Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 14, 1875, Page 2

¥ 2 TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUNFE: MONDAY. JUNE 14, 1875, hopo over him, the whola public, ssints and sln- »orm ahike, call ont agawst it, And I thiik the churchen in Amcries aro ahend of ws, rather thian behind e, in that niatter. Thore's hardly o winister of any mars, who does not manago to algn in somo roit of 8 hopo that, niter nll, thera's somo mistake nbout that old kloa s hich mon weto onen #0 eertain of, of crornal hifo In tormaont for all whom the alinrclan cannot gab eaved before ghoy dio,, Nog the churches keop up the old creeds of & couplo of conturies ngo muél abont ga you find onr Enghah yeomen keeptng the matehlock of their old Puritan \ ancestots, or, a§ your Now Englaml favmesn Jecp tho ' murkots with which theiv grandfathess il Roud worle at Lexingion or Concord, 'Thoy are fino, jntor- esting old weapons, aud’ they look well onough over the chimbey-pleco, and thoy suow that those who keep thiem there como of & good, re- ipectablo ol atocit; but nobody thivks of really 3ring them bif now, or it over they do take them Jowrn, Lo show that they ean still” ho tired, they putdu groat deal lezs powder in them than they used to do. . 5 Now, friende, it is tho perception of thia stato of things all sbout which mnkes mo feol that ' tho titno hina conto for tho Chnrches to takio, as [ raid, nnother good bravo stop forward 1n the way of reformation. I feol that, at present, théy do not half do themselves justice befora ihe world, They do not toke their stand upon thelr renlly best thought and faithl ‘Lhoy go . on, allowing themacives to bo supposed to reproreut ldeas and principios, which reaily thoy bu¢e got hesond, They let themmeives bo Bield 1espousible fur charges of unrrowucas, of fored tho" losat from them, And ovou among.| theso worda, is, The Tielation of God ta the Up+ |- Roformers, thoss of ono shade of seform) aro bfien very Wby of thosa of another Now, I bollave the test men in almont sl tho churchion ara tharoughly tired and sick ol this: tinud sort of thing. dMen havo begun to fecl that 1t 18 hnrd lines 1f thoy can associato with men of all kinds of behet through tho week, and -at on tho Snnday in their religious lifa must eop rigidly koy arato L Nay, thoy have bogun (o find out that it in often n great deal mote futer- Seuting 10 rpend an hour with a thonghtful man of different viows than Lo be alweys with some ana whona thoughts ara jast the samo ns their omn. Of comno thero hag to be & limit to thi our chnrel-gatherings ara not for mera_hoarin: of sen's thoughta, but for. quiot. restful woi sbip ; aud nobody wanta to ba having overy- thing - evcrinstingly discowsed 3 but—and that” 18 iy point—there 18 roum fur far “franker and wider aesociation mmong thoughtful veligtons peopla than suy of the ¢lirehes try for at presenc, and 1 hotios s pcoply sronld bo thio hottor for it and wonld Jike it and that rome brave atepping out of tho littlo in- clusures, eomo opening of tho doors of tha churchos sltogethor wider, ia ono of tho very beat and most needful eloments n tho reforma- tion that in wanted in the present dny. Thers, Lean put it all threo phrasess freer thinking, manitor outaponhing, widor fallow- shon, I thero snything smail or scctarian fn thoso ? Those are romething larger than any “yum,” olther your *iem " orminol 1t 4 by {hero' that oll our “iema™ will have to b jndged. I mny believo that such fraer thinking Bnd lspoaking ont, and fearloss interclinugo of idpan would bring men gonorally to something llisbernality, of putting creed beforo conduct, of & alrald of scivuce, or opposing relonco, which wWito onco true, but aro trie no longor. Why, 10 01O can tovo about in eocicty and not feel 1bis, You ges joto compnuy witlh'a fow sverage membera of any of theso churches which are Atill supposed to stand, sud do tominally stand, for tho old orthodosy of tho Neforma- tion, ond just try them with tho old idean! “ry thom wWith the very statuments which thoe foisnders of thelr Chiurches proclaimad undonubt- ingly a_couple of butdred yoars agol Try thew withy tha vory creeds or catechismy which then ninieters #till havo to assent to hefure thoy can ho ordaincd! Wil these .averago members admlt that they bellove them? Wit they let you hold them tespousiblo for them? Not thoy. Whon you coma to tall to them in b friendly way about what thiey do roally think on thesa great macters of religicn, you tind that thoy sve mostly veavousbla enough, luaral enougl. Thoy do uot go much into reline- ments of ereed at all,—doa't teally care much - mbout creed; in fact, you find vou aures very fairly. It t8 & brond, spititunl, practical Clrie= tianity they mostly hold. 1 wish to speak as,emphatically as poasiblo ohout this bromder, highor Chyietianity of the Churches generally, becuuso this will show you * that, when I sponk of a new slop of Beformation . betng wanted, I am not meantug it In any small, sectariau way, I don't menn that oor Unstarian Church fs tho Iteformation that iy wanted, or that nhat s voeded i3 that overybody shaif leave tho othor religious bodies andcome into ours. Of coursa L thiuk that our Cluch Is somoshero about right, and I aw for vur all dving wnat wo can, right heartily, to gather peoplo inioit,— aud If wo didu'e feel hiko that wa nught aa well diop it at once. DLuwwhat I specinlly feel in tha present day 18, that nfmost all the Church- es aro npe for a uow rtep of reformn« tion, if they would only plack up courage, eay out to tho wotld tho very best, broadest, most onmblo thing they thmk, imd tako the v stand in publio which you counts find thoso who compose them taking in privs! But now you may, somo of yau, be Inclined to sy, Woll, whut ooes it all como 10 7 What I it ting you maan iy practically wantod? Whut surt ot reformatiin should it ber 1 will tell you, and then you will sen how completely it s & matter abuvo auy swial ecetarian "lines of ours or any one ejHo's, 1n tho first place, tho reformation which is wantod at the presout day, aud wineh I belisyo ( the Churches themeselves aro ready for, It they would bo trne to tho bent that fs tn thom, is » 1efonation that aball admit tho fallest freo fu- guiry sbout all matters of religlon, It wanig openly aamitting—what almowt every thoughtful man adinits i private—thnt theno subjects of Ta- ligion aro very deep, solemn subjects; that all olir statewents of theology Bro only, at tho best, sbndows of truths that are greater than any siatamont ebout thom : that thoso truths are not things that ean be shaped into cut-and-drled slatoments by auy mau or auy council of mon ; and 1hat ‘tho truo, and’ roally roverent, and religlons way ¢ for mon just to luok Ioto thon- with “all thelr mind sud roul— to look Into the Bible, and most ot al into tha tanchlugs of Josus Christ, who sy them tho slearent, and put them into the vory simplost wordy thal over were,~and to Jook into iwhat other toachors hiave thought and written abouc them,—In fact to try and got light . and reality uw\nem from tho Biblo, Irom science—nny- * whore where thoro daes seem to any_mau o bs somo ronl glimmer of light on thews dosp, under- lyiug, eternal realities of this life of onrs, 1da * uot sy that this froo inquiry will load to all the old Loliefs being pivon up; If honest inquiry * conflrm tham—swell and ood ! What does want to Lo given up in tho keepmg up of ereads and slacdards of faith, and ail ondeavors to Iny down by rulo and fiuo whit exnctly Curistians, ‘or what ox: ctly ovan menibors of aoy Christian Church - mo to beliove, ‘Tho timo for such things s gevo by, It s not that tho creeds want altering & littla; it s not that somo oreed of mino wants putting in iy place - of athar people’s croods, it is that that $¥Hle idos * of tiylug to suniup divine trattl in li¥#ie sots of witfolcs, and drawing thiem upess a luo which the winlstors and peoplo of any church must too, {8 8 mstnke; truth ovanuot boputso; men's minds can’t bo drifted to nlnnnuwlly n