Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 61, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1878 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY MOKNING,. OOTOBEE 16, 1878.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1C THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. The results of the October elections a waken new interest in the future success and policy of the democratic party. Fortunately for the country, there need be no doubts. In the past, the country under democratic rule marched steadily from triumph to triumph. The laws wera obeyed, the people were happy and contented, and prosperity and peace walked hand in hand. The constellation ofstates revolved in their well denned orbits around the central authority, without encroachment or coaflict, while the world looked on and admired the workings of a system of ' government which, while it guarded all interests, left the people so absolutely free to pur'sue their avocations that friction was so light and discords so immaterial as scarcely to attract attention, and harmony was maintained, while growth, and expansion were matters for constant gratification. Errors there were, for it is human to err, but amidst all tae iru perfections charged to the democratic party there is no instance on record where it sought to abridge the rights or the freedom of the people. On no page of its history is ret rded an act which can be tortured into a purpose of impairing fealty to the constitution of the country or of abrogating the rights of the states under the constitution. In all the vital essentials of constitutional government the democratic party has never swerved a hair's bread th the same always. Believing iu man's capacity for self-government, it has stood aloof from the wild schemes of fanatics and demagogues, and has held fast to principles which mus; prevail if republican institutions are maintained. It is these elements of strength and safety that in timolol trouble make the. people turn to the democratic party for relief and defense. This has been true in the past, it is true now, and the democratic party will continua to be recognized S3 the champion of the rights and liberties of the people ai long as this government endures. In what we have said of the democratic party is found just the opposite of the record of theradcal party, w'ach the people are now abandoning in every state m the Union, where (be truth has a fair chance to combat error. To deny these things is to deny selfevident truths, and in fool-.ardine&s is equivalent to denying any of the established axioms in mathematics. The fact that under ggeat excitement the people may be led away from their best interest) in no wise detracts from the faith the democratic party has in their capacity ultimately to comprehend the truth, or in their williDgtess to correct their own errors of judgment. "Thesober 'second thought" of the people is always right, and it is this that is influencing them to abasdQB radicalism. Thv hav found it to be a cheat arid a lie. Begniled by florid professions of devot'oa to their welfare, they followed it confidingly for years, and until it led them into bankruptcy and ruin. Claiming to' be the especial guardians of their liberties, they have seen the radical party batter down constitutions, bayonet legislatures, trample npon the ballot-box, employ military force to overawe and crush the weak, and finally, in the desperation of its wickedness, reverse their will in the choice of a president and vice president by means so essentially infamous as to defy description. These things are steadily working out a revolution in the popular mind, and as a consequence the democratic party is as steadily growing in .power. Great changes are not wrought in a day. It is enough if the friend of refrom can see a strong movement in the right .direction, and this jencoure&cmeat he democratic party has. It can boast of the control i! a majority of the states, the control of the United States senate, the control of the na tional house of representatives, and has, as was shown in 1876, a majority of the voters of the country. The revolution is going forward grandly. Its stately stepping can be seen in all directions. The democratic party is comiog Into power coming up out of the wilderness terrible as an army with banners. When It gilas full control of the government it will reduce the burdens of taxation. It will devise means to lift business from its prostration, restore confidence, awaeen the industries of the country, give the idle employment, and inaugurate an era of prosperity throughout the land. The outlook is auspicious. Let the people rejoice, for their deliverance from the curse of radicalism is at baud. THE NATIONAL. AND THE RADICAL. PARTY. Those who reflect at all upon such matters are curious to know why the radical managers, without an exception, are all in favor of the national bank currency instead of greenbacks. It is well understood that the people prefer the greenbacks. They are the best; besides, they are the cheapest; and being the best and the cheapest, one would suppose that a party claiming to be devoted to the best interests of the people would at once demand that the national bank bills should, be retired, and that greenbacks should take their place. Instead of this, however, we see that Blaine, Conklicg, Schurz and the rest of the radical man.agers and conspirators are all clamoring for the national banks. This is easily explained. The national banks as a general thing are radical Institutions, and can be counted upon to fight egainst the people. There are more than two thousand of these institutions in the country; they art scattered from the center to the remot est outposts of our inland commerce; they act in concert; they control a vast amount of money, and they are so situated that they can strike quick and with terrible force. If money is wanted to control an election, they have got it; if the screws are to be turned so as to influence voters, they have possession of the screws; if men are to be corrupted by money the national banks can promptly furnish all that is reqmred; henc8 the radical managers are a unit In their advocacy of the national bank system. The radical managers and speakers are continually drawing parallels between the national bank currency and the old state bank or wildcat currency.

