Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 11, 1874, Page 8

8 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. OCTOBER li, 1874, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. e rate. Lot o be sure xod wive Post Poxs T resiered OB ceaiden b o CiTY FUBSCE g Taih. doticred, Suncar esceoles % ceits par week, b !, Suncay ineicoed. 20 seaix yer wook. Bl S 0 TRINUNK GOMPANY, Garorr Mrdteon ugd Vesrhor-are.. Chicaro, ii TO-MORROW'S AMUSEMENTS. (QOLEY'S THEATTF—Eandoloh stroet, between R Cadatie, © e Sy AVICKER, EATEG—Madison strees. hetween D St e moeat of the Kellogs £a- Opers-Troapo. **Fra Diavolo.” *"Jamlo Barebell a0 O ALY MYERS' OPERA-HOU Btate end Doarburn. n:m DEMY OF. MUSTC—iare:ed :'wft,mrwa:.l Asa. _Menme_stroet, batween o STinatuls S variety The Performance. -HUUSE—Clazk _e'reet, apposite Ptohy Rty i s R cre, foot of Adzms 0! g R S SOCIETY MEETINGS. TRIARCHS OF RPLE DERG RER ‘on_ aro ull;r;b.; e oo, pon:ors e AR etk Faridy mora: et 15, ard 1:) o'cluck, ebara, fa oll regalis, 10 do Bt ssomble at the sbove-namod i Bt Gronds o e ey sbove mentioned, 1a fall egatis, 20 do ot dUT, Ly BT, Chist Marsbal. da of Fort Dearborn Lodge, notifed ‘l\ l”]"nrl: rall e Ulas on T ueades, U T e W it place oz roe 136, DAV NG AT rember of Tl azeh; matiGed o taeel Uiy s . sEary Eacampmeat, No. hir ball, Thoedos, the % escant the, Gras . A, FELT, C. | friendsin the of thege qualities charscterize Prof. Suing. The ! whole contest between himself sud Prof. L'atton, | alibough lus side of it was susfained by Lis eabstery nad m his charch, to iz 2ind the trinl o Prot. Paiton's ! in was exceedingly disiusteful before the Drosk; chirges was uvoided by bitn n £ar as it Was pos- sible. A the time approxches for the licaring of the appezl befora the Syuod, thoe whole watier rerurns in its original form, and the dreary ground must be traverved again. . Rather than do this ho bas withdrawn biunself from the con- teat by baving his neme stricken from the roll. Personzlly, therefore, he will avoid the bitter- ness and mortification of another triel. He will escape tint personal publicicy which has always been so0 unpleasant to bim. Second, in removing himself from the Presby- tery, be undoubtedly sanrfies Lis own conscience in refasing to enter szain upoa & struggle which is destned to work ivjury to religion, as 1t “‘draws 1ts vitality not from a love of useful- nees, bint from & favativism of dgma,” a8 be ex- | presses himeelf iu bis latter of CTn- doubtedly Lrof. Swing czn novw sl 50 loag £s b ie restroined by the fanati- cismof Gogma. Tt 13 & vonstaut check upon him, 80 long 88 be knows thut the d. gmatic theologians | ere jealously watchirg him, ready to pounce up- on evory departure which his iunste charity aud Lamanity may causo bim to make from the old theologicel 1uts in which Calvin trundled hua- dreds of years ago. He must bind down Lis owu aspirations and restrain whatevdr genercus promptiags ccme to ibe surface. If he docs not, then Lo must be in & perpetual wrangle and controversy with men who bevo nothing to do with ether charity or humanity ina religious sense, By this etep, thercfore, ho has oscaped &courso of action which is porsomily, and & fanaticism of dogma which is religionsly, dis- us i e-cort & W. D s 227 o'cleek, skargy, fir I Q. 0. F.—Pas* Graods 250 hecedy nouded to be u a Feesday realag asit, 217 o WASHINGTOY LODGE. No.l A. P. A.—all mem- Besof Ba The c: titicd to artend ut \beir ¢ sbova Ladke aze notific | it Abeir ination of IN, 8. 8. rore ol Vag o 3o n.st 753 0., BLE D 2 SR e T B T SR LAFATETTE CHAPTE Aonrod-st.—Hegular cuarouticn A 2, T 1o 41 . Eyorderof the . P. 12, et T3 o'clock, 1or businss, é‘\.. ot & & A. M.—Stated i S 5 15, at thyir Hall, For the transaciisn of .mporss utboet 3 fi I‘ull! lott‘.t:hd; $eqglt 1 membensw reated. SR st INCLESIDE CLUB--A busioess Bads of 1£ 2bore Uiub wiil bo beld ., Wetinesiay ovening, BUSINESS NGTICeS DR, MOIEES: Bandalphots., werren| st il 83t GF | £zad e ron tabe, upaa woe Bosted coeate w rayid. drsft i thee. N this e CUIEING, @he Clicage Tribune, Sunday Morning, October 11, 1874. GEN. SEALER AND THE FIRE DEPART- % HENT. Tt is definitely asce-tained that Gen. Shaler will come to Cicago, to reorzanize our Fua De- partment. The Fireaud Police Commissioners buve upanimously and cord.alls acked i to do 80, Fire-Marshai Benner Lss, of hisown moticn, seconded the reqacst. The salary offered to Gen. Shaler—310,000—kss been secied by private efort. The only ieeson tha: the offer and its ecceptsnce have nor been formally published befors now has'been the alarming tilness of tho w.fe of Comumissioner Sheridan, ‘whucl’has nece ssitated the absence of the Presi- dent of the Firs and Polico Board from his ofiice Tor several daya. Chicago can congratuiate herself that her Fire Department aff1ics have taken this turn. Gen. Shaler will sasuredly tucceed here a3 he did in Rew York. The fine material of our present Department will be brouzht to the hughest pitch of efciency. Th firemen mil Lo proad to serve under aman of such proved ability. Whena covtiagration brasks out, wa may cxpect to see A8c.auSealy oppossd With Gen. Shaler ns the orgenizerof the Depautmen:, with an in- creased supply of water, and with a rigidly-en- Torced puildiug !aw, weshall be assafe as human foresight caa make ne. Gen. Shaler's coming bers witl probably be the eignal for the retarn of sume of tue retiring ivsurance companies, and Lis work will secute the ultimate return of all. The public will extend their thanks, in this jumeture, to the Police and Fire Commissioners, 30 Marshal Beuuer, to tho whole Fire Depari- ment, xod 20 the Cit.zena’ Association. The lat- ter has been nntiring ia its efforis, and, we are gratifled to add, bas reccived naught but courte- o7 at the Bands of the Fire Commissioners and tastolal to bim. There can bo littlo doubt that Prof. Swing, althcugh he has techuically severed the ties which bound him to his depomination. still re- tains the love aud respect of the vast majority of that denomination, aud that his sphere of usefulnees will be largely incressed now that he occupies an independent pulpit, which is not ace conntable to