Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 11, 1876, Page 7

drupkg, 1 \ S THE CINICAGO TRIBDUNE: SA'LURDAY, RNOVERBIKR L1, LE76—'TWILVIS PAGIN,. T RFVIVAI‘ that they had committed the unpordonabie sin, | eves beenure e would not give bimsclf up to | own barharlan rellzfon among the pollahied dis- | #un present n most gorecons appearance, The | tained a reputation for unblemished businessins AMUBENIRNTE.- THE A & aied that thore was no hope for them, Matthew | ho saved without_any eftorts of s own. The of Confuchin and Budilm, The Chinese | two most notable tanples, “Wat Chang? and | tegrity, probity, and honesty, ‘Three chiliren | ~m ioerment sonmemmn s asananannnns sabd whosocyer suoke n word ngainst the Son of | thirie for you to do i you woull be saved 18 Lo | scem to be fmbued with n whimsical superatl- | % Wat F'a,” stand opposits toeach other an each McVICKER!S TIHEATRE, Temperance Meeting in Farwell Hall. T by Mr Moody---Exporlences AMm'gf sgme of the Redecemed, EEN part of Mr. Moody’s Lecture on s the Holy Ghosts S, Sorvices at tho Tabornacle—Bal- vation Through Josus. A 0rand Trening TEMPERANCE DAY, SEICES AT e openiag of the ¢ was s0 great ot the ope: The '&‘:,‘:,_.‘;:ucrguy that Mr. Moody asked nflfl“':y‘u {0 lenve tha hall anid go down to n ting in the room pelow. 1lis most carnest Lo n%nl however, fafled to move moro-than u[‘linl! dmt pumber, nndr thoy went very re- only tomake roumn for porsons d 2‘;:‘;:3,’"‘:, more fn yeed of tho sorvice than mfl‘:::‘x’;flng e famfitar hymn, “Thero fan wd with blood,” tho requests for m“l:mmfl.l\!fthrcu {n number; wore read by the n:"i’ Davls. Among them was @ request R M, o o slsters nddlcted to drink, oo f“”’")imcmnrrlcr who s sorcly tricd and for l( 3 one for a clerzyman who has fallen s t;.'mung drlnk, for four husbands, for llfl:;“)' sons, for the saloon-keopurs ¢lgd liquor-manufacturers of Chicngo, for the e work in Cleveland, Daston, and '"“?tmm 0., and o similar request frow Mr. S, on behaltof Waseay, Tud., whero ho 1¢ now boiding meetings. Prayer wns then B e Mr. Spencer, “ltock of ofered by the lswuurllx' the singlng wonl Agas” W38 B hatl was jamincd, nnd the lower came o hat B o o away i suflelont B to v made o second ovorflow meet- ing. THUE ADDRESS. Tigs thirteenth clapter of John, sald Mr, Moody, don't come i unlss at our temperanco llix’g today. In tho twellth chapter Christ et L4 ough with this worldy wiich had s guleh ond nd. s work nud i tho et o s to_1lis discipice. In_ ths. chapter We haye the fall of Judas and of Peter forstold, ) 0 rdly one of tho Christinn graces h,fi"‘.fi?.n‘i"é'm% ean counterfeit better than humllity. In tho fifty-seventh chapterof Inalah at the fiftecnth verse, we havethe words: * For 4% saith tho High and Lofty Une that tuhabit- etheternity, whose name 13 holy: Ldwell in fie hizh md holy place, with i nlso that: s of soontrite and hunible spirlt to vovive the spirit ot the humble, and to revive the leart of the witfte ones.” 8o you seo thera ore tro places whero ° God - dwells, In ihe leights of otornal glory and n the hesrtof the humbls behever. The-chiof {rouble with Petor was his scif-confldenco; hoe oasted that bie wax willing to lay duwn his lifo for his Master’s sake, and one of the other Gog- 1s uakes him say, ©'Though all men should Emkc Thee, yet will not L" But we know how it was when ho came to be tempted. There sroa god many. men- who aro under tle power of strong dritik, who say, I can. get rd of my appetite by myself, but when they tome to put thelr” own- strength totgetesty they find 1t 18 perfect wenkniss, Sme of the stronirest men in the Bible lave fallenat the polnt of _tholr ereatest strength, The only ilmo that I“Allubur;i Castlo was ever taken was when the enemy clinbed up on tho back slie, which was thought to bo so steep s ot to need any guards Abratiam was the father of the faithful, yet boso far fofled {n his trust in God that hioac- tually denied his own wite for fear of troubls on \er account. There was uo man so meek s Moscs, yet lw lost Canaan by asing his temper, sod - saylng,. * Have e ot to bring water out of the Tuck for revels like you?" ali was noted for his cournge; set onee when that woman Jezebel wrote him o Jutler it almost eenred him out of lis wits, so thatke went and sat down undir n juniper troe and wished himsolf dead. Peter was one of the three favorite disciples who had seen Christ's first miracle, aud was with Him on the Mount of Transtiguration, yet be Is the first to deny: his Master, and sweathie did not know who He'was, The Devil afins very ligh, When he wanted omebody to lcnfll{ niatust Josus Chrlst at 1ls trial, e choso the ligh Priest, thienighicst ceele- slasthal officer In the world, "When he wanted somebody to bettuy §bm ho went right in amongst the twelve, und eliose the Treasurer for s purpose, and then fie chooses Peter nnd berets Bian 50 a8 to make him turn his back on the Lond when He was most inneed of tlio pres- e anil eympathy of His frionds. My Iriends, letus ot ehink of trying Lo save ourselves; it {snly by the power of Chrlst that those wen tan e delivered who have been- taken captive by the devil of strang drink, After these brief remarks Mr. Moody offered anesriest prayer a belnlf of the cuscs that Lad been presented, Mr. Sanlkey then sang the tlo entitfed % What Shall the ITorvest Ho? [rr!:rlng it with an Incldent {n which this song: :\::;'i.:fivm used for the conversion of a young in= 3r. Moody then cailed on . SAWYER, who gave Bome account of the Gospel temper- sice work [n New York City, which comnenced et or ten months ngo} speaking amone ?u»m of a mun wha nccmu{ to by utterly [r:.