Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 28, 1873, Page 8

8 THE INDIAN QUESTION. Mrs. Swisshelm’s Opinion of Indian Lend-Titles. that This Country Bolongsto the Savago, And Thinks that Lo” Should Be Made to Work for His Living. Another Correspondent Points Out tho) Evlls of Our Governmental Indinn Polloy. And Holds that the Red Man Has No Choleo but Civilization or Extinction. Our Indinn Loand-Titles. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribtne ¢ Zozonta, Pa,, July 93, 1873, Bm;: Thatthorois, andhiaslong boon,something wrong in our relations with the Indlans, thero is no question; but thoro is room for grave doubts a8 to .the origin and location of thia wrong. Ablo, earnost, honost men hold that it sll lies 1 our nonfulfillment of treaty-stipulations; but, without impugning thelr motives or intelligence, T muet Insist that it lles Lohind this,~bohind the treatios thomselves, In _ TUE WILLIAM PENN THEORY, that this country belongs to tho Indians, I eay "“bolonga,"—for, it he was right, Ponn- sylvania i 08 vwuch tho estato of Todiana to-dny a8 it-was tho day before ho) overrenched thom in ‘that famous purchasein which ho became proprioter of an empiro in ex- chango fora fow boads and blankets. Such a contract had no olemont of equity in ity for thol “ party of tho first part "' got ‘wo equivalent in the éransfor, whilo tho acknowloigment of thels ownorship of tho koll is the Isndora's box whonco epring all our troubles \nday, Tho' transfor of that fancied ownorship iwsulted in tho oxtormination of thoso tribos whoso descendants ought to bo living now, thoisands’ of thom, useful citizons of the groat Common- | wealth, on whoso tersitory their fathors roaned- In tho good old time beforo Quaker-tactics let thom homologs. No doubt tho Quakers wore the earncst frionds of tho red men, and thoy probably did what was best for that timo ; but| thoy, none tho legs, mado o sham purchage of & fraudulent titlo, and LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR TROUBLES of which wo do not yot see tho ond. They cor~ tainly oxtorminated Indians quite na offectually o8 the Pilgrim Fathors of Now England, or tho Mynhoers of New Yorlk ; yot tho Pennsylvaniana bave puton so many Pecksnifian airs that wo bave quite succecded in making the peoplo of other Statea feol the suporiority of our land- title, and doubt whother Boston Common and Contral Park do not yot belong to the Indians, As o conscquenco, tho presont occupants, not whishing to vacato, aro trying to sootho tholr coneciences by pauporizing the romnants of *tho aborlgines " to & foarful extont. Undor the influence of this ropentance fox the fancied sins of their fathors, tho Amorican peo- plo have paid out as much moncy, I think, in oxtinguishing Indian land-titlea 8 thoy did in crushing tho Robellion, and thoy have only bo- gun. DBeforo going any further, it is worth whilo for tho tax-pyers of tho conntry, at loast, to examino tho titlos thoy are purchasing at such enormous cost. When tho first Europoans of whoso doods we bave autheniic record enme tothis country, they found tribos of savagos on the soil. DI tho faot of thom living horo provo that tho land was tholrs, 8o that thoy had & right to cxolude all other people ? 1 TROW NOB Tasgession i but evidenco, end a poor ons, of atltle to snything. Had Columbus found thess Feupls in poseossion of a British ship and cargo, stond of possession proving propriotorahin, it. would have boen strong testimony of robbory and murdor. Woll, oxplorations yirove that tho tribes who held this Innd whon Columbus crossod tho eon had murdered the Mound-Builders and stolen their possousions, What is thore so sncred in o titlo thus ncquired thot our peo- o must endure all l‘]lm lorrors of " In- d magsacres, and boar ‘shn lmr«]un~ 3! undream milllons ‘usod, ' Gvory yoar, in puyigforit? It title soquirad by toraburis g, ecalpivng, and ronsting present posscssors s 80 sacred that wo {my 80 enormously for it why not go o worlk, tomahawk, scalp, and rons! tho Indians on tho land thoy now ocotipy? Nay, have not, by this thoory, the murdorera of the Aodoo prisoners acquired a titlo to the Modoes' dand ? "Evory Indian land-litle is founded on ‘murder, politely callod conquost, and why should we give them o false and flotitious value ? Dlackstono tenches that man's title to the soil ia not in tho parchmant wo call a dteod; it Lios in human nature, and was first put into words when tho Croator suid to tho first pair, * Ro- rlon}uh tho earth, subdue it, and have domin- on. TIE 19 THE ORIGINAL DEED, and not only gives Lalf of this greon world to woman, but allots a portion to every human boing. Unless tho indian desconded from Adam, and we did not, e ean have no moro rightful olaim to the goi than wo havo ; for tho titlo inheres in Adam, Eve, and thelr descend- ants. As Qod ordained the family-rolation to koop up the wuccossion, o o ordainod olvil goverumont to regulato’ and eouro tho rightful nossession of the land. In His model govern- ment, it was made inalionable in the fam; y, and ovory family had its homestond. This singlo provision of the Mosaic law was Ao Divinely wise 88 fully to account for what is thought tho miraculous coberence of the Jowish nation, and the longing love with which tho Jow looks back, acrows tho chasm of con- Lurios of oxilo, to ‘“Jerusalem, my happy home," —tho land il which tho Divine ordisancs o ll‘md-dlutnhmmn was most porfeotly carried out. Thata poople bolieving tho Jowlsh Seripturos to bo inspired could be mado to recognizo 8o mon- strous o solocism an the right of li.hn Indian © hold and oxclude all othorss from this continaity is ono of tho wondors of thig and the las 0on~ tury. The sturdy old Puritans know Jottor. Thoy had not fled from tho land whao Wwhite lordlings had monopolized the goi} 8nd cons verted " it into plennuru-grounq. and door- purks, whilo tho Iaboring willions must 0og from them the privilege %2 live and labor on the common family inberiiance of tho raco, to como overhore and begin thoold farco of bowing