Jino s0; the whole thing ia & blundor, and it In time it wan done away ! ‘I'iat ls what makes ono fecl sad about some” of tho ovemonts aronnd us that call thamselves ** Roformatiovs,” Whore 1s that *Iteformed Kplwoopalian Olurch," which awhlla ago went out from she old Eplacopalian Church, Tho old acclesinetionl boat wns too cramping for sivong, oarness men liko Brother Ubeney and his follows, 80 they went out to rot up tho real thing, as it ought to bel Lut then, what s reformation! Did you 1ond the roports of that **Councll™ thoy hold womo thres wooks “ago, to sottla it on ita now reformed basiy 7 And did you notlce what they wore spending tholr precfona thres days upon? Drawing upa oreed! Thay took thie old ¥ Thirty-nioe Artleloy.” and just tinkere -thein np—reformod thom sboutan {nch und n quartorj loft out n sentence Jtere, put in apliraso thero,—carofully mended up thal veuerable old viece of thealogleal patehwoik, with some very thin now cloth of their own, aud then when thoy -lind got thoir_rovi:od croed, seamed half afraiil of dowg anythiug with it, and a¢ 1ast finishied up with 8 compromiss rosolution which neither stnod clemly for tho creed, nor yob #tood fairly for hberty. No! I don't think avy such ono-harso refarma- “tion a6 thalis yoing fo meot the nocd of tho timo!l 1t 1s not that tho lines of creod waut lay- ing down an inch aud o quaiter ahead of whore the fothers put them; it o that thoy wane nob to bo dald down g i ‘but {hat the mind and thought of -tbo churchies nbiall bo loft to act iu n broad, rey- crent, opon-eyed freedom ! B And then, pecondly, tha reformation thnt fs wanted i n rforination that shall stand openty for tho best thonght it knows, Wowant not ouly freer thinkiug, byt more mavly outspenking of swhat is thought, I touched oh this by imphes- tion just uow, wheu I spolie af how, I nlmost =l tho cliurches, peoplo bava got quite boyond their old position, und yot they always try to mnko believe that n.wy aro stautling just where their fathers stood! They try to malie out thut thero 18 my littlo difference us possiblo! And, {‘uu know, it Ia very much tho sama oven with heea who stand as whot is called the * Broad-. | Ulurel™ olement i the diffureut bhodios, Thero fs hardly ous of tho denominations that lLas uot got Ity broad churehmen—mnien who are whisper- od to e Tnm Doyoud the old lines, so far Leyoud them that their frienda teil you that thero 18 not nny#\u‘lnur “heyoud ™ to got to} And vet who osh Yell whera they ranlly are, what thoy do post- *tively meau? 1 dou't know oxnctly how it 34 lu {lils conntry, but those Broad-Chuich rotormers v miuo bardly ever speak right out, You never know quite what they mean—nover, (o tho yory fuleay, cloarcet thing thoy think, They don't lw-ch tho old doctrines, bhut they vory seldom et out & clenr word sgalust them, aud ovon thetr very brightest, now trutha bolf'tho time they wrap up g iuch like the old errors ay possibl, 80 thal people sag, **Woll, there is not vo much diffuzenco after all,” Now, this nlko seoms to mo a vory ono-horse kind of reformatiou, It iy nlet‘ this which wil} over reutly win the car of so- cloty, 2 Aud, thon, lull{. tha roformation wapiod,— and for which [ Loliova the best Hie Ju tho churchien ig ripo,—18 oue whieh sjall admit thy Tullext brgtierhood and fellowsbip amoug those of different opinlons, You Xuow tho ofd plan was for churches to try aud lave overy oup lhln\du%jun aliko, ar, atsny rute, profess to doi if ho had a differcut thought, Lio mustu’y nay & word shout it. And thou theso folks, all thinking slike, had to bo hedged in, all to thetu. solves,~muptn's for.the world go and hear any other wort of teachiug, and vo teaclier be ot in- sido tho Inclopure till hio Lad beeu “passed” as ugh up 0 4o 018 wark. Ana, thouyk there haa sen 10050 brothertood growing up of Jato years smoug fheso different macred peny sud folds of cumgnw. yot s4llt it kns only beon a very lime Jtod soré pf brotherkiood with thoso wha dif- not far off what wo Uwtarians liold, I do be- right, (1) e is an Elornal Rofuge. (2) 1o ia an Evetlastiug Support. (2) Ho rilen Nature o bolialt of the rightesus—* Tho Iitornal God," tho Sclf-existent, Sclf-sulicient, Everlasting One. 'Tho mountains are cid,—how old, ecience dare:not puees,—but Beforo tho mountaina wera brought forth” $1o was, Tha ocean s old, TTow often it has changed its bed, sweeping over what now aro conlinents, submerging what nos Kro ho anoient billa," we guess not. Lmbires lave fought for s sovereigoty. —Thoy have \'fmgmhm\'. it abldes, L’mlluunu rote and flonrished npon ity coast, Inunchied its navies of commerco, conquent, and colonization. ‘1hey sro gonoi 4t abldes, *Tlmo writos ho wrinkles on its azure brow.” It is “0Old ovean” Who baheld it whan from tho hottow of ifis haud, where It lay like a dawdrop in a roeehud, God poured it into'tho deep chan- nela whera it now tosses? Tho cacth ia old, older than hill aud ocean. ** Of old Thou Isidst the foundation of the cartli,” Bub * Bafara tha mountafos wera brought forth, or ever Thou Bindat formed the earth and tho world, oven from ovotlaating to overlasting, thou ait God” And, thifs God 14 our God for ever aud over. Of Him may we slogs Oh Gyl our TTalp fu agon past, our Hopo In years tw como, Our Sheiter from the stormy blast, Aud our Eternal Ifome, The nverlnnm)(z arm, Tho fuger aymbolizes power, 1t is ““thie fluger of God,” eald Tgypt's maglefan, whes yanquistied by Moscs, Tho band symbolizes micht, **'I'io hand of the Lord was preseut to heal," writes tho jogful historian of liova it: ond 1 mny teel, whatis the shoplo fact, that. it ta tho spirit amldst which I have found myself in thin Unmtaran Chureh of ours from eluldhaod, whioh hna teaghit mo to have this fasth b froedom ; bt atill, that which 1 noid wp bofaro you is greator than any docirine, preater than any Chuteh, §t1n thenn privepies 1 want to seo provall ! Wao try to balp thom ou by our Chureh, but what I want most of afl in to sou thotn recognized and actod on by all Churchos. And thon I belfeve that that graud, simplo re- ligion of Jesus Chriat, religion s 1lo Himselt went abont » pronching it in His bheautitnl life, would coma ont in n mnew simpltcity and take hold of tho world with s now power! Tue world, to-tdsy, oravrs ns tuuch as ovor it did a living faith, “Tho dovelopmonts of civilization and the discoveried of scioncs aro wondorful things, but they leave tha decpost lifo of man untouchad, nnsatistiod, with the ol woationings of duty and of dostiny, and the ald thirst attor the living God! iiere, in the apirit aud tho word of Clirist 14 the nuswer that has givon the lwwmen soul at onde noat rest atd thoat strongth. And only lot that mpirit sud syord Le freed from the misundersiandings ol o dim pagt, sl from the restiietions of a tunid present, and once again they thall como to tho Jonging heart of man with thoold restful, in. apising, vaviag power, ——— RELIGION AND MORALITY, STUMON DY THE REV. BUMNER ELLIS. A large congregation was presont at tho Church of the Iedecmor yesterday morning when tho Rov. Sumuer Ellis, of the Universalist Chureh, doliferod an interesting discourse on the relation existing between religion and morale 1ty. T'ho toxt was ¢ E ‘A gond treo cannot bring forth evil fruit: nelther ean & cormiptires bring forth good fruit.=dlatthew tit 1 ¥ Following sro tho saliont points of tho ser- mon ¢ "I'hio proacher bogau by atating that there aro Lo ways todetermine the relation of religlon to morale. 