\(. Lut whu after six nonths of ei- ‘:'rll wus ot length brought to Chirist. < o¢ Was converted tharoughly,” said. Brother bawrer.] iy {umud on the uld har-rooms, and ik.mh:l ie Phillistines. hll} and thigh, bottle and by pipeand plug” The foliowing note he ‘,zmust recelved from this gentdemun at' New i “:&;I[Pm:.vn SAwvEn: You do not know how de- Tingag, e In readinig youe words at tho Fridn (oilog; 1 conld not hefp shedalug tears, (o % inyon, and you aro n th right_place. I havo s T s, gt il e, wieaue, fw delightod 1o gorTee. oo 2 eaieon This Citanczs: 1, Binvviva, 4 dnifl man who used to epond-his Sundsys In l‘""&gl%‘;ér“{‘x‘xe tllxlns, t}m fihar o of the Tem- e -, Sawyer then made referouce to his own :mfl‘l‘m“ a3 reported fn Tie TRIDUNE Inst i :{.n{xd ¢losed by saying, **Job had o hard - nl It; but dod” turned awny his. troubles bt ;%‘fi':{; 3 J‘:“y for Mt'h frionds.” " S was 01 Rescue the Perlshing," after “'r‘m!c‘llnug’ saitind - ML CUMMINGS f! lhn:,hicn;m Board of Trade, who has recent- e s Ouyurted, arose to give his oxperionce. ) Yvas not what Is called o low-down the nig ut if you had been at say housu on e uvslmn fuy wifo and my oid muther caie Lo UR for e, and woep over me when 1 Emmmcdmnk you would know more about e nnwx‘w of my fiome than it {s necessary for bl g oulcll you. I have spont: moro than i L(un' of dollara {n the scrvice Clipgy ™, but! that 1 have found 0 i, he no less falthinl neetings, ppattended ous of Mr, Moody's Pret R& and went fnte the lug uiry-room, l.':w.y foon I was token sick. I think it was rom e Providence that shut nio-up fnm it Mp “O‘g}"‘ my Bible and another little boui there, ' 00UY Gove e, fur I found’ thie Savior “Let my to ' persuade vou who are commencin “;‘:}rn& o nluk tiero s o hari o taktng far before l:‘gflm.fl every day, to stop at once, m'f: oF J;;.n‘.v"'"u of it you will be fn the M, yponseting closed with further yemarks by ga'u.f{f‘:,‘}" ¥ho rulated soverul. intereating i ! reforin and Vel Persingl mmf.‘fl"""’“ brought about TUR AFTEI.MBETING, d&:flm:n'-h jneeting i the Tawe. ol was con- %“‘"l"uyfllléflmh m‘};‘rrtéxln nzu Spencor, The ™ . ey i J.‘T&f} l{gnuu, Col; K. I 'C:uvl':,mnnl(.:\?‘!i!‘: Ii'y- Be ovorfl gk, oW mecting wag ) kal Shd Yratkee Burndln, aaleted Tt le:: twen d Tiftany, ‘Tuere were fifteen Moot : FEONS up fur prayes {Ifi% :?lonnud wen's proyor-ineeting In - SawyCr py, oy, ¢ports already not fai rag :fi‘,’.":“;‘{'vng tho drunlarnts: of {;:l?q‘;g) ng gy gaked low many there wero still seoke mmu‘::l‘;‘l;c, replled, 40, 1 don’t gnows “Omy rigyy P hungry for.tha truth that they, now mean. to ,who Jolned Mr, s TIE MOLY aGHOST. M, SECOND DISCOURSR. 8y Y dellvered bis second Alsconrso on \'kmnonl_’ Ghoat™ ot Parwell Hall yesterday W degy !:Juno 8 large uudicnc was present, . oy Teat was taken in the all- ml:&- The prelimtnary pmmflflmflh\figfl Qevotionay character, and sppeared to I P o B0 amount of religlous fervor, My eociug his. lecture, Afy. Moody- sald A-nu;&'nfil"" Asked what was the power of Reoplawera. of opinfon God should be forg tut that he whe sald nught auninst the Holy Spleit. shonlid nefther ha forgiven in this ‘worll nor In the next, Mark sall something simitar, with this wlditionn] use, which “diseovercd fts trug ancanine: they naid Tle hath an unclean apirit,’? This appeareit to refer 1o those who thuneht that Chiriel performul His miracles tivough tho Lrince of Darkness, But no man ever said that Ghrist waa the Prince of Devils, and it was u question whether thd nnpardonablo sin was commitivd nowadays. A man infght g0 down to his 1frm'e strivine agafust tho 1Tuly Splrit, but he thought that God never wave npy a man whilo thete was Mfe I him. o had Ticard meu swear h{' God and by Jestr, bt only onca had e heard o man swear by the Hoty Ghosty nnid then he laoked for the feliow to fall down deand. ‘That might be blaspliemy, but it was ot the wnpardonablo sin, How urs we to know that we invo the Spiritd e contended that the dortrine of assurance was tuught tn the Bible as cleasly as any other doetring. Thoso who lad really bean boringaln did not douht the fact, but fnew ity und hal Bllle nur.lmr".{' for fauling that thelr knowledwo was correct, Wo need not hu fn darkness {2 wa took the Biblo on this point, for there wore many puseages which make I cloar that” those who ]mm-,uml vl were lerd by tho Spirit were all right on tho eternal, )ite question, DL any one think that the drunk- wedds, rumblers, anid other sinners were led by the Shmt?. No, 1 wero led by the flesh, When the 8pirit led peoplo, pence and comfort prevalled smone them, But the uneonverted should not [ook for the witness of the Spirit, That was the stwmbilng-blork (o many b the (Ill|ll|r{-m()|u. We must: know that we had besn deltvurod and horn of the Spirit-before we eould du much. good {n tho conversion of sine netr, ripture also talke of belng ** sealed by the Toly Ghost.” It was the blood that cleansed us, anid alterwvards we nre clean for the Huly Spirit to divell Tt us, and wa neo seated for tho day of redamption, Tho Joly Spirit dwolt in eyery bellever, In regand. to"the work of the Holy Ghost, he sofd it was w_teatify of. Chivist, When men held up Jesua and kept Him befurs the world, ~then it was that the lhrl?’ Spirit did: fis work, Tho mighty power of the Chiristian religion was en- tirely “owing to the testimeny of the Holy Ghost. Chirlst’s death would Tave been for- gotten in thirty years if {t nd not Iven for the testhinony of the lluli' Spirit, Gord did not fn- tend tlhat we showld wnildorstand the IHoly Ghosts 1ta mission was to testlly of Christ, and, when it descenderd u‘pm men, conviction would strike into thelr souls. u worli of the Spirlt was to talk about the sheent. bridegroom, wud nob about ftaell. Vhie Moly Ghort & wor eakl In one vince, ht us- wint to do, and gudded ug thraugh the preseot and the futire, The Bibie was the trivst book he ever read un- H'he was converted; when it was transiormend into tho most seveptable tomes In the world, A oo mauy proplu thought that when they weat- ed the news they must consult the nows- papers, Tho Bl wus the unly newspaper ne the world; it told us what™ lad fuken Fllau and what-would happen in the future, snd { tidicd it wo wonld eeo wonderful things contalned’ thorein, The Bible revenled thie deep and hidden things of the Gospel, Pag- sngres tiat wers dark and inysterfous to him five years ago, were now as pluin 83 A B C, and the things: that were dark $o-duy, he expected would be made light to-morrow, We could not flnd out all abont Qo ot onee, but L the Holy Spirit tayeht us we would flnd wonderful thimgs I the Word of Gl Tt we wanted to know the "seurets of Heaven, the anty method of Jearning them was to comnune with Godand the Bible o aur closets, The sorvice was brought to o close by the ben- ediction pronounced by the Rev, Mr. Goodwin. LAST NIGIT. THE TABEINACLE was nearly filled last ulght; thers must liave been nearly 7,000 persons present, and the spirit of the meetinig was hopeful and fnspiring. 