Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 June 1874 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL., TUESDAY. JUNE 16,. 1874.

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, AN IDYL OK THE SEA. . BT AUSTINE. "" Heavily, mournfnl'y, sobbed the sea. ' -' Hiding his face in miit of gray; Bobbed and stormed at his destiny, Through me livelong night to the dawn o v. . ' v. , ' .... Fiercely be beat on the silent shore ; Fiercely be cried to the cruel fate , That left him com forties evermore, - That left him loveless without a mate. Tili oat of the mlstTlike a pallid nun, A spirit fair, of his sorrow born.. . .. Atom on the wings of the rising sun, . To the aapphire gate of the golden morn. Like a tear shehung in the azure eye i .; f Of the shining day till the evening hour,.., ( Then fell a s;em rom the Jeweled sky , A drop of dew In the heart of a flower.' ' .t -v - - .5 - ,' ' In the blossom's booi she Uy and slept. Like a Uny parte from a shattered star. Till waking, down to the ground she erept, - And weeping sought for her love afar. . , . Little by Utile her current grew; -Swifter and swifter her footsteps sped; , For the love that she followed was strong and And'stretched to the sea like a sliver thread. r Year after year flowed the river's tide. Year aftor year sobbed the sea alone ; Then bia atrong arms held to a heart its bride, And the faithful river had found Its own. - . . LNDXASAPOLI3,jQ.ne,rT4. . -r.-' f .

OLD MEMORIES. . J. P. W. J From Good Words.) ' As she walked through the lonely street, Old memories breathed from esch stone ; Hhe could hear the sound of their feet, " Although she was walking alone. , , . Some footsteps were short and some long. Hut all keeping pace with ber own ; And she heard the refrain of a song, Yet still she was walking alone. At the corner she made a stand, . And watted for half a minute; tine could almost have sworn that a hand Was holding hers tightly In it. "And she felt on her lips a kiss. That was given her years agone: Then he murmured-'' Ah I why is this, When I came through the street alone?" . GENErtAL NOTES. Oonrbet. the ereat French artist whose tatest picture, "The Venus of thePeroquet, has startled the critics, is the son of a bumble French farmer, and has long lived at the little village of Ornans, in the department f Doub ;; A Mr. Parks, of Alton, III., has suggested the erection of a raonnmeat to Elijah, Love joy, at a cost of $100,000. Only a small atone, erected by a private citizen not ariendof the abolition cause, Dut an aanurer, maras Lovejoy's grave. . - , . , Six women burglars broke Into an unoccupied house in Brooklyn lately and carpets and ' furniture valued at ?T0Q carried away. , A portion ot the property has been recovered and the women have been arrested, and are held for trial. A St. Faul exchange notes the arrival In that city ot a party of English missionary teaehers. Among them was the bishop of Athabasca and wife. Athabasca is about seven hundred miles from Fort Garry, and its mission stations are widely scattered over Prince Rupert's Land. A bill composed almost entirely of pure sulphur, with only fifteen per cent, of impurities, has been discovered 900 miles' west ofOmaba. The introduction of sulphur into commerce will break the Sicilian monopoly, wwch for centuries nas been : a flourishing source of revenue to tnat island. - A correspondent of the St. Paul Press writing Jrom Martin county in that state says that many fields in that section which a few weeks ago jrave promise of a good promise are now as bare of vegetation as thouzb thev were never seeded. The grasshnnnera are vet onlv half grown, and it the present dry weather continues little grain can be raised in the regions desolated by these pebts. By a return just issued we learn that the area of London consists ot 122 square miles. The river Thames is crossed by 17 bridges; the average daily supply of water is 514,209 metric tons, and the annual rateable valu able property is 20.000.000 sterling. Last vear the number ot births was 121,000 in 53 weeks, or 2,285 weekly ; and, as the deaths 76.CS1. or 1 445 weekly, the excess ot births over deaths was 44,46d, or 833 weekly. A short time ago a professional gambler went into a faro bank in Chicago to have an neazeinent with the "tiger." lie com menced playing, lost, won, lost again, con tinned losing; and finally at the end of 50 hours be quit the engagement out of pocket to the amount of 111.900. During this season the game was unbroken. The gambler never slept for a moment, never stopoed to eat a meal, but earned the whole tremendous enterprise through without rest, cassation or refreshment. The wines of Sejator Sumner have just been sold, consisting of about 425 bottles of a'great variety of brands. In exceptional cases only they brought fancy prices. Seven bottles of old llomance Burgandy, highly prized by Mr. Sumner, brought f 7 a bottl . One bottle of Johannes berger cabinet, from the cellars of Prince Metternich, 1862, was sold for 112. The auctioneer said he learned from a credible source it was Mr. Sumnex's special admiration, and that whenever he went into bis wine cellar, which was per bans once a year, he had this identical bottle hunted up, ana always remaraea, no ini a tended to have it opened on some occasion when Le bad particular lriends to dine with bun. The latest scandal in Chicago is to the effect that one of the respectable young exquisites of that highly moral city fell in love with a popular young actress. Miss Eliza O'Conner. and put her in a marble-fronted house, furnished luxuriously, and lived with her. Finally, Eliza brought matters to a crisis bv warning nim, uoucn oy name, that unless he should marry her, she should accent a üne position offered her Dy oian ager rituart, of the Naw York Park Theater, in New York, who was then looking for' rival to Clara Morris. They were soon mar ried by a magistrate and went on i a wedding trip. The blow is a severe one to Ira Couch's family, which has belonged to Chieac-o since 1833. and James Couch, bis father, has declared their partnership dis solved. . A letter from San Francisco gives the true history of the poem entitled "Binley and which has been going tho rounds of the newspaper press as a poem of Bret 'Harte's. It seems to have had its origin in a dispute which arose betw een the editor of tbe -Open Letter," in San Francisco, and some literary friends, the former asserting that a poem written in the tvle of any well known poet, no matter bow absurd, would be copied clear to the Atlantic seaboard. Accordingly the poem was written in the "Open Letter" as a contribution bv Bret Harte. The result was as expected, the poem was copied far and wide as genuine, and even found a place in Frank Leslie's magazine and was illustrated by Matt. Morgan. The publication of suh a literary fraud had two results: first, mat of proving how much tho acceptance o matter depends upon the name it bears ; and I, . i ... . , , . i . srwuujy, mat tbe dlacnmiaaung ana ens ical powers of the average American edi

tor are not of the highest order

THE PALACE OP, . THE POPES.

