Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1873, Page 13

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DUCEMBLER 14: 1873, GISHOP CUMMINS. ils Views on tho Question of the Tour. Ho Hag Tull Faith ifi the Sucoess of the New Movement. Assurances of Union from Members of Other Denominations. Consccrntion Services This Morn- ing. Tho Right Rov. Dishop Curming, tho prolats of tho Reformed Eptscopnd Chweh, arrived in tha city at 9 o'clock yostorday mornipg, and was * tho guost of Mr. Poter YanSchnack, st No. 38 Twenty-socond stroct. Tho unfortunate divino liad boen forty-clght bours in bis journey to tho city, ou necount of an aceldent to (Lo traln, whicl delayed hig arrival for some lours. Io way greatly fatigucd, ond though numorous poople flocked to the house, olthor to welcoma s or to cbtalu tnformation, be was compelled to take somo of the rest that Naturo in- sistod upon, INs eovmon, whioh will bo prenched todsy ot the consocration of Dr. Glotles E. Chonoy, st Cust Cliuich wos moiuly written on the cars, and tho montal and physical strain to which he Lad been subjected during his journoy would have ex- hnusied o loss active ond vigorous porson. When n reporter of this paper called for the secoud timo at tho hiouse, ko wns roceived very pleusantly by tho Bishop, who showed uo re- {uctaneo i oxprosstug his viowa, ) g uterviow berweon ono of tho roporters of "Tux Tmpose oud Mr, Cheney, o fow days enfd he, *wng published in full in tho Yoris pnpero, nnd aithough T shall be glud to give you any information you asl for, leb mo tell you that the reporter, whoover he was, extrasted from Alr. Cheney about all thero is to ¥ny. At lonst, 80 far as Iean recolloct, theve is littlo-to add.” Tegortor—Do I undorstand that tho church of whiclh you aro the hond at preseut is *¢ The le- tormad Episcopal Ohurch of America ” Bithop Cumming—No, sir. Wo purposely nvoiiled those last two words, Tho clurches of Ameiion and Eugland constitute the Anglican tc}um.nluuluu. Owsla tho Noformed Episcopnl hnvelt, Ronortor—Do yon auticipate then thattho Low Chussh patty of Bngland sud Irelnd will join your movomont ? 2 boys Cummins—I think they will bo glad to wyail themsalyes of the opportunity to turn thelr bacls upon Lho innovatious of the present ‘cons and go back with us to tho Episcopal Chitvels of tie Sccond Contury. Reporter—Ilavo you any eucouragoment from acroa i {he water ? Bisuop Coummine—Yos ; wo aro in_recoipt of lettovs from proniiuent clergymen in England £nd Ireland, who congratulnieus slrendy upon tho stop Wwo hnve tuken, 1 havoalsoa loitor from au eminont divine of 1 Lnglish Church in Cssuda. 1 will not give you lis name, of coar. 3, but I will nssure vou that his cougroga- tion vro roady Lo follow him. 1. )?l'mr—Docu Lo belong to ono of the large cili Bz hop Cummins—Yes ; hio i rector of a largo church m onouf the Jarge cities, I have no dout.t thet others will come in too, i sovier—Do you not feel encouraged at the muniier in which the people are respondivg ? iz bop Cummins—Oh yes, indecd. Tho Church is £ot moro thau n foy weoks old, snd already soven clorgymon have joinod us boldly. Repo. 16 that the extont of tho encourage- mout you isuve had ? Bisdop Cummink—I have in my possession Yotleys from 20 or 25 clergymon in_all parts of the_country who lave oxpressod themsclves ready to join us. But wo nro not prepured for them yot. What could wo do with such » pum- ber, whon thero are not churches enongh for tuem? \Whon wo bave churches, wo shall call apon them. Pllu..n;xor—! undoratand there is & church in ec:n ? 1isbop Cumming~Yes, we shall linve ono tiero in o fow duys, with the Bev, A, G.Lyng i tecior. Tom goivg down thero uext week to visit tho congregution, You sco other churches will spring up i the ssme way, and we shall have pustors evough to supply them. Teportor—How do tho lnity encournge you? Lsi ‘nop Cummin~—You would bo surpiiaod at (ho .onuner i which thoy answer us. ‘They fock to our standard boldly and iu nambors, Ticpoyter—llavo you miy prowpect of adhor- enco from members oufsido tho Episcopal Clureh ? Jop Cumminé—T hava heen fold by sovoral distivy Stiod winistcrs of the Nothoding und Drerbytoriol Gunyenes that they will join us. Tive i Daptist Miieeer fotd mo o would tome in with s, Ii-porter—ITow will you receive tho clorgy of il denomuuations ? ? Ii.shop Cummins—0n equal terms.” Wae shall reeo gnizo thoir ordination a3 mimnters aud wol- con:s thom ay such, Wo shuil toll tuom that when our Clureh i organtzed wo shall Love au ordi- + orvico, Litt wo recoguizo those’ wio ara ied in other churclies, aporter—Ilow docs the Bpiscopal Churel, a8 now constituted, rogard miniscors of other do- uoninnions ? Lughop Cumming—In the Dioceso of ‘Illinois, 1 grieve to sy, tho ipincopml Church bas na- sned an arrogance towurd ocher denominations which Lo preveuted iis growth. It refuses to any of them. Kotlowed out to its ce, its position is somelhing liko this: the Chui thercfore you aie not tho ¢l1; theresoro your ministers are not min- ;' therefore “your mucrisges ore nob N muritges; your ‘wives aro not wedded; vou aro ol in orror. ‘Lhis . policy s been most disastrous. Tho population of this graat State of Tiliuois, with noavly three milon peoplo to-day, hus boeu steadily within tho pust ten yenrs, and yar the wpiscopal Chaich has scarcely gumed o convert in that time. The growth of the Church hus not kept paco with thut of the State Liore, ot uny rate, Tteporter—Du you supnoso tlie Nituulists are striving to bring the Episcopal Church into uui- ty with g Church of Ruwme? Bishop Cummins—No, mdeed. Why should Hay, 1 point of fuct? ‘Thoy can come a8 noar it oy they want. Jlhoy can assimiale to it, ean cnjoy tho pomps and cere- monfes of 1o Chnreh, the absolution of the prienthood, and yeu not be under the authority o4 tho Churelr. "Thero is ono other reason why tho Lpiscopal Clhureh will never go to tlat of Rome. Nie-tenths of cll tho clergy of the Episcopal Chuven bove wives and familios, aud taut alono would dirqualify thom, N, thero ks 1.9 dangor that the Iitualists will evor go over o Bomo, Ttogovtor—TIow do you regard tho standing of your Chusch, Bishop Cnmmins—We stand toward Lhe Epis- eopnl Caurch exactly as the old Cutholies of termany stand towaid the New Crtholics, Reporter—Do you supy ose thut tho Evangel- ieal Alllnuco hud anylluug o do with precipitat~ hlfilhiu MOVEIEi.. 