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ROME. • Disagreeable Character of the W mter-Climato. The Dearest Place in the World to Die in. The Ancient City—lts Mighty Men and Mighty Deeds. Communism Ono of tho Most Potent Causes of tho Fall of tho Empire. The Paradise of Deadbeats—Free* lunching Reduced to a Soumco. Special Corru&ondenee of The Chicago I'Hbune, Rome, Feb. IT, 1874, Homo possesses ono of tho most UIHAOnEEADLE WINTER-OMMAI’ES In Europe. Tho o&uso of this is tho sudden and perpetual changed Of tho wonthor. Ouo day, tho atmosphoro will bo bright and warm, with a soft, balmy wind blowing inland from tho uoa. • Tlio inoxt day. ouo will bo chilled to tho bono by a ilbarp, biting bjlput from tbo snow-covorod Ap ennines. Those precipitate variations of tem perature produce colds, fevers, pneumonia, diph theria, and other complaints. Tho numerous monuments in tho Protestant burial-ground at tetat too suroly tbo bad character of the climate. It> could hardly bo otborwfeo, when odd is subject to tho constant alternations of a soft, warm, relaxing SiVocco wind from tho South, and tho bittor, freezing Trmnonfann galo from tho North, which some times prevails for wcoks, but raroly for less than threo days at a time. There nro other thlngi i which aggravate tho ovQs of tho chmato. Ono it i, that tho churches and galleries of art wbiob travelers visit aro DEADLY COLD in win tor. Tho thick walls aro of stone 5 the Hoots oro of marblo ; the interior is filled with great granite or marblo pillars and columns. Tbo sb ono of which thoßo pubbo odificos aro constn ictod absorbs all tbo warmth in tbo ot mospbi are, and, no matter how warm and ploaenn t it may bo out of doors, insido tbo. temper! vturo will bo at or near the froezin] ; point. Walking about on those cold mi \rblo floors is like walking on ico, and chills tl 10 foot fully as much. Thoso publifc buildingi > aro novor artificially boated. Ono novor set is stovos, hot-air furnaces, registers, or eicam-coTls, in a public building in Homo, or any other Itab lan city. Fuol is DEAD AND SCARCE, and they a> *0 afraid of risk from flro. One rare ly boars of a church being, burnt in Italy, unless it bo sot on firo by lightning. Hut really there is not much combustible- material in them, as one sees IhUto that coirid burn,— except stone pillars, brick walla, and f.hoir covering of stucco. Tills stucco, by tbo way, is universal in Italy. Every building, largo or small, public or private, is covered with stucco, 'painted in any color to suit tbo fancy. I am Heartily tirod of stucco, and exclaim, A plaguo cm your stucco bouses! When ono returns, shivering from a visit to the chilly churches an id benumbing galleries to bis apartments, there is nothing hotter in tho caloric way than a s'fekiy, puny firo of two or throe little sticks of wood, in a Uro-placo a foot or eighteen inches square ; and what little beat is generated from the contemptible little fire mostly goes up tho smoky little chimney. Thh almost inevitable coneequionco of exposure to such a climate, and tlio a old, damp air of the public buildings, is SICKNESS AND IttlUß Y TO HEALTH. Borne is a fine place, ho wovor, for druggists and doctors, who flourish 'hero and amass for tunes. Tho undertakers ao-d ombolmora also do % prosperous and active bus inoss. It is a curious fact, that the defunct English who die hero are mostly deposited iu tbo Protest ant Cemetery, while tho (deceased Americans are, with few exceptions, “expressed” to their native land for interment. The Americans, in this respect, areas superstitions as the China man, and insist that their bones shall crumble in the free soil of tho Great Bopublio, Borne is the- DEAREST PLACE IN THE WOULD for a foreigner to die in. 3?rom tbo moment tho breath is out of tbo body until tho final disposi tion of tho remains, a system of extortion pro rails. Tho landlord will most likely lay iu a claim for heavy damages, Ho will insist on being paid tho cost of a now sot of furniture, carpets, Trail-paper, bed and bed-clothea, etc., rmd for tho rout of tho apartments for several weeks, dur ing which they aro undergoing fumigation, dis infection, and rofurni’ihing. Tbo municipal law gives thorn, such indemnities in case of death occurring from infectious diseases, snch as small-pox, scarlatina, and typhus fever; but they call prutty numb all kinds of sickness which produces doath “ infectious,” and insist on thoir exorbitant demands being paid,—enforcing them bv veuatior* litigation, seizures of tho of fsets of tiro deceased, and abuse of tho relatives. After tho landlords aro settled with, tho rapa cious bills of the undertakers aro noxt in ordor. Tho omb; timer requires about 1,20U to 1,500 francs for bis foe. Tho corporation of tho city prcsnnts a bill; tho olorgvman who dronas over some printed prayers expects a STatulty cf several guineas 5 and sundry and ivora other people expect fees for doing what it Is difficult bo comprehend. Tho best advice that can bo givno to tho traveler is, not to die in Romo if he 0 r sho can avoid it, but to select some other town, and the one nearest your American b 01 no is to Lo tho most preferred. Rut, with all its drawbacks, its bad winter climate, its disaurcoabilitics in lifo, audits expon blvouobs in death, there is something WONDER FOI.LV AND IIUIESITIDLY ATTRACTIVE and fascir inting in this Capital of tho auolont world. Ono is drawn boro by influences that cannot bo resisted, and kept hero lor months, In despite o t climate and sickness. One is howil-' dored by the vastnoss of interest before him; by an oudlo.sß labyrinth of objects of absorbing in terest. Hero’is tho city that ruled tho political world for a thousand years; and, when that rule porishoid, it was to commence another, and domineer tho spiritual world for another thou sand yor ire as absolutely as it had tho political. The echo lar, tho philosopher, tho statesman, tho Jurist, tl io General, tho pietist, tho oitist, the nntlquari an, tho—ovoiybody, fluds boro an en grossing Hold of contemplation. A largo part of the schoolboy .ducation of every youth relates to tho hi mory of Ancient Romo, and a study of her 3HIOHTY DEEDS AND MIGHTY MEM. Ono begins with tho matvelous story of Romuluu. Remus, and tho female ’wolf who nurtured and protected them; and pansies for a period of more than 700 years through a history of tho roost astonishing and captivat ing character. At every page ho moots a now surprise, a non actor performing an ox traordin ary part, a now scene of most dramatic and tin i Ring Interest, until tho whole culminates In tho bloody murder of tbo mighty Julius Cice&r, ivho gathered his mautlo about him and lay down iu death, covered with, wounds, at the foot of groat Pompey’s statue, which “ran blood ”t it witnessing tho shocking event. With this traffic termination of tho Republic tho play opens w,ith THE EMPIRE, and for another 700 years the student is con ducted through tho most terrible ovonts, tho most thrilling scones, tho most wonderful trans formations ; and, when tbo curtain at last drops nnd thci drama Is ended, nil around is darkness, ruins, und desolation. The mighty polity is ex tinct. That organization with‘ribs of stool and feet of brass is dissolved. Tho Romo of the Bcipiofi and tho Ciosara is dead, and henceforth only a sepulchre. And vet howmtlch of it livesl now much is deathless while man exists! Tho momoxy of her doods survives 5 her works live lifter her. llor mythology, her philosophy, hor rode of law, her plan of government, her poli tics, hor literature, lurr language, hep arts and tcionces, aro not lost to subsequent generations and nations; they bavonotcrumblodlntofchapo mss debris, like hor marblo and granite palaces, tomples, and forums j but aro FRESH AND VIVID, Mill are incorporated Into the education of every man and woman in tho olvillzed world, ty* hardly realize how much of our education and thoughts is derived from tho acta and Ideas of old Homo. Wo food on them In our youth, digest them in maturity; and solaco our old ago in their contomphtlnn. Tho Homan code of law ia tlio basis and foundation of all olvll and crimi nal jurisprudence in Hut civilized world. Tho Homan forma of governments during the Repub lic and Empire nro followed and copied, and but little Improved on, by tho nations of Europe and America of tho present times. And that which moat distinguishes the Modom from tho Dark Agon if» tho rondoptlon nf tho old Homan forma and ayatoma of law and political organization. When tho groat light of tho Bovou-llillod City wont out, it loft mankind to OnOFB IN DAIIKNESS for ft thousand years. Men endured tho trmrmy oJ.’Feudalism and the gloom of Superstition, und lived In the darkness-of Ignorance, among b.