THE WONDERS OF THE VATICAN. WONDERFUL. BCILDtNO DESCRIPTION OF THI PA LACK OF THB POPES. Charles Warren Stoddard, the California essayist, writes a brilliantly interesting; description of a day in the Vatican: It is all very simple and very easily accomplished, especially if yoa are an' American. You get a permit to enter the Vatican. This is the first step, and your banker can easily take U for you.- Yoa pat oa voar ciawnammer and yoar white necktie.: It is much a though yoa were going to an evening party, but in this case gloves are not necessary. th ladles -go i n black, and as plainly dressed as possible. With these few pieliminaries the aaalr developes siowiy out surely, though after it 1 all over yoa can be arin to wonder how it happen eu. xea see kU lfatl..M la m.9 ratsafe VvArl1lA4n(V palaces in the worlds oThsr is no end to the I halls that fade away In the distance, growing I narrow and ragged as ' tney ciirno endless staircases, between long ranks of splendid pillars, and under arched roo fit that are fretted with stucco, fresco and statues that seem just ready to lean down from the cornices where tbey are bsn&ing on by their finger pails. . Any one who has tried urnud bis way to the museum or the picture galleries of the Vatican will remember what a confusing thing it is to keep Koing on past all sorts f doors and turning all sorts ot corners until, just as he is about to despair, be is rescued by one ot the guards, who doesn't speak any familiar language as a general thing, but who has found too many millions of lost souls like yourself, and set them in the right way at last, not to knor your case. Well, just fancy a building 1,151 feet in length. 767 in breadth, with eight grand staircases (and lots of little one), 20 courts, and 11,000 chambers of different sizes. I suppose no one man has ever seen the whole number of these chambers. . Lite is too short and shoe leather too dear to think ot it. ! Having purchased some ' j BOSARIES, CRUCIFIXES, MEDALS, etc., to be blessed by his Holinoss, I drove with a friend td the entrance of the palace, and together we entered. Mv friend was priest of distinction, who is a personal friend of the none and often at the Vatican. For this reason we needed no documents to admit us. The gorgeous Swiss Guards, who look likn nothi nor else under heaven, and ara probably the showiest soldiers on the face of the globe; the dazzling reiiows hiea Dark at oar approach like a shattered rainbow, and we were immediately lost in the labyrinths of the palace. We climbed stairs that seemed cut ont of solid marble Quarries, (or there was nothing to be seen but marble in some shape or other. . Again . and again we were met and parsed by guards; priests and monks, in robes ol many fashions and colors, pass ns : the place was alive with people, and vet none of. them seemed faruilliar to mv yes. We entered one room, passed nto ' ' others, ail or tnem having their separate uses, and most of them, in charge of officers. who ooked as little like the last lot as possible, Finally we came to a court, one of the wenty. where were carnages sua rootmen a livery, bu t how, tbey ever found their way thither I dare not conjecture. Bevond the court the chambers were more splendid than the last. New guards and pages in new uniforms and liveries moved to and fro through the endless suites of rooms, and kept everything in a gentle state or commotion. Here we left oar cloaks and hats. Here we took our rosaries and tokens in hand, and passed from one chamber to another; perhaps waiting a lew moments n each room while my companions spoke to gentlemen in waiting, clothed in crimson satin, and looking, very impressive indaed Rooms that were frescoed to tbe very floors finally gave place to rooms hung with splendid tapestry ot inestimable value. It began to look like basinets: the chambers with great brazen pots or coal, such as one meets with in all the Italian churches, when the churches are hetted at all. Those bra ziers called scaldini look a little heathen ish, and are none the less interesting for tbat reason. They are big enough for human sacrificeSjSome of them, but they are seldom hot enougn to hurt. THE FINAL MOMENT. For half an hour we waited in this room, a score of us. The Holy Father is supposed to make entree anywhere between the hours of 12 and 1. Somewhere between 12 and 1 he came. Meanwhile we walked about, exam ined the rich and beautiful tapestries, looked out the high windows upon tne .winding Ti ber, almost or acoior witn its oaoks ; saw little prison, like chu-ch, wherein the naughty priests are incarcerated: saw a little cnurcn, line prison, on tne steps oi wmcn a half dozeu. beggars were sunning themselves, Then we played with our rosaries and looked at each other, ana stood in a circle over the scald i no and warmed our fingers, but ulti mately returned to look at the tapestry and then seat ourselves in row on the chairs along tbe wall. It was rather dull, lor we bad seen plenty ot just such people as ourselves, and we were all on tbe same errand, which Is always stupid work. Two young fellows, who had a dozen rosaries strung on their arms, stole up and looked through tbe open door into the next room ; it was quite like ours, with its tapestries,its people,its scald ino there was no use looking any further. Fancy 11,000 copies of this sort