Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 10, 1876, Page 10

by THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. John Bfban, en route to Callfornia from Plits- ‘Yurg, was yesterday beat out of $160 of his not wyer-plethoric pursc by o young man who had a sheck to cssh. The night train of the Milwaukee & St, Paul Rallroad to 8t. Paul and Minneapolls, which eretofore left Chicago at 0:45 p. m., leaves ereafter at 0:16 p. m. The unfortunato man, John Lathom, who was frowned yosterday between 0 and 10 o’clock a. Im., In North Branch of the Chicago Riyer, 1caves » wifeand four children, He was 83 years of »ge. John Lathornus, foreman of Efsendrath's tan- pel o' while nnthln'g in the river at the foot of Filih street, was sccidentally drowned, Ile leaves a wifa and four children’ at No. 52 Noble stroet. At 8 o'clock 1ast evening Charles Fabbri, aged 8 years, reslding with his parents at No. 130 Van bhe sidewalk, an of the let elbow. A meetin of_the Dircctoraof the “News. om . M. : - M:t hufln’s:l vfil come bergru the Boarda l%““ attendance {8 desired. Thomas Martaugh, aged 44, residing nt No. 6 ‘Whiting street, dicd suddenly at his residence at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, supposedly of heart disease. He was s widower, and leaveaa Iamily of threo chitdren. P The water in Lako Mlchigan was so cold lnst evening that the oldest bathers could not en- durs ita chllling effects. And yet people werg wweltering {oa nlneti-dcgrcu atmosphero and *njoying Tarkish baths in thelr Sunday clothes. Something was wrong with the gas last cven- ng on the South Side, “and the din flicker from ‘he bumers tnterfered greatly with the theatres, the saloons, and the composing-rooms of the norning newspaper offices, The cause was not Ascertainable. A l"fihnd?{hnlmed J ofi?h Trejbsg;l'n‘}d, wl):llu ‘wres wi an junintance yeaterday after- o0m ll:;g the ld:gx‘ No. Rmszlu strc{* Was hrown by his antagonist and had hisleft leg iadly broken below the knee. Ho was scot to e Alexian Hospital. B A Granger of so respectable antecedents asto wish his name kept from his fricnds, yesterday allowed ‘himself to bo swindled out of $160 at the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne dc%t. by a man claiming to represent tho “West Division Rail- wnr Company. The modo employed was tho well-worn bogus check racket. Willfam O'Phlel I8 the name of a burglar who tried to plifer two viollng, some clothing, and hamness from Ald. Kirk's barn at the corner of Pine and Michigan streots. falthful colored man witnessed the theft, gave chase,and captured the fellow, who was immediately locked up fu the Chicsgo Avenue 8tatfon. A roturned Californian named Jacob Rosen- thal, residiog with fricnds ot No, 04 Emma street, tells a cock-and-bull atory about the house being entered by burglars who stole $2,000 out;of his vest pocket,and a8i¢-carat dlamond out of a jewelry box. The police do nob take much stock fn his tale. § ‘William Carlin, a butcher at Bell's pncklnfi- ‘house, dled ludxlcnly Baturday cvenlng at his residence, corner of Archer avenuo and Mary streot, from a sunstroko received in the middle of the dsy. Ho was attended by Dr. Byford, who found {t impossible to relleve him. Hewas 81 years of age, and has o wife and two children, at present {n Ircland. The Armory police yesterday did creditably (n fiflllng in seven yagrants who Invest carson the {ch! Contral Rallrond, and also twenty-five disorderly inmates of the notorlous dance-Tiouse of Dan Webster on Bller nvenue. This vile creature Webster has sct all ordinances at de- fanco long enough, and recelved only a emall rtion of his just “deserta in tho pull'of yester- Y. ‘The [rish socleties which wero to have met yosterday afternoon at Maskell Hall for tho pur- pose of “forming a social bencyolent soclely within thelr own membership, adjourned with- out transacting auy business through lack of a snfficient attendance, pccasioned by a misunder- standing 8a to tho day of tho,meeting, An- other meeting 18 sonounced for next Sunday afternoun. " B A thief named Georgo Anderson, whochucked his head snd right hand through o pane of glass in MoLan's tailor-shop, necar Madison strect bridge, with the intontfon of making away with o bolt of cloth, came to gricf yestcrday after noon at the Madlson Strect Station. His game was spoiled by the {ntervention of soma citizons and a coupls of policemen, and in his haste to eacape ho badly cut his head and hand upon the ‘broken glass. = ¢ At a late hour Baturday evening John Smith, of No. 23{ Bouth Desplaines street, whilo sit~ ting .on bix front door stcps, . wna shot in tho left shoulder hi some unknown person. The ball shattered tha bone and penotrated the lung, but'notto so groat an' extnt as to causo any- thing dangerous. David Ronny, of No. 7' mlxllzh fd meelt‘.:hozunnhu l{{niq nh;:l;x some mlschiovous. su, e tho por- son who fired th’n"lhot‘ Fpee 5 ! ¥ Coroner Distzach yesterdny held an {nquest on Edwin Palmer, Kitchen boy at Wood’s Hotel un Fifth avenuc, near Madlson strect, who died Baturday uight from drinking too much lce- water. “Tho verdict waa in accordanco with the facts. Inquests werealso held upon Thomas McDonald, of West Kinzle strect, and (icnrl;u Koerner, of No. 721 Elston avenue. The verdict in the former was apoplexy supcrinduced by excessive drink, while sunstroke was assigned as tho cause of the sccond. * The houss of Dan Locnan, No. 85 Wost Adams strcet, was yesterday a bedlam of the very worst deufletlnn. ‘Throughout tho dayn number of Dan's worthy associates amused themaelves by driuking beer at tho gmpr(ulor‘l expense, In'the afternoon their Irlsh blood be- gan to boll and fight aftor-fizht became the order of thoday, At 8:30 Thomas Quinlan and Danlel Bhoehan engaged in o combat which at! first woa liko unto o’ round between two bull dogs. Tho show was suddenly ended, howover, b{ Quinlan selzing a bayonet and stabbing hls antagonist In the left ‘side, just above the hip, Accidentally tho wound was only n sllzht flesh cut, but as Quinlan's intentions wers bad Jie was arrested and focked upin the West Mad(- son Street Statlon. Later inthe day there was arogular circus of warfarc at tho samo place, and four of the participanta could only be quict- ed by bch#: booked as tlsorderly at the station, ‘The proprietor 18 a low-bred fullow, who will robably get bis full deserts when ho comes fore Justice Beully to-day, LOCAL LETTERS. STREET LAMPS. To {he Kdtor of The' Tridune, Cricaao, July 8.—I sce It is proposcd by tho Councll to put out every other one of tho strect lamps. I have a Jamp-post fn front of my prop- erty, and I have had to pay a large special as- sessment for putting It there. Now, Iwould ko to know what right the city bas to extin. gulsh this light without at tho snine timo extin- uishing all'the others in the neighborhood, My bor acroes the way has pald. for a lamp- ost just a8 I havo, yot he & to ve his lighted, while mino i3 not to be. I, for one, proposo to_test this motter, and if the city _extiogulshes the ono fin frout of my house I proposs to u%m it of my own accord. I do not proposo to pay a special assessment for » lamp-post and also a general tax for gas, and then. have my property left in darkness, 1hope othera will'do the same, and teach our City Fathers that they canuot dis- criminate between citizens, ‘The true way is to reduce the size of all tha burners, and thus economize. We will then be treated all alike, or, what ls better, mako tho as companies come down in their prices. They ave done it as to individuals, and ought to do 30 to the city in {ts present embarrassed condl- oo, Let us have a plonty of water, IIBA!. gml nelj BATUING, Y the Bditor of The Tribune, Cr10400, July 7.—I would like to place o few words fn your paper in behalf of a goodly num- ber of citizans in regard to opening the ponds In the publlc park for bathing purposes. 1f tho Park Commissioners will, after maturo deliber- stion, think this a good ides,- I would like to propose this plan to them: That the ponds be ppen for bathing ses from 9 p. m. until § a. m. every Mo , Wednesday, and Baturday, and also no person shall cnter the water wjthout some kind of 8 bathing-suit. A Lovzn o TuE BATH, OUR NEXT MAYOR. Tv (e Editor of Ths Tribune. CmoAGo, July 9.—I rogret very much that I ‘was one of the number of the few Ropublicans of the Municipal Reform Club who opposed the pomination of Monroe Heath for Mayor, as I am fully satisfied that great fojustice has been dono this gentleman, both in regardto his past record and his qualifications for the position, Ife be- , ing & strasger to me, after the nomfoation I 100k pomo palus, L the interest of the fricnda of reform, to post myself up in this matter, and I find that Mr, Heath is in perfect harmony with the majority of the Common Councll, and has slwags been 8 'zenlous friend of the Reform movement, not only In the Council but fa a member of the Citizens’ Association, and labor- ed faithfully to retrench cxpenses and rotoct tho ~Interests of ~the tax-payers. he leading men In tho new Council have the utmost confldence in Mr, Heath, and belleve that with him at the head of the Govern. mont the diicultics now resting upon us will soon be removed, and peace and good order re- stored to Chicago. 1f we want to havothe best and and most lionest Administration we ever had, Ict us elect Monroe Heath for_Mayor next Weducaday. A REFORMER. TIE SITUATION ALARMING, v the Bditor ar The Tridune, Cmioaao, July 9.—The acrious question now ‘before the people of Chicago is, who shall we have for Magor,—Monros Heath, Esq.y or Jim McGrath, the boss tax-cater and one of tho chiofs of tho Colvin and Mike Evans crowd? The roputation of this McGrath fs well known, and we all know it would be a terrible disgrace and shame should he be elected Mayor. Yet I assure you thers Is dangor of this great ealam- ity it any numbor of votes arc thrown away up- on Mark Kimball. No one of com- mon _scnse thinks there {s any chance for electiog Mr. Kimball. The next lh:'yor will be elther Monroc Heath or Jim the tax-cater—with chances utmnfi!y 1 favor of McGrath—if_the respectable citlzens do not turn out, and work and vote for Heath. Tho bummers arc quietly, but vigorously, at work, night and day. No better man at this timo could be clected than Monroe Ifeath. His ox- perienco in tho city business,—pts inte ity and fbility, nnd his devotion to tho' interests of Chi- and her tax-payers, all point to him as the man for the hour. am posted as towhat Is olng on amang the bummers, and 1 tell you, most scriously, thero is great danger of gren dlisgrace and calamity coming upon us, if we do not'turn out and do our duty to the city and Monroo Heath, A Busingas Max, JUSTICE IN TAXATION, 70 the Editor of The Tribuna, ‘BrarTLENORO’, July 8.~Those Iland-own- ers who havo regularly pald thelr taxes, should not bo compelled to shoulder the taxes of those who have succcasfully resisted taxation in the courts. When a now tax law 18 passed, the city shonld ‘be authorized to fssuo {nterest-bearing scrip for the amount of the [llegal taxes that have been paid, and this scrip should be receivable in annunl Installments, say of 10 per cont., in pay- ‘ment of future taxes. In that way, land which ‘has not contributed towards taxes for soyeral years past would {my its_proportion, and those who have kindly fent thele “money to the cl(tfl would be gradually relmburscd. As_1t atan now, those who hava pald tho tnxes have still to pay the greator part of the delinquent taxes of Pbo reslstants, As every man Who has bought land with un- paid taxes on it has had full notice, no Injustica would be done to *fnnocent”” holders, "Yours, respectfally, J. N. BALESTIER. TO THE DUSINESS MEK OF CHICAGO. To the Editor of The Triduna. Cn1cAgo, July 9.—If we would avert a terri- blo calamity—second only to the great fire—viz., the clectionof Jamca McGrath, Mayor of our ‘beloved Chicago, 1et us close our places of busi- ness _next Wednesday and work for Monroo Heath, ns we did ot the last clection for our noble Aldermen, and we will be aparcd this dis- grace, 1t I8 o serious matter; and all votes cast for Mark Kimball jeopardizes tho electlon of Heath, and favors that of dcGrath, Meromaxr, WASTE OF OAS, T0 the Ealior of The Tribune. Cgoao, July 8.—The people of the North 8ide would call the aftention of the Councll to the squandering of their money by lighting the lamps on this (Saturday)evening at7:80 o'clock, and the full moon rising at 10, thus giving us the most brilliant night of the scason.” Nocasl- cr way to save money than by stopping thisleak of $500 per doy. HowaRp, Sl R TR THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL, A Condltfon of Affairs that Ronders the Trinl of the Moulton Suit Inovitablo, New York Sun, July T. When Messrs, Bhearman and Tracy, of Mr. ‘Beecher'a counsel, heard of the declsion of the General Term of the Supreme Court, reversing -the judgment entered on Judge Dyckman's or- der sustaining the demurrer to Mr. Moulton's complalnt in his sult agalost the Rev, Henry ‘Ward Beecher, they sald, without besitation, % Of course, we'll appeal.” A reporter having lenrncd that thers was some doubt about the possibility of an appeal, yesterday questioned Gen. Rogor A. ryor relative to it. Gon, Pryor sald: + Therac can be no appeal from the decislon of the General Term until a judgment Is cotered. 'The proceeding will be this: An order revers- ing the judgment and allowing defendant twen- ty anys to answer will bo entercd; thereupon defendant's counsel will have the nlternative elther to answer or to suffer default, Ifan answer be Interposed, then thecause will bo put upon the ealendar and bo tried in the fall; if no auswer be made within the twenty days, that will bo equivalent to a confession of the facts charged {n the cnmplnlm.‘ and mnothing will re- main but to assess plaintifl's damages Beforc o Sherifl'a jury, When thero bas been cither o verdlct on trial 6r an asscssment of damages, then jud%ment will be entered, and upon -ypcn‘ vrom that judgment defendant may carry the case to the Court of Appeals, Thers can be no declsion clay the Court of Appeals of tho ques- tlon raised by thodemurrer until after o trial or default by dofendant. It may be that defond- ant will suflgr ‘default, fu which cvent, If the Court of Appeals decide the polnt in favor of the plalntiff, tho judgment enteredon tho de- fault wiil stand; while, on tho otber hand, it tha point be decided in favor of the defendant, thero will boa reversal of the Geaneral Term Jdecisfon. Inno contlngency, {f defendant de- faults, can there bo a trial of the merita of the casc, Unless the defendant means to admit all the allegations of the complalnt, and allow Judgment as by confession, hie will answer with- n twcu({dnys. The cause will then be prompt- 1y placed upon the calendar, and will be reaclied and trfed fn the fall.” 4 ]g therono way, if defendant dealres it, by which he may escape the trial of the meritsi® the Genernl was asked. %Yes, As Ihave nlready Indicated, he may deeline to answer, and let judgment go ngainst him by default.” £ 7)o you supposc that this will be donet” # Hardly, for tho reason that a defaulg fs a confcssion, and & confession which no deciston of tho Court or Appeals can aflect, sinco that declsion will only touch the law, and not tho facts of the case.” $ ;:,Yl('zlu then consider atrial of the case fnovi- able 41 do, and at an carly day.” S Wil n trinl of this action Involve tho ques- tlon of Mr, Beecher's gullt, and open o way for all the testimony relative toft,! 4 Yea, The Issue here is sharply and_solely whether tho defendant be gulity of tho adultery chlr;iod. and all possible evidence bearing upon that fssuc will be admlsable.'