, 1869-06-25
4 HeW Book ON America
Halaxioxs CousanHsns and the preas.

"nen theu OWE interests arc deeply CONCERNED
TEE PEEEeu cAa1E 4SD TIE CONFEDERATE lGr,7
! -m REyERnY JnRksaxs ASSISTANCE
~ nust Say commercial people are puzzled 8
ENDING scheme which il solely In the hands +
ex-Con&edesate agents, raastog 10 quietly over Ii
Etreau OF American politics The ceaaon Of II
French cable BY the New York State Les.s,atn,
was sotd--futnnE saYs-bJ somebody to Messr
Ersanger for E1o,ooo, and az once the capt7acto,
\ OF The Confederate lean brought N cut In tue ma
Eet Some Of the legal friends Of the Amer
can Leg1tloa he,a told HI. Reserdy job,
1 son that there would ba diMcn,i
unless the consent Of tho Cou8rrss WIS Obtained
but he Tdieeied tho notion, and NAs csoseted VIII
| AeaAz. Er1dnEer asd their "couusel," Mr, Renps
n!n, toT = lena while 1ud On moro than one occs
Eon- It wa. ~ al right, +" he said, and the schenp
went on he even requested It, am told, as
/ sort Of con10s>iapn 10 the fr7n, who did III the
could, not only 70 ind money fnr tha tebels, hu
I to persuade the lsrereh Government "a recoxniz
thessCon1ederzcy-2c consolation for thelF loases b
the Confederate Loan II = mainly Que to III
| johnson q influence that the SCENE ma
"l1oated." Hla conduct In this partic11a
agreed With his conduct ali the uuat ha
WIS here He atadloaslJ avoided The tr1cna
Of The North and sought our studloasly every con
| spicuous Confederate he could hear Of. He erct
! u3ed 70 get Jefferson Davis to call upon him. bal
the latter. to his credit thoughtit wonld be In bat
! ta1te and avoided m interview. The cable II
doubt wou1d be great boon; but 1t seems II:
credible that Congress should let these people
tnveterate ioes Of tue Union as they are--hare /,
IN their hauds without tmpostng Hone heavy con.
ditton.. 1t was the most iupudent act upon
record to ssk It, but thea hnpuaence Often sue.
ceeds
TIE BRITISH ARlEToCRACY AGAIS.
There are families to whom, In the midst Of
apparent prosperity, an unhappy nosostety clinss,
and one generation After another beoorneS coD-
Bplcoous for iis mtun11une1 Or Its offences. The
grandfather Of the present Duke Of Newcastle
boasted, as 70 dtscnorgtng his tenau.s, that he
could do a. be Aked with "his own,'' and he
carried theproye.h into practice with bis family,
treating Ills eldest son with extraordinary hayah-
ness because the inter ueut over to the Free
Trnde1a. Tha mofose old snnn did his best TO
keep his son out Of Parliament, ana frequently
spofe against him In public. Then the son
waA unhappy IN his marriage; hls wife, after
bearing him several children. going OF Hlth q
courier A diFo1ce was obtaiued, Mi. Gladstone
being one Of the witnesses- As the young
Peess friend. he went abroad to see the vile and
get from her the youngest child. The ex-pucn-
GEE WIS afterwards married to her courier, and,
strange to say, Mr. and Mr. opoldec arc still a
miracle Of Ma1ded harPiueag. Her arst husband
felt naturally I'll at ease ABOUT h!s family, and,
though lie wa8 nan Of many virtues, 1t Will .,e
Sofab'e atmosphere for the training Of children.
Tbe present Duke and bis bspthers were notort-
ously "1ast "tueu before their father death, and
the father; f0reaaeing what the end woulI be,
bound over as much Of hs proper ~ as he could In
trust. allowing the present Duke oulJ life Inter-
est IN the same One os The bora Ia IN the Bank
tuptcy Coct, and scandal 10 ereuA Ai4 family and
the present Dale has conc 10 the end Of hts CD
reel Tntlmcu declare that this ruin Ia al due to
art1 " IN rtnff Ma rf Ia
inga IN the same Hay, md who now actually
clalua caa1Qd Of tho Duke Of Newcastle. TIE
Duke Of Hamilton, another wreck, was led bS the
ern1e dexterous oiu-dlscounter, who, 1t Is to be
hoped, vii be, according to precedent, neeced By
somebody else. The Duke OF Newcastle married
into very wealthy famtlY,-the Hopes,-hut what
they do will be Roley out Of consideration for hes
But the Duke of Newcastle Is boru legislator and
by the British Constitution can make laws, or pre-
vent thecl being Mnde, ds long AZ he lives, md
without being responsible To anybody.