Why? Nobody asks for a return to the old system of banking, and their dodge is resorted to to deceive the people. The demand is the substitution of greenbacks for national bank bills. As the case now stands the paper currency of the country consists of $340,000,000 greenback?, or leal tenders, and $320,000,000 national . bank notes. No one, however astute, is capable of giving any good reason why the country should have two kinds of paper currency . when one would answer every purpose. It has been well said that "the government gives the national banks special privileges. It takes 'th'eir bonds, and gives them the privilege of issuing $90 in notes for every $100 in bonds 'they deposit in the treasury; and it pays 'them interest on the bonds, while they get 'what profit they can on their notes. These 'notes represent debt; yet the banks realize 'from five to twenty-five per cent, profit on 'their circulation." And it is cok tended by Schurz and others that it is these special privileges that keep the banks in existence. "If the banking business is so unprofitable," says the New York Express, "that capitalists will not venture into it short of a gov'ernment subsidy like this, it had better be 'given up. Does the government subsidize 'ship builders, or cabinet makers, or boot'blacks, to keep them from giving up their 'trad ? The people repudiate the whole 'subsidy business In toto, as false in principle and pernicious ui practice. Most of the 'national banks which have giveu up their 'circulation keep on as banks, showing that 'the argument of Schurz is baseless. The 'real objections to the national banking sys'ten are that it is based on special privileges 'which are contrary to the gt-nius of cur in'stitutions and sound policy; that it com'bines and concentrates and consolidates the 'capitalist interest of the country in a way 'that is inimical, if not .dangerous, to the 'general welfare; that it tends to perpetuate 'the national debt; that it does in a:i indi'rect and costly way what the government 'can do directly and without expense; that 'it creates a monopoly that ought not to be 'suffered to exist," The people understand perfectly that there is co necessity for national bank currency, and since such privileges as the banks enjoy are dangerous to the liberties of the people, the sooner they are withdrawn the belter.

Onr Sew Congressman. The following pen picture of the new cou-gressraan-elecf from this district is from yesterday's News: The congressman elect from the Seventh Indiana district, Gilbert DaLi Mat r, hns been a years a Methodist preacher, and went from the pulpit in th'.selty to the stump in this district last July, on receiving the national nomination ; a month later the democrat in convention also nominated him. He has made an active cauvM and won many vote on his personality. His chief characteristic might he milled "mascnlinity" if the term is allowable. He is six feet high and weighs lKu pounds; square shou'dered, spare in flesh, strides v. hen he walks. Ho has dark hair; short cropped side whiskers, reddish brown in color nigh cheek bones; a face lull oi deep set ines; small blue eyes that seem to smolder, ready t bltfze when he edvocates Ms cause. His lower Jaw Clones lite a vice and set-iiim to open sparingly for his words, which gutters in a deep bass voice that gets' lower Instead of higher when us reaches a climax, fn nrea!rs ne dos not seen! to"warm ap"to hi subject B-."U,U,H8 .C L oh fire wlta it from the start, whethei h is talking relUlon or politics. He U not a grRC? fal speaker, either in nianner or method; has few gestures, ad is so devo'd ot the commonest tricks of oratory that he would lie called clumsy were it not that hi terrible earnestness cuirie8 him straight to his point. Helms little humor and doesn't conciliate his audi nice; he r-ars down on tnem at fn'.l chanjo. Jle is tntene, but not magnetic. He will be a champion of a cause, but not a leader of men. lie is 54 years old, a native of Shetiano couuty.Jlew York. He was in tli war from lWJ to 1W, in the Kihtli New "icri heavy arilllery nd iu i"67 ran mi the New York republican ticket for prison inspector, anil wh lefrated. He lias oxen In this city since l71, thre y his of which he was pastor of the laigest Methodit congregation In Indianapolis. At the lime of tils nomination he wu In charge of a small church, and at the last confereuce a month ago w.