-its, arid owls, and crawling vermin, for long, long ages. It is only sine o tho sixteenth cou tury that they are beginning to omnrgo into tlio light of day, and enjoy 1 iborty of conscionco, political rights, anti such nodal position an tlio merits of each warrant; juid these very privi leges old Homo not onlv onjoyod. but created and taught, enforced and protected, and at bor death transmitted to ponto rlty. How Romo, having on jawed so long tho bless ings of freedom, and stab do government, and a htghly-doyolopod clvlllzaiiton, could at last do scoud so low into anarchy and ignorance, and then expire, is ono of tho marvels of history. But Ohlldo Harold says: There Isa moral of all human tales; ’Tin but tho rchoamil of thn past; First Freedom, and then glory ; when that fails, Wealth, Vico, Corruption,-.Uorbarlsm at lost. Sometimes I fear that our American Republic l ias passed the first two stages of “ Freedom and Glory," and entered upon those of “Wealth, Vice, and Corruption." If that bo so, tbo ondia i Heritable, and the time not far off wlion tho last stage of tho Ropu’oHo will bo reached. Ono of tho most potent causes that led to tbo decline and fall of Homo was COVMDNISIf. This fact has not sufficiently arrested tho atten tion of writers and publicists. Homo, as a city or municipal part of tho Empire, exorcised an unduo and monopolizing.iufluonco. as Paris has dono in Franco, hut in far greater degree and ex tent. Tho ambitious demagogues of tbo Homan Empire sought to curry favor with tho populace , of tho city by catering to tholr crmrlcos at tho public expense. Tho populace of Homo and tbo | Prrotorian Guards raado and unm ido Emperors, overawed tho Senate, and dictated to tho Gov ernment. ThoEraoorors, ns far bn ckns Augustus, commenced recognizing tho demands for special privileges nnct favors, and sncraimblng to the elumors, of the rabble. And what was it they demanded ? Free admission to tho circuses, theatres and amphitheatres ; rmd next subsist ence. This abuse grow year hv year, until it hardened into an imperative custom. THE GIGANTIC COT.ISEDSf, begun bv Vespasian and completed by Titus, to wards tho end of tho first century, was erected for tho purpose of furnishing tho Homan Com munists bloody, exciting, tragic amusement. It was largo enough to scat and stand 100,000 spec tators, nlno-tonths of whom enforod and onjoyod tho scones on freo tickoVs. Tho Government deadheaded " them at tlw expense of tho tax payers of tho Empire. P.i this arena, tons of thousands of gladiators and wild boasts fought and destroyed each other, {nr tho base gratification of tbo turbulent ami bloodthirsty Communists of Romo. Half-a-dozen other amphitheatres worn constructed in different parts of tho city, at public expense, for tbo gratuitous gratifica tion of tho aama class of people. Enormous circuses—raco*c'.mraes in fact—woro constructed bv the Emperors to afford amusement to the proletarian class. the ornouß op maximus, on '/ho granud celebrated as the scone of the Sabine raps, was 2,187 foot long bv S)GO foot in broadth. Tho circuit of tbo seats was one mile in length. It would seat 250,000 persons. Sometimes a hundred chariots would enter for fee race at once; and tho Emperor himself •vould drive ono, and compete for tho prize, and fho applause of tho Communist deadheads who watched the races and roared their approbation. 'Hie Circus of Maxentius was 1.580 foot long by 380 broad, and would seat 100.000 spectators. Nero built n circus on tho ground whore now stands St. Peter’s Church, which would accom modate 75.000 spectators. There wore several other smaller ones. But tho fastidious tauten of the Communists required a higher order of amusement, called THEATRES{ and a large number of these wore constructed and operated for their edification and delight. Tbo best Thespian talent of tho Empire was pro cured at the expense of the Public Treasury. Tragodv, comedy, farce, melodrama,, and the spectacular ballot wore all brought out and pre sented to the critical discernment of tbo hyper critical deadheads, who applauded or hissed the acting, just as ono sees nowadays.' 1 A fourth kind of amusement provided by tho State was called tho Baths, or THERM®, which wore really club-houses, got up on a stylo of magnificence unknown and unapproachable in modem limes. Tlio nuns of those Baths ex cite little loss wonder now than the stupendous remains of tho Coliseum itself. The ruins of tho Bath of Caracalla embrace a space four or five times as great as tho Court-House square of Chicago. Thoso of Constantino, Nero, Titus, Trajan, and Agrippa, wore not greatly inferior to Caracalta’s. None of them could bo built now for less than many millions of dollars. In ono of thoso chib-hotises, tho chief bathing pond or take would accommodate 1,000 persons at one time. There wore a dozen smaller and more private bathing apartments in tils build ing. Streams of hot water poured into tho ponds to temper tho coolness of the water. In each of those great Thermic was a ORAND rUI'LtC LJRRAIIV HALL, built after tho stvle of a tcmplo, supported by lofty marblo or granite columns. Tho walls and ceilings wore frescoed with marble, in tho most exquisite taste; and tho vorv floor was fresco work. Tho library-room of tho Bath of Dioclo slau is now tho Church of Bt. Bernardo, and is one of tho largest and most beautiful in Romo. Tho enormous granite and marblo pillars of tho old library-room still support the raaasivo brick-arched roof, a hundred feet above the floor, which has rested ooonrply on those supports for sixteen centuries. Tho groat bath at this establishment accommodated 3,200 swimmers at one time; and the circmnforonoo of tho wholo building was more than three quarters of a mile 1 Tho quantity of its ruins still visible is prodigious. la these club-houses the nows of tho day was discussed. In tho library ond reading-rooms tho latest nows was displayed on bulletin-boards, and road and speculated upon, just as one sees nowadays at a bulloMn-board containing tele graphic dispatches. Those club or bath-houfios weio also freo to tho community. They were built and supported at tho public expense of tho Empire, and used for tho pleasure and benefit of the indigent gentlemen of elegant leisure who abounded in Rome iu thoso days. But, when tho masses of tho populace wore provided so many time-killing amusements, tho enjoyment thereof necessarily abridged the time that should bo devoted to labor. To overcome this difficulty was eaov enough. It was simply NOT TO WORK but llvo at public expense. Tbov said they were entitled to leisure and amusement as well as the rich who lived on thoir income 5 and why should ihoy spend (heir valuable Jlvoa in toll for tho benefit of capitalists when they could llvo at tho expense of tbo National Treasury ? They wont to tho Emperors r.nd tho Senate with tho cry of “Broad or Blood.” There was no eight-or-eix liour-work-for-tcn-hours’-pay nonsense about their demand. They opened thoir minds freely and spoko their thoughts boldly. “ Gentle men,” said they, “give us food and clothing, and slaves to wait on us, fuel an l furniture, aui house-rent free, or down como your thrones and dignities !