Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1875, Page 2

ee THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, ANUARY 25, 1875. LEGISLATURES. A Statement on Behalf of the Wiscon- sin Republicans Who Stayed Ont of Caucus, The Obnoxiousness of Mr. E. We Keyes, Boss,” Drill- Sergeant, Ete. The Compact Phalanx of Office- holders---The Horrid Front It Wears. Demands of the People for an Im- provement in the Morale of the Party. The Duty of Obeying the People in Preference to a Corrupt Ring. Andy Johnson’s Chances of Being Elected Senator from Tennessee. Proceedings in Other Legislatures WISCONSIN. THE SENATORIAL CONTEST. To the Editor of The Chicago Trivune: DMavisox, Wis., Jan. 23,—A decont respect for the opinions of mankind perhaps requires that the roasons governing tho few noble Republicaus in tho Wisconain Legislature, who refuse to go into the Senatorial enucus and abide by its doci- gion, should be given to the public. For five or six soara the Republican party of Wisconsin haa been under tho control of a ring, having forits chief Mc, E. W. Koyes, Chairman of the Republican Central Committeo, and om- bracing the cbicf Federal ofliccholders of tho State and their retainers. It is compact, well drilled, ungcruputous, and ofticiont, and has ex- orciced an absulute despotism over the party in thie Btate. Through their instrumontality Mr. Carponter was olccted to the Senate six yoars ago, and, ap- prociating whenco hia alection came, bas DURING HIS SENATORIAL CAREER beon its powerful ally and supporter, and be- stowed tho Fedoral patronago of tho State only ‘upon those who would actually and obsequiously aavist in carrying out its designs. ‘Any Federal ollicer who had auy manliness of cbaracter, who was indisposed to bo a tool, was instantly dismissed from offico, aud his placo fillod by one moro stippliant. Through thiy means State Conyontions and Legislatures have been in a great measure cou- trolled ond the will of the peoplo tgnored. Under this dispousation tho standard of official character has been continually lowering, and tho morale of the party detorlorating. Somo of the best men of tho party have loft it, othors keep aloof-from politics, neglecting to yote, and the Itepublican majority has con- slantly been decreasing until the fall of 1873, when it gave a majority of 15,000 for the Demo- cratic Reform party, the clange being chicfly at- tributable to the impationes of the people. THE RING ROLE. Senator Carpentor ix a man of splendid abili- ties as an orator, aud possesses many good qualities which xtrongly endear him to his friends, aud those who are now opposing him do not wish to take from him any of tho glory to whioh be ia justly entitled, They go not fight him asaman, but oppose his olection to tho Senato for tho reavon that his record has been euch as to demonstrate that he is unfit for the position, It isunnocesyary in this lettor to review that record. It is suflicient to say that it bas been deemed neceesary by the Me- publican party of this Stato, in order to secure the continued allexiance of ity membors, to condemn in the #trongost terms, in the plat- forma adopted in every Stato, Congressional, County, Senate, and Assembly District Conveu- tlon for the last two years, the acts of Senator Curponter, and to assure the pooplo that, when the time came, ho aud al! otbers in like manner offending should be repudiated. A BPECIMEN RESOLUTION, The following is | specimen resolution con- tained in tho platform adopted by the Republi- can State Convention in 1973: Reaotved, ‘That the Republican. party is responsible only for wich measures un it indorses and approves, and for an houtat and faithful administration of the Governmient, ond caunot be expected to vouch for the individual houenty, Iu ali cases, of thoue they promote tu office—yet, when such aro found unfaithful or cor~ rupt, they should be exposed, diauntesed from public torvice, aud punished, We denounce all official frauda and corrupt legislation, whether in land-grauta and aubsidies to railroads, in Credit Movllier, or in the gement of the ravenues, Tho State Grango of the Patrons of Hus. baudry, at thofr Convention hold in the City of Watertown, condemned and ropudisted all who yoted for or pocketed tho Salery-Giab, which of course, inoluded Benatur Carpenter, au pound themsclves not to vote for them. ‘I'he Ro- publican preas of tho State havo alinost uni- yersally condemned many of (ho acts of Senator Carponter, and have agsttred their readers that the Republican party would not indorso them, ‘put repudiated thom and their author, UYON THESE AB8URANCES sro have sppoalod to the votors of this State to stand by the party. We have promised to re- form the party within ourselves ; to purge it of every taint of corruption ; to drop every mau, however high he may have stood in tho ostima- tion of the public, when ho haw been found un- orthy. In this situation we approached the olcction of 1873, Soustor Carpenter and his friendy wore bu wolluesured of the popular feeling in the Btuto that Lo dared not avow himself o can- didate fur the Seuate, but ho, bis friendy, aud his newspaper organs, said that the Senatorial question was not before the people, Their duty was to eloct a Republican Legislature, and to lot thom settio the question, aud carry out the wlabes of their constituents upon the subject, and that they need uot consider him or any other mana candidate. ‘I'bo eloction was held, The poople were in earnost in the matter, and they entechined their candidates, aud in = mauy instances required written pledges of them that in no vent would they eitpport Mr. Carpenter for re-election totheSenste. When tho Logislature assembled, it was aucertained that thera wore not more than twonty or twenty- two favorable to Mr. Carpenter's election, out of the eighty-one or eighty-two Republicans — elected, and those wero mostly from districts whero thore were nsually Democratic majorities, and Vtepublicans had been olected for local reasons and by Democratic votes, au the six Republicaus from Milwaukeo, and sevorat of thom wore pledged not to support him, but violated thar pisdyes as soon ad the election was over, EVEN IN ROCK COUNTY, whora Mr. C, receives tho mont support, there wos Acarcoly & man to by found until atter election who dara avow himself — fa- yorabls to Mr, Carpenter's — lection. Bir, Burlaes, reprosonting one of tho districts in Rock County, was required by his coustitusats to pledge himself not to vote for Sr. Carpenter, Mhethor nominated by the caucus or not, inorder to wecure his olection; and similar pledges wero requirod of candidates all over tho State, mmediately after electiow Mr. Keyes com- mencad orgauizing the cainpaign for Mr. Carpen- ter, He commenced by securing a8 muny of the Republican uewspapers as werd susceptible to hia peculiar kind of biandishment. When tho Legislature asnombled carly every Federal ofii- cer in the State was summoned to the Capitol, with all their retainers andclaqueurg. It was av-' cortained that only about twenty-two Carpoater nien had been lected, with vome twolve or four- Carpenter man being placed spon the saucna Committeo. THE FRIENDS OF GOV. WARIDURN woro willing and anxious to go into caucus the frat weok of tho acesion, when the members woro fresh from their conetituonts, and their in- atrnctions and pledges had not been oblitoratod from their minds by elittering persuasions. ‘Yo thie the friends of Mr. C. would not conacnt, and, having control of the machinery for calling tho caucus, contd, and did, prevent it. Had a cau- cus beon held tho firet week of the sexvion, tho nomination of Mr. Carpontor would bayo boen dofeated. ‘The firat step was to employ mon in every Senate and Assembly district represented by an opponent of Mr, O. to write letters aud sond in petitions signed by each weather-cocke as