TRATELLEEs' E1TE3-HHAT HAlT15H OFFICER
SAW IN THE sTATEa
eportpg men ate reading spirited volume, in
which q Captain OF the LIE Guards, Captain
descrbcs journey ncrusa the North
American Continent The Captain Ii a faYortte In
the army as gallant sportsman, and you r1ay as
vet know some Of the things he tells Ills comrades
and the world
An American dinner, Captain Townshend aa5s, Ii
TO Dnt1-heF n5thing bnt comfortable meal, Us,
although soup and dsh aIc handed round, oil the
rrdt Of the dime, IL put down at once on tho tae-
New Terk he thinks neither mnch woTse
rer much bette: than London, aud the soclai
ev,l ls not 10 1,tanpgiy prumlneuL In The
steamer to Newport, he Has astouishe't 10 see
men in the ealoca covering the door, "many OF
them drunk, s1d all VINO were awake squirting
their teaA,l5 tobacco Juice over the rich carpet
and deco1.tous-" Eut this was nothing to the
LoHn5'ng sight At Washington. at the Alctro-
polttan Hotel He Ena assured the worst thing
that can happets to young man IN .An1e1sca Is
the Inheritance Of u large property, as he almost
invariably goes 70 the bat-mainl5, rs the Captain
thinks, from the want OF country pEtaui:s. lie
found the feeling At Richmond tnsansely bitter,
and he beard 6outhcsuef swear. With atrc1neb-
dous oath, "sAat they would make the nlggers
srnn1t Il 1hcy eScr got the upper hnad again"
Travelling to Chicago, he WIS dissustcd With
IN illustrated papet, the IUfiee Aexa, o1cred
for EaIe Ii the cars, which contains,
be says, ser.ee ol stor,ea unsurpassed for tAetr
vtciou9 tendency, and which In England would
subject tue papers 10 immediate prosecution.
Chicago he describes In the usual lAndatorr
termq. The wonderful progress or Chicago. " he
eays, =" Is looked On with considerable admiration
hy the Americana IN the Eastern States. and the
ChicaEoaua nre considered to bare ttcir wits re-
r,a1laby well about them We we're told. when
have 1ne opportunity Of seeing The elcphant,-o
prsEe which, aa understood hE Americana, acan s
acquiring experience Of the world at come cost 10
the 1ureatlgatur." After Wild fow1-5hoo.l1g In
Iowa, he started on hunting and Indian scouting
expedition acrpss the plains the force being Under
the command Of General Augur. This part Of the |
narrative Is capital reading, but It would have no
novelty to you- He wea arnosed with the easy
notions Of morality held By the Indian allies.
When parting with thu p1Hnee escort, they
begged the two Irtttan onlcers to come mud vtalt
them At the village on theis reservation"
promising, as an tudnceaent, that thel should
hare the choice OF my s1uaw they pleased eFesy
night Of thest stay! Nothing could exceed tue
ktaduess Of General Augur and his staA Tie |
ou,peY over the Rocky Mountains; the Vigilance [
Committee at laramie; the shooting |
OF antelope and wild deer: Ttsis (!
10 Fort Steele, and tho journey west to Salt Lake
occupy several pages; mud then come The l1evisa- |
bic vielt to Brigham Young and the report OF the |
wouen- Tie latse., be sags. are IN general re-
martahiy plain, both n looks and dEess- They DO
not appear 70 be treated a equals and hare Sub
dued alt and u nay Of looking doFn IS though |
ashnmed- The Captains summing up Of the case |
as to the Aor1uona II worth giving, Though =
he writes, "1 think that educated Christian cau
LOOK on the Mormon religious sJstem as nothing
bat ta1sehood, bsasphemg and the grosscss
imnotnltty. yet still the Impression LETT |
!
heard in Utah was that the Ao7mons are either !
ta1 superior 10 their stem, or tnst their system
IL NOT 50 badly AdApted 70 country where the tn
ucnse ruuber II ehildren man may Obtain by |
plurality Of wiTea arc literally d a1rowB IN the |
hand OF giant No anxiety as to tker frturc |
need opprcss hin. The sob.1ety, Industry, and |
perseverance, showch3 TIC Aornouz have tac& With |
the SUCCESS WHICH these qualities must eser CON-
man,. A1d thtrk that Ertgham Young may well |
SaA hMr hA fVNf1
by their Er1lss re ahaIl kuow she1,' !
AID then points to the undouptea suc- |
cess OF Mormon fata and work. IN Ctah.'' |
TIE last few chapters reIate 10 California and |
MEXICO. Though the Journey acEose the Plains"
writes the Captain, "cUtat.s no onllsn2zJ amo7ns |
Of hardship, ,neceastating The endurance Of hest By
ttay ana cu,d By n.shl-day1 pasaet in thu most !
uncomfortable sort OF wagon imaginable, a.d |
nights ln which slcep q impossible, with b.d food
and worse water. producing e1uptiooa On tae face
and the pod5-st1il Ii Is worth 1t Ill. The grand
excitement OF hunting buffalo on The rialns, elk. |
deer, antelope and beazs tn the Rocky Aountatns |
cannot be obtained without oLdetypirg d certain |
Amount OF hxrdsaip, while the varieties Ct life |
aud scepe1J seen In such sn extended journey !
are marvellous" And then lollnwa passage |
which no American, hhoad Say. can read with |
out something OF pride, and when w.n epsu the |
eyes Of many Of the Eugl1af. Continuing his !
recommendation Of the Journey acsos5 TIC plains,
Captain To~nshend adds:
ain no other vny can stracse. obtaia 6uJ Idea |
Of the en1fr1ous extent and undere!opE1 resources
of the Great Rep0hlc, Or understand the full Truth
Of the assertion nade By c7ey 1ankee, ~heu
talking Of The journey from ocean TO oeean+ tnas
America is big country The Americans are.
naturally, proud at the immense extent cl
tentioy ~*shich u embraced Etttdn tie
u1ni,s of their country, more espes.stT as
theT cons.der Il proved bJ the lAte wgF that the
Union caa ee,, maintained through any inteTn:l
4eyo!atious Ct dtssens.ons by which au overthrow
NAV te attempted When the traveller sees
cnAlns Of likes which arc fttsh-wAter SEAS; Esers
which sze a. brad n takes, and naEigshls for
tnousaads ct miles; and then t1aTcls, DAY bJ dAy,
orer psat1ts which only want the hand OF man to