Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 28, 1875, Page 1

ae VOLUME 28. CHICAGO, SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1875.-—-SIXTEEN PAGES. —_ TO RENT. (fis aud eons 10 RENT ty THs FRBUNE, BUILDING nace nanattniesiax condita ml INQUIRE OF WILLIAM C. DOW, Room 21. Dock to Rent. 300 Feet River Front, 100 Feet North of West End of Lake-st. Bridge. Especi pted for Coal or Transporta- on pore eh ad tracks connecting with all principal roads, and Lots in rear if needed. Apply to W. H. Mattocks, Boom 1, No. 40 Dearborn-st. Warelionse 10 Rel, ‘Turet-Story and Basement, 20280 Fest, No.4 North LaSalle-st., 70 BENT for one or for term of years, suit- gbio for Grain, Storage, Commission, or WMoenufacturing business. Apply to ET MATTOCES, Boom 1, No. 40 Dearborn-st. Wareowse Re story and Basement Brick Ware- douse, 50x100 fest, at IN. W. corner of Cass and Michigan-sts., formerly occupied by B= W. BOGERS, JUN., & BRO. For one orfortermofyears. Apply to WwW -H.MATTOCKS, Room 1, No. 40 Dearborn-st. D RENT, CHEAP. i: The New and Elegant Store, No. 4 50 Lake-st., between Clark snd La- f Salle. 4 Also, Nos. 189 and 191 South Wa- 4 terst., between LaSalle and Fifth- ty, Iron shutters on all. SAM’L GEHR, No. 10 Tribune Building. fhe 2d, 3d, and 4th Floors TO RENT IN THE BUILDING OF THE fhcago Savings Tnstiation, Korthwest Corner Dearborn and Madison-sts. from Mey 1, for one year or longer termof years, toreth- | | Eurscperaiely, Three rooms on exch floor; they beins in aaa auly adapted for Law Otices, Physicizns, Becta Rooua, or ans other kind of offices. fritten, pitic for renting received by, Ce 6 JORGE, Treasurer, in the Bank OfSoo, TO RENT. Tho five-story and basement brick building 57 and 59 South Water-st., now occupied by Ingraham, Corbin &Mey, will be rented very cheap to (od parties. Apply to ‘ a MARSHALL, Real Estate and Renting Agency, 97 South Clark-st. FOR RENT. Elegant Suits of Offices in The Howe Machine Co.’s Building, S. E corner of State and Jackson- 88, Also, one or two fioors suita- He for furnished rooms only, for tent to one party, to furnish. © Apply on the premises. ae a ne ae eee a ‘| FOR RENT. Store and basement No. 148 South Stato-st., with fixtures, or fixtures for sale cheap. Possession at once. Apply to owner at 733 West Adams- R,orto J.M. MARSHALL, RealEstate and Renting Agency, 97 South Clark-st. Quincy-st. & Fifth-av. The New Commission Centre. ‘For Stores and information apply to AM. MOORE & CUMMINGS, 119 & 121 LaSalle-st. FOR RENT. ore parlors to x chirt mann. ty, Taquire of ONEWhURY, Bryan Block. J portion of chant tall Setaccr. ike diem location fm te GhO. G, X. Rooms and 8 DOCK FOR RENT. 150 FEET river front, near Twenty-eecond-st. Bridge. Ulcead tracks on the property. Apply to JAMES GAMBLE, Room 6, No. 80 Dearborn-ct. TOS RENT. WHOLESALE STORE, Ba tend xe Mouroo-st. (near J. V. Farwell £ Co.%s), SS, fre CCAGO.AY. WRIGHT, 90 Washingto: BER ADVERTISEMENT, PARK FOR RENT Bonar isis. REAL ESTATE: FOR SALE. PRAIRIE-AV., northeast corner Thirty- sixth-st., 202x125 feet, $1,500. A.J. GALLOWAY & SON, Southwest corner State and Madiso. ste, FOR SALE. THIRTY-FIFTH-ST., near the Station, 50x120 feet, south front. A.J.GALLOWAY & SON, Southwest corner State and Madison-ste, FOR SALE. ;OUTH PARK-AV., southeast corner of eae st, 16-room Marble-Front House, $18,000. A.J. GALLOWAY & SON, Southwest corner State and Madison-sts, FOR SALE. 890 Prairie-av., $22,500. A.J. GALLOWAY & 80R, Southwest corner State and Madison-ste, FOR SALE. SEDGWICK-ST., northwest corner Web- ster-av., 62x125 feet, Cheap. A.J. GALLOWAY & SON, Southwest corner State and Madison-sta, FOR SALE. HYDE PARK, northwest corner Oak-st. and Park-place, 240 feet, south front. A.J.GALLOWAY & SON, Southwest corner State and Madison-ste, FOR SALE. HYDE PARK, Madison-av.. northeast oor- ner Fifty-seventh-st., 100x150 feot, with small house. A. J. GALLOWAY & SON, Southwest corner State and Msdison-sts, FOR SALE. The southwest corner of Clark and Madison-sts., 25x76 feet. The best business corner in the city, paying over 10 per cent. HOLMES & CO., 72, and 74 Dearborn-st. Newark, Almeda Oo., Bay of San Francisco, Cal. ° ‘This town is being laid out and embraces 4,000 acres of productive land. Plenty of water, climate unrivalled, Sontigaons to the great Overland Railroad. | Ooly twenty. five niles from Sa rancisco by boat or rail. Water ts deep enough for the Great Eastarn to come in from sca di (Look at the U. S. Coast Sarvoy iS th Fallost eeratioy requested engine on the trocs, Ura reha asd’ Abnoads, gow in the middie of a8 Eeglera winter, “The fines point in California for mann- factories. AUCTION SALE, April 17, 1875. For elrenlars and all information, apply by telegraph or jotter, a PrPEarEeRns, Manager, No. 405 1-2 Californin-st- SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, MARBLE MANTELS. ee Marble Mantels. PEREMPTORY AUCTION SALE of the largest and most elegant sssortment of MARBLE, SLATE, AND MARBLEIZED Iron Mantels! AT STORES, 255 & 257 Wabash-av., Between Jackson and Van Burea-sts. ‘These Mantels are all from the well-known Chicago Marble Mfg. Co,, caarant-cd superior toanything offered Im Chieago, and they must be sold. No Lfaiit or reserre. Parties contemplating building or finishing are invited to attend the euction ‘Thursday Moraing, Apri 1, at 10 o’clock. Marblo Mantels in Statuary, Italian, Tennessee, Cham- her Marbles.” Also a ongard, fall assortment of Iron and Slate Mantels, with Plain and tes. The whole collection now on exhi- t before day of sale. S POMEROY & CO., Auctioneers. MANTELS. A Reduction of 20 Per Cent ‘Will be made on afl MANTELS bought of us dartug the month of March. We are alv in receipt of a large ss sortment of botb American and Scotch Granite MONU- MENTS, at reduced prices. Sehireman & Hand Mantel Co MICHIGAN-AV., CORNER YAN BUREN-ST.. CHICAGO. IRON PIPE. To Water aud Gas Compass INTERNATIONAL PIPE CO, OFFICE, 50 West Washington-st., Chicago Is prepared to contract for and farnish CAST IRON GAS & WATER PIPE Promptly and at lowest market rates. REMOVAL, REMOVAL _ “KELLER,” THE LADIES’ BOOTMARER, 75 Dearborn-st., Opposite Chicage Ges Licht Office. GENERAL NOTICES. ELECTION NOTICE. Maron's OFFICE, Grrx or Cuzcaco, Mercia 29, 1875. toe tz hereby given that on the Sid (twenty-third) aot e tee ah cloccion heli in the City of GBidige at which said election the question will be sub- LhicaF, She voted upon by the icgal voters of said cits, mittethetuor ssid city shall become incorporated under rat aid cy Sieecmby entitled "an Ack to 30 act for tbe Incorporation of Cities and Villages.” E 182. % appeared ans H. D. COLVIN, Mayor. Stockholders’ Meeting. at ting of the Stockholders of ** The Poo- igh 'Buulding and Tae Astocition of Galeago," will be Bes on Songs, paid atene ofice, 209 Mey, WHITAGHE, Prost. ‘A. W. Nasox, Bec'y- To Tug Owners. (cago Stone-Dealers’ Arsociation will receive The, Chicas rail theireanal boats during the sea- Addras cr apply to [ND NORTON, Sec'y, EouUSD ORTON, Sey, LAUNDRY. MUNGELR’S Laundry, OFrIOS—1M Desrborast, 124 Miskiganet, 199 West MILLINERY. STATEST, RETAIL - illinery Hou Now offers (we think) one of the most attractive places in the city for Ladies to select their SPRING MILLINERY (carrying, as we do, the largest and finest stock of Im- ported Goods), you arealwaysSURE to find the most reliable styles and shapes in all goods, ss well as a much greater variety to select from. We are sure you will save money and not regret having called. VEDSTERGC 107 STATE-ST., OPPOSITE CHAS. GOSSAGE’S. BRANCH: WHOLESALE: 945 West Hadisor-st. 970 & 272 Wash-ar, MILLINERY! E. J. HOPSON & C0. WILL HOLD THEIR SPRING OPENING On Friday Next, April 2. 64 Washincton-st.. near State. FURNITURE. WATCHES, JEWELRY, OUR NEW Furniture! SPRING FOR SPRING TRADE. Purchasers should not fail to examine our stock of Parlor, Chamber, Library, Hall, and Dining-room Sets, Easy Chairs, Fancy Goods, etc., before buy- ing elsewhere. We claim to have the best as- sortment of these goods ever exhibited in this city. We guaranty our work as to quality and durability, and OUR PRICES LOWER THAN ANY HOUSE EAST OR IN THIS MARKET ! An inspection is respectfully solicited. Spiegel & Cahn, 9929, Wabash-av., BETWEEN ADAMS snd JACKSON- STS PIANOS. Weber Pianos. NILSSON: I shall take every opportunity to recom- Tend and praise youriasteumonts. | KELL .GG@: For the last, alx yoars your Pianos lave | ‘beon my choice for the Coucert-room and house, LUCCA: ‘Your Uprights are extraordinaryinstra- | ‘ments, and desorve tholr great suc- cass. PATTI: Thavo used the Pianos of every cele- brat kor, but give yours the preference over all. 2 ‘They deservedly merit th distin ALBANKs They detec cbaineds STRAUSS: Your Pianos astonish me. [have never ‘yet sen any Pianos which equal yours. WEHLI: =‘ Macame Patepa callod