Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 17, 1876, Page 7

' P ASTIMES. 7, § this thathe stands next to Barnes 13 Datting, ang (lose of the Second Eastern Tour of the Western Clubs. A Quadrilateral Victory for Chicago and Her Following, Announcement of the White Stocking Team for ’77. ‘Programme for the Rest of the Championship Season, Yarious Personal and General Base-Ball Notes of Interest. fhe Frolic the Winner of Yesterday's Great Yacht Race, BASE-BALL. WEITE STOCKINGS VS. BOSTON RED STOCKINGS. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribuna. ‘Bosrox, Sept. 16.—Fully 3,000 people witnessed the eighth same of the series, played in this city t0-day, between the Chicagos and Bostons. The first part of the game was very interesting, and when the Reds inade a run in the fourth inning snd took the lead, the audience became very en- thusiastic, and began to look forward to s Boston victory; but the three earned runs made by the- visitors in the fifth inning disvelled all such hopes, and from this ot the good plays sn both sides were applanded. George Wright opened up the gsme by a long, high hit 40 centre field, which Hines misjndged, ‘and was * umsble to field the ball on account of his recent in- jury,and by the time Addy had got the ball George bad croseed the home-plate. The remaining threa strikers went out in one, two, three order. The Bostons got their second and last ran in the fonrth inping. uraan hit safely, after two men were out, and White's wild throw to second to cut him s« offinattempting to steal, and Hines' failure to stop the ball, allowed him to score. The home nine failed to hit Spalding with any effect after this, xnd went out in nenxly every inning in the order of coming to bat. A two-base hit by White and 8 !in%la by Spalding in the second inning gave the Whites an eurned run. They failed to ecore sgain until the fifth inning, when Barnes hit safely, and successive base hits by McVey, Peters, ang White carned three more rung, snd zave them what proved to be the winning lead. They added one in the eixth inning, and two more in the eighth, Gienn's fine batting askisting materially in both in- ¢ stances. The Chicazos played a very strong game, Doth at the bat and the field, only thrce errors mar- ring their record, and but for Hines' Iameness the Bostone would probabiy not have scored a run dur- ing the game. The umpiring of Daniels was satis: factory. Appended is THE OFFICIAL SCORE: Chicago. R BP A4 E Barnes, 2 b 6 1] 2/ 8{ 4! 1 Anson, 3b 500 200 NcVey. 1b. 5| 1) 311) 34 1 Peters's. 5. 5114 50 White, c... - 4 23l 3l 2 1 Hipes.c. 1. 4110 3 00 Spalding. p. 411000 Glenn, 1.1 4 0 2 1] ol 0 Addy, r. f. 9 9 o 4100 Total.. l43) 7j12:27112| 3 41l 212 40117/ 00 O'RRourke, c. 40 0211 Maran, 1 b 411 2{ 8 0f 1 Norrill, 2 b, 300130 Manning, r. . 3 0l110io Brown, ¢ sol11f1e Schafer, 3 4 0 o 2l 4 1 Bradley, p. 3/ 0} o] 2| 2/ 0 3 2| Slanhin 7 567889 3102 0-7 0000 02 56789 3000 04 0000 0-1 Home run—Gearge Wright. Total baees on hits—Chicazos, 13; Bostons, 8. First base on errors—Chicagos, 4; Bostons, 2. Bases on called balls—Burnes, L. ‘Umpire—Charles Daniels. . ON MONDAY the Boston nine of '75 will play a picked nine from the two clubs, with Bradley as pitcher for the lat- ter, and on Tuesday the Whites play in Dingham- }.n;. ‘Wednesday in Syracuse, and Thursday in To- edo. ; ST. LOUTS VS. HARTFORD. Hartronp, Sept. 16.~The following wss the re- £nit of the game to-day between the Hartford and St Lows nines: Innings— St. Lous. 30 0-6 Hartford... 01010110 0—4 Runs earned—Harkford, 1. First base by errors—Hartford, 4: St Lonis, 5. Left on bascs—Hartford, 6; St. Louis, 5. Wild pitches—Cummings, 1; Bradley, 2. P-ues ha.lls—Clm. 1 2 Tases on called balls—Higham and Clapp, 1 each. Strack ont—Burdock. Two-base hits—York and Ferguson. Three-base hits—Pike, twice. 8 Time of game~To hours. LOUISVILLE VS. ATHLETICE. PrrLapeLruia, Scpt. 16.—The base-ball game here to-day resuited 2s follows: 78 89— Runs earned—Louisville, 2; Athletic, 2. First base by errors—Lonisville, 2; Athletic, 6. Bases on called balls—Lonisville, 1. Time of game—Two hours. CINCINNATI VS. MUTDAL. New Yons, Sept. 16: —The following 18 the re- £ult of the game between the Cincinnati and Motual Clubs played here to-day: Taningr— « 12345678090 Cincinnati 23100300 0-9 0001000 2 3 . Slutaal - First base on errors—Cincinnaty, 4; Mutual, 1. Runs exrned—Cincinnati, 3; Matual, L Umpire—Mr. Ducharme. = Time of game—One hour and fifty minntes, KEITHSBURG TOURNAMENT. Krinsavn, 1lL, Sept. 16.—To-day was the last day of the bace-bali tournement. The Mon- mooth White-Stockings and ctories of Keithsburg played this forenoon for the firet prize. & $125 guld-mounted bat and silver-mounted bat. Won oy the letarias by the following scores 2 4 Innings— 34567889 letoris; $333105 2-25 Whites o% 06 0-1 00000 Thix afternoon the White-Stockings and Ictorias Pisyed o watch same for a purte of $30. Won by thc Iciordus, who played as fine an_amatenr game 25 ras ever wiineased. The score by The managewent of the Chicago Club shonld Bave the thrnks of all its stockhulders for the ceticence with which it guards the doings of the Mr. President Hulbert, while atfable, birectors, and any attempt to get an & un=atisfactory, unswer toa question from him sbout the future - Dolicy of the organization. of which he i the only Visivle heud, ie a3 frnitiess 28 it would be to at- fempt to perceive » prominent bone in his well-fed Budy. For instance, when he was yesterday asked 2bout next year's engagemcnts, he was politely oblivions of the query, and it remainsunanswered. Nodoubt he hud some good reason for his silence; Lut pevertheless Tue Tinuse claims that it i3 tight iu eaying that the club has made reveral con- Iricts for next year, and that the oflicial apnounce- ment will be mude withiu a few days. The men “ssumed to have sizned are a sufiicient guarantee of the character of the Chicago Club for 1877, Rnd whether their engagements are supplemented y those of the remainder of the champion nine of or not, enough is known and now annonnced to give good promize of the sai.e success for 1877 1hat has attended the Vi hite btockings of 1875. Taking it information as true, THE TRIBUNE &nnounces with ereat pleasure the re-enzagement of A, G. Spalding for 1877. To be sure, there Hever way tuch, doubt that lie would remain with the chamyione. but it f# satisactory to know that Be has contracted to doso. When the end of the $eason’s play is made up he will be found to ave en the most_successful pitcher in the country in the natter of runs earned off Lis delivery. Roscoe C. Barnes kas sl:o sigued to play with Chicago for 1877. He is the best known ball- plarer in the country, and stande head and Shonlders above any other batsman living. His avcrage up to last might was 2.3 hie to wme, and in his ga §; a with the Mutue1 ‘Club he Fands credited with Bifs in eight pames, an average of three, which is Delieved 1o be the best ever made for thet number ©f games off 0 good a pitcher as Mathews, Jdohn P. Peters has also afiived hie name 10 a ocoment binding him to play here next year. His Tecord for this year is better ali around tiian thatof a0y other short-stop, and lis batting is_up to 1.61 tonzame. He is s0great u favorite in the city that his Joss wonld be at once noted and felt by the Fatrons of the game. Calvin A. McVey comes under the list of re-cn- E£3zed men, though, os a matter of fact, he signed for two years when e came here. He is theon ;- player living who can £ all the . positions i good whape. He is as effective 1 Ditcher ne Devlin. as sure and plucky cafcher as White: has a4 few errors on first as Start, has play- cd second with acceptance; was short stop and third jn the Lord Baltimore ninc, and showed tlat Be was a felder i Cincinnati and Boston. Add to THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1876—S[Y ¥04 can eee what he is made of, The only new man whose y v cont Y 2 8 fecor ih:lfl(»!;l::;‘llt,lg be‘a: ie:;?xngnefl for \\‘h’:ltg:flln:[lfldc. lh!llr'z bo . He {8 young, stro; - e, o8 big man, % ol batie! and neraf ol had 255 JEArS practice under Spalgis i m’}‘? bim a p‘li“", € rema ; the fanematmder of the nine romains a question of THE CHAWIONSEIP. narinoBtest for the champlonship pennant s are w,“'g;gedg;;;-;&g;m Sxety score and game Matiers have oo uc ETenleat inierest. in this iy, clear that Chicago must win wo)isl EC that it T the lnterposition of 'some extragutioicy Reote Y follows. & °f the clubs up to last evening was a3- Y 0 S| 04 N HREEEEERE IR cLuzs. HREHEHEEE SRR R ER S A R U '___ . '}.