Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1876, Page 1

VOLUME 29. .. Pubsted Sty Hareh 4. JOAQUIN MILLER'S First Fam'lies Of the Sierras. . A Novel of California Life. tote e 10 CIO oo PR RO . reAq) n Mr, 0 o et fl?ll::“dsll i .L’ tude, OARRIAGES. GARRIAGES, Wo are seliing at grently re- duced prices, LANDATS, AULETS, OLABENUES, 0OAQHES, COOUPES, and COUPELETS, Our Patont Countorbalanoed Front FIVE-LIGHT LANDAUS & FALL- ING FRONT BERLIN COACHES arothe lending Oarriages of the day, and, for boauty of dosign, simplic- ity, and thoroughness of construac- tion, are unsurpassed, The Falling Fronts to both are nicoly counter. balanced by & Spring (which ar- rongoment is Patonted*), and ocan with each bo lowered snd rn!aodl with the finger. Y We rantoo our work to be FIRST-CLASS, and to ploase in 3 0 wob, Bras taki b ht {n pieturing wid lhm:: Olfi: Wost, vh;m 1.0} lflpd.llll iaves, thero 1 wovon ons taresd of gold An exquisitely dolicate tiat ‘W mncl outof place In the srong e 1t ooy Al amon, 475 oo Vo Whola thiat b ind that, 100, wheu the eye haa n ton 7. The' unoxpuctod sots of kindot: e sl pAvRoMId, oder & rouats % Solriial matre hid. tider ovory particular, Sxterior, nre all poritased with & loring, appreciative '~Times. Mllor bas this sdvantage over Brot Iarte, he s from sctaal and loug orporlonce whemof ho cnatom-houss olerk, move: ffa miner, whilo Millet lived in cinp for 8 long | i splrit. *No ‘Infringement of our rights, under the sbove Pateut, will be allowsd, g H KILLAM & C0., Trecamo thoroaghly {mbuod wilh » @9 Chestnut-st., Now Haven, Conn. sparkics with wlt, and abounds tn prosaposter. ; ¢ 0. 0. TRN NROEKE bs one Agent in Chioaga, ART SALE, - IMPORTANT ART SALE, " Collection of Modern Palntings, tho recent imporie- fon of Mr, Adolf Kohn, of New York, nona of them sver bofore axhibited in this country, to Le sold at Auction in New York, through R, Somervillo, on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, March §th snd oth, ) ‘Th hll?w"’:‘b' ly Ha: e, Millor is a “The s purely Saxon. Re, Fomarkably gy io fia ohiolos of words &4 a proen writer: B B e o e s Saioe's apooties by élvh:i s the plot of thowtory, bud only ad n S iiorme: flekd oo onenals ® crietm of thoee siho have toll hts hom 4 e ot e e e et - ation of roeonrces tntou fore, & newlyapanod flald, not exscily the terra firma in whioh Uskhurat Azl Priccons Bob aad_Dumphy ouriah, but one boaring the same ralation to California aad ths 8l srras as that, [n whioh Hawihorne found his situstlons 22 charactsra did to New Kngland, "—Post and Mal ot sale tey all bosksell , propal of prise b uie biabmy MHIo%preDeld, en sectiot TANSEN, McOLURG & CO,, will ‘svoning i iRty g | EI7 0 119 Slbel, D, T R O ol g A LIST OF Gudin, Hillemaches, Joris, 0, , Levy, Lafon, Lelolr, Lambert, Morean, Bicheits, Mouchot, Marie, Pabat, Fallsc, almeroll, Pasouttl, Romako, Bimonett!, Belienk, Totlmouche, Verhass, Van Marcks, il bort, Zamaools. itzhibition free, st the SXURTZ ART GALLERY, No. gt Twenty-thirdat, N, Y., dsy and svening unli nalo, ‘Catalogucs ta ba had, fres of charge, at all the prin- eipal Art Dealers in the country. il QOEAN NAVIGATION, Nationnl Line of Steamships, KEW YORK TO QUEENSTOWX AND LIVERPOOL. The - ost Tmportant Books For Marocii. History. Hiytory of the United Atnten of Americn, From "ho' Discovory f ' the Cootiaents 11y George Hin: oroft, To ba completed o six monthly volumes, 13mo, Vol. 1 now resdy, Usutenary [tlon, thor- aughly revised. Per voi ",.82.25 1t does such justice ia {ts obls subject, a3 {o s edo the necomily of aay futars work of the same i way FNOLAND, 6598 tona.... Thnridar, Marchd, at A0oon. | sphie Paritans nnd. Gfeen Elizabeths or Tho e P et I Churoh, Gonrt, and Pasiiament ot inglsad trom tha xvPH, Ui Aprn St Te | Haat ALl VL foha Dby oo Gugse, 17 ORREOT b tous it | Pollfiza tend hiiiary” pluscar i s ier TR e R PO e nos %, Uooorsl, atstosman, dramatist, Ly 15, I, Do Drafta for £1and upwards on Gread, Bltatn. 3 b. 1. LANSON, FanblAnquo. | Ev0: . Londat.e, D as eorn Rand Napoleou and His darsliais. . B o Clioasa. oiPbata, (dppoito sy Tasttod Now scliionr s vols inc Biography and Travel. XLifo, Letters, nud Joornnls of George Tick- oors 80.00 ONLY DIRECT LINE T0 FRANCE, The Gensral Transatlantio Company's ota 2 vols, Bro, botwesn Now York and Havee, oanlng st Piymonth for *Inls book e 1ike 54 biaco i Amm 1ho Ianaing of passengers. Tho splendld vessols on thia e farorito roata for ths Ooatinant (bolng. more BOGSHOLLY et ot At aeeliotas s than any other), will sall from Plor No. &, North River, u aud women, and of s followa! 3'well o LaPATRTIs Holard. Batardar, Marend | SO0 IR ROIS PR TR L g iR Daneor, a0y Maroh 18 o P in & tinoarm Sndt stmbleeaia dow oY LABIATON, Saagi iatorist, Apel | sinoors ‘aad aizaple bub TomArkable characiar.” Firat cabiy 8110 and 9120, adoordiu ko acooimedation *Pen tim . second cabl, a7itibnia, $0, Fotdbn ke bduord | notisaons iy eod ess s L by iy psies, Stecrage 836, with superior ac imoastions, in- reinember haw good that was,"— LUy, It Bholton Meok- ehading all X essaries without ex! nares. Hieamers ourio, in l'h“ldlfln‘lll Prea. wrikod this ¢ do not oty siesrago passengors, 00" | nremaolrs ef John® Guingy. Adams. Comprising ! , Agodt, roadws L) Portlons of his Diary from 1795t 1843, XNI’I‘!‘ by wéll. 'WLITH, No, 67 Olark-st., eor, Hasdolj o Oharlos Francis Ada; B Vol, 1X, 5. 00 x Cnicago. nremslrvofiliotfov | ion by himpsa! 3200 STAR BALL LINE, g Yeror R i liphalet Null‘,l). D.y L UNITED BTATES & DRAZIL MAIL STEAMSHITS, L Dy, for aling monthly from Watson's Wharf, Irooklyn, N. Y, Jar rs Presidont of Unton College. Ly O. or Para, Pernambuoo, Dahis, and Rio Janerlo, ealling 4 fanteod, D. 1. i B W, At At. Johius, Porto Rico, JOHN DRAMALL, 2,600 tons. ..., Wednesday, March 8 *. I, WALKER, 2,700 tons. «.Haturdsy, April 8 I Worfrogut and e etos, wpply I ¥er and peasage, at roduced rates, spply to s P RERUOKER, & C0., Agonts, 54 Pine-st,, Now York, " od s 1t s such mon wha maks a nation—tho powor bohind " u ‘mon, sad 0 seed by The Great Dividor Travels tn th tlow- : R e BT oY o ta 4. By o . rayen. lllustratod, 6vo.,. < r0sen. $5.00 "I'ho Karl of Donraven folls & picasani tala of an excursion, half s hunter, half a: velous cauntry of the Yollowstane. Gront Western Steamship Line. o A Tolicking merretive. of adsoatars’ From Now York to Bristol (Kngland) direct. wg:fi. mixod with a groat doal of useful information.” OORNWALL, Rtamper ..., OREAY il "% Hata; , March 25 RIN, Windba ey, Bes 35 Essfiys ond Belles-Lettres. ¢ Intermediate, 845; Btoeraze, 830. | nvp o Dramutio Works of Rend . S120} Erepsid Siesraze cartitionion o i ey o e Lorelere. Randersd to: it BPUERGURER AL, e INMAN STEAMSHIP LINB, Carrying the Malls hetween EUROPE AND AMERIOA. e T A e G BRI W, oo Weat, g™ 59~ Drafts on Grost Dritaln and frelsnd. duotory uotioos, ppendioas, and motas. 