thoy could wheedle into signing them, claiming that thora lind been agrent chiauge in tho views of tho people of such ‘istrict, and that they wero now favorable to theelection of Mr. C, This was tho work of the Dostmasters scattered. through tho State, and supplementing tho lot- tors by the appeals sud inducemonte of the pow- erful Tobby here, and with such succoss that, after cight days' effort, onongh have been found to botruy their constituents, and to break their pledzes, tv aecure the nomination of Mr. C. When ‘his managera had secured their number they notified the ono committco- man opposing Mr, Carpenter that the caucus would bo called for Thursday oveving, Jan, 2b Againat this call, and on account of the shart notice given, te protested, bus without avail. and because the opponents of Mr. ©. dosired to get a fair expression of the public sentiment of those districts where it was claimod A CTIANGE OF OPINION HAD OCCURRED, In some districts thore was no pretense of & change. In tho Soventh Sonatoriat District,— Dane County,—whero the opposition to Seuator Carpenter is nearly unsnimous, and so strong that at the time af tho election tho leading Car- ponter men said thoy would not sdvieo the Sen- ator-elect to voto for Mr. C., evon if lo was in- clined to, so etrongly manifested was the oppo-~ sition, and the Senator, Mr, Bryant, know that his election was impoesible without pledging himself against supporting bim, aud gwith 5 protest sigued by over 1,000 of his constituents against lis eupport of Mr. C., yet ho, at tho beck of tho ring, ignominiously botrayed them, Tt is known and safe to say that, had ‘the con- stituents of nearly every ono of these members supposed that they would, in any oyent, have supported Mr. C., they would have been defent- od by majorities that would havo buried thom out of eight, Men of good judgment, from all parts of tho State, not oflice-soekers, say aud behovo that the election of Mr, Carpenter will cause the do- feat of tho Republican party in this Stato for years to como. Unmiatakably a larga majority of the Repub- licans of the State are opposed to his election, 'Shov had s0 expressed thomsolyos, aud had elected mou plodged against him, WHAT, THEN, WAS TUE DUTY OF THE Itoun? ‘To stand by and see the willof tho people cueuted and thwarted? How long is itsupposed that men will stand by a party and vote for its meu when their wishes aro constantly ignored, and tho fruita of their victury wrested from thom by chicanory ? To the averngo politician tho rofusal to go into a caueus or convention, and abido ita reault, iW A Very Heriot offense, It isa reliauco upon this weakness of politicians that has embolden- theso men to thus attompt, timo aud again, to atill the public voico in this and other States. Ordinarily wo would not justify it, but thore aro occasiuus when oven loyalty to the party demand it. ‘Tho clection of Mr. ©. means an indorsement of his rocord—his acta asaSonator, Lt means to the Republicans of this State that all these resolu= tions of all our conventions meant nothing ; that Enoy: were,mere clap-trap and buncombo, put forth for the temporary purpose of catching yotoa. WHAT IT MEANS, It means to the Hepublican eloctora of this fitate that they can no longer trust to our profes~ gious and promises of self-puritication. It moans the sure, imovitable, and permanent defeat of tho party in thin State. It is for the purpose of saving the Republican party in this Stato that this Spartan baud o heroes in the Wisconsin Legislature have thrown themselves iuto tho breach—that they havo rivet above the petty politician and invoked the inahionable right of revolution, hoy know that in their caso it will not do to look back. ‘That unsuccosstul revolt is treason, ‘Ihoy know, too, that a compact was mado by tho ‘original frionds of Mr, G., that in no event would they permit tho election of Gav. Washburn, Thoy havo heard the boasts of Federal officcholders a3 to their success.—stating that when the sossion opened two-thirds of the Republican members wero opposed to the election of Mr. O., and that through their injluence they have secured a ma- jority for him. THESE, THEN, ARE THEIR REASONS: 1. Beeauso « iarge mafority of the poople of the State are opposed to bis election, as was shown at tho election in Novomber last, by their instructions ¢o, aud pledges required of, mem- bors elected. 2. Becauso the Republican party of the Stato, by 116 conventions aud nowspaper press, is com- mitted agaiust the re-clection of Mr. Carpentor, and no true member of the party has any moro right to vote for him than for a pronounced Deniocrat. 8, Because it is necessary to break up the ring rule wiich is inevitably bringiug tho party to dostruction in this Btate. 4, Because the nomination of Mr. Carpenter hag been secured by inducing mev to violate their instructions and thoir pledges, and to be- tray a sacred trust, 6. Because it 1a not the duty of any man to support a candidate of such reputation and low tono of political charactor thut hiv election would, in Lis judgmont, bo au injyry to tho country, aud a blow to the party itself, although he may have received @ cations nomiuationa— such being, as they believe, and as thoy think s vast majority of tho Ropublicans of tho State believe, the character of Mr, Cur- penter, G. ‘Tuey bolieve that tho firet duty of evory Republican member of a Legislature is to ro~ motaber that to serve tho party whoso ascendan~ cy ho believes indispensable to the national wel- fare, le must steadily refuse to support any can- didate whose charactor and life do not prove to the country that his party seeks not only the ablest but the moat irroproachablo mon for oilicial responsibility. 7. Yeoauss they would exort their best influ- once to breals down our *scandatous politicy,” 8. Because they believe improper motives and influences have secured tho nowiuvation of alr. Carponter. IN CONCLUSION, Koowlng these men to bo honest, intelligent, and upright, and that their motives are the puroet and best, we invoko for thom the countenance and support of the right-minded— thowa who believe that the poople should govern, utd not a chque of ofliccholders, overywhere. We are joining bands with our brothren in Michigan aud Minnesota in elevating the peoplo, andthe rights of the people, abovo the domina- tion of riugy. Reropirean. Special Dispatch to The Chienao Tribune, HATULDAY'S PROCEEDINGS, Mapiaon, Wis., Jan, 23,—But little important business was tranuactod in cither House of the Logiblature to-day, The Assembly adjourned over untll Tuesday morning, aud the Seuato un- til Monday morning. In tho Sonate sresolution to proceed to the election of United States Senator on Tuesday next, at 10:80 o'clock a, ni., was introduced, ‘Tho use of tho Assembly Chamber was granted to the Neform party to hold a caucus on Monday ovouing next. Billa were ntroduced to appropriate 1,000 to the Kudel Home, of Green Bay, to facilitate the outablishinent of 8 law library for tho use of the courts gud the Bar in the State, Billa wore passed rolating to the bonda of Burnett County, and providing for. the assosd- mont aud collection of taxon. In tha Assembly, s bill was introduced to amend the luw in relation to the destruction of wolves ond wild-cate; and ju relation to writs of cortiorarl to Justices’ Courta; to authorize Brown County to raiso $75,000 for a gravel road; to probibit county, town, and city Wroaadnets from ulding their ofices for tho next succeoding term; to prescribe the roprosentation of citics and villages in County Boards; to amend Sao. 31, Chap, 183, of the Revived Statutes, io relation to tho preservation of flah end game; in relation to costs in actious for trospass; to amond Bece. 32 and 35, Chap, 164, Hovived Statutes, in rolation to offonses against tho lives and property of in- dividuals, ‘Tho Lill to incorporate Oconomowou was paswed. No LOLT TO TAKE PLACE, [To the Assuciated Presid Minwavxeg, Wis,, Jan, 21,—Advicea from Madison are to the cifect that the threatened bolt of the opponents of Carponter, the nominee of the Republican caucus, wiil not take place, ay teon whd were for neither Carponter or Wash- burn, but preferring sumo third man, and the balance wore fuvurable to Goy. Washburn, but nearly al! pledgod and instructed not to vote for Carpenter, ‘Yhrough the activity of Keyes the organization of tho Legislature, tho sppalnt- mont of the caucus Committees, etc, wore seoured in the interest of Mr. C.,but one auti- A wulliciont number canuat bo secured, — KANSAS. THY LOUISIANA RLAHOLUTIONS, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicage Trtouns. Torvexa, Kon., Jan, 23.