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PLATT8MOUTH, NEBRASKA.
THURSDAY, ........... JUNE, 23, 1868
COKItESFOXDENce.
W; - nron f rlloj oorr.-tp indecnj from-
II frl of tbe SUte, relative to the material loter
e.t uflns country, toother with such other mt
lr at contributor may deem of interact.
Republican Ticket.
Fjr President,
IJ.LYSSES S.GRAIT.
Per Vice President.
SCIIUTLJER COLFAX.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET-
Presidential Electors
T. M. MARQUKTT, of Caw.
I.0UI9 AL1.GBWAHR. of Klohardsaa.
J. If. WARMER, of Doketa.
Ursaberof ConjrreM
JOUX TAFFK, Qf DoujUi.
Wuternnr .
DAVID BUTLER, ofPiwnat.
Secretary of State
THOMAS P. EENARD, ef Washington.
Tftaorar
JAMU3 SWEET, of Otoa.
Asdlmr of Pta'e
JOHN UILLE3I IB. of Xemaht.
Pla.rltt Attornevi
lt District . B- nEWKTT, ofNemaba,
JI J. C. COWI Jf, of Poagla".
ti " . F OEAT, of Dodg.
NATIONAL. KEPUDLICAIV
PL.ATFO.TI.
let. We CJngT-atulate the country npoo the as
sured sueess of tbe reconstruction policy of CtWiKrens,
as evldeneed by the adoption in tbe majority of the
State lately to rebeHren, ot constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to al', and regard it
a (he duty of the government to sustain tbue
eou.tttuttoos. aud prevent the people ..t such States
fr..m being remitted to a State of anarchy or military
rule.
2'! The guaranty by Congress of eqnal suffrage
te all loyal men in tbe 9 uth was demanded by every
unsideratton ef public safety of gratitude of Just
is and mut be maintained, while the question of
auffraee in all the loyal btates properly belongs to
tbe people of those States.
8i we denounce all forinsof repudiation as a on
tional crime, and tbe national honor requires the
payment of tbe public indebtedness In' tbe utmost
Kod faith to our creditors at home and abroxd
A'ot only according to .be letter, but tba spirit of
the laws under which it was contiaced
4th. It Is due to the labor of tbe nation that tbe
taxation of the nation should be equalise 1 and re
duced as rapidly as tbe national faith will permit.
Oth. Tbe national 4ebt, contracted as it has been,
for tbe preservation of tbe Union, 'or all time to
ome. should be extended over a fair period for re
demption; and it is the duty of Cocgrees to reduce
the nters;t thereon whenever it can honestly be
done.
tb. That the best policy to diminish oar harden
sf debt is to so improve our credit that capitalists
will seek to loan as money at lower rates of interest
than we now pay, and must continue to pay so long
as repudiation, partial or tjta1, op.n or covert is
threatened or suspected.
7th. The government of tbe Cnited States should
be administered with the strictest maomv: and the
porrtntmn wnwi f.w nee so swaaaenatiy nurseo
and fostered by Andrew JcSuKmeaii loudly for rad
ical reform.
8th. We protbondly deplore the twtimely and
. . , a iTf rrt toe
sece-sion of Andrew J ihnsoa to tbe Presirteuey. who
has acted treacherously to the people woo elected
htm and thexaure he was p:edgd to support; has
asarped bigb legislative and judicial fa ctions and
has refused to execute the laws; has used his high
tBoo to Indues other of&ceia to Ignore and vio.ate
the law; ha employed his executive powers to
render insecure tbe property, peace, liberty and
Itf- of the eit sea; baa aba ed the, pardoning power;
has denounced the national lejrialature as nncoo
sitlutional; has persistently and corruptly resisted,
by every means in his power, every proper attempt
at the reconstruction of the b tates lately in rebellion;
has perverted the public patronage 1 J to an engine
of wholesale corruption; and has been Justly im
peached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and
properly pronounced guilty thereof by the vote of
3 Senator
9th. The doctrine of Oreat Britain and other
Euro pea a pewers, that becauae a man Is once sub
ject he is always so, must be resisted at every haz
ard by tba Uaited Slates as a rei ir ,f the feudal times,
not authorised by the law of nations, and at war
with oar national be nor and independence, natur
alised clt is ns are entitled to be protected in all
tbeir rights of cltli-nsqip, as though tley were aa
tive born; and bo citizen of the Cnited States, native
or natui allied, must be liable to arreu and Impris
onment by any foreign power, for acta done or words
spoken In this country; and, if so arrested and Im
prisoned, U is tbe duty ef tbe government to inter-
f.H In hi. tiahaif
10th. UI all wbo were faithful in the trials of tbe
late war, tbe. e were none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldii rs anj seamen wbo en
dared the hardships or eampahra and crul.e, and
imperilled their lives in tbe service of tbe country.