8va. Now sady 4 {P":r?:rbld“'l'an. wiih Hliustraile ngv. Tondon, For T0lsuesacsyscer Teound My louse. Noteson itural Yife i Hrince In Foren Gy hilip Gubort tamorion.. 93.0 ntelligant account of tho Ireno ‘Bavo? Lofore beon Droduood. e vols, otch. 7 59 rreg, GENERAL NOTICES, o E X T S ) [}lTY T REDEMPTI[]NS AN ls. New edition, 0 42,50 allah note.books on of ite ploturos of Kuglish sconos and lingllah mon *_Incompliance with tho request of the i~ d thele beautiss are too. woll known to nance Committee, tho premium on redom; *lon of Oty ax Oortifonten will sontinna a8 follows until March 10,1878 Cunln, By o m?:l& of 1875, for oity taxos of 1874, no pro- u...-‘“ff” {l:;"fid;:‘:! A Bale of 1874, for oity taxes of 1673, 25 por B A hrotoat sealayt tnteniporadcs wa have , London, book onriih Dok gutvise in iaroat th most sonsationsl A Yuyiog Iuvestent. Dy Anns Poetry, o v.“:?‘:n'l.oot 1873, for oity taxes of 1873, 35 per On the 10th of Mar :on? o!‘avury Rxouna?x‘;" IB'{’C‘!‘. T I. Dickinson,.$1.00 X m an - t1onnl GhATRE OF B ner oAt will bo tiate Erectlicna, A Tragedy. Ly Algornon Charles Bwin. e prS0TbA of allioas Oarmagntas, 220 08 | FFEme adua ; . 8. LAYES, Comptroller, don, . Chicago, Feb, 20, 1876, n;'fll:" w’tln'(:gnl‘v uvflx?l;“u of all nations and of ANGE] to READING RESTVieEm n e, | soigs of ilfflch s i, lmmm‘l?l‘nlelndb‘l los Btates,and Can- P t of adas, Woeklissand Monthlies throngh- ‘whoes s “prosonts ki . srdor, snchusiaaz, i, I e 17 fnotedible aad monatrous tist this siould be aayihing bub the work o o Erin o Brantice: “ediied i Liavepiioal Bkotens” by o Yanos Fratind Tai'd TFiction. : The First Famll N 1 By, Jodite msn--fi.fi;’d."i(@:‘nflg'-" 0o "0l Y Dl‘uc“"or of lifa 400 skaraater in (6e aily Pausani the artan, Ao usfinished histo: romknoe.” liy the fate Lurd Lxito. Eoltod h""fil.: out Karopeoa fle from 82, m. 1e13 p, m., 120 Daashornat JON. MACKIN, * JRER! VINEGAR, PRUSSING S Vine VANEGA slebrated for {ts Pairlty, Strengthand Flayar, iy fo Eeer Plal e Guara DUCTITSLy foek feirn BalpRUrle o or SIbeE SOIOTL R IR v u e Sther delatert: ) “epar, robe 4t Vikegar Wor . ] r ! 1 4a both cle cfotd. £iis. 0 R, 1 FRUESING & CO. Chicsgo: i slever ped SHEli i i ! Byl 3 Landon BUSINESS CARDS, e Bk orehy o Bipee e e e R e e avontlonal Beralaa of siion, 3. 8. GREELEY, i i ! oaa afford ema Lo da without so- QITY AXD COUNTY BURVETOR, Removed to No. 85 Doarborn.st., Room 7, first floor. . FINANOIAL. MONEY T0O LEND In'sums above $2,000, on long time, at 8 per cent or 9 Jer cent lnterest, AL L, SOUDDER, JR,, 108 Dearborn-st, DISSOLUTION NOTIOE. A Diches of chiraGtor are waadertul, ‘Weskly, Natural Scienco, Lifs THistories of Aulmuls, Tucludin, o 8 s S omiarative, Eegelops Jhna 1 on Packacd, Jr. b, e 83,60 Nugural Tilatery. 1 \VH.J é Tinn in, o' fur Tlunters, Trapipars, sod Bboriamon: mamralivasof pacnsl sdvatite: "By Barld W 3 o It i DISSOLTUTION. ; tralturiste Coataiaing prac, The frw of Boiealogers & Baer fs dissolved by lits H on for Wi wropration” *aeii Wtion, LROPOLD 80N LIEAING Eits aiturs of i trule ailaptad 1o the Usfied Biatas, Ty TU]%IAN HOHLESINGER, U;hfi‘]“' ‘Gomas, TAeroushly revised e ;"I.;b Notlow fa horsby givanib 9 Y : ES E b S v e ayor - i e Ko sars and Tobiss Sohlesi poc anr, pehaviog | & Drennl o S Tt 0 madiebin, Joatrilated 810,000 1o e capltal of tho firm. ¥rom the Gsrman of Kenet W I, D, oy V1D, uAfl#)]%{.nlNflm A"fiu"nfu“ mn-.m-"mm G edilon. ;Kn‘.o TOHIAR BOHLEAINGRR, 8, tnbaiutiun fn he" Fel i Dlscnne 1 . A em——— Jts Therapeutics an J’l W Holis Oohen, M, D, Second edifion, and_en- e i . g By o Ok eail’ Yociaty of Londos, 14 b vaerences tadecirions. Petaribintlon of Sl Stscion Lorlog, Papur..., — Any Book in the Above List Mailed, Pre-Pald, on . Receipt of Prico, by JANSEN, MCLURG & GO, Booksellors and Stationers, 17 AND 119 BTA“mTu - OHIOAGO, .00 FOR SALE At T5 cents per 100, M [n the Oounting-Room of this Office. THE PULPIT. Bel]ma.p’s.Fall the Occasion of a Large Number of " Timely Homilies. Extravaganco in tho Habifs of So- ciety tho Camso of ALl Pablic and Private Corrnption. Tarnest Pleas for a Return to Republican Simplicity and 01d-Fashioned Honesty. |The Rev. F. M, Ellis Says Farewell to the HMchi~ gan Avenue Bap- tist Church, Professor Swing’s Views on the Good Things in the Past Centuries, What the “Advance” Thinks of the Brooklyn Advisory Councll BELKNAP'S DOWNFALL. SLRMON BY THE REV. D. J, BUBELL. The Rev. David J. Burroll proached s sermon on *The Downfall of ex-Bocrotary Belknap" 1ast evening in tho Westminator Presbyterian Church, comer of Pooris and West Jackson streota. The church was filled by, & large audi~ once, and the gontlemsn preached with much feoling. Following is the full toxt of tho dis- courso : How 11 the gold bocome dim | How s the moat ins gold changed |—Lamentations, 1v,, 1. It is not ofton that the wiros aro burdened with & messago of moro genoral or more vro- foundly sad intorest than that which came to fis, in seomingly cndless haragraphsof gullt, and folly, and romorso, tho day beforo y estonlay, It ia no plensant tauk to olronicle the fall of any fellow-man, much less of one who,like Bocrolary Bolknap, has onjoyed ths gifta of publio coofl- denca and honor, We refoico in not boing ro- quired to entor tuto the dotalls of this lant and most painfol of our many recent oxposures. If there is anything iu human natare worgo than its notural” taint of sin, it I3 Rta_dispoaltion to glory in tho sight of dishonor, Iow herd it is for & man, unblost with the grace of charity, to look npon his felloy-man, gmvallnE in dust or walking apart with bis fingor npon his Ilr, with- out sayiog ** Aba! stial™ How hard it is to lay ruthigas bands upon our woruo natura and slay its glonl aad hyonn! How hard itis to keop hefore us that ploture, drawn by Chnst for our instruction, of a proud Pharises, standing tn the tewplo porch, drawlng his spotless robes around htm, murmurlpg, “I thaok thes God, that I om mnot =s othor men!"” and atl tha whilo bearing in his own uncharitable hoart the brand of God's snath- ema ! It may bo well for us to remember that we aro nos choson to it in judgmont on our follow- mon ; for us to call down fire upon the people of Samaria is to naurp the Lord's moat jonlous prorogative. 