'Who first {s by eotting the Jivos of it disciples in contrast with tha Jives of such as roject oll religious nsagos und intluences. Tlo sevoud is by an oxatnination of tho prinoiples of religlon; for, I theso are moral in themsolves orin their Learfugs, 16 cannot fall but their pregontetion to tho people, with earnest and soloum argoney, shall toll on thesr lives, Doc- trinos nro tho soeds of & charactoristio harvest. [u the name of roligion~tho toligion af Clust —there bave boen entertnined and urged a muititude of specalations that huve etoud quta apart frem tho duily practical itfo of the poaple ; ofton Lsve hoth elorgy und laity boon abrorbed in theso probloms thut have not ovau & remoto beurihg upon the conscignco, that awaken nono of tuo noblerlostinets, that foster none of the virluesor graces. They huve boon, a¥ it wero, Dattles in air, the nolse of words, the strite of tougues, the dry sod profit- les conteat of metaphyics ; and mprals, mean- whilo, bave faded trom the vision of the puq&)lo, nud consclences havo bown left unbraced. Now and thon, fu religion's name, an hnmoral teuct tus fouud advocacy, nud brouglit forth, as it muet, it8 ovil 1eued, But weill yeligion is to bo reparded npart {rom its abuses; and whon this looked at, 1t will bo found to supply the ouly truly adenuata gronnds and motives to s high- tonad and roliable virtuo. 1In tho first pluce, roligion ahows morality to be a * higher law," an oterual, universal, sud divine princiido, and worthy of worship almost for ita wfluttudo ; white ander aoy other thau areli;ous viow, ucdor scculirivn, under Athetsi, morality 1 ouly the chaucs notion of tho reiguing hour, a conyentionalism, what tho pooplo plenea to ro- ward 1¢, o caprice, o whim, or, asThowns Hobles said, **it is that which s most agrecablo (o the counnunity,” Who docs not ke that such a morahty, oarth-bort, variant, chaotic, s a cheap wituir, sud without ercdit or #anctions to cogage the lifo, ‘compured with the morality that has God for 1ts source, that 8 an nbgolute standard, ‘thut ls an ctornal nud universal law, that is ovor old and over now und sugust sod divino ae the Doity 2 Inthus ight, tho light of religion, yirtuo takes on {bo digutty of the firmawment, sud draws us 43 with o celod- tlal attraction Lo embruca it and obey i, As the prism breaks tho light foto its soparata hucw, nud shows tha apecial beauty of each tiut, ko 1t in the ofilen of veligian, tho duty aud privilage of tbo pulpit, snd of cyery Christian toachicr, to take tha momlit{ that is trom above, atid brenk it, by o wiso and fiv snalysis, into dus divorse parts and urge cach In turn upon tho notico and nceoptunce of the dikelples, Aud moral good sboil Lo the suro rosult, dhe con- omplation sball twovo to - aspiration, and uspiration §8 iu the ditocs line to action, Bread a battor liking, and you beget a lottor lifo. Pregoh tho virtnoy, aud you will gain for thom mora and more favor, and a moro worthy ob- uervauce, Urga tho Sormon on the Motiut, and its eternat prinoiplos shall Lake hold on lifa and roappear in all the commerotal, clvil, and sovial relations of man. But, 1 tho second pluce, roligion topchos worals by showing thut God, who cannot Lo olwdod or bought off, atanas for thelr dofenss. S will vindionto s jawe ; und every person mny oy It down ay inovitabla that obedlunce ahall result ju blcssing, and dusobadience in owo kind of enrse, £~ 11 tho survey of morals, avary aygls Ia found at last to touoh this all-importunt ceuntro,—that rawards sud rotributions aro surer than tho ris. 1o nad solting of tho sun ; or that thero is nev- or ui orror 1 tho sealen that waigh out to all their dues, Your cunning trick, o one way or anuthor, 18 surc to bo turnad nslde out, and proven to be far enough from cunntug; whitst simplivity and rvoul worth, in what age soover, will make their way and sind thoir account, bo- catisa they aro tho aceeptod curranoy of thio usi- verso, e who doubts that fulsoliood s lows und integrity gain, has road the book of Naturo wrong end up; for geoetry and numbors aro not more oxacting nud self-faithful thun morals, From tho All-sedug Lyo no travks can be cove erud, aud tho vud of svery path, ss of tho course of tho river to tho sua, {8 forcordained ; and thoto is o \u{. to uvoid runuing into tho night bu to follow thio path of the sun, No man can Lide bin moruly, nor cludo their just cifects, " Evory poacher," sald Bydnoy Smith, *ls sure ta b doteuted,—a hare in ona hand and a phoas- unt in tho otber,” ‘o Pagan evo tosk noto of this futal tio botweon eoed und harvest, dorcel uud recomponyo; and wo know of nonation which dows not, by proverb and logend, Attost 1ts faith 1 tho sbeoluto justnoss of doom. ‘o Bible teachiva 1t on evory pago. It is an axlow of the true roligion that moruls m1o solf- rawanding, or that the Deity stunds | lodged to the coujunution of virtus with pesce, and joy, sud hope, aud tho gencral woll-bolug of 1ts ditb- Jects ; whilo he Liares sin, i all of its ngly guisou, and_brivgs upou it, in dotae sbape or uthor, the strokes of his dwsploascre, Again, roligion, tegucding the human raco us o common brothiurhood under: (tod, fostors thut **love one to another,” that I8 tho irest guar- unty of justics nud fair douding, “'bis 1y its ob- vieud ofico. It bases virtue on good will, It uims to bring forth tho free and willing servico of mutua} affection. Ie ovon' placus u grester trust in Jova than ju cousvieuce, ur tho dictste of tho mural senze. B . GAD'S ATTRIBUTES. AERMON ¥ THE REV, THOMAS UCARD, ‘The Itov. ‘Thomas Quard, the woll-kuown di- vino 42 Balimore, delivered a very eloquent dis- courso yostorday morniug in the Coutonary Church “{ho migbly works" of Chrief, “To whom is tho arm of the Lord revealed 2 ig tho despoud- ing query of thie prophet as Lo fn vaiu looks for success from the preachiug of tho truth. “Yower belongeth unto tod "3 we know it, for power belunge to **man, mado in thoe similitude of God,” Nor is man, tho intotligauce, must ro- toto with power, Men nro belugs who *excel R: wtrongtl.” Thera nra *'tho miglty angelu.” Frow theno all wo climb up to Hiay, **the thun- derof whode Power who canunderstand?” Now, this power is [n the eorvice of o Lenrt as limita- Lle in {ta regources af love, 'hat arm acts but to futiill the promptings of that hoart, Dotweon ,the Diviuo arm and tho Divino hoart thera 18 tubroken sympathy. No paralyeis can ehatter or sover tno communlea- lon.” By that arm you wete lreed frdat tho. gyves of your vilo babits, On that arm you nave leaned your falutlng heart, Upborno by that aru, the tluod of gioat waters conld not en- ulf you. Lucompassed by thoso nrms, tho tlres of flurco allliction played upun su asbestos robo, wrappod fa which, 1iko Moses’ bark, yoit moun‘ed gher, Aud flourished, unconsuumed u five, Tu those arme you sha'l lia dawu fu tha tomb, and in thom rluinbor Ull waked by the voico of tho archangel and tho tramp of God, And, sug- taitied by thoso “everlasiing arms,” you, even you, shall Loar *iho far msore excocding aud aterual weignut of glory,” which, but for such rupport, must erasy, by ita very waes of splen- dor, a creaturo 8o frail. Hovoreignty over Naturo fer moral purposcn. Soverelgnty is ovidenced by law. The umver- mality of law praves the ingo of tho Govern- ment. From atom to Alp, from smioss to nnme moth, from duwdrop to sun-coutre, from the worm that erawls to tho seraph that worships mithin tho choral circles of tho Sans of God— all thinga are uuder law. Andover all the par- sonal Law-mnker incosrautly prowides. Anl thero caunot be a uobler end for which to ordor, control aud combine the innumerablo furces of Nnturo than that God inay stow Himsecl! strong on Lehall of thoso whose hearts are upright bhe- fore Him, Tho Lasig af creatlow is worallty, ‘I'ho oiigin and end'of all things (s righteonsncen. For *the Creator of all things Is_tha Rightaouy Lord and Toves rigbtoonsnoss," Thurefora *all gliu).": work togethor for good to them that love o). . From yourheart's dopths, and in_tho alght of the Omuisclens, purposo that this God shall ba your God ** forever aud ever,” Tor “lappy sre the peoplo that aro in such a case,—¥ca happy nro slat people whoso God is the Lod." —_— ELSEWHERE, DAPTIST BTATE INBTITOTE. Speetat Correspamiencs of The Chlzago Tridune, Des Moryes, June 1L—Tho Bavtist State Minjstorial Instituto, now in ncssion, {s Jargoly witonded by ropresentatives frowm all parts of the Btato. The Rov. Dr. Moss, of Ohicago, mado, the opening address Wednosdny evoulng, Yos- terday ha gave his second address on *Iiis- torical Method and 8pirlt.” with speclal rofer- ance to church hiwtory, IHia argnnont way, that certain principles wers csseutlal and funda- meutal to all ‘history, and shess, whon applied Lo tho history of tha Chureh, shot that it is of divine appointment. Tho Rev. Dr. Bmith, of Cedar Rppide, fotlowed with nn sddiess on ** Rovivals.," Ho was succeaded by the Roy. Br, Mitcholl, of Chieago, who gave the first of o sorles of leotures on the *f Autheunticity of the Nv.