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T 1 TBI MEMPHIS DA-IIjT" A.PFEA.L-STJISrX)A.y9 DJSOEMBJiljR 37. 1874. r 1' IEMPM.S juuisr, GOES ASB cerrux. ' ' Financial ami commercial businsas amounted to but little yesterday. It was a day between two Sundays, and there tw littlo disposition to dobusl hn while the streets -were bare of country business people, who were at U6me enjoying the season. There were no TJti Q oniHelfgramfi arriving from the greater markets, eo the day was one where the forms of business are gone tliroughiWitb. while the .substance is al moetabsent. Exchange -was in fair wjpply at the banks, tut, as before, it was in spots, some banks having abnn daaee, others little; rates remained at discount on New York, i on Iew Or leans; selling on all points at par, Btoekaad bonds were, as they have lea almost always for some months, stagnant. There is a good inquiry for any amount of those Charleston railroad etosks that a broker said he would sell at 19fc bufnone have been forthcoming up tc this time. On Front street the quiet ude was in marked contract with the ar tivlty of the day before Christ mas. Not a transaction in com or other feed could we hear of. Com meal was in such very limited demand that it experienced another decline, selling aft TO; It is not considered improba bttfeat it May go down to 88 50 before tbe turning point ooaas. Potatoes and apples were as quiet as they used to be before Adam went into the cultivation botlBeas. Eggs were lower, selling at 28c, bat siee fresh country eggs brought 2c ami 80s. Poultry took a breathing ppell after the Christmas siege; prices ware demoralized and few were offering. Balk rk was lower, as our quotations m the third page make evident. Other artMes of the hog product were dull and heavy. Egclestone, Henness fc Ca's Chicago otroular, of Decembers! th, givtn a more favorable Impression of the hog market than has prevailed of late. It states that while the market has been vary unsettled it has been less turbulent, laud baa fluctuated, but there has been .some improvement in the export, and this, with the belief that the yield this yaw wW be below the average for the araooat of hogs killed, lead to expecta tions of future improvement in prices; others attribute tffe better appearance of lwd-to heavy sales of futures for De cember. The circular adds: "Judging from the cautfcm recently manifested on the part of packers, here aud elsewhere, ztteeoadiUoB o( the trade bears marks of wneaeiBoes ami wants that confidence viifck noartstaed developments early in tfcefeaeoH." The cotton report of Watts & Co., of I4verpooi, December 11th, has reached us. It states that unexpectedly large raooipts of eotton at the American ' ports bad, at times, produeed an almost psr$g$- feelings this caused spinners to wrat np&rinsiy. The cotton report ds; ("Prices Je eotteo are bow lew; in fact, down to within Jd per poond of the lowest price touched in the past ten years. In March, 1871, middling up lands wet quoted hre at 7 3-1 6d per jNM7but we were then dealing with jut AoMiieH atop 'which turned out 4,360,8) (Met, and the Franco-German -war bad not then closed. Before the close of that year middling uplands advanced i in Deoewher) to lOd." The report goes on toaay that four and a quarter millions is tte wotl estimate, in Liverpool, of the pattest year's crop. This expectation is proMtity tbe reason why the New York Chromiekft estimate of four million three Hundred thousand bales should have t -anted so little sensation in England whan it was first published. If these yitturliH should turn out correct, it nasal far to prove the truth of an as- jrtiou we have often heard that the amoant of the oottea crop is better XiiOWH in Liverpool than on the banks of te MissMppi. At all events, it is aiftgMar to ite4 the English estimate, aud the estimate of the best cotton au thority in ttJto coantry, coinciding eo closely. asmiiKs miDE cosnirio.v. In the north there is a great desire to develop toothers trade, aad to extend it far beyond its preseat limits. It is feltamoac the business men there, who, putting politice aside, look at the mere trade aspect of the matter, that a coun try as vxteosive awl as rich in resource us the tooth, ought to be Jontributiug much More jo the world's industry, and taking auch more of the world's pro duow ttran it is doing. The south is a gtoffaus flpantry, and its people have Mvec e&sd to boast He capabilities; bat, in tbav boasting there has, too often, been one subject overlooked a ooMotty what its people make it. Tne eoftBtry was as rich in its natural onpacitfesaDd possessions when the In tlens ted it as it is to-day; but how un jm&aing would any parade of the excel Iese&of jits eoil, and the abundance of Jto mine), its water power, aad eo on, lie tm tr mouth? Bo with those who dwell rnkbe favored seutu to-day; it Is only for what they have done with the rienee in t3ir possession that they are entitled to assume credit. We do not admire Mm man that has the bast piano in tire world, but we do admire tbe wan that brings the beet innate in the world oat of the piano. There is no credit or superiority, there fare, from the mere fact o being resi dents of the south; the only credit that . , eaa be elaimed is that the splendit! soil, ifce beautiful climate, the mineral ttfd otfaer resources of the south have been pot, by our intelligence and labor, to the besteerviee. .Can that boast be made? AJasTssoetweaot &H blush as we ask ourselves the question? When the war was ever we said we would go to work, brlBg out of the earth all she could pro duce; adept aad apply every new im provement, and cover the disasters of war $ ate prod acts of peaee; leaving -wrangling and disputations to thor wkebad time to threw away. Where are those good resolutions and their frofes? Thus far, it is evident, with all the diseipUne of defeat and all the fcpui- riw that ruined homes and burled an lidpatio bring, we have not succeeded in equaling the sturdy pfeaaers of the vet, or Jo attracting to our genua dime the fmmigratteB whteh even Siberian Minnesota ean-wln- 1a thousands. Why Mais disappointment of hopes in jwhleh we have all been Hangtftoe? J a question every dweller in the south should seek to solve. In seeking to do so, too much attention asunet be paid to the observa tion of northern people, who visit us, who desire our prosperity as a means of widening the area of th sir own business, aad whose remarks are therefore prsoti ctd and honest. We might have added aaaaeioua. for it is well known that tboeewho look on during a game, see much in it which never reaches the eyes vJ thepUyers. In the St. Louis Sepvb kcon, of Friday last, there was a letter 2ubMheJ, which had beou eent to a nommuraial house there by an intelii- sfeDtmereaant.uowoa a business tour is the south; It was "written from ila- non. Georclo. the day week beforo its publioaUon. Its tone, good sense and feeling entitle it to each consideration us we have been pleading for above, and se snznestivoforthe reflection of southern eui-3S,jfi Slto ftesorihe, the twioz, that caucht this traveler's attention, without leferenee to their excellence or the re- verse, only as means of regarding some j .Htit., subjects peculiarly our own, aided by the eye of oue out aide of ourselves The writer, after explaining the present xestriotlon c-f southern trade from tho lower" price of cotton, speats of other tbtags which he considers inimical to Uie prosperity of the eouth. Tho influ ences that repel the entrance of capital in the south are evidently, in his eyes, the main cause of our commerce ex panding less than it has a right to do in a oouutry eo advantageously situated -for "that" ready intercommunication which Is the soul of trade. The crop lien ..law, ha says, has In places, gone out of existence, where it had been adopted, and with it goes the security, without which advances necessary for enterprise cannot be secured. The following is a specimen of the SU Louis merchant's mode of regarding another subject: "It 'a absurd to 'suppose that a merchant , -w! fowked by a plsnter tb furnish him tunpiiei till his cotton is -made-say for o5Esonthff-wlll aeceptSeven per cent, . . .. . . . nir annum ana in aaaor ration 01 vwja J. ' g-."s hs to carry him over anDtUwyear awetttcaproprsiUon'toadUthe iutei- oit in Uie priet' w too great a risk to the merchant, who knows by B&d experience tae efforts to evade even the plain read ing or the crop Hen obligation; while the usury law and ita penalties could so readily be enforced against him by an tmserupulous planter, many of whom ate found in every community, and too often on the merchant's ledger." Another cause of, injury la. , as serted to be the homestead law of some of our States which, Intended to benefit the citizen, injures him, by de-. priving bim of tho power to use his property fftrtlft BstCnSlon of his credit. Stilt another cause is the collection laws, which obstruct the collection of debts. Capital is timid; such laws frighten it away. The more rapid we circuiaupn of monev the more prosperous is com meroe. To unjustly delaylhe Solltipn of debts is to obstruct the circulation of money, and to that extent trade is in jured for want of a more enlightened policy; one that, while merciful to tie creditor, shall bejust to the creditor and favorable to the prosperity of the coih munity. Fkom the Flof&I 'papers' we "liave lengthy and interesting accounts of the proceedings of the Fruit Growers's cou-j vention, which met not long ago in Fal- atka. The assemblage, in the number and character of the delegates, andtbe zeal and ability they manifested in their work, Beams to have been