-w located. He is a widower and lias one culld, a boy about 10 years old.' He is above reproach in everything but his political views. EDISON IIUTLCD. Another luveiiliou 3Ide t'selen by a Kmll Boy. Burlington Hawkeye.1 We remember meeting Mr. Ediyoti, some years agi, when he was most deeply absorbed in his experiments relating to the conductivity of sounda through various med iums, and had a ions; and interesting conversation with him upon that subject. We conversed upoa the well known fact that the same inediam of transmission lias uMVrent properties at different times. We both cited instances in which a man fort v-three years old, though mDZ his utmost strength of lung and voice, could not shout loud tnough, at 6:30 in the morniDg, toaaraken a boy nine years old just on th9 other side of a lath and plaster partition, which at 11 ! o'clock that night the same boy would har a low whistle on the sidewalk, through time doors and twotiightiof stairs, and would spring instantly out of a sound sleep In response to it. It was the belief of Mr. Edison at that time tbat sound could be made to travel as rapidly as feeliog, and to test the matter he had Invented a delicate machine called the spanetrophone, which he was just about trying when we met him. We were grtatly interested in the machine and readily agreed to assist in the experiment. By the aid of Mr. KJison and a street car nickel we enticed Into the laboratory a boy about 7 years old. After many tims reassuring him and promising him solemnly that he should not be hurt, we gat the machine attached to him, and the great inventor laid the boy across his knees in the mo-it approved, old fashioned, Solomonic method. On a disk of the machine delicate indices were to record, orje the exact time of the sound of the spank, the other the exact sound the boy howled. The boy was a little suspicious at this point of the experiment, and with his head partly turned, was glaring fearfully at the inventor. Mr. Edison raised his band. A piercing howl rent the air, followed by a sharp concussion like the snapping of a musket cap, and when we examined the dial plate of the machine infallible science proudly demonstrated that the boy bowled OS seconds before he was slapped.. The boy went down stairs in three strides, with an injured look upon his tearful iace. Mr. Edison threw the machine ont of the window after the urchin, and we felt it was no time to intrude upon the sorrows of a great soul, writhing under a humiliating sense of failure. We have never met Mr. Edison since, but we have always thought ne didn't know much about boys or he would know bow utterly unreliable the best of them would be for a scientific experiment. II Carried n Miein Winder. I Boston Herald. There is nothing like miking yourself understood. On Thundiy evening in New York a western gentleman was accosted by two praci icing communists, who Intimated that they would "trouble him for bis watch." He at once explained that be carried his waich in his hip pocxet; that it wat a stem winder, full barreled, and that there wonld be "trouble all around" if he was obliged to pull it out The communists requested him to pass on his way aod keep their share of the watch till they asked him for it again.

CANNIBALISM. Instances of tha Horrible Practice in the Marquesas.