7 lghop Cutaming—1t hnd -aomothing to do with it; yos, cortamly, 'Ihe fuct thub'I com- muned with clergywmon of other donvminations raised such un outery thac 1 thought the tuno bad come to trke a boid stund, Idid so, aund Joft thot Church, And I gubsaesuently discovored thet had I not dong so I should Laye boon pro- sonted. Your readors ure familiar with thoso ntters of evurso. 1 fols that if I could not rec- vgnize mininters of cthor Ciwrchos at the com- piunion tuble hecaase the Episcopal Chiurch for- bado it, I had better leave it, And I have loft it, Reporter—What will bo tho servico nt Unslst Churels to-morrow 2 Bishop Cumming—~Tho consorvative service will bo liold, aud u sormon quclmd by me, ‘lw{‘)anar—“ho will aseist you m” thet sor- vico Bishop Cumming—The Reve, Murshall B, Bmith and_danon Gullugher, of Now _Jorsog; tho Nov. B. B, Lencock, of Now York City; the Rov, W. B, Feltweld, of Now Youk ; and tho Rev. Charles 1L 'I'nuker, of Chictgo. Reportar—Will any lsymen participate In the pousooiation servicos, Bishop Cummina—Only one. Col. O, Acrygg will vead tho cortiilcuto of” My, Obenoy's elootion isco‘pnm by the Cuuneil bold in New 60, % i ROZERT A, KINZIE, owis Another of tho old oltizons of Chicugo passed sway vostorday aftornoon, Tls time It is Maj, fRobort A, Kiuzio, who dlod at his rosidence ou Elirty-sth stroot, near Coltago Crove ayonue, of lioart discaso, M . Kinzie was ahout 05 years of ago, and was tho youugeat son of Johm A Kinzlo, ono of tho oldest wottlors in Oliongo. Whon vory young, ho ombarkad in mercantile Tukinesn, snd kopt o littlo sforo on tho Wosb Bido foc sovoral yoars, In- 1835, ho beeamo & memibor of the fivm of Kinzle, Davis & oyt doalora in hardwaro, and acoumulatod considor= ablo wenlth, 1o laft Chicago in 1840, moving to o farmat Walnut Grove, on the cdgo of Will County. 1o xomalnod thera- nbont threo yons, and thon went wost of tha Msgonr! Rivor, and bogan trading with tho Indiang, Lhis uninoss ho carrioil on for many yoms. In Moy, 1801, ho wan appointed Paymantor in _tho army wich tho rank of Mnjor, and ho romalwed in the servico up to tho timo of hls death. Ilo wan brovettod Lioutonnnt-Colonel in Marel, 1806, and waa_detailed a8 n mombor of ‘Gan. Bheridan's staff when ho took commnnd of tho Missiusippl Divislon, Mo was 2 powerful- mun, and bad always enjoyod oxcollont health, Bat- urday morning ho uppearad fo bo ns vigorous a8 evor, butiu tho nllernoon he swldeuly boenmo ill, aud died In a fow moments, Almost overy ona in tho oitv Jmow him, and Qs decensa wiil entisn nstonishmont bocuiiss it was 60 uncxpoot= od. ta had many frionds, and thoy will deeply sympatbizo with (ho family in their afiliction. e NATURAL SCIENCE. Eecturo by Dre No A, Abbott ficfure the Phatosophicii Sacietys A meoting of tho Ohieago Philosophienl Boctety was held Inst ovening in the hall in tho Methodist Church Blovk, {hs President, Prof Huvou, in the chair. Tho minutes of tbo pro- vions meeting hoving been rond, Dr. N. A, Ab- bott delivered o lcoture on * Natmral Sclonco : Its Advautoges Not Antsgouistic to Truo Roligion.” ‘Tho Doctor dofined unatural ecionce m its brondest sonso to bo s kuowledge of thinge—of substahcos; the nature and laws of matter and ‘motion, 1t treated moro of the material universo, and less of the ‘motaplyscal. Theology, pol- ities, and kindred subjects wero not ivcluded under the hoad of natural sciouce. It treated of tho Inws of the phenomena of the universe, of which wo formed n part. Ittrosted of man chomically, nuntomicully, and physlologlo- ally; instrucked him in the quan- tity and quality of food necossary to bo taken, in order ta sceuro tho highest puys- fological conditton, both mental uud muecular, 1t taught man how to securo beuty, health, sl Btrongth, It measured occans, and survoyed conthionts, and Atopped nok ab thio contlnos of enxth, but eslimatod tho dictanca botween the eutth'nnd tho wun, and weighed iho plancts, By means of sclonco, man wos quite at howe amony tio stars, Selenco atopped 1ot upon tho surfaco of the onrth, but divod down into tho intorior and conlyzed its rooks, forcing them lo yield up their untold hiddon wonlth, In’ihe gront lnboratory of God, tho ocloments of the rock and the procious metals wore molt ed and intermingled, in ordor that the ouo might Do hold and proscrved by tho oflier. Scienco was older than mou, acd was & part of God. Bo for 1 wo had - kmowladgo of gelenco we_lad, i an cesentinl scnse, o knowlodgo of Uod. In tho usual neceptation of this torm, man, by means of sclonco, was onabld to utilizo rubstances found in the earth, Tho onergies of nature woze substituted for tho power of human muscle, The lecturer illustrated the immenso adven- tago acienco bnd been to tho world practically, by roforiing to the sloam-eugine, tho printing- prose, the tolegraph, ofo, Scieuca lind tunneled Inountains, rivers, and Inkes ; hud rased our city 8 feot, and roversed {Lo cutreutof ourriver; had nearly driven dnngerous end lonthromo dis- eases from tho world; gave us artificial limus, eyos, hair, tecth, and oven new noges of flesh and blood'if wo o dosired. 1To added muny other pertinent illustrations. Doprivo man of the re wults of science, aud tho disl of ‘human progress would be rolied buck thousands of ycars. Yot with all of thoso dixcoverios, and thousanda of others not hinted at, moan had but picked up hero aud thero n grain of saud, whilo tho rhiorea of th?] great stroam of the univerte weie unex- lored. 5 "o avery rensonablo queation thoro was an in- telligont answor, which either we or our postor~ ity might Lnow by the exercieo of sclentiflo thouglt, _ As gcienco wos but a knowl- edzo” of God's_deulings, one would suppose tbat it would meet with no eystomalic apposition except from ovil persons, Wo woro compelled, howover, to admit that tho chiof ' op- position came from those sot apart to toach 1lo rost of us the way to God. Belenco and true voligion wero s ono; {hoy both enma from and lod to God, Man was a religious heing, if_ono dofined roligion ns dovotion, worship; prodably 10 two philosophors would glve tha sama detini- tion, Tho roligious facully was o gift from the Oreator. ~ To this principle of saek- ing sowething higher than oursclvos was duib el - of progross and the dovelopment of tho race. 