far in advance of tho expectations of all lnterjisted. It was the object of the convention to ad vance the interests of the fruit-growing industries ts which Florida Is specially favorable. The planting of tropical fruits and the enlarggmentof tlie areaof orange culture, itt commanumg muou attention among those engaged in the cultivation of the soil. The interest which has of Jute years b?en evoked in all parts of the Union in reference to Florida as a health resort, and the mate rial advantages which it holds out to those who seek its climate and its soil, are regarded as demanding attention on the cart of its citizens to modes of meeting and oonfiming these favor able circumstances. At the ropiest fl the convention, a very carefully-pre pared and highly-interesting.naper was read by Columbus Drew, Esqva native of Washington, but for many years a citizen of Florida, n the propriety and expediency of the establishment and support, by tho general government, of a national gardenia Florida for the prop agation, introduction and acclimation of rare and valuable plants: both indigen ous and exotic. The paper received the sympathy and commendation of the convention, and, in accordance with its closing recommendation, which wai unanimously adopted, a committee vrds appointed to materialize congress on the suteet, and Mr. Drewlnade chait rnan of the same. t Thk appointment of Ex-Governor Parsons to the United States district judgship made vacant by the resigna tion of the notorious Basteed, doesiot please the people of Alabama, judging by what the leading press of thafState say. For instance, the Mobile Register says of it: The people of Alabama do not like Patron, fiiey have no confidence in hitn. He is a native of New Ycrk, and entitled to no more; consideration than any other political oarpetbaggiav-'We look upon him as wo would a thorn, in our side. We wished a man who was bora and reared In the south a man who had atrleast beeu a consistent Union man. But very well; this man may db , as well as any other that Williams and Gre&t migbt have appointed. . He be lieved in 166S that the reconstruction actB were unconstitutional, null and void. He said in I860 that he would not taste, touch or handle the uoclesn thine of negro suffrage. He declared in 1874 umk ne nau no pari in uie civn nguis bUt, and cwitd not defend or Itatlfv it Perhaps next year, when he ascends the bench, he may vindicate secesiion, as he did lu 1S59, or the invalidity of the amendments, as he did in 1SG&. or the Illegality of the enforcement acts, asthe UIU 111 JOJ1. r i This is severe, but)ust, at least so thinks the Montgomery drerfiicr and Mail. It says: "There"Were otber men of his party whose appointment would have Hiited the people better; but of the trio White, Lewis and ParsotJS Par eons was decidedly the best sslection that could have been made." A nd that "the capacity of the ex-governor to do right is so limited that he could hardly do the fair thing 'downhill, on the ice,' with every opportunity propelling him forward iu the proper direction." The editor of the He'.ena Iiuiepend ent paid our city a flying visit a few dys since, and says he found the retail traders doing a holiday business, but the wholesalers complained to him of an unusually dull season, and expressed themselves despondent of the future. He says: The heavy debt hanging on. toe city, the hieh rate of taxation: the depreci ated values of real estate and the high rental rates, are haviug their influences upon the Memphis trade that is being : felt in every branch of Uie insiuees, compelling tbem to charge prices for a margin of profit so mueli in excess of St. Louie, Louisville, Cincinnati and otber points, that they are gradually losing the patronage tbey once enjoyed from the surrounding country, both in the jobbing and retail trades. In a week or two we shall pub lish for the benefit of the Independent aud the people of the surrounding country some facts that will prove that notwithstanding the statements of the croakers "in our mid&V' Menu phis has done as well if cot better than any other city in the Union, during 2.S74; but meanwhile we beg to ey, on the authority of the advertisers in the ApwcAL. that our merchants Id all branches, wholesale and retail, will supply orders at juices as low as either St. Loub, Lta'svihC or Cincinnati, freights added. Memphis ja as cheap a market as there is in the conntiT- Whilst uwre is great prostration in the manufacturing establishments of the north and west, a large share of pros perity is attending the manufacturing interests of some at least of the southern States. The great Tredegar works, of Riehmond, Virginia, which wers badly crippled by the panic, are again, says the Baltimore Sun, getting well under way, having recently received several large orders, one from Cuba being far eonaiderable number of railroad ears. As a consequence, the force of workmen at the Tredegar is being considerably augmented. Columbus, Georgia, is now running thirty-five thousand cotton and two thousand five hundred wooltin spin dles, all the capital employed; being southern. The mills in that city are betag.nm on full time, and th orders re opnetantly in excess of the pxoduct. lu .addition, Columbus has large fouu- deriee and maohlue shops .in successful operation. The Scofield rolling mills at Atlanta, Georgia, have just received an trder for one thousand tons of steel topped rails for the MontgomtTy and Mobile railroad, with aseuranco" of an other similar order provided satiifaction w given. These are only a few of the many .evidences of the success attend ing manufacturing interests in Uie tth. The office of the Mariannu (Ark.) WM 'ttaa? tburaMd n the morning of the twenty-third instant. The proprietors, announc log tho fact in a dispatch to the Helena Independent, say: "There was nothing saved but th wash- pan and ten pounds of Long Primer type. Loss fifteen hundred dollars; no insurance. We still ltvt ahd will rise phoenix like from the ashes. No. 20 of the Index will be issued three weeks from next Saturday. Parties who are indebted to us will please come forward and assist us in starting up again." So cheerinc; a dis patch under such lugubrious" tlrCUm stances at this cheering season' of the year, ought to bring to 'Messrs. Benham and M'Land, from those Indebted to them, especially, Uie means of accom plishing their purpose to start again, and publish another Index 1n three w ieks. The Now Orleans JniaywlS .1 s very mveroon UiftiNewtYori; Chronitle for1 its bulling cotton artisle, auu.pays that CM SUCUVSA I 1 '1.J I.. 1 H , IVrVnn Tin i H wouiutjusuiy i ugiuco, iru uumjwj. a verjPfragllo argumenfSlmply tipon the reports of acreage planted aud the character of the season. It twists the reports of the agricultural bureau and the various cotton exchanges so as to make them fit into a foundation already dug out, and builds upon this founda tion to a Jiight which accords with "bull" estimates at the present time. Why it did not build higher, or why it built so high, it would be difficult to de termine. It simply gueasos at the total crop, and to mako the guess appear plausible proceeds to distribute it among the States pro rata. The distribution of it could have been just as easily ac complished if our coteriporary had pitched on six hundred million bales as the crop. A school-boy could nave done it. . The Holly Springs South, responding to the congratulations of tho Jackson iUWupon a large accession to tho negro population from Georgia and Alabama, admits that Mississippi is sadly in want of population of a character self-sustain' ing and capable of self-government, but at pnssat has enough of that element which Is without the means of support, and which contributes so little to the intelligence, enterprise and' -good' gov ernment of the State. 'This remark," it says, "is made In no spirit of unkind- ness toward the negro race, which now largely preponderates in the State; this race is now In a worse condition than ever before; thousands are without sup plies of any kind, without necessary clothing, without money, and without credit, and those cominfj from Georgia and Alabama are also in a condition of great destitution." - ' ,-The bill passed by the senate, a few days ago, a solution of the financial question too long before the country, much to the injury of its commercial affairs and manufacturing Interests, brings us no nearer what we want at the south than the measures so much dis cussed last and the year before. But we accept it as the best the Radicals can do, satisfied that when they are ousted from power, the Democratic party will satis fy all sections of the country, unbiassed by anythiug that Wall street may have to say about it. We wait patiently. Meanwhile our planters, manufacturers, merchants and bankers must do the best they can under the circumstances. The last person mentioned in connec tion, with the United 8tate3 tenatorahip from New York, according to the T-fcf, Grenades O'Conor. The selection is to be made by the legislature four weeks Since. The candidates now mentioned for the office are Charles O'Conor, Fran cis Kernan, Henry C. Murphy, Charles Wheaton, Amasa J, Parker,, jClarksoji N. Potter and Elljah'Ward, all of whom ore prominently ana well Known throughout the State. The Aberdeen Ezamincx speaks for all good citizens of Mississippi when it says that "if there wa3 a Republican in the legislature of ability, who had the manliness to pay homage to his better instincts, Ames -would, ere the adjourn ment of this session, be impeached, tried, convicted and removed for hia many acts of usurpation and construct ive "roguery." The report of the Tax-payers' associa tion, that of the committee appointed by the school board, and that of 'the joint committee on new charter appointed by the general council, are the next things in order. Lively times ahead. JIACAULAY AND IJKOl'GIIAJI. From the GrerllU Memoirs. February 9 (1SS6). I was talking yesterday- with Stephen about Brougham and Macaulay. He said he had known Brougham above thirty years, and well rnfnamlwfa Witt rinir vlth tlfm llntm tn kgianham to dine with old ZacharyM caul a v. and telling him he would find a prodigy of a boy there of whom he must take notice. . This was Tom Macaulay. Brougham afterward put himself ,fcr TOird as the monitor and !!rectorof the education of Macaulay, and I remember of hearing of a letter he wrote to the latter on the subject, which made a great noise at the time; but he was like the man who brought up a young lioni which finished by biting his head. off. Brouzham and Macaulay disliked each other: - Stepnen'saldthatir Macaulay's life was written by a com petent biographer, it would' appeartbat he had displayed feats of memory which he believed to be nnequaled by auy hu man being. He can repeat all Demos thenes by heart, and all Milton,. a great part of the bible, both in English and (Uie New Testament) in Greek; besides this, his memory retains passages innu merable of every description of books, which. In discussion, be pours forth with incredible facility. He is passionately fond of Greek literature; has not much taste for Latin or French. Old Mill, one of tho best Greek schol ars of the day, thinks Macau lay lias a more extensive and acourate acquaintance with tne ureetr writers than any man living, and there is no Greek book of any note which he iias not read over and over again. In the bible be takes a great delight, and there are few better biblical scholars. In law he made no proficiency, and mathe matics he abominates; out his great forte Is history, especially English his tory. Here his sup'r-human memory which appears to have the faculty of digesting aud arranging as well as of re taining, hts converted his mind into a mighty magazine of knowledge, from which", with the precision and correct- Lne&spf a kind of intelleclual-maehine, he pours roitn atom ol -learning, infor mation, precept, example, anecdote, and illustrating with a familiarity and iacili ty not less astonishing than delightful. Jar superior to Brougham ia general knowledge, In fancy, in imagi nation andln the art of composition, he Is greatly inferior to him in those quali Ues which raise men to social and poli tical eminence. Brougham, tall, thin, and commanding in figure, with a face which, however ugly, is -full of expres fcbn, aud a voice of great power, varie ty, and even melody, notwithstanding bis occasional prolixity and tediousness, is an orator in every sense of Uie word. Macaulay, short, fat and ungraceful, with a round, thick, uumeanlug face, and with rather a lisp though lie has made soeeches of great merit, and of a very high style of elegance In polnt-bf composition nas no pretensions to put in competition with Brougham in the house of commons. Nor is the difference qnd the inferiority of Macaulay less njxrkedln nociety. Macaulay, indeed, Is a t""l talker, and pours fotthiloods of knWdge on all subjects; but the gracefulness, lightness and variety are wanting In his alk which are so con spicuous in his writing; there is not enough of alloy in th? metal of his con versation; it is too dlde3'c. it is all too PTmd.nnd. notaufllclentlv tiStlbli, plas- tticand diversified for general Society. fBrbtlgham, on theother hariUVls life, spirit and gayety irom grave to gai from lively to severe dasning through every description of folly and fun, deal ing in those rapid transitions by which the attention and inclination are ar rested and excited; always amusing, al ways instructive, never ted ious,'elevated to the night of greatest intellect, and familiar with the most abstruse subjects, and at the samo moment conciliating the humble pretensions of inferior minds by dropping into the midst of their pursuits and objects with a fervor and intensity of interest which surprises and delights his associates, and above all, which puts tbem at their ease." And then, under date of 1850, we have this note, evidently interjected when Mr. Grevllle was writing his memoirs: " Quantum inutatus! All this has long ceased to be true of Brougham. Macau lay, without having the wit of the charm which constitutes the higher kind of colloquial excellence or success, Is a mar vellous, an unrivaled (in hlj way), and a delightful talker." It was in 1832, four years previous to the date of his first entry in the journal, that Mr. Grevllle first met Macaulsy At a dinner at Lord Holland's he wa seated next "a common-looking man in black," whom he took to be " some ob scure man of letters or medicine, per haps a cholera doctor." The conversa tion turned upon early and late educa Uon: "My neighbor observed that he thought the most remarkable example of self-educaUon was that of Alfieri. who "had reached the age' bf thirtywithout having acquired any accomplishment,. even tnat ot uriving, and wno was so ignorant of his own ljiguage that hie had. to learn it like a child, beglnnlnir with elementary books. Lord Holland I quoted Julius1 CiesaY arid Scaliger ae-ex-f ampies oi late euucauon, anu said intj me latter nau oeen wounaeu, ana mat he had been married and commenced learning Greek the same day; when m, neighbor remarked 'that be suppose Ins learning .Greek wasdiotan instants fieouS'actrilke ffia marffa?Thl3re mark, and the manner of it, gave ml th notion tnat he was adnll fellow, fnl it came out in a way which- torteredxioj tho ridiculous, so as to. excito Rneer,B In Wmtpad of statistics was a little surprised to hear nim'iCBtatement under oath and inpresenceof . .41 1 1 at . - 1 . CJ.t . t f s ' i - a. . tinue the thread of onvereatloBif from acaugera wouna; ana taut oriioyoia having been wounded atPampeluna. I .wondered how he happened to know anything about Loyola's wound. Hav ling thus settled my opinio", 1 wept op eatlng-my dinner, when Auckland, who waajsitticg opposite to mo addressed mMneighbor, 4 Mr. Maraulay, will yoa drink a glass of wire?' I thought I should have dropped off my chair, It was Macauley, the man I had been eo long most ct'rious to seo and to hear, whose genius, eloquence astonishing knowledge and diversified talent have excited my wonder aud admiration for such a length of time and hero I had been sitting next to him, hearing him talk, and getting him down for a dull fellow. I felt as if he could have read my thoughts, and the perspiration burat from my face, and yet it was impossible not to be anjus ed at the Idea. After dbaief Talleyrand and JIme. de Deno cau-o ia. He was introduced to Talleyranc, who told him that he meant to go to the house of commons on Tues day, and that he hoped he would speak, 'qu'U avlt cnlcndu torn le grands ora teurs. tl il desirait o preenf entendre, Monsieur Macavley.' " TAU.E YItAft I'S 3IEMOIU.S. Puis Correspondence ot the KewYorlc Times. Prince Tidleyrand died on the seven teenth of May, 1S3S. Daring bis last Illness, and in spite of his eighiy-four yean, ne preserved an uis senses anu also Jiis fmcite and wit. When con fined to his bed. as he had every reason to suppose fjr the last time, the prince began tq think about making his peace with the church. So far as bis luture state was concerned he cared little for the excommunication that had been pronounced against him, but lie did care for the effect that it would have upon Uie public, and he did not want to be the means of throwing a shade of dis credit upon the church in the bosom of which he had been nurtured. Besides he knew that the fact would create a difficult position for those he left 'be hind fcltn, particularly his .llece, whom he loved most tenderly. He concluded, therefore, to make his. peace with the church. He wrote a paper with hi own hand, but hesitated to semi it. Urged to do bo by those around him, be always -put it oil until to-morrow, ana seemed to be awaiting cer ain signs of his end) which he knew could not be far off. On the very day of his death, M. de Tailey raud called for the paper that he had written two months before, and to which he bad given the heading of "Retraction." This was addrersed to the pope. After reading it once. Talley- ranu smiiea, ana, witn a peculiar iook at those who sat about his bed. declared that Uiey -were probably right; that he nau oeen overcome oy tnetr arguments, and that he would now send the retrac tion to the pope. He made a copy of it in a firm, bold hand, then wrote a letter to accompany it, also addressed to his holiness. In this letter the prince said: "My memoirs, lone strice completed. but which, according to my l;it wi&fjps. will not appear until thirty yean after my death, will explain to posterity my conduct during the torment of Uie revo lution." The dyinc man nut this letter and Uie copy destined to the pope under envelope, remitting me ouier copy to Monsieeneur De Quelen, archbishop of Paris, who had hurried to his bedside as soon as bis illness was regarded as seri ous. This copy wes placed in the ar chives of the Episcopal p -i ce,' where it now remains. The "retraction" has been the cause of much comment. The prince said: "More and more touched my grave1 considerations, led to judge with sangfroid the consequences of a revolution mat nas earned awayevery thing and lasted for fifty years, I have come, at the end of a great age and after a long experience, to blame the ex cesses ot tne century to which 1 have belonged, and to frankly condemn the serious lauits mat, in tbi3 Jong series of years, have troubled and anlicted me (Jatnoiic apostolic, the Ro man church, and in which I had the misfortune to participate. Dis pensed by the venerable Pius VII from the exercise ot ecclesiastical functions, I have sought, in my long political career, occasions to render to religion and to many honorable and distinguished members of the Catholic clergy, all the services that were within my power. Nevir have J ceased to regard myself as a child of the church. I again deplore tho acts of my life which have sfll cted (contrisie) her, and my last wishes will be for her and for her worthy supreme head." The manuscript has been placed in the hands if M. 'de Bacourt, the prince's executor, "the most honest man he had ever known," to use the expres sion of M. de Talleyrand. Efforts were made to induce M. do Baconrt to violate tho prince's wishes, on the ground that the world had much to train by having, the Judgments of a man who had had eo large a part in the history of bis century. M. de Bacourt refused. As the term fixed by Talleyrand expired in IS6S, ru mors of the appearance of these memoirs were then current. Those who had seen the manuscripts, or who pretended to have done so, said so much about the work that' the curiosity of 'the emperor became aroused. It was said that the prince had attacked the Bonapartes, -aud particularly the first Napoleon, and it seems only natural that tuch should .be thexase, ainca Napoleon treated the prince roughly oh more than one oeea-. sion. But the emperor said ntflret that "he did not think it possible M. de Tal leyrand should lava gone beyond the limits of permissible appreciation re specting his Uncle. This was understood to refer to certain rumor. It will be re membered that the shooting ot the Due D'Eoghien in .the moat of Vincennes has never yet been cleared up. Napoleon said that the duke never would have beensbotifM.de Talleyrand had not invited the act as a necessity, in a note, and not even then if a final order stay ing the execution had not been made j away with. But the note in question I was never fount). Notwithstanding, there is a rumor, that it exists, and that it somehow came into the hands of Queen Hurtense, together with many important papers regarding the Dau phin, Louis XVII. The story goes that Talleyrand knew of the existence of these papers, aud heucs thde in the secret comprehend the remark made by Napoleon XII. He felt very sure that M. de Talleyrand would not go too far in his criticism. He asked to see the chapters before they were pub lished, and found that his judg ment was correct. But the prince bad sadly maltreated M. Guizot, M. Thiers, aud all the men who belonged to the Louis Philippe regime, and they were then in the opposition. As he was trying to win them over, the emperor declined to irritate tbem by the publica tion of thise memoirs, if he could pos sibly prevent it. He. procured a-prdmiso that they should not appear until- the men treated so harshly had had tirne to die. In a few years more none of them could tnleft. M De Bacourt and the heirs of Uie prince were In favor of the ' empire. It is said to have been after this, if not on account of it, that the emperor revived the ancient title ot Due de Montmorency for Prince Tallyrand's ! heirs. The term fixed, at the emperor's request, was twenty-two years, and hence, in esse there is no further delay, the memoirs will appear In the year 1SS0. Those of us who live sixteen years more can hope to read them. 3IODERN GHOSTS. From the Chicago Times. It is ;the era of ghost. They come not now rs in the days of the moody Dane, when they burst their cerements, revisited Uie glimpses of the moon, and made night hideous with the un folding of a soul-harrowing, blood-freezing, eye-bulging and hair-raising taie, and making " We fools of nature, bo horridly to fcliske oar disposition, With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls." The modem, if not always the good looking, is invariably the good-natured ghost. There is not about him or her the terrors of the Cock Laue apparition ; he or she does not bring either alu from heaven or blasts from hell; neither is therein Uie coming a figure all limp and luminous like a winding-sheet, nor any of the horrible suggestions of the crave. It was the misfortune of ghosts who wandered about before our Ume, Uiat they had no human agent to make ar ranxements for them, and regulate, in a busiuess-llke and profitable way, their various appearances. In the improved order of things, we are rather lad to make a ghost's acquaintance. Instead of a grinning skull, we meet a smiling face; instead of the odor of the charnel house, we are regaled with the essence of mignonette; instead of the spectral fig ure robed all In white, we gare on the ordinary form clad in common-place clothes. It we are bo fortunate as to , encounter a pirate's daughter, we may feast our vision on the rounded' arm, the swelling bosom, tne sparkling eye, and if conditions are favorable we may even, placing our hand in tbe band that is molstand coolllkeahumanhand, press our human lips to a brow speedily to become dematerialized and mlnele with theaatrelseverbriehtand fair. We may even ask tbe ghostly visitant to our human shores to bear to the realms above as a Utile remembrance, to our lost Le norc. Borne valunble article of jewelry, and be certain of Uie eraUncaUan otsee ing It borne away. The ghost of Uie pe riod is a kindly ghost. It does not come at the yawning of the graveyard to play ghoulish tricks in the nursery and fright the soul's fearful yawnlnx. but appears at ! the call of some Kesitle.mcdium to aid i a I tho merciful bustoets of iiiflaUric- a de pleted purse, ai sigm 01 tne gnost of long ago one crossed nimseiianu prayed hard mat ne mignt never see 11 again Nowf Bucbris the ameliorating effect of ghostly epnactltiha live human sgenrj oae Hem a'afcolee aeartrn ent of amiable quaintaace at Uie coet oven of an occa- Blonul .dollar. Waardthnscrolixibih, eilfljOhVrjreyg.tbe'.reader bur own conviction that Mr. Oeckel, the To ledo policeman who asked to have his beat chanced because- of hia beinc haunt ed by a soðtng like a women clothed . laitt hlte, aai.r'ejtber, an pu'Ime'Br had !We"taemeak Oeckel made his ghost. the colics board, whereupon these (lull. material fellows resolved, by a voto of seven to due, that Patrolman Charles I Oeciel. be dlmlsseti;froin..the police 1 force, &a incompetent "to work on- the I samei.. I IN MEUOnlArt. MISS .ICSSIK BATE. V I Leant the wall of a mother's grief, When autumn winds were mghlnir A requiem for the fallen leaf "My child, my child U dylnj !" . "Oh ! can It be, my God?" the Jalil, .When Uio lingered hope bail Ilea; Ueirheanatrlng. firokowlth tne words she spoke, ' "My cnlld, my child Is dead." I know the depth or the father's woe, Not from the words that wrepoken, Bat I n the measured ktepuid low, And knew that his heait wax broken. The ulsters klsied "Aer" with tenderest love, But few were the words they said ; Tnry could not control the anguished goal Tue.r darling one was dead, I saw that, the aged grandparent mourned, From the- heavy signs he hM.ved;' Hl little stay was taken away, lie felt lndted bereaTnt.' The broken little hoosthold hand Looked lone and sad that dy, Tbey lmged vo go to the Doactlfal land Where their tresis ares now will stay. I fU the grief at these mourning heart;, Sly own bad deeply sorrowed ; I knew her worth, she was not of earth, A boon fmm heaven was borrowed. To Impart their Datnres to all around. Such children are lent, not given: When taken I reel like the ilagnet, the bt 3l, Should draw oar been a to heaven. I knew thlschlia was lent to the earth, A link to the sky she was given: And the day of her death was the day of her blrtb. An angel Is bnra In heaven. Bat hurann sympathy nw if 1 vain, For broken hearts, we know Tbe band divine alone can bind. Ite feels oar every woe. GM goes before In a pUtur o! cloud, When we bask In prosperity's day; In adversity's night a pillar of light fluid en wandering feet the right way. Tben well go to the Savior, like Jarlas of old He comforts iilm that weeetU; His answer receive, "Only b-slleve!" "Th mtii it not dead, but litepcth." ElKJKFILLTl, jr. I. W, ItEIA'G PATIENT UV-I'ROXY. BY JENNIE WOODVILLE. From Frank Irene's Chlmuny Worner. Angela was a capital cook, and it was with tears in my eyes that I said to my husband as I poured .put his coffee one morning: "Oh, Edward, I feel so worried!" Mr. Smith was unfolding the morn ing paper. Hejseated himself at 'table, propped the paper against hia goblet, and iucmired, kindly: "What worries you, my dear?" "I am so afraid Angelina is getting religion." Edward does not profess to be a chris tian (I do), but be helpel himself to a roll and directed his attention to the telegrapMc column in slleuce, which I felt to be a rebuke. Now, although Edward is my husband, I am a little sensitive about his good opinion, and hastened to defend myself. "It is perfectly dreadful when there is a revival going on in the colored churches. The negroes come home at twelve or one o'clock at night, shriek ing and screaming and clapping their hands. They leave their work to have hysterics at the street corners. They take our clothes to be baptized in, and pay their church dues with otber peo ple's money. They say, 'Once in grace, always in grace,' and the most honest of them begin to steal, and tbe most truth ful to deceive. Why, Mra. Phillips you know she is from Boston Mrs. Phillips says she would not have be lieved it from any southern tongue cr pen." "You must remember, my dear, tint tbe negro, as a general thing, has com paratively little sense, and positively no education, and is hardly responsible for bis mistakes in theology." "I am not saying why it u bo; lam only saying it is so." "But you are saying it with a vehe mence which I have never seen you ex hibit except when eouie of your own family trod on your train or trail, or whatever you call It, my dear; and I hope you will not allow the servants to sour " Moses entered with a plate. Mr. Smith paused. I tossed my head and lowered my eyelids resentfully. The wailles were handed in solemn silence, and Moses went off for more. He had hard ly closed tho door when I made time and got in the first word. "1 wish you hau had hair the trouble I have since Patty was a mourner. I have had too look after those children as If "As if they were vourown," inter posed Edward, aud his mustache quiv ered, dui no uiscreeuy put up nis napkin. She eoe3 off as soon as it is dark, sits up half the night, comes in late in the morning, and is totally lneincient lur ine the day." " Well, you know their furore is soon over, so be patient," ".rat.ent, inueeo: ratience wouiu have come down from her monument and walked off in a passion lone azo if her nurse had been a mourner. Patty used to De so nice, too, ana now sue hau just as soon put the children to bed dirty as clean, anu J. toiu ner last nignt that It was a bad as stealing." " Then, my dear, you told her what was not true, and I am afraid Batty knew it." 'But. Edward. ".said I. eaeeriv. hor rified at the idea of any one supposing I would tell a Jtory, "you knowit was true, because if it is not wicked to be bo nnUdy, it is stealing for her to take my money, anu not give me ner services. Perhaps I had better explain to her what I meant." " Are you sure you meant that, mv dear?" asked Edward, laughiug. "You know her better than I do, and how far you may tax her credulit.v, but I think me point win oe ratner nuo tor Patty's vision. She i3 a curious creature, but I don't mind her eccentricities. You must have patience, my dear." " Ot course, you don't! And I can endure, other people's troubles, too. It is easy enough to be patient by proxy. Al low me to delegate you the task. I don't feel equal to it." Edvtard buttoned up his overcoat; hesitated; bit tbe end of his mustache; then said, seriously: "But, my dear, I think it altogether wrong, this way we have fallen into of ridiculing the reli gious excitement of tbe negroes. If they suspect or overhear it, the effect must be bad on thore who are really In earnest. Now, I heard your friend Mrs. Phillips, as I passed her house yester day, say to a girl, evidenUy for hire, 'Are you a mourner, or have you been?' 'Yes'm.' 'Then I don't want you,' said Mrs.Philtlps. Now what Is the effect?" Quite subdued by this view of the sub ject, I acknowledged my error, and, alter -fc.il ward nan leit, leaned my bead on my hand, thinking mournfully of my moral strength as compared with his. I liked him to be my superior in every other respect, but regarded it as my privilege to be better than he was. so I now felt heartily ashamed of myself, and that night I bathed the children and attended to the rest of Patty's work with the cneeriuieiiauranoe that became Edward's wife. Tbe night after, when Patty came home, El ward was asleep; so'l went shivering down tbe stairs, through the hall, to admit her, and then she kept me standing while she exchanged blc i lugs with a couple of Wlow convert As I re-entered the room, Edward opened his eyes and asked whero I .had been. I told him, adding meekly: "I wish Patty would not stay out so late every night." fclave patience, my dear," said EJ. ward, who had not trembled before the j '" "1?i"u"' uu'i "or uieu Kept uuiu6ra jm wuu uH-uuiu m iancy 1 slinrters. "Have nationrw." oilil rxxi , slippers. "Have paUence," said my hero, and went to rleep again. Tne next morning Edward had read all the papers, end I had done ever so much sewiDg, and Moses bad been or dered two or three times to brine in breakfast, and each time he had grin- ned mysteriously and announced that ' " breakfus warn't quite reddy and Ed- waru was suomming to tne uetay with less moral strength than I bad been led to expect, when there arose from the kitchen a succession of shrieks which terrified us so that we were on the spot before it had occurred to either of us what it ail meant. Arriving at tbe scene of action, we discovered that Angelina had "come through." And there she was, black as ebony, suple as a panther, wild as a maniac, her eyes rolling, her feet stamping, herhands clapping, her voice ringing! You might have heard her two squares otT. "Thang Gord! thaog Goid! I'm a hell-d'servin sinner! Thang- Gord. my Lord! de richer o' Jordan is washed my feet like snow! Glory, glory, glory! I'm a hell-d'servln sinner! Oh, oh! umph! my .Lord! my feet is done took from de mire an de clay! Phew! my Lord! don't you hear de chains a fallin' off? I done got free! Ole Satan is tucked his tail an' run! Phew! umph! I'm a helt d'servin' sinner. Thang Gord, myliord! Glory, glory, glo-ry!" And there stood Moses, in sinful glee, his shoulders bent, bis hands on his knees, neck extended, his mouth spread from ear to ear. And there, of course, was Pattv-'wild with excitement, and vying with An gelina both in shrieks and contortions. And there was also (I may be permit ted to add) the cat devouring the mut ton-chops, and the baby washing her bt-.nds in the buckwheat batter. Jimmy and John were fighting a mock battle with the biscuits, and tbo doe haviug upset tho boiling-coffee, was circulating briskly about on three legs, contributing to tne entertainment a liDerat quota Ja Uie way of emotional expression. "Is breakfast ready?" asks Edward, "Glory!" said Uie cook. "Who the duece la taking care of the baby?" inquired its father. "Where is my harp?" demanded the nurse. She plants her' right heel half a yard in advance of her, throws her hands In Uie air. and plays on an imaginary .harp. "Why don't you take In breakfast?" But Moses Is demoralized, -and only exaggerates his original grin. Negroes in all stages of religious de velopment, from Uie "early seekers" to Uie "ycunc convert" becin to. Bather like craws in a cornfield, and my hero reUres in disorder: but when th intra cut ludicrous they become endurable, and I whisper to him, laughing. "Have paUence, my dean" He ' answered with a frowD; which again betrayed less moral sireniih than Iliad been ieil to expect. 1 I shook the baby; boxed Jlraniy, slap ped John, scolded Moses, chased the cat, and would have extended my attentions to tbe dog but that misfortune had already overtaken him. Tben 'ollowed Edward laueblne all the way from tbe kitchen to tbe dining-rooms, and when I got there, and thought of the baby and tbe buckwheat, the cat and the mutton-chops, and Patty ringing about . tbe "atair upon her forrad." Ilaughed j again, and kept on laughing till Ed- j ward's moral strength failed natlrely, 1 and he went ohTeaylug, crossly enough, that he would have to breaklast at a restaurant. It might bo very well for a woman who had nothing else to do to sit giggling and laughing at a parcel of idiots, but for a man who had business to attend to and a time to go to It "Have patience, dear," I murmured, sweetly. (Sounds in the distance "Glory! I'm a hetl-d'sarviu' sinner! Thang Gord! Oh! umph! phew! Oo'Iong, Satan!") "Send my dinner to the factjry, will you?" and Edward bangs tbe door with surprising vehemence, consult ring no- oofiy nas stepped on uis train. Late In the day I dispatched tbo fob lowing note by the hands of a neigh bor: "My eab Edward I would have. sent your dinner, but soon after you left Moses took lils seat on the 'anxious bench,' and I had no oue to send it by. I comforted myself, knowing y(u would have patience, but at tbe same time en deavored to procure other servants. The reeult has proved embarrassing. Ai you disapproved making inquiries con cerning their religious experience, I avoided making acy, and tbey Invaria bly turned out mourners, so 1 nau qui 10 a little congregation in tbe kitchen. They are excessively audible, but I de termined to have patience, an- shall continue to engage them. Won't you come home early? for until I can find some 'citizen or African de scent,' with a secular 'turn of mind, I really need ypur.. moral sup port. I must'not'omlt to mention that, even had Mosea been 'available, I could not have sent your dinner, for I had none to send, as Angelina n if uses to cook to-day (but we must have paUence, perhaps she will next week), saying, ' White folks Is got to live on de tish pasbun of what dey has had, for she's a hell-d'servln' sinner! Umph, glory!' " EDWARD'S ANSWER. "Pay up the infernal crew, and make tbem weigh anchor. Tell Angelina she's right about that. I indorse the sentiment, and hope she wil. get her deserts." Oh, Edward, Edward! where was your patience, my dear? A SOUTHERN CURSE IX A IsUUTIlEKX HOME. From the New York WorId.j A painful and indeed horrible story was sent all over the country on Satur day from tho environs of Bos ion, upon which it is far from agreeabls to us to dwell, yet which carries with ita lesson too important to be overlooked. A young girl, n child indeed, jus; budding from childhood into girlhood, and be longing to Uie very best clan of society in Massachusetts, was assaulttd almc3t within hearing of her father's house, on her return from an afternoon of pleasant and innocent exercise, by a aegro ruf fian, hideously abused, robbed, and left to die in tbe woods. The poor girl had strength and wiU enough left to reach her home ana make tbe maddening story known. A hot pursuit was in stanUy organized, and, to the. credit both of tbe police and of the citizens of Eastern Massachusetts, let It be record ed, the atrocious scoundrel who bad committed the deed wrs arrested before midnight He now lies in jail. His victim, it is said, i likely to recover, and there is, of course, every eeon to expect that the most extreme punish ment the laws will permit to bs inflic.ed in such a case will ere long overtake him. How wretchedly out of proporti in any punishment whatever vhich the laws will permit civilized tuen to inflict iu tuch a case will be to tbe wrong dono by Uie criminal, we need not harrow up the feelings of our readers bv demonstrating at length. It is liter ally impossible for the most vivid imag ination to overstate the blight and mis ery Drought upon a iair ycung me oy such an outrage. The patbos wiu which Chailes Lamb has invested the fate of Kosamond Gray would fall short of the bald, blank, abwlutely hopeleu anguish of this clamlty, precipitated iu an instant by tbe bestial ferocity of a human brute, upon natures refined by the moss careful culture and the most genial influences of tuehighetit forms of human civilizaUon. Precisely in pro portion to the refinement and the gener osity of his character wiU be tl e intensi ty of the longing which eveiy mascu line man, on reading of such a crime, mu3t feel himself thrill for the execu tion upon the criminal, not ol' what we commonly and tamely call "jusUce," ho L of that summary and terrible ven geance which in such cases is the only appropriate shadow and Imagii of an ab solutely unattainable justice, we shall not insult tbe manhood of Ifcssachu setts bv hinting a doubt that when the news became known in any circle of Boston life not demoralized by 'Jie ghoul like and emasculating influence of that vulgar fanaticism whereof IJie dead Sumner aud the living Wendell Phillips were the fitting types, men hearing it set their teeth bard and longed foi one hour of Kansas with its hasty ropes, or of Texas with Its peremptory cart and rifle. And now will all tbe men in Massachu setts who felt this divine rage, this sacred and virile wrath in the defense of belp Ic3snes3 against fiendish brtiality, of gracious and refined innocenty against foul and groveling crime tingling hot in their veins on Saturday last, as tbey read tbe miserable story of Judge Low ell's outraged home, but do themselves and their country the wholesome service of reflecting that this horrible thing at which Massachusetts stancs to-day aghast has been stalking for yuars psst, by night and by day, over the length and breadth of all the southern States of this Union ! No doubt there' are many men at the south, hot of spirit and slow to learn, who have once and a rain since the clo3e of the war manifested a dispo sition to deal ovex-barshly With Uie race which tbey and their fathtrs before tbem, and our fathers before lis, as well as theirs, were trained to regard and to tieat as interior by the Divine appoint ment to the ruling race of Europe, of America, aud of the world. But the vast body of the southern whites are of another strain. They accepted the results of the civil war honestly and manfully. They knew that Uie majorily of the southern negroes were neithei in them selvea savage and cruel, nor deposed to live on ill terms with their white fellow citizens. But they knew, too, that, as they are in alt ignorant andloog brutal ized races, tho lower passions lire especi ally strong, and Uie intellectual forces by whrch the lower passionii, if they are to be controlled at all, must be controlled, are especially wes.k in the negroc3. And they Icoked forward tben with a peculiar anxiety :o the in-' creese at the south of precise!;? such in tolerable offens 3 against soaitty as this wMh tina Inot. tiftrtint vl nnft itt thft host of New England homes, wben they louna that the hanas 01 puoiic oruer at the south were tt) oa suaueniy reiaxeu 1 1 . .ml Hiihnn. bv an lenorant. passionate and dishon c 3t mlitical interference of thn north in the affairs of touthcrn society. Their bitter anticipations have btn more than realized. Naturally enough the consequence has been that maddening outraees have provoked sisrnal and sum' mnrv hya.HaBmBntt. If the men of Massachusetts will but put the case of the south to themselves to-dt.y In the light which is thrown Upon it by this awful incident at their own doors, the luture may easily be made far better than five years ago it threatened eVer again to be for them, for the iiouth, for tbe republic, and for the negro race it self. WHAT TO TEACH. Tbe child should be taught that his eyes, ears, hands, all the organs of his body, all the faculties of his mind are his servants, and that it Is hiii business to see to it that tbey serve k m faith fully that they report accurately what is passing about him, and respond promptly and rully to his demands. Such sentences as "I didn't notice;" "Iheard, but I don't remember," havn no busi ness in a chUd's vocabulary. He should be. taught to apprehend clearly that to say "I forgot" is only another way of saying "I did not care enough to re member." Educate the faculties to prompt acUon, teach the seniles to re spond fully to every impression, made upon tnem. -wneu you givu a com mand or communicate a thotisbt to a child, secure his attention, use the sim plest acu most direct terms, anu do not repeat them. Superfluous wort U are de- moralizing, and iteration a bid forlnat-iiy M regarded civil government, and tention. Borne of us are bora clods;4nroved that the christian TellKion was more of us become so through vicions training. juaKe tne child Beir-conscious, and yon have established an unduring feud between htm-and his captbllitics; henceforth his feet, are an enibarrass ment to him, and no number 01! pockets is adequate to Uie satisfactory bestowal of his hands. He fancies all eyes are' upon him. and his very blood tines mu tinous and (lies in bla face wiUiput Just cause or provocation. It ia ia Ighr to be unconscious: to develop troai within out ward aa sweetly and unoste) nations? ' ly as a nower; hot to be threat; Into, no tice by bavins his say tegs, and doings repeated ia h5 preseccpftor.UrjUtfed Into silence and csnsciuus inferisrity by being constanUy reminded thii 'phll- dteu Should bn aetta. nml not heard." Hardly anything U more essential in uie management of children tuan me kindly Ignoriiig-eye that does niit notice too much. J pity the child who is the center of a bllHdfv.tlottmr or lniddicious- ly critical family whose everjtsayinjr ii repeated; every act coin nieutU upon, and where. Iiii totwequetice, naturalness is impossible; " ' , . Jl.VITJil:V7 AH.tOLIi'S Pit IYER. TUoa,ho dostil well alone -Thoawbo !ot krfbir thine own -Thou, to whom all are known From the cradle to tbe grave Have, ob.aive! From tbe world'4 temptatlone. From trlbulaUona; From that tierce anznKlt Wherlnwe languish; From that torpor deep Wherein we He a deep Heavy as death, coM as the crave; Have, oh, save! When theaoul, gro win? clearer, HoeiUod no nearer; Wben the mhiI, moantlDg hlzher, To tiod comei no nlgber, Hat tbe arch-flead i'tlde Mount at bersldc. Foiling her bUh emprb. Sealing Here gleejw, Aud, when tbe tain, would toar, Makes 1UOM to adore; Chabgln; the ptue "motion cif bei-uizli dovotlon To a skin-deep seme Of her own eloquence; Htrong t deceive, strong to enslave have, oh, save! From the lngrain'd fashion Of this eartho nature That mars tby cruure: From grlel that Is but passion, From mirth that L but (.lgolng; From teamlm bring no bealiog; From wild and jveofc complaining: Thine on trengtb revealing. Save, oh, si,v! From doubt, where nil Is doable. Where wUe men are not strong; Where comfort tarni to "rouble; Where jn.t men safTer wrong; Where sorrow t read! on Joy; wure eet thtogs soonest cloy; Where faltbs are baltt en dost; Where MveUhalr mlstm-t. Ilnngry and barren, and sharp as the sea, Oh, set us free t O let the talse dream fly Where our tick son la do Ua Tossing continually ! O where thy voice doth come Ut a 1 doubts be dumb; Ll all words be mild. All strire be reconciled, All pains beguiled. Light brings no blindness, lxmjsannzlndness; ' Knowledge nornln. Fear no undoing. From the cradle to the grave AXCIEXT EtJYI'T. Mr. Bayard Taylor, who appeared In the star lecture course la-t night, while entirely a' new face to a Chicago audi ence, still proved a very welcome one. His name has long been a household word among all classes of American stu dents. His FrilhioPt Sana, of which tbe old English translation, long out of punt, couiu oniy ce found in tne library of some collector of rare books, was a valuable addition to English literature. His Fault found a host of admirers, and his otber and lighter works, and his let ters from the various lauds he had visit ed, have made him seem like a familiar friend to a larze proportion of Uie read ing public. When he came upon the platform last evening, it was net like greeting a stranger, and the strong, cul tured, genial lineaments of the traveler and scholar won Uie attenUon of tbe au dience before he commenced speaking. His voice Is clear and pleasant, and so finely modulated that without the least appearance of effort it was perfectly aud ible In every part of the room. He ecarce ly referred to bis notes, which were be fore him, but continued to the end speaking upon a subject in which his in terest was evidenUy so great that, even bad it been devoid of the novel informa tion it contained, he must have held the attention of his listeners. Egypt, as a country, except to the schol ar or the traveler, has always seemed a far-off, rather dirty, dis gusting country, whose people, even in the earliest