—Tho proceedings in the Legislature to-day were of a monotonous aud uninteresting nature, being Jmainly confined to the offering of now Dilla and listoned to ro- porta of Conimittees. ‘The uppermost tapie of talk to-day lina boon the Hous debate Iaat night on fhe Louisiana mat- ter. This debate, which was prolonged to a lato hour, was ono of tho most interesting that over occurred in Kausax, Spoeches wore mado by tho party Ioadors on both sides, and tho gal- Tories and lobbios were filled with spectators, Tho resolutions indorsing the Prosidont and Gen, Sheridan wero flnally passed by a strict party rote. ‘Tho mattor will bo debated in the Sonato on Wednesday ovening, 7 REEAEE, Tho Joint Committee on Rolief Affairs has agreed upon a bill which will be reported arly voxt wool. ‘the bill appropristos all the surplus reyonue of tha Stato, $95,000, tothe suller- ers, and provides for tho appointmont of a Stato Board of Rolief to receive and dis- buree charitable donations. ‘ho Committco will stato that the Legislaturo {4 probibited by the Constitution from. appropriating anything beyond the $95,000 of surplus funda, and that relianco will have to be placed upon outeide help to carry the people through to the harvesting of the next crop. Tho State Board of Agricultura estimates the numbor of destitute people in tho Stato at 30,000, and that £80,000 will be required for tha single item of seo for spring planting. _—- TENNESSEE, THE EX-PRESIDENT JUNILANT. Special Disvatch ta I'he Chicage Tribune. Nasnyitte, Toon, Jas. 2t—Though Gen Bate came within ono voto of olection yosterday,, itis thought not possible for him to again attain ashigho ballot as 45. Adjournment broke the charm, and he is to-day quoted at 35 to com- monco with to-morrow. Much — feoling has beon aroused hore on account of the failura of threo Drown men to come up to the prearranged programme of opposition to Johnson, Evidently, Brown with~ drow with the expectation of making capital for tho race two yoara hence, but, should Bato bo elected, he could not hope for success in tha canvass, for the reason that each division of thet Stato claims an oquat apportionment of offices. ‘Therefore, it is to Brown's interest to prevent Bate's olection, that there may not bo a succes- sion of Souators from the middio division, DATE 19 WORKING like s Trojan to-day. Mis friends held a caucus this morning and claimed to have * tixed things,” and that he will be elected to-morrow. Jol Ron's supporters oro jubilant, and claim ho will bo clected on tho frst or eccond ballot. John- son himself is vontident. ‘Lhree Juhnson men, absent yestorday, havo been telegraphed urging their presenco. Tho battle is to rage to-morrow. Johnsoninns say ho will get 8 to 10 additional votes, which will asauro his success, Col, Gustavus A, Henry and Judgo James Barley willbe put upon the track, which will complicate Bato's chaneas, taking away somo of his yotes, It is prodictod that unless Jonson be olected on tho first or second ballot, balloting will bo greatly prolonged. Should lo achiove success, & tremendous demonstration will follow. WEST ViRG DEMOCRATIC CAL Wuezntya, W. Va., Jan. 24,—Seven ballots had boen taken st Charleston up to 10 o'clock Saturday night, m tho Democratic caucus, to nominate a candidate for Sonator. Tho avernga of the vote has beon: Camden, 10; Watker, 183 Prica, 11; Brannon, 9; scattering, 2; neceusary for choico, 87. It is thought that Vrannon will be selocted as 5 compronuse candidat, The Capitol Rewoval bill will probably bo ro- ported by the Seuate Judiciary Committee on Slonday. GEN, LYON AT WILSON'’S CREEK. To the Hiitor of The Chicago Tribune: Miavaugkee, Wis,, Jan, 18.—In your issue of tho 15th inst. is an interesting notice of "Tho Count de Paris’ Mistory of tho Civil War io America,” in whjch occurs the following extract, giving an account of tho death of Gen, Lyon at Wilson'a Creek : ‘The Federal line, however, began to fall back, end seemed ready to break, The Secund Kansas camo to its support; but its Colonel, at the moment he waa ready to lead the charge, was grivyously wounded. Beeing tho soldiers hesitate, Lyon, who had already Deen twica wounded, rushed’ forward st their head, sword iu band; but hy 4s, in biv turn, struck with jeatls, I havo often heard and rend statements similar to the above, aud 1t bas boon asubjoct of dispute betweon Iowa and Kansas mon os to which was “Jed by Lyon.” It is oxpected that the very valuable work of tho Count de Paria will bo ro- publishod in this country. It is dosirable that in a work of thia kind tho facta shall bo stated ; and I beliove it to bo the duty of those living to correct, as far as possible, such orrors as aro often unavoidable in the narrations of jthose who were not witnesses of the scones thoy do- scribo, Isuppose that I am the only person living who can put at rowt the question as to whether Gen. Lyon foll at tho head of the soldiers of Iowa or Kansaa, I know that he fellat the head of the Tirst Iowa Volun- toera, and I algo know that the Kansas troops wore honest in their belief that they were actiug under his immediate command, Twas a Captain in the Yirst Mirsourt Volun- teers ; was tho first ongagod at Wilson's Croek, and with tho last to leave tho field. My coin- manding officor, being wounded, had turved ovor command of the regmont to me ox next in rank, giving mo some directions, aud I hnd turned to go to my post, when I mot Gen, Lyon going to tho rear, dismounted, and limping from tho effects of p wound in the Jeg, and with blood streaming down tho side of his faco from an- othor wound in the head. I observed at tho same timo a donse nase of the onemy approach~ ing our front from the direction of thoir camp, Tho Geueral, within four feot, gave me a hur- ried, snxious look as ho passed, but did not epeak. Pushing forward, I diacovored a gap in our line to tho right of my regimont. A Kansas regimont was haltod in line, directly in roar of thig break; ita commanding officer, mounted, was in front of hia mon, shouting ‘Murrah for tho old flag! Iurrah for old Kansas!” Seeing that not av instant was to bo lost, Iran up to tho left of their line, end, waving my sword above my head, ordered thom forward, They moved up promptly, passing their commanding ofiicer, Alled the gap, fought most pallantly, and, T believe, asved us from great divaster. lpassad on to my own rogiment, and, for yarious reasons, never made known my assump- tion of command, In the meantime, Gon, Lyon had been re~ mounted, and burried up to tho rightof the Kirst Jowa, had thoro fallon, shot through tho body, and was placed on the ground in rear of my reg~ imont, his porson bolug covered with a cloak or coat throwo over him, Lis death was then known to but fow, and I gave directions to koop tho fact from the knowledge of our men, I ro- member saying, in reply to some anxious ques- tions, that L belicved he had fallen from bis horse, boon burt, and taken to tho rear. Gen. Tyon and myself did uot diffor much tn sizo oF weight; we each had on drab hats; woro light-blue