Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1874, Page 5

A THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1874. > e N R I ] — land, n distanco of 700 miles, b tolographio dis- patclr of twenty words costs one phililng, From Corlyy iu Iroland, to London, Edinburg, Nor- nlely, York, anywhere, tho samo,—n triilo over L cent n word, Ten years ngo tho tolograph wag more wsed in the United Slatos than any other country in proportion Lo population ; now rates bave beon redaced in Buropo and eho ugo of tho telepraph hns in- tronsed, Exporicuce shows that high rates limit tho growth of business nnd inerenso ihe cost, for tho expenos inercaws on onch tele- gram 08 Lo numbor diminighes, while both at homo and abroad It is n settlod nxiom that whonever tho rates Lavo heen uniformly re- duced 60 per cont at ono timo, tho busitoss hns {ucreasod 100 por cont, while the oxponses havo {ucronuod but 60 por cont. p—— BEEOIER AND TILTON, Jv the Eiditor of Tha €hs Chitcaao, Dee, dlay on tho BEoiisit onso suygent tho porslblliLy of nn aittor imposnbillty 2 That it I8 in tho Fiuge of prob- wbilittes for nefther Mr, BEgouEn nor Mr, TILTON to bo thorougbly bad mon ? You assumo that overy true mian aud woman hopes for Mr, 1.'s fizal vindication,— und I think that can havdly be disputed, Bub when sou limate— cortalnly o man could rojoico moro Bt such u rosult than Tirovoin: TILTON, {f thero Lo clear proof that s wifo has keon laboring under an Lallucination, and thut ho Lus boou docefved by a chain of ciroumstantiat {llusion "—Is it not wholly mprob- ‘aqn Trebune : Do yoit 3ot i your editorial to- uble? Wo remenibor {hat TILTON hus sworn thnt Ar, Tirxenen confesred Aimaelf in unequivoenl langngo ibesot of adullery; thni My, B, also coufessed tho gumo fo Mr, MoulzoN nnd Mrs, MourTo: oud, Turther sttil, Ar. MoUrroN han claboeately howir that Ir, Deccnrn is wn general way on - exceedingly Dad san. _(1¢ 48 truo, wheu Lo 1y oflered opportunlty 1o Aubatentiato bis cinfms in 1 vers notablo instance, e maken & most inglovious failuro,—but tho charge 18 ‘Tonde neverthelese,) It §s impossible, T thing, to cseapo tho conviclion that elther \r, Bercuny s * desperately wicked " mt o great hypoosile, or that tho otier o mon aro tin- cxampled villafus; und thfs ds tho ground Mr. Bruciten Uimeolf ‘tnkes, 1o stands ond falls upon Auis entiro innocenco und_their guilt, or Vido versa, TitaoN's claint that hin wito confesaci to ifin 18 ouly incldental compured withy tho vehiomenco with which o aswerts of fs own kuowledgo from Mr, B4 no- Jnowledzments to him; from tho busiucss-iiko _con- feronea they held ot his' own lome (Mr, 1, Mve, L. and Limsolf) ns {0 tho Sepitimacy of tio ehtidiron, nud varions other data of # moat starilmg_churdcter, Al #truo mien and women * dosire to kuow tho trith “—uo wutter who fulls, Tet us hopo thut the matter Do reachied o point whera that trnih whall bo discovered boyoud any douht, aud tio guilty parties—whoever ey ure—reeeivo e punlabineit 6o Fichly dosorved. (Nore.—~If *J. R. A " will recall the articlo to which ho rofers, he will note tno sphit of com- awon charity to all in which it was written, There was 10 offort to disenes the charactor or thovalao of tho evidence. Wo only hopoed for & solution that would be satinfactory to all; wo did not prophocy one. And wo eannot now undertake to answer nuy conundrums, of which tho enso is fullto overflowing, We leave thatto tho jury of * twolve good men and truo;" and wo fear that oven thoy will bo puzzled.—! A QUESTION, To_the Fiditer of The Chicagn Tribune: Ci110AGO, Dec, 20.—T havo read o grest deal in your paper ubout opeclo rosumption, snd yet the thii i Yery much mixed_up In my brain, ‘If precnbucks, ufter o certain date, will rease to bon lzul-tender, ~ehat will they bo ater that time# [f I con't uso greens Dacka in payment of futuro debis, on contracts, or for anytbing T muy want fo purchase, what ean_ihey bo wiod for? Wil greeubacks, thon, bo at o dlscount, th samio ng wow, or will thoy Lo worth thelr faco in fold, Pleaso auswer thcss questions, ot atherwieo plaiidy stoto what greenbacks will bs worth on and after tho duy of resumption, GREENACK, ANGWER. 1. Tho groonbacks would still continue to bon legal tender for all existing debts, and it will ro- quire koveral years beforo they are sottled nnd paidofl. 2. 'They would continne to ba re- ceived by tho Governpent in payment of all In- ternal Rovonuo taxes. 8. Chey would be gradu- ally rotired from clrculation by allowing the boldors {0 fund thom into, say, 4 por cent pold bonds, and by cancellation after their reception by tho Government . for taxes. Tho wholo matter is simplo enongh when- over Congress deteimines that thoy shall censo tobo logal tondor in payment of debta to be contracted after some day to be named fn the futuro. But tho Seoals Financo bill, which has passed that body and is now pending in the Ilouse wilh n moral cortninty of passago, makes no provision looking to tho reponl of tho logal- tender quality of thoso notes. It simply pro- vides for o reduction of tho cutstanding green- Dacks by eigbty-two millions within the next four years, and aftor that thoir redemption in gold &t their faco valuo. e Baron HGnxER, upon whose noblo shoulders seems to havo fullan tho mantlo of that other imaginative nobloman, MusciAuseN, has broken out with a fresh rorarnco. As an illuatration of bia Daronial iaventivenocss, we give anothor story told by bim to exhibit the native graca of tho American traveler. o was journesing, so he Bays, to Onlitornia ina palace.car, Behind him eat n specimen of the American agricul- turist, culled a *hoodlum,” Tho seat ho occupied being too eramped for comfort, the formor found it neccssary o etretch his legs, nod did so, placing them over tho back of TlupNER's seat, ono on onch side of the noble Daron, so that ono of tho great stogios was with~ in a fow inches of either sido of bis noble crani- um, This:hoodlum, like 2!l the Baron's Amar- jean acquaintances, chowed tobacco, and swore in tho Joudest and moet omphatic language, On tho proscut occasion ho held convorse with tha Baron from bLehiud, aud emphanizod his romarks Ly aquirting tobacco-juico with startling pro- cision elornatoly botween each foot and tho Baron's head. This is his story. Roflecling -~ upon it, Baron TTunNen regards it oy o specimen of Amarican indopendence. Now, sinco the sud- don ond melodrawatic doceuso of that gifted gon- tleman, ANANIAS, and the oqually sudden, sensa- tionsl, and unexpected demiso of Sarrima, his wife, of which it 18 charitablo to suppose Baron HussEer nover hoard, such & glaring, brilllant, and ingonious piece of mondacity was nover per- petrated na that of the distinguished traveler to Californin. And there havo been somo notablo Haora in history, too. o ——— Did Mr. Moses CiraxnEntaw, of New York, receive tho full penalty provided by Jaw for his offenee, he would conteraplato imprisonment for 140 yeurs, and pay o fino of 970,000, There ara ono or two trifling natural rensons why the penal- ty should Lo mitigated, oud it probably will, but in order thot young mon of Mr, Cuanenrars’s peouliar viows of © de- cency and fitness may bo wornod in time to avold elmilar consequences, perinps his offenso deservay a passing notico,. Alr, CifAMDERLAIN, belng in want of monay, wrote o sourrilous lot- tor to Mr. VAN VALKENDUAG oD B oatal card, The reciplent, boing of & hard, unsympathetio disposition, placed tho officars of the Qovern- mont on Mr. GuminsnLAIN's track, aud socurad ‘hia arrest and indictmont, 'The case was tried in tho United States Circait Court, ond, despita the defenso that only tho Post-Ofilico clorks saw tho contonts of the