'I'iodo whoread tho account of this last oflicial ennme at Washington with hoarts por- vaded by the spiritof the Bermon on thoe Mouut will bo only tov glad to pasa over ita voluminous dotnila with no commont but a miseroro and a prayor for the guilty and suame-stricken man. We cannot but _recall here the words of our Qualkor poot, which were writton on an occasion similar to this,—a lamont for tho downfall of an honored name : Ho fallen | no loat { tho light withdrawn. el once he wore | Thie glory frotn his gray balrs gona Foroyermore | TRevile him not,—the Tempter bhath A spars for all { And Ruyjnxmm,:not soorn and wrath, Bolit bis fall 1 Let not the land, once proud of him, Insult hlm now; Nor brand with dcepor shama his dim, Dishanared brow. But let ts bumbled sons, instead, ¥rom sea to lake A long lament, as for the desd, I sadness make. &f all woloved ani honored, naugat Have powor remaing,— A fyllen angel'n prido nf thoaght Sl strong in chajna, Al ets ts gone: froin those grest eyd Tho snul has dod; ‘When faith ia loat, \hen honor dles, The man is dead | Then pay (he revaronca of old days T'o bis dead fame; Walk backward with avertod gaze, And hido the shame! Bat while, for many good reasons, we forbear to dwell npon the particulars of this evont, we tay profitably tarn our thouglis to certain facts ‘which ara luqfinuwl Lyit. Aud first, it points out a lamentablo state of affairs in oar politioal life. Mero, however, it is uuly one of many sim- {lar eventa which may wetl servo to point & moral for our nation in its one hnndreth year of exist- once. Whilo bannorn are flying and drums are beating tho raveille of our "Contennial, there s another side to tho picture, dark onongh and ominons. Theabusos of suthority in evory do- partment of our %nbl(u soryico are being un- earthed a8 nover bofore and foroad upon the notice of the poople in tho midst of their anplyersary joy. In our 1individual lfo wo aro accustomed, whea Dirthe days come, not morely {o ocelabrate them with merry-making, but to improve them also for purposes of solf-oxamination, mougn- Ing over what hos boon dono smies and 1esolving to ™+ turn aver & vew leat ™ for tha coming timo. Now, this is just the experioncqthrough which our Govarnmeont ia Luuln 1 td'oyen aro turned inward for a lttle whilo; it Lisa mustored alt ita coursge for an ordeal of *investigation,” and lifted high it voico in s universal cry af **ro. form,” Lot us hopo that all this {n more than the mers titfal virtao of most birth-days, For certainly wo grand exposition of tho [frults of our pational industry, no waving of flags in solf-glorifieation, could marlk our entrance upon & now century 80 woll as & Toturn to the simplo- heartad patriotism and common honesty of our forotatbors. Los us rejoico, thon, at the tosta which are befng 4o rigorously applied in every Lranch of our Goveroment, even wlile we monrn the casting down of many oherished idols, Tha desire of mnsr{yl ;I-ond citizen must bo that nu gulity man should escape, What- evor the rosult iney bo to parties, and traditions, and projudices, lot us pray that the tires of this Inquisitiun may Le kindled saven titnes liotter still, If our {nstitutions are worth rxmurvin;t they will survive the fired, God will stand by His own, s Flo did in the midut of the furnace in anciont Babylon, snd s« for the rest, pax ad clooral W have faith to believe in the bright futuro which Las, from its very birth, boen prophesied for our lhflmbllu‘ but ity destiny of groatnoss ia to ba roached, if at atl, by the samo way that human sonls aro Jod,—the way of tho cross; by the crucitixton of whatovor is bad, sud the saving of nothing but what is pure and lmly, and of good report. ‘The repubtics of old ail traveled snother way, aud thiey all dled au un. timely douth,—dled becsuso, 1ustead of cautor- izing their soros, they covered themup. 1tisa good sign, thoreforo, when, from whateyor molive, our consors, and Giand Juries, and faulw-fnding commitioes aro awako, and busily at work, Wo aro sccustomod to say, in the dia- 1oct of the pulpit, that no wan can bo couverted wusil be bas firsé been couvinced of guili. The sawo truth will wpply iu tho economy of political lifo,—firsc tho expuse, then tho reform; the ulosr must be fonud befors it can bo removed. And wo are finding It and s Jeoves to bo s ticer at the heart, of the most loathsome ard threatoning ferm. ~Our systom of Government, of which wo hays aver boon mo hosatful, turna out to be littlo more or lesa than a vast machine run in the Interest of demagogues and place-seskors, too prond to iR ashamod to beg. Krom the office of Chiof Exoantivo down to tho Mayorafty of o own city, wo look almost In vam far soy ad qunts monsa of eithor digalty or duty. politicians are mot wilh s rarely sa palm in (bo desert, Qur caucuson and ** primaries " are oftentimos held in places of uch vila repube that tho batter olsason jucline to pass by thom on tha othor aide. Virtao {s Lthe mont disponsa~ blo of all qualifioations for offico. 1t is not my purpoas, howovor, to lloger over this ofi-told lo of corruption in our political life, but only to rejoica that those plaguo-spots on the jbody politic sre being uncovorod. Let nsantrest that the work of rovelation may go oa tlil evory com- bination of evil-doers ia broken up ; till, from the Cabinot down to our City Couuctl, sll plota, and riogs, eud achemes for mere personal ad- vantago aze Iaid open to tho day. A wise man onco eald: **Tho beginning of wisdom is to kuow our own ignorance." it may be sald that tho boginning of & wation's strongth is in knowing whore its weaknoss lics, Wo are entering upon onr seooud cauntury aright; wo cannot do botter than to frankly admit our shamo snd put on-sackeloth. Open confossion is good for tho sotls of nations, as of men. It wonld be woll now if our representativen, instoad af ap| printing a million of doilsra for adisplay of flaga and eagles at tho coming Expoattion, were to sot apart ton millions for the cazrying out of a gon- oral and thorough juvestigation of all our publio functionarics, thomselyes included. We have grown weary and wenk in the prolonged work of mopgm up the decayed "}tllhm of our Govern. nonl t thom fall | Tho structure will stand all the more firmly without thom. Would that we might thue calobrato our one-lumdrod birth- yenr by rovisiog the tha moral codo of politics, —Dby casting out the unclean spiritsand reinatat- ing tho graces of truth, sod hooesty, andmonli- nesa! Qur Ropublioc is oomgused sbout by a reat clond of witnesses; kingdoms aud tribes fiuo been watching its p Thoy bave seon it omerge from its first mon of history, proud and eelf-rolinnt, but burdencd with ‘o weight of corruption that prophesies ill. We havo hopo now that thia vast incobus fa being oast off, and, for what bas already boen dono, lot us thank God aud take cotirage. e may yot bo enabled to provo that Domooracy has an immorial soul ; and by m“mnim landmatks of virtus and the traditions of honesty we may write God's name,—not on the pagos of our Con- stitution, but, what Is far bottor, in the spirit of our Government and tho hearts of the peoplo. The ovent which