie tunni-bion( On his bead a rural cDaplet, wreathed with heavily. cropuins rrape. Anl troad. hibw-casting viae-leavei, Lke the BiCcbanxlian saipei. Fruit and be-ries rolled before him, from the Year's exbtiales horn, Jetst-f wma went spinning upwards, and be hetda tiua: of coin t Aid lie ianibtd lor very joy, and ha danced from toomucu pleasure. And be tanicldtLDgs of barvest, and hequiffed a might) measure. Autrmuwalkellnglteand triumph over moun tain, WMd,and plain, Acd n looked upon tbelr richness as a kingen his domain ; All too uwn be wined, and. vanished ovr misty heaths and lucres ; Acdthafiew Vear ittoird beside ma 1 ke a man of nay jearj. n. In a !ogy cloul obscurely, entered Winter, ashy pale. Ant bis etep was hard and heavy, and he wore an icy mai 1 ; BlabUnj kit the path before him, leapt a black wind irtmtho north, Aniiromstia:nzdrutsof sleet he forged tbe ar rcw or hU wrath. Black and cold as Irbn armor lav the frtten lakes acd ktreams; Eound about tbe fenny plashes, shone tbe leng and poitud lrams Of ttienll reeds, ice-encrusted t the old hollies, Jewtl-ipteid, Warmed the wh te, marmoreal chillnej) with an ardency of red. Cpondesolata mriEses, stood the heron like a gbost Beneath the gliding thadowi of the wild fowl noisy fciet; And tbe bittern clammored harshly from his nest au.ou;thesdet Where the Ind etluct, dull moft had blurred the ragged water's tde. But the face of Winter softened, anl his lips broke Into suiiies, And Lis Lcirt was fi.led with radiance as from far encbaniet isles ; For scrwitte long hcriion came a light upon the wa The light of Christmas fires, and the dawning of new day And Winter moved net cnwaid, like the rest, tut made a stand, And uok the bpuit of ChIfitmas, as a brother, by the bead ; And together tow'id the heavens, a great cry of joy tbej reut, And tbe rtw Tesr was the Old Year, and bis bead was gray aLd bent. Then anoher Xew Tear entered, like another danc ioz child. With bis tresfesasa-glory, and h's glances bright and wild . And he Cached his odcrous torch, and bs laughed out In tbe place, And his si-ul locked forth in Joy, and madeasun- snlne on bis uce. Ont from fpire, and from turret, pealed the sudden New ear bel.s. Likeibed.suntsoogsof angels In tbelr fields of aspuooeis; And that lustrous child went sparkling to his agel lathtr'sl, Ard tbe ew Year k'iied the Old Fear, and tbe Old Year cent! j- d.ed. From HouttioU fForJt. Eev. James Dongherty, D, D. EX LEV. C H. BOWABD. Tbe preacher vboRe discourses have in structed and Btimalatedroe more than all the rest put together which I have ever heard, was long the pastor of a Congregational ro ciety iu one of tb mountain towns of north ern Vermont, Kev. James Dougherty, D. D., of Johnson. It is doubtful if Air. Dough erty ever received a ealary of over five hun dred dollar!) per annum, lie as Irihh-born, but American in all hi instinctfl, and educa ted at one of onr best JTew England colleges, coming from Lis shoe-bench to the halln of our University ; tarly disgusted with Ko manitm, in hich he Lad been bred, and in communion with which he formally remained until he reanhd Lis majority. Communion Trith the Kew Testament and Young's Night ThougLts, tf which he was very fond, and which he at one time very nearly committed to memory, together with the "Gospel 3Ies sage"on the lis of ictorious Jletbodist itinerants, rescued him from the slough cf unbelief and detpair into which he Lad at first well-nigh slipped, and introduced him into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. For many years Le Lad been known in the State of Vermont as a profound and versa tile thinner ; and, ns in Lis prime, a preacher of extraordinary tloquence and power a preacher uniting in himself the Arminian lsm of tbe Methodist, the liberality of the broadtfet school iu philosophy, the humility of the inoht rigid Calunibt, and the fervor, pathos, and simplicity of tbe most ardent ei-pcrinif-ntdlibt. Stationed, in tho same vil lage where Le was settled, for two years, I was permitted only occasionally to lihten to Lis ministrations ho even then Laving be come aged and infirm. But I have heard single sermons from tho anointed lips of that preacher that contained original matter enough true as divinity, and as fresh as thoopb the njeaker had never read a book in his life to stock half-a-dozen of come of our wandering !rs whose orbits are as wide as the est is from the west. Ala. I to think that now, in the feebleness of extreme old ape snd sucranLuation, his lips will never blow that rare gospel trumpet again ! Permit me, whilo I happen at this time to Lave my pen still in hand, to recall a single instance ot the impressive effect of this able preacLer's pulpit oratory. One Friday after noon soon uitr ray arrival in town, I en tured to attend this good doctor's prepara tory lecture. I va a stranger, but attracted by Lis local fame, I determined to improve my earliest orjortumty to Lear him. I found, sitting iu the lecture-room desk, a man of very vcnerablo appearance and of sedate countenance, hating a wide and lofty brow, mell-trowned by locks ol iron-gray. Hi discourse wai mainly for the benefit of some young Christians the fruit of a recent and very precious revivalpreparatory to their being examined and "propounded" for admission to the church. His slightly for eign accent, his rjuaintness of speech, the constant surprises Le was inadvertantly springing t.pon n, the tenderness ot Lis manner, the pathos of his tones, and the tearful eyes that often accompanied au alia sion to the name of Jesus, all conspired at once to ri1 . t attention, and to captivate both thought and feeling. At length Lis discooiseto tbe young people wa conclude d. 'J Le u by way of a conclud ing remark, Le turned for a moment to tLose who were already church members, and in a most ellctiouato and iinpre-ssue manner, with h sw-f t-iuf Unchf'ly smile playing on his aged ftatorrn he s,ud "And now, O ye penpl of Gd'' as if it were in Lis Leart to have added, "Ami now, what shall I say to you " liut at this point his rising emotions, atiired up apparently by the vast significance ofthestlj of add r cps Le had employed, suddenly inlerttnsed, and lifting up Lis Lands and Lis fnco heavenward, with streaming eyes, and a voire now raited to its utmost wailing pitch, L reiterated tLe words "ft The c8. n of this utterly nnpremedited and nnantiejpated sally, maybe far more caily imagined than described. Few indeed were tlie ey s iu tht auditory in which did not tremble the moicttire of a tear. Then ensued a momentary p.iuse. How was the preacher safely to tlescend from this giddy height? With the most perfect deliberation, Le wi"d his face, and then, in subdued and tremulous t'.nes, simply addwl : 'Uodfor tf'id tli'it sftfi!,t prove a mockery" It wasnO"gh the rich substance of many a longer scninn. Ixng I carried the blessed effect of that wonderful appeal upon my heart. I linve Ik tird in my lifetime nearly all the eminent divines and i ml pit-orators, at least in tu i country . but I am free to state that the afore tid artless, unpremeditated utterance n iL(3 part of that village pastor, iuthathnmblo lecture room, on that quiet Friday aft rncon, was by far tho most im pressive and eloquent ajieal to which it was ever my fortune to lisUu. CAwitcfc. VOL. IA. NEW SERIES. VOL. XXTV. AGiucrivrcitAi.. Etcry t Thought AIoull'.t err st ork. BT A TOO rtEMEB. From tbe Boston Journal. A little more than eiohl vpnri nan I lml the SUDeriutendinc nf nuttinrr a tornA nnil high picket fence upon a faim where Iwas then employed. The nots for the fence were engaged by another man, and he did not contract for enough, and in consequence I was obliged to get some that had hot just beeu cut, while others were only partially waauDPu. a naa an mea mat preen chtstnui posts would not last very long, and, with a view to make them more durable. I burned each post so as to reduce about a half inch of tne suriace to charcoal, as far up as they were to be set in the ground. The labor of doing im was very smait, as 1 simply pioweii a deep furrow and filled it with chips anl small wood, and lay the ends of the posts vhich I wish to burn or char across the ditch, then sei nre to the material below, and then as the posts began to burn upon the undeiside I turned them over until each one waV'done to a turn." "Being upon the farm this week I examined some of those posts by digging down by the side of them, lar enough to see that the charcoal was annarentlvnnchanced. and upon cutting it away the woetdunder- neatn appeared as sound as when set into the ground. As there was none set at the same time which were not burned I Lad no means of comparing them, but I, and Ibemauon the farm, concluded that eight years would have been likely to have made considerable progress toward decay in a chestnut post which had been only partially seasoned. The same year that these were set 1 took out of the same lots posts which Lad been -in ft ground but about twelve years, and which were bo badly decayed a? to be worthless as a support to the fence. If so simple a pro cess as this will double the years of useful ness of such posts (and I tli'nk now that it will eiceed that) it is vorth knowing and practicing, for it will greatly reduce the cost of keeping in repair oar wooden fences. The annual cost of keenirg up such fence is one ot tho heaviest tajes that a farmer has to bear in many sections of New England ex cept that of "fight;Dg weeds and insectH- and when onco put up it is desirable to make them durable as possible ; and as most of our wooden posts are entirely decayed below the surfico of the ground while still entirely sound above, any process which will prevent decay there should be known. If any one has or cn give a better way, not too expen- , sire for common farmers, I wonld be glad o ; bear from them. I was reading a few days ago an interest ing account of an experiment which had lately been made upon one of the poultrv farms in France. A certain number of foals were separated from the others and were fed for some time upon putrefying flesh obtained from the slaughter houses and the numerous dead horses af Paris. While so fed the fowl appeared to be healthy and thrilty as usual, and perhaps even more so than those which were kept upon a grain diet. After a while some were killed from both rlocks, and httlo or no diSerence could be discovered in the appearance of the flesh. They were then bung up togetLer, and in a lew Lours there was evidence of decay in the flesh of those which Lad been fed upon the decayed meat, and there fowls decajed so rapidly as to be come not only unfit to cat, but too offensive to be handled, while yet those which had been fed upon grain were perfectly sweet and fresh. Eggs from both lots of fowls were also kept together, and it was found that the tendency to rapid decay was nearly as markeel in the eggs ironi ths Lens, which had been fed upon the putrid flesh, as it was in the flesh. 7 here was evidently proof that the "germs of decay," while not strong enough to appear to injure the living animal or fowl, were not destroyed by the passage through the digestive organs (which seem to be stronger in their action in a fowl than in other domestic animals), but w ere absorbed into the system, and retained enough of their vitality to begin their work as soon as life was extinct. Xor would any part of the sys tem appear to be beyond their reach if they can penetrate even into the eggs. Whether they could or would in time gain power enough to affect the living body and produce decay while yet living, or to produce any dis ease, it is not necessary to consider now, or whether the eating of food in which such Rerms of decay were at woik. although the decay might not have manifested itself to or sight smell at the time of eating, or wheth er they would be destroyed by cooking, or whether they are capable of Leinctransferred to the human system, I do not intend to dis cuss. Most of us would prefer not to try any experiments upon our Rywm uu iucm or eggs produced upon that kind of food if we knew it. Hut I thought it would fumi&h another argument in favor of what 1 said in a late article upon the importance ot provid ing go d, wholesome food to our cows if we would Lave good, wholesome milk and butter, acd the folly of expecting to get such milk and Lutter if we fed our cows upon decayed or decaying vegetables, and fermenting (an other name for decaying) swill. The ele ments of decay are in such milk, and all the products of the milk, from its beginning. and no amount of care can make it so that it will keep welL And long keeping is the surest test of the quality ot butter and cheese. Xo matter Low nice its grain, its color, or even its flavor may be, if it cannot be relied upon to retain them a reasonable length of time there has been a radical defect in its handling, or in the handling of the nnimd from which it was produced. It is worth while also to consider how fer the above named experiment may instruct ns in the keeping and feeding ol our swiie. Their food notoriously consist in many capes of putrid flesh, the offal cf the slaughter houses or tLe garbage ol the streets. Can meat produced upon such food be in a;hea!thy condition, and may not its use be one cause of the many diseases which afflict us? Vany of these diseases seem of a nature simi'i r to the process of decay and putrefaction, as near as they can be in a living organization. Perhaps physicians can point out diflerences apparent to them, which would provo that the use of putrid flesh, or flesh flattened ipon decayed substances, could not be LeU ac countable for such disorders, but to a casual observer there appears, at least, to 1 a fami ly resemblance between such a canst and certain of our most dreaded diseases. Hat the farmers will say they do not feed their swine upon such substances. How jauch better are tho rotten jolatoes which they cook up? What are the contents tf that filthy swill barrel which U a reeeptacWf all the sour milk and waste foed til the house, and which stands there giving oil odors which are not suggestive ot mince pits, but are more powerful than the fragrar.ee of the pig-yard itself ? That bairel is noteciptied, peihaps, from Spring until Fall, and that some part of its contents are far on the mad to decay is proved by th smell as Tell as by the "new lite" that is creeping and crawling about within it. I sny nothing abiait allow ing the fatten in r forgers to gliana part of their living in the manure heap uader the stables, although I do not think it is condu cive lo the LealtLfolnesK of the animal, the sweetness of the pork or the profit of the owner ; I think it would be cheap r to fur nish grain to the hogs enough to lead them to lie quiet between meals, and tuipleiy men to give the manure hiapall (he iiimk ing it needs with forks and blunt 1 dr. at the most, to keep only store and bret ding hogs at wnik. Itutwhtnlsfe tbti privy vanlt h fidmg place (or hogs or hnkciK, and when I se tbe food that farmers cijeet to ferd Logs and poultry uiion, I cannot take hold of their pork or poultry at the dinner table with any better relish 1-ecauf.e tbey assure me it is "some we raised ourselves." The slaughter Louse or the city swill cait cannot offer any thing much worse. Breeding Iialri (attic. Frcm a paper rtadbifure the California Pilrymm'i Anociaiion, by Bube:t AFbbarne fcfq , Ban Ma teo County, t'ttl. I'OIMS ON CHOOSlJtQ PiltTCVTTIE. In choosing a breed of cattle for dairy pur loses, it will Le first of td j inrest-ary lo know the quality of the l.iud and the situa tion iu which they are to bo kept , and what ever the breed decided upon, one should le very careful to select frorr tht br-fd only such animals as bhow their adaptability to the situation chosen. Tor ihstuncv, it the land is hilly and of medium quality, small boned, neat and compact animals should be selected to begin with, as being letter adapt ed to such situations than hirge animals of the same breed. If the land is rich and produces a luiuri ant herbage, it will nalnrallv produce a larger class e.f cattlo thin hmd'ot a contrary nature, where the herbage is short and srant. Something depend, too, tqon the watt r, fur whereit U impregnated with mineral mutter in solution, and meire esprislly lime, there can bo no doubt but it htdps to supply the system of the animal, be it man or bi-atd, with that which goes towards buildingiip the bony structure. Fortho reason I havvallud ed to, it would bo wise to thonse a Luger clans of cattle for land that products lmgely. Ily a larger class of cattle 1 dy not n an large, coarse-boned beasts, with long lgs, large heads and narrow bodies, fur tlie so aie by no means qualities that tel a good tale when a beast comes to its final destination the shambles , but I mean rather a heavy body. Bet on short, clean legs, aheahtwidu across the loin and well rounded in the tib, wdh soft hair'and plenty of it not the nite Bmooth, shiny coats do we want that most twople look ujkju with such favor, very olten with the remark that they Lave "coats as sleek as a race horse," lor tLej are tho ery worst kind tor every day cattle to have. On cattle that are running em pasture for the greater part of the jear it is necessity to Lave a good thick coat of Lair to protect them from the iuclemencies of tho weather , for that end we should breed to obtain au animal with a mild and livelv looking eve. loose, soft skin, not too thin, but possessing n certain elasticity to tne toucu, known omy to experienced hands, and designated by the eerm "quality. ine quality, be it good, bad or indifferent, denotes thrift or un thrift. as well as quality of beef, which cannot de ceive the experienced hand, iiut some may aK wnat has quality oi oeei lotto wun dairy ing ? To which I answer this : that the ma jontv of the dairy cows come to the sham uies alter thev are done with in the dairv. and it is jut as well to have something worth sending there when the time comes. in contradistinction, 1 would ask, how often do we see a thick-skinned, hard-haired, heavy Leaded au.d dull-eyed cow that is pro fitable to have in thedauy? It is of great itnpoitanco that breeders of cattle should understand and discern these points, either in selecting or breeuing cattle lor any purpose whatever, be it for the dairy or snamtdes, or, wnat is nest, poth com bined. Many people contend that this cannot be done, hut l lor one, at least, contend that it has leen done, and is being done, and w ill always be done by intelligent breeders. We do not expect to see a cow loaded with fat while giving a large quantity of milk, jet it in a weu kuunu iaii iuui 11 u iuw is iu uou condition, or even hit. at the time she calves. bhc will give more milk on less food than if in low or poor condition, now important, then, to have a breed of cows that will quick ly fatten up after being turned out of the dairv to co dry. Kverv breeder of cattle may notice Hie dinerence of cows for this. that some will thrive and ret fat where others w ill have a half starved and scraggy appearance, but too often seen among the wnifflon lanue oi me country, now oitcn. i wouia ass, eto we see farmers exercising false economy in purchasing low-priced bulls for use in their herds, saviucr that thev can not afford to pay a large pricoforathoroogh Lred bull, wLen the real tact is that they can not auuru 10 uso me low priced one. THE MOSEY IN WEUVURED CATTLE. Supposing, for arcuments sake, that a far mer can buy what Le may thine a fair-looking bull of common stock, but of no particu lar breed, for $50. Now, for a good Short- norn uuu u win nave to pay, say, three times that sum. or a diflerence of 5100, Then we will suppose that be raises ttn heifer calves a ear rom the beFt of his cows. lhe diuerence in value between that number of calves alone over those by a bull of com mon iireeumg, wutn a year old, upon a mod crate estimate, would be the diflerence in the first cost of the two bulls, liesides. bow oiten ao we see good grade cows, with a cross or two oi uor thorn blood selling in open market for twice as much as unimnroved Bioca bmi wr. Again, ii me supposed lar mer is in the habit of raising a few steers for beef cattle, as is done on the majority of but ter and cheese dairies, he will find that those with a fair proportion of Shorthorn or other improved blood, will not only be ready for market a year earlier than scinbn. but will alo sell for more per pound, on account of tne supenor quamyni the beef. Why should people ignore the experience auu liuitruveinems ot iormer breeders and go on breeding from unimnroved cattle. when the improved breeds may be purchased for a moderately increased outlay of capital ? To make selections from ordinary cattle for any purpose, in preference to the im proved breeds, is simply to waste time and energy that has already been spent for us by others, it mny le, older and wiser in their generations than we. HOW TOEBEEPDVIEYCATTLE. In trying to perfect a race of caltle for any purpose, we will require all the skill and en ergy at our command, even to maintain that standard of excellence already attained by some breeders, and if we should by any means excti oiuers, we win by that time have found that it cost first and perhaps least, money, then skill, time, patience and perseverance. To succeed inbreeding, we must ever keep in view the great principle that "like pro duces like:" therefore, if we wihh to attain unto a higher standard of excellence, we must breed only from the best of milking families on both sire's nnd dam's side, ever choosing the best nf those families, and dis carding all that are in any way unprofitable, cither as breeders or milkers. Like most dairjmen. I like the cow that gives a steady flow of milk for a long period, rather thau the one that gives a large quantity for a short season only. A good dairy of cows ought to give milk on nn average, for each cow, not less thau 300 days a jear. In choosing or purchasing milch cows, wo cannot be guided by any one external sign alone ; bnt, as a rule, it large milk vein, a well devtloi-ed etKultLton, and n large, well formed udder, with plenty ot loose, softskih, added to tbequalities above named, will sel elom, if ever deceive a practiced andexpe lienced jxrsou. We should never be in too great basic to eondemn joung cows, especially of good milking families, for. as a rule. Shorthorn cowsot good milking families will improve both in the quantiiy and quality of their milk till they are six or eight years old, and after that age the milk is generally richer than that trom a younger cow. I have occa sionally known heifers to give about as much milk alter their first calf as they would ever pivo in any year atterward, while I have known otkers that would give so little that they were thought not worth keeping alter Laving tLeir two first calves, prove to be first-class dairy cows by tho time tbey were five or sir years old. THE iUMCEULM uF TUE PjUHT. Having secured a suitable herd of cons for our dairy, we must look to the proper man agement of the same. This, like the breed ot cows chosen, must be governed by circum stances, by situation, and by the disposition made of the produce. The man who makes butter will want a quantity of milk that will yield a Urge per centage of cream, and he who sells the whole milk w ill be apt to look upon quantity, rather than quality, as the type ol perfection in a dairy cow ; whilst thechcese-maker willlook for somethmg between the two milk that is favorable to the production of cheese rather than butter. The success of the milk dairy will, in a great measure, depend uim t he regular daily supply of milk throughout the jear, which can only be accomplished by having the cows coming into calve at all- seasons of the year, and supplying them with an abunoance ed milk-producing food at all seasons. Upon the whole, I think the same principles-will apply to the moderate-sized butter dairy, tor the reasons that butter alw 113 s brings a high er price during the Winter mouths ; that cows calving during tho Autumn months, when properly sheltered, fed and cared for through the Winter, will give a great deal more milk during the year than those cows that give milk during the grass season only ; also that the calveH dropped in the latier part of Summer ore dqndmt on milk for their sole loodata time when there is no green giass, but arc reedy to turn out to grass as soon as it is fit for them, thus Laving a great advactage over those th.it are not ht to turn out till the Litter part of the grass season Of course I do not mean that all calves should be dropped in the Autumn, but I do think that if those who make a practice ot raising the lst nf their calves, especially upou latins whero a mixed litihbiiiidry is car ntd on, would find it to their advantage to Lave them coming both 111 the Autumn nnd 4 arly Spring mouths, so that tho one m t of calves would v nut of the way of the either, for calves, like all othtr stock, do best when not crowded too much together. Senator KriAotin's IUuii Lite- "Un happy man," said 1 , "vvhero were vou Lorn ?' "At Orwell, Vt., in 1K(1. When Iwas a year old my t.dher.wlm was a Congregational clergyman, was called to the thnrch at Jlont Ilier, the capital of Vermont There he iniuistfid ir.nrs tho liev. Sherman Kel logg. I wassent tntheNorwieh Military Acad enij, or University of Vermont, the snmo school to which (irimvillo I' iJodge, of Iowa wtut. With me we re !ru nfield and Ihmlmr Itansoin, alt rward gallant ollicers, nnd Charles Deiimsun." "How did jou go to Illinois ?" "My grandYitht r, Saxton Kellogg, bud sold Lis firm in Vi imout and taken out Lis whole family iu 1S'I5, while I was hub. He lrfiught a section of laud iu 1'torU count, Illinois. My fut her followed in 1B1N, and took a part ot his father's section, and x pec ted to Lave a t Lurch in Ptoria, Put he died eight weeks alter ue arrived there, leaving in) sill and another brother and five sihteiK destitute f cutj thing but the laud. 1'our of my winters are married in Iowa, and unother iu Kansas ; all doing very well. My father aud inotln r are buried at lWia.' "'lh 11 31m found jonr-itir with nothing but the prsjeis e.f the righteous'" "Uxacllj. So I Ixgan to tuich school at r.O cents u day or $11 u month, tench ing only 2ida)H 11 month We livul nn untune 111 11 log cabin. My school was at 1 high, Peoria county. Iu the ntt sdiool distuct taught the present (Vngreseman 'ound. nlleruardi governor of that State, lhe third wind r 1 tnught school nnd read Uw with Onslow Peters and Llliolt Johnson ut Peoria. Win u I was admitted to the bar I wtut ovi r lei Can ton, I'nltou coiinly, Illinois, and optncilji law I'flicc with William Kellogg. He in no relative of mine and a native of New A ork, but he was u line hiwjer. I supimse that, like my futility, his original stet was Connec ticut." "So you idere d politics Irom Fulton rouu 13, Illinois, a tally as ISGfl'' "In that tar, John Wtntworth, N It. Jud't and oiiit is arranged to hold a lioliticnl convention to nominate au anti-Ntbraska governor at ltlooniliigion. was yinrn e.ld, andwasseutto Hloomiugtou with crede iitials to cast all the lo votes of Fulton county. 1 rodu across tho country on Lorsebaek to catch the lb votes were in general request. Among cars, and when 1 arrived at Jflewmington my others, Abraham Lincoln came to me and wanted my vote for Dissell. I made Lincoln's acquaintance then and continued intimato with him until withm a few nours of his death, Interview trith "(lath." inter from Dr. J. II. Hopkins A HOLE IN THE MILLSTONE AND W UO HAVE TITT THEin NOSL8 TO IT BISHOP COXE THF I EAP- EB OF THE "EnTAUSTIC CONsriBACT.' To tho Editor cf the Tribcne. Sir : After your kindness in admitting my letter on the General Convention, and your euiionai nonces 01 tne replies made to it in various quarters, perhaps you will not reluse me tne opportunity 01 a rejoinder, which, I trust, will leave nothing further to be added, at present, on my side of tho discussion. What I proposed to do, was, to cut a hole through the middle of the millstone, so that the American reading public could see through it as well as any one. Certain of m3' readers, it seems, instead of putting their eyes where the3 could see, have poked their noses into the hole instead, being anxious only to smell a rat. And very amusing are the results they have arrived at 1 I have not seen all the attacks on my letter, for I am only a quiet country parson, and do not see many of our American papers, but I shall give a few words to such as I have seen. lhe Kev. Dr. Powers, in your columns, thinks that there are other reascus why there is peace among us at present, besides those I gave. Granted. He "rejoices that the F.piscopal Chureh is fairly waking up to mat ters of practical godliness, and is putting forth its strength to make the world better." All right ; but we shall say nioro on this point lurther on. He cannot den3 the facts as to the high positions and honors shown to "Ritualists" and their friends, but says that whatever offices in our church the-y Lavo had since, or hold now, "is owing without doubt, toother reasons than their advanced church manship." If the learned Doctor had only had Lis eye at that hole in the millntone. in stead of Lis nose, he would have seen that Le has here himself affirmed that which it was the whole object cf my letter to prove. Three 1 years ago the dominant feeling seemed to be no matter what a man's obility, devotion, or services to the Uhureb, "if he be a 'Ilitual t, down with bim !' Now although lar and almost universal reputation makes a man a "Ititualist," if Le Lave ability, devo tion, enerpy,and high character, he is as elici ble to high office iu the Church as if he were a Low Churchman, or P. road, or ilisrh and UJ, UI UUUUlUgfiSO. I. 1. I). Dr. Powers's mode of teslmtr tho of Kitualipm I shall not object to. He says it is "mhe u census 01 tne members ol the parishes w here its practices are observed." According to that, my parish is not a ritualis tic parun. anu 1 am not a iiitualit. When it comes to the application of partv names. suit yourselves, gentlemen ; it is all one to me. DISICXDIN'O