*' Public men could bo exceeding ly freo and generous In voting and giving awav o’thor people’s property in thoso doys as in these. The Government, to satisfy the demands of tho Roman rabble, n INCREASED THE TAXES and tithos of tho provinces and colonies, and enforced tho collection by tho sword. Millions ofoattlaand sheep woro thus collected and driven into Romo to bo slaughtered and dis tributed to tho Communists gratuitously. Millions of tons of breadstuffs woro taken from tho farmers of tho provinces, and givou to tho same class. Tho factories and work-shops of tho colonies paid tribute in thoir handicraft, to he dla fiosed of in tho same way as tho cattle and flour, ltd tho, Roman Communists also demanded money,—hard cash 5 and thodomngoguns exacted millions of pounds of coin from tho mastfea of tho people of tho Empiro to donate to tho vora cious(sponges of tho Cunltal. Deadheading and Irofl-lunchlng wore reduced to a soieiioo. Evory th/ng was without money or price; nothing wna earned by labor. There was a “free blow” all round tho board among those “ tolling, horny handed (?) sons of labor,” Tho Empiro was tho orange that was SQUEEZED AND BOOKED,‘ It waß convened into a Universal llollof and Aid Society for the support anil emolument of the sturdy lazzaronl of the Capital, who had in creased tho hours of leisure tmd reduced llioao of labor to tho point wlioro tho latter vanished nud the former embraced tho twouty-four hours per day Thia state of things was not the work of a vear or a generation. It commenced with small demands, made on the first Emnoror, which were cot easily dlskiugulAhablo from oharlty, and increased by degrees, und grow on what it fed. Thu rulers pave way atop by alop. Tho concessions of ouo Empot or furnished prece dents for tho next not to bo gainsaid or rcaiblcd, oxoopt at Ida pei 11. After a time, tho support of tho Homan Com rauuiata became ah iNTOLEnani.R iionnKM, too heavy to bo borne by tho people of tho prov inces ; and, one afier tho either, they rovollcd and throw off tho grievous voko, or refused to resist Mm invasions of tho G/olha and Hamis.— believing that a change of masters would bo for tho best,and that no change j could bo for tlio worse. Thus tho possessions of Homo woro lorn from her by rebellion and Inva sion. Tho Communists had bocomo too lazy and enervated oven to floht for tho retention of tho pr ovincos on which they subsisted, but caused heavier burdens to bo Im posed on those still remaining under tho con trol ol tho Oovornmont. This thlnp wont on. from had to worse, until tbo Homan Empire ex pired amidst Us ruins. Tho invading Goths ut last besieged and captured tho city itself, sacked It, burned It, and loft tho Communists tho nltor natlvotowork for their broad In the future or starve. Most of tho wrote dies, after having onton out tho vitals of tho Empire, preferred tho lat ter, and pEnrsnui) mow T?nn pace of the eautit, Tlui population rapidly 1.-nn down from a million and a half to half a mil lion, and then to a quar ter of a million, and ftmdly to half tho lot ter num ber; from which trlfiir.g handful It never rocov prod during tho fifteoti« centuries it baa been under tho control of tho Clui rch. But, during the throe years Mint Homo ban bcori tho Capital of Re united Italy, moron ai v houses have boon orootod than during the mocoding 800 years, and a greater accession ho tho population has boon made than since tho days of tlio Crusades. Tlio onlv work f ifirformed in Homo for two or throo centuries be fore its final fall was bv slaves. •Jlie Communists arrived at that state of per fection that thov D* iMANPCn HEAVES to wait on then i and administer to tholr lusts; and their demand was complied with. For a time tho Roman legions woro employed in making war on the border counties to cap ture prisoners to bo carried to Homo. Tho more powerful males woro consumed In tho amphitheatres in gladiatorial combats; tho others woro distributed among tho Communists as servants and mi stresses, to provide for tholr profit nnd pleasure. After tho dc/itniotion of Jerusalem, tons of thousands of tho surviving .Tows woro carried off prisoner of war to Homo, mid disposed of os hero described, with tho ex ception that tho f lovornmont retained a multi tude of ablo-bod.ied m°n a« slave-laborers in building new Thormro, circuses, coliseums, theatres, and otlior public works of similar de scription, for ihfi amusement of.' tho Communists. When ono conkemnlutos tho .actual state of so ciety In Homo dt u lug tho Erap'iro, and reflects on tbo monstrous oiubcb that wero at work for Its destruction, und oiminlng it and gnawing at Its vitals, tbo woiid or is, not that it foil, but that it did not boo* r-n TtnniLE to pieces. Tho Bopublio bad reared ftp a political system of marvoloun endurance ; tbo Em pire built baths nndamphuhoatros, and invented flames and divotHions. Thu Bopublio devised aws and nullifies based on tlio ideas of justice and political equality. Honesty and patriotism wore the values most esteemed in administra tion. The. invincible sword of tbo Ponublican legions conquered all surrounding countries. Tbo privileges of Poman citizenship to which tbovworo admitted, tho justice and equity of tho laws, tho mildness of administration, tho protoctioia against tumult or tyranny, reconciled tbo conquered nations to Poman rule, and made them loyal subjects and stout defenders of tho 'dignity and majesty of tbo mighty llepnblic. Had it not been for tbo can cer of Communism, which ato the heart out of tho Empire and destroyed it, who can toll how long limb Tvxmdorful Government might have lasted ? Who knows but it would bavo survived until tho present day, and Pome still bo tho mis tress of tin i world, and all its nations and tribes merely pre .vinces or Stales of tho UNIVERSAL DOMINION ? Certainly it would easily bavo survived all the other destructive agencies *for many long cen turies sul isoquont to its fall. A little experi ment of C Jommunism In Paris in 1848, and again in 1870. 1: rating only a few months, throw tho erroat Pre .uch nation into spasms and convulsions. The Pa? is Communists undertook in & small way to ii nltato tbo old Homan originals under tbo Empire, and. like them, to knjock off work and mako tb,.o rural districts and provinces support them in elegant idleness. They, too, demanded free am useraoms. money, meat, and clothes, and no rent. Millions of national bonds wore sold by tho demagogues at their head, from tho procoo is of which tbov subsisted. Thono bonds wore 1 .tided to tbo national debt. Times were “ coocl" while tbo “ spree ” lasted. But tho ru ral di* tricts, not caring to bo mado boasts of’ burdne to the Paris Socialists, revolted, marched on thi) city, and drowued the Communists iu their nwu blood. Will tlio Commuumt experi ment^, WHEN TRIED IN AMERIfIA, bo more snccospful than it was iu J.'Vanco ? Will it bn received with more favor, or endured with morn piitionco by tbo classes who, worlc with both bcail and bands for tho accumulation of a com* potency, and who aacc thoir earnings instead of squandering thorn in dram-sh ops and on silly amusements ? Tbo American farmers anil manufacturers, shop-keepers and professional man, aro eminently practical. and entirely capa ble of protecting their rights of property/ Those who wish to try Paris experiments on them would do w<dl to pause mid reflect before com- 1 mil.ting themselves too far. Tbo Communism of Itnme uitdor tho rorols of tbo Empire will, never be tokirated by any modem nation. That awful example will f/atisfy curiosity to the end of time, J. 11. HIHITS 6N GRAPH-CULTURE. Bary yoi ar dog in the garden— It will jr.uko your grapevine grow; Tenderly raft on tho summer air A ronfllc la soft and low; And 10/yoi ir saddest dirge be sung Fan a grl cf that passetb show I A dirge, a: requiem, said I,— Sing me ■ 1 song of the vino ] Of tho ripe Catawba’s decp’ulng bloom, And tho 1 mrplo Muscadine! In their mellow light thou Uv’st again, 0 terrier o.f mine ] And when I a cent the perfumed leaves lu (he d'lukV sunset glow, Metliink? *bey yield their voiceless praise To tho'sacrlnco below I Bury your dog in tho garden— It will muhoycur grape-vine growl And what la c&rthi'y rat-and-laa, ' Tho’ aye my cha risked prize, To tho drink that 1 oolstona Beauty’s lips, And brightens Beauty’s eyes? What better boon voulu’ut thou, 0 Jlp— What awootec Purudlso? Springfield (J/cnw.) Jleph’bltcun. TENNESSEE POLITICS. Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. HoMPins, Tenn,, March 0,1874. A Washington correspondent, writing to one of tho papers hero, mentions a visit paid by him ] to our present Governor, John O. Brown ; and. after stating that bo will not ho a candidate for ; ro-oloction, says t “It Is a satisfaction nowadays to hoar of ono prominent citizen who is not a. candidate for Governor.” Now, boo how welj-i that writer know tbo situation : Wo havo hero, in West Tennessee, throe announced candidates, namely : Cod. }obn S. Kerr, of this city; A. W. ■ Campbell, of Jackson ; and J. W. Porter, of Paris. Thou Middle Tennessee has five, name ly ; Goorgo 'W. Jones ; Gen. William B. Bute, of Nashville; J. W. Burton, of Murfreesboro , 1 Gen. Willihun A. Quarles, of Olurksvlllo ; and John F. novo. While ’ East Tennessee, in hor modesty, ouly wants two—John Netherlnnd and\ Gen. John Baxter—to suffer tho cares and anx ieties of that much-ooughc-for position. All of them aro prominent mou. and tho majority of them Imvo been lu th'o political arena for years, and wilt, with perhaps £• dozen or so more, sub mit tbelr claims to tho nominating convention of OouaorvatlvoH, whhih Is to bo held in Nashville during tho ntiddlo of April,—tho object of tho early mooting being to form a Stale ticket os formidable* as possible for tho fall election, lu order that tho Congressional election may bo worked iu a satisfactory man ner. lam told—and upon gt«od authority—that Andy Johnson will not bo a , candidate for Gu bernatorial honors, preferring, perhaps, to “abide by tho Constitution,” .xndput his trust In tho ‘’dear people,” and get tl tom to elect him as ono of tho to.u Congressmen who aro to be selected. Andy has yet quite a mu lifter of friends In and about Gntyiivillo, and won Id havo made many more, port laps, had ho noth’rod tho tom poranco army now invading his. station of tho Btato, which fen ivor blasts his hopes for tho sun- Eort of tho muss es, which lie, no dou.bt, thought 0 would get. 110 Is working qulotly.]i however, and undoubted ly has sbmotmng to do with the call for tho Nw ihvlllo Oonvoution, whl. rii comes apparently froi a Col. A. R. Colynr, who wants tho Conservatl vos and Democrats, as Yell os the * Libeials 4 io moot 011 a broad' and distinct platform, and join armloa against tm llopMblicniiß, • This they may do; but tie "meeting" will bo about tlio last ortho gmt ewißoUdattoi’., ns thoro will certainly bo ououlli dlssatlsflod political aspirants to upsot lio scheme, arid thn result will bo another Ilopulll can vlotovy in fcho Btato olocllon—providiugJof courso, 'bat tho party hoist tlio name of a nan equally ns popular as Gov. Brown; and that poy can or.sily do, ns thoro are somo half-a<l<zon scattered about tho Btato « ho could mnko a 7 big flgh'c " against tho names tnonlicnod obovo; ox cod t, porimpa, Col. Kerr, who, while not dd in politics, lias many friends on both sides,hud, perhaps, stands a hotter cbauco than auy a his obmpotltors. j * THE FARM AND GARDEN. / Oimgo l»lnn(M and Seed—About Drain* Tlio and Dral«l»itr—Seed-Corn—llor ora In tho Maple-Tree*! and a Item* cdy—A Bilal of Valuable Docliluon* Shade-Tree*—Tlio Study oK JSniomol otry—The llnttlo of the lluga and tlio Wood*—Spring-* .From Our Agricultural CorrenpondeAt, Champaign, 111,, Mnrchll, 1674. OSIOB PLANTS AND SEEDS. Plainfield, 111,, March 2, 1874. Mu, •‘HunAL’ , -Sm: I am told that then Is a cor ner in Osaue-HC(d, and that worthless seed M being put on tho market. Bhall I imrchuee now, cr wait and lako my cbauco for a fall lu the nmrkot 7 N. 8. . When in Texas last July, I was told, and In foot could boo, that tho OBago-scoJ crop was nearly a folturo. Thoro wos a groit supply of old sood on hand, as tbo orop of 1872 was largo ; and as tho wator was low iu tho streams in tho fall of that year, tho scod was piled up to afoait tho spring-rains in ordor to wash'ont tbo pulp ; and, In this seed was pub in such largo piles thatbecame boated, and all suoh sood is ruined. i/as a natural color, and Is not discolored in any manner; and a per son in tho habit of handling soods would dotoot it at onco. Thoro Is no doubt 0 fair supply of old seed of good quality; hut. of tho now crop, very little, if any, could bo obtained. Ouo largo dealer in Osage seed, at Denison, told mo ho did not think a bushel of now sood would bo got out, as thoro would not bo sufllcioatto make it an object to start up tho mills. Tho stock of plants on hand is largo, and lb in not probnhlo that as much seed as usual will bo sown this spring ; and, though sood must mlo high, and old seed at that, thoro is no reason to mako tho price speculative, as, iu that ovont, loss will bo planted, and thus leave tho old seed to go over, when it will bo of littlo value. In ordinary seasons, Osago seed, at Denison, Tox., is worth from $1 to $5 por bushel 5 aivd, as thoro is now all-rail to tho North, tbo sood should nob bo very dear. When it bad fto bo wagoned 600 to COO mllos, thoro was good reason to soil it at a good round price. A loiter of inquiry might ho addressed to a dealer In Osage seed, Denison or Dallas, Tox. Tho Postmaster no doubt would bandit over to tho pronor person. Iu this way sotid might bo had direct at a largo saving of cost, un ions the wholo stock has boon shipped out of tho country. In tho sowing of old seed, It will be found that a longer time is required in tho soaking. Had it not been for tho cutting down of tho old hedges, a largo quantity o{ sood would bn pro duced at homo, us these hedges bad begun to produce quite freely. It is probable that many largo lots of plants will be allowed to go over, and next spring n part of our supply of plants may bo 2 years old. DRAIN-TILE. Wo have had throe dry seasons, And people have given up Uie idea of using drain-tile for tho farm; but just now the land is pretty well saturated with moisture, and the low places need tilo-drniuifig, ami tho inquiry is: Who has drain tilo for Halo ? Parties wfco have rt should artvor tlso, so that people may know whore it is to bo had, and tho price. Mr. Waring, im the Country Gentleman, says that 1-inoh tile will drain tho water for 1,000 foot, and 2-inch 4,000 feet: and that 1,000 foet, with drains 40 foot apart, will drain a» acre. I havo the Joliet Hat. which gives 2-inch as their smalleei tile. If the inch-tllo will answer for 1,000 foot;, for 2,000, and for 3,000, it would be well to know it, as it would materially reduce tho cost of draining. Transportation is a large item in the cost of tilo, and it is an object to have it nude near whoro it is to bo used. The demand for tilo to drain cellars and hcuao-gronnda is annually incronolng, aid requires a largo amount to supply; aid it ought to bo mado at all of our lag© villages. Tine could bo done in connec tion with the brink-yards, unit tuns save largely in troigbt. In 1858 I put in 1,000 feet to drain off n small pond that had its outlet through, my gardm ; and that part of tho garden is ronolv to plant as early as any pait of it. The following year I nut in several thousand foot of inch dram. That put through a slough having; stiff clay bottom has remained sound, but in the upland low depressions it has failed. Wo can do a largo amount of drainage wit h tho plow, and tho laying off tho lands in tho direc tion of the natural drainage; bub, after al I, wo must have tilo-drnins and open drains in -order to take off tho surplus water. We can do uomo thing of Ibis work before it is possible to di) any plowing, by cutting furrows through tho low grounds to drain off all standing water. SEED-CORN. There is on inquiry for good aood-com, and tho supply is not over-abundant. In this: pt'rt of tho State tho socd-corn is always taken froun tho crib, while, at tbo North, it is carofull y «i- Ipc’rd at tho timo of bunking, and put up w hero it will euro out without danger of injuring t'ho vitality of tho need. An export can select good seed without difficulty. Tho chit, or germ,. >b white when the grain is broken open. Who ’ln car-loads aro selected in this way, and sent to other parts of the State, or to oilier State is. Here wo want an oar of com that has deep grai i is and a small cob,—that is, for all planted n p to tbo last half of May; and, af teir that timo, a more shallow grain with a smal lor oar, say of 10 to 12 rown of corn to tbo oar, wb ,110 tho larger kinds havo 12 to 21, with tho groa tor part 12 to 10 rows to tho onr. During tho pant dozen yearn 1 have planter 1 a great variety, with more or lees satisfactory re sults. The large hnckhorry. or grain will i a rough end, has been, planted for tho past tb iroo vears, but will hereafter ho dispensed with, and only ono ki«d hereafter planted, and that a yel low dent of 12 to 18 rows of corn to tho car, * run ning more at 11 to 10 rown. This always ri l pons well, and may bo planted fiom Anril 25 to . June 1. Tho seed used this spring will bo taken from tho crop of 1872, as tho com has beou kopt from exposure to (ho weather. Freezing never injures fullv-rlpo and cured com ; but, i* a trifle immature, and wo hn vo an oarlv frost, as was tho case last fall, tho seed corn from tho cribs must be selected with 9 . groat deal of care. For this reason I shall prof er tho old corn, which wo know* is good; wh ilo, in planting of tho now crop, each onr should ho ex amined. Whole car-loads of corn aro •. dripped that would make good seed, but those sb tould bo selected by an expert in corn-growing. It has boon tho practice with tho Chlcr igosood houses to have thoir seoft-corn selector] in this manner, and, as n Ronoral thing, thoy 1 aavo had a good article of soad-corn, tho only njomplaint being tho prico that they charge, floe d-corn is sold hero among farmoi'B for about 81 a bushel, to which is added the cost of sacks i .vhon ship ped. Mr. J. B. Thinner, ono of our lorj jest corn growors, was some yonru engaged in obtaining and testing tho whole family of deni corn, but ho found it dillloultto koop them no).ornate, and has given it up oh unprofitable. A :rooraffoho turned ovor to tho Industrial Unlvurs ity samples of bis varieties, which tho instituili m planted, but with about tbo sumo results. In selecting my seed. of tho sarno .quality year after year, the variety becomes some what ilxod; but n slight change will nlTcot tho ore ip. I select n rod cob, with a smooth, oven so irfaco, with deep grains, and of fair size, run ning twelve to sixteen town to tho oar. This ts iaUor a good average corn for, the whole season ’s planting, and produces u good crop. Many farmera go a long distance after seed corn, when (hoy have lust as good as thov got In their own cubs; ana a groat deal of time and money is wasted in the ell ‘ort at a supposed improvement. {There is a great demand for largo ears, but tho lar go oars are tho result of thin planting, and that is no proof of a largo yield, as it Is tho closo-pli -.nted, medi um-sized ears that ji Ivo tho grenta st yield. In Tennessee, vvlioro2Q|>iisholstothoa oroisalargo crop, the ears are very largo,'for ilu > reason that Micro isonlvone stills permitted I n a hill, and that one atnllc has but ono oar. There is another ni ror s tho sola Ming of the flrstnuoears. This loads to a sn mller grain, and will m time seriously aifoottho yield. What wo want is a good-slziid oar, that ripens at the proper season for Mm latitude. If wo plant hero the 20th of May, wo Ijavo an uvortq :o of HO days for tho corn to niatimi; but our la rge dent corn requires only about 120 davs, and some of those will begin to ripen at 100 days. Xlwo begin to plant the Ist day of fiUv. wo may begin to out up and shook qur corn fiopO. 1 1 M«d« by ootuluu- Ing'tho planting to Juno 1, wo oau out an lato as Oot 10. _ . Wo havo frost from Bopt. 20 to Oot. 10, for tho flrst, as a general rule. This period of frost Is somewhat dopondont on tho time of full moon tho Inst of Boplomber. In case tlio moon la full ho Toro tho 20th at this point, thoro is liltlo dan f orof frost, ami wo may putiontly wait until tho ull raoou lu October, ‘This year tho full moon occurs Sopt. 25, when wo shall bo very liable to havo a frost. It may appear strnugo that wo should consult tho tlrao of full moon in order to soloot our seed-corn, and yet it is so. If wo know tho timo of tlio autumn-frost, and tho day of planting, wo shall bo enabled to select seed-* com that will mature within those days. We have corn that will mature boro In 100 days, and somo that requires 1-10; and that from farther South will need 20 more days .added lu ordor to ripou. Two degrees fuithor North wo must havo seed that will ripen in about 100 days; and wo then begin to approach tho lino of tlio glazed corn, ami wlioro tho dent com will not ripou. lloro tho glazed corn is of uo value, such ns tho King Philip, Button, and other varieties, so valuable in tho Now England States. Every fanner should soloot his own seed-corn from year to year. In tho ovont that ho must purchase his flrst supply, let him not bo deceiv ed iu regard to tho sizo of tlio oar. but look to tuo yield per aero. It Is Witter to malco tho selection ut tho timo of husking tho crop, rather than to soloot tho flrst npo oars, unless tho general crop ripens too lato in tho season, or, hotter stated, is too many days in maturing. BOHEIIS IN MAPLE-TUBES. Looanhpout, Imi., March 0, 1874. Mr. “ RonAL l, —Sin : We sot sugar-tnaplo around our church—but they were all destroyed by tho borers. I observed that they did nut attack tho BofUninplcs in other localities, mm therefore sol out tbo Boft-muplcs to replace the others; but lust year those wore do utroyoil In like muuuor. Oau you toll us what to do in tho promises 7 13. J. I*. If tho sugar-maples wore taken from tho for est, and tho tops out off iu the usual maimer, it iu uo matter of surprise that tho borors attacked tho trees. Tho maplo-troo-boror lays its oggs in troos of wcakouod vitality, aud iu places exposed to tho sun, lathor than lu tho shade. For this reason, troos from tlio nurseries, in a vigorous stage of growth, aud with an abundance of fibrous roots, are much to bo preferred to thoso from tho forest, whoso long, rambling roots havo boon out off with tho spado in taking up. Tbo sllvor-loaf-maplo (not silver-poplar), a va riety of soft-maplo, is a more rapid grower than tho sugar.maplo, and is thus hotter adapted to transplanting, as it suffers loss by tho suock iu removing. But all this family suffer from tho borer if ihoy loso thoir vigor from too much cut ting off of tho top, sotting in sward-land, or other bad management; and yot tho borors con ho kept out of tho troos by tho uso of soap. This may bo either hard or soft soap, but tho former is tho most convenient of application, by rubbing tho softened bar up aud down tho trunk of tho troo. This is uo great task with troos ot proper size for sotting, which should not exceed 2 inches iu diamotor, and should ho young and vigorous. Tho eggs are laid on tho trunk of tho trees, in Juno and July, in this latitude; and, at points North, into August. Tho oggs hatch, and tho young worms oat' through tho baric into tho wood. They must thou bo cut out with a knife, or