ages, must have been the grossest and most superstitious of Idola ters. He. however, brought that coun try not as it Is at Uie present day, but in its past ages, so forcibly before his audi ence that to those who listened to him it ceased to ba mythical. He first im pressed upon his audience the wonderful peculiarity of the atmosphere in that far country, by which ages after ages migbt go by and yet nothing be changed. Stone which would crumble, wood which would moulder, nnder lees heated and more humid skies, here remained in their integrity, undissolved, undecayed. Following with a brief history of the wonderful manner in which Egyptian literature had been restored to Its place among Uie other treasures of learning, Irom the first discovery of the Bosetta stone with ita triple inscription of Greec, Helroglyphio and Demotic characters, to Uie next valuable history on rock, and thence to the wonderful discoveries of recent dtte at Memphis, and the Pyra mids near Cairo, lie spoke of "the in sp'red guess" of that scholar who thought to seek for Fome farther revela tion of Its meaning in the Cootie lan guage, and who found that to be but a later and corrupted form of tho ancient Egyptian language. Having thus pre sented the fact of ancient Eiypt really oeing possessed of a living tongue and literature, he presented tbe country itself to bis audience as palpably as if Jt bad been the State of New Jersey. He spoke of meeting Marietta In Egypt standing on a Libran sandhill, loosing down on Uie ancient city ot Memphis, and of wandering with him through Its streets', beneath IU arches, into its temples and houses as perfect to-day as if it were a new city itist buildinz in stead of one that had been buried for ages. He spoke cf tbe discovery of an cient Egyptian statues which were evi denUy the meet truthful ever carved, and of the intelligence in the counte nances of Kahotem and Nephite he looking intelligent aud cultured; she at independent as a voter and as self-possessed as a judge. He spoke also of otber statues, and of tbe honor paid to woman under Egyptian rule. "No where else in the world is the past so near" as in Egypt, was the declaration of the speaker. The imprints of the footstep of the men who bad borne the sacred effigies of the gods to burial was still seen when those tombs, inclosed in masses of basalt, and hived beneath desert sands, were opened by those in search of Ejryptian history and remains. He spoke of the arts and sciences Egypt taught other nations, and that while we looked toward Greece as tbe originator of art, and Palestine of pure, ideal reli gion, that Egypt was the mother of both. He spoke of remains found which proved how far she had advanced, and this not at the date usually pscribed to her, but in the earlier dynasties. Egypt, as represented by Bayard Taylor, would seem to have only fulfilled the usual desUny of nations. First to have been independent, earnest, seeking the truth, growing in evfry war, in art, science, and general culture, until the invasion and reign of the Shepherd kings. Then came a period of political greatness, fol lowed by their overthrow, and a strong conservatism upon the part of the rein stated people. Art, however, had cul minated and was declining, while lux ury had taken its place. The old Egyptian ait, however, was no crude development, but wondertul In its reality. It sought only to express the 1 rum, wnne ureeK art aimed at some thing higher and produced ideal bauty. The religion of the' priests was a pecu liarly pure Weal religion, with all the germs of the Hebrew faith. Moses was brought up by the priesthood, and among them learned those peculiar tenets which they kept sacred, and did not teach to the common people. The lecturer translated some verses found upon a tablet which was dedicated to Thotbmes, and which was a eong of welcome to that kin?, worshiped, as the Egyptian kings still were while liv ing, as divine. Rector Morgan, the re nowned elocutionist of St. Thomas church, New York, Dever read the Psalms with more effect than did Mr. Taylor Uie translation of these verses, ind to one not very well acquainted with Uie productions of David, they might easily have passed for a portion of them. This song to Thothmes-, how ever, was written sixteen hundred years before David's time.' He also translated other ancient EgypUan inscriptions so like in character to Uie Hebrew transla tions with which modern Christendom is famUiar, that one might easily ex claim, there is nothing new under tbe sun, and eesily fancy tbe inspired writ ings would in the end prove plagiarisms. "I am that I am " "Through my love have I drawn near to God. I have riven bread to him that traa lmnrn drink to him that thirsteth, and help to bim that was abandoned." "I am he who is, has been, and evermore shall be." "There was joy in heaven on Uie day he was born." "She is, verily, a collection of evil, & sack filled with con tention." And of a drunkard, "Thou art as a house empty of bread, as a sanctu ry destitute of its God." There cer tainly is a very strong resemblance to these old translaU'-ns from EgypUan papyri to sentences with which we are all conversant in a certain King James's translation. In fact Bayard Taylor proved that the Mosaic law and religion were copied from the laws and theology of the ancient Egyptian priests, and that from tbem Abraham obtained the rite of circumcision. He denied having found tbe letters that passed betwpen PoUphar's wife and Joseph, and assert- I ed that if he had. in tho view of recent events, he certainly should not publish j luetu. xie aaiu tnat tne iSgyptaina grew weary of well-doing audirnprovo- su perior Knowledge and possessions, and had nmnratiCA elnui. ,.tMM l .1 proved that the christian religion was merely the eliminating that of Egypt from its grosser portions as understood by the people. To the priest, the eon, the sacred ball, and. tbe sacred cow were but symbols of Wither ideals. Still, while he admitted that the world was imrtrovinsr and t-rowlne tn Itnovlntim 4ie still seamed to acknowledge that re union uitrreacneu its nignesr. altitude, ia Buji perjecnorm, so tnat tnose ter rible, -phifotophic, aud scientific ma. teilaJJzerg'mgstbc?Bby a cuilous poal- jBD.vlljBiBffltnett ''AlKmch, needed improvement ia belraftd by If. .Bax ter, jr., latlemodelili)grr(fci?J -jijiring what has long bea kno wn ate Man sion House, on JTorth Hauet street. It was a hotel injGeneralksoii's dsy.and has "been the theater of many brilliant companies. An old lady waa only the other day recalling a patty-lceid thfre while the 2?ash villa Inn 'wak.beinsr re paired". In the Jong ago, which wajtat-J lenoea uy an tnejueaux ami fjeiiej hero- .THE WAY TO KETHOn.SES. pBut few people, comparatively, ucder stanu now to bianset a horse to protect bim from contracting cold. We fre quently see the blanttet folded double, and laid across the rump and part cf the animal's back, leaving thoee parts of tho body that need prottcUon en tirely exposed to cold storms and chill ing winds. Those parts of the body of a horse which surround the lungs requite the benefit of a blanket in preference to blatUnks and rump. When we are ex posed to a current of cold air, to guard against, any injury from catching cold we shield our shoulders, neck, chest and back, if these parts be kept protected, the lower part of Uie body will endure adegreeof cold far more intense, with out any injury to the body, than if Uie lungs were not kept warm with suitable covering. The same thing holds in Uie protecUon of horses. The blankets should cover the neck, withers and shoulders, and be brought around the breast, and buttoned or buckled to gether as closely as a man buttons his overcoat, wten baring his bosom. ct Uie lungs of a horse be protected with a heavy blan)s and he will seldom con tract cold, even if tho hindmost partHof his body are not covered. We refer more particularly to blanketing horses that have become tzn osualiy warm by violent ex ertion, ot hard driving, and exposing them to a current of cold air while standing still. Many of our beet team sters protect tbe breast of their horses by a piece of heavy cloth about two feet square, hanging down from the lower end of the collar. This is an excellent f ractice in cold weather, as the most m port ant part of Uie animal ia shielded from the cold wind, especially when traveling toward a strong current The forward end of the horse blankets should be made to fit as closely around Uie breast of a horse as oar garments fit our bodies. Most horses wi l contract a vio lent cold almost as soon as a man, if not blanketed while they stand still, after having been exercised so violently as to produce profuse perspiraUon. Ho 'long as a horse is kept in moUon, there is" lit tle danger of his suffering any incon venience from cold winds. But allow bim to stand still for a- few moments while loading or unloading, without a heavy blanket to protest his shoulders and lungs, and he will take cold sooner than some men. TABLE TELEGttAPIUXG. As many of our young friends have not yet enUrely lost Uie poetry of life, and as none speak more eloquently than the dumb when understood, we will give a short system of quiet "table talk" for loving youngsters. The sys tem is both a practicable and original one: First Drawing napkin or handker chief through the hand I desire to con verse (by slznal) with you. Second Unfolding and holding It by corner Is it agreeable? Third Playing with fork and holding forefinger of left hand to left ear I have something to teU yoa privately. Fourth Holding up knife and fork in each hand When can I see you? Fifth Laying knife and fork together on