Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1873, Page 5

1Hly CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY: DECEMBER 22, 1873. oharagtors. Tho rosonrchos on forall flslios are intonded to show tho rolntions of living and fos- wil spacios, and their embryonio dovelopment in ono of tho most oxtonsivo olnsses of tho nnlmal kingdom, the oxlatenco of which upon earth may bo traced back to tho asrliost poriods In whioh animal lifa was callod to being® The Invebti- fiflflélm upon tho glactors woro cafled forth by losiro to connect tho Listory of tho physical ohangos our globe Ling undergono with tho pho- nomena oxhibited by tho developmantsof the or- gnnlo kingdom. Everywhore in his worka wo discover n tondency to tho most oxtensivo gon- oralizatious ; whild in evory instance tho knowl- edgo of thy facts, o candid spudy of tho most minute rolations of his Rubjeots, has boon hie comstont oalm in " all bis invostigationa. 1iia searching nud compro- ‘Thonsivo inquisitions into nnture led to the holel of distinct tfl)ou of tho animal kingdom, aud the thoories of Darwin sud ilorbort Speiicer hinve had 1o opponent 8o able and thoroughly solon- tifle as he. Agassiz, on purocly selontifio grounds, declnres himsolt led to tho belief in nu Almighty Creator of the Univeres; in fact, hio regards Ilin exlut- enco eatablished by the most vigorons domou~ stration, fle shows that species do not insousi- Dly pass Into ench othor, but that cach hna its appointed.porlod, and is not comnectod, excopt ia the ordor of thno, with s prodecessor, 1o snys—I quote his own language: 'An fpvisiblo throad {u ail nges runa through this immeuse divorsity, oxhibiting as 8 genoral result tho fact that thore is a« continual progresa in develop- mont endlug in man, tho four classes of vorto- brates prosonting tho intormediato stops, and tho invartebratos tho constant nccossory accom- ponimont, Iave \Ea not horo the manifostation of a mind as powerful as prolific ? the scts of an intolligonce ay subtimo a8 provident? tho maris of goodnoss ns infinito a8 wisc ? the most palpa- Dle demonstration of tho oxistenco of & personal God, nuthor of all thinds, ruler of the universe, and disponser of all fiand? This, nt loast, iy what I road in the works of creation.” Buch testimony, drawn from_paroly sciontific sonrces, and indepoudont of all othor ovidence, must Liaye onormons weight. I could not prepare tho way for $hat T wish to say about this great naturaliat ns o man without making this rofarence to -his works, though for roything like an exact and satisfactory account one must look to tho memorials thnt hix eciontifio frionds will propare of himyor to his works themsolvos, 1Tis death, in the tull vigor of hiy inteltoctunl strength, whan ho was giving o moro decided impulso to sclentific education than ever bofore, awl when lie was botter propared, by the posecesion of the vast accamulations of his museum, to two his immeneo stores for the promotion of human knowledgo in tho domain of unture, capnot, humanly speaking, Lo too much lnmented. It is likely that it was precipi- tated by the tromendous strain of his facultios In the gigautio enterprises of his genius, added to tho solicitnde and’ disappointment that I am told he pxperioncad in not socuring tho finaneial aid that he sought from the publioc funds of his adopted Stato in support of his musoum—in the work of enrrying out his noblo pians for making the institution the ciliciency that ho dosired. ‘What wa note, in addition to tho vest knowl- edgo nod intellectus! {greatness of the man, is his ndmirablo and noble character, He hud a remaskable swoetness of disposition. There was slways uround him a sunny atmosphere, and none could be withhim withont faoling tho mag- netism of Lis gront worm hesrt, Ilis pupils— and they aro numerous and cultivated—bear con- 3enting tostinony to lis chicerful sud sfectior ato wpirit, bis cordial intorest in their proaperity aud success, and .his large, atrong sympathies #ith nll that nppenls to gencrous Lumnu sena- dilities. e Inspired thom with tho ardor of Lis ownbright snd puro euthusicem, and nothing that was mean or selfish could thrive in the sarnestness of the pursuit of truth in which he sogaged thom. It is ensy, thereforo, to sco how leop became tho porsonal attachments of those tho were under his instruction; how hoy revered spd loved him. Thero ould be no Dbettor ovidenco ~of his eninl, affectionate, sympathotic naturo hon the power that ha had'over ardent snd zifted, ond_the swoot improssions that lio has loft on tho lives of so many of tiro truset and most interesting peopla in the Jand, It would scem that bis soul bud drank in the loveliness of the woudarful and beautiful page of uature, snd that he reflected in his own life the light and cheerfuluesy that lio on the works of God. "T'hore was in hun, tao, & nim\)llcl(f. 4 child- fike naturalness, ns admirablo g3 it was ine atinetive. ;With the half-educnted,—those nm- bitious morely of tho name of learning,—thoro is often noticed a conceit of kuowledge, an osten tation of attainments, an agsumption of suppri- ority, o kind of dogmotism aud arrogauce that aro ropulsive und absurd, Thera was no shadow of this in Agassiz. With all Lis mental grandour and vast acquiremonts, 1o was still tho humblo pupil of nature, tho unprotending citizen, the quict, urbane, courteous gentleman, In his simple, natural way, he wensabout his worl, intont upon accomplishing the onds of -aeience,’ aud oblivious, appaveutly, of what tho warld wns thinking of him. In Dis lectures, his private instructions, and social interconrse, his travels and his fatiguing oud exacting Inbors, he sarried n sorene and artless spirit whose siu- cerity wad vory winuing and impressive, 1le «na utterly freo from tho anffectations of the padant, aud the robust genuinencss of tho mau badn wholesome and stimulating flavor that made his sociaty deligltful, . Ivhall never forgot o little incident of his life, which I meroly mention becaus it gives o key to his character. I was with him oncoin +ho small cabinat of a college, which he was ox- amiving with a good deal of intercst, and where ac wod just a8 modest ns if ail tho acientille weasures of the earth were before his eyes, when + singularly formed turtlo-shell from tho Miysis- sippi was #hown him, with the request thut he thould nnme the species to which it belonged, Laking it into his baud, with the eandor of an anspoiled child, o said: “I dow’t know thin.” Ihe confession Burprised us,as we know that tho study of turtlos was o fuvorite branch of in- cestigation with him, and that hore bho was profourdly learued. In o moment or iwo, howeverys he remarked, veory quietly: i Aht see; it is a walformution,” shich it really was, though it required vast anowledge of this sort of creatures to detect the tact. Wo can all imagino Low the commonplaco professor, dosirous of keoping up & numo for twowledge, would have managed to couceal hia \gnorance. s One mark of Agassiz's grestncss was in this trocdom_from ail vain ostentation, all preteuse of loarning, to secure uttention to lumself, Tho :ause of truth was infinitely dear to him, und ho snw such boundless wealih in the storehouso of iho univorse, that Lis mind always kept tho attl- wide of an humble learner and pationt inquir- s of Nature’s manitold and masjectic meaninge, 1t was this eandor, modesty, simplicity, a peron- aial freshiness of spirit sin conncction with bis nnesive intellect, that enabled him to pursue with such engernoas and succeus the stndies that bavo randered his name immortal. 