ard cringing bofore a ot of copper-colored lords ¢« . the woil for loave to grow bread on some pore tions of thoir Highnossos' vast ostate. Every white man in this land IIA8 A8 GOOD A TITLE to it a8 tho proudest warrior In it. The man who dolvea with o spado all day is ns much & proprictor of tho soil by matural xight 88 he who struts over it decked out in wnr?ulnb and engla-fonthors ; and to tax the one to fecd and clothe the other, a8 an ac- Lnowledgmont of ks superior titlo, 18 ono of the grossest forms of Lorodiiary aristooracy that over wero muintained by any peoplo, - It {s not only unjust to tho whito mou, but positivoly ruinious to the red man. It pampora his prido, cultivates his besotting vico of idlencss, an makes him litorally a vagabond and a loafor, It s extorminpting " his raco a8 no open war would do, Wo cannot ]L\hfl{ poy Indians for Jand that i not thoirs to sell; and paying for what i8 not rightly theirs has deprived thom of :t‘xl ordinary incontives to industry, and made om TAUGITY, DISCONTENTED CRIMINALS. Our annuities to them have boen an unnring- Jed curse to the Indian, and _an untold source of corruption to us, No wondor the whole odifico of our Indian policy is conatantly traveling about on cars; for it Is all founded on the quick- sand of {ulm].\ofld,—lhn Indian's titla to tho land, It bne already engulfed hundreds of mill- dons_of treasuro and tons of thousands of lyos ; and wo havo found no bottom to the abyss, Itis quite timo we_moved off and planted our Indian polioy on the firm ground of every man's natural right toaplace on Lis Fathor's footstool ; and kot sbout socuring to cach Indlan and white family, who wants it, & homestond. Then lot thom ralse their awn boof und beans, aud make their own dippers, or raise gourds, T'hey will be healthior and happler, and wo will be done with all these mutual wagkacres and horrors of which, aé pros- oht, thoro seoms to bo no ond. s Iabor so groat THE .CHICAGO DAILY. TRIBUNE: MONDAY, :JULY 8, 1873, oh evil that o s the Indians' deadly foo who | yould roduce thom $0.the storn nccessity of rala~ ing tholr own bread or doing without? ‘Thoy - aro strong and aotive, havo plonty of land, and know as well how to alse corn and boans 8 wo do. 'What protouss of wisdom can thoro bo in feoding thom with flonr every pound of which oosta this nution ono dollar, and leaving thom is spond tholr time in gambling and hatohing mZ Btio Controverts tho William Penn Thoory.[je L i o OXNA. Camp Colorado, Columbus Co,, Tezas (July19), Cor- respondence of the Ka: City Times. ‘Wo nre nt the prosont time having ono of tho sgoverost Tudian raids wo have bad for some timo, After Col, MoKenzlo killed and eaptured s lot of thom laat fall on Rago Rivor, tho? kopt out of | hore until about tho 8th or 10th of April, Esch month since thoy have grown worse and worse vintil it scoma that unlosa wo gut somo holp, oth. or_than tho prosont United Btatca officers ond goldiers now stationed at tho different poste—at rosont on the frontier—wo will hnvo to abau- on ono of tho finost grazing countios uuder tho sun. Iwill now glve you some incidents of thothreo differont raids in this couniry, and from woll suthonticatod sources all the way from Red River to tho Rio Grando, o distanco of about 500 miles, and from ono to throo countios wide, Firet raid ~—4 Light Moon,” in April. About 11 or 12 o'clock at. nlfihb o _party of mounted Indians attacked Bolteynolds’ rancho, llrlvl.ng oft his ‘horses (22) hg surprising the honds, firing into Dis comp, and woundivg ono man. About tho 8amo timo thoy run on Chisme' Old Rsnohe, and captured thirty-onc hoad of horses. Ontho noxt day thoy nppenred close to our camp, We do- tailed ton mon to givo thom fight, chasing thom ton miles, capturing one a:my and two pair of moccasins, flnnfla making their escape by swim- ming the Golorado River. A fow doys after thoy charged tho Bachelor's rancho at 12 o'clook noon, ond captured fourteon horses, visiting soveral othor ranchos and driving off about thi r:.‘y lead, and killing ono man by the name of Good. Becond raid—** Light Moon "—Aay and June. Josoph Frank's and J. E. Clayton's camp was at~ tacked about 2 o'clock a. m, by opening a sovero fire with nocdlo and Winchestor guns, charging with full force, in thelr sccustomod way, Screnme ing and ynmnfi and running off eighty-sovon hoad of splendld horsos, wall shod, oud ready for b coiv hunt, costing tho owner nbout 87,500 in gold, so disHonrtoning this man thst ho had to abandon tho ides of raising cattlo, and finally gold thom at o gront sacritice. Threo or four nights ofter, anothor party of Indisns attacked the samo rancho, and oaptured oight or nino more horses, Having hnd an unusunl quantity of rain, they wero easily trailed noxt morning. A party of flve or six cow-boys followed, and aftera ride of twonty miles thomnmn upon tho Indinns, whoworo in the sot of killing o beof for broakfast, The cow-boys charged thom, Indian- foshion, killing ono and wounding two ; from tho bronetplate and trappings of one of tho killed it was uu&)lpwnd ho was nChiof ; recaptur- ing tho samo horsos with fivo of tho Indiana. After committing soveral othor minor but simi- lar deprodations thoy loft for tho noxt moon. . Third Raid—‘ Light Moon,” July. First wero ramors from all sides pouring in that the country was to be overrun on all sides by hostilo Indlans, I'ho first steal was from Petus Chism's superin- tendont, who saya: The Indians attacked us whilo engnged in tallying cattlo at o placo called Flat Top, capturing thirty-one head of horsos. Thooxt yictim was John Brown, who was at- tacked ot 13 o'clock at night by o party of Ine dians shooting into camp and running ‘off forty- nine bend of horses, Next night they attacked Cogging’ rauch, taking off mulos aud one horse, paseing along to Brown & Waldrige’s ranch, cap turing from thenco ten head of Liorses, My son, William Miles, who_lad been on_ bid way up north, has returned to replaco six hoad of horses which lind been run.oft--by Indians sbout 10 o'clook ot night, and {u o place we all congidored ontiroly out of {ho circuit of Indiancstonlings on tho samo night copturing twonty-fivo hoad from other rauches on thoif way west, Noxt.