“{: | 4 4] “7110| 40 "--fl 7| 42 4| 3)¥. 8 38 0l 4|2 H 1 4 1 8| 1} 1| 4 7l 2 1l of 1 5| 021 3 Games lost ... A eummary of the above shows the cl - 1ng the following relative posjtions o aorocor?Y Played. Won. Lost, A ez g A3 Tomlon 60 a2 10 56 a8 4 6 3 10 6 25 H & % i .47 2w o7 36 he St Louis Club for the firet time this season falrly and undoubtedly § They hare itherto :Lcln behind {n ;'.\ln‘;::‘}gsl:.l "ot even with their o i 5 and ahead on ftlm:s won. APt I that r?".ffl awws provide that all any club which fails ta carry nutluué;gng:g‘u::n?: shall be thrown out *‘dt the end of the soason. ™ The Athletics have formaily annonnced that the; intend to fail to make a Western trip, and their games will, of course, bo cast ont in feciding tho championship. It s, deemed proper 10 present a rovised champlonship fable wi Athletics left out throughout, 1¢3a as foltemn: >0 s8[8 HEH SIS 3§ 42 31 ] Louisville. 23 Mutual. ... 18 Cincinnaty. : [ Game lost.... .......|12!18/17|24131'30/46 178 The summary of this table is as follows: Won. Zost. To play. 42 2 yfi 34 18 8 29 17 14 26 24 10 T 23 31 [ 18 30 12 6 46 8 Total.... ....358 17 178 62 The championship matter now stands as follows: The Chicago Club has two games each to play with the Hartford, Mutnal, and Boston Clubs, or six in all. If it wins any one of these the St, Louls can- not catch up, even if it should win nil the eight games it hasto play. Agsin, if Chicago should win two out of the eight it would be impossible for Hartford to get the chumpionship, even if it shonld Win its 14 gaines straight. 1t may e said that it is imposaible to lose the pennant, and Mr. Hulbert may as well think about a pole to hang it on, ‘WEST VS. EAST. Yesterday, the last day of the last Eastern trip of the Western clubs was made memorable by the fuct that for the first time this scacon the Western- €rs won every one of the four games played. ‘This helps Lo make the showing of the West throaghout the trip a most excellent one, as follows: Wesl. Won. Lost.; East. Won. Lost. Chicago. . 7 1:Hartford.. 5 3 1iBoston.. 5 3 T N 20 THE FUTURE OF THE CAMPAIGN.- The annonncements for the foture of the Lonis- ville Club are: Sept. 18, Harrisburg; Sept, 19, Al- toona; Sent. 20 and 21, Pittsburgi Sept. 22 and > Wheeling; Sept. 30 and Oct. 2, Bostons atLouis- ville: Oct. 42nd 5, Hartfords at Louiaville. A dispatch frow Bustou, dated Friday, says that the ball eeason there will close, as farasthe Western clubs are concerned, by a game Monday between the Chicagos and Bostons of 1875, This will be very difficult, because, while all the Bostons of that year are in the present Chicago and Boston Clubs, the Chicagos of 1875 are scattered through the Chicago, Athletic, Louisville, Hartford. Indianapolis, Frank~ lin, and other clubs, and the Treasury Department. The game, if played, will be merely the Bostons against & picked nine, - The Chicago-St. Louis game on the Unton Grounds, Brooklyn, is off in_consequence. of a E:yleat entered by another League Club against its ing pluyed. 1f either of the managements of the Western clubs had taken the pains to Jook at Sec. 2 of Art. V. of the League Conetitution, the: would have found it provided that no Lengue clul shall be permitted to play 2 game with any other club than the one occupying the grounds within five ‘miles of the city, —not even with the consent of the local League Club. ‘Ihis cuts off the Chicago-St. Louis game very ¢learly, and though there is no penalty announced for 4 violation of the rule, yet the Western members of the League have too mach judgment to break down the code made by their representatives. This will serve to explain to in- quirers why the Brooklsn game for to-mOIfoW is off, and the Boston game substituted for it. The White Stockings, closing their Eastern championship engazements yesterday, are exvect- ed to play in Boston Monday as clsewhere noted. They wiil then start for home, stopping in Syrucuse Wednesday to play the Stars, and reachins home Thursday evening or Fridyy morning. The frst mes that can be announced with ccriainty for o hicago audience are with the Bostons on the Twenty-third strcet grounds Friday and Saturday of this weel. They will be well attended, both us 2 welcome to the chawpions of thisand list year, and because it hes becn some time since & rame was played here. Only six more games will be layed in Chicago this season, and the dates for the Tiatitords and Mutuals have notyet been fived with certainty. The disintcgration’ of the Athietics has deprived the Chicago people of two games of the eight which they expected to close Lhe sesson with, ATHLETIC CLUB MATTERS. The formal announcement by the management of the Athletic Club that that oruanization is unable to complete its engagements bus set prople who “*keep track of things™ to figuring out the result of the withdrawal of the team’ froin the champion- ehip. The apparent failare of the League code to provide for the exigency—or, rather, the fact that the constitation and rules feem to provide threa ways of connting the games—ndds to the doubt. The intention of the Athletic Club management cau easily be lcarned from the following paragraph from the Jlem, the organ of the Club: *‘The Athletics bave given up the idea of going Weet to Play their cames. They are negotiating for the remainder to be played here, otlerwise they will forfeil them.” The same fea was ect forth in Mr. Thompron'e letter to President 1ulbert, printed in theee columns Thursday. The inGnito ‘cheekiness of the request_is worihy the Athletic manage- ment. The efiect of the proposition would be to take ont of the Chicago Club some hundreds of dollars, for it seemsa clear enongh that no clnb has more than made expenses in Philadel- phia thix year. It would appear from Mr. Thomp- ~on's letter that this was an exceptional case, and that in other years the audicnces of Philadelphia have becn large enougl. In the Tight of the facte, this seems unirue. Last year, before the Centen~ nial and other hinderances 1o which Mr. Thompson alludes were beyun, the aversgo receipts of the Chicagos were $70 foreach of fiye games. The year before the Chicagos received S128 per game. T'hese Sgures, coupled with those which might be given for 1870, €cem to indicate that no club can succeed in Pliladolphia unless differently man- aged from those of the laet three vears. Tk TriBUNE docs not wish to be understood to inveizh against a_club in that city Zwhich helped to foster lie same in its carly day, but it don't want to sce any more failures there, Let us buve 8 lealthy member of the Leagife or nope for Philadelphin. 'As to the effect of the break-np, there can be no doubt that the Club will cease to 'beta member of Ihe League by its action, and that it can only be readwitted by a upanimous vote. But, {n point of fact, it will not ask to be readmitted; it will sim- ply &ie, and a new organization will fake its place. Fhe "Philadciphia Ciy Jiem, forgeiting the ne- cessity for the admixture of truth in some small proporticn in its ball news, gives the following as ine for mext year: °'Brad- fhe Aol or . Fisler, 1b; Batin 257 Falmer. s. &3 Ancon, 3b.; Iall, . Tgiler, c. 5. Meyerie, © € Ancon il b Captain, and Hicks ay! i Banie h} s ionship cannot be b i e haa batter. give up.© This. causes the Courier-Journal man to climb up and shout ont to the effcct that Snyder and Fulmer have signed for Louisville. To which 'nE TmsUNe will add that, as matters now look, only three of the nine named will play in Philadelphia in 1876. Riehols wae releasedsome time Tt ie believed that Nichols wae d st tooms engagement with St. Louis for next Fear. Cassidy of the New Havens will play with the nnruom{« the balance of the scason as felder and change pitcher. ) Whitney, whose release ‘from the Boston nine was chrmfinlca in these colamns last week, is said to be cngaged with the gemi-professional Crickets of Binghamton, N. Y. Whitney is a clever. sure fielder, but hardly strong enongh with the stick for first-claes clubs. Schafer hae at Inst sizned with the Bostons, and ‘hosts of people in Boston breathe essicr. All of | TEEN PAGES, 7 the presont tesm have becn re-engaged B_mfiey. and time will be needed to dec:rxmffl‘:: :lxllcr he will remain with the Reds another Chadwick in the New York World sayas: riford team for 1877 has been flxtdy:pun. l: will consist of Allison, Cummings, Start, Bardock, erguson, Carcy, York, Holdsw ) Cassidy” and arbidgs, o lowortly | Higham, robably represent League Assbciation nest seasns, People who read the ball scores hav - zled over the Holbert in the Luniavmee-cgig. p’l"‘:! %};‘l‘b’lng g;{hnntlun‘;n ’nfilflg!ldl Ly the Hartford : ““The wa e uisyil ploy Holbert n Sl nine is e’ Jappened to iring for them at Harrisburg, Ba, and whes Sev ler was injured in the firat inning Holbert offered 1o catch, and did so quite acce; tably. He is 2 good Player, and catches Devlin quite well." It is curious how differently people look at things. "The St. Lonis papers afnonnco with fer. Yor that Graffen—S. Mason Graffen—has resigned the managership of the St. Louis Clab, when a8 8 matter of record he never did suything of the kifld; but received what rude boys on the street 'y Dol In; e discharge, 3 48, Was emphatically o g Ee ¥ oo pltereisa fecling of satlefaction among newspa- e aver one thing connected with the release of Boud by the Hartfordw, and that is that his go- ing awsy will in & manner constrain the Hartforda 10 keep Cumimings, and thus prevent the latter's name from floating aboat the paragraph columns of newspapers. As # vigorous atteinpt to keep up with fumor, TRE TribuNs has chronicled the as sertion at different times that Commings was said tobe engaged in Philadelphia, Providence, Pitta- burg, and Hartford. Now that he is setdled down, let us have peace. [The St. Louis Repudlican says that there is ve little doubt that Harry \\'l’)yht will manage "‘g Browns next season. It has long been known that Harry would like to come West again, but it is by Do means sore that he will select St.’ Louls. The town named Cincinpati wants a manager, and Mr. Keck, owner of the club, has money galore. it is Prctly well xnown that he, too,” ia bidding for arry, and he may win. It wonld be a great tning for base-ball if Harry conld get back to Cincinnati; By buying off some of the slock which Mr. Keck has engaged, and filling up with good men, thers would be a hope for Cincinnati next year, The crop of paragraphs about Chaplain ‘White, of the Chitagos, Is ot 85 Jatee this wromis sy i of Following are a few selections: * 1t is definitely gettled that White will play in Boston next year, —=8t. Louis Republican. **Jim ‘White, the Chica- go catcher, will probubly play with Doston next season. At any rate, it is not probable that he will remain with Chicago. It Is given out by the know- ing ones that Anson will catch Spalding, Addy go- inz to left fleld, and Waltt to right."_-8¢. Louis Globe-Democrat. “*“The St. Louis Republican says that it is definitely settled that J?lnl'l‘vfh[u goes to the Bostons next year. We hardly believe it White hus caught behind Spalding fora good many years, and will very likely stay where his fellow-associate does."'—Cincinnati Enquirer. Aguin docs Tz TRmuNE ofer (o publist & card 170m the Chaplain if he will only Write oge. One of the most extraordinary developments of ihe Chicago nine for the last part of the season hua been Addy,—theHon. Bob.~ He played in the nine during the early part of the season, but secmed ont of luck, snd_consequently alternated with Bielaski and occasionally’ Andrns at right field. 1iis batting record for the first 20 games of Lhe scason was inferior, and only 15 hits resulted, or 0.75 per game. Bat things changed, beginning with the lnst game played here with St. Louis. Ad: dy opened his fall budget that day with four_hits, and in each of the eight gumes on the triv he hsa made at least two hits. This brings his average for the 20 games which he has so far played up from 0.5 per game to 1.20 per gawe, or something very respectable. ALL AROUND THE BASES. The Néw Haven Ecuple have raiscd money mec- essary to start another base-ball club. The Chicagos have only missed 10 days’ work :lncch;ml 25, and moet of those were spent in ravel. Brooklyn in the P. F. M. asks for the dates of Tz TReUXECON- taining the reviews of the serics siready closed, and {f the papers containing them can be had, He had better call at Tux TRISUNE office. The Franklins and_Dreadnaughts will play o me on the White Stocking gronnds Monday af- rnoon at 3:30 sharp. As thesa clubs are pretty nearly matched. an iInteresting game is sntici- pated. ~Admission free. The Chinese students of Hartford bave formed a base-ball club which they have named the Oriental Base-Ball Club. It is pleasant for the scoter to call such names as these to the bat: Sy Chung, Kwal Pan, Kee Jung, Shen Chi, and Tan Ven. A patient artist in figures has addedjup the per- formances of the Chicago Club, and finds that in the 49 games which “they have won they have scored 525 tallies to thelr opponents’ 143. The Chicagos® defeats have yielded them 40 runs and their opponents 70. A correspondent writes to eay that he made a bet early in the season that the Cincinnati Club would *finish better than cighth. " and he wants to Lnow if he would win if the Athletics backed ont and feft the Cincinnatls sevent, though lust. 1f the bet was made iu the exact words quoted above, he would. s The Conrier~Journal mysterionaly winks its eve and drops Jittie hinte like these: *“The Louislie Directors are negotiating with two big guns in the ball arene for next year's nine. We are not at lib. erty to state their names until all_ arrangements have been completed with them.™ Maybe they are Bechtel and Fred Treacy. Let us wait and see. Much carlosity is mamfested among ball men to know what Cammeyer, of the Mutes, proposcs to do for a nine nest year, but the sentleman himself expresacs no intention'ss yet. In the humble opin- ion of a Western man, Cammeyer has_done an ex- cellent thing In letting his present nine disband; there i« such a thing s kecping & ninc until it is moes-grown. " It i8 1ot necessary to sgy to Cam- meyer that at least 20 of the best vlayers in_ the Leigue were playing on vacant lots in Brooklyn lees thian 10 years ago; there are probably more of the same Lind there. After the breaknp of the Athletics, some bull men becane convineed that the Mutnale would go the same road, and began to fgure up the effect of the disbandment of the latter Clab. This is, how- over, uncslled for; Mr. Cammeyer isn't that sort of o man: he will fulfill his engagements without doubt, and will make his way out bere some time in October. Ho hes a fancy for playing amateurs, and will put,in some time with them on his way.' He expects to get to Rochester Sept. 22, and will take his time for the rest of his Jjourney. The Boston Club has been fortanate in secaring the aid of a genius to write their bills. Before the recent visit of the Chicagos he caueed the dead- walls to be covered with the following lezend, mage more etartling by profuse nee of great big type: **Two Tremendous Games with the West- em Kings. The Chicagos, headed by the famous quarteltc of Doston gradistes, whoso great pro- cicncy on the diamond fleld reflects no lces credit upon themselves than upon their former instruct- ore, will receive a cordial welcome in these final came- from their hosts of friends, who will doubt- less throng the grounds to witnese these Desperate Champion Strugeles!