of thing! A moth, no douDt attracted by the cunning work manship of the goblin on the wall wherein bees and butterflies fled tbrorgb a forest full of nymphs and satyrs, this unhappy moth having forgotten its rosary, and not caring to be presented to his holiness without it, tried to fly through a pane of glass, but failed. Then several of us thought to capit, but it was a fruitless chase, for the next moment there was a rush of garments i j the adjoining chamber, a stir which we telt without its being seen, as pupils will sometimes realize an event just betöre it happens, and with that an officer of tbe caurt entered, and we were all marshaled In a line reaching from the! two doors on' the opposite side of the room. There was a hum of voices, a few of the Pope's guards entered, followed by men in. splendid dresses, the nature of which there was scarcely time to notice, for at once a figure, clad in white, followed by a small army of attendants1 clad in various colors, entered, and we were on our knees In a moment, for this was none other than -" ' 11 ' pop Pius DC. . There is something marvelously magnetic in the atmosphere of this wonderful pope, I defy any man who is a man to stand in that audience chamber; and not: feel an in' stinctive desire to go down on1 his kness, and. of course, the very next minute down be goes. ,It is not necessary to be a Catho lie: it is not necessary even to feel a par ticular reverence for the pope, as you would for any man the purity of whose life has nver been attacked by his enemies. It is tbe indescribable something that possesses you the moment he enters tbe room and holds von fascinated so long as you are In his pre ence. Acd th9n it doesn't leave you at once; you remember hitn with a sense of uncom mon pleasure. It is much like the spiritual elevation, the delicious calm a fellow lecls. after be has made a good confession, if vou know., what that is. and probably most of you don't. The holy father was not more than ton minutes "in our room, for there were rooms full of other folk anxiously waiting his approach. To one be gave his benediction ana passed on; to another, a general ot distinction, be spoke rapiuly and with great spirit, and yet he spoke to this man of wtr as if he was speaking to a child. 'a son who had merited his father's love, and

it was charming to witness , the Intercom e.

Some of the gentlemen were introduced b the proper officer, who learned from their official document their nationality and the few items relating to them .which might in terest his holiness. Then came my turn. Before my presentation I was immediately recognized, and with a twinkle in bis eye and a gracious familiarity, be leaned on my shoulder and said to my companion, whom he greeted cordially: "Ah. this is an American!" I was never so flattered in all my life, for of late I have been taken for an Englishman in England, a Frenchman in France, and even an Italian in Itaiy : bat it was wonderfully good to be classified at lagt. but men you s&) me pope is infal lible and that accounts for it. We bad some little conversation, as much as man mir recall easily; it was all io - French, but .1 should have enjoyed it in any language under the sun. lie was glad to hear that I came from California; spoke of Archbishop Alemany; told me to be good, and I shall n)oy trying hereafter, though it is rather a rxre sometimes, t hen he paseea bis mas netic band over my rosaries and little statu ette of St. Peter, Just. like the big one which we al kiss and then be leit me for the next fellow, and the supreme moment wasover. It took so few seconds to do all this, and yet the benediction is indelible. What a capital arrangement of Divine Providence! A score of cardinals and other dignitaries walked with his holiness, and I was pre sented to one cardinal, who, upon learning : that I was a Californian, struck me playfully in the stomach aod said,' in very good Fuglish, "Then I am delighted to see you." California sounds a little like heaven away ou here; I realize this more and more every day. There was nothing after this but to und my way out of the Vatican, which I did ultimately. all aglow with delicious enthusiasm. 1 thought bow mauy millions of good Catho lics would give their all to bave been in my happy shoes, aod I wished I had been more worthy ot representing those in California for the few moments it was my pride and privilege to do so. On the way back to my room I read on many walls, on the door posts, on the pavement, and wherever there was an inviting space, tbesignncent legend, scrawled in chalk, or paint, or charcoal: "viva Pio ix 1" It argues something tbat these letters, like band writing on the walls of old. Mash in the face of the new king, and tnat they are echoed in the ends of the earth. In vain has the new government sought to obliterate them. They flash in tbe face of the sun every morning, and to each and all of these prophetic voices I cry ameu. A SINGULAR SUCCESS. THE LABORS OP SEVEN ENGLISH WOMEN THB PHILANTHROPIC LIFB WORK AND HOW IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. The Chicago Tribune gives the following review of tbe charitable work of some noble English women, as it appears in a recent English work entitled, "Facta non Verba:" It is full of interest, not only for its facts, but for its inferences. Believers and r.n