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Superficial Criticism.

The Saturday Review has a sharp az
ticle on certain superficial type of crit
icism that has become the stock-in-trade
of class of modern young men-more
especially those who fondly believe
themselves TO have strong aesthetic
sense, and to be capable of art-judgment
of asort unknown to their fathers. ThEs
it says: "The most irritating section of
the intellectual school consists, perhaps,
of thoseswho are judges of pictures, and
taking tho technical terms of painting
and music, with neither of which arts
probably they have more than a super
fetal acquaintance, mix them together
into a new and horrible jargon. Follow
ing the unpleasant fashion set them, it
must be allowed by some to whom they
may rightly look up, they describe pic
lures as symphonies in green, harmonies
in white, and 7lOttlt771Os in all sorts of
colors. Their delight in this new meth
cd of expression leads them to carry it
further, it may be hoped, than its orig
inators intended. They will beg you to
admire the tremulous tones of an at
mosphere, the swell of q foreground, or
the diapason of scarlet in a sunset.
They discourse learnedly of ascending
and descending scales of color, of melo-
dious passages running through the
middle distance, of the phrasing of a
picture, and of the key in which it is
set. When they wish to praise painter,
they say that he has fine eye for har-
mony. 1t has not yet, we believe, come
to pass that those who more particularly
affect musical knowledge speak of COM
poser's possessing a fine ear for color.
It would be no more ridiculous, how
ever, to hear of the middle distance and
n1orbidezG of a quartet than of those
things which we have mentioned above,
and of others like them. The extraor-
binary huency and extraordinary unin-
telligiblity of these philosophers dis
QUESTIONS remind one of the nonsense
rhyme concerning the old man who
walked by the Trent, and talked to
himself as he went but so loud and so
much, and moreover in Dutch. that no
one could tell what he meant. After
listening to them for some time one is
inclined to doubt whether the universal
spread of art, or rather of superficial
acquaintance with art, is an unmixed |
blessing. They are so we'll contented !
with themselves, so Thoroughly convinced |
that the words which they speak are the |
words of wisdom, that there seems no |
hope of their ever straying from the |
paths which they have made peculiarly |
their own. Shop of all kinds is apt to
be tiresome even when talked by those
who are well versed in their subject
when talked by those who are not so
well versed, its WEAKNESS assumes gi-
gantic proportions. 1t is an old and
true saying that little knowledge is
thing. Certainly little
knowledge in the matter of art is dan
gerous thing for the friends and ac-
1uaintances of those who possess it.
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walls of the bedroom were armor-clad.
By an ingenious mechanism and toach-
ing button panel in the wall was re-
moved and entrance gained. The strong
box nearly killed the workmen who en-
deavored to open it, for it sent off mi
trailleuse-like discharge. The Duke de
Treviso has bought the house, and has
stipulated that all the treasure dis
covered in it shall belong to him.
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A puzzling Phenomenon.

When a piece of territory settles
away below its accustomed level the
matter is very easily explained, and the
case is the same when there is a sudden
upheaval. But in the vicinity of Sche-
nectady, N. Y, phenomenon has oc-
Cured which gives rise to great deal
of speculative inquiry. The railroad
near that place for about 100 feet has
several times risen to such degree as
to render il necessary to take up the
rails and sleepers and grade the bed
anew. 1t is supposed that a vein Of
quicksand runs under the hard pan Of
the surface at that point, and that the
water from the high grounds, saturating
it, and becoming imprisoned, exerts a
ny draulic power, lifting the surface.
In accordance with this theory
method of deep drainage is to be
adopted at once.
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IN AN HOUR.

4.
ANTICIPATION,
Z" I'll take the orchard path, . she said,
Speaking lowly, smiling slowly;
The brook was dried within its bed
The hot sun flung fame of red
Low in the West, as forth she sped.
Across the dried brook-course she went,
Singing lowly. smiling slowly:
She scarcely saw the sun that spent
Its hery force IN swift descent
She never saw the wheat was bent.
The grasses parched, the blossoms dried I;
Singing 1owly, smiling slowly
Her eyes amid the drought espied
A summer pleasance far and wide,
With roses and sweet violets pied.
II.
DISAPPOINTMENT
But homeward coming al the way,
Signing lowly, pacing slowly.
She knew the bent wheat whitening lay
She saw the blossoms dry decay,
She missed the little brooklet's play.
A breeze had sprung from out the Sout
But, signing lowly. pacing slowly
She only felt the burning drought:
Her eyes were hot, and parched her mou
Yet sweet the wind blew from the South
And when the wind brought welcome "a .l,
Still signing lowiy, pacing slowly,
She never saw the lifting grain,
But only-a lone orchard lane,
Where she had waited all in vainl
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To despond is to be ungrateful be-
torehand. Be not locking for evil.
Often thou drainest the gall of fear
while evil is passing by thy dwelling.
Verify evils may be courted, may be
wooed, and may be won by distrust for
picion hath coldlypdt aside the helping
hsnd.-Zbpper.
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1t takes prastice to make perfect.
Mr.. Long, of Tuseumbia, Alabama,
had to pratice eight years before he
could throw a bible across the house
and knock q young Long down.
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The Timber Supply.