ilnallfictitiona of the Victim The Natle Penchant for Tonne Women, Good Templars, niaslonarles audi Babie The Religions Sacrifice. Fan Francisco Chronicle. Sept..29.J Among the passengers by the Greyhound, arrived at this port from Tahiti, was an American named Lewis Chase, who for more than a quarter of a century has never seen a civilized country, and has seldom looked upon the face of a white man. Ban Francisco is the first glimpse of civilization he has had since he lett his native home in Danburr, Connecticut, twenty-seven years ago. For, twenty five years and six months, precisely, he has lived on a group of islauds inhabited by ferocious canuibles, and, fortunately for himself, has come out hale and hearty, without ever having as much as a elice of human steak taken from his anatomy. A Chronicle reporter, after a considerable display of fascinating eloquence, mixed with offered potations of spiritual delight, finally succeeded in securin an interview with Mr. Chase, who, when tirst approached, presented a decidedly warlike and hostile front. But under the soothing process adopted by the interviewer, the latent bud of intellect rapidly bloomed and bore fruit, which is now placed before the mental palate of the reader. It is a savory dish, and can not fail to send a thrill of exquisite sensation through every nerve of the body and brain. . CANNIBALISM A3 A TIKE ART. The group of islands on which Mr. Chase has passed his quarter of a century is the Marquesas, where before his own eyes he has seen cannibalism practiced both as a fine art and as a tierce display ot human ferocity. This horrible practice is indulged in principally to gratify a deadly 6pirit of revenge which one tribe of natives holds against another. In the many brutal and bloody ciyil wars which they haye waged against one another the slain and captured victims are eaten with a vengeance. In their religious rites, also, they offer up human sacrifices captured in battle. When a victim is selected for a cannibal feast his body is washed clean, and the hair of his bead is burned off. It the feast is not of a religious character, the victim is simply beaten to death with war clubs, and when dead his body is aain washed and placed in a lare oven dug into the earth. The hole forming the oven has a fire Beneath, and over this is a pile of round stones. Oa the top of the stones mats made of strong material are placed, in which the body is wrapped up. These mats are then covered over with a great rile of leave?, and all is again covered with another layer of mats. The fire beneath ab-orbs enough of air to keep it burning steadily, and soon a volume of steam, is generated. Tnis escapt s slowly through the mats and leavts, aud gradually the body becomes cooked through, this simple but certain steaming process. The cooks are of superior skill in thtir profession, and can'iell to the instant when the bod j' is sufficiently "done" to suit the tastes of the guests. When ready to take it oat of the oven, all the material covering it is carefully removed, aid when it comes to the last layers surrounding the victim the mats are taken . off with a sensitive touch, lest any of the skin on the body should be torn away. When all is bare, and tba body looks brown and beau til ully cooked, a shout of demoniac laughter rends the air, and the cocks are complimented in the highest terms by the hosts of cannibals thirsting to enjoy the ('rradfui luxury, CANNIBAL DELICACIES. The brain and the eyes are considered the greatest delicacies, and are always given to the chiefs. The breasts, thighs and the outer portion of the calves of the legs are the next greatest luxuries, and in this category also may be placed slices cut off from other portions of the body. All the parts mentioned belong to the chiefs and the chiefeFsesofbiga and low rnk, according to their relative social sUtns, while the rt of the body and tbe entrails are BJkVHgtiy devoured by the common natives. Tut? "flesh is eaten from the hand, and to give it greater relish is dipped in native sauces. Cocoanuts, yams and various kinds of nuts are alo among the edibles, besides certain varieties of fish; but the piece de res'statce is the human portion of the spread. While the feast lats the greatest hilsrity prevails, and after it isovera drunken orle follows, when ever the liquors, native or imported, can b; procured. Scenes of the wildest licentiousness accompany the revel, and for days afttr the cannibals are in a state of semi-unconsciousness. They quietly retire to their huts and allow sleep and nature to restore their shattered constitutions. Sleep is their great restorative, and after a fearful debauch they will lie as if dead for a spa;e ot from ten to fifteen hours. KATISQ A BEAUTIFUL YOCHQ GIRL. Mr. Chase was witness to a fearful and revolting act of cannibalism practiced at the little harbor of Atawana two years ago. A young and beautiful girl had been captured and brought in a canoe to Auwani. one belongel to a tribe which was fiercely bated by her captors, and they determined to avenge themselves upon her. She was taken out into the center f tae village, stripptd naked aDd bound. Then, with war clubs, she was bt-aU n and fell as if dead to the ground. But while life yet lingered, a woman of AUwana rushed up to the prostrate body, and, with a ferocious yell, dug her finders into the eyes of her victim, plucked them out of their sockets and ate them in the presence of the infuriated and applauding multitue. Afterwards, whiie the body of the vic'im was yet warm, she wai disemboweled and her entrails were taken out and devoured, the cannibals fighting with each other for their share. Her whole body was then cut to piece and divided up amonst the cannibals present. While indulging in this almost incred.ble brutality shouts of joyous vengeance were heard on every side. The cannibals fairly reveled in devouring nearly every atom cf the body. They washed down the flesh eaten with na five intoxicating drinks, and after the carnage was concluded a triumphant war dance of vengeance followed. SACRIFICING BELUIIOUS VICTIMS. Great pomp and solemnity surround victims intended for religious sacrifices, and none but high priests caa officiate in the moat solemn ceremonies. The priests have numerous attendants, mostly yonng boys who are being educated for priestly honors. The victim selected is usually a mau of note among his tribe, and while he is iu the hands of his religions torturers, previous to the act of sacrifice, receives some consideration. When the hour arrives be is placed upon a large stone, to which hii body is bound firmly. The priests then chant low wails, which increase in volume nntil it seems ss if they were shrieking. Chsrms, spells and incantations are then brought into play, the priests occasionally placing their hands upon the intended sacrifice, who never utters a word from the time he is selected as a sacrifice to the moment of his death. The instant selected for performing the operation being reached, the chief high priest advances towards the victim, and, feeling . for the beating of the heart, announces to his attendants that be is ready to commence. He then takes a knife and deliberately cuts out the heart, the victim writhiDg in sgony during this process. To speak or utter a word during this frightful process would be coardic an evirfenca that the sacrifice had acknowledgf d tie power of his t ne mies. The heart cut out. it is handed to a young priest, who bears it off to the highest chief.

the priest considering this the greatest honor of his Jife. -The victim quickly expires, and then the whole body is cut up and divided among these waiting to receive their portion of it. The flesh of a religious victim is rcore highly prized than that of any other, all the portions considered tnost choice being reserved for the high priests and high chiefs. ' - THE VICTIMS MOST HIGHLY TEIZEO. The cannibals have epicurean tastes and a fine sense of the various shades of delicacy of different classes of victims. The flesh most highly prized is that of the African, and a colored, man who, in life, neither drank liquors nor smoked, if be falls into the hands of the Marquesas cannibals, is certain to have the highest respect shown him. He will be fed luxuriously and tended carefully up to the time be is to be sacrificsd. The bodies of missionaries take second rank, because in life they are supposed to have used neither liquors nor tobacco. Sailors are not esteemed a luxury, because their flesh is thoroughly saturated with smoke, whisky and salt water. The cannibals have the most dainty sense of smell in this respect, 'and will tell instantly whether their victim has ever been in the habit of using liquors or stimulants of any kind. Young children and women, especially unmarried women, are great luxuries. Persons advanced in years are seldom eaten, as their bodies are too full or well developed and tough sinews. Mr. Chase has never seen a white person offered up. as a sacrifice to the cannibal appetite, but there atfe well authenticated cases of such being the fact. A missionary aod two colored men are known to have been eaten on Dominique island, one of the most savage of the group. In recent times the cannibals rarely sacrihee a white victim, but they are