| night, bofore ~daybreak, fwo men i camo to our placo eaying that & )lmrty of Indians yisit- od Mr. Willinms' hiouso, kil l.lnf hia wifo, and taks ing his baby 6 months old, and dashing {t agatnet tho wall, mangling it complotely, and took off hia . littlo girl b yonrs old. Thoro aro at presont forty mon in purault trying to recover tho girl. How long this iw'golng to last wo do mot luow, but think it will end by blasting tho hopes of men s young man ond abaudoning his ranch, whic] wo had to do yestorday with one of our fifteon miles west of ‘here. Tho United States Govern- mont oxacts from us taxos foeds Indians, and cloth them, and furnishos 00m With needlo-guug i kif ab. . iy o M around Keness City Stock Yards wish tr-0d0rs0 mo as belug rolisble, I do- siro that yed would send s oopy of this to tho ropor awioritles ab Washington City. We ayo tim 2ud again appoaled to them for nid, Bat it -eoma thoy recoiya no reporta but oficint k| from+ndion ngents and oflicers, who never seo Sodian for months, or, much Joes, who in tha 408 time have not anopon air view of the noon- any sun (Col. Mackenzie excopted). Vory r speotfully, JoNATHAN MerLrg, A Lawyor Lepors The Honolulu_Gazetle of June 10 says that Mr, William P, I!n;fidum, who hos been living for thrao yoary ot 1lilo, practising law, has bo- como o confirmed leper, and was couveyed to Mololkal by tho last trip of the steamer. During tho firat ton-days of Jume, it #nys, tho discaso dovoloped vur{‘mpidly in bim, and ho hos be- loome ono of tho snddoest cascs now in the hos- foital, As soon as ho found that the disosso was Fapidly doveloping, ho acted with noblo courago, nado up Lis mind to separato Limsolf from £l ‘amily, and removo to Alolokni. 'The following s Lig lotter to tho Bhoriff, surrondering himsolf o tho authoritics ¢ 110, Juno 11, 1673, 1 Shertf of Harai Dean 81 Wl it my most painful and hoart- reaking duty to inform you of my full conviotion that T am nfllictod with tho fesrful diseaso called loprosy, and I thoreforo surrendor mysolf to you go that I may bo disposed of a8 by lnw dirocted, The past threo or four duya have 8o doveloped tho diseaso that thore ls 10 doubt koft in my mind s to my belng afected with it. No ono can fathom tho inteusity of my grief in belng compelied to soparato from my boreaved family ; bt atliors havo gultered tho paugs of doparation aa ol as my own family snd myeolf, and therefore wo knust look to our Lord and Bavior' Jesus Obrist for elp and consolation in this our hour of griof and sore kow. 1o alono 13 wblo and willng to slloiato ou sut- erings, Mr, foverance, allowmo tothank you most sincercly for tlio many acts of kinduess which T have recoived at our hands, from thno to time, during tho past two cara or 50, I Lave tried hard fo ropuy your kindness ¥ trying to do_everything that loy In my power to orit your respect and thy continuation of your kind. crs. 11 T have dono anything to hurt you in any woy, iticr s an offictat or otherwise, I beg you n the name f God to forgive me, thut I may be by my God for- rivon, ‘With tho hopo that you will enjoy o long lifosnd a pby onc, I romuin your aflicted sorvant, Wat, 7, Ruospare, —— Rovival of English Coolkery. That the nxt of coolory should have declined rapidly {n England uftor tho Elizabothan period appeara singular, but it is vain to soek in tho rocords of later buuquets for tho magnificonce that distinguishod thoso of an oarlior dato, Dro) plmfidnw‘u to tho poriod of tho Itevolution, we find that conrso food had alnost ontirely sup- planted tho delicato dishes of the medimval cooks, and ubout the reign of the King who was puzzlod by an apple dumpling, the calinary art sank, a8 might have been ox‘wutud, to tholow- ost dopths of degradation. Porbaps this deca- donce was due in great monsure to tho coarse tastos of the Uooryes, of whom tho flrst liked stalo oystors, and tho Inst, in epito of his pro- tended refincment, was a gross foeder, who pre- forrod n shoulder of mutton and onion sauco to tho loftiost inspirations of his chef. It would, howover, be unfzir not to admit thut the splen- d quolity of English moat and_vogofablos hus nd much to do with the national indifforencs to ofined cookery. ‘Iho raw muterinl is #o good in tsolt that it s almost impossiblo to epoil it. Tonco Las arlson a barbarous indifferonce to tha” ulinary art which s often donouuced in this ountry us mere dovico for making the food alatablo, Forolgn-{zavel, howover, i gradually roduoing o xeaction In our national culbine, and ho ostablifhmont of n Bchool of Uaokory at oy wsington will probably do much t6 lu- Jaduco not only economy, but” eleguncoe, to tho \bles of England.—Al lhe Year Lound. Antiquitios, A oitizon of Now llnmpshire writes to the seal journal that Lo i the proud posscasor of +one spun of hondos, uoitad agos 20 yoary ; ono oair of tongs 80 yoars olds one chopping-kuife 0 years old; one tea canister 53 years old; ono palr of flat-lrony G5 yoars old ; ono pair of shoars 4 yoore ' 1; ono gun B1 yoars old jone chisol 61 /| yoars ol ona brass kottlo 46 Enam old ; pair /| Bloelynrige43 yoars old; one inle-] ottle 43 yoars old, and Wcooking-stovo that has boon in con- ah:n’!. ugo for 20 yours, aud iy a protty good elove yob N \ GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dedioation of the New Houso of Wor- ship Yesterdag. Full Toxt of the Sermon Prenched by the Pastor, Rev. B. E. B. Ely, Tho new Graco Prosbyterian Church, on tho cornor of Vinoonnes and Oak avenues, was dodi~ oated yestordsy aftornoon at 8 o'clock. Tho Prosbylorian olorgy of tho oity conduoted the sor~ vices, the Rov. L, II, Rold, of the Eighth Clhurch, invoked the blossing; the Rev. O. L, Thomp-~ son, of the Thirty-first Stroot Church, road tho hymn; the Rov. D, 8. Johnson, of Hydo Park, rond tho Soripture lossonj the Rov. R, W. Pat- torson, of the Socond Church, offered the pray- or; and