1t s evident that slnee clection the tido of re- Tigious fuith ond fervor ls steadlly ristu. Mr. Sunkey sung, * Walting el Watehing,” ond the congregation and ¢hotr sung, ** There is life for a look nt tho crucifled one,” and tho good' old liymn, “Jesus, lover of my soul” The. Serlpture Jesson was Acts, xvl, 2355 the avcount of the conversion of tho Jaller of Philippl; and tho text was fromn the same chap- ter, at the 30th verse, * Sirs, what must 1 do to be saved 2" Suld Mr. Moody: 1 Iiko thesc personal texts. Let this question go round this Nl to-night: & Am Isaved?” Ihiere nre o good muny peuple Tiere who ure anxious about their temuuoral sul- vatiot; perlinps they ave out of work, und { were to tel) them that I hud employment for all thatwanted it,whataerowdof peuple there would® be pressing ap to the platfornt to get it, But 1 hava something better than work to offer you tonfghts 1 como to offer you salvation. Some of you may have wronz idens of what you must to'to be saved: ‘That young ean who eame to . Christ.to know what “ho must do to inherit cternal life thought he was all rights he hod kept the Jawj; but Christ put His finger right on the weak place in his nature, his covetousness,—and the young man went away sad and unsaved; he was not wilting to make n complete consecration, A\‘(I“'! the Lord says, Dound llve;” grace suys, * Live and do.”" Balvation {s u gift; it it were to bo had for worls, then ft would bo a glft no longer. When tho Phillopean juiler asked Paul ond Silns what hie must do to be saved, they did not tell him, “Ga work, go weep, go pray;" they told him to beliove. T'want to mako the way very plain te-nigh It is very slmple. You mnay be suved right ) lietore Sou go out, of this Labernacle, Look at the case of the failer, o went to bod un fm- penitent sluner, and he was convieted, cor Verted, and fie a6d all Lis family wero baptize and jolned the church beforo sunrise. Qulcl work that, But If God s golug. to give us somothlng, why should He” bu six mmonths about iti Now, there are two' thinga yon can do with your mind, Tho first s, "Ict go," aud the secand'ls, *tny hold.” Tt is ke a nian I onco hicard of who fell asleep: In u boat, and drifted down towands a full where Te must be drowned it his boat went over. He just managed to reach the high rocky shore, acd, Mullug 1t too steep to climb, hgselzed hold of o little bush and beld on, When hie tried to pull himself up, the twig began to give way at the roots, an there was nothlng for Lim to do but cry for help. By-sud-by they cuno and throw him o rope, and what did he do! Ile let gu the bush- and lald hold of the rope, aud hia fricnas drew blin up tho eliff in safety, Now that is Just what' I'mn doing to-night. I throw you thu rope, and 1 you will let o of all olss” and lay hold of Christ, you may be hauled up vut of your afn and dunger, sud’ place your feet on the cternal rock, Hut some one says, “ 1 don’t seo it.” Well, letue put It in anothier way, You h#leve that Christ {8 ablo to save you tu-nhzht, do you not{ Oly, yes, I belleve Ho'ia able. And do” you not belleys '1lo s willing to save you to-nighti- Wit does the cross mean, what dues the deatli of Christ mean, if e ds: not willing - to save slnnora! To bo siira He s willing to snve you; that {s just what 1o camo futo this world il died for, " Now the question is, Aro you witllngi Salvation fs offercd you as God's freo ritt; will you take It ~ ‘ITie Scripturo hias auother way of Puu(m_x the case: **Look unto Me.all ends of thu carth, and be ye saved.” If you cannot lay hold, surcly you ean lnok, Adady I heard of had a dream. 8he thought she was In o decp pit, teying to get out, but after climblug up o few steps sho would fall back agaln till slie was qnito exbausted, snd Ile downin the bottom of the pit W dle. Az eho lay there she saw a star, aid ns she fixed her oyo upun- it sho folt it Uiting hwr, Lithg hery but, takjug ber eyu oif the star for an fnstunt.to look utlierselfy she fell back 10 tho Lottom ogain, Thls shy dil-several thines, hus b Jongth slie fixed her eyo on the star, and forgot every- thing clse, und'it lifted her up, nncd up, and up, il at last sho found hersel€ standlug sufoly un tho solld: laud. Then. sho uwuke, and safd to berselfp 41 have been looklng ut mysell Jun) cnough, Now T will louk ut tho Btar of Pug:lehem," and fn a little while shie was happy i Clrls! ‘The Bcoteh lassie whowaa told to go homeand read the fifty-thind chfl‘xller of Douioland pray to the Lord, and He would saveghor, unswered, 41 canna read; Icanna pray. Jesus take mo just us Iam.” Let that bo your nuswor, ¢ Jisus tako mo just us I amn,” Do uot go away sud’ say, * 1 un going tu try.” ’l‘luuru%n- no use in that, 8Stop saving “try,’" and put In the little word *trust fu its place, Four years ogo lust Fourth of July two msuulnuueu of wine, both fine: swliers, went. luto the lake to bathe, Protty soou oug of them called to the other that ho was drowning: At first he thought it was ull | in Jeats but finding ho waa In carnest he swam out to whore tho drownlug man was, who lo- | ataotly soized hold of him, and held ‘on- with: all his might, aud they both. went down togeth- er. Whifo uuder the watcer tho friend managed toget frog, and when thoy rore to the top ho said; “I2 you hold on to me that way I caunuot save you, but Il Jou will llo stiil 1can swin ashore with you,"” The drownlvg inan prom- fsed, but no “sooner did his friend comn within reach than ho slezed bim agaly, snd agaln they went down. It wus only after a deaperuts strug- 5‘:“ under the water that he could got free from s poor 10an, and then as they both rose to the gufwe Lo was obligea to let the Roo¥ fellow periab. xighk. bofars his :Hrat- became Kuown 8 wus whispered, tenve: vourseif In the Bunds of Jesus Chirlst and Tt 1im rave yout, But. I fmagine vome ona saying, 10 T conld only geb rid of some of iy it fiest, then wanlil'eome to Chrlst,” Noj that is not the way, I you wunt to cut down o tree, you do not begeln with the small hranehes, Yo lay tho ax right (o the root of tho tree, Boing years ngo 1-went dawn Into-the country to hold Fomu meetings, and smong those who camio wax a wolldressid man I o lawiromo cars rinze, wha I learned was tho worst Dlasphiemer aml upposer of religion in ull the conntey round, Hao scemed to he affected by the sormons; and lllwm eomo of my frionds "L was going to sco {17} * You had hetter nni‘," was thereply. “llo will only enrse you,* “That won't ‘hurt mo oany," sl I S0’ I went out to his fino house one day, and met him coming outof the gale, SThis s Mr, Pe—1"salil I, calling him ny g, 4 Yes" aald hey throwing hlmsclf on his dig- M(}“ SWhat do you want )" w Jun want Lo ask you one question.’ Vel eny on, “ 1 understand that God has bleesed yout more than any othier ‘man_in all this roglun; that He hns given you a good wife, beantifal chili fine estate, and everytlilng to make you happy, and that the only retiurn you have ever mido Him for it has hoen oaths.nnd curace.” The man looked ot mey stammered ont an amd then sakd, © Come n.”? 8o Lwont ve talked of his duty and the way ho and then we zot down ot our After privor 1 aalil-to himn, UNowmy friend [fyourare really Inearnest abont. his, conie Lo chureh toamorrow. il get up aml ask the peoplo to pray for you"” He mado soino objection, but he did it, and there went up n ery of prayer for hhin that showed how deeply hin n iny i w request had noved the hearts of all that congregation, ‘That same night he wis _converted, and’ he I8 0w an Rider fn that church, and, from being the most: dangerous man, he has come to he the must: usehnl Clirlstian in all that rogion of country. Ol things are passed away with him, and all things are become nesw, *IJow hongr have. you been a Christlan *? sald I to alittle girl who was trusting fu Christ. * Only shice last nlght.* “Aud how do yor know that you are saved " 4 Jesus promised i3 was her reply. Ol for slmple fafth In the promise of Jesus, Telleve un the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be paved. Aftor the dormon the Rev, Mr. Adams,of the Centenary Church, offered prayer, THE APTEI-MEETINGS, Hesides the meetings in the inquiry-rooms and the main hall, which were very largze and fm- pressive, one led by the Reve Mr. Thompson and- the other by Mr, Moody, there wis the usunl- meeting for reformed men and those seeking to hu reformed from the power of strone drink. by means of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, With. no- little dHIluuu{ the vigilunt guards at the doors were passed in the mune of T 'TrisuNe, and thescene-there witnessed fs worthy to be deacribed by the pen of an any Brother Sawyer waa leading, and there were abont 100 e, who were talking o ench other ot whut thie Lord had done for their sonls. Ong man sald, I lave been a %runL drunkard, I have lost a altuation worth 31,800 o year Ly my futempernte hnbits, But n lttle whilo ago T {ock the pledge andygave my hears to Christ nc the Womun's Gospel”'Temperance Meetings in Furwell Hall, The Lord lms given e my wifu in the bonds of the Gospel. Last Bunday we Jolned tho Chureh togethier, Next Bunday our three ehildren wre to be buptized, and we will lave tiw happlest honis in all Chivago.” Anotlior sald: “Itis scven weeks since 1 gave my hieart to Chirlst, and' 1lo has taken nway m*'dnnlm for strong drink.” Auother eddt W1 ean go by the saloons now without wishing to o in,"' An- old soliier present gavo this bit of udvic “When wo were in the arny and the bugles sounded the chiarge, our duty was to rush on the cnoumy. But when the bugtes sounded a retreat it was the duty of tlic bravest soldler to run. = So when Uod calls you to woric fur the souls and bodles of men, du it. But If the Devil pitches his tgnt and opens his ealoon close to your iine, then It {8 your duty torun. Gut as far away from the ofit temptation as possfile.’? “Plien there was u brotherly talk of low they could save this old friend and that old nelgghbor. Numes and resid g were asked for and glven, ST will gro aud see this one” You go nnd catl on that one.” ® Pray for my friend so nnd £0, Who promized to come to this eeting but felt too bad to come.? ¥ Pray for Mr.——, who I8 drunk to-nfzht, * Pray for me. Lhave been suved only last night.” Then therg was » freg brotherly talk about the mecting at Farwell Hall to-nighi, to which they were }r edgging one another to bring this friend and timt filend i poseible, and then ot the eall foy prayor three youns men preseuted theme selves as desicing o fnd Chrlss then und thiere, The heartiness, frankness, and freedom of, all tho proceedinga mude them doubly {uteresting, and when it {s reisembered thut already nearly & hundred men have been brought to the Savior by these Guspel-temperance meetinus whieh have been held by the Woman's Clislstiun Temperance Unfon, and now fn conneetfon with the revival work, there fs cavse for dovout thankawiving that a remedy for the great curse of drunkonness hins nt last heen found where* it was all tho time walting,—in the regenorating grace of God. ANNOUNCEMENTA Sunday-school leasou at noon meeting in Far- well Hall to-day, = Gospel temperanco meeting at Farwell Hall at 8 v'elock this evenlng, led by Mr. Suw) Preaebing by Mr. Mooy wid singing by ) Bankey at thoI'abernacle Bunday at 8 o, m, aud 4 and 8 p. m, Prajse-incetineg o 21, 1, At Methodist Churele Block, by tho Rev. Messrs, Parkhurst aud Spencer, Gevmun meeting at Farwell Hall Sunday at g:lfl!lp‘ ., condueted by Messrs. Moody and anliey, Uitlon mecting at the Michigan Avenuu M. E. Church Suuday eveniug, Vrenching by ho Rov, D, Willlmmson. - Unlon Suntday-sehook mectin@ at the Firth Preabytorian Church av 8:80 p, 1.y Sunday, conducted by B. I, Jacobs, Unlonmceting with the Michlizan Avenue Buptist Churceh, of ths Firat and Hecond Presbyterian Churehes, and Trinity Methodist Church, Ser- mon by Dr, Mitehell,” "The following is the pro- granuac for the CUNISTIAN CONVENTION which meets in Chlengo on Nov, 21, 22, aml 23: Tuesday—3 10 4 a'click p, . —D'ralke and prayer moeting, Ted by Mr, Moody'; 4 to b a'clock p. wh— Bible letturo on how (v stidy the Tible; Ho'clock p. 1. —rouching by Mt, Moudy, followed by au nt,ulr meell I'edneaduy—10 to 11 o'clock g, m. servicen: 1ow to conduct themt 11 to conduct prayer meotln Noondiy prayer sectin A ducted by Mr, Moody; m, —How stisll the muale Lo ‘conducted work, opencd by M, Sankey¥; 4 to 5 a'clock i, m.