entirely willing to do so if the opportunity offtrs. It is not safe to trust them with a tender Anglo-Sixon laruo, or anything in the shape of humanity that would be certain take a firdt prize at a baby show. Thtse not being procurable, no Objection would be offered to nuking them a good squnre meal out of a nice, fat, healthy missionary. Sailors are the only class of white men for whom the cannibals can not get up an appetite at a moment's warning. CANNIBALISM EXTENSIVELY PRACTICED. ' There are. 13 islands in the Marqueses group, seven of which are inhabited, aad on 6ix of these cannibalism is practiced. Mr. Chase is a resident of Uhua, known to mariners asWeshinglou island, and to his knowledge thei s hai not bten a ca; e o? cannibalism there In the 25 yenrs beh smttda it his home. The natives of Uhna say they never practiced cannibalism, though a few of the oldest inhabitants remember their parents telling them that such wa the case in the old times. The cannibals seem to indulge in their horrid practice from a pure love of revenge. They aie certainly not driven to it from want of foo J, as there is an abundauce on

the islands. No doub'. immemorial custom has much to do with keeping the beastly indulgence ia vone. Children are apt to follow in the fojrsteps of their fathers, an 1 gntration gives to generation laws and customs. Trie religious sacrifices of human bodle?, aud the habit of offering them up as food, is now more common than any other kind of cannibalism. The priejts know that if they relinquished such rites they would bo shorn of so much authority, and hence they cling tenaciously to their sscriric'al altars. Tue prie?tly class continue to hold the Lower of life or death over the natives, while many of the -chiefs have but nominal influence over them. Nearly all the powerful chiefs have died without leaving heirs to iubeiit their unbounded sway. The remaining chiefs, in union with the priest-', manage, however, to wield a despotic power, and are the principle defenders of cannibalism. HE HA.NM MOSEY. The Obstacles In the Way of the Yonug npoleouM Marriage With the Prince) Tbyrn. f Pari Letter in the New York Times. Will the young Napoleon marry Princess Tbyra of Dtnmark or will he not? The republican papers scout the idea as ridiculous, the Orleanists try to prove that such an event is a ru onerous impassibility, and both show so mUsli acrimony in tbeir articles tbat, in all prooabili'y, there i9 something iu ttie report The scheme 13 a clever one, thus to give a scia1 s talus among sovereigns to the Cu5selliur8t exiie whose chances of future r cognition by the best reigning families are thus pretty sure, while among his volatile countrymen they are quite es rosy os were those of his adventurer father. General Fltury is the promoter cf the enterprise, for the ex ambassador to Petersburg ii an infinitely more astute and wily dii lomatist and politician than was supposed by those who only knew him when he feather d Lis ctst to nicely by .he sale and purchase of horses for the imperial stnd, of which, tin grand equerry, he had the mannjemeut. The idea was first broached at Windsor, where it found a warm advocate in the princess of Wales, who was charmed at the prospect ot the future com panionshipof hercbarmiDg sister. Albert Ei ward, too, was in fvor, and the united influence of the royal pur overcame any opposition, if any opposition ever existed, at the Russian court, where the Conapartes were always found warm sympathizers. All. then, that efcrued wan'iug was the agreement of the Danish kirig and of the lady. The personnl appearance of the su tor settled the latter question at tie first interview. It is true that Le is two years her junior; but what are two years in the balance acinst first love and a possible throne Eome time hence? As to tbe pipa, be. to, gave in to political contidcrations.and was all readf to make another marriage Investment a kind of speculation into which he has gone deeply and been uncommonly successful, when we reflect ttat out of his8ix children one will r?ign oter his faithful Danes, Gforge has been more or less permanently settled among the Hellenes, the Princess Dagmar will be empress of all tbe Kussias, and the Princess Alexandra fiueen of England. The connection, for the neir of the Bonapartes, was, then, most desirable, and the eventuality of his return to France did not seem an immense risk, so that an invitation was extended to the young gentleman, who was on his way to visit some of his Sweeiish relatives. He came quite naturally, for Copenhagen is on the direct line -to Stock, holm, and was most cordially received by tae population, as