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1ta1y appears to have lost Its head from dread
Of visitation of tho phyiio1cra, the restrictions
On tho importation OF any plant and from any
quarter being rtgldy carried out. Even the COIL
sfgnmcnt Of tho newly-dscovcrrd gigantic Arod
from sumatsa, received IN Genoa, was subjec.
TO forlnalttics and delays before permission
could be obtained. Nature states that In
sofno places gentlemen must dispense with tho
ordinary iloral decorations In their butt0n-llulrs
Tn the French frontlrr no onc Is allowed 10
gather d bouquet Of Wild flowers on fureigD sui,
atnt take II across the border, for iear the much
dreaded pest should exist ia It. All scientific
reason appears to be at IN end in the minds uf
the Italian Goyernmcnt officials No onc can
10 prevent tie introduction Ut lie rhylloxcra
Into their country, but they might display lit
tie common sense discrimination.
, 1879-03-22
SOCIETY THE REDEEMED FOl,nf OF
MAN.

Tho wrltiues Of Mr.. James arc always phlo-
soph!cnl, transenjcotal, nnd nyhslcal. I'VE nercr
lcal quito sure tlHt We undcrstanl hin, but arc
nIways certain that II we TO understand hia, VIC
cannot accept lis specutAtlons. Ills letters on
"Soctcty the Redeemed Form OF Man" arc
suggestive, md may haTe helped his friend mt
of many religious difficulties. For ourselves,
VIC frankly say that they snow The way lnto
Wilderness from which IL is not easy 10 emerge
without having lost the points Of compass, II DOT
the consciousness Of pcrnonut identity. The
author thinks Man naturally estecms self
indulgence and crime the highest good, MID
thnt his freedom comes from the revelations Of
the spiritual world. 1le still deems It, however.
gross hcsesy To hold that mans "destfny" Is
irccdoin and nationality. xs follower Of
HwedcnborR, he, Of coursc, coofoun1s sell.l07c
with scltisnesg. liz defines "iHtn!tt love"
to DO "frcedotn from sclt.tose." ln Letter
Fifth Mr.. James tolls OF a sudden dctnoralt-
xa,son OF hiu,solf, amounting almost to
"complete nlorai tmbccflity" which came upon
him one day while he IVES sittlng III hls chalr.
and from which iIe d!d,not escape until he had
ss as.. stad1 dc Ssss q sxedss S
borg. Ile followed thls advice, ant1 was thus
conducted into the peculiar apfrtunl world
from which be Wrltcs TO hs "Fricnd," Ills
physician who sent him to The watereurc esf.
but l,e did not 90 Judge, nnu now ,c looks back
to tint MYSTERIOUS experience aa the beltpulnE
OF bis new life, or Of least special preparation
for It. To follow bis ,rcasonltgs and sprcu|a-
tious from that period onward would be to trace
the history OF q peculiar MUD through the
inazes Of what seems t9 US brilliant bus dazeo
intelert III It's acarcI for truth. slr. Jamcs,
while protesting againsf Paushrts,n. appears 10
US to pitch h[s tent t1om stage to Btage along
the border Of the PdntlleIstic land. In one
thing, ut leaat, he Is thoroughly coua1atent--in
Ills aversion to those idrms OF religion Usually
termed cvnngciical.r' The book Is far from
being wcak or eortcmpttnlc. 1t eviuces Wnct
thought In It's peculiar Hue. md will he highly
rcltshed by n eersalu ctas: u readers. 10 those
who, 1IEa ourselves, ptod along Ia the plane of
tangible realities, It will prove less satisfactory
pcrhups, tecause they are ineapaolc OF graspIng
ai.d hpidinE~its attet,uated thoughts. Society
is not yet Tar enough redeemed to come
Into communion Wfth str. Jatnes' spiritual idcas,
al,ll We nppseheuu TINT the ptogrrss towards
suell a cousutnmntiou, b1eeacd or Otherwise, ta
not likely to be rapid In this Intensely prayilcal
age. t. HDcletY tho Redeemed Form Of Man,
AMI tie Earnest Of Gods OmnIputcncs 10 HUI.
man Naturc: affirmed I'm lettcTs to trtcnd.'''
by II. james, St. Boston: ilouglIton, Oagood
& Co., 1879. 4S5 D., 4yo,, cloth, $o.) r. W. I.
, 1879-03-22

tween Feb. u, 1873, and Feb. II, 1879, 2l per
nearly fu11llcd, Ii per ceut were q partially fnl.
filed anil tcr cent wcro failures, And thas,
fhercforo. the fallsc Of oil the fulf1llments
an1ounta to over % per cent.
GETTING rid OF SNOW IN CITIES,
Moro than eight years aco the city auihuettics
Of London offered q prtzo for any Invention
which would enab'o Them TO get nd OF snow IN
the streets. Seventeen schemes were submit
ted. Tie successful apparatus was at once
erected ard has been In operation every scar
s1nce. It consists simply Of m inclined plato
of iron, fixed below nanholc leading to tbs
main sewer. Under this platc nro ranged gas.
burners. Tic snow cartcd from the ndjofning
tproughsares Is shovcled down The nianhote
grating, falls Oh the heated plate, Is reduced 10
water, mud passcs away down the tcwcr. Thu
conslmption OF gas ts very moderate, ntnl the
Gust fe tnd to be nl,icl,lces than that Incurred by
eartIng away tile snow on the oln system. The
apparatus. says the Eaaiaetr, has proved cx-
tremely sucrsssful, atll the Invention deserves
10 he widely adopted.
, 1879-03-22

has III thts volume, and lherc arc other good
contributions BY NJ: G. lrlQgs, D. D., Mrs.
Is usually the case In such compilations, aotno
pieces nf less merit nrc contalncl IN this book.
The doRgcrcl entitled Billy and devoted io
the Old jauitor Of the University, Is the most
unfortunate illustration Ut bal taste md faulty
composition ltf The volume. il'abIfshcd and Tor
tale BY ucorgv Mulr, Esanston, Ill. Price, t2.)
, 1879-03-22
WEATHER PROPHETS.

prof. Loomts, of Yaie College. having written
a paper GU " atorm-WaEnings,' Ia whiel, be
Gust somo doubt On the value OF thu predictions
furnished by tho New York ilrad, tint Journal
has lust printed an editorial casting the u,ost
insulting raproachca tn the Professor. Ito is
advised to grow cabbagcs, and Is styled scisp-
tiae donkey, s.c. prof. Looma asserts that tho
great majority ot storms from America pass IN
q uorthoaatcrty direction, clear Of this British
Ieles. aud that the chances against "loW-
pressure centre " traYerslng any part 0i Eu-
gland arc utne 10 oup, mud aRninAt ia causing d
gnla OF fresh breeze uoar the Eng!lsh coast SIX
and two to one, respectively: iita conclusions
arc that tie warnings are far from reliable, nna
il Indirectly supported BY an Engllsh authority.
On tho other hand, tho lerasd "Wea1her-proph.
ct asscrts that BY tue otllelal meteorological
bullctlus published daily Ia Epglaad nnd France,
cut Of Atty.uluu wnru!ugs seut " LoudVn BE-
, 1879-03-22
TIE rRANIEOSCOPE.

Every one Is probably more ur less acquainted
with the instrument by which the Idea Of conlil-
nous motion Is conveyed to The eye from p!ct-
urcs. Two disks arc arranged ut a suitable dis
tauCe, IN one OF which is narrow slit, aud OH
the other drawings representing tho yattous
positions Ut any actlon,-a horse jumping, etc.
The persistence OF the luminous Impressions GU
the rctfna produce Oh the visual orguns the sen.
satton Of a continuous picture auimnted BY the
various phases Of the movement intended to BE-
represented. The phenomena Ia ono Ut the most
curious In the whole range Of optical expert
ulcuts. But the Ingenious Instruments hitherto
produced all calIslst h The employment o( mar
row openings which, besides rellue!ng the light
In considerable proportions. aIId, consequently,
thr ceafness ad 6rilltaney Of the picture, ncccs-
statcs the rapia revolution Of llle latter 10
degree which exuERcratcs thu uutckliess Of the
movements. represented, because, II turned
would not permit the. formation OF d
continuous image on tho rctInu. In the
praxlnoscope, uanlo Given to u BY Its inventor,
III. Kcynaud, from Two Greek words lneanlng
Substitution OF ono picture for another Is effect
cd without auy 'nterrnptson Of vision or any
sensible loss OF light. 'rl.o apparatus consists
Ut Ill Upright polygonal box, fixed on staud,
tic various faces Of which nre formed OF pieces
OF ouklngglass placed side BY sl4e 90 as to con
sttute prism, or mirrors. Outside tint reflect
tng surface ia a movable circular tray, equal In
hight to- the prism, hut exactly double In It's
diameter. On tic interior surface of the trny
orc PLACED suries Of dcstgns on the samo SUBJ
ject IN the different plascs of an action, and 80
arranged tint each Of them corresponds to Que
faco Of the prism. 4 small wtncl is attached 10
glye rotary mutton to the circular box, and q
very moderate speed su1liccs 10 produce The SUBJ
atltilton Ut the pictures, nnd tho animated illu-
sion IL apparent on the mirrors very clearly aid
distlnctly, with remarkable regularity OF move
Mcnt. II. Kcyuaul statcs that tho Instrument
is capable Of rendering great services to optica!
science. 1t will iactltatu tho study Of tho con.
trust OF colurs ths pcrslstcuco Of iulpreasaons,
etc., as the chaugcs produced by Il can be elect
cd With great rapidly II required.
, 1879-03-22