David Risley, southern authority,
writing to the Georgetown (S. o.
Times, in regard TO the timber supply,
says that while the supply of yellow
pine in Virginia is small, and while
North Carolina cannot furnish so, 000,-
900 feet, South Carolina possesses
2, 500, 900, 900 feet of good merchantable
yellow pine, squaring ten inches up
wards, clear of sap, and 100000 acres
covered with oak, ash, cypress and SIM
liar woods. Georgia is credited with
3, 500, 600, 900 feet, notwithstanding the
great amounts exported and Florida
with 5000, 0OO, 900, to which Alabama
and Mississippi add $500, ,00o, 900. Al
though the supply near water courses
has been thinned out, new forests have
been made accessible by rail road, and
the price has diminished from $l5 per
M during the war, towards the $24 to
S28 it commanded previously. He be-
lieves that there is enough to supply
the worlds demand for years to come.
One of the Swiss cantons, it is said,
compels every newly-married couple to
plant six trees Immediately after the
eremony, and two. on the birth Of ev-
nv child,
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By HoRsLEY BROS & FIGUERs.

tete.a-tete. Ursula almost pushed .Har-
ry Clifford out of the Kitchen.
You'll be on the piazza tonight
when they have gone to the concert ?''
he persisted, asking through the crack
in the door.
Yes, yes, anything - everything /;
only go p
And Harry went, beginning to realize
that ioye-making and preserving do not
assimilate.
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Your pearl brooch, my dear? o,
remember now, / gave it to Harry
more than a week ago to have mended
l dare say it is done by this time p
and DIR. Darling turned expectantly tc
our hero.
"-Fm very. sorry" began Harry
Tut the brooch disappeared in the
most unaccountable manner from nv
vest pocket. I know I put it there
>" Yes" dryly interrupted the elder
gentleman, :" 1 remember seeing you
put 1t there, and you assured me at the
time that You never lost anything. So
the brooch is gone, eh %
F" Yes, sir, it is gone. But Mrs. Darl-
ing may rest assured" Harry added,
with glance towards that lady, /" that
| wilIreplace it at the earliest oppor-
tunity."
60, it is of no consequence at all p
said Mrs. Darling, with a countenance
that said plainly, it is of the very great
est consequence, "perhaps we shall
find it somewhere in the house." But
the days slipped by, one by one, and
the doom of the pearl brooch remained
involved in the deepest mystery. Harry
Clifford bought another and presented
it to Mrs. Darling with little compli-
mentary speech. Mrs. Darling laughed
and pinned it into the folds of the
thread lace barb she wore at her throat.
"But it is so strange what can have
become of the other p said Mrs. Darl-
ing.
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Ut Attorney y-at-Law and Solicitor in chancerv.
z Columbia Tennessee
Oraoe: "hitthorne Block. Jan'y. 16 1y
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
ST. DOMINGO.

The Fight at Santiago dc los Cabal1e-
ros-The Land of God and Liberty.
Additional details OF the fight at santiago de los
Caballeros, in st. Domingo, have just been re-
ceived by the steamer Ashland
A brief outline OF this attack on the fort was
given in yesterdays HERALD, having been tele
Graphed from st. Thomas, under date OF the 13th
inst.
Caballeros was matured on the island of Porto
Rico by friends of BaeZ, who are desirous OF see-
ing that ex-President once more seated in power
and Ignacio Maria Gonzales driven out.
THE FIGHT AT SANTIAGO.
The fort In question, which is a small one, was
seized during the night while the guard was being
relieved. The attack was led by General Nepomu-
ceno Nunez, whose son Evangelism and General
PachecO former General OF DIVISION under Baez
were imprisoned in the fort. The attacking force
consisted OF some fifty men. The casualties after
estimated at twenty-five dead and orty wounded
General Nepomuceno Nunez was killed, also Span
ish commander named felD son OF General
Pachico, who was member OF the Inflated Vir-
ginius expedition which left New York
on October last, was badly wounded In
the struggle, but his father obtained his
however. Manuel Caceres, late Vice President OF
ST. Domingo under Baez one OF the attacking
party, surrendered himself to the authorities and
was pardoned, on the condition that he should
forthwith leave the country, which he consented
to do. All the other wOuld-be-r revoutlonists have
appealed to President Gonzalez ior pardon.
GOING TO LEAVE
A good many Cubans who have settled here pro-
pose leaving the place, as they alle2e the country
Is too poor. About thirty of them have chartered
the small vessel Olivia 20 take them to Jamaica.
President Gonzalez left Puerto PLATA on the 10th
for ST. Domingo City.
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THE SPANISH REPUBLIC.
Trance to Act in Union with Great Britain In
the Recognition OF the New Government
PARIS, AUGUST 20. 1874.

