Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 10, 1873, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, = = ™ T 5 T B T 7 . » = x g T 7 Lentbatibyrs b the fally of trying lo ko ndvantado 6f | allod;. aud tho following, ‘rosponded: “Tto.|attlre,- &hd mo, plafing Jow, thoy trida to stong | ‘breaks throujh-Tts.neual: Sibbatnctan rulo b 1 EPISGOPAL GONVENTION. our .all\r_ln, in ‘ml‘vylnn,l?hglnMn:ndnnlmm\nlv 'g\ ;({",' H; J. Whitohouse, D. D, tho Rov, | hor to ddnlh.'| llinltg. iving out, they solzed tunning Bunday, trains to lh’o'l'::'fi:n)l;‘u:(nlfi\ THE mNclNNATI EXPOSITION' :%;:ufiufink%;dlt’f:‘:gol:flfl L’L:]{Lug?lcfl&o:’s ':‘n'x‘i.f’.'flfi"fi":k‘;’é:fi."&?},‘,‘:}.‘fi‘{fl“"““““"‘?‘”"‘i el 8/ Abbott, the Rove t{luphml‘ . Allon, | doon bricka (ad beor-bottlen, 'K'.fl Jombaxdod | 1loto only dutug tho Tiov. I W, Doroliety | -/ ¢ 5 sl P cohtions magy also b takon to tho. palnting £ Shmal A a i H ey 1 i \ i ato Mrs, Stolo Bl ' to Ban- | slay therg, In ordor to carry amudomont-sookora - i > |+ Tho otitire humun family, arti¢uiatesl and’wo aro |itho Rov, Pobor Arrodaon, tlio Tof, |Olomont o i N . haro, of Thlrty-Sixth Annual Meeting of 6] Bukhend ot to sive u nsa. ohnos iympsthy thet.| Dok, .tho Rov. Artbur’ Droolcs, tho Tov, | Joy orprotoction. Bho ko Ity s Maggloand{) wha widh 1o lonr that ciinont divine proah, Biocese of Iilinols, List of Olevion] and Lay Delegates in Attendance. ; Full Text of the Rev. Sidney Corbett's Opening Sermon. Appointment of Standing Coms mittees-~-The Bishop’s Addroess. MORNING BESSION. The Thirty-sixth Annual Conventlon of tho Protostant_ Epiacopal Ohurch of tho Diocceo of Yhinols nssomblod yostorday, in tho Oathedral Church of 88, Potor and Paul, at tho cornor of ‘Wost Washington and Peorin stroots, Tho altar, the Bishop's chair, nud prominont _polnts in tho chancel hnd boon profusely deoked with flowors by the ladics of tho congrogation, and made , moro beautiful an interior that has 1o oqual in " tho olty, _ ond the Bishop of the diocoso ; tho clorgy of the . dioceso (all robed), inorderof soniority; the . mot the ontire brotherhood of man, to o lessor or - pnd for God, . power?” When ono nation withdrawa tho sword from . allko) . wecach hnvo our awn appofited orbit, and disastor At n fow minutes after 10 o'clock tho organ, ‘undor the manipulation of Master P. 0. Lutkin, poalod forth a fine voluntary. When this was finished, tho processional hymn, ‘‘Onward, Ohrietian Soldlors,” was sung. Tho ordor of pro- cossion was: Tho vorgor of the Cathodral boaring B maco; tho choistora of the Cothedral robed;. tho procodent of the Onthedral ; the Right Rover~ lay delegates. Tho servicos woro thon procoeded Wit ns fol- lows : Tho opening sontences and the prayors to the Oreed woro said by the Rev. D. W. Droesser, of Carlinvillo, Absolution being pronounced by tho Bishop, Tho firat Jesson was road by tho Rov. E. Builivan, of Trinfty Ohurch, Chicaga ; the socond lesson by the Rov, I. L, Townsond ; tho prayora gubsoguant to iho Croed woro aaid ::yrE 0 ltov. 1% N. Morrison, D, D., of Bloom- ngton. 'ho sermon was prenched by the Rov. Bidnoy Corbett, D. D., Rector of St. John's, Quinoy, aud was as follows “ For wo aro mombors onoof anothor. (Erbeslane 4 cliap, 8 varany), 1o ap,old (1o wo aro told + many wa dividod into “men,” st ho might bo helpful to Rimaclf, Just as tho Lond fs divided into fugors to Lo moro helpful to itsclf, 1If, therefore, you scek man in his beat cetolo, you must look to thio family of man entire, junt as in sceking a porfoct hand you must look to palm and. knuckle, thumb, fingors, &c. Now, the old trulem called *fablo” is Gospel truth, Itis juat tho teaching of our toxt, and by simplo analogy and Tostonlng Wo hopo to provait, Wo deairo to show thet no one can afford to solfishly ~ disso- gisto himeclf from the brotberhood of mnn‘ for by so attempting ho not only dwarfe himself, bul at the seamo time hie harms othera, 1f any one of our fingers suffer, doca not tho ontira hond abaro in that sufiering ?_And aman, in lke mannor, 8 divided Intomen. If one indlvidual member suffers, does ter degreo, bocomo affected 7 The passsge of jcriptura that we have eclocted for amplification is o pessngo inapired by God, and fa addressed to each and ‘every one Loro present, juat as much s thongh no other wero living upon carth ; pay, more, it s ad- dreesed 10 us 08 directly na thougl, at tils tme, it ~iaa first apoken, for God Js fmypaziinl, and 8 thoussnd eurs with Iiim aro as oue day, Thus much unchal- nged, lot us now appropriate ond study its moaning, Our Arst proposition is thot God has made uo dew pendent, and inter-dependent,—dependents upon Him and inter-dependent upon each other, None but tho Al-Giver cou supbly our dajly wants, Notous of us gan live unfavored by others. Itis impossiblo to ac- complish our livea’ work unless we live for bumanity The Prophet Isafsh foreshadowed this when ho wrote * They liclped overy one his ndgb\mr‘ pud ovory one said to his brothor,bo of good courage,” o tlio carponter encouraged the goldawith, snd he that smoothoth with the hummer him that smote the anvil, God hay knitted bumanity together with in- numorable and invisiblo threads, and wo canuot goparato them. Not only nare men bound t0 nelghboring men without, regard lo_mental, moral, and socinl _condition, but cltioa likewiso are mysteric ously linked to_other rities, and nations speaking ono Ianguago hnvo intoresta intorwoyen with nations that spuik anothor, It is un impossibility for any ono na~ ton to bo independent of tho rosf, Is not Europo conetantly forcing this conviction upon us? Ta thero not across the water o nover-ending diplomatic moncuvering whereby to seours “tho balanca of he neabburd, doo not the nation chullenged and_ tho patfon thet throws down the gauntlot (both scck oltber tho ald or the noutrality of other powera? If, during tho lnst trane Bllantic war, Franeo’ could buve obtafned the to-operation of Italy, Austria and Russia, would sho hinyo become so prastato os sho wae? Aud again sto not natlons {nter-dopendent ne regards imports and pxports and when crops fail in ono country, do not dtlior countrics como to tho rescus snd supply tho o o said cities are depondent and inter-dependeut, Choy are dependent first upon God, and next they aro lcpendent upon thelr respectivo citizens, sndslso Jopendent upon other citics, The suthorities of pros- gerous citics are always on fho alort to advace th ntereats of those who dwell within their gatcs, Thoro- foru they 8eo to it that tho polico are effective, that the higuways aro kept in good conition, tio streets lighted, tho water paro aud sbundant, In aword, gvery possitlo inducement is held out to allure into their wmidst desirablo residents, Why is thia? Decausa overy city realizea that 1t Is dopondent upon 4ta citizens for ita growth sud prosperity, ¥rom tho ‘itizens flow tho taxes that pay for tho improvements that tend to jusuro health, commerce, and attractivo- fess, Agalu, no clty can bé fudepondent of other citics, Ball reach out from wetropolis to motrapolis, and throuy them Pxodunla and idea are interchanged, Oltics, too, are sllied with each other In tho way of necossary Bolpfulngss, Nocity csn afford fo disdain another elty, No city can 1ive independently. 