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THE HISTORY OF TIE Loco-Foco OR EQUAL RIGHTS


with short Characteristic Sketches O! It's Prominent


Men. BY F. ByRpsALL. Il vol lsmo. pp 1927 New


York: Clement Packard, $50 Pearl-s'


This is an interesting and much needed com.
pilation The author is partisan, and of course
his portraits must be taken with an allowance tor
coloring; but his essential statements may be
safely relied on as facts, and the subject of his
narrative was eminently deserving a historian
The Loco-Focos proper, whose history this work
traces, were mainly honest though wrong.headed
men they saw that what was called the Demo
cratic party in this State had become mere
whited scpulchre "a cloak for all Political
inquity and corluption-one of the eternal con-
,ryances of Pro,eus, shape and specieus guise, by
which Knavery gulls Folly, and the Few by finesse
absorb what the Many have acquired by toll. They
labored long to reform the party to which they were
attached by remaining in it, conforming to its de-
crees, and listening to the Syren song, Support
the Regular Nominations! but at length the chea,
became too fragrant, and they rebelled outright.
This caused them to suffer mutual defeat or two,
but ultimately the old party leaders were Obliged
to give way, and less corrupt state OF things was
established, when the Loco. Focos went back into
Tammauy, giving law to the larger host which had
SO lately frowned on and threatened them with ex-
termnation.-This is one side of the casc of that
side which regards the gross mistakes of the Loco
Focos proper in their views Of Government and
Political Economy-their confounding of the Re
gency abuse OF the pswer of Incorporation with
the very nature and existence Of all Corporations,
and warning upon all alke-their insane confusion
of false with true Credit, and their blind hostility
Paper Money--we may find room to speak here
after. We heartily commend Mr. Byrdsall's book
to general perusa


FouRIgRlsM IN McKEAN CouSTY.-Every per-
sen has heard of McKean Potter and Mchean)
but few, are aware that the Fourierists have es-
iab!lshed an Association there, which, from all ac-
counts, is in hourishing condition. 1t IS COM
posed OF Germans, and is situated about twelve
miles from Smethport where they have thirty
seven thousand acres of land. They have cleared
SIX hundred acres, and given two hundred under
contract; steam saw-n is in operation, and a
grist mill will soon be erected. Mr. Gnal a Ger
man Rationalist Preacher in Philadelphia is the
founder OF this Society, wherein the doctrines Of
Fourier will be carried out. The Society has
branches all over the United States, and there will
be IN short time large number of Germans
settled, and in full operation to turn the woods into
blooming fields of wheat and rye


We are told that several Germans from ,hi, c;,v
have moved there, and appear highly pleased with
the change In their mode of living.


[Pittsburg Morning Post.