believers in the enfranchisement of women can draw arguments from it. It will de light the former by proving to their satis faction, at least that women can plan and execute as wen as men. it win convince the latter tbat the proper field for feminine energy is philanthropy, not politics. The Athenaeum say 8: "If tbe volume does noth ing else, it at anv rate gives us a new notion o! how much there is for women to do. and bow much a woman can do If she is in earnest about ber work." Miss R e began her efforts a few years ago. . Khe bad a capital or xim. its lasting capacity has been ks miraculous as that ol tbs "Widow Cruse'soil " Sue has helped 178 governesses to emigrate to tbe British col onies, where they bave all, mainly through her efforts, found employment, she bas put 1.500 English women into good places, as domestics, in Australia and New Zealand. She bas personally taken to Canada aud placed in respectable families 1,200 children of tbe London streets. Nine-tenths of them are girls, "who, but for their bene factress' efforts, were condemned inevitably to a life of the lowest degradation." Minn Macpherson bas done tbe same good work for 1,800 children. Miss Chandler decided. some years since, to found a chanty l paralyzed. There was then no such thing in London, öbe began by taking care of A POOR PARALYZED CARPENTER.' As fast as she could, she assumed charge of more paralytics, one by one. She has now opened an hospital for paralysis and epilepsy in Queen's square, London. It is not ex - celled by any of the same sort in the world. She bas also established a convalescent hos pital, which is doing great good. She has, moreover, secured the endowment ot 'fortyeight permanent annuities for incurable paralytics and epileptics. She is now col lecting a large amount of money to be ap plied in tbe same way. Miss Gilbert, a blind lady, opened a blind-school in a Ilolborn cellar, for which she paid e'gh'een pence a week. She bas now 1,000 pupils, whom she bas taught to support themselves. Tbey maintain the institution tbat gives them a home, an education, and an occupation. Its maintenance costs 8,000 a year. . This work ot a poor blind woman may fairly bs compared with' any of tbe marvels history records as wrought by blind men. We ad mire the sightless king of Bohemia, with bis blazoned motto "Ich Dien," for his dauntless ride to death on the battle field of Crecy; but here is a blind woman who puts tbat motto into practice, and saves life Instead of destroying it. Mrs. Hilton has built up a day-nursery at Ratcliffe. It is one of tbe best of its kind, and bas served as a model tor , many. Miss Cooper has opened and managed a combined club, . readiug-room. and lecture course for costermongers. ' Miss Whateiy has organized great schools for Mo hammedan children at Cairo. The author closes his account of the work . , ". THESE SEVEN WOMEK have done in these words: "It may be said that there are many others who would have furnished me with good types of the phil anthropic Englishwoman, quite equal in the magnitude of their labors to those I have mentioned, but those whom I wish to take as my types are those who have had to fight their way op against difficulties,' frequently themselves in restricted circumstances, and not those whose position and wealth render philanthropic efforts less onerous.' These great works are tbe fruit of purely feminine effort. - They have been planned by women and : wrought ' by women. Tbe author ot '! Facta . -r ; non Verba" considers them as a proof : that women can do better by themselves, unfettered by conventual rule, than when organized in masses. It is; he says, a simple rule-of-tbree sum. If Miss Rye and Miss Macpherson bave cared lor 3,000 children, fifty women ought to csre for 75,000. What sisterhood, fifty strong, has done so? - The economy of thegojd work is another strong point. If the London charities, which are supported by taxation, were managed as well, the taxpayers of the city would save JE500.000 yearly. The iact is of moment here, in view of the damaging disclosures James Gordon Bennett has made in regard to the charitable organizations of the East. Some of them pay $3 in salaries for every dollar spent in their nominal work. There is a Bible Society in Virginia which is said to spend 9 In order to induce its self-denying agents to buy and distribute one dollar's worth of bibles.

, ')!!.-! I TIM f GO BY TÜRKS. ' ' I - An-English AYeult, Robert' Southwell,' wrote tbe following lines of much merit two centurlt and abalfago.J ...... ,.,,,., Tbe lopped tree In time may grow strain. Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower; The sorriest wight may find relief from pain, t The driest Roiinuck In some moistening shower. Time go 'by tarns, and caaocea change by course, ... . . From foul to fair, from better bap to worse. -."; i 4 ... i . - - ,i; i The sea of fortuneloth forever flow, Kbe draws her favors to the lowest ebb ; Ber tides have equal times to come and go, -' lier loom doth weave, the flue, and coarsest , web - - .. No loy co great bat runneth to an end, . , . r r. No hap so hard but may in time amend. , I 1 r.t o ii .. i . i :.!... . .J Not always fall r leaf, nor even spring; . r No endless nlghi nor yet eternal day ; ' The saddest bints a season find to slug, ;' ' The rouzbest storm a calm mav soon allav.