destroyed with a bout wire that may reach thorn. Tlio soap will prevent tho laying and hatching of the oggs, though moro than ouo ap plication should bo had. I have moro than 10 acres of maplos that havo boon transplanted, somo of which are moro than a foot iu diamonor, but uovor loso any chat havo hud tho proper caro, Tho sugar-maplo is of slow growth when young, aud tho nurserymen havo not found. it profltablo to grow. If Mr. I*. will rcsot tho yaid with trees of from V/ x to 2 inches, smooth aud thrifty, aud leave tho tops on, givo thorn a good mulch of loaves or rotten manure, aud apply tho soap, ho may havo a reasonable prospeot of see ing tho church bcuutiliod with that grandest of alf our shado-lrcos, tho sugar-maplo.. Tbo inaplo-trec-boror is called tho Beautiful Clviuu (CiytuH llayii). Tho worm oats into tho solid wood in all directions; but, as it makes a hole to ontor tho troo, it can always he detected. Tho thrifty trees in tho slmdo of tho forest aro neJdoin attacked, as tho moth prefers to lay its og&s ou the sunny uldo of tho trunk of tho true. Tiie soap will add' to tho appearance of tho troo, as its trunk will havo a smoother appearance. Wo havo many lino trees for nhadu aud orna ment : tho black-sugur-maplo (i' cor Nigrum), tho flilver-loaf-muplo (Acurßasycarpum), white elm, linn, sycamore, ash-lcaf-maplo (box-oldor), wlnto aud golden willow, while abb, black and whito walnut. The eugar-maplo needs long years to grow to give it a commanding ap pearance, hut this would be haatoued if tho uur- BiMyrueu would plant it In the nurseries, but they djslike to wait a dozen years to got a troo ready for sale, when tho poplar .cau bo grown from cuttings in three years, aud most of tho others from small plants in two or three moro. Tho. study ut noxious insects is becoming 2vUtO u routine auiuiig tho uludouta of tlio In tislrial University, and it is to ho honed that tho fluids will soon warrant the employment of such a. teacher as Prof. Itiloy, or somo other soiontiflo raid practical entomologist. Howovor, it is grat ifying to know that tho institution is slowly yet wiiroly drifting in this direction. Learning and l abor aro slow to clasp hands, and wo need edu cated labor rathor than learned labor. Wo must soon begin tho BATTLE OP TUB 8008 AND THE WEEDS, for they novor fail to como to tbo front when ever tlicro is an inch of earth or a plant for n lodgment. Tho time of planting in at hand; weeks ago tho spring wended from ovor tho * 4 Gulf,” and is making a steady march North ward. It has given greou peas to Florida, and on tho “Grand Chain n the 1 gardens are busy with cold frames and ilro-hcntod hot bods for tomato and sweet-potato plants; and hero tho farmers aro sowing grata seed and clover, and clearing up tho hold of corn-stalks, ready for the plow and tho planter. Panics, monopolies, Granges, Farm ers’ Clubs, singing-schools, and tho distant lycoum must yield fur tho timo being; for tbo hold, tho orchard, and tho garden will command our beat efforts. If spring fails to lay a good foundation for tbo crops, tbo summer cannot muko amends; for this reason wo must lay our plans with caution, and pursue them with a steady purpose. Bubal. MANUFACTURERS, MIDDLEMEN, FARMERS. OBixKosn, Wis., March 0,1874. To the Editor of The Chicago TsUmno: Sui: Middlemen in tho agricultural-imple ment trade, as o class, havo llttlo or no capital. Tho credit they claim to furnish fcho farmer is mot thoir own. They soil for tho manufacturer, and give any credit asked by tbedr ouslomers. With heavy machinery, such as threshing-roa ch, loos, Ac., it is customary to receive £ cash pay ’moot (if they can got it), and several *otos, rum ling ono, two. and three years, with 10 per cent interest for tho balance. Out of tho cash, tho .freight and commission aro retained, and tbo notes aro turned over to tho nrnmi fttctun or, unless the agent is a confidouco man, a nd soils thorn out, and loaves for parts unknow *n. Tho expense, delay, and vexation in collec ting this chins of notes aro only Jmoivn to thooo who have tried it. One of tho effects of this nnannorof doing business is to shipwreck nil tho si culler manufacturers, and concentrate tho trade L u tho hands of those who cun raise tho million) -* necessary to carry it on. Hanks wilt not furnish money on this class of paper. If tho fanuor b as not tho cash, and has to borrow, lot him born w in his own neighborhood, and unvo whatova 'ho can by buying for cash. When tlio notes aro i luo, it is no easier to pav, because tho party of wL tbm tho money was borrowed is a manufacturer, i md lives a thousand miles away. Tho majority of manufacturers of agricultural implements will .hail with joy tho day when tho middleman will ho forced to olthor buy thoir Block, or quit tho held. D, The Ud'iuuu Carnival. Tho Carnival at Home was celebrated this year with a splendor that must have gladdened the heart sof the Romans. Agreeably to tho edict of I ’asquino, lung of the Carnival, tho opening q ol was a grand mythological spectacle —tho rocnpMon by of tho visitor His Majesty the Emperor Batum and his daughter Cores. *Tho deities arrived at midday in a tri reme, fol lowed by a biroiHO supposed to bo llllod with fret* 1 slaves. Tho wOftthor was splendid, and tliouanndn of Humans \vore congregated on tho banks of tho Tiber to witness tho lauding. From thou ce tho procession in triumphal Carnival m mip along tho Flamintan Way, enter ing tho city ni the Porta del Pop 010, rasqnlno at the Plum *.a del Popolo giving hi.* welcome to tialurnus at lid tho acclamations of the crowd. Preceded by heralds in armor the oon v ogo alowly traversed tu o Oorso to tho Piazza Vone Man, gold ami silver oa Ins being scattered among the peo ple. Batumi is was mounted on uHriumpl'vil car, uud accompai ilod bv a Nubian band; while Cores won seated ot the summit of an Egyptian tow nie, and surro muled by the pviostossen of isis. There wore ah 'o Olympian temples. The fn'od mon wore repp osonted us guarding four colas pal lions. Pnsqtiit to himself bestrode a huge o.’e lihunt; tho reel of tho show being made up c’f lauds and mast ors In all varieties of device and character in la eplng with the Old World idea, and tho return 4 ■! tho ago of gold and timed of plenty. COLORADO. lontinuanco of Uio War between tho Cattle anil tlio Sheep lion. Tho Political Squabble—Squelching of the State Project. AlioliUou of tlio Board of Immigration— Progress of tho Grange . Movement. Farming in Colorado a Very Uncertain Piece oi Business. Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Canon City, Co!., March 1, 1874. Tho Indian ecaro has subsided,— absquatulat ed, so to speak,—petered out entirely, and our Wyoming cousins breathe freely again 5 but tho * SHEEP AND CATTLE WAR in Southern Colorado still maintains an ugly front, and furnishes abundance of trouble. It was hoped that our Legislative Solous would turn tho blaze of tboir powerful intellects upon tho subject, and enact some laws calculated to curb tho ferocity of tho cow-boys, and give tho gentle bucks and owes protection ; but they wore too much occupied with deadhead picnics and irrigation-memorials, land-grabs, and a thousand other schemes, to pay any portioular attention to the wants of those important indus tries, and nothing was done. To bo sure, one honorable member did submit tho draft of a bill declaring, in substance, that it was hardly right for human beings to slaughter stock and pop away at each other with revolvers, and author izing tho Legislature to impose linos or im prisonment upon all offenders duly convicted by tho laws of tho land; but tho bill was voted down ; tho author was alluded to In contemptuous terms; nud, abashed, disheart ened, ami disgusted, ho sank down in his seat, and remained shrouded In obscurity the remain der of tho session. As a natural consequence, tho cattio-mon are encouraged to commit greater deeds