tho pustor, tho Rov. Bon, E. B, Ely, pronched tho sormon, as followa: 1 besoach you, thorafore, brottiron, by ho merclen of God, that you preacnt your bodies a fiving sacelfice, Loly and acceplablo unto God, which s your reasonne ‘blo'sorvico, Ztom,: 13,1, ‘Whon Bt. Paul would mako & practioal appli~ oation of tho groat dootrinos of salvation by graco, and persusde boliovors to an entiro con- seoration of thomselves to God, ho appeals to thoir gratitudo and love, using sa on incontive tho morales of God, *I bosoooh you, thoreforo, brothron, by the morofes of God, that you pro~ sout your bodies a living escrifice.”” That the consooration referred to cmbracos not only onr ‘bodios, but our entire being, with all its possos- slons, all aro agreed, I shall not misopply tho text, thon, 1f, changing tho phrascology to sult tho ocoasion, I say, I bescoch you, brothren, by tho moroles of God, that yon dodicato this houso, which is your rensonablo eervico. In order that you may do this frocly and hoartily from motives which are well ploasing to Bim who discorns tho thoughts and intents with which our acts are performed, I ocannot bottor disoharga the duty assigned mo than by oalling to your romembrance thoso genoral and special mercios for which we should bo grateful, * Qur gratitude is due, firat, for tho dolightful occasion which has brought us togother and the kind Providence tint pormitsus to enjoy theso pleasing sorvicos. To-day we soe tho ro- ward of our faith, tho snswer of our prayers, tho rosult of our labors, and tho fruition of our hopos, and, raising our Ebenezar, say ¢ Hitherto hath tho Lord beiped us.” Iumble as thoso courts aro, thore are thoso_prosent who, if do- nied that pleasurc, would to some oxtont at loast sympathizo with Moses, who, coming to tho border of thio goodly land, might not enter, and with King David, who hod gathored matorials, lnbored and prayed for the building of God's house, and was dentad tho privilogo of seoing its ercction or witnessing its dedication. Twolve months sgo, on tho 8th day of Moy Iast, trusting in God and bolioving that they were (t)llowiufil the loadings of Providenco, ‘though much digheartened by circumstances I neod not meution, 41 porsons woro organizod into a church to bo known and bailed as Graco Prosbyterian Church. TFor somo threo months the pulpit was suppliod by Prof. Bwing, tho Rov. Arthur Mitcholl, Dr, Blaokburn, and othors, until on'the 8th day of July a call wwas extonded to the presont pastor. Though thore have beon m0-8peoinl goasons. of rovivals, resulting in o Isrge number of nccossions, thore has bsen n steady increaso in the memborship, some having united with the church at cach communion @oagon, 80 that therd are now cighty namea on tho roll of communicants. Our Sabbath-school, organized n littlo more than twolve months ginco, with six pupils, now numbers 165, with an aveorago sttendanco of 109, and, undor the super- intendonco of Mr. W. B. Jacobs, continunes to increnso. Our thonks ate due to God for material pros- pority, + Aftor worshiping some timo in tho chapol of tho Chicago Univorfity, it was ovidont that tho ultimate success of our euterpriss de- pnnda;ll under God, upon our ecouring & more convonient and commodious placo of meoting. To the sccomplishment of ‘this thoro wers twd obstacles tho difficnlty of obtaining s lob suitably * located, and raising tho necossiry wmenns to build. Moat of our congre- Elflun, in common with our citizous gonorally, .Lnd lost by tho fire, and woro, putting. forth all their enorgion to ro-ostablish business and moet with obligations incurrod; and hence the time soomed vory inguspiocious for such an undertak- ing. The iirst ditllculty was unexpectedly ro- moved, undor circumstances which seem to show tho hand of Providenco very cloarly. The lob upon which fhis ‘building standa was obtained on conditions more favorable thanwe could have hoped for. is obstuclo. romoved, tho next , question was, how " ghall ob- tain tho . roquisito * funds to build? Boveral meotings of the ‘'rustecs and Eldera wore hold, and the matter was mado a subjoct of eapocinl prayer ore any plan was agroed upon. Aftor one of such sensons of prayar, and, in- deod, immediatoly after rising from the posture of proyer, the pustor opened tho Bible at a cer- tain passago of Boripture which seemod peculiar- ly oy pro{l‘nnw, and with it came the con= victlon that it was God's messago to the officors of the church, Tho passage roferred to may bo found in tho first and socond chapters of tho prophecy of Hoggal, moro particularly tho words: = “The g::plo unfi,‘ the time is not come, tho o that tho Lord’s houso should bo built. . s . . . Thus saith tho Lord of Hoste Considor your ways. Go_ up to tho mountasin and bring wood and bulld the houso; and I will take plons- wro_in _it, ond ‘I will be glorified, saith the Lord,” Bo firmly was the conviotion faston- od upon the pastor’s mind that this was God's moseage, that at the next moeeting of the Elders and Trustees it was read and oxpounded. ‘Thoso oflicors are here to-day, and can testify that they wero s0 strongtliened inl faith, and eucour- aged, that it was detormined to go’ on with the work, and agreed that an appesl should be made from tho pulpit for funds, This was done on o succoeding Sabbath, tho same pussagoe of Beripture being usod as tho toxt, and tho rosult was that, in 6 congregation of about200 persons, Dbetweon 86,000 and &7,000 were subscribed on the spot, The services of an architaot (Mr. Goorge R. Clark, of whoso ekill aud fidelity this build- is o witnoss) wero procured, and the buildiog commenced.” The nmount subscribed wus sup- plemented by Christian friends of othor churchos, prinnl&ally b{ tho mermbers of tha Firat Church, of this ~ clty, and the old Pine Ohurch, of Philadelphis, As tho result, wo havo this comtortable chiapel, oreoted at o cost of about §16,000, of which thore now remains due but about_5,000, tho poyment of which, by your liberality, we hopu to f;rovldo to-day. Bince tho inauguration of the church, the