blouses, made in Bt. Louis, off the game pleco of cloth; wero both bronzed by exposure; neither wore any badge of rank, ex- copt side-arms,—so that, in the heat and excite- mont of the moment, toith my assumption of authority, it was most hatural that the Kausas troops should havo mistaken mo for the Gon- oral, and acted, aa they supposed, by his orders, ‘Tho Kansna troops were under command of one of thelr own fleld-ofilcera; tho Iowa troops had left their Colonel behind thom,—bhonca the solicitude of Gen. Lyon on their account. Vary respectfully, ‘Tura. YATES, Colonol United States Army, Annual KMoport af the Centcnnial Commissions Puicapeventa, Po., Jan. 20,—Director-General A, I, Goshorn will file with the Secretary of tho Interior to-morrow the aunual report af the Can- éennia! Commission, as roquired by act of Con- grevs, ‘The report states that the enterprise is inoving forward with encouraging rapidity. Tho buildings are ail uudor contract, and will be on- tirely completed by the let of February, 1876, and tho failure which marked the oponing day at the Vionna Exposition by reason of tho iucom- Jete state of the buildings will not occur at the Jontennial celebration, It ia further stated that {ho Commission will not apply to Congress for an appropriation to aid in the orection of the buildings, or other work, as this lias been amply provided for, aud, while an appropriation would give additional succeas tothe onterprise, tho Commission feel that the success of tha Exhibi- tion ix guaranteed, without regard to ald from Cougrass. ‘The Commission, however, will ask Congress to mako an appropriation to provide for promiums to be offered coutributers, ‘Tho amount of the appropriation to be aaked for will not exceed $100,000. ‘The Commission will agl Congress to authorize the Prosidont to doteil at loaut ovo regiment of United States troops for guard Sats, during the continuance of the Ex- Hivition, I¢ ts expectod without doubt that everything will bo in readiness to formally open the Exhibition on the lst of May, 1870, ‘Lhe ro~ port will be avcorapanied by tables and drawings, showing the extent of the buildings, their oust, and the purposes to which each will be devoted. THE PULPIT. Sermon by Robert Collyer on “Greeks and Bar- barinns.” Wherein io Is “Debtor Both to the Wiso and the Unwise.” A Reply to Dr. Ryder’s Strictures on the Turner Hall Matter. The New Pastor of the Third Unitarian Church. A Warm Public Welcome to the Rev. E. P, Powell, GREEKS AND BARBARIANS. Tho Rev. Robert Collyer’a Sermon ne Unity Church Yesterday. Tho Rov, Robert Collyer preached before a largo sud interested congrogation at Unity Church yesterday forenoon, tho subject of his discourse being ‘Greeks and Darkarians.’ +] Aftor the usual preliminary oxorcises, Mr, Col- lyer said : My toxthas been opened by the majority of tho expositors, as if Paul had said, “1 owe a debt to Heaven which I cau only pay through preaching the Gospel to the Grooks and bar- berians, and that I mean tado when I got to Rone,” And in some cloar senso this no doubt is truo, for this gratoful heart the man turns to Heavon, come what will, is perhaps the earliost teait of his wonderful manhood. Yet, beside thia motive which touches’ what wo may call tho divine side of his character, I cannot but believa he has another which touches the human sido. {fo feola somehow he is a dobtor to the Greeks and the barbarians in the simplo sense of boing beholdon tothom, Thoy bavedonehim s good turn," as wo say, and to repay thom ho wants to open the Gospel to them as tho very best thingho can bring. Ilo would do that at apy rato in gratitpde to God. All thomore bo willdo itin rotura for what they have already done for him, Wo have to notice also that, in ordor to pay this debt, he njust go to them and tell them all about it. ‘They are not awaro of any obligation. They wontd never think of it if ho did not tell them, and ba might livo and preach in Jorusalem or Corinth until tho angels camo to fetch him homo, and thoy would nover Lear him or know, perhaps, thero was puch a manin the world. {lis meoting- houso {a a sort of magic cirela to keop them out, i& shall not keop bim in; he will find (hom on thoir own ground, meet them nan-fashion, lool into their eyes, clasp their hands, speak to them if ho can in their own tongue, through tho chan- nels of their own sympathies, in tho lino of thoir fawiliar ideas; and if be finds they are on a lower level than that to which he has boen lifted by tho blessed truth which bas transformed tho world aud opened the heayens to him—and this is what ho quite expects—then ho will nek his thought and life against thoira, and fear tho re- sult so more than Jesus feared the result when lio made himself porfectly at home in tho house of a man of no better roputation, probably, than. a memwer of the Hacitlc Mail gung is this week, or that othor rewult cf supplementing the feast of the marriaga at Cana, Noither is it hard to guess from what we know of the man, in what happy human ways ho would mect these Greeks and barbarians, whou ho onco got at thom, and found himsolf fairly in their company. Paul, so fac as I can sea inte his quality, was never, after tho great change camo oyer him, ono of thoso men who imagine that thoy are truo to thoircall- ing ag ministers of tho Goupol, in the monasure of their power, to be unlike the rank and file about thom, so that the moment you gee them youcou- clude by their dress, their gait, aud thoir coun- tonance, that you are meotiug a minister; and, if you havo uot shaken off a certain fuar of your childhoud for that sort of porsou, I cau notice your fave change at the distanco of half a block, and, if two of you are talking togother, the prob- abillties sro that you will lower your tonea or change the subject until he gots past, in dofer- cuce, a8 you phrase it with a tiue aptncas, for the cloth, Tor, white it is one of the articles of onr creed, as it were, that one man here in Amer- ica is a good as auuthor, yat, in reverence sorao- times, in deference sometirocs, aud aometimes in hypocrisy, wo show our feeling wherever wo go that vo othor mun can begin to be as good as a minister, if these outward algus are worth apy- thing atall, But Paul was oman of tho world in tho purest and best sonee, as wellad a man above the world. ‘Thero was somo such difference betweon his spirit and that of a man like sector, aa there was botwoen William Ponn and George Fox, as there is to-day between ‘Archbishop Manning and Dean Btanley ; or, to touch the highest point of all, n3 there was bo- twoon Johu tho Baptist and the Savior, Paul was the broadest churchman of hia ogo. Io alone of all the Apoatica could measure tho worth of the truth which lay outside tho law ond the Gospel, and of tha Jife outside that of lis own nation. Wecan well imagine, therefore, in what a large and catholio apie ho will closa with these Greoka and barbariaua when he finds them in the Imporial City, How ha would try to enter into their ways of thinklog, so as to bo able, please God, to show them a better way. How be would sit at their tables, sloop in their pilcst reams, conform as far a8 ho could to their household ways, look over their books, pick out tueimmortal passages in their posts and philoso- phers, comment ov them with tho exquisite in— bight of an oqual genius, and say frankly how very much Le owed to this man and that of their race. How, when he camo in contact with tho largo, fresh nature of the barbarians, juat out of the woods, the men and tho women who had the strength and sweetness of naturo in thom, with convictions of right and duty old sy tho hills, and tho fragrance of & reyeronce for their own Moet High fresh from the heart, ruda nad rough and barbarous as they aro in othor ways, how he would glory in thoir nature, and goo that it ouly needod what ho had to