'Ll ieligioun faculty ok At 010 08 history, ahd, for wuglE Wwe Kiuw, gsold as_man, In tho barbariem of the past, Huin facully, hike all others wo posssscd, had beon tho slave of ignorauco, he roligion of Zoronsior was, paruaps, the aldest cf which we had any Inowledgo. Like tho leaf of {ho modest forn, that had lefc its im~ pross upon tho cool measures, €0 lind nuch of tho good, and pure, and true that Zoroaster taught bis tollowers mado its impress upou suc- cocding nges, ©1invoke and worship benovo- leuco; yurity, oud o worlby lrfe,” eald a Tersian prayer. “Tho ~ wiga = man,” gaid Buddha, *‘choiehes reflection s his best jewol. ~ Wichout meditation thorois no knowledgo.” . Soorates, I'lato, Conine cius, aud many othors, vho livedJung boforo tho Christinn’ era, uttored many roligious truths, Which woro living privciples to-dey, Tho world was botter for thewr having lived in it. Roligion might ountgrow a men's intellectunl strength aud overshadow his otbor facultics 0 as to ren- der him not only uscless to his fellow-man, but an injury to his racs. Haviug zeal without knowiedge, bo becomen bigat. 1n the horticalturd world, the quality of the truit depended. upon ocullwie, light, and heat, dn she roligious world, the uality _of the fruit dopended upon eulture und roflection, In the blewk wiue ter the carclees chuervor would eay (Lt the trea was not only destitute of lervas, but possesssod not aven the gevw of ono. DBut in 1ho hittle bud was Lho porfect gorm, waiting, only favorabla in= flueneo 10 bocome developed into the full leaf. If it waa truo thut this germ of religion was al- ways with us, a8 wae tho love of music, only waiting fayorablo infueuces to Guvelop it, how firational it would scow ta ecoic it, or oxpeet 1t to como from afar; or to bo hammered into us by ome sledge-hatsmer process, ne o nuil wis diiven wto wood, Let it be doveloved and cultivated. Lot scionco zud reason educato and §uldn it. 'Thus tlould nll mova on iu hurmony. cienco was not anlagonistio to trre Toligion, but bnd romo times been mada to appear o8 the euemy of roligion. No diseovary of any truth in eeience ever éld or ever conld shake tho founs dutfons of nsivgle tiutl in science or religion, T dony this proposi:ion, was to adwit that God gomewhoro contradicted God womewhero elsa, T'rom tho entliost times to tho prosent, roligion liad been undergoiug # process of putification, frecing solt slowly and printally fiom 1o phyacsl orrows which ignorance sought to por- petunte. The man of scionco had nothing to fear from tha Iuvectigation of auy osition. ho might haold, " i were 1uo, investigation could but cstablish bis position, If it wero fulko, ha, above il othiors, vua willlug and auxioun to kuow it, that Lo might nbandon it, For ho Lold na thoory to- duy that bo would aot gladly relinquish to-mor- Toiv, if it woro proven untruo, logy had not shown this Nborality, It g that you iuvostigute, provided alwags that your con- clusions led you to udorso tho ‘¢ Thitty-nine Articles," Mom of scienco throughout the world sub- Jocted oach others' results totho most searching axamiuatlons, aud error was worcilessly oxposod and rojcoted ns soou us_discovorad. Tho tino when on Intolilzont peoplo could disponso with the kind ' ofilces " of the clergy was for distant, Ir it ever cama at all But the coming preacher would bs n froo man— free to wearcl aud free ta prench the truth. Baience, tnstoad of I.\ohlfi &y eramy, had Locome tho beat trieud of Christlanity, Sclouco was not antagonistio to any roligion which enjoined purity, love, justico, and trath,, Auy menns by ‘which wan gained a oloaror knovledgo of Lim- wolf ; of tho relations ho sustafied to tho uni- verso ; to his fellow-man ; and to bis Croator, st bo alevating iu their tontonoy. Natural selonco was, perhaps, autagonislo to all systems of theology that orsoouted for moro opinfon’s sake, an's belief on all aub- cels was independent of hiw will fo was mo oo accountsbla for uny bollef o might entortain than Lo was for the color of his oyos, A mnu's bellof onght to be founded on ovidenco, and wiat was evidenco for ove woa not ovidonca for stother, Henco wo should exoroluo the groatost charity for thouo who might diffor from ue, Lot ns fnvestigato in 8 spirlt of elmplicity and caudor, aud let our motio be, " What s Trath?” A llvul{ dobato followed the loture, in whioch tho polnts made by tho speaker wero critlcluod favorably and * unfavorably by diiforont spoakors, Ono helll that tho cultivation of acionce was hostile lo the praduation uf roligion, whilo anothor held that eienco hiad dono moro to strongthen Christianity than any- thing olso, 8t anothor sponkor gave his oxpe- lonce'ns o rovivalist, stating that in cdnenied Northorn Iijinois it would tako three times ne Jong to cronio a ravival s in Southern. Illuois, whre education wan much soarcor, whilo I iy~ norant Arlkannsns {ho people were found to o partlenlarly full of rellgion in tho hentt, howev- or they muy have Incked It In (he hoad. The luleroulh!&: dobato over, tho meoting, which had proved o lnlurauilug one, adjourned, ooply AN AGED CAT. Donth of tho Fellne Pet of n finilrond Bopots T'rom the Loudavtlle Covrer-Journal, Dee, T, There oceurrod on Friduy afternoon, b (he Slo-Live dept, au_ aceidout, wlich, although apparently tavial Lo tho geaeral publie, has Leon tho sonroo of melnneioly regrot 1o all tho em- ployos or tho raitvoad compnny who had mny businesn around thoe dopot, ‘Lhiy wan no less un aceidant than tho.coshing to death of a eab about 20 yeurs old, under te wheols of freight- our oppositu tho biygsage room. The antmay hny been u constant Tosidont of the depot for abuub fiftee yenrs, hoving beeu sent down from La- grango with & Lifter of kistens whon & yoars of nigo by Engincer Switt, who found that ilio wiy KilHugg 50 many of lis pigooss tnd chickens thut he was forced to ship hor tu the sity. Troviows to lior seival, the ratd veigued su- premo in the depot. Backs of orls und cori wero deliberatoly ripped opou Ly thelr remoyscless teoth, aud their contents dovoured ; ni shtly wos- waily wore held over sho lnconted remunity of produco shipmonts, aud conniznoes growlod and tho Jtnilrond Company woro i despair, ‘Lo La- grango cat, howoves, ot once porceived aud s tored. the depressing situntion, Sho had an un- nsual feline antipathy for tuig, nud, attor matue- jng bherplans, went to_work and slaughtored them by the hundreds, It s ostimated by Capt, Parker, tho depot-mustor, who Lus been m tie employ of the Cumpnuy for tiwouty years, thi sho hys killed duriug hor vureor ubout 1,000,000 rute. ‘Ihis oxcellont eervico nomm began to toll, Goeds stored 1n'thie dapot remnined intuct, aud theats kept wall ot of the melosure, moking acenslonal 1uide, from which thoy were sure to como out with terrible loss, *Yusy,” for thab Wus tho nomo of tho redoublublo cat, was u very ugly specimen of hor ruco, Bho wus wip. poncd to bo