morcies of God have beon unto us a8 & pillar of cloud by day and fire by night, and wo humbly trust that pil- lar hovors over us to-day, roady to doscend aund 1111 this house with glory. Our gratitude is duo to God for the desirable- ness of His house and ity sacred worship, ** How awlablo are Thy tabornacles, O Lord of Hosts." A lnto writor—ovidontly & convort to the theory of evolution—inquires “whether, in the Inpse of yonrs, birds improve in nost-building ? I doubt whother tno Lomes of theso silvan architeots aro ‘more boautifully and porfectly conatructed now than thoso builded in tho shade of Edon’s bow- ors, Yoclesiestical architeoturo hus progrossed. In spite of High-Churchism, wo aro growing loss ritualistio in our worship. Wo do not borrow somuch from the mysterious gloom of dark chancols and sbadowy recesses, ‘Che houso of God, and ita worship, has more of the light and airy and cheerful about it ; sunboams and Gos- polbeams aro not so ‘much obsoured by atained windows and gloomy archizology and mysterlons typos aa thoy werc whon tho oxilod Pealmist, envylng tho sparrows and the ewallows that . builded ~“their nosts upon Zion's walla, oxolsimed: My gonl longetls, yen, ovon faintoth, for tho courts of tho Lord ; my hoart and my flosh orloth out for-tho living tod. Yen, tho sparrow lath founded a home, and tho ewallow a nest for himaelf, whore she may lay her young, evon thino altars, O Lord of Iosts, my King and my Godl" Tho littlo birds that ‘bulld thoir nosts and sing thoir swoet songs of Ernlus amid the groon oaks surrounding thiy umblo ohapel are not less to bo envied than thogo which hoverad about the tomplo, standing on Mount Moriah, a8 the beauty and joy of tho wholo ontth, for horo tho contrito splrit tny nost itaolf and rear ity young about Gods altars and bonenth the mom{-unnt. Horo tthe wearlod soul sook its rost, wailing for the time when, at the approach of wintor, it may wing its fllght to woot fiolds arrayed in Tiving groon aud rivers of delight, no moro to anlll (5', that I had the pinions of & dovo, that I might floe away and ‘Do at rest, Boloved, tho sanctuary is Bothel— tho louse of God, tho gato ~ of Hoavon, 1t is tho hallowed spirit on which tho soul alights awhile, that it moy take its honvenly flight, Poroh by poral it fttors upwards on {ts shin- ing way, until at longth it gaing the highest round, and lavos its piniona in tho light of lovo. I am woll awaro that {u this utilitarian sgo, with its materlalistio and practical tendencios, we are roady to ask, Why is any one particular spot of oacth moro sacred than anothor? [Lhough we should hear a-volgo from the burning bush mfl- ing, Put ot thY slioos from off thy foot, for tho spot whoraon thoistandost is holy ground, thoro aro thoso who would Inquite + Why so, Lord ? Indood, I don't know bul thnt, it Mount Moriah and the burning bush wero availablo, thore are thoso who would bo rendy to fence it in, nud buitd churches upon tho prico of admission, Cortain Iam that thoro aro somo who, whon o church is oxclusively mot opart for tho worship of Cod, nro rund{ to inquire: “Whoroforo this wasto?" Howovor {iheno things may bo, it _ia undoubtodly truo that, from hallowed nssocintions, by Divino anolntmnne, and tho comnion consgnt of mankind, thoro are and have been holy ‘fvlnm, sanotified and nccoptod by tho favor and pros- onco of God ; and, furthor, that thoir vory sano- tity inapiros visitors with bécoming réveronco in n‘ppronchlug Him in whoso presonco nugols vell thelr faces, Buroly, tho place where Ho recorda Hia namo, ‘the habltation in which Iis honot dwelloth, tho Court in which tho King meots with Iis subjects, tho bridal-chamber of tho Lamb's bride, is n holy placo! Wo look bagk upon tho grand old past, not yet lost to sight in tho advaucement of modern progress, aud Koo that, whorever God has revesled Iiimsolf to man by an especinl manifostation of his prosonco, the seono of that manifostation has bocome a hol Inco. Bo it waa with Mount Moriah, othol, Einni tho Tabornacle, nnd the Tomplo. Though tho glory of tho Iatter Lina doparted, wo still syin- {m 0 with- tho Inmentations of those whoso onrs yot fall upon- tho eito of its formor glua; So it has been, and is, un- dor_ tho Ohristion dlspensation, whdrovor God moots with His pu‘?})lu when assombled, the placais sweot and awful, aod, when circum- stancos will admit, dovout minds aro inclined to conroorato it to Hls sorvico, Ono? tho most dolightful thoughts, and that which ehould in- spiro us with & forvent deiro to sob apart this homoe to God, is swakenod by the ansurance that, whenover nsscmblod within theso walls, in Hig name, Christ is_in our midss. Whoro two or throe aro assemblod in my namo, theroam I in tho midst. 2 Our gratitudo is duo to God for tho intellec- tual and social priviloges of His house. Thoro the followship and communion of saints find ac- tunl expression and omployment, Bwept by tho invisiblo hand of the Holy Bpirit, and touched by the finger of Divine love, the_sympathetio cords of our socinl nature send forth ‘in swost accord tholr prayers and praiscs. Angolio hosts encoro the melody ana join the chorus, whilst from His throno a groater than King David, woll plonsed, oxalaims: *¢ Behold, how good and how plensan| o thing it is for bréthron to dwoll togother in unity.” Tho domestio olrclo, lodges, choptors, sobiotios, and tho wholo community of institu- tlons, exhibit and illustrato tho social principlo of man’s nature. It is an intollectunl magnetism, ever struggliug with contending forees to sccuro that unity of which the Oburch of Christ is tho 'most porfoct ombodimont, Notwithatanding the personal animositics of her mombors, and tha gohisme and divisions that have boen tho scoft aud byword of her enemios, Jerusslom is atill o city that is compactod togothor, aud in thoir as- somblios hero on oarth boliovors have an oarncst ond forotasto of thatunalloyed communion to be onjoyed abova., -~ *° “ 0, s joy for thoso to meot '\Where ono communion blonds, Counsol to hold in convarse sweat, And