A correspondent Of Nature writes: "Apropo.
ot your prtirle On tho centenary Of Capt.
Cooks 1eatb, It may bo interesting to call at
tcntlon to Ills remarkable accuracy In detctmfn-
lug tho roslttons Of places laid down In his
charts. There Is u greet contrast botwcen
hls accuracy alNl Tho evident carolessurss OF
somu moro recent uavlCators. Some years ago
when wus sailing In the PacLac VIC wctc one
day approaching the recorded position Of an
fslnud which no ono On board our vessel had
sccu was conyerslng with tho Captain, md
asked him whether no expected TO find It In Its
recorded place. To this he replied: 'it'is surc
to bu there, for Capt. Cook determined lts posi-
tion; md although I havs been now good
many years iu tlo rrciae, have acyer ,yut
found him wronr. Ind It been tf,a United
statca Exploring Expedition which determined
its place, should haYo thought the chatsccs
iuat nbou. equal ~ 10 whether It IL right o.
wrong.' There Is, unfortunately, too much
Of Admiral Wilkes Expedition. Those who
have had opportunities to test the work dont
by It Know that II IL too often most Inaccurate.
Quantity OF work rAthcr than the quality ot II
apocars 10 hayG been the rule with thu uaylga'
tors who conducted ti,at expedition. ! believe
NIL Cook's work was worthy Of his reputation"
, 1879-03-22

HEopg1 Of tho N0ftAWe9terD UutvcFalty ID
volume Of $50 pages. Its editor, Nr. J. A,
Fisher, In January, 1878, published card so'tc-
ltlng word. atld music for The collection, which
wus responded TO by the alumni, uuler.gsada-
ates, and friends of the University, An Advis-
ory Commjttee, elected BY tho College AssocEa-
s.ou, pasted upoa the merit OF tho coutrlhu-
tions presented. Included In the work Il Part
Third Of "Casmtua Collcaens!a,". tho well.
known college sonC-book. THIS part contains
the SONGS uf tIie English aud GcElnan stuuenta
In comtuon uao ln this country.
The hymn sung At tie laying OF the corner
Emily Huntington Miller, l. worthy the place It
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-02-18
srATr RIouTs or pAUpERIsNI.

The OIolona Miss Southern States is
very bold in its demand for the supremacy
of State Rights over the Federal power, and
very outspoken in its warning of the consc-
quences to the North and West provided
the behests of the late Confederate States
are not tamely submitted to, and the inter
ests and destinies Of this great nation are
not handed over to the disposition Of those
who once attempted to destroy it and sig
nally failed The alternative presented by
the Southern States is that the Constitution
rs amended, and the laws of reconstruction
and those which essay to protect the rights
of all the citizens of the South, as well as
of the North, irrespective of color or dis
tinction, must yield their distinctive pow
ers and results to the doctrine of State
Rights and become as vapor, or to use its
own phrase:
Soon you will hear the walls Of tens of thou.
sands of hungry, starving people go up from
this land whose proud boast 1t Vas in ante BEL
Ltg times that her exports mainly supplied tho
Government, fed and clothed the world, and
left her own people princely Independence.
How do YOU like the idea Of feeding whole
Confederacy of paupers?
The other horn of this dilemma, which
the Southern States presents as the alterna-
| tive which will save the country from the
expense of" feeding a whole CoNFEDERAoY
cor PAUPERs," is presented in the follow
ing distinct and unmistakable terms:
1t is foolishness for you to expect obedience
| TO laws and maintenance Of Federal author.
ity so long as the fertile cause of all political
abuses is to be found in the spirit aud essence
| of the reconstruction acts, which are abso.
lntely irreconcilable with the nature of free
poyernment. They have tendency to aggra
Yate. Take them away and elect a State
RIGHTS man 10 the Presidency. Turn STATE
Affairs over to us. Trust TO the virtue aud in
telligenee of our people to establish spotles
Judiciary that will do all that human pOwe
can do to bring order out Of chaos.
In the course Of time the thoughtful th'
lust, and tho disinterested will be able L
modify the spirit and control the abuse
of the Robespiorres and the Marats-the!
will be able to check the destructive en-
ergy that degrades aud prostitutes tho sa
cred name of liberty. But the struggle will
be fierce and furious, and many time tn
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-02-18
MARYLAND IN POLITICS.