—~Thqhirs meetlngs: thelr importance and low toconduct them: 8 o'clock if . —i'reaclis g followed by au Inquley neetl "fnuraday—10 to 11 w'clack. n. hold of the non-church goers; 11 to L m.—Quustions and wers on practical work; 12 ll).I J Noonday mocting, at the 34 vangellstic 12 o'cluock ow to get 2 0'clnek 1, ¢ vetock b, nL—Unr youny men; what'more can we do for ms oo o'cloak p, m.—Closbugr hour. of the Convetio arclock . w.—Preachlng, followad by un iwyrry meeting. = The fioonx will b open for lugress sud cgruss at the cluse of cach hour, Pastors of churches, editors of rellglous pupors, profussors ot theologleal seminuries, mjnfpterd engaeod In distinetively chureh work, and laymen properly aceredited by Christian aasoelations and churches, witl b entitied to all the privitegea of the Couventlon, to roduced rates at hotels and on raflrowds. ‘Lhe gallerles of the Taburnacle will bo open to Jadles sud others wmlx|)unyhm clegatos, 1 to the publle, ut atl the sosslons uf tho Couventlon. LASALLE AKD PERU, 2 Mussrs, Tuglis und Rockwell go to LaSallo and Perit to-orroy Muesars, Whittle fng at Pooriu Noy, 20, OSJIROBH. Mesars. Needham nnd muhblxn arc havin zreat success here that they will remuln & than thelr appoluted time,* They are- anxiously awaited nt Fort Howard and Green Bay, thel nexy Helds of labor, ( QUTSIDE MEETINGS. The work gous on glorlously at Kenosha, Many hayo come out for Christ, and many more secking,” Mr, Morehouse s to be thure over Sumday, then ho gocs to Racine. e Thoe Plg=Tall Vendetta lu Ohina. Londun Daily Telegraph. Somo wocks have clapsed ‘Wincg o alluded to the mysterfously systematic cuttivg of pig-tails In the Chinoas Ewpire, und recunt wdvicusgfroum tho Flowery Land not vnly coutirm the u)urm‘u“f; m{mrtlulrwdy blished,. but. convey the ode ditfonal disturbind jutelifgenco that ihe sever- {zatfon of tails still contiuuus, and. fa attaivlug even larger proportions Whon the Hr:‘ullhu 2 it shearers of. quoues weee in sl probability aifiliated to oneof the numerous socrub soclutive which abound in China—possibly to the strauge Vebmgarichit kuown s the ¢ White Lily,” ‘Whoever tho tall-ravishers may thetr rog- leaders have bad the audacity to attempt to fix thelr gulit upon the furelgn community, Plas cards have been posted up fu several Chiness towns snouymously butdexplicitly Insinuativg that no Chinaman would. ba wicked coougb to deprive his countryinen of thelr: tails, but” that the real criminals: acy the. fo ors, wha are aadeavoriug by theso means to futroducy, thely @ Ditss will opeu their meet. ol tion that by fosing their pls th virtnally bewltehed, and the ‘slaves of any in- Illucnre—muglunl or otherwise—cxcrelsel ‘over them. It Is well known In the north of China that the Britizh anthoritics at Hone Kopg have for n Tooge thne past. craployed, o4 o means of prison vllw]llllun, the practles of entting off the pigtails of all Chinere culprits cominitted to fail. Thus tie artfal conspirators of the “White Flly* guill imay have tade uac of this clrcumstanens To work on the fears of the Ignorant population by leading themn to bulleve (hat the “rod- Tieaded deviln ! contemplate a wencral rald on the quenes ot the Middle Kinzdom, But why a Chimaman without s tall should he eapes y amenubls to the Difltence of Christian missjon- arles §8 not explained, Meanwhilo the u||)|nrp_v Celestlals wha have been bereft of. thelr pluitet appendnges have been thrown into o state of dire consternation aud-terror by the elreniation of arumor that all those wio hiave Jost thefr talls are doowed to pine awayeand die, o T dred days fromn tho period of the enttine off helng generally nssigned us tho time for their giving up the ghost. Thene stories are all, no donbt, preposterons: yet the wile credence \which they obtain points wlenlticantly enongh to the gemeral uneasinosy anl disquuict which 1s provalent tn the vast Em- pire of Cdn “Fliere woulid seem to exist an fn- artlenlate but dueply-rooted conviction that the reeat blue mandarin jur 15 VWopeless)y eracked s that the vermillion penddl witl not slen nany more edicta, nmd that the Brotaer of “the Sun ad Moon ean no Jonzor comnt wpon the n support of the exalted lnminaries with which e ¢lalins kindred, The Chinese 1 Lo bie expert 1fsts, and [ 1s really a pity that some local y hecoma Esop or Pllpay does” not cndeavor to rease sure tho public " mind by adapting to Celestial usu the fable of the Fox wio Just lis Tall, aind proving tu n shorn generation that s Chinaman swithout his tail s Lwenty times stronger, dev- crer, and more e us to behold than one whoss queus ias hitherto csmped the sacri- leglous sticors of the ** White Lhy." e—— A SIAMESE FUNERAL The ©Obsequies of a Iligh-Born Slameso Lady~Lylng in State Four® Mooths~Tho Ttemnins Cremnted. Al Cattfornte, Connfderable publie attention has been of Into attracted to the subject of the dlixposal of the lumnn body after death, An- exbibition of wicker-work coffins was held not long wo m Burlington llouse, under the ausplees of a noble Duke: and the revival of the ouclent practies of Incineration or cremation s been widely advocated. Havinge recuntly had an opportunity of witnessinig the latter veromony a8 performed in Slam, where it is n national custom, f6 has oecurred to me that ud‘cacrlpuun of the proceedings may ho inter- estiue, Towam the close of the year 1875 there died in Bungkok the wife of his Ilighuess the Kal- atome or Regout of Siam, who i the uncle of the “First” King of that country. The deceased. Indy lid attained nu udvaneed age and was the mother of two Priuces, who liad been oducated at ove of the Engllsh univeraities, und are very fing, intelll- zent youst met. In accordance with the Slam- eae customn in the case of persons of exalted rauk, the body of the Iate Princess, nfter being prepared in o’ manner smnowhat slmllar to the process of cimbaliniug, laid In state for upward of two months I a eoflin ploced in o Buddhist temple near the Kalntome’s pulace, on the left bank of the River Chow Phya, upon which the City of Bungkok stands, and which, with ftwrcrocks, forms the elifef street or highay of the Sfamese Capital, and aifords & constant nnd pleturesque scene of activity from daylight to dark, The ceremony of the cremation: took *:lwz about 3 o'clock’In tho afternoon, Shortly sefora which hour 1, I, the