cards, and were bound tosaoraey, Mr, QuAMBERLAIN Wag convicted of souding four- toon of those sgroeablo offusions through the malls. Tho greatost ponalty for ench offenco is ton yoars' imprisonment and o fine of £5,000,80d tho least, one year's impriconment ond $100 fine, This is tho flrat trisl in Now York under tho law making it a crimo to sond sourrilous postal-cards through the mails, Mr, UHAMBERLAIN meYy RO 1ivo to sorvo out lifa full torm, but it muat be in- finltely consoling to think of himeolf as a fright= ful warning to blackunailers who try to make Uuclo Sam an accensory, phstes i’ SIS 0S TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, + The atatemont that Kalaknua will visit Milwau- %oo is prematurs, Tho Xing has suffered wo much from tho climate that ho muat rewuru to s country ag #oon as practicable. Tha gnosts of tho Grand Coutral Ifotol, of Milwaukes, wore iuformed yeaterday that thoy _could not bo boarded any longer, and a placsrd +olosod for ropairs," was putup immodiatoly aftor, At Bankor 1111, Ta., & fow daya ago, & men Ly tho namo of Gerathty, while cating supper, gov womo food fast in Ly throst, and choked to doath_beforo medical asulstunco could be ob- + talned. X Trolght recoipta at Fau Claire, Wis,, for 1874, Rave wondorfully inereasnd, They amountod to £9,000,600 pounds in 1074, 97,348,600 pounids in 1873, and 87,100,040 pounds, s far 08 mado up, this year, Wostorn Btar Lodge No. 14, A, F. and A, M., Tnneavitlo, Win,, has oelectod tho following ofleotns J. O, Motoalf, Wy M. Mnrke Riploy, B, W.; 3 L. Croft. d. W.j Rovert 1lodgo, Tronsurer; 1. 8, Burdick, Becrotary, "Pho verdict In tho cneo of tho stranger found doad un tho streot nt Menominco, Monomineo Oounty, Wis., Wadnoaday, was to tho ofToct tint doconsod camo to his doath by causes unknown, It was phown in ovidonco that docontod was n man of intelligenco and abiity, 1lo sald ho hnd n family dopobding upon him for support nt Houghton, 1la wus idontifiod na Oharles W. Crayton, Into o joweler of Dututh; and had heon o Colonel in tho Iato war and tivo yonra au in- mato of Libby Prison, Ilo wes In nenrch of am- ployment, and appeared o bo nuffering undor oxtroms doprossion, norvousness, and prostra- tion, Itisa very sad caso. Dolavan, Wis,, Chaptor No, 38, I, A. M., bhavo choron thy following officors: . 11, Downle, 1L P.; 177, Fitzor, K.y 8, 8. Paul, Beribo ; T J. Smith, Treasurol L. Van Suessmitch THooting, Seoretary; N. A, Kecling, Cotain of 1L.; E. D. tloliinter, T 8, U. 8, Hollister, 1t A, C.; L. N, Nichols, N, ot Third V,: Hy. Floming, M. of Becond V.; Goorgo Norri- gon, M. of Tist V.; David Lynus, Guard. Delavan Councll No. of . & B, M, tho following : Goorgo It Downio T . L. 3 E.DB. Uollistar, D. M.; N. Keolor, P, C. of W, 3 1. J. Smith, Treasurer: T. L. Von Sucks miteh Hooring, Secrotary ; 8, 8, Paul, Captain of G.: D, B. Dovoudor!, Con, of the C.; David Lynus, Sontinel, Delavan Lodgo A, E. and A. M., tho following : L. 11, Nichols, W. M. : L Y. Fitzor, 8, W. ; J, B, Monzio, J. W. 3 T. J, Smith, Trémsurer ; G, H. Downie, Beorotery; U, 8. follister, 8. D.; Qoorgo Morrison, J. D.j David Lynus, Tyler. PERSONAL, Even Southorn hotel-clorks aro polite. Tho Mayor of Rochestor thinks an auntomical mugoum is * obscon litorature.” The Mayor of Ogdonsburg, N. Y. is perfoctly inrmloss and goos about looss, Tho Danish Congress Is considering the proj- oct of mbolishing titles of nobility and docora- tions, Tho offorts to postpons tho trial by Beocher's counsol are intelligible, They waut to oscape by thostatute of Hmitations. How the Hindoo feols when be's intoxicated— *Bhang up,” like o phenix rising from bis hoshicosh,—New York World. The New York Zlerald owes Comptrollor Groen §19,000 worth of epite, and peddles it out in paragrophs at o dollar a luo. JMr. Childers is tho First Lord of tho Ad- mirality, Roboson showed him our national woapona at tho Navy-Yard rocoently. The acpsation in Nowark last Sunday was Wesaton, snd o eensational preacher there choso for his toxt **And Enceh walked with God.” Howard, who was lynched at Des Moiues, threatenod to prove his innocence. Mediums are gotting scarco, and Howard had bettor hurry up. J Tonner &id not want his paper knocked as high as *“The Lafe of Christ,” henco ive learn {hot Beeohor writes no moro for the New York Ledger, When, after o fire, Cronstadt landlords raised rents, the Mayor orderod & re-valuation of their proporty, aud rents foll egala with start- ling colerity. Matilda Hendinan delivered foventy woman'a suffrago speechies in Michiganlast fall. And yet sho cannot understand why the poople , killed woman suffrago. Tho Librarian of Congross has beon compelled to rocoivo 140 “*dramatic compositions” during the year, One would suppose that bo could ro- ject 100 a8 “‘not proven." Orogon journnlists advertiso their friends thus: ¢Col, Jo Meok has shouldored his jaw- bone, and will toil tho people noro than they avor dreamt of about miniug."” Toland uged to bo * the Mon, Judge Poland.” Then they got him to *' Judgo Poland,” then to * Poland,” and now his nolghbors speak of him a8 % 0ld Pole, who got so badly waxed." Vinnio Ream threatens to marry tho *small- talkk ™ man of tho Louisville Courwr-Journal. And then ho'll bogin feebly to appreciate what hio has inflictod on othora, and kindly quit, Red is tho color which enrages & bull to make an exhibition of himself. Green (A. H.)drives tho New York Herald to driveling idiocy, and that's tho difforence betwoen bull and bully. . Doshezay was arrosted in Odoas for haviog inhis possession tho bones of a womaon., Sho had beon buried some years, and Lo earvied them round awoitjyg instructions from ber rolativos, Tio thousand dollars in gold woro lately paid inLondon for o cup of coffee, **The Cup of Coffco " wns made by Madrago—on bis casel. Tt was a wonderful epecimen of the paintor'sart. Mnrk Twain failed, in bhisepeech at the Park Theatre, to give Dinsmore, of California, credit for dramatizing **The Gilded Age,” It was o migorablo job, but Mark needu't huve been a hog on that account. ¢ How Col. Forney must have blushed for his conntry when a Manchester woaver said to him: #Buch men 88 wa olect to our city offices would 04 soon think of setung fire to their own houses 88 of abuslugyn public trust.” #Christmas to mo is n foreign day, and I shall® die go," waid Mr, Beachar to his cangrogation ‘Phuraday, Nor ix {t the ouly thing in the Chris- tian schemao that is foroign to Mr, Docchor, a8, for instanco, the Docalogue, Colfax says Lincoln usod to crack jokes to conceal tracos of sadnoss or anxiety, Rr. Beechor did the samo thing at the Twin-oun- tain House, but Beocher's appetite was enor- mous, and Lincoln's waa not. Tivo men named Flood and O'Brion, by rises in mining stocks, are richer than Jones or Shar- on. Unless Nevada ean mako room for ¢wo mors Senators, Jones and Sharon bad boiter step down and out without maling any fuss over it, According to the Detrolt Freo Press, Jonule Juna eays sho wishes she had twelve children, Bhe probably never srid anything of tho sort § but if shie did, sho ouglit to bave said it exclu- sively to Mr. June.—Zouisvills Courler-Jour~ nal. Thoodore Thomas has discovored that whon his orchostra plays a chureh solectlon inano key, while tho organist nccldently plays it in nauothor, the amount of applause and praige bo- stoyed by the sudlonco fa not in any way less onthusinstic, 3 Vienna bachelors who own money are golag to rovolutionizo soclety, Thoy aro pledged by o ‘bond of 10,000 thalors to marry poor girls ouly, who have peitlier monoy nor oxpeclations. Tho tronsury of that bacholors’ league will soon rival Do Souza’s Goleonda, Tho oditor of Vanify Fair, publishod in Lon- dou, 801d tho ballet was shocking, and has hoen sued for Jibol by tho propriotor of the Giobe 'fheatre, And now the jury want to be shocked by the introduotion of tho ballet-girls into thao court in o atato of stago nudity.