what is kuown as g ' tortoiec-shell cat,” but auch oupliemisui was acknowledied to bo palyably absurd, us shio presented to the eyo 1 most houthenish mixturo of dirly coloys. Bk, Jowovor, s0on beeamo o great fuvorito with all tho employos, aud would tuko up Lov abodo Hrst | in one oftico nnd then iu auother. At one tune ubo prid n long visit to the Superintendent’s of- flce, and while thoro tho conductors wero ju the fauat of clipping Loles in Ler onra wilh their tickot-yunches, and lying bluo 1io- boos ou thom. Suporiutendont Gill, ree- ognizing her vuluo to the compauy, fove ordots for rogular rationu to bo given hor, and tho Youchiors for tho sme came In duly to bo paid, boutivg tho rather unusunl railwny entry of Wentement.” When Supt. Ekiuner entored upon tlho dutics of bis” oflico, and camo acrosy tho vouchors for I'nss’ ment, ho did not know shat to muke of them, and wanted to luow * What in — it meant 7" ¢ Pusy,” bowever, continued to have Lier rations {11l the duy of hor deuth, they Loing only rednced whon the Compuny be- gait to roduve axpeuses all around. Tt was Pusy’ custom to go'the rounds every day to Kill off whut fow 1ats ventured upon her doinain, aud whey she killed vne sho invariably bronght it up o tho baggage-master’s room uud Inid it down. It is estimuited by bor friends that sito has ju bor lifo-tiwio brought into the world 700 or 800 kittons, tho larger portiou of which Tiave licen kilied or stolen. A fow days beforo ber death, it had been de- termined tiut, as sho was becoming g0 old, aud Jiud necomplished a good work hu lier lifetime, sho sbould bo sent to end her days in the coun- try, sud o bag was procured to ship Ly in, 04, howover, seratehed tho man i the baud who ' was Landling_ ber, and the project wuy dropped fora fow duys. On Friday sho went Qowi tho etups near o baggago-mnster’s door o cross tho truck, s rhe had done thousnnds of times bofore, and got jmwmediatoly nuder tho wheols of o froight-car which was Lacking in, and wasnenrlyout m two. Shewas iaken up tenderly aud luid away, m"‘;{ terday afternoon won taien by Sectionmastor Andy Myers to Beargrass nnd approprintely and deccutly intorred, Figurativo- 1y spenking, * thore was nob a dry oye in tho depot” when tho falal accident wus lnown, which carried off the fellue voteran to the puia~ Qisa of dumb crentures, ** Luss” had, duriug her whole life, crawled among rovolving: car und augne wheel® without aceidont, and 1t i3 some- what romarkablo that, just as arrangoments woro boug mude (o pllow hier to wind up her niany yaars in rustic quictude, sho should meet witn o violont donth u ndos the wheols,” as raynria- rial lougunge Lok it. —_—————— Dumas ut hclluol.‘ Tho fivst day of goivg to school was o mos important onc}.minu. A now suit’ had boen 01- Aurad, muds out of riding-coat of s fathor’s, whioh wa of a cafo au lait evlor. Ho uxpected that it wonld produco s remarkablo ellect, aud thus attired, proccaded, ab § o'clock on Munduy morning, to_mnke bis firet visit. Theonxious mother Liad fitted bim oub with school booky, ulso mow—tho % Epiome Mistoio Sacre,” and othors—those littlo primors, hall- bound in_ dark arblo pepers, fumilior to all who have hud thair schooling in Franeo, 1o hiad untered the conrt through, tho Imgo nrchway, nhen tho duor was suddculy clorod behind him, aund he found hlmeell awong nnoiy mob of school-boys, who at onco pro- ceoded to mnko him o through the uow Loy's brobution of practical joltiug of & y vush iud. Ho was bustled, dolugod with wator, and piayed othor tricks whichhad the oifect of destroying all his new finery. - Utterly mortificd at this reception, ho could ovly sit down and cry bitlerly, Picsently outorad tho Abbo, haviug come from sayiug mies. Ho found all Ly pupils guehored tound the - naw buy who was sitling orying ou tho steps, and asking onch other with si appearance of gouuiuo won- dor aud intorest what could bo the mitter with Iim, ‘Lho Abbe pushed through tho riug of lit- tlo biypoeritos, aud, fising his glass in his cyo, bent over tho kobbing cluld to usk what niled lim, Alexander loosiod up, and wus sbout to tell, wien hio saw & whole Fuugo of meuncing fits threateniug him from Lobind the mastur, and checked Lijsel £ with au ubrupt ery, Lhe Abby turned round sharply, and touud thein all snul- fng, * Tell mo what this isallabout,” said be, **We can’t mako out,” they said; **bo hus baen cry- ing in that way over nineo ho came,” Tudigunnt at this misrepresentition, —Alexandor thon blurted out the whole story of his trantment, aud appealed to the stuto of bik nowclotlies in prool, “Vary woll,” snid tho Abbo, ** X shall pusiish you for nil this} you shall iuve no recreniion 1o-Gi aud plenty of forrules, Loo.” heso wero at oncy adwinistered, amid grouns of suflering ; Lut tlore wero flerco glunces dircoted ub tho mnew Loy whila wuttcied donunciations of *Iofoumer,” “8ny," came to L oars, and begau to alarin bim, Thore wos no mistaking thoso symploms ; o heavy reckaning would have to be pud tor his indiseroet revelation, Lour o'clock cawmo, nud the end of tho school; the Abbo snid n whorl prayer und diswiuned tho class, Aloxaudor for o moment thonght be would invoke hus protuction or got tho bumpbacked sister 1o tako hint howio; but he folt that thig would ouly be tomporary uid—~tho Abbe or the sistor could not always fce bim home, ‘Uha sohool powmed out iuto tha street. WIth n Deating beart ho gathiored up lus books ay slowly us Lo could, in too faint liopo thas thoy wight liavo gono away Lomo befora him, aud tho desdonded ‘tato tho court, Ho found tho whole school guthered on the steps in & sort of semiclrele or council, ovidently waitlng for him, whilo s young chawm- plon named Bligny, to whom_had been doputod tho duty of avonging tho sehool, was_ siunding at tho stops, coat anF, and sleovos ready turned up. AL thin alarming speetaclo tho now boy wak acen to fallor and ktop siurt, on whieh a yoll of excoration burst forth, Ilo felt him- Holf ready to drop, ‘and a'cold swent burst out on bis torechend. Who situation was, how- ovor, dusperato ;. thoro was 1o oscapo. Witk asudden mpulo he recovored lmnsolf. Cow- ardico oftou finds bravery its most atfcctual ro- gort, and In_many of hiy duels, when: he was grawn uy, Alexauder behaved conragaously from much the samo motive, o descendud thontops, ing bis onomy1 8o, that’s tho way, I8 ity 0w, that's tho way it Is,” said tho othier snooringly, who was tho son of n oloth-denter in tho tawn, | And-xo you wanb to fight 7" You, I do" #0b, you do, do you?