of lawlessness, and now tho life as well as tho property of a sheep-man stands upon a pro carious footiug. Tho other night a party of twelve men, all disguised, visitod a shoop-rauch over on tho St. Charles, a few miles south of Puoblo, aud, while part of tho crow covered tho owner with their revolvers, tho rest proceeded to tho yard, aud deliberately out tho throats of all the choicest sheep in tho drove. Many otbor outrages of a similar nature aro related. It is an unequal contest; tho cattle-men, owing to numerical superiority and tho nature of their oc cupation, liavo far tho best of it; and, unless a compromise can ho effected, their foes must loavo tho country, v ond one of tho most important industries in this region will ho ex tinguished. Tho outiro proceeding is a fair illustration of tho power a fow lawless spirits can exert in Colorado; and yot, strange oh it may appear, tholr conduct scorns to bo uphold by a fow papers in tho Territory. It is proper to add, however, that the editors of those organs are engaged in tho cattle-business, and are more competent to givo an opinion on beef, or tho good points of a Toxap steer, than they aro to wnto loaders, or cull the items required for a live newspaper. THE OUEAT rOLITICAI/ SQUABBLE continues to grow in magnitude and wax hot with interest. McCook's confirmation still hangs firo; hut wo aro assured by his most re liable organs and supporters that it is only a question of time, and that ho is suro to oomo back to Colorado with flying colors. Tho squabble has at least produced ouo good result: it has olfoctually squelched tho State movement for : some time to como, A fow mouths ago, Elbert and his King wore overflowing with arguments and appeals to Congress in favor of the move. Colorado was represented as teeming with un counted thousands; her herds, her mines, and her rich agricultural lands wore squeezed dry for material; hut, now that a now deal of Ter ritorial ofllcials is threatened, wo are treated to no more of tills high-flown nonsense. In view of his impending eupornoduro, Elbert Is not so anxious about tho State business; for how could ho, under tbo cir ‘cnmstaueoH. come before tho people as a candi date for Senator ? This same feeling troubles all the other patriots. Tho squirming and twist ing, the bitting back and forth, the allegations of perjury and tho counter-allegations, only show to the world tho real stuff of which the average Colorado politician is formed; and Uncle Sam, with his shrewd native sense, will doubtless wait some time before ho commits the destinies of Statehood to such hands. That sectional expensive, and we might say useless, institution, kuown as tho BOARD OP UtMIOEATIOM, has been abolished. It Ims Leon found that misrepresentation does not pay; that the seduc tive-looking pamphlets and circnlars, filled with exaggerated reports of Colorado, do not invito permanent settlement; and that tho only relia ble method is to adhere to tho good old stylo, and toll tho truth. False impressions never produce confidence; and, when the immigrant arrives in Colorado, and finds that tho country is not what it was represented to bo; when ho learns for tho first time that agriculture can only bo pursued in a fow favored localities ; that storms rage and diseases prevail hero as well os in other regions ; aud that, instead of a Paradise dotted hero and thoro with snowy mountains ami green valleys, it is in reality a vast sandy plain, dotted with bunches of sage-brush and cactus, —ho is apt to grow discouraged, and turns his faco to tho East with an opinion ten fold worse of the country than it deserves. At last tho more sensible have made the discovery, that the plan of fooling our immigrants does not pay; and, 'ha tho Board of immigration was only organized for that purpose, it has boon abolished. Tho class of people most needed hero is producers,—men who aro not afraid of a little hard work, and who do not come out expecting to jump into fortunes or easy positions at tho start. Denver, and, in fact, every other town in the Territory, is loirlv overrun with merchants, clerics, professional men, and non producers 5 hut the'man who brings his family, and is ready to settle down and begin work when ever ho can find a favorable location, is of more service and real benefit to tho Tonitory than tho whole crew of fortune-seekers and place-hunters. Perhaps thoro mnv bo something in the climate orwurroutidings, but about every other man who comes out to Colorado seems to bo impressed with tho idea that ho was not lon for vulgar toil; .aud. once at tho base of the lloeky Moun tains, he looks out for some genteel occupation. THE OUANOR-BOVKMENT ip now fairly oigauixoci and under full headway. L.vst week a number of farmers, representing tho obrthorn part of tho Territory, mot at tho quiet i’Htlo mountain-town of Powder, and re solved t.'dit they would cut loose from tho mo nopolists u*ml extortionists. and in future make their own luMnlimUoiis. A State Grange was put in operation, u'nd Mr, Tonnoy installed as Mas ter. Tho movoiMont is spreading rapidly, and nearly every agritHfitural district ami town in Colorado has, or is .'bout to have, its Grange. Tho main grievance *8 transportation. The farmers complain that t'*byaro not only unjustly taxed for alltlienocossarie.'pf Ufa shipped from tho East, hut also on agricultural implements and other machinery essential to development of this country. Among other things, Mr, ileury Leo, one of tho delegates, called! attention to tho fact that 8400,000 had boon bout out of Colorado in 1873 for oats, borloy, corn, chopped feed, oto., —all of which, lie claimed, could have boon, ami should have been, produced in Colo rado, The AVmcs grapples this text, and reads the farmers of Colorado a long sermon, declar ing it to ho tho ‘’height of absurdity to send East for food when tho same urt.’dos can just as well bo raised hero." It is well onough for a paper to stand up for tho country it represents 5 but wo ■submit that the farmers who have prac tically tested tho question know fully nuioh about tho productiveness and agricul tural capacities 01 Colorado as anybody else. Foots as thov actually exist to-day, and the ob servation ami experience of oven old settlor, will bear mo out in tho statement that farming in Colorado is a VBUV UNCERTAIN PIECE OB’ BUSINESS, and cannot he depended upon ns a moans of livelihood. Wheat, oats, or com cannot bo raised without» vast amount of trouble ami ex pense: and, by the time the farmer has his irri goting-ditohes built, ami the ground ready ♦'or seed, ho will find tlmtitUsfaj cheaper for mm to ship liiu breadstuffs from the States, even at U«o present exorbitant freight-charges, than to attempt to reclaim tho alkali-anils and deaert taudA of Colorado, 3,' Lie traveler m*y Joucuey up Uio Arkansas River from Fort Lyon to Pueblo, ami from tho lattor noiOHti tho Trinidad, and down Into Mow Mexi co, until- ho will And only ft imcccßslon of doßonod ranchos; and It 1b tho (tamo way up tho Platte. Tho experiment won made \ hut wltli corn at 25 omits a pound, and wheat at $5 a bnnliol, they could not make It pay. If Colo rado Ih snob a splendid aorioaitural country: if tho soil la bo prolific; it tho market 1» ho unex ceptional,—wl>y oro those ranchos deserted; and why Ih it that ovary now-oomor who Ims boon se duced Into tho idon of tilling tho soil throws It up al tho end of six months, and engages in mining nr Block-raising? Tho reason in evi dent} and, with tho practical results ho plainly written out boforo us, it is almost criminal for any paper to contend that Colorado kobhoshos impel ior attractions for tho farmer. Homo day in tho far-distant future, wbon tho rich prairies of tho Northwest nro nil under cultivation, and when the inhabitants begin to crowd each other for want of room, tho land of Colorado may bo needed, and may bo mndo available; but it