The bounties and pensions provided by law for these
brave defenders of the cation are obligations never
to be forgotloa. Tba widows and orphans of the
gallant dead are the wards of the pe pie a sacred
legacy bequeathed to tbe nation-' protecting care.
lltb, Foreign emigration, which in tbe past haa
added so mica to the wealth, develop ent of re
source, and increase of power to this nation the
svssyjum of too oppressed of sll nations -houM be
foeta-edexid wnnmn Rert TtTw-TffteTaTanWrprtTTry-
lith. rhia convetn declares its sympathy wiih
all th: oppressed peoples which are straglng for
th- ir rights.
13th, That we recognise the great principles laid
down in the Declaration of Ind-ienden-e as the true
foundation ol democratic governin nt, and we hail
with gladness every effort toward making th'.e
principles a lirrng realiiy on eveiy foot of American
soil
14th, That we highly commend the spirit -f mar
naiimity and forgiven- with which nvn who nave
served In the rebellion have row frankl? and hon.
estly co-cerp'd with us in r storing the peacf of
the country, and are reconsti octal. They are re
ceived back into tlx Union ot tbe 1-iyal p-op'e. We
favor the removal of the res'rictione lmpoid noon
the late rebels as soon as the spirit of rebellion has
died out.
Cases of sun etroke are reported
from allpartrof ihe country as occur
lirjg duriegthe extreme heat last week
W e
The trial of Johu H Surratt, on the
new indictment, has been postponed
until next Monday. lie is held in
820.000 bail
An excursion wagon containing 75
persons was run away with in New
Yotk the other day and tbe whole load
ccattered along the street.
Republicans
Throughout the State, and especially
in tli ia and adjoining countie?, will con
fer a faror by sending us all matters of
political and local interest in their vari
ous localities.
swoitrv in.
Alexander McDonald and Benj. T
Rice, Senators elect from Arkansas,
were, on motion cf Senator Thayer,
6 worn in on the 23d. There, so
much recocstruciion completed.
WHAT A "DIFFER EXCC
Between the uniform worn by a large
btiiuber of the men in attendance upon
ihi Chicago Convention and that worn
ly the thousands now wending their
way to New York to attend the copper
head show. Those at Chicago wore the
army Hue, while those going 'o New
York wear the uniform designated ns
the '-renJietou and Repudiation uni
form." Thevearers of the ona fought
U save the life of their country, and the
wearers of the other are trying to de
itroy th lifc of the nation ty covert
means.
CO.talXU, COMI.VG.
From all pans we hear of the war
Democrats docking to Gram' standard
as they did when he was fighf'ng
armed rebellion. In Connecticut
two members of the Democratic State
Committee have declared in favor of
Grant and Colfax, and we hear every
day of less prominent but none the less
honest Democrats turning their faces
toward the light in the same spirit of
Justice, honesty and loyally.
Morton said, in his speech at Lin
cola, than the issue before ihe people
this fall was one "tf dollars and cents,"
and not of principles. lie ws right,
undoubtedly, so far as he had a right
to speak for his own party as late
events prove. It is no.v asserted on
good authority that Btmont and hi
friends have raised a purse of S 1.600-
000 to defeat the nomination of Pen
eton and secure that of Chase. This
locks like Morton knew whereof we
spoke.