'Cho frame »f mind in which he lived was suited to tho hnp- piest prosecution of his chosen labors, to tho jaarell for und tho rocognition of the wondrpuy anths of Nature, It was enough for him to find wlnt tho record of creation wuid, and in the presience of Lhe sugust revelation he was lowly wd docilo as o L;lhl”d. And this leada'mo to mention one morg feature »* Lis churactor, which, blended with the others, «xpressed his nobleness—und thet is, lug revor- snt spirit, 1o roalized deoply the grandour and tho wies of lifo, All that wos rolated to mau's {nterests and placo upon tho earth was sacred to him. Ho felt, in bis investigations of this mys- terious frama of thiugs, that he waa scarching out the meanings of God, ‘Thore was constunt- ly boforo hiim the cvidencos of {he Almighty's croative wisdom and benievolouce, and his daily thought was all vital with the congciousncss of tho Infinite Supremo, So ho lived faco to faco, a it wero, with thae glorious aud solewn facts of & presant bni:y. Tteading 50 constantly the rec- ords of the Divine wisdow and love, and peuo- trated g0 dooply with a songo’of 1ifa’s object and possibilities, ho bore about with him & spirit of reversntial awe—a recognition of God that was both an iuspiration and o joy. 1o such a habit of life his Lieart could novor grow okl, But his mortal earcer bay clused ; unoxpectod- 1y he hns passed away to the lnrger life, leaving ‘both Liomsphiores, whorever science 18 honored, in mourning, Nevermore on oarth shall we see that noble form and_Lenignaut faco illuminated Ly the generous soul, Novermore shall we wel- corao with honost pride the news of Lis success. +ullabors, or mark admivingly the ragacity and magnitude of his glorious enterprises in the causio of knowledge. ‘That cnlmelom brain toams 10 wmore with fruitful thought The !riandlfl band Is atill, The loving oy slecps while the world spplauds, It s more thon a private sorrow that weops over tho grave of Agassiz. ITis worl hero kocmed but half done, thouprh already so fimmmu; who shall take it up where Lo dropped it for Lnother field ? ‘And yot wo thunk God that ho hos lived. Ha is one of tho benofactors of maukind, IIis wmomorial {8 in tho gront truthe that he Laa enunvinted to mankind. They are not barren, auddead, sud cold, and hopoless, but vitul with the moanings of God ; full of liopefu! fuspirations ; frugyant and Juminous with tho moskogen of o guoduass that porvados all things, and in which the universe exists, 1Iiy influence, thorefor cannot porish, sud, though the warld's lous would havo boen lexs jind u kcore of those who livo highiost in more _oflicial poltion becn ro- moved rather thau him, we bow to tho dispensa- tlon, and are gratoful that a bolng wo gifted and 80 wreful has dono lis park 0 hobly iu this Yens - oration, There wan 1o soll tpon his name that could statn its honor. In overy relation of life ho was pure, As husband, parent, citizon, phi- losophior, hie was blameloss among mon, In mony o hougebold, in many a studious chambor, benides in tho home that was conseorated by his Pmeunnu, i6 thoro n sad yearning now for tho ight that has gouo oub with bLis doparturo. Dut thoro i no placo, oxcopt his own }ncnnt firesido, over which tho shadow lalls moro honvy, nnd the chill of denth atrikes deoper, than in ‘bereft and desolate Penikeso, wharo tho fironp of pupily that gathered at tho obarm of his genius bow like orphans, and thruu%lh thoir tonrs seo tho plcturcs that tlmev chorlshod of thoir long swoeot followship with him fado and vanish, The flowors on hia grave aro dowy and fragrant with the love aud rovor- enco of sincore sunls throughout tho world, 1lis royal lifo gocs on. P PROFESSOR AGASSIZ. Sormon of the IZov. Dr. RRyder, of Nts Paul’s Church. Yestorday morming tho Rov. Dr. Rydor prench- ed at Bt. Paul's Churchon *Tho Life aud Ser- vices of Prof, Agassiz.” His sormon wag ae follows ¢ Wisdom 1a tho principal fing; thercfore get wis- dom: il with-ll thy gotting et uuderstunding.— 'rov, 41 7. Well-rounded lives aro not’common. Thoy aro excoptional in tho history of any pooplo. Most porsons aro not only imporfect s oxam- plos, but incomploto in dovelopment. Wo are, 80 to say, fragments of humanity : not perfoctod spochmens, We liavo oyes, but we seo not, save in & certain dircclion; ears, but thoy hear only that which talliea with our intorests. Naturcs tliat aro noithor dwarfod nor bissod are excood- ingly raro. El This comes, in part, of organization, and in part of oducation. Most gified, mon aro gifted in spécial directions. Thoy .con do cortain things botter than most others, but other things powsibly. not s weN. Lho culti- ~vation of this “gift " jonda in awpocinl flold to startling rosults; but ordmarily the moro tho ‘' gift” is omployod, the more commauding it bocomes in its control over all tho othor facultios of themind, Tho miser is simply 3 man ruled by what phronologists call nequisitiveness, until the love of money guides all his actions. In like manuor .one may yield himself to tho col- lection of facts,—knowledge, s called,—which he puts to no use, and which, from the frag- mentary nature of thewm, impart to him no prac- tical wisdom, neither do they dovelop under~ standiug in othors. _ Our first viow of lifo is necessarily partial and incomplote. Childhood regards evergthing in an unnatural light ; mid-life fiuds most of us in our chogon employmonty, and the large share of our time And strength turned in ono direction, 80 that oven thew, wheu our mental powers ars most vigorous, and wo may be supposed to bo most capable of correct judgmont, our conceptlon of life isusually excoedingly imperfect and proju~ diced. What wo osll publio sentiment i very potont in shaping our opinions. Every ago has its po- culinritios—its tidal waves of thought. ‘There was & time when Fnith ruled civilized humanity, We wondor that the Crusades over could have Loen undertaken ; that #o mauy millions of pooplo &0 = untbinkingly ~sbandonod thelr * remson, aud hewrd ounly . tho domands of = bolief. No small ‘portion of tho actual history of the mediwval ago rends liko tho dreams of romance, In this day, suck incidonts, on any largo scalo, would bo impossi Llo,~because now the order of things is re- vorsed, Tho watch-cry of the hour s reason, and not faith, ‘The pondulum Lss swung to the opposite eide. Bcionce is the head of the age. Intelligouco i almost deitied. And is-nat, cfiis as obviously an extreme as tho otber? I intel- ligouce tho oud of lifo? Culture is highey than education. Instruction should mnke us botter as woll u wiser. The more uccumulation of knowledge eaunot bo the end of life, Thestudy of the auclont Isnguages in the bligher selools it iold 10 bo valuable, for tno mental ditcipline thoy impart ; iu themselves thoy communicato very little information of any immediate im- portance, ‘I'ie study of tho scionces, the cultura of tho mind in its rolation to naturoe and bumau life, enrichoa thoe intolleet, and in mauy ways beuotits the world ; but does this kind of “study dovelon tho whole of man 7 1s there nothing ib man but his reason ¥ Educnto him 08 far as you may in all the learning of the gchooly, Lns hio not just ag great neod—possibly o groater ong—to ba taught of God ? Lo open Lis soul to Faith and his heart to Love? Our toxt tells us that ** Wisdom is the prinei- pal thing ; therefore got wisdom.” But this wisdom g not iuformation, Lut & quelity of the mind. © It moy result from study or ous may possess it who ktows Dut littlo about books, ¢ Wisdom” includes vrudence and discrotion; n just and equitablo view of whatover comes before tho mind, It also includes the fearand knowledge of God, a8 tho psalmist exprosses it : **Soteach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”" And we are further told, “ With all thy gotting ges undorstauding, * that is, na’?uim the ability to cstimate life correctly, to judge impartially, and to sustain a proper re- Iation both to your Maker and your fellow-men. As Job oxpresses it, ** ‘Lhero in o spirit in muu, und the inepiration of the Almighty giveth Lim understanding,” This digcussion hns been suggested by tho death, during tho past week, of the most illus- trious aud vajuable of all our sciontitic meu. Amerlea not only mourns Lis loss, but the wholo civilized world joins in the regict that so useful aud wuoble o life bas thus suddouly closed. Louis Joun Rudolph Agussiz wes of Fronoh doxcent, bis family buviog been expoiled from TFranco by tho cruol edict of Nantes jssued agaivst tho Hugueuots. Mo was the son of six generations of clorgymen, Bown w1807, ho became distinguished in Natural Sciences as ourly s 1592, when Lo was appointed Profossor of _ Natural Mistory i the Collego of Nouchatol, In 1817 -lLe rowoved to Americn, aud in the following year