PARIS, August 20, 1874.
The Duke Decazes, Minister OF fsreign Affairs,
,at a meeting OF the Permanent Committee OF the
national Assembly, held to-day. stated. in regard
no the recognition OF Spain, that the government
was anxious to act in accordance with the other
Powers and would proceed in unison with the
British government, which had communicated its
views on the subject. No Power had yet accom-
ptshed the act OF recognition. The delay Is
caused by question as to the exact form in which
that step should be taken.
DI5APPROvAL OF THE EXTREME RIGHT.
The members OF the extreme Right expressed
-disapproval of the conduct OF the Duke Decazes
but large majority OF the committee, including
the republican members sustained his course
Reported Outrage Upon British Naval
Onicers by the Republican Troops.
LONDON August 20, 1874
The Foreign once has received Information that
the Spanish republican troops have fred upon
some Offcers or the British war ship Fly This
vessel Is cruising of the north coast of Spain for
the protection OF British interests
None or the officers were wounded
German War Vessels En- Route for
Spain.
LONDON, August 20. 1874.
The German men-ofwar Nautilus and AlbatrOss
smiled from Plymouth to-day for Spain.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
Enoch Hoag,s Views.

WASHINGTON, August 20, 1874.
Friend Enoch Hoag writes to the Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs enclosing letter printed in the
Lawrence tKansas) Journal OF the 18th inst. from
a Barbour county correspondent giving glowing
account OF an encounter between the military and
band OF sixty Usage Indians on the 7th inst.
Medicine Lodge, in which the writer states they
killed tive Inuians and had one white man killed.
In connection with the subject Friend H0ag for
wards report from Agent Gibson, who says
toward the Red Mounds, met some white men,
who told them that herd Of buffalo was in q GER
tain direction. They found the herd and killed
several buffalo, and remained In camp two GAYS
drying the meat. When they saw party OF Iorty
white men in the distance TWO Of the Osages rode
armed OF their bows and arrows. Four more rode
out and were treated in the same manner. Two
more then approached, but were warned by the
prisoners and turned and fled. The others at the
same time attempted TO escape and four were
shot dead. The other Indians escaped. The con-
ana it required the utmost exertions OF Agent Glib
son TO prevent the getting up oi a war OF parties,
III which labor he Is sglil engaged.
Enoch Hoag, In commenting on the report.
says :-'If these Usages had 1--WE citizens disarmed
and should XIII them, 1t would not be regarded as
Although they were out without the agents ap-
prOva, they stu have rights that should be re-
garded.N He goes on TO state that the obligation
OF the government with these Osages, that there
should be no pOstponement IN the payment for
their lands, has not been Kept, and says cOnclu-
the Indians peaceful in these perllOus times. both
by himself and the agents, such treatment as the
agent represents should be visited by the severity
deserves well on the citizen as on the Indian.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
THE ALABAMA REPUBLICANS.

Assembling of the Republican State
ConventiOn-Turbule Scenes-COnfu-
sion i'm Representation and Organiza-
ti0n.
MONTGOMERY, August 20, 1874.
The Republican Convention met here to-day.
MIR. Mayer, Revenue collector for the Mobile dis
trict, and Chairman OF the State Committee, called
MIR. +. G. Clarke, United States Post ONCE Agent
to the chair, temporarily. motion was made by
a delegate, that Mr.. Safold, Judge OF the Supreme
Court take the chair This created some delay
and confusion, but Mr. Mayer declared that Mr..
Clarke was elected, and he tCiarke) immediately
took the chair. In his speech, he sad he was not
In the interest of any ring and w0uia not pack
committees.
A committee on credentials was then appointed,
and the Convention adjourned until four O'Clock
p. NJ.
on reassembling, after somewhat turbulent
scene, IN which Messrs. Bust and spencer par
ticipated, the Convention adjourned until nine
O'Clock tomorrow TO allow the Credential Commit
tee time to report. The difficulty seems to be to
properly arrange the proxy business. A great
MANY counties have no delegates here, and Will
be represented by men from various localities in
the State. owing to the peculiar apportionment
OF delegates by the State Executive Committee
tail wnites) very few negroes are delegates
Fhe general impression Is that the present State
officers, who are all white, will be renominated
and that the civil Rights bill will be ignored.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
w A S HIN GTON.