THE PROSPECTS
Of Chases nomination at the New York
Convention appear to brighten; but ii
is thought by sagacious politicians that
his prospects ore only buoyed up for
the purpose of weakening tbe Pendle
ton strength, without any definite idea
or purpose of securing the nomination
of Mr. Chase. His Mrength is thought
to be of a negative character, as op
posed to Pendleton, and that as soon at
Pendleton is considered out of way
then Chase will be droopped al-o, and
either Seymour, Hancock, or some
other third party will come in and car.
ry off the spoilt (and it will be the
worst kind of a spoil before Novem
ber.) A MILITARY HERO.
The JVeurs speaks of Captain Ah
by as a Democratic leader at Rock
Bluffs. Will that paper give its read
ers Captain Ashby's military history ?
It might be interesting to "?) Demo
crats county as Col. Patterson,
Captain Kuhl, Captain Cooper, and
others; and it might be possible some
of them had mi him before he came
to this State. In what regiment die! be
serve, and which side did he fight for ?
The Hews is very particular to give
him a military title, without any abu
sive pitheti in connection therewith
which is not its ordinary course hence
the desire to know the military history
of this man to whom the J"rws does
such great honor and designates as the
leader of its party in the vicinity of
Rock Bluffs.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN ?
This immense army, cloihed in the
adopted uniform of "Pendleton aid
Repudiation. which is being taken to
New York frtt t It has been unblush
ingly heralded over the country ihnt
all persons who would attend the New
York Convention in the interest of
"Pendleton and Repudiation"could e
cure free tickets by calling at tbe Pen
31eiou headquarters in various locali
ties. Does that look like giving the
people an honest voice in the selection
of a candidate? Does it, or does it
not, look like the workings of a "whis
ky ring?' It takes money to pay the
passage of the thousands of men who
are flocking to New York by virtue of
this arrangement to try and influence
the delegates in favor of Pendleton
and Repudiation, and where dues it
come from ? Has Wooiley anything
to do wiih raiding it? And then, it is
elated they are all wear ome specific
uniform denoting that they are paid to
go for "Pendleton and Repudiation."
Tbe Bond Quest iou.
We are somewhat curious to sen what
our democratic brethern will s&y it.
New York on tht bond question. The
Republican party has said officially that
they are in favor of paying the bond
in accordance wiih the letter and spirit
of the law. Can or dare the Demo
cratic party say ought else than this ?
The bonds of tbe United States have
beenjssued under'th provisions of stal
ute law, aud any legislation changing
the mode of payment specified in that
law is nothing more or less than a re
fudiation of the contract. Are our
Democratic friends in favor of repudi
aiion? We know that Brick Pomeroy
aud his adherents are in favor of repu
dia:ion he says so in unequivocal lan
guage. How numerous are his adhe
rents? Tbe Republic tn party holds
that the question of paying the bonda
of the Government is not one for leg
Motion that part was done befoie
the bonds were issued but one for ju
dicial decision. If the law says they
are to be paid in gold. If t them be paid
in'gold, and not repudiate a national
contract; and if the Ua says they may
be paid in greenbacks, let them bep.nd
in greenbacks. It is a q'iiiori for
judicial decision alone. It matters not
what our opinion, or any other man's
opinion may be as to the meaning of
th"s law that hsj no tflVct whatever
opon the payment o the bofidn. The
only question thai can come before the
people i. shall thes bands be paid ac
cording to law let that law ay gold
or greenbacks or thall we repudiate
our debt and destroy the nr tional credit
for all time to come.
luitutsro.VDCiXC.
Rock Bluffs N xb., J une 22 J, 1 S6S.
Mr. Editok.- VMiile Politics,
Railroads, &c , are creating so much
excitement in the country, it cannot be
expected that we can entirely silence
ihe "Monitor within. And, while
Democrats have a secret society organ
ized for ihe furtherance of the interests
of fihe ''trooly loil," be it understctd
hat there is aUo a counteracting, vie
torious, element consisting cf the Boys
in Blue, aud those who have maintain
ed the principles of liberty, justice, and
the preservation of tbe Union invio
late, through all her arduous struggles
for the suppression of the traitorous
fires whijh were kindled by J. C, Cal
boun and other Nulificatiomsts, with
which Democrats of the "Brick" note
riety of the present day are but tbe
counterparts, though they may preach
repudiation and Plowholders vs. Boud
holders to tickle the ears of their tools.