well as by the court, pleased the fair fbyra, and after a Bhort s'ay went north, promising to ttop on his return, when the whole royal family would go to Eugland, continue the acquaintance, and sign the marriage contract. So far everything bad gone on merrily, but suddenly there was a hitch in the proceedings. . The priuce did not renew bis visit, and although the family, according to agreement, crossed fie channel, he 6till remained at Arenenbu"e, all of which is asserted to be the work of M. Iieuher, the great medicine man of the Bonapartist party, who, like Victor Hugo among the radicals, will not tolerate any interference with his functians as spiritual director of French imperialism. The empress and Fleury knew tbat he would give them trouble, and would Elay tbe part of the wicked enehsnt-r who nd been omitted from the list of gnests at the christening; but they hoped to keep the projects secret until it was too late to do mischief. Alas! they forgot that newspaper reporters sre indiscreet Rouher found out all about it, Baid never a word for weeks, and then came down upon tbe contracting parties with the simple phrase, "How is the young couple to live? They must keep up an establishment in harmony with their position. 8ix horses at least are uecfs?ary in the staoles. , Tne . prince must have an equerry, a secretary and a valet detharnbre; the princess a lady of honor. There must be a town house and a villa. Civilized rran can not do without a cxk, and his imperial highness can not black his

own boots any more than milady can lace her own stays. With less thaa 15,000 per annum this is impossible, and where will you get the 15,000?" The question was a puzzler. The Dani&h monarch is not a Cro sns, but he offered to put dDwn a million francs, which, at five per cent., would only leave 13,000 more to be made up, and the empress has determined to sell her property in Paris, of which M. Rouher occupies, rent free, the most desirable part, tut the great medicine man kicks against the arrangement, and unless a loan, in tbe style of the Don Carlos bonds, can be negotiated it is hard to see any issue from the dilemma. The Rational Dance of Hungary. lAppleton's Journal. The csardas is the national dance of Hungary. The general character cf the music is known to our concert roomfr tbe two four time and a certain wildiiess and abandon in the motiff but given by a band of Hungarian gypsies, who play with nu.rvelous skill, fire and grace, the czardas is a revelation in harmony and rhythm. George Sand, who was a thorough musician, in a conversation with Gottlieb Citter, said in tbat extravagant diction of kbers: "I love the music that is full of feeling, fantasy, conception wild music, if I may call it no because, though rich in harmony, it knows no convention. During the exhibition of 18G7 I spent almost every evening in a little beer house where" a band of Hungarian gypsies performed. Oh, the csirdas! Those gypsies following, like birds, their own instincts and caprices, played exactly to my mind Those grand floods of tone that now swelled out in wild power, now languished and died away in a biested sadness, (eemed to open up ail earthly and heavenly joy and sorrow, seemed to speak all the secrets of tha destroying aud restoring strength of Nature." But even a cooler judgment an English writer's is led into enthusiasm over the dramatic quality of their playing. He says: "They are lost in a kind of dreamy inspiration, and abandon themseves to the caprices of imagination. Their themes are often some legend or story related in music, and so they fiad scoie for their talent in improvising. Sometimes they grow so excited they seem actually go:ng through the scene they depict, and end by firing the audience with their own ardor. I have seen a performer work himself up to a sort of frenzy, and when he has, at last, given the final note, he sinks back in his chair literaLy exhausted." It is only fair to show that others, too, have had leaaons to asert that among no people, among no affluence of musical cultivation, no inspiring surroundings of , nature, can be found anything -that approaches the fervor, the origiualiiy, the daring, in the dramatic use of harmonies, that are not uncommon among players of this vagabond, thieviug, unclean Bolitmian blood. Whether the Hungarian music made the gypsies musicians, or tbe gypsy musicians made the Hungarian nius'c, might seem a question, so inseparable now is the singular style from the singular per 'ormer. Iu no other place where th?se mysterious tribes are living have they displayed any such conspicuous genius. As the enthusiastic Hungarians assert, the