give by the grace of God to develop iuto tho grandest munhood the world had yor seen and tho do- youtast, How cagerly ho would ask thoso Britons and Gauls aud ‘Gormans to tell him of thorr thought and life in their native land, and half win them by tho sheen in bis eyes aud tho tremulous tendermoxs about his mouth, as they talked untifthoir Larsh voices fell into music abont their rivers and mountains, and moors and mmoadows, talked with the far-away look of exiles sick to gothome, ‘Ayo, ayo,” he would say, “a bonnio land anda good,” Ho he would sit with them, those Grovks aud barbarians, wiso mon and fools, taking the tone and color for the mowent of the Greet philosophy, that ho might. give them in raturn tho deep and suro reality of the Christian faith, Entoriog with all hia hoart into tho natural nobility of tho barbarian that ho might instil into It (ueroby tho loftior nobility of the crows of Christ, glad to con- fer of wisdom with tho wisest that bo might show them at last the wisdom of God, and to tho foolin ho would bo as wise aud. tender ag my dear friend who is at tho head of the Aaylum in Byracuse, Io talks liko the read- ing made caer, and the leart of Christ in one, to the haploas ebildren who are brought under his blessed care—talks vo that ho may firat got noar them on their own ground, and then win them to tako at loast one short stop toward where our moro fortunsnte children stand in tho euullyht ofall the ages, In somo such wise way as this Paul would tatk to tho foolish, but to the fools, to those resolute, wrovg-headed people who thouglit thay know all about it and had nothing to learn Heaven can teach, ho would have a vory different mission, as we can goo whenever he mentious that sort of man in bis letters, ‘And { have been Jed into this lino of remark in thinking now and thou, and expecially of Inte, about the way in which thie truth Paul tells us of hin debt tothe Greokw and barbarians iu bis timo may sweep out into very wide applications, and thon how the wayin which he went to work, ag he tells us, himself becoming all things to all men in order to pay these debts, may those who fecl at all as he did what to do in order to mdet their obligations. ‘Aud this I take to be the truth to-day, au it wi whon Paul wrote it, ‘That great Losts of us aro. debtors to the Greeks aud barburiany, as wo should defue those tors now, if we were com pelled to open our iunermost thought to the aun. About our debt to those who are to us what the Greeks were to Paul, men who meet in a church like this are agreed. The Greek is the perpetual synonym of art, aud philosophy, sud pootry, aud romance of beauty aud grace, and that heroiam which Hes tn atrikin What wo owo to those who aro in thoas things back and striking home. above ne we are rondy to toll on all occasions, thoro is nothing more nteikdng in our charactor, elthor naa nation of a race, tlan onr worship of gouius aftor we have oncotracked it homo, ‘The than who really has tho divino spark in him, though ho ma; Jo: proven a line, or unclean, may atill command s fargo and genuine admiration. Wo regret the gulf which soparates the gonits from the manhood, butewo cleave to that which inatructs, inspires, and helps us, and eay fraukly for this wo ara in debt, Tho price of tho yolume does not pay the bill, Tho royalty on it to tho writer la_no adequate reward; wo woul like ta do something moro if woe could, wo aro in dobt to the Greoke, But is this equally truo in ita dogreo of our feoliug toward those who stand to usin same such rolation as the barba- risus stood to Paul,—theso mighty streams of a tude, strong lifo that sot in toward our shores from the heart of Britain, and Gormany, and Scandinavia; that surge and swell through our cities and over our prairies, and live on the edges of tho marsh and the timbor; that do the work while wo do the thinking and tho talking, and J roll thom things,—is it the innermost thought of our heart that wo aro debtors to tho rude hands ap to the fino brain, to tho uso as to tho beauty and glory, to the promiso as to the fru- ition? I venture to doubt whether this is in any ronso trio of our feoling toward tho mou and women of this class who como to us from other eduntriog. I know that excopt in my moro thoughtful moments it is not true of my own thought. It is a sbame to say co, but it vory seldom occurs to me that £ ana dobtor to tho man who watehes alf round my block whon Iam aslecp, When the thermometer is 10 below zoro and a drlying storm; to the man who, will per- fect pationco, puts up my stove-pipo in the fail; to the man who comes from I know not whoro and attends to my furnace, carrios up the wood and coal, and makes all right for the day, and tohalf a hundred people beside who make o moderato living out of # neighborhood aud aro content with one-tenth part of the things wnich content those they serve, I think nao rule that wshon T havo paid these pogplo their poor little feo my dobt is cancolled. Tought not to think ao cithor on thodivino ortho human side of life any more than Paul did. Iam debtor to tho rude man as Iom tothe noble man, Theso do what I will not do, as thoas do what I cannot. Thoy take rivka now and thou for $5 I would not tako for &100. Thoy are patient aga Job, where, if I wae not s ministor, I should cortainly swear. "There has boen no horotsm within this month in Chicago that know of equal to that of tho streot-car mon, the omnibus men, and tho nows- boys,—barbariais! Yes, indead; but where should wobs without them? I am debtor to thom, so aro you, becauso thoy are barbariaus in this modern sense. But wo may put this in o far larger fashion. Leaving tho Greeks, about whom I feel very lit- to concern, because genius, grace, Leauty, aud heroirm aro their own best advocates and need uo word of mino except this, that with all of you I am their debtor, I want to speak espe- cially, for a momont or two, about those who stand to us very much as the barbarians stood to Paul, and in quite other relations than this of tho sorvico thoy render us in doing our coarsest and hardest work, My dear frieud and brother, Dr. Iyder, took gravo oxception last Sunday’ to something I said in an address I mado to the Germans about my approval of your going to Turner Hall on a Stinday afternoon if you want to, to hear the rousic. My friond's dissont from my position Iny in tho fact, if I understood him, that you should go thero on a Sunday afternoon and that I should back you n doing it, If yuu did me the honor to read my address, I feel sure you would soe what I moant to say, ad well us what I did say. I bali been, dwelling for some timo on tho dobt I folt! the American owes tho German on many accounts. It waa part and parcel of a discourse on tho need thore is that wo shall all blond together in ono indistinguisbable nation- ality and work togethor for the noblost ends, and I had said & great deal in the provious section about the debt the German owes to the Ameri- ean. Among the things | folt cloar nbout thank- ing the Germans for aa on adopted Amorican who hag no higher hopo oraspirations earthward, than to think of my children living on in this new world through tho ages while my dust is springing out of its grave and blending again with tho lifo of my country, was the introduc- tion and cultivation of music. Music, a8 I havo said in this pulptt, ia tho unfallon angel of tho world,—she haa never takon o taint of the sin which bas smitten evory other thing we can touch. Pootry, yainting, philosophy, faith, hope, charity, prayor, no matter where you look ‘on can fiod that ‘tho trail of tho scrpont is over thom all,” but before you can make an ovil or even a doubtful thing of music you havo to blond it with aomo evil clomont and so drag it dowo, To hoar good music ia always for that reagon 9 menna of grace, and to-mato good mmusio 1a 6 graciuie