Prof. Patton or Mr. McCormick. Though not with the Presbyterions ko 1s still of them, aund bis gentiments are shared by the larger part of them. This being the case, it still remains sn open question whether it was not his daty to waive his personal preju- ¢cices and fight out this fight inside the denom- instion. It is folly to suppose that Prof. Patton will shrow wp the contest eimply becaune Prof. Swing's pame bas beew stricken from tie roll. Prof. Patton has not opiy to coaviet Pref. Swing, buz he kaa to justify bimeclf. His Sahtis now with the Preskytors, which decided agningt him in tha original ceuse. Alboush the prosecutor iu that cause, Le wes vir- toally on tricl 28 much as Prof. 20d the decision which sequitted the lster con- victed the former. Prof. Patton Lias t0 much theological pide and intellectnal vauity to rest quiet under such a conditions of thwg, merely because Prof. Swing no longer appeas in tho field in person. Ho will fight it out. It was a struggle between dogms, with its focms and cant, and faith, with its cherity and all-sbound- g hope. Prof. Patton was the leader on the one side, Prof. Bwing on the Jiher, mnd his friends would bave stood by him throngh thick and thin. They must now go into the fight without their leader, and dogma thns bas an advantage. Prof. Swing's withdrawal scitles nothing 80 far za the contest itself is concerned. Thut will still zo on. It 1s the ever- recurring struggle Leiween the fapaticism of dogma and the fuith of bumauity. Prof. Swing bad nothing to lose in the struggle, for, if worsted, he could stdl have ocenpied the position be does now. Prof. Pat- ton had eversthing to lose, for defeat to him wonld have been lo3s of prestige, inda- ence, and power. Wostill think it would bave been wiser for Prof. Swing to have fought the fight out; but, as he hos decided differentls, ho is to be congratulated that he can now give his time 2nd thought undisturbed by religions war- fare to those things which concern mankind more inticately than the dogmss of Calvin and Babeltius, do ‘o dat THE MAHER-FARWELL CASE. The public kave doubtless observed with some interest the movemeots made from time to time in the Circuit Court of Cook County ix: the case of Hugh Msher vs. C. B. Farwell, rospecting the ownership of eighity acres of land near River- side, which the plantiff, Maher, clleges was ob- tained from him by Ferwell in settlement of a gambling debt. In Mr. Miber's bill of complaint he alleges s a remson for bringing the suit that the game gt which be avd Farwell were playing was won ‘‘by fraudulent. tricks znd devices "—that is, by chesting atcards. In the estimation of the fraternity it is decmed dishonorable to bring; other city authorities. The mombers of the Fire Dapartment have shown a comiendablo anxiety toserveander Gen. Shaler. Theyhave suffered no potty locel prejndicets dampen tho welcome they axtend to their now Director-General. Fire-Mar- ehel Bennerhas been placed, largely by the fores of circamstases, in® very painfal position. His volnatary fuderevment of the Project to secure Gen. Shalers services aud bis disinterested =id towands its success redact honor apon him. The City Govornwent generally has earned & better 1hold npon popular esszem than it bas lately en- joyed. It members have shown s readiness to hexr, and adopt, and cevise plans for the futare Bafety of theclty, znd bave iually invited Gen. Bhaler hero in deferense, not to clamor or undue Persmision, bat to their own coasictions, Let them hav: all the hosor due to so important and commeadable aa act. ———— PROF. SWING'S NEW ASTURE, ‘Tha hiot which Prof. Bwivg hes several times given of loaving the Presbyterian denomina. ton has at lsat been carried ont. His name hag Bean stricken from the roll of the Presbytery at Lis own request, and, £8 he has allied himself to 5o otbor cenomination, he is now an indepand- eat clergyman, fiee to preach what he pleases, and sccountabde to no religions organizasion, Ssnod, or Assembly, bat only to Lis owa bearers and Lis own conscience, He is 88 free 23 the wind that blovs, and hss license to preach any docirine that pleases him, being 20 longer under ths limitations of gect, or bound Dy the trazmmels of theologiesl dogma. ‘There are two views to be taken of Prof.8m0g's acticn which afford grounds for congratutation, Prof. Swing is not a theologieal gladistor. Hig religion 18 bleudod wita pootry, imagination, satiment, bomaoity, and & high morality,— qualitis which have brought him vory near to the hearts of tae people. Preachers of this slamp are rarely, if ever, contro- vorsisl in their tcndoncies. Theological * pelemiss isvolvs wrangling, sxarbity, oyuloism, Msglod abestty; x6d PEgnisity, Kode suit for the purpoee of recovering money or property lost in gambling. In the eye of the law, however, and of modern Bociety, =ll gambling is fraudu‘ent, xud it makes no differ- ence whether Hugh Msher's land was won at poker or by cheating at poker. Ar. Maher's case i made out when he es- tablishes thet it was procured from him in satisfaction of & gembling-debt. The rights of the present owner of the land (which Lgs changed hands two or three timcs sinco it came into Farwell's possession) ara to ba determined, however, by a crose-bill, which has been filed in the case, aad by the principies of law applicablo o innocent purchasers not baving notice of the npature of the trausaction between Meher and’ "Farwell. A motion was mado Festerdey beforo Judge Williams to uaseal the depositions which have been taken in the caso thus fer. The motion wag made by Mr. Perkins, the present owner of the land. The Judge mado the order to opon the dopoeitions snd make them 3 part of the pubtic records. He remarked that this suit had been commenced and get for trial at & time when it had .no political bearing, and tnat if political complications had eince urigen it Was a matler with which the Court bad no concern, and which could not be allowed to inierfers with the judicial procedure usual in such casss. The depositions in the case sre volaminous enough to fll o largo book. They relate prin- cipally to gambling scenes which transpired in various © club-houses™ eome twelve years ago, when tho land in controversy was trana. ferred from Maherto Farwell, and from Far- well {o the heirs of George Truasell, a well- knowr: gambler, who was subsequently shot by bis mistress. The phrase * clab-house " ia the fashicnable nime for a gambling hell. We bave exiracted trom the batch of testtmony tho dopositions of Charlos B, Pope, Miohrel Tummsy, F. B, Membol, zad thueo four cother wiwwsoes. Mr Sarvell mav sp to money and rocsived from Farwell 81,000 in way . of settlement. scrupmious man. time. so-called olub-houses. % gmiven his versioa of Air. Pope Lestifics that he found This witness & letter, saying thst it Farvwoll, but Robbins, that he sued. was Robbing, and not Farnoll and Robbins, that Lo sued, it weems strauge that Mr. Marshall, upon being {nterrogated by enother person as luto a8 he yesr 1870 as to that suit, should have goue to Farwell and sskod him whet suswer he should give to this inquisitive person. It is sango, aldo, that Mr. Marshall should have recoived notice from Mr. C.P. Bradley, then Clief of Police, that if he did not settle up the TFarwell suit he (Bradley) would send him to the Penitentiary. As we have been repoatedly urged to suppress this testimony for the sake of Mr. Farwell's family, we take occasion to remark that Mr. Far- well's familyis 2s respectablo asany family in the world, and that no human being can be disgraced by any act bt his own. We would gladly have supprecsed this testimony, however, if it did not possess immediate snd grave public interes: in the fact that Mr. Farwell inaists upon being a candidate for Congress in oce of the city dis- tricts, chinery g0 complotely in Ins hands that ho can and appoars to have the about what he Likea with it. It1s boodwink the voters of cy for Congress. ——— tho suit tho columns of the Times & fow daya ngo, the i pubiic will be enabled to judgo Low far his tes- timouy is corroborated by other witnesses. | cording to 3Ir. Farwell, the land was vot won by a bet on cards, but by a bet on an election, Tuie digcrepancy s o tho nature of tho bet will prob- ably be dotermined by tho trial. Ae- among the papers of George Trussell, docessed, o con- tract for a pieco of Farwoll to Trusscll ; that o called on Farwell in reference to it, and that the latter told him it w28 all right, and offered to make o deed for it, but preferred to make it to Pope rather than to Truseell’s heire. Popo -sccordingly took tho deed and reconveyed it to the heirs. It appoars that a portion of the land was retsined by Far- well and subsequently conveed to other perties having no connection with Trussell. Both tracts seam to be involved in the pending suit. It is unnecessary to reczpitulsie the remainder of the textimony, which is merely a framework for the testimony of Maber and Farwell when ¥ come cn tho witness-stand. It all goes to ehow that Mr. Farwell was 2 gsmblor, and an ex- pert one. Ooa witneas, F. B. Marshall, testifies thst he saw Farwell cheating in the gamo with the holp of **Jule” Lumbard, and that he once sued Farwell and 8 man named Robbins for lost, 28 he belioved, by cheating, Isnd runviog from the now sends was not party ma- hardly fair 1o expecs that judicial procesdings shail ba sap- prassed in the nowspapers in order that a person with # bad record may ba the bLetier sble his district. We do not know What view tho voters of Mr. Farwell's district may take of his record. If thoy think that it constitutes no objection in & Congressman, they have a right to Lave Lim for their Representative. They will admit, however, after reading this tsstumony, that it is a very mild definition of Mr. Farwell to say that lie is an un- If they wish to have zo un- scrupulous man for their Represeotative, they havearight tohim. When Mr. Farwell is re-elect- ed to Congress even the effete mouarchies of Turope will pe compelled to acknowlodge the fact that this is s freo country. We suspect that the relations between the present Chief of Police and tho gambling fra- ternity are substantially tho same as those be- tween C. P. Bradley and the same tribe in his time. Thisiss matter in which tho public havo & deep Interest, apart from Mr. Farwell's candi- We Lnow that gimbling was nover carried on in a more uablusling, bigh-handed, and desperate manner than it now is. One of the witnesses in this suit quotes a remark of Justin Buiterfield, which aptly de- scribes tho situation of Chicago at the prosont This witness wea saked whether strang- e1s from outaide tho city were admitted to the %0, yes,” be replied, ““a8 old Butterfield said: ‘ Gambling-houses are like the gates of hell—they aro always open.’” FITCH-BHERMAN—PULCELL. The scene was evidently too ectacle in which he abject of interest, sce the great respect The recent Fitch-Sherman wedding was, in meny respecis, & notable, perheps & represent- asive, oue. It combined more flowers, jewels, gorgeons toilets, gold and silver ormaments, blazing candles, artiatic musio, sod general hy- meneal embroidery and ornamentation than ordinary youths sud maidens czn erer hops to compass. Hymen's torch ias hardly ever shons upon & mors glittering spectacle, and Cupid nevor before wore 8o many spangles or ahoi such golden arrows in these "ere United States, Mar- ringe bells never rang s léuder or moro joy- ful pesl The orange blossoms mever ex- haled their perfums or drooped their petals upon a gayer sceno, There was one featuro, howerver, connected with it more remarksble than the gilding, the flowers, the violets, and the goneral pomp and sheen. Thero are many couples who can hase a big thing in the way of & weddiog, but it i3 not every couple that can have such s wedding speech presented to thom 18 the ven- erable Archbishop Parcell delivered on this mo- table occasion. much for him, He was lost in sdmirztion of the played so import- ant 8 part; and the result was, that ho grew enthusiastic over it, and made & mpeech to it, and exalted it, and gave it & firsi-class puff. Most of all was he delighted that the President was thero,— the Prosident of tho greatest Re- public and the groatest nation of the simes, who comes, by his presence, to manifest tho intercat he takes