your Piano the finest In the United States, Iiully indoree that opinion. THE INCOMPARAGLE WEBER PLANOS AND ESTEY ORGANS, AP STORY & CAMP'S, 211 STATE-ST. “WE HAVE JUST TAKEN From Hon. 0. B. Barwell, f2 ozchange for s CABINET STRINWAY UPRIGHT, a splerdid sizlo 3 STEINWAY SQUARE PIANO, with carved lept, almost a8 good ax nom, aad argsine ‘the samo at sifar ths samo ata special Bargin, year y State and Monroc-sts., Chicaee, LEGAL. WEREEREAS, BY THE OLRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES of Missouri, in tho 31 nit of JM Walker and others, complainants, vs, tho Valley & Westorn Railway Company and others, defends in equity for tho foreclosure of certain doeds of said Company, it was, on the 7th ‘adjudged, and decreed, Batlway Com} Saat wtltiand deoluiely ‘debarred and. foreclosod of ai ity of redemption of, ca and to its mortgages, | premises, property, an franohizes; and that the Mississippi Valley 4 West- Railwa; ret with the as in ead doods of trast and mortgages bo sold at pubiie auction by the undersigned Master in Cheacerr of, the said Cow: nd satisty the amounts dae by sad Company bon Snd otherwise. aud that in end by th : gals, of whatever kind, ee all y said mi roperty, aud every pai ie a, Ghoell bo dickarged,” ad that upon said sale execute a certificate sta’ such sele, together with the torms conditions thoreof, and that upon the same betng complied with, and tho salo approved and confirmed by tho eaid Court, {Eo said Master should execute and deliver tothe pur- chaser or purchasers of said property goud and sufficient Ered ct deeds for the samo, fres and clear of all Incum- brances; and. that the said Mastor should offer the whole a. property, together with tho (except that part of raid road, a the Town, County, Missoucl, between the said Town of Canton and the Mirsouri River), and that no bid should be received thoretor less than 2600,000, and that tho said Master should sell separately that part “of ssid road-bed and the ties connected therewith Ising westward from said Town of Canton, betweon raid town and the Missouri River, ss it stands, withont rolling-stock, to the highest bidder there. ‘and thst, upon the sale of said road, property, and by the thousand dollars in cash, or the delivery to him of a good and suificiont bond, with suretics, to be by ap. proved, for. the paymontof such sim of two handred Housend ‘dollars, when, and as soon as thereunto re- e rms and con: al the cer or, ivery o! fabofare specified on the dolivery of the balance of tne of ealo by the said Mastor, and that tam bid should, unless ie parchaser be a bond or lien holder or revreseut bond or lion holders, bo paid in cast al the confirmation of said sale, chould said sale be con- fined by the sald Court, and if szid puronaser shall bo a bosd or lien holder or reprosent boua fide bond or Hon holders, then. and in that erent should ssid sale be con: fined, he shoul ‘cash said sum of $200, 000, and also tho pro rat mm from tho proceeds of said sale fihlch may bo by the sald Court tien found dae a theotbar Dons fide bond or lien holders, and tho balnnce sfler such ‘bonds or bons fide aymant may ba pal repres 3 wped of Piriae ead in purscance of the said decree, I, Joseph Sbippen, the Master in Chancery of the said Court, will soll st public anction to the highost_ biddor. CeaES Suetorn front door of the Court House of St. Louis Gonpiys to the City of St. Lauty in tho Stato of Aieacar, ve esday, fous l. 185, evroen te hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and : oon: tapee fn the otoje of che railroad, franchises, aod prop- eta togathes with she rolling stock of the eaid Alissis- sippi Valley & Western Railway Company (exc) portion hersina ter men eae recived decreas aad, Wied in the above recited decroa; and, 'Seconde ‘That portion of tho, Missiasippl Valley & Went; era Raliwas Companys, ond-ed, ad ties eapnocted ct {herewith Iring Morn and tho Missouri River, as itstands, without rolling stock, aod ihe parobaser there tt ee 3, orth rod to par £2,000 in cas hy ond tho balance Toqu! mo Srbie bid upon the confirmation of auch sale by, the gourt. E Chancery of the United States Circuit Court Siig Conary ot ee alot &r. Louis, Bo., Mareb 1, 15:5, TREASURY DEPARTMENT. MPTROLLER £ CUBRENOY, OrFICe OF Contr RO TMOTON, Feb. 8 1875, ii hereby given to all persons who may hare Ratios. Haat the Gook County National Bank of, Chi- casi re rast be prosent : "aceon, ity the legal + proof thereat, within frou this date, or they wi ae f 1 by JAY mptrolier of OLD PAPERS. OLD PAPERS FOR SALE At 75 cents per 100, In the Counting-Room of this ; . Office, CLARE & CO., FURNTTURE! SWAN, 911 & 218 Monroe-st, Offer Rare Bargains in Black Wainut and Painted Cottage Chamber Suits, for the next 60 days, AT RHTATL, To close out stock before re- moval. Cottage Sets painted to order in any style or color. GROCERIES: Hong Kong TEA CO., IMPORTERS & DEALERS IN TEAS, COFFERS, GROCERIES, 1 & 3 North Clark-st. Our Teas for 80c, equal to any you can buy for $1.00. Call and get our Weekly Price List. CARPETINGS. CARPETINGS My stock of Carpetings is now complete for the Spring trade. My goods are of the best style and qual- ity, and as usual I will ‘offer them at as iow, if not LOWER PRICES, Then any other house in the city. Work promptly done. SPENCER H. PECK, 185 & 197 Webash-av,, cor. Adams-st, MERCHA NT TAILORING. NORTH SIDE Merchant Tailoring. CHEAP RENTS MAKE LOW PRICES, LATEST SPRING STYLES, Garments and Suits made up from the best material, in a truly artistic style, at prices to suit times. lh. ECUMME IL, 128 Worth Clark-st. Fo. AL ge reer Notices id Bankers, aidaate Pisg and Bevelsn Pree ty me panker have ing no brick sault, fornale cheap. Call or addrosa B. W. 2882, Now? Havioy Budding: Cntesgo. SAVINGS BANK CHARTER Conferring valuable privileges for sale. Apply to W. P. GRAY, 103 Washington-st., Room 17. One Car-load Walaa Grapes wi ents {il be sold cheap at 29 West Taxe-tts | pp JOSEPH, BUSINESS CARDS. BH. D. ELAOT?, Carpenter « Builder, 65 PEARSON-ST, CHICAGO, IL Store and Ofice Wi alty. ‘Jobbi Blospand' ork & specialty. Jobbing promptly Nirs. L. P. Wyant, 248 WABASH-AV., Borin; ing of Imported Hor Phiteta: fa'Thureaay, Apr i. Win have ker Frozch and 8. T. ‘releccnce trem. GIOVANNI C. Lc “Reon 33 Otte Block, Fresco Painting. TRADE! ‘We are now daily adding to our already very extensive as- sortment Ladies’ and Gentle- men’s Fine Gold Key and Stem- Winding Watches of the best Geneva and American makes; Elegant Gold Guard, Vest, and Neck Chains, of the best quality. Sterling Silverware Spoons, Forks, &c., innew designs; and beautiful Wedding Novelties, Rich Silver- Plated Table Ware, Artistic Stone Cameo, Coral, Pearl, and Gold Jewelry, Bracelets, Lotk- ets, Charms, &c. HAMILTON, ROWE & 00, 99 STATE-ST., CORNER WASHINGTON, Watches! Diamonds! ‘We offer an unusually Large Stock of FINE WATCHES, imported ex- pressly for the Retail Trade. DIA- MONDS of sill sizes, set in the most elegant manner. We make fine Stones a Specialty, and always have in stock GEMS in FINGER RINGS, EAR RINGS, STUDS, ete. Our As- sortment of STERLING SILVER- WARE, for Wedding Presents and Family Use is the LARGEST IV THE WEST, and sold at EX- TREMELY LOW PRICES, FRENCH CLOCKS & BRONZES, of our own importation, and of Lat- est Designs. N. MATSON &CO. State and Monroe-sts. PAPER JIANGINGS, PAPER HANGINGS Paper Hangings At the following prices: 10,15 and 20 cents per roll. Paper hung with dispatch. Paints, Oils, and Glass AT LOW PRICES AT T. G. SHEPHERD'S, STATE & TWELFTH-STS. FINANCIAL. '. D. PERRY, EDW. S. HUNT, late with Mochaates' Nation-| late with City Banko ‘Dal al Bank, Chicago. las, Texas. PERRY & HUNT, General Brokers, 199 LeSALLE-ST, CHICAGO, Iki. Merchandise, Notes, Stocks, and Bonds bou: eold en commission. Loans negotiated, Ronts col Taxes paid. Agency for tho salo of Texas Lands. TO LOAN. ‘Tho following amounts on Real Estate Se- curity: $2,500, $2,000, $2,000, $1,500. .; SAMPL GEHR, Wo. 10 Tribune Building. SYDNEY MYERS, FINANCIAL AGENT, 75 Clarkest., Chicago. Personal attention given tomak. ing and managing investments for non-residents. TOANS Real Estate, in sums of $1,000 and »p- On chotee cereieS purchase somo good hirst-mortgage wacdns ta PRP TOORE & CUMMINGS, 119 and 131 LaSalle-st. MONEY TO LOAN. 210,600, $20,006, and other sums on city property at 875 percent. A. 8. PALMER, JE.. Rooms 16 and 17, Sf Washington-rt_ GAS FIXTURES. WM. H. PATTERSON, GAS FIXTURES, GAS & STEAM FITTERS’ STOCK, 44 & 46 ADAMS-ST,, Between State-st. and Wabash-av., Chicaco. Formerly of 125 Stato-xt.. near Madison, WANTED. ToW holesaleGrocers ‘ho want an intelligent, stout, active boy, Wands Jost finished with the commorcial Course, and is willing to make himself gener- flly useful in the business. Salary leit op- | ste tional with employer until satisiaction 18 jena) as to fimess and other, requirements. ddrese, for one week, O 84, Tribune céfice, a RELIGIOUS NEWS. Easter-Day, and How It Is Cele- brated. Election of Vestrymen and Wardens To-Hor- row. Opposition to the New Irish Cardinals. Notes and Personals at Home and Abroad. Services in the Churches. EASTER-DAY. Christ from the dead is risen—dleth no mare, Sing out, glad Esrth, rejoice from shore to shore. First fruits of them that slept! 