, 1865-02-04

ncr Of Chicago avenue and Dearborn street, last
evening, to listen to the lecture Of Ralph Waldo
Emerson upon IS Books" Mr.. Emerson In this,
asin all the lectures Of the he has delivered
fully met the expectations of his hearess. The
speaker eaid: ,...
There are book on which the fortunes 81 Ia
Hons have turned In books We haye the history
Of the past They are TO rs angels Of an early
period. Louis Napoleon has established;a strict
censorship over the newspaper press, but does not
conas i to GHS Tse gfst n Ell
matters, This Il doubtless due 70 the fact
fhat people do not read books to any great extent
The numerous Libraries Of the .t To,td az pooss1y
Youth who wnlked six milo: through the anow to
return The first volume Of the Arabian Nights and
The love Of study Is the only eternal passion;
other desires leaYe us as we advance toward the
grave. The daily problem in libraries, as IN
forgef, is how to get force Glven e9aMt t taIeaE @
crB. The passions 1tll force themselves into nap
py expressions. Good writing is not an art which
leaves room for caprice, It muas be natural and
truthful. The old psalns and hynns are as mighty
as eret. They arc correct literature, as well as
eublIme truths. The gFcst author holds the pen,
but his thonghts cmanate from the concentration
of deep faets The great secret OF writing is al
wnye to hare an idea under you. man ehonld
write only whut he deems the Truth. Each state-
; mcnt ehonId be cuhe: standing upon either sde.
mid In proportion to the depth Of = tnought Is
ftspernaneule- L. u,Rn be born with any kind OF
dos%a IN H. hs brain & &c WI awaYs g. na some Dno
names Of the masters Of any branch OF nrt or
science are ra1tly known to The world. but are
always 1ani1isr to adopts. Some Of ouE great
authors manifest desire raise their seadsrd Of
expression to style eincomprehensihle to tho mil
lien. The mott important difference between
genius and talent in writing lies between those
who write Sron life, and those who express them
selves only in accordance with literary style.
The Roman empire Ia gone. but the Roman law
get lives. The authorship Of the MasselIalse
hymn was three 1noE:hs etnee IN Paris the object
Of grave controversy. The doctrine Of equal
rirhts, enuncaated in the Declaration 81 lndepen-
.denee WAS for years etigmatlzed as - tissue OF
law oi The universe. Time has developed the
truth Of these assertions-hence they are immor-
tai. Who shall estimate the inanence OF books on
write? he believed that American talent taken
In connection with AWet1can sentiment surpassed
that Of England, Amcr'ean genius finds its corn
prehe enstyeness in the negro soldier, who dies in
The trenches With hts uusket in one hand and his
spelling book tn the other.
Mr. Emerson will close his acries this evening
with lecture On y Character"
CHICAGO DR1y1Sa FARK--The following is "a
letter published in Wakes Spirit. over the sigma
tu1e of *sAris," Itscontains several Items and
ideas ofinterest 10 sporting men:
AThe annual election Of officers of the Chicago
DriSiug Park Association WIS held at the fremont
Housc, January 7th. Milton S. Patrick was elect
ed President; ]: AcPherson Vice President; q.
2. Yntes. VIM. Tilden. and J. Wright Directors;
Secretary. Several Of the rules we're changed, the
most important being, TINT after horses Etart In
race there can be no ad|ournment but the race
must he finished on that day. Continued racesare
source Of dssatisfactioni one party Or the other
thinking they have been Wronged By tho different
features given to the race By the tadges in making
"The Association directed the Secretary to cor
| respond with the jocky and trottng clubs OF the
son who has been guilty Of fraud on any track over
! which respectable club has Jurisdiction. This
| would prove sfectu.l r. deteE1ng ths gae1illas
done more 70 prejudice the tnrt than all other
| things combined. A man commits rascsl1ty in
sas1ees ae
Desre O. = eenpsens 81 m s
start his horses, and laughs the local h1narancc to
eeorn. II bis sentence Vas Ike the awards OF The
English Jock5 Club, in full force over the whole
country the r1sE wonld be go great tie chances Of
low by punishmeut that would end the turf cancer
and mske fa.t horse value)ess in the hands OF the
swind1er, compelling him to pick u, the few
to pay the training Expenses q mimals. woft6isfs
thar ibe thief whs hold: them in possession.
"1hc promise Of sport tn The ensuing season N IN
running and trotting meetings that will eclipse
anything heretofore held IN this section, The
programme HfI 80QQ De HIeQ4 anu L0e pQr8cH Will
be such a The great metropolis 81 the North
will nor be ashamed Of. Mnch credit Is due to Mr..
Van Eth and the retiring Board for their manage
meut Of the afatrH OF the Association Their sue
cessors can proht " their example; ana there is
no doubt, from the knou1 aniecedcnts Of the gen.
tlenlen who now comprise the Board, that they
epor.sman who may visit Chicago ~ fais hcld y
and hearty wefco1ae-to the knaves, punishment
| according to their deserts"
I REcRCITNo,-Thirteen zen were recruited
yesterday for Cook county-twe!ye TOR the 14te
Ward, and one for the town Of Darlington. SIz
of tbcee recruits received $500 each three re-
celyed $3.50 each; one received E325, and foul
ssG5 each. The hrol&rs were paid tn each tp
| stance $3sb- The 1,nonnt thus paid to hall
| dozen men for fuEpishiog the committees thest
thirteen recruits was ZOE; u this 4%o9at n fo' m
celved s275 Capt Decker, who is recruiting .
for The nsw r%ent 3e1 tnr now
KnoB,esdorf for one man: received t7s: is6eii
man received SO; I. i. int & Company
for one mn, EsSeisse .s.s,;;.a ssS; ano 1ao ~
man. x25. This y outrageous.
The Bosrd of Supervisors. Nhsn they me meet to- or
Monday should taks this mater r. i1 hand, ana Soa
ling Gun be avoided: One Of the first measures
they should adopt should be to clean ont the nes
q fhsnttes which disignre The pInlic sqa-re: a.
tne enDsttu n!p2eIb Ia1st oe a1lo" ~ Fto.e
ente their calling in Chicago, at least compe
them 10 remove to some less prominent locality
Diss7ase attaches to the county authorities con
tinnauy for their conntenance Of the traffic. l. !,
high time lint diegraee were E3ped put IN
County Board Of Supervisors should also insist
their bounty be paid to recruiu, that they reeelva
It and that the lon't share 60 into nc hand
| nt the middle men. To this end they should IN
struct the County War Fund Committee to pa.
the recruit In each instance both the co1nt.
bounty and the local bounty ralsed BY tue ward o
town, and to give to the man who presents the le
c1pit not exceeding <10. II the recruit choose t
pay the broker IN additional fee, let him do it.
The following table will show the condition
credits up to dark last evening: