New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-17
BOSTON LITERARY NOTES

som AND NEW" FOR MARCH-TilE lNIEltNAa
T,oNAIs-NEw VIRGINIA AND IT'S RESOURCES
-TnE sERIALS-THE JUNlUS QUESTION A1A'N
A ,lTTLE SONG BY HAPPY LONeh'
,pRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Oh Ihh i"'''.'''
BosroN. Feb. 15.-ln "Oid ana New loi
March will appear exhaustive paper on tue in'e''
,,o,ioral, organization, by C. f. Dunbar lie
Cd the germ Of this Association in visit
,oodc in 1862 by a delegation Of French workmeh
40 uhe Universal Exhibition in London But IL
was not fairly launched unth the meeting
At Saint Martins Hall London, on the 2eth OF sePem
her 1854 al which substantially the present plan OF
organization was arranged The "InteTnationa 1t APP
pears is not secret society, as the term Is generaly
understood Indeed the managers affect to pride them
eves unor the open character OF what they insist is
general uprising aud advance or the aporng CLASS lol
Che conquest Of proper position But though 'hey
deny all charges Of hidden movements III is saie
10 conclude that not all their plans ana H.
tentons are openly promulgated. Mr.. DUNBAR
discusses very fully the purposes OF the
erer the terms Of its alliance with Trades Unions the
character its members and promoters, etc., e'c III
another article George Bailey Loring takes compare
tive view OF Washington and Grant, in which he displays
q pleasant capacity for hero worship. lie closes W
quoting sentence from Judge Hoar: fresiuon'
Grant is net in the exact sense of the WORD Ne"A
GLAND man. but he belongs 10 the glOrifed NeW-hhsn'
which is spreading the Continent" NC" Wa
by Edward A. Pollard, sets forth the resources oi
The state wildly enough 20 tempt scores OF captS''
syay from the east winds of Boston (whereo course cap
tssts do congregate.) foreign visitor mas remarkeu
that there is fruit region on this continent 20 ING
Italy as some OF the peunsulas in lowlaDd virginia
Their figs, vines apricots, tomatoes, melons, peaches
pears. plums apples cherries, and damascehes supply
the markets OF Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newfork' ana
other Northern cities said TO be not unusual Tor
tie skinul market gardeners about Norfolk TO make
from S5OO to 5000 profit year, ON patches OF
from five 10 ten But this Is not the garden oi
Virginia Beyond the mountains you strlke the rich
soils Of clay. loan, and limestone Beus Vi
limestone everywhere invite enterprise to burn ana
market millions Of tuns of it, and TO spread il upon the
clay and sand soils Of all Virginia. Mr. Greeley
has recently reckOned this fertzng deposit as the SUI
prene wealth Of Virginia-greaer than all other re-
sOuTcesaud well may that prosperity be considered Sc
cure which is founded upon rock 1t is the finest
grazing country i'll the world. Its salt wells seem I'M
falling Southwest Virginia is richer in mineral re-
sources than California 1.-THE modern FL Dorado boasts
only of gold; but here not only salt, plaster
limestone and marble, hut in the same belt in an area
miles width by 60 in length are clustered iron, lead
copper zinc baryta and numerous other minerals, dis
covered but not developed Gold no longer the meas
ure of mineral wealth. The lead mines OF Southwest
Virginia supplied the Confederacy with shot during the
war. Col. W L. Brown. the Chief Of Ordnance OF the
Confederate Army, testies that Wythe County alone,
for the last years OF the supplied the COnfed-
crate army with lead yielding 10000 pounds per month
Ehe iron of Southwest Virginia is simply ineXhaustbe
and is said by Pennsylvania iron men to be worth II
developed than the gold mines of California
The serials 20 prosperously Mr.. Hale is still tell
ing his story OF Ups and Downs" "Sx of One by Half
Dozen Of the Other" careers about, as the work OF
such mixed company naturally would, and 1.-The
Wears Daughter" by the Rev. George Macdonald Is
full OF the gracious humanity which makes him the best
beloved storyteller OF large audience The author
expresses his own longing when he represents one of
his characters as SAYING al have burning desire to
help in the making of the world cleanf 1t be only by
sweeping little in it. I want to lead some
poor stray sheep hOmenot home TO the church, never
think of what they call the church. only TO lead
tbem home TO the bosom Of God, where alone man is
trne man"
English book. in which the Handwriting of Junius is in
vesugated by Mr. Charles ChaOot expert with pre-
face and collateral evidence by the Hon. Edward
rweton. This book goes to prove far as proof Is
possible, that Sir Philip Francis wrote the Junus Let
ters Why won't gentle ghost back and set
tie the question, for all Mediums, please make
note OF it, There poems alsonone OF them oil espe-
sial Importance. I will give you however one little
song because both short and sweetthe Jubae OF
acme honeymOon-struck lover:
Only song can sing
She is mine
All things with the echo ring
She Is mine.
Ever young and ever old,
Love laughs at the story told
She Il mine
To her eyes, I read each day
She is mine
IL each word, hear her say
She is mine.
Music, roses. light, perfume.
FIJI Tor me the wide earth's room
She J. mine. L. c. NJ