-t‘v Testamont,” 1o will coutinue tho same to-day. TR, DIOCESE OF MIOHIOAN. Speetat_ Correxpandence of The Chicaro Tribune, LaNstyg, Juno 11.—Thoe foity-fhst anonal convention of the Dicveso of Michigan bagan at Yling Wednemloy, A largo numbor of clergymen and lay delegatoy wero 1 attendanco. The morn- ing eervies wis opened b{ tho Rav, Dr, Schetky, of Marshall xendulfinrt hd peatec by tho Rev, W, W. Ruymonds, of Ilillstale, 'Tho Josskons woro pronounced by the Rev, d, M. 8kivuer, of Mt Clemone; creon aud litany by the Ievs, Lewis at Port 1luron, and Drown, "of Dotroit. 'Lho Ihshop, with nssistantn, admiuistored tho tite of communion tv a largo numbor of communicanta, Guecwal Dipateh to T'he Chisioo Triount. TLanwiNg, Juno 12.—The anbual Episcopal Diocegan Convention at Mint adjourned Thurd- day. Tho DBishop annpuucsd fhat undor {ho suwoendnant to Hee, 1, Osnon 61, bo would dl- vido the diocers inta throo convuoations, to be Luowa ge,Bouthern, Cantral, and Northern Cou- voeablopy, end comunitiees wore appuinted for tho eatno, 1'ive deputies wero olectod po tho tioncral Conventlon, The Cummitico apyointed to report ou wmaking pows i chinrebes froo, ro- ported having given it no counsideration, and wero nstructod o report st tho noxt Convention ub Anu Arbor tho tiysr Wodnesday fu June, 1876, HOME FOINTH FROM A IOWERFUL BEAMON AT MADISON, W Speetal Diwatih to T'is Chy AMapisox, Wis, Juns 1. 3 commoncament weok at the Univaraity of Wik- cunain wore opened {o-day with tho bacealatreuto rermon, which was dellvered to o Jargo sudtouco in the Chawmber Ly I'rosidont John Lascou, from John xx.: 2. It was o profound yob practleal, eloquont, instructive, and timoly dis- course. ‘Lho wubjuct was ‘Lapl fn- ity ralatjon to reason,” Taith l¢tho ladder by which wo ascond to heaven, but 1t must spring out of renson, rast back un reason, avd bo uux{au Liy conclusious of renson, Faith {8 a form of be- Ttof whiah rosts on charaotor, soul-trusting, soul- wpleitual, reposing 1n spiritusl aud rational jupight into tho laws and forces which rule ubavo and .beneath with God aud with mau, in the roahm of mind and heart, 1t finds its high- est action toward Ucd, in whose image wo aro amade, nnd thus our way of ppprosch s dotined, It s clumed °thal seicpeo i3 awskoning na from (e nightnue of roligion to tho suber duylight of the world, Lut itiste Lo consldered whathor what is called tho shroud of darkness cast albout ud by faith docs not, like (Lo roverontizl night, opsti to us tbo Leavens, the protound and ciowded dopths above nnd about us, and that our gorieh aciontifle day only bidea then from us witbout abolishing them, Wo roason up to God by faith, baving & fiun foothold In our own netures; end down from bim to his govorument fu {his world, onr conditions and - hopes une dor It, wheltoriog oyriolves in - Qod ss tha fullnoss of - all moral excellanco, tho yerennial fountain of purity and loves and thus, conflding in the Bupreme Bpirit, wo win far our- volves rost sud righitoousuess fo thls world. Tho degreo of proof that belougs to falh diferent from mathomatical drmonstration way dofiged, and way ‘clalmed that wo must onlfnuuo it by fta owu’law and pro- nonnco 1t ratlonnl on it own basls, in thd - tellect, and yob mnore, tho heart, Wo gladly put our Laud ‘into tho haud of golenco fo b Jed whithor gho loads, and lston aktone tively to what sho tas to dectdo, but wiien slio bias nothing more to say, we wonld bo fuldod by foith, and laten to tho messenger Trym heuven, Ileason underlios tcionco and ro- Mglon—exact Luowledge and faith~—ahikv. A wizo faith renders selence theistio ; a wiro sclonce mnkos fuith tranguil aud obediont. Y'hoy are the body and soul of tho one systomy, The addross closod with gt carncat appeal 0 \ho graduatos, sopiving tha high thonghty of tho diccourso, and urging them to ba truo to themsclves and (lod, expresulng tho hope that they would win mun{ thiogy, and tholr galns all ba gothorod fn uml inclosod in walls of jaspor snd gutes of pearl bx rightoousnéss. i « Sjeetul napatch fohe Chicago Tribune, CHAXPAION, Quaxeaa, 4ll., Juuo 19.—The Rev, Dr, Olig- Jiory, of the Firut Baptist Churchi, of this clty, dellvered bis lnst diacovtae to-day befote a larzo vongreration betors his departuro to-morrow for ‘ou Mouroo, near Borgan stroct, 'Ihe following is an abstract of tho sermon y “Ihiero {4 nona ke tho (lod of Jeshurun, whe upot tha heayene 1 thy bty wod ih il erccoe gt outhosky, Tue Lterpal Uud s ihy refuge, auil une dernsatl’ are (b everlatlng' siy,— dernantiy s ; Ing' svuis,—Leuleronoiny, Tho theme of our discourse founded wpon A (wo months' sumuwer vacatlon in Buropo, 5 THE WEATHER. Wasmixotox, D, 0., Juus 141 a. m~Farthe lskos, statiovery or lower pressure, warwar, partly oloudy wuather, aud sontheast winds with possibly oucasioual 1alu op the Westarnlghos, - * iy FOREIGN. - E : : Review,of Troops by MncMahon Before an Immense As- semblage, Pnbli-cntiofl of 'thé " Improved Safoty Gag-Law of France, 'Il;u Reports of Qoverninental Tronble In Ureeco Nenled. Oontinued Rrcovery of Bodies of Porsons ++ Lost on tho Behiller, : 2 GREAT BRITAIN, " pair of gray cvlored pantalaons. A Ministerinl * Crisis * Impending in the Hallan - Government, FRANCE, . THE NEW 0AD TAW, Pants, June 13.—A Wl for the rognlation of the press, which will soou be ubmittod to the Assombly by M. Dufaure, Ministor of Juatice, is published. I dociarca tho stato of siego ralsed, and provides that attacks on the form ot Government ané the Iresident of tho Ropublic sball Lo punlsbable with imprizonment for not lewn than twa moaths nor more than threayonrs, and fines of from 100 to 21,000, Yenniticn aro alsd attached to the publication of false news and of petitiona asking for wodifications of the Constitution, : ® ANMY REVITY, Prerident MacXahon ta.day reviawed 96,000 troopn nt Long Clawps, in tho pregence of 900,~ 000 spectators, —_— GREECE. TRANQUILLITY, Atuzvs, June 13,—The special reports to the Londou journals that tho abdieation of tho King s immineot, nnd that soveral forcign men-of-war have artived In Creek waters, aro untiuo. 'The country is perfectly tranquil, 1 —_— GERMANY, THE AMERICAN BQUADRON. Benuy, Juue 13.~Tho L'ost says the officors of tho Unltod Btstes squadran hava .recelved n most cordial welcome lu Berlin from the Priuco TImporial and theChiof of the German Admlralty. Tho American residents aro to give o banquet in tholr hovor, CARL SCNTRA, Tho Hon. Carl Behurz will return to Amerfea in October. Tio intonds to stay a short time fu Euglavd, YON ARNIS BICK, i Connt Ienti von Aruim {8 scrlously {ll st Lausaono, 3 % THE ' CONSPIRATIR." 75 LoNpoN, June 14:—A Vienua tolegram to the Times says Wiosenger la to bo tricd on tho 16th ol Juno. —— ITALY. Ao A Ciists, Toxpox, Juno 14— o. m.—A epecial from Tomo to the Daily News vays a Ministorial crisin ia impending on nacconnt of. -tho public safety bill for the Buppreesion’ of brigandage which is opposed DLy the Lott (not - approved, as incorroctly stated ina nrovions dispatoh), There Is much excitomant over tha eituation, It is thought that, if a chango is made, Slgnor Sollv will becomo Promier, EE S BCHILLEWR VICTIMS, Loxpoy, Jnns 13,— Bovetal bodiea of peraons who wero drownod at the time of tho wreck of the stoamshlip Sebiller have been recovored from the water, Tho faces and entire froutal atruc- turo aro grontly dlsfigured in oyory Inatanco, but tho bodles aro probubly thoso of passongers. Ona body s that al‘. tall joan, who had on » Outonngon Silver. Marquetls (L, 8,)Journal, Wa are nleti,ud to learn that thae sllvor roduoe- tlon works ont Tron River aro so far comploted that thoy will be siarted up a8 woou a8 an o1- porlenced supertatendont, who has been. on- Kuqta, can roach that point from Goorgotows, Col, Ho leaves thaf placo 0u tho Ikt of Juua, and will donbtlesy arrive af hisnow tlald of labor by tha 10th, by which timoe oversthing will boin roadinoss 1or & sbart, . 