| Uarry L, Stouffor, of tho firm of Thompson & Btouffer, of this city, dled at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, ot tho comparatively carly age of 80, fucsday ho was takon snddonly Il with bitious colle, and, notwithetandiug the attention of a ekli}fal physician, snnk rapldly. Though suffer- ing intonsoly, lte was coneclous up to the hour of biu death. " Ho leavos a lovelv wife, but threo wonths morried,. Mr. Btonflor wad & mout agrecable companlon, # wit, and & remarkably oble young businoss man, = HOTEL ARRIVALS. * Patmer House=11, Crandall, Novada; W, X, Siip- man, Lawreucoburg 3 W, I, Johuson and yarty, Ine Giandpolls ; 3. D, Woodford, London, Ont. 3 L', W, Barhiydt, Yowa's J, W, Bunn, Byringfleld ; &, T, ane Yort'Woynd 3 Jobi O, Honiliton, £, Taul; I sot Pt drand Fuelie =0 1. Ohvistlo, Pitaburgs O, . Weston, Borantoni W. 8. Tadd, Yortlaud; I, If, Ingalle Boston; D, W, ooro, 'Euglond; '@corge’ Bouf, Nevada: Clarlcs ‘A, Bumer, San Franclsco ; E, Baiderson, Milwankes | Olurica " Pirtriduo, New Virki . A Vandyie Tuw York § 1L, W, Latwborton, Winona ; Thtlo Knapiy Nevada,.,.,Hherinan House—Fsank flate, Lockioss tors llowland Robertaon, New Yorki O, O, Dunber, Sidney, Maino ; Jolin O, Hamllton, 8t, aul ; 3, turcty, il0ota,, . Tromont House—d, D, Yus tarbaugh, Pooris 3 4, T, Mugruder, Now Bloxicoy A, Miller, Jeravy Oity 1 'Jobbn Chiurck, Oinclnmail; G, T, Ttogers, Detrojs § P, Honry Sinyth, Buellugion 3 Phil, s e et Civiond, GL1le ol A PASTOR'S FAREWELL. Culmination of tho Difficulty in the Western: Avenuo DBaptist Church, The Rev. Mr. Gordon’s Last Sermon to His Flock. He Defends His Previous Aotion in tho MoCarthy Trial, The Resignation to Be Acted Upon at a Mceeting This Lvening, - The farawell Rermon of the Rev. John Gor- don, whoso resigoation as pastor of tho Western Avenna Baptist Chureh was tondored e woolk ngo, was preached last evoning to a congrogation so largo ns to fill oyery availablo fuch of room in tho churels, hundtods boing tnmednway from tho door, unable to gain admisgion. Tho fooliug on the part of tho membors way very deop, and manifosted iteolf in ovidences of sirong omotlon. After tho customary devotional oxer- cigos hind been biad, and ns tho timo arrived for the pastor to preach his sormon, ono of the doa- coug, Mr. J. C. Hendereon, elnimed tho attontion of tho congrogation, speaking s follows : BuerimeN AND Fuipyps : Thoso of you who ‘woro presont this morning heard tho statomout of our fluancial coadition, T'ho clogo of tho lant church year left us in dobt soveral hundrod dol- lory, and that debt i atitl unpaid, Wo owe our paator, and, a¢ you all know, he preaches his fmrowoll sermon to thig peoplo this evening. Cnn wo let bim go unpaid? Will not our love to Chrit aud his cause conatrain us to givo lib- oeally ns God has progperod us to tho wupport of lis minlgtry ? lho flnancial record of this church js somothing to bo proud of. ‘'int, & pooplo, nono of them rich in tho senso of tuis world's goods, should in o timo of finaucinl deprogsion havo contiibuted pe Kiberally ny you have to tho eupportof tho QGospel, is truly praisoworthy ; but, brothren, 1t is tv God's moroy and gooduess that wo owo it all, nud our whola duty Is not vat dono. Wo wish topny our pastor overy dollar of maney that wo owo um, and, whilo we stillowo Lo him n dobt of gratitude that enonot be estimated in dollars aud coute, wo ask you to give this as o focblo token of your lovo to Christaud his work, and that our pastor may leavo us unfottored by financial difi- cultios. Wo must hava 3500 to do this witb, Our colloction this morniug wae only £35. Now wo want Brothor -Gordon to have every cont of his salary due him, and wo must raise ic to-night. I would ask the church clork to come forward and take names and amounts subscribed, while the ofticors pass up and down the aigles. Wl womo ona sturt tho collection ? While Mr, ITondorson was _delivering theso ro- marks, Mr. Gordon advancod to tho front of the platform and said: I cnter my solomn protest ngainst this, This pulpit is_mine to-night. Tl colloction whick Brother Houdersou propaags to hava taken up will take too much valuablo timo. This is alto- gother ngaingt my wish. Lot tho baskets Lo pagsed ronnd smong tho nudieuce, and the regu- lar collection bo takou up to-night, I am to proach the sormon, and this s my pulpit. [Ap- planse.] Iriends, romember tbat this is tho houso of Grod. Let us all remember tins, I havo tho highost rogard for Brothor Hondorson, 1o knows that. DBut agaiust this I euter my protest most emphatie, After anvouncing his thomo from the Epistlo to tho Thersalonians, ho wont o to the expla- nation of the passage, and then soid that 1t was with pain that ho rohearsed the foeblo labors ho hod expeuded in tha chureh from which ha was about, to depart. Ilo had beon enlled there in the yoar 1808, whon tiio Westorh Avenuo Buptist Church was known rs tho Providence Mission. e was at tho_szmo timo it lesder and & studont in tho Baptist Theologieal Sominary of this city, Ho labored in tho wiosion at n salary of 2000 per sunum, That was in August, 1864, In Dacamber of the same year thie tuprovemont was very marked, and Jan. 31, 1809, ho received o call to become their postor. From tlat until the present tho salary had boon incroasod, until now it had reached the sum of £2,500 neyenr. In this chnrch ho bod beon ordained 10" the work of the Gospel ministry. Tho day on which the church was organizod ns such was o siguificaut ono, Tho toxt chouon wad: *Happy is the man whose God s tho Tord." o churel for somatime hold only ono soryico ovory Sabbath, when this wae increased to two, and with oncouraging resuits, Thonum- bors present attheso sorvices were given, and the speakor stated the chuveh, during his six vonrs' pastorale, hnd incrensod from far lees than a huudred until it had recolved 223 persons oy lotter, and 220 by L¥@ilsm, with n prosent momborehip of 408, taking ioto consideration tho dismissions from various causes. ‘Tho church daring this timo had rigen from o mis- sion to third largest among the cighteen Baptist churchoes in this city. Ile would not go aver tho routine of enmmerating the number of seroions preached, the visitations mado, tho potsans wnatried, those wio hnd died, but ho numed the vavious interests of the church to which ho had looked, and from which he bad recoived support. 