® WYes, I do, “Woll, thou—thera!” "Ho had pot to tho bottom of tho stops; In & sccond ho fmd Inid down bis books, siripped off s jucket, and bind fullen on his enomy, ‘*Ah, so you would, would you ?—lukio thut, and that | ind that, sud that [ Burprliod and tulon nbuolk at this rordinoss,whoro Lo oxpeeted Lo find “shirk- ing,” the oloth-soller’s sion was ataggored, over- whelmed, sud tinally Lorne down, rccul\‘luki [ blow in tho oy, snd suothor nthe mouth, The duy waa gained, and tho victor charncteristionly sefutod Dy bis lately hostila compnnions with shouts of uppluuse, Ad thoy respoctully mede way for himio |Imen out, they heard him mut- torlng, '*When I'm—when I'm—" which they lutoTrmd siguilicantly, e was novor porso- autod again, CONUNDRUMS OF THE DAY. Can One Bo Allowed Not to Have Opinions ? The reading publio has, ab presont, no reat from fnferiogation-poluts, Doos o uovalist hring ont o now romatca, o chrigtens it with n quory: *Who Pays# “ Ouglit Wo to Vinit er#" “Can You Forgive Ilor?” When the modern roformer, or tho grort nuthority on hy- gieno, or tho eminont educator, coucludes to filumine tho public mind, the public ewe Jstensed with juquiring plueards, cryiog * What Shail Wo Eat#" “What Shall We Weur?” *Bhould ‘Womon Bo Ldueated Like Mon?” oto, Now, somobody has au truly as wittily satd: “Tho world i mnado up of throo classes: thoso who kuow it is so; thoso who know it fsu't vo; nud {hoso who don't onve o snap whether it s or so't 5o, Itdu this last nud Inrgost ‘Gluss ot whom are nimod ull theso nnavgworablo conun- drams au the toples of the dny. 'They nuve licen foreed to hchy the pros wud cons from all thero ““ngitators” on ali (heir pot subjects, un~ til lifo buo becomo o burdon, aud one of lea ‘miserableg horowith iges to ontor in dowil & fect Jo protost. *T'o bogin with, thero is COLDUGATION. It wos fondly Loped that, whon shirt-studs wero itvented, and tho pitifal wail about omon luving souls above buttous was hushed. there would bo peaco. Not Bo. Wo are continually importunad now to know if gitls uball havo the sume conrso of study ag boys. About ono mnn 1 o bundred, nftor Lo gots out of collego, finds any uso for bis Groek or his highor mathemat~ ics, Iv may woll bo doubted if half of a collego- gratunto's studios are as much uso to him os tho maxims of Confucius ato to beathon alumnf., If tho college-curtioulutn offored a boy anything swhich would prepave him for a life on carth or In henven, it might bo well to put girla through tho eamo routino, Unfortunatoly, olthough boys spend four years digging at Greok, tho mon who spoak it lave left this enrth, and sif wo muny prediento from thoir literature) It 16 by no wmeans corinin thoy Lvo gono to & bettor place, or anvwhero ono wou[«[’ caro to meot thom. Auy objection to Latin ts always mot with tho assortion that it s tho basiy of all modern languages, Lhat is tiuo ; and yot, if n girl is expeeted (o crowd Ler educas tion futd four years, and como ont finiehed and rendy for o placo in tho world, and for marriase, it might scom as well for lior to devoio somo timoand lnbor to being able to converso with foreignors, nnd explore tho literaturo of France, Garminny, or Italy, inslead of poving over a dea:d languago, embodying senliments whi uld nover, hud they been printed in honest English, Dbeen allowed fo flud their way into tho kchoul- rogm, D, evon if the auestion of how they shall be aducated was sottled, thore wonld bho nw pence, Jrecnuso of tho ery ay to where they sball be c:lus eatrd, One high wedicnl suthurity says gicls eannot ntand the same yegimo as boyn, becauso ot their moro dolicats pliybique, Anotlior equal- Iy oinont AL, D. suys thoy ean’ and Lhey bavo. "I'hon tho editentors of both sexee, sud tho re- formore, and tho lecturcrs, and the cssnyisty, and all tho nobodies who vee a clinnco to wear & nom-de-plum, rusl to tho vorbul contest; and 1t i liko nothing but tne inconclusive contradict- iug of Katy-dids on n favorable night. Thero used to bo un old-fashioned reason given for not nllowing coustaut adsociation of woholavs of bath Boxes? L T coulil nno et my Tesson, WI* the Lok beforo uy een, For (hs thonishta o bonato Willio Camo bobibin i betwoen. However, that is all dona away with now, and “the girls of to-lay aro warranted to cocducate without fear of dumaga fram nousousa. ‘No soauer, though, do we flatter onrsclvon that tho daughlots aro throneh coliegn, and we have no longer a porsonal interest in choe questions of ihutun{' thay up starts tho hydra-headed sub- ect of 4 DRESS-REFOT. Young women aro frantically appoaled to not Lo wear high-liocled shoes. Dock t4ay oo supposo for o momeot that any wowan invonted titoso enginos of destruction? . Or doos any ouo think she can_co atherwige than buy what the mayket affords? Rail nb the shocmakers who malo {Lo shoes and sell them, and uot at tho Indy-custowers who arc at their merey, It isthe modistos and_ the manufacturers atwhom all Uicso phillppies_ regavding fouiining costumo should bo hwled. All tho dubbing togotlor, Und rorming of socioties, avd passing of rosolnt 5, will not_aller the provaithng styles one but let Worth send ws one dress con- ted on sanitary punciples, ond the workl of fashion will bo revolationized. Whet we got n breathing space from the dress- roioim, wo iro weariad with TIE MATRIAGE-QUESTION. Thoro {8 & vory ensy solution of that dlMoulty, A ‘woman muet do one of three viz.: marey the man who .aska ask the man who wmmviea Ler ided, of «courzo, that “Duwrkis in )i or utay an old maid. Asany oo of the:o oouses is & moroe mattor of personal in- clination, it i difiowrt (o' see why the putlic should ba oxpected to tnke such an’ovorwhelu- Ing interest in the matior, . “An infinito number of sinrlling queries Al the mind of the veader of the duilics iu regurd to - AN ALY, Guanting that capifal puidmont is morally vight, nnd that twelve nien, under cath to deal rightoously by tho prisoudy, hnve found bim worthy of it, what could moro olfcctually rob the laiv of all terror to ovil-doors then for ono man, undor the prossure of sympathy from the risorzar's frionds, to nullify the whole trial, and ot lho gwily men go frea? Thon, why ig it that cvery month in which the murdeser can stavo off Lin (rinl lessens his crimo, titl from murdor ko ueconds to mansleuzhtor, aud 8o rises throngh all tho different degrets of crimo, tillha onds witl justiflabla homicido? Or, porhaps, o killed his wifo when it is fair to Judge ho was Inboring under ewotional” inranity, They dou't send lunatics