1f any ono placo more than snolher seemingly cl ed the right to arrogato to Hiself entire independence, to dis- Ponss with forofgn sid and symyathy, that city was tha groat Metropolis of the ‘West, Her property was unprecedented, her commerco astonished tho world, Hortuunels, her railways, hor elevators, hor Wator- Works, biindly inducsd her to feel indopendent and se- cure, But was it #07 On that Sunday night when $ho fire-fiend unchained himacif and wantoned smidst Tor proudest monuments, obliterating wholo streots, dovouring milos of buildings, and, with scorching ‘reath, chasing tho luhabitauts from ono Incnmf to another, sud insatlably reaching out for othor victing, =ut that terriblo period of flame-scourgo was tho city Indepondent of the outsidoworld 7 Tug telograma that sho then flashed in every direction make answer, Through thio telegrams thiu city uncoso exultant spoke, and, i spoaking, wald, soud holp, sond onglace, son food, send clotling, aid the whole civilized world, zo- aliziug Chicago’a dependence, responded with an putgush of ~lberality never oqualed, As with patious, as with citics, so it 1a with the Cburch, No ono'posscssing a modicum of thoologic Tavo will Buppose tlal o religlous orgauization colaposed of luy- men slong can ‘bo part or parcel of the Church that onr Blessod LOrd eatablisbed, Its Great Hend haw shown 1t to be othorwise, v inaugurated His Church and oflicered it with clergy of diderent ranks, all of whom aro wissionaries to the laity and to themaclves, B8t, FPaul epitomized the Divine plan of ealvation in is lettor fo tho Rumans, whoroin he showed tho fimlnl\)ln univeorsality of Olristianity, v said : #+ Whosoever shall call upon tho namo of tho Lord shall ‘bo saved,” How then shall they call upon Him tn whotn thoy bave not believed? Aud Dow shall they belfove in Jiim of whom they havo not heard? Aud how shall 1oy hear witbout a preacher? Aud how shall they preach, except thoy Lo sent? Thus sco We that the Churet fs composed of clnmi'mnn wnd laymon whoso dopondence mud inter-dopendence ars ko patout, Whilst Jn the mfdst of this militant stuto, that further do- Quctment scems unnecersury. Wo simply wish to throw buck our remembranco to {10 fuct that our Church fu precmnently co-operative in el hor egitimato workauigs, and thus sy wo forticy ourselves for aur individual work, Al jealousios, all selfish, insulated work, nll thivga that can creato dis- cord,should bo ostracised from hior pnle,und ostracised forover, Woare not working simply for ono indi- vidual or parochial prosperity,—for [udividual or paro- chisl glorification, Wa are, or shiould be, strlving togolbcr for o salvation of Smmortal souls, and i {W d% truo, wo ought to be viglluut, Jest we bocomo zeslous without knowledge, aud attempt fo usurp the place and ottico that God has usigned to others, Evory churchtnan_ corresponda to the rotary bands employed in fuctories, i, ¢, we oll hava tho sanie ac- tunting motivo, we each cirémuacribo our own wheol, will wurely overtake s if, tirougl capride or ambition, wo attompt to turn _machinory to whlch wo Luvo nol Deon nesignod, These conclusions promyb un to assort thiat whenover laymon o furforget thofe providens tinlly sclectod plice 88 (0 presumo to opposoan or- dninied privst of God,—whienever thoy overetep theis rorogatives, and attempt to binder hitn in his churcl- ¢ projeats, by wordl, of by withbolding peruonsl, fu- Shbntial, or pecuniury ald, then oro such dofying God fuyiung's moral bankripley into their parleh, an inderiug tho cao for which our Dleased Lord shed Tiiablood 3 und, furlliermore, whonever the laity, or tho clergy, or tho two combined, attemnpt 1o thwart o Blshop b his diocean work,—wlienoyor thoy refuse to co-operate with him 4u his place for Glireh work, for Churcl extonsion,—thon arosuch lending themaolves to tho shortouing of the cords und to thu woakening of tho stakes ; thon uro such bLutone removed from ‘matrioidoss Whoueyor _the hreo orders of tho mia- fstry form hands with tho laity, ~aud, sur- zondering thele (ndlvidual prodlicetions, ' each ‘working with the rest fu glud zeal, und in respoctful obedietice (o tiauo placed ovor thom fu the Lord; whion S aliko become eustblo to tholr dependonce and uter-depondance, und soul-heartedly go forth o thelr Tenpoctivo work, keeplug stop to tho doctrines, the anons, the rubirica of ho Church,—then will ours Bocoune Immanuol, aud thon will the acelaim of * Ho- ganna " girdle the earth, A8 with natlons, a wiih cittes aa with the Gburch, 80 with tho individuale com]nm‘n&l om, “No man Jivaths to himsel{ slone,” aud this God-enunciatsd munt eachs out to givo uk inia oncncss, Wa aro bound to oach othor by the blood of which Guil lins mado all nations of tho earth, ~ Wa nra bouud togallier by our common naturo, s nature tho World Resdeomet 18 now wearlhg fn Tieaven, *~ Tow dbsbrd; then, for o short-liyed, depondent man to Mrol‘nlu Windopondenco' Nelther tho pesscesion of wealtl, of learning, nor of noclal powtlon, can soparato k. Can tho oyo msy to tho ear, *‘I have no nee of (’I’xcu L ar tha butid to tho foot, * I have 1o noed of you 7" ¢ The .univeranl law 'of reclprocity, thread, runa through all human kind, and through all of worldly interests, Wittingly or unwittingly, wo all contributo of our individual oxpericnces, and ‘wonlth of whatever sort, to the gonoral fund, snd wittingly OF nuwittingly wé all ‘darive personol 'bounfits sn Loy stream themselves out from the samo ‘anl Areanury. ¥hon, ond onty when, otr haud can do without tho srma that link l,h(-_mdlo :m; ‘l’md]n can any of uBB&- ‘Lo iudependant of tho rosi, e tan disturh, tho wholo (ranqulliity o 8 1sko hy {hrowing o stono intolt, Ipple will awaken ripplo, that in turn will arouso othors, and that stonos fil- Hionob wrill vench beyond ho rango of our viston. Thus, nino, overy ack we perform, good . or bw,hu- s ot Terce upon the family of man outroaching e Looncoption, As partially Sinairativo of this, & alrangor cannot movo nto any town without in some Aeiros aiocting tho property and tho morals of tha % o {n mean and In¥ in bis habita and asso- ihio Towor atrstum of eucioty hes guined sn 'and thus it ocomoa stronger Lo {ho extent B¢ onc man power o resistand baflo truth and: thtcouenocas, T oh tho contrary an edncatod atranger with an oatliatio tasto take up his abodo in {10 alty, bisesthtlo Snitticnco, ko tho aweot perfume of o fower gatden, il slgntly bo wafted outsido tho blossoming place and othora will anjoy the Lenofits, A now intluence il bo oxorted and an advantage will likowlse ncerua by *ia inconiing of » musical man, Also by tho ad- vont of & benevolent man—of su iptellectusl man—of & praying man, iy’ brotbren, ngor eannot como hore and erect one ainglo bulld4kP without theroby dobasing oF en- hancing the agjdluing proporty, and that ifimediato adjolnlag proparty aifacts tho adjacont property, and %0 on to tho lMmita of tho oity. 'To show {hat * 1o msn livea to himnclf slone” wa allogo more than this, Wo nllego thiat any timo a man iven or withholds from glying o tho Church of rist, that such an one by his act, or nou-act—by his mple—is throwing out wavos of fufluonce good or B2 st will roach 0 otornity's shore~and when Wo Gonsldor wenra cxorting Such unconncious in- fluoncos 89 thesp wo aro impressed with tho foarfalnoss of living—with tho _posibillty _that we may hinder others in thelr Heaven-appointed uso~ fulnoss, Doea n man. who looks himsolf up in his Foom for dbauch ffect no_ono but imsel 7 Aro thorono wifo and childron and kinafolk to bo disgraced by s acitl indujgonco? Doos ot o ontlro family ‘bocomo tainted Ly the siu-of ono member 7 Doos not overy ono who violates God's day, and sits in tho seat of tho scornful, and mocks religlon, taint othors be- sido himeolf 7 Tt is Iamontable that wo do not realize our personal sccountability to God from onr lack of righteous hnlfl- fulness m“l (louuw-mm:!. nflml ve himself to tho ‘whole fai of man, sud ho Tho oppronsad, ond negleciod, and tomplod, fo. What- goevor walk of 1ifo they may be found, ‘Supposs God should volco tho trees, and a groat, umbragoous ok, conaclous of ita suporior strongth and beauty, sbould tolk about © {ndependence,” s do some men, Ve can imagine such an ono sayiug to tho Wind, ¢ Hush your breath. I bava nonoed of your Influenco, I can shako off my own dend leaves, and 1o longa mood you briug mo your invisiblo loads of carbon, for I have cnough Iafd up withda myself to {ast ot many yaaes 1V and you, 5o dows, mhich or 0 long & time have bospangled my “garmenta with your crystal drops, you can rotain your humidity for tho shirube that noed IL” ‘¢ And you, yo snows, that for 20 miany wintors hava coverod ‘my branches, making {hon wave like white plumes in a conqueror's cap, no longer can I accopt your gift of ‘warmth and boauty.” 