? ** Wil Mrs, Monlton snd Alrs, Tilton be com- petent wituessesi" A, The(y wilL? :: ;t'" ihuu ‘tflil b:gongl" that In the trial will not, for the reason that in tho trial of Tilton azalust Beecher, Mr, Tilton's character was {n [ssue, aud to that point at least two-thirds of tho testlinony was dirccted. Here the only {fesue Is the triith or untruth of tho charge ngalnst Mr, Beecher, and that can be triedina fortnight. Wo propose, with the aldof the court, to exclude from the jury every lrrelevant consideration. I do not sca how, with a good Judge, the trial can laat longer than two or three weeks, When Gen, Pryor appealed from Judge Dyk- man's decision hi; consented that Mr. Shearman should enter judgment sgalnst the platntif that the appeal may Do taken from the judgment und not from the order, so that thu case could Ko without complication to the Court of Ap- peals, As the (enernl Term decislon reverses he judgment it leaves nothing substautial to base an lprul on, and as a demurrer cannot ba carried to the Court of Apgenh, Mr, Shearman's ground s cut from under him, e OZONIZED OX-WARROW FOR THE HAIR. By Buck & Rayner, makers of tho ** Mars" Cologue, e ——— Some Colucldences, Dayton (1.) Journal. On the day tho Committeo of which Bam Til- den was a member pronounced thowara fatlure, Gen, Hayes was lcugfog & victorious brigado up the valley of Virglula; when Hayes was cuter- Ing on his first term as Governor, Tilden was still thecounscl and political ully of BoasTwecd; while Hayes was serving in tho Union Army, T(lden was quarreling with the draft, and lend- fog moral support to those who resisted ity when Hayes ecnters the White House, Tilden will be lald amid tho broken lumber of & trcachi- crous and rickety party platform, " and adventurers of every B o e NS i B 5, S e BT e M THE CHICAGO TRIBUNILi: MONDAY. JULY 10, 1876.. ~ RELIGIOUS. The Indian War and the Custer Massaore—Sermon by the Rev, D.J, Burrell, Denuneiation of the Extermination Policy «Yore Honesty Wanted on the Part ¢f the Whiles. Second Anniversary of the - Fourth Baptist Ohurch. An Appropriate Sermon by the Rev, D. B. Cheney. THE INDIAN WAR, SERNON BY THE REV, D, J. NURDELL. The followlng 8 tho sermon preached laat night In the Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of West dackson and Peorln streets, by the Rov. D. J. Burrell, the pas- tor. The reverend speaker took for his text: A sound of battle is in the land, and of great de- struction,—Jeremiah, L., 22. 1 make no apology for tnllInF yonr attention this cvening to the recent Indian massacre. It fs nsubject in which wo all, ns American citl- zens, or Christiaus, and as men and wotnen, are profoundly interested. 1t devolves upon thosa Who are ambassadors of Jesus Christ to con- sidor and discues it in the lizht of that Gospel whose chicf end Is God's glory in the welfaro of humanity, _‘The truth that was born Into the world at Dethlehem s like tho sun, which shines noton an anuculnr clnss of created things, buten alf altke, touching with its wand of 1ife man and beast, and treo and Fnu-hlndc, fmpartiafly. There is no event fn history or in the routine of dull{ lite, in business and politics, or in pleasure, which dues not fall within the province of Lim who s called upon to set forth tho * gloriona Gospel of theblessed God.! Truc, wo aro to preach Chrlst only and im crucified, bat be it remembered that Christ {s tho largeat of all themes, and Qiffusive as the ntimosplicre. Tho power of His namo s not like ono of thoss concealed wells In Bolomon's garden, from which noue but the King must i1t thostono and drink, but rather like that fountaln whose strcams went forth out of Eden to compass and make glad the whole laud. ‘We profess to bo a Christian ;;eople; “that land whose God is tho Lord." It is well to re- mind ourselves of this fact in vicw of the avonts which nmcmwdlnglthummvcu together in this Centenninl year, 1llow wondrously wo arc cele- brating the'ono hundreth birthday of our Re- public! The grand l\muulonn and outburats of cnthusiastic patriolism at Ph(lmlelghh; tho ringing of bells, and firing of guns, and hanging our banuers on the outer walls; the mnlllpl{]lng of Centennial odes and invocations to the Uo dess of Liberty,—all thesc are destiacd to play but an lnalgnulmnl&mn in tho historyof this memorabla year, Other ovents are transplring which far overshadow them. E. g A group of office-holdera have been sent to prison from this clty for defrauding the Government of its reve- nues; that “"‘?u fact I8 worthallthe poetry and siky-rockets of tho entire year. A score of our rost promincnt leaders in national politics, men exaited in honor and authority, whom we havo litherso respected and trusted, have been stripped of their outer covering of virtue and shown to _bo mere whited sepulchires, full of denq mnen's bones and all uncleanncss. We aro puttiug this year on record as an cra of investl- samion;, 1t 18 Jiko the hour which closes the bll, {hien the dancers are commanded to unmask. An along the lino the order s being given that demagomucs and placo- scckers shall stand back and glve way to houest men, For the firat tine in our history threo candidntes are befors us for the Preaidency, an; ono of whom {8 beyond reproach in his person: charster. The nation sceins to bo doing what we a8 indlviduals aro gccustomed to do on our birthdays—it is *turniug over a new leaf.’ This is o right worthy and proper cclebration of its hundredth year; and seolng it, and hearing from all sides,—even from Tammany l—the cr; of reform, wo thank God and take courage, an unite our volees moro cheerfully {n the bymn, My country, ‘tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of theo Laing! Yet thero nro some conslderations which must still hinder us from bolng overmuch glad or proud. As if to remind us that we aro not alto- gether a spotless or happy natlon, the news comes to us of this bloody “deed in tha Weat. On the 25th of June laat, at the very time when our people were most buslly gmimr ng for tho dny that commemorates the birth of our Gov- criment, when hearts everywhere were proud and boastful and patriotic, in o dark rayvino nmonlx the mountains, 800 mcn, ponned np as in a slaughter-houee, stood at bay, fighting for thelr lives, and, s they thought,” for the honor of their country, till, when an hour was passed, not ono remalned allve; the most fearless, perhaps, of all our Generals, and his litle army of men, only less daring than himself, ail cut down like grain _before thosickle! Itis s it God Himsel? had, in the very midst of our national gladness, thrown open the door of o chamber of horrora and commanded us to look intoit. Our pride Is humbled, and wo tasta wormwood In our cup of refoleing. It will be profitable for us-fo heed thi cat 80rTow 08 designoed for our good; for, with nations as with men, aflllctlon “worketh out the peace ablo fruits of rightcousness to them that are excrelsed |huml|{."" 1. Who shall held responsible for this event 6o dark and sorrowful? The disposition iof the people gencerally and of the newspapers is to cast the cntire blame upon the Indlaus. Far be it from me to nttem Yl any extenuation of the gullt of those who, from thelr lurking {luwu wmong the helghts, slow so pitilessly hieso 800 men. Thelr crime 1s gono up before the faco of Him who has sald, ' Vengeanco is mine!” But I believe tho truo origin of this calamity les yet further back; it is to bo found in a catalogite of cvils which can bo traced through & d’elrs to the time of tho carly sct- tlements, and In searching for it we shall lap- rcn onmuch of national sin und shame. The iistory of our dealings with theso Indian tribes from “~the very beginning s a record of !r,nud, and perjury, and uninterrupted injustice, ‘Wo have made treaties with them, binding our- sclves to the most solcmn promlacs fn the name of God, intending ot that very timo to hold theso treaties light as afr whenever our con- veatence should require them to bo broktn, and clalming for oursclves what Butler calls A dispensation ‘Ta swear nnd forswear on occaslon. We have driven them each year further from thelr original homes and hunting-grounds to certain apots which, Ly o refined sort of irany or antiphrasis, we have called “reservations.” “Wo have allowed our tradors, soldicrs, gold-huntors, sort, to trespass on these reservations withimpunity; and, whenever tho Indians