1o was sure, .and he did nob say it irroverently, thet vhilo per- liops the Lord wonld not ho able at the closo of theae, kio labors, ** Well done, good and farthful servant,” yot bo thought ho could not say that the pastor had been slothful. He touch- ingly rolorred to tho dccoase of his wite, and many of his auditors werc moved to tears at tho rocital, The incoming later of an honorod one amony them was also ulluded to, and tho spealter belieyed ho could say in all truthiulness thet they had wopt with him when Lo wopt and ro- Jjoiced when ho was glad. Ho thou yrococeded to state at length the canges which bad led to his resiguing, = He re- hoarged tho position ha tool in tha McCarthy triul, nud road tho letter which ho published ab tho olows of that unfortunate trial, which was his protost, After readiug tho lattor document, ho sald : Tor this articte’and my position at the Council T haye boen condemned by m[vl brothron, by memberd of city and suburban churches, by the Standard, of Chiccgo, whoso columns woro shut ngaloet mo, bat which desiguated my charges ag . ** falso and slanderous,” at {ho samo timo praising the othor mombers of the Conn- cil, and taking good caro that 1o word wag ul- lowed to be printed againss tho Councii's action, A prominent Enstern editor eaid to mo, * ‘Tho Standard has done n groes Injustico i rofusing & hearing from the otbor sido.” Thanks to the socular press of Chicago for permitting 1o to give to tha world my solamun protest, which I truthfully boliove has accomplisked a two-fold Fonu. proventing many from wholly renoune- g fmth in- Christisns ond the relizion thay preach, and ae & warning ta other councils not to nssumo tho authority of their Chicago brothren, or at lenst dirocting thelr at- toution to the loose, unscrupulons modus ope- randt of proceduro in trial and paradosical ver- diat, Dut mouy Lave beon oftended bocansa 1 dated rige in that council and domand jue- tico, not moray, tor tho ncousod. I have boon govarely abusod by many for trying to ba. friond tho one on trlal,’ Why aat condainu e for visitiog our County Jall, and telling tho un- Lappy inmatea of thoso dark, iron-barred colls of a Bavior's loyo? Why not condemn mo for preaching in the Erriug Women's Rofuge, sud speaking worda of Lope to thosd forloru, howe- logs onos? If theso nots of Chriatian Iabor meot approval, why should I ba censuvod for bofriending n brother ministor and * tollow mortal,” when not ouly hig reputation was assailed aud his use- fulnoss threatonod, but by his disgraco, or: tho unchristisu nets of hig euemios, Omlst's causo might bo injured? Whon tho Bible, which we a4 Baptista profoss to follow so carefully, was ignorgd, conld I keop witont? Wheo the Qouncil assumoed tho position of authority and deposed a brother from tho minis- try without presonting epecifle roacons for such an act, could I, in the name of humasuity, refratn from ontering my proteat ? Iecauso botoro tho grout Ob leago Banbedrim, I dared defend the iblo, Daptist ;:'nlltg. and o much-abused minis- ter, lem the objoct of dislike, perseoution and acorn| ‘Po those living outsido of Chicngo, a natural question arises: * How could 0 many greab 1en, such e Chicago and the donomiuation love to honor, Lo guilty of wuch misdemoanor, nud how daroany *young brother' presutue to ques- " tlon thofr authority ?" I say this fn natural, for wo have some great and good men in our wonderful city. Outsldore might point to somo of our wagnatos, such men a8 Dy, Evorts, with his mawved and vast ox- porlencea in ohnrol affaire; Dr, Goodspeod, Tamod e 8 Bucocsaful pastor § Dr. Northrup, #e o giant in tho ranls ot thoologlans | Dr, Araold, uneurpassed aa o soholar or churob-ilke man, T'ho venorablo and now sainted Dr, Pattison, and the revered Dr, Osgood, with tholt upe Christian oxporionco ; Dr, Burroughs, with his marvelons knowledge of mon and univorsity trints ; Dr, Smith, with hia gontle disposition theso, and a wcoro of otuers, clerieal nud lny, could be unmed ax mon woll qualified to decido any matter of diseinlivo,” Truo; and would to God such mea hnd honored tho Councll with tholr prosonco, Bt XOT ONE OF THESE MEN WAH TIERE, In tho final aud fatal aesston only four pastora and threo neociato pastors wors thero out of olghtoon vity churches, Tho pastora wers op- posed to the voto. Many groat men have glven thoir opinion regarding chureh councils. T.ob us hienr the words of tho salnted Dr. Culyer writton forty-flve years ago : 1Ina it not heen ono of the grovest sources of dan- ger o {lo Churehsof Olirist, wineo tho daya ofyiha Anostice, thak disciphiary power hin beon neaumed by Toyes, Bishops, Counclig, nud other bodles not ati- {iorized by Jeais Chirlst, and ought nnt our Cbtirchien fo watch ngninat it wilh o holy joalousy, vigilance, and uncompremising inteyrity 7 Dr, Wayland pives o similar viow. Come down to onr day and liston to those whosa opinfons aro wortlt knowing on this sub- ject, and hear thoir words nttorod aftor tho Mo Carthy trial, and drawn out of that trial, Mr. Govdon quoted in suppoit af his position from the Rtoy, John Dowling, of Now York ; tho Rov. 'Thomss Armitazo, of Now York; tho Rov. Ricbard Tuller, D. , of Baltimore; tho Tev, R, H, Nealo, D. D., of Bopton ; the Ntev, Dr. A, II. Burling- ham, of 8t Louia; the Rov. E. 'L\ Hiscox, of Brookiyn; {he Itev. 8. IL, Ford, D.D., of 8t Touls ; the Rov, Aloxis Caswoell, D, D., of Prov- tho Nov, J, R, Qraves, of Mem- the itev. @. F. Pontecost, D, D., of Ldward Iothrop, D. D, of Stamford, Coun. ; the Rov, Willinm Catheart, D, D., of Lhiladelphita; tho Rov, IL. I, Riploy, D, 1., of Nowton Conior, Maes.; *Tho Chureh ;" Amoriean Baptist Publleation Bocioty, and tho National Baptist. 1Io then snid: Thus I have read the opinions of grent and fontned mon known and honored alt over our Jand; plnco Kido by sido the names of thoso mon who decided in tho eage of Mr. McCarthy, and justica to your own imntelligenco will prompt the vordlet, Can T rogrot tho courso_which I pursued whon the vory procedure urged before the Council 8 ndvocatod by our ropresantativa divines? Oun I bollave ‘somo of my Chicago brothren aro honest whon ono prominont mombor of that Council, on being nsked why tho Yrosecuting Attorney mndo 80 votybrief shoech at tho cloyo of the dofenso, replied: I advinod tho Deacons not to lot him epeak, lost Lo should spoil the wholo affair,” eloved brathren, I closs this subject. I have for tho firat timo publicly opoued. mf lips in ox- planation of this uvhappy caso, I regrat that my farowell scrmon should bo of this naturo. 1 have ac times folt, if ovor I should preach a farawell sormon hero, it would bo ono of tender sympathy nud rogret at parting with a boloved flock, Iliad hoped to spend s long time yob in this important ficld, but my labors como to an ond. Several invitatious in tho past havo been_oxtonded to me by other churches, but theso I declined for your sakes, Lave livad' cight years In Cbicago, and havo seen many ohanges, - I havo soen Lwonty-olght Baptist pastors leavo thoir flolds of Iabor.” This doos not fucluao our foreign or colored churches, T'hore aro not, to my kuowledge, iu nll evangeli- cal donomiuations, over six ministers in Chicago who wero pastors hero whou I bogan my work. T havo rojoiced iu tho friendship of many min- istors of other denomiuntions. With them I have Iabored to advance the iutorosts of Christ. I havo delighted to aid owr public fngtitutioun baving tho glory of God nnd tho salvation of gouls iu view, and with tho churchos in our immodiato flold, and thoir boloved pas- wtors, I have sustained ondoaring relatious. In Brother Youlker, of tho Methodist Church, and Brothor Bushnell, of the Congregational Chureh, I liave fonud true **yokofellows,” brotbren: ho- l&\'c.d, with whom for years X have labored for rist. I cannot closo this address without thanking tho chureh for tho many tokous of love ro- coived. Thooflicers by whatever name—whothor Dencons, Prustees, Tronsurer, clork, reportor, for their co-oporation and aid, and tho Sabbothe sebool oflicers wnd toachors for their work. Whon 1 begun labor hero, 200 woro at Bunday-gchool ; lnst Lord’s day 439 were preseut. 'L'hie Yo\uifi Teoplo's Association for publishing the Zell, an tho_Yokofollows for thoir tract ork. 