™ Tt [s un even bot that the man who wrote that gradnated from the New York Sun editorial staff. Tre Tiisuxs noted some werks ago that the hcago and St. Louls Clubs wonid play & short This is bitterly denicd by the St. Louis Republican map, who snends Boie space in asserting that the series is only for gate money, znd not for any champlonship. Thus Is an effort to do a charitable action thrown away. The championsbip of the country is settled by zames won, and it is a fair in— ference that tho chimpionship of the West shonld be settled in the same way. The Chicagos huve won 2} games in the West and the St Louls have won 10. It was the Intention of the Chicago Club to afford their chief rntagonists another shy at the Western champlonship, b, if they refuse 1, well ani good: ‘hicago will carry the name of ** West- ern Chamnions ™ as well as float the pennant which indicutes $he championship of the country. A few days ago, Mr. Jack Chapman, mannger of the Louisv! b, said to 8 Boston ‘reporter that eeven of this year's nine had been sfzmed for next year. TiE TRIBUNE thereunon acked, ** What ab- ject have the management in withholdine the other names, if contracts have beén made?” Thie answer ie as follows from the Courier-Journal: *<It i none of your blastcd business. Keep your breaches on, for goodness' sake. Can't the Lonisville man- agement pledge any of their plavers withont notify- the all-powerful sport of TR TRIBUNE of their private aflairs® Tup TrisuNe suggests to the writer of the pafagraph above quoted that he read Sec. 2, of Art. II., of the League Constitution, and he will see that’ the Louisrille management are Drenking the rules, or else Chapman eays what is not trae. The section referred to explains that “'7t shall be the duty of a club. as s00n as it shall have entered into & contract with 8 plaer, to e a notification. " etc. Tne TRIBUNE did not ask the question for itself, but for the other ciubs. YACHTING. THE GRAND RACE OF THE CRICAGO YACHT CLUB came off yesterday for a series of prizes offered to the wihning bost of three classes. It wae a plens- apt day, with a fajr breeze from north, northwest, emooth surface, and everything favorable. Ata little after 1 the competing yachts, 12 in namber, ran in to the breakwater near Twelfth streetfor parting instracticns, and then stood off and on awaiting the signal to start. By some mistake the Ina got a Tong way out into the lake, and when the gun to make ready was fired she stood in, trying to make up in time to cover her five minutes when the second gun shonld fire. The rest of the boats were in & bunch, all on the starboard tack, and when the signal was given, all had way to make the rounding in good shape. The stake-boat was anchored abont 300 fect to eonthward of the signsl-flag staff, and on the report of the second gun all hands stood away to northward and westward, leavingthestake flag on the rtarboard hand, The Fleetwing round- edat2 o'clock 12 minutes and 10 seconds, closely followed by the Peri at 2:12:20; the Zephyr get- ting around at 2:12:30, footing and foot with the Mamle, which crossed at the same moment. The Lucy was close behind, passing et 2: Enterprise at 2:13:39; the Frolic at 2:13:47; the Carey at 2:14:23; the Lily at2:16:14; and the Ina at 2:17:24. The stretch on the starboard tack was a shn‘n ome, end the boat got the port | tacks on board at abour the same time, the Ina having mode up considerable of her lost time by going abontas she passed the stake, Some of the smaller craft stood further in, and on the stretch away for the head of the reakwater, they begen o tail. For some inconceivabls featon the Ina's poople set her b topeail, and as it drew only at the clew. all the rest fapping, it created 4 wind dranght that worked hor (o lomiard in spite of her efforts to eat into the wind. Neither her mainsail nor her fore staysail were ahoist, and her topping lift being lizht, left the after leech flapping in the wind. Her shirts didn't half fit. Three or four. mnsuccessful efforts were made to get her gaff topsail, and it was mot until the race was balf over that the rag cauld be made (o set. On the home streten, her balloon wasset to Jeeward of her fore staysail, when, as the wind was on ber port quarter, it shounld have been used in the place of & square-seil, to port, the best sailing tack of the boat. ‘There is 80me excuse for the sniling- master of the Ina. She is a pecaliar bont, and no man not thoroughly acquainted with her can take apd hondle her prettily. 1t takes 2 long expericuce in her to dbtect her faint ang strong pointa, and her peculiarities of rlg will puzalé the oldest sallor handling her cauvas for the irst time, The course was to the eastward of the crib, and then to a stake-boat anchored about a mile off Bel- mont avenue. The Mamic took the lead, the Frolic coming well up, the Ina working badly and losing ound in her efforts to work to windward undor er badly-drawing canvas, The Peri showed up to the perfect satisfaction of every onc interssted in her, and the Enterprise safled spiendidly. ‘Approaching the windward stake, the Mamie was 8 long strotch ahead and rounded at 4:20; the Frolic, at 3:24:01; the Perd, at 3. :35; the Ina,at 3:25:40; the Zephyr, at 3:30:35; the Enterorise, at 40. ‘The time of the rest was not taken, but they trailed along, keeping s fair showing for time and doing well. On the home-strefch, the Mamic etood off well to sonthward and eustward, leaving the crib a long way off, and standing down for some unaccounta. ble place or another. never pat down on a map of a yacht race. The Frolic atretched for the crib. The Ina was crawling up. Her course would hase carried her on the lecward quarter of the Frolic, and had she kept on_she could have crowded the Frolic off the crib, but by a fatal error she hanled up, and by trying to q‘?l to windward and weather- ing the Frolic, the Frolic crowded Aer off and rotinded the crib, dropping the Ina astern. The sailing-master of the Ina must have supposed that he could eat out the Frolic, and had the two boats been on the starbord tack, snd the wind from southward, the Ina would havc had some chance. but with the wind on the quarter, the course of the Ina was plainly to leaward of the ¥rolic, and this error lost the race for the white yacht. She “came in a few seconds behind the Frolic (actnal time), and bat for the mistake at the crib, apart from other errore, wonld have captured the flag. The Frolic rounded the crib, and straightened out for the home-stake. The Ing kept in her wake. The Mamic, fo whom, up to the time of flying off, the race rishteously and justly belonged, kept away for the Indiana bonnd- ary, and, losing the wind, bumped up and down on the lazy swell, and finally tizured her conrse for home, a badly beaten boat. - The others strained along, not arousing any particalur cnthusinsm by close racing or awift sailing, but all_making goo plar for time, the third and fourth class boats keoping well op to the second class and_winning credit for speed and skill of their sailors. The contestants rounded the home-stake in the follow- ing order: Yachi. The Frolic af The Mamic af ‘The Lucy at. The Natant threc classes of boats. The second class (no firet) consisted of the Frolic, d in 1na, Mamie, and Enterprise. The prize was aa clezant etk 'club flag, presented by Gilbert Hab- bard &CH¥ 'The third class consisted of the Cary, “Peri, Zephyr, and Natant. First prize, silver cup, presented by Commodore T, M. Bradiey; sccont prize, silver cup, presented by Jacob A. Wolford and others. Fourth class, Ficetwing, Lincoln, Lucy, and Lulu Pirst prize. Sherman-iouse cnp, presented by Col. A. Hulbert.. Second prize, silver cup presented by members of the Roard of Trade. ‘The following actual time will show the winners of the prizes: BECOND CLASS. 