snggeata theeo thoughta cannot Lo rogarded with any other foeling than sorrow and shawme, yot, a8 a token of this recontly en- kindled zeal of criticiam, it marks & degreo of advancomont, and poiats to a good tim ccoming whon our officors of law and justico shall magni- £y thoir offico and no longer be entire strangers to right, and prabity, and faithfulncss, The sccond thought which occura to us in this connoction 18 one that falls within the province of social life. - It In stated that domostic oxtroy- agance wos_tho cause leading to thia terriblo crimo aud dishonor, The atoryis told in fow words : A dosiro to move in what are satirical- Iy oalled the ** higher walks ™ of fashion, & wife proud of hor drogses and dismonds and enter- tainments, an ambition to be known for lavish honpitality, o desporate rosolve to koep up ap- poarunces ot overy bLazard, o 850,000 life on mn 8, salary, What other rosult could bo lJooked” for wheon _woskness sad vanity are ljohwv.l in holy wodlook ? I am not disposod to fallin with that moda of public opin- lon which lays the entiro biamo upon the shoud dors of tho dishonest wife. A foll-grown man navor eems 8o little as when lio stands Lefore the worid or God, pointing at soms tearful, cow- ering form, and un‘ymg. ‘*'he womnn temptod me, and I did eat!® No doubt, in thia case, tho woran was griovously at fault; but if thero wos vanity upon Lor aide, nna utter want of truo womanly virtue, thoro was upon the husband's part a woskness #o abjoct and contemptibla sa to morit the greator punishmons. The apple was enten botween thom; snd hand i band thoy Lave gono out from the Paradise of virtus to boar their maotual shame, ' But, aftor all, Ym\ haps wo may flud somo oxtonuation of their foult in tho fact that shey sinned—aa thoy hed livod—fashionably, Thoy did what » numbor of tossor lights in the upper firmament of socsty sare doing yoar in and vear out, It ifl A notorjous fact that among the Brakmins of latter-day lifa neither dobs, nor vics, nor crime, mvolves any forfeiturs of caste. Bo long a8 rogues in broad- cloth and silk can ovade pualshmont, the ** high- er walks” aro opou to . them; but lot the Bherl® come, nnd all hands aro lifted in rigliteous horror to prononncs the ban. Thoe firat commandmont in the mocial code ia this : ** Keop up apposranoces, honoaty if ponsibls, bat otherwise if nocossary,” Itis not to be ‘won- dorod at, thorofore, that tho chiofest ain of which tho poople of the period are guilty is that | of living boyond thoir means. To kocp abroast of the loxurious taston nod babits of the fashionablo world, in & majority of cases, means cithor debt or dishonoaty-; and betweon debtaud dishonoaty thore Ls froquently but the slightost shinde of difforonce. No man can live boyond his income without fraud ; somobody must pay the bitl. If in the babits of an oxtravagant life I incur Uabilities which my assots will not cover, 1t muokon little difforenco whothor 1 maka tha deflolt by borrowing or by putting my hand into some one's pocket without saying, * By your leave.” The public sentiment with refor- euce to this matter of dobt has put itsolf into sucl open conflict with tho principlea of justice and rlfiht that no teacher of morals ought tongor 10 pold his peace. Tho beat specch that John Randolph ever made was whan ho aroge in the Qontinental Congress and szid, ** Mr, Bpoaker, I bhave found the phllosophsr'sstons: Itis, * Pay as you go.'™ . And ons of tha best of tho many wise things writton by Horace Grooloy is thin: **Avoid pocunisry obligation as you would s pestilonce. Hunger, cold, rags, hard work, contompt, sre disagreeabls, bLut debt s infinitely worso than thom all” You may look in vain through the tablos of the Mosato jnw for any procept (untess it be tha eighth) bearing directly upon this matter ; but the spirt which underlios and porvades the whols Docalogus are summed up in the good vice of Paul: **Owo no man snything.” A dis- rogard of thia injunction isthe butter epring from which flow nestly all our domestio crimea and scandals. Woloome the roturn of theday whon our people will prefer honest povorty to the gildod shame of fashion,~—whou thsy shiall soo how much bottor it is to stand low but afoly on the social ladder thanto grow dizzy upon its highest round,—when the plain honesty of Dranklin, and the republican simplicity of Laay ‘Washingtop, shall supplant the mannera of the club-room and the opers,—whon men shalt blush to contract a debl, and bo glad snd proud to eat no broad aave that which they have earnad by tho swoat of tholr brows. We aro sayiog othing now agalost tho tastos and habita of the woalthy olassos, bat ovly iovoliog almms and contempt upon the spectacle of paverty aping wealth. Cleopatra may drink up pearls fn Ler wine with impunity ; but when Cinderells borrows pearis to driuk them with her wino it becomes quite anothor thing. Yot thia is what we obsorvo ovory doy in_ tho tragi-comody of social life: borrowed tinael—counterfeit rank—aplendor won by falsa protences. Woo unto you, ambi- tious paupers of socisty, whoso chief end in lifo is ta soom rathor than ¢o bs, for,yo are liko unto whited sopulchires which indeod appesr Eoautiful outward but aro within fll of men's bones aud ol uncloanness,—full of debt. and dinhovor, and ralschood, and hypacrisy!,” ‘Che roal crimo In this particular easo which we ato called upon to notice to-day, lay nob so much in the sctof bribery and thoft, 23 o e maunor of Iife which prompted and roquired it, aud the lesson of it my boe found tn the worda of Bolomon: *Stand thou not in the place that bolongeuh not unto thee, for botter Iy itihat 1t be uaid unto thos, * Come uphither,’ than that thonshouldest be put lower In the prosance of the Xing, Pride goeth over Loforo dostruction aud s bauglty spirit bo- fore u fall.