NOVELTIES. A certain "K. W." in a Newark naner. has uibo pui uis nose to ine hole, and vy a com bined effort of memory and imagination, gives us the following : If we mUtika not there wai a BUbop ITopklni in tbe Cliureh not luinv v earn linen, who wrnta hi ok vuuuriuuiiury ni very KUtltmra WD1CD tigered 1 nude op tf Acyeltiei thit IMt hp oon- III at 11 tl. onr Pace," but according to tbe ilev. Mr. Hopkins they icuiwuBVD inata is leaauvci aoi anrca 'the Dctce" whien hii rrntrth: fjilmr thon-hr ioe) wore calculated 10 disturb. The "Novelties which Disturb Our IVace. issued by my father in 1811, appeared at a nine nutu "luiuaiibui naa not 311 become nickname, and not one of the so-called "lti- tualistic Usages u so muck as alluded to iu that work, from beginning to end. Hut the 1111 it-u chalice one eif those usages my lillipr Mmi-olf hnMia,1 dt 1.:., 1 le from before 1S30. Unleavened bread, for lucharistic use, Lo Lad made in his own ouseat the same eaily period. And K.W. -if he wishes to know my father's opinions on Ritualistic practices had better send for the book entitled "The Law of lEitualUm." ubhihed in 1&C7. the last 3ear of my father's fe. In this work my father proves conclu sively that "The Ilitualists are rudit " and that "Kiiualisni is not Popery ;" and I am urauig um uis principles precisely, neither more nor less, lhe editor of 77e Southern thunhmon also puts Lis none to the hole, and altbongh Le Lad before Lim and actually transcribes 103 words, claim inc that "everv food thtnr bp- longing to that undivided Catholic and Apos tolic Church from the beginning is part of our birthright," Le finds out by theeudof his nose -that when I say "every- good thine" mean every bad thing, and when I say 'from the be-ninninc" I mean to include all the abominations that were never heard of till after the sixth century ! hereat he ex- I'iouch wiiusomany sneezes 01 I'rotestant ndicrnation and horror that it is aw nude r that his noe was not entirety blown away ' 77ie Church Journal, however, is the most extraordinary of the whole array. The edi tor has not only pnt his nose into tbe hole, but has crowded it in so far as to bring his eyes flat against the milKtone, thus render ing him for the moment stoneblind ; ether ise he never could have written the follow- We ar not. It hclmr. to hava ttm iieac a mam- wWh lor, unites we are nre tared to iDDoance to the country, with Dr. llopklnr, thit, eicept in two dog mas, the Promunt Cnurch agrees witn Koine, aud except In en practice hn no difference e-t conse quence. For letfectand ma t chief n indenendeiirpnt theolog3', charit3. or fact, this sentence e.f itf (fcurei Jottritui s iieats anything I ever saw. It i actually sublime. And 111 the very neit paragraph tha editor gives.astho equiva- tni 01 my purase loucning "tho undivided Catholic and Apostolic Church from the be ginning this strange utterance : "Whether is worth seeinc the Church rtformul luck fatr hutuhftl ymrs is the questiou." The Italics are his own. There is no escape, lie actually thinks that the Apostolic Church continued undivided till 400 years ago ! Was that the lime when the (treat Schism be- ween the Fast and the West took place? Oh Nashotah ' Nashotah! Where is thy blush? liut whatas to mv traitorous threat about the employment of "new arms?" That pre ss has been LOimr on all alone, lhe Kvnu- gtlicalswere the hjst to begin it, and I thank them lor tL Ihey introduced hymns, and Sunda3'-schools, and night service, aud vol untary societies of various sorts, which wero new arms, unknown, at the time of introduc tion, to prayer book or canon. The whole Sunday -school system is to this d.iy outside of canonical regulation. 'I he other side have introduced wotbic architecture, stuiued glass, the use of the cross, improved uiumc, uanting, uowers, moral services, and va rious other things. And improvements will nt to Mopped juht now. All parties 111 the Church, in turn, have done the' same thing. nai tne general approval 01 tlie Lhure-ii ac- pts will lemain. Theiest will pahs away. sooner or later, and do no harm e-ompared ith the evil ef a new svntetu of repressive legislation about ritualistic details, which lhe American Church will never sanction. She iped ttut all the law on such suhiects from her prn3tr book just after the Revolutionary war ; and that part 01 the work, then dono ill re main. What about work? "Hen Lave Loped, in ague way, sa3s the Vhttrch JomnaU "tLat bate might e tut and an era ot work becm. atul it is only the wicked Rfridlists who ire topping the way and preventing even the ginning ot this "era ot work' Perhaps his is us ludinoUK us uiiv thing in the whole ilderneso of blunders drawn forth by my Iter. Who but the Ritualists have set the sample of "work" from the be mnniinr of the movement ? Who but the-3" have kept un their work. Dolwilhstauduu; all tho perse cution to which th3' have been sitbjicttd? vtnen mo low cnurch ifistiop ot l.tidon was urged to make a general rwid on the whole itualMie luirty 111 tl at mat tit v. be said. ilow can 1, nhen they 11 iv the only lerL'V I have who are doing real woik nniong the poemst chissts in my diocese?' ben the lllshop ol .VlussiK husells was urged to lusko au oml.mght on the Lhurth ot the Advent in liostoii, Le declined, oil the express grouud tliat I tut parish was doing more work among tbe iHHir than all his other purishes in Pos- cn put together. And this "work" Las been ept up unciiisingly, although the in am 1 llort f thre cousecutlie gene rulconvi ntionK was ent in trvnur to "put down Itituidisni' bv law. The cry now raised, that Ritualists shall stop thiir "debate," so that the rest of the L'hnnli may go to "uork," is v ry much like calling upon the liwiihs to stop thnr hluodthirsty lavageH, so as to mve the wolves ehauce to bleat. nisiioi- e-otf, 1 he mriuusTi" i-asjamuu m. !ut there is Mill belli r behind. The id a that I "furnish the brains to the Ritualistic purK," and that the 1 arty is "perfectly or- giiinztd." having "sccrvt confrntf rmties ami mlds tne heart of the movements uudt r Iroit limit rhbip," is all bosh and moonshine, he asse 1 tnm that it "rutnitit h with iU s.rri t r op n orL'titiiation nil throuuh t'jeCbiirch. and inn make its power lelt by Vonfub iilinl' letters 111 purishes or dioceses," in the wildest lOiiHt-nse. 1 nose cdhd Klluiilists wi re mvi r orgaiui d as a "p.ut3'. It would be jmiisi-iLe so to organize thtii'. If I 111 11 the rent l aiij iiiilrum ol the whole ronrein, I light to know : mid I can only say that no ngtiil or i.fliee r ef any such coiitraterinly or guild has ever attempt d to gtt any advice liom me, ami 1 would not know how lo ii?t v suggestions betore them it I wantidto. bii'l. I don't. That marvellous orumiiz'i- tion if it xisls anywhere -will be found in that part of tho 1110011 where (according to Aristotle) the lost wits of Orlando I'nrioso ere discover! d Rut the Ritualists have a btttir Piinj indriim than poor me It is no less than Pithop Coxc Don't laugh. It in fact ' Hi re's the protif ' In the Sunnm r ol 1H7.1, 111 30IU own eoltimiiH, 1 gave ei tracts from 'A Plea lor Cone-onl, 13- jlishop Coif. You in (imemuir mai 11 was iisuop UOXO wuo BURLINGTON, VT., FlilDAY MORNING. FEJ5RUARY hounded on tho hunt so fiercety three 31'ars ago. Rnt a few months afterwards, ahtter from the la to Rjshop of Rrtchin to Dr. Dul lingrr opened his eyes to his error. He then found out, and manfully acknowledged in print, that Dr. Puse3', the lllshop of Rreehin, and others of that schewl, wtro not tho Ro maui7ers that hesupposed them to be. He had denounced them furiously for years, and all who agreed with the m faud nobody that I know of in this country goes ImouiI them) as traitors, disloyal, and what not ; but 111 that "Pica for Concord," finding that Lis ideaof them was false, he says of them : "At all events, we nowconcur. This common Mandioiiit reathed nt last, I argue most hopefully for tho future. All true sons of the Church and of Catholicity must come together." He goes on to quote the conclusion of the Rishop of Rreri iv letter "withieal satisfaction, aud with thanks to Ood." Speaking of himsUf and these same men, and those who agree with them, he says they are all "honest and true men, of different views as to minor matters, who re spect one another, and have confidence in one another iu spite of such dillerences ; and I assert that the way is now open for an en tire harmony among these, and for the sup pression ot all teud and discord." That is strong enough for me. It is all I contend for. And who is it that asks for "improved arms? Iiishop Coin amun Iu that same letter, iu 1S75, he laid out the work for our second century of crowth. He did not eon- hne himself to a few accessories ot public worship, in the use of the liturgy as wo nenr have it ; bnt we are to luive according to him "n rieh liturgic development" (only minx ot mat horrid word "aevelopment V.y, Dr. Newman wrote about Develon ment !) "embodying all the liturgic treasures of antiquity (!) and providing lor a great untiy 01 services ana soiemnitus ovir and above those of the prayer book !" What ri. gantic, boundless Msions of change are oHn en wiise i-rriuio wortis innuiieiy Pe30nd the modest and guarded things that have been suggested by jwor little me. How it is that my lew words have called forth such howls, and the far more formidable scheme of Bishop Coxe has attracted no hostile re mark at an, is not lor me to explain. And who started the "Namo Ouestion"? I Bishop Coie again ! More than tour 3 ears ago he urged upon bis couventi"ii to drop 1 tie uorus "i Toie&tani tpiscopa! Irom all their diocesan legislation ; and the first Umo I ever set pen to paper on the subject was in a letter to him that year, discounting him from taking so bold a step! Who was the leader of tho Ritualists in that business? And if Dr. Do Koven and two others were the only ones, this year, tn vote for Itnliop Coxe's movement in the lowerhouse.it is uot my fault. The boys never asked my ad vice as to whether oruothey should follow Rishop Cose's leadership. Having