have presumed to resent thelr on- croachments and defend tho 1anda that right- tuily belonged to them, wo bave scntout arinfes a8 in this last campalgn—to punish them and to protect the real culprits in thelr lawlessness. We have treated themn as Imvlnfi absolutely no sights at all, not evon that which belongs to every race and map—the right to starve or work for Lread. We have mado beggars of them, fostering them In savage sports and idlencss, and have defrauded thew . in our very alms, We bovo scut out to them wagon- trains of rum, so vile and polsonous ns to woll descrvo the name thoy have glven it, “fire-water;” and having thus made their brains hot and dizzy, we have put guns and powder {nto thelr ‘hands and cquipped them for tho war-path. It would be wondrous strange if this sort of treatment dld not spouer or luter recoll upon s, In my opinlon this event par- takes of the uature of retributire justice, l‘: is on flluatration of the sayiug, **Iils mischicf ehall roturn upon hia own head, and his violent dealing shall como down upon his own pate.' Let no'one imagine for a moment that Quil has had nothing to do with it, 11s rules the untions by tho strictest law of rccompenso; inasmuch a8 they havo no future, He must mete out to them "ol just rewards and penaltics in this present time; and, Alicrefore, weo cannot but ro- zard this event as o national chastisement, Wo are accustomed to think too little of God's providence over nations; certnn it s that all helr atfuirs ave in His Lands “as the rivers of water," Tf, indced, Ha carca for us_na individ- uals, If TTo watch.s over the llfo of tho orpban, tho prisoner, the shipwrecked satlor, how much more closely must Ho observe and rule (n the daily life of principalitles, where tho interests at stake are 80 vast and momentous, As a nation we have been blessed abundantly thus far, we have beon exalted almost unto heaven in prive flege, gnd I believo this large mcasuro of " prosperlty has been dealt “out®to us ns o soward for the virtuous fives und deeds of those who lald the foundation of our Commonwealth; wohave been resping these nany yeara the frults of the good sced sown by the Pilgrims, DBut we cannot liva forever upon tho endowment of our early forefathers; the Lord requirea of us virtue in’ our own genera- tion, and Mo {s [':lunlnhlng us s a_npation every day for the want of it. ~The popular tasts ducs niot relish this sort of li»mlou)phy,I.mHL 1s never- thelesa true. Bln and euffering, in tho life of nations far moro than in that of men, aro as closcly kuit together as warp and woof, 3 where ono fa the other [83 their relation is that of eatiso to effect: and as God thrown the shuttle to and fro we call tho growing fabric Wstoryr **The embatticd armica wait Thy sigh ta slay, Nor springs the beant of havoe on hia prey Till Thou hast marked the gty jand for woe." 1 inve no desire to underestimate the guilt ot thoroe who perpetrated this mwful massacre; yot on the other hand, 1 would not he unmiud il of the manner tn which these Tndlans hava been injured and imposed upon, and provoked unlo hlood. No one will deny that tholr savage nh- turca have boen fed abundantiy with wromr. Let us remember, nleo, that whatever thelr former docds may have been, In this present caso v.he{ are fighting in scll-defense. Four divistons of armed men wers advancing upon them from different directions with the A‘“r 1088 of destroying them. Thelr tents were flred up- on, theirwomen slain. Let us not hastily blane theni for defending thelr lives and liosites with the crue! boldness of desperation. We cannot but mourn the death of that fearlesa band of men whose bodies now lle unburled in the wil- derness. Yet let 1t bo borne in mind that their lives wero offered up s o sacritice to the no- tion's greed, and falsoncss, and dishonor, God {a teampling ont the vintage where the grapes of wrath are sarcd, He hath Tooscd tho fatoful lightning of 1is terrible swift sword: E2 Hin truth I marching on 11, But what 1s to be the finnl fssuc of this disaster, and where shall n remedy be found for the great cvils which produced it Inthe first place, it will be neccssary to infilct 2 just measure of punishment on tlie Indians, not so much fot this single deed of murder, which was done largely in eelf-lcfensc, ns for the atrocities which ‘atiended it and the manl- fold crimes that preceded it. The fact that these crimes wera wrought under provocation does not clear tho the skirta of the offenders. It will b needful that n holy terror of the law and o due respect for tho outhority of our Government should be enkindled in thelr savage breasts, With the Pupulnr domand for thelr _cxterminntfon hayo no eympathy at all, Weare not living fn tho dnys of the Jebusltes and Perizzites. It would be u very easy thing for Gen, Sherltan to march n;inlnn them with ten regiments of soldlors and wipe this whole Indian tribe from tha faco of the earth; but whether ““'“fi, tho Gordlan knot in that way would meet with the approval of tho God * who hath made and preserved us n natlon' 18 worth consldering, No deubt this would be the quickest way out of the difliculty; but it would leave us with oar ecscuteheon yet more dnrkiy stalned and one more crime to an- swer for. We eannot afford it. No nation that has adopted that mode of dealing with its peo- ple or even with ita forclfi'n focs hns ever yet prospercd, Thero are other methods, slower’ in heir operation, but moro human and cquall well adapted to accomplish the desired emd. e have learncd from our experlence with those ongaged in the great Rebellion that mercy {8 not always Inconalstent with the trucst and imoat far-secing policy. ‘The Icaders in That Civil war were incomparably more guilty than these In- dinns are, yet wo found it wisc to forgive them. It 15 not hecoming in o nation that has won the warld’s csteem h?v its broad offer of amnesty to rebels, to draw the flaming sword of extermina- tion against & handful of uncliyllized beings, no matter how guilty and desorving of death they may be. Let them bo dealt with in s mau- ner consiatent with the digoity and honor of a Christinn Government, und of ono that, even while meting out the penalty, must hold itself in_lnrge degree responsibla Tor the erime. TIn the sccond place, let those of our own citi- zens who, by injuring and defrauding this and other savage tribes, have gonded them todeeds of vlolence, be justly dealt with. Ifan white man, ncnmhlng far ‘gold, invadces an Indian ¥ reaervation,’ Jot himn be punished for tresposs and not compasscd about by United Statcs troops sent on to the frontler for tho express pur&)u of protectiug him in his ovil deed, 1fn hite man kilis an Indian, let him be adjudged ity of murder and hauged by the neck till he s dead,—who ever heard of the like? Ifhocn- ters n wigwan aud does violenco to the property, the person, or the wifo of an Indian, let hiln suffer accordingly. Let traders be forced to ob- serve the common lawa of right and honesty; and Ict the salo of intoxieating liquor be, If not prohibited among thom, at least restrained by tho eame rulea that govern tha vile traffic clse- where. ‘Tho fact is, we havo ail nlong been re- fi:flllflg theao Indfana ns lawleas eings, and ve met them always on tlielr own ground, trenting them with absoluto lawlessness. For thiswearonow suffering,and wedeservo tosuffer. But It it were onco understood among them that thelr rights—those which “all men (even In- «llars) aro born with,"—that their rights of “life and liberty and the eruult of happiness’! were tobo respected and defonded by our Govern- ment, there s little doubt that they would loso thelr nnizer and vindictlvencss, nud perhaps in courss uf time, thca' might, as others have, bo- come virtuous and_faw-sbiding citizena. Itls at least worth o trial. In the third place, the grand remedy for this evi], aa for all othera like it, must bo sought for in thot grooo of God which leads us to regard all men, whatever thoircolor or character, ns belng our fellow-men' frec and equal™ with us in tho great