becume & profestior of tho unow scieutifio school in connection with ITarvard College, near Boston, Of Into yours, almost every intelligont man in America lind become familiur with Lis name, and fow ‘pumonu of any agoe have enjoyed more Jargoly tho public confidougo and rospect, Bwiss by virth, Amorican by sdoption, he was u citizen of ihe wide, wide world, aud & friend to huwan- ity everywhero, I'he immediutecause of his death was paralysis ; tho remote catiso was probubly over-work, for ho was indefatigadlo i his labors, and hod ulready ancomplished the task of sev- oral ordinary lives, besides much that no othor unn in America, porhaps of this ugo, wae capa- blo of duiug. Prof. Agaesiz _wos an oxceptioml, woll rounded man, Fow porsons possess that admiruble fcombination’ of vigorous intol- lect and a large hears so cousplenously o he. Mo was Journcd nnd Lo wus wise; o was gropt and he was good. Quiet, undo- wmoustrative, an enrnest socker for the truth, ho sought his information in both hemispheres and in overy ocenn and sea, Men honored him for big dttainmonts, they gave hiw titles, thoy gave bim mouney and lands; but he wus the sung pationt student, the same considerato professor,. the enma lunntvla, trusting disciplo, seciug tho Lund of God ju all Lis works, and soeking to be guded by IIis wisdom., Hig wmemory s em- balmed in the affections of all good mon, and againet Dec. 14, 1873, long will his nume wtand, as tho dato that put sn ond to hig lubors. Pubt on end to hig Iabors, did I suy? Ruthor may Inot apply to nim the languige wiich Lee applics to Washs ington, In his celobrated oulogy': * An end, did Isay? 1Iis famo survives, bounded only by the liuits of the curth, uud by tho oxtent of tho humnan mind, 1o survives in our beurts, in tho growing knowlodgo of our childron, in the af- fections of the good throughouy tho world ; aud when our monuments shall bo dous uway ; whou natious now existing shull bo no more; when even cur young and fuy-sprosding empire shull bave perislied, still witl Lis glory unfuded shine, sud dio not, until love of virtuo couse on ourth, or eurth itself simks iuto chuos,” In sponking as wo Lavo of the tendency and tempor of our age, lot me not be understood nu undervaling sciontiflo inquiry, as uudorraling the worth of knowlodge, or uy forgottiug that, to & largo oxtent, the roligion of any poried is Yeonditioned by tho ~stato of knowl- adgo existing in that period” Rathor let moe be undorstood a8 wpying, in tho Ianguage of Bishop Tomple, whick I quolo from, Sharp'a valunble little work on Culturo and Rehigion™: %1 Lave,” snys lio, * n roul con- viction that all thly study of science, rightly pur- suod, comes from tho providence of Uod } that 1t i1 Iu neoordance with this will that wo should study Iis works, and that s ITo has given us u wpiritunl rovolution lu 1is Word, 4o atso hnu Ile givon us o Latural rovelution in 'u.lu oreature, I um convineed thut there is nothing to lode, but overything to gain, by & true and curoful study of Qod's works ; that tho more light we can got, the more oullivation of our understanding, aud the moro tlhorough dlucipline of our in- tolloot, by the oultivation of all’ this . which Cod hns seattored In such wondor- ful _profusion around us, so much tho bottor shall wo bo nblo not only to sorvo him in our vo- cation, but to understnnd the monning of. his spirisunl revelations. I am convineed thab all light, of whatever king, is good, and comos from Qod; that all kuewlcr‘go comes from ITim, and cau bo uacd in 11is sorvico; that nothing which sonlly adds to the knowladge of tho world Is for a momont to bo dospisod ; that, on thg con- trary, it should bo the offort of all who ndor- take to instruct their brothren in roligious truth fo sbiow that wo fool that roligious truth aud socular truth aro not only capablo of bulngi reconcilod, but roally camo from tho same God who s tho God of all truth,” I mako no strictures upon the oxtromo claims of mclonco which I do not make \lynu tho oxtromo oclaims of Talth, bt ona wishes to kuow _ how badly religion suflors whon shio seoks to hold baok the rising tido of intelligonco, ho has but to study the bis- tory of the Christian Oburch, and ho will find tho infdtmation Lio noeds, to his sorrow. But I do wish to be undoratood oa m\ylnf that thoro {5 n bigotry of scionce as well as n bigotry of roligion, and that, however doplorable this bigotry may_bo; ns largely disqualifythg those who are ruled by it from thie highost rosonrel, it s far loa objoctionable nud hurtful than that concort of seionce with which ono is brought almost constantly 1n contact. Holontifio mon are of two clossps. Those who aro truly golentific, “who are honest and considorato studonts, who sro truly scoking for tho truth, and who rospect 1t whorever thoy find it, in tho past or in the presout; in the word of 'God, o in tho works of God ; 1n luman lifo, or in any cloment of the humay body. These aro tho roal work- ors, the truo delontiate of the age, and to whose Inbors wo aro all indebted. But thora is anothor clagg, and that not & small one, who are in no proper sengo of the word cicutifio mon ; men of grocdy minds, given to curlous upnuulntfoun, and who dolight in manufacturlug prodigious theo- rios out of tho smallost materinte, Theso aro tho people thot aro floodiug ‘Bociety with all sorts of vagaries, xuamlnfil@’ in uttor unconcern a8 to the ‘effect which théir theories wmuy Lavo upon the faith aud morals of socicty. Aud tho oracnlar mannorin whicl thoso puoplo talk about Nature, aud Providouco, as if now all mystorios woro to be oxplained, and aeif tho world, untll now, hnd boeu In dorknoss and dottbt, *' Miracles,” they toll us, *‘are impos- siblo:” “tho univorso is ruled by inexorablo law;" “specinl Providencos aro absurd,”— *thero fs no variation in tho Diving plans.” Wiso men aro theso that talk thus! Who told them go? Whatdo thoy know about it, ay scion- tiliomon ? -1t 18 simply dogmntiem, not to uso o barsher word, that leads apy man (o aflirm such a fiosition. Shall any mondony that tho uni- verse contains sy proof of tho oxistouce of o personnle<God until be sball himselt lLnve ex- umined overy part of that universe ? Dut. who iy sufiicient for thig ? Aud shall any ono have the Lardihood to_declaro that the idea of the futherhood of God is ** uneclontific,” nund ** with- out warrant in fact,”s uutil ho shall first have shown that. the world ho searchos Is all the world therg is, and that he is competont to flud ail the proofs thera are in it ? Tho simple truth is, the world of the ecientist is not, in auy proper sonse of tho word, the world of humanity at all. Dond mea's boues are in Ais world, but the living souls of men and womon aro not there at all. 1s man simply & skeloton ? _If you gathor up the bones of tho il- lustrious Washington, nnd string thom togother ono by one, have you Washington hitgell 7 Is Lio_there in that Hfoless frame ? I xopoat, tho world of the sciontist 18 not the only world thero is. Thore is no morality in thiat world, no affeation there, 10 love, no svm- pathy, no faith | If tho sclontist, weury with bis siudy, wishes to reiresh his uaturo by human sympathy and humau loye, ho must abnudon for ashort time his special studiea and euter a worldof which, in his profossional capaci- ty, o knowa nothing—the work i which home is tho central fact—in which love is the presid- ing goulus, « Aud if over that homo the shadow of sorrow 1all, if one whom he loves withors away, shall o thon turn back to the lessons of the rocks and to the n;lgnflouu of law for golace, or shall he look to God, of whom lisworld kins' nothing to ssy but in whom his soul believes, and to whom, in fondnoss aud trast, in spite of Lis doninls, 'his hourt foudiyclings ? Tu thia relation, lot me read you n portion of & lotter in reforence to the loss ‘of the Ville du Havre, and thoconduct of the passongers in con- nection with that ovent: over havo T acen people so_calm and resigned as tlic pussengers of the Villo du Havre, Not one shrick, not one cry wus heard from the moment the Loch Earn struck us to the moment we weut down. Every ©ouo wns composed and wonderfully ealm, A young lady was pressing her niother on her breast, saylug, * Courage, dear mwther; it will Lo one minute's struggle, then wo sball "euter together in hieaven,” Foursweet littlo girls were surrounding their wother, and two friends who were with her, saylog, 4ot i pray ; lot us suk God to keop ua." About tei or twelvo ludica wero a lttlo further on euguged in curueat prayor. 