1¥'And you, yo raing, that Lavo washed mo clean aud quenoliod fuy thirsty Thavo no longer need for you.” And_you, yo esrth, hat since my gormination has covorod your soft warm mantlo over me, got you hence, Ihave no longor meed of yow” ¢ And you, sup, ‘moon, and_ stars, which havo lighted up my’ peraon’ ond lont me your vivifying beams, no lopger will I be indebted to your luminosity, Henceforth I am doterimnined to bo an {ndevendent tree, and to sustain mysclf.” ‘What would bo the consequences of this? Why, the life-sap of the trea would chill and drop down juto its roots, Its leaveswould blavken and die, It branchos ‘would decay, and ite trunk would be filled with rolten- i ‘svengo the causo of Now, nome men act and talk precisely like this myth- feal trch, and if God and man could nnd would isko them at tholr word, they, ko tho tree, would bits tho dust, and bo but ‘wrecks of creation, ' It ia uot, how- evor, any part of Gud'w plan to periuit wen 0 muo- hilno thcmaolyes, or bo rosponsible for tielr lfos work. Thoro fs snothor fact that our discussion favolves, and {tin this : Every time we {brow out an influence,— 00d ar Lad, twblo or ignoble, sordid or bonovolant,— st 80 often uro wo beuofiting or degrading otiracltcs ; for God has foreordained ihat every act of ous tor anothier aball robound and make us better or worso, Through God'a inexpiicable snd mysterious Provie dence, overy imo wo nro botterlug anotber wo nro bettering oursclvoa ; and overy thmo wo impair anothor o imyalr oursalvos, for 10 inan LIvoll to hitasels aloso, Tat (ho southern portfon of tho Gty of Paris, ninety- six stops undor grond, re thio catacorabs, contolaity the bouea of threo millions of hurman befngs, Theso catacombs cover about 300 acres, which aro jatd out into stroota, and thoroby form an intricato labyriuth, In theso sublorrauean passages darkucss roigns su- prome, and tho moulderiug smell of death compels tho Sielinslt o feulus I i tho presence clawber of Old Mortality, Eyeleas skulla sit. aturing 6t Sou, whilst ‘bones of armp, and legs, and backs aro piled’ up to- gother, fringing tho wtréota on cithor sido. ‘Homp yearn ngo most any onio could enter and ex- ploso thése deops, but, owing to tho deaths of acveral Who lost their way in ihe cnianglomonts of Atrevt, It {8 now next to tmpossivle to pracure from the Govern- ‘mont & permit to visit them, Through tho kiudncss of ‘an_influcntial gontloman, wo wero permitted to accompany a party of kclontists wha woro about to oxmmine thent, On cach Invitation fssued is written, No one will be permittod . to. do- #cond cxcopt ho bringa candles,” "At tho appointed hour somp soventy of us met at thio specifivd rondozyous, and each in turn recelved from our_ Captolu 6 number, by which we wore to bo kiown in case of accldeat, and slao, o chargo somewhat Lke tbis:’ “All will light your candles, I, 88 your leader, will go bo- fora and pilot the wry. A% 600n s you rosch th low cat of thie ninoty-six atops you will find a fong rope, 10 ‘which all of you will cling. Let nothing but this fope eopatatn yot, Donotlct®a of it onany considers~ tion, for by duch means aro you bound togetuer, By such meana olone fa your sccurity, Walking thus along, ond in hand, you can rolight one snothor’s candles o8, porchance, from time to time may bo Dlown ont,’ And thus Wil you heip finminato your own pathway,” "After such clear and expliclt instructions, wo do- scouded into tho Crypt of Death, Upon reaching tho Towest atop, We found the promieed rops and tho prome- iscd guido, nnd at_onco commenced our resoarched, Ever and anon romo unforesoen draught of alr would ‘oxtinguish some of our lights, but, by our walking to- gother, with ono hand on tho'Tope, wo woro casily on- bied {o borrow Jght from cach oftier, and thread aur Way through unknown passages, Once, Indeed, great blast of air gwopt sround one of tho 'stroots, fiickering or oxtingulshing all tho 1ights, savo that our guido carriod in Liu_ screencd Iantern, und_scattering ug ko wandering sheep, No sooner had tho mishap befajlon us, than wo wera bid don by our Capinin tostand. still,~to kesp our oyes fized® upon b, fo ' answor to (o Dumber © by which ' wp wero desigusled, end 88 wo answered to comé forward and light our candlo by hin lantern, and thon to retako our position bosido ous respectivo companion, clinging faut Lo the rope, and tiercby to ono snotbor. Thla don, wo safely visited all tho strects and colls, and ¢ last emerged therefrom up Into opon day. Beloyed, can yout fail to eco tho analogy? Arenot alt of us now walking in Heavews catacombs 7 Are ot all for personal eafoty t0 walk togothor, to walk elivg- mg to the ropo of lovo, whicl aitaclich us oach to the otlior, and all to the Great Captainof our Aalvation 7 When our spiritual Light burna- low, or goes out, can we relight in and of oursclves? Bhall’ wo mot fry to furnish ono auother with light? And i all of un alike aro left {n dsrkneas, and geatiorod By nhcep Laving no shopherd, must wo hot ataud atill hat wo may catch our Savior’s volco calling us by the dear unmo of Ouristian 1—tho namo wa recelvod kb tho baptiemal font, Must we nob procure our light from Him 7 recognizing in Him {hat lght (hat lightotl every ono that cometl Into ths world. Rellgiod by Tin, roconciled (0 cach othier_by the chinin of lovg, walklng and cheering, ond comforting ouo auother, and proylug for ono another through tho intricatd -Isbyrinth of life, our great leador and Captain will corituct us through all its mazes, und at last load ua up from (i nethier worlds darimess Iuto marvelous Hght,—up to that city whero thero 14 no nood of the suin, Hglthior of -tlio moon to bing in it, for the Glory of thio Lord lighteth it, and the Lemb’ i the Light thorcof,” Tt (his con onls como from unity—from Chrlatint ongueks—one in cuch other and ono fu Olrit, * for nono of us iveth to Limwelf, 81 nono of us dfeth to himeolf—for, whetlior wo liv, wo livo unto the Lord, and Whotlier'wo dio wo dle ito tho Lord,” Whethet wo llve, therafore, or dio bought us with Hta Moo, ‘momibers one of anotho ‘Our lesson for t-dny—for this weok—for all our lifo then i, * Mntusl Helpfulnesss,"—atudying sl tho tino to'ascortain kow to rendor olliers Lappy, moro prosperous, moro Christ-ike, To accomplish thia nd, let 'ua Do arguswsed, lest wo becomo enfiobled by uncomsclously 'dividlag oureolves against ouraslves, Let us sll, a8 catholio burelnan, on this initlsl day of our Aunual Convontion, band oursolves togethior with moro of esprit do corps than o o ovidenced in the past,—oach giving bis quota of belpfulnesa to the rest that wo may colloctivoly present wo solid and iuvinciblo a front that evorything ovil and orronoous sliall bo uprooted, aud the Chur 1n our diocoao bocomo s bloasing aud a prajso turoughis aut tho land, After the sermon the Holy Eucharist was ad- ministored to tho clorgy, dolegates, and other Dorsond presont, aflor which a recess was takon until 3 o'clook, "Tho music wes not so ornate as we usually hear it ab the Cathedral, but it was superbly rendored, The Vonite was sung to a tune of Tallis 3 the 'fe Doum and tho Benediotus to tunon by iHayos ; the Niceno Oroed toa Itus- sian chant; the kyrle and Trisaglon were from Groatorex'a Colloction ; tho Offertory was from DBarnby,—olosivg with Old IMuudred, the Gloria in Yxcolsis to on old ohaut, and {ho several Lymus to tunog frow Tucker's Hymnal. AFTERNOON BEBBION, The Convention proper was called to order at half-past 3, the Right Revorend tho Bishop presiding, The roll of tho olergy was 6 ara tho Lord's. 1o hag ind all wo aro brothren— like a’ goldon® Marsh Chaso, the Itev. Sumuol Ohnss, D. D.; tho Htov, Thomns K. Coleman, the Rov, Sldnoy _Corhott, D. D.; the Rev. James Cornell, -tho Rov. Josoph Cross, D, D, ; tho Rov. George T Cuelimnn, D. D.; tho Rov: Géorgo W. Deam, D, Dy the Rov. Willimm DoWolf, tho Iioy, Charles - P~ Dorsott, . 'tho - Rov. David W. Drosser,. tho - Rov. 8. Edson, the Rov, 0., A. Gilbort, the Tov. Willam Gill, tho Rav, 0. B, Guillomont, tho Rov. I, T, ios- tor, the Rov. Rt. Iayward, the Rev. Goo. H, Hig: ing, tho Rov. John Hocherly, tho Rev. Thoo- fiom T, Holoombo, tho Rav. J. N, Hume, M, D.; tho Tov, Ohatlos V. Kolloy, D, D.; tho Rov. Honry O, Kinnoy, the Rov. J, H. Kknowlos, the Rov. Waller I, Lloyd, tho Rov. Glinton Lockoe, D, tho Rov. T, N. Morrison, 1D. D.; the Rey. Chostor 8. Porcival, the Rev. H. G. Porry, tha TRov. W. J. Dotrie, tho Rev, Duano §. Pl s the Rev. Frank H. oy, I N. Powers, D, D.; tho Rov. W. M. Ronolds, D. D.; tho Rov. A. Tusscll, tho Rov. J. L. Bteolo, the Rov. Charlos H. W. Btocking, D, D, ; tho ftov. Georgo O. Btroot, the Rov. Edward Bullivan, the Rov. J. L. Towndond, the Rov, 0. I, Van Dyno, tho Rov. Jason R. Walker. Tho liat of patishes ontitled to roprosontation being noxt called, tho lay delegatos thorsfrom prosontad their credontinis, and tho followiny wore prosont :_ 8t, Jahu's, Algonquin, James T\ Loo 8t. Paul's, Alton, II. H, Caudea; AU Shinte’, Chicago, T Goodtidgo ; Atonomont, Ohicago, Rouben Taylor ; Unlvnrg, QOhiosgo, O. H, Roborts, J. M. Banke, H, 8. Howe, J. H. Hoopor ; 8t, Maris, Chicago, M. W. Faflor, J. 1, Ros, W. H. Low, W. H. Sommors ; Trinity, Dotts, tho Chicago, Georgo R. Chittonden; _ Bt Mark's, Tvauston, Qoorgo P. 80 3 8. Pauls, Kankakeo, Elmore Palmor; Bt. John's, Lowiston, B. 0. Judd, A, P. Munaon 8t, Joun's, Noporvillo, Jamoa G. Wright, J, H, Chow, W. P, Wright; Redeomer, Princoton, . 