to Sing-Sing, nor murderer to nsy- Tuma ; and 5o, nfier & curions, shambling kind of a tyinl, very Inceraling to Lis feclings, the poor fellow is ‘sot ut hberty, to wandor aromud until Lo s soized with n» more ncuto nt- tack of iusauity than over, aud murries. again. There roally socms to be no remson why wo shouldw't all geb along vary Leraoniously in this world, because, ad things are now, if wo don't agreo with anybody. it 18 only necesssry for us to huve o fit of ewmotional insanity sud put our nalsances ouk of the way, orcover, it is the family of the condemncd otimiunl who got all the public sympathy, and, beyoud tho baiw mention of tho family " of tho viotim, bo ono eeoms fo romember fhom, It uevor seeme ro ocont to tho warld thnt the do- mestle dosolation canged by a murder is us groat as that mado by an exeontion, Also, tha reading publio would liko to kuow if compromising with o men who has burglarionsly txfluln? your goods, or hay forged your name, s nol % COMPOUNDING A FELONY. Whoit o thiof has boow eauzht, and mado to dingosgu tho ill-gotton gainn 6f Uis Bnrglary, his ombeuzloment, or is forging, shoull ho be thrown , back 'Into_tho busiuess-commuity, to pray upou ils confidence as bofore 7 Bue the mont absurd of all demands is, that wo sliall bave owe IDEAS OF THD NEXT WORLD neatly put away in packagos, labolod * bellof,” aud ll rordy for use. Wiy Aliould we be oallod upon to boliovo i Holl, whon the aim_of onr lives is to live so that, as far a8 wo _ore coucerped, thora may bo o need of one? WLy uhould thero Do such on ontery raised ugninst n man's ortho- doxy, if he peralsta in steting that he lns no viows in regard to Ioaven ? How oah o man cou- ceive of hinwell oy & sphtat ; or how can bo pos- sibly Imngino whnt his requiremonts would be word Lo any typo of exiutonce with which ho 1 not familinr ?° 1o muy know what ho wonld foel na pdog or borso; butwhat an absurdity it s for him to drommn ho can fwagine lis own sonrations au a dlsembodiod spivit, Wirou-HazEL. P U o wurkish fung Erotds W. R, Groeg, en_Inglish writor, in & volune rocontly fnb\m}lm\ by Oisgood & Co,, Boston, on- titled ¥ Litorary and Boolal Judgmonts,” intro- ducos a-lottor from o Turkish Cudi, which is & L‘l{u'lofll sell-drawu portrait of n Mussulmun, v, (vopg naynt 5 Tho extroinos of charnoter in civilized man are to bo fonud fu_the Avlatle und Awmerican,—tho stlont, diguified, placid, and stugmant Mussulman, and tho etyiving, pusling, restloss, progressive Yuukeo, Dotwoon thoo oxtremes lie tho onsy st {103’“\“ Colt, genorally contgated with tho paysing hour, Lut often contontod with too lit- 1o tho statlonnty and phlegaatio dorman at the' Houth, unutious, unuepiving, frugal, and ocomplneent; the Norwegiun, —whoso lifo o most _things rosomblos that of his’ Toutonlo brothronj the Bwlse, who { spproximate noaror to oureclvasy and flnully tho Deftish, ouly a fow degrees loss ambitlonn, insatiable, unresting, anddiscontonted than Uhelr wostern offapiing. In_{ho apponcix to thosceond part of Loyurd’s ® Ninovel," thero fs o fotlor from n Tukish Cudi, no thoroughly Oriental i jts ‘wpisit, no oxnotly potray- fng thosa. ‘paculiar foaturaw of charnster in~ which the East differs from tho Weat, and so amusingly astounding to mon ncous- tomet to fook npon oxortion, the sequisitioniof lnowledgo, and tho progrosa of wanlth, es tho sreat onds of oxistence, that wo cannot do bot- {or thon {0 quote it. Tho trayolor bnd aston= {rlied the wonle mind of Iis Mussulman friend by apptying to him for some statistical informa- vion regnvding tho cily and proviuco in which Tre nd walt 8o long s aman in authority, Tha Tutle replies witir this dignifled and nffcotionato robuko: . o 3y {lnatrionn friond, and joy of my Jiver! *Thio thing yonask of ma {8 both dilleult aud usoless, Alttouwb I have passod all my chtys I thin placo, 1 have neither countod tha housen uor have £ inquived into_the numbor of the inbabltunty ; and usto what ono porson Joado on his wmlen, ond anothor stows away in tho bottom of his #liip, that is no busiucss of niug. Dut abova all, as fo tho provious history of this city, God ouly iunws tho amount of dirt and confusion that i luildels may have eaten before tho comiug of the nword of Islam, It wero unpro‘itable to for uy to inguire into it. 0, my poull O, my Inmb! seck nob uftor the things which concorn’ theo not. Whou cnmost unto uy, and wo weleomed thoot go in pence. “Of u tenth, thow hast spolon many words, and theyo fnno havat done, for the spenker 8 oho and tho listoner is mnothor. Aftor tho fustiion of thy poopls, thou Last wandeved from ong placo to apother, uulil thon art happy and ' content in none. o (praisobo to God), wo wero bom horo, mnd movor desld o quit {t, Ty it possiblo, thon, that_tho iden of u goneral Intorcowrso betweon mankind ghould mako any lmprossion ou our understanding ? God forbld! “Linten, O my nonl Thero is no wisiom oqual wnto the batief in God. Ho created the world ; and shall wo likan ourzolvés to' Him in ncoking to penatrate tho mystorlos of 1lis cren- tion ? “Shall wo say, Behold this slar spinneth round thiat star, snd this othor slar with o tail comoth and gooth In o many yoars? Letit gol o from whoyo hand it camo will direct it and goldo . But thou wilt sny unto me, Stand asido, O wnau, for Iam more loazned than thon nrt, fnd linve econ more thing If thon thinkest (hat thou avbin this respect better than I am, thon art welcome. I pruaizo Gud thot I eeek not that which I require not. "thow artlesrned in (he things T éava no: for; and ne for that which tiow limst seen, 1 dsiilo 3k, Will muoh knowledgo creato thee n duuble stomach, or will thou seel Paradise with {hino cyes ? A O, my friond] ¢ thow wilt ho bappy, mny. Thore is wo God but God ! Do no evil, wud thuy wilt thou fear peithor man uor denth ; for Aure- 1y thino hour nill como! ho meok: in spivit: (Bl Bakir) Taauxe Aug Taog,” e Mrorcitul Justice. Tho widow Crepin was o washorwoman at Vavvos (Depaitment of tho Seino), Hor bus- bund had dicd_during tho Commuino;; she lind but one child Ioft of ton, n Loy 6 yoars of ngo, “Iliexo losae lind rodnced her Lo u slato of nor- vous depression. Bho was constantly in dread of losing Lor omploymont; and, indeed, having loen seized vith lliness, ran_into debt, and, ot Jengt, was, fold by hor lundloxd, to whom sho owed threo quarters’ rent, that she must lenvo lior Jodwing. . Sho thow rosolved to puk an_end to lior owur lifo and that of the ebild; and, hay- ing ‘dressed: herseli and ihe littlo boy in tlsir bedt