brotherhood, If there was even o time when the Church should cry aloud in the words that Paul uttered on Areopagus, * God hath mado of blood all the nations of men!” that time is now. The frecdmen of tho South, struggling with a most admirablo epirlt of pa- tience and hopefulness sgainst tho thick bor- tiers of projudico and caste, need us to declare that they aro men. The Chincse, crowding to -our Paclfic const from the peraccutions of the East, and striving there to find o place where the moy rest the soles of thelr feet, whi ‘pfmd, stoned, spit upon, reviledeven In our political * platforms," denfed the refugze of tho P peh tfd 1 I uman ngs, hey, too, appeal to the Chureh fn tho namd of Him l{"hu was the Friond of publicans and sinners, and required ot us that we should befriend nnd shield them a8 our fellow-mon. And theao Indlan tribes, whom our nation has sent forth to wander as Ishmaclites with every man against them, whilo thelr hands arc still red with the reeent erime and while the volces of the multitude are rafsed in a detnand that they shall be utterly exter- minated, these, too, nwenl to us s ‘men, a8 artakers with us in all the blessings of God's atherhood, and it devolves upon us, so far as in us lies, to sce that fll:‘:‘v areat least iustly dealt with, Lot us stand afoof, thercfore, from tho conferenco of thoso who uro erylng out for the Diood of these poor, degraded tribes, and, ns Christlans, let ua dare to be Christlike in nsk- ing merey and not judgment in thelr behalf, 0 nay thus do somewhat to hasten the day when Borbarian and Scythian, bond and free, shall stani on the same brond level of bumanity with God’s banner of love over all, 9y —It's comlng yet That man to nian the whole world o'er Shall brothora bo for o* that{* , In the meantime, let ua qrny for theso darlk ¢ons of the forest that God would make bare 1lis arm in thelr bebnlf, and assert Himself us the clmm;l:lnn of thelr righta oven 08 now e is proving Mimself to Lo the avenger of thelr wrongs; let us pray that In somo_way 1ls sav- ing and enlightencd truth, tho Gospel of 1lis well-beloved Bon, may be made to appear in thelr cyes as worthy of all acceptation. Thero i no oiher hope for this rnplaly-cxs!rlng race, Thoy are walting, with e{lcl yet hulden, to sco the wondcrs of that truths waiting for tho dny- spring from on high to erlec upon themsi waft- fug for the **manifestation of the sons of God." ———— SECOND ANNIVERSARY. SEMMON DY TIM REV. D; I, CHENKY, The Rev. D. B, Cheney preachied the second annlyersary sermon fn the Fourth Iaptist Church, corner of Washington and Faulina streets, yesterdsy morning. His tople was “The Work of a Gospel Church; Iler Preparation for It," and the text waa taken from Isaloh xl,, 0: “O Zlon, that hringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountaln.” Tha sc mon, which was heard with much jutereat, w: as follows: This glowing language points to tho work of a Gospel church and 1o the preparation needed for ite accomplishment. Thé ‘work of such a church {s to publish *rood tidings "5 tne prep- aration needed for this work {s to *getup into the bigh mountain,” These **good tidings' cmbrace the Gospel of Jesus Ceriat; tho way of 1ifo and ealvation through Him. Jusus Himsell cams_to publish *“glad tidings.”" - When the Nierald angel proclafined Tlis advent, It was o proclamation of Holad tidings of great joy." The very word Goapel means * good tldings,” and o Goxpel church s to mako theso * good tidings " kuown to men, But In order to do this work successfully o church needs specinl rrcrnm.lou for ft. 8ha must “get upinto the high mountaln '3 a figuro®l speech that de- notes high moral clevation, ‘The meaniug ls similar to that where Jesus speaks of Church ns & 'cfty set on a hill that cannot bo hid.'* Tt deseribes nllko the position of a church before tho world and befors God. It 18 & high and exalted position In all manuer of conversu- tion_aud godilness—**O Zfon, that Lringest fic}ud. 'tl\unx:e, get theo up into the high moun- .’ Lot us then proceed to look at the work of o Gospel church and at the preparation needed for {ts successful uccomplishinent, Standing as we do st the threshald of a new yeur of our churchellfe, und of our relations as pastor and people, it 18 8 good timo and place for us t0 look at the work ubto which the Mus- ter {8 calliug us, aud at the preparation we need, that we may do that work effcetively and well, Two years ago to-lay, by tho day of the week, we convencd for the first time ‘as the Fourth Baptist Church for public worship, und 1 stood for the first timo in'this placo to preach tothose treated moro like dogs than assembled hero the Cospel of Jesus Christ, Inentering nn we do to<lny wWpon anew year in our chureh-fife and o new year of lahor 4a pastor and people, | am anxious begend what 1 con express to you that we shall do a goold car'a work for Christand our fellow-men,—that t shall be n year of enlarged prosperit; bn,\-nnd anything we have knawn in the past. 1n oriler thitt e mag realize this, we should Iook at the work unto which we are called, and should seok without delny the needed preparation for it. (1) We arc flrst, then, to look at our work, As set forth fn tho toxt this is to publish * goad tdings.” A church {n Christ's evangellent soclety, Wo live fn on age of soclcties, an many good people scem to think when thero is work to be done that a soclety must be formed. Soclctios have bernme so numerous that thelr name might be ealled “legion.” But & Guspel chireh 18 a sorlety of Christ’s own formning, I1e eatablished it for this very purpose, to pub- lish *good tidings " to men. Ilence it 1s safo to conclitde that it Is precisely_adapted to the cnd proposcd, The church at’ Thessolonien was o motel {n this respeet in lta carly history, bo- eanee from it *suunded out the word of the Lord” 1t was nn cyangelizing ngency and p’uweli. And such should Le every Gospel church, (a) In publishing *good tidings" to men, o Church Is to teach men the theory of revonled religlon,-+to tnke known to theni the method of salvatlon, ‘Ihers fs an Important senso in which the Gospel {s something to he Jearned, and it s a part of the work of a church to teach men the way of e, Jesussaid, *Loarn of me,” and Ills last command to Ilis Disciples was, “Go teach all natlons,” There arc certain great central Goapel trutha relating to salva~ tlon with which it Is nasumed that cliurch mem- bers havo been made familinr, and it entera intu their works to *teach others olto! An Apostie sald to his brethren, * Ye ought to be teachers.” The Gospel is o system ol ' good tidings," becauso it brings to men those great Tessons which they arc concerned to know, tella them what they arc and whither they are golug. It shows them what they need and what they ought to do, It revealsto” them how sin Tins wrought their ruln, and how they moy he recovered through the grace of Christ. It opens eforo them the future; tells them of the destl- nation_of the human soul; reveals to them somewhat of the glorles of Heaven and the waocs of umlouti and shows them how thoy may gain the ono and escapo tho other, These great truthe, andsuch s these, a church 1s commissioned to make known to men. church that will bo true to its urust must pro- claim * Christ and Hiin crucified.” Tt must 1ift IHim up bofore the world, and teach men the Iesson that thero Is no other name given undor Heaven whereby they cau he saved. Whila this should bo thelr greak theme, a church must also scok to show men that thoy need juat such o 8a- vior as Jesus; that they are sinners, and cannot save themselves, but that Jesus Chirist is **able to save to the uttermost all who come tnto God by Ilim.” And they must scok to show men Tow they can come to Christ and find rest for thelr souls. The method of salvation, the way of life l.hrmxfih Christ, must. bo oxplained and untolded so clcarly that tho wayfaring man need not err. 5 (b) But the ' good tidings " of the Guslnl ome brace something to be experionced as woll as to b lenrned. Thie Gospol 1s a pawer