thus, by unquestionable document ary evidence", proved that Rishop Coxe is the leader of tho great Ritualistic "conspiracy." I rather suspect that your readers are on the broad grin sufficiently to be more reasonable hereafter. Old Foge3 dead. Thero is no "Raw bead and lilood3 bones" in the cup board. "Let us have peace!" Wishing all my Protestant oppouents a happy new 3car, I am. serenely, J. H. IIopkiks. WilHamsport, Teim., Dec. Si, 1ST". Frcni the Pbtla j iphla Ttm. Nature's AB.vMhf tie. KTIILi; AMI CllLOKOUWM TO HE SI PI II SKUUi 111 AIK-HH I.CT OP KVI'IO axi m 1 1- i:rit:ATNiN(; is i.rFxixo PA IX. Medical practice lias been greatly le iiilorced ami stripped en" its teirers by lhe discovery of the ami'sthi'tie powers of ether ami chloroform. In tunes when these agents were not known it was the cutom nf surgeons, in seiere operations to produce insensibility- to pain in the pa tient by the 111) of alcohol and opium. Rut the intoxication of the-e drugs is a harsh process, and not easily controlla ble. Neither are they certain to produce that relaxed condition of the ysietn re quired in some operations, such as reduc- ig dislocation. I.ther and chlorolorm ive lhe operator einiok nnd easily-regu lated and safe agents for causing insensi bility. Iiut theie is in nmnv minds a re luctance to resort to these agents; in certain condition of the heart they are dangerous, which, ol course, a skilful physician will take the precaution to an ticipate; and again, they destroj- the con sciousness of lhe patient to ucli an ex tent as to leave him helpless in the hands 01 his medical attendant. Some natures iftttur cutler lbnn lim Ins.. their self-control and the temporary eclipse nt their mental" powers. An:e-tliesi.i, a we under-tand the customary force of the word, 1s that intoxicated condition in which the loss of consciousness goe-s with insensibility to pain. When this loss be comes permanent, or is latal iu its reMilts the patient is asphyxiated, or suffocated. e Use these terms w itli relerenee to lhe prevalent theory of the physiolojrieal ef- lectsofthe agents that produce insenM- uiliiy. Analgcsii is that lesser degree ol in-'eiis'ibilily which leaves the patient in possession nf Ids consciousness while his M'nsitircucss to rut waul contact is o obtunded as to destrov the impression of pain. The wend, by derivation, means simply "painlessned-v jj ihj practice of im dicine could furnish an agent capa ble ol producing this result, asirreata boon would be conferred on man as that ol the use ol ether. It is claimed that analgesia can be pro lueed to au extent cntiiely satisfactory in minor surgical operations, and even in obstetrical eases, by a process of unex ampled simplicity and safety. As with thediseovery nl ether, mi with U new process, the world is indebted to the :icutenes and ability ed the dental pro fession. As Dr. Morton began to experi ment with sulphuric ether to relieve the occupants of his dental chair liom pain under the tedious suffering attendant on dentistry, so Dr. liouuill, a dentist td this city, was led to the di-eovery ed the analgesic effects ed breathing in order lo .snare his patients pain. It is now two years since l. Houvvill read a paper be fore tlie Franklin Institute. tl Ihis city, w hich was published in the I'nnsulruniit Journal of htntal &ncnve for February, I87t, entitled "Air ami An:ethetie." The first suggestion otiiiras an ag nt for producing insensibility camo to Dr. Bonwill from observing tho inoluntar inhalation of patients when lie inllielfd upon them any paiu. 'IhNhc turned to account by frequently directing his pa- ticuts to take a deep, quick luealli nt tlie moment when he vyas about In extract a tooth or toin.Ii au exposed nerve. The step was easy to con in et tins phenomenon with another; that is.with the peculiar iddiness and loss of acute ensilulitv w Inch accompanied rapid breathing. Lvcrvom: lias tbsened this, but il was Dr. lion will's sagacity that .pv the con nection nf these phenomena with thoso produce'd by ether or chloroform. Since the discou ry that iiwnsihimy to pun could be pioducid by rapid breathing, stillit ii nt to mi et lhe requirements id dentistry, the mailer lias nndeigone more exact experiment and development. The subject was treated in tho lnteinatiou'd .Medical Congress nf last year, and that eminent surgeon, Dr. AdenuiH I leu. son, ed Philidelphia, a dinned that he had operated in a eaM ol fistula and in dish n sion ol urethra without pain to hU p 1 titnts, owing to the analgesia produeetl by breathing. I tMoeatioiis weir rediu ed without ether, and minor smieal opeia lions pirfotiuid without inconvenience. It is abo said that a much less ipunlity ot 1 Iher or e htoiotoim is leqililed lo cause aiitesthesia alti r lhe biealhitig pioeess has been tesnitid to. 'I lie eoiuloit to patients, and especially to leni:ilc, who sutler mm h mental aimnvaiicc at ilicud ol losing i-oiwioiisiicss pn the haiuN ol 1111 ilical attend tnts. iu being able to per ci ivo and assist their ph3.iei.111 while un dergoing operations thus lendeied pain less, j, try gteil. 'I he sati iy ot the agency is a gieat commendation of ii to lhe dentist and ph3si1i.ui. The plocess is the simple one ol lapid hi eat long t oil tinned tioin one lo thiee minute. The er3 maiked 1 fleets. id lapid iesj,ir tion in beyond all contradiction. It causes giddiness, tingling at the lingers, obtuse IiesH id the ft cling and tase, and, it long lonliut d, a kind ot hclplcssm--.. s :i luediiiuil agent its influence and Uses must be veil gieat as it becomes known and undeistnod. The leiror id unuiti scioiisncs in ( 1 ideal or .sew ie tieatiuenl will be 1 tigely gone. In conni tion with this pioeess hue an.'estheties v ill ( t in ckmsciI power and be used in less tpnn tilie's. 'lhe dread td the dentist's 1 h ui will be hugely all.twd. Apiit lioiu these piofcsii.iiul uses it i-t stain thing tor ev ery piivale person to know Ilo ii slhldt 11 pain neuralgic twinge, the sufl'eiiiig to be endun d in ca-es o aieiJilil while wailing lor the ptijsicjau, can be nduccd by a means sn simple and -m nliiely with in the colli 10I ol lhe sullen l Kfpir.lteiv analgesia U slt well est ihlNhed now as lo pies lor lull piofessimial and public uc (ignition.niid gieat will be lhe obli.iibus id hiinunit) to the discow icr if the pio cess ieali?c3 tlm halt ol its promise. nur.Nfw Tork Letter. TJE I'.VRM ITllIDITIetV THEOLOGICAL Dl;tl SIOXS A TAX-RIDOEX CUV A SHVKY rtntir ttiipiso joun morrissev. New York, Jan. 23. T tlio Eihtor nt the Fne lres anJTimoa Although rather tardy in taking the steps necessary lo a prorcr representation of this country in the Ksprsition at Paris ncit year, our business men hare at last waked up to a realization of their own interests in the matter, and hare commenced pouring In ap plications to the Commissioner-General in this city at a rate which assures the United State- nj-aintt the shame of being the only civilized country making noshowinf; at what promi-cs to lie the grandest World's Fair in point of size that was ever held. The bene fits to business Tculting from the Centen nial, and the intcrc-t in ourciport trade, which is growing with immense rapidity, render it certain that this means will be taken to place the products of American soil and American ingenuity rromincntly before the world. Already thero arc signs that the unlver-al depression and depreciation aIout which we have so loot; been comphic irg, are really a Messing in dl-goisc. Ikfore their commencement hardly anything in the way of manufactured goods could be sent abroad in competition with Europe. Xow, with the fall in prices of material and labor, it is seen that foreign Irade U easily attainable, and that the time may come when the United States will be recognized as the workshop, pj- well as the granary of the world. TIIEOUCICAL DISCISSION. The niini"trrial profcsMon in this vicinity seem to be considerably stirred up about the future condition of the wiefced, and have been giting their respective floclts the benefit of their opinions on tho subject, which, as reported by the pres, range all the way from the slraitest Calvinism to Uniycrsal- Ntn. Talmage has as usual FCized this op portunity to create a sensation, and last Sunday cndcavorcJ to convince his hearers with exaggerated vehemence and wild ges ticulation that the unrepentant are consigned tor eternity to a literal late of fire and brimstone. Another doctriDO strongly urged is that of the annihilation of tbe wicked at death. Another still is that of graded pun ishment, aiapteJ to the offences of men. The discussion which thec simultaneous definitions of conflicting doctrines have raised, ha spread into the papers and we are promi-cd a protracted discussion. A Ml "THEN TS. Lester WalLick has revived at his own theatre his lost season's success "Aly awful dad.' Mr. leehtcr, after beinc hid from the public eye for a i-cason, has reappeared at the TlroaJway Theatre, where he airs his good acting and bad English in "The Thor oughfare. He brought this out in Londun some time ago, and it was said that he per sonated the wicteh Oknrthir so perfectly that a mob of tho audience waited round the stage door, to stone him as lie came out. Maggie Mitchell is flaying "Fanchoo' over in Krooklyn, as girlish and sprightly as at any time since the Revolution. We havo long dnec given up all idea of Miss Mitchell'- ever growing old, de-fpito her years and her children, but fully cipeet that our grandchildren will enjoy the i-ame priv ilege of witnessing her graceful actiog that our grandparents did Iwforo us. THE TAXES. W'o art taxed to death, largely as a re-ult of the King steals, by which the city was run milliims in debt for so-called improvements. Wlmtt uMtlLv) 4-L.