2 52 21 Peri winning first prize, snd Zephyr the second. FOURTH CLaBS. Flectwing winning the first prize, and Lucy tho sccond, - The jndges, Mesars. G. McDonald, J. E. Earle, T. E. Miller,’ Charles C.” Hilton. and R. Prindi- ville, will meet at the Sherman House Tuceday, to make the awards. At the conclusion of the race, Mr. Willlam C. Lyon pat in a claim on the part of the Froiic for a time-allowance I future races witk the Ina. He contends that the Frolic is a smaller boat than the Ton, and is entitied to two seconds per mile for cach foot of difference between the yachis. The matter is still under consideration. THE TURF. LOUISVILLE JOCKEY CLUB MEETING. LovisviLLs, Ky., Sept. 16.—The fall meeting of the Louisville Jockey Club will commence next Wednesday. The entries include all prominent thronghbreds of Kenrucky now on the turf, many Leing fresh from victory at Lexington last weel, Crowds of people are already arriving, and every- tling is Indicative of fine and successful sport. GENERAL NOTES. Tt is probable that the turf carcer of the Jolict stallion, Gen. Grant, is ended. He is troubled with an’obtinate aukle Ismeness. The only driver of note that is now regarded as honest is ‘Budd Doble. fie will never put p a Job,—unless for his horse to win. : George Longstaff, of New York City, has bonght of . H. Davis, St. Louls, Mo, , the 2-year-old bay colt Dr. Hewitt, by Pal Malloy, out of Yellow Bird by imp. Yorkehire. The Nashville Blood-Morse Aseociation Fall Mecting. wiich commences Saturday, Oct. 7, con- < days. They give three races each day, and the added money amounts to §5,000. The stallion Clifford, one of the winners at the late races at Warren, 0., was purchased by G. E. Ripple and others, of Warren, Aug. 21. He way owncd by Mr. §. Usiatt, of Newton Falls, and the price pald waa $1,000. Tt f3 now thought that the celebrnted stallion Gov. Sprague will he driven by Budd Doble at the Dreeders’ centennial meeting, where he is_entered in the 5-year-old race. [igbie, wha had charze of {ize hoeso during the ently gart of the scason, has been discharged by ir. . %, Case, the owner of Sprague, . The Rural Sun says: “*Mr. Jacob Zell, the owner of Bluckwood, Jr,, has a yearling colt by this famous_young stallion, ont of an Idol mare, that trotted last week over Mr. John Overton's helf-mile track, mile ont. in 4:06, mn harness. This 15 more remarkable when we add that it was the colt’s Grat time between siafts, Previous to this trial he had only been led by haiter by the side of un older horse. ™ The Chicago Field says that ‘‘at the recent Paughkcepeic races, It s stated that the owner of Slow-Go was offered $1.000 to let Adelaide win the race, and thet hearine of it, the judoes called Slow-Go's driver to the etand Thuraday morning and sold kim to drive to win or they would expel him and the horse from the Association. Lle won.™ ‘The fucts are that the Slow-Go party not only was offercd $1,000, but took the money, snd then won the race, It was fine case of dog eat dog. There is n vastamount of sense in the closing sentence of the following from the Chicago Post: ** Notwithsianding that there is promise of at least 8ix wecke of pleasant weather before the cold days patan effectual damper on outdoor spoits, the orsemen have about concluded their labors for the season, With the exception of the Breeders' Meeting at Philadeiphia on the 25th of the present mwonth, there is nof event of importance in an- ticipation. There wiil be fall meetings at ome of the noted tracks, but theyare always small affairs, not worthy of mention. Now that the Chicazo horsemen have returned from the Septilateral, their friends are treated to hair-raising accounts of the robbery and jobbery of th cvents. From all ac- counts the seven-sided affair that had thinus its own way this year, has died 8 natural death. Cleveland and Springficld—both ends— have claimed the same week for next year's meetings. and it i eltogether probable that instead of a septilateral we shall next year have two quadrilaterals, Chica- g0, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Rochester constitutinz the first, and Utica, Poughkeepsie, Hartford, snd Springfield. ” BILLIARDS. A MODEL HALL. ¥ Kow thet the colder weather is coming on and winter evenings are at hand itis a plessure to be sble to call the attention of the billiard_amateur to the finest billiard-room in the Tnited Statee—that known as Bronswick's, No. 126 Wash- ington street. With a creditable desire to give his friends the best accommodations that . conld be anywhere had, Mr, Emanuel Brunswick has completely refitted his gigentic hall and has put his 21 tables fn complete order in every partic- ular. New cloth, new balls, new cues, and every- thingin just sa handsome ehape asjit can beput, greet the visitor on every hand. Brunswick's has always been noted for having the best class of. cus- tomers in the city, and ita order, neatness, and Deauty have made it beyonddoubt **the" roum_of Chicago. = Asa matter of conrse the bar and cigar- stand of the hall are furnished to correapond with e rest of the equipment, and only the dneat arti- cles will be sold_over boih. Mr. Emanuel Bruns- wick deserves specfal mention for having been the means of getting Sexton and Slosson to piay in this city. ODD-FELLOWSHIP. History of the Origin of the Order. Sketch Showing Its Wonderfal Prog- ress and Prosperity. Interesting Facts and Statisticse-- ¢ Friendship, Love, and Truth.” Strength 6f the Order in Chicago—The Various Lodges. This week the Grand Lodge of the United States, Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, meets in annual communication in the City of Philadelphia, the session holding from Monday to Saturday. A brief and comprehensive his- tory of the origin, progress, principles, and teachings of this popular and flourishing or- ganization will at this time be of interest to the readers of THE TRIBUNE. While the cardinal principles of Odd-Fellowship are coeval with the creation of the world, the organization itself is of comparatively recent origin. Ignoring al- together the mythical and speculative theories ‘which represent the Order as having existed be- fore the Christian era, the fact is that Odd-Fel- lowship cannot be clearly traced back to a re- moter period than the early part of the last ceatury. ORIGIN OF THE ORDER. The Order of Oda-Fellows originated among the workingmen of the City of London, En gland, a few years previous to 1750, and in its first estate it was far different from the Oda- Fellowship of to-day. The organization was formed for social and convivin ‘purposes, sud in the first years of its existence no system of pecuniary bencfits was devised— themain object of meeting together evidently being for hilarious enjoyment and securing ob- livion to the trials and troubles of life. To con- vey some idea of the customs of Odd-Fellows in those times, we quote a verse from oue of thei favorite songs: Oh, what pleasure for to meet With friends so blithe aud jolly, Who ail delight for to dispel Che gloomof melancholy ! Then Jet us throw all core aside, Mo AT mellows 3y Priendship, Love, a A ‘\:{ilh every tyna Odfl'-F:IlmnT o ‘While it is true that the fraternity did not ac- cumulate a fund for benevoleut and charitable Urposes, it is nevertheless afact that they were in the habit of taking up a collection whenever & case of slckness or distress was made known to them, and it was no unusual occurrence for them to cut short their song or_story, and tem- porarily forget their dflipe and glass, When some urgent ‘appeal for rellef was presented. 