Yet with Grant and Colfax at the helm
we will "ngtit it out on inis line to
victory, notwithstanding the threatening
boasts of "Br.ck" aud Lis K. K. K.
combined But in order to be success
ful, we must be united, watc ful and
determined. Because ihe foe with which
we are contending are constantly on
ihe alert, aud will not scruple U adopt
auy means to accomplish ili"ir pur ose.
As, for example, after all their pit ad
ings and remonstrance againel tLe
Freedom ai.d SciTri ge of the colored
man. they would willingly embrace our
Chief Justice, S. P. Chase, who has
been, and is, one of the greatest advo
cates of the cause tf Liberty, Jusiice(
and Humanity; who iu his own Ian
Uiiage says: "I am satisfied with my
poiitical - career, having - gained - tbe
object of my desire; by Freedom to
erery citizen of the United State. '
But it is hoped that so good a man as
"Mr. Chase has been, will not tuffer
himself to be placed on the political
Uuillotine of the Democratic party.
The tame issues stand before thv
iieople to-day, that were placed before
us in 1861. They are well under
stood by us all. One is only an ex
tension of that houeat and humane pol
icy inaugurate. 1 by our lanterned Iui
coin, and which has been so shamefully
abused by the present exesutive. The
other, the opposite pi inciples. of which
VallauiJighain, Peiidlettu, Potueroy,
Vorhee, and others are the principal
representatives. In vntue uf the fore
going facts, the voters of Cas-- county.
baviug iu view, the gener. 1 welfa.
of the t oui.tr y.stnatltJ leave nothing un
done which would have a tendency t
advance the interest of llic R 'pubiuau
party in the coming campaign. Then
every Rrpublican mut work a no
watch. Let prui ary meetings be heU,
di4g - apfrrtimerf, a rrdct cryTnffcr
euce exerted which has for its object
the maiutainance of the honest and
good principles which have always been
the intention and spirit of our party.
Let not the shades of the illustrious
look djwn on us aud behold uj dissev
ered and disorganized in the coming
Presidential contest -
More anon.
W. & D.
CDUCATtOVAL I I'EIIESTS OF
it,DK.4Ii.A AO. II.
Protection of School Lands.
Kd. Nei. Herald Dear Sir. The
School Lands of Nebraska are two
sections in each town, or just an eigh
.eetith part of our whole territory.
This is a large aera of real estate ap
propriated to School purposes. These
binds are already very valuable, and the
rate of increase iu value very rapid. It
is a mailer of great importance, then,
that these lands should be proteced, not
only that they should lose nothing of
their present value, but also that the
rates ot' increase in value should quai
that of tbe surrounding country cr
of adjoining sections. Thi .will be
the case 'f they are cared for properly;
it they receive no injury to their pre
sent damage, arid the detriment ot
their knure increase. They are now
bem? materially damaged from two
causes, which, the ititeresl f our
growing Slate aud ning geneiuuon
demands, imperativt ly, should be look
ed after.
Firsi. then, fires are the cause of
much damage to our School Lands.
Timber is scarce and valuable, gener
al, y, in the State. The comities bi r.
dering on the Missouri River consti
tute, perhap. the only exception iothi-j
rule. The present supply of lunh'rj
on our s liool lands ought to be pro j
tected and ihe future growth insured,
if it can be done, by a prudent ami '
economical oversight. Timber d sec-1
ttcts ar freqneo'ly irjj'jrc'd to (ti
a no-mi of hundreds of doliais wLtrn
the time'y and prudent expen
diture ef ten dollars mitr'it. hive
prevented. The young trees cf one,
two. three and four years are almost
entirely killed; and frequently trees ot
larger growth and greater value seri
ously injured. Now this i not only
the actual loss of so much present capi
tal, but ajso the loss of the large per
centage which the capital would yield;
in the growth of this timber, f saved.