0 Info in death 1 Fair garden lilies, with their odorous breath, Salute with grace the world at Kcster Cawn. ‘The tomb is ope'd, the captive loosed and gone, Christ from tho ddad fa riseu—dieth no mere. Sing out, O Zarth, rejaice from shore to ahore, O wondrous mystery of Love! through Lenten hours What peuitential tears hava dimmed these ‘eyes of ours ; ‘What anguished sighs have breathed from tortured, ulv'ring bears, Pierced through by all’ the Temapter's sore envenomed farts. Yet, glorious mystery of Love, the Lenten Fast Enda with an angel-ministered, divine ropast. Joy out of Sorrow blooms; Passion’s blick, cheerless bight Grows fair with glowing rays of Eatter-Day, alight. Bail! glorious morn; Hai?! blessed Day of days, Glad o'er a sorrowing world shine forth thy healing rays. Hark! in the ambient glow of Eastor-morning fair, Tot Spaqaerars ‘pealms triumphant sound through all e airs Reser} our risen Lord, hath vanquished Desth. and Through ‘the grave’s pathway passed whore angels dwell, Deliverance wrought, Death’s sharonoss cone away, ‘And oped the Kingdom wide, on Easter-Day.” —Hary 4. C. Wyeth in the Independeat, psceala tate EASTER-SUNDAY, SOMETHING CONCERNING THE DAY. In times past this day, Euster-Sunday, the close of the penitential season of Lent, was wel- comed with much rejoicing. “When the sway of the Church made itself felt more gevorally than now, when the edicts of Pope, Bishop, and Priest, regulated the actions aad affaus of life, and presumed to give or withhold permission to ent, drink, or be merry, and mon, like children, meekly permitted these censors to take from them their pleasures fora season, what wonder that they rejoiced to feel themselves froe from their shackles again, and found a child’s delight in wild and riotous observances? We, who have now generally outgrown the idea that any special observances of devotion or self-denial are in- cumbent upon us in Lent, are less inclined. to mark ita departure with eny unusual demon- strations. s The derivation of the name Easter is somewhat uncertain. It is often derived from the name of a Saxon goddegs, Eostra, who presided over the spring-time and opening buds and flowers, and whose festival was observed about this time. Others derive it from the same root that gives us the word East, a Saxon word Oster, that means rising. Thus the resurrection that it commemorates, and typifies in the waking of Nature at this time from her long winter's aleep, would seem to be expressed in ita name. . This day marks one of the threo great feasts of the Christian Church, which are, Christmas, Enster, and Whitsuntide. From the earliest times in the history of the Church it has been observed as the queen of festivals, with solemn mp, praise, and rejoicing. ‘Tho event that tho jay commemorated was steadfastly kept in mind, gongs of joy repeated it, and forme and cere- monies symbolized it while yet its memory was fresh in the world, and unbelief had not built it- self s temple upon the foundation of forge:fal- ness. The early Christians were wont to greet one suother with the words “ Christis risen!” to which reply was given “He isrisen in- deed, and hath appeared unto Simon.” In the Russian and Greek Churches that custom is still religiously observed. ‘Easter is one of the movable feasts ; indeed, it is the movable feast, oo which all the others de- pend. It gives place and name in the church calendar to the nine Sundays before it and the eight following, and when it is fixed all theother movable feasts and fasts fall into place immedi- ately. In early times the Eastern and Western churches could not agree upon the suitable time on which Easter should fat. The Eastern Church, following the example of St. Philip and St. John, -observed it on the third day of the 14th of Nisan, whatever day of the week it might be, the date of the Jews Pasgover, and accepted as that of the Cruci- fixion. Tho Western Church, on the contrary, observed it on the firstday of the week