talk as Christion frionds, t"Time would fall mo to rocount the multitudin- ons blassings, tomporal and spiritual, that flow forth from the sanctuary. ' Out of Zion the porfection of beauty God hath shined.” In tho mutual love of His peoplo, their unitod prayors and paaisos, in Hisword and sacraments, in Iis moraiful {roviduucus, and in thoso benign influ- ences thot ronder the world hn&plu and botter bocsuse the Qhureh is_planted in ite midat, God bath shined! Bursting from hor courts and lun(ring from hor portals in eclouds of melody and wayos of light, the blessod Gospel of tha Son of God goos forth L\lflpul.llng“tba night of nature's dorkness, tipping tho hill-tops with glory a8 the dawn spread upon tho mountains, swooping down into the valleys, rolling ncross tho plain, spreading in asen of glory glad tid- inga of_groat joy which shall bo unto all poo- plo! Brothren, by all theso morclos I hoagoch you dedicato this house to God, an offering holy and accoptablounto Him, which is your ressona~ ble sorvico. My boloved frionds, thoro s ono gitt that in- cludes all others—for of Him, and througn Him, ond to Him aro all things.” Thoro is one thought before which all other thoughts, lika *tho sheaves of Joseph's brethren, do oboigance. Tho chiof glory of tho Church is Christ. In tho sublimo ritual of the Jewish dispensn- tion, thoro was ono day and feasb that surpassod all othors—the groat day aud fonst of tho Atone- ment. Without expiation for his sins and the Ging of Lin peopls, hawv would tho Inraclite ontur His gn;.os with thankegiving and Hia courta with raise Pio nuclous of tho Church of Christ porpotas ating its organio oxistouce until the coming of tho = Redeomor, is tho, sacroment of the Nord's Bupper. Tho great contral thought of tho epiritunl and invisible hurch, is that which {his ordinnnco symbollzes and exhibits Olrint oruciled,—Orist and his mgdiatorial offices, securing to the bo- liover all tho blossodness of a full, froe, and resont salvation, These are tho * morcies of od ™ to which the Apostle specially alludes when ho bosccchos beliovers to presont their bodies s living sacrifice, holy nnd accoptable unto Him. Theso.are tho morcies that give to tho houso of God its chiefest oxcellance. What wore the Church and her worship for but for tho blood that cleanseth from all sin? Strike from hor psalmody tho songs of redemption ; eraso from hor prayers tho namo of hor Redeomer ; tosr from her altars tho cross of Cal- vary, and her glory has doparted, Ohl be- lovod mendi if you would oxperionce that livol gratitudo and forvent love which should soel expression in tho ast of consocration in which wo aro sbout to ongage, look upon the Lamb of God, that taketh away tho sins of the world! TRomoembor Him who, though rich, for our sakes became paor, that wo, through His poverty, might bomade rich! Think of tho comforts, Tuxuries, tendor sssooiates, and loved inmatos of the Christian homes in which you dwoll. Viow tho boauty and convenience of this goodly cnapol, redolont with flowors, vocal with praisos, nbout ~ whose walls tho ever greon —memo- rics of this day will cling for years to como, odding new losves eand toudrils as new Dblessings develop, Think of tho Fathor's home of many mansions, of which this onru.\l'{ tabornaclo is but the type. ‘Thon turn to look at tho povertyof Him who #nid ¢ Tho foxos have holes and tho Dbirds o2 tho nir havo nosts, yot tho Son of Man hath not wheroe to Iny His head. Ho who was rich in tho glory aud falicity of His diyino naturo, for tho reat love wherowith ho loved us—becauss a fiorcions, fciondioss wandoror, despisod and ro- jeoted of mon—a man of sorrows and acquaint- od with griof, suffering tho agony of the garden and the cross, that we might bo rich in sanc- tu snd sanctuary ‘}"rivi.legufl, Laving tho ponsl of gront price, and an inhoritance incor- ruptible, undoefiled, and that fadoth not nway. Brothren, I bescech you by tho mercies of God. —— CLOSING SALOONS ON SUNDAY. Dangerous Worlk for Policomoense-¥ow One of Them Got into Trouble Yes= tordny. John Leonard, keopor of & #aloon st No. 127 Bouth Canal strect, waa caught in the act of re- spondiug to tho domands of a thirsty customer, by Officor Laughlin, of the Union Btreat Btation, yostorday afternoon. The customer was Laugh- lin himself, who was drossed in the garbof a citizon, When ho discovered that Leonard was ouly too willing to sorve him, ho doclined to drink, and inquired the namo of tho pro- prictor of the place. Loonard wanted to know 1is fongon for naking, and the ofileor oxplained by showing his star, Thon Loonard seized a wooden cider-faucet, and throatoned to bronk Laughlin’s hond with it if ho did not loave without delay. Tho policemnn refused to bo driven off, and tho saloon-keoper, who had by this timo become vory angry, drow o revolyar from its hiding-place behind somo bottles, sud flourished it around in a dangerous manner, at the same timo using vory_sbusive languago, Thero wero soveral rough-looking men iu tho bar-room, and the officor sayw that safoty and success lny in quiclk and declsive notion, o grasped Loonard tho hand which held the revolyer, and, stooping down to avold an inten- tlonal or accidental shot, domanded that the wenapon bo given up to him. Tconard, instond of complying, called ono of tho raugh-lookin, mon, & toamster employed by Gen. Josop! Stockton, and handed tho rovolver' to bLim. Laughlin told this lattor man_that ho know who he was, and unloss ho delivored up the rovolverho would got into trouble. Ifo also rofused, and passed it to Loonard's son. Laugh lin theu rolonsod tho saloon-keeper, and to the weapon away from his son, Thon he ar- rostod his origtual prisoner and marched him to tho station, whore lio romained during thenight, On tho way up Lo eald tho rovolvor was not that overy chambor was full, ———— THE CHICAGO NEWSBOYS' HOME, At 2 o'olovk yostordny aftornoon, as promised, the promotors of the Ohicago Newsboys' Ilomo proylded; & midday moal for all moalloss Chiengo boys who might bo willing to avail