-J fcLa uwiitrift for which enriihed a thousand thieve. The amount of assessment londs now outstanding from the city for public improvements, be gun or completed, is overtwenty-one million dollars. The amount of taxes annually raised in this city is somewhere in the neigh borhood e.f $33,000,000, and of this vast sum the outrageous proportion of $10,700, OOtl goes to ray tlBccholdcrs, many of whom hold sinecure, and nearly all of whom arc Tammany suj'portirs. The total valuations of real estate in 1S75 was $$33,033,515 ; the valuation now- is $SD5,0G3,y33. The Hurcau of Arrears of Taxes hows that mil lions are due to the city for unpaid arrears, and this will in time result in the total con fiscation or the property thus involved, which is simply legal robbery under the cir eumtanee. The City Assessors arc nos buy muking up real estito valuations for 1S7S. Thoe assCnrs never make, as they are Iwund to do, a personal inspection or the properly they propose to asspwe. There has been b no re duction in the a-scsscd value of up town lots since lb73, notwithstanding the tremendous der r relation in property that has occurred in the mean time I supposo we ought to be thankful that official plundering and extravagance are a little less tlagrant than they used to lc, but it is plain that it will lie many years more liefure anything like justice and economy arc considered by those who rule over u-. A SllVWV llBlie LIILMNO. Such largo cracks have developed in some 1 of the upper rooms of the new postoffiee build ing (in which are the United States Court rinmi-), that fears arc cUcrtained of an other full of Monie part of the roof, fiich as hafpened a few months ago. On Tues day, Judge Itlatchrord of the United States Di-trict Court, nnd Mr. Itetts, the clerk, had to vacate their rooms, that iron girder might le put in to strengthen the Hours and sustain the great weight above, (treat anoyance and hindrance of business must result; but it is better and less expensive than to wait till the ceiling- fall, aDd possi bly lives arc lost, as lieforc. JOHN UORKISSLV. An unlookcd for amount of feeling has been expressed over the reports of John Morrlssoy's fatal illness down in Florida. I really did not suj pose that the man held any such plate in the esteem uf New Yorkers as it seems he does. Much genuine sorrow was shown when lhe telegrtph predicted his spiedy decease, and there has leen genuine njoicing over liter rcporlsof his convales ce iue. Your, IHku. Hon tiikv Go into Bx-skRiTTcr." The most alarming fes-turo of tho bank ruptcy record is tho disposition of small re' tail firms to avail theupclves of the de ficieneies of tho bankrupt act to wipo out thir indebtedness and start anew. Th largo houses, says a Pittsburgh correspon dent, aro watched closely now-a-daye, and if tiny tr anv thing ed that sort tho credit ors Hro Hpt to m.ike' unpleasant investiga tions ; but a slioiil id the fiuall fry have coino to the conclusion since the first td the )ear tint tho easiest way to settle up last year's husmes-4 is to pay alt their dtfhtswitll thobankrtpt act, aud urt anew with a clean haUncc-stuct A rather interesting in-Uncc ol ilir sort was told to-day in one of tho uholcsa'o houses on Liberty street. A small retail dealer was in the establish ment two mirths ho buying a bill nf cood, and a dist'nsM.m arose as to price." 'lhe re tailer nil' rid a tisiirn which bt said ho wis willintfto pay, suvjng at tlier ninio time thai lie could get tho same good-- for less money. "Iluw's that?" asked tho jobber. Why, I i'.iii no ovir to A A. Co., gtvo tlicm w hat iht-v ask, go into bankrupt cy betore my note hu'oiucN duo, and settle at thirty cents mi the dollar." Wbeilier convii.i'nl by this reasoning or not, tin' uholi-tn duller sold tho goods at tho rr taih rs price , To-dav licaid Vou can j 11 dire how like a find I lilt l-t wcik. when just two dtv he I or 1 tin imtn wits duo my slurp customer filed bis petition 111 bankruptcy. Hie aiiioiiiit isn't worth (itibtint: about, and 1 shall have to take whtttyer bet) tiers to set tle at." As long n tlie bankruptcy act holds out inducements to unscrupulous traders to pay their del ts, us they say in Captain Marry-! nttH novels, "with a flaw mir sheet, " this! sort ot thing will bo kept up. 1. I87rt. Hard Times At. road. The English papers give accounts of great and increasing destitution among the working people of the Iron and cval districts of (irtat Britain. The coal mines Hnd iron mills can not find markets for .their products. Every mill that stops lessens the demand for coal; and, according t) the Times, the exportation of coal has fallen cfT greatly. Wotk in the niiJLs and mines is thus greatly reduced, and the work ing people arc derrived of employment. Shopkeepers aro deprived of their cus tomers, and the roor-houses are filled. and more than filled, with the destitute. The destitution and suffering appear to be greatest in South Wales; but they arc increasing in all the chief iron centres of the kingdom. The London 77hm makes the following statement in regard to Wales: -This paralysis of the chief industry of juuiii t aies nas prouueca aireauy wide spread distress, exceeding in intensity and rivaling in extent tl-e misery among the colliers and iron-workers after the strike of 1S75. Of the five hundred collieries in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, only twenty are working full time. At Cardiff, the work-house is thronged, the lward-room and offices have been converted into dor mitories, a supplementary toncyard has been opened for the enir loymcnt of mar ried men, an3 the applications tor admis sion are infrea-ing at the rale of about fifty a week. The cost of out-door relief, which, last month, amounted to JC2G0 a week, has risen to 292. Poverty in its most degrading forw prevails among a popu lation which not long ago was well paid and contortable. The other day a family of seven persons were found to have suIi-Mcd for days on a painful of brewers grains, in tended for feeding pigs. Others have fed on j.otato peeling. Men have gone to work day after day on a diet of raw riihhire leaves. 'The efforts of the poor-law to cope with a catastrophe so far Iejond the ordinary measure of its power, though secmiogly in effectual enough, have not failed to lay a heavy burden upon the rare payers, who, ot the same time, arc themselves sufferirg by the stagnation of business. It Is not surnrls- ing to learn that the guardians of a poor law union the other day reluctantly determined to withhold the Christmas dinner usually given to the inmates of the work-house, on the ground that many thousands of the peo ple who paid the rates were actually unable to provide a Christmas, dinner for them selves." The destitution in other districts of the country is nearly as great. The Times doubts whether the British iron industry can recover from ifc j recent decline, and $ays When a great industry is smitten, there is no guarantee that it will ever revive on the ground where it once had fliurisbcd. Th'rcistalk of "emigration movements,' and, doubt!es. many laboring people, who can do so, will go to Australia. lonklln; on Morton. Mr. President, in ancient times, those ncarcs the dead "pone in their funerals. rathers celebrated the bravery and achieve ments of their sons, and the cracc.i and vir tues of wives and of daughters were public ly recited ana extolled by those who loved and mourned them most. These customs have been banished by mod erii civilization, or modern manners. Now, the fondest lijs are sealed, and the ashes and the fame of the departed are no longer com mi tied f tnose who woud shield and treasure tlpn with the tender partiality of bereaved afleetion. It is difficult to note a change so great, in a matter so deep-rooted in the Mar' e.f man so hallowed urd mastered by instinct acd innate (motion, without "wonder that the same beings in diflVrent generations should be moved to fucIi different in.ini testations of the same sentiment and the sime sorrow. Death is natuieV supreme abhorrence. The dark valley, with its wierd and solemn shadows, illumined b7 the rav of Christ ianity Is still the ground which man shudders tj i roWi. The grim portjls. and tbe narrow luuc, seem in the laiw-ft-fmiMii to have g lined rather than lost in impressive aud tor bod ing horror. It must have lccn while musing over this puzzling fact that an illustrious American giftci as t. toct, and therefore lifted as a philosopher wrote these graceful, ruciuor- aole words In tbe tempi of Junf, at l.Hs Sleep ami his twin trotlier, I'vitli, m repr prntM a children Tin .(in in tb miaioi Ni 'lit. On vatl tut funrr.il nii'DiiDients ol tlix are'entf the tn.ius 1 f Pvtli is rcutitured a alauti'ut jcuth.Ii-auir on tain veiled tmch. in th iittltutlo ef r-hi win folded and h fret rriiKFtsi In tach rectful and attracilti- loruai d.d the iui3iinuttou ot ancient poets and mrptnrti represent death Ana tUfe were ram in wave souls tboellfion ir Nature us like itiH llsht of eia-f, bejutifuL hut Jait-i ami culit Mrinie. that in Inter di. th' r.'el C tiud, LkIiIea(li U4 willia eiitle lisnu lula It luil of 1 be sraat departed, imu the s lfotlnrt. sbtulit luve lirrn tiBnntiriued Into urn. nitrous and teniQc ttlns;' Mien h tto ?iectrl rieri'Dlbe wbile brr-e fuch is tbe sha-tly ke'etu-i trlib scvlheand hour-slS';tbe Kejper, wboie uitnel ueaiu. Whether owing to the tendencies here suggested, or to other promptings, the us ige of paying public tribute to those who have gone, now admits to its rrh ileges few who stand in relations so close as brother Sena tors. When a member of the Senate, weary with the toil of ; ears, worn with labors which e.!crvc no hours, long and harshly critici-ed, perhaps when the truth, if known, would have changed critics to eulo- gists, crowned with duties well done and honors well earned when scn an one, beckoned by ihetdiadowy hand, retires from the din of life, and the gates have eluded lie hind him forever, it is decorous that those who are so von to follow him should pause and Uar public testimony of the otcem in which tiny held him, and of the at probation which they know he deserved. Their utter ances may nut add a cubit or an hour to his 1 lame, i'it tney strengthen anu nriiiien un links of the chain whnh hould bind men and Senator together. It is not my purpose to repeat the story of a career which the nation knows by heart Tbe Senate his heard in ficling and graeeful words many incidents of a life de voted to the public service, and endurirgly as.