'Tho Ladies' AidSocioty for furnishing the clhurch and filling Bomo vacaut shelves in my libravy, and fu_many othor acte of gharity and love for thore in noed ; the ladies’ prayer meotingo, wnstained by fow, but not missed by some from weel to week for overa yoar; the chairI for leading *‘nll the peoplo to praige God; ™ and every worker, by whatover uaine, has my hearty thanks for nid in the work of Christ. Old and young in this cuurch I commend to Ohrist, and #ay, in tha languago of Paul: ** Finally, bretbren, farowell. e porfect ; bo of good comlort; bo of ode mind; live 1n peaco, and tho God of lovo and poaco be with you." 7 Beloved, funconverted friends, my olosing words to you. I havo often neld up Cbrist as your ouly = Savior, often told of His match- less ' love, ofton reminded you of jyour goul's worth and danger, and urged " you to accept tho fluished work of Christ, I may nover meet you again ; but I wesh my hanas clenu from your blood. Let mo again point you to Ohvist] "**Thore i8 none other namo given under heaven amoung mon whaoroby we must bo eaved.” * To-day, if you will hear His voice, borden nat your hearts,” Saon tho vanities of life will all bo pest, and tho changoloss realitios of eternity be upon us. #Iis not for man fo triflo, Life is brief, And eiu is kore, Our ago 1a but tho falling of a leat, A dropping tear, ‘Wo hisve no time 0 sport away the hours— All must bo carnent i n world like ours, Beloved friends, farowelll At the closo of the scrmon the congrogation was visibly affcoted. The pastor anuouncod that this (Mondny) ovening thero would be & mooting of tho church and congregation to receive the pastor's resignation and transact other importaut ‘busivess. An offort was mado to have tho nudi- enco give an oxpression of its sympathy for the Tov. My, Gordon previous to hisretiviug, Lut, at his oarnest roquest, all action was posiponed un- til this evoning, OBITUARY, THE HON, ALVAK OROOKER. Bosroy, Deo. 27.—Tho Ilon. Alvah Crocker, Tepresontative in Cougress from the Tenth Dis- triet, died at his residonco in Fitchburg, Moss,, lngt night, Ho left Washington last Monday to spend the bolidays ot home, and oaught o sovero cold, which on Fridey assumed a serlous form of congestion of the lungs, aud torminated fatally, ago was 73, Mr, Crocler wos born at Leominster, Mass, Oct. 14, 1801, o beeawo a fretory aporative at 8 yoars of age, but in tho intorvals of "his work managed to secure An acndemic cducation, by moans of which he ob- tained omploymoat in confidoniial ralations with the propriotors of prper-mills, and beeamo himself an awnor of mills, Hia politioa! lifo bo- @n_in tho Lowar [Touso of tho Massnchusatts ogistature in 183g, 1843, and 16843, Ifo was a membor of the Btate Benato two terms, was olected to the Forty-second Congrass Jan, 2, 1872, to fll tho vnesucy occasioned by tho reeignation of William B. Washburn, and way re-olocted to tho Forty-third Congrosy, o wns not o eandidata for re-election last fall, boing too infirm for further wervico, and Prof. Seolye, of Atahorat College, was elected to succoad bim, MISOELLANROUS, Dunuque, In, Deo, 20.—Cho Rov, W. I, Mar- shall, . D., pastor of the first Prosbylorian Chureh of this elty, died of apoploxy this oven- ivg, at 0 o'clock., Ho wos strichon downak7a, m., and_coutinued unconsclous to Lhe Lour of hindeuth, ‘Tho losa is protoundly folt in this city, whero tho Doctor was hiold In high esteom, Tor six yonrs he wns pastor of a church in Bl timoro, and for a long tima of the First Prosby- torinn Church of Columbus, O. I ago was 48, Tho remaine will bo cavrlod to Muskingma 0., on Tuouday, for intormont. Speett Dispateh to I'he Chiteago Tribune, BANDOGKY, O., Doc. 27.—Tho Ifon. Walter T, Btone, of ti eity, Judgo of the Bupromno Uourt of Ohio, died Yridny at_Oailond, Cal,, whore ho had gono for his health, Tho romaws are ex- pectod hero noxt yooli, BPIUNOFIELY, Mass,, Dog, 27.—Jobn Russell, of Groentlold, the veteran cutlory manafacturer and founder of this industry in Amorios, died &t Lis homo to-day, agod 75, S ¥ Sunday Liguor~'Triffic, A deputallon of workingmon st Dublin ro- ncnnfv wujted upon Sir Michacl [lloks-Boach, tha Cbiof Bocretary for Iroland, to prosent & me- morlal iu favor of tho Bunday closiug of public houses, and 1o urgo tho expediency of comply- ing with the prayor, Hir Michael rematkod thut tha Govornment hiad no vory stroug praofs that tho mensuro whealy thoy ndvooated would removo tho ovils which they “doplored, 1le reminded thow that tho effoot of {¢ would probably bo an fncrongo In tho illloit trafllo In drluls, and ho ro- forred to the nxnmrlo of Glusgow to show that drinking Lind not diminishod siuco tho olosing of the pubiio houses thero, IHo promleod, howovar, to luy thole views bofora tho Governmonts FOREIGN. Awiful Disaster at Sca.--An Emigrant Ship Burned, ' Probable Loss of 466 Lives---Only Meagre Reports Roosived, The German Government Planning the Punishment of the Carlists, Scenes in Court During the Von Arnim Trial, BURNED AT SEA, FRIGHUTFUL CATASTROMIE. Lospoy, Dec. 285 n. m—A telogram hns been roceived from Madeira stating that threo of thg crow of tho emigrant ship Cospatrick, from Loundon for Now York, had arrived ot 8t Ilclons, and roported tho Cospairick burnod nt sea. Tho report lacks confirmation, but it s foared that the crow nnd pnesengors of tho Conpatricl, numbering 500 souls, havo all perisbied, with the excoption of the threo roport- ed arrived ot St. elena, TATER, TLoxpoN,—0:30 8. m.—A sccond tolagram from Madorin statos that tho Coapalrick was burned on Nov. 17, in latitudo 87, N., longtitude 12, W. 1t ia now estimatod that 465 lives woro lost by tho dienster. —_—— SPAIN. GEBMANY AND THE OARLISTH, Loxpoy, Doo. 28—5:30 a. mn—Tho Times' Borlin correspondent eays the quaation is being discussod at Berlin whether it is possiblo fo punish the Catlists for -the oulrage of tho wsoizure ‘of tho Gorman ship Gustav. Advicos from San Sobastian aro to the offcct that tho Gustavis deoply im- Dedded in the mud, and that tbo Oarlists aro busily engaged in unloading hior, The Captain of the Gustav was slightly wounded by tho Carliste, ¥0OD BOARCE, Mapnip, Dae, 27.—1'00d {4 reported to bo vory searce at Pampoluna. Al known Carllat sympa~ thizora ere bolng expellod from tho city. i g THE ARNIM DRAMA, BOENES IN THE COURT, . JBerlin Correapondence of the London Times, A building which may have looked aristocratic two hiindred yoars ago, but which to-day is no moro than a whimsieal mediey of tho grand and tho menn, a lofty chanbor of smail dimensions, G0 foot by 25 feot, with baro walls and the most unprotonding furniture, such is tho stago on which the concluding sceno of tho Arnim drama s boing onacted. At tho upporoud of thoapart- mont, somothing between o room aud & hall, kit tho Judges. Beforo them ia agemi-circular tablo covorea with thoorthodox green cloth of judicial Qormany. Thoy aro flanked on the ono sido by tho Public Prosccutor, and on tho other by the Clérk of tho Court, clad in black dress-conts, neithor too new nor too old, without wig or gown. Thoso gontlemen look vory serious and busiuces-like, but not in tho least imposing. “I'hero is n bappy consistoncy botweon their ne- poct and the ofiicial plaiuness of thair surround- fuga. Thoopen space immedintelyin {ront of them is occuplod by a tablo, at which tho wit- noases stand whon giving ovidenco. TFurther on, afainst tho wall, s tho dock of the nccused, raised a step abovo the floor, as 18 tho seat of the Judges. The dock 1s notbing but o simplo wooden bencb, incloted by o slight railivg 3 foot high. DBefore it are seated the prisoner’s coun- sol at o tablo so smail that the three gontlomen fntrusted with the defenso will, it is to bo hoped, in tho intorest of judiclal decorum, not interrupt the volemn stillness of tho proceedings by undigni- fled nudgings ' for space, Factng tho prisoucr sud counsel, the priviloged gontlemen of tho press have four rows of dosks aesigned thom. }!u’ty-nne iy thelr unprecedonted nunber, not in- cluding balf a dozen stenographers stationod on tho prisoner's lelt, and cmployed partly by him and partly by the Joading German jourual, the Cologue Gazetle. This constitutes wWwhat may be tormed tho stage portion of tho melancholy business. Soparated from tho more immediato paiticipaters in tho transaction by & narrow paszage, tho many-bended public i8 poorly rep- rosontod by o bare half-hundrod fuvored be- ugs, The first bench belongs to diplomntists and jorists, tho rest to promiscuous humanity. Even somo Iadies count among theso solact fow. Bilence rosign supreme. The Yn(u[ul intorest of tho trinl is torribly in- crensed duriug tho rending of tho act of accusa~ tion, When the reading is over, the oxamination begins. 