¥ . And thece is yet another moral here. the Ios. #on of overy rutned snd wasted life, The atory pisinly toaches our nead of some inflexibla rulo of right for guldauce amid the tasks and daties of ‘bfe. Aud whero shall we look for that rule except’ in tho precopts of religlon? The falsest thing that Plato ettored waa when ko ssld that the secrot of - mau's strength is self-dependence. ‘The wholo history of human lifo from the bagin. ping until now s proveu tha roverse to ba truo, that man is ueyer strong bub whon, con- sclous of woaknoss, he lonus upon sn’arm {mghunr than hisowe, “1lold thoa meupl™ s the prayor of every carncal nnd euccosaful life, Following tho rule of cusiom, doing as othors do, drifting with tho tide, woans rain al- ‘ways, soonor or later. Nor I wero morality wuch botter for oar guidance. A moralivy that recognizoa no divine author and exswplar of 100rals, is like a brokon roed whaoroon if a man loan it will plerce through his'hand. _Bub the | 1 of God, His “arm made bare,” is Toschrod out lhnmgh the sympathy of Jeeus to evory poor soul that stsggors under the beat and barden of tho dsy. Johovah—jireh: *in thismgn thou shalt conquer.” Tho army of faithfal oncs whom Paal onumerates in the cloventh chn'rlar of Hebrows wero onabled to bear up undor their sovaro trials, not becausa thelr Lluman nature was any strongor than ours, but becauss God's girdle was aronod them. Here alons Is susialning grace, An ancisnt fable tells us how the dove onco sought connset of hor follow birds that sho might cscape from her crnel enomy, the bawk. Ono advised hor to fly mear to ground ; the hawk could stoop for ita proy. saidl, “Fly aloft" but the hawk eould mount 9 high as sho. At length one consaited bor to Dbude Liormelf in the clefts of the rock ; aud thoro sho found safety and rest. The moral s plsin, ‘Tho lofty aud lowly alike are oxposed to tho angaalta of ovil. Foverty s no mafegusrd, for nin stoops to onter the “cottags door. Wonlth and station ora equally vain; for Lucifer, son of the morniog, foll, There is no secarity againet the trisla of lifs but in tho shelter of tho lock, Wao are pafe when, looking nfxnnl. e can say, **O God, my heart is fixed[" Ho loog as we can feel that ‘our Fatbor's hand s homlnr sod guiding us, wo are in no daogor of being led awny from virlue by the glittering things of this world, ite fashion and folly, its cup and baok, and crown, ita * lust of the oye nudfirrldo of life,” Never wero truor or wiser words utterod than taess from **’fhe Cotter's Saturday Night.” An' O, ba aura to fear the Lord alway, An''mind your daty, dnly, morn sn' night1 Lest in temptation's Path y6 gang satray, Tmplore itis counnel xad essinting might: The”in;fi mought in vain that sought the Lord —_— PUBLIC MORALS. BERXOX IY THE LEV, W, H. RIDER, D. D, The rocont downfall of Becrotary Balknap sug- rostod the thems of '* Public Morals,". aod the following text for & discourss by tho Rev. Dr, Ryder at Bt, Paul's Univorsalist Church last ovening : The righteons sball hold on his way, snd he that liath clean bands sLall by stropger and stronger.— Job, zeit,, 9 The following is » brie? abstract of hia ser- mon : The state of pabllc morals, he #ald, was bad, and the whole social fabric uneafe, Whilo this condition naturally creatdd anxiety, it oughit not to be unexpocted. Tho nation was roaping tho froit of its early sowing. Tho country bad many virtues and many faults in ita history, which wo were too apt to soo bt one side of. Weshington's lifo was not oue of sunny success. He bad thieves in hia confidence just as the head ot the Qovernment was found to bave to-day, and traitors in the army which be hoad- od. Colturo and restraint wers nocessary to & Dbotter candition of public morais, for the reason that human conduct was o alave to publio opin- fon. If that opinion waa corrunt, it was liko the contagious disense, laying hold of some to disable thom, whilo to otbersit worked uttor deatrnction. ~This was illusirated in tho differ- ont types of what were koown as moderate drinkers. Among; the cansos for tho dobasod public opin- ion wan & desire for wealth common ton new and growing conntry. Tho gold fever in Callforols years mgo had ‘done its work by openingupa chanco for the spsedy aud inconsidorate amasa- ing of woalth. *‘Jim Fisk, with his career at tho hoad of **raitrond rings,"” had loft an fmpress. ‘upon many minds, and his examplo in gaining wealth, without roferenco to the ways and meaos, had fastoned itsolf upoa (housands of voung mon, who wore apiog his lifo to sharo in o similar downfall. The speakor thon at length revismod the disposition of tho public to pand by tho solid and substantial for tho frivo- lous, snd to encourago quackery of.all kinds, in proforenca to that which was doserving and real. Tho War, too, he said, Liad naturally left ita effect, which would bo felt yuars yob to como. ‘What was the remedy? It was very nataral to snawoer, ** Chango our lves:” but it was no easy work. Tho value of a high woral senti- wment could not be overestimatoa. A pation that had practically ‘denied God mod Chris- tianity could not bo couverted in a day. He daid “not ° speak A5 "a atatssmuan, and did pot think he was extravagant as a minfater, ~ when - he sald ~ Athelem waa the greatest danger of tha Ropublic. The spoaker then digressed to read a fow extracts from the written history of Plymouth Colony. Ho yentared to assert that, although his hear- ors had boen oducated n the publio schools, vory fow had ewor thoard of Walliston snd “the growth of Mary Aonnt, and very fow had tho slightost concoption of the triala oi* thnt day when tho foundation of our pressnt Govorn- meat was belng Iaid. He oonfossod that Lis frat hoard of Walliston aftor coming to Qhicago, ak- thongh he had been born and raared under the shadow of DPlymouth Rock, Tho speaker then depicted ~ tho struggles of the Plymouth Colony sgaiust Walliston snd his adhorenta to illustrate tho triumph of principle over prejudics, and to show the cortsinty of all govornments failing whoas foundation s are basod on error aud wrong. Tiie spoaker then camo to the constderation of Bolknap's recont fall, and, after speaking of his history and mmplrlni blm with the mombors of the Whisky Riog who hsd fallen, pronounced him sn unmitigated scoundrel, and his stoaling wuean and contemptible, for which thare was no abadow of excuss. Ilis thisving waa i disgrace to the nation,—a robbery of tho nation’u soldiery, —and s coald not find “angusge severs enough to express his dotostatiou for his conduct. The papocs, ho said, wers lryln? to_fulat a purt of Bolknap’s erimo on his ‘wife. He waa pre- parod to blame her, and womon [penerally, according to thoir deserts, but not a step fucthor. = Dolknsp had, befors marrying hin presont wite, an unsuviable exporionce in thus line, and in marrying her o did s0 from choigs, not from necoseity, and becauso she suited his unculitured tasta in the scnso of his waut of moral frnnoxplu. Adam's experience, which had poen flaunted in the face of womea ioderision, waa by po moana paraitsl He had:no uther choice; mnelther was that of .Benedict Arnold. Too- history of the latter in bis marital rolations had been sought to be used 1n his favor, but the facts wors, thst, while ho wmarriod one not calcolated to o te him, Liad ho married tho falrcat of the fair he conld not bave beon by Ler controlled or roscued, for he was wanting in culture and restraint at the time, and devaid of principle and ococrect {doss of life. What waa the romedy for tha prosent con- dition of nationsl morals? The pnpers overy doy teomod with aocounts of the authorities at ‘Washinglon vielng with each other tu extrava- gonoo aud ahow. Every party given at the ueat of Government was written up fof the pross with special attentlon, spparontly, to snooursge extravagance, and. even-in our. owa city the eame rule' was - found, aod the lady who could, by hor dress, draw forth (he most oxtravajjant comment, wns accepted as having roached the pinnacle or distluction. While tio gave the presa credit for wuch, this custom he thought was working an untold evil in encoursgiug » ailly extravagsnce, sud in sac~ rificing the true and nobles for the glittering and meaningiesa tinsol of socisty, What should be dones? 