them- adives of it. : By the hour mentloned, some forty boys, prinelpally vonders of Tue Tainune and any othor morning papor that moy be published in Oblengo, woro on hand, rendy to partake of tho goods the Homo provided thom. In a ve short spaco of time thoy madoe away with o goo« ly 3nnnmy of broad, and butter, and corned beof, and woro succooded by another, and still ane, other batch of boys, until some 160 had had tholr natural cravings sntisflod, Asa boginning, tlic Managors look upon this as n auccoss. fil tlio evening, a lnrge number of boya and a vory fair number of spootators wora present at tho dodleatory oxeroises, which wers of a vory plensing ~ naturo, ymna _woro sung. by all prosent, nnd tho woll-known Bunday- sehool romotor, ‘Dr. Dlackall, sddressed tho mooting, having beon Introduced by Alr, Dillings, tho General Buperintendont. Some it tlo disappolntmont was folt on account of tho absonce of tho Rov. Robort Collyor, wliose pres- onco lind boon promised to tho meoting, How- ovér, the oxorcisen passed off very ploasantly, tho boya bobaved splondidly, talkiug gront inter: est in tho proccedings, and thoro is every roason to ool with ratisfaction upon the oponiig of an institution which is, doubtless, destined to no- complish much good in thus city. - e WOMAN-SUFFRAGE. ‘BrooxxazoN, 1, July 24, 1678, To the Editor of Tha Chicago Tridune = Brn : Reading in the Iast Bunday TRIBUNE an articlo from tho Cinoinnati Gazetla against Wom- an-Suffrago, I thought I would like to ask that sido a fow quostions in roply 1 First—Yo mon proporly esteem the poaceful ballot and its arbitrations ? Becond—Is votlng neodful, useful, to full- grown, worthy humans ? Third—Aro both sldos cssontial to s fair hoar- ing und full caso ? Fourth—Ia minority male ropresentation do- sirable ? How much more, thon, the ropresen- tation of tho fomalo half of socioty ? Fifth—Doos woman abuso horsolf now in slayery to fashion, ‘why not give her more liberty ond power to overcome fashion ? Now, both soxes, tho wholo of noc(nL{, unito in fotcing fashion (slavory) upon oach Individual woman, Sizth—Doocs not woman's slavery recoil torri- bly upon the men ? Seventh—\Whero do wo look for help unless in Emntur froedom of thought and aation, wider oloration for good ? Eighth—Do mon cstoom ono another tho less booauso they diffor ? Ninth—Do men blessod with noble, indopend- ont wives estcom thom loss ? Are thoy the moro ‘unhappy and unworthy because of such wivos ? That articlo seemed to havo beon written with the most studied candor and fairness,” From the writer’s ptandpoint it undonbtedly was so._ But, in o _tolorably wido course of reading, I have 1ailod to find anything that scomed to mo to in- dionte such doep-seated lnck of two American ossontials,—gonuine rogard for woman, and for honest divergenco of opinion, F. K. Pnasmx, sy MEETING OF PHYSICIANS. The Chicago Modical Bocioty will hold a spe- cisl mosting this evening at tho office of Dr. Dyas, Mothodist Ohiyreh Blook, corner of Wash- in‘:tnn and Olark stronts, when certuin cards #“1o the Publio” will”. scoive attention. Every membor of the Soclaty is eamnestly requested to attond. —_— THE PLOWMEN. - 1775--1861-1873. When, thonghtlossly kindled by Tyranny's hana Thio balefiro of FREEDOM avoso in our land ; , When tho wavea of Penobacot gloamed bright in ita da: : And Bavahnal'a green waiers reflectod its ray, “Then, from ficld and from forest, from mountatn and glen : Tose at tho glad Aummons the brave * Minuto-Mon ;" Tho Men of the Plow poured to war na the flood, And tho erest of old Bunker grow zod with their’ blood, And Monmoutl and Eutaw tha story can tell How bravoly thoy fonght and how nobly they foll § And tho “ Minute-Mon” shouted at York's 7lsagucred town, When {lio Crons of 8t, Georgo from the ramparts came cown. And again, when Robellion her atandard unfurled ; When gloom avershadowed the fair Westorn World ; Whon 'l'reason was rampant and Faith stood at boy, Tho Plowmen were Freedom’s defenders that day, In tho dun smoko of Sltloh har banner was borne By tho hand thut had toiled 'mid the grean-bladed corn § And tho men who hadoft reaped the low-bending Teapod tho harvest of death on Antictam's red piain, In this dark hour, when Honor is cast in tho dust, And Corruption sits high in tho places of trust ; In this dark hour of Yeaco, Freodom turns to thohand For relief, that in War ever guarded her land, o yon, honest Yeomon, sho calla in this hour When Dishionor and Gréed liold tho sceplro of Power ; Whon dorlslon and scorn at tho Nntion aro huried, Aud Freedom 18 mocked by the jeera of tha World, “wiit t‘ll;o sons of bravo sires who braved tyrants of ol Tow the knea to the pawer of tho briber's baso gold ? For Gold will yo barter Faith, Freedom, and Fame, And L\lgn ylu’\y, tho green grave of your martyrs in shamo At Lier call, lo! the Plowmen are rising smain, ‘Aud tho sliackles of Party aro bursting I twain ; On tho brond Busquosnns ol sliout rises bigh, And thie poaks of the Slorras ro-6cho tho ory ¢ “ Rise, Plowmen ! united, arlso in your ire, And to victory awecp as the broad Pralric-Fire ‘Whon blown by the breath of tho Autumn, that chill Swoops down from tho crest of tho cold Northorn # And o8 6oon 1n the path of. the Pralris-Fire ' secn The young binde armying the black earth’ in green, Bolot thoro bo seen i the path wo_puraue Tho greon growth of Gonsclonco upspringing onew.” Juty 2, 1873, AT, A Uniform Time §; ways, From the New York World, July 25. Tor some timo paet tho clook I the_ offics of thoe Westorn Union Tolegraph Company in this city hua beon connooted with the Observatory in m for Raile londed, bubt s subsequont exnminution proved Washington, and all variations regulated by ‘Washington time. It is now designod to socure auniform time system throughout the coun- try b{ regulating tho clocks in tho dopots of tho londing linos of rallway in tho principal cities by tho oclock in tho Westorn Union offico, as that is rogulated from Wash- ington, 'Theso clooks will have two sots of hands, operated by tho same