5 In tuis oounoction, sithough requestod to ullonce, wa caanot lorbour savity that consider- able interest 1 bolug awakened i togard to this pow ellver region, and among mou, too, who n yaar pgo wero losth to beliovo that anything of value that had beep or would or could Lo de- bkt tarma with Moo Vitanux, fintil e Jabtar, nmlmn that dme, Yiolot did not proceed to 'sxe- «euita tho will, Lroadhod tha guastion of “tha naityv., Thoreon, ‘Mo, Violet , rofused ‘blark to” entortain the inaltér, . and Viteaux was obliged to go to law. . Tho reapective couneel for the plaintin and defend- ant gavo, a8 was perhapa hatural under the eir- cnmsatances, n vory diftorent acconnt of thoyoung” lady, According to one eha wns everythinit that was good, bairing hor ltving wndor the protee. tian of M, Vislet; sccording. to the otlior, sha was an_ titrigning liftlo sorpont, who had mada; ather vietima than M. Violet, * Ilownyer, thin} wiil wan ihore, und executed it st be, Tut) aftor payingdobtn and funoral expenses, i wis' fonnd thag M, Vinlet bad not feft enougly to ne- nuro an annuity of &40, Ko the Court decldot! thiat the scovunta should horent befors n lmtary‘i and that Mllo, Viteaux rhiould rocelve an an- nuiey in nrn&mrllnn to the sum that remafuied o) tho good, -1t ey sppoar strange to Logliah: ronders that Mmo. Vistot ehould have ‘electna, to wash auch dirty Hien in publid; but they man-! ;I.RG l)le"lu thiugy, a8 you teo, very dilfercutly ini 'ranco.’ BOCTALISM IN GERMANY. " Ancreasing Powoer of the Socinl Dems, vcrntu—Ugion of Lusslenurs and Maralunw. Special Corrempandence of The Chicayn Trtbune, Dentay, Moy 22.—Soolalwm and Communlsm Davo alirays made thelr appoarancn fu porfods of traneition, In times when the old foundatlons of socloty hiad beon ungattled, aud whon tho pracess of now sottling wne' yot fucompleto and unsalis-’ factory. Hocinlinm might bo doflnod a8 & tonta- tive effort to find n vow dwelling-ground for o now strnetare. ‘The quickor and larger the ccon-- omical chiavges in a ustion the mora violeut wil La the reaction on the pars of thoso cineses whicli aro, or bolievb themsolves to bo, damaged or uat sufficiently benefited by tho formor. Po- titleal parties will ot last have to rango thom.. sclvea on the oue or tha other nida of the social question, and the struggle going on botweon tho present political partios will fn o futuro not very far off remind us of tha duel in tho charmed wood, whero, tho two Knlghts orrant wout on Oguiing and fighting, entiroly unmindfal of lho Iact of both their heads being lost long sgo, " AN EARTHLY, PHLEGETHON; i Detnlls of the Qrént Pitroloum. ¥Figo Near Plushm‘lg Hivt= An-direa of Ton Acres Covored with, l)lengino_us Flameos, Tho Toss of Two Firms Relleved to Be: Talty “#%400,000, Anothor Qil-Tank Btruok by Tightoing! and £0,000. Galicns of Oil Lost, ; THE.QGREAT QOIL FIRE, Srecial Diapateh to The Chicano Tribine, Presnunag, Uay- Juus 13.~The, fsold -1410- graphiod of yeaterdny's firo woro incomipleto, and tho Ueatrisction was imors terrililo by fas'than ro-! ported. Tho fact bbat the fite barhied all night aud that Yaur corfespéndent was wusble tor gather facta in time, an it wan- 6 miles to the telegraph oflico, d¢layed tho particulars. Abont Lalf-pnib 19 o'clock’ yesterday arteniaon. word waa Aejih to tho aity that a-flta was maing ot T.ockhart & i’run'u‘rnflnnry.pt Neglay's Itun, Thisfa out of tie- Hrolts of thoe city, Yonr ntoamers were dispatehied to the scene, Thin ro- finory Is probably the Inrgest in the country, at -lenat in Ht sbob:on.{Bearoely had the Dapartmont ' gono on’ spkeial cars via tho Alleglionoy, Valley Railroad, ere woid was wont hat thedustruction would bo comploto unloes assistanco arnved ut once. Wheh I came on tha scetie, tho ight was foarfully grand, 'Fhere wero four tanka of latpo cnpsc!g, ‘holging ench 10,000 Lyrrely, situnted i thd ravirie ab the Foof of a hill,” Tho'kecond, Imown a3 Noa2;hind_canght, nnd it atploded, opreading tho flery fluid.to the ‘othiern. The emoko thot ‘un.likep furiona mountain, while tho flames flabied high {nto tho lieavers, spread- docialist Jeadora in Gormany contond that Gor-, many (Ia placa of England) bas now becomo TUL CLASIICAL HOIL OT HOCIALISN, 4 and that ou this soil, -If anywhere, tho great, atrugglo will Lave to bo fought out. Thoro fu a great doal of trutl: in-this nssertion. A great. wany facls aro cerlalnly in Its favor, Nowbeto. .clao Lins thio soctalistio carrent nttilued euch a breadth and such n montentutn, Armed with tho woapon of universal snfirago, the Gorman social' democrats bavo eent o unmber of theik repro- sonlativa men into tho Imperial Tarlamont, whilo England's workingmen, though muchmoro oumerous and better organized, lhave stll to cool thalr hools in the anta-rooms of tho Honso of Commons. 'Thd absence of universal suffrage, Jin_ Eugland docs not slone account for this air- foronco lu regard to political success. Buy tho' nuwber of votes deposited nt tho last election’ -(January, 1874,) by the two soclalistio factidus has a still Jarger bearing than'tho number of caudidates teally olested, Accordiug to the otficial report, 339,718 vaten wero glven by members of workingnien's partice, Considertug that ull. young men belaw 25 yonty ara not entitled {o vote, ana that & greac num- ber of tha young nicchanles and laharers ara 6o clalists, tho number of adults belouging to ono ar tho other of tho ., TWO ricTioNg may #afely bo put ab 1,000,000, If tho political fraichise_should bogan with the 21ss yonr——und tho domand for this change of tho prebeut Con- stlention has becomo embodicd iu tho platform: of {he Laasalleaurs ad woll na the Liscnachers (Babol Leibkuocht)—tho political power of Ho- clalism wauld bo “at.leasy troblod, Dut aside fromn this thero Is o considernbls {ncreaa of that ower o view by tho frupending unlon of tho wo wingd futo ONE GERMAN WORRINOMEN'S PARTT, Tho proliminarics of peaco and allianco hava alread {,houn agroed upon by tho loaders, sud: the Labor Cougresa_that will asscmble at Gothn May 23-26 wull no doubt panction the flnt{urm propared by tho samo leadors, I shall try to bo: prezent ot tho discusston in Goiha, sud shall: thon be better ablo to give yon an {dea of tha . IEAL BCOPE OF THE MOVEMENT . . A that Is oven by tho most elaborato platform im- perfactly portrayed. Vlatform and party ave not ‘always idontical, do not covor each’ other, and edpacially in cases llko the sbove pobody ean say. ho far tho principles et forfly i, tho platform. nro'really thoko of the muases or only thoso of ! tho loaders, ho platform of principles s di-t vided into two parts, of which tho ono contalns. a'land of sketch of the now soclal fabie to bo put in placo of tho prowent hateful *Srata™ and- #oma of the priucipnl rulera of tho futuro so- elety, aud tho other auch imtnedinto 'demunnds ‘and tonsures as may he carried within the prea- *ent form of Stataand rociety, If you mubsti- veloped. Lately, howavor, they bLave bean in- vestiug quite ]nrgo:r iu the atocks of companigs wlready formed, sud orgerly inquiring for unde. volopod Pmue:uou upon whioh the Ontonagon or Seranton ** vein "' might probably be found, ‘Thair converalon was tho result of yumerous analyges made durinF tho winter, all of which ware of the wosy eatinfactory chazacter, and re- ~vealed the fact that, while the oro ia rich iu na- tive mivor, {ho aulphyret ia ovea richor. Of the many avsays mado during the rut Bix months, tho smallcat result- i Teportod at ¥03 per ton,~— which, we bollovo, js abovo theo average of tho Utah oros,—whilo athors show a ylold of ‘woveral thousaud doltars, O thode assays we Liavabeen ublo to obtaiu tho following, 3r. Bidyey