1have never witnessed suchu muni- festation of the power of faitli, Toll me, yo that find no God in Nature, and resolvo all facts and forces! into law, do you have any such oxperionces as these in the world youlivein? And yet, had you been on tho deck of the steamer in those torriblo momoents, with almost cortain death before you, do you not believo that your heart would have been touched by the trusting words of those Christinn women_and children as they talked of and Heaven? Aye, and “would you not lizve beou led to vee how uneatisiactory are all our theoriey of human existence that do not in- clude God, Duty, and Eternity ? 'T'o thoso who think, as somo scom to, thal all wisdom origiunted with this ago, and that scieu- tifie study 18 a now eloment in_clvilization, it may bo useful to road tho following passgo from ono of Prof, Agassiz’s lost loctures. 1lle says: I some ways the study of nutural history hos lost, ather thun gamed, iu modern clvillzation, You wouid b surprised to Jearn how well-informed tho Grecks were, for instatice, about the structura of animuls, All college students know that the ancients delighted in eriticul aualysis of fntellectual problems, os well us_in dramatio and poeticsl composition, and in sll Leauty of seutpture sud architecture. But I think thut their fu~ mitfurity with nature ia ot a0 well kuown us thoir cul- tire in Iottors aud azt, - Ariatotio kuew wore of cor- tufn kinds of unimals and thelr genernl relationa thun 18 lggowy now. For Instance, Lo never confounded shutks and skates with ordinary fshes, while all mod- cra naturalists would put theni fu one’ aud the sumoe clags, Strange to ay, I lave studied the Solacions on tho South American coast by the Hght of Aristotle’s yenearches upon them fu the Meditersancan Bea, mude by himmoro thun 2,000 yearsago, 1 can think of no bettor evidenco of the ten- doney of our time to adopt the new theories, aud to rush to conclusions, than is furnished in tho history of what is popularly known as Dar- winism, In the debuto at tho late Betentifio Conv vention in Portland, Me., this {8 tho dofinition of Darwinigm given: *‘The theory that inor- ganic matter i8 doveloped into the lowerorders of orgunisny, und theso in turn are developed into highor organisms until wan is produced.” “ Now this,” ns Dr. Dawson justly said in the discussion on this subjoct before tho Evangeli- cal Al!iuuce( “ i not weionco at all,—ouly o bad philosophy.” And, what 18 more, ~Darwin does mot olwim’ that it s sciouco; neithor does Huxloy, Lyoll, nor Tyndall, Darwin gives the resulls of his studics a8 tho basts of furiher investigation. He does not claim that they demonstrato the dootrine of natural selootion,—nor doca ho pretend that Lo covors the whole fleld of inquiry, IIe recognizes serious defects iu the chain of proof of tho ovo- lution theory, but proposes to oxsming furthor, and see what ho cun find, But tho credultly of tho age, in the dopartment of scientiflc study, will not wait for 1'vof, Darwin, ond otbers like him, to solve tho problem by patlent research, audgo we hnve tho spectuclo of Darwinism “proved,” **the science of evolution " and ita author cuuonized, even bofore A, Darwin him- solf bas fully mado up his mind whether o hag the wocret of erestion or is pursuing a phantom of the imagination. In s conrso of twelve lectures doliverod by Prof. Agussiz, bolare tho Musoum of Compara- tive Zoology at Cambridge, tho prosont souson, ho distinetly oxpressed his oppoesition to the Durwinian theory of the evolution of specios, and guve his own viows ns to the method of ereation, Not sutisflod with this gonerul state- weny, Prof, Agussiz had comploted arrango- ments to publish o sories of papers in the Atlan. tio Monthiy, for the ensning yoar, on this spovinl thowe. 1bis grontly to bu regretted that ho could not have lived to colpleto the task, Aund yot weo rojoico to kuow that tho first numbor of * the sorlos was writtan by, thut hand which, alas! will write 1no more. I'he summary of the artiolo sont out by the publishers oXpressly decluros that Mr, Agnastz urticlo I o divest and explicit dohiul of Darwinlem, save 88 an ingemous spoculation, snd that bo aflirme thas {4 has no olaims to a sol- ontifie foundation, Now'it seowms to mo tho part of wisdom for the nau-scloutitic portion of commnunity to loave the Alsenssion of thiy préblam of the ordor of cre- ation to those who ure compotent to attond Lo it, and not put our faith too confidently in La- marck and Delilnire, the author of the * Vou- ;\lf;uu of Crantion,” und Mr, Charles Darwin and 1, Alfred Wallace, Prof, Haockol and Iierbert Bponcor, until these men fiud a theory which thoy themselvos nro willing to defond, and Dboing willlng, aro able to muintsin agalust those who oppuse it. Until selontists agroo among themuolvoy, thoy eau hardly oxpeot s to abandon our thoories, many of thom sunctis Hied by the faith of contur(os,and intertwined with evory olament of our alvillzation, J\We respects = fully protent ngainet boing compolled to accopt thofr guerkon for faats, And if some of our prenchiors aro disposod to rojoet the thoory of crontion mcn‘;n(zuzl in tho Bible, nnd subatitute +¢ Bvolution " thorofor, I think it wonld e wall for thom to koop a copy of tho good old hook near at band, for it will bo vory useful to uso aftor this “* tompest in o teapot” io avor, Apnusiz Is dend, Tt 18 o 8ad thing to say of so usoful and unoble o man, Buroly the world fs better and wisor for his life and lahors, It is o trite snying tbnt death spuros nong, The wisest and tho bost allko must bear tho solommn vordiet, “Duyt thou art and unto dust shalt thon re~ tur," DBut 1 eannot put awsy from my mind the focling that it is ospeoinlly’ sad that” one no wise and useful should.be taken so suddonly away, with bis_groat plans for humam wellare fncomploto, aud with so much of tho knowledgo which ho had nequirod still unrocorded, so that in part it porishios with him, Ho leaves no suc- cosgor, No man lving can fill his place. How largo the world In which such & man ag Apasaiz lives. How broad tho aros of his vis- ion ; how differont tho univorao to such a man ng hio from what it1s to an uncultured, vulgar mind. Ioloved, all theso lossous aro for our profit, Lot thom tench us wisdom, Tomembor, that is tho principal thing. We aro yot numberod among the living, Somo of us are successful, as the world counts success ; others aro not; but, whother succossful or nob, 1t is importou to romember that that whioch we most need in within the rench of ail. As shith the Seripture : “Happyls tho man that Ondolh wisdom and that gotteth nndorstanding : for tho merchandiso of it s bottor than the morchandiso of gilver, and the gain thereof than fine gold." ——y DEFALCATIONS AND MONEY. Sormon by the Rave M. J, Snvagoe, of the Third Unitarian Charch, Tho Rov. M. J. Savagoe, of tho Third Unitarian Ohwureh, preached o sormon yostorday ovening, having forits subject * Defalcations and Mouey.” Thotext was taken from the ninth chapter of 8t. Poul's Epistlo to Timothy, *For tho love of monoy {8 tho root of all ovil: which, whilo somo covoted aftor, thoy have orred from tho Iaith, and plorced themselves through with many sor- rows," Tho preachor sald ho.imagined many of Lis hoarors would say that theso words fitted ex- actly the churches whose membors woro always striving to raise money to build new ones, and whose ministors displayod thoir disregard for mouoy by looking cloge after thelr porsonal intorosts. But whillo o granted that much might bo said on that scoro, it must Le remem- bered that 8t, Paul said uothing against money itself, nor could auy oue olse, Ha really said,ng would bo eon bettor by snother trauslation, that *¢ n love of money is a root of &l kindg of ovilL"” It was the love, tho paasion, the enger grasping at, tho will to have it at any cost, which was the root of all ovil. Ie who comprohend truly what monoy renlly wog, would utter nothing ngnipst it. A dollar monus either a help for bumanity or an obstraction, accord- ing to tho wuso its owner puts it to. 1t was simply » wospon, & tool with which ho would uln\Ya Lis own surroundings necording to his natural inclinations and wishes, Mouoy, as far rs matorial influences aro con- corned, was the most powerful agent in tho foundation of madein civilization. Tho dini- oulty with most people was that it was so easy for thom to cheat thomsolves. Actuatad by the groed of gain, they ghthored nud accumulated monoy, and said that when thoy gob & cortain amonit togetherthoy would becoma bonavolont ; but if he was not gonorous to-day, the future posscesion of any smount of money would not chauge his nature, but asct probably just in tho othor dircction. 