in the bridal party.” Then he goes on with the catalogue of and Captaizs hore, the like of which have never been assemblod on the occasion of & warriage cere- mony before, and we all, when w look & them, behold in them the glorious defenders of these Taited States,—men who at the head of gallant armies bave gained the admiretion and respoct of the worid.” Thia settles the hash fdr another wedding which took place a short time befors, snd puts Mr. and Mra. Sartoris on the back seat, besides prejndicing anotker wedding yet to come off, unless the Administration orders the whole army and navy to Chieago, which might be dono without danger to Gov. Eellogg, since our City Clerx has offered to go Sonth and put down s rebellion at sny time. Before ths close of the spesch, the Archbishop Presidential nounced thst he wWan exceedingly pleased *‘the great Generals returned to the and an- “for His Excellency the President and the house of God which this large congregation show in the g0od order, quietness, and the proprieties that bave been observed. I congratulste you mpoz it. It is not like other marrisges wo have sean! " in It it ; ; drawn from all this which i3 distressing. This wedding, which is not Jite other weddings we liave secn, was a reprosontative one. As tio first ; gTand ofair of the vesou in the bymeneal line, lig will set the fashivn. Ience we may expect {hat this particalar fashion sot by tho Archbishop will be followed, When plain Aies Lirown aud Mr. Jones male their wedding, Mys. Creesna may como in her fine equipage oud sail in among the plainer guests liko s comet among the lessor stars. Then the Rev. Cream Clicese will address tho weddivg guests some- what as follows: *You bave among tha au- dience, I beliove, Mrs. Crosus, the finest ‘Woman in Chicago, and tha finest woman of ary other city, St. Louia not exceptod, who comes, by her presencs, to manifesi tho interest sbe takosin Miss Brown and Ar. Jones ;" and when the affuir is over, he will devoutly add: “I am exceedingly pleasod to sco the great respect for Mrs. Creesus whtch tbis large andi- ©uco shows in the gencral absence of rudeness and digordar that have been observed. I con- graiuiale you upon it. Iiis wot like other marrisges we ave seen,”—referring, of course, tothe Kmith affatr, where young Kefoozelum got aruvk. Wo gricve toszy that worse remoins b hind. After complimenting tho distinguished compauy present, the veveraile prelate took up the pedigree of tho bride, and told who Ler graad- ¢ father was, and who Ler grandmother was. He fancied ho sew them botlh looking down from a gloriows abode on this still moro glotious econe. 4nd thet reminded bim of SMiss Sherman’s grandmothier’s funeral, and he told how that ex- cellent Jady looked iu bor coffin, and how Mies Suerman's grandfuther behaved on that affectiog occagion. Nothiug was usid of Mr. Fitch's an- castors, from which we may infer thas they wero nobody in pariicular. All this will work badly when Miss Parvenu and 3Mr. Mush- room decide to ge: married. What will become of their opithalamium when tas prics: com- mencos to dilsts upon the good qualities of Miss Muoshroom’s grandmotber, who, as everybody knows, kept 2 notion storo, and was widely Lnown among the child:en of the neighborhood s the little woman who sold sachk wonderfal tafly; and the oxcellences of Parvenu's grand- fatber, that worthy man who drove 2 peddler's cuit, and- was known far and wide for the de- foetve qualitics of Lis tin pans, end who bad no funeral to speak of? It ia eafa to say that one of Gen. Sherman’s bomb-ghells would not croate such & consternation 3 this retrospect. Aftersuch work 23 thiy, it is not extraordinary that we read in tho dispetches: * At the con- clusion the venerabls prelate was tatou suddenly ill, and waa searcely able to congratulate the rowly-married coaple.” The omiesion, we take it, was not importanz, since thio newly-married coupls cotld seercely have becu able so ba con- gratalated. —— THE COMING CHRISTIAN. Ho will be a better men thea his predecessor way under the same circumstances. Ho will give more attontion to his conduct, which has Loen well described as three-fourths of life, than 4o his epecatative opinions. which get moro time than they deserve if they cagroes the Temarning one-fourth. If from no other motive than the one which ivvariably governs bonefizcnt rosc- tions, the coming Christian will feel obliged to elevate old-fashioned morality, oven if it is tho morality of tha heathon sages, at tho risk of depressing the theology of Clrietisn meta- physicians. Lite all great end good reformers, he will resolva that things shall be cbarged, eveu if somoe things shonld have to be sacrificed. Luther bomoansd the necessity of leaving be- hind some valusble clemonts of conservatism when he broke with Rome. His wifo startled bim ome day by acking what had become of the devotiorzl mdor they used to enjoy in the old Church. Thewr prayers Lad fallen off, sod their piety had waxed cold. Bat these are the pheaomens of religions progross, we presume, and the coming Christizn must tako bis share of them. His pew departure, how- ever, 80 far from imperiling any religious duty or spiritual exercis that ho holds dear, will only meke thom more precions, because more eatis- factory. His roform is iu the direction of re- ligions daty and moral delity. Ho drops from the cloudland of incompreliousivie polemics to the hand-pai: of commou enke and coammon life Ho will avoid the rock apon which his predoces- 8or split, and pus tho mora! obligation upon the motivo of self-respoct, and the highest interest to both the Individual and the community, ratl:er than upop tho horror of something inconceiv- =bio that is going to bappen to ua in the mext world it wo do not graduato in metaphysical theologv in this. He will repudiate the * re- ligion of vulgar hope and fear,” and substituto the religion of unsolfish obligation. e will be more Anxions to make this state of existence comfortable then to make the next iasccessible. Ho will go about doiog good, and being good in hia ordinary avocations, Instead of contenting himself with the pulmonary Christianity of the pulpit, or the fulminary supplications of the crusaders. Bat while ho will steer clear of the Charybdia of aystomatic theology on ope haod, be will on the other keep & sbarp Iookout for the Seylla of social gush. He will insist upon the common law of the Chrictinn copstitution, which requires the minister of an undefiled relizion to bs the busband of obly one wife. Ho will sco nothing in Christian morals to warract s men in having 28 many wives £8 he “lovea,” provided he does: oot marry them! Ho will make an equal distri- ‘bution of his wrath betwoen the male and the female offender. The comiug Christian will ba temperate in il things, and abstain from those things which do not agroe with him, whether mezts or drink, forms of worship or articles of faith. He will have no fanaticiema, whethor exegetical or social. 