WASHINGTON August 20, 1874.
Senator Scott on the Fennsylvania Re-
publican Conventi0n-Blain inc, Hart
rant and the Third Term.
Senator Scott of Pennsylvania, was IN the city
to-day for the purpose OF enghtening the Post
ONCE Department concerning certain postal con-
tracts Affecting railroad interests in his State. He
said his visit had not the slightest political sig
nifcance, and he should leave tonight, having
finished his business. While in Harrisburg yester-
day he dropped into the hall where the Republican
Convention was being held and stayed long enough
to hear that the Convention was opposed to
third term for Grant and favored Governor Hart
ranft as the Presidential nominee In 1876. Not
being responsible for the action OF the convention
he said the resolutions adopted did not worry him.
On his way TO Washington he became somewhat
pcrpiexed over the anomalous condition OF
affairs the declaration for Hartranft would create,
as IL was understood among a number oi mis-
friends that Pennsyvania was to hang out its
attempt name the second place on the Presi-
dental ticket but Just how Hartranft anu Blame
were TO both get the electoral vote OF the Key
stone State was inexpllcaDle. The more he
thought OF 1t TIE more impossible it seemed, and
SO he would commit the matter to the uncertain
future.
Sir Edward Thornton Not To he Re-
called-Disbursement OF the Mixed
Claims Award.
The report that Sir Edward Thornton, the Brit
ish Minister, is to be recalled Is not true. He has
taken passage for the United States and IL ex-
pected in Washington about the 1st OF October.
Lady Thornton will not return this winter, but
will remain at home with her children. who are to
finish their education in Europe. Henry Howard
who was the British agent OF the Mixed Claims
Commission, has been appointed Second Secretary
OF the British Legation In Washington, and will
probably have the disbursement OF the award
made, which is to be paid by the Treasury early
next month in gold, amounting to little less than
S. OOO 0OO 1t is understood that the disbursement
will not be begun until some time In November
Baron Lederer Pensioned for Faithful
Public Service.
The friends Of Baron Lederer, formerly Austrian
Minister at Washington. will be gratitied to hear
that his government, in appreciation OF long and
faithful service in its diplomatic corps, has retired
hun on pension equal TO Sc, 900 per annum.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
OUR NEXT GOVHRNOR.

Chief Justice Church Positively De-
cIines the NominatiOn--A Party Jour-
nal ON the Subject.
ROCHESTER,, N. y, August 20, 1874.
The Union this afternoon, In the course Of an
article on the GOvernorship and the democratic
candidacy ailudes to the general expression in
favor Of the nomination OF Chief Judge Sanford +.
Church, and says
II he were to intimate willingness to accept
there is no doubt that he would receive unan-
inous nomination by acclamatlOn rom the Con-
vention: but many of hs trends think that ne
ought not at present to be taken from the Bench
OF the Court Of Appeals, where as Chiel Judge he
presides with dignity and distinguished ability
that rank him among the foremost iurists OF the
land, ana he declines IN the most positive terms.
He must therefore, be regarded as not in the list
from which the choice Is to be made.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Mr.. Toole will next appear in comedy not aa-
familiar to American play-goers, called "Uncle
Dicks Darling"
Miss S. r.. Hebron, paniste, had the homer Of
playing before President Grant, ON Wednesday
evening. at Long Branch.
sara +. Montague VIII appear as Mary Grace,
on Monday next. at the olympic, in an adaptation
OF O'Rorke's Peep o Day."
Mrs. Charles Moulton has kindly CONSENTED to-
give performance during the autumn in aid Of
the New York college Hospital.
Manager Thorne, OF Nibios Garden. has evi-
IDENTIFY caught the uptown lever. ne has made a
formal application to the Erie Railroad Company
for lease Of the Grand Opera House.
The new hall of the San Francisco Mnstrels,
corner of broadway and Twenty-ninth street. will
be opened on the Sist instant to the public. Mr..
winam A. Hunter, formerly OF Niolo's Garden,
will be the treasurer OF the "Frscans"
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
THE INDIAN HOSTuITIES.