Is not wauled now. Then, long homilies on Irrigation will come m play; thou, perhaps, tho President may with propriety recommend a deep and wide entml from tho huso of ttio llocky Mountains to tho Missouri lUvor; but, with tho thousands of acres of virgin soil beckoning to the fanmer from every western State, It isliardly to bo sup posed that ho will make such an ass of himself us to pass all by, and plant his homestead or pre emption filings on a Colorado Band-bank. During the last week of February, tho weather WAS QUITE COLT), and in some localities stock Buffered Rovoroly. At Douvor tlio mercury btood at 1G deg. below zero ; at Colorado Bpmigs, 10 deg.; ou lop of old Piko, 82 dog.; at Puoblo, 12 dog.; and at Canon City, 8 dog. In this locality wo have no snow, except what cau bo Boon on tho mountains 10 miles away ; but from tho Middle aud South Parka comes tuo dismal intelligence that tho snow is 8 loot doop ou a level. This ratber re joices tho miners, though, ns it insures plenty of water for operations tho coming season. NEBRASKA. State of the Country—>liiillnn Affairs •-What a £'roiutcramau Xhluks of tho tluntccr Policy* Corremmuience of The Chisago Tribune, Genoa, Nub. (1 mllo from Pawnee Village),) March 7, 1874. f Wo have bad anlco winter. Tiiopauio affect ed us iu the loro part of tbo winter; but wo have plenty to oat, though money irf scarce, and in loaned at 2 per cent per month on good secu rity. Wo havo good laud, fine prairies, and plenty of water. Timber is scarce, but wo do do not havo to do any fencing. Every ono baa to take caro of his own stock. There is not uu much gram destroyed as wboro tho country is fenced. Our average yield of wheat to tho aero ibis year was 20 bushels, oats 40 bushels, corn 80 bushels. Potatoes were almost a failure. Tho Indians aro causing quite an excitement. Tho Pawnees are peaceable as yet, but thoy mo very much dissatlßllcd as to tbo way they aro dealt with. Tho Agent received tIO.OOO for tho Sioux Indian annuities and is buying provisions for them; but thoy want tho money divided among them. ThoAgout will not do this, for this roasou : Tho Indians would not buy tboir flour or boof from tbo Quakers. Five hundred of the Pawnees joined tho Comauchcs last full, after getting their annuities. Tho leading Chief's name is Spotted Horse. There wore no moans taken to koop thorn on their reservation. Those Indians said thoy would go or fight. It is disgusting to Western men to see how Eastern Quakers mango tho noblo red man. One present Agent always ran a bonrdiug-ecbool be fore bo came hero. Ho bus boon ono year hero, and all bo knows of tho Indians is bisoxpoiionco of ono year. Mr. and Mrs. Plaito Imvo been forty years with the Pawncos, and thoy do not understand all of tbmr peculiarities yet; but : those Eastern men. that manage the Indians, think thoy are superior to Western men. Wo do not sco it in that light, however. Tho Indians ought to be managed by military men. Wo bo liovo that thoy can and would do justice to tha Indians in evory respect. Tho present system is all schools ; but *it ought to bo work, and touching them how to make u living. Wo have all confidence iu our worthy President, but ho has mado a mistake with tho Indians. It ho was competent to do justice to the llcbols, why then could nut thouo who fight Indians da justice to thorn ? I have always noon a Kopub* licati, and am yet; but, if it is to bo tho system of tho Itopuolicau party to lot tho minority rule, away with the parly, I Bay. It is but right than every Stale should manage its own affairs. Wa have as good men as tho East can produce, and men who kuow os much about ludians. Youra truly, " P. Dufjus. A GRANGE IUJRL\X. How the Order l*ut Away Their Dead* From the Leavenworth Vivien, March 8. The llrat burial of a member of the Patrons of Husbandry with tho honors of (ho Order that has caino to our notice, took placo day before yesterday in Kickapoo, when tho remains of Homy Bolin were consigned to (heir last resting placo with all tho pomp and funeral pageant of tho Granger burial service. Mr. Bohn was a prominent member, and tho attendance was very largo, Homo 400 persons being present. Th< programmo of tho butial wat about as follows: On leaving tho residence ol tho deceased, tho lioarso which contaiuod tho remains was flunked on olthor side by tbroo pall-bearers, who walked with uncovered heads and regalias draped in mourning, following tho hearse camo tho relatives of tho deceased, and next marched tho sisters of tho Order, clad in full regalia. Tho brothers camo next, and follow* lug thorn the vast concourse of people, who had como from far and near to witness tho cor omouios. Tlio remains wore iirst taken to the church, where a priest went through a service peculiar to tho Cacholio Church, of which the deceased was a member. When tho exercises hero had been concluded, tho procession took up its march for tho cemetery, .whore the Granger funeral rites were performed, Tho cofliu was placed on supports directly over tho open grave, amliomainea there till the impressive and inter esting service was concluded. Q. B. Cofliu, Mas ter of the Franklin Grange, conducted the core monies. When tho brothers and sisters of the Grange of which tho deceased was a member bad as sembled about tho grave, tho Master road a se lection from tho burial ritual, followed by a second selection by the Chaplain, ami then tho members repeated slowly and solemnly tho Lord's prayer, closing with a beautiful and ap propriate hymn. Tho brothers of tho Order then stopped to tho gravo and throw into tho opening several bouquets of flowers and ever greens. A short but noworful address was next delivered by tho Chaplain. While tho cofliu was being lowered a beautiful and soul-inspiring hymn was sung, and during tho singing tho sisters showered bouquets of flowers upon tho descending cofliu until it readied tho wooden box at tho bottom of tho gravo. The Master then sprinkled a portion of dirt thrown from the grave over tho cofliu, and tho service closed with tho solemn benediction of tho Chaplain. Taken throughout, tho ceremonies were very beautiful and impressive. This is tbo first burial of a Granger in tho county, and, if wo ara correctly informed, in tho Htato—that is, with tho ceremonies of tho Order. SPRING COMETH. Spring 1 Spring cometb,iny darling I Lift lliy brown eyes, and greet her wim me, Sown from the hlll-siclco tho brooklets are flowing Bo flows my lovo with fresh Impure to thee. Spring I Spring comoth, my dearest I Como to the woods, uml greet her with me, I'uat, ’ncatb their thick loaves, the May Uowow an growing; . . 80 grows my passionate lovo, Swcot, for thoo. Spring I Spring comotb, beloved I In tho bright morning grout her with mo. Birds to tholr mules in tho tree-tops are e-ulllog} So calls my longing heart, over, for tbeo. Spring! Springcometh, my darling! In tho cool evening greet her with me, On tho coy vloluts dew-drops uro falling; Bo may God’s blessings full sweetly ou tbM, —Margaret Baui/ordtu the Galaxy, A Couisiami IMo-llitur* From the St, Louis Democrat, A young man living ou Chouteau avenue, known in fashionable circloa oh the “Jlnuuifiil Blonde," went to Now Orleans to participate in the carnival. While thoro ho visited tho LogU lativo Assembly to boo ilio colorod huv-makorn. lie saw a stalwart negro rise to make a speech, holding a large picco of plo in hm loft hand. Ah tho orator proceeded, ho would tuko an occasion al bilo from tho pie, and then continue las ro marks. Tho spectacle of the legislative plo hitorsoamnsod the Beautiful Blonde that ho laughed loud and iinmodoratoly, bo qs to attract tho attention of the Assembly. Tho plo-oating statesman was highly oll'ondcd, and demanded that the Blonde bhoulcl bo elected. Tho request was about to bo complied with, when a Mr. Thompson, an acquaintance of tho lllomlo, in terfered and saved him from being turned out.