-o:fated with events, grand, arduous, and historic'. I roseoti!y to add my tribulii ofropect and admiration for the genius and the ser vice of a remarkable man, and to unite with the people of Indi.1n.-1 in the grief with which they mourn the death uf their illtis trous Senator. Asa ptrty leader, he was to. great for any party or any Mate readily to supply his place. As an efficient, vigilint and nblc repre sentative, he hid 110 superior 11 cither House ot Congress. Impressed and crippled hy liodily in fimntv. his mind never filtered tir digged. IeMte pain and sickness, so Ing as he co'dd be carried to his Mitt ho was never alisent from the Senate er the coiu-uitti-e. No laUir di-courugct! him, no contingency ttpp.il led him, no di- id vantage di-iu-i htm. nil defeat dislicartcned him. Tlisej who encountered him in drbate or in allairs, will never forget his ability, bis zeal, his industry, his merg. his leit'lity. Ids varied oers, or athtve all his indomit able heart laving in an era of extraor dinary activities and forces, he 1ms It ft a deep and la-ting impress 011 his times. He will iro down to a lar hereafter, imtas one who rmlH'llished and perpctuaud his name by a studied and scbola-tie usi ot worJs, nor us a herald of resounding theories, but rather as one who day by day on the jmrney of lite nut act ml ail up and re-aluies and grappled them with a grasp too resolute and ipuek to loiter for the urihitnent or the ad vantage ol protracted and traii-pul medita tion. He needs no epit.iph but his name, and though brass may eornsh', and marble m.iiiMcr, men will still remember Oliver iVrry Jlorton as n Ic.nl ing atid tntnful de fender d the llepublie 111 the IlepubhcV most diro and heroic age 'hue D.ukvuiVs Mnimo There is no other lirttlienmr 111 the Siato that begins to awaken tho mterc-t and entliuMnm arming the tanners that is aUajs nnakuied by the OAirvmen' .mci uion. We vi ril believe il its tnreliiis wtro ppomlfd to Ik held in tl.o remotest enri.tr ol the State, with Mi son and Uliss to iniln" and iMrrv out the programme, tho farmers, d.urniru ami d 11 rwuinin would tini Heir way to it by whatever cotuevinei' b inpe ne.l, and have a proli'ithle meetiiiir. Ibeie is n mistaking th cnrnestni'-s and tin enthii.i imii which the Uir men's .s-oei it ton amuses throughout the Mate nnd wc believe no siuallsharo ol the honor ot its ucciss is duo to tlm presence and niiirit. uienl ot its President and Secretary lhe meeting at Milton was no ciccptiuti to tho rule Montpdier Argus. NUMBER 32. Mr. Fimnnis's Ettlosj on Senator Morton, In the Senate, January lTUi.J Mr. rresidcnl, the tribute I effer to the memory of the late Senator from Indiana. flows from a personal intercourse of erood will and general sympathy covering the period of nis wnt-ie career in the "senate, irom ioo to the time of hi death, and also from the high estimate I have formed of hi extraordinary ability ana the purity and the breadth of the purposes of Lis political life. The qualities that command the largest measure of material success in affairs area clearness of understanding that brings into view irom tne beginning the defcnite end and the most available rroccsscs bv which it is to be reached, together with that force of win wnicn is tireless in its persistence and that quickness ot decision which utilizes in stantly the commanding points in every cri sis, that never leaves an enterprise waiting upon doubts until the tide that might ha ye borne it on to fortune has receded and left the nascent victory a helpless wreck. Men with such qualities become the founders or saviours of States and systems and policies ; anu tney arc the leaders ot men, not Irom tbe Intrigues of craft and cunning or the power of wealth or rank or the traditions of a family, but from an innate and rightful sovereignty in human nature. These quali ties are not those essentially necessary to oratory, and they frequently exist without it. Conspicuous examples of these differ ences exist in tne nistory ot every people. The fiaet flights of Cicero or of Burke had little effect upon the conditions of the Ro man or English nation compared with tbe plain speech and prompt action of a Csesar or a Lromweu. Although not wanting in many thing! which are usually considered to be parts of oratorical power, Mr. Morton's greater power coosisted in' the large possession of the characteristics l havo named as belong ing to natural leaders of men, and in his plain but persuasive modes of impressing ll is views ipon others and the fitness of their follow nz him to their realization. As a lawyer it perhaps cannot be said that he possessed that subtlety in dialectics and that copiousness of technical learning that would have made him pre-eminent at tbe bar in the disposition of cases arising in the ".flairs of a conventional state of society and a complicated system of juris prudence, nut, as nas occa said 01 toe famous French lawyer and statesman, Odillon Birrot, his real strength lay in matters 'rhich be could lift into public events of paramount importance by re ferring thtm to tho broad priociples on which all systems of social order or policy arc based.1 In discussions of this charac ter he had few canals. The graphic clear ness of htt statements, the simple direct ness ot his logic, and the sense of his sincere earnestness that be impressed upon his hearers, placed him fairly among tne most poweilal and succesalul ot speakers. Perhaps the most remarkable period in his career was while he wa3 governor of Indiana, during the darkest days ot tee re bellion. Tlis is not tbe proper occasion to describe in detail the almost insurmountable danger and difficulties with which he was surrounded ; dangers and difficulties before which the hearts of many would have sunk, and the efforts of many would have failed. But his brave soul seemed to grow stronger as perils increased, and his quickness of j tree p uuu uuu iciumj- iu i.i.j vjitin generally frustrated the plans ot the ene mies cf the Republic, and stimulated to greater activity its weak supporters and its lukewarm friends. Friim the arduous and multifarious duties of his executive life we follow him to this body, in which he took his seat on the 4th of March. ISjT. Here he found pending problems in leg islation, and concerning the luturc irame work and nature of the Government, as dif ficult and embarrassing as any perhaps that have ever been expericaccd by a civilized people. Their nature and scope arc fami liar to us all. To their solution Mr. Morton brought a fervent love of that real liberty and equality of nchts amonir men that can exist only un der the security of provisions of fundamental law, and can only be practically defended and promoted by the erjactment of statutes, and their fearless and vigilant enforcement bv the iudiciaryand executive power. II voice was always raised in favor of measures looking to these ends. To his zeal and vigor in donate the country is much w&ebtsii of the constitutional amendments and the statutes to enforce them that have been made since the close of the war of the relel- ion. Whatever of failure may have occur red in realizing all that true liberty under the law implies cannot be attributed to any want of interest or active effort on his part. He firmly believed that there had been a great and beneficent change, alaaful revolu tion in the form of the Government in the direction of eoual rights, as the fair fruit of a revolution mat naa occn aucmpicu in iuc interest of slavery ana secession , and, to mote the words of the French statesman to whom I have compared him, he believed that in would lie a misfortune more real than the woes attending the rebellion itself for those who ha 1 failed "to think that there had been no revolution, for, for this very reason, there may be two instead of one. And in truth, if a revolution without cause is fatally condemned to miscarry, the mis carriage is not less infallible for a revolution without effect. He was a man of strong passions and great talents, and was, as a consequence, a devot ed partisan. He had no faith in that phi losophy of government imputed to LouiMlNa- poleon when President of France, which led him to sup poc s that he could dominate all rtles by taking ministers who represented none. Ue did not believe that the present security or the permanent peace of the countrv could bcobtained without inscribing the results of the war in the sacred pages of the Constitution itself, and in enacting and enforcing measures of legislation that, if ob served, should make lilrty and equal rights as great a bcnehecncc as witbout sucn pro tection thoy would be to the poor and down cast a mockery and a snare. So believing and so acting, he was consistently conspieu- us in Ins devotion to tne ends m naa in view, lo the helds in whien nis patriotism was cxerttd it may be said of him. as it was of the Knights of Saint John in the holy wars Inthefureirontofererr battle wa cn bid bur- n'sbetl until, and ia tbe zluouiy rear of evrry re trrat was bcird his voice of constancy and of Now, when his labors are closed aud he as departed from among u, this high body rightly sets apart a day of solemn memorial to Ins memory that, more lasting than monu ments of bronze or of marble, will remain as long as the records of history endure. (rnrral Sumraarj. There arc exactly 100 Methodist churches in Philadelphia. Miss Saiiley has sailed for England, where she is exacted to spend some months in iving her luble readings. Whittier writes a friend in Xew York that he does not see why he should be con- gratulated on old age and rheumatism. A Lebanon (Pcnn.) man was recently bitten in the hand by another min during fight, and died from from the effects of the bite within a week. The Chicago Times, in speaking of the ltristow dinner in lioston, says that to le dircd and wired by tho Hub is a greater honor than an election to the White lions?. Judge Virgin, ol .Maine, said recently, in