Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1874, Page 7

. POLI710AL- / Second Conwntion of the In- dependett Party in In. B * diana, Now Nomjiations Mado for tho Priu- pal Offices, Some ‘Evidences of Want of Har- mony in the Party ‘Western Congressionnl Nom- inating Conventions. Minor Political ltems. “'he State Independont Conventlon of llld:l,\ll&u" 0 T'ribuns, Special Dispateh to 1'he Chienn 3 TIsvrasarory, Ind,, Aug. 12.—The accond In- dopandent Btato Convention was callod to order at11 o'elock. ho Hon. A, O. Btovonson, of Yutnam County, wao olooted Ohatrman, ond Josse M. Iliatt, of Ioury County, Beeretary, Whoso are tho samo officors that served ab tho tirst Convontion. The Chuirman said that tho Farmora’ movoment waa ove of great intorest to hiw, ana tho houot conforred upou bim was ono of which ho was proud. 1o was a member of 1ho first Agriculiural Bonrd in the Biato, and any movement involviug the Interosts of the farmors lay vory near his hoars. lo wanted honesty in the State and Natioual Governmonts, sud dosired @omo menns that would compnes that ond. Sinco the meeting in Juno last, Lo had travolod over tho State con- eldorably, aud lLnd attonded many meotings. Tho inquiry was anxionsly made why Qishonesty was 80 rifo and rawpant ; 32 he dosised to prove tho dishonor of both of the existiug partios he only nocdod to lot them tostify of each other on tho platforms adoptedat their respoctive Con- vantions, aud ho had no doubt that oll thoy sald was etrictly truo, Tha spoaker continued: * Gontlomon, you bavo a great donl to doj you nve n big work. To accomplish your ob- Jeet you liavo to opposo drilled and skillful mon, tho politiclons of both parties, the polit- fenl press, which teems with ridienlo aud contompt of tho farmor,—all this you hovo to Dght, like raw reoruits voluntoorng to moet snd Biuht well-drilled soldiers, How is it to bodone ? Woaro * akeorco ® of sponlkers, —Larmors arp not used to public speaking, and the quastion is, Aro o to have ouybody Lo meet thoso gentlo- mon on the stmnp? I bolieve all that will be necessnry i8 to havo poople go_out wlio can road tho platforms_of tho two partios, aud that will o onough. Thore nover was such an_uprising among tho people sincs tho days of log-cabinism. 1 bavo .scon the movemont myself, and kuow whereof T talk." Thore wore presont about 100 personn all told, ncinding soveral prominout local politicinus, “The meoting reavived o call itself o mass-moot- ing, nnd then proceeded to oloct ono Viee-Prosi- .dont from ench district, Tho following woro choson a4 tho Committeo on Nominations: Tirst Distnict, William 13, Knowles; Fifth Dis- “trict, C. B. Jnckson ; Sixth District, R. V. Pen- dleton ; Soventh Distriot, R. M, Hazlitt; Righth Dingrict, Strango Sinclair; Ninth District, Lling Bushor’; ILloventh District, J. . Dyor, of Howard: Thirtoonth Distriot, Morrill Wiltinms, The Chairmnu of the Contral Committeo ro- ported that Noyes 8. Whito had doclined tho stominstion for Sceratavy of State and Olarkson + Pavis for Buperintendant of Lublic Tnstruction ; bt Norris G Burnott, for Treasuror of State, and Judge Biddlo, for the Bupromo Conrt, Liad accopted ; James A, 8, Miichall, for Attornoy General, find pont n letter noithor accopting nor declining ; Mr. Lb Honderson, candidalo tor Auditor, had not_oxpressed hig detcrmination, 3ir. Pondieton offered a resolution, ns follows : Wikneas; Ebenezer Henderson, nowminco of the Independant Convention, hald in thls ity ou the 10th o Juno, for Auditor of Stalo, and Jnmes Mitehell, o= 2op for Attorney.General, favo not accepted tho noii- o (e ; An B mians. Thoy afe Tuly idoatified and acting iu Barmony wiihi ono of the political partios declared by ho Independent Couvention to be,as now organized, ko oniuion of oppression, crushlig out tho ives of o people ; Lherefore, O bvoivet, That thovt places o tlo ekot be doclaral wacant. Mr, Shopherd thought tho thivg wag out and dricd in tho intercst of Mr. Wildmav. Ile was thera on tho 10th of June, and heartily in favor of the movoment, but hio' found mou thioro now who wore not thore then, and wero mob with them then, aud aro uot with us to-dny. They Tad rulod out all professionsl mou thon, butnow they saw professional men, lawyors, doctors, and ‘bankors, and the whole affuir was o gigautic fraud and would beat mny ©pow party in _tho world. After eimilar romarks by Judga Kitgore, Pendlston, Hailey, and Whitbeolt, + the resolution was ndopted, tha Convention nd{numud till the afternoon. Alexandor Cnmp- Dell, of LoSallo, 1L, had begun o lengthy sveach, on tho finances principally, befora tho intermis- wion, and continued afterward. At tho cohelu- mion'of his spoech, the vacancies on thoe Stato ticket woro filled g follows: Beerotary of Stato, Samuel Bowles, Democrat, of Fountain County ; Aunditor of State, D. J, Prorcott, Domoorat, of Posey County: Attornoy-General, Willinm' A. Teclo, Republican, of Wayne County; Superin- tondent of Public Instruction, Androw IT, Gra- $iam, Ropublican, of Bartholomew County, Most of theso gentlomen lavo ouly a local notorjoty, and avo not gonerally known in tha State. After yeadopting tha platform of Juno 1, the Conyen- tion adjourned, Congresstonnl Nomination AMIRTEENTIL ILLINOIE DISTRICT—INDED: REFORA, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Lascowy, Til., Aug. 12.—Tho Independont Re- form party hold its Congrossionsl Convention in this city this aftornoon. Tbe attendance wan fair. Tho Yion, A, E.Stephonson, of Blooming- ton, wna nominnted for Congrossman, with ex- octations that the Democratie perty will indorae 1m ut their convontion, Aug. 23, Stophonson will make it lively for McNul NDENT FOURTEENTIH ILLINOIS DISTRIOCT—INDEPENDENT. Speewnd Dispateh to The Chicano Tribune, Cuanratan, 1., Aug, 12.—The Indepondent Iteform Congrossional Convontion mot in Tolono sto-duy, and, afier tho fourth ballot, J, I, Pick~ "grell, of Mucon County, was nominated. Tho inomination givos muoh gatisfaction to tho Grangors. BEVENTIT TOWA DIATRIOI—ANTI-MONOPOLIBT, i Snecad Digpateh (0 The Chicuyo Lridunes i INDIANOLA, Ia., Aug. 12.—The Anti-Monopo- JJist Congressrional Convention for the Soventh Diatrict wot at this place to-dsy. J. G, Bavory, of Polk County, was choson temporury Ohair- mnn, and J. 0. Morgan, of Madison County, and « . M. Landis, of Dallas County, temporury Scc~ rotarien, Jho meunl committess wora chonon, :pnd_the Convention adjourned until tho aftor- poon, Whon it again met, J. 0. Bavory was * chosien permancnt_Chairmati and Goorgo F. Parkor, af Warron County, Seeretary, Tho Com- initteo on Credontinls Teported ovory county roprosented by full delogationy. The Commit- toe on Resolutions reported rewolutions reaf- ning | fho Blato - platform ¢ fuverin o ptition . of tho - Nailonl-Danke ing eysten, and n uniform currency iwnucd by tho Govornment ; favoring tho chango in tho time of tha beginuing of the Congresaionnl torm; demanditz ioat the I'residont’s salary mhould bo rentored to tho ol baxls ; donouncing ‘tho prosgag lw and demanding its roneal; and, flandly, condemning, in_ unqualified torme, the pronent mewmbor for this Congrossional Die- t rict. *( ‘'ho juformal ballat for candidates resulled aa tollows: J, M, Tuttle, 803 J. 1. Whitman, 20; Wl W. Rablwwon, 83 G, P, Arnold, 75 W, It tordell, 83 nud William Glasgow, 8, At tho cloo of “tho third bLollot, “tho nbamo of Geu. Tuttle wee withdrawn, The ninth bollot resnltod e follows : Whitman, 44; Rob- ueon, 28 Glasgow, 63 and Covdell, 1. Mr. Whitenu's nomination is generally coveiderad o soad one, and will bo heartily Indorsod at tho wlle, A Congressionul Commititeo was choson * i follows: Adnir, Jawas Itauyy Olstke, B. . woltrick ; Deeatur, Twmow Johuson ; Dallas, J, (AL Laudls ; Qutlelo, 1% A. Sann 3 Tucas, “2atter ; Madison, . G, Porkivg ; Pollr, W, W, |\Vl!mvr: Warren, (oorge I, Parkor; Wayno, 4. M, Botvol, W. W. Witmor, of DPollc County, yas chosen Chairman of the Committeo, and 3 AL, Landis, of Lallua County, Bocretary, ELEVENTII JLLINGIS DISTRIOT—INDEPENDENTS, specranl Dapateh o T'he Chcwio Tribune, Oannorsyon, 1., Aug, 12,—At the Convention THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUN of the Indopondont and Reform party, hold in Whitohall to-tay, to seleot a eandidato for Con- groea for the Blovonth Distrint, tho Itov, J, P, Dimmit, of Griggsville, Pike County, wns choson ovar tho Ion. D, AL, Woodaon, of (traono Cou- tv. Btrouy offorts wore mado to have the Cou- vontjon indorso Bonly, who I8 the Republican nomiuen, and equally strong work waa lad to uplte tho Nepublicans and Independouts on Woodson, but the formor havo coucluded te go it utralght, Dimmit is a Mothodiat proachar, with strong Antl-Monopoly provlivitios. NINETERNTIL ILLINOSS DINTRICT—INDEPENDENT. Spectut Dispatch to The Chicago Tribtne, Oanir, Whito Co., Ill., Aug. 12.