1. Teromo; oln's, 'Peorin, §. Boabury; Bt, Dauls, Doorls, ' A. Q. Tyngi Bt,.. Btophou's, Ditfsflold, . M. Casal; 8t, John's, Quinoy, H. A, Willlameon; Bt. Poul, Springfield, J, H, Troeat, R. P, John- gton, Goorgo II, Harlows Christ's Ohurch, Wottkogan, Willism Bosley, Willlsm Rold, Samuc Ryall; Grace, Galons, Frederlok Stahel, ‘Thero belu& presont o cauonical numbor of ‘both ordoers, the Couvontion waa deolared tobe dulr organized and ready for business, The rules of order wore road. The Bishop sppointed the Rov, E. D'Wolf and Judgo Tront a committeo to examino crodontials of lay-dole- gatos, The Committeo roportod that all tho oredontiala woro in ordor. Tho olection of Secrotary was_noxt had, and, on motion of Georgo R, Chittenden, & ballot bo- ing dispensea with, tho Rov. Jobn Harris Enowles was unauimously re-sloctod, On motion of the Hon, 8. IL Troat, the ballot was disponsed with, sud Mr. C. R. Larraboo was | unanimously re-elocted Tronsurer. The following resolution was offorod and adopted: Resolved, That clergymen prescnt mot entitied to seats in tho Convention, clergymen from othor dio- conos, and candidatea for holy orders, be sdmitied to honornry seata in this Convontion, snd st thoy bo roqueated {0 band their names to {le Secretary. The Bishop then gave mnotico that tho sonts in tha oaat transept would bo reserved for that pur- poso. The Prosidont appointed tho following atand- Ing committeos : - On the Incorporation of Churches—The Rov. Clinton ZTocke, D, D.; Mr, W, Daruey, Mr, A, F, Barlow. On_Financo—The Rov, I L. Townehend, J. M. 8, Quick, Samucl Seabory, On Legisintion—Tho Tov. Samucl Caso, D. D., tho b5 vi‘(}. Cushugan, D. D,, 8, 0, Judd, the Hon, 8, . Troat, On Priviloge—The Rev. I, N, Morsison, Mr, Goorgo R, Chitteuden, nnd 11, H, Candeo. Ou tho Exteusion of the Church—Tho Rev. H. W, Pawers, D, D,, the Rov, S8idnoy Oorbett, D, D,, Mr. G ), Leo, ALY, Ar G, Tyng. - The Preaident nlso appointed the Inspectors of Election aa follows : For Btanding Committees—Clorical vote, the Rav, . ©. Kinuey and H, A, Willlsmaon, Lay vots, the lov, Mr, Roynolds, D, D,, Jumes J, Wright. For Deputics to Genoral Gonvontion—Glerical vote, the Rey, J, L. Btecle and R, P, Johnson, Lay voto, tho Tiev. Jamon Gornoll and Dr, Gasal, For Truates of the Protestant Epiacopal Church in tho Dloceso of Tilinofu—Clorical vote, the Rev. W. F. ZLoyd, D. D, Homor B, Bieolo, Lay voto, the Rov. Goorgo W, Deane, D, D,, and Frauklin Hatlioway, The liat of delinquent parishes was noxt road, snd waa quite extensivo—showing that quito o number of thom was in arroars to the Diocossn fund for periods varyiug from ouo yoar to five yoors. 3 A rncess until half-past 7 o'clock was thon aken, EVENING SESBION. Tho ovening session of the Convention was commenced by part of the order for evening prayer, which was said by the Rov. J. Harris Kuowloy, Canon of tho Cathivdral and Becrolary of tho Convention. The Bishop then deliverod his annual address, which was,as ususl, a most masterly production, roviewing the ovents of the past yoor, collocting and picturivg iho ecclosinsti- oal foaturcs of tho present, and pointing out the work to be done in the futare, and the applisuces ot hand, and thoso iv vas do- sirable to 1]'n'uulu'l! aud employ in the Church’s warfare with the world and with sin, It wos too extensivo in its scopoe, too olid in ita ronsoning, snd too poworful in stylo to mako oven o synopsis possible when dolivored at 8o Iato an hour. It is probablo extracts thorofrom m? ‘e givon in our noxt issuo, t the closo of the reading of the address, tho Cm]:vci(ntion adjonrned until this morning at 10 o'clock, THE CITY IN BRIEF. An old lady named Mrs. Mauning has boon missing from hor home since Monday forenoon. Any information concerning her will bo thank. fully recoived at No. 865 Third avenuo, Tho two gamblers, Brown and Barker, who wero found in Miko McDonald’s raoms ou Madi- son strest, wore tricd yestordsy moming beforo Bauyon and flued 820 ench sud costa. Tho membors of Tomplar Lodge No, 440, I. 0. 0. T., mect this ovening in their hall, cornor of Washington and Desplaines streets. Every member i8 raquested to b presont, as businasa of importance will be introduced. The Board of Public Works yesterday leta contract for 50v,000 brick to bo delivered this season and next spring as required by the Board. Mr. O, Blouter was the successful bid- der at 89 per 1,000, Martin McMahon, living at the cornor of Jof- ferson and Adams streets, reported to Chief-of« Dotoctives Ellis that, at 11 o'clock _yosterday morning, ho saw & man jump intotho Iako at the faot of Adewms stroot. Beforo hio could render Lim assistanco tho man was drowned. Yestordny morning 8 youug burglar resiated the efforts of Ofticor McMillan to arrest him by frooly swinging o club. After commilting the assatlt, ho Tan off, but was stopped by ahot from tho policoman’s_revolver, inflicting & so- vero wound in hix cheok, F With the oxcoption of tho County Court, not ssinglo room of any of the other Courts of ook Connty has its walls adorned with a olock, The question of pawning tho ice-coolers ns soon a8 winter sots in, and buying clooks with tho Jonn, ought to bo mooted at the next meeting of Commissioners, At2 o'clock yesterday, Martin Duffy, a labor- or, was procipitated to thie ground, by the falling of an insccuro scaffold, on tho ‘now Armory Polico building, 1o was goverely injured, but was able to walk to his home at tho ‘corner of Third avonuo and Tywelfth slreot, Miko Fitzgerald and Owen Carrigan are trne sons of the city, Thoy cordially hate s country- man, Finding an old farmer, they both pitcked into him, snd pounded him 'vory soverely, Lo- cauga ho' way from the rural districts, 'Thoy paid tho aity, through Banyon, $10 each, Joseph Hamiltou is o resident of: the North Bida, 02 years old, and should know botter than act in tho way he does. Ho outicos littlo girls into houses of ill-fame, Judge Kaufman fiued the old villain $76. Oharlos Martin has mistaken his calling, Not that he would bo good for anything else, but then, he Is very unusuccossful In his presont ono, Heolis a & “roper-in™ for Watt Robbins, who koops & gambling holl on Olark stract, 1'he po- lice arrested Martin, and Banyon fined him 25 ond costy, * McEllot, the Constable, who was arrested whilo trying to sorvo & writ of roplovin on soma oftiéors “making awsy with Mike AMcDonald's gambling tools, was up hofore Banyon yostordny morning for sesisting an offlcer in tho dlschargo of his duty, o was disohargod, althoughit waa cloarly shown that he nacted in nnylhln& but s gentlomanly mauner in trying to serve tho writ, Mng{fio ‘MecClosky and Ml? Mulling mistook: Barah Btolo for & socond Btephen in fomale tory got finod 810 each and coste. Yostorday, nbout noon, n young Bwodo named Juckson, omployod abouf thia rolly i tha Bridgo- pott Rulting Atill; had his foob eatignt thorein, aud the log itsolf Incoratod.nnd brokon a% fur Ay the kneo, ~Ha was takon at ouco, “under chargo of Dr.. MoKeou,to tho City Hospital, whoro-with- in the hour amputation wua. performed in the prosouco of shudry medical men, the knifo boin usod with remarkablo ‘doxtority’ by Dr. Powoll, ‘Tho pationt is doing woll, Mr, Richard T. Hawnbrook, manufacturor of furniture, at tho cornor of Sabgemon and Pratt streot, roportad at the Union Park Pollco Sta- tlon, yostordny, that his’ faotory was entored by soma malicions poraons, last Baturdny night, who committed dopredations on tho engine, son- dorlng it usoless, snd dauboed o )ulll";u amouut of fine farnituro with vafnish, The damago is very gorious, Tho villalns wore ovidontly well ac- quainted with the preminen, A littlo girl, 7 yoars of ago, named Johanna Wolfo, oud of tho goliolars of the Lrown Beliool, whilo on lior way to school yestordsy mommP ‘way run over by o horso and Wagon aud soriously injured, As usunl, tho driver, asisoon s ho saw tho ln]ur¥ arlaing: from his