to rencwand sanctify the heart. It comes to man with a fali- cn, aepraved, degenorate nature, to renew and transform that nature. It comes to hin to take away his Impure_and stony heart, and to give him” o heart of flesh. It comes to chango his_aisposition and affcctions, his aspirations nnd desires. It comea to work over him a new crcation: to make him o now creature. That {8 an excecdingly partinl and imperfect view of tho Gospel that lcgnrdn it mercly as_somothing to be learncd: to bo rocefyed mercly as an in- tellectunl poem. Passing tlxmu;;h tho intellect to instruct and cnliizhlcn 1t, the ¥ good tidings " of the Gospel aim also to change,—to renew the heart, ‘To learn the mere theory of the Gospel 18 well In its place, but that is not enough, It st olso be czperienced,~wrought into the {nner }ifo of thesoul, A man may bo always Jearning and yet nover como to the knowledge of the truth.” Il must havo a heart experlenico o woll s o head enlightenment, Ho must be converted ns well as Instructed. And this should bo ever kept in view in Gospel work, A church must labor for the conversion of thelr fellow-men to Christ. While: they know that tho power to rencw tho lieart is fromn God alone, that 1t {s & Work boyond and aboye human_wis- dom and might, stfil they learn from tho Bible aud oxporience allke thiat thera is 8 work con- nected with the conversion of man that 1s com- mitted to tho Church. They know that God works in the conversion of ‘mon through Iiis truth in the hands of His poople andin answer to proyer, Tho work s intrusted to them of ¥mmlng Gospel truth upon the minds and hoarts of thelr fellow-men, and of praylnz that the Holy Bpirit will so work through that truth s to make alive from the dead, When s church is thoroughly awake and alive to its responsi- bilitles, this I8 im what it undertakes to do. While they fully understand that thoy cannot convert sinners, that it requires a Divine power to do this, they nevertholess labor for conver- slona. Thoy press Gospoel truth upon the minds and hearts of thalr fellow-men, and pray for the regenerating power of the oly Spirit to muke dend sinnera live. And this is what I hold “ before you as our work this year; that wa ahall undertake oo to publigh the ™ plad tid- fngs' of the Gospel a8 to sava our fellow-men, A Church that docs not labor and wark for con- versions sigually falls in Its truc work. It loscs llfflll of tho grand design of fts cxistence, A Chureh, to anawer thoend of its belng, must make nggression upon the world; it must win souls to Chrlst, A Uhurch 18 an army, not in camp, but {n battlos not an army of defensc, but, anarmy of conqncsL Iler work s .not simply to hold lier owa fort, but moro cspecially to storm the fort of the enemy. And thisisnotn werlodical work to bo done at long intervals. Wo aro not to lohor a few days or weoks for tha converslon of mien, and tlien rest for an In. definito poriod. It Is nowhore so taught in the Bible. ‘I'he Gospel model of a Church {5 ono of constant nfigrcaa(on. It assumes that God, as o loylng Father, is always ready to welcomo tho returning prodl;;n 4 that " Christ Is olways i mighty to save;” that the Holy Splrit Is al- wnys given In answor to tho Fl‘?‘{nl‘ of falth; hat Gospel truth 18 always sulted to tho needs of man, And this, I submit, {s the standard to which ono {n this Church should ospire. A reat responaibility rests upon us here to labor’ for the conversion of our fellow-men. _God has set beforo us a wide nnd open door. This, as it scoma to mo, {8 pre-eminently the, work unta which we are now called; to publish the “glad tidings of tho Gospel to those all around us who aro yet unsaved. We aro hierc a littlo band of Chiriatinns, surrounded by multiiudes who oro llving without God and without ho‘m in tho world, Wo are §olng 1n a little while with them to tho judgnent meat of Christ, Wa belleve, for the Dible teaches, that without o perannni faith in Christ they will lose thelr souls. Our work, it possible, 18 to “lead them to the cxerclse of that falths our work under Uod I8 to liclp preparg them for that future world to which thoy aro golng s0 nr:]\xldly and which may bo evon now so ncar at hand. (¢) Wo pasa ncxt to notlee that a church may publish these ‘glad tidfngs™ through tlia ininfstrations of its own puipit. This Is its furemioat [nstrumentallty, ~ While the pastor is i)flnmrny the eorvant of Christ and speaks for [im, there Is still an important sense in which he I8 tho servant of tho Church and In which ho speaks for his brethren, ols I.hclrmuulhylccu to the uuconverted. Tho “good tidings? in- trusted to tho Church ho sounds out to the peo- Plo. Uod has ordained to suve men through *tho foolishiness of rrc:u-hln "5 hence the members of & Church should seck tafnvest thelr own pulplt with the greatest possible power, They should lleu) thelr pastor (n the work of prcnehlnlz tho Uospel, ~ And they can do it effectively, ‘They can hulr thelr pastor preach by belng untformly in their places {n tho sanc- tuary when the Quspel 1s preached; they can do It by glving him carnest and candid attentiony they can do it by gathering othera with them to hear tho word ; they cando {t by thofe united and carneat prayers. If you, beloved, will pub- 1ish the * glnd tidiugs™ of tho Gospel here, In thess and other sultable ways, I pray you to help ine preach the Gospel. Do not give me oc- casion to feel In my study that I am writing ser- mons to be dellvered over your empty pews. When | come to this puipit 1ét me have the in. epiration L can galn from your prescuce and your boat attention, Let the world sco by your Tegular attendance that you are greatly von- cerned that the Gospel here preachied liall bo mado both the wisdom and thu power of God to the salvation of all who hear. We know it will ha a suvor of life unto life, or of death unto death, Let us’ scek to make ft thc former ond not the latter, We mnay also publish the * glad tidings " of tho Gospel in our Sunday-school work, Iicrels set open befors us o wids and effectual door. In our two Bunday-schiools there are gathered cvery Sabbath a vcfi large number who are yet unreconclled to God, In the Bible-classes and the Intermediate schiools thero are large numn- liers old enough to becomne Christians, who have not {ct given thelr hearte to Chrlst,. Our work for thom Is to labor for thelr immediate conversion, Situated as wo ure, this {s our most, inviting and most hopeful fleld of Gospel labor frum which to gather & harvest of eouls for Clirjst, And this is the work I wish to present 1o the oflicers and teachers of our Bunday. sehools to-day. 1 desiro that you ehouldall turn vour speeizl attentlon to ihis, and shape your Jabors with speclal reference to the conver- lon of those under vour care, 8ct your standard high and alin at nothing less than the conyersion ofall who are now out of Christ, Todo this, you must presa upon thelr minds and hearts tho truths that they ary sivnors and necd a Savlor, and you must supplement this teachivg with reat the prayer of fath for the Tloly Bplrit to come and do” Ils work; convincing them of aln and renewing them unto God, 80 too In the ‘prnynr\-mcellng wo mn{ publiah these " pind tidings. Here ngain s a good ficld of Cospel Tahor. But todo this work ef- fectively wo must hold ourselves in readincss to doft. We cannot depand upon feoling or im= pulse, hut must nct n&mn principle, We should all come to our weekly prayor-ineoting -expect- ing to have some active part In them. ” And we shoutd be ready to have that port early In the meeting, Promptness in the first part of A vrager-meeting will Inaure interest In the lnst part. And Jon will pardon me when 1 tell you that we nced a reform in this matter. Wa need r:nm; readiness, Bhall we not have it in the uture But, supplementing nil these styles of labor, wa need to publish the “good tidinga from man to man. 1have no cxpectation that we shinll do a good year’s work for Christ and souls, unless we enter upon {4 mdlvldunllf in the prie vate walks of life. Ourown Individual experl- ences