—Tho Indo- pondent Reform Convantion for.the Ninotoonth Cougrossional District mot at Lhis plnco, to-duy, at 11 o'clock no i, Al tha counties in the dis~ triot woro rcllrnsunlod by full delogations, ex- cept Richiland, the delogatos from that county failiug to wmake propor raitrond connections, Judgo Busrell, ot White, waschosen temporasy Cliairman, and Havill, of tho Mount Cnarmol Jeegister ; Krautz, of the Mt, Vernon Iree Press; Btool, of the Golden Fra, McLoansboro, woro cloeted Seorotarion pro‘tom. b “A comumitteo of one from onch connty was ap- pointed on crodentials, and similar committcos on permanent orgamzation, 1n the nfiernoon the Committeoon Credentlals roportad that tho ' countios repreronted wero on- titled to the followsng repregentation, tho banin befug ono dologata for ench 100 membors of tho farmers’ organization : Tidwards, 0 ; Franklin, 8; Qaliatin, 8; Hardin, 4; Uamilion, 8; Jofforson, 13 Snlino, 18; Wabhsh, 10; White, 10; boing o total delegation of 113, The Comtnlttes on Pormanent Orgnnization roported Judgo Lurroll, for Prosident ; for Vico- Dresidents, Gibson, of Ldwards: Datkor, of Vranklin Sanks, of Gallatin ; Willlams, of Har- din; Judd, of Humilton; Crasur, of Jofforson Wiliion, of Saliue; ililliard, of Wayno; Dics, o Wabash; snd Smith of White, * Tho Secratarics pro tent. woro rotained, Tho roports of tho Committces woro rocorved and adopted. 5 'l‘ma roport of tho Committon on RNesolutions h‘t“lng n;nllad for, tho followiug woro read and adopted : W, fhio farmern of tho Ninteenth Congrosstonal Distrlet, {n convontlon nesembled, deoming b needful Tor thio best interost of {ho districh, and of tho Stato and nation, thot indopendent politleal action bo taken Dy and fn Leslt of tho produchiy and fdustsial cinia- e#, ani in opposltion to corporato monopolies now fn- fNdenelug and controlling o leglalnturcs, conrta, aud cxecutives, and overthirowing tha fundamental prinet- ie5 of Avierican liberty, and {uvoking tho favorable udgment of our countrymen, do heraby Jissolce-_First—That tho platform of princlnles ad revolutions Iatd down and adopted by tho Tlliuots Stato Farmers’ Convontfon bo sud aro heroby adopted by this Convontion, “Second—Tiak we will fupport tho nominations mado by tho Stato Couvention and by this Convention, Third—That we condemn and denounco tho infu- mous bil passed by our Iata Congrota, Xnowa s Lo atnry-prab, and all ommbors of Gongress who yoted for or recelved tha same, Attor tho ndoption of tha resolutlons, it was announced by the Chair that nominstions’ woro in ordor, Gon. . B, Andorson, of Jofforson, was put in pomination by Judge Crouch, of Ilamilton, William T, Foster, of Edwards, was nominated y J. W. Sfono, of the enmo county, Judge Burrell, of White, was also placed in nomiua- tion, but declined to bo o caudidato. A call of tho countios resulted in tho following voto: For Andorson, 90: Foster, 7; Durroll, 16, On mo- tion, tho nomination of Gen. Anderson was mado unanimous, aud & committeo of threo woro, on motion, appointed by tho Chair to wait on the Geueral, pnd inform him of the action of the Convention. Tho Committeo repaired to the hotel, and soon returned, with loud applause by tho Ceavontion. A Tho Genoral mado a short and telling spoach, which was onthusisstically rocelvod, A shor talk was slso medo by Landrigan, of Edwards. Having made considerablo inquirica from in- tolligont men in various parts of this district, it is esfo toput down Anderson's majority at 8,000, Aftor tho adjournment of tho 'Congressionnl Convantion, thie Convention of the Independonts of tho Forty-sixth Tegislativo District, com- posoed of the (Countics of Humilion, Jeitorson, and White, niot and organized. A discusslon aroso as_to whothor two or threo candidates should be nominated, but the Convention_ de- cided to nominato two candidates. B. B. Kor- shaw, of White, and 1. W. Ill were, on mo- tion, nominsted by acclumation. PIRGT AND BECOND VENNONT DISTRIOTS—REPUD- LICAN. MoXTPELIER, V., Ang.12,—~In the Ropnblican Convention of tho First Congressional Distriet, hold to-doy at Middlebury, Col. C. H. Joyes, of Itutland, was nominated for Congress by ac- clamation in place of 0. W. Willard, Tho Republican Couvontion of the Bocond Distriot iol, to-dny at White River Junction, ronominatod L. P, Poland by & good majority: RIXTI GEOROIA DISTRICT—DEMOORATIO. MAcos, Gu., Aug. 12—Janmos. N. Blount wan ronominated by acciamation for Gongrass by the Dawmocrats of thin district ot tho Convention at Millodgerilo to-day. BEVENTI ONIO DISTRIOT—REPUBLICAN, Cixeisyami, 0., Aug. 12,~Tho Ropublicans of tho Bevonth Diatrict, nt Hillstioro, to-day, nomi- nted Dr. Thomas . Gordon, of Adams County, for Congress. FIFTH NEW JEMSEY DISTRICT—REPUILICAN, ParensoN, N. J., Aug. 12—William Wallor Dhelps, of the Fifth Congressional District uf Now Jewsoy, wos nominaled this afternoon by acclamation. Tho rosolutions declare in favor of the protoctive tariff, civil rights and specie paymouts. BECOND FLORIDA DISTRICT—REPULICAY. Tavtanasse, Fla., Aug. 12.—W, J, Purman was renominated for Congross from the Socond Dis- trict by thorogular Ropublican Convention to~ dny. The bolting faction, supported by Gov. Btoarnn, nomivated a nogro, FIRBT ALADAYA DISTRIOT—REPURLICAN, ‘Moxreoupny, Ala., Aug. 13,—~Tho Hopublican Convention to nominato & candidato for Congrosa in tho Yirst District has been in sossion for two daya, avSclma. Over 100 ballots havo beon taken without any result. Tho nogroes want a negro nowinated, ¥ . The Michizan Anti-Prohibitiontsts. Swecial Dispateh to The Clucaao Zribune, Derrorr, Mich,, Aug, 12.—Ia responso to tho call, tho State Anti-Probibition Couvontion met |. at the Ovora-1louse nt 11 o'clock this morning, Boma 200 delogntes from various portions of this Btato woro presont, and at the hour npmed tho mooting was called to order by Oliver Bourke, Tresidont of the Dotroit Licenso Bocloty, who nominated Copt, Edgar Bogardus, of Ypsilanti, od tomporary Prosident, Adopted. J. R, Johnson, of Charlotte, was choson tomporary Becrotary, aud the usual committocs wore ap- pointed. ik On xo-nssombling tho Convention effected a permanecnt organization, electing as President I. W. Androws, Bay City, The Convontion thon adapted the latform reportod by its Committes, through 8. I McCrackon, of which the followmg are tho moro important planks ¢ . Zegolved, That prohibitory leglulation, so-called, by ind 10 otfier practical Tewilla (han an {nereaso of tha very ovils whith It was futonded to curo, aud tho fne eurment of great oxpeusa b prosecutions, nstigaten in_many cases, by vindictivo malico, by factioual oud local . Joslouey, aad | by yaid - mples, Sus formers, Auwl Lorples, who huve themalves Yocono’ violators of ' an lladelsed law . for 1h0 very purpony of boing wituevags of fta violation by othiers, Involving nelghiborhoads in bickering, strifo, onmity, hatrod, and violouce: hauce, that, yiowod i tha Iighit of potloy, it owht to Lo abadoned, Jeegolted, That ' tho Governaent 18 es-operative agency £or'tho oquial bonefit of 1o poopts, to. bo uee cured by affording protection to life, porson, und_property, snd by tho cstnblishihont of Tonds, pubile works, and publio institntions, for tlis conventenco, comfort, mnd improvement of tho wholo pouple, and that §t oxcceds dtn_ logitimato fauctious, b mos oppreasivo and despotio, whon it attempts to coatrol the opindonn, or (o preseribe, Tejpulnte, or probibit (ho yractices or - ohreryances of indivitims or adcoclations ; honco, that stlompted Jprobibition 1 weong b priniplo-aiut s tuvisial of lio porsonsl rights of tho eitizon, sud that 4t in not within Dio powor of leglalation ' or of tho courla to dictate tho tusto or habits of Individuals, Zeeaolred, ‘Tuat, upon tho abandonment of tho pres- ent polley of prohiLiton and outluwrs of tho iraflio, & tnx mny bo impoked, ovén tndor tho’ prosout Consti- tutlon, aud thut wo Fecomumend this courso until uch timo wh & cliange 11 thio Constitution can bo sogured, Tteaolved, Mhnt 1o vote upr tho Heowwo chanss in tho apsing of 1806, 3 councetion with the thon-pro- podod now _coustitntion, showing n majority of “nostly 14,000 in fhe Bise' n favor of liconnu, & on’ record a8 tho formal and solemn verdict of {hio peoplo of Michlgan i thab quastion and that ho_exiating Ingiviation has beou continuod in deflauce of that verdict, through the peristent wiforts of those In_ favor of much leglalation, aud thy iudltrerenca aud lunction of thuss opposed o It Lsulved, That we profust 4gaihist tho porvorrion o thia word * Forperanice, from 1n Lrand st compro- Tiensive and sacred sigaffcation, to be the represcntie tive of o singlo, vaguo, wnd impracticsbla iden, and fhiat wo deplore tiio whsoryition of tho mubllo autud 40 thbu Alugla ldos, 0 tho nduct of the othor canwes thut are wupphg the very foundutions of socluty, s shown by oiiial corsuyiion and spoculs, tlon s by tho dufulcalions of perious Ju fho employ of {udivtdnal and corparationa by & tan yrevalent dis- Loneaty fh trado; by tho purely’ mercendry purposcs which, regardicis of priuciple, sciuato tdo sy of our publlo men; by the ropugmmcd of tho outls of tholand (0 engago fu_productivo {nduatry Ty tlio dmprovilenco atd pxtrovigance of fabiounbly socloty { by fotal murdor ; aud Ly o socll dumorullze ation whidh waatonly expressca Jimlf through thoss & H tolding tho tilghest ponitiona in tho soclal and fntel- Toetual world, Retolved, 'Thnt o ara fn favor of stringent Iswa o runhn)mflmnn for tho adulterntion of apy and all ar~ eion of commioreo ; i Jteaojved, Thiat tlio organixation of the Michigan Li- ©aitno Amsoctation in horoby continuad and mada per- manent; auch Association fo bo adminiatored by & Bato Gommittce, to conafat of two from ancl Goue fm!ll\nlnl district, and a Chalrnian, to bo sclected hy s Conventiu, Bnch Commitico atiall hava powee tonppolnt ita Sectolacy and anol otuor ollicers and agents an it niay deom tiocossary for carryitig out tho objoct of the Awsnclation, fncluding corrospondivg motnlers tn difforont localities of tho Btate, I'hn_considoration of thoe platform wao at- tonded by quito n spiritod dobnto, participatad in by Messrs, T, 33, McCracken and Lovi Bishop, of Dotroit. the Inttor dotivering u st spocch of much forco, which is to bo_clreulaled through out tho tho Btato ; also by Jonathan Shorer, of Plymouth, and Arthur Brown, of Kalmnoezoo, It Im{aly turned upon which of two resolutiona Ebould be ndopted, . namoly,’ the followlng, rep- resonting that tholr Bolioy Was to labor with th Legialnturo, but to take no distinct notion 1 Resolyed, That wo bolloyo that rational legiisiation cn 1o caslly pocuirod by co-operation and _concery of action, and It fs recommonded o thoso favorabla to such Joglilutlon to endoavor to kcury_the nominntion of candidatos for tho Stato Legialaturo by the Con. ventions of polittenl parties, who, na legisistors, wiil earry out tho clisngo of polley demanded. ‘I'ho following was tho nltornative resolutlon, ropresonting tho viows of thoso who wauted o ‘moro radieal polioy : Rasolved, That wo bollova that rational leginlatlon can bo oanly seeured by ‘co-oporation nud coucert of action, aud w0 horoby pledgo ourselven lo mnko this insu0 ono of prominont’ fmpuriance to nll otliors, and wo will not vote at the polls for any candidato for the Legisiaturo who doca not oponly avow limaelf in favor of n Licenso law, and in favor” of ropealing tho Pro- lbitory Inw, s % Tho Inttor was uphold by Mr. McCracken, who nlgo dofondod tho pum)lufinow Caustitution, oa not boing as Ladly prohibition ag tho proient ono. IIo was vluumuulfioombnucd on all points by the othors, and tho Radicals earried tho day in the ond by'n Jargo majority. A Stato Contral Cominittes was then appointed, the Prosident of tho Convention was mado its Prostdont, and it wag authorlzed to appolnt an Executive Com- mitteo, ‘Lho Beorotary was inmtructod to prosont tho rosolutions adopted by the Convontion to tho sovoral pohtical Convontions sbout to_assomble for thair consideration and nction, and tho Con- vontion then adjourued alne dia, Louisinna Politics. New Onreass, Ln, Ang. 12.—State Auditor Cliuton lud tendored his resignation fo Gov. Iollogg Lecauso tho lato Republican State Con- voution ronominated Mr. Dubuelot, presont inocumbont, for State Treasuror. Aftor animad- wvorting _at length upon Br. Dubuclot's ofticinl acts aud charactor. Mr. Clinton says:-** I decline to servodonger with such sn nesociato as the nominee of the Bopublican Convention, or to Lo longar hield respousibile for acts which, t@\ongh z nrpasu thom, I may not bo ablo to provent. I also rogard the indoreomont of My. Dubnolot as s condomuation of my courso by my own party, and ghdly avail myself of tho opportunity to oseapo from a thankicss ond mont - unplonsant oftice, wwhich othiorwiso I would have folt proud to rotain. Furtlior, I considor his nomination a flagrant violation of the fifth resolution of tuo platform ndopted by the Conveution." The Reform Party in Nebrasin. Special Dispatch to The Chicngo Tribune, LixcoLy, Nob., Aug. 12.—Tho Indopondonts mat late this aftornoon, but did but little busi- noss. A disouesion onsued upon tho question whother to call s convontion to nominato n Stato ticket, After soma debate, it was dotermined to eall n Convention at Lincoin, Sopt. 8, A Com- mittoo was appointod to draw up a declaralion of principlen upon which tho call should bo mado, tho Committeo to roport to-morrow morn- inyg, Sixteon countios woro reprosouted, prinei- patly by old-lino Ropublicans, Harrison John- son, of Owmahn, wag Chairman, sud_J. T, Gardi- eor, of Richardeon, Secrotary. Tho mooting was quito enthusisstic Tho Bighteenth 1linois Congrossional District. Speetal Dispatch to The Chicaqo Tribtns. Oatno, Ill., Aug, 12.—Tho Democratio Con- vontion for the Eighteenth Distriot will bo hold, g0 I loarn, at Anua, Ill, on tho 33 of Soptombor Quite o gotherlng of Republicans will attond tholr Couvention to-morrow, at Mound City. Prof, Powoll, candidato for Btato Buperintond- ont, will, it 18 likely, moke n_spoech, as ho will bo flare, Col, Ridgoway ie aléa oxpectod. Pounsylvania Prohibitory stato Nomi= inations. Puraperrnia, Aug. 12,~Tho Btate Prohibi- tion party's Nominating Convontion at larris- burg sdopted & radionl platform favoring tho prohibition of.tho liquor traflic. Tho following nomivations woro mads : Lioutennul-Govornor, Donjamin Rush, of Bradford; Judge of Su- promo Court, Simeon D, Chaso ; Auditor-Gon- oral, COslvin Parsons; Socretary of Intornal Aftairs, W. P. Cnthbortaon, Commitieo waa appointed, with James Black a8 ‘hairmau. - FIRES. Oll Works at Pittsburg, Pirtspura, Pa., Aug, 12.—~Tho Standard Oil Works & National Tofinory, on tho Allo- ghony Rivor, Fighteenth Ward, woro burued to- Tight at 8 o'clock. Tha lightning struck an oil tanlccontaiuing 3,000 barrols of oil, sotting it on firo. About threo lhonrs aftor the tank overflowed, and the butning oil communicated with tho buildings and tauks in the viciulty, tho firo at onco covering & kpace of an acte and a batf, Tho amount of oil destroyed is 9,600 bar- rela. Al tho buildings on tho premises, valuod ab $12,000, aro dosiroyed ; also 12,000 omJ;tv barrels, Aon on tho promises esoaped with dif- floulty, but wno lives, so far o8 known, are lost. The total loss will bo about 40,000 to @55000, upou which thero ia ot lusuranco of about £20,000, divided amoug tho following Companivs: Pittsburg, Monongahuta, National of Allogony, snd Boat- men's, ~ At 11 'clock tho firo was under contro), aod other rofluories adjoining are considored out of danger. A tank at tho Falrviow ofl-works on the op- posite sido of tho river wag also struck by light- ning and 8,000 barrols of oil burued, Noin- surRnco, - - _—_— LATE LOCAL ITEMS. Willinm Nagle, proprictor of &.grocery-storo at the corner of Commercinl stvoot. and Cly- bourn placo, foll from hia wagon yostorday af- tornoon and broko Lis loft log uoar tho aukle, Tolicoman Jamod Konnedy was again arrosted Jast evening by Officer Dolr for usivg obscens and nolsy langungo in tlio patiolmen's quarters at the Madison Streot Htation. fo will be charged bofore Justice Scully this morning with boing disordorty. 3 ‘Tho alarm from Box No. 372 at 4:30 yesterday morning was unneceseary, Tha groat gals blow- ing at the tima gavo rise to feara that euother conflagration would engue, and the rod, fire-like appearance of tho sky in tho eastern- horizon nlurmnd mauny people and caugod much commont yestorday. James Malloy fall off the sidowalk in front of No, 14 Larrabea stroot yostorday aftornoon and Lind bis right log broken above tho ankle. Last ovoning whilo Josoph A, Curtls, of No. 811 Wost Jackeon streot, was driving on Kinzie streot, near Woells, his borso took fraght and ran way, throwing hitm out of the buggy, fracturing his fl!fl logg aud dislocating his right ankle, Yestorday afternoon whilo Mr. D, W. Kimball and wifo, of No, 219 Wuut Adams stroot, wore riding tn s buggy on Van Buron stroot, the horse attnolied to thoir vehiclo bocamo fiightenerd at a passing trucl, and ron away, Mra, Kinball was thrown snd dungurmmly injured. Mr, Kimball oseaped unhurt, Tho jojured lady was romoved to Lier liome, T.00 F1, John Leo, Wah Leo, and Jim Moo, Chingse taundry mon, dolug businoss under the Adams 1fouso, corner of Clusk and. Harrison strents, were arrosted on tho chargoe of swindling 1nst ovoning, and lodged in tho Armory., Thoy ure geonsod of overohnrging for work and ren- dering bills_to partios who novor contracted thow, A pollcoman is ono of thelr vietims, A woman named Blizaboth Jnckson foll u n fit on tho sidowalk on tho cornor of Stato and Tan- ol treuts yostordsy afloruoon, ~Dr, lay wan enllod, and wald sho wan suffering from tho of- focth of tho liot, Sho was rovived shartly altorward, Mra, Jackson hna a wound in hor head which Is unhenlod, and says it wau mado by & ploco of eholl during Lha siego of Clinloston, A man 5D yoars old, namned James Fltzgorald, wan run ovor by o londed brlek wagon in Slater's yurd, at the corper of Ashland avauue and "Lhic- ty-firnt_ atreot, last Tuenday, and rocoived in- nrios whiel cauked hia death yostarduy, 'The team attactiod to the wagon becsmo wninsnngen- blo, and ran awny, Fitzgorald, in_ondeavoring to stop tho horso, was run over. o lived at tha cornor of Jlue Island avenue and Ifarbluo stroot, and leavos a family, A drunkon negro was disordorly u a #aloon op- okita the Bhorman Iouso, on Clark ¢ircot, you- ordey afternoon, That venorsbio old nhlcmu Bt Priuco, oswo aloug aud endeavored to quiot A Stato Continl | tho follow, whou Lo beoamo obatroperons and gave Bun nn ugly blow on the: forshond. stingplo enwwil, dmhuf which 8in had lua only ood cont torn from ‘hiy back, but ho bounced 1y man, and Janded him Into the Armory, T.ank m'unlnlz about 8:30 o'clock a young man stoppeil into the Jowuiry store of Gnodrieh & Tarbell, No. 105 "Madison stroot, l\d‘{uinln the alloy just weat of Hualsted, and asked My, fi i1, Goodrioh to eliow him #omo watchos, A wllver time-pieco valnod at 90 waa tokon out of the onn aud handed over to tho atrangor, who sud- donly graaped it and ran into tho alloy and dise apponred, Dotectivon woro sont to look after tho thiof, and it ia probablo ko will bo arrosted. Notwithstanding tho fact that somo workmon dlecoyored thom wook ago, it wan-only yestor- day that Coroner Btoplious was notifled that tho romning of o woman wore found in tho groat firo ruing of old Kinzie Hall, on Kinzlo stroat, ‘Dotwoon Olark and Dearborn. - Tho laborors ox- bitmed thom -in excavating, and ignorantly covored thom up sgain, anl gave mo notlco to tho Coronor, who recoived his information from a policoman, 'Tho body wag uncoverod again and takon In ohargo by tho Coroner, and gont to the County Undortakor. T'he rematus rro in o Atato of partinl presorvation, and o preco of o white quitted potticont was found with them. An Investigation will bo hald to-day, BUICIDE, Tu yosterdny'a TainuNs an_acoount was givon of tho ntlamgtad suleldo of o young woman naed Mary Bchram, at the Gaull House, Tuos- dny oveuing. Laudsnum_ was taken instond of wmorphine, o8 biofore statod, and tho victim dlod Tast ovoning about 7 o’clock from tho offects of tho poinon, Coroner Stopnons held an inquost ghortly nftorward, and the following lotler was fonnd in Room 62, whoro decensed died, was read to tho jury, the handwnting bu!ngldonfimod by If, R, Scliram, tho husband of the unfortunate woman : OntioAco, Aug, 8, 1674, My Own DAnumo TosnaND: 1 donl ever oxpoct to o you again £ thla world, T wrolo to your mollior and fold her what 1 waa going to do, I want your mother nud Jans to huvo my elothes, T told e tat o stolo everythihg that wus good, and gayo to your mlatress, Lizzlo Cooley, T want you to go o Maggie g gt 1o xest of ayy thingn, Good-byo, datlivg, X hops you wil find somo oho that wil bo Balf #0°good o you as I havo beon, Trom yate loving wite, AAny somnas, L. B.—~When you got tired of Lizzlo Cooley you woti’t have ma €0 come back to, But T don't thiink you'll get tired of hior ag long s she_can mak_monoy suongli to keepyou and tako you out every Stnday, 8ho can bave Sou now for all o, BLATY Sonna, Bolram wns put on the witness stand, but simply stated that bo was the busband of de- censed, and had not bonrd hor sny that sho con- tomplnated suicide. e i8 a sporting man, and Tins beon fn thin ity abont two yoars, hnving como Lioro from Cnundn with his wifo, who was o fino-Yooking woman of 28 yonra, A verdict of suicido was rendored by the jury. ———e MRS, FERNANDO JONES. Tho roturt of Mea. Fernando Jones from her European tour has given so much ptoasure to tho Indies over whom gho prosides at thelr mootigs for tho advancomont of woman's suffrago, thot it was deolded to givo hor s com- plimontary rocoption. Mrs. Van Wiaklo bad tho courago to mnko the attempt, and it must bo confossod that sho suc- cooded admurably in hor undertaking. Her cottogo, No. 884 Michigan aveuuo, would ot havo boon considered largo enough by ambi- Hons housokoepors, but Mrs, Van Winkle's ambition bolog less for display than for an agroeablo eveving, tho limitod sizo of tho house wad not folb in nu{ll»cmunnblu dogroo. Thora was nothing about tho recoption which could be conridered formal, 'W'ho guosts wero genorally woll acquainted with ono another, with an intel- loctual bent, and admirablo social understanding. In point of' fact, tho fashionablo world would bave been ehocked at tho hiour at which the suesta departod, for thoro were but fow waiting at 11 o'clack. d\lpuor was gorved ot 10 o'clock, and the arrangomants for it mado with such tack a# to keop tha guests ovonly divided betweon coffee rud convorsation. Besides tho older and graver people, thore was o_strong Infusion of young pooplo and young 1doas. Among thoso lattor wero Miss Gatos, Miss Jessio Waite, and Miss Jonny Jonos—two University students, by the way, dooply loarnod 1n Crosar and conlosections, Taolbus and trigono- metry—Miss Alta M, Hulott, tho Chicago law- yor, Miss Kato Loonard, Migs Ella Smith, and a numbor of othors. Thore was 8o hittle formality about tho soirea that everybody folt sonuiblo and nt cags. Thera was no schemo of amusoment, but evorybody found the time for scparation arrive too early, and tho gracious hostess may rost susured that Ler ingounity and good tasto contrived ona of tho most agrecablo reunions in the momory of tho Jadies present, From tho list of namos wpponded it will bo obaorved that tho party was not made ontirely of woman suffragists, but rathorof tho literary and thoughtful peoplo of tho city. Theso names, "secured at yandom, wore o follows: . J. and Mrs, Loomis, Judge O, B, and Mrs, Waite, Mrs, D, W, Millor, Mias Gatos, Prof, D. O. and 3iru. Marriot Brooks, Miss Ilorouco DBrooks, Mrs, Baruet, Judge Hol- broolt, Prot, Saflord, Gen. Robort end Miss Elln Smith, Mr, and Mrs, Slayton, 8. V. Edwards, Miss Alts M. Hulott, Dr. Ielon J. Undorwaod, Mre, McCican, Charloa B, Mrs. Cyntbia, aud Miss Kato Looard, Mr. Shultzo, Mrs, \ashburao, Mre. Dlatt, Mrs. Lowis, Mrs, 8, Symington, of Banta Fo, Now Mexico, Mrs, Dr. Aughsta Kent, Migs Lanra Hibbard, Mies Richards, Mrs. Tuttle, Mrs, Maustield, Mrs, Or. Bhetwood, Mra, Ingsainm, Mr, Jamod sud Mrs, Chisbolm, C. . Hurrington, Foruando and Mrs Jouos, and Misa Jounte Jones, together with mauny olhers whose names are omitted only beoauso thoy were not loarncd, —_—— THE GRASSHOPPERS, Syecianl Diavateh to T'he Chicazo Tribune. KAxsAs Crry, Mo, Aug, lt—Grost foars ero entortainod by ' farmors in this vicivity of o gragahoppor raid, which dispatetios from ‘Copekn shinounce are comiug thig way, At Topoka, the oporutor saxs tho mun is obscured by tho dight of grasshoppers. - Those, with the torrible drought hero, will cloan out the grass and orops. OuamA, .Aug. 13.—Roports from the extromo southwostern part the Stato show thnt already thore is much sufforing thero on acconut of the destruetion of the crops, grass, and av- orymini; by gms»hor&zam, Bottlors nre obliged tolot tho “cattlo and hogy starvo. Movemonts for roliof aro boing made iu thia city oud olse- whero. ———— A TUNNEL UNDER NIAGARA. Sueetal Disnateh to Qhe Chicage Tribune, Burraro, Aug. 12,—A publio mooting called by tho Ningars ltiver Transit Company was held in the Common Council Ohamber lioro to-night, forthe purpodo of discusslug their achome of tnoucllng the above river. b 1 proposed to oonstruct o tnnvel threo-quarters of & mila long undor tho river for railway travelt. A gocond mooting will be hold next Friday, 'Who Compa~ uy has incorpornted powars fram tho Btato, and caleulato tobogin worl as soon a8 practicablo, OBITUARY. Evaxavicry, Ind., Aug. 12.—Dr. James . Do+ bralor, one of the oldest aud most iniluential physicians of tho city, diud tlug moruing, after a short illnoss, —_—— Chickering 8quaro Grand Pianos. Extra parlop pintos, Afl tho lutost Smprovementa, Warranted to plense, or maney reunded, Roud’s Tomple of Muslo, 03 Van Duren sivoot —e Geyaar (Saratoga) Water on Draught By Buck & Rayner, makers of tho * Mars Cologno," An tmmovnble Falkir. Tosaceelon i nina pofata of tho luw; and tho truth of thia axiom has been latoly ronlized ot Bomby by n difficl quostion which, according to tho Zimes of India, has arison in cousoquenco of tho nnnuying conduct of & Muhomnodan fukiz whio bns takon up a position in tho Victoria Qurdons, and declines undor any olreumstancos to move, Vavious ineffectunl stismpte lave boen wada. to dislodge Lim, Ths boly man has boon futervieved by tho Buwtclpal Gom- nlasioner, tho Buporintendont of tho gar- dons, aund a number of poople interested in hin removal, All thelr remonstrancos havo, ow- ovor, boon uselosy, and at length tho Ehgh Coury 1 toho moved to leud its aid, The oxcuso given Dy tho snint for hix inconyoniont procood- Dgs 4 “that ho has Jont » follow-saint, whouo bady, ho ulleges, is buried in o sl coruor of tho gardon whoro he huy established himuolt, On hm othor hanJ, it iu denjod that the romaing of the miysing gnint ure in tho mmlnns( and, oven if they wore, it Is urged that tho fakir hag no right to” tako np a permanony todging there, To mnko muttors worsy, the saiut, during tho abaonco of the Bupsrintendont on love, parsusded a woalthy Mahowmedan to build him asmall mohquo ovor_the gravo of his friond, Ou tha raturn of tha Buperintondout, be found o i dingust that this- pormanont, addition had sccordingly boon mada £o tho gardona, In tho morntimo orowds of deyout Mahommodany Hooked to tho gardens, and, regardless of pathn and partorves, go by the shortest routo to pay tholr rospuots to the wulnt. ‘Lho Bujurlnlandaull who is & military onlloer, hus proposud an Resaul on tho mosque aud tho swmwary ojeotent of -tho mutual LURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1874, it tonant, but tho munlaipality think {t mara prudont to obtain judiclsl sanction beforo taking this docisive step, LITERATURE, The Jewlsh Roliglon. : (coxMuIoATED.] THE MELIGION OF ISHAKL TO THE FALL OF THE JEWIBI BTATE, Dy Dr, A, Kuzyey, Pro- {fessor of Thnlll(illy st tho Unlversity of yelent, Travnlatod from tho Duich by AL¥uen Heati Max, Vl)l). 1. 8vo, pp. 413, Tondon: Willsms & Nor- a qulo, In studyiog tho religion of Isracl, Dr, Xuonen follows tho mothoda sdopted Ly modern the- ologieal aclonco. Ho donlos tho clsim of tho snored records of tho Jows to s Bupornatural orlgn, a8 ho would deny the srmo clalm which is 8ol up by the Vodas, tho Koran, and the Bibles of most othor forma of roligions. Ie doos uob plact bimsolf in tho position of fafth, but of im- partinl criticiem, which accopts nothing na truth thot will not boar conclusive tosts, snd rojeots nothing that is good, whoraver or undor whate avor form it may be fouud, ‘l'uo bolief tuat for- merly Bwayed both Israolitos and Christians, that God manifested Himsolf sololy to the Jows of oll tho famitios of tho onrth, i opposod 1o tho exporionco and knowledgo of our duy. As mon havo abaudonod the narrow and falso idon that tho carth wan tho centro of tho universe, s thoy must rosign tho childish fanoy that Isracl was tho pivot on which tho world's hope of #al~ vation turned. Wo may still ohorisli tho convie- tion that tha Isrncltish or tho Chrlatinn roligion will one day bo the roligion of mankind, but we ‘must found that faith on tha suporior purity and simplicity of this sya tem of Uslief, nud upou its capneity ot any timeo to assnmo now forms to suit tho ncods of its profossors. Wo must no longor undorrato tho valuo of other religions ; and wo must noknowledgo that, in tho bopjuning, tho Hobraw faitl, out of which sprung Christian- ity, was faulty, impecfact, nud one-sided, ns are all otbor old roligions, whicly, in contradistine- tion, wo dosignato ns Ieathon, Tho idea that Tsrael's religion lnd an oxeoptionol origin iy based slmply aud solely upou the {dstimony of tho bools of tho Old Tostament. By examiniug these oritically and honostly, wo obtain frrofragn- bla evidonce that it had a purely natural develop- mont, gradually bocoming purified aud olayated 88 its bolievers bocamo enlightencd. ‘Tho scanty litoraturo of fsracl 18 the source from which our kitowledge of Imrnel's religion and history must bo drawn. This ivcludes, in addition t0 tho 01d Tostament, tho Apooryph, tho Jowish-Aloxandrine \\'rithlfiu, Ilaviug Josophus, aud tho Talmud, The time nt which tho canon of the Old Testamont was fixed by tho Jows is a disputod poiut. Ac- cording to somo, it took pluce at tho close of Ltho firtis contury boforn Chrint ; ncoording to othors, vot until tho firat contury after Chitiat, When- ever it occmired, tho fact oxists that thosa boolw woro solectod and accoptod by the Jowa as thoir sacred Seripture, and s sttch thoy aro to bo vs- emined ng witnessos to thoir religious history, For nesrly o contury an fuquiry inte tho writings of tho Old Tostamont had boon prossented with ovor-inorensing caro. Important rosults have boon dotermiued by this investigation. For ox- amplo, it has boen docided that Ieclosinatos way ot viritton by Solomon, but at o poriod follow- ing tho Babylonish oxilo 5 that the last twonty- 8ovon cbaptors of tho bool of Teainh are not tho production of that prophot, butof ouo who tlourishod in tho last half of ‘tho sixth contury B C.; that most, if not all, of tho Péolms ' aro wrongly sscribed to' David; aud that tho bistory of Daniel was committed to writing shortly aftor the boginning of tho Macca- bonn revolt, in tho year 165 B, C. Thosoand aimilar discoveries with regurd to tho orlgin and the chronology of tho books of tho Hobrow Boripturo aroa vast nssistanco fo & now and right randlnfi‘or tho history of Tercal. nt moro than this: Thestudy of thohistorieal books of the 0l Testament has rovealed tho fact that far the groater number of thoso no- counts of Israel’s carcor wero not writton out by contemporaries, but by persons living long afcer the ovonts which thoy deseribo, It fs more robablo that some of tho varratives of tho x0dus from Egypt, and the wondoriuga of tha Israclites In tho wildorness, wora written in tho middle of tho eighth cmlm? B. 0.; othors aro evidently still more recent, It caunot bo proved thnt ono of thom was_written prior to tho yoar 800 B. 0. As tho Exodus from Egypt is sup- posod by o bost auchoritics o liavo taken plsca Bbout tho yoar 1320 B, 0., there is an iuterval of fivo centurios batweon tho ovent and tho wrilton varrative,~—timo onough for all sorts of orrors to have crept in and im{luizufl tho value of tho nc- count, Discoveries liko theso throw a new com- loxion upon tho books of tho Old Testamout, thoir light, the enrly history of Tarael must bo racnst, sud enudor {8 compelied 5 aoknowledga that it rosts upon as shadowy and logendary n foundation s that of all othor nations of remote antiquity. Dr. Kuonen doparts from tho usual chronologle- ol treptmont of tuo Listory of jtho Isrnolitiuh roligion, and pracoeds upon o pooulisr aud origi- nal plan, e bogins witha survey of tha rolig- ious condition of Israckin tho cighth contury, as thatis tho oarliest ora e which o firm foundation for aftor-work can bo laid upon authentio writings, It is tho carlicst utriotly-listorical po- riod in the careoer of tho Jows, Unco possessed of tho circumstances of thoir pontical and rolig- lous condition in this age, and it is compara- tivoly ensy to carry inquirios back through the provions dimly-lighted conturios, ns far as tho falntost traco can bo profitably followad, Ite- turning, at tho close of this rotrospestive investi- gatlon, to tho origiual starting-point, the narra- tivo cin thon Do earriod forwnrd in rogular chranalogicol ordor. i necordanco with this schomo, Dr, Kuonen slotohos, in_tho first ohap- ter of his work, tho roligious condition of Israol in tho oighth contury. In tho socoud chapter, Lo collects tho matorials which will gorve to ex- latn the previous fortunes of Israol. In tho tnird, o studios tho attitudo of tlio prophots in tho eighth contury, and their Inbors in former and lator times. In tho fourth, ho detormines tho courso which Isracl’s religious dovolopment must havo followad from tho begluning; and, in the fifth, ontlinos its ontiro listory dowa to tho cighth contury, 'This olosos tho procent vol- wie. In tho succooding ouo, chapter mirth will trace tho roligious duvolo{l}mum of tho Kingdomy of Judsh to the year 686 I3, 0. ; ehaptor sovonth, tho history of tho Labylonish osile; chaptor cighth, the Sacordotal Govorumont and tho pro- mulgation of tho Law after the roturn of tho oxilos to tholr, nativo dountry; chaplor ninth, folutionship Of Judaism and Parsocismu; _ chaptor tonth,” tho of tho Jowish roligion in Palestino dm‘lnF tho Groolan period; and ohap- tor oleyouth, the dovolopment of thoir religion during the last contury of tho Jowish 8tate, In au appendix conoluding this volume, the mod- ern history of Judaism, from A, D, 70 to tho Prnnunzflmu, will bo hnatily roviewod. From his onumeration of its divisions, tho full scapo of Dr. Xuenen's oxteusiva undortaking may bo plainly lpuron\vufl. Corrying out Lig plan of fnquiry with consum- mato skill and paing, tho author drrives at tho following rosults in elucidsting tho history of Turnol: Tho uarrativos of tho patrlnrchelnge which are contained in Genosin must bo acoount- ed an simply tradition, Thore of trutk st the honrt of thom, hut tho ploturcsque details which have hoen wovon into ‘a coucatonatod listory ura Ao muouy pootical embollishmonts which owo thelr origin to the vivid_imagination of snccoskivo fionumuons of munis through which they have oncondod. 1t Ja possiblo that Abraliam, Inng, and Jucob, were roal porsonages; thcre niny bo bintorica} facts at tho baslu of tho ineid ents ro- lutod of them; but thoro i no pousible moans of soparating tho truth fram tho fotion. If wo attompt to nceapt Lho storics us thoy now atand, wo immedlatoly eucountor thro insuporable ob- Jeotiona: In tho first place, we must ascribo to the patriarchs the same roligious insight and gpiritual plty Lolonged to tha prophets of tho oighth contury ; in tho socond place, wo must strugglo with nsolnblo chronnlogical dillioulties ; aud, thirdly, wo muat yield 1o tho nssump- tlon that " tho Doity had familiar inter- courso with the patriarchs aud oldors of Inracl,~ an assumption which, whon put forward by other nfitlnna of antiquity, wo do not for an [nstant allow, Nut, reduolng these legonds of the patriarchs to natlvo history by logitimnto mathads. wo have tha allowing voucoption of & plunsiblo roulity: Ol‘lfluu“) Oanasu was Inhobitad by various to- mitlo tribos, who practicod the shnplo industrles of the herdenizn, the agriculiaciut, or tho trades- man, Whon thoy had rosshed & tulnmhl{ ligh stuto of eivilization, thers avourrod n Somitio mi- gration, which issiod from Ariapachitle, and, wlowly moving fu 8 sonthweatorly diveotion, fually rosted in tho Jand of Couhon, on the hor- ors of ligypt. Tho éojourn. in Gushon, which probably bogun abont the tima tho Hyksow, or thpuord-l(!fu s, wero ownollod from Ih‘({'))t,—- that g, soar 1600 13, C,,—continued until 1820 B, O, It wus only in the lawt yeors of tho real- donco of tho Jsracliten in Goslicn: that” thoy euffored oppression. This ovomrred [u the refgn of Ramses 11, whose rulo oxtondod (hrough sixty-sis yuars, A rovolt wus {neited wmong the' levaclites, wiioh led to thele delivarance from bondaup to lag;mb. oud to thelr pavsago ooyoud the Rod Sea, Tho fortanos Io o gorm numbor of peoplo who necumplishod this Exodus wos probably somewhore absnt 850,000, The wandoring of tho Israellton In tho wildor- DeAR probably lastod at loast forty yoars, as thoro *fy strong avidence thet tliey {nvaded Cannan botwoon 1380 and 1260 B, 0. During the relgna of tho Jndgos, from 1200 o 1000 B. O, tho Tarnollton pradunily paanod from o nomndia to a statlonary lifo, and acquired tho calm, ropular hnbits” of n fixed pooplo, 'Thoy camo inta close jnteraourso with moro_civilized racos, :lflldallllll:u'i\lrl('s‘!‘“:!'