carofesenosn, drovo ahend, whipping up _his horse. Tha litlo girl was fearfully bruised on both legs, Into ono of which s largo piece of hor sehool slato, which was brokon I tho sccldont, ran, iutlicfing an axcoadingly puinful wound, ' S s carriod to h:n‘ paronts' residonco, No. 098 West Monroo siroot, e M L T TIE RAILROADS. Gene Yo 8. Casoment and the Can= ndn Southern Railrond-=Personnl Items, Tho organization of the Cnnnda Southorn Rail- way I8 being rapidly porfodtod. Al tho hoads of dopartments for tho line, go far aa operatod, aro now appointed—the last ono being that of Gon, J. B, Casoment, who has nsgumod tho dutics of Goneral Manngoer, with ofiice, for the prosent, ot Grosso Islo, near Dotroit. Thoso of our ronders who remember the sstonishingly rapid construction of the last ond of the Union Paciflo Railroad, will also rocolleot that it was Gen, Casoment who Infused the rushing epirit into the work. Afterward, on tho Kausss Pacifio, and tho Donvor & Rio Grando Railroads, lio mpin= tainod his \msurrnued roputation for pushing mmés Qospito all obstaclos, His onorgy is ro- markable ; and, a8 the Capada Bouthern Rail- way hins somowhut dragged in_construetion,— not having yot ronched oither Detroit or Chi- cago, us was confidontly prodicted,—tho rosiste losa forco of o man like Gon. Cnsement ia probably much noedod. Anothar recent appoint- mont ia that of Mr. Webstor Snyder to tho aflico ot Goneral Bu;mrlnt(mdont,‘ Mr, Bnyder is also » graduato of tho Union Paciflo, having boon Genoral Buperintondont- of that road for tho the first two yosrs of its exist- onco. DBoth are mon of great excoutive ability aud_indomitablo nerve. Noxt month the famous International Bridge at Buffalo will ba opened for traffio, by which timo tho branches to Tolodo and, Dotroit will bo com- {A’Intud‘nnd rendy for through busincss. Tho Wostern portion of the lino will not be fluished to Chicago until some time next year, When tho whole rond is pt in orumt(nn, t will bo an accogslon to our now vastly overcrowded Eanstj { e foolities that will bo very gratofuliy ne- copted ; and tho faoct that its Prosident and sev- eral of _its main supporters ere Dircctors both of tho Northwostorn and Raclc Ieland Railrond Companics will, st all times, insuro it as much business as it can do. PEREONAL. Alarge number of Gonoral Frelght Agents left this city yosterday aftornoon, by the Wichi gon Houthorn Railroad, for Cleveland, whero o conyontion of Gonoral Froight Agonts will be held to-duy, for tho purpoiioof roorganizing somo of the lines from Now York to Wostorn points and to arrango now tarifts for the wintor. John M, Oats, the Genoral Traveling Agoub gls l.h}l: Chicago, Alton & Bt. Loula Railrosd is in 0 oity. James Obarlton, the Goneral Passonger and Ticket Agent of tho Chicago, Alton & 8t. Louis Rollroad loft this city lost ovening, onn trip ovyer the Michigan Contral Railroad. —_— PERSONAL. Mother Mary Camilla, the estoomod Directross of S, Poul’s Acadomy, lles dangerously il at tho now Couvant of Meroy, corner of Wabash avenuo sud Twenty-ninth stroet. Mr. Woodward, propriotor of tho Ban Francie- co gordens which bear his name, paosed through Chicago yestordsy, on hia way to Now York. ° The Rev. Dr. McMullon will doliver s temper- ance lecturo, under tho auspices of the Rotwmnn Catliolio Total Abstinonce and Bsnevolent Soci- ety, atthe Church of the Holy Namo, on Bunday evening noxt, at 7:00 o'clock, Gon. Mahono, of Virginia, woars & 100 Pana~ ma hat, Col. Garrick Malloryis tho name of tlio man who attends to the weather while Gou. Myer is in Europe. . Mrs. Gen. Pogram, once renowned as o benuty and o belle, is now at tho hond of n fashionablo young indies' bonrding-school at Baltimore, Bishop Gilbert Haven has purchased property in Atlanta, Ga., whoro he is arranging a homo, He hne packod his Hibrary to forward to bis vow rosideace, Bam Bard s authority for it that ox-President Johnson, last weok, at tho instauce of an old friond, moasured & nogro for a suit of jeans, aud cut them. Edward Jonkins (*Ginx's Bsby"), the do- feated: candidate for Parliament ot Dundeo, Beotland, has been prosented with a pisce of plato and a chock for £1,000. John Bright, 28 Obancollor of tho Duchy of Lancaster, will hove tho patronago of forly-ono livings in vatlous parta of Euglaud, varying in valuo from 8580 to $7,360 each. Tho latest item concerning Helon Josophine Mapsfleld ia that hor Englieh lover—tho samo who clixllenged & Paris editor on hor account— borrowad £600 of hor and disappearod. Tho Lancaster (Pa.) Examiner says that Con- gressman Harmor, salary-grablor, hng purchased & property nterest in tho Philadolphta Press, and is to assumo the bueiness mausgement of the paper. _the desortod clorgymon of the surround, | by going t6 one of the numorous saloons which | tho mannerin which we enforce our laws that * Ex-Gov. Swann, of Maryland, asys ho has re- fused to accept Lis back-pay, and "that when ho noxt visits Waslungton o intouds to take such action na will rosult in its abworption by tho United States Troasury. Benator Morton will speak at Dayton, Ohio, next Thursday evening, the 11th inst, He will thon go to Virginia, Whero ho is booked for a fow specohics, and, roturning, make bwo or threo moro specchios in Olfo.~Indianapolis Journal, Dr. Androw Nobinger, of Philndelphia, hes beon ngpnln!od Chnirmen of the Domocratic Btate Central Committee in Pennsylvauis, a position which Som Randall, enlary-grabber, was 1o longor worthy to hold. Vionio Ream does something (bo it said to hor credit) to ropair tho mischiof which she has dong to art. Bho ‘‘makos hn'rp hor homa oir- cle with affectionate caro,” and doos not adorn it with auy * atatoos,” probably. The appointment of Dr. Woodford to the Sea of Ely makes tho number of Cambridgo mon on the Right Revorond bouch fourtoon, white the number of Oxford graduates is reduced to twolve by tho death of Dr. Wilberforco, L. B. Gunckel, member of Congress for the Tourth Ohio District, who rofuses to draw tho incronsed poy votod ab tho last sesslon, 18 hecom- ing famous. Nenarly evory nowspaper in fho country has madoe favorable montion of his courso, ~—Toledo Commercial, #Tho Rev, Colis Burleigh " haa beou premoli- ing for a Unitarian ohurch in Counegtiout for two years, and, now that sho is taking bor vaca- tion, some of the youug ladios have boen con- dugting tho services, Whereupon one of the old Iadios remarkod : **Well, drst wo hind u woman'a moctin’; now we'vo got # gal's mootin’; but I'd liko to seo & man's mootin' sgain," Caleb Qushing Rent a congratulatory dispatch to Mr. Willism Allen, ou bis nommation for Governor of Ohlo. r, Cushlug and Mr, Allen woro Aldeg-de-Campon Gideon's stoff, and wara friends at thab time, Cushiug’s refussl to take water liko a dog mado & breach botweon thom to whlfi}l some atiributo his prosent enmity to caninos, Tonry B, Foote eaya: “I do mnot think thore was asinglo malo relativa of Mr, Davie or bis_wife to bo found iu any part of the Confudorato Btates that was not givon ofil- olal advanooment of . soma kind or other, and in somo Inetances of thoe grossest indollcacy and lnilnstlcu. It hias boen sscortainod that uot » single malo rolative of Gen. Graut or his wifo is out of oflico.—Sk Paul Ploneer, Perbaps the ond eanctifies the means, but, whon the Boston, Concord & Montroal Railway 7 - triote think it might aa well ho opnrn-l)mm“?a ora moral eireus.—New York 1orld, Yontorday, the 1fon, Honry A. Clovor waited on M, George W.