Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1876, Page 6

6 " THE REVIVAL. An Increased Interest as the End Draws Nigh. A Great Outpouring at the Tom- perancoe Mecoting Yos- terday. The Sad Experiences of Nu« merous Reconstructed Drunkards. Mr. Moody's Lecture on the Two Adams-~-The Carnal and the Spiritual, A Vivid Portrayal of tho Death of Christ at the Tabernacle Meeting. What the Women Are Daing in Spronding tha @lad Tidings, TEMPERANCE DAY, TIE NOON-MEETING AT PARWELL MALL, The laat of the Friday temperance meetings was both the largest and best, Nearly 5,000 pursons were present, and the exercises were of the greatest Interest and Impressivencss, One member romatked concerning un experience which waa related, “That Is moro remarkable than many things recorded In the Bible, more wonderful than the parable of the Prodigal Son." “This {s TPentecost,! sald anotber. “Dnys of miracles come back,” sald a third., The exercises were oponed with the twenty- ninth hymn, * What a friend we have inJesus ! after which the Rev. Mr. Davisread the requests for prayer aa follow The nnjted prayers of God's people-are camertly requerted that the floly Spirit will specdily ma; fext 3w savingmnd henllng power with the follo: ing: A former Sunday-schooi teaches now nddicted to'drink: n personal request by a lady, that she by raved from the pawer of drink: for 8 physiclan, thut he he now delivered from this hablt; for a sa- Toon-keeper in Canton, O., and n liquor-denter in Kentucky: for the anlvation of tweive husbande, prevented by thelr wives; several requests for pro- feesing Christiane glven to drink, that they will now forakie the cup; for a famlly of Inchrlates; foran {ntemperate phyaician and wife; for a lady in high positfon who, by ler habity of drink, " 8 roining her family: eeveral re- querts for intemperate fathers, by thele ciildren; for & machinist that hu now be saveld from driuk; for a luwyer in Michigan; for n father and fonr fone, all Incbitlates; for a family In great Oletresn Ib{ rearon of drink; for the saloon.keepern and drinking men of Binir, Neb. ; for o busicss mnn fu this city; fora clerk in tho United Stales Conrt: for a woinan, a slave to drink; for adrink- ng man In LaSalle; for the ladiea in Fort Wayne, 1 age drinking habits; for a drink- nan In Alleeheny, Pa. s for the conversion of bt konn and eleven Irothersand ulne youngmen; for thirieen contiemed deinkards, tiat God will magnify His grace n thelr ealvat for a cousin and a friend, both sluves of drink: for many fami- Ties in this city now anfTering because of drink. . The Rev. My, Adams, of the Centenary M. Chiureh, then led In prayer. 2 ‘The great congregation then joined heartily fn the bymn, “O Singof His Mighty Love;” alter which Mr. Moody ealled for testlmonles to the power of God's grace to save men from the sin of drunkenness and the appetito for strong driuk. Mr. Mann, o converted incbriate, rald: "I have been a victhn of the vico of drunkenncss. I'struggled agalnst the slavery with all ‘my might, tried every way to break off from drink- {ngz, Lut in ¥aln; then I ealled on my friends to Lielp. Dr. Mitchell prayed for me and with me; Miss Dryer proyed witli me, and it_was through God’s answer to thelr prayers that [was brought from the mirs on to the rock," Mr. Moody—*'How loug have you been con- verted * About nine weeks,! Mr, Mondy—* Have You any appetite for nxro{}g drink(" “None at all, thank Goil." Mr. M. IL Cone, a young men, then eame forward and sald: I have been a great delnker, o great smoker, and a great sinner c\'nr{ way for twenty years. My father always kept lugzer- heer in thie honse, and when I was 9 years old T used to lie on my back winler the taucet and let. it run Into my mouth. 1 have been in all kinds of soclety, thio best nnd the worst; In all sorts of suloons, from the gilded pulncea to the lowest dens;” und they are al! alike; the same Evil Spirit {8 in them all. One day I came into these mcetings at Furwell Hall, " Those who were Christinus were asked to rise, and of course T ent still, for [ kuew I wos not one, Some onu :}nnu':m\l spoke to me: *Are you not a Chris- “Won't you let ie pray with you?” “No., I'don't wunt anybody to pray with me; 1 n(l]l!. no such fellow ug” thais" and'L went off mad, Tho next day I came in again, and the third day; I began’to feel awfully; Isaw Arthur Mitcheil, and I safd to him,” YT want you to come home and pray with me.” And he did; it wasn't any ufce room, withacarpet om, we went - to,” but a poor little -shanla-. and the womun was scrubblng the floor; but he Enelt right down on the wet floor and prayed for mus and God heard him, and [ know Ile has forgiven my sl for Christ’s suke, 1 tinve no trouble at all with u destre to drink; it 18 wholly gone; and Iknow If I min troe to ;ny Goil Tlo will keep mo from ever fubllug futo L A man in middle Hfe next spoke: No one hut an inteinperate mnn knows what sufferfug comes through {ntemperance, Its palnful to think or speak of what I have gone through, Lut I will tell what God has done for mo, in the hope that (L will help somme one who may now Le whers [ huve been. I have been o drankard fur thirly years; for the lust twenty years 1. "have been known ns n harid drinker, 1 have done everything I could think ol to brenk off the hablt. A drunkard feels his degradation more keenly than nn‘)' one elae epn feel it for bim. No ono wishes hitn to bo freo frow that sluvery one-half os much a8 he wishes it for himself, °I did once by systomntic cffort unnge to wbstaln from the use of liguor for shout live manths; but ‘1 Tiad to fight the ap- petite morning, noon, and night, and between tmess and, Just as § thought T had it quered, down L went agaln, deeper thun ever; down t the very hed-rock, ' It seems s if God sometines had 1o let a man go clear down be- fore hie will et Him NIt him u(u Bothere I was, no home, no fricnds, uo Wie, no anything. Bo llwnl\m:nu to ery to God; it was my only chance; ITe was the only possible help that way Jefts and it was not drunkennces uloue that I confessed to Him, but ntl my sins. 1 asked Him to take the whole lond, “And He did, 1 stand here o Hying witness that God can changy the heart; wid not only the heart, but the wisties guid appetites, Yor I do not want liquor; not a partiele; Idan't think of it; If God has uot tuken the uprvmu awuy, e hos covered it ap B deep that 1 don't know where it 1s, And dranfrds, He will do tho same for you, if you wiill let Hn, After singing, “Lord, by Qruce Alone," Maj, Whittle read the Ecrlpture lesson from Mark, 1%,y 14-24, being the rocord of Christ's casