Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 26, 1874, Page 3

GERMANY, Differences of Habits Between Germans and Americans. ¥he Cautions, Economical Manner in which Germans Conduct Business. How German Manufactures Have Been Developed, (lerman Boys Nob Allowed to Run Looss, but Bound Out ax Apprentices to Trades. \ ffechanical Labor Considered Respect- able and * Genteel.” . GSensible Mode of Life at the Ger- man Watering-Places. Opposition to Gambling, Either Profes- sional or Business, A Natlon that Knows How te Drink Withe out Bocoming Drunk, Bpectal Correspondence of The Chicaao Tribune, WiEsnabex, Germany, Avg. 22, 1874, The difforance botwoen the Germans and the Americans is moro marked aud striking In tho cocial snd business habits than in their political wrystom, Tho Amaricans bonat of being o * fast" Peoplo; the Gormans take a pride 1 boing con- uidored *‘slow,"—slow as distingmshed from rashnees, recklensuces, or impulsivonoss. In overything they do thera is & CERTAIN MET/ODICAL DELTBERATION, md oarofnl caleniation of consequencoes and re- sults, ‘greatly lacking in American charactor. "Thoy rarely tako “loaps intho datk,” or nct on Arst thoughts or fmpulsed; but wait for tho gobor socond thought, by sleoping over any prop- osition, schome, or bueincss-undortaking, in- volving risk or chance. Tho lmzardous or qambling pirit, 50 prevalent nmong Americans ne to amonnt to a national charactoristic, js searcely known at all in this unimpulsive, sircumepoot, lmpssive conntry. 'Phis is strikingly oxompliied in mercantile Mfe. @arman menchants conduct their business with an cconomy and caution which wonld surpriso our dealers. In tho first placo, they make it a rale to purchaso or keop on hund compnratively amall stocks of goods. They buy Inrgoly for cash, and ask or recoivo but littlo credit. If capital is mall, tho stock of goods bought in in proportion to thelr moans. Thoy soll for cash, There 18 vory little * truat™ sought by cactom- or8 or givon by tradcemen. Tho people ihom- 2elvos decline going into dobb at tho grocaries, butcher-ghops, bakerics, or etorca. There is nothing that & Gorman family dislikes more than to be in dobt, and it is unessy and uvhappy until the dobt i8 liquiduted. They ail sook to have a bag of silver, ae au Irishmon would eay, “to tho fore,” or what au Englishman calls peony laid by for a rainy day.” IT 18 A RARE EVENT for a German merchant to fail or ba forced into beakruptoy,—especinlly rotail * denlers; snd, when it doos occasionslly happen, it bears small comparison in completoness and magnitudo with the falures of nlmost daily occurroncs in our bappy and highly-favored land, Tho reasons o0, 1 befors siated, an almost total absence of the spaculative, reckloss, gombling spirit which actuatos American busincss-men, 18 is shown in purchasing comparativoly littlo on credit, solling goads for cash, and heuce avoidauco of bad debts and many unnccossary lossen ; nud, lastly, olago porsonal aitention to business, striclest economy 1n on oxponsos, aud a stylo of family- liviog and espenditure in exact couso- nonco with their net profits and - cono. The Qerman merchant borrows msch fees tisan the American from the banks, in p roportion to tho extent of the stock of goods ho «carrion, becauso ho puts a larger por cant of Ais own capital into the business, and snlla comp aratively litlla ou credit; honee hio hag but 1:etle intorest to pay. Hia standing rulo is, oither to Lawo his goods on kis shelvos, or in his pocket in tho 8hapo of monoy. Viros are o raro in Germany, on account of the caroful manner in which bouses are constructed and fires sro watched, that INSURYNCE 18 MERELS NOMINAL, and & merchunt is rarely burnt ont or digturbed by fires. Insuwuco companies in Garmuny mako it & rule not to pay more than two-thivds @ thros-fourths of tho value of the property sonsumed;—tho objock boiug to Hecuve tho ut- most caro and vigilanco on the part of the in- nured, and 1o provont and ropress all tomdency -0 incondiiwy fires, This linuted liubility fa a ntipulation \n tho polivica, It works well, From those £Wo chuAcH-—thio Faity of 870y and 1he lightness of lnsurance~tho Cerman mer- chant ayoids t10 heavy oxponso and continunl oanger to whic% the American tradesman is over snbjected. Ius urance is an cnormous and aver. Gavouring bill f €Xponso to tho bunineas-mey 1 the United Stuves, aud contributos as much tussardn oventual Lankruptey, perhups, as any o.hior causo, unlewn it bo b0 praciice of Eolling g~ods at rotail on «tredit, which have nof been parchased for cass at’ wholesslo. Morcantile Tasinest in Goriman, v s conanated on such prin- wiples that it is atton dod with compurutively LITTLE_RISK OK GHANCE OF FPAILURE ; and, wlien a denler do tu Lappon to * go undor,” it i in coneequonco of® Homa excontional cause, or utter unfitness for hiis occnpation, ‘What iy bete said of tho claxs of middlemen sppliea equally to the_cings of manutuciurers, aua to mochnnics who hawe set 1 in busiuoss on their ownaceount, ‘Ploy never involve them- eolves In debt hy buying Inrgo quantition of raw waterials, and manufacluriug them on spocula- tion, aud pelling them ovor the cowmntry on credit, through drummers and commision- agente, who absorb tho major part of the protity on the eales. Govmay u:suulncturers sould regnid this ns a most dengerous aud reckicss modo of dolng buemess, Tho capital invested in menufncturing in ihls country is walnly paid up.” Stock-watering is . hut little in- dulged in or understood. Horrowiug from the Danka I8 practiced spnvingly und cawtiously, in order to oecapo the oxponse for imdoron:, but especiolly to aveid bewg iu dabt, which iv o Germuu's porticular dread, The comsoqionce {g, that manufucturing esiablishiments GTOW LIKE: FORENT-OAKR, slowly but surcly, aud paes down from Pather to gony for mauy goncrations,—such o thing 8s fadure beinrg almost unknown, They do not depond on the subsidies of a protuctive tariff, and thoraforo thoy atand on wolia foundations. Nob beiug abnormaliy etinulated by protoctive bountics ot Ui exjionse of tho chmnuity, thois worksé ara condugted pradontly aud ceouomically, and production ia_tiob_overdou, or wastofully and secklcssly porformed. Tho mannincturing dovolopmont of Germany bos been of slow but sure growth, oxtonding through conturies, ‘Yl Gormaur wero baokward In introducing stosm-powor sud lahor-uayin, macliinory,—~dopending too much on hand skill, choap ldbor, snd ploddivg industry, Lot tbo Englieh, who adopted _stoaui-powor enrly ond oxtemslvely, snd Inbor-say- ing” imploments whess powsible, stosdily drove tho Garman manufaoturcrs out of the fleld thoy bud formerly supplied, and pressed thown to the wall ut ali poluts by the uequal compelilion of stoam sgawst mau powor. Thig competitivo presuure cauned tho Germans to do what they aluays do when surpossed by othor nations fo any direotion : to fuetitulo a critical inquiry Into tho cunso, and to doviso a romedy to yemove tlio ovil. Tn thiu casn thoy HOON DINCOVEMED fi prenkr of Bnglond’s manufactiring nupremacy, viz. t steatn-ongines, consumption of coul, plantiful uso of irouand steol, aud tho substitution of labor-aaving, steam-propalled machinery for tho old glow aud expousive ingtliodn of haud-manips wiation. Immodiatoly the Gormaoa commenocd to open up theiv coal Aud kron mines, of whish they have fmmenss b to_erect smeltin O the Wi a0 bogt Mgy By e glues by tho \thoumend ond got thom ab work, and fo adopt the bost labor-snving mothods of mannfacture in uso oither in Groat Dritaln or tho Unitod Statos. Within ton yonra t the progross In thoso direations hins boon immonso, and oach year tho advancement In groater thau that which pracoded it. With this vant incronse of machinery sud rapid dovolop- mens of minos oame an' incroasod domand for Iabor nt highor wagos than over beforo paid. 'Tho English aro now beiny STEADILY PUSHED OUT OF THIE MARKELTS {rom which they had disposdesned tho Gormans, The London Times, a fow doys ago, polntod with bitter regret o tho large mumio in ox- E‘:‘I’:h%‘ ‘]ér(i’hm:‘ m;?uhnhl]ms to ‘: 0 ?urm:n ¥ ) smaunting, in_woolen goods alons, to 816,000,000 during (e yoat. ondiug dnly 1, 1674, Mot of tho railroad-iron used fu Germany up to 1870 was imporlod ‘trom England, Thla impor- tatlon hna coasod. Qormany is now supplylng Lier own wants, and filling lurgo ordors fn Ituissla aud Austrin, Hor manufacluros oxporiod to thosn countrics, especially to tho formor, are competing shaiply with those of Great Britein, Tho Gormans are s nation of eyntomiatio, slendy workars. Noarly overybody labors at sowe roductive employmont, women ns woll na meu, Thoy aro not fast ~worlers,—notbing liko s8 fast 88 Americaus,—but thoy are stoadior and mora porsevering, They Iabor more houra per day, &nd savo thelr eatnings in tho mont earolul mun- sor. An Aworionn ~brickinyor will pincoio o woll a third groater smoliut of bricky in a duy thun o German bricklayor; but the latter doos hin work mora cousciontiously, Tho bricks ara bottor Inid ; the houus is more enduringly bullt; and the contractor in not conutantly sndenvoring to **alight " his worl, put in bad matorils, make a bill u?uxtma, and choat the owner at every stop nud wurn, Chenfing, swindling, and decep- tloit, havo not yei been reduced tos tine art, and avo ot univelally practiced in Gormany. The old nationnl hahity of mmf;rl&y and hononty still endure, and oxhibit but littlo decay undor tho corrupting inlluences of modern tomptatious, Tho hoys in Germany, nftor pussing their gehool-aga, ara not turned loose by their parents 1o hifs for thewmelvos, nud livo by thoir wits or thair erimea, 1f pob rotuined on the parental fuwrm antil thoy arrive av tho soldier'a nyo of 20 yearn, thoy ara BHUND OUT AS AVPRENTIOES for flve to slx venrs, to lon o trado, Hundrods of thourands of Gorman boys aro thus bound out to tmastor-workmen. It thoy wish to becomo meichania or bansors, they Jmisb sorve an appronticesip ua elacks 3 if thoy desirerto entor tho professions or tho Clvil Bervico, they must 0 thraugh a thovotgh colloge-course of instrug- tion, nnd ntand their exammnination, beforo thoy con' commenco tho study of Inw, medicine, or thoology, or obtain a commlssion in tho army or a clerlislfy fu b Gorerumalit burond or miunicipal oflice. How many Amerlcan boys lenrn trades nowadays 2 How miany put in o fuithful appreu- ticoship of fonr cr live yeary, and come out skill- ful weehanics, fit to be Iutrusted with tools ? And why have Amotiean boys almost censed to lanrn trados ? reacon 18 said to be that thoy 1o longor connidor it raapoctublo ” or * geuteol” to Iabor nt productiva cmployment for & living | Tt the young German has uo_siich faleo and Iwrnlclnuu notions or foolluga 3 aud consequont~ ly tho citios of Gormany sre hot ovorrun with young men in search of “ gentosl employment,” such ns clerkships iu dry-goods stores (which, in this slow_counlry, ara loft to tho women), and who, fatlivg to obtain It, rapidly dogonurats into conGidonco.men, gambiors, bitmmors, and disviputod loafors of bvory strips and dogros. If Amorican vozioty is to be roformed, and the preeont frightful wave of dishonosiy sweeping over the Juinl in (0 bo stayed, ono of tho caton . tial thingss to o dono is to tonch {ho rising gon - oration thus working with tho hauds in produet . ivo ocoupations 13 RESTEOTADLE § that mechapical occupntions ars gentool ora- ploymonts ™ that clockships in shops ond dtores ‘are women's work, ns much as_ kailting, cowing, and _ cooking ; and that it 1g unponorousand unmanly for the male sex to crowd the femslo out of such om- ploymento as aro pocullarly adaptod to thoir ctrongth and tastes, L'ue focling in Germanyis, that voung fellowq liavo no businoss to elbow their sistern out of light work on tho plea that it is “genleol,” and it is rogarded as a vory shab- by and unmanly ting to do; aud this seutimont is il wore presalent in Franeo, whoro mata snlesiuen, ouskcopots, or clorks, sro raroly soon orhenrd of. Too masy mou in the United Strtes aro trying to live by evory dovice which evadea hooest industry; and thereforo it is that the country i teeming with speculators, sharp- crs, oftice-bunters, saloon-bummers, loafors, deadbeats, lohbyists, confidence-men, blacklogs, and gamblers of overy varoety,—dogreos of rascaldom for which thoro aro no words in the Gorman Jsnguago_ into which (heso terms can ba trnnslated. I this broed ot nncloan birds is ovor to borodncod or estirpated, or if thero i ever t0 he any roforiuntion of American morals und intezzrity, ihe Neat stop towards that end In to bind out the surpluy boys to master-mochan- ics TO LEARN TSCFUL TRADES, Tt in porfectly sbumoful, the oxtent to which Soroigucrs havo buon allowod to monopolizo the mechawical occuputions in tho United Bintes ; ‘but tho blunio resls upou tie heads of Americnn paronts, who huvo heen carolessly—yew, wickedly ~—dorolict in the porformunce of theit duty to their sony in this vegard, If tho Graugors aro really anxious fo roform the oxisting low standard of public morals in America, thoro is 1.0 way by which thoy can cons tributo #o cffcetuslly as by keeping thoir rons ub Liomo, on the purental far, ot binding thom out to usoful wades, Thoy must ntop sending nu- nually tons of thousmnds of half-edueated, uu- sophisticatod, suseopitblo Loyn to tho citios, in avareh of that nnurinF cucso of 1o Tiging genora~ tion, “ penteel omploycst,” for it is tho road to pardition for the majority of them. The Gor- man pioucers havo avoided this dangerons rock on whivh Anioican furmeny Luve pestittod 6o many of their sous to muko slupwrack of Lhoir tuture lives ; and tho gond ofl thiercof ure #een in the absence of mercrotilo f2iluves, official dereliction of duty, public dishonogsy, and gen- crnl demoralization, In nothing, perhaps, i the contrant of Gor- mun with American socinl life aud wanors mora mavked than in their respeotiva APPEABANCE AXD JETAVIOR AT THEIR WATERING- AUEH, When tho * season " arrives,—sny the middls of Jupe,—zll Germuns who ean afford it, or whogo Tiealths requlre it, bogin to move towards ono or the other of thnir aunerous minoral spriugs, #uch a8 Wiesbaden, Hamburg, Lims, Badon- Baden, Kissingen, Willsbzd, Scalangonbad, und Kearey of othors,—chiofly nlong the foot of tho ‘Launus Mountain range, in the vivinily of Frank- fort, or farthor up tue Bhine, in tho * Bluck Forest " country of Baden, Instead of flocking 10 thoso watering-places for a grand carousal and zoavon's diesipation, display of dinmonds nud uillin, aud oxuggoruon of Laris [ashions, thoy com fv oblmu a faw weeks of regtful quiet, ro- tiremont from caro and worl, aud rational en- jovment, Thoss who have nilmenis keop the restorntion of their hoalth constantly in view, by Ubatwing and drinking the waters, inkwg - moderale oxoscico and amurement, and froving the mind from businoes-thoughts, Ovor tho doors of sumo ol the curenslo—curo-halls—will _ bo found a Latin lnseription, taken fvom the Roman bathe of Antouius, which may bo rendered aw follows ; #*Thou klsouldst como hitlior free from carw, if thou wonldst dopnet healed of digeuso, for htro tho care-lens aloua are curad.” On this masim or hint thoyact. No German lady, whothor young, middlo-uged, or old, gock' to i Watoriuge placo with © four-horeo wagon-load of huye trunke, sinlod with o wurdobe of coutly sike aud sutiny, fonthors und tflowors, Jucos antl jow. olry, whercby uhe may illrt, and faunt, and cre- ato un onvious sensution among other feolish fomalo bipeds. Buch ostentations displuys of toilot-varioty 8 aro soon at Baratogy, Long Branoh, and other Amatican watorig-plicas, ARE NEVER WIINLAsED at the Gormon wpriugs. Tho Lusbands aud parenta would not tolerate, nor the lndics think of Indulging in, such oxtiavagant * dryegaods displugs, 1ience: the fow banlirupteles” huard ot in Gormany, and. tho nlmost total wheones of ro- porty in their ‘pupors of * irrcgularitios,” om. bozzlemonts, dofaleations, swindles, **cornor™- aporations, uml dosporate epooulitive venturos, \;'lilml\mlch American journals uro continually silled, ‘I'ho contrast betwaen tho Gormau and Amer- enu gentlomon ut tho watorig-places of Lho ro- Speotivo countries ib ay groat w5 in tho caso of tho lndios, ‘ho quiet, ordorly, regular, sational conduct_of tho Uormiany would bie convidorad very * slow hving " by Amorican froquontors of fushionoblo watofing-placos; but tho Gormaus do not go to tho springs to squander thoir ‘monoy § 10 bot ab huro-racos, or gambla with curds 1 to maddon their bralua with strong drlnks, and ruin_ thoir stomnaohs . with ehamnpaguo-supe porg; nor to gov up Haisons with othor mon's flirting wivos, tofurnish employment for divorco~ Iawyors or songations for tho nowapnpors, In all theso” tainga tho slmplo “'slow™ lifo of tho Gorman at his’ watoring-placo bours littlo resom- Dlance ko tho * fust ™ life of the Amorican ploas- aro-und-loianzo-seokor a this walering-place, Tho formor burny the eandlo of font ouly 0uo ohd,~ tho latsor at both ondy, TG CO3F OF LIVING at Gormau wateriug-places In much loss than fu tho hotcly of tho chiof citios. 'Tho aimn of landlords 16 to uttrack a0 many gueats ag will Al whiolr Wautalries, aud to induca’thumn to remaly ax " THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, .SEPTEMBER 20, 1874, 3 N o R casslise s iessiesiBaw st el B ioslesliniy NG stsstorslS el 08 o i ENDIDE ST S SR S S S D SRS S . - ) long ns poseible, and roturn the noxt sesson as to an agrooablo homo. Thoy do nat deom it to thelr [utorost **to make hay whilo tho sun shinen ™ by flonolng their guests in overy ponsihly way, and oncouraging their sorvants” to roquiro “iips " for evorything thoy o, Tho conio- qnonco is, that & Gorman, whon ho goea to the Rprings, brings bis wifo and onlldron along with Tim, and Rottios down for ane or {wo months of uiot lifo wnd froodom from bunlpeas-oures. 1t thoy tlro of ono apring in & mautb, they pack up thoir moderato wardrobo, and tako tho cara to anothor ; and, when tha reasun Is finished, thoy roluru {o tholr home, healod of ailmonts, or ro~ cuporstod {n bouy aud rofreshod fn mind, aftor su oxpendituro of money but littlo greater than At thoy had remnmed st homo, Such {a the modo of lifo of the vast mojority of the Gorman poo- K}n, who visit the watoring-plaoas every summor cotntloss thousanda. Yormerly, soveral of tho most noted of the Grortnan spas wore carsod with gambling ostab- Ushments, patronized chiotly by Fronol, En- f{llnl aud Bussiana, But thoy are now all abol- ik After Prussin annoxed Nassau and sov- eral ofior polty States where gambling was li- consed by their Dukow, tho Prussinn Partfumont, upon tha rocommendation of Bismarck, passed s act closiog all of them saftor s cartain day, on the ground of theit boing immoral iustitu- tlons_and a scandal lo the Kingdom. Whon tho Gorman Impiro was orgunized, in 1871, tho same snti-gambling law wae oxtonded to all othior parts of Germany, Horsa-racing for Durdos, aud betting thoreon, woro alko forbid- don and complotely supprossed, Tho sontimot of the Gormans 18 averse to the ‘noblo aport™ of whipping horses around ncouras for gemblig purposes. Tho Germnus aro NOT MUGH ADDIGTED TO GAMBLING of any description. ‘Tho roscon i, they ore & cautlote, cangcrvativo, oluae-iatod paopl, who beliovo thata bird in the hand is worth moro than & whole flogk in the Lushes, There fa nothiog fn games of chuico, combinod with fraudulont acto and **roplog-n" tricks, which_ commends such mnusoinonts to thom as plons- urablo or Lonorable. Tho common foeling s, ihat gambling is ossentinlly dishonost, aud wholly tllogitimnate na a bunincss, a8 well as dia- ropuinbla as & profession. Tho Gormana aro totally destiutte of tho norvous, rookloss, rigk. all tomparamont al Amoricans; consoquontly thay seldom vonture thoir eatnings on tho tura cf n card or a dig, & horso-raco or olootion. They buy aud sell whoat, barloy, oats, and porlk, with. out resorting to “pute” and “calls,” going “long® or “short;" and nover organizo * cor- nors™ whoreby a * ring” of dealoars undertako to floeco and bookrupt thoir follow-merchsnts of tue Bamo associstion. What is dono, apenly and with impumty i Ameican Chambers of Commorce, in tia way of * foreatalling ™ and “cornoring " tho market for awindling purposos, would, If practiced in this country, disgrnon tho guilty operators forevar, and probably consign them to the reformatory keeping of A GERMAN PRNITENTIARS, Such is tha difference in the standard of pub- lic aentiment, in tho matter of gambling sud swindling i commerclal transactions, in tho tivo couutrics. Tho German Bunrd of Trade may, timo, progrons to tho lofly standard of fraedom in disbiouosty onjoyed by their American brothe ren, and learn to" organize ** cornors™ with in- tent_to defrand, with as mnch skill and sang- froid as thoir traveatiaatic neighbors; but at provent, at foast, they aro not oven naophites, and would be puzzled to know how to begin o ‘“corper.,” All mou sro not honest in Germnny, by any means, and thoro are plenty of individ~ uals who would cheat more if they kuew how. or wero not ofraid of falling into the clutohoa of tho law., Thoro aro gmmblers and ropuey in Gormany, as woll aa in all othor countrics; but, whero thoro i ono bolonging to snch olagkos, thoro aro many in America. ‘00 much individual fresdom to do as ono pleascs, unwhipped by Inw and uncensured by publis opinion, powertully tends to promoto dishonosty and critho m any country. IL is opportunity o teniptation which ¢ause man to eat of forbidden fruit and to backslide from tho walks of virtue. TPuroatal discipline, which is BIRICT AND RIGID 1N GERYANY, ia notorionsly Inx and feoble in Ameriea. The maxim of tho wise mau, ** Dring up & child in tho way he should g0, and when b is old he will not devart from it," Is_constautly kept in mind by German parents. It would be well for the future of our country if it wore not 8o gen- erallv forgotton or disrorarded by the natural guardiany of American clilldro. Thora is another thing in which tho Gormans alffer yory widely from “nativo” Awmericans,— including both natives and *adopted” Lrisk,— of which’ mention should mnot bo omitted : and that is, thoy know how to drink without bocoming ~ drunk, ond_ enjoying thoir glass witbout making bonsts of {lomeelvos, Tharo is po nttompt among Gormuns to practico tcototalism or to enforce prabibition, On the contravy, thoy aro a nation of drinkers of mildiv-stimulating “boverages in tho form of beor and wine, and "bave been for thousands of years, They uro an univorsally dicted to beor a5 Amoricans &ro to colloe, te and whisky ; but Lhoy know how to driuk it with- oub intoxiention. Druukentoss is 60 rere and infroquont tLat it may bo said NOT 70 EXIST. 1 havo traveled thousends of miles through Ger- wmany in varions directione, visiting nearly all thio chiof citioe, nnd_have mede diligent inqui of Americun Cousuls and othor woll-informe: nd rocaived* but ono answer every- viz: "*No drunkenucis nmong the Gat- 1uaus 3 public sentiment would not tolorate it ; the habita of tho countryore all against it.” Tha reagon of this freedom from inebriation is tho total ahsonco of whitky, and tho substitution of tha milder beor. Whisky is the “hog™ that noesessos tho opirit of the raging dovil, avd tho cultivation of whoso intimato scqunintanco malkos ko minny hoaats aud loafors of Irishmon and Americaus in tho United States, o Gevwau reg ards bin beer plmost as A¥ ESJENTIAL OF EXISTENOD; and it would oo Lard to convince him thab it does not contein #s much nutrunont at leust na milk, If you wuy to o Gorman that many phiysiologists and physicinus esteom all forms of uleoliol 85 polsanous, and thorerors boor must bo injurioua to tho physical syatom, he will re- Ply thot his forofathora have, iu considorablo pact, tived on Loer for more thau 2,000 yeara; that ris ancestors, who fought Julius Cmsnr and hiy nuceotnors, were boor-dlinkers; and that, in all gencrations ninco the year ane, thoy huve maiutminad the national beverago, und to-day nre, a3 n race,—both womou and men,—as stroug, Lonlthy, Jong-lived, and robust poople as livo Iu the world; ond they nre propared to prove their manhood, courage, and hardihood, ou tho field of baltle, aguinst niy Power, Russin not exeopted, wha wminy chooss to put thom to tho teal. And it is not a vain or idie boast, for thoy aro now undoubtedly tho mout powerfut walitary nation in Furopo. Irom those promisos the Gormane draw tho eenclusion, that poer is not & ** poison,” but, on tho contraty, furnishea n nutritive stiululant, DENECFIGIAL TO UEALTH, to eny nothiug of the gratification of appetite to ho derived thorofrom. It 18 utiorly usclogs, and acbaer wasle of Lime, {o argue with them in favor of tectotulism or prohibition in any form, 8 thoy profesy to be abundantly ablo ta rogulnte and control thoir uppotites within due bounds, sad to practico temperanco without rosorting to iotal abstineuce, They say thoy think the Amer- ieans could do tha rame’if thoy would abolish whisky, and substitute malt and vions bover- ages, and try und Jive quictsr and loss exciting iyl sonsational lives, Thoy clnim that testo- tatism is not temporance, and has for its indorao- wont neither tho injunctions of Scripturo, tha practico of the nuciont Chureh, nor the support of humau nature, Ono thing that promotos the universl prao- tiea of beer-drinking in Germany is tha habit of living in villages and citiea, Stich athing ssa Qorwan fawily living apatt fron their neighbors o farina ie sentcely kuown in this country, Gor- nun farmararosidd in villagos almost univarsnlly. T'vose rural villeges, of which thero aro betwuon A0,000 snd 40,000 in (icrmmny, coutain gonorslly G0 to' 100 familios, Luch villago higs fts tchool-house, its chureh, aud its beer- gordon, or moro than one if tho place is large anoughi to stipport thom, Every ovoning, whon tho diy's work in done in tho surronnding telds, tho nien, and often tho woinen, resort to their beor-garden for the enjoymont of thelr favarito nationl beverago, to which the mon add cigar or n pipa of tobacco, ho beor is nob swallowod standlius at tho bar, at s gulp, an in Ameriea, but is slowly and Joisurely ¢ipped aud * puifed * over at o tablo, Tl Amorican prug- tico of tronting tho bystandors 18 NEVER BLEN 1N GERMANY. Lok pereon pays ouly for what Lo himaelf con- sutacs, unleen it bo that deanle by bis wifo or children, A lulf-a-dozen neighbors or ag- quuintancon will sit down at u table, and dvink aud amoka for au hour, without nuy ono olfering to pay for tho athers® beer, L'o 2o so would bo rogardod n3 fmpropor aud indolicato, Thore is no suth thing wa “ drinking round,"~each by turus paying for all the !)lqum' and clgars, Whon o ‘German oalls for a glass of beor or wiue, ho sits down to driuk it, und Is nover in 8 hurey to koo the bottow of tho glass, Thoro Aara no loafors and free-lunchors statding around in the ealoun, waiting to bo asked to * take somothiug,” or to lavite themsolvos to Miink at anothor maw's oxponso. Perhaps nothing in Aueriean lifo CONDUCEN MORE TO INTEMPEBATE JIABITS thian the univorsal practice of *treating,” and axllng acquaitancos and bystandsrs o drink at oue's oxponse. It cauics excosslve driuking for, it ono wan troats Lelf-a-dozen topers, ho genorally expects to bo treatod by them in turn, aud, by the timo cach has porforiiad {his net of civility or hoapltality, tho wholo crowd i futoxt catod, or woll on the rond to it 1i is tha Lreal ing habit which snpplios each ng-nhn!! with rogular habltuos, who *loat” thero' waiting to ba ! trosted,” and Lo spongo thelr Dory polations ot tho oxponse of the callors for liguor, Ger- man loafora—what fos thoro aro of them—must pay for their own drioks, as it is decldodly agaioet the cuntom of the country fur auy ono to troat them. The Germans aro sirongly nttached Lo their prosont Government, axo dotorminod supportors of natioual maity, aud are devotod subjocts of thelr Emperor, ~ Dut thoy aro stiil moro sttachod to the inatitution of beor than t@any “ politics," i oo, Joya . to KN Ghmbsings then "% Kilbor Withehn L. Their doe volion to DPrinco Lager oxcoeds their admiration for Prince Bismarok, The Emporor, with tho ald of Bismarck, Moltko, and ths whole standing nrma, could mot enfores prohibitory boor law in Qormany, Tho mero proposition to enact auch & law WOULD OVERTHROW TRE GOVERNMEXT and_rovolutionize this country. 'Uhe right to drink boor, or wino, whon or whero he pleascs, aud in such qusntftios us his appetite_and tho cuatoins of tho conntry call for, is rogarded us an innllenabla right, and the very ossonce and em« bodimant of ** porsonal liberty,” ‘Lho devotion of the Gorman in Amorica to his national drink 16 lionestly inhioritod. And it is, thiorofors, not o strango, aftor all, whon the powerful force of habit I considered, that ho would rather ancriflue Pm_v»um and bonds of friendship than forogo hin favorite bovarago. In short, tho Gorman estooms his Ingor aa o part of his necossary sna- tonanco dooms it no more Injurious to lis hoalth or mornla than to drink coffen or milk ; and looks jupon wator, espeoially such as {3 found in most of Germany, 0s a fluid fit only for tho drluk of the Inforior animals, and for Irrga- tion and culinary purposes, J. AL WYOMING. Advices from Camp Robinson and LRed Cloud Ageney. Correspondence of ‘I'lie Chicago Tribnne, Oaxr RonNsoN, Wyo, Ter,, Near Red Cloud Ageocy, Aug, 8, 1874, Perhaps a word from this isolated corver of the world will be acceptablo to your columns, es- pecinlly a8 orroneous ideas appear to bo prova~ lent concerning the place, its situation, the hos- tility of the Indians, ofo. Far from baing & drear wilderness, thacouutry about here I8 DEAUTIZUL,— thoe camp and the immediato vicinity particnlarly g0. The White River runs through it. Cool springs abound, affording a plentifal snpply of puro water. The ground is covorad with herbago sufficlent to feod na indefinite number of eattle. A ridge of hills runping for mites sorves as a divide botween this and a somowkat similar plain on the other side. The hilla are covered with pine lmbor, from which matorial ig now boing takon to build quar- fors for six companics of ftronps. Infaot, far from beings & 1egton of unhounded storility, as one frum su ominenco views it sil,—hills, val- loys, plains, patohies of waod luterspersed, the xiver windiug tbrough the cawp fa the midat,~ fow fairor 108n0s are (0 bo found in tho country, and thero aro fow Torritorien of groster valno for gaziug, as future ranchea will shortly tosuly, THE INDIANE are coming in rapidly. More than 11,000 aro now registered at the Agoncy. Sious, Cheyennes, and Arapshoes sre pcaitered, in small villages and large, all ovor the country, Thoy chiolly come from the north,—ono of the latest arrivaly being Blaok Conl and e bend of Arapahoos, who participated in a late fight with tho United Statos troops undor command of Capt. Datea. TIIE cAMR conelsta of four companios of infantry and one of cavalry; totz) of men and ofiicors, 237, 1 is situptod ‘sbout a miloand a bLulf from the Agzoney. The prosouco of troops bas a moral ©ffuct on the Indinne; but, os they aro hors in order to protect tho Agoncy, it would scem that tho design would bo Lotter fulfilled if thoy weio stationed In tho immediate vicinity, to bo ou hand in onse of an emergoncy. Tho Indians appoar poaceablo, and, in goneral, well disposed, Bmall parties are mat in overy direction. An unurmed mon may meat 8 nuwmber of them amile or moro from the cap, aud the only result of the oncounter will ho & friondly ‘Hom," a cardial gliaks of ha haad, and they o on rojoicing, ospeciaily if tho recipients of 25 conts or a chow of tobacco. It 18 interesting to uotico tha TAUITS OF TUE INDIANS, Thoy now ond thon indulgo in o dance,—with thom a matter of coromouy, A numbor of Dbraves, mostly young mon, array thomsalve i tholr mout gorgoous finry, and Invisl paint without regard to cost. Thore 18 no uniformity in thew costumes, cach one consulting hiy own tagto; and, although tho rosult pre- sents o mixed appoaranco, it is reall s fino display. As thoy. draw nigl the appolnted piace, a shouting and firing of guus angounce thoir approach, diversified by an occasjonal balt and donce. Upon their arrival, & ring is formed.—the oxhibitore squsttiug in a dircle around ou opon epace, largo dam in placed on ono side, around which & numbor take their places, each one baviog a small atiok in his' hand, Two or threo on horsoback act 2o nastors of coromonies. All boing propared, o warrior ootors tho ring, and rolates his schiovements, ‘Whon he haa coucluded, ** The band begins to play,” ‘I'he Indians riso, yell, and dauce. The druw is boaton, and tho foatlvities commence. In a brief spaco, thoy resnmo their former position, Anothor rolates his prowess, and is in lus turn applauded, L At night, tho distant sound of the drum, the crics of the dnnclu{: Indiaus, the howls of the coyolos on tho plainy, ell constitute a rofrain which, iu its meluncholy nature, is_in accord- anco with theso lonely plaios. W. F. N. Correqunagnce of The Chicana Tribue, Cuure Bonmao, Wyo. Ter, 1 Near ed Clond Agency, Sept, 14, 1874, Gen. King and escorl pmssed through Inst woek, on route from Bpotted Tail, where the Genoral bas beon in order to LOOATE TRE AGENCY, the romoval of which bas been long contem- plated. 'Tho location is selacted, and tho work of romoval in progross, A dotachmnent of tho Bocond Cavalry, under Licut. Conlo, left hero yeatorday for tho puiposs of nssisting to gunrd the Agency whilo the camip is being changel. The wito fnally selected js distant some 10 miles from the former position, and abont 43 milos fron this point. Notrouble'is apprehonded with the Indiuns, alihonggh the new sito is not altogathor Batisfactory to Spotted Tail. ; ALL I8 QUIET HEOE ntprosent. The aspect of affaira may radically chnoge iu a short timo, if the excitement relative to gold in tho Black 11ills continues, as tho most oxpaditions moda of communication with that rogion is via this camp. W. I N. ————— A Gonnocticut Baby~Show, Tillingly, Conu., s had o baby-skiow. It came off in the Congregational chureh, und a writor in tho Hartford Times describos the affair thus : “Thoro wora littls babies aud big_bubiod, aweat tongzues and-squally tongues, light babies and durk babios, blondes aud bruncttos, Amoui: the Inttor wnu one of tho African typo, with a litle round head lko o bullot, and eyos ditto, ‘Lhers was a_baby from Brooklyn, N. Y., &ud ono from Providouco. Tho handsomost baby of ail, and the most richiy-dressod, 100, was & baby from Brooklyn, Cann., but ita motlier refused to entor it on the lizt of prizo cunteatants, not wishlog to put it on oxhibition or make « prize- buby of it. Ovar flfty babies wora untered on tho liat, and prosont. ~Four of the Aty died bo- foru Lhe duy mrived. When thoy wore sl col- lacted, a photugraphi of tua whola lot was taken intho arms of mathors und nurscs, sltting on tho front mtops of tho church, Dut the task of arrauglng forty-ono bablos, Lo bo photographed wlt at once proved rather formidublo, Fiftoon or twouty nt atime could bo managed very comfortably, Dub as fast ay theso Wero kot into position, fifteon or twont others (hrow up thoir arms or heots aud squoaled. Soro doutled up thoir fits and punched their mothora in tho fuoo, ‘T'ho {ndofutiguble photog- raphor kept up tho flagging spirits of tho baby- tendor, and his own, too, proeuring frosh plates 28 funt a4 ouo wag spoilod by Lus rastloss mass of Dubicu, Ab last it wiy announced that s pusssblo otuwo wan takon, aud the babjesadjonrned bothe inido of the chureh for rofreshinontaand prizos, “Lhero wevo thrae clugsos of hubios, and s prizo for tho haudsomest of oach vluus. Tho flrst olasy inoludod thoso bouwoon 2 aud Y yonrs of a0 tho ticound, thoso botwoon 1 and 2 and tho third, thoso undor 1 yoar, Thoro wore threo judges for each clasa—niue judgos in all, A baby-fudgo doesn’s occupy tho “most plossant pogdtion m tho workd, If there aro forty bablea to Judgu, you mast inevitably rile tho foctiugs of thirty-tund mothers, for every one thinks hor owrn the handuomont, as overy crow ‘thinks hor own the whitest, *‘Thau baby got l!lnlnlzol #uld womun, ourling up the hair of u little dot af w thing; *That biby got tho prize! Uumph! I know u good many liandsomor than that ono ! Aud sho gave a vigorous brush to ouch curli‘ it to omphayizo the fact that hor baby was Lisud- womont, prize ar no prize.”! BEECHER-TILTON. Some Comments on Tilton’s Last Statement. Ecclesfastical Discipline of the Con- gregationalists, The Present Home-Life of Tilton. Tilton’s Statements */ ATTACKS WITIL CONBIDERADLE SUCOESS." From the New York Eveniny Post, Mr, Tiiton's statomont i a morbidiy-interest- ing document, composed with romorkablo skill of arrangoment nnd expreasion, and (unlike Mr. Moulton's Inst statoment) with singular discro- tlon of language, considering the naturc of tho subjact. E Bir. Tilton attacks with considorablo snccoss ‘many of the positions of tho reportof the In- vestigating Committee. . .« o Wao aro convincod that overy atop in tho pro- mulgstion of this wrotchod - scandal—and oupo- cinlly this enormous docutnont—provea that it Is fmpossibla for the publio to eatisfy itaalt of tho truth from the ox-parte stotements which have beon multiplying so rapidly; and that a sus- ponsion of judgment in tho utmost that tho partisans of either Mr. Bocchor on the ono sido, or Mr. Tilton on the other, can ask, until the cass {s triod in tho courts. Wosay this with deop reluctance, for we onco had an earnost hopo that wo might abide with confidenco by the conclunions of tho Cowmmitico. Lt wasin that hopa that wo gave their roport fu fall to our tonders, A caroful and critieal reading of Mr. Tilton's statomont, Lowover, loads us to doubt whethor tho report is mot to bo classod, like ovory other statoment in tho case, na a partisan dacument. Ono thing slono I clear: thut itis throngh the courts, and only through the couxts, that oo ond can be put to the busincas. ‘' ONE CONGLUBION, AND ONE ONLY." From the New Yors Witnsas {Evanvelical), The long-promused atatoment of Mr. Tilton fs, wo think, the most important ducument yoi pub- lishod in the dreadful cass to swhloh it relates. Unliko formor accusations of Tilton and doul- ton, it is catmly ressoned out from original lot- tors, many of thom now published for the first timo, aud which seom to point to onsconcluslon, a0d ono only. ** HHAREN DY 1T STATEMENTS," From the Koaton Suburduy Giazelte, Mr. Theodora ‘Liliow's secoud statement, though extdhiding to an onormous length, is ons that fa 8o ably and intorestigiy written that it will bo casicr reading to thoso who follow the documents of tho erent acundal than almost any- thing that hog preceded it. Its tono and tomper ere oxcollent. ~ Thero is littlo of virulenco or of pasaion 1n its pages. The writer rather puts a Toutraint upou his natural fesllugs, and, though bis indietalong is Lorriblo in ita force, there is o ntudicd supprossion of fervehcy of lauguago. Mr, Tilton has done bimgelf Yeal eredit, and groatly improved bis sido of the controversy with thie public, by what ho has writton, It will go far to romaove much of tho projudica that hias ex- lated agaiust biw. The mannor in which it ia treated by the pross shows that tho fricnds of ‘Mr. Beecher aro more shuken hy its statements than by anything that b ud[lpaamfl sinco the original churgo was pubjiched, . . . Butitis 1n the calin consistoncy, tho sfraightforward in- cority of Mr. Tilton's’ latost production, even more than in its facts, that it comes to tho pub- lio with eredontinls, ~He has groatly strength- cued himsolf and his cause byit, and adecided rovolution in public sontiment is likely to dato {rom ius appenranco. “ XNOCKS TUE LLOS FROM UNDER THE COMMIT- TEE'S REFONT." From the Hoston Heraid, Tho statoment of Theodors ‘Lilton fs, In fact, tho closing argument, cxhaustive, masterly, powerful, of iho prosecutivg officer, and by thoso who nro desirous of forming judgment which shall bo basad on truth rather than foand- od un partisauship for either accuser or accused, itmust, in spitoofits length, bocarefully road und consciontiously considerod from opening to closs, Mr. Lilton’s ploa has the morits of boldness sud divectness ; nnd ho appears to grapplo carnestly wud confidontly with thoissnos iaised by Deectier in tha self-vindicating papor that ho submitted to the Commitico. It must be coofessed think this statoment knocke the lega from under the Comnmnittec's roport, and that it in wuore coneist- ent with all of Boccher's letters than his own ex- plavation, Tho burden of proof is to-da ngoinst 3Ir. Beectior, and, if ho is wronglully aceused, ho should bo tho most urgout in his domnuds for a thorough Investigation betore tho coutty, whero the evidenco can bo silted and woighed. “ TIE STKONGEST POCUMEN Tilton’s supplementary statemeut ia concedod, oven by the New York pross, to bo tho stroagost dogument that has yot appearsd in conusction with tho Brooklyn scandnl. It has made o vely profound impression, and has induced many, svho accoptod tho report of the Plymouth Church Iuventigating Committeo s concluaive, to ro- verso thoir deciglon. TUE PRESS ON M. TILTON'S BTATEMEN From the Sprinascid (Mass.) Zeputlican, Tho pross of tho country so generally put it~ eelf on record, when the Plymouth Cominittos's report was made, as satisted either of Nr. Beechier's guilt or innoceuce, that the commonts of o8t newspupers upon Mr. Tilton's last state- weut aro of little significance, Journals of tho Hulhdsy typo, which wouldn't believe Beochor guilly if an augel camo down from Hoaven do- cluring it, are not io a position to be staggered by xmfthin]: that may turn up, and, a8 in duty tound. pouh-pooh s document. thoy fail to lot their retdors 506 ; on tho othor hand, papora that Lad_cousidered Beochor's guilt alronly ostablisbod find, of courss, ~mew proof in My, Titon's statomont, ‘Tho Now York Tribuns is ono of the fow jour- nals in the conntry that hias held all along, with tho Republican, thut it Was promaturo to form o Snal judgmont ejthor way, and its communts on the latost uspects of the are thorufors of such intorent and significanco that wo ropro- dnee thew oleowhere ay tength, 1t will bo ob- sorved that the Z'ribune agrees with the viow so ofteu oxprossed iu thusu colitmna that *‘A strict logal iuvestigation is inporatively nocessary for the vindication of Mr. Boccher, if he is ever to bo vindieated at all."” Hardly loes significant of the mmpression Mr, Tilton's last papor mnkes upon a candid mind is tho artielo iromn tho New Yor's Zrening Post, which Lus tronted this mat- +t as noarly & judicial spiriLas ai- va¢cr in the couniry, The Foul, it uberad, professed its emtislaction ; siymounth Committoe's verdict and 1l i¢ ag its own; but, after reading Ar. ‘Tilton’s stateimont, it sunounces that 1t can no longer abido by tho Commitiee's conclusions, sud that & susponsion of judgmont ia tho uimost Doecher's partisans cau ask uutil the caso is trind ju thy conrts, whoro only, tho Fost agrees with the Republican pud Tribune, con an ead bs put to tha business. Ecclosiastical Diucipline of the Cone WresntlunLints, From the New York Heraid, The bungling and ovasive way in which the cliurch-investigation was conduoted suggosta u topio of great interost to the roligious cowmuni- ty, and edpecimlly to the rospectable Chyistian donominntion with which the Plymouth Church isranked. It is impossiblo to suppose that a comuunion of so wmuch socinl respectabilicy, moral worth, und real pioty, will leave this do- plogaole aifair in its prosont stuto, without fornnl occlesmatical netion. "It the Plymouth Church nvestigation is in accordnnco with the usages und diveipline of the donomination, there is evi- dont need of & groat work of reylsion. If the Plymouth method of doaling with tho case is ircegnlar and in violation of denominatioual ugngo, tho denomination neods Lo vindicate its character by propor inquiry, and & publio rebuko in the mont sclomn and nuthoritutive form pormitted by its nodes of procedure. Mr. occhor'a occlosination! refntions ns & Con- gregutionnl minister ought to bo roviowed und’ passod upou by thoso possousiug compotont autharity, 16 did not orduin him- solf g & miuistor; he way orduined by othors in accordunco with tho ruloss of tho doupwinstion. "There must bo authority somowloro to rovoke Ina commusion and degrado him from tho miu- intry, and, as profiminaty to this, o right to put Liay o trial and to conitituto an ecclosinatival tibunal for that purposo. This suthority, as wo undoratand, is n Council of minisiors enllod for that purposo. OF oonrse the groat body of Congrogational ‘ministers aro nover going to nccopt tho vordict af tho ymouth Uomautttee without facthor in- vestigation, A porson under indictment might Vo porfoctly sura of acquittal IF ho woro por- mitted o Ko smong the pooplo of the viclikgo and pick out his own jury, to hovo ablo connsol tor Lifmsolf, but no attornoy for the proxeculion, und po wituessos agalust him bub sich kg hig friondu woro plossed t0 dummon, Whig is, pere h-su, a somowhat averdrawn parallol, and wo will subutitnte ono which talliea porfootly tn ull its atts, When thoTummany Riug was pushad to tho ast oxtromity by the publicution of tho accusing figuros trom ibo Comptrollor’s buoks, it Lit up- oo the samo oxculpatory oxpodient which Las since boon adopted by Mr. Boccher,—that s to #ny, tho soloction of & Committoo of th highest roapoctability to investigato the truth of tha nc- cusations, Wo will not recite tho namos of that famoua Commiltao, for thoy have no roneon to bo proud at thoir oxplojt. = ‘They were gontlo- mou of the most smivent finauclal and socinl standing that conld be soloctad from the okl residonts and highest busincss-circlos of Now York,—mou whoso lutegrity wasabove suspiclon, zud whoso penotration was roputed Lo be of the ighons ordor. Thoy spout soveral daya n thoir oxamination. AlltLo books and accounts of tho Financo Department woro put fraoly at tholr disposnl, with tho nuaslstance of tho Comptrolior and his snhordinatos to furnish ex- planations. ‘Tho rosult was as rosy and eatiafac- tory as the vordict of tho Drooklyn Committon, "Thoso highiy-respectablo goutlemon, 80 expori- oacedin matiora of lnance, signed and publishod o roport or cortificato atating that tho Comptrol- Jor's neconnta wero honeatly kept and in a por- feotly nntiafactory atats, Wo rocall thia curions pieco of municipal history to show how uttorly delusivo an inveatizatin may bo when condactod by & Commitioo solected by neoused partios, aud 10 whotn nobody olsa as feo accosn durins tho Erqgmu of their uquiry. The peruonal respoota- ility of the gantlomon 8o appointed cammot for any longth of tima shield guilt from oxposure or aliny public suapicion, Tho pursnit of tho Tam- many Rivg went on in spite of that cortificato of innoconce, resulting soon aftor in A ruinous ox- plosion, which brought out all tho factw. Mr. skechnr followed nn ominous precodent, but we should bo glnd to seo grounds for Lelieving that lmlhs not deatined to bo ovoriaken by a similar ruin. “Plia Congrogational donomination evinco dig- nity and pradenco in delaying ccolasinsbicn) ace tion until the curront tide of seandal ohall have run past. 1t I8 poscibio that tho courts of jun- tice may rolieve them of the most dulicult and rn(mlulva part of their labor, sud tite prospoct of & logal trisl iy & good roason why tho denomina- tion sbould wait until the facls havo Dboon olicited. But, even if a court of justico should entisfy the puolio of Mr. Boocher's junocence, thero will still romsio a necessity for roviking thie discivline of the Congrogationel devomlus~ tion, Whethor an approximation to the Prosby- terian form of chureh-government would bo ad- vieable for the Cougrogationalists, is, of cautso, a question for thomeolvos to docide. The weak- uess of thelr discipline was signally fllustrated lost wintor, when a Council was called for inquir~ ing into the lax pructices of Plymouth