- Tishbnck, principal proprie- tor of tho Bt. Louis Jemoeral, and informed him; ns the atternoy of Mr: J, B, McCullagh; that Lilw cliontu stack would Lave to bo purchased at ones, or ho' would niovo for the appontment of a Recolvor., Judgo Clover is tho gantloman whom Mook " porirayad so vividly in the Dunocrat as tho legal adviser of the Roost, and hia mission therolore to tho propriotor of that paper as the attornoy of this oarioaturor was o, grin_ illustra- tlon of "the revenges of timo, Mr. thouglit o coutd find a purchinsor b; 4 g —8t, Louts Dispaich. e L — JAMES LUDLEY’S FUN. How Ilo Got 825 Worth on Sunday, and Pald for 1t ut the Polico Court. Twenty-ivo dollars ia very choap. Of coursa it makon o groat deal of difforonco what you givo §26 for to make it 5o cheap. Now, to pay £35 to run on tho tioket with Hosing would bo vory dear, for you would throw your money awny, bosides losing tho eatoom of your frionds ; but to pay$25 and got all the fun James Lud- loy got fora like Bum, a8 we beforo -romatked, la excoodingly cheap. Jamos in o high-toned man, and ho likes high-toned fun, and, for that matter, high-pricod. o could not bo hired to bo an Alderman. Ho hates bunko men, erim- inal Iawyors, ond the Buuday law. * James hins o wifo, and {ho unsuspectiug woman s the cnugo of his innocont nmusoment. James had beon hard at work for threo or four weeks, and had boen paying such atrict atten- tion to buainess, that ho longed for somo gonu- ino, livo fun. Ho did not go to_tho cirous whon it was horo, and iad not read the fanny (1) ro- marks in tho Times' local, nor.had ho attended any of the German politicn! meotings ; 8o ho was on tho wqui'vive for anything, providod it waa funny and ‘at’ the samo timo innocont, Last Bunday Jamoa began his observance of the da 8r0 not opon; but, unless the unfortunate tamily should opon the back door, thoy would suffocate theso awdllering days, and, in this way, people liko James intrudo. ~ Rather than bave any dis- turbance, tho saloon-kecper gaso Jumea an oll Flemish of snstonnnee, and lof liim go rojoleing. Ho ropeated the rujolcin(.i‘ act s great many times ; in fact, ho encorod himsolf o often’ that by evening hio' vwaa the most ardent admirer of could bo found in Chicago. All this time James biad boon taking lifo quite oasily, but he had not hud any real fun, o meant, however, to enjoy himself, 8o ho startod for home. Upon arriving thera ho was obligod to mount a flight o? stairs, and this mado him dizzy, Ho found his wifo, and was surprised to sca hor standing on hor head, To rolosso hor from so undignifiod n posi- tion was tho work of a moment, and lie turned Ter over on tho othor ond, but this was o fablure, and ho found ho_had been mistaken, Bub this woman disturbod tho free ourront of James' thoughts, g0 ho placed hor on the foor, and piled” on hor a Inrge table, & = fow chnirs, and was putting o bodstend on top of all when & fow poople oprmunoly rushed in, at- tracted by hor expostulations, and roleased her from durauce vilo, Thix interruptod the fun, but Jawes was heppy, sad would have stnppml had pol an opportunity offerad itsel! that could Tirhback's | .roply woa..that mouay was tight, but - that: ho not be overlocked. 1is wito very imprudently went near tho dizzy stairs, whoroupon James thoughtlessly Kkicked Lor, and sho took one stop and reachod thio_lower hall, again trying to stand on her hend, Now, all this recreation cost Jnmon but 825, imposod by Koufman, and that waa very chion) . R S THE CITY’S HEALTH, Two ¥undrcd and Eighty-nino Beaths in Seven Days==A Decrease in Mortality by Cholern. A regular mecting of tho Board of Health was hold yostorday ofternoon, Dr. Johueon in the Chair, There wora also progout tho other mem- bers of tho Board, Saultary Buperintondent Millor prosented his usual weolly review, which sot forth sovoral facts. For the week ending Bopt. 0, there woro 289 denths, or 25 less than for the week provious, and an increase of three as compared with the same woek of 1872, The principal causes of deoth yoro : Accidonts, 4; cholora, 8; ocholera infan- tum, 87; cholora morbus, 8 ; consumption, 9 ; convulsions, 22; dintrhoa, 18 ; chronic diar- rhen, 2; dysentery, 8 ; fovere, 16 3 small-pox, 10, Only ono docedent was over 25'yoars of ago, and ho was 06 ; 126 woro under 1 year. Thero werc five denths loss by cholera than during tho pro- cading wook, aud nino Joss by cholera infantum. Tho - work' of diinfection was _ going on very rapidly, aud cases of diarrhea aro cloroly watched in tho remote and limited rogion kmown as “‘the cholera district." With the continuance of such weathor s wo bave hnd during tho pst fow days tho disonse will dis- appesr, r, John Reid, Health Ofticor, presented hia woekly report ns to nnisances, 1le ehowed that 528 noticos had boon sorved and 628 nuisances sbated. The food condomned had boon 17 quarters of boef, and 4,200 pounds of comod boef, pounds 'of fresh (?) fish, aud lsrgo quantitios of fruit. Scavenger work had at last been oxtonded to that populous district wost of Ashland avenuo and south of Van Buren streot. Tho scavenger work through- out the city had beon well performod, and tho Fiftoenth Ward disinfected, The condition of tho publio schools had boen investigated as ro- gords the soworago and vaults. They wero gen- erallyin a %und condition, though there wero soma exceptions, to whioh the attention of tho Behiool Commissioners had been called by no- tices to abato nuisances. 'Tho oxtromo flth of tho North Dranch excited a vory bad influonco on tho eanitary condition of tho city. ‘Tho roport was filed, and the Board adjournod. — e YESTERDAY'S FIRES, Bhortly bofore 8 o'clock last evening, Officer Rourke, of Coen & Emmett's Privato Tolice, ob- sorved flames issuing from o two-story framo ‘building, located-in the rear of the ‘¢ Expomtion Restaurant and Baraple-room,” No. 257 Btato ptreat Ho ot once turned in an alarm from Box 25, which was promptly responded to. The firo gained cousiderablo headway bofora it was dis- covered... The building being surrounded by framo stracturos, it at ouce secwed cortain thab an oxtousive conflagration would ensue, But soon aftor the engines commonced oporations (his_ides was dispelled, for the flauiog Wora fuiokly. subduod. The building in which_tho firo originated, and to which it was confined, wis ancnY!ud 28 o rag and pRpor ware- houso by B, P, Tyler & Co,, who rented it from Jenking & Kolts, dealors in mirrora and picturo- framos, Tho ground upon which it was located in tho proporty of Millor Brothers & Keop, Tho building hind beon condomnad by tho Bonrd of Tublic Works, and bad been partially desorted Dy ylor & Co. It was thoir purposo to removo all thale stook out af it to-day proparatory to the immediato domolition of the structuro. Tho total loas Is estimated st 5000, which amount is about equally sharad by the owners of the buiid- ing aud_its ocoupants. '’liero wae no insur- auce. ‘The firo iw belioved to hava been the work of an iucendisry, Thoro hiss suldom bann o fire which Lias offerod bettor means_of sprend- ing into a sorious conflagration, and it iy bub justico to sny thint had it beon managed by a less oxperionced fireman than Matt Brenuer, the amounnt of pmpnrt{ dostroyed would have been muach greater. A horee was burned up in tho building, which Ofticer Rourke tried in vain to TO80US. Yestorday, at 2 p, m., a fire broke out in & barn in tho renr of No, 1 Lightconth stroot, & houso occupied by o widow lady namod Mrs, Sheldon, An alarm wus turnod in from Box No. 48. During tho progress of the fio, Mra., Sbeldon exhibited & ‘good doal of coolness aud cournge by resouing two horses from tho barn, Tho flames wero extinguished with a loss of about $200 Tho alarm from Box No. 852, at 8 o'clock yestorday morning, was ‘oceasioned by fire in o ono-story framo house, Nu. 126 Wost Taylor utroot, oceupied by Joseph Btuclik, Damagos, §1603 ua inkuranco, e o Ruiirona Employes. Tntho instructions which o general manager of o fonding railway has issucd to his subordi- natos; hosays: **'Lreat peoplo as if you appro- cluted and wora willlng to acknowledge their custant. Try to accommodate and please, In ghort, net as any good business man would to- \ward hia customors, Don't treat people as if you wore conferring a favor ou them by lotting them rido, Rather seck to msake the lino ropular, becauso its business 8 dopondent on i3 gaod will of tho poople, You nood not bo sshamed to lot peuplu undorstand that you ao- knowledgo this,” Characteristics of tl;n CinclnnatfansCos: mopolitan Character of the Exhibition,” = Somo cf the Piotures in Art-Hall--Do Hang' “ Shipwreck ”--Boulan- = ! ger’s “Omphale and: : Herciles.” Rothermel’s “liypntln »--Dubuf’s “Prodigal Son”--A. Collec- | tion of Curlosities. Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, CrvamNaTy, Bopt. 0, 1878, LIKE OITY, LIKE EXPOSITION, ‘Tho great metropolis of Oblo has at all times o well-to-do, agsured afr, that I pover wes so struck with ag in tho management and disploy of the Exposition. . In tho hands of rich poople oxclusivoly, thoy have mado it thoir pride to invest it with the onse, opulence, culturo, and Mberality for which they sro diatinguisbed. It 18 opon to tho world, with such inducements in tho way of promiums as invite tho competition of tho world ;. and, tho contributions disposed of in tho bost manner, every encouragement s glven to visitors. In tho mattor of transpor- tation alone, an arrangoimont has boon made by which over 14,000 miles "of railwey 810 availablo to tho publio at reduced rates, 1 supposo thero naver wero more porfoct polico- rogulations, They impross tho strangor, tho momont ho arrives in tho city, with & eonso of sacurity and comfort, that {a incronsed every step of his way. Commodious street-cars, or ' carringos, af tho roasonablo rata of 10 conts, con- voy Lim to the Exposition building,whore ho {uat onco mado to fool at home. Ho is froo to go whoro he ploases, rest when he fa weary, and eat whon he is bungry, either of lus - carcfully-pro- pared home-lunch,.or at tho Exposition restnu- rant, where ho is sure of ‘gotting his monoy's worth, - f i These aro points which, no doubt, received thelr full sharo of attention from TIE ONI0AGO COMMITTEE that has been on n tour of inspection hore. Thoy bavo much moro to do with tho success of an Exposition than any othor dotails, and it must not bo imagined they woro attained without caro and trouble. Thoe Cincinnati Expositicn has now beon in existence several yoars, and ita oxperi- ence can bo mado to facilitato your succesa. Neithor was Cincinuati slwaye the quiet, solf- contained, opulent oity she is now. Timo was, in the momory of your correspondont, when sho wasnolsy, and bustling, and given ovor, body and soul, to the worship of Mammon. It was an ovent for onc of her citizens to go to Europo, sud ‘the pogeossion of a raro piotire made the ownor famous, Tho business-mon took no ro- oreation, and groaned over the goy, rollioking, loud-voiced, somewhat fast belles and besux that now proside ovor tho bost-regulated housoholds. Woll, X ALL TIIA 18 CHANGED, ; Bomo of thome very old Berooges now amblo ubroad and at watoring-places; thoir children, 08 1 snid beforo, aro models of proprioty ; and tho third generation have had every advaniage of wealth aud culturo. If aob in ovory instauce accomplished, tho women espeoinlly liave a cer- tain nir of oxclusivoness more thun high broed ing, aud voices attuncd to tho most approved sociory-piteh. Thoro is, withal, an appearanco of gravity that is really grotesquo. 1 noticed it in o committao of ladics iu the Dopartmont of Household Art. From the school-girl to_the matron, they wero as solemn a8 Judges, and su- porintonded the urrangoments with painful pro- Gision. Maybo thoy wore tirod; but their ex- pression wa precisoly liko that I saw on tho stroot, and in tho hotels and restaurants, A newspaper-man pointed out to me ucoupls of city-cormorants, and thoy powitively had tho sama sir of dignity and propriety thiat . charno- terized my companion. No ono would over have suspected them of boing ** woise nor s thiof.” The redoaming featuro of Cincinnati digaity osud pride {8 bhor charity, which provents tho sliarp contrast of poverty and wealth -thnt pro- vail in old eitios, “With the. closost-packed pop- ulation of any city in the United States, thoro is comparativoly little _pauporism and o g0 sonitary condition, ~ 'Tho Emnb- o8t public ~ beunoficonce s the 'oun- tain, to which Mr. Probasco ‘has juat added o contribution of four elogant bronzd sottors ; and noxt may bo eatesmod. TILE GINGINNATI INDUSTRIAL EXTOSITION. Tho building, dove-iniled inn orowded blocls, with o wing across tho stroot, reachod by a high gallery ovor tho thoroughifaze, will - not admit of comparison with the siatoly, picturesque, and immeuso structurs that adorns tho shoro of Lako Michigau, andis the first objoct to meet tho oyo of the visitor to Chicago; but tho in« ferior is woll worth the caroful study your Coms mittee, and tho Committecs from NewsYork and Baltimoro, have givon it. In viow of the grand extont of your qupusmun-huflflln[{ill bog loave to cnll stiention to tho fact that the one in Cincinnatt wag odded to from ear to yoar, and that tho greatest Tmprovomont of thin yoar is tho romoval of all unuecessary planks and partitions In order to cloar the viow aud convey the greatost® possibla iden of spaco. Wil your vast_contro-domo, it will bo almost like holding a falr under the open sky to soarrango tho articles on oxhibition that the porspeotive above and below shail be unin- torrupted, As I entorod the Cincinnatl Exposi- tion-building to-dny, I could scarcoly boliove it was tho same placa X crowded through laat oar. ¥ Nothing conld bo devised mora grateful and pleasing to the senses than tho WILDERNESS OF FLOWERS into whick ono_fairly plunges from the atroet. Hortienltural Hall is “the ante-ohnmber of tha ‘business-roalities of the Exposition. From the goothing atmosphiore of flowars, it is but & stop 0 the Main Hall, where & groat variety of miu- collanoous articles is on oxhibition, Aboveisa spacious gallery, provided with ample nccommo= dntions in tho way of seats. It is hoautifully docorated, and sot off bY a Moorish pavilion en face ot tho ond of the Mall. Tho pavilion is o gorgoous affair, oll gidiug and paint, and is fillad three times a day with tho Nowport Dar- racks Band, which porforms tho ohoicost music to the dolighted crowd. y With tho roport of your Committes before tho Exposition Board, it is gcarcely worth whilo to onter into further particulars of tho arrango- ment of the building ; but I muat be allowed to #ny ono word of THE COSMOPOLITAN OHARACTER: - 4 of tho Exposition, 1t hns avor boen tho carnost policy of the managers to engage the co-oper- ntion of foreign as woll o8 domestic ontorpriso ; and this year, eepecially, they have thoirreward. Thore {8 Do dopartment of art or industry which is not adorned and onriched by imported goods : German, English, Fronch, and Italion Sllullngs. machinery from tho Pacifio Coast, duj 'l!m!.an of Fronoh, Beotch, Irish, German, and Ln lish fubrics shown at tho Vionna Fair, and all sorts of tropical flowers and pluuts. ANT-HALL has an entiroly different volloction from that of 1ost yoar, and, without a eataloguo it.hexehl nouo yot printed), it is almost impossible to decido upon the morits of tha oxhibition, There are not ag many charming littlo pleturea as thero wore last year, and the displey of landscapes is not as good. In liou of sovoral fin const-adonoy, thero i8 the magnificont i 4 giIPWRECK " - by Do Hnas ;_aud It is not a subject that shows woll surrounded by tho varioty of ptudies that makes up o gallory. Itncedss wall to itself. T'he firat improssion in boholding 1t s wonder that a ehromo could be manufactured so unlike 1t ns that wo 8eo in tho shops. Al the natural- nesa whioh is the attraction of tho terrifia scone is loat ju the chromo, and we nover want to loy oyes on it again, 3 Boulangor's pleture of - OMPHALE AND MERQULES ocouplos a consplouous place in the contral Lnll of the Art-Departmont. It 8 a vilo and mon- strous cmmopéicn of tho thraldom of Hercules, 4 hauded down to us by mythology, Tho brawoy od in a vivid coppor color, and &y \lgl{ 88 siu. Yln 1s sentod and nmuuh(ngl, if you can imagine tho constralued nttitudo, Lis liend turnod, and 1lu oyes very_proporly avertod from tho nude figure of tho Lydiun Quoon, who stands bofore Wm In diegusting dallisnce. Bho ju fair, and bor halr {8 flory red, dressed ju modorn Jrench style. It would pugzla ouo to ‘know whero to nationslizo tho bosstly Horoulos, but the origi- nal of Omphialo can no doubt be easil found among the poor, old, psld dancers of le Jare TIYPATIA by Rothermel. Bho s reprosented tao much ab hor oneo on tho podestal she hes mounted Lo eus oape from hor. wolllsh pursuers, who had that momont overtakon her, aud aro pmting hot gavmouts among thoin. Ihe faco Is ot doflunt, tior hny it tho oxalted oxprosslon of martyrdom ; and-thonudp fguro hias the cold tintof flesh in o cnlojum light~rathor. than tho nshon lmo caurad by.mortal torror.. Thoro is {n the entiro ?mup an Indistinctness, a lack of I!u[fi;nntlvu forco, that {a not atoved for by tho brilliant coloring. 1t {a & ploturo that tukesno liold on zhg fanoy, and, onco seon, losos furthor intor ost. THE ORILD-PICTURES of Bougerean and Van Iove, on:tho other hand, aro o constant sourco of Szmnro. Thore ja matorisl difforonce in stylo, but. tho lovor of hm?