8 the orranization increased in vroved instatus and standing, M ny worthy men, led by curiosity to pass the ordeil of the Orger’s mysterious ceremonies, became deeply interested in the welfare of the membership, and werc the means of building up the organi. zation, and creating o more favorable feeling among the uninitiated toward the Order. This moral and social advancement bas steadily pro- ressed up to the present time, until we observe in the fraternity of the United States as strik- ine a contrast to the Odd-Fellowship of the eighteenth centuryas it is possible to conceive of. PROGRESS OF THE ORDER. The ebbing and flowing tide of prosperity in the Order cannot be better illustrated than by briefly citing a few statistics of its status at dif- ferent periods in the history thereof. This Or- der first gslned a permavent footnold on this continentS7 yearsazro. In the month of Febru- ary, 1819, Thomas Wildey and John Welch, two Englishmen then residing in Baltimore, Md., inserted in the Baltimore American an adver- tisement in the following words: N OTICE TO ALL ODD-FELLOWS—A FEW MEM- bers of the Scclety of 0dd-Fellows will bs glad to meet thefr brethren for consultation npon the subject of for:ning & Lodge. The meeting will be held on Fri- day evening, the 2d of March, 1815. This advertisement was continued for one month, but failed to assemble a sufficient num- ber for the purpose, and the notice was reinsert- ed on the 2¢th of March, and produced the de- sired eflect. On the 13th April, 1819, John Welch, John Duncan, Jobn Cheathem, and Richard Rushworth assembled at the house of Thomas Wildey, and arranged with him the (p)rehmmarles for the formation of a Lodge of dd-Kellows, and on the 2th of April follow- ing the purpose was consummated by the institn- tion of Washington Lodge, No. 1. Here let us inquire how many attempts to reculate and reform society have been made sinice 1819,—some by governments and others by ceclcsistical organizations; some by means of weaslth, and knowledgze, and eloguence, and many thousands by the master minds of the centiry, bucked by the magic forees of fame and crudition? Yet of these profound theories and organizations how many have suryived to the present hour—Low many have left a solltary en- duriug impression upon the history of the racel - Noonc at that time conld have had a pre- seience that an obscure lodwe composed of five bumble individuals was the womb of one of the fgrandest institutions of the nineteenth centary. Tt has lived and grown and spread out like ‘s great cloud, beneath whose shadow the angels of cliarity minister to the woes of humanity, and from whose teeming bosom gush forth the early aud the Iatter rain of love, sympathy, and fra- ternity, through all the homes and hamlets of the fand. THE GRAND LODGE. The Grand Lodge of Marvland and the Dnited_States was informally vrganized on the 7th of February, 1521, when it was Rezolved, That it is expedient and neceesary to separate the legislative from the operative portion of the Order, &s well to insure system and uni- forwity as greater efliciency in conducting the businces of Odd-Fellowship. Thomas Wildey, the revered father and founder of American Odd-Fellowskip, was chosen to ‘preside over the Grand Lodgze. TFeb. 22, 1821, the charter of Washington Lodge, No. 1, of Baltimore, was surrendercd, with all its powers, into_ the possession of the Grand Lodge, and_on that occasion, the natal day of the reat Washington, the rezular busi- ness of the. Supreme Budy commenced. The original Washington Lodge still maintains a vigorous existence. Aug. 22, 1521, Fraokln Latge, No. 3, also of Baltimore, which was self- instituted Nov. 9, 1819, made application for charter under the jurisdictfon of the Grand Ludge, which was immediately granted. Nov. 22, 1821, the constitution of the Grand Lodge was adopted, the first article of which was as follows: The Grand Lodge is composed of Past Grands of. all the lodzes within the State, that shail he acting under 2 legal charter, and in obedience to the Con- stitution of the Grand Lodge, and must consist of at least five Past Grands from one or_more lodges. The tota’ receipts of the Graud Lodge during the year 1522 were $43.23. April 18, 1823, char- ter was granted to Massachusetts Lodge, No. 1, organized on thesel{-instituting principle March 20, 1820, aué Fatber Wildey was deputed to convey said charter to its destination. June 13, 1323, “applications for charters were reccived Trom Columbia Lodge, No. 1, of New York City, and Pennsylvania Lodge, No. 1, of Pennsyl- vania, which were duly. granted. In the sume year it was resolved that at the ope.ing and c¢losing of the lodges, the song * Hail Colum- bia,” De sung. Nov. 22, 1823, charter was grant- &d to Columbia Lodge, No. 8, of Baltimore. Feb. 23, 18%, it was resolved to have but one general anniversary of the Order, and that the time be on the 26th of April. April 15, 1824, the Grand Lodze of the United States was regularly formed, and the City of Baltimore was sclected as its permanent seat. The Order then comprised six subordinate lodzes—three in Baltiniore, one in Philadelphia, one in New York, and one in Boston. It was then resolved that the Grand Lodge hail with Emle(ul remembrance the day when the Grand harter was vested In the Past Grands, the death-blow of schism and dlssension, and the epoch of prosperity in the Order. The first anoual communication of the G. L. U. 8. was held Feb. 22, 1825, Thomas Wildey, G. M., in the chair. Inthat year the number of lodges was nine. In the same year the title of the chief executive officer of the G. L. U. 8. was chznged from Grand Master to Grand Sire, in order to distinguish him from the principal officer of a State Grand Lodge. In 1826 the number of subordinate lodges had increased to 12, In that year Grand Sire Wildey visited Epgland, and while there he obtained an emblem re})reseuting our forefather, Adam, oundation-stone of the ancient and ears, 1t im- Taying the hunorable Order of Odd-Fellows, which an his return he presented to the G. L. U. S. Some of the brotherhood at that time confidently be- lieved that Adam was the original Odd-Fellow; and of course this wasthe case uatil he was made even by the creation of Eve. In 1827 there were 14 lodges. Inthat year the Emmpm;m bmnch“ol the grder was Ln; augurated by the organization of Encampment No. 1, whicli afterward took the name of “Je- rusalem.” In 1830 the Order had extended into six States “and the District of Co- lumbis, comprising 58 subordinates, with a total membership of about, 5,000. The reported revenue was nexrly $16,000. The present dis- tinguished and venerated Grand Secretary of the G. L. U. 8, Gen. James L. Ridgely; was admitted a Representative to the Grand Lodge in1831. In 1833 Father Wildey, who had for eight years most acceptably and Taithfully filled the position of Grand Sire, was succeeded in that office by James Gettys, of the District of Columbiz, In 1855 the Opder had gained a foothold in Maryland, New York, Pcnus‘vlvanh, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Oblo, Lou- isiana, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Virginia, comprising 96 lodges, nearly one-half of which were located in Pennsylvania, a jurisdiction Wwhich still takes the lead in point ol wealth and membership, having now over $00 Lodges and a membership excecding 100,000. GRAND SECRETARY RIDGELT. In 1340 James L. Ridgely, P. G. M., was elect- € to the oflice of Grand Corresponding and Tie- cording Secretary, which honorable and exalted position he has stnce held, covering a period_of 46 years; and in all candor it must be conceded that the Order is im.:n!cnlsb]‘{ indebted to the indefatigable labors of Grand Secretary Ridgely for its present prestige, power, and rrasperil’. For several years he has had a valuable assistant inthe person of Theodore A. Ross, formerly Grand Representative from New Jerscy. Mr. Ross is a genial gentleman, and one of the best- informed 0dd-Fellows in the country. THE ORDER SINCE 1840.’ 