clothes, lighted iwo braziers of charcoal, Iy down wilh vhe child, and awaited death. Tho 1iilo fellowdiod in_¢hg middlo of tho vight, but iho mother conld not dio, When sho found that she was nloio in tho world, she lit mote char- conl, sud now folt confidont of approaching ro- lengo'; but hour after hour passed by and sho still hived, Bho kept tho noighbors away on tha ‘plen_of iInoss for thirey-bix hours alter the child's desth, and then, worn - out by the horror [ her position, let thom 1u, and ehowed them coryso of hor son. The whappy woman wag triod for tho murder of tho chuld, bnt the jury weio 80 ovasonio with_pity for lior sufer- ingu toat, forgotful of tholr raison d'clre, thoy ncquitied’ bor, ‘in sbsoluts disregard of the patent fact that she bad taken Lior son's lifo, “Uhis vordiet is doscvibed by o Frouch journal as *meieiful justive,” HOLIBAY PRESENTS, % l DECEMBER 25, o A873. The best place in Chicago to buy HOLIDAY, WEDDING, ANNIVER- S8ARY, OR OTHER PRESENTS— Axticles Beautiful, Useful, and Fn- during—-is at the elegant Jewelry Establishment of N. MATSON & CO,, STATE AND 'MONROE-STS. - __AUCTION SALZS. By TAYLOR & HARRISON. On Mondny, Dec. 16, at 8 1-2 o’clock, ’ CLOSING QUT SALE OF Taney Goods, Tothe Trado. "Toys, PAL anitniie firdt-clnss, clean tvaly be élo "Coliart, b, Sets Collara a6 o this salae. Alxo, to_closo consigament, Lnoo Rufilings Toys, Dolls, &, A lnrgo assortmont of Ohinn ! Goads, ¥Funoy Toys, ‘aspd, Dolls, Assocted or tho Holiday Trade, and tocl, Tho goods will podis 1ot _of ¥'ano; Hmb. nmdk’l{ and Gufls, and an nagort- mon, 'tncy iy Goods, D 5tdiod to the Hole TAYLOR & HARRIEON, iday Trado. Auvgtioneers. On Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 10 o’clock, A SPECIAL AUCTION SATR of FINE FURS! TO BH BOLD AT RETAIL. Flno Mink Sot chias, ol ki, and Gloser, Seal Slin -saloJs spacially niade and olles wishing to aro vory fiao bolig i TAYLUR Gl tort w, Sauierol, Erinfng, Astrae Jomi ieavor Gollurs . The purchaca, alilo satz, Dok of A IRETATL, FURIIY Rocrioncors, EMTRISO 50 and 206 ot Madison-it. Original 01l Paintngs AT ATCTION, Tuesday, Doe. 10,0t 31-3 o'clook and 71-3 o'olack p. m., nf our Salesroom, 204 snd 200 East Medizon-st. CATALOGUR SALE. “Wo shall offer o magnifloent collootion of Pictures, embracing worxs by the followi well-kaown Avtiat: Brown, ‘Holut, “his coltootion contatus muny and Murinos that wanid £ inviiod to cull i ink i " “PAYLOR Rosorva, o) H. A, Biking, Pn\l’f Biogch Foot, Lourits Roorbag Faufman, Looland, and othor artists. inbratod Tandscanos Gullury, and the publio enfo fs whihout Auctionuors. 09 A of tham. T : HARRISOR, 2t - Che Eurolkn ¢ Voleano.? Speaking of tho voleano which tho télograph recentiy roportod had broken out in & mouutain | near Burela, Cal., the Virglula City (Nov.) En- forprise savs's 10 will probavly tura ofit” on closs inspection—a did tho xlount Butlor vol- cauo noar this vity a few years since—s moto welaeo fira, Our voleano wng tho burning of a mass of pitehy vegotablo maltor which Lad ac- cmwmulated in w cave in Lhe rocks st tho top of {homountain. Viue vigs, leaves, and othor maltor containing pitoh are carriod into theso caves by rats und squirrels, aud in tho courso of ages tliero is & vast accumulation of pltch (it beivg almost indesiructible) and rotton vogetn- blo mattor, 'his, on being 8ot on five, will bum for days, sending out great volumes of smoko. “I'here was, o few yonrs sinee, sich o flro in 8 cave eear Luka 'Lahoc, aanthorin & largo cave in the Hinmboldt countxy, aud wo have beard of them in other places, ~Tho gummy substauco found iu thawa cavos taight bo” passod off on & “pilgrim” for lava. BUSLNESS CARDS. Office Commissioner of Deeds, Tor all tho Slates end Terclivrios, United Statos Com~ il wilssloner Uuitor States Cuurt of Oluime, and Pass oee Agent, U.lig0 145 Lig-Satio'st., Rupubli L - B fo J3utldlng, Moom 5, N WG, ot firat toor, BY GEO. I. GORE & CO., 88 & 70 Wabash-av. DRY GOODS. Tuesdey Morniug,—D—mx'—lfi, at § 1-2 o'olock, FINE CUSTOM-MADE CLOTRING, For Mon and Doy Dauty, anil Vosts n Suitsy Dross Covs, Qroranats, i fs, Butfs, 1o, (aps, Cols fnts, wd sots, & Mk, Beavor, Seal, tamlde, Sguteol, ot full lino o iebli: Goods' HHati, Uspr, Gios b athors, Flowar “Celmmed Ha L, Uollirs, 1i % i 54 el dlost Skirta: foll fino Mises' unil Ohilden's au Talworal (Tosjory: flng luveigo Ladjes® Init Ti0 N, Hdkln s ulsa, Toys, Fanoy Goods, Games Puckot und {aufo Uailory’ Stivar-platod Ware, went Clututng, Bod Comlfortars, Se. Uarpate, Ulges Motilngs, te., at 11 o'clack, GEG! P, Gt § €O, 68 aud W Wbl "On Wednesday, Doo, 17, 8t 05 o, 1., Wo shall otfor ut Auctiun onr neual LAKGE AND FINE ASSOWTHENY AND RUBBERS, Aswo don't intond to lava s caeo loftdan. 1, ‘tis th biyors’ Gupotuies. ST S dus e o4l 70_Vabaalbav. AT A0 OTEO N Wa shiall offor all this wook at private salo, FURNITURIE of overy dessriptlun, Look For Bi_g-_ Bargains: On SATURDAY, Dee, 20, ot 9 1-2 o'clock, The entiro stock of 1 manulactiror and daalor of FURNITURE, Ot ovory description aud quality. Carpsts, Stoves, Parlor and Oflce Desks, Show Cases. 20 crates of W, G, Crockery and Glagsware, 300 Elegant Vases. B0 rolls Cocoa Matting. AT 11 Q'OLOCK=-Open and 'A‘upq)lllgulol. Expross Wagons, Doubio wad fan tlo Haynsms, d. ugtlor By WILLIS, LONG & CO,, . Auatloncers and Manufacturors’ Agents, 193 nud 107 Randolphests Will offer AT AUGTION at thoir REGULAR WEDNESDAY BALE, DEO. 17, AT 0 A, M, tion of Parlor, Ohambor, Library, Dinlug+ FURNITURE. Al a largo sasortinont of TLadies’ und Children’s Furs, Toilet Sonps, Orockory, Glass and Platodware, oto, WILLIS, LONG & 00, Auctioneers. - On Wednosday, Deo, 17, ab 8 1-2 o'olock, REGULAR DRY GOODS SALE, Oonsisting of T.arge ]Llnu of Black and Col'd Velveteens, Wool Blankots, Ajl Dlagonals, morou and Wool Oassi- i'leoce.Linod Hoso, DMerino Hosiery for Gents and Lindies, F'ancy Merino ¥ Hosd, Nubias, Lodiey’ Kid Mit: ‘owald and Linens, Lot Blue Ilan- Damask nels by tho pieco, Lot Which mugt bo 8ol ax Dolls and Toys, Bundry end balance of Banlkri Tndiew Wit Skirta, Lrge Notions, Bonlrupt Btock of Ture, TAYLOR & HARRIGON, Auctionoord, 204 and 208 Hast Madison-it. Thursday, Dec. 18, at 10 1-2 o'clock, 201 AND'208 BANKR EAST MADISON-ST., UPT STOCK DIAMONDS, WATCHES Wo shall offor a largo Pins, Ttings, Ear-Divj suel’gonds dver pu 'flg. Waichos ura (h and Genls' 11 Ladlos’ and Gun Etenscan o s cindey ot ionn goods ara o i old, o th AL BE DL Siwaualy' gaod opportuuity far i s, a3 brogie STUSE BE uibilon a3 ek o woents AYLOR ATD JEWELRY. stock of