Church iu pormitting an ncousod momber to ithdraw without trial or consure. Tho ostonsible object of that Couucil wae to [uvestigato the caso of Mr, 'Tilton, accused of slan- dor, Tts voml object wns to bring in, under cover of the slandor-caso, the conduct of 3r, Beecher, which had lony beou nssaod by damnging rimors. But the Council was bade, al- 108L It KO maby words, to mitd ity own businces; aud time body of ewiveut ministers, assembled from all parts of tho United Biates, was not strong enough to punish such contumaay, Their labos terminated in e mild nnd feobls consuro, and they koparated, rotatniog in full followalip & church wlioso pagtor was coverod with Rsper- sions into whoso truth thoy wera not permitled to luquire in their organized ecclesinstical co- pacity, nlthough that was the roal business for which they had come together. The Congrega- tional ministry cannot avoid nssombling agaln in rolation to this dreadful case, and, if Lhoy find their powers insuiliciont to deal ‘with it s the crodit of the denomination and the purity of Chrigtinn worals roquiro, they ougt to bogiu a wmovement for atrougthening occlosiastical au- thority 1n their imsporiant communion. Tilton’s Wome-Lifes From the New Yorl: Gruphic, Tho conteast atlorded by dir. 'ilton’s presant modo of living a8 compared with that of but a few monts inca s sirikingly marked and nadly interouting ‘Whou tho youug jourvalist wroto ut hig doslk surrounded by his family, bis lbrary, and his works of art, o when, in the lecture- fleld, engugemonts gandered home-rolativns, and 'bo ocould testify to his constsncy and affoction only by lotéer, it was ovac tho samo happy housebold, braathing tha saine unchang- ing atmosphore of coutentmont. Itie three months ginco the eoparation, and thosa who wora all in all ta each uther no shott 2 time ago bisvo mever metor corresponded since. The houschold in Livingston street hes comwpriced duting (his tima only two persons,— Mr. Tilton and his housokeeper. T'heroutioe of cach day’s work {8 varely altered. Mw. Tilfon vises bright and eatly,—nevor Ister than G,— ond partakos of whal bronkfast Lis louie- keeper bns propared. This ‘usually consiuts of coffos and rolls, sud sometimog & plats of fruit, Aftor breakfast ho soats Limealf at bis dook, sud usios bimsaif with the preparation of duts for a coming statomaat, tho auit ut Inw, or i othor ways attonds tothe all-absorbing maitor of theso troublous days. Lvery object 10 sizhe serves to reming bim of bi wife, and to awskion recolice tions of tho days whose joy§ she helped to build. ‘The littlo ones of wlom ho ir 6o foud have ceased to afford him plecsunt occupation with thair ohildioh whima and prauvks, aud are now only occasional visitors. Whon these visits oc- cut, tha gloomy, darkenod house wears an alr of 1w and brightness tong only chitdren can furnish. r. Tilton's step is more oiastic, his oy is kind- lior and brightor, aa ho liatons to what tho chil- dron havo to tell of their vacation in the country. Tho lnst vim was bardly a joyiul ono to thioir fother, for they woraen rauto to boarding- achool, and came to bid him farewotl. ‘Tho oungost of thoso that went, socing the anguisl T it fathier's face, comfortad i fu. cbildish oumestnosa. ** Never mind," said ho, *'I shun’y lilte it there, and I will como back on Saturday or Sundsy.” Florence, the oldost, is hor fathor’s wartest, truest friend, 1for visita ato froquent and profracted, aud tho plensurs thoy give to Mr. i‘iltau is ehown in his taco long efter she 1as gono. % ‘'horo are other far logs welcomo visitora at tha hmm,—imyerzh_mut. ourious huuf'hndxea,_o( both sexcs, calling in to shako hands, to give advice, to gain information, to seo M. Tillon,— for avery rossun undor the sun oxcept & proper ona, 'Towards nooo oach day, upwspaper-re- porters comuwenco thoir visits, and moithor “Iinty” at tho door nor the host within kuows anything of rost and quiet again watil lute in tho evomng, Diupor aud suppor. 3fr. Tilton pro- curos nt o reatauraut, usnally with bis friond nud counsal, ox-Judgo Morris, ~Of lato the little cottago has seomed moro like placo of businces than & privato residence, Tlo praparation of tho final stutoment published in the Daily Graphic nccessitated the employmont of two copyists and o stonogrophor, nd these bave irans- formed tla dining-hall mto somothivg okin to an cditorial room. 1t is only Iate in tho ovoning that Mr, Tilton can feel at homo in his own house. Then, with n 0ook and a friond or two, i tho Jittlo back parlor, he slts and reads or talks, Often bis old epirits roturn to him, and his conversation turns to art and litorature,~his Idols, Howo uew poom, magazine-article, or for- aign lotter, meating bis eye, will arouse thoughts thiat have long Jniu dormant owing to the tenvion of his mind ou ather mattors; but, once givon play, ho becomes tio charming conversatlonulist, the bright, original thinlor, aud the Lappy wit, of plensanter doye., Oftener, however, his Yriends find his book upon bis knee, and, follow- iog bis largo, frank eyos, in whicl porhpa thero iu the sunpicion ot torrow, fiud thom gazlnf car- nostly ot the portrail of his wifo on tho wall be- yond. Itis ns socret thut Lis fondnoss for ber Lian uever kiown an interruption, Onco, yien the writer wes present, o friend suid : " Vit nro you thinklng about, Mr. Tilton,— your wifo 2" W Yey,” ha taud, eadlss - 441Vould you receivo bor hore agalu ? Thio thought bad ovidently beon In Tus mind: o tavaed hlmeolt, aud, in n doepalting tono, nid: »How could I uud prosorve my ¥olferes apoot 2" Thon lifting a book froiu his luge, ho read, first ta bimaclt, then m'c:soull{ sloud, the pratty sorlos of voraes callod: “ Out of Sight, Out of Mind,"—the cironmatancos, the manner, and, abave al), the unexpucted conolusion of the poum, contributing to form o Bituation of the moat affeuting character 180t Love, the pocts sy, 1s blind, So itk of sight and out of mtnd Neod uot, nor wil, I thiuk, bo true, 3y vwn, wy ouly love, of you, On tho ovening in question, Mr, Tiltoni'was lod into speaking of how the ?uupln soomod to troat him. 110 &poke choerfully on this subject : WTettors by tho seore come to mo evory duy, butonly & vory fow aro nnkindly in tone. Al most all are filled with assurances of sympathy and liope for tho atialoment of justico, Iu the etrootd, also,” aid Jr, Tiltun, '*in tho oars or Totols,’ T people who feol that thioy must oxpross thoir oympathy with mo, Inover was botlor treated nor po* well troated in mylifo s sluca this trouble bogan."” . ———— Tichhorne, The trustacs for the heirs of the Tichborne ontutos linvs boon obligal to obtmu an act of Parlismont to snuble thrn to ruiae monoy upon tho estates, the inenmbrance to cover tho lives of future heirs, to dofray tho cost of hp‘\mz&on enforead upon thom by Arthur Orton, Fho act 1 beon obtainod at tho instance of the Kuglish Cowrt_of Olancary, and in it tho costs to be. do- frayed bavo boon ugreel upon at & pum of. £94,- 077 128 8 am_constuntly addrossod by kindly' RITUALISM. Dr. Locke's Sermon on the Late Di ! ocesan Convontions Letter from the Rev. W. M. Reymx olds. To the Fdttor af The Chicagn Tridune : Si: AsIamoneof tha “fio clorical moms bers * reforred to by the ltav. Dr, Locke in his sormon of lust Buuday on our lsto Diocosan Convontiop, you will allow mo to make & fow re marks by way of oxplanation upon that point, Dr. L. thoro eays : ** Tha othor wae the attompt ou the part of a distinguithed layuan to bindon tho dolegates to tho Gonarul Convention instruos tions about ritual, looking plainly to committing this Dioceso on tho subject of ritual leglsls tiou of a roprossive clnvacter 8o fm Dr. TLocke is porfectly correct, But a8 o groat many of your resders, not to say of his honrers, may not undorstand what is moant by *ritanl logislation of & roprosive chiaraatar,” it may ho wall (It fs outy jusides to the goutle« mon {ntroducing the resolution and to thoms who supported it) to oxplain what is meant by theso lorme, * MITOAT, LEGIALATION " ta simply logislation by the supremo authoritfes of the Qliurch—tlio Houso of Bistiops aud tha THouse of Doputioi—in regard to tho ritual of the Chirrch. And tho ritnal of the Church hore aimed ot is that now gonerally known as * Ritunlism," or those forme, unknawn ta aure Book of Commot Prayer, which sympathize and get forth the doctrines of the Romish Diass, the ndoration of the Sacrament of Holy Commuuion and the doctrines therowith counected, Ag the attemps 18 thus made invidionsly 1o introduco into tha Tplacopal Church of the United Statos, as woll 24 into thoe Church of Englaud, tho most obuox- doun doctrines of Bome, aud eo to nnprotestantiza tho Anglican Ohureh, thore bias been an incrons- ing excitoment on thissubjoct from year to years 8ix yoars mgo (1808), tho House of Bishops enllod the attontion of tha Goneral Convention to this snbjoct by Its roport thon prosented to thiat body on “Ritusl Uniformity,”" in which ritunl_oxceauos woro vory elearly und distintly 8ot forth, and moasures proposod for their ro- rossion, No nctlon having boon takon b (ho ~mattor, this subject formed the moss impoitant topic of discussion in the General Convention of 1871, There, after various propositions had been made, on which tna two Houses of Convontion could not sgreo, the Ilouss of Bishops finally sent down the fol lowiug project of & cauou to the House,of Depuw ties, which we give from the **Joumal of the Gororal Convention of 1871 (pp 232 sud 233), 28 Pablished by Authority sumaAae vo. Tl The Houso of Dlshops duioruis the anse of Clorical and Day Doputies that 1t bas adopted tho fallowing resolution Resvlved, The Houss of Clerical and Lay Deleuates conctirring, that L:liadla lowiug esnon Ue adopted ss o wnacted, to be entit aaxow, The elovation of tho clements of the Haly Commun- fou, in suchi manner an to 6xpoes ther to tha view of Hie'peoplo as objocts towards which sdoration 1s 1o be miade, in o ufter tho Prayer of Conre:ratlon, or in tus of adminiatering thom, or in carrsiug to' or {rom niwuncants, and any gesture, Nostiro, or Acty tuyiyiug sueh adoration, aud “suy ceromony ot prev reried o 8 part of the 'Order of the Admiluistration of tho Lord's Supper, or Holy Communuion, in the Book of Common Praycr, and the colebration or recoption of the Holy Coamitnion by any priest when uo persan reccives with him ; likowive tho twe, at any Admiuis- tration of the Holy Communion, of ony hymus, prayers, collocta, opistlas, o gospals, othier than thoke uppolnted in the authotized fornulsrica of the Chinrel, or undor Sec. 4, of Cazion 13, of Titla 1, of the Digeat, are ercby forbidden, ‘This proposal failed to receive a majority of tha clerical voto 1n the Houso of Doputies, tho Honge beiug vory thin zud neac adjournivj Dbut wos earried by u decided vote of lay deputios, 80 that it wan ) JMANIVESTLY TILE DESIRE 5 of tho ropresentatives of that Chnrch, in Gon= eral Couvoulion assembled, to take the action thue proposed by tho llonsa of Bishops. Thia js still further shown by tho nction of the great body of the Diocesnn Conventions held since that time, Such action was sluo proposed by tho ragolution of tho Hon. M. W. Fuller, prosculed in onr Diocosan Couvention ou lnst Friday (Sopt. 16), to which Dr, Locke refors in hig sermon and for which 1 also kad the honor to voto. ‘Tho resolution was, in tact, nothiog moro nor less thun tho canon pro- osed Dy thio Jlouso of Dishops, and of which I fava abava givan & copy. 1t 18 true tuat this is “repressivo logislation” ngainst Ritualism, for it striles at its root, and proposes to oject it nt once and forsver from tho Chwreh. In a word, {tis exactly such logislation aa has just nassod both Llouses of tho Brittah Parliament in tho “Bill for the Regulation of Public Worship,™ the asknowisdgal objeot of which ie, o4 ate nouncod by the Britich Premior, Disracli, the suppression of Ritualism.” Mr. Fallor's reac. Intion, therofors, was 1 harmony with the action of our Houso of Bishops, and with this_latost and most important act of tho Britieh Parline mont for scouring the Protestautism of the Chureh of England. But it is n most Intering end important ques. tion, Wiy did the Diocosan Convontion of Illi- nois' Iny this most ronsonable, important, and noceseary rosolution on the table (which Dr. Tocko calls tho * tomb of the Gapulets™) in the sommary manuor which ho describes ? “Hore 1 {oin issuo with him most decidedly and unhos. tatingly, Dr. Locka intimates that it was bo- cnuso tne Convenwion vas opposnd to such log- {slation, or to giving soy such instructions to i delogsten. I koy it \was simply becauso tho Con- voution Imow that they had ol ima lo discuss ine subject, and wished fo adjourn within ihe howr. ' Thore msy bLove bLoon foma mombors who woro opposed on ,principlo tolustructing thoir delegates to Convention,— thongh I do not know that thora wero,~—but I do know that fully threc-fonrths, if not nine- tonths, of the mombers of the Diocosan Con- Yontion of Iltinale (both leorical and Iny) sre uttorly opposad to the toachiugs and practicos of Ritualism, and desire thoir_ropression,—mosé cordially sgresing with the Houso of Dishops, and \vibY\ thie Ly doputics of our last Goueral Convention, on {Im wubjoct, Honcolt is evidont that, if Dr, Locka wishes truly to ropresont tha views of thia diocess upon tiiis subjoet, ho will voto for the action rocommonded by H'm Housa of Bishops, and cmbadied in Mr. Fallor's regolu= i 4 ““T‘hu proof of this assertion io easily given: In our lnta Digcakan Convontion, certain gentlo toa, commauly classed a8 Ritualiuts, woro vory warmly urged }yy srdont frionds an every way ualified for the EY!m:opnln of this diocose. t, it tho caxo of tho two who wero thus most prominoutly brought forward, it was most em-~ Photicully donicd by their ‘principshaupportors, Ra copacially by Dr. Locke, that they woro to be classed an Rituahsts; thoy repelled such assortions o8 elanders, Thora wero not, in fact, & dozen mon in the Convontion Who would _acknowlodito thomeolves to be Ritual- ista, think that the presmnption from theoso facts is inovituble: that, s8s the Ritualists 1n the Convention were so smsll & body, aud Tutualism so unpopular, thero would, Led tho time ollowod, been no gront diflionlty in getling nuch ation on the buvject us was desired by tha Huuso of Bishaps, and act forth {n Mr. ‘nllor's rosolution, Tntato theso facts, uot to juatify my vote in the premisos, but in ordor proporly to deflue the position of onr Ilinois Convention, which am satisfled that my oss ;«:cmud mml‘;d' Dr.{Louql:ls. entirely ails todoin 4 soymon lievs reforred to, Ox PARg, Sept. 42,1874 W. 3I. RexysoLDS, Obarm Agninst ¥langiuge ‘rom the Cineinaté Livce, A privato latide frou & gontiemsn i Texas to his brothior in this city tolld the story how & colorsd inan was weved from baoging lo San Autonto, lu that Stata s ** About a month sinco colored man Liled » whito man inn fracas in This winco. he colorod mau was very much wlarmed, knowlug that sbould he bo caught ho would be hanged to tho nenrest treo couvenlent for tho purpose, there holng_ uo hopo for & fair trial i that veotion, A frivnd of his hoaring of Iis situstion wont o see Lim in big Riding-place, and promisod for & consideration (of wauoy, of courdo) to givo him a powder, (ioh lio whontd tako whot be was cavtured, hat would proveut his baing hanged or shof. Rlto noor man, belloving It 10 be o charm, roadi- Iy paid tho sum domnnded and recoived tho Povwder, whick bo wau to swallow whon thors was na othor hopo, The noxt duy the man was Adiscovored in his hiding-placa by s orowd of white men, who woro dotermined to carry out tho decwion of Judge Lynch, and wora about to Davgg bim to a troo which thoy had alroady koloct- ed, "Tho risoner, with groat roluctance, yob haviug faith o the' power” of his powdor, was takon to (he trog, snd whon nll the arrangements were mado took the powder from his pockot and awallawad its contoutd, L'he offoct was quickly aoun, s¢ ho foll dead immodiately,” i ooty | i