The State of Maryland is without doubt
the mostnotoriously ring-ridden State with
in the pale of the Democratic party. Such
open, bare-faced, brazen, and shameless po-
litical rascality as is now manifested by the
leaders of the famous canal ring"
in Maryland has never been equalled
even by the White League Of Mis-
sssippi or the Hamburg In
timidators" in South Carolina and we are
convinced that we set forth fact which
even the fair minded, more honest and cam
did element of the Democratic party in
Maryland will not deny when we assert
that the elections in South Carolina, Louis
lana, and Mississippi, though perhaps more
murderous, are not whit more dishonest
or fraudulent than in Maryland aye, not
so much so while under the rapacity of the
canal ring rule.
The people of that State have grown tired
of the yoke of oppression and burden of the
"one-man power and seem determined to
shake off the political Mamelukes of the
canal ring" who for years have been run
"ning the political machine-making and
unmaking candidates, directing and dictat-
ing nominations, and controlling the Legis-
lature. But thanks to the march of intelli-
gence and right the ring" is at last going
rapidly into ption-it is divided against
itself and must soon be broken. The first
severe blow it received was in the defeat of n
Mr. PETER for Congress in the sixth district,
which will be represented in the next Con-
gress by Hon. NJ. G.. URYER, thorough Re-
publican and capable and honest man.
This was severe blow TO ARTHUR p COR
MAN, the boss ring master. Everything
that could be done was done to elect
PETER. BLACKBURN, of Kentucky /;
MCMAHON and WILSON, of West Vir-
ginia were called into that district to stir
up the people by their oratorci powers,
but the people repudiated the "ring candi-
" didate," and we have in his stead an hon
estly elected member of Congress, which
cannot he said of the other Maryland Rep
resentatives in the next House.
The latest cause of internal dissension
among the 'ring" people is the HAMILTON
GoRMAN compromise, to which we alluded
a few days ago. This compromise" is
nothing less than bargain between COR
MAN and HAMILTON, whereby the former i;
to get into the United States Senate and
the latter to be put into the Executive
Chair. This we gather from the press o.
the State; and besides signs point direct.
ly to the bargain. WHYrE, though ring
man himself is not willing to let another
"ring" man move into his place in the Sen
ate, and he will fight to the bitter end. O
course this "bargain" is denied by GoRMAN
and his underlngs, but facts are not to be
overthrown by mere denials, especially
when they come from such a source.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-02-18
JusTICE IN THE SENATE.