imme- diately following the fu! moon of Nisan, taking no heed of the date of the Passover, for the double purvose of celebrating the Lord’s resur- rection on that day, and distinguishing them- selves from the Jews, From this difference s most intensely bitter controversy arose. The Bishop of Rome endeavored, though without success, to compel the Asiatic Churches to alter their custom, and for more than two centuries the quarrel raged, until, in the time of Con- stantine, contention was quelled by = canon paseod by the Council of Nico, which fixed Easter on the firet Sunday after the full moon which falls upon or after the vernal equinox, or the 21st cf March. Thus controversy was calmed for several centuries, bn: later, owing toa difference in the calendars, there arose quite 3 uerious dis- agreement between the Church at Rome and the Church in Grest Britain with regard to this same matter, which was not settled untu the calen- dars were made uniform. ‘Daring the Middle Ages, Easter came to par- take of the nature of a great feaat-day simply._ It was observed with banquetings and riotings, ‘and the miracle playa came to be s very im- portant feature in their ceremonies. Christ's trial, death, and resurrection were dramatized in ‘verse, or “put upon the boards” in pantomime, acted by ribald jesters, who had as little con- ception of the excrilegionsness of their actions ss the igaoraut hordes who looked on with childish delight. The student of buman nature is impressed by no characteristic of the partially developed man more than by bis intenee realism. He can be reached caly through his bodily senses, aod tha religion that can be put into genuine forms that he can sce, touch, and handle, he best sppreciates. It is well to- remember that these miracle plays were per- formed for the massee only. Tho small portion of Christians who were reslly cultured always objected tothem. ‘A curious superstition prevailed in Cantral and Sonthern Europe during the fittecotn and sixteenth centuries, vic-: that meat eaten on Enster-Sundzy alwars produced fever. Moro than cne Council of the Church protested against this absurd ides before it could be overcome. In England, however, it became a national custom to eat a gammon of bacon on that dsy as a di- rect protest egainet their detested enemies, the Jews. A quatot legend, too, has long been cur- fent among the common reople, especialy in Treland, to-wit: that the sun dsnces for joy upon his rising on Zaster-morn. Our Hiber- nian cerving-maids have long made us familiar with this superstition, bat we aro yet surprised to know that sntiquarians Have extended to such an absardity not only so much re- gpect. as to investigate its origin, but to disclaim its truth. Sir - Thomas Browne, ove of the most learned and delightfui authors of the seventeenth ceotury, in bis quaint and charming cyclopedia of oid superstitions, “ Peendodoxia Epidemica,” gravely sseorts that tue belief that the sun dances on Easter morn— ing has no foundation in fact. A frequently offered explanation of the idea eccredits it to the ignorance of some half-witted observers of ancient times, Who happened to see the reflec tion of the sun dancing in the water of some pool and thereupon Jeaped to the conclusion ago Daily Tribune. NUMBER 216. | that the dignified orb wes inda!ging in these un- seemly gyrationa in the siy, behind their backs. ‘Among the best known of the populsr cus- toms of Easteris that of making pregents of col- ered eggs, which are often elnoorately orna- mented. Thisis a vory encient custom, and probably derived, as were so many of the early Christian customs, from rites observed by the Pagen nations in perioda loog suterior to tha birth of Ciiristisnity. .Count Be Gebelin, ia the religious bistory of the Calendar, says that the germ of this custom may be traced to half-a-doz- én different nations, Io the philcsophy of the Egyptians, Persiaus, Gauls, Greeks, and Ro- mans, the og is held alike as an emblem of the verse, The Egyptians symbolized the rexo- ion of mankiad after the deluge by the ess which is apparently dead and yet contains withia itself the germ of all life to como. The Jews used the ese emblem for their reipposr- ance among the nations after their long slavery in Egypt, and ate tho Paschal eggs atthe foast of tho Passover. I: is not strange that the Chzia- tian should lixewise typify tho rising from the dead on which his faith and hope rests, in tho came way, and we find the Easter eggs used by all Christian nations, ancient and modern. In the Greek Church, from time immemorial, they have been used aa gifts to be axchsaged bo- tween friends. In the Romish Church, an old cnatom brought these eges to the priest, who blossed them. In Italy, those holy eggs are laid out upon acharger for the whole of Easter- week, and every visitor is obliged by politeness to take an egg. In England, ia s royal roll of the time of Edward L, preserved in the Tower, thero js to be e2en an ontry of 184, expended for 400 Easter oggs. Very ancient record is also ~ found of the game of rolling Easter egas, to test the strength of their shells, which is still prac- ticed by English children. This game has been trangpianted to our Southern Statue, and is there one of the rare delights of ali tae colored in- fants, but, strange to aay, ia scarcely known in the North. : Exster is celebrated with solemn rites of de- yotion and praise by tho Romish and Episcopal Churcues in ail countries ; but in Rome, tae ers- dlo of the faith, it is observed with a pomp aud stlendcr of ccremonial seco nowhere else. ‘There the Pope is carried, in St. Peter's chair, on the shoulders of the priests, to St. Potor's Church to celebrate bigh masz. The altars of the chureh are profasely decorated with flowers, and the arches of the vaulted roof, and the fretted pillars of the naves, sparkle with tho fight thrown from a thovssod brilliant lamps. The Pope is’ borne Ho ia richly attired in cloth of gold; on his head is the triple gilded tiara, symbolizing his spiritual and temporal power sod their union. Beside him are borne the flavelli, enormous fans of peacock’s feathers, whose countless eyes typivy the increasing vigilance of the Church. Over him a ricbly-frioged canopy is carned. After bigh mas he is in the samo manner borne down the aisle of the church and to the baicony abova one of the paves, where he pronounces the bene- @iction to the immence concourse of peocle that aivays fill upthe etreet below. Thousands of spectatora, natives and strangers in the citz, flock to mass at St. Peter's every Easter-Day morning. The Passover of tho Jews generally occara near the time of the-Christian’s Easier. It falls upon the 14th of the firat Hebrew spring mouth, Nisan, near the time of our lat of April. Origia- ally it was observed. with all the rites Isid down in the Levitical law; now, and iadeed ever since the final destraction of Jerusalem and the scst- tering of the Jews, itis oaly marked by eating unleavened bread during the eight Passover dasa, by ref: 3 from labor on the fires and laut ‘days of tho week, and by observing ca the first evenng certain domes- tic and national rites,—which ister quite widely in different countries,—by reading in their holy book of traditions, the Haggada, sad by the chanting of psslms that commemo- ratethe deliverance out of the ‘land of Egypt aud the house of bondage. Among the Jews in Europe the time intervening between Passover and Pontecost is called Omer, and is considered to be a time foll of grave prognostications and perils. Extraordinary events are very likely to occur then, evil spies are abroad, and permitted unusual power. Sorcerers are aldo allowed more license to work sheir evil ends at this time, and the fearfal peasants pass by dangerous and un- canny places with bated breath, snd never speak disrespectfully of the powers of darkness during this time. en EASTER-MONDAY, ELECTION OF VESTRYMEN. > With the approach of Esster comes the time for the election of Church officers by the re- spective parishes of the Episcopal Church. Tho canons of the Church direct that the election shall take placa on Easter-Monday of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The canon low on the subject varies in the different Dio- coses. In the Diocese of Illinois it is as follows: ‘At said pariah meeting, in addition to other businers which may be then transacted, the parishioners who for ofivers, a8 pr loty are qualified and entitled to vote scrited and defued in this canon, shall elect by by a majority of votes, a Vestry, to consint of two War- dens, who ‘shall be communicants in good standing, and not less than three nor more than sight Vestry- men, who shall be communicants of the Church in good and regular standing, which Vestry shall cen~ finue to discharge the functions of their office dartuz