movement, and in- dicating at onco tho standard and the local time. Ono now worklngin tho_telegraph offico at Port Hastings, Copo Broton, shows ata glance the difforeuco of fifty minutes ten seconds and fourtoon-sixtieths of & socond betwoen Port Hastings timo and that of Now York, A clook tobo placed at tho torminus of the Frouch cblo in Duxbury, Mass,, will show the time of Washington and Groonwich to- gethor. Tho Washington time will bo furnish- ed from the tolegraph office in this city, while tho Greenwich will be transmitted b; cablo. Itis not yot decided whethor Wushi ton or Now York will be mado the basis for way t.mvolluE. Now York time was in voguo moat of tho Enstern railways and as for west ag Buffalo, but thero {a no rulo in the mattor, A travolor coming from Doston to this city, goes by Boston time to Bpringfiold, the rost of tho way by New York., Even at the Grand Contral Dopot a train is as apt to start by Albany time ay Now York, The proposod uniform system will chango all that, and mistakes arising from want of a rogular time will no longor occur. AUCTION SALES, BY GEO. P. GORE & CO., 08 & 70 Wabnsh-av. Dry Goods, Clofing, Hats aud Caps, Underwear, Notions, &c., AT ATUCTION, ON TULSDAY, JULY 29, AT 9} O'CLOCK A, M, GL1O. P, GORE & CO., 63 and 70 Wabnsh-av. REGULAR AUCTION SALE On WEDNESDAY, July 30, at 9} a. m., of a fino lino of BOOTS, SHOES, SLIPPERS. Gro, P, GORL & €O, 63 and 10 Wa v, SPECIAYL, SALE OF CROCKERY & CLASSARE. a5 Oratos of W, G. Orookery, 10 Cratos of Decorated Ware, 78 Oasks of Tlint Glasswaro, A Large Btook of Plated Ware of overy da= soription (Coin 2I’lnm),“ou THURBDAY, JULY 31, at 0 1-2 o’ctock, *7"'@, Py GORE & 00, Auot'ra, 1 AUCTION SALES., b By ELISON & FOSTER. v ' BANKRUPT STOCK or B o Family Croceries - AT ATOTION, On Monday l[oming, July 28,_ at 10 o'olook, AT 1401 1.2 8TATE-ST., b Consiating of stock of Grocorien, Storo: Fixtures, Sate, Siteey Wagan: and Hacaoas, Tho atand 18 €500, and & T Ordag of GO . GAMPRELT, Asslgnen i + 0 nlisoN & FOSTIR, Auctionoers, Great Banktupt Sale _ 'AT AUCTION". Phillp- Sebks Restaurant, .~ 'No. b6 LaSalle-st., : On Taesday Morning, July 29, et 10 'elack, The entiro stock of satd bankrupt’s restau. rant, and fixtures, comlmni gf Oooking: Btoves, Rangos, and Utensils, ln!nfi Table: Qovors, and Tablo Waro, Hodstonds, Beds: and Covering, Carpets, Towels, Matting, and: Napkins, Deor Hoads and Horns, Clooks and. Ohromos, Ioo Boxes, Gas Fixturos, Lookin, Glassos, and Tablos, oto. An assortment ol . Liquors, Wines, and Ale, and. Mineral Wa= tors, oto., otc. T'orms cnsh, By order of GEO, W. CAMPBELL, As. signeo. BLISON & FOBTER, - 7 Auctioncora, AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, 699 West Monroe-st. ELEGANT FURNITURE AT ATCTIONT, On Wednesday Morning, Jily 30, at 10 o’clock. - Elogant Parlor, Obamber, Library, and Dining.room- Purnituro; boautiful Lambreguins, Laco Curtains, Par- lor Mirrors, Book Oaso; all tho Bods and Bodding, Tablo Linen, Tablo-ware, Orookery, Glassware, Kitohon Fur. nituro, Stoves, ota., oto. Also splendid Body Bruasols Qarpots through thohouso, Salo posltivo, family loaving tho olity. ELISON & FOSTER, Auctionoosa. bréal Ancton Sa 60 Elegant RESIDENCE LOTS Washington Heights, “The Finest Suburb to this Wonderful Chicago, On WEDNESDAY, July 80, At 3 o'dlock, p. m., on the Grounds. This property is situated in the village od "Washington Heights, within flve’ minutes* walk of the main orossing of tho 0., 0. & L. O, Baoilroad and 0., R. L. &.P. Railroad, and the Dummy Dopot on the R.I.R.R,; only 80 minutes® ride from Van Buren-at. Depot, and the fare only 16 cents: Commutation Tickets much less. Thero are fine improvos ments in the immedinte vicinity of this sub. division; elegant Residonces, Ohurches, Bohools, 8tores, &o., Troes sct out, and all tho improvements requisite to boautify snd renderthe property attraative. A more de- sirable spot for residonco is not to be found in the country. Title to proporty perfect. Printed sbatracts of title furnished. Terms of Bale—-$60 cash, balance 1 and 2 years with B per cent interoat. Deposit of 10 per cont required on dey of sale. A free train will leave the Rock Island Depot on Van Buren- et,, at 1:45 p. m. on Wednesday, July 30, stopping at Twenty-second-at., Thirty-first- st.,, Thirty-ninth.st,, Forty-socond-st.,, and Rock Island Oar Shops, returning after the salo. For plats and information apply to A. 0. ODELL, Room 10, first floor, 123 Dearborn.st., or to BLISON & FOSTHR, Aucdtiopeers, . 87 Market-st. A Mammoth Tent will be erected on the ground for-the comfort of all present. 116 ABERDEEN-ST. CGENTEEL Household Furniture AT ATUCTION, On Thursday Morning, July 31, at 10 o’ol'k Conaiating of Parlor, Chambor, Dining-Boom ond Kitohon Furniture, Brusaels and Ingrain Carpota, Loge Ourtains, Beds and -Bodt Orookery, Glasswaro, &o., &0. ELISON & FOSTER, Auctionsors. ~ TWO LOTS ON INDIANA-AV,, Noar Thirty-fifth-st., AT AUCTION, On Thursday Afternoon, July 31, At 3 o'clock, on the ground. These Lots are 25 feet front by 135 feod doep to an plley. Title fnrl'eut. THRMS OF SALE—1-2 ocash, balance in one and two years, with 8 per cont interoat, Persons atfending the anle can take the In« diana-nv, cars, which go within two blocks of tho property. "R 8oposit ot $100 required at timo of sale. ELISON & FOSTER, ‘ Auctioneera. By WM. A, BUTTERS & CO. | SPECIAL SALE. PHAETONE, BUGGIES, BUSINESS WAGONS, DEMOORAT WAGONS, b ak DQIUBLE & SINGLE HARNESY, o l‘?fl“lnl fi!alnod!;‘ h}gbfl.DA ' July 29, at 10 o'olock, at 15 WALt ‘A. BUTTERS & 00., Austionsers. GENTEEL FURNITURE, Parlor and Chamber Suites, And othor Furnituro, at N0, 468 WEST RANDOLPH-ST, On WEDNESDAY, July 80, at 10 o'clock, WM. A, BUTTERS & 00., Austlonoors, SATLE OF 2 DRY 600DS, CLOTHING, ETC, On THURSDAY, July 81, at 9 1-2 o'clock, E At15aud 17 Randolph-st, WAL A, BUTTERS & 0., Auctionears, | BUTTERS & CO'S Noxt Rogular Saturday’s Salo of HOUSEHOLD GOODS GHATTEL MORTUAGE BALK OF . (LUB HOUSE FURNITURE Yolook 1y At No. 54 W ally o AR R Ausiiouaars, & LARRIBO.