Suporh Diamoud &c., ol tho Huast t in un Austion Nala in Onicay i eines of Giuol ‘ffi':.mm- i GO RTHiD, Pins, Sots in Cornl, aund Eleove Buctons, ory artiolo on ek 'l;-\'lnflil:mflfl 3¢irinz Ourly S W HOLD: Goods on Tixe aEoLeals: HARRISON, Auotlonoors, 0 and 204 itast Madisur . oA & Thursday, Dec, 16, ot 21-2 and 71-2 o'olock, 204 AND 268 EAST MADISON-ST., ATCTIION SALE OF Flegaut Chromos & Steel Engravings OVER 50 CITOIOE OHROMOS, bolng ouo of the Lest Alsplayo overy puton sale in thils city. Many of the coplog liayg tinau rotauaticd to na Ol PAINTING gant Gold ot d Walnit Frame TAYLOL & oy ey iving tiomma tnish eqal Ploturos aro all framed fa lilo- e, HARRISON, Augtiongors, 01 and 206 last Mauiscn-st, Friday, Dec. 19, at 10 o’clock, AUUTION SBALE OF WINES and LIQUORS, Constaing of Champagnas athor Winoa; Tieandica, Whi i Entlaly AL g, domged pac Tiauapieiatign Compan TAY i3 Vi S$norez, Rhing, aud aua a Int of Heatol Poct, 1skic kigos. Sald' (or accaant ’-’f FIARRISON, Auctionecr, 561 und 205 Jast Madion-bte By TAYLOR & HARRISON. GRAND CHRISTHIAS SALE AT RETATIL. 204 & 300 EAST MADISON-ST. On MONDAY, Doc. £ a4 10 ololack, g oaluck, and 73 o'eluk, THREE SALES IN ONE DAY HOLIDAY FRESENTS, Conslating of Buperb Vases, Rieh Trouzes, Fino Toye, Flutod Waeo and Gutlors, Totlotand Diuno: Hote, Dresne ding Oascs, 11kf. Boxes, Glovo Doxes, Fancy Guods in ondiess vastoty, sud & Iargo cotloctfon of Rich nad Raro Prosonts, Ladios aro partloularly duskted. Thesogouds e just tmported from Pasts and Borlix, and nro all olo. gont. Thislaflne chauco to got Christmas Praveuts choap, as tho tcol MUST BF SOLD. REMEMBER THE DATH, TAYLOR & HARRISON, Auolloncers, 261 and 908 Kst Madleon-nt, By ELISON, POMEROY & CO. AT ATCTION, Monday Morning, Deo. 16, at 10 o'olock, At Store, 84 & 86 Randolph-st. Flogant Scal Sncquos, Muffs, and Bona; Astrachnn Sacquas; Ladios’ Real and Iniitation Lemino; Fino Miale 'fl\cl‘ly Alaskn Mink Bots, Realaud Imitation Lynx Sots, larico sarloty of Chifdren's Lurs,- Mirses' Sncyu And o Gants! Xing Seah Gap: Jissver Glovos: Wtk and Bailalo Kobos: Fia Lay Rabes, 1iuroo Blankots, cto. "o atook I3 Vory Targe, and of tho laicst aad miuat fashe fonnblo stylos, aud of 1ho best quaiity, ppaly poromilory. Commgnolus o Monday moratas, , ¥, o 'l , and aftorooun ot ' A Tiia Ladlos srd tavito oo e o'dlacl ELISON, POMEROY & 00., 8 nud @ Raudolphest, Great Bankrupt Sale, AT STORE, 72 RANDOLPH-ST, Commonolng on TIIURSDAY, Do, 13, at 10 o'clack, and contiuuing unill the whole statk fs soid. SPLINDID HOLIDAY 60003, Gold Pous and Penctls, Fing Stationory, Tilegant Photo~ graph Albunis, Anthony's Staredsconic ' Viown, A lnrgo ktock of Powng's Uhvomas: Walnut, Glt, wud jonay ot nos; Blank Looks, ¥nvolopes, Jettsr Ink, wnd a full ‘gssortment of Stationors! Gon sta., olo,, fi at BUL: o B aoties By omior ot 1t fh. O LAKING, eq Tiptoye ELISON, POMENOY & CO., Austlonoors. GREAT TRIDAY'S SALE, At our Store, 81 & 86 Randolph-st, FRIDAY MORNING, Dee. 19, at 9 o'olock, au fme 7 henso stock of New and Second-hand urmitae, Paclor and Bod-room Sots, Dinfugeruom Sables and (fll.\lr'. Lounges, Fasy Chalrs; a laigo awortment of Cook nud Parlor Stoves; Urockery and Glasawaro; Silvere plated Ware, ¥o. ; Curpotr, Nodding, Blunkets, and § genaral Assortmant nf Iluu!«ykavplu‘: loods, Lc. il b Randolph-aty N, POMERQY & CO., A By WM. A, BUTTERS & CO., AUCTIONENRS, (ASTABLISEIRD 1856.) ‘Nos. 15 and 17 Randolpl-st., Snles rendered and paid 4 daye afler sale. Couslunments soficited. . HOLIDAY GOODS, On_MONDAY MORNING, Doc, 15, at 10 a'clock, at Lls6 balanca of (e TNREDEEMED PLEDGES IN i ' NEW YORK LOAN OFFICE, Cm_uhl'l:;‘g nl]-llll;ludw( dosirable ool for tho Iolt: dasm, I o A B R 2605 Riottonoors. BOOTS, SHOES, BUFFALO OVERS, RUB- BERS, GLOVE GAUNTLETS, &o, On WUKSDAY, Doc., 1, at 10 o'elock. CARRIAGES, HARNESS, &, On WEDNKSDAY, Deo. 17, at 10o'lock, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, FUR~ NISHING GOODS, &c.,. On TIURSDAY, Deo, 18, at 0 o'olock, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE And Goneral Merchandiso, On SATURDAY, Dec, 2, atd35a. m, Friday, Deo. 10,0t 2 1-2 and 7 1-2 o'olock, Clromios & Steel Engravings, THE OLOSING SALE OI TUIS OLASS OF GOODS, when all romainfug STOCK WILL BR SOLD, TAYLOR & IARRISON, Auctlousors, 204 and 200 Fast Mndlson-st, -Saturday, Dec. 20, at b 1-2 o’clock, “Tha balance of Firniure & waIoi ABSIGNEL'S BTOUK of Household Goods, MUST BEE SOLD, Also, & now comslgnmont of SUFERB Furniture and Chamber Sets, 01 enro warkimanship, and ono MAGNIFIOENT SIDE. BOGRD that oost, to miako, $800. Al aro fuvited to fa- apoct. TRESH TAYLOR & IARRISON, Augtlonoors, ‘nnd 200 ibast Audison-bt, ARRIVAL OF CANARY BIRDS! - And Educated Bulfinches, AT 204 & 206 12, MADISON-ST. Tho Tulllnchiod stag aevornl tunot, and aro s ourloalty, fl;fll .:I‘:Llllz (‘)lll!ll: t VIO Uhit vLoR lly 1ot of Lisrd's will bo on salo for & & YARTIAON, Auctingoo ‘By HODGES & CO., Auotlonosrs, At tha- privato rosk Ao 557 Bulton-st., on Hone dag, Doo. 16, at 10 a, t., conulating ot Parlor Sot, Mare ble-top ‘Iable, Chronios, Caryioly, oto., ote. j als, & No 1 Morslug-Glovy Paslor roservo, 1ol hh-.n\q ‘Webar Blovk, Btosu, Balo positive and without DARY & 00., Auctionears, 633 Weut Lako-st, N. B, Don't forgot tho regular woruing and ovening o on Wednoaluy, Doo, 17, at our warorvoms, 633 West . Lovk out fpr basgelns. MODGES & U0, Axstisnvess. Valnanle Miscelaneous Library 0f Over 4,000 Volumes Havo just boou received from tho Rast, whioh wo shall sell on TUKSDAY, Dec, 2, Uatalogues will Lo roady In RIOrALS war, A, BUTTERS & 00, Auctloneses, By BRUSH, SON & CO. PEREMPTORY DgLOSLNG SALE OIL PAINTINGS At 78 East Randolph-st., On MONDAY and TUESDAY, Dsc. 16 nnd 16, at 10, 9 1.2 and 7 1-2o’clock, Wehaveors dora to glose all that romain, beiug over 60 in numbor. Homo fno works to bo sold-= POSITIVELY, ~ s Txtensivo Sale of Now and Socond-hand. FURNITURE. WLDNIBDAY, Deo. 17, at 10 8. m., wil ho suld the Aoty Do T Sha0, & (B 11 of Now ur B et v g Gariors NG, EON &0 wo shall ol a 1argo Morolsneiio. ,, Auotionaord, South Cuniilet, TURNITURE, Counters, Sliow Casen, Ofiico Dosks; Carpota, and Boddivg, Now and seooud-liand,con b found at P, & J. OASLY'S, 4L and 43 Fitchony, o WANTED, __ Office and Furniture Wanted. An office (o gentral lucation, CONMSIIDg Ok tve w INine rooms, oue or all furnielied. Hiato lowest terius fnp Fent aod fdrastaie, ¥ {4 Address B, osre of JAR. R, FLOYD), 150 Lalalte-sh, [NMENSE SALE OF FURS our Snloerooms, 16 and 17 Kaudolph-gt., wa shall closa