Adams, af this city, whils in. Dotroit, lufs with 'Noblo & Dirady Aive spcoimens, which, #o facas could bo noen with tho nskoed oye, contalnod no sijver whatover, - Bomo. of ."thoso iutorasted iu tbs rogion romonatrated with him, _fqur- ing that the rosult-would pe suything but ent- isfuctory, sud havo a teudoucy ta dopress tho ntocks of the companies in which thoy wsero shagoholders. Mr. Adams, howoyoer, boing satis- 1led that richor epecimous wero all that ad beou elamod for them, liad wolected tho poovass Lig could find, and wishing to know what " they..con- “tplued 1u order to ouablo Lim to form au intelli- gout opinjon aa to tha probable average value of the volu, Wp have scon those specimons, and Lut for tho analysla mado by Mossra. Noble & Drady would find it dificult to believe iLat an ouncs of atlver could bo obtained from 1,000,000 tous of such rock. A part of gach was takon nuil unalyzed soppratoly, with tho jollowlnyg yo- sult: . rTROMT, Moy 4, 19738, Adants, Margyette—~Dean Binz Wo biave aviayed 1ho sanjles 1eft Ly you, nud s Ui o contati wtves 14 ioJultowlug aianlitins: B . ‘e tutt, fample No, NouLk k BiApr, i . Ler Bamuo] Brady, Asvayiat, . + e wa havo an avarago of nearly £300 por ton from wpeclinens selectod not bocaugs of their richucss, but for the spparant aYsouce of miv- oral ; sud whon we yomembar that plenty of samples car Lo and arp found which show by upalysls from 81,000 ta $7,000 of wilver to tho ton that tho Yoin at tho Ontonagon atd Boray- tou minos, - at & depth ot only 100 feat, are vear~ 1y 6 feet thick, thora s mothod ju the appareu| ynadness which leads meu, who a yoar nfic 00| 10 stock in this now Eldorado, to now gubible up ulll tho stacky they cau got st greatly eulanced arlcuen, 5 s Iu onr opinton, there xemains but' oo ques- tion to bo solved, sud that 18 tho oxbraction of tha wilyer frouy tho org. On that boad no donbts aro entetained by those inlorosteg, aud, ludaeed, o . can 560 no yoasau why thero phoyld ba any. Chorg I4, on tho other Laud, every season g?ba- liova that the mill will bo & miccess ; pud, if all men wera a8 reasonably cortain of thoir soul's salvation as wo aro shat Outouogon County wil this yeavon oxport as mugh wiver, in dollars and cents, aa_copper, thora would be little fuod of wuissiouatios iu any part of the world, 5 —— e — A Phave of Crench Lifo, . ‘The Paria corrospondent of the Laudon Daily News writes t ** A curlaua case illuatzating oue of the mauy delicate phases of life in Pariy hias Aust come beforw the Civil Tribunal of the Beluo. 3. Georges Violet, & rotired gantleman, died & fow wonths ago, st & comparatively early ago, from cousumption. Qn attaivivg his nn[’anl i hie formed tho acquaintance of a young lu{y named Leguis Viteaux, wha beoama his nustress, and was evantuslly ruceived iato the famity of AL Violeb on tbe same- footing oe if shahad been bis wife, Hhe sttonded him durivg Jong {iinees, sceamuaniad o fo various watos. iug-places, sud drovo oub with his moth- of in hee carriage, At lqugth ‘the’ ~ case of AL,V bocals bopeless,” and seolns bis apprasching oud he mauda Lin will, bywhicl Lo made kis inothar unie versal legateo, on the gondition that sho gave au aunuity of £40 to his mistress, 8 a roward -far tho ¢caro sud attaution she had beatowed on him. ‘The poor follow diod sud was duly buried, Jand Dimo, Violeh, his mothiary eautiyuod ou the [ . Luto & Capltalistn " Sor Slavury,” o now party vombinos both tho mms of vaiir old ' Abolition- {ats and of yoar old Republican parly of 1850, TIE PLATFONM OF THIH BOCIALIATH, : In order to cripplo tho presont rulors,—I, g., eap- italistn,—~the politicnl franchive s domandod for- all mon of 21 yours, and tho application "of uni- versal wulfrapo to all (municipul, Stato, and na- tioual) elections, 3 2, 'flio people aro to havo tho power of pro- posiug pudof vetoing laws, or rather bills, almilar | to tho ** reforendum ™ in Bwitzerland. hES 8.- A national militia syvtom Las to be put in . placo of tho preacnt stauding arintes,aud the rop- | resontatives of tho poople sliall dectde on ponce ood war! el A % 4. All rostrictions of the right of publishing, of assombling, of forming asavciations, . wust bo abolishad: © =Y 6, ‘Tlio courts of law bave to bo formed by tho {vonpllo, atd Justive must be doalt out gratui- ousty. - ¢ Univorsal, aqual, compulsory, and gratuitous odnoation by tho Stato Is a mattor of conrue; the froedom of scionoa knd of consolonce, “All other taxes oxcopt the fucoma tax shatl bo sbolishod, and the {nconie shall ba taxed in'# progreesive otlo. (Thin is alsoady so to o certain exient in Rusuls), ’ ULTIMATE DEAIANK, : {In onler to protect the workingmon against capital the following demands ore' wades {1) frecdom _of ‘coalltion; (2) tbe do- flulng of a day's' work hg ar ?Normnhr- beitatag), Bundsy work to bo prolinited; (8) teatriction of the employmout of: women, ox- clusion of ohildron from worit; (4) inspection of induscrial labor in factery, shop, and house by tho Htato 3 () qals\\lnllnln of pridon labor toau | otticiout lien and liabily law, ' .0 . Aftor having stormed tho ontworks Ib:i thon })muulod to foroa the citadel ilzelf by establivh- nyg co-oparative (producing) assoolatlons, with tho halp of meank to bo furnishol by the Htato itsolf, Itlyoxpoctod that capiial cannob stand long tho compotition of such associations, and that thay irill become ot lawt tha ouly organs of productive industry. “Then tho. flunl jesucs of Hocialism can bo rcalized, labor take its seatat 1ua haad of tla tabla, aud Dives of old ba con- demued to bo Lazarus or booome u (diroct) pro. ducer alsa. The great meunw pf production 1+ tho soll. end all kinds of - machinery witl- be- hold -iu common by -all, labor will get uo w-gonl but ite full ‘valua‘or the full valie of tho ‘thing produced by it and - tho #just" distributlon of “tha products of labor aniong- thoe vrndnuflu will bo reguiated by tha pagociations, ‘Fhoregulation of labor on nuatlon- sl woale, and undor control ot the peopla shalt thon becomio & reality. Tho milteninm of the producer par excollonca will then ba ushared in fvith all tho' good cousoquonces, a4 sbolition of socloty-dronos, idlonoss, war, and wisery, prom- ised to manktnd. DI o « After huving thussucoincily given the ontlines and the aitou of the soclallstic moyemeant in Gor- wany, [ (1} tts my voxt try thag historico-phils vsophical explanation, without which uothing liote {8 allawed to warch ouward, and which (s, 1n fact, If undorta¥en {n tho'right apirit, the con« ililh‘:? of juit oritlofsm, 1f not evon that critlelym taolts 3 i, 8, .- OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New ‘Youx, June 13.—Arrived, the steamer Celtlo, from Liverpaol. A . " 1,0N00%, Juno 13.—Tho eteamors Olo, from | Thiladelphis, aud Thurluges, from New Yori, Laye arnived ont - 5 New Yons, Juno 18.—Arrived, the steamars Auglls, from Moditetrancan ports, sud Eriy, from Livorpaal. . . : : A Philadolplus Qerman, upon tho arrival of & secoud pair of twius, satd to'lls family physl- elau: 2OV Y blcomhducmr. 1t fsh Lugter Aot & #elitop bo boot to dose dings. Ooa balp of P uince, 1 dinks, I allor riot; Lut moro a3 dot i u?]f(if.awu. "Dowd 1 You kuow how It s wyself " Mora Economy.