thing, no matter who may do Ican algo say in all sincerity that I never quite oxpoct to fathom the free spirit of that word of Jevus, the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath, because I was born and Dred in an atmosphere of Sabbath observauce ‘unspeakably narrower than that principio points out ou the truo uso of Sunday, On this, how- evor, Lamcloar, that to make good music and to hear it on the Sunday in church as out of it is a good thing, because good music is always io order, whether it be after the Amorican habit gf thinklng it must be good if it costa enough or tne German of taking care it is good first, and then settling the price, 80 whilo I havo never been to Turner Mall ona Sunday afternoon, to thowe who feel freo to go I gay again Go and wolcome, Ican woll trust any man with whom Tam acquainted todo nothing thoro which is not becoming to an American gentleman. I bo- love in thia’ blending togothor in avery wholo- sume and harmloss way, and listoning togethor to good music is that initsdegres. I boliovo too in setting o thoroughly good example and that I expect overy man to do who has beon to this church in the morning. I would not say thiy to Brother Hydor’s hearors, because I do not feol as suro of them as I doof my“own, Paul was froe to believa and to do m great many things Poter was not; so 1t may bo with Unita- risns and Universalista, But it is not for this alone I speak of thiamat- ter. 1, with you, am grateful to the Germana for many things, aud I would show my gratitudo in the hearticst possible recognition of all that is gracious and good in them, though their ways inay not alwaya chime with my waya, or their thongs with my thoughts. Aly friend makes stand on the good old fashion of keoplng Sunday iu Now England. He speaks, of course, in no un- worthy sense. Noitherdo I question my own thought that there is nothing better on the carth than a well-nurtured New England mau, But here a curious question rises, It is this: Wheth- or by-and-by we shall havo a New Evgland man left to paint Brother Ryder’s moral or adorn his talo, if tho fresh, strong life of such peoplo as these Germans aro docs not blond with that of the Now England States, and what I would von- tare to call the New England stock, Physiologists bay thatthe New England man in these 260 years ins lost two tcath, aocial economista aro Soporte at every dooade tho dwindling num- bors of tho old grand line. I can easily imagine, thereforo, if we are to keep apart, to say we aro Abraham's children, and to insist on acting in all ways possible up to that idea that in no very long time we shall have a sort of Aztec remnant of Now England which will bo a groat onriosity to tho future possessors of our land. Wo aro debtors, thorofore, to these wide-choated, ruddy- faced poople, with their vast appetites aud healthy organisms for our very life, But with their life, they bring their ideas and usages; some of these are not a4 good a¥ ours; some are better. Lthink their way of spending half their Sunday in the summer timo under the shadow of teen trocs isane of them. ‘Ihoir indestructi- le love of music is anothor, It is not Dundes, or Bhirleud, or the Old Hundred, or what wo aro pleased tu call sacred music, they specially care for, I donot mind that ; thorois no such thing a8 profano music ; there {s only one kind 7 it aa ull” uwacred, ‘hey have lost one thing they had, iu @ great measure, It was part sud parcel tof their life in tho old days whon thero wore also that I have named, and that isthe rdlighous heart, faith tu God avd Christ and in tho Bible, They had this faith once ax no other people on the earth had it. It was killed out of thom through the worth- lesanoss of their teachera and the tyranny of thelr rulers, professing to bo regouts of God aud acting as rogents of the devil. ‘fhoy came hore bringing their love of home, of nature, of music, aud of other beautiful and wholesemo things, but they have no lovo for tho truth oa it in 1n Jesua, bocause thoy have over really heard of it or soun tt ine living shape. Woe believe we have that truth, and that, af thoy had {t, thoy would rise to more than the dignity and glory of tho Germaus of Luther's day, We build grand churches, they never enter them ; we preach aud print serinons, thoy never hear or read them; we scold and fret about thelr ways aud call them names, if they bappea to hear of it thoy laugh at ug. A paralyzed man on hia bed is hardly more helpless to his neighborhood than the Amerivan pulpls ia to tho German population. Now, what what shall wedo? What did Pauldo? Io bo- camo afl thingy to all men, as ho saya that he might by all moans save some, We know very well he would not be anything to avy iso that wont against bis conscience, but he did, all the same, a great many things that went axainst the conscience of a man like Peter. One of the things he did was to find out these mon and women who hold in their nature the new hope of the world. I have tried to sketoh the line of bis advance, Ijthink that must have boon the way ho reached them, because I can imagine no other way, and if I could it would not be that wo have been taking in America sa ministore and members in good standing. I would adopt Pajil'a method ss fatas I possibly could, J can ree they will not come ta mo, that is a nottled question, then I must go to them, Yet I muat not go to lay thom undor an obliga- tion, but to pay a debt." Wo ovo thom the high- or lifo, if wo will connlder this question rightly, iv return for what they give usin the lower. I owe them the loaven for the meal, Thoy giva mo sunny look at tho lifo that manis; I owe thom a sunny look at that which ia to come, ‘They raveal Christians afrosh ; let me roveal Christ afresh. They helpine to sing; let mo holp thom to pray, But can thoy or wilt thoy care for this, or shall I have tny labor for my pains? Tnat they evor can or over will osre for what they agreo to call hotrodozy I do not be- Kove, but I want to read you o very interesting letter I got yosterday from Swodon in evideuco that gront numbers who hisvo broken loose from what passes for roligion in that rogiony hunger atill for the bread of life, and cannot be satisiled ontil thoy got it: GotitENnuNG, 28th Dec., 1874.—Drar and Reverend Sirs There are at present’ in Sweden 8 considerable number of men, whosa hearts are open to religion, but who neither can nor will sacrifice reaaou and individuality to iia pretended — jnterente, and whore religions wants caunot be supplied either in the Lutheran Church of Btate, to which tho geeat majority of the popnintion of this country elung, or by any of the other Trinitarian Rocte that Lunve gained ground here of fate, Wilh Jesun of Naza- reth, they believe in God and love to addresa him “ Father 7” they leliove in His children’s, the Luman individuals’ infinite worth and meaning, and eternol Mfe; and iu transformation of human society into a Kingdon of God, whose law is love, “Ihey seo in tho person, life and death of Jesus an actual proof of the étrength of human natura aud a prophecy of the coins pietcn and final triumph of Gorl's kingdom, But they reject the dovtrines witch the Church, apostatized from His apirit, proclaimed in ages of darkuess, They do not regard inspiration ‘19 confined to cer- tain times or persons, nur revolation aa flushed nor the Bible infallible, They consider that true wornlip necesnarily must be proceed by perfect freedom of thought abd conscience, What remarkablo inftuence this rofurmmatory teaching has gatued with us may bo Judged from tho uttention amt indersement which, Within large cievles in our country, have been bestow= ed upon the writings of men like Nils Jynoll and Victor Rydberg, Also, from the warm intercst where- with a great part of the edacated people of this realm have recoived Channing's, Emeraou's, and Parker's