'The way to "be- éomo gefierons was to begin when they Lad little, and the habit would™ probably follow whon wealth bud boen secured. ‘Too much con- not bo said n‘;n[nsl the posscssion of the greed for monoy. 'I'his greed and the false concoption of what monoy could accomplish for thom, wero the sources of tho defalcations aud dishoneaty of tho present day. Defaleations wore at presont so common that it wonld roon bogin to bo thought that a town was not complote until it had its deluulting ofi- cial, snd a city without one to boast of would Yo looked upan a8 in & vory lonely coudition, The preacher referred to the Gage defaleation, and arddled the blame of it, no tho natural ‘product of the presont siato of affairs, upon tho community at large, each membor-of which way virtunlly responsible for the ncts of the do-~ faulter. Men weroe living up to o type of social Tife, which thoy bind, croated with mones, s tho gine qua non of succces in this world. The proachor sind o conversation somo time ago with 8 young business man upon the wealth accumu- Inted by s cortain morchant. *‘ Well,” gaid the young map, *'ho mndo all his monoy sclling bad ‘whisky.” When tho preachor remarlied that tho woalth of the subject of the conversation did not ‘benelit its poseestor, tho Young man rojoined, 0b, it doosn't mutter how you gof money, as long as you get it" . To-day mon placed money bigh above much worthier things,—above hearts, brains, honesty, and ivtogrity. 'Uhora was no doubt that, if Gago Iiad broken every law in addition to what ko bad done, and hud pitid over the correct monoy at the end, nnd como out with o big pile over, all would hinve bowed down to hims us a wonderfully suceossful and wenlthy man. It was not the crimp thut was troubling the taxpayers, butthe fact that they wero cach o dollar or two out by the transaction, IHis failura_they condemned, and would be ready to houor his sueccess had ho been suceessful, Tlio present was a filting op- portunity to Jook over tho 1antter of tho power of monoy, and question what it could aud what it could not do. Men must cou- gidor it the ouo thing ncodful, when they wore willing to sucriflce brains, hoart, hon- or, and fame for it. "It was certainly tho basis of oll civilization, ond those men in Burope who wero fighting ngninst capital and wenlth, did so ocauwa thoy were ignorant of what thoy wero doing. 'Tho rich mon neadod the poor man, and the poor men the rich, just as mountain depends upon valloy and valley ipon mountain. Noman could be considerod civilized until ho bad = sur- plug. The man who was able to creato aapital, hold tho power of boneliting the world ; yet the | possession of money did 10t necessarily. imply civilizotion, A man might live surrounded by wealth aud luxury, and Lo & barbarian} another might possess mone of these things, and bo civilizod, Mouoy was tho necessory basis of truo education. Such mon ns Agassiz aud Newton conld not have achieved anything worthy of their abilities without tho cupital xllzcuuunrfl to insuro time in which to prosccute their labors, Money ad- vouced tho geis and scioncos, helped tho churehes into existonce, aided mssionary opora- tions, aud was, in bricf, the stenm-ongine which created all tho moral farce figthe world, Tho preacher showed what mmmy?unla notdo. It could not buy n home, give the possossion of any~ thing, or purchase solf-respect, hnplplunus' trio success in life, God, or a future, In commor- cisl phrase, it might 'bo asked, * Will it pay, for tho snke of the potty \vDrIdly trumply, to Buori- fleo all the nobler qualitics ANOTHER COUNTRYMAN IN TROUBLE. Dotective Tyrroll yestorday nrrested a woman at & Liouse on South Ilnlated stroot, noar Boven- teonth, namod Lucy Whituoy, on the charge of stealing $600 in curroncy and $10,000 in United Statos bonds from an Iowa geutloman namod Aunderson. It appears that Anderson becamo acquainted with the woman lust May, whilo on s visit to this city. Although n married man, hie becnmo quite intimata with her, aud, after he returncd to his home, corresponded with her! Saturdsy worning ho arrived here, nnd, after dolug a little Dusiuos, called upon her at hor houso, where le spent the aftornoon. About § o’clock 8lo said sho was sicl, and Mv. Anderson went away, promising to rotwm before Lo left thecity. Whon ko hied returned to his hotol, ho found a lnrge pockot-book, in which he Liad plucod 600 iu monoy and 10,000 in United Htates bonds, was missing, An examinstion of his baggago and the room did not reveul it, and the Town gentlemun wout to the Armory, and told Capt, Buckloy about it, 'The Captuin asked him s grout many quoations, aud, upo finding ont that Audorson had boon spouding the day with Miss Whityoy, suggosted thet she might bave takou Lin proporss. o snid that it was vory likely that #ho did, a8 sho waa tho only person . Ohi- cago who linow hu bad it, Oapt, Buckloy thon sont him to Sergt. 1liis, to whom i also told his story, A wartant was sworn out for the arrot of vie woman, and placed ju the hunds’of Deteotive Tyrroll, who sorved it yostordsy moru- ing. Bhe denled ull knowledga “of tho " whoro- abouts of Lhe proporty, and took the urrost very coolly, Bho was locked up in the Contral Sta- tion at noon yostorday, In tho afternvon the dotectlve seasrched hor room, and, belund a trunk, found wome of tho missing bouds, ‘Ihe money wus not recovered. Bhe will have an exsmiuation Lofore Justico DBoyden this morning, Andorson is & wealthy stock-dualer, who lves nosy Codar Rapids, Is, o is about 60 yoars old, and has & & 3 | ROBERT G. INGERSOLL. Lecture Before tho Eree Roligions So= cloty nt Rico & Jacksonds Tiall. Col, Robert J. Ingersoll, who once lectured on “An oucsl God's tho Noblest Worlk of Man," loetured lnst ovening at Ilco & Jackson's Inll, on Rtandolpls atreet, betweon Jofforson and Dos- plaines, ‘The audionco was enormous, considor- ing the hoterodox reputation tho learncd gontlo- mnn boars, but if porpotusl Jaughtor Lo any ovidenco of enjoymont, Col. Tngorsoll's Lionrors conld nover have onjoyod themsolves w0 much in their lvea, Tho locturor wna introduced by Gon., I. N, Slilos, Prosident of the Froo Rteliglona Soclaty which galhers in tim boll ocensionnlly nud discusses mattera and things. Tho audionco could not but admire the sppoaranco of the lecturor,—a tall, woll-formed, heavy man, with & brain in proportion to his slzo, indiented by a splondid head. Ilis eyo had nono of thnt gravity about it which his” other fonturea indlcated, Ho commonced his loclure in o quict way, ar- raigning roliglon-as tho great obataclo to human progross, and lnllln&; ground in opposition to thoso writors and thinkora who declared to bo, tho basis and groundwork, tho foundatior) tho causo of modorn civilization. To_illustrate tho method of unn{wr!lnu this olatm mude by ndvacates of: Christianity, ho as- sumed that suspendora were the basis and foundation of oivilization. Among tho Indians thero were no suspenders, and consoquontly no civilization; and among_ the sorfs of Ryssin there was 1o civilizalion becauso thore were no sucponders, Up the Gangos—that melancholy river whero ovil aud ignorance ond_superstition lield unlimited sway—not s suspendor wos to bo found ; but on thik great and glorious con s tho summit of civilization, tho suspender was held