1t will Dot be necessary for him to find chapter and versa for Lis virtaes before feeling thair obliga- tion, or to pledge himself to total atstinenco in order to provent his giving way to excess, He will be moderate in his promises, lest ke should come short in his performances. Ho will koep allpoints of his fortress equally well defonded, lest, in concentrating his vigilance upon one, the enemy find all the rest cxposed. He will in- dulge sparingly in ice water, and not atall in whisky, asa beverage, but may imbibe mod- erately of good Inger, seeing that it quenchesthe thirst, promotes brawn, and arrosts the tendency to American attenustion. He will use, as not aburing the enjoyments of life, resorting to the theatro for his diversion, and the church for his consolation, insisticg that the. methods of “drawing ™ shall be legitimatoe in both Pplaces. Ho will follow his master to the soclal fas- tivitiss, and follow his example whils thero, rislng superior to its temptations, partaking re- tionally of its **best wine,” aad retiring ata reasonshlo hour from its * muxic and dancing.” . Hewill tumn, not & dsaf ear, but & diserim- inating sar, to the diseovaties of aciadne, It will ks 0y didizence £ him whistiet the plaoet upon which he lives was created in gix days or six centuries,—whether his race was evolved from Adam or au spe. He will allow Prof. Trn- dall to materialize, and Prof. Hnxley to autom- atouize, snd 3fr. Darwin to evolutionize, to their Learts’ content. He will -contiauo to believe that tho Creator is pest finding out until tho scicntists can prove that they havo'found Him out. Nor will ho cense to believe in the im- mortality of the soul simply because two or thres individunls out of two or three triilions cannot make up their minds whether it is or not. And he will hereaftor, ag lieretofore, de- rive encoursgement from the teachings of Christ, who seems to ive takon great psius to assure the skeptical of His sympatay, the pure in heart of His companionship, and all strug- gling sonls of their tr.unph at last. THE ENGLISH CHUECE. By s rather singular coincidence there appeared intwoof tho leading English periodicals, pabliab- edat about tae eamo time, two erticles bearing on tho religion of the Eaglish people. Omo of them was from tho pen of Mr. Greg. Tho other was a contribution on the state of the Cnurch, and appeared iu the London Quarferly Review. Both articles are very able, cud yet tho ome i would seem to entwely refute tho other. Inthe former Mr. Greg shows, or attempts to show, thiet the thinkera and skilled artisans are gradu- ally separatiog themselves from the Estab- lished Church, rejocting, as he says, the nation’s creed. From thus, If it wore true, it would follow that the Church was losing ila hold on the people of Englaund. Statistics bear witnoss, as the writer of the ar- ticlo in the Quarterly shows, to the contrary. They demonstrate, indeed, that the Enghah Church is now more efficient, stronger in num- bers and in wealth, than ever before. It is do- ing more for the caase of philantkropy ard eda- cation now than twenty years ago; sud, twemiy yeara ago, it was doing moro than twenty years previous. In the face of the figuses produced by the Quarterly, wo must take the conclusions at which Mr. Greg arrives with many grains of allowance. Abont the boginoing of this century thers were in Englaud only 10,200 clergs. There were, oa the other hand, 10,600 parishes, thus leaving 800 parishes in which no clergyman was established. There may have been more parishes than this without a clergy-~ man, as in some of tho 10,600 parishes thero was moro than one clergymso., The remuseration of the clergy at that time waa very poor. Of the 10,300 benefices there wore 5,655, or mure than thea one-balf, with less than £50 per anpum Some of them were worth only £30. One-half cf them had no parsopage houses. Thero were towus of 40,000 iohabirants in which only one clergyman was sottled. The charches and ser- vices were alilio dreary. Communious were few. Of communicants there wero scarcely any. Since 1830, =1l this bas been changing, and changing for the better. The following figures show tho number of churchos consecrated during the decades of years sct opposite to them : 13111820, 1321-1450. 15311840, 1841-1850), 1351188 . 18611870, The most remarkable thing about all this charch-building i3 that it was nearly all zccom- plished by veluntary contributions. Since 1831, the number of habitable parsonage-houses bas 1isen from 5,900 to 11,000. At thar time, of 5,230 assistant curates, 4,224 were employed by unon-residect incimbents. Comparing tho total number of churches in England with the num- ber built in this century alone, we are astonished to find that siuco 100 ome-third of all the churches have boen buiit. Numerous other churches havs been repaired. It is esd- mated that the churches erected this can- tury by the Established Church of En- gland bave cost £18,000,000. Twonty-six train- ing collegzea for teachers have beea founded. One of these has coat £60,000, and snother £70,- 000. Tha sum of £3,585,164 has been subscribod for the building of Church of England schools between 1839 and 1872 In 1671, thero were 20,694 clergymen, against 10,307 mn 1801. A much larger proportion of laymen with private means euter the ranks of the clergy now than formerly. There dces