Thus with succeeding turns Uod tempereih all. iiiu man may nope io rise, yet iear to rau. A chance may win that by mischancVwM lost.'' That net that holds so great, takes little flan ; ' In some things all, in all tiling noue arc crossed; rew a i mey newi: out none nave ail they . wish. ' :-.. TJnmingled Joys here to no man befall: Who Jeawt, have tome who raost, have never all. f .. , DAWN. From Chambers' Journal.' There is a solemn stillness in the air; The moon attended bv a sinzlestar Hbines hiiib in placid etbtr: eastward far Along the norrizon s edge, there is a glare Of orange bilillauc, and above it fair , ' And paly b ne the ky. without a bar Of Htreaky cloud iUh pure expanse to mar, - is i' tic in rea wim tne opming Bpienaor. There! Tbe fulgent head springs, and a million rays Iazzle; my study-room la charmed wilbll&ht, A golden picture "f lis window plays On the green book-rase, and a shadowy weight jwninu me sits, and, as l turn to gaze, Aloess all my motion UKe an eirun sprite. THE TEMPERA Uß aVANGtEL THE BAXTER LAW. WILUAM BAXTER SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF HOUND AND ENLIGHTENED ARGUMENTS LOCAL OPTION UNCONSTITUTIONAL KKAW58 FOR ENDORSING THB LAW AS IT IS. To the Eklitor of the Smtmet i Sir: In a recent communication to the Cincinnati Gazette ' from its Indianapolis correspondent, touching tbe probable ques tion which will come before tbe impending political conventions in this state, the writer says: In regard to : temperance there' is but one course the party can pursue with any hope of saccess, and tnat is to meet tne question squarely attd boldly -no central atatementa wUl satisfy the people. The put form must eltber a-opl temperance or anti-temperance. There can be no half war ground this year. DodglDK the Issue will dlseust good men ana secure no vot from oaa ones" "i oo not te lieve :he Baxter law, as it now stands, will be endorsed : nor do 1 think it ousrht to be. I Ques tion whether the Hon. William Baxter himself would advie such action, aod I know scores ol men as radically in favr or temperance as he. would nnhealf allmrlv dlsannrove iL." ' "Whfotthe areat majority of tne party want however, and what they will demand of the convention, is a resolution favoring "a trlneent excise law, coupled with local option, that will proniott, wuer tne majority favors proniDition; aad regulate where the majority will not pro hibit.' As my name is mentioned in the above quotation, I venture to trespass upon your columns with a thought ot two in relation thereto. I heartily endorse that part of the quotation in reference to the propriety and necessity of the convention taking cogni zance of the temperance question, ilavimr canvassed 72 counties of the state and mingled with leading men in all these counties I am convinced tbat if the republicans do not take hold of this question squarely and boldly disintegration will ensue. Bat I dissent from tl;e opinion of tbe correspondent when he says that "astringent excise law, coupled with local option" must supersede our pres ent law. I am opposed to a stringent excise or license law because long experience bas irrefutably demonstrated. , . that it fails to check intemperance. Tbe very part tbat all tbe saloon keepers are clamor ing for such a law ought to convince evety reflecting mind tbat such a law means the untrammelled sale of all intoxicants. . I am opposed to the local option part of the prop osition because I bave every reason to be lieve that tbe Supreme Court would pronounce it unconstitutional. When 1 framed the present law I had in my mind local op tion. ' teuton consulting several oi tne uest lawyers and jurists of our state, touching local option, their unanimous opinion was tbat the Supreme Court would, pronounce 1 such a provision unconstitutional. ' Uence abandoned it and inserted the petition and majority clause. Tbe argument before tbe supreme Court to break down that clause fully convinced me that local option cannot be sustained before our Supreme Court with the present constitution of the state. So tbat to pass a local option law would very soon end in having no law at all. Although the present temperance law does not come ud to my standard, yet my opinion is mat the - best thing the . convention can do. is to endorse tnat taw accompanied with a declaration that the next legislature should pass a supplemen tary act, putting back the ytn section and otherwise strengthening and rendering more efficient some other sections of that act. One reason for such opinion is, because the principal points of that law have stood tbe crucial test of tbe Supreme Court. This to me is a very important consideration. But it is no eiymtter to dratua strong, emcent temperance law that will bear tbe strain ofthat court. Another reason is, because this law holds tbe saloon keeper responsible tor tbe damages which accrue tr-m his indiscrim i a ate and careless saleot i ntoxican ts,t b us protecting tue people against the fearful curse resulting from that traffic, a third reason is because experience has already shown tbat this law. has checked, considerably, tbe traffic in - drink and therefore saved tbe cmmuuity from considerable burdens proceeding therefrom. On referring to page four of "cost and cause" complied by that most thorough statistician, i John W. Ray, we find that . uuder. the .old license system in 10 years saloons increased over six times taster than the poll?, and the number of convicts over four -times raster, "üom pare 137J under the Baxter Jaw with 1672 under the license law, .and we.findasfol lows: December. 1872.' palls1 261,869: sa loons, 2.094; convicts committed, 845; nine counties without saloons;:; December. 18S, polls 205,854: saloons, 1,487; convicts, 350; 23 counties without saloons." From Decern ber, 1873, to this time the contrast is still more striking. ' Now, ' when we take- into consideration tbe newness of the law and a consequent want of knowledge on the part of tbe people how properly to apply it, as well as the fact that many of the officials had no sympathy with the law, this exhibit shows bow wonderfully effdcwye it will.be when put into rigorous operation throughout tbe state. There is an old adage that says "let well enough alone," and it seems to re tbat we should stop to think before we repeal that law and substitute another. For u yself, I be lieve now.asl bave ever done.that prohibition and prohioition only, with the civil damage clause included, will remedy the great evil that presses so heavily upon our people by the suicidal traffic in alcoholics;' and it is to this end that every lover of his race should steadily labor. But our present law seems to be more in accordance with the wishes of the people, because it gives them the power to determine ior themselves whether tbey will or will not have saloons in their midst, and because it gives them the legal power to defend themselves against tbe evils resulting from tbe reckless use ot intoxicants. These are some of the reasons, with several others.