will sliow us that somebody labored for our conversion. Somebndy apoke n kind word for us {n_private that did much to lepd .us to Christ. The power of this atyle of tabor we can hardly overestimnte. Buppose ail the membors of this church,—pnator, deacon, brothers, sisters, old, and young,—were_to cnter this year upon this worlk of private labor for the converalon of soule, how wonld the glad tidings of ealvation ho sounded out through all this community! Ana fa this any more than we ought to do? any more than we should do If we} had good news of & wurldl{)chnrnc(er to proclaim? ‘The Iate Dr. Wayland once, urging this very duty of Chriatian labor for the conversion of others, used a forclble fllustration, ns fullows: Tie sallly "1 waa n resident of New York ot the closo of tho lnst war with Great Britaln . . . Tho prospects of the nation were shrouded in gloom . . . No one could tell when the cuntest would terminate, or discovor tho means by which the contest could miuch longer be protracted. Ithappenedthat onnBaturday after- noon in_February, a ship was discovered which was supposed to bo bringing homo our Com- missloncrs from Ghentf {rom thelr unsuccess- ful mission. The sun had sct ‘xlnnmlly' before any intelligence from the vessal lind reached the ity - Expecte*~q heeame fearfully intense as the houraof ¢a ‘ucss dfcwon. At lencth n boat reachied Lo . iarf announcing the fact that treaty of pe... and been nlgnev.l and was wait- Ing for nothing but the actlon of our Govern- ment to become a law, ‘Tho men on whose cars these worda fcll rushed in breathless haste into tho city to rc}:cnt them tothelr friends, lhfl\lll“_lf a8 thoy ran through the strects, Pencel Peacol Peacol {1 Every one who heard the sound ro- peated §t. From house to house, from strect to street, the nows apread with electric rapldity. ‘The wholo city was in commotlon. Mon Learing lighted torchics were "f'“f" to and fro, shouting Péace! Peace! ! Peacel 1 I' Thus, evory one be- coming a herald, the nows scon reached cvery man, woman, and child in the city." Now, {n order that a church may do her full work in publ(shlnfi,tlm good news of snivation, something like this must bo mado manifes among all hor mombors. They must cach and all tako the glad message with -them wherever thoy go, ur, ns thoy have opportunity, pross it upon tho minds and hearts of men. What we need {8 that the Gospel, or salvation through faith {n Christ, shall becomo tho frequent su Ject of conversation In the private walks of life. And {s this too much to hupe for, that we shall icarn to talk religion as readily as wo do of pol- 1tics, or business, or hard times, or tho woather!? II. But we muat hasten more briefly to con- stder the preparation needed In a church for this work., Tho call In the text is to “get up into the high mountain,’” This denotes moral ele- vatfon, or eminent plritunlity. This 1s fndls- ensablo for the - work here contomplated. It s in vain to attempt to lead slonors to Jeaus, while wo follow Him “afar oft.” [t is In valn to recommend the love of the Savior to others, ywhen e do not enjoy that lovo in our own hearts. The Pealmist prayed, ¢ Restorountome the joy of Thy salvation, nnd uphold mo with Thy freo spirit; then will I transgressors Thy ways, and sinncra shall bo convertod unto Thee." ~ Hero we havo the preparation necded for this work, The Psalmist could not do it without * the joy of ealvation" in his own soul. He had Jost that joy, and his great concorn was Dy humblo confcssion nnd earncat rrnycr to have it restored. 1e would not Iabor for souls whilo he was a backslider; whilo he was in a stato of soiritual leannces or barrenncss. Ho must havea fresh anointing; must be en- dowed with power from on high. His vrayer was not for salvation—hc had that already— but O how cnmemz ho_prayed for the &u{ of salvation which ho had lost. Ho knew it that was_restored that ho could then ongagoe in the work of saving souls; ho would then teach sin- ners tho way of life, and thoy would be con- vorted. And this {s what wo necd as a charch to pre- pare s for our work mors than anything.and cverything elss, viz.: “tho joy of salvation.”” Wo all knowthe powerof a’ young convert's words when ho- works for Chrlst. Wa havo scen nwhole agsembly moved and melted b his words, nnd cyes unuscd to wocping suf- fuged with tears, ¥ { is this? Ho says noth- ing new.. Ho tells the same old, ofd atory. T{:”m {ano power in lils mero words s auch, for ho often tpoaks In brokon utterances. He does not think of rhetoric or eloquence; docs uot cxpock borhrodnmnu effect whon ho speaks. Then, whence the power? Why thoeffect! The answer is, his heart {s full of ‘‘tho joy of sal- sutlon.”” This is what gives hiin power over other hearta; what clothes his words with such amagic charm, such a resisticas energy. And 1 want totoll you to-day what I bellove (s strictly true, that *“the Jjoy of salvation " is ot morc offéctiyo fn tho heart of tho mature hristian. Should s half-dozon converis como into our prayer-mecting next Wednesday night and tell'us one after another, with streaming eyes, what tho Lord had done for their sonls, we should all bo dceplly rofoundly moyed: Dut, I tell you, we shoufd_ba much niors doep- I{-'. profoundly moved it a half-dozcn old Chi tlans should tcllus onc after another, with streaming oyes and warm haa rts, that “ the Joy of enlvation had been restored to them. "~ O, thera {8 a power and a richness In the utterances of the' mature Christian when his bheart is broken, melted, sub- dued bencath tho cross. I love to licar the young convert speak; but I love {ot more to hear the mature Cnrhunnl wlien his ] cart {8 as tender and ns full of the * joy of sal- vation " as tho convert's, And why should not our hearts be as tender and as full of this * foy after five, ten, twenty, or more years in tho scr- vico of Christ1 Do 'we not belicve in growiny fn grace,—in a progresaive Christian lifel [slt nofrthu very work of the Gospel to make ns moro and mora Christ-likel Beloved, have any of us loat ‘the jnl of sal- vationl" Beforo wd can hegin our work effect- ivcly to lend sinucrs to Jesus, wo must regain what wo have lost. And this must boan In- dividual work. As we sought Jesus onc by one when wo entered I0is service, 80 we must return to Him ono by one, wherein wo have gone away from Him, Aud wo should bo in linsta to do this, We are hoping to sce agreat religious awakening in thiscity in the carly” future, ~Act- ivo preparations arc making for n campaign of Christlan work herg on a acale never before at- tempted. That this may bo a genuine and healthy work, the preparations miust begin In the eliurchea. It Ia valn to hopo for any great good from the labors of Brothren Moudy and Bankey, or anybody clse, unless the movement begin n tho chirchea—~unless the ‘wuple of Qod “;ict up into the lxlEh mountaln,” ‘And I nm anxlous, beyond what I can sxpress to you, that this work of rrennm(lnn shiall begin at once and In carneat in this church. Lut us, Christlan brethren, not ho contont to remaln whero wo aro; but let us onoand all return unto the Lord, and He will causc Iis face to shine upon us. Dear, unconverted frionds, this subject has its lessons for you, Are you content to live another year without a good hope in Christ! I doubt not there are many anconverted people in thia city to-day who arc hoping that they may ho blesscd and saved, should thero bo any gen- eral religlous wnkcnlnf here. Wil thoso who have no hope in Christ in this congregation carly pressjyour way into the Kingdomi~ Will you'scek Christ to-day? ** Now is the accopted time, and now {s the day of salvation.” ——— Vivaolty of » Buperannuated Caunon. Pl Jall Gasette. An accident, deseribed ns being of ** a rather alarming character,” occurred on Thursdoy at Monkbrldge Tron-Works, 1t scems that’ dis- used cannons are purchased by the Company to whom the fron-works belong for the purposo of being melted down. One of the superannuated un[."mu of war having beon put Intothe rwnar{ it showed its dlapleasure by * golug