'Fho prisoner riges. o is & mau ghghtly above middle hoight, powerfully pwilt, and with s grand sristocratio cnst of countenanco, & bold aquilino nose, o plercing hawld's-oyo, and a mus- sive, towerlug forehend which would make him n wttiking object auywhera, How mucli tmoro must Lo attract attention in his prosent anomalous position ! But, alas ! the sudden, Llanching of ]xm Lair and benrd and tho broken exhausted ap- ‘poarance of tho onco atately Ambnssador ars but too much in keoping with the placo whorcon fio hos managed {0 alight. What o Qescout! From the anqnut of - the Tuilerios to tho dock in tho Molkenmarkt! With foeble voice, the illustrious prisoner answers the Judges’ queries, Yes, ho i Count Harry Arnim, toe late bniliant aud adwired raprosontativo of Llis Soverelgn et ovur so many Courts. Iluving anawered the proliminary questions o sat_down again, and was loft to his owu roflections during tho groator part of that day's procoenivgs. The fleccer was tho tussel bDotweon lawyer and Judge. An animated discussion nrose betwoen ndvocate, Chaiiman, and publiciprosecutor con- corning tho might of tho Borlin Motropolitan Coutt to arraign the prigonor at all, Had the Count his domicile at Derlin when arrested, or was he ot ragher an inbabitant -of Pomerenin at tho timo of the first domiciliary visit? Or, assuming him to have beon a resident of Barlin, bad nuy Germen conrt the vight to puniah hnn for au oflonco alleged to hinve boon commitied at Paris 7 and meuy more logal intricacios of tho gamo soit, sweot to tho enr professiounm), but strange to tho uninitiated Lieatlen, Aftor indulging in thia swralu fora whilo, the legal mind sndgenly discovered that, intovesting ad- tho discussion might bo, thore was no ve- cusion for it. Tho prisoner not having protested ngninst tho compotoney of tho Conrt on his firas oxamination, the Court was undoubtedly ontitled to procead. Tho introductory dobato did not, however, coms to o closo boforo connsel had selzed the opporlunity to compluin of tho treat~ mont bia cliont had et with in tho proceding #tagos of the laquiry. In counsol's opinion thoro was nood for the prisonor’s arrost. Tho languaze in which thiy was essorted was so uvusual in its bittarness aud violonco, that it pravoked tho ro- buka of the prosecutor, who observed that thu -caunsol scomed to be ubndinf; rathor tothe pub- lie thon the Court, Thia prologuo was succocd- ed by the rending of the rules regulating the ro- lationy between tho Foroigu Ofive and its ropra- sentativos abroad, Then somo witvosses wero called, Horr Ltolwnd, Chief of the Coutral Bu- reau in the Foreign Oflico, doposed that all com= munieations sout off aud recoived woro regle~ tered, butthat thoro woro seeret sommunicationd wiieh e uevor saw nor entered into the books, though ho was gronorally vouchanled a glanco at tho cuvelope, ''hid cloked tho first day's sitting, which had lasted six hourd, with vno hiour's in~ torruption, to givo tho prisonar time to reeruit. At tho closo of tho silting, Count Arnim, who had loft bis mother's houso that worning, wont to prison, 1 "Tho socond day's aitting opened o little nfter 10 o'clocl, the concourse of poopio in and out of the Court boing, if posaiblo, still largor than thy duy bafore, o 'Chairmin fisst causod o Tulow-Arnim correspondoncoe to bo read, It relatos to tho delivery of tha romoved doon- monts. It s froquently spoliou of iu tho act of aocusation, aud lias proviously appoarod in the Times, After this the Judgo road o list of the oighty-plx dooumonts removed by tho prinoner. ‘Tho prisoner admitted thnt, with tha oxception of ong, they wore all numbered, e liad sont thum out of Pruesin when lie foond what ita prosont inatitutions ore. la had looked upon tho wholo business from the beginning s o personal oonflicy betwaen himsolf and the Chancollor, 'To this tho Tudgo roplied that ro- marks jn Count Arnlm's hand-writing oconrring in gomo of tho reooverod rederipts of the Chan- collor, woro cortalnly iudicativa” of snvihing but smicnblo fooling. lemarks suol ad, " Oh, oh," WWhat noxt " What now #* #1iad not sou bottor post np your Cossaolts a little more {hor- oughly 7' und the llke, wora froquently to ba wub with on the mug{x of tho rososipts ln quoad. tion, Tho prisoner rogrotted theso things woro mantloned {n Court,. Thou camo tho reading of the 8t. Vallier corranpondence, alluded to in tha nct of necusation. ‘Tho most intoresting ploce in tho colloction was tho lellor in which Gen. von Mantouffol repoated M. do St, Vallier's nccount of lis convorsption with tho pris- oner. From the lotter thore vonld Dbo wo doubt that Count Arnim wan ovon then deter~ mined to look upon M. Thiers a4 objactionable, amd to favor tho roturn of the Ilouso of Orloany or Bourbon, Tlo no doubt was awaro, too, that Tiold-Marghal Mantenflel suspeated what way passing i his mind, ous of the mnrginal auto- graphs of tho prisonor boing, »Oh1 Vidwin, Ed- win! your minerablo tittle-tattlo ngainl” Some moro documonts wero road, among Lhem o com- munication from Princo Bismnrck to tho Count, eharging tho prisonor with chorishing pantimonts projudicial to tha German Empiro, ‘Thin ropri- maid wns sdministored whon tho Count con- timied to favor n mounrchieal rostoration, al- thougl hia chiof rogarded tho nccosslon of o T'rinco of the Ilouso of Orleans or Bombon e identieal with the ascondancy of ultramontauism n Froancea, In concluslon, I mny adil a fow words upon tho genoral fmport of the trial, ‘Lho prisouor, it s woll Inown, quarrolod with tho Chaucellor on the delicato question whothor it woa to the in- tovoek or Gormany to try and leop M. Thicrs in or nat, the prikoner belng favorabla to tho im- mediate rostoration of monnrchy, whilo his chief wns on !.lmni)ponnu tack. 1lis rocall for acting contrary to instructions ultimntely ensued, It wny thon that the prisoner approprinted tho mixsiug documants, to kocure, a8 Lo says, the monug of defonding himsolf from tho finputa- tlous of the Chancollor. Hore tho question arisos why the Count did not contont himsolf with copies. As he indignantly denies that he hiad any jutontion to publish the missing doou- ments, tho defenso lio refors to can only bo un- derstood oy menning an appesl to his Bovarelgn, But for this purposo copies wonld have dono as woll, On tho othor hand, if, as tho Public I'roun- cntor intimates, tho Count had nu ides that tha sbstanco of the missing documonts might por- Linps bo communieated to the publie, his motive for romoving the originnls is obvious, Ag long 08 tho origimals reminined in tho archives, thoy worn uuquestionably ollicial, and could not bo divnlgod without incureiug tho risk of n sovero penalty ; butif tho Forcign Ofilee, for fear of publieity, sald nothing about the romoval of the originals, the privato and non-oficlal character of tho papers was tacitly nelnowledgod, and pub- lication was no longer agninat tho luw, It must be allowad, howaver, that though thoso reflee- tions ara inovitably suggestod by the case, the Count may have boon swayod by motives known only to bimself, For tho presont, the papors nro full of n statoment relativo to His