~Indnlgent husband (to dear Hitlo wife whio uas bougbt some new ourly)—~ * Jut, my dartivg, you will paver -be abla’ ta wear them—they aro faming rod* **Ikuow I can't woar thom, darling § :I-only bought thom becauso they wore so - very -chusp.” - Indulgent husband~*Huwmpul* noeees v ing destruction In its every path. Ono afier anothé the tanks bureted, enchi, gending vow dostruction forward down tha valloy. Tho burn- iy torrent loft 'tho ‘enpines and 'tholr warkers poworlesa to ald, | Furfously the, tlames raged. ‘I'he heat boeatno go intanse aH to be unhoarable for any persons within 500 foct, After thero tanks.Liad gouo tho flampe communicatod to tauk “No. 1, owned by G, Bennett & Co. ‘I'lhlscon- tained 20,000 - barrels of polioleum, and this Heothing mass ran down into a dwetling-liouso, swhich soon fell o ready prey {o tho devastating flnid. On, ob, tho flames sped, grow- Ing larger and larger, until -now, when it had grown dark, tho Y | wane lgtited up brillluntly for miles aronnd, nud ro- miundod your ‘correspondont of- ‘that: fearful: October uight in Chioago. The wind. waa high, ! and tho combustible nataro of tho fluid teuded to foed the flamen, : © - AN AWPUL EXTLOSION' AVENTED, ; Another borror was presented,, Up tho, ravine atood a biuge tank, It coutajned 38,000 Larrels of bouzino, Once fna whilo fire would bo car- ried to 1t but, fortunately, it did not fall a proy, and o an oxploslon was averted. Human hand wia unable to oheci tho destraotlon. = 1he oom- feto retluery way uow oo fire, and the ware- hounes surrounding, it wns solf-ovident, wonld soon guceumb in tho gencral ywn that wes beiug wrouglt, " Soou eight threc-story framo dl\'(']t ‘Ingy wore burning. ” Then eamo ihe thioe large warelionsos stored with ol - Then Ioilowod the - vaapar-ahop, .tho, distillate, and -twelve emsiter tonks, coutaining it ull aver 30,000 barrals of oil. ‘This addaed, and tho destruction was complot Thonsands of peoplo lurried ¢o the sceno, at- tractod by the Turld blaze whieh bedecked the -gkv: . By o'olock this morniug tho flames had follon, having dogtroyed avorything except the ;‘hcnzl:nn tank, which fortunataly wus out of their Toach: i Meesrs, Tookhart ara,. ‘Thele reflupry was most complots and largo,; 1t iy & flew that stands high, but this blow will eripple them matorirlly, an tho oil busi- nens hian been o losing ous fdr kome tims past. Their " loss on: 50,000 barrels’ of - oil- tauks, reflnory, thrao - warchouscs; eooper ahop, 20,000 empty barrely, dintlllate tank, and nA:RL dwflings, canuot fail shart of BI00000, The blonching houss, which was valued at’ EG0,00K “waa fosured for $13,000, Their dwolliugs “tnd . ‘other properly swéro also insured for's50,000 or §70,000+in all;’ Tois {s scattered through Hartford Now York, l'uiludqlphln.','.l’itmhu{lu, anu foretgu 'TOE 108, & T'row ure vory henvy los- | ¥ v ‘oliaire, which atil) remaln, had boan browght y, thio’ Emporor, who waa fomo dialarco off, vy fiformed thnt all wa ready, 1o whahted (o Bis _carnagn, enterd tho front door, and went WD alairs—tiint s 40 poy, hio camo Dy nt g, right aldo and enfered’ tho rooin situated tho laft. After (ho war wna over, and fndeed o ‘yr;nl many vialtors went ta ey gy liaitaa, andy aftor (ho manner of touristy, weiy carcful to fotlaw tha: panto’ road, to 80 1 thin #nma ktaircaso and it In tilo #ame raom nn Ng. polwon K1, and Prinee Himmarok, The ewnor of tho room soon ho;;‘m to mukea goud thing of Auo eunosity of - the visitora, o rold photg. u‘aphn of the housy, - - The four pieces of gol} which the, Empardr had given o his howmpe lostéss Lo had framed and hung over tha man. tolplace, for, ourious Lo rolato, it was (o faljeg moparch who pald in this way for tho une of tha audionco.chambor. Tho 'llrunrlnlar found, 4 whort, that'this unexpeoto liinmrrodncoI: &dldoti ‘Ahdwor, ‘bus hid brother, the awner of "tha sisironao, pub v & clsm for o aharg of tho profits, Mo -sald thet as the vy tore weut "I’ Jbia sinirosae ho ought, in common jurtice, to” ot half the proceeds of tho cxhibition, snd ho adided tha ho wonll ulu[; the way upless hia deniands’wera satisflod, Il difforant Hght, arguing thal peapls did not tomg to Juok at tho etairearo or tho pasnago, but af the roown, which, belynged tb Jim.' Day by duy the quarrel ot Wogko, both Wero ayually stubbory and the doméstic peada af tho biguad was 1.ully disturbod.” Soou a slone wali a8 butlt betweed the two ‘halves at the hoube. aud the weavey opaned a new'door and crectod & now slarcdsn, 80 that nowadays visilors no Jongor nso the ali utaitcaso on’ Lo zikhl, up which the Ewperer posacd, Tvery dny Lravelors come from all cara of tha world tostaro ot the baco walls of the room and sit in tho siraw oliafre, so (hat tla woeaver malics ‘& doa) of monay, but peacn Ia not roxtorod i tho ** Molson des Deaz 1'tercs Enng. tnis, A Grpnt Qolleciton of tzirda. Taria+ corrgspondovca of the Philadelphis T'rexs: 1 had “the pleasurs, tha other dav, of {naneoting tho. cnrfons and valuablo collcetion of hitds shelemaing to our celebrated compatrior, Dz, ‘Thomas.W. Evnow, who is davoted to his feathered pots, and "hns lodged them (n o most suiptiqus) monupr, Not pexued in #liding .eapeed,, but, in largo .Inclosuréa af wird-work vyt bf doprs, tho brautitul ‘erentures sijny all tha er|Ia§oa of froedom and_all' tho proteotion’ot ‘ouptivity, ' Tho collection {4 no ordiiary one, but oompriges - revoral romarknble ravities, (iojd and ailyer. phonsants, parrots and paroquots, lovely white pencacks, and others of the mora eaaily domosticated foreign birds abound. Tl cutlokities” comprige, firat, o stiport specimon of tho gorgoons lophophore ' respleadisson (I beliovo thatis tho technical namo for 14 lovaly crontura), radinnt to behold in gold-col- ‘qred “and_velvat-brown plimage, penciled with white's o Lady-Amhorst utonsant, ssid to bo the nost beantuul of that beautifal telle, with il vory pencited plumago felling over n_ground of gisay blaclk ; a mair of rare tropical pea-fowls, with cojlars nnd cresta soeminglv in black yelvet aud far richor in plumagze than our roborly- attired binds of the samao race § and instly, tho greatost rarity of afl, a pasr of tho vriginal bieed of chickeus from Indin, mamnples of the raco fiow which ull onr domeatic hons and rovsters havo sprnog.: The plain brown Jittlo heu, sitting 8o coutentadly on her comfortable perch, bas ooy brought suceesalully through tha ordesl of o Furopean winfer, aun..almust unhoard-of tri- umph, aud sho Is now -worth 10,0600 francs (£2,000), . Tho Docor, huwavor, refuses to part with tlie gom of hig colleation aven ou thess terma, Bhould'sho over lay an oag, her pokcse. or would Lacoma entitled toa prizo of K00 fiancy, bit as yob_sho s neglocied thas obvious, duty of hana. - Terlira #o Ligh-pricad _ Wird fasls 1 honenth her dignity vo attend to- snck common- Place affaira. * Thd collection finds 8 homa 1o the #nacious gardon attnchod to Lhe residonce of Dr. Evans, on tho Avenue do I'Imperatrice.. Tho ruror nllm:iun of smiall Lirds are cvon nioro sumpt- uauply lodged iodoors [n'an ologaut avlary. Tho contes ot-tha f“mu" 18 takon up 'with inclosuzes for waber fowl, which aro furnisbed with vaved Lanins for - their ayuntio frolics, while the largo {slmd Inclosures extend around tha outernost ity of tho grounds, Rure ducks and fow] dig- pott thomeolvos at.will aronund tho shrubbsry, whilo a- stately domoivalla crane, tamo as & ehicken nnd rolomin a8 a Judgo, srohes around b nolitary diguity, coudesconding fo accopt food and catetyes only from Lis mastt's Leud L0 .. A Micn Bonnnzite 8 The Bolt Tiake Tvibune Lbus speuka of o vesy rich wino of mien just dincavered close by that gliy: ' mien mines ara aituated {n North Mill Creck Canyon, about G wmlles from the lins of the Utah’Contral latirond, " ‘Ilio belt §s about 1,000 feet in wideh and 1,400 teet in langth, lying in s granito fonudation, through which the mica i distributed iu Jargo quantities, “Shoots baye beou obtulned § hy 2 {nches, and nbundanee of tho articio ean be oblained of that ‘Bize, Developmout will doubtless open Dbeds Sramewhict shicotu of uny elzo can b takan, A five graded rond, runs from the railroad to thy compnnie, in lines. of $2,600 axcl. Grafl, Ben- .nott & Co., who oiwned the tank known as No, 1, mustain'aloss of nbout 15,000, and wero fnsred an follows: Nlagars, Corman-American; -awd Hofman, of Nuw Yorles Hoyal,. Caunda g Went- ern. and Armenia, .of Plitshurg, each §3,600; and the Frensh Corvpratln ° ¢ Parlp, Fraueg, 5,000 T'ho total loay, ut w o 2Ut ostimats, ‘will not fall ehort of £400,000, -:About' 10'aersa were burned over. . - i 5l (RS T . tte ANOTIIER EFTIMATE. e (70 the dunoetated Preas.