why I am of tbe opinion that the political convention soon to be held should endorse our present temperance law, with a recommendation that our next legislature should pass a. supplementary act potting back the ninth" clause, and some other provisions which would tend to vender the law more efficient. ; .. , Wuxiah Baxtkb. ( Richmond, June 9, 1874, , s . ,. ;

i A WOXDERPUL ' OPER AI ION. ' ' ' ' A CONSUMrnVB ; PATTKNT 'SUBJECTED TO A 8TRANQB EXPERIMENT THE BLOOD OP A - I LAMB ipFCSED INTO TDK BUK AN BLOOD i HOWTHBTBANSPCSION WAS PONS. .. , . i The Chicago Inte r-Ocean of the 30th Inst., gives the following account of a very, interesting transfusion of blood; . Medical science has achieved another triumph, by an operation which , was successfully performed in this city yesterday. ' The event referred to was nothing less than the direct transfusion of blood from 'a lamb into tbe veins' of a man who resides in the north diylsion. The circumstances surrounding, this ; peculiar case, as related by tb parties interested, are substantially' tho following:" Mr. 1 Kleinsteuber, who Is tbe patient and subject,' la a German aged 36 years. By profession he is a teacher, but bis illness (he has .been suffering from consumption for a long time) has made labor at his calling a matur not to be though of, at1east"lateiy7TT was an in. stractor in the school oi tbe Rev. Mr. Mao der's church, on Superior street. Such was tbe severity and length - of limo during which he bad suffered from lung complaint, that be concluded to make a ionrnev to Europe, and Switzerland was suggested as a proper place for hira to visit, and, it possible, regain what had been lost. All. however. was of no avail. Mr. Kleinseuber at last gave up tbe hope of being benefited in the una oi William Tell, and with a heavy heart returned to Chicago, as he sup posed, to die. Several months ago, Dr. Carl Proegler, of the town of Addison, Du Page county; III., was called to attend the Chicago teacher. That gentleman gave the case his most thoughtful consideration. No means were left untried. Materia med ica was conscrip ted, but to no purpose. The experience of ur. rrogier came to bis aid when all other remedies failed, and tbe case seemed hopeless. Dr. Proegler on coming to tbe United Mates aia not lose sight of, or cease to reniemner, uis army lire and the siege of Paris. Mature deliberation in tbe ease ' of Mr. Kleinsteuber resulted in tbe physician suggesting tne ONLT PROBABLE COURSE which would save life, and with remark able nerve, the proposition we agreed to. fn order tbat preparations for., tbe ordeal might be as , , complete and elaborate as possible, and the best of medical skill witness tbe transfusion. Dr. rroegler invited several or bis colleagues to be present and witness the operation, and Dr. Theodore Wild, Ur. t'. c, Ilotzv and Dr. Henry Gradie, all ofthw city, were severally in attendance yesterday afternoon.- Mr, Kleinsteuber had been taken to tbe'resi dence of Mr. Henry Meyers, .No. : C82 North Franklin street, corner of Menontouee, where the family aided patient and opera tors to the best of their ability. About 4 o'clock'yesterday afternoon the doctors as sembled and commenced preparations for the moat delicate operation in surgery. Io compliance with tbe suggestions of Dr Ilasae, a ham shaped board bad been provided, on which tbe lamb was laid. Tbe surface was made to receive, plate like, tbe projections on tbe animal s body, tons rendering position and pulse easy and natural A strap bound tbe feet together, and paswd around the body at the hips, the shoulder, acd above the shoulder, besides holding tbe bead down by another round turn. Tbusecured on the smooth and fitting surface, it was the woik of but a moment to shear from the neck the shaggy wool, and open the collar of . the victim to tbe main artery. Into this a minute tube, called a canule, was entered, and the end of the blood vessel scured ' with lit thread. A somewhat sim-Ur operation was performed upon ,Mr. Kleln.Meuber, and the 'vein on the lower right arm was openod. A silver canule was introduced into this vein, and, as before, tbe blood-canal guarded by the silk, thread, with bis right arm resting over the rail, and in a comfortable position. All was now ready ior the transfusion. Tbe lamb was lifted with the board to wbfch it was fastened, and conveyed to the beiside of Mr. Kleinsteober. Tt e physicians, each, at his own part, began what was the leal work ot the entire affair. Tbe arm, whidi bad been bared when the incision to tbe vin was attempted, was moved closely up U tbe neck of tbe lamb, and the critical moment was at hand. The silver canule which ad been introduced into tbe vein ot Mr. Keinstenber was connected with the glass canule fastened In the artery ol THE LAMB'S NECK by means of a gotta percba tube; but before this was done tbe tube, or miniatura lose, was saturated in dissoluted soda, to prevent tbe coagulation of tbe blood In it. Simultan eously the silk threads tbat bound vein aid artery