Regent, nttondeil by hils sons und the officers of State appointed to represent Lhelr Majestics, tho Firstand Seeonu Kings, arrivedat the Pavilfon whickihad been con- strueted for the oceaslon, Tlds was o larze baihuo bull®ugg, capuble of contatumg abuut 1,000 persons, niet open ot one side titer the manner of 4 race-course stand. Immediately fn front stood tie altur, afso construeted of greon Damboo, sirmounted by o canopy of the same muterial, about forty féot in_hetight; tastofully decorated with flowers, Flowers were nlso profusely strewn on the fagots anvd round nbout. At the foovul the altar were reated about.twonty men producing on native fnstruments the most welrd and anearthly * music? it has ov been my lot to listen to, und close to was u Chi- nese fantocetnt exhibition, which was keoping n vast crowd of both Chinese and Slamese i a state of uprosrious lawrhter, which, however, did not seetn by uny means to disturb the {Hus- trlous mourners, who, lndecd, duritg the: prog- ress of the ceremony, which Insted untit sunset, frequently divertod thelr work fur o short visit to the pubpet-show, A consldernble number of forelgrers whu bad been juvited to he presont ot the ‘obscqules” now arrived, the most distingulshed among whom wore the Britlsh Nuval Commander-in-Clicf in Chinn, Admiral Dyder, and Mr, Andrew Clarke, Gove ernor of the Strults Settiem Alarge mfinher of English ofilcers accompa- nled the Admiral, mnd n groat muny of the Hgeallant tars” from two ships were alsn present, ovidently wuch fnterested In this, to them, unusuul “spectucle. Uhe Resent nml his puests baving. been refreshed with chumpuene and clears, which were Hoerolly pro- yided, proceeded o view the body,” which was a privilege most of us would huvo gllly dispensed with, as from the length of thig which had clapsed slnee tho demlso of the old Iady she was 1o lomger to bo recognized by that “odor of sygeetnees " which sl no doubt aif- fused fn her'youthtul duf ‘Tne remudns lay In a handsome tulip-wood collin, lined with wilte sills, an, iron the somewhat hurrled Ispee tion I made of them, npheared to consist of merely the skull aud o few boues covered with u shriveled substunce resembling parchment, I dropped a sflent toar fn the colin and made n bee-line for®* Heldsieek ™ 03 soon us possibles Taere were vast crowds of vatrols around the place, but none of them were whinitted to an ,llnnuvl(ulln‘ the remalng, That was u *bonne boncho” only offered to persons of distinetion. 1y, the Regent condueted his villot, und thero with his suns hers of his fumdly took up o position on the staps of the altar, The musl- clans with thele toni-toms, hors, and resd ‘ustruments redoubled thelr cfforts; aad, amidst a wild Dblast of’ barbarous musle, the coftin was borne tu und placed upon the funeryt pyre, which was composeid of fagots il neatly shiaped to s unlform vzo md cach ong lllx|u:d with gatd leaf, the whole helng suturated with turpentine and [ullunable " oil, The Regent (who, llke all the Slamese present, was dressed entfrely fin white, the national monrn- I color) was then presented by o kneeling slaveo with a lighted torel, with which he fiest fired the pile.- Kuch of kis sous, in the order of thelr senlopity, then dld tho same, followed Sy all the other volatives present, those in tirn belng sueceeded by the okl gentleman'’s concubines, numbering “somu five and tiventy, ‘ng charms: of rome of theso ladies showed that bls Highness was u man of consfdernble taste. 'They were all clad In White * sirongs,” which, beinz passed betweon the kuees, hi tho fashion of the conntry, effurded an opportunity for thu display of goine remarkaply neat Pare fsian “chaussures,” surmounted” hy white Al stockings, Thelr black hafr wus worn flowing uncomiped over thely shaulders, and they il seemed by un weans overwhelmed 'with griet for the % dear departed,” s they T turn ndvanced to the altar and wdded thelr contribu- tions of tive, The guests were then lovited to nssist dn the * rowsting” business, and, whoen thay had done so, the general public were wik mittedwithunt reserves awd ina short thae the aitur, with its canopy wind floral rutions, wis completely coveluped fn flowers, Th roses mnd other flowers withered i the scorching heat, the bumboo plllaes ernckled nud sputtered, the attondants stimulated the leree fire, and threw upon 1t spiecs und essences which tlied tho wr with stennge odom; the music becany fuster und mors wildly furlouy, aid soon the costly coflin with Ita contents hecamno merely-n heap of ashes. Presently the columns supporting the \canopy wia biirnt. through, oud the wholo structure fell with o crush on the fire, which soon found Its wuy uzain, amit blazed with fresh fury, sendine a dense cloud of emuke . far ahove the tups ot the sago-palms minicocon- nut trees, by which the place w sure rounded. ~ Boon after this wo took leave of o Itewent and s fanily, cach of us recelviug o3 A souvends a pure i:ul« nourning ring e fu the Palace by the Royal goldsmiths, who ure very clever In’ the munufacturo of Inlald gold ornumonts, which ars a specialty of Biam, From the amfable amd vivaclous. Prince ‘T, tho clder son of the Reont, Llearned that the fu- neral tiro of his Iate mother wonld presided over by bty youuger brother wud hi f until the altar aud all its surroundings wore entirely consupied and reduced to nshies, which. woulit umbuhl)-ou:up same hours, Durlpg all- this lue the iusiclans would be required to play * without ceuslog, und the mournors W reaaln atteudunce, alter which o portion ol the nshes would bo cotlected und borno mmwuiun tothe river, upon which they wo bo cast, with. Buddhist ceremonies aud prayers, A minaret would sfterward be. crected to the memary of the deccused lady in ousof the $wats,” or temples, with which both banks of the river sre lined, aud which fgrm ono of the chief features of the quaint und * Arabian Nighta" sort_of y. Thess minarcts frow about 20 to 150 fuub (n lunwth, _ taper anmn,yw u sharp point.. l‘n:{ ) are inlald with all manuer.of airioualy bleud: .culors, and lu tha reys of the rislog or sotting 1 Ty slde of the bustest part of the river. In thn courts of the Intter are Inrge numbera of mina- reta, gome of them extremely handsome. Here {3 alro the temple of the 5% Buddins