the year, or until their saccessors are elected ; and the ‘Vestry may Sit vacancies in thelr own body. ‘The electoral qualifications are defined as fol- tows in the canon law of this Diocese : ‘All male commanicants of full age who have been duly recorded and are recognized ss such, and are not at the time under. ecclesiastical censure, ‘persona who may be pew-owners, by the purchase from the Vestry of a pew or seatin tho church building, provided, however, that, in the cuso of pew-owners by purchase, the widow of an owre> deceased, who may continue to occupy the same, may vote by proxy through some qualified person. ‘All male persons of full ago who rent a pew or seat from the Vestry, and have done ao for six calendar inonths next preceding the day of election. ‘All mate persons of full age. who contribute by sub- scription or otherwise to tne funda or expenses of ths congregation, and have done so for six mouths previ- ous to the cicction, and whoin addition declare them- selves to be bonietide worshipers of the congro- gation. The Pacifie Churchman, published in San Frnacisco, has some pungent comments on tho mode of church elections, ;and the latitude of tho canon law, In that Diocese the only qusiif- cation prescribed by the canon law for eliaibility to the office of Vestryman is that those elecled shail be at Ieast 21 yeans of age, so that, as it romarks, ‘there is nothing wbatever io the law that would probibit the election of — pazan, or any person of bad repute.” Its comments upon the charactor of church elections are, however, of general application : ‘A parish can be aftucted with no greater evil than 5 Godless Vostry. Much of the discord that at times un* happily arises in th management of the a‘fairs of a ar- sh may be traced to this source. Such a Vaitry inatway3 a thorn in the side of the nbeppy Hector whu f com- Delled to-mintster to the coagregation it represents,— father misreprecente, The secret pring which in tome parishea seems to te continually sending forth the bitter watera of strife and discord, tf iraced toits ‘source, will often be found to flow feom a few Veatry- taen who have been ambitions to control the “tempo- Talitien of the parish to sult thelr own eelfiah inclins- tons. Men of this class sometimes get saddled ur 8 parieh asa reward for am ostentatious bestowal of money, given, perhats, froin thé most selfish mo- fives, kad are, despite their largesses, an incubus to the spiritual dvancement of the parish, for which thets money affords no compensation, ‘Church olections ares farcees usually made. The officers elected are supposed to be choren ty the con- Gregation at large. But in point of fuct the officert Ehoson are often elected by a emaller number of rere sons than there are persons to be elected. Owing to the negiect of those whose duty it is tossy who eball ropresent them, iX€ choice devolves upon the half score or lesa of persons who attend the elestion, ‘Tha result {3 the election of Vestrymen who do not fairly Teprecent the parish, Any scheiing individual wo has a project to carry may, by ‘drumming up ” half- e-dozen or more votes, aecure the élection of men seleoted for tue purpose of aiding him in his schemes, even in somo of our Jorgest parishes, Tho resalt 4s zetions are taken. that do not at all auit the wishes of the majority, dissensions are introduced, and, in sdt- ton to the ‘misfortane of selfish, unscruowous men thrust forward: a8 the representatives of the Church, the harmonious working power, of tbo parish w de- stroyed, ‘The true remedy for this evil in in the hands of the congregation, They thould put forward the best, truest, and purest men for tnelr Veatrymen : act that they are elected, and then uphold their hands in their work, ‘The Church would tan be more sros- cous and command higher reapect from the word reason of. the consistensy of 1s ollicers, peices nla IRISH CARDINALS. AWATTER OF BARGALY AND SALE. The following terter has just been received by Dr. Martin A. O'Brennan fromanold friend now residing m Lendon. Exprossing, ap it does, tho opinion of many of his countrymen, it will bo read with interest. It seems that British gold is as potent at Romo as it was in France during the Revolation, or as when used in this country to jall off protective tariffs, or buy. up leading Irigh- Americans: ‘We have been swfuily sold by the Oathotle Churs, Nota Buhop Thus been appointed by “Rome” fey. ine