noi secm to bo much ground for the current report that the graduates of the uuiveisities do not seek ordo:s. In 1372, the number of ordinstions wss 630. Of these, all eave tventy-six were gradustes either of tho universities, of the King's College, Londan, or of the theological colleges, but as masny as 457 were from the ancient universities. In view of these facts, wo think thero need be no presenc alarm about the existence of tae English Church. THE COLLAPSE OF TIE RADICAL CLUB. The miglkty have fullen. The Boeton Radical Club, about which so much kas been said, and presched, and written, hes gone to pieces. Emer- son, Bartol, Alcott, Wasson, Higginson, snd Weiss were its founders. The first soon with- drew. He disliked the publicity thai the ad- musgion of reporters gave to the meetings. The others etayea aeven years Leforo the end cams. If Baston correspondence 18 to be relied upon, the end v/a3 the result of theology. Tke bics of tho club was strongly religious. Neasly all its leaders had been ministets. The result was thet libera! theology was liberally dispensed. has- ever subjoct was discussed was twisted into a religious problem. Ope of the favorite ques~ tions was: *“What was the exacs smount of imporfection in the bLuman nature of Jesua?" Attewpts to discuss meatters of grave social or scientific import were frowned upon. Thoy were too practloal. ' It is wickedly hinted that thoy were, moreover, too hard of comprehension, inasmuch ss they demendod & Lnowledge of facts, and the Radical Club pro- ferred abstractions. Oae diecussion on the Dar- winian theory showed & painful ignorance. At 2 later meeting, an sble paper was read on Dar- win. The usus! argmwoent flagged. Nobody seemod ready to speak, until somebody asked what were Darwin's views of the Deity. Thia opencd the floodgates. The Ciub said its pretty theological phrases all over again with gusto. Suchoarrownesskilledit. The brilliantand witty {alk of Higginson, and Weiss, and others, could not save it. The Club membership was tco much of the same pattern. Their dresms all lay in the samo direction. It is 80 easy to snecnlate 2bout the Unknowable, and so difficult to fully comprehend snd explrin the Knowsble, thet misty imagining is apt to pass for thought in all such sssociations. The Chicago Philoscphical Soclety may take a hint from tho fate of tha Radical Club. Tho, exercises of our homs orzaulzation, last winter, wore apt o consist af desperats graoples with ‘big themes by comparatively little men. The Bocioty seems to have fallon info the vulger error of supposing that philosophy can only exist in connection with sbmething which has nothing to do witn dvarydsy life. Ths word pradaxt 14 i3 Euesbor, &3 I ek ke i I Club’s. Ouc result of exaguerat of tho importzuce ~f mera specula i:a5 bean thaz, to put it 1 nildiz, & ot of exceed- ingly inane and favelons etaff has been palmod off onthe Society as plule wophy. Therois a uve- ful lesson to be learned | 'rom the fact that Her- berl Bpeacer bas spent : at least as much time aud pains iu applying Lis pbilosophy es in creat- ingit. Wo probably do 'not wrong the Philo- gophical Sceiety in sayin z that nono of its mem- born are apparently #s ‘1ol Stted for devising new theorics as for appiying thoee which thoy can find in the books of 1 110re orif Tho public will be gnitified to Lnow that tho Directors of the Expa ution kavo decrdsd to keop tho Art Gallery : bsen one week louger. Th witl givo our citiz tns the desired oppor- tunlly {o see the printin ys. Relieved somewhat from tho prezsaro of out: lids visitors, our people will undoubtediy imp:i ive the occasion, more espeeielly os the prico ¢ ff admission bas boen fixed at 2 very low rate:; any of our citizens have mot scen tho pickitres a: all, and others bava only seen them :m part, owmng to the crowds. Aswill be seeir: by the advertisement elsowhere, many of thes b worka will ba sold at anction on the evenings of Oct. 19, 20, and 21, With this salo in view, purchasers will bavea woek in whick to decide 1 1ppon their ventures. ROMAN ICES. RowaNCE, By Jritay HAWTHORNE. Bostwn 2 +-Temes . Osg21 & Co. A A Tarr 07 Noomax Lirs. By HuLuax Ujonti Boreasy. Squar.i16mo., pp. 22, Boston : Jetea R. Oeguod & Co. - AN'TONY BRODE. By Pouect Loweer, Author of * The Nuw Fricet in Con eption Biy,” vte. 16mmo,, n. 416, Eoeton : Rabertt | Brothere, LITTLE CLASSICS. Edite d by Rowsrres Jomsros. Ewmst Volume: LXILE, :.mo., pp. 106, Second Volumo: INTSLiror. 3imn.,’ pp. 257. Boston: Jiumes B, Ougood = Co. THE FLOATING CIT ~tws. By JuLes Vr k: 5 ribner, Arma: ERINE EARLE. Les & Siepard. OUNT OF THC HoME or £ G. AUSTIN. _Iliustrate 0., p. 205, New York : -The previous writingis: of Mr. Julian Haw- thorne have lefc & painful doubt whether he had peaitively 2n iberitance-¢/f bis father’s pecaliar telionts, or wero eimply 1.iriving vory bard to re~ ali.ze tho delusive hove tizat he bed. In his ear- 1iz 8¢ essey thers was o mi:nifest tending to labor in the weird, subtle, ana}ytic vein which Nathan- ial. Hawthorne workod 1:0 singularly and sue- cenefully. Inhis first mdvel, **Breesant,” this tendsney wes confirmed, :ind it wos evident that thi2 younger man, whotbi:t from the beat of na- tuze or a misguided resalve to imitate, wes do- tesminod to follow pret by clogely the path that lecl his illustrions progenor to the summit of fume. Inevitably his cou:se subjected him to the sharpestcomparizon withithe one whohad traveled the same roate before; rnd whether the im- wease distaoce beiweess the achiovements of tlip tvo wero owing to th.o youth 2ud experience at tho one, or to hus lacl: of the parts of the ather, was a question wlhich the most kindly- ditiposed would bardly diwe deaide. This second novel. or rowauce as it is more v foperly termed, effectuilly sottles the matter. ‘I uere 13 no more room iur doubt that the fath- @13 gifis have descondedd to the son, and that J ahian Hanthorno is entitled, by right of intel- Leiual endowments, to take up ths pen which tie e:der Iawthorae laic «dowp, and cut with it siow laarels to twive around a namo that will be ©ue of the highest ornanitints of American litera- ture. Tbere 13 no imitation in the