1o would havo overy one.in their walks in Iife livo consistently, aad, by practice and ox- mnplo, . endoaver to loouicate in the minds of tho rising gonaration high moral principles. 1o would bave them live within thelr uieans,—as they could aford to,~-aud above all to nol bo afraid of humility coupled with houeaty | Thero was nothlng enduriog about the show aud sham of society or of the world, for in tho very nstaro of afurs they must givo way 8o sure 8s thore waa u day of retribution. 'The governing l:riur.iplt. then, shionld bs hoaesty, and it -houla o uppormost and govern forever! This wau the rewedy, and, wheu applied, woakuess would givo way to strength, sud the pational honor would be rotrieved. Without it our bouse was fim uponm aand and nust crumble soonor or ater. [ — BELKNAP'S DISHONOR. SZBNON DY THE BEV. DR, YALLOWS. 'Ths Rov. Bamuel ¥allows, D, D., pastor of Bt. Dsul's Roformed ¥piscopel Ohurch, proached to a large congregatton last oveniug on *'The Fall of the Becrutary of War,” choosing a3 hiu text : Aud the man said, The womsn whont Thou gavedt to bo with o, sho gava s of (he tros and 1 uld eat; Aud the Lord sail nso tho wowan, What is this that {hiou Linat dona 1 And the wouan ald, Ths Sorpeut oguliod 1, aud X did cotu—tiensdla, Tis,, 1. 'Tho followiug ia an abstract of tho sermion ¢ A horyur of groat darknoas has fallen upon the Amaerican natlon. It has boon stunned by a blow trom sa unoxpeoted quarter. Decovering in put from its foar and Ia ehock, . 1k s asking the estion, Oan {t be sible that tho Bosrotary " of War, honored, trusted, loved, s gallant soldier, & chivalrons friend, s dispensor of royal hospitality, has fallen, fallon, fallon from his high esiato? Mustit bo the unchangeable record that the Contenainl yearof our bstion's bistory shall Witnoss for tho firat time the impeachment and conviction na & comman felon of one of the moat important officern of tha Hiate, on the charga ttat he '‘tarned malds aftor lucte, and tock bribes, and pervertod judgmont 7" Boven years ago lst Docombor, in this clty, thiore was ono of the most notablo gathorings 1 over attanded. Buch an ssemblsgo will, doublloss, never e sccn agaih in yoor y or mio. It was the first grand tounion of all {ho Wastern armies aftor thecloso of tho Civil War, Reprosontatives woro present from tho Army of tha Tenncsaeo, the Army or the Camberland, the Army of the Oblo, and the Army of Georgis. The Opera- House, whlch subsequontly foll amid the flames of tho groat firo, was packed from pit to dowo. On the platform wero some of the most distin- guishod Gonerals and officars of tho War, Inths Ermuncu of thia brillisut audienco Gen. W. W. elknap, of tho Army of the Teanoruse, doliverod & superb oration, in which he paid a noble bribute to the American soldier. The most shameful featuro of thin moat shamorul and astounding disclosurs is, that the Bocrotary of War stands confessodly guilty of Laving betrayed tho iaterests of thoso common soldiors of whom ho #o fustly spoke. 1le has taken tho money extorted from thoir scanty pay by kieartloss, rapacioun tradors, 1le, who ngonld liavo boen the vary soul of honor, the juvinciblo rock, like ** the Rack of Chickamaugs,” sgainet which all tho waves of corruption should have dazlied o vain, Las provon o treachorous quick- sand, swallowing up whataver corruption conla briug within ita waiting, cager grasp. Lle, who by bis very pomtion, shonld have boon tho sol- dior's boat friend, lins boen Lis worat onemy. s, who ongut to Lave Krnucw.l Lim, bas connivod aqainst him, ANENARS CAN- not depict the turpitude of the crime. Wall may we haug our hoads ns a peoplo withh grief and shamo. " The foes of Ropublican Gov- ernments aro wagging thoir hoads snd saying, « Aba!aba! sour ond 1 drawiug near.” Bat wo douy the point of the propheey. The prompti- tude mith which mensures nre takou againat the offending party; the dotermination oxpressod by the VYrosident to briug all concerned, to apeody justico baforo tho civi! courts; the ory of sorrow and indiznation, and tho domand for condign punishmoent which comes up from all parts of the land do not warrant tho conclusion that ot the close of the first bundrod yoars of the nation's life that life is soon to ond in everlastiog disgrace. But whils wo haye this unshaken faith in the desiiny of the Liepublic, we cannot shat our eyesto the gravo dangors which throatan ua to-night, Tus bouudloss extravagance of Mr. Lolknap'a wife has boen nlloged as the prominent reason of tho Hocratary's downfall. o aspired to ba tho Quesn of Waahington socioty. Amorica could notafford akilled enough mantua-makers for har, and eo costumes woro imported from Frauce. Entertainomente of the most sumptuous chiarac- ter wero given in their Etlmnl aud elogantly- farnished rosidance. I have bron assured by ouo who clarmed to know that ono sinzlo onter- talument cost not less than 210,000, s Becre- tary's salary was but 85,000 a year, and yot $2,000 moro than that whole salary was spent in ono ovoning’s festivities, Whenco came tho monoy 7 Taken from the poor soidiors on the froatiors taken through bribery, the meauest, pechaps, of all the sina of humanity. Well muny a tronchant writer sy of bribesy, *Most other crimes sre possible to a siuglo transgressor. Hero thoro must bo two partics to the gullt,—tho man who gives and the man who takes. Doth arc dobased, Thore may be dlflufi in robbory, and courage in murder. The pocallarity of bribory [s ita cow- ardico. It snoaks, it cringea. it hides, it winds, it vwigs, it wrlggles, it skulks. It is nota lion roariog ood rushing on {ta prey, but a sorpent lurking in the grass, to infuss it polson before crushing with ita coila, A man who a'ousos his offica, warps hia judgment, and twiats , his con- sctonco for & bribo, solls his sonl by his act, and ever after livos oxpeciiug o higher bidder for himsoelf.” Tusband and wifo aro both gnill.a\ ‘Who can gsaugs tho dopth of thoir misory? Itho tortures of tho inquisition aro not comparabla to tho pains which now rack their souls. Wero it not thst the majoety of tho law isto bo vindicated, and {his example set to this and coming genorations, that bo who thua