, 1863-01-29

loss Of property thus destroyed to- b.
47,652.7D, and not $15, 900 as one Of the Board
stated, which Fe published yesterday.
The damage to public and private property,
at Camp Tyler, (the Fair; Gronnas) including
rent Of grounds, &C., while occupied By pa
rolled prisoners, was $7,93zs4, Of which
1850 was for damages to the property.
JOHN b. GOUGH's LECTURE.
:, Here: and There in Britain. -
: j. B. Cough, the well known Temperance
advocate, always fayorite With Chicago au-
'dience, treated Us to one Of his remarkable
performances last night In Bryan Hall. We
heard him years ago, when he was at the
height of his popularity, and We then thought
him the greatest dramatic speaker VIC had
ever listened to, and among the most efficient
and powerful Of all the public pleadera whose
names were identified with the Temperance
movement We see no.reason ut this Inter day
and hour to reverse the Judgment which we
then formed Of his oratory. he is as bril-
limit rs ever, and retains his old mastery Of
the resources Of speech, and his old power
over the tears and laughter. the feelings and
convictions Of his audience. He touches at
pleasure the springs Of the human heart, aud
makes them. vibrate to his own thought or
passion. There Is no getting away from his
influence when he is once fairly reused to the
height and enthusiasm Of his great argument,
and he sweeps all before him as with the
mighty wings Of the whirlwind. What is
the secret Of this strange and weird like
power. which Mr.. Cough wields over
his hcarerss There Is something magnetic
In It, and it looks like an occult faculty. Few
men possess It, and let us add, no man ever
used ii for more bencfcent purposes. The
his ora lons. Not the lips Of the man alone,
but the heart, and soul, and body
Of him speak and net to give effect TO his ut
terancce. He is master Of defamation and
Of all the arts OF elocation. His eye entrances,
and he holds vast bodies Of men By the power
whom be was trping mesmeric experiment.
Whatever will give force TO his Grafton be
| enlists in his service: He is tha magistrate Of
| all moods, and Of the best utterauces Of them.
| There is IN him womanly tenderness, and
now and then, IN Irresistible pathos that sub
/
dant comic aud humorous facul y, and great
| power Of tragic deliueation.
he is essentially n popular speaker, and
hundreds go to hear him for the sake Of his
elocution and acting, as people 90 to hear
| young Booth Bnt be hicks loRfcal faculty and
strung reasoning powers.:
/ His lecture last evening was venture upon
new ground-or at all events upon grounds
quite distinct. from that ct, Temperance:
The subject was ttHerc and There In Britain, -
-1{rr3,& 1.nr-n Ean1 tai
the title Of the lecture, It was very discurs-
i've and fragmentaty; now dealing with the
old halls and manor houses Of England, and
now digressiDg into sketches and anecdotes
Of the laboring people-the laborers both Of
England and ireland. He commenced By
sent Of the Duke. Of Deyonshire, OF Hatton
Hall Of the romantic and beautiful scenery
of Mattock and Derby shire. He described the
English landscape rs unsurpassed In lowell
ness and in quiet pastoral beauty." This WAS
particularly striking to IN American, visiting
the country for the tirst time, as 1T contrastea
80 boldly and SO decisiyely with the vast and
colossal grandeur Of American scenery. He
spoke Of the English nobility, who throw
open their picture galleries and grounds to
the public. One Of The first public acts Of
Queen Victoria was to throw open to all her
subjects the splendid palace Of Hampden
Court. The Queen, he said, loved America
always loved Arnerica-but since or people
had received her first born with such pffncely
oyatfons, all through the land, she felt toward
America and Americans the most grateful and
afectionate interest, equally honorable to her
self and to us.
h felt, as deeply as any living man, the foul
wrong which England Ind done to this coun-
try, at the commencement of the war; but he
did not wish nor intend to make sweeping
denunciation against the English nation III
consequences Of this wrong, which, indeed,
was perpetrated BY the Government and q
certain party Of the aristocracy, and not with
the consent and sanction OF the English peo-
pie. He knew that the working classes we're
In fAvor of non.interyeutiou, and that their
whole hearts were with the great Union party
in the terrible conflict which was at this mo-
ment desolating the land. 4 number Of to-
ries and aristocrats got up meeting not long
ago, at staleybridge, in lancashirst to urge
upon the Government the necessity and the
policy Of interference in American affairs, and
the moment the factory workers heard of It,
they resolved to crush the movement, and on
dience hall, and voted down the inlquiton4
! attemptto involve us and them in war. 4
similar movement was fnaugurated In Btr-
mingham, and met with . similar fate at the
| hands Of the workmen.
| And It should be remembered that these
| men were suffering at the time through want
| Of employment, owing to the failure Of the
cotton supply from the southern States. He
had 10 fear that the people q England would
These men and their fathers had long fought
for the great ideas Of liberty and liberation
which We have here on this continent en-
bodied in institutions, and laws, and govern
ment. It was great mistake for people to
or no power or Influence, orer their rulers
because SO many Of them had no votes. The
people were all powerful at public meetings
and no government could stand against {
Simultaneous outside pressure Of the people
against their measures and proposals,
into the House Of Commons to prevent tn
sale Of veg getables on sunday-a most obnoH
ions, canting and hypocritical measure
which, without doing service either to Got
or man, took the bread for that day out Of tn
mouths of one hundred thousand persons
quiet but imposing procession Of all thei
members and marched through London II
hyde Park, carrying flag with this insc1ip
ton: !" II the rich prevent the poor from sell
ing vegetables on Sunday morning, the poo
vii prevent the rich from riding in Hyd
that Praise-G God. Bare Bones Grossenor with
drew his bill, and the costermongers til
umphcd gloriously.
He spoke Of the condition Of the Eng1isl
people, and contrasted it with that Of ou
own factory and agricultural workers.
I
g7y, and ragged appearance Of many Of tn
Lancashire operatives. The girls we're dirty
| and hc.1 pften nothing but coarse raiment
with an oily handkerchief tied around thei
heads. Our Lowell girls were ladies in man
ners as well as In their attire. lie spoke o
our great public school system, where al
children could be educated, and then turnin,
to England he said that the ignorance Of th
working people had almost passed into
proyerb- especially. Of factory workers an'
miners In Lancashire 56 per cent. were un
able to read; 81 were Ignorant of the 5ayiors
Of the months Of the year; and 81 per cent
did not know the manic Of the ruling so1e
reign. .--.-....
Mr. Cough then gave come excellent Illus
trations Of Irish character, such as he me
with in The streets Of Dublin and Cork, a
singers and the audience which assembled j,
the streets to listen to them, and how the,
were moved By the disaster which the ballat
recited, Was exceedingly graphic and intereet
ing, and was rendered in character.
Altogether. we were pleased with the lee
| turc-u lecture 1t can he callcd-and cnioye(
the treat with q gusto.
The peroration, which was evidently no
premeditatcd, was noble recognition Of th'
fright Of every man, Of what color soeyer
his free face and free hands to HeaEen, and re
{ofce In the hope Of man" I'll" said he
I were TO oacr,u a.prayerto to God and cal
upon him who came to cnt the bonds Of tn
captive to look with gracious eyes upon sla
very, and protect my right to hold my fellow
man in bondage, what would you think o
me: What would any good Christian maj
think Of me? Would he not cry ont "Blas
phe1ny! insult to God and man! down viii
him!''
And if he we're to pray to the deliyerer Q
the captive to emancipate all slaves, that al
might be free to live and love an
worship God, and do right, would not t9a
loved to soy In Ills prayers "Thy Will b
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