0dd-Fellowship may be said to have received its first erand impetus about the year 1840. At that time there were Lodges in 21 States and Territories, having an agzregate of 11,166 mem- bers in 155 Lodges. The number of Encamp- ments in the same year was 36, with 463 mem- bers. Recelpts, 363,000; relief, about $3,000. We now look forward & decade, when, in 1850, there were rvépuned under the jurisdiction of the G. L. U.§. 31 State Grand Lodges, 2,35¢ Subordinate Lodges, and 174,357 members— showing the extraordinary increase in 10 years of about 1,600, per cent. The Order’s revenue augmented fo the same time from $03,000 to $1,310,000. In 1835 there were 35 Grand and 3,~ 313 Subordinate Lodges, with 200,000 members. In 1860 the number of Lodges had increased to 8,547, but the agzregate had fallen off to 173, 818, ' This result was brought about by the gen- eral “weeding ont of those members who cither manifested uo interest in the work of the Order, or were adjudged unworthy to hold mem- bership in the fraternity, so that while the mem- harsh{E diminisled, the strength, reputation, and efliciency of the institution bad materially increased. = In 1865, owing to the Civil War, the number of contributing members bhad diminished to 153,584, aud there were only 2411 working Lodges reported. It is a noteworthy and siz- nificant fact that the Order of Odd-Fellows was the only institution—social, political, or secta- rian—which preserved its unity unbroken throughout that terrible and bloody strife, a re- markable fact that has been recorded in the au- nals of our nation’s history. Apropus of this fact {s the following testi- mony of the Grand Master of Texas, Wwho, in adverting to the animus of the G. L. U. 8., re- veals onc of the sccrets of this barmony and good-will which have ever subsisted between the brotherliood of all scctfons. He says: In this m&mb!lge of the Representatives of onr Order (ihe G. L. U. S.) no unkind word was ut- tered, but the most cordial and friendly greetings were mutaally exchanged by brothers who met for the flrst time, whose homes are thousands of miles geparated, but recognizing the bonds of brother- hood that hound them together by obligations the ‘most eacred, they met tozether s one family—as if they had been friends” from childhood. at a contrast is presented between our Order and the olitical organizations that rule our ' comntry! Frow the former (0dd-Fellowship) we have re- ceived nothing but kindncss, manifestations of sympathy, and snbstantial 8id to assistus in baild- ing up our waste places, and reconstructing our dges. It is thus that Odd-Fellowship is engaged n cementing the sundered bonds of anlon. O, ‘when will the nations learn to practice those great recepts of our Divine Master upon which our smer is founded? Since 1565, 0dd-Fellowship bas zained ground with surprising rapidity, havine sow s eontrib- uting membership of about 500,000 members in apward of 6,000 lodges, which are distributed through every State, district, and Territory in the Union, in the Lower Provinces of British North America, the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario, British Columbla, the Sandwich Isl- ands, Australia and New Zealand, the German Empire, Switzerland, and South America. In ), 11,000 Odd-Fellows on the Continent; and now 500,000. Such progress is unexampled in the histoky of secret societies. The number of Odd-Felluws in the world is over 1,000,000. The Order is now receiving accessions to its mem- bership at the rate of 50,000 & year, and two new lodges are instituted on an’average every week-day in the year. The total revenue of the Order last year was over $4,000,000, and the dis- bursements for relieving the sick and dis- tressed, burying the dead, assisting the widow, and educating the orphan, exceeded $2,000,000. Verily, these are facts and figures as astonish- ing as they are gratifying, and they are well culated to remind us of the fnspire Prophet's words: *There shall be a hanaful of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; but the seed thereof shall shake like Lebanon, and they of the city shall flourish as the grass of the earth.” The good sced planted by the hand of Father Wildeyeprungup, survive theanorl‘hin? heat and cutt] Ew{n of prejudice and opposi- tion. and, by tGe blessing of Heaven, has be. come 2 majestic tree, whose branches shadow the land as the waters cover the ges. PRINCIPLES OF ODD-FELLOWSIIIP, ‘We will now proceed to consider the vrinei- les of the Order. They are coeval with Deity. efore the hills were formed, or the earth called forth from chaos, they lived with Jehuvah When God said, “‘Let there be tight,” then benmned forth from heaven, radiating from tns very throne of the Most High, oue of the prom- inent features of the sacred system, Truth,— omnipotent, immaculate, eternal Trath. Friend- ship, Love, and Trath are _the cardinal princi- ples of Odd—i"ellawih{{l,—frienllsl‘p toward 2il mankind; love to the Fatber; truth in all the daties and retations of life. Friend- ship, that shiclls from reproach, averts impending danger, counsels aguinst evil, re- lieves from distress, defends from aspersion, assails the sssailer, and whose very wounds ara faithful. Love, whose gentle nature adds for- titude to courage, whose calm endurance Freasu eagerly forward where even friendship falters, whio is readly to be sacrificed Where siie cannob save, and to perish by the blow that she cannot avert from others, and whose self-devoting he- roism reaches the sublime of all that imagination has conceived of affection and beanty. Truth, ‘whose severe symmetry and stainless perfection, joined to the gruces of her sister virtues, and without whom they could not exist even in a poct’s fdney, blen them into one, and._harmon- ize with them in the realization and ¢embodiment of one, “the greatest of themall,” the Christian grace of Charity. THE CHICAGO FIRE, When the startling intelligence flashed across the land that Chicazo was in fames, nonc mors promptly came to the relief of its homeless and suffering thousauds than the Odd-Fellows. ‘While the devastating flood’ of flame was still sweeping on, the Lodges were convened in emergent session, and thousands of dollars con- tributed toward relieving the sufferers’ imme- dizte wants, and no less than R182, were fransmitted by the Order to this stritken city. ‘Ihis is what may be termed practical benevo- lence, and shows what can be accomplished by organized, united effort. IS IT A RELIGIOUS SOCTETY? It has been asked, and doubtless in perfect sincerity, whether the Order of Odd-Fellows is areligious or mere secular society. Thae reply to this query is, that it must Aepend wholly upon the sense in which the term * religion” is ciuploved. The members are taught on the threshold of the institution to reverence God, and never to wention His holy name but with such feelings as are due from” the creature to the Creator; to be industrious, frugal, sober, and temperate; to act upon the * Golden Rule;” to love thelr fellow~creatures, do them justice in all things, and never to be content while they are in distress and it is in theirpower to relieve them. These teachings are Ulustrated and enforced upon their minds at every step of their propress. In practice, the Order’s funds are devoted to the relief of human suffer- ing in various forms. Its proper offi- cers are, from week to week, and from da y, enraged In _visiting to da the sick, c{usinz the eyes of the dying, interring the dead, relieving the widow, and protecting and educating the fatherless children. If tuis is religion, or any part of it, then 8o faras these things zo Odd-Fellowship is a religious fnstitu- tion. But when it comes to the qnestion cf creeds and sects, it Iays no claim to befng_enti- tled to the name of 2 relFiou! society. While it inculeates a veneration for religion, it studi- ously avolds all afinity with systems of faith or £ects, in accordance with the doctrine of frater- nity and toleration and the universal brother- hood of man. This is the whole truth in regard to this point. The age of opposition to Odd-Fellowship be- cause it is a secret—or, rather, private—society, has well-uigh passed away. The public gener- ally have become enlightened as to this matter, and mow, . lnowitg the objects and purposes of its symbolic language,—that they are good and right, refining and ennobling,—the uninitfated are glad of fts marvelous progress and prosperity. THE ORDER IN CHICAGO. The subjoined list shows that there are in this clty 37 Lodges, eight Encampments, and four Degree of Rebekab Lodges, . 0. 0. F., all in & thriving condition and working t up co the standard. Of tbe Lodges 16 work in the Ger- man language and one In the French. Four En- campments and three Degree of Rebekah Lodges also render the ritual in German. The follow- ing directory will be found convenfent for refer- ence: MONDAT. Chicago Lodge, No. 55. Lake and LaSalle. Rainbow, No. 400, tobey and West Madison. Eclipse, No. 404, No. 1372 State. Home, No. 416, Adams sud Fifth avenue. XNew Chicage, No. 508 (German), Ne. 227 Nor®d avenue. - Progress, No. 524, No. 112 Randolph. mmL rdia, No. 536 (German), No. 51 Nerth i Perseverance, No. 587, Clinton and Randolyly TUESDAY. Duase, No. 11, No. 112 Randolph. Excelsior. No. 22, Clark and Wasbington. sanobert. Blom, No. 58 (German), Lake and Lar salle. Fort Dearborn, No. 214, Halsted and Madisel: Lincoln Park, No. am?'xo. 3 Sedgwickc, H‘ngtz;gwemm, Xo. 484 (German), No. 619 Sonth John G- Potts, No. 561, Bine Island avenne snd WEDSESDAT. Jarmonia, No. 251 (Germaz), Cllaton and Ras- Sl ; Hofanng, No. 353 (German), Taon and Mitehe ell. Garlen Gity, No. 389 (German), No. 215 Reae loiph. Hutton, No. 398, No. 1372 State, First Swedish, No. 479, Clark and Wi hingtom. Silver Link, No. 521, Blue Island avenuc and Fourteenth. Waller and Eintracht, No. 531 (German), Rochsmbeau, No. 532 (French), Halsted aad Madison. R Twalfth. TRURSDAT. Tnon, No. 9, Clark and Washinzton Goethe, No. 329 (German), No. 2350 Milwanken avenue. Lily of the West, No. 407 (Gerdan), Waller and Donglas, No. 432 (German), Sonth Pack avenne and Tienty-seventh. Templar, No. 440, No. 16 South Talsted. Elis, No. 447, No. 800 Cottage Grove avenve. Syria, No. 451 (German), No. 51 West Lake. Palme, No, 467 (German), Turner-Hall Biock, North Clark. Olympis, No. 477 (German), North Clark snd Michigan. South Park. No. 438, Lake and LaSalle. Northern Light, No. 544, No. 103 Clybourn sv= enue. Peabody, No. 813, No. 554 South Halsted. FRIDAT. North Chicago, No. 30 (German), Tarner-Hall Block, North Clark. Northwestern, No. 358 (German), 250 Milwan- kee avenue. ExcANPWENTS, Humboldt, No. 101(German), first and third Mondsys, No. 260 Milwanice avenue. Teatonis, No. 11% (German), first and third Tuesdays, ‘Union and Mitchell. Germanin, _No. 40" (Gorman), firat and third Thursdays, N6, 112 Randoloh. Chicazo, 10, first 2nd third Fridays, Clark and Washington. Hermann, No. 110 (German), first and third Fr!‘dg)'l. South Fark avenne and Twenty-seventh. Tilinois, No. 3, second and fourth Fridays, Clark and Was] n. . Adriel, 108, second and fourth Fridays,- Hi:hlex‘l almd Madison. xcelsior. No. 108, second and fonrth Fridays, No. 1872 State. s % BERERAD DEGRRE Lobaes. Isy. No. 14.+first and third Friday. Thnsnelda, Xo. 43 (German), second Satnrday. Germania, No. 45 ((crman), ‘third Tuesday. Eureka, No. 58 (Germany, fitst Monday. GIAND LODGE AND GRAND LNCANPUENT. The Grand Encampment, 1. 0. 0. F.. of Illinofa will convene in annnal sesion in the City of Jack- sonville, Tueadny morning, Oct. 30, 1876. The annnal session of the Grand Ledze of ‘this jurisdics 30: v{‘i,ll open in the same city on the evening of et. 10. g TTENS, On Thursday, Sept. 14, Prairie City Encamy ment No. 177 was institutedat Prairie City, TIl., by Grand Seribe J. C. Smith, of this city. ' The degrees were conferred upon 15 candidates. The Chicago Battalion of Patriarchs will run an eXcursion train to the Grand Lodge session at Jacksonville, Iil, leaving this city on the evening of the Jth of October next. ‘The uniformed Battalion of Patriarchs, I. 0. 0. F., formed in their hall, Halsted and Madison streets, at 1 o'clock yesterday afternooun, and marched to the depat of the Baltimore & Oiilo Railroad, where at 8 o’clock they took a special train for Philadelphia, via Washington. There were about 30 in the rich and showy encamp- ment uniform of the Order. They carried ‘s magnificent banner of heavy white figured silk, fringed with gold, with 3 purply centre orna~ mented with the crossed crooks, and the inseription, ** Chicago Battalion of Patriarchs.” The officers are: ~A. H. Waggener, Chiet Captain; A. G. Lull, First Subordinate; Johm P. Foss, Second Subordinate; H. C. Hoffman, Standard-Bearer. They are toparticipate in the nd Centennfal celebration of ths Order in hiladelphia on the 20th inst. Om the same train are from 400 to 500 Odd-Fellows and thelr families from Ilinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Mic MARINE. PORT HITRON. Spectal Dispaich ta The Triduse. Porr Horox, Mich., Sept. 16.~Dowr~Props Vanderbilt, James Fisk, Jr., Prussia, Annis Smith, Vienna, Alaska and tow; achrs San Die- go, Fame, Sam Cook, Homer, M. A. Tremble, Republic, Wacoma, Schuylkill, Alleghany, Aunt Rath, Elgin. Up—Props Nebraska, Burlington and barges, Antelope ana barges, Schnoor and consort, Araxes and barges; schrs Mi Dandel G, For, Wavainen vt e chlgac, Wixp—North, gentle; weather fine. The sehooner Elgin ran into the schooner S, H. Eimball, which was at anchor here this morning, and carried away all ths Kimball's headgear, bowsprit, and_jibboom. The Elgin was only slightly damaved. (ol Dispatch to The Tridune. Port HuRON, Micl.. Sept. 16—il p. m.— Dowx—Propellers Westford, China, Mary Jar- reckf, Colorado, Henry Howard, Dihuque and barges, Oaklund and barges: sehioners Young America, Laura, Robert Gaskin, Cbarger, Alice Richards, Ferret. Ur—Propellers Jav: Newburgh, Tempest and barges; schooners Massillon, 8. V. R. Wate son, Tasco, Winp—North, fresh; weather fine. . THE CANAL. BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 16.—ARRIvED—Momning Light, Ottava, 3,500 bu corn, 1,000 bu_ outs, 3,~ 8201bs seed; A. Wilson, Morris, 5,000 bu corn; prop Gond, Henry, 4,700 bu corn. CrearED—Orion, Marsellles, 12,500 ft Jume ber; prop Montaik, Lockport, 4,452 bu wheat; prop Victar, Ecnncyin, 51,801 1t lumber, 33 m. shineles, 25 m lath: Gypsy Queen, Hennepin, 4,720 ft lumber, 62 m shinzles; Friendship, Sencea, 76,243 ft lumber. DMARQUETTE. Special Dispatch to The Triduns. ~ MarquerTr, Mich., Sept. 16.—ARRIVED— Props N. Swain, Fletcher, Keweenaw; schrs A, C. Maxwell, Clara Parker, Ironton. Cresrep—Stmr Keweenaw, for Duluthy schrs John Martin, Clara Parker, John O'N A. C. Mazwell, Passep Ur—Prop Cuyahoga, STORE RENTEL REMOVAL OCT. |I. | T NS} AT < E Fos s e S ] The building now occupied by us having been rented tc other parties, and being obliged to vacate on Oct. [. next, we will sell the entire balance of the late Geo. Qil- bert Bankrupt Stock, ai SUCH PRICES as will insure its sale AT ONCE. This stock was bought at Assignes Sale in bulk ‘AT 30 CENTS on the dollar. The balancs lefton hand we are determin- ed 1o sell at ANY PRICE, rather than remove. Parties will find this bona fide. L. . FAIRBANK & ©0., 267 & 269 Wabash-av, WANTE good. buainess, centrally locatads A good store for onr bilng, merd, S 20, 267 & 259 Tabsah-ow,