of all the virtues, and a lerge temple containing o re- cumbent colossal tlgure known as the “Sleep- 1ngg Buddaly, which lias attalned mucl hrity from the cafim hennty of the face and_ the fntaid muther-of-pent) earsings on the rolas of the fect. ‘This, and ** Bmerald Buddha,” In the privato temple of the firat King's patace, whichis carved from a sulil stone, are the most remarkable amonz the hosts of flzures of the god which nnes dcross in every town u Siam, visited the Royal” stables vne lllf, and introduced Lo M the'! white olephants, Hut ah! how the dreams of my childhond were rulely dispelled and disappointed. Tl Jookeil torward, when 1 went to Siam, to scoing the strects crowded with the stately * hues, carth- alinking heast " of tlm'«lnullnfi milk-white e which the story-booka {nvest him with! And lere we only found two or three animals of a rort of dlrty hrown or cream-colur, which could, Dy any Atriteh of eonrtesy, be called white, The Hoyal elephants are lodged in very comfortable quarcers, Fach one has s sepacate stull, with s name in gilaed Jetters uver It, ns_one sces in the stables of an English conntry house; and #overal of them were wearing hamlsome fronticts amd pelirths, rlebly gilded and oruwmented. with precivus atanes. The nge of sone of thess cle- phants In very great, One cnormous fellow, standbe thirteen feet high, we wore told, Is up- ward ol 26 yeurs old This vererable putrlarch was possessed of o vory irritabio and uneertain temper, and his at- tendunts were partiealarly carcful to keep weil out of the range of s trunk, 1Hs tusis were over six feet in le 3”1. and crossed cach other about o foot from theie point, These anfumls are enly used on oceaslons of great State cere. monfald, and the use of elephants as beasts of burden In Baugkulc s been It disconti as on sevonnt of thelr gr ght they ) axed the streets a good deal nore, especially the ralny scason, =5 ——— e AMERICA LIBELED. Text of the Shameful Documeént Inbiished futhn Paris Figarg—Attacking the Centen- nlnl Commissloners and the Pcople of the United States, The followlng Is_the communieation printed fn the Figaro, of Parls, Oct. 23, attributed at first to the French Centennlal Commissioner, Mo du Sommierand, but which that gontieman sub- sequently declared 1o bu-a furgery It Is dated ut Vienna: * 1 must cott your oftention to a letter from M, De Sommerard to one of his fricnds fu Vieup, Haron ——, which hos juet been pnblished In German in one of the Vienna papers, and which 1 have trans- lated for you as accurately na possible, M. De Sonuneraril s the Comiissioner-General of France, of ull exhibitions, baving represented France in that capacity at Vienua as well as ut Philadelpbio, Thin Jeitor explainn the reasons of his retirement, and of hisabstention from all matters having ref- crunce Lo the Exposition of 1878, 1road it to you entire, Perlaps you will reduce thot part which criticlees the coming exhibition, In any case yon will read with interest ull that I send you abont'the abortive enterprise at Philadelohis, ~ The letter ls 1 follo R % 1870, —My Dean ¢miexp—1 am ab the house of my coasin, the Marchloness {lo Taihouet, one of the 1most besatiful chateaux |. in France, 1 hunt, flah, and stray just where [ please amang my friends, and brieny 1 avail my- self of this bewitcling viat to convey to you n sign of fife—to kay that Lumn still in the land of the hiv- ing and not'dend, u«, perhaps, yon might think, and to boz yoarindoleence for hot giving you any nccount of myself for o long a timu; bul I was ro tuken up with this eursed Fliladelphia Exbibition, snd it 18 but recently, to my utuiost satisfaction, that 1 have been able o get o brief release from the ottending care; As {s.woll underatood, I refosed to go to Amer- feo in person, aud 1 nin convinced that you ap- proved of my resolution. 1 liad a apecial Cammis. #ionor uppoluted in tny stead, who lins enjoyer and il enjoyanll the tedivusnees of those nufable Amerleatia whom we have al been dexirouns of Bccepting ad models. 1t ars that 1 rexist- ed thu allnremnents that we: me to cruss the acean, o not know what the Austrion Commlssoners there say, hat the reports Wwhich my representutive makes' to me dally uro ahmply. distre-sing, and cnable us to form o’ just tdes of the greediness of Americons, 1 didail [ cunlik to provent our Guvernment 1aking any part hn this lxhibition, but the vagaries of certain Auwerican cathushaetsin the Chumior of Deputies overeame wy personal and If T had not token extresic mensures to cover our responsihili- ty, I thiuk we shonld bave Jad to pay protty denrs Ly for our Interest fu tho Contennial of the Gnited States, Fho Amerleans themeelves et fira to the bulkl- fngg which contuined vur empiy, cases, hoping that our eshibit would be entireiy ‘destroyed, in caso tholr good star shoulit weli) Uio fire to extond as fur on the gallerfes, The firemen went o wark, how- ever, ani cireameerilied fta limit, On the Oth of last manth there was another fire in the stores and taverns mijoining the matn building, Nappily, the wind veered ronnd to the north, «o that only the stores were destroyed. But wall it e so a third time? Pho woret In that the Exhilation potice iy composed of tho very wozst clements of the Unlted states; tat the witchunen steal, sl that the Judzes discharge tacm nmiln for want of witnesses; i what 18, perhape, the woest of all, the thicves connt npon the judges theweelves to tell them when te commence the plifering, — All this is o slngular that 1 huve considered it o duty to nenil over thero n corps of our polico 1o watch the g wds uf onr exhibitors, Tho Enztieh Luve oo xont out twenty-fiya men. were foilowed by others from Spakn and Delgium, They may, at leist, hnd some compensation i the hames of the Phblatelphia women: bat it_nppears thut the American wouen whom we admice ko wmich tn Paris aro cho: cxpresaly for thly object, and that they aru now warth wae charge deioaidre, Our Government, alwayw ready to second the du- wires of the grent masses, granted an appropeiation 0f 300. 