were loosened, Dy a physician u each, while a third timed the now of the blood. Tbe flowing lasted niuety seconds Each heartbeat of the lamb sent a certain quantity of the fluid to tbe canule which carried it to tne tuoe and tnence to tne vein of the patient. About eight ounces of blood were by this means conducted from tbe lamb in tbe space ot a minute and a half. Tbe sensations with which tbe transfusion was accompanied were subsequently described bv Mr. Kleinsteuber, and form an interesting episode in the case. For the first few seconds of tbe transfusion the right arm began to warm very perceptibly. This increase in temperature was followed by a slight difficulty in breathing. Then it appeared to tbe patient that everything was reeling, spinning around about him, and it also seemed to him that snow flakes were tailing. At tbe expiration ot ninety second the transfusion was discontinued. -By that time he could scarcely breathe, and tbe flow was stopped. The physicians, and especially Dr. Proegler, who has given -the subject special attention, say tbat these experiences related by Mr. Kleinsteuber coincide remarkably with tbe reports of corresponding cases by Dr. 'Hasse. Twenty-five minutes after tbe operation the patient recovered so tar as to regain his usual pulse and. was feeling well, lie conversed freely with bis wife, who went in to see him, and appeared in excellent spirits. ' Tbe operation was declared successful in every respect, and the skill with which it was conducted needs only to be known to be appreciated. Dr. Proegler, who resides at Addison," Do Page county, Temained wifti his patient during the niirht, and will probably return bo-e to day.1 lie bjh that yesterday afternoon's labors cannot' conclusively be relitd upon sooner tban three or four weeks, but the signal successes of Dr. 'Hasse's esses give much encouragement to all. The termina tion will be looked forward to with intense interest. ,v Mr. Bessemer is about launching his ship with a cabin balanced in the center to prevent sea sickness, and Captain Dicey has at Black wall Just compleeed a -vessel intended to cross the channel without the usual distressing and violent motion. The idea of Captain Dicey is that of two ships connected by an arcn throughout, aud between tbe two are the paddle wheels, which are thus in the middle. Should the experi ment prove successful, the short rolls, or chops of tho cross seas, will be counterbalanced bv tbe double koel. while the pitching may bo overcome to a great extent by the length of the vessel.

:s-z CABLE LAYING.7 - SENSATION FOB' NEW HAltPSBTRB THE PA BAP AT HEB OONSTBCCnON TH WIBK AWAITING AN AMBASSADOE. A special to tbe Chicago Times givrs some

facte and figures concerning the new "wire of intelligence," the end of which bas been brought within five miles of the Isle of Shoale N. IT.: The arrival of the Faraday fith tbe American end of tbe new Atlanticcable on board, at Portsmouth, N. is the great sensation ior years io that ancient poxUThe revenue cutter Levi Woodbury, which bas been cruising off the shore for several days witb the city scientist and newspaper men on board, met tbe Faraday about five miles outside tbe Isle of Shoals, and escorted ber Into Portsmouth harbor. This afternoon a jolly ticQEwas enjoyed on board, ana banquet partaken, at which everybody and' everything was toasted in choice winea Tbe iron steamship Faraday was built expressly for the laying ot submarine telegraph tinea, and ia in sire next to tbe Oreat Eastern. . She is 3G0 feet long by 62 feet beam, and 38 feet depth. She registers 5.000 tons, but her carrying capacity is over 500 toes. She is double ender, having two screws, each of tbe propellers having a separate Mt of engines, to insure strength. The cable tanks, three in number, are covered with double arches of iron plates. Two of the Uuks are 43 feet in diameter and the other S7 fret, each bei as 27 feet deep. . Fiiteen hundred miles o csuwwn uesiowea on mem. Toe paying out machine Is ingenious and reliable. rhe testing room is between tbe two main tanks, and. as both ends ot the. shin are alike and each fitted with steer apparatus,, the motion of the vessel can be reversed witbshght delay in CARRYING ON THE WORK. and, by means of (he combination principle in the machinery, can pick up or pay out witn equal facility. Tbe amount of cable taken on board tbe Faraday was about f ur thousand tons, being the Nova Scotia end witb tbe exception of about thirty mile.