Uie left of plate After the meal. (This signal will suffice for a query or answer.) Sixth Clenched right hand on the table To-night Seventh The napkin or handkerchief held with three fingersYes. Eighth Held with two fingers Showing no. Ninth Holding napkin to the chin, with forefinger over mouth Cease sig naling. Tenth Standing the knife and fork thus ( A) Can I meet you ? Eleventh Laying knife and fork thus (X)- I am angry or displeased. Twelfth Balancing the fork on edge of cup Are you engaged to-night? Thirteenth Folding napkin, triangu larly (laying it down) Have yoa been out skce last night? Fourteenth Drawing knife through prongs of fork I shall remain at home. Fifteenth Striking fork with knhe I shaU go cut to-night. Sixteenth Balancing fork on knife Meet me; cr if by genUeman, can I meet you? Seventeenth Placinsr knife over the glass Will you be alone? JclKhteenth Balancing Bpoon on edze of cup I have an engagement Nineteenth Stirrinsr the snoon in a cud slowly Will you bo late? Twentieth Holding the spoon over 1 cup, and gazing immediately on it We are suspected; or, we are discover ed. Twenty.flrst Slappine the ear. as It brushing away a fly I do not under stand. FOE 25 litUIB! -AT A CSANCS FOR Holitof Prats! Silk, Silk TelToti, Irons Ftpllns, Ladles' BoiTng, fekirte, Chemise and Drawers, Children's- and Ladles' Flannel and knit Saeqaes .T COST! Dr3 G00I3 In Serges, Diagonals, Plaids, Alpacas aad Cacheweres. Flanaeb, Sepellaats, Jeaas and Casal Qeres,ShaiTl3, Scarfs, CoTerleta and Blanket?, at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES Infanta' Embroidered Eobea and Infants Embroidered Xerino Cloaks, at SXTBEMELYLOW BATES I Bibbons, aad Colored Teltct IIIbboM, a large lot at a GREAT SACRIFICE! And oar Entiro Stock at Iignre3 think trill gWe satisfaction to the consumer. we Call and examine at SIS Jtalrt Street. TAYLOR, JOY & GO. ELECTION OF IBBCTOiS, AKD MiASTEaS BANK OT) An election -will be held at this bans: on MONUAY. Janaarr 11. un. from 10 uu. until Z xnv, for the purpose of choosing thirteen Directors, to serve 101 the ensuing year. deem b- ir. KKAir, cssnier. NOTICE. " k M0NOnumberof arUc!eu!toleafrom1h xL Christian Brothers CoUrge on the n- ght of tfae Sua. instant was a book nwi .or recording ub&rrtpUcns received toirant pa?luc the Col leseuutof dehu The President ot ite Corjese soUala udoollecis att sofcscrlr. tlons-ltsper- BgSl&Sl te opted, DATS Taylor. Joy Ko. Muy iuiiniuua uiat .may oe st .jshi'i wiu uyqwjij jumuut. Iron at 3c lasis Iron Asles at 5 SPOEiS, HOBS. FELLOES, One-Horse Wagens : : : 1 1 1 $45 Two-Hone TMmble Skein Wagons SO Three-lforse Talmble skeiuStnde- baler Wagons 1 : : : 1 : 70 Coot ing- Stoves at Wholesale Prices, Very Lw. M. L. WICKS, 37 Union St STEWART, HAYLEY & CO ATJ33 WHOLESALE PROVISION BEAXJER3 Kos. U61 Front and 22 & 24 Clinton Streets, Boafti of UuIais NO. 297 : Foreign e.nd From srtaclp8 LltEACHAit. J.U.POSTOS. ALES AND PORTEB. HAVANA OXO-ABS, il. Is L WHOLESALE GROCERS, SALT MS KAIL iOsYTS, So. 0 UNION STREET, Memphis, Tana. - Mr. Vf. T. BOWDRE HAS CHARTBOF THK COTTON THWAKTM STST.- FISE AM) jSAHiSE NSUMNCE iPiSY! OF MEMPHIS. Kate Sectored to offlee formerly occu pied bj DeSoto Hank, No. 20 Madison Street. OFFICERS. M. L. HEAGHAM, : Freshen A. N. MeSAY, i Tfc Presiient WM. GAY, 1 : : Secretary! BOASD OF DIRECTORS. E. I MEACitAMof 21, U Meaaham Jt Ot A. Jf. OcSAT o: eiedge, McKay A Co S. SIA3BFI KID 01 Htr.nfleld Jk Hljee JfU. JJOTKEJt. .of Joja lunoa Galo W3I. B. GAI-BnCATU ton Factor Moo. JOIIX OVEUTOH, J, Maptil J. tl. rElllGSLETT, of Edmoada, PettijrJ a Co. SAAO BCUWAB of Sch-waO B, r. H ILLKR of HoUvRtU, Croekatt HalXar. a- Take Firs and Marina risk:. Dwajim Honses and isolated CbnntrrBtorea A. TACOUtO. S. VSCCABO. C 2ICXXA33. VACCAIO A. TACCASO 5e , la sorters and Dealers la "WXDJEB, UOTOBS AND CIGAHS, No. 324 Front St?e9t, : Memphis. SOLE AUEST3 FOR COOK'S Cm.XPA.fiNB. IHPEBIAL Imported liaTana Cigars, TlRnxr 12 tn 15 ner hundred : at retail, from V 6e toSOeeach. tjendforairholesaleprlce- iui,orcau i OI COLEMAN'S ROSJL COXCHA CIS All HOUSE SOO Main atrewt. X. P. COOPJEB, 33 South Court Street. Will rractlee In the city courts and also Drue tlee In DeSoto, fanola. and Tate counties. .Mississippi tOFFICIAL.j KOTICS. MAYOR'S OFFICE. CITY HALL, ItEiuno, TE3X., December 21, 1S71. The Assessors of personal property having completed the assessments for the fisih corpo rate rear, and the ten days having expired lor the correction of errors. et&. Is pursuance ef the requirements of the ordinance patsrd October ins, and appioved October 17,1871, section 4 of which Is s follows 1 SEcnos I. Be il further ordained. That after we expirauon ox aaia lea aajs. uie iajor Khali, of his- own appointment, name a Board of Equalisation on personal property assess ments, to consist of ten merchants and busl men of the citr, who shall, as far as pos sible, represent the different branches of busi ness In the city, whose duty it shall be to carefully consider the assectmcnta made and returned hy the 4sseesoi,aca to comet tbe same on the principle of equality and Justice in iMxauon. .nut no assesmeQi snail oe raised until afier the cenon or arm whose ass ment Is deemed too small shall have been cited before said Board and the accuracy of the as sessment luuy invesugsieo. I hereby appoint the following named per sons as said Board of Equalization on persenal properly sesBmenat. viz; 1. 31. iiui, 01 niu. lexry a ji'tcneu. Ben; Kidman, or Rice, mix & Co. John U. Fixer, of Estes, Flzer Jt Co. itooerc a Ainvra, or Aiuson Bros. W. Jack, of W.8. Jilcfc&Cn. Dr. 1). T. Porter, of Porter. Taylor & Co. L Feake.oT Arnistroci.Xaill ACo. V. S. Bruce, of W. 8. Bruce CO. Isaac Schwab, of Schwab Jt Co. W. B. Galbreatb, Tresulent of Cotton Ix- cnange. Hal d Board will convene at tbe Mayor's once. city or Memphis, Monday, the S3tn Hut., at 1 o ciocsi pun. lur organ aauon. dec2S jpas L JAG UK, Mayor. GHEISTMAS APPENDAGES, 1009 quarter, half and wbele boxes Battins, some very line anil large. 50 Xtega Salas Crapes. &S. large eases Figs. 100 hair barrels and boxes Prone. some r the largest ever brongtit to Uempblf. 40O hair barrel apples. BOO barrels Xats, all kinds. 000 half barrels and bncbets Atmore's tJince ileal, loo eases B&alter Preserves. SO barrel Cape Cod Cranberries. 300 bbls. STrir Xorlt tttate Buckwheat. SOO tabs Batter, very fine Goshen, OLIVER, FiffllE & CO. Election Kotice. rf accordance with the provisions ot the Charter of the Memphis City Schools, NOTICE IS HEKEBT GIVE., That an Election will be held In the several Wards in this eltyVon THURSDAY, the 7th dav ot Jannarr. 1STS. by the nrooer officers holding the uty JBiectioaoa that oay, to elect one member ot ha llssrd of Jdueatlo At said Schools fox earn waatof the city, to sexve lorthenexeensaing twA'yeais.- jiempnisHi.-QCmoer. i.w 11 . CHAW KQKXSSCHT, President of tkeBoanl ot -Education, decs J Memphis city Schools. BLUFF CITY BTEAM-DYETSa & CLEAN ISO ICSTABI.rSHMXNT. removed tr m mcvobmI street. All work: guaranteed to ex ve ".THEO. MAYQU in any a uaxi titles. l - 2o per ponsd. BELLOWS, VICES, liPSWfiS, FomvKene Tola fate Skftta Dittr nagasa :::::: $7. Heary Two-Uene Iraa ixte : t ;o Sprin ffagoaa : : 1 : : fgf at HRHPHIR. ES & CO., IAIN STBggf, Native Wines, Gales" Factory A. W. ROHERTK. K.H.MatT.M ft CO. CTORS, Xotice to jSary Yard Ten ants. BY U terms ot yoa- Isnes tlx t-anaci Instalment ot rants rail due on th i-K lwemwr. I win pronwt to forfait a Ma-. usIeM the rent mom? . paid wltUm Fwent Bays rrom. ibis 17th day oi Pi s ilm.JTl. ' X. JtcoAVlTT, ttoastar. NOTJOB TO GUT f iX-PATKS, OKF1CB CITY TAX COLIJtCTOB. 1 AtEKrHis, Tsant.. IIsm ni a. 1874. 1 Those who haie sot paid Uselr Ctty Taie for the year 1K74, irui sbto troable and ex pense by settling tMraeeonata at aacc. a distrea warrants will he laiaart agsl I A La. on January t, FBBB. C. SGKAFKK. deeS City Tax OaUacWf 6E. IJXflF, . .ttosraaoy-a-t-Xjia-w, 230 MaiK Street, Kaet sMo. J. K. BBOWW, Cba&OSHt J. C l.XJsTlER BB0WX ALXXiJHHKH, COTTON FACTORS ASS GEKSRJJS. COMMISSION rem Xoeea Xo. Is) Ha Im i Onion and JTnt 1 "-KXTSIGNHBSTS soilettej j kinds of merchandise, machinery, wa:- ons, etc, aeeompanled with cask or sfty ac ceptance, will reeeive earatal n-msssi atten tion. Ail coastgnments tons aod rvuSMklpped by ils, coTerwl KyoaropE rolseyo tssmraace unless otherwise instraeted. Saw. snr per mission, to (ierraan Mattnni Fsuiar rjrV aroTioa IF yes wish to save mosey, yoa will bey yosi lloor- A Mill It at the ftxee. sierBeot aad Sboe Store, -181 x un,t, as yes Trill always be sa leal la styles and prtees. V. W. wTKM LBR A ITJw Praip s. DAY, KEALEOPER &CO, (Successors to Foster, K rOa,). GROCERS, and commission msiiim, 365 r-nKl fttreet. Blaff City Terra Cotte Wt JAMES 8TK8L, rinsslsam. MANUFACTURER OF STONEWABo SEWER PIPE Shelby street, feet. Soma aad flsoigla. aear i erra. k. k. Depot, sHsapass, ream. J. IT. HUMPHREYS. CIVIL ENGINES a & SUK7IT9R 19 Sfadlson street, p gatnb OO. commission mouirrs -IX Batter, Cheese, Apples, Onions, Hi ant, Steals, Flour, Ieanut, Dried Fruit-, I'oultrjry... Sleal, OraH And ail other CanatfBiaents and Orders SoUeMed and Promptly Attended to. 5To. 342 ITroufc Street, MEMPHIS, TESX. ABSTRACTS OF TffiSs rvWNFHS OF REAL ESTATK, ! x F cuaHmDisimKDBnause.arB uu.reuiy, auuiuu. nave usiea : amtDed.and those havtsz sat should -provide thems-le rmtai t Title, and so avoid delay w&eB s innnli SCAIU .t GKKHt,lfY, their new-ofsce.Ao.ai Xmilua are prepared 10 examtiw na.t - ah at abstracts, on asi Liso m Kfcssbv w r reasonable rates. " " J. P. CAEUTElEB-j. '. JOffleiYarvtes Bie" 3 Esxosd sirett, os-sulij, & jS! ISiMBIES, FA Wave waiaael ana . rat X i r i It Ka