000 trancs to sewil “workIngmen over there, 1 relected the wen with tho greutest care, Many n namber of nrei petine, nen well worthy to **toast " iren of the New Warld, Dt all have returned greatly discontented, and the wune iy be sald of uil ¢ liers of the enrr Rone twenty of whom were chosen from the hizhe ent clreles”of sclence, ort, und literatare, —ull theee tedd me on dhelr return that they woutd not care Lo go buck there Du Souxgnany, - —eT—— Henry M. Stunley Denouncod. It Malt (Lomidon) Guaette, 1t {8 sntlsfuctary to learn that the attention of the Government fins been ealled to Mr., Stanley's proceedings - Centrul Afrlen, and it steps will he taken to ropndiate tho apparcit rospon- albility which that *‘ploncer of elvilzation !’ hus Inu\vmnllf' unauthorized munoer contrived to fix upon this _country, A memorinl has been nddressed 1o Lord Dirby on this subject by the Camumittees of the Aborigines Protection and Anti-Blavery Socletios, and the oflicinl 10 It has Just heen published. It stal: “liis Lorgehip has reawd with g regret reports of the clrenmstances which scem to lave taken place In con fon with Mr. Btanley's explorations, und which have created stich o painful impressfon In the country.” Mr, Htanley not being o British snbject, her Mojes- ty's Government have no aatherity over hims Lut *“his Lordship cannot but hebe, looking tu tho charneter which Mr. Stanley has won in this country by his expedition in séarch of Dr. Liv- ingatone, that ho nny uvmmml)r be able to afford some explanation or justilfeation of his proceedings which §s not appurent: from tho re- ports which have been ns yet recelyed,” As regavds this charitable hope of the Forefzn Secretary, the only comment which suggests ftself {5 that Mr. Stanley has up to the present been the reporter of Chis own Jrocoedings; and i he ds to bo Judged aut of his own month, the un{wnrnnuu ot subsequent explanution or jnstification of I provecdings 1 In tho lust dugree Improbable, and that for the stmplo reason that he obylously scea nothing in {lom which requires to bo exs plalned or justitied. Considering, however, the manner in which his dolngs aro regarded fn this country, it s us well that Mr, lev's audn- cluns ussumption of an Eoglish missfon sheubl he at numlml a stop to, and we are uind 1o Tearn that Y Lord Derby will cause 1ler Maj- esty’s Consuls on the Bust Const of ‘Afviea to be wstructed to Intimate w Lim, i€ any wenns of communieating with bl shoukl bo open_to them, that he hus no uuthority to holet the Fne ghish fug." ¥ ————— From Wealth to Insunity nad Fovorty: Jinltimore Americun, Among the shabby, dirty, aml ragged unfors tunutes who camo to thy Southern Statlon lust night tu obtaln a mght's lodeing was on old w40 hent with years, aud showlhiz the evidenves of tutiigue al travel by his tottering foodstops und wretehed apparel,” Ie gave his namo to Capt, Delunty us Panl Venller, of New Orleans, and was showg back to the room assigned to tramps, A glanco at his rags nnt careworn fuce would never suggest to - th observer that Tuul Ventler was at one thno a leadiog husiness mun and » prominent dtlzon of tho Crescent City, but such Ia fudeed the case, and thy history of hus Tite has fu it all the cleincits of a drauiats {e story,which we may read, throw uslde, and say it is imprubable, A few points fu the o ot g fortunate {ndividual may not by uninteroste v Aug, About thletyefivo years ago thers nrrived in New Orleans a’youu und haudsome man, ao- compunied by his wife, o creote, in the full Llouin of het youthful Boauty, "o conplo bad cowo from Murtinique, and brought with them .o large sum of nwnoy, which Veoller proposed 1o invest dn trade, They settled i a mognitls cent house on the bank of Lake Pontchartrawn, which beeame, ou secount of the soctul qualities of {ts master and mistress, the central point of attraction for all the aristoeratic people of the nelghborhood. The husband Lad in the meao- tinw vmbarked In the sbipping and cyummisaion busincss, and was very sucresaful. Heallxing argely on his luvestments, he becaie oncof the wcmflmcmm whilo bo st thosawe thoeat- ‘ comparieon the hest and mont seioatlic prepa hasd been born, and ovars x.flfim. pospect in life aremed attainable without offart to.the young conple, About this Lime a gambler, well known Ins thosa days for his nuccess with: cards, and remarkable for his handsome: exterior nnd pleasinis nddrers, met Mme. Venller at a bal- masque. Other meetlngs followed, and the fonl- sl woman abundoning her luxurious home, her children, lier Tmshand, and_her honor, lstened to the seductive address of her dostroyer and fled to Cithw, ‘Ilic husband-followed, but never sicceeded In coming up with his wife, to whom he had forgivenoss to offer; nor with. her se- ducer, fur.whotn he ha vengoance, 1o gave up the pursuit and retummed to New.Orleans. But business had no longer-any Interest forhim, naw that rhe for whow lie labore so enrncatly ad descried kim, The three children fell vic- tims to the cholera, aml Ventler, a broken-down man, sired before hie was old, sold - out his'busi- ness interests and disappeared. The Russlan Fleet in the Black Ses.: 2ult Jtall Gasette, A correspondent of the Journal de Genera, ro- ferrinz to the statement that the Ruseian Gove ernment lind at Odossa enough veascla to cone vey an army of 120,000 men, points out that at the present the the Ruasian, feet in the Black Sea consiste ol thirty-ive steatners, with o total of about 40,000 tons, while it fsn well-ascers tatned. fact that it requires vesaels with n tota] of about 170.000 tons to convey a force of 33,000 men, with baggage, guud, pro- visiony, cte. The correspondent ulse res marks “that the whole, of the. Imperlal and merehaut navy of Rnssby: combined woutd tiardiy he sutlicient ta cmbark 120,000 mon upon the Hospnorua, for, “udmitting that her fleets of tlie altie, the Blnck, Seay the Caspian Sea, the White and Lake Aral have u total ton- nage of 200,000 tons; and her-merchant nuvy a capacity of 450,000 tona, she would not. be_able ) convey mure than this nuaber, These ligures prove that if Russta attacks - the Turks her Black-Sen flect will not play the important part generally attributed o it, * The Turks linve wore powerful froncluds than those coustructed at Nizholalefl, and {€ war treaks out Rusain will ovold auy naval engagement, 8he will proferto traverse” Romanla until she s content to curry on the campaign in-Asfa.’ DY L e | AR g . 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