Majeaty's porsonnl disappointment nt Count Arnim's con- dnet. That Count Arnim's family do not look upon the deplorable affair as volving any in- jury to thomsolves mey bo concluded frow two of Ik rulnll\'aa‘iunt accoptiug oflicial appoint- ments. A cousfu of the Count's liss beon mado Adjutant to tho Emporor, whilo his brothor-in~ luw, tho hend of the family, wha recoutly re- siguod tho Governorship of Lorraine, accepts the much moro importans position of Govornor of Silesin. PROHIBITION AS A POLITICAL (SSUE. A0 the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Thio political isstos of tho tomperanco reform should bo thoroughly studied, apart from all other political lssuos. Tomporance logislation 15 dlosired purely for reformatory and moral pur- poses; nud, if the Iaw-makivg powers in Govern- ment aro adequnte to tho work of banithing in- tomperance from socloty, thon it suroly is desira- blo that our Logislatures should be snb to tho taslc nt onco, This one queation should bo mado the grand Jeading issuc in our National Councily aud, whon they bave succeeded in ostablishing a thorough temporance reform by law, thero will Do but a singlo step further to bo taken to ostab- 1ok puro morals and & nuity of religloug faith, When e havo reachied such o rosult, wo hall Took for tho keys of St. Petor to bo passod over from Romo to Washingtou; and wo can, in Grand Council of the Nation, vote on Infallibili- ty i thoNow World, cstablished upon & suror rock than 8t, Petor. The gaten of Hell will not attemst to projail against it Tho iesue, t&n, that wo must now make with those zoalous ndvocatos of temporance who aro clamoring for Proliivitory temperance laws, is, that thoy aro urging unon our Legislatures n work that transconds their duty to undortako or ability to perform, It is conceded thattemper- ance legislation has hitherto beon a fuilure, At bost, it hns only served to chack, or tempo- roxily restraln, the use of nleoliolic drinka ; but somobody has always been toblamo for the lack of succoes Inthorto, Prohibitionists aro positivo that, ot somo future tine, o geand Prohibitory law will bo onacted and ouforced that will banish intomporunco from tho land. Now, I imagiuo that, could such a dosirable rosult bo onco roached, unlons human naturo becomes vory much changed in tha procoss, the vietory would Do colebratod by a grand jubiloo taat would endanger tho modicinal and ‘mechanical supplics of wleoliolic bovorages that tho regencrato drug- storos might hevo rotained for groat emergoncios. It wonld fio & time to be morry, and 1t would bo jmpossiblo for our real, thoroughpoing poli- ticiaus to colobrato without somolh ing to troat with, 1t would bo excoeedingly trying to such natures to got up much enthusiasm in oithor n prayer or praise meeting, lod by our:ecaruest temperance-roformors | Itis clearly ovident that to xid the world of in- temperanco involves A moral renovation of soci- ety that Christiauity has nover yot eon able to secure within the communion of the Church: and i our Divino Chriatianity now willing to advanco tho Stato to a place in the causo of reform abovo the Church ? our omrnest, Christinn plils anthropists como bowing to the clvil power, and £ay, " Wo liavo failed to reform socicty end save itby tho savor of our haly religiou; rud wa, thorafore, not only prav,but commana, tho Clvil Qovernmonts to aform all the poopls through logal euactments ?" When crimivals onact se- vore Jaws ugainst crime, and becomo tho stern exeentors of such lnws; whon mon bind thom- selves to whipping-posts, and apply the ecourgo with thoir own hands; when they incurcernto tuomeclves in prirons and vuifor punishiment for tholr crimes, while they carry tho koys to their own prison colis,—thon may wo look for mon to mulko themsolves tomporato by luw. Thon will Bamson allow himsolt to bo bound with strong cord, and bo sborn of his atrongtly, to bo placed in hus enomics’ hands, at tho solicitation of o Delilab, ¥ But this may bo rogarded as an indiroct moth- od of treatmont of the Prohibitory question; n kind of dodging tho srguments with whicl tem- porance men fortify thoir positions; I will, therofore, pues to esumine the logic of Prohibi~ tion, which 1 will stato ns succinotly as possiblo, izt First—Belenco tonohes that alcokolio drinks are deadly poisons, Second—1ho ugo of suchdrinks is suicide, and the sale of them is murdor. Third—To drink or toil nicoholle boverages is n erime, and shiould, thorefore, bo troated a3 n orima by our Legislatures in their cuactmonts of crimunal lnv, “'liora is an appearance of sound reasoning in tho above prcmises and conclusion, II the sremises nro correct, wo accept the couclusion, ogical fnirness roquires it of us, Lot us chaugo the above formula by inserting arsenic in tho piaco of *' alcoholio driuks,” und "wo would thon make druggists, physicians, nnd patients, suicides nud mmiderors in tha salo nud uso of soran of our best ngac-modicines, Wo might put tho casu ntill stronger by putting oplum in tho placo of srsoniv; und then, Iask, would a juey of even Prohivitionists bring In o verdictof guilty againse unou parties, though a Legislaturo anight b found fxuatical enough to make thouso or sule of oplum n capital crime? P'hho fact {4, no_system of rensoning will con- vineowmen that the orime of suicida or murder v any way attaches to either tho uso or uale of alcoholio drinks, Noithor can it be shown that sneh uso o eale iy eriminal, 'Tho orimnal in- tout must ho couplod with tho uso ol dendly oapons or doadly poisons to conalituto erimo, Howover dangorous it may be to human Jife, und however much it may bo detrimontal to tho well- boing of socloty, to elther soll or uso alcoliolio drinfis, it {s utterly in vain to teach that v their uso or snlo thero is crimo. 2 Wo eanuot adid to tho eatalogmo of orime, in this ninotoeuth ocontury of the Clvistian ora, that which the moral fovso of Hociety, Lho rove- Iations of religlon, or tha seionce of govorumont, have falled tu recognizo as crimo for tho sixty coutuvies of tho past, Weo duv not say that tho e or salo of alcohol may not bo crima, but anly whon thore is criminal intons coupled with tho act, 1t foltown from thoe above rontoning that the potont alementy of & sound temporanco roforat vent In those sooial aud roliglows ve- stigluts that bind wouls ~back ‘to virtuo and strongthen thom to iithataud tomptation, Onr Christiun {alth teaches us that men uro cu~ pablo of becoming o luw unto thoniseives, and of seouring » vouovatlon .of moval chareetor, mnd this inthe full and froo oxcrelen of the human will, Thus society may, tn its freodom, fmposo solf-rostyaints, and nourish tha better impulsos of human 1 ty, Ho au to Teutoro tho oharactor from ovon oriminul indulgence. Ilvro aro unfaklod $ha onfof saving audl rocuporative forcos of human socioty. As soon a8 men boe come criminaly, 80 a8 to hHecomo justly amennblo to tho Inwa of tho Htate, it becomes tho sad worl of the Govornmont Lo resttaln and punisl, with but feobla hopes of roform. It scoms, therofare, Lo mo possl nlx Atrango that onr Clirls~ than ratormorn shoull so peraintontly seck to embarass Jegitimate political issues with utoplan mensuros of roforn. It will be o sad dny for our Amorioan nystom of government when wo divida partion in politics npon simply moral and rolizgious teanes, ‘Iho political mrova in no rlnuu for fighting rotigions or moral battles. With us, Church and Stnze are dlvorunél, and 8o lot thom over remain, o —— i WOMAN. A Oriminal Conrt—Anothor man'a wife, Now York girls pad thoir iuateps, TFact—man 8aya so. Judgo Walsh, n judioialdoapot of Brooklyn, has decided that n woman has no right to open ber husband's lottors. A