in suck venoration that whon aman could not obtain & pair, o wonld lold on re- ligiously to ono: from whith ho thought the suspender the ngont of clvilization. Christianity, bo said, was o vory goneral boliof. Most murdorors wera Christinns, Indeed, very fow moun wore hauged nowndays who wero not Chrigtinns, And o man who was put to denth hocause lio was too bad for this world, wassont to tho noxt ouo to bo received with_opon arme as quite worthy of memborship, Luthor ho do- seribed ns @ cold-bloodod, sclfish man, who claimetd that ho Lad & right to secedo from tho Cntholig Ohurch, but nobody had n right to secedo from Luthor, He nover fought for tho rights of men to lilorly, beeauso he snid ** Uni- veraal toloration Is univorsal error, and universal error is umvoreal holl,” As to Calvin, Mr. Xu- gorsoll was o littlo hard on him, With reforence to the notiou thet disbolief in Christian doctrines insured lmr})nlunl dsmnn- tion, he seid, ** In the presence of tho unknown, and Tmay add, ‘the unknownable, wo can do nothung but gioss, sud I must oy o ia o nico God who will damn oneof 1lis children for guess- ing wrong." Furthor on inhislecture, horoturned to this esine ides, and illustrated it as follows : ¥ Wit would be thought of such o man aa this. Two small—very small—boys are dlscussing tho quesation of Smith, aud one’ of thom vontures to stato thut, after a full investigation of tho wholo Smith question; after loarning all ho con nbout tho Smithe, lo givea it as his full, lonest, boyish couviction that thoro is not, sud nover was, o Smith, Smith overhears him, #nd, Beizing him by the collar, tramplos and crushes him into nothing, yelling in fury, ** I'll teach you that Smith s not n mere myth, but a disboleal reality.” With regard to the differont doctzines which roligion bins juculeated, Mr, Ingersoll compared life to a road upon which wore sot up innumor- ablo sign-bourds poiutiug out the wey. Upon cousulting one of them, Lo finds it indicates & diveetion tho roverse of another. ‘‘IHow is this? " he nsks of o man who is stationed thero to nid tho sign-board. ** My dear sir,” roplics his informant, “the Jows had o singular practico of pusting up sign-bonrds point- ing in_ tho diroction just tho roverse of the right ono; vou must follow my dircctions ofter consulting "this particular board.” An- othor professional expleinor declered that #This Bign-bonrd was quite correct originally, but ono duy thers came & gale of wind and blow it down, aud some stupid fellow who was not inspired by God cnme and stuck on the post agmn, wrong sido to.” Perhinps you will find two pointing di- rectly opposite, and the oxplainer will tell you that that is all right, God put up one, #ud His Bou the other; and, although you may bo sur- prisad ot their pointing in oppoeite directions, it's_all right. Thoy understand onch othor. Aud supposing o travelor asks one of thoso men which way he shall go. Ho is told *You must go this way, It is the ouly right way. If yon go any of tho other ways yon will bodamued ctornally.” ¢ But," remonstrates tho traveler, **if it's all the same to you, I would like to soe whnt othors say; I would ‘like to investi- gato n little and tako my choico,” * Hold on,” crics the other. “You mustn't investigato, Phat’s not allowable. Follow my mstructions bhindly, or you will be damaoed. You can't have any chioico.” This iden Mr. Ingersoll elaborated very neatly and with marked offect. "His own opinion wag to lot every man chooso his own way; thora would bo doctrines onough to go around. If CGod had a right to damn people for going wrong, ho had a right to instruct thom beyoud o mere guess as to what was right. Then Mr, Ingersoll switched round fo tho churches and said that no minister dared to Lyrm\ch a creed which his congregation did not elieve. But what was the use then of the clergyman preaching at all, ns the congrogation adits owh view (the Chiuweh's) of overything. And what was tho uso of their paying o man to 2id thom in searcling for truth, swhon thoy had truth alvendy? A proncher in o pulpit rominded him of nothing so much as o hired culprit de- fonding the lefinlity of his own imprisonment. T'ho Chureh had strangled progrese by domand- ing of evory man_ his individuality ; ‘sud overy mau who belonged to a chureh, was the coftin of Ing own dend soul, or which lns creed was the opiteph ‘and his churen the cometery. And tho poorest borgain a man could make, wus to ‘swap Lis soul for a littlo rosp ectabilicy, It was cousidered far nobler to b the tail of alion than tg% hesd of o dog, and most men proferred to attach themsclves Lo tho tail of a church rathor than posgess an individual head of their own. * It is my duty,” says o man, “ to movo with my libn ; whon my lonis plesed I will do hig wagging.” There were thoueands of young men educating to-dny for tho ministry, aud what did that mean # Was it that they shonld ascortain thoe truth ? Nothing of the kind. ‘Lhey were educating to dofend o cortain creed; that they might learn the arguments of their . respective churches, and jam thom afterwards into the dull euvs of their cungrogutions. The Church shrank from honest investigation. It was impossiplo within tho pale of tho Clmreh, nud for this ron- gon: ‘‘1f you think tho Clureh is right, you will not luvestigato; if you think the Church is wrong, tho Church will investigato you,” was the epigramatic way in which Lo proved tho proposi- tion, *Isnotit strango,” said Mr. Ingersoll, “what o fuss & party of clergymon will make aover tho regenoration of infunts, whilo thoy don't care n whit about the damnation of men #" A praacher ho doscribed a8 “'the paid attornoy of suporstition,” " The popular iden of heayven was' such that he could regard it as nothing less than o *spiritinl muscun, filled with Baptist baroacles, petrified 'resbyterions, and Methodist mommics.” To think that God wantod to Lavo such compauy with Him throughout eternity! It remiuded him of a story. A very rich und influontial man, invited an humble friond to’dinner with him one’ day. 'The guest was 50 ovorpowarod by tho ou- tortainar that o agrood with him in everything ; replied * yes ™ to overy quostion, untll at last, the liost huving made a romark to which tho inevitablo *yos ” was roplicd, burst out, *For Qod's enke uay ‘mno,’onco, that I may bo suro there avo two of us here," 11 tho Chuvcli wos what it pretended to be, why was it perpotually tying to Lribe scionc to give in ity adhorovco to roligion ? Why do they BRy, * U'uis wag writton by God [limsolf, and of course is quito fruo gnd quite corroct, but wo would feol » littlo more sutisfied, Mr. Selontist, 1t you would indorse it with your siguaturo,” and so on, Tho triumph of absoluto religious freedom was only a quostion of timo; every now form of religion was u littl negrer tho tiuth than tho last, and brought into existenco by the tyranny of that which bad precoded it. “The Church, however, had not beon an ungualifid ovil, Its Distory ~ was mourly ns lorions ws it \wos Iufamous ; it had furnishied martyrs for its murdorers ; it had carod Yot ona whoro It ked butchored u hundred, 'The sncrifles on the Cross was tho cruciixion of evory Christian’s iudivid- uality, Lhis was the crime of tho Clurch. ‘Pink of how it had fotterod progroes; how it had orushed thought, The works of Beott, and Hanry and others, wero evidonces of what might have buon dono by thom, had they beon allowed acholee of subjects, Wo henrd somotimes of & cortaln tribo of Indians whosa custom it was to Brunn tho heads of thelr children botwoen two oards, until thoy assumed n parmanont doform- ity, W thoughf it horrible; but how much niore 0 was tho praotice of tho Chureh, which wurped and mutilated souls In precisely tho same fushion, Roturning to the discugsion of the hindrances’ which Chyistianity had apposed 1o progrosy, ho wgid that in tho path of knowladge and of wlsddm tho Oluroh bad piled uy maskes of books, Biblew, 5 snd trrots, and what not, and hohind thesoe Toighty hoaps of rubbish it sat quiotly shooting nt the unduunted traveler the barhs and polsoned arrows of mallca and porsogution, o wnn glad In tho boliof that 1t raquired no courage now to bo an infidol ; vut think of what it must have required whon'the Ohurch was at the zonlth of itk powar, Tho Jecturor told an nuiocdots, with which this roport shall Lo closod, innsmuch ns it {8 charaotorint’o of the man aud Dbis fuith, ““Phoro was," snid ho, ** a rovival in my town racently, and, 8 thoy always do ot rovivile, the sinnors and othors comobofore the moetlng, A Indy woa appointed to walt on mo and make o couvert of mo. 8ho was.vory ngroonble. Said sho: ‘Do you not think it Joving in tho Son of Cod to haug upon the cross s sacrifice for yon 7' fold1: *And don't you think it mean of God to nacnat that sacrifico?’ At lonst,’ sald aho, “hloss Qod for tho bosuty of tho day. *Aud whom shall 1 curso whon tho day is tho reverse of the beautifnl?’ asked I. Wo didu't moke mueh Frugmuu in roligion, ahd, at my oarnost invitation, she romained to dinnor with us, ~ Aftor dinnor, enid she: ‘‘Now, you must _suroly thank God for tho oxcel- lont dinper you have had,’ *Madam,” I roplied, ¢ Uhoro aro thousanda of others who aro far moro desorving than I am, who have done far moro for their fellows than I lave, and yot they have had no dinor st nll, Am I to thank God for belug unjust?’ " The following quotation, which ended the les- ture, soomed vory consistont with tho locturor’s idens: ‘To thino own solf Do truo, *Twill follow as the night the day, ‘Thou caust not thoubo false to auy mau, If the looture was_profane, it was tho mosat airy of profanity, Iis hoavors were kept ina :onr of morrimont throughout the wholo eyon- ng. — THE TIPPERARY FUND. The Receipts Are 82,110.75, and the Expenscs $1,585.10, With n Fow Iills Yot to Boe Paid. In responso to & eall published in the daily popors, & small number of Irshmon who sub- seribod totho * Tipperary Elootion Fuud® sova oral mouths ngo, aud Wwho were anzious to know whnt had bocome of thoir subscriptions, met yestorday aftornoon in & hall nesr the corner of Blue Telaud avonue and Elovouth street. Tho meetivg was called to order by Mr, Patrick Raffertyf ound he was cboson Oloirman. Alr. Phillip Cullen was Secratary., Mr. Rafforty enid hio was ono of the signera of tho call for the moating, and explained its ob- joct, Ho thought muflclent timo hnd olapsed sinco the colloction of the fund was commouced, and that thoso who hed taken an notive part in it sliould report and puy over the mouoy in their possossion. Mr. O’Connor, the gentleman who came from Troland to raisc thie foud, upon being called on for o statemont, oxplnined what ho bad daone sinco ho arrived {n Ohicago over & yoar ago, Ho had had nothing to do with the handling of tho monoy, merely asking for subscriptions, and lotting persons who had boon appointed at o goneral meeting do the colleciing. 1t was o source of pain and mortitication to him that the monoy had not been dovoted to its legitimate uso long ago. Another sourca of pain and mortification was that lo should have beon suspected of not attonding properly to his duties ne an electioneering mis~ slonary from ‘Tipperary. 8till another was, that his oxpenses back to Ireland, where ho held a small public oflice and had a large family, bad 10t beon pald from tho treasury of tho fand, a8 the Auditing Committeo appointed h{ln geueral mecting of the Irishmen of Chicago bad direct~ ed. He was also grieved . to think thet thera wore n fow Irishmen in Chicago who were moan enough to intorposo obstacles in his way, and in tho way of collecting aud paying over the monoy subscribed to the faud. A gontlomnn called for tho names of the mean Iristimen alluded to, AMr. O’Counor said he was not & publio prose- cutor, and declined to divulgo them. Mr. Mullen aud Mr, Sullivan, members of the Auditing Committeo, stated that the Committoo had made out o complote report of the receipts and expenditures of tho fund, but it was in tuo hands of anothor membor of the Gommitteo, Mr. Lawrence O'Brien. All that romained to be done was for the Treasurer, Mr, Frank Aguesw, to sottlo up his accounts in necordance witn the rokort‘ and let Mr, O’Connor go to Ircland, Ir. Agnow eaid be was entively willing that M. O'Connor should s;n to Ireland whenever o got ready, 1o was also willing to square hig accounts ag Treasurer whenaver ho yas prosent- od with tho roport of the Auditing Committeo, and givon nn opportunity to oxnmitio it and com: pare it with lis own figures, He nnderstood the Committeo had decided that there was n balauco of over 2600 in his havds. If this was thoe case, he would pay tho differonce between the actual amount in the Tressury sud the amount claimed by tho Cowmitteo out of his own pocket, Ho understood, bhowover, that some subscriptions had haen doubled up in the ac- counts, aud othera had nover been paid in, aud that hnd been charged to bim, " He wanted tim to ook into tho mattor. Mr. O'Brien arrived aboul this timo with the Auditing_ Committec’s report, and it was road. It showed the receipts of the fund to have been 2,114.75, and tho oxpenditoros, #1,685.10, leav- ing a balance in the hands of the Troasurer of £524.65,~Dbolweon $200 and 2300 moro than Mr. Agnow ¢an by any posiblo mnthematical caleus lation diseover thoro. 3 Mr. Aguow ngrood to meot tho Committeo ‘Tuesday nftornogn, and maka the necessary sob- tlement, which, ho snid, ha would ave dono months ago, if the porsons interested had at- tonded to their business. A resolution denouncing ,those Irishmen who had delayed tho collection and disbursoment of tho fund was defented, becauso it was indofinito g to namos, The following was adopted : . Resolved, That the thanks of this public meeting be accorded and aro heroby given to Mr, O'Connor’ for i zeal and persoveranco u tho liborious und re~ aponslble mission assigned to him by his compatriota in Iroland ; thnt wo decply sympathize with him in Lils offorts to obtuin & just aud satiafactory sottlomont of thie Tipporary accounts in thin city, and that it s o plezsurs to us to bear testimony to' the creditable muntes i ‘which ho discharged thio mission intrustod i, AMr, O'Connor thanked the mosting for its kinduess, and was about sketching his careor as nu Irish nationalist, whou a motion te adjourn wag put and carried, PERSONAL: THE CITY. Aun elderly gontloman named Isaac Rabm, re- siding at South Bend, Ind., camo to Chicago Triday, and has not been scon since. Any infor- mation about Lim may bo loft at No. 638 Wubash avenue, or tho Central Police Btation. IMuch nmazoment was crented yesterday evon- ing by tho suddon _apparition, during evening sorvice, in tho 'Third Unitarian Church, at tho corner of Lafiln and Monroo strects, of the S;ignntio frame of Long John Wentworth, Duriug tho sormon, which was ou ** Defalcations and Money,"” ho slept o enlm and child-like sleep, ignorant of the smazamont which an oceustounl sonorous snore croated in lug vieinity, Tho dencons of tho church woro ovidently flattored by the presonco of so distinguished s forolguor. HOTEL ANRIYALS, Pacific Hotel—"1ho Hou. R. G, Ingersoll, Pa ring Ueorgo Westingliouse, Jr., Pittsbury Hoeunry . Winthrop, New Yorlk; O.J, Lowis, Boston ; J, i, Howard, St. Louta; W, A, Prac- tor, Cincimati, « . . . Palmer House—1Tho ITon, E. A, Smith, St. Louis; J, 8, Southwick, Mari- on, N, J.; Cupt. Sulter, U, 8. A.; James F. Toust, New York ; John I, Gibbons, Milwaukee, L4y« Sherman House—The Hon, A, MeDouglo, Connda; Jamos Stinson, Now York; the Hou, T. J. Jobuson, Harrsburg; J. .8. Stowe, Hartford; M. 8, Hykew, Montelalr, N, J. « o« . WestSide Briggs—Mal. A, W, Ed- wards, Oartinvillo Demoeral; the Hon, Willism Groeno, Geoneral Superiutondent B, 0. R. & M. R, R. 3 -the Houn, Johu M. Southworth, Poniten- tinry Qommissioner; Qen. R, Rowett, Carliue vill, Tl 3 tho Lo, 8, I, Authm:ly. Vulparaiso, I, . . . . Driggs Houso—i. O, Ogden, Philadelphia; 0. Elibody, Salt Lake Olty, S e A e A Eriend in Need. “ Confldence,” says tho proverb, *ja n plant of slow growth.” 