present work. Tt i3 distinetivelr origmzel. It is not an even, nor €A we eay & finisied, y20rformanco; but it is <daracterized by an unusual power of iuvention, liry exceeding stull in the snenagement of the in- *cidents, and by peesages of thrilling intensity. "Ihe story is purely imaginory. The resder un- ‘derstands this well, zad ;jec is mede to admire it the moro from tho aru; that are brought into julay to render the romsara acaeptable. Tho ac- Jilon takes place in the cities of New York and .Boston, and is completet), within the brief space of throe daye. And si:lthe whole history of ‘lives that haso reacked upward of threescora J¥ears pasgcs, in that.she:t timo, in review befors s, Tocrown the merit:i of tae book, not until ‘the conclusion of tha lnat chapter is the real so- tation of the plot di:corared. - The reader com- lidently supposea ho lns the clow long bofore, and cumplacently emiless at tho ingenwiy that can invest a much-ora inveation wich new in- terest. Then the denouement finally opens upon him, he langias 2t humseil ! thst ho has besn so «wlevarly heodwinked. 1t wonld take too mudhh time to furnish even 2n outhns of = story tant depends for ita efect much less npon characte.: than upon the evola- don of events, and wa shail resc content with the indication we have gilven that * Idolatry " is o romance contrining che ments of great power. Abova overy novel that :2as been published this senson, it sbows geniris on the part of it euthor. Ita advance 'beyond * Brossans” is more thau could heve bLeen hoped; and the promise that lies in it o2 far beizer books to fal- lo7 it 18 st oncouraglag. We shall yot havo aovels from Julizn Haw.iorne that may justly be called great, or the mdli-dey of his cerser will fail to falsll the tokens [ iis boginning. A more decided contrast to the steong-flavored u of Mr. Iawthorzio could not be offered n we find in the simple, reslietio tale of Norse life by Mr. Boy:son. Tis last ia ko s land- acapa in the hear: of Korway, with clear, cold xkios and pailid sun, or (ylinting stars and magic aurora, 80ove; &ad bolnw, ragged hills clothed with stiff sod bristhug S35 cnd lakes lying un- der a sheet of tlick ice whrough the long, dark winter, or roflecting, in e short, bright sum- mor, the grim Yokal, the hoary-headed mountain that strotches ot on eitl ser side its 2rms, *tha long, freezing glaciera;’” and brooks that rum roaring and tumbling, b1 fween walls of frowniug rocks, down to tho ses; :and fields and meadows, now covered deep with ¢ rifia of 800w, and again weving with green virdure end warm with ripeoing harvests. Oritiia hke a leaf torn from tho kook of idyls thet it: not writton, but lived in every peazunt’s hut in ! {orselend. It makes no more claim to greatnesy, or grandeur, to boausy and splondor, then doew the humble, uulesrned bouzemen or gardman, who epends his years in the bleak, bare country 'where his fathers dwelt, and nover dreams of iceing wiser, or getting her, or doing other { ban his ancestors have done for centuries befoi ‘e him. Yot “ Guooar Lizs tho beauty and the grandeur that belong to every novls life. It dasucts with unpretending fidelity that choice pericd in a youog man aod meiden’s oxistence whsa the helo of love sur- rounds their being soll transmates their gom- ones: thoughta and dzeds into poesy. Gunoar was tho son 0f & houseman,—3 man who rents his house az.a bit of land, paying for it by workiug a certaimn number of dsys or weaks every yoar for the c.wmer or gardman. . His father was a still, silex.? man, who lavished no speech oo any one, and his mother died in his infancy. Thus tho liitle Gunnar grew up in the hat, shut in by lomely rocks on the bank of & brawling streem, with none ¢o lsten and anai ser to hia childish prattle and attend to his childish needs but nis old grandmothor, o stern 21 1d quiet woman, though with the deep and repre ssed pature that marka the Norsa people. Gue par had an eagerand ia- quiring mind, snd his § randaxme fed his youug imagination on storios of the elves and fairy 8pirits that abide in t3.0 Northern forasts and hold the heexts of the ! Sorsemen in tke bonds of suporatition. 1t wes bard work to teach the child the alphabes anel hia catechism, but ke i would sit spsil-bound 2¢r hours while old Gan- hild 3old of the Neckrn and the Huldes who dwelt 1n the troes and i (e catarsets of tho moun- tain. Thoo bo would m ke 1ude slotches on the fi 1 In:be spring, Ta was taken 1o the farm of yyp 98 11 years s ek h”l o By Wflk’, People, fogs 134 ways and nounn._“;' Ingebory Kimul, and hired e in tho monntaias turongh ey ™ ! tho boz first cama tato contags with mingling with more - practica] 4 thing of bis own odd busizd Limself with his pen, ing the catle, and ks sk, Theno; niy %8 his untaro oxpanded. Ang s 5% of grace and beauty chaged a ity the shadowy image of tue Hl:,'z:mm L forth he tasited his hand to dray ,’h"h e, yellow-baired Regnhild, the oply gy 7. Raguhild a3 a 6t mate fgr 2" for, though she was far aboye bimiy Der Leart was 0 imble and ungelgyy aod their love for esch other, from o ning, vas oqually pure and abiding, 1ot blepresumptionfor Gunnar to 2spirety Juty ko, from her babyhood, had baey pyr Y her consin Lois, & conrne-broned b g 508 Jad, whose estates, when ho rescheq gt would match hers in extent gaq .fl'::"‘u withstanding, Gunnar did asiro ang o And, when it had been proved by Ty, lio was tho best dazeer, and .‘!l,‘:'::;’.;‘”‘ u and sweetest stev-ginger in the wholg regs #od that, in all the tasks and the gporsy e ey youth, o excallod tho strongeet oy scile; and, morcover, when bo hag Lo % medal for the beat painting on exhipgior” & threo years' study at the Academy of 'A.‘:xn"m distant capital, bo was rewarded with tng h':"‘ Ragubild, which 16 prond Ingeberg by ld stowed on him, remembering, st thy g, b ment, how her own life had beanbfimd"h cause difference in rank hag pmvanteah,u: vith the man she traly loed. The staryiy simple aad bomely. Ta incideat are ey ] common-place,—just those that happen oy, 5 orer again in avery ruatic communy iy Ny —but they are pictaresque, and ha; * oz charm of truth, Tt Antooy Brade is the hero of St, By School, in Eascham. An impmm;fi":;‘.