\gun ?n‘d thx ‘l‘ll(nnluh;u% nfid wore vatod and improvad 10 con= tnol. WIth tho Pheoniclas thole ralations wore gonorally smionblo; but with the Philistines thoy wore ofton in s slate of bitter warfaro, whieh terminutod now to {helr own advantnge, and u(fi\ln to tho honaflt of Lholr onomy, It Is during thin poriod that the rovin tribes of Iernol, which bhad Iuthorto beon dF— vidod by disoord in fealing and Intorost, cohored togothor and formod tho Jowish nation, In tho roigua of Banl, David, and Bolomon, which ox- tondod to 078 . O., the natlon atlstued it Frnnton strongth and vrmzpnruy‘ 8aul offoctod o liboration of tho tribas from tho opprossion of tho Dlitiixtines, and comploted their_ union ag o sluglo poople, David eaptured Jorusnlem and mado it the Capital of tho country; ho ox- tonded the limits of his Kingdom, and innde Ja- raol’s namo rospoctnd by eurrounding nntions: whilo Bolomon aecutnulatod rishon by oxtonding tho commores of the people, avmd ndornod his Capital with splondod {mlmofi and with the mag- nillcout tumfilu of the Lord. Upon Solo- mon's death, the discontent of tho tribos onded in tho ronding naundor of the nation, and the establishimont of tho Xing- domn of Judah and of Ephision. A aucceuston of Kinga with varylng fortunes ruled _avor tho divided countrics dusing the following 178 years ; and, at tho boglnning of tho elghth contury. Jorohoem IL waa rolguing over Ephraim, and Uzzinh was on tho throue of Judah, With this slotel of tho hintory of Isracl bofora w8, woaro bottor abla o traco” the riso and the dovolapraant of the uational religion, for tho warldly fortuuo aud tho spiritual faith of o peo- F‘D aro intimatoly associnted. The inquiryinto ho_roligious [dens of tho Jows daos not for obyloun ronronn oxtond {otho patriarchal age, 1t boging with the sojourn of tho Hebrowsm Goslon, Evidently tlie Semitic tribes, while In Igyph, woro polytholsts, Thoy stood upon a low lovel of “civilization, and had car- reipondingly low concoptions of roligion. Tho worship of tho Leavenly bodios, of troos, and cspecinlly of stones, was common among tliom, ‘Lu polytheism doen not conflict with_au ad- oration of o principal Dnllg, tho ! God of Isracl," whoso name appoara in £he four lotters J H V. H, which Dr. Kuonon translates into tho torm Jnhvoh., Religious ritos wora probably connecte od with the worship of this tribal God in Goshon, but thair uature cen be conjectured morely by traces which romain in lator” days, In both thie Irnelitish nnd Egyptinn traditions concorning tho Exodue, Mosos figiures s0 promivently as pricat, prophot, and lnwgiver, that we can but accops Lim a8 a historical charactor. In barmony withi tho nesortions of tho Pontateuch, we may aesnmo that Moses wna the firat to call the God of Israol Juhveh, aund to teach his superiority oveor all othor Gods ; but thoro is no reason to supposo that Mosos inculentod tho iden of monothoiam, - Of the dootrine and the laws ombodied In the Tontatouch, only tho Ten Comuandmonts, or ‘“The Words,”as Dr, Knenon profers (ocall thom, onn with nny degreo of probability bo sgeribod to Modos, Of'those, tho first, declaring '* Thou shall have no other gois bofora my faco,” means simply, “nonn other] gods bofors Jshyel's faco,” and conynys no ides of monotheism. Tho second of Tho Words forbidsimage-worship ; but this i8 belioved to havo beon remolded and en- lurged by a lator writor. 'Tho worship of tho brazen sorpont and the golden ealf jn tho witder- nask cun Lo explainod only by tho hypothesis that tho Taraclites woro in tho Labit a;y adorin, varlous gods. The rite of circameision, the dod- feation of tho first-born to Jahval, and the cns- tom of making occaslonal human sacrifices, must also bo referred totho samo theory for Lheir origin, Undor Moses' influonco tho Tsraolites loarued to recognizo Jalwoh ns tholr principal Deity, but not 13 their only God, I tho period of the Judges, thoro is o multi~ wdo of tostimony that the Teraslitos wero ntill valsthoists in theory and practico; and that tho difforance batwaan Jshvels and the otbor Gods wad not daoply folt by them. There aro traces of the worship of Bsal and Molveb, of Ashora and Astorto, throughout the racords of the Judges, Thoro in proof of sun-worship in the story of Samaon, who was a mythical being, the sun-horo, and thorefore the “reprasontative of the oporations and fortunos of thosun. Iis namo evon i dorived from the Hebrow word for “gun" (Shomesh), In their intorcourdo with noighiboring nations, thore is no quostion hut that tha Turaalites otlon joined in {ho idolatrous practices which thoy found rife among theso strangers, and that thoy woro almply brought to 3\xdgmup$ whon thoy forgot the worship of alivoh in that of foroign Gods, Throughout the sge of David and Bolomon, tho roligtous condition of Israsl romained about the snmo; Dbut, 1n tho_following two conturios, the differenco hotwoen Jalvehand thoother Gods bogan to dawn on tlie Jowish mind. When this concoption was oneo grasped, it slowly dovolopoad itsolf in the divoction of u spiritual nionothioikm, Thus wo bave the spoctacle prosouted in the oighth century B, 0., of a portion of tho Tsraol- ilcs, led by tho prophoty, ontertaining n puro idofl of tho puro idos of tho maturo of Jahivel, and preaching the worship of him, nob witl burnt sacritices and with lip-serviep, but with tho spirit andl fu trath, This cuncoption of Julwvels,'which firat plainly and undeniably oxfst- od in the eighth contury, as Dr./Kuenon remarks, # bocomes intolligible only whon wo ean rogard il aa Lho slowly-ripencd fruit of the gorm which way alroady'in oxistoneo in the Mosaio time, was presorved by o fow porsous during tho period of tho Judges, began {0 develop itwolf luxuriantly, under vary favorsblo oxtorual clroumsteneos, 1 the time of Isracl’s unity, overcamo the obsfa- clog which were pub iu its way in thoe tenth oon-~ tury B, 0., and finally, in (he’ ninth century B. 0, ottnined tho full growth of which It was fxw;“;"lfl' aud for which tt wos dogtinved from {he rat. —_— Fhe Fourth Gospel, THE FOURTIL GOSPEL, Old and New for August, 1674, Boston, "Ihe Ttov. James Martinoau has written a strong argumont aguinet tho trath of tho heliet that St Jahn was the author of tho Fourth Gospel. His ‘views may be statod s follows : T'ho Gospol Iu question nowhoro says thal the Aportle Jobn wrote it, Itolaims to havo beon penncd by *‘tho disciplo whom Jesus loved." The identification of this charnoter with Jobu is purely tho work of church-tradition and in- forcuce. Tho maln rongon for It is the associa- tion of John with Potor by thio first threo Gos- yely, {u muck the samo way a8 the Fourth asso~ ociatos Peter and tho *‘woll-boloved disclple.’ Thiy shred of ronsoning cannot countorbalanco oppoeing argumonts, Tho Ilsnguage of the Fourth Goalml tollu against the theory that John wroto it, ‘Whe author sys: Il who saw thig rocorded it : {ho tost is 10 other than his; and that man [* okeinos™] knows it to bo true” ‘Thera Is no cnvs on record {n which a Grook nu- thor, in the garb of the third porson, enll him- Bol? ** gkoinon.” 'The internal charactor of tho Gospol Is aguinst its authoenticity a4 a book writ- ton Ly Jobu, "No companion of Jouus could havo placod tho soone of tha Baptlat's ton- timony to Jesus in ‘Bothany beyond Jordan,—n placo unkuown to geography ; or have luvested Anuas an well ag Calaphas with {hio prorogutives of High Iriost ; or huve troat- od tho Qnilleans as identien] with the Jows ; or havo so far forgotton Llijah and Nohum as to minke the Phariseos assert that ‘Out of Qalileo nriseth no prophot,’” No Josw would have so seorned and contommod tho Jowa, The Fourth Qospel s pitiless when it spoaks of them. John laved thom, was one of tiom, Ilo rogarded T'aul's earrying Cllst to tho Gentilos as & dan- gorows and porhaps fll-advised oxporimont, Fhio iv‘aurlu Gospol _diffors from tho rost in hintorieal matter, litorary form, sconory, chronol- ogy,” ordor of the story, thoory of religion aud dollueations of Christ, Tt 18 eilont whout demons, ‘Lho miracloa of tholr cnuuuf out aro tho mainstay of Matthow, Mark, and Luke. It contamn no parablos, Abstracy documents and myatorios of sontiment take the place of eplgram and story. Bono of the conversations it reports hud no witnesres, Tho two epoakors oan aearce- Iy Lo snpposod to bavo takon notes of thelr talk. Pliore uro only four points of contact (prior to tho lusk act) batwoon this and the other &!mnpelu. Thoo aro tho olusnsing of the Tomple, tho fooding of 1iho 05,000, tho walking on' the son, nnd tha anoliting by the woman ot ' Hothauy, Tho tmo during which Ohrlet dia "His great works {8 extonded by tho Fourlls Goupol from ano yoar to threo, and mado to cover Nvo groat national festivals ine stead of ono, Tho tecno of action 8 Jald in Jerusalom instond of Galllea, A cardival potut of difrorenco I8 In rogard to the time of tne Cru- ciflxion, All tho Gaspals pluce the Last Bupper on Thuraduy sud tho Cruciixion on Friday. But the first thrao wnko the Pagsover como ou Thureday, whilo the fourth puty the Paey- ovor aftor tho Cruciflyion. Important oeromoniul consequences resulted — from thiy ditforoncs, Disputos about it ronb the onrly Chureh o twain, All tho traditions of tho Church of Asia voprovont John as holding views wupon it divoetly opposoed to thoso of the Fourth Gospol, *Tho<o uovaral foutures forbld uy to Jook for tho Fourth Evangaliat anywhore within the ciralo of (ho Twelvo, and ngnlnzt bLin identifl~ eution with Johu {n partioular, Spooial objag- tlons forco thomeelvos upon g from tho rocord- od charnctor and oxtant ook [Rovolations) of tho digoiple.” John was ono of tha two who auked for ahlof wsonta in Mosslah'n Kingdom, lis_stormy, golf-aurarting waturo Jod Christ to call bim* Fon of Thundar.” 