works, and tho Lively interest with which they ait every event tlat soomus to indicate the dawn of the ap- prosebing day. Homie yeata_ago.a few friends of religious progress formed a society (# Sanningsukurves Samfund,"—that is, Tethscekers’ Society), hoping thus to be uble to do something for the great object, But it atands ever more evident to us that we need association with some ulroady establlahed religious community of impor. tance, and we find ourselves naturally dlrectod towards the Unitarianism, such 1¢ has developed ance tho days of Caanuing and Parker, ‘Che underalgned, members of “ Sanuitigeokarnea Bamfund,” intend in that Society tontart aproposal concerning a loiter from the Society to the Unitarian Church in America's Unit- ed States, soliciting the co-operation of that Church {n forming Unitarian congrogations in Sweden, and heg~ ging that the samo would send usa man who could preach among us a Christian creed, freedifroin all dog- matic bellef and authority-worsip, The many Chriatlans of a Wberal mind, who dwell within the borders of our country, though Fcattered aud {golated, without organization and opportnnity of mutual edification, aud tho still many more who havo Jost their faith in the eld doctrines and havo a vague foeling that sumothing better 1s wantod, aud only need to be runsed and enlightened to arrive at on indopen- dent religious couvictlon,—all_ those are, in fact, materials fora grand Unitarian Church iu Braden, Beforo we, however, in tho Society propose auch a stop as wo have licro tneutioned, wo ‘wished thus prt- vately to apply te you, rovereud sir, begging your atl vice, whethor you counider that such w letter to the Untlariana in Iho United States of America would have the result we design, We slgn, reverund sit, with much esteem, truly yours, Now, thongh these aro not Gormans, I take it to ba beyond question true, that this is the very game matorial wo may find in thess so-called Geran infidels. ‘Tho longing after God is novor slain in the human hoart utterly ; tha con- nection with Heaven uovor quite .broken, ‘Tho roligion which can at onco satisfy the roa- son and tho faitn of man is ‘always in order which cau allow for the differonco of na- turo and habit betweon one man and another ; meet the other man frankly on his own ground, soo the worth of what bo hus im addition to what I bave when it 4s good And truo, and, by pricing that at its full yaluo, win him to consider what is bottor and best. Vory good and true aro gomo of tho qualities of these peoplo, the educated and the uucdu- cated shke. They are among tho things that mean fur nioro thon gotting rid of Loll and draw- ine sectarian lines close and tight. They mean a larger, sweeter, and brightor humanity, a real human brotherhood, instozd of a more local churchhood, if wa can but onter iuto thom heart- ily and: win those that possess them to be one with us io whatevor ministara to the whole life of Amorica, and by consequence, in time, to the wholo life of Man. ‘Till the war-drum throbs no fongor, ‘And tho battle-flage aro furled, In the parliament of man, ‘Tho fedcrution of the world, ‘When the common rense of mort Blall bold tho fretful land in wwo, And tho kindly Earth shall ripen Lapt in universal law, For I doubt not througt the ages ‘Oue increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of meu are!widoned With the provess of tho suns, Men, our brothers ; men, ull workers, Ever rosping something new, That which they have done hut earnest Of the things that they will do, — RECEPTION OF A PASTOR, THE TID UNITARIAN CUURCH. ‘The Rey. Edwin P, Powell, tho new pastor of the Third Unitarian Church, yesterday received a cordial wolcoma at the bands of bis congroga- tlon and distinguished Chicago olergymon of tho denomination, at the church edifice, cornor of Monroo and Lallin streets. A large audience was preseyt, and on the platform ‘were the Rovs. Robert Collyor, O. W. Wendie, Prof, Mile, of Syracuse, and Judge Henry Booth, ‘The exercises were oponed with roading of the Scriptures by the Roy. C.W.Wendto, and singing of the hymn boginning: Thou whose Almighty word, ‘Tho Rov. Robert Collyer thon invoked the Di- vine blessing. * The choir thon sang: some very sprightly and entortaiuing selections from ‘ Panst" and other popular musical attractions of the accular world. ‘The Rev. O.W.Wondto then came forward and snid that it was not necessary to state tho object of the meeting. Ite purpose was to accord a hoarty welcome to tha brother who had assumod the pastoral chargo of tho church, Ife did not propose to take the lead in extending this greet- ing, but rose to introduce Judge Booth, JUDGE BOOTH, upon coming forward, said, on bobalf of tho poo- plo of the church, he was charged wilh the ploas- ant, but perbaps superflous, duty of oxtendingto Brother Powell 8 formal and ‘public welcome, He said suportiuous becauso ho thongbt tho clergyman had already folt and soon that be had tho good-will, support, ond sympathy of the con- gregation. ‘tho duties tho roverend brother on- tored upon wero not thoue of every Ilterarylabor. They were arduous, aud tha field he occupied called for earnest, thoughtful work, Ho had boou called to build up the church, and make it, if possible, the central fountain of liberal Chris- tian thought, In this ho would not stand alono ; he would hava the encoursgemont and assistance of the congregation and his brother co-laborers inthe pulpit. ‘They wero conscions, from time to timo, that their spirits woro sullied by contact with the world, and thoy looked upon the church asarofugo afters week of labor which thoy might seok for purification, They would expact their clergyman to atand like a watchman to toll them of the night; to be a minister aud & guide. He hoped the new pastor would not wtaud in the ght of the nineteenth contury, and cspecially in tho light of the Jattor portion of that century, Ho must regolloct that ho was preaching to an enlightoned congregation of the West which stood iu need of vital truths and not tho myths and sophisms of the Orient, Jt wag idle to Bpecuiate as to the pastor's connection with tho congregation, but be hoped tt would be por- mauen! RODENT COLLTER ’ was then introduced by Mr. Wondte. He sald what he wished to say wae very Bluple, ond he hoped it would bo very brief. Brother Mooth had already welcomed their new brother. He would vay, however, that he welcomed Mr. Powell to Chicago} that hoe was glad to see him here, He said thia with » good deal of confi- dence, 28 he thought he could not welcome him tos better place. He himself had had a chance: to go to a bigger placo, but he wag qlud he didn't. ‘There was no place like Chicago. ‘Ihe attraction iu Chicago was the mighty rush and surge of lifo and business. Tle could go to Philadelphia and get to sleep on Chestuut atroet. New York was somewhat livo- ly, but he got lost there; going to Boston was ihe going to meeting.” 