“" surrounds bis antecedents. e is tha sopy g body Laows whom, and comes from py knows where. He is well dressed, Well-mun per, ed, and plenty of money is Ionhnumin"m.fi guardisn to meet all his liabilities, Ths shigy sixiking peculiarity about him fs, that pg gy ovades sl inqniries into his past bistory, By fegool-mates do not tronbls themselveg about the enigma: bmt tho 503aipa of the tixige sud the best people of the 0w seem toity moat impudent gossips—makait tha chis ol thought and conversation. Repeatad absur 1 fruitless efforts are mado by one and snothuiy & discoser Antoay’s nationality, and how bigh § bis rank a8 8 nobleman; for, by comman cen ho is held to be a foreigmer, sud at lacjs 4 Duke or Prince.. It turns out in tha eadth it hy is an orphan, the heir to considersblopry jet and the nephow of s ridiculons Irishwonez | vig coatrivesallthe mystery about himfaordert poo cealbis Hibornian descent. The absurd cone’ hulog is in xeeping with the abeurd zdveniures <rp. ping out all along through ths story. T ani uoairof likelihood about any partot it. T pboyy are very dull boys indeed. Neither t pirgse tempts at fun nor at wit seem in the least bayer, And their seniors, who are brought in as: ke, ants, are, in ths mam, too amallminf b prove agreeabls company. : The two mneat, pretiy vclumes ¢ the reries of “Littlo Classies” con fain 3 solection from the most popular stoix in our literatare. The fret numb i, e titlod “Exile,” includes **Ethan. Bro: ii" by Nathaniel Hawthorne; *The Man Wi dout s Country,” by E. E. Hale; “Tho Outc asht & Poker Flat.” by Bret Harte; *Flight o 13T tar Tribe,” by Thomas De Quincey; “A . Kihiin 2 Workhouse,” by James Greenwood; ar d“Th Swons of Lie,” by Gerald Griffin. Tha j sexni number rangos nnder the name * Inteller 1" il of Bulwer, Poe, Dickens, Do Quinco f, Ean thorne, Harriet Prescott Spoffard, snd Rebe Harding Davis. The ides - of -getti ig prime specimens of fiction, and Inclosi og thet in cheap and convenient covers, is a g bod @b They are no lews perfect: works of art ; b their dimensions are emall, and they car i bz tered at & single sitting. Their brevi iyis of their chief merits, adapting them 1 iy this rushing age, in which people ar } gl s taks their novels 28 they do most othar Jlesszes in homeopathic doses. P AL Jules Verne, having taken kis 1 iesdemsit the moon, to the centre of the earth,* endertht seas, sround the world in eighty 1 days, sxd throngh o multitude of similar impossil S futs under impossible circumstances, has x } fut, b canoo Lis joded imagioation conld 1 it siths moment suggest any further miraculor 3 od - attainablo regions to traverse, steppe d withbis train of followers on board tho steas ser Grest Esstarn, and, 1n & manner subdued an d resson- able, for him, mads the voyage from . Enrope o Amecics. He Las crowded the tript Aot 1d- ventures; but, for tho reason thatt} jey domob startlingly transcend the limitsof pi robability, thoy seom tame compared with tha §e belbw herotofors epiced his journeys with. ' M. Vet bas taught nstoexpect, when wa travel withhin, tho most stimulating sensations, and § ‘missing these, wo sit cold and passionless rhib ) ke 0%e jures up acenes of only sverage 1atens jty. Itk liko serving common pepper 0 § B brought up on a diet of curry. It gm = sweet, pare image of girl bood sd womanhood that Miss Adeline Tu iftox bat croated in this first novel of hers; au img which old and young ars the better £ br bavog looked npon, as thay are tho better f ir feeng the fresh, dewy breath of the morning | &8 cheek, or for smelling the fragrance of !fi spring-violets, or for meeting » 5o 3l tha} candid and true, If Mius Trafcon con kinuss ¥ write stories which accomplish 23 pleas. E37N pose ea this momed * Katherine Ea 7is” b2 readers will consider that she is fulflE bgs &8 mission in such use of her pen. t For an iustant you've o dazed fesling | asdes claim, ** Way, Inever knew that Jan ) dutsd wrote s story about *2doonfolk! ” and [hen yd rocollect that the English povelists 1 hme¥id withoat the initisl G., and that her pa kroar® was spollod with on o instead of L Jae {G- ;‘; tin, the sutkor of the vary pretty chil 1% G whosa title we have meotioned, beloog ¥ 0 present genoration of writers, and hashe: thoms! Concord, Mass., whero dwoll so maoy | 06 5 gonius, dead and living. Al the fairy & fl:w aver wero written, orsurely all that thai F{¢ o admirer can possibly remember, b1 l':hm' . g Ay ey which they ave fitted in together o clos ElF 8% seem but » single, Lomogeneons compa really sarprisiog. Tue listla folks, for ¥ wark is intended, srul pronounce it s ma e of fairy mechaniam. Shadowing and | gt like piotures furaish &n spproprists 3¢ 0% moens to the text. et e A Louisville Beggar. From the Lowisville Courber~Journt Yesterdsy morning some ofticers &l old wm;:gn, mngfi;l AMary m‘::ler. il;_ = sionel gar. Sneis well-known in, muoity, and has been plying ber ta nomber of years past. Sbeis s lean + ous-looking woman, 77 years Of ¢ m speaks very brokon 'English. She b3 MG sccustomed to walkz in o bent, bel CEREE manner, preteading to suppor: ber ¥ ! n Lesvy stick or crutch. A searchof I B;,, e showed & necesaity for such scrion OF i Dangliwg ander her clothes, and fasten #d§57%0 her hipa very tightlv, was xgumal ;& - nickles and silver coin of ciffgentt :awfl“a‘ e tiops, probably amounting io s/conp f‘“fim o begs dred oll=rs, and aronnd the upper ! ber hody was found several siala [ BHC, te b, N 1! jhom b L atsre i a suzila smaller size contsining gold iy The weight of the oua large bag ¥ lbt:;’“‘m 24}¢ pounds, rnd, with the smaller, i) amount of coin she carried weigheé | bl pounas, This Lesvy woighs wis # afficlent give hor the appearanso of 8o infr :,‘ mmwfu old woman. ‘her hend sbe carri » bag which cootained o bolf-loaf ¢ bresd watarmelon, some cold swest and Irit Py cold meat aod = dish or two. Bac ’h Drobably constitated ber meals duy foftef } d i floor of theso fairy fol & 08 ke saw them with hi¢ mental visios, sod ¢bald talk to them, and toll thwid ¢18 whacbge, 4'kose. GouRdorcen of Dk | L costing har aotkidg, while il fi'fi from tablysdupzaid | Eived by bar el xophatkdte