1fe tuvoled fivg from Ifeaven upon an inhowpitablo villago in Bomaris. Buch & flory, ntalarant, ambitious man, tho pillar of Tudaio Olwistinmily, full of hopen for tho spcady cownbng of Mossiall, conld woll havo writton tho Apacalypao, but mot tho Fourth Gospol. Tho Apocniypse was ponued whon Johu wax 60 yoars old. "It is intensoly Jawish, Could the author of tho Fourth Gospol bavo fallen in lovo with Hebraism ? Tho spirit of tho two aliogod booka of Jolin Is uttarly dif- forant, Tho Alpocalypse 48 flory; the (goupol apiritual and dranmy. ~T'tolr wtyfo' in differont. Lo Grock of tho Gospel fn tho bost In tho Now Tostamont. Tho Greck of the nuthorof the Apocelypso ia tho worst. * Hardly would tho worst oxorolso-hook in n olnss of boginuera at & {mbl!n #ohool rival his snmplos of false concorda 0 gonder, number, and caso, hiy misuso of tonkes, and othor grammatical doloclumu.” Tho argumont that tho Inttor book was written in cestasy™ does not hold ns an oxplanation of theso difforoncos, For tho hook was written nftor tho ecatnsy that gavo birth to it had pussed away. ' Trom all quarters, then, does evidonca flow In, that tho only Godpal which fs cumposed, and nob merely compiled and edited, and for which, thorofors, a pin- lo writor [s resvoustlla, s its Disthday i tho middlo of the wocond contury, and is nof tho work of n witnoss atall,” Tt {6 o statomont of doctrines rathor thou of facts. * For vur Inowledga, thou, of tha lifo of Josus, oxcept #o far an ceriain fonturod of it are aswumod in Homo of tho Iplatles aud“tho Apacalypes, wo nro thrawy upon tho_romatus of popilnr tradition, collocted by our Bynoptists [Matthow, dark ond Luke],—remalng which are doubtioss rioh m {ragmonta orfginal ana trio; but which are ng- suradly of mixed character nud worth, and cin~ nol protoud to carry the guaranteo of known and nnmablo oye-witocanes.” 5 Tho Auguat number of Old and New containg Mr. Martinenn's papor, It seems to havo boon barvawed largoly from tho cly Koim's Lifo n’i j;:uuu.l SR gudtirhy —— AN ENTERPRISING NEWSPAPER, KALAMAZOO, Michs,, Aug, 10, 1874, 0 the Edlitor of The Chicago Tribune + i Tho Inter-Qcean is uot only a reliable but an eonferprising nowepnper. Its Bnturday issuc contained an oditorinl on * Kindorgartons,” in ‘which tho Interesting {uformatiorn waa furnishod thnt there was to bo o * National Educational Convention at Dotroit in a fow days.” Inasmuch a8 tuat Couvantion ndjonsned sine dio on Thurs. day Jaat, it in probablo that tho Znier-Ocean man wilt sacertain by Thmeudav of tho prosent wook that the Convontion hns beon hold, whon ho will procood to “dishup” ite work, making it last at Yenat through * dog days,” . Zeno. —_— ‘Tragedy in Wallnchin. A tragic alfair oceurrod racontly at Bucharast, Wallachin, arising out of logal procsedings for recovory of o dobt. An old’ maw, o Seryian resident, owod asum of monoy to usurar, \\'I.mE failing to obtain paymont ot his chin, wont to Inw and obtained a writ ngainst hia dobtor. Witon, howovor, ko procooded to ofect the old Borvian, considerable difiicultios * ciope pod up.” Tho old Sorvisn did not Jiko to ha ojeotod, aud endonvored in tho first instance to induco hiv creditor to grant him o vespite. Hig Toquosk was ably backed up by his wifa aud chitdren, but it 'was medo in vain, for tho craditor was iuexorablo, Annoyed at tha' rofusal of hia supplication, tho old Sorvian somowhat bastily plungod a knifo lutu tho heart of the usurer, probubly iutonding no inrm, but imaginiug that vourers had no Learts, If the old Sorvinn had simply contoutod himsolf with killivg the usuror porlinps littlo would Lave beon thought of tha matter, but, unfortunatoly, on n byatandor oficiously attompling to soizo him, the old Sor- vian, still further irritatod, gave bi alio o nor- talninb. 1ora the tragedy would probably huve endod, but thot tho dying byatandor, instond of forgiving bis sssoilani in Lig Inat momonts, waa unchristian onough boforo he died to selze a gnmt log of- wood and knock the old Servian’s raing out. Tho bystander thon oxpirod, aud, averybody concornod in tho affafr being’ dend, ngmlnq romained to be dono but to hury tueie bbdios.” "Tho fate of tho old Sorvian hus excited gouoral aympathy, and much fudignation is ox- rrcuuud ot the couduct of the usurer, which has lod to such doplorable results. sttt cioca. it SN VESSELS PASSED PORT HURON, Tonr Junox, Mick,, Aug. 12.~Dows—Sehra A. B, Morris, Ered A, Morso, John Biset, J. Simw, Gluraltar, Bouthampton, Aun, Julie MeLeod, Toulsa, Ur—Lrops ' Arctic, Cuba, Oity’of Fromonts sclirs Georga Wortlinglon, Guiding Star, Timothy Baker, Rivoraido, I, 8, Riclinrds, Wind uorth, We fine, Tour Hukod, Aug. T2—Ivening, —~DowN—Props Aflautio, Sarali'E, Sheldon, with sehe L Kotchum, with TV, I ) Tutter; Philadolphls, with Sch Betugikill and Aliogeany { Setar 1L, O, Whstow: D gtcp City of Concord; selirs Empi¢o Stato, Aldebaras, zar, —_— ILLINOIS & MICHIGAN CANAL, Bamazront, IlL., Aug, 12.—Arniven—ontsuk, Ottuwn, 6,950 bt cort § Sitontana: Utica, 0,000 by comn ; Dolpiin, Ottaw, 5,760 bu cora, OLEARED—T! Ryburu, Marsollics, 23,011 1t lumber, 1 whivgles. Dumarront, U, Aug, 1210 p. m.—Annrven— Erleaon, Bulfolo Tock, 6,000 bu corn 3 Lily, Mortls, 4,500 ! cora, OLAnEn—North Branch, Jollot, 80,690 £t luraber ; Qunmylon, TaSallo, 75,197 1t Iumbor, 40,650 1sth & Boucherd,’ Lasallo, 82,660 ft lumber, 3,600 loth : Phontx, Lockport, 84650 ft lumbor, 24,000 Inth ; Montauk, Tockpoet, 5,450 by whoat 3 Goorgi, 20,101 £t lumer ; Honry, 204 m shiugles, Oftawa; Dolphiu, Ottawa, 18,410 £t lumber ; Soucca, Ottaws, 82,477 £ Tunbor, 18 m Int, SPECIAL NOTICES. A A A A . Many who are suifering from the offoota of tho war woather and aro dobllitated, are 2d visod by physiclans to tske modarate smounts of whisky two or threo Umes duclng tho day. Ta a Kutlo whila those wha adopt this adslco froquontly ineroasa the numbor of **drinks," avd 1n timo bocomo confinmed In- obriatos. A bovorago which will not croato a thivat for Intoxlontlng lquors, snd whifoh Is tntondod capoctally for tho bonofis af . dubilitatad porsons, whothor at homo or abroad, s Dr. Schenck's Soa.Woed Tonio, Contatning tho julces of many wmedicinal borbs, this proparation - doad not crato on appotito for tho fntoxieating oup. Tho nourishing and thel ifo-supportlog proporties of many vala-. ablo natural produotions contained fn it and woll known to modical nien hsvon most strongthening Influonco, A singlo hotilo of the Tontc will demonstrste ita valusble qualltion, For dobility arlsing from sicknoss, averoxor- ton, or from any cause whatover, 8 wino-glassful of Sea- ‘Waood Tonto taken aftor moals will strongthon and croate sn sppotttafor wholosoma food. Toall who aro about Teaving tholr homer, wa dealro to say that tho cxcellont offucta of Dr. Sohonck's s3nsonable romodios, Bea-Wacd Toniv, and Maudrako Pllls, ary particularly ovidentwhen taken by thosa whto aro {njurlonaly affoctad by & enango of waterand diot. No porson should lenvo home without taking a supply of theso safoguards along. Forsale by altdrage Delightrul dovion. for, o, happinose: ask u it R L ot Prionw, vTal, . DISSOLUTION NOTIONS, DISSOLUTION. Brayton, Riug & Cou W dlmwolyeut 'K u:iil‘l‘lrlgnn-.u?l. WinLiam KING, SiORAR KING. 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