oft" with a nofse ke thunder. It contained, in fact, no fewer than four balls, each weighing about 10 pounds, and its explosion under these clrcum- stances was, however inconvenlont, not altogeth- er Inexcusable, Tho gun having been placed in tho furnace perpendicularly thechargo ascended 10 a great helght, two of tho balls plercing and remalning In'a large brick chimncy about 80 yards distant. lortunately no ono was hurt by the salute the old cannou thus fired in its owit honor on the occasion of {ts obsequics, but there {8 no sayluz what mischicf {t mlght havo caused liad it ‘Cspit forth fta fron fudignation hori- zontlally Instead of perpendicularly. e — The Colossal Btatuo for New York Harbor, London Academy, The colossal slatue of Indepeadence, which 1s being executed by M. Bertholdl, for the pur- hose of scrving as & light-houss in the harbor of New York, will be_finished, it 1s hoped, in thne to be cxhibited fn Parls duslng the proposed ex- hibitlon i 1878, The wrist of this Eu.imlc statuc bas boen mowlded lately. It tovk 200 sacks of plaster for Ita composition, Seetens 578 Rilogrammen. The r;}\,“,l‘,,'},,f} atates that §t s Iutended tosend this pre Mttle apecimen ol the fntended atatie 1 l'hu’ delphia this summer. ~After tho cxhibiog § will be brouglit back to France, e — MR. BLAINE. Teports Regarding 1lin Hoalth—Tity 4, pointment ns n Ronntor, Wasmnarox, D, C., July 0.—A letter writyey at Augusts, Me., July 7, contains the followyy, {nformatlon concerning ex-Speaker Dlaing: b e In gradually and surely improviog, m, fmpravemant ia alow, but nona the 1o certa)y pravidod he heods the advico of Uin phyalcian. % sawy Dr. 111l aa he came out of our 'rf'enn'"‘.., dence last cvening, He Mr. Bloing was yory comfortable, and won! fnlly rentored if gy abeys inatriictions, The etatement Lhat he lna poy been Able to go outaide of his alck chamber fs noy :t;rheu. (orl} h“lml.“hn&llm m;vm‘ nlialnun Tambey men. s Jics abed moat of 0 time, decidediy botter. h ' butly Auausta, Me., July 0.—Gov. Connor hna po. tificd the 8penker of the Housa of Mopresents. tives at Washington, b{ tolegraph, that he hay appolnted James G. Blaine n Scnator In Cop. firm, and that Mr, aine_has placed fn hiy ands his resignation as Represcntative from the Third Congressionnl District. Blaine'y health shows no speclal chauge, though possivly not r\nuc eo well fora day or two past, Thy physlelon wishes to have him remaved tothy sea-shore as soon s practicable, Blaine rejecty the suggestion of o European tour. ——— THE ST, NICHOLAS, Travelers visiting New York will find no by, ter accommodations anywhero than are toby found at the well-known 8t. Nicholas Hote), conveniently located on DBroadway, betweey Broome and Spring strects, =i Dying ot Prayer. Filentitte (N. 1.) Press. On Snnday evening, Junc 25, Dr, John Dix of Grahnmyllie, a prnclmm'; student {n Dr, L. Lamoreo's office, retired for the night to by room. On the morning following he falled ty appear ot the breakfast-table, and on belng called no answor was returned. HIs room wy entered, and he was found kneeling by the b, with his arms extended on it, dead. The bed was nndisturbed, and 1t is probable ho diedat rayer, He hod complained of n pain in his head for " threo days, but It was not of a naturciy causo scfous consideration, —_—ee MARRIAGES. BWIFT—LYON—At tho residenco of (hy bride’s parents, in Medina, Now York, Julyf, 1870, by tho Rov. W. T. Totier, Mr. Luciis Durry Swifi, of Yates, N. Y., .and Miea Mary Ells, eld: ;:t&nnzh!er of Mr. A. J. Lyon, of the forme ace, — e, DEATHS, A A A A~ A TAYLOR—The fancral of Mrs, Nora A, Taylor will tako place Monday, July 10, at 1 o'clock, from tho residence of ‘brother-in-Iaw, W. K. Bweet, 524 Went_Laks Bervicos at the Cathedralot the Iloly Name; from thoro by carringes ta Cal vary, Kricnds of the family oré {nvited to attend, [EAGER—The funoral of J. C. Meager wiif tako place from hiaJato resldence, 163 West Mon. roc-st., at1:30 p, m. on Monday, 10th inet,, by carriages to Roso-hill, Friends of tho familyan respecttally invited. GILMORE~On July 0, at 421 Bonth Clark-st. ot appoplexy, suddeniy, Dr. Asron Glimare, & B7y_rfl. & Rochester (N. Y.) papers please copy, CAMPBELL—July 9, at 6:30 p, nt., Mrs, Ao M, Campbell, born in Middletown, Conn., Nor, 0, 1785, sged 00 yeara 8 months and 8§ dnys. Funeral from tha houso of her nephew, 0,7, M« gill, 13 Bouth Cartis-st. , Monday. July 10,8t 3 p.m, POLITICAL ANNOUNCENMENTS. FOURTH WARD REPUBLICANE, The Fourth Ward Republican Club will meet this (Monday) evening ot 8 o'clock at the hall cor. ner South Park-av, and Thirty-third-at. to ratify the nomination of Monroc Heath for Mayor, andig take steps to protoct tha polls at the election. R, W. luubfl. C, I, Rcod, W. W, Perkins, J. 11, Ghibert, D. larry Hammer, RR. M. Woods, J, W, Stewart, and others will adiress the meeting. . Jaues L, Hian, President, BEVENTH WARD REPUBLIOANE, Boverth Seara Topalean Ghaby Wi bs heid s ent 15 lepublican Cjub, wi | s avoning at 381 Dlug laland-ar, ' Ay A. Gramax, President. Mhora il bo L S o1 foe. Tilden aid ers will bo & mecting o 0 lon Ten- dricka Cab of the Bovonih Ward on Monday exen: ing, July 10, at Low Echann's, carner of Thi feenih piaca'and ARhiand-av.y. {6 indorse the 3 tlonal nomnoes and our cnm‘ldn’IIe for Aldorma T CONFECTIONERY. Tho Great Intornational Exhibltion, STEPHEN F. WIITHAN & S0 £ INnvITae All'persons vimting the Exporition to call on th L at thelr Amnuu‘;hbllagmum.““ i §. W, cor. Twellh and Market-sts,, Philadelphiy And select from thole Incomparably. cholco slock ; of FINE PREI'AR. CHOCOLATE, CONFECTIONS, BON-BONS, :* For Families or Friends. Branch Manufactory, Machinery Hall, Hxposition Grounds, American Department. Chocolate Moulded, Syrups Boiled, and Bon-Bons madoe in Bilverwaro. STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & 80N, CELEBRATED throughout the Unlon—expressed toali + ! ports, 11 and upward &t ° 45,40, G0c par ™. Addrest orders GUNTHER, Confet: P o o e tloner, Chlcago. AUCTION SALES, By G. P. GORE & CO,, 68 and 70 Walash-av, DRY GOODS. On Tuesday, July 11, at 8:30 a. m, sharp, Regular Bale of Btaple and Fancr Dry Goods, Buspendors, Brushes, Fans Pocketbooks, Shirta and Drawors, Tablo Linen, Towels, Napkins, Eto, Attractive lino of Ploce Goods, Onssimeres, Jeaus: Oottonndos, and Bhirtings. Large lino of Tablo and Kitchen Cutlery, Also large o4« sortment of Clothing—400 Oassimoro Vosts in desirable styles, which will bo sold ¢/ oloso consignmont, QEO, P. GORE & CO,, Auctioncers, 08 and 70 Wabas Boots, Shoas & Slippers AT AUCTION, On WEDNESDAY, July 12, at 9:30 a. m Beveral FINE LINES of FRESH SEASONABLE GOODS Must bo cloeed out, 0. P, GORE & CO., U8 & 70 Wabash-o¥. — CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE. Ty virtue of g chattel mortgage, be; dateon (ke e et e A BEIOF f recond (o the Tlgcorder's oice for Cook county, Oct. 2ith, 187h gaccuted by Wition A, Jenking sad Josoph A, Holmes same Ao Parsient to g pawee ang T B .th.lln‘v. A DFIS0T A 10 o'clock: In'the foreuvose CLIFTON HOUSE, enrner of Wabashav. and Monroc-t., in the city of Chlcl)‘ll'l Twill ng’fllurnlu aud sell ot puhl[‘n nuc{lfla 10 the highest bidder, all the furnlture snd Axture goods and chiattols hentloned In sald mortgage, 894 ow in said Clifton House, conststing in pars of tue (0] lowing described property, to-witt and bedding, dining-room and tabis cry, wiass and siiver ware A mirrors, cornices. gas fixtures, curti fxtures, and lambrequing; Bxturcs and fu turein Dar and Billlarg l’\lflmI\ inchuding billlard 183 Dica: kitchen and laundey furnitura sud utensiil; 324 alloiher utensils, furniture and faturcs necemary iy the coniplete ‘\l{nhhllll and operation of sald complete ilst af such property aud the ,1 it any time prior 1o (e day of aale adiord Jinncock, Hoom A Malor JOIN 1. DAVIDSON, Mortgsges. LOWSH & ABRUCLOMSIE, Attorucyh | By JAS, I, McNAMARA & CO0n 117 Wabash-av., N. W. ror, Madison-st. 000 cases BOOTS, BHOES, AND BLIFPERS AT AUCTION, Tuesdey Morning, July l‘:. 849:30 0'clocky WIS B Mo ANARA & CO., Auctianeete