1t was the atir, the com- motion, the vitality of Chicago that mado bia love her. ‘What the brothor also would like was.its froe- dom,” His congregation would require free re- ligion, aud he did not think ho could proach more freviy aud broadly than in Chicago, In this city it wag nos uncomfortable for a man to speak his whole mind, Iic bad sald before that, as a olty to welcome » grand, new thor Chicago was the, greatest olty in the cou and, consogently, in the world, ‘The brot! hor wantod to fool that he was entroundod by way whole-noulod, hiberal-mindod people. Tis tlinugh tho Third Church gaye one of tho grang, est opportunities in the city for iberal pteaching. Ho know of no place 4 favornblo for tho preroling of thoir good, bros Kiberal creed. Urather Powell was inte curren ty ie Ho took fvuntago of he could make nia church tho strongest and most influe the Northwest. a ee 3 je aet Mn, sean, commoncod by giving proofs of his Unit inne Ane roresesiative Ualtaian tees pleased, ho raid, to wolcomo Mrother Powell, thought it woe to Ub Iatter’s advantago that ie had come among a small congregation, Thero owas a social, family fooling surrounding # small church which made id work carnest, Isating, and effective, for tho, workod in harmony and in tho spirit of brother hood. ‘The revt of hia remarks wero oxtramoly laudatory of the Unitarian denomination ayy the Unitarian clorgy. PROF. MILLA, of Syracuse, was then introsiuced by Mr. Wendt who said he would peak for the Chitreh yny. verval, Ifo spoko of tho importauco of ap. proaching tho truths of lifo and tho verities of naturo, wnich were oldor than the doctrinenof the Hible, "Tho ago noeded somothing better thanthe traditional religion of their fathors; tho dogma, of the past had beon outgrown aud would not satisfy tho intellectual demands of to-is) Honca there was a higher requitement axpeete} from tho minister, Ho must respect the freg. dom of tho intollect and cnlorge his mind to comprehension of the broad and vitaling truths that are pressing iipon mankisid. THE REY. MR. POWELT, |, tho recipiont of thia welcomé, was then Invited forward. Ilo said that whether Mr. Collyers claim that Chicago was tho proatess placo 86m earth «= wae tee or not, ho «could «say thet a Chicngo audicnes was a remarkably patient one. He could say that lo was a Unitarian, or that ho way not, If he was ssked to what sect he bolongod, ho would say “No” to every one of them, dora to tho ninallest sect, tho insect. Ho was simply a Christian, and preached Christianity as God had given him toncoit. Ho was thankful for tho wolcome—it was of the gort ho liked; it bad pleased. Hewas thankful, too, be said, forg pulpit from which ho could preach broad, liber. al, and enlightoned doctrines, The oxerciecs closed with singing and the benediction. DUBUQUE. The River Railroads in the Hands of a Receiver. Anti-Protestant Blast by a Catholic Father ?---Priest vs, Nun Lawsuits Growing Out of Defee tlye Sidewalks, Correanondence af The Chicago Tribune, Donvgve, Jan. 21.—The appointmont of a Ro. ceivor for THY RIVER RAILROADS rather took tho staid, sobor citizens of Dabnme by surpriso. As tho construction of theto roads was first designed and put into practical shape by Dubuque men, aud as tho Londs, ‘to tho amount of $200,000 or mora, aro held hero, tho roads wero quito naturally regs ed as a Dubuquo Institution. In point of fact, however, and owing to the timidity of Eastern capital to embark iv fresh Western rail- road enterprisos, tho financial affairs of the Chie cago, Dubuque & Minnesota Railroad have been in a mixed-up condition for several months past; and, had not the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy stépped forward and aesumed the running ex- penses, wo should havo beon treated to a atrike of railroad employoa for wages duo. The No virtually procured at the § ceivership was hands of tho Chicago, Burhngton & Quin- oy; and knowing onea predict this was only a sharp dodge on their part to forcatall tho Chicago & Northwostern, who hava bean negotiating for the salo or Icase of the rivor lines for some timo past. Tho experience of the Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota, the Davenport & St. Paul, the Burlington, Codat Ttapids & Binnorots, and the Iowa Cential Roads, only ucems to justify tho conclusion, that Nort! and Bouth lives of railroad are not profitable as investments in this Stato; aud that they can only be utilized as feeders for the main trunk-lincs leading to tho Last. ‘The laws of trade and commorce aro inexorable, and any attompt to divert them from the old- establithed chaunola is attended with financial 7] panic, bankruptcy, and ruin, RELIOIOUS GOBBIP.. Speaking of raliroad ruin rominds ua of the spiritual ruin with which cortnin Cetholics 12 | tl is city are threatoned unlous they keop s'rictly within doneminational lines, A short time agy, tho Universalist Society gave a grand suppor ans masquerade ball at the Jullon Mouse. Certain Catioljos went in with the ungodly, and hads good time; put they wero brought up by their sptritual consolor, tho Rov. Fatnor Moore, around tono, for presuming to aksociata will tho unrogenerate, brosd-guuga Universali Tis plainly told ‘them that tho thing cout! not bo allowed; that good Catholic should’ noyer be found waltzing — acd’ flirting around with roteatant juatdens; that they must keep their lines and ranks intact, and ually throatoned the offeuding members of hla flock with excommuuiontion if thoy repeated the offense, ‘Chis little controyorsy has giver riso to auothor scandal, which partakos sume- what of tho yoneational, but tho truthfulnens of which is ‘Youched . fur by many citizens Thero is here, asin all” woll-rey- fi ulated Catholic communitica, an eatnblishe montof nuns known as ‘tho Sisters.” ‘Iho Mothor-Superlor ia a young and bonutiful sith with glorions dark oyey, pearly teoth, and a snuls § soft and captivating us a Nevada sunsot. Eveo tho gombro garb of a nud cannot ontiroly con ccalher personal attractions, and, when she walks tho strecty, sho is the coxutro of admiring eyes, ‘Ibe clergy havo lately signified thei fntoution of removing her to another field of lavor, where sho wontd be compelled to occupy a subordinate position ; but tha beautiful aod petted young Mother-Huporivr rebela at this, and declares that ele will retura to the world again rather than subinit to it. 1b is bintod that tho fair Buporioress has grows tired of stone walla aud unintermlttent religious observances, and looks lovingly toward milliners ehops and the latest style of bonnets, ‘Lhe af fair is kept vory quict; but enough Joake out now and thon to keop apeculation busy aud wall- ing for further developments. Auldo from tha music®f tho sloigh-hells sot the usual Cracecsuppors and church-foxtivitics, Dubuque ig hideously dull; and, wero It uot fot a fow ? AIDEWALK-BUITS in the Circuit Court, tho inbabltants might lie down and sleop till spring. Like many other Western citios, Dubuquo has somo shaky sido walke ; and, when covered with snow aud ics theve cause many a tumble. A couple of yoats ago, B. A. Mahony, Haq., the present oiter of the Telegraph, fell down upon the trescherout sidewalk and broke his arm, Ho promplly Drought suit against the city for damages, aud flually received $700 in sattlement of his clai, His good success lisa inspired other unfortunate podestrians in the samo direction,—the m celebrated being John O'Laughlin, whoue cat now on trial In February, 1873, plalntift was passing along Main street, aud wal over gome snow sud ico which had becd pormitted to accumulate on the pavement, fis slipped and foll with great force, injuring bs arm, back, and wide, to such s degreo that be was unable to leave his bed for the space ¢ three months; and he sues now to recove $10,000 from tho city as payment for loss C3 time and doctors’ bills, ‘Tho case has just boo submitted to tue jury, and their. verdict 4 Jooked for with considerable intereut by ta payors. he a The Painter Durand, A Parla correapondont of the Academy writ an entortaining letter concerning Charles Div rand aud his manner of painting, When wketcl: ing for his picture of *' Dow,” which ropresent a nudo figure of a young Riri stouding ine meadow, ho bad a cage built entirely of glass about 18 feat square, in the park under tle trees, fn which his mado) could audresy withott Teur of eatataleig cold, whila he could veo tle jhuman flesh in full ight ond in its exact role tious of color with the leaves of the troca, tle yorinta of tho grasd-plots, aud the lowers of tle uiders, a W. W. Whipple, one of the most prominat farmers of the ‘Torpsbip of Waltham, Lasale County, and who had resided in that twnsli2 during the Iast twouty yeare, died yrucgdy agod about 20 yoaru, that § with ff