1bis, perhaps, bost unot to grow it atall in tho Austration bush, judgin from the following incldent related by u Slol- bourne paper. A cortuiu person was_truvellng through a lonoly district whon ho beard o groat outary. Thinking bush-rangors woro at worl, ho firos off a pistol to intimidate them; and resently tho nolso censed und u seamporing was eard. On coming to the opon ground the trayeler discovered a mau tiod ton treo, *Oh} sir," eriod tho vietim, *I am so glat you are como. T havo boon attucked by rablus, and they were robbing me when thoy hoard yonr plutol.” “And couldu't you get looso, my friend " askad tho trayelor, **No; they tied wme #o very tightly,” “And did thoy rab you of anytihug #" **No; only of my wateh, oy had not time to soarch for my money, whioh I placed in my left boot.” **How fortuunte!” observed tho {ravel er; “was tho wwm cousiderable ?" ' Over u thousand, thauk heaven,” wald the poer man, “'Are you aniro Lhey nre gone ?” asked the othor, “COR[ cortain.” 'Cho neweomer looked round and round, und, goning tho conkt clear, snld caoly, " Well, s thoyra gono, T thinl Il inish tho job myself.” ~Atd ho procoeded Lo rob tho unfortunate vietim. SHOT IN HIS TRACKS. A 'Thiof Kifled by o Policoman YWhile 'Wrying (0 Get OFF with o Lot ok Stolea Property. Yoslerdny ovening about 7 o'clock an unknown police oflcor shot, and {fustantly killod, an unknown Dburglar, in Tobin & ‘Uhlors’ lumbor-yard, which {8 on School ntroot, hotwoon Talsted and Desplaines, ‘I'io followiug nte tho details of tho affuir : Yontorday aftornoon four boys, named Albert Richor, Harry Mollor, Willlam Spacls, and Goorge Woodward, whilo playing in the lumbor-yard, found n lot of waolon cloth undor one of tho piles of lnmber, ‘I'hoy stopped their game, and went to the Union Stioot s'fmlan, whore they told Sergt. Garrity, of thoir discovery, and ho dotailed ofiicers Cawdry and Bandor to bring tho cloth to tho station. In the belief that whoovow loft It would como after it, the Horgeant ordered tho men to taka brek u divco of the cloth and place it wheroit lLad boen found, und then sooroto themselven and wateh it. Nothing un- usual took placo during the aftorncon, About U o'clock Ofticers Smith and Topping were dotailed to rolieve Cowdry and Dauder, Chey had bicen ot the lumber-yard buta fow min. utes, and woro talking in Jow tones to tho other ofticers,when fonr young mon wero seen to outor tho yard from Bchool atreat, throngh the elloy, Although tha oflicers wora in full viow, they ald no; socm to seo thom, but passod silently intq the yaxd, betwaen two pilesof lumbor, As eoon as thoy lind disnppeared, Baudst Lelped ‘Copping, who was in tho slley, over the fenco into tho yard, while ho romained in the alley, Cowdry nand Smith got Into tho yard before sny notico was given the burglars of the ° presonco of the oflicors. “Tho burglers woro ‘scen to foel under the lumber whero they hed secroted the cloth, ond then to unfold large sncke, s if thoy meant to uge them to emry away tho property. Thoy appenred to be very much surprised when thoy could not find the cloth, and seemed strucl witix the bolief that thoy were watched, Tho; woro nbout to go out of tho yord, when_Oflicer Topping called out: * What ara you doing there?” Ono of the men replicd, in o grufl” volce, *' Nothing.” All the oilicora thon appronchad, when thio mon started and ran in vorious dircotlons, Ohicer Topping caught ono of thom, nnd Ohicor Smith caugiit anothior, but thoy got wway. Whilo Officer Topping was trying to lieep his man, snother of tho burglars drow o rovolver and fived four shots at him, one of thom pussing nouw hiy lott ear. Thoro- upon all tie oflicors drow their rovoivers, and fired simultanously, some ono way and somo auother. The burglara did not flvo any moro sliots, hut took to thoir heels, two running north through the alley toward School street, and two west turough o vacant lot. When one of them reached the corner of tho alley at Schiool atreet, Lio was weon to fall, and when tho ofiicers reached him le was dend, Blood flowed froely from o small pistol holo in " the = back of his head, near tho loft car. Mo held in hig right hand ono of tho bags, In which they donbts less intonded Lo carry away tho cloth. One of tha oflicors was left to lake caro of the body, while the other three went in pursuit of tho™ dond man’s companions. The pursnit wag unsucceseful, and tho oficers ro- turned to care for the body of tho only ona thoy bad been ablo to eateh., It was earviod tothe Union Streot Hintion, An exzininutiou of tho clothing showed nothing except twa books, with blue covers, enlitled, “How to Got Rich,” upon the bnck of which was tho card of tho Merchants' SBavinga Bank, No. 75 Clarl utroot, and o silk bendkorehiof. Tho body was that of o young maw, not moro than 18 years of age, witll smooth face, brown hair, and blug oves. The clothing’ was very decont. He was not identifled. Tho Corouor will hold an inquest to-morrow. It is probablo that it will be found out which oflicer shot him, a3 their revolvers era very unlike. The name of tho firm of William King & Son svas upon o tag upon onc of tho bolts of cloth, Theie were seventeen pieces of cloth, worth, it i8 suppoged, ahout $400, It was probubly left'in the lumber-yard Saturday night. s - Mgerkimer Co. Dairy Market. Lrraix Uata, N. Y., Doc. &, 1873, Thio tano of tho musiiet - ey witle ity e e chunge in prices from thoze of last week, Asto the character of cheese offored, tho greatest differonce in Jots was notiecable in furm dairies, Some of thesn patcelR were (uite poor, belug composed of * odds nnd erd” badly skivnned and. badly eured stafl, Taia went' &t chout fc, whilo falr to prime gold at 113@ 13¢c, and for faticy fu cousiderabla. pareols 1358 ‘way ofvered, Thoro was o loss number of factorymen in matket thla woelr, nid tho offeriagn wero amaller than for rome timo past, It was cstimated that 2,500 boxea woutld cover all the factor, 0 on {his market, sud of this about 1,600 changed hunde, Sowe of the cheesg offered vzs hield al (0o Ligh rates to sitit buyers, and ‘was, therefore, elther rotained inmaker's hands or wont forward Lo bo stored in Now York for the present, Tho extremo prive ofiered by luyers for fing September ond October cheess was 1834¢, but we hezrd of mo sales, We give tomo of tho lezding transactions a8 follows: Keys, 97 boxes, at 12igc; Shellsbush, 03@13c ; Cold Itrook, G0@12%e; Pafucs? Hollow, 54@18¢ ; Little Faily Central, 84@18c, Soveral other parcels yero bought ut tho above rates. Tho quantity of clieese back in makers’ handa ia very ligtht for the scason. Cortland County fe roports ed fo huve 25,000 hoxes. Chantauqua County aud sura ot the atlier Weatarn counties of tho State iave slipped nearly overything forward, Tutter continues to come forward in considerabla quantitics a2 Littlo Falla_and snles wero made thia ek at fi%o {o o for ordiuary to good aud ot ¥e for oxtra end fanoy lots, At {lie Utiea City marlet the chceso offeringa were estimated at ouly sbout 1,000 Loxes, of wwhich somo H0¢ wero gold, Tha lots wera moetly #0dds aud Ends,” and went at 12¢ to 12}gc. “The weather fu Herkimer 11 warm, with snow nearly all one, Wagons uro ruuniuyg ou niost of tho country ronds, We biave lottora from England to the 1st of Decome Loudon corrospomlent saya il deseriptiony Both in_ Engiish and Amnerican, ure quiel ¢ hold, Extra Amorlean sells at 74 to T4 shile liugs, und Eaglieh cheddur ut 50 to 93 shillings. 0 btter thie deficiency in Irisl makies ia admitted to o largo, Comadian of good quality eclla s Prices atoas follows : Clomuells, 142 ebillings ; Nos nudy oxtra, 144 sud Cunadian), 100 to 124 slilitugs por ewt, —GENIS FURNISHING GOOBS, LRSS skl G FIELD, LEITER & CO. State & Washington-sts, E] Would call particular attention to o few specialties in the above Department, adapted to the Holiday Trade. Gentlemen’s Neckwear, in Scarfs, Ties, and Bows, in all the popular styles. Silk Pocket Hdkfs., a recent importation, in new and choice designs. Mufflers, in Cashmere, Silk, and Paisley. Dress Shirts, Linen Collars and Cuils, Suspenders, Sleeve Buttons, Studs, Silk Umbrellas, An elepant line of Lap Rugs at attractive prices. Hosiery and Underwear in great variety---in fact, every- thing to be found in a first-class Gentg’ Furnishing stocl: Rogular. i v Lodge, No, 3% A & A escay oventyg, at Muconle Towe “}l‘f’ t’urlw\ 5;:;“1'"\\"," Ill'lf;'\: Olelulhlun of LG Rty or it o Hubiod 16 Lo praroits Uy ok » Wy 4L g3 AR ROITHA. Qan