The question simply resolves itself in
to this: Can Nebraska afford to lose
hundreds on account of utter ccreless
nes and neglect in speeding ten and
and the cost of seeii g it dout? And
the probability is that the ten would
bear the whole expenses? Can Cass
cunty afford ibis? Can we. the pa
rents and guardians of tbe present ris
ing generation, afford itfonheii sakdi?
Can ihe coming generations yet in the
womb of the future affoid this lo.s on
account of our criminal neglect?
O
Here questions are presented for the
intelligence aud consiicrce of our peo
ple to answer.
Tbe second source of inj ry to our
school lands is theft. 'Perhaps I should
give this a milder name. Would it be
better to say the general scarcity of
timber or the poverty of immigrants?
Well, these may be ihe combined influ
ence?, the temptations, or causes of
temptations but th aci itself is theft.
ne veriheless. According in Websi.-r
a is theft, and perhaps tbe New Illu
trnted Edition i. as go:i etymological
authority as can be found. But will pf o
pie steal limber ofT School Lands? Is ii
possible that ihe citizens of ibis great,
free and enlightened country, ib most
civilized in the world, mil steal timber
otTSchool Lands? What.' the faiherstea!
frr m the children Why this is con
trary to natural law. natural affection
Granted, yet 'tis eiihera fact or an op
ical illusion. But ibtru this kiud of p
tical illusion is a species of image pe
cuhar to Nebraska. - Ur. Ltvinrrstone.
o7o!he7African explsrers, never de
scribed any such. '. Well, walk 'over
those school lands which once had lim
ber, and what do you bthold? Stumps
Now my frisnd, it may b an optical
illusion, for on wh it abstracted priuci
pie of reasoning can you accou.-n for
fathers stealing from ikeir children
stealing ih measures provided for
thfcir lutelh ctual culture and develop
ment, aud have material posterity?
Hut if it b an optical illusiou it cheat
all other senses too. fur the nmbr
not accessible to, or pproacbbiw by
any except the stumps. Of course a
has not all disappeared Jet; but I know
of no classie phrase' wh:clt will so truly
ai d forcitly express us pr muicuuui
tx'ii aud tuiure pio.-pectsasih" modern
Auctioneers formula, "Going! Going!!
Goi.e!!!" Th-;re may beau extu.
tor tin state of things in the fact that
in the opinion of some, the Nebraska
code ot E hies is not yet fully coustruct
ed; like our e'ate Politics and other
tate Institutions, is Vet in a formative
frrfrrtmrrr-, U
gentlemen whose duty it is t.j frame the
ethic and shape the morals our Mute
w.ll give such prominence to thit subject
as its importance demauds. We, then,
as a State and as a county, need soin
person or persons whose duty it shall be
to protect our educatioi a) intere-t and
property. They are among the jnost
important means of future rood to us.
and it is indeed culpable if not criminal
in us to neglect ihem.
Alpha.
STATE ICiltlt tlLTlIltlL SO CI
lily.
Omaija. June t0. 1SC8
At a iiiet'iin ot Uie Nebra.-ka blale
Board of Agriculture, in the absence
of the President, ihe meeting was cub
ed to order b tbe Vice President.
Un motion uf Louis A. Walker, K.
W. Furnas. J. W. Hollingshead, U.
P. Mason I.lam Clark, Samuel Max
well and B. E. B Kennedy were
elected lo act in connection wi h the
Secretary aud Treasurer, as an exe
cutive c ii;inittee for the year eris iii n.
On motion of Aino- Gates, by B E
B Kenuedy as proxy O P Ma.-ati, L
A. Walker and R. W. Fur as were
electea a committee to prepare l y law.
for the government ot the society, and
to report at the next meeting.
On motion a was resolved ihat said
society hold an annual fair ihe present
year at such place as the soc:ey wi.l
hereafter determine.
On motion, a was resolved that
when tbis meeting adjourns it wiil be
to meet at Nebraska t'iiv on the 27h
day of July. 1S6S. at 2 o'clock, p. m
Also thai the Secretary is requested
to notify ihe. several county societies of
ihi time plac and objects of said meet
iriij, and lo cause these proceedings to be
published in the new-papers of the
State.
