New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-22

Progress is slowly, if in rather confused manner
invading Virginia We have received from m in
terror post-olce Of that State what appears TO be
tine prospectus of work, or works. already written
and only awaiting the encouragement of the world
to he published 1t is entitled, Chances at Papers,
Containing Analysis Induction, lnyocatons and
Gem Quotations from the Writings of Lcmucl and
Emma L. Borden" Heartily any evidence Of In
dependent literary moral effort from that quarter
must he welcomed, and willingly rs we would there
fore commend the Borden programme to the public.
we regret to find its tendencies bewidering and its
expressions nebul0us. The first "gem quotation"
is entitled, "E Plurlbus Unum, an Elegy: A Rhap-
,ody Aurora Victoria" Why an elegy>g-oDe might
ask Possibly the answer may be found In one oil
the four gem-quoted lines: "Iis not well to seek
beauty if you are not strong" This is certainly
original however dscOuraging it may be to a large
class of human beings who would fan be Beautiful
and are not sure THAI they are strong. The chetof the
projected works, however for the remainder OF tue
programme consists of Supplements and Appendices,
appears to be 1.-THE Columbian Cosmopolitan" tho
argument whereof is thus set forth, and as confusing
as ANYTHING in Confucus: Induction, Thanks. En-
maclla. Clarabelle, the Muse of Shenandoah, the
Bliss that Now Is and Now Fare thee Well" The
Borden authors appeal to Boredn public, and nat
urally seek TO stimulate the curiosity of the latter
for il can only be moved by curiosity Whoever
does not belong to this class may decline the propo-
stion in the most satisfactory way, simply by re-
heating the words of the initiated, in the old Samo-
thracian Mysteries: 81 have put my hand into the
holy hamper; have partaken of the sacred barley;
have eaten and been refreshed; | have said h0nr
ompar, and 1t is inished!"
Gentlemen who consider the various departments
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decayed politicians where these battered wrecks
can draw rations Of plug tobacco and sit around on
benches in the sum- beginning to feel the crueties
of the new regime. If officials are TO be removed
for incapacty and ideness. and appointed or pro-
NOTED on the sole ground of character and efficiency,
political strikers will soon find themselves reduced
TO the desperate status of the abe-bOded tramp
who confronted timid citizen and demanded with
n bloodthirsty emphasis Money! give me money,
or shall be driven to n deed my soul ahhors.' The
citizen produced handful of silver with tremulous
alacrtv and il then occurred to him to inquire what
particular form of felony his beneyOlence had de-
feated. Work" muttcred the wandcrcr, as ne
fobbed the coin and passed away.
FIVE centcuarans have died in Western New-York
within fortnight, their ages being set down re-
spoctiyely at no. 100 los 105, and 10i years. the
death OF the last brlng lcCoIuc" 'HIS HloIhhg' Inc
oldest of these was a moderate but steady drinker
and smoker while the next oldest was an equally
steady horscback-ridcr, the man of the whisky and
pipe outsripplng the man of the open air by year.
One of the five was OF the feminine gender All, of
whose mental condition any note is made, seem to
have kept their faculties unmpaired until the last,
and the figures rs to their ages stated with all
the positiveness of belief IL they are to be ac-
cepted as correct this series of deaths rather Of
lives in the region may well be called remark
able.
For the benefit OF poets, artists, and Others who
prefer TRUTH far it will their purposes,
the following well established facts given on the
authority Of distinguished army officer /. In
Clusters light on the Little Big Horn tLere was not