‘a-av:enu cannot fall to bo eatisflad with + Thoro In the usual numbeér of. pletures repro- sonting the throo pgos of ohildren, paronts, aud rmdfiunmn, but, a8 usnal, tho last-named nro £00 old and docropit to conalst with tho modorn .iden, Grnm_lgnuutu of 40 and undor aro not un- common; and the plotures aro incompleto with- out show]ng thoso named as Buch A gonoration baok, and substituting s woman in tho meridian of her charma and an elderly man twith b tasto for youthful enjoyments. That1s tho Lind of fiufldpn‘enhfl wo aro accustomed to #eoing now~ uys, . , + But I havo not apaco to attampt a desoription of the colleotion in Art-Hall. In tha roar is o de- %fiflmnnt which would fill tho oltizons of Now hicago with rogrot. It containg OHOIOE HEIMLOOME AND BARE PORSESSIONS, tho conntorparts of whicl must have porished in tho Chicago firo, Many of the artiolos are ox- ceodingly curious and_valuable ; but thore aro not a8 many n8 one would supposo. -A Blonnor- ‘Thasset colfec-urn and looking-glasges aro smong tho most antiquo, Thoro aro somo oxquisite specimons of wood-carving, both anclont and modern. Of th lattor, Mr. Longworth's spoci- mons aro romarkable. Ben Pitman's daughtot oxools 1 this lino; aud an old man (I did not get his namo) has oxecutod somo beautiful his~ torlo desigus, Tho Adluglny of old waro and Bovroa ohina is very good. The prido of the collection ia A "runNen,” which occupies & prominent position, It isa Littlo 12-by-16 water-color of & bit of gon and h\mum“m\r{, with siry trees in the distance and brilliant sklos ovorhoad, If one did not know it was n Turnor, he would sot it down as' a claver copy iby tho nid of = mastor) of a bonrd- ing-school study. If thore is auy difforonce bo- tweon it and tho othor wator-colors, it is in the ‘vividnoss of coloring, dolicacy nnd simplicity of ' touck, and striking offect.” The strokeis of the ‘brush can bo counted, and oach one is essontial to perfact tho whole, THE PRODIGAL BON. Thero i3 ope picture .which is, in a mounor, thrown away in Cincinnati. It {s Dubut’s paint ing of *'Tho Prodigal Bon.” Intendod for the Exposition, it could not find spaco; and Hop- king_ Hall, whoro it Is oxhibited, is ontirely toa emall, Tho light ia bad, and therois not room foz o comprehengive view of the vaat Fuluung, a8 it strotchos from ono ond of tho Hall to tho othor, It is on the most mngnificont Boalo, containing | noarly fifty life-gizo figurcs, oach ono so_highly ‘finialied that It will bear the closost and most oritical inspaction, -Tho main, or* contral, * por- t on'of the canvas iy dovoted to that port of "the Prodigal's lifo which was spont in riot and de- bauchiory, Tho . momont - choson is the vory hoyday of wicked delight. It ia jmpos- sible to realizo tho scone will. nob last always,—it is 80 peronnial in its splondor, froh- noiy; and bloom. 'The only hint of doom is in tho wistful faco of the lovely brido of the hour, who olings to tho Prodigal os if stio would stay him in bis wild carcor, Thore is aléo & batetul lesson conveyed by the dico-groups in the cor- ner of tho picturo, Botb, however, do not pro- ])m‘u ono for tho supplomentary siceno to tho oft, whore the child of fortune is reduced to the condition of a swinohord, The transition i casy to the Prodigal's return; and the wholo pletured parable . improssos _ono - forcibly with the wonderful talent of tho artist, whilo thore i8 no questioning the moral con- voyed. The alluroments of folly and sin aro moro than counterbalanced by tho spectacla of - poverty and romoras, .This is higlier art than mero paintiug, aud I hope your citizens will havo an opportunity of soeing and onjoying_the groat picture. L.R. — e A GRAND JURY SCEWE. T the Editor of The Chicago Tribtine s Bir: A touching scene occurred in the Grand Jury room {o-day which occurs but.seldom in that august body. It is contrary to Iaw for their procoodiugs to bo published, but his Houor, Judgo Bootl, doubtloss, woun't bo offended. A caso was oalled agaiust a poor, ignorant Gor- man for the larcany of somo socoud-hand clothing. It appesrs that ho had but recontly arrived from Yows, whoro ho loft bohind him o wifo and fivo small children. He sought work but_failed to find it; had nothing, oud wanted food'; saw thoso worn-out garmonts lying looko, and thotight thoy would buy him bread, Ho wad caught and thrown into prison. - His poor wifa heard of it, snd forthwith, with hor tive Jittle oncs,.csmo’ to Chicago, and wera fod in prison by Mr, Foltz. The prosocutor was nshamed to tastify against Lim, aud the poor man, wifo, and hittle ones wero sot froo, on motion of the Secro- tary, J. R. Gasling, who alaso moved that enoh membor of the Grand Jury be tnxed .50 cents for tho children. . Thoso little ones did not sloop 1ast night without their supper. A JURYMAN, ©Ourcxao, Bopt. D, —————— Dendly Duol in A School-IZoom=-A Georgin Teacher and Pupil Stub . Ench Other to Doath, From the Atlanta SGII.) Herald, Sept, 4, It becomes our duty to ohronicle one of the enddost ocourronces that has takon place in Georgis for many days, It was a difilculty be- twoen a toachor And ono of hin students, & young: ‘man, which resulted in tho suddon death of both %nnlon. Tho horrible tragedy was onactod in anka County, near Homor, tho county seat, on Triday last, tho 28th of Angust. Tho foachor of tho school was Mr, Alfred Aloxander, aged 40 yoars, and the studont, Mr. Johu, 1I, Moss, o young man nged about 25 years, It appears that once sgain a woman was at tho bottomof the affair. Mrs, Aloxunder, wifo of the princi~ Enl. was, wo learn, pregent of- hor own volition, ut not n the dischargo of any rogular duty né toachor or in any: other capacity. Her custom hind baon, however, to observe the conduct and doportmont of the pupils, and when she con- sidored, thom guilty of any breach of decorum, to report them to "her husband for roproof or other punishment, On this occasion tho subject of bior reportorial capacity was tho youug man roferred to, Mr. Moss. \Vhon his nttoution wus called to the matter in question he donied tho charge made by Mrs. Aloxander, which led to an animated and avgry dispute. Aloxandor becameo enraged &b tho young man for the part taken in tho controvorsy by him, and advancing toward Mr. Moss, drow his knifo and stabbed him in the Droast. Mogs in turn advanced with a daggor aud pluoged it 1ato his heart, ~This was & falal wound and the man foll, Just then doss turned to leave but Jrs, Aloxander, who was at the sido of hor husband, wrung tho knifo from bis haod and administered ono or two sovore cuts to Moss in tho back, near the roglon of the spine. Tho rosult was fhiat “both lay morially wounded on thosceno of tho conflict, aud both expired in Eh{\m time, the one within throo minutes of the other. —— Tho Bride of & Week imbrues Rex Niands in tho Bleod of Her Brothors In-Law. X Fyom the Burksville ils']l.) Courier, Sept. 6. The enmity and ill-foelung which have oxisted botweon Jaspor and Clay Wadiing (two broth- org) for & year or two past havo At last culmi- pated in the doath of the. lattor. It will be re- membered that wo mada mention of tho shoot- ing of Clay by Jasper on Weduesday af last ‘weok iu our m! {esue, It {8 not known positlvoly whothor Jaapor fired tho shot roforred to or hin wifo, 0 bath woro up-etairs, {rom whore the- shot came, © At any Tato, Olny, ns ho was loaving: his mothor's ‘houto, rocotved tho contents of doublo-barrol shot-gun -1 the hands of cithe Jaspor Wodling or his wife. The load taal offcct in tho back, nud would in all proba- Dility bave proved fatal. But it scoma That Jaspor was foarful that Clay might recovor. Bo on frldsymomlnfilut last weok Jasper aud hig wifo went over to his mother's houso, and Jas- por got into conversation with bis brother Olay, and thoy converded a fow moments upon somo subjeut. Jaspor's wifo, who had taken o poat noar the bndn}du of her wounded brother-in-law, aftor sitting a fow momonts, got up, and, draw- Ty n rovolvor which sho_hsd goncenlad in lier clotbing,” and walking: up within two foot of Olny, drow: hor rovolver aud firod ou him, tha shiot ponotrating . the bLostt, -killiug him almost iustantly, 2 J . Jaspor's wifo fs but a mero girl, being only about 16 or 17 years of age, and had boen mar- riod but & woel when eho imbrued hor hauds in the blood of hor brother-inlaw. Jaspor and his wifo woro srrosted and brought to town on Haturday, and kept under guard st the batel.