On motion the meeting adjourned
E A. ALLEN Vice President.
C. II Walxeh. Secretary.
It i- staled th.ii nf l!i Natitn.nl
Lxccu ive c. nnniiu which h t t al!ftl
the conservative coMicr..' and nil"r'
convention, fi.e of itn nine General
are btii. some of ihem n, v r having
been ctfic -rs of any r.n k Knif mure
tif the cnl'er erf Colonels and cm- a
Maj.tr. Five of these never nnelit d
Bin.ptvAiler. and mi vv.is an riiio r in
a nine months regiment that never
n'erhed 'he frtj.
TH. CU all's n. COAFfel'i'TlO';
This body, in session in Counci
J Bluffs Ukt week, closed its labors on
Thursday.
At the close of the discussion of the
morning session the following resolu
tions were adopted :
Resolved, That, the relation of the
home to the church is very intimate
and important, and that all the influ
erce of the home sLould be thrown in
favor of ihe church.
Resolved, That we will endeavor to
enhai ce the attractiveness of our homes
by maintaining daily family worship,
tempering: parental authority with
sweetne.-s of disposition, introducing
system into our domestic arrangements
nd seeking the. conversion of our
children in full belief that they will
be partakers with us of eternal hfe.
Rtsolced, That eery Christian pa
rent rhouid rerard himself or herself
as a minister of Christ, specially cr
dained t the work of bringing the
family to Christ.
7?esore,That the great design of
all cur devotional meeting is spiritual
profit, and ihat to make them of wider
benefit the greatest possible interest
should invest them.
Resolved, That to this end ihere
should be suitable preparation, both by
meditation and prayer, definiteness of
purpose, brevity in the various exercises
a sense of personal responsibility upjn
the part of all engaged in them and
th uruiy of the Spirit.
Resolved. That whenever possible,
such places for devotional meetings
should be selected as are bright, cheer
ful and wpII ventilated, and that in th
building of churches deference should
e had to these things rather than to
expensive ornamentation.
At the clo-e of the discussion of the
afternoon session the following rtsolu
tons were adopted :
Resolved. That the union of the va
rious branches of Christ' churches in
the work of moral and religious cul
ture is not only lo be desired, bui is ne
cessary to perfect success.
Resolved, That such union can be
be't manifested when the churches ap
prehend clearly and distinctly, ihat w-
have tut one Lord, one fanh, one bap
tism. Arrangements were made for hold
ing sT.'iiiTa'r conventions as follows :
July 3. 9. 10,
July 11. 12,
July 13.
Julv 14.
July 15,
July 16,
July 17.
July 18. 19.
July 20.
July 21.
Omaha.
Sioux City.
Jt. John.
Pin ttsniouth.
Glen wood
Tabor
Sidney.
Nebraska City.
Fremont
Columbus.
The rest of the month to the 26th.
ineetirif." of one day euch will be held
along: 'he Union Pacific Railroad, not
ye. designated.
From the RoMon Usilv advertiser.
HOW CUltOMOS ARE MADE.
Croiiio-Littiugrapby u tt.e art of
prititiug pictures irum stone, in colors
Tiie nio.-t Uilhcult bran' h of it whicli
is now generally implied vt hen chromo
are spoken ot I- the art reproducing
oil paiuiings. When a chrutuois m tde
by a tompirte hand, a presents en ex
act couu'eipsrt ot tbe original painting,
Vint) the delicate gradaiious of lints and
aliailes, and with much ot the spirit anil
tone ot a production of the brush and
pa. It.