gypsies probably touched the original barbarous music of the country with tbe fire of their eastern nature, and so it kindled up, under their hands, in this blaze of fervor; and the weir J and marlisl old themes they interpret to strongly, develop o wonderfully, are the very numbers that delighted the ear of Arpad, and perhaps of Attlla himself, in his luxurious hours. Oregon's former Senators. The correspondent of the Sicramento (Cal.) Union at Salem, Oregon, writes as fol lows of the ex-set. a' ors of the latter ttate: "Joe Lane leads a pastoral li'e in the bucolic regions of Umpqua,and is Baid to carry his 78 years with unabated vi;or and newly aroused ambition. He did not come down from his aerie until the last note of war had dissolved in tbe distance, ani waited until almost every rebel was re enfranchised, and a fair sprinkling of them hal won a footing in congress, and then the old man was to be beard tooting his mountain horn for Tilden. Nesmith lives on a grand farm cf 2,000 acres of magnificent prairie, surrounded by wheat stacks and granaries, flocks and herds and tome horses of remarkable pedigree, a very prince among the rursls, and within little more than an hour's drive of the state capital, ready to take a hand in politics on the slightest provocation. Benj i ruin Hardirg revels in his thousand acre?, and for succesuve years hid himself away from his fellow man, and worked his teams aQeld, or kept up a tnemory of the stirring days when democrat as he was and is he was a war senator in the times that tried men's fouls, and cumbered Lincoln among h's friends. Lincoln was glad to number Nesmith and Harding among his friends, and that is no small reason for tbe want of

popularity the two of them enjoy to day at the hands of their fellow democrats. Harding is the only one among all the senators that are and have been, who live to take part in the affairs of to day, who is not an aspirant for another term ' as senator. He is a very genial gentleman, plain and unpretending, but social ard clear hjadfd, who is finally tired of the solitude of the farm, bis children having grown up to meet a wider field, and his wifa laving died some years ago; so we have him back again in Sa'em, sea'ed in a law office dispensing justice to his clients and taking a hand once more in the roaring game of life. Colonel Keliy owns a tract of land that must be tb4 depot fite, and of great importance, whenever a railroad shall wend its way to the spa via Astoria. The colonel calls Astoria his home, and practices law there and elsewhere when oc?aion offeis He has fleih and 8trei;gth well developed, and is about as pleasant and genial a man as ever went to the senate, and wants to go again. Ue has no pastoral proclivities, and makes the mo3t of civilization wherever he finds it." An ITnexpeetetf Disclosure. One of those charp lawyers who take pride in twisting a witness into a labyrinth of difficulties had occasion some time ago to cross-examine a gentleman of some little prominence. The lawyer managed, after much skillful maneuvering, to so contuse the witness that the only answer he could obtain to his question was, "I don't recollect." When the lawyer had this answer a score or more of times bis patience gave out. "Tell me, Mr. J.," he exclaimed, ' do you remember anything?" "I can," was the response 'Can you carry jour memory back ior 20 years and tell me a single incident that happened then?" "Yes, I think I can," returned the witness, who had regained Borne composure. "Ah!" exclaimed the lawyer, gleefully rubbing his hands. '"Now. that is consoling. Come now, sir, what is this instance which you remember eo well T' Well, sir, I remember that 20 years ago, when you were to be admitted to the bar, your falher came to me and borrowed $30 to buy you a suit tbat you might make a presentable appearance at commencement, and I have a distinct recollection that your father never paid the $30 tck to me." 'J be Dwh itrlignted. New York Tilbune. Dean S'aaley ii tovhit the marquis of Lome, In Canada, before returtiing tj England. Mr. Grover, editor of Macmil'an's Magazine, Beys that he aid the dean have been delighted thus far with all they have seen in this country, and especially pleased with tbe attention tbat has been shown them. One pecularlty of American cities be thinks ia very striking, and that is that each city has a distinctive characteristic that belongs to itself; as the faces of men differ, so do American towns. This fact,- he said, is pleasing, and Increases the interest of tl foreigners, who could make each city a soi t of study.

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