| e It la now estimatdd that tho logs by the fire at ‘tho « BrilMant ° O™ Works - yertorday 1l Jdast njght'. will amount to “trom X to §200,000; insnrduce, . §U6,000,; placed .n ahous.thirty difforent cmurnnlul, homo and. for- g, the largest amount in avy ouo compauy | not exceoding £3,600. ' Tho' rofluery bulldtng proper, with nearly’ all « the machinery, core Mensers, sgitators, eto,, are - wuinjured.. Tho!| acune of tho contlagration Waa yisitod to-day by ' thouspnls of peoplo. TiE . A W el - AT GLOOMINQTON, ILL, «Bpacial Disvateh to e Chicano Teibuna, Y +' Broowmivoroy, Ik, June 18.—At'8 o'clook this morning o large frame bLuildlog adjoining the Bloamtagton Chair Factory, and nesd for a flu- ishing room,. caught firo, it;is supposed, from thio; gpontancqus .combustiou.of. ofl and ragy, though ;some. think it wad caunsod by ag inceudh ary. Tho entira bulldiog with ils contents, con- nisting of a larga amouct. f finfshol shajry, ueversl barrols ol ;varnish, .and n quantity .of muies. Tho ‘strcam catrles water suliicient to run forty stamps, Wood {6 to Lo found in inex- huustible quantitios within 1 or 2 miles from tha mimnes. Tho fortinata owners ave Jorome Cross, Dao. Smitl, aud the Gray boys, - i Y The uses ta' which mica’ard put dre afeio: pumberlosy, & fo\w of - which we wi[t inenuon't 1. Iu sbeots, for headlights in vossels, fronts in stovis, and -’ other placen whaes it 18, agposed to sbyuro heat or othor. aguneien ' that wousl de. utroy glaes. 2, It s putverized, and used largely ,{n the manufaoturo of brouze, paintn, and cont- ngs for reflocting surfaces, nich ay locomotiva headligute, yaflectars, and wirrors Ity vatae ia, 1 slioets of yarfous shapoy and eizes, from 3 h{ 4, 8 by 3, ete,, up to 10 by 12, and 12 by 12, thow £8 to '$9.50 pef pound,” In singll mnstes, suitablo for pulyerizing, from 75 centy to £2.6¢ Jer.pouud, accordivg t0 the quality, .. *+The amount ju gight wag atmoss fucredible, Thouennds of tona aro In-viow, and ths boys iu- ‘tormed our raporter that thoy can caslly ship o car-load per week with a working forco of four wien, - A oar-lond (10-tons) of tho lowost-priced sheots would brlng the weat little stakg of 800,000, Talong it all inall, we unhesitptingly prongunce it oue of the most valuablo cise coverios, both in & solontifio and pecunlary point ol viaw, yot made tu tha territury. Analyses of apueimeoua ronk 1o Ban Francieco and Now York ‘prove this to be the gouuine wica of commesco,” o T e e The Wilow Cabochurds i Atibo Taro Ia Clhialso Cemetory, near Parls, thero utands in a conupicnous padition & splen- did monutnent to Pierra Cabachiard, procer, with wooden patterns owned oy tha Chalr- Compauy, van dostroyed, and 1t was with .great. dificulty Ahat tbe masin . fagtor “aod . tho - lumbor-yawd J¥oro, savad from tho conflagiation by Lo I'iri ‘Department, ‘Llie total loea T4 batwoen 28,0 nnd €10,000; insured' ns followdi On bullding, 1,200 in tho National, 8250 in the Niugara) pat~ terng, §1,760;.campany uot-named; chuirs and stogk, 81,600 ip .the l’unm-r'a Tund of, Ban Fiauclaoo, . Tho, lymber 1 the yard was dam- ‘uged £00; alsa Inagred. This'was owned by IT, AL Minor, bullaer, nalo factosy., - ' ANOTHER Ol £, S Trrouvreey, Pa., Juno 13,—The firo eaudied by Jightuing striking pne of tho tunks bolodghig to tho Unllod Pipo_Cotipany at Montorey, Friitay night,'was oxtingmehsd‘ 1dat eveulug. *Twelve sa:‘;p&;ond barrols were Hursed, - Total Josy about | who oseupies’a’ part of "tho bt ¥ 04 : o, 2 GINGINNATL, | el g2 ¥ CrcueT, 0 18.—Tho ‘woolsn 'mills of Roots " & Co., it 'Connorsyitlo,; were Luried at about 2 o'clcek this morniog. ' Toss €8,000; - no iusursuce. Canse, incendiary, -+ : . - “ L MR, SAGE THIOWN OVERBOARD, ~ © * Bpecial Duayateh (o The Chicayo Tribunie, ' New Yon, Juno'13.—Tu the olcetlon yester- dny pf Directors ot {ho" Chicayd, Milwautios & | #t. Pinl Rosleond, Russcll Haga waa deopped.’, * s o AT GAIRD, IL o v Special Dispateh fa A'he Chicaga Tribyng . . Ouno, 111, Junp 13~A fivo accurred in thiy clity (bls moruing, consuming a honse valuod at about 8500, No‘i’uuuuuqat at § can hiear ol‘? - . at 3 © - ' story of Seaani U As s pendant to the Gernan-officinl report on ha battlo of Hodan, the Paila gorraapondent of +hia Lioudan Z¥res tolls.tho subjolued story cun- sernipg - tho cottsge wh%ro the two Emperors mos 1t b4 koown I the wulllg." 0 vayH, “ai +L.a Maiton du Tlavesand,’ *La Matuon'dp \'lim- per@s.’ or ‘La Majeon des Deitx Freres Enne- nis¥ - The twe firet titlos explain theipsolves, bub the third in derived from & fact which ix but Hittle kuawp, aud which i another rrwr that accesaion of foituno I8 ofton acquirad s} tho expeusa of dowestlo poace.’ The cottages ia'one wtory high, with n tilod rool, and stanils paral- lol o' tha roads: A uewly-bwlt wall reacles tom tha front of tho houto (o the voad, pud dividos tho buyildiog in twoi hut baforo Ehis liatoyleal {ntorviow this wall did not “axlat. I'he bonss -bolanl,'ml to two brother, half lo each, ‘The room i which the celobrated ot ing wan hield i in tho corner of the cottage near- nl% to Bedan ; but in 1671 the euirsuce-doos way at tho othier extremity nearcst to Donuhory, and looked upon the road.in front. When tho room Rpod was bolvg propared for the interview-rthat ln to [ wegl, and uibcteen n pathetlo tnserintion” which clonos thus: s ‘tnconsslable widow dedicates this monument to s momory, and cantinues tho ss1ge cuslacrs at the.old stsnd, 161 Jue M—". A Parislan papor rolates that a short time ago, o gontlpman who had voticed the abovo inscrintion wes led by, cariosity tozcall at. tho addveys indigit~ ed. - Having_oxprossed a dceire to sco the widow - Cabochiard, lie' was Imimodlately ushior- od jota’; the-- ‘presenca, of a lashions ably-dressed* v and © fali-bonrded - ‘ imam, who milod what wau {ho gbiect of Lis vislh, B 1 gamo to sue the widow Caboclard, sir” ¢ Woll, sir, hore sho I8, Y beg pardan, but I wish to 400 tho lady in pors *tir, Lam tho wdaw Osboctiard.” ' ¢ I dou't oxactly understand you. 1 allude to tho rellct o} tho'late Yicrre Cabo- cbiard, whoao monument I [ yenterday al l'ero Ia Chatso,” ¥ Lace, Lyow," wan the siniling re- pindors ** Allow mq to: Infors you tat Fiarro a Lrothier looked at tho_mattet fng * aboobard {8 & mywh, aud, thereforo dever hid a - wifo, Tue tomb: you lave adrired cusl moa geod deal'of motoy, quite a'small’_ fortuno iu. doedl, snd, , although ' no.one -is hirjed thwo, it proves & frel-rate’ advarcliomaut, aud 1 liaveno cauto to regrot the expouso. . Now, sir, whatcan Leell you in the way of giooeylcs 1" ~- . VA Wholcsnlo Mn; ey Two" cloping couplea “from “catncky woro to ho marriau 1 at, Cyuoyville, 3L, tho ather day, and whon thoy wout Lofagalthe. psreon some dosou af thelr friends, mon n{ " with thewm, Che clergyman who porformod tho' csyeraquy, the Itev,” B, W. Jailries by uamo, marxied’ tho whola crowd lu this faahilon § % devtlomen and Jodics, do you agreo to take those standing’ by ;yonr vides your Tawfal husbanda sud wives 8" to which they all nodded. The parties wha oftlelated au xrooms= men “-snd " bridesmalda ‘yvgre lerribl ‘aurprived when thoy nucertajuad ¢hat'nob quly iy eloping couples, but themeolves atho had benn Jojued thp indigedluble bands of matrimquy. ) X My -+ - aggen - e - fiajden Opinionsd . Jatlor- Deldan, the upw'heod of, the Jartford TIndl, fa'winoing gokden ppivjons, ) Au iswale of he fustitution walted upon il ¢ doy crtwo aluce aud. dellvered -the Following® formal ad- dresss ¢*r. Beljou s In belalf of theother fu- wates of this tostiation, T coms to thauk you “fur tha'st 7 2 tho Lpgh,". " o sy oty ot Lo gy ""A'fl‘rldg’eport ‘husmand, now taaveling, receivod a lotbor frous hinuifu tia ojlier day, v uhiely alio called Lini & *porfok broot," Ho wrote hack that {# stio didn't inprgva in her wpelling belors hia-retarned ome he would apply for w divoroe, and shio uow stfends, pll 1o, spelling-matehics” arithun o Fadiog of 20 miles, & % A most ranarkablo filostration hay fust hean fugoivhied of tho gvernastesdng fogeo of peniup patnotiods Twauty nowly andrmed . "“"'i-:: o] ¥ alplila hatek oun niglk ¢ tho Kcidos sat up vl aay, whea the round fable and tha twq whaw | after 12 o'clock readinf Céutenuisl waghiy