poop hohind the cuctaln—+*Mothor, don't got mo 1nd, now! Harry is coming aud I shall bo all of & flush,” A youug fellow in Grundy County, Iows, wanted to charge his girl 20 cents for his picturo, informing her at the time that 1t originally cost o quartor, “Ile provoked me into loving him," was a Rochiestor girl's axene for ongaring horself to & ‘man whowmn sho had always profossed to hate. A Galveston domeol has suod a young follow for broaking lier noss while attompting to kiss or ngainst hor will, A Knnsas woman droamed throo times thather busband ran awny witha freckled-facod girl, and sho awoko him at midnight aud broke hianoso with tho coal-stovo shalkor. A protty Nowark girl is s *‘mind-render.” Bho snid to o bashful hoau theothor night, **Lal I‘ bln:mve .you aro going to kiss mo." Sho was right., L ‘Tho women have succeeded in rovolutionizing the world by woarjnz mon's hats, and now (enya & cyme) thoy aro mad beeause they haven't gob men's heads to cover with thom, TFronch oflcera aro not allowed to marry unloss the hride has n fortuno of not less thar $5,000. The limit was formerly $2,000, but tho prico hes beon raised. That Boston youth was woll informed in the ways of wonten who offored himself to a girl in this stylo: * Do you love mo, aud will you ho my wife? Now, just toll mo tho truth about it]" A young lady in Cambrinborongh, tired of #go- ing [t nlono,” hus mazried John gllghthm\'ar. It I ultogotior probablo who will “*ordor Lim up" on winter mornings.—Miners' Journal. Misa Kellogg says that American girls linve tho sweatest voices in the world, When ono of tliem puts her mouth to a Liolo in tho fonce and “hollers" to tha girl noxt door to “fetch back :l‘ll;m crimplug irong," 1t fils tho air with mel~ An Onkland (Cal) morried Indy has mnde §60,000_on the purchaso and sale of mining stocks during the past yeor, Sho don't aslk hor husband for pin-monoy any more, but she blufls him whou he proposoes to borrow of hor, Ono resson why femalo telegraph operators are uol more numerous {s, benause, it ons of thum wished 10 go Lo n ball, #he'd get up and go, cven if the Presidont’s mossago was comivg over the wires. Some young mon in Vienna hayo formed a mutrimoniat longue. Every moember of the leaguo must ho tho son of & man of proporty, and must pledyo bimso!lf to marry a puor girl, ono who hina notther dowry mor expoctations, u?d‘must forfoit 10,000 florins if ho violatos tho pledgo. Noman can read about all theso burglaries without o detormination to havo his wifo elecp ou tho front sido of tho Lod. . A Spanislywoman's mantilla, undor the laws of Spaiu, is sncred and cannot bo old. Whon n Spanish @ontloman is ** emborravsod " o buys a huuared thousand dollars’ worth of mantillas for Lis wife und then fatls honorably, Women have o great respect for old ago. Watch a youuyr laay seated in o mtreet car Lo~ tween a young gontleman mud an elderly oue, and seo Low determined sho ia not to incommods the lattor by erowding against hiin, Cnudlo enys that bis wife, at least, whatover may bo the oxperienco of consus-tiicors with othiera of her sex, is always ready to toll heax rage, In Lowoll the other dav n discourared mill- girl gald to hor boardmz-house nisteess, who Was famenting the fate of w buux ey oloped with & realaweg grocer g kosp s on bull-beel nt's:ia e poct us to bo ng contented as angals Cook (to fellow servant who hns hoen after & now place)—* Well, *Liza, will it suit? ™ Bliza— “Nouif I knownit! Why, whon I got thero, blest if there wasn't tho two yonne ladics of tha ‘ouso bothn usin® of one puno ot the same timo! Well, thinko I, this Iig » cowing down in the world! So 1 thought I was Luat say good morning ! "—Punch. o Norwegian young woinan is not permitted to receive nttentions from the Noswegiau young man untit ¥he 1 thoroughly requuinted with the mysteries of bread-making and een lnit stock. ings, As o rather natural result, the Norweglun feir ones uro all nccomplishied baiters und wkil ful knittorn at un early azo—oven bofore they loaru to road aud write. Watking the streeta of Cloveland the other dny a young Iady meta gentlemnn whose olfor of minrriago sho hnd somo months proviously ros jectod. Sho hud ropentod her hastily-formed decision, aud informed him ot the fact in this shrowd stylo: ** You lavo no taot in wmattors of love, You ehould huve asked mo cgain!” 43y real number ig aix, but my hand will bear squeezing,” is what she said Lo tho yvoung wan av the glove-counter. And the preat thicle hended luustle got hior a pair of fvo-rnd-g-halk toves without finding out how much squeczing fier Land wonld bear, Wo would have worked at that job an hour but she should Liave lad ag exact fit. A femalo lecturer in California, speaking in bebalf of her wex, says: **Man's plousuros would never suit us, and his Eroflm ¥o lavo, Wo alfow him to dress respectably, and to take ua to lectures ‘and othor intollectual sirousos ; ‘but $ho bulk of lis fucomo we appropriate.” A Fitchburg (Mags,) conductor ntopped his 4rain the othor morning for o woman Who was rushiug wildly afterit. She thanked him warm- ty, canually remayked tha elio lnd forgotton o Jilbs hor hisbaud, mado good tho omission, aad then atrollod home aguin, Tho conductor Rar- cantically nsked the happy husband if the train should wailt £l ho Lind sont for and kissed his mother-in-law, but,receivivg o wild negative, Jorked hiu littlo botl, There is no love like n mother's Jovo—no heart liko & mother's heart. Ier atlections go out for her oftapriug, no matter where he muy roaw ot what tho cirenumtauces in which slio muy ha placed. An instanco was seon yestorduy when a nothor entered tho Contral Btation, pud found her child, who hed boen lost from homa for hours, - Sho sprang wildly forward, nn&;nfly caught bim by tho hair, and as sho hnuled himn around he tonderly oxolnimod: *Ohl Iioh Dlastors, T'lt wollop~ you for tus whon wo got liomo!! * e e A Man Who Waun't Elnted Over Bos cominy i MBiienairos From the Troy (No Y) L5uies, Wo stated yosterduy, on the wuthority of o atroet rumor, that an uncto oy’ Michael Hogan, of Wost Troy, died revontly in Tenneslvamia, Tenving coul Tands valued ob 5,000,000, to n por- “tion of whicl Michael js beir, “Iho rumor was correct. TForty vourn ngo Michnol logan, then 21 yenrw of nge, and nn uncle, tho only survivors of a olica nuumerous fually, eawo to this country wnd ndopted it s thor own, ‘Michaol, o hard-working, indusrious young maa, finully tool up bis rosidonco m West Trov. The unclo went to Lottsville, Ps, or thad vielbity, und, aftor laboriug o number of yeurs, purcaasod with his carnings b largo traot of T tlnel also eavod moucy, and ln tho courlio of timo lnid by enough to stary himseit in the grocery business, in whichh 16 can Lo truthifully sofd ho hna prospored. ‘Tho vonture of his unola turned out to bo a most prafitnble one. Tho lands purchased by him wore found to contatn rbundance of coel, and by judicious monagoment ho gredunlly inoraussd” bis oathly stors_until at tho timo of his doath, which oc- curred a tow days ngo, ho was worths about 86, 000,000, Tust wook Dliohaol recolved Informa~ tion from an artgynoy that his wucle, with whom ho had ot communicatod for sixtooan years, had diod, and that ho was hie only surviving holr. Michzol was not ut all clatod at this annouvco ment, and appesred rathor Horry iu fact thus such good fortuns hod comoe to him. 1o wus getting old, ho maid, and would not want so much money y;besidos ho had enough (or hiws volt, wifo, aud daughtor, and the posscsion of tho 'imwenso amount mentioned sbove wonld only briug troublo and disgruoo upon hiy fataily oventually, as young people nowadays did nod know how to ajuud moucy,