- of the Rye Beach shore end, which as prt -pared especially for shoal water, aad of heavy make (15.000 pounds to tne mile) tbat . it was shipped on board tbe steamer Ambassador. ' The present cable differs in totne respects from those hitherto made and laid down, having a conductor made of a strand of 12 copper wires, a wire of large diameter being to the center and the 11 smaller ones around it compounded, like one solid strand. This weight is 460 pounds - per nautical mile. ' The stranded wire is covered with a thin coating of compound and tben four coats of gutta-percba. each put rn separately and allowed to cool before applying another. -After the w hale-haa- been "covered in the manner described, it is covered with jute to ' the extent of three-fourths of an inch Increased diameter, and is then passed inco eloelng machines, where it ia closed by 10 galvanized iron wires, each wound with five strings of maoilla bemp to strengthen and . protect from rust and decay. . A pitchy budstanna,' la which asphalt is tbe . principal compound, is then applied, and, after being; smeared by this, the rubber-coating process is I repeated, .r Italian hemp being, used to hold the strands in their places until the necessary hardening is completed. i!'-1' ' THE ENTIRE LENGTH " ' of the new cable is 3,100 miles, the shore ends being about two and one-half Inches In diameter, while tbe deep sea cables Is seveneights ot an inch in diameter. The Faraday CHtand buojed tbe cable about five miles outside the shoals, and tbe Ambassador. " which is hourly exDecied. will snllneonthe shore end and fay it to Rye Illach. - The Faraday, after a few davsin Portsmouth harbor. will probably return direct to England, take on board the deep sea .cable, and lay It to Nova Scotia, tbe portion already laicf being that from Nova Scotia to New Hampshire.. It is confidently expected that the whole work f laying the present cable will be completed in August, ifino accidents occar. When finished it must prove of great advantage to the commercial world, as the tbe rates are to be about one-quarter of ' the . present . hiirh ratea of trinn. mission., The capital stock, every dollar ol which is paid up, is 1,350,000 sterling,wbicu is $-3,475,000. Having the resources and a thoroughly reliable cable at comma nH, this, company, with good financial management, must succeed. ... i THE SUMNER MONUMENT- . THB FIRST PLAN FOB A MONUMENT A PK : SORIPTION OF THE SHAFT AND THE 8TAT- . TJES. The Washington Republican gives the following plan for a monument to-be erected in that city in honor of the late Charles Sumner. It has been presented by an eminent artist to tbe executive committee of the Sumner National Monument Association. It is stated tbat if it is accepted it can be executed in either bronze or marble for the sum of 150,000. Tbe monument is to consist of one large central statue of Charles Sumner, and tour life-tize statues representative of the colored race; the five figures are to be made of best Italian marble and finest workmanship (or bronze if preferred ), and to be mounted on a handsome granite pedestal, which will be further ornamented by four bronze bas-reliefs. The statues will be as lolQwa: Central statue A statueigbt feet high cr. Charles Sumner; on its left will be a pilaster, on which will be seen, partly unrolled, tbe"civil-rights bill.T The senator's light armwill be extended towards heaven, while the hft, holding a parchment, will point to the etitues at tbe base of tbe monument. The oaror is intended to express the grand idea tbat all men being equal t efore God, tbe colored citizen of tbe-United S Utes is tberefon entitled to the same rights and privileg before the law as any other citizen of tbt game country.. This 'statue will stand on square shaftof granite tea feet high, with capital and base ot '- ' handsomb-besion; this shaft säai do placed on the eanuttt off fonjr flight of iteps, which rise six feet nd meet in the center. The shad w ill be fur thermore- ornamented- by having on each -one ot its ftces a bronze bas relief illustrative of the subjects, At tbe foot of these tour ti&nta or steps will be roar round granite pilasters eka feet high, ot handsom design, and placed o&eat each corner of the four Is ghts; on these pilasters are ta stand the lour representative statues, as follows t each with Ua name in bnnae letters on the granites " ' , . : i - L, Freedonv A semi-nade statue a female slave, to whom emancipation bas just dawned, and who casts from Ler wrists the broken sh&kles of servitude,-while with face turned to Heaven she thanks her Maker r.-i tViA fu&iinm K-KiAh at. lack mniM tn thft race she . represents, and of which she ia typically tbe mother. ' .- 2. War Statue of a colored soldier in the uniform of tbe United States army, holding his musket, with bayonet fixed, ready tore pel tbe coming attack of his country's foes; thus representing the colored citlieu sharin defence ot his country. 3. Peace Statue of a colored farmer leaning on the plough at hisiipht wde, and on which he rests bis right band, while with his left he brushes the moisture from bis ferehead thus illustrating the colored citizen earning Im bread by free labor and by tha sweat of bis brow. 4. Debate Statue ol a colored citizen a an orator and statesman, resting bis left hand on the fasces at his left, and to which he points" with the parchment In his right hand: thus impersonating tbe colored man occupying thehighest public petition, and sharing in tbe regulation aod government, of public Interests in this country.