. To. unJt ritand how cutemios are
made, the ariof lithogrnphy must fir-1
be briefly explained. The stone used
in lithogiapl.ini; is a species ot lime
stone found in Bavaria, aud is wrought
into thick slabs and with finely poli-h
ed surface. The drawing i-made up
on the sljb with a son of colored soap
which adheres to the stone, and enters
in ua chemical combination wrh it af
ter the applications of certHin acids? nd
tiUiiiK. When the drawing ie complete
the slab is put on the pres, and care
ful, y dampened with a sponge. The
on color (or ink) is then upppl.ed with
a common pnuters roller. Ot course,
the par s ot the Lb tvhich contain no
drawing, being wet, rei-t the ink;
tvhile the drawing itself, being oily,
repels the water, but retains ihe color
applied. Ii is thus that without a
raised surfitce or incision a in com
moo printing, wood cuts, and steel e i
uraving lithography produces .prim
ed drawings trom a perfectly s rooth
stone
In a chroino the first proof is a light
tr round tint, covering nearly all the
-urface It has only a faint shadowy
resemblance lo the complete picture.
It has a shadowy resemblance to the
completed picture. It ism fact rather
a shadow than an outline. Tbe next
proof, from the second stone contains
til the shades of another coloi. Ihi
process i- repeated aa'n and again
and a tram; occasionally, as often as
thirty times. We saw one pi oof, in a
vuii to Mr Trang's establishment, a
ymup nt canle, that had passed
through the press twelve times; aid :t
stitl bore a greater resemblance to a
spoil-d colored photograph thru to a
charming picture which it subsequently
oecame ihe number ot impression"
however, does not necessarially indi
caie ihe number ot co'ors in a paii tinc
because the color- and tints are reai
ly multiplied by combinations created
in ih process f priming one over an
other. In twnetv five impression it is
sometimes necessary and possible to
produce a bundled distinct shade.
The last impression is made by an
engraved stone, whicli Toduced lba
feweniManre 0 canvas noticeable in
all of Mr Praim finer specimens
I'ncli-h ami Ga-rman rl romos. a- a rule,
d.i nut attempt to e've ihi delicate nd
final touch, although ii would seem
lo be es-entia in or.l-r to make a
perfect imitation rf a painting
The paper used i whi'e, h-avv
'phta jipr, cf the best quality,,
which has to pass through a heaiy
press, sheet by sheet before its surface
is fit to receive an impression.
The process thus briefly explained,
we need hardly add, requires equally
great skill aud judgement at every
stage. A siugle error is instantly'de
tecied by the practiced eye in the fin
ished specimen. Tho productions of a
c.iromo, if it is at all complicated re
quire several months sometime
s-veral years of careful preparation.
The mere drawing of the different and
entirely detached parts on so many
different stones is of itself a work thai
requires an amount of labor and a de
gree of sk-il, which, lo a person unla
inilliar with the progress would appear
incredible. Still more difficult and
needing still greater skill, is the pro
cess of coloring. Th s deinonds a
knowledge which artists have hereto
fore almost exclusively monopolized
and, in addition to it, the practical fa
int. i.ti ity ot a printer with mechanical
details. "Drying'' and registering"
are as important branches of the an of
making chrximcs as drawing and color
ing. On proper registering, for ex
ample, the entire possibility of pro
gress depends, "Registering" is that
part of a pressman's work which con
sims in so arranging the paper in tbe
press, that it shall receive the impres
sion on exactly the same spot cf every
sheet. In book work, each page
must be exactly opposite the page print
ed on the other side of the sheet, n
orcer that the impression, if on thin
paper, may not "show through." In
newspaper work this is of less impor
tance aud otteu is not attended to with
any special care. But in chromo-lith-
ograpby the difference of a hair's
breadth would spoil a picture; for it
would hopelessiy mix up the colors.
After the chromo has passsed
through the press, it is embossed and
viirni-hed, and theu put up for the
mnrket. These finai processes are for
the purpose ef breaking the glossy
light and of softening the hard outlines
winch the picture receives fiom the
stone, which imparts the resemblance
of a painting on canvass.
Mr. Prang began bis business in
the humblest way, but has rapidly in
creased his establishment, until he now
employs fitty workmen, nearly ail of
them artists and artisans of the most
skillful class, and is now preparing to
moyTi i ojLiiJ 1 rii?li,i,lif J-- Ua
use. eighteen presses; and ois sales
are euura out. Uis catalogue now
embraces a large number o! Album
Lards, about seventy set, with twelve
in each set; a beautiful series of ilium
mated "Beatitudes'" and "Scriptural
Mottoes;" sn endless list of our great
men, aud tit men not so great after ail;
of, juveniles, notably, aprtfusely illus
trated edition of "Old Mother Hub
bara;' and half chromos and cbromos
proper. Tails' "Chicken," "Dutk
Imgs" ani "Qnaila"' were ihe first
chromos that met an ins'ant and wide
recognition. Nineteen thousand copies
of ihe "Chickens alone were sold.
Bricner's Unrly Auimn on Esopus
Crlt" ie octet of act .Krumok ever
mode ona small scald. I he 'Bjlfinch
aud the 'Linnet (after Cruikshnnk)
are admirable. There are chrdmoe
which are less successful, aud one or
two that are not successful at all; but
tn-y are nearly all excellent copies of
the originals, with which the defects
iiiu-t be charged.
The chromos of Bricher'a paintings
are rmlly wonderfully accurate
Mr Piang'a masterpiece, however,
is not t published, although it is
nearly ready lor the market. It en
tfrHy -wrrpBSW a Ibt jTrvfrnrrflT rrtr'
It is Corr.-iggio's ' MagJelena, end
can hardly fail, we think to command
quick sale and hearty recognition. 1
Lik every modern discovery, chromo
luhograuhy has its partisans and de
tractors, those who claim fcr it per
haps impossible capabilities, and those
who regard it as a mere handicraft,
which no skill can ever elevate into
the dignity of an art. We do not care
to enter lhee disputes. Whether an
art cr a handicraft, chromo lithography
certainly re-produces charming lible
pictures vastly superior to any colored
plates thai we have had before; and
a i-, at least, clearly entitled to be re
yarded as a means of educa'ing the
popular taste, and thereby raiting the
na'ioiial ideal of art
A correspondent, looking at chromos
from this point of view, thus indicates
(it may be somewhat enthusiastically)
their possible influence on the culture
of the people :
.'What the discovery of the art o'
printing did for the mental growth of
the people, the art of chromo-htho-graphy
seems destined to accomplish
tor the aesthetic culture. Before types
were first made, scholars aud the
wealthier classes had ample opportuni
ties i or siuuy ; lor even wuen uiblts
were chained in chuiches, and copies
of the Scriptures (then aptiy so-styled)
were worth a herd of cattle, there
were large libraries accessible to the
ar.stocracy of r nk and mind But
they wer guarded against the masse
by the double doors of privilege nd
ignorance. A book pos-cssed no at
tractions for the man who couIJ not
read the alphabet; and.btcause they
were rare and hard lo get at. he had
n incitement to master their myeterie.
Made cheap and common, the meanest
peasant, in the course nf a few gener
ations found solace for his griefs in
the page- of the greatest author of hi
times and of all time. Mental culture
became possible for whole nations ;
and democracy, with its illimitable
blessings, gradually grew up under
h little shadow of tbe first "printer's
proof."
"Until within a quite recent period,
an ha leen feudal in its associations.
Galerie of priceles paintings, indeed,
there have al-vays been in certain fav.
ored cities and countries; bui to the
peoplp, ns a whole, they have equally
inaccessible and unappreciated, because
no previous training had taught the
cbratntiLivy Low to prize tbera. It wai
like Harvard Co'lge without the dij.
trici school, a p'anet without atellites
and too far removed from the world cf
the people for its light to shine in t
homes of the masses
No, chrome-lithography, although
still in its infancy, promises to diffuse
not a love of art merely among ihe
people at large, but to disseminata tbe
choicest masterpieces of art itself. It
is art ret ublicanized ami r.ntuml zed
in Amfii.a. In .rterr.j ts I ith r: m
been ccinpara'.ivt Jy urixmbiiK t. ; ltt
it was rot Homer at.d I'i ttri thai wt r
first honored by the piinting-pre.-s. Tt
was dreary catetliiinof drr-ary creeds
So will it be with iliis new ntt. At
popular taste improves il.e ulj.c: will
be worthier cf on art tvl iih "el,s to
give lack tn mankind whit has hi her
to been confined to the few.'
jiTcu; Avcxtimncntfi.
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