deliberately violatos bis sacred ooth of offico cannot cacapa the logal conse- «quonoes of his wrong-dolng, tho punishmonk of remorss, of s blighted roputatiun, of a ruined bome, of a heritago of sbame while life should 1ast, would be punishment enongh. ‘Wo must, howevar, ask ourselves tha solomu, rearching question to-night, * Are thoy alons Tesponsidble ? ™ I answer most cmphaticaily, No!l The very ains of which they have beon so con- spicuously guilty, the greed of gold, the love of display, the taking of bribes, ato4ho sins of no iuconeidernblo nor unintlusatial portion of Amorican socioty. This society haa Jargely to do with tha perpstration of tho startling crimes which are shaking the Ropublic to its very contre. Now, it is a painfal and mortifying fact that Doatly onrythil:ig in our country has in some way, directly or indirscily, beon contralled by bribes. Mechanics, aver- soors, builders, contraclors, architects, have ‘been bribod ; ~ clerks, morchants, bankers, have baon bribod. Constables, policowmen, aol- lectors, Inspectors, weighors, measurars, gaugers, postmastors, have boon bribed. Lawyers, doo- tors, chemiats, aoalysta, nurgoons, have beon bribed. Judgoes, jurors, legislators, Govornors, have beon brived. *Romomber that bribery is moms tho less bribery,” saya one, * for coming nos in the shaps of bank-notes or gold, but in that-of an eloo tlonoering lift, or s profossional samstance, or » supper party.” Harely it must bo a straogo sad intolerable morality thas dis- tlugufnhn whether the price of dishonor is paid into an ltching peln or on to a proud palr of sbonlders, pald to s man's pocket, or lus politics, or hin palate. Tinancial, politic- al, profossional, convivial, thoy are all of one -debauched and accarsed brood, Closely allied to this bribery is the adultera- tion of foods and producta, sud falsifying the balanoe hp doceit. Tho unrivaled discoveries of chemistry neem {0 be unsd to simulate “the uatural articlos domanded by mian for suste- nanca. ‘Thors is scarcely anything we eat or wonr which is not vitiated “or dopreciatea in valuo by soms flagndinfi mizturs, One prominent physiclau of our clty told ma a short tima sgo that it was noxt to impossible to procares pute medicines, and oftentimes the oftoct which mighs bo naturally expected from » cortain modicine given had not occurred, or soother offect wholly nnexpocted had talien place, to the ondangoring of life jtaell. Qar Civil War haa loft us as & logacy tho commercial, social, political, and moral demoralization which ia 80 apparent. The Jamos Finks, tho prommont fignzes in Credit Moblller corruptions, would havo not besn pomsible charactera under any proviously existingZconditiona of society in thiy oountry. The * cornors," tho stock, gold, whoat, aod Unlted States Minlsterial pokor- gambling _ would * have besn fmpossiblo. But the War ia now over. These {niquities ought, shonld coms to a speedy opd. Tho treat- ment muat bo constitntional. Tho work of urification mast bogiu in tho Individual Leart, t must be carriod ou in overy achool distriot, fn ovary villago, in svery city of tho Union. Wo must bogin agaln in tha okl.fashlonod falth in God. Yo must reviva the old-fashiousd virtuca of intogmity,: honosty, oconomy, and simplicity of characior, Wo must pay our dobis, ono hundred conta on the doller, when- ever wo aro ablo to do it, avon if wo have beon roleased of fluanciatobligations at fitty cents. Wo mnst live within our moans, Wa iaust wear our uld clothos,—lag bohiud tho siyles, if noed be. Wo must live on homely food. " We musi frown on all spocios of gawbling, Wo must shun the very appostauco of evil, inthe taking of the most Inconsiderable of bribus, The State-Ilouso ia (od's houso. It shauld be a sacrod place, It ubonld bo a Liouse of prayor, If the buyers and sellors of votes, if the wmien who make merchans disa of souls, or are thomsalvea tha morchandise, Liave 1oado it & dou of thioves, lot us drlve them oat by the lash of a just and overpowsring pub- Ho scatimont, Faith in God. faith in honar, fa chaatity, in tomporance, in frugality, this is tho faith woJuced. With it wo shall livo. Withous, wo shall die. — THE FALLEN SECRETARY, SEBMON BY TN KEV, T. O, CLENDENNING. Apropos of the fall of Bocrotary Belknap, the Rev, T, 0. Clendeuning, of Grans Place AL E. Church, proached last evening from Proverbs, vl 18¢ # Pride gooth before destraction.” The discourss was somowhat Jong, bul was heard with close attention, In starting omt Mr. Clendenning s thought he ought to makes dncgs‘ (n.r“mh from proaching dirsetly to sinners, snd pevert to 8 toplo which had excited univorsal intoress for the 1]““ fow days—the fall - of Bocrotary Molkoap. Defors™ the War, said Mr. clomlanmng. the plo of the United Btatos could point to helr conntry witly’ pride, but thoy had, since the \War, fallon tpon’ ovil days,—dava whon tings, frauds, and cor- ruptions of all morts wers common, every-day occatrencos. Tho history of thoss things had Kone abroad, and had helped to make np the estimate of our natlonal character. Tho last fall, howover,—that of the Heorotary of War,— was porhapa the groatest of them ll, and in thin day tho country had indced fallen upon the w%z Ihmm.k 4 e spoaker then roferred to the naturoof. {ho offonse with which the Socretary fs orurgod‘l ::mu. n'ifil ho.‘na Joas 8 efmrg’ than that of og officos for money—in othor wos cepting bribos, ” e g Gen. Delknap's accomplishmonts, and hig known Integrity provions to his appolntment, woro roferred to, and the quoation arose, how didguch n man fali? He wns brought by his position right into the very vortex of fashion, and the quostion then was with him whother ho should enter wholly and entiraly into thie sucioty. 1o was no doobt persusded In a great mossute by Wis wifo to ontor this extravagant socioty, e took the fatal stop, and the noxt queation wns how to moot the bills which wora conmaotly coming o, Iis salary wag - wholly inadequateto pay for (he style into which bo and his wifo nu‘ plunged. The method which had caused hia fall was suggasted to him. At first he probably nrguod with himaslf, thomght it was o crimne, committed the act, and waa involved in its terriblo consoquences hefora be kugw it. To the spoaltcr's mind this couatry shonld eitler roturn o ite ancient simplicity, or olas Lave a court vt Waabington. Why stonld any half-way mosaures bo adoptod ? As at prosent constituted, ‘\ashington soclety was Lialt anistos cratic and Dalf domocratic, ‘ILero waa a vaat desl of sriog of etylo, It had beon sug- geated that. a rich mao ought to succecd tho Becretary, but was not this equivalent tg organizing an oligarchy, an ariatocracy, whorg ;I;‘; rlpch wero to Liave the pro-ominenco over the T Tho spoaicor thought