hciriug a divorce case, that the coutts in that Mate are now decreeing divorces at the rate of 1,000 a year, and that he intends to hcverytriet hereafter. Mr. K I ward l. Collins, the founder of the nl I ins line of steamships lictwcen New York and Liverpool, died suddenly ofheirt disease in New York last Thursday. There is a lunk in Virginia that has for its President, Mr. Ch tries "Itugg," and for its cashier, Mr. Alfred 'Moth. The general Parisian stylo uf drcs-scsat present is hi-rh shoulders, narrow back hm.' waists, tight sleeves, ar.d skirts tied h.uk to a pi hi! ul cvtent. Mittens reaching to the ellniw nre now ritber the color of the dress in silk laowitli valcncionncs, or clc they nre Puehessc or of round jntint lace to match the lace used on the dress. Mrs. C. X. llrewcr, of Marlboro, N. V., who his just died at the age of $7, was the great grandJuighter of the captain of the Mivtlcr, which the clergyman at her fiinirii pronounced the highest of honors next to heirship t eternal glory. A icwslmy on the New York, New Haven andllirtford railroad, while passing lium one cir to another during the gale In Wed nesday night, was blown from the train and over a Icnee, landing aliout twenty-five feet from the track. Me was not missed until tbe train ha 1 reached New Rochelle. He was not seriously hurt. Gen. Ben Hitler's, recent proposition. reported to have been made in caucus, to attach the Illacd silver bill to an appropria tion bill, in order to conircl the President to sign it, reiulr.d the Xew York Ihrald that in the Andy Jobrson imjeaebment trial, Gen. Butler ani Mr. Evarts were jilted against each other ; acd that the latter, re calling the way in which Ben did not take Fort Fishers, called it uar hy concus sion." And Ben's speech against Andy John son, as a jrocccdiog of substantially the I same nature, he calVd imi-cachment by concussion." Perhaps Ben1 latest perform ance is only the icmonctizatioc of silver by coacuss:on. Fewer Milej or Bvilrovd were bail t in the jear 1S77 than in any year sitce 1871, with the exception of 1874 and 1875. In 1372, 7,3ll miles uf real w-ie constructed; Z&Z in 1373; 2,02j in 1374 ; 1.5C1 in 1375; In 1S7C ; and 2,109 in 1377. California lead- the list of the past year with J miles constructed. Ohio; comes second with 2Ct miles, an 1 Minnesota third with 2l0 milci-. Fifteen Slates and Territories, including Alaska, built no road at all, and in Alaska, Arizoni, Idaho, Montana and Xew Mexico, no railroads harc ever been built. New Englanl built only 119 miles of road during the ptt year, of which Vermont built 35, and the South Atlantic States only S4, the greatest activity being manifested in the Middle States, where S7C miles were built, the North Interior States, including Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, COS mtle, acd the Northwestern States, comprising Illinois, Wisconsin, Mionescti, Liwa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, where C19 miles of track were laid. No Ics than 705 mi!es of n arrow gauge road were built io the year or nearly one-third of the total. What Has Cauird the Hard Times. In a letter to the New York Trilune,Hon. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, under takes to answer the question, What makes so many tramps? Mr. Grow takes no stock In the notion that a contraction of the cur rency hasoccaslonel hard times. The fi I ores indeed poiat to just the oipojtte con clusion, since the volam of the curren:y was considerably greater ia 1873, 1S74 and 1875, than the two yeirs of unreal pros perity preceding; and the highest amount of currency was afljat in 1371. These figures should silcnci the ccnscasc to the effect that our woes hivo beca da: to con traction of the currency. Unlimited expan sion would evidently give us no help what ever. Mr. Grow furnishe) striking proof that the troubles in business, the stoppige of fac tories, and the utter want of employment for yast numbers of workmen, must be ascribed to the excess of manufacturing and otfi3r industries. He 'says : Railroad building in th'.s country com paratively ceased in 1373, from sheer ex haustion in that line of development, baring locked up in unproductive investment over SII.WU.WU.VW. It stoppage, in addition to leaving uncmplojcd the labor that Hd been engaged in the preceding four years in building 24.000 miles ofroad,putan end for the time beiez to the great demand for iron. and wih it the great demand for coal. Hence came the necessity tor the reduction in the force as well as price of labor in all three ot these great brandies ot industry. lhe production 01 pig iron in tne United States in 1370 (by the returns of the Steel and Iron Association, was 1,805,000 tons, and of rolled iron the same year, 1,323,000 tons. Ini&i3the product was 2.803,000 tons of pig iron, and 1,9CC,445 tons of roll ed iron. The foreign importation of pig iron in 1370 wa (coin valuation) $2,50"J, 2S0. and of rollei imn,$14,140,035 ; and in 1S73 it was $I3,fc47,23l ot pig iron, and $27.218,25S of rollrd iron. Tnus. from 1370 to 1st j the home product ui pig aad rolled iron was almost doubled, and the foreign importation almost treb'ed. The increased in the production of iron in the one year frcm 1871 to 1S72 was greater than for the ten preceding years, and with the stoppage in railroad building it was, of course, far be yond the capacity of the people to cou-umc. TRODC CTIOS eF aNTHSaClTE COAL- The ajruregate production of anthracite coal id 1S70 was 15.552.CS0 tons, and in 1S73 it was 21.09.050 tons. The increase in the production for one year (1S71 to 1S72) wa.-S.l.'io.-lSO tons ; being an increase in this one vear equal almirt U. the entire increase of production for the teu years pre ceding 1870. The aggregate production in IS74 wxs I.iO.SSo tons lis than in 1873. and the aggregate production in 1S7G was almost 1,000,000 tuns le than in 1874. To mine anthracite co 11 and distribute to the consumer requires, ,u the average, about four days work per ton. Tbe production of 1374 would therefore require 7.523 510 diys les than the production of 1873, and a cor responding reduction for the les-;ned pro duct of 137C In the production ot iron, it Is estimated that tie Jays work, on an average, are required to produce a ton ot iron, including the labor ol mining and siuelt inz the ore. As the pr.iduct of rolled iron alone in 1371 was 120,883 tons Ios than in 1873, 031,425 days wotk hs would te re quired in 1874 111 the manufacture of this single article. In the production uf anthra cite coal and rolled iron alone over S.00O, 000 days less were requited io 1874 than in So in every other branch of uechanicil and manufacturing industry, production had been stimulated in 1& beyond the ca pacity of tbe people to consume. For there can be no question that the ability to buy in 1S73, the year of the crash, wasas great as in any preceding year. War consumption and war destruction gave the first iiupuNc to enlarged priluction, and in creased the demand and enhanced the price oi evervthing. An expanded currency of irredeemable paper (made utces.s.iry by tho war) stimulated a spirit of wild adventure. and an un parallelled extravagance in the habits of living. The importation of foreign merchandise in 1870 (gold valuation) was $135,058,403, or at the rate of $11.30 per capita uf popula tion, aud in lt72 the imports were $G26, 505.077, and in 1773 tbey were 642, 126,210, or at the rate uf $10 05 ir capita, being 05 per cent greater than the aver age for the twelve years imraedutely preced ing 1870. The amount per capita e.f foreign imports for twenty years preceding lis70 never exceee'ed $10 a year. The imputa tions of foreign uierchindisc (coin valuation) for four year. 1871 to 1874 inclusive, were $2,350,301,313, an amount exceeding the preent National debt, and $130,577,303 more than the entire imports fjr eight years from I85& to 18G5. During this whole expansion in everything ete, there was compiratively no increase ia agriculture. From 1850 to 18C0, by the census returns, the improve t lands in farm ing were increased 50,078,100 acres ; beinj at the rate of 45 per ctnt for the tea years. From 1800 to 1870, the increase was 25,310,379 acre, or at the rate of 15 1-2 per cent ; while the incrcise of acre age in farms from 1850 to 1SC0 was 45 per l.ccnt, it only incioasei 1-2 ef I per cent Irom i:uu to i&iV, MlMCirAL INDEBTEDNESS.. The municipal indebtedness of the country in 1875 was over a thousand millions cf do! lais ; more than half of which was contract ed between 1805 and 1874. Asa people, for years, we spent niore than we earned llutntn ingenuity has never yet been able to devise a seheme by which an individatl.or an assiciation of individuals, whose expend itures exceed their income, if continued, could Iv saved from fioil bankruptcy and ruin. The stoppage in railroad building from ex haustion, the iralysis in all business .caused in part by that, aid by production beyond the capacity of consumption, filled the land with unemployed I.ibor ; while rvtrivaginco unprecedented, in creating indebtedness, crippled all individual una pumu enter prises. The stij;ri ttion in business thus caused has tone I honest and willing labor to beg its brea I The first remedy tor the existing state of things is fidelity to public and private trusts, thus restoring dmfi leoc and securing a fiithful collection and honest disbursement of public and private revenues, an 1 next a rigid economy in private and public expenditures. The w Wes of war and the prodigal expenditures tif peicc mut he re-earned in order to restore the country to its old pro-perity and renewed growth n wealth and power. litiiMU A. Grow. (ilen wood, Penn., Jin. 12, 1378 The cexton of the Congreg. t onal church, in Bjeeiwen, N. IL, discovered a swarm of Ih-cs inide the finish under tho caves of tho church. A space about four fect long nd eight or ten inches square, was nearly filled with honeycomb. Sixty-nine pounds of honey were found, and the -oelety'reld ft festival, which cave all who attended a nlca supper and plenty of honey.