General Sheridan Dtscredlts the Report
of Clusters Fight-EnOch HOax ON the
S1tuatiOn-The Shooting Of the Dis
armed Indians.
CHICAGO, August TO- 1874.
Lieutenant General Sheridan discredits the re-
port OF a battle between the In0ans and General
Custer From his knowledge of the locality and of
the Indians he is confident that no such collision
could have occurred. Moreover, the mail rider
would have to ride 200 miles to carry the news to
Fort Sully, whereas the scout from whom he pro-
fessed to nave obtained his information mad only
ABOUT sixty miles to travel in order to reach the
nearest telegraph station.
No official report has been received of any such
affair
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
FIELD SPORTS IN ENGLAND
The American Base Ball Players in Manches
ter-An Unfinished Gam, of Cricket

LONDON August co. 1874.
game OF cricket began to-day at Manchester
between the Manchester Club ana twenty-five OF
America
LIVELY WORK.
The Americans went TO the bat first and COM
pieted their inning with score of 12l runs.
THEY SUSPEND FOR THE DAY.
The Englshmen then went in and after five of
their wickets had fallen with 81 runs scored, play
was suspended
BASE BALL FOR A CHANGE
game OF base ball between the Boston and
Athletic clubs followed.
VICTORY FOR THE BOSTONS.
The Bostons won the game by five runs
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
Reception ny the President at Long
Branch Yesterday-He Goes to Hart.
ford To-day.
CONVENT OF lHE GOOD SHEPHERD.

Yesterday the Rev. Father Dullater received the
full profession at this convent of five ladies whs
had passed their full term OF two years novltate.
Their names are Miss Mary Masterson lin religion,
sister Mary victory Miss Kate sullivan tsister
NJ. Pulcherial Miss Annie Keete SISTER NJ An
and Miss wnlred Murphy (Sister M. of st. Cath
erine OF Sienna}. Miss Annie Ryan also presented
herself for entrance IN the community ana WA
admitted to her novltiate as sister Mary Oh our
Lady OF Lourdes. The interesting ana imposing
ceremonies were witnessed by large number Of
relatives and trends, with crowded attendance
OF others during the service.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
Died.

DrrMAR.-At Gravesend Thursday, August 20.
ABRAHAM DITMAR, IN the Gath year OF his age.
The relatives and friends OF the lamly are In
vited to attend the funeral, from the Reform
church. Gravesend, L. l., on sunday. August u,
at three O'Clock r. M.
MERRTT--On Thursday August 20. STEPHsS
MERRITT. in his 73d year.
Funeral on Sunday. from the Thrteth street
Methodist Episcopal church. Particulars to-m0r-
row.
fFOr Othey Deaths See Second Pugs.I
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
THE TRANSIT OF VENUS.
Dispatches for the South Atlantic
Squadr0n-Return OF the Party.

WASHINGTON, August 20, 1874.
Mr. r. L. Maynard goes out by the steamer OF
the oath inst. as bearer or dispatches to Admiral
Leroy, commanding the South Atlantic squadron
~ Rio Janeiro. He will go from Rio Janero in the
Monongahela to Kerguelen Island and Crozet
Island from which stations that vessel Is to bring
Lieutenant Commander Regan, United States
Navy, and Captain Raymond, United States Army,
home, Immediately after the transit OF Venus,
December =.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
MAINE REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
PORTLAND, August 20, /

PORTLAND, August 20, 1874
The Cumberland County Republican Convention
met to-day. The following nominations were
made
For Senators William Goold, Of Windham I;
Samuel A. Holbrook, OF Freeport, william w.
For County mmissioner--Samoe Dineley, of
Standish. For County TreasurCr-JeM Parker, of
Gorham. For SDerin7.William, /" Pennei, OF Port
taud.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
THE ENGLISH PRESS.
Threatened Renewal of an Old Restraint Upol
It's Liberty-A Hint to John Mitchell
LONDON, August 90, 1874,

LONDON, August 20, 1874.
To-day In an official note, that the publication of
articles signed by those deprived OF civil and
political rights Is prohibited by law.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
ARKANSAS DISTURBANCES.

The Excitement at Chicot Subsiding-
Political Sentiment.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, August 20, 1874.
The latest reports from Chicot county, Arkansas,
state That the excitement there is subsiding The
whites and blacks are still under arms but no
conflict is apprebended.
The domination Of Judge Porter for Governor OF
Tennessee meets with the general appreciation of
the conservatives and democrats.