the Heerctary's fall way A protest sgainst fashionablo society in gensral, ‘Tue tasto of the people had wanderod off from its aucierst simplicity, und bad drifted atesdily, but perbaps imperceptibly, into this fashionable life,” It wax n notable fact that less young mes IMArTY rOW than ton or tweniy-fivo ‘yonra ago. The crg had come up, “Wo can't afford it.” The ~ truth wos that tho young monm woro being lod off into this ° fashionablo life, rma if they couldn’s afford it while slaglo, of courso they couldn’t whon married. Tlhera shiot ld be a return to the good ald simplicity of livitsg, whou no such falso noxions pervaded so- cie';y. When theso would-bo fashionables did mury, thoeir livos wero too ofton a record of go- in g into dobt and finally Into bankruptey, or of Iadorting to thoft or forgery, sonlarmingly prave- Tdont duriog tho past fowr yours, A protose agzainat this kind of kocioty stiould be raised by tho church and tho pross, and evory effort put forth to check the ovils growing out of this fashionablo life. f'mnm the panic brought us two greal booeflts among {ts attendant ovila: it caused the discovory of a large smount of crime, and it made 1t somowhat iuconveulent to bo faule ionable. ' Of all tho poseible penalties whiel might be visited upon the BSecrotary, the spoaker thought that of pblic opinion was the grestest calimity. In thin caso it was too trae that prids had gone bofore destruction—prido in matters of dreas, oostly and laxurious habits. State laws might not bo ablo to touch tho matter, but thoe law of publio opinion, whon It onco sct in for s return of honesty and simplieity, would causs the preservation of the fiome and tho nation The matter lay in the Lauds of the Chorch, aud tho evil conld perhaps anly be reforaied by tha puslic opinion which the Church aod the proet croated.” If this wore dono, tho result” would i timo bo that pooplo would look loas to the out- ward appenranco and mors (o tuo drees of the hoad end the droas of the heart, g FAREWELL SERMON, TOEREY. DR. ELLIS TAKES FORMAL LEAVE OF THA MI0UIUAN AVENUE DAPTIST CHURCH. Tho Rlav. F. M. Ellis, D,D,, 'tho pastor of the Michignn avenue Baptist Church, preached hix farowell discourss yestorday morning at 11 o'clock. Dr. Ellls has beon contemplating ro- signing for a number of months past, ana about two months ago tendered bis resifuation, which, howover, he wilhdrew at the earnost solicitation of some of tho members. Tho canse of this atep is mainly on account of the financlal embarrans-: mont of tho churet, which s vix or sight months bobind on his salary,’ Dr. Eltls also foola thay ho does not aatisfactarity filt tha position, but it in safo to eay that this would not be ground suficient to induce hilm to leave. Ho is a man of quick and vivid imagination, postical fesilug, and largo sympathy : a ready and Goont sposkor, and attractive in his manoer snd appesranco, but very modost and retiriog. He had hnd ro~ markablo saccass in the chaurchos over which ba hns praviounly had oharge, and, had ho been proporly aupported here, would have made as 1avorablo an fmprossion, Aftor the nsual opening exercises, Dr. Ellis said ho was about to prosoh bhin inet sermon, and was {nsending to leave soon for soms Sther tisld, but whers he did not st prosont know, He, however, dosired to take a moro Mudly farewoll, and for that parposs ‘had taken tho llbcn{ of calliug a qpmayer ond confersnce meoting to ba held in the ovan- ing, instead of the rogular disconnse. JI3at-noth= ing could obtruds iteelf in the way'of duty,in telling the atory of tho cross, and he.would choouo aa the toxt for the morning discourso the 29th verso of the 7th chaptor of Matthaw @ e taught them oa one having autherity. Christ camo as noear to tho poopls as Iie conla whon when He taught thom, sod all knew how wonderfal Hia norfin were, How many crushed,’ broken, and tosrtul hesrts had Ho bound up and healod ! Ihe human hoart was liks tho prodt ‘nnd plate of an artist, sonsitivo to the east word or act. It mif:us . or mighs! not be bronght ont, but 16 waa thors, With what awoetnoss did the wonds of a dylag friend logor in the memory, and how powerful they wero, Thers woro depths in' every Lumau leart which words did not and! couli ot roachs. Every lfebad its own peorot/ treasura which It was atriving to sharo with sume one, but lusflectnally. This was whati mada love 80 premous. God only could wundor stand those unspokon and unapeakablo foolings, and that wan why Ho was so much dearor than! ‘sny human being, and yot 12 man conld moro: than give God & suaple of what wea in his! heart, baf, oven that impotence to toll the whols, more was told: than if every thought and wish hnd boen' oxpressod. Iiovolutious wore the rosuld of uobla words, Good words ware tho incentive to good deeds, aod bad words tho instigation to wicked| sctiond, Ifard wards wore like hammers, broak-| fug down and crushiog tho good in huwman’ nature, \What & power in loving worda, espocial- ly s shown in tbo lauguago of Chrimt. Tho: pretended contradictions in the Word of UGod* wora such as were nocessary—only sach as wered to bo oen as a counterpart in_ naturo every day. ! ‘They wers only difforvnt phases or viows ef truth. Tho boauty of naturo was bul a syme bol of tho unity of truth, Though 'the character of man was apparenily no difforont from that of God, yot tho lattor was blended in tho form like tho soft registur of an crgan in the swell of tho dispasou, 'Lho word of Christ was' a word of powar bocause ¢ wis s word of lfe,: Mon folt the tbrill of an incomiog lito whon: thoy hoard llim apeak. Bo in soirow, there was: a Btranga powor which bound up overy gepiug wouud.” Kvery Christion had folt that strauge power at the grave of a docos lovod eno.: * J{a epako as nover man epake.” When Chriat spoks it wos lifo ftsalf. Llospako not of loyo, - but love itself, ‘fo beliove Him was to have life, to rojoct ilim to raject life. .1le waa tho embodiment of lifs, love, aud truth. Christ's words wore also words of power, bo- bauzo they weca words of love. Ha procialmoed Himselt the life aod way, and if so, He was di- vine love. His words were akio powerful, bo- cause words of truth. I3 tho prosent days of. skopticism and {ufidelity, the CUhristian musb bo doubly suza that bo had truth ow his side, for truth gave power. 'The only advico to bof von! to the Church was to cling to Christ and s truth, and thofi would bave all. Wit the coa-. ception that the Word of God was tho embodi-. wont of love, hfe, and truth, Chrisuans could savo the wotld, and by thas ouly. M At tho conciusion of the waryice'Mr. Vallis ross uand said thas be was sorry ta be obliged to state that the church was bobludhaud to the pastor £1,060, aod ho wishiod ovoxy oae to mako.