1t is rumored of certain Republican Sem
ators-the number is very small we are
happy to say-that they are hes
mN-BUTLER case before the Senate because
certain Democratic Senators have declared
that if Mr.. CoRBIN is seated by the present
Republican Senate, the next Senate, which
will be Democratic will turn him out and
also turn out Senator KELLOGG, of Louis
lana. Now, hesitation from such cause is
unworthy of Senators. If Mr.. CoRBIN has
been duly elected Senator from South Caro-
lina as the very able and exhaustive report
of the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions in the Senate shows he has been then
let him be admitted to his seat at once.
Let this be done because it is right because
it is due the people of South Carolina who
chose him to be their Senator, and it is due
TO Mr.. CoRBIN himself. To decline to vote
for the admission of Mr.. CoRBIN to his seat
because Mr.. BUTLER and his fellow Demo-
Gratis declare-as we are informed they do
they will turn him out next session when
they will be in the majority, is to yield to
most contemplate bull-dozing, and bull
doing precisely similar in effect
to that practiced in South Carolina
to intimidate and control the Re
publican negro vote. We are confident
that no Senator will, on reflection, be in
fuenced by such threats. Let Mr.. CoRBIE
be promptly seated now, because he is en-
titled to his seat, and then, if the next
Senate, which will have Democratic ma
iority, is bold and bad enough to turn him
out, then let it do so, and take the respon-
sibility of the act. The country will be
here to see it, and to hold the plotters and
perpetrators of such an outrage to their
proper responsibility and punishment. II
the Democratic party can afford TO perpe-
trate such wrong then Messrs CoRBIN
and KELLOGG and the Republican party
can well afford TO be the victims Of it. But
there is not the slightest danger of this
Democratic threat being executed. The
seating of Senator upon a full inquiry
and report upon the merits of his case by 9
committee is a final adjudication, and pre-
cludes further inquiry and investigation
INTO his case. This is the law. rs settled
by the Senate itself. 1t was determined il
the celebrated cases of BRIGHT and FITcH
Senators from Indiana. To reverse thi'
established rule and retry case once set
tied, and after session has passed, woulC
be revolutionary. No political party coult
afford to do it, as in so doing it would di:
its own political grave. We say to Senators
that beyond all question the only correc
and sensible thing to do is to seat Mr.
CoRBIN, seat him because il is right, and lie
, the future of the matter take care Of itseli
:. That is not your responsibility, but the re
f sponsibility of those who shall then contro
J the Senate.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-02-18

accomplccs Of fanatcism will be able 10 put
ignornnt rufiians, covered over with deeds of
guilt, upon the topmost wave of popular favor.
In spite OF all this, honesty and coumge
will finally prevail, for there are men who de-
spise the threats OF demagogues-men who
are not afraid to speak the truth of monsters
and monstrosities.
viii the people of the North consent to a
restoration Of State Rights, as they have OK
hausted their remedy to no purpose Or will
they persevere in their effort to crush out the
instincts, the feelings, the customs, the habits
and the institutions of the white people of the
South2
If the latter course is adopted, you may con-
6dentially expect tho worst results.
We rather think, from our knowledge of
Northern public sentiment that the great
majority of the people of the loyal States
of this Union would sooner be taxed to feed
all the late Confederates rs paupers, if they
choose TO assume that condition rather than
to obey the laws of the land and provide
for themselves as the people Of every other
section of the country do by their own in
dustry and enterprise, than to consent that
any State, or any number OF States, shall
rise superior to the Federal power. Such
concession is blow aimed ut the integrity
of the Union, the Constitution, and the
Government. Ii would reverse the logic
and results of the late war, and admit that
the doctrine of State Rights is just and
that of Federal supremacy is not to
be respected. The Union would be
practically broken when the alle-
glance of the citizens of State
is to be to it, and not to the confederated
body of States. We should have no Repub-
lie, but u family of independent States,
without community of interest or purpose.
The country would be thoroughly Mexican
lied, and from the day such doctrine OBJ
tanned we could date the decline of the
American Republic. The North will never
consent to this. 1t would sooner feed the
South from its own abundance than to give
the Republic away, should the South prefer
such boon to supporting themselves by
their own industry, as the rest of mankind
do. The proposition of the South to throw
themselves upon the charitable bounty OF
the North unless it can have its own way
is new, but it is eminently Southern in dis
position and policy.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-02-18
Am US EMEN1iS.
National Theatre-MoKee Rankin - Kit
HlancInrd-nTIe Danites.n

National Theatre-MoKee Rankin - Kitty
Blanchard-"The Danites."
"The Danites," dramatic venture by the eccen-
trio Poet of the seras" Joaquin Miller, was pre-
sented last evening for the first time in this city
and proved to be very good and really interesting
play. The plot Of "The Danites" identifies II with
"the purely American drama" and Is we'll gar
nished with strong situations and interesting ta-
bleauX. Many of Its characters are drawn from ma
tre and are depicted with the colorings only af
forded by the mine and mountain life OF the Pa
cifc slope.
The play is given with especially provided and
unusually attractive settings, constructed after the
most approved style of scenic art. Its impersona.
tors compose u dramatic alliance" of exceptional
strength and talent, whose principal members are
among our most reputable histrlOnic artists. Messrs
Rankin, Aldrioh Parsloe, and Mestayer, Miss
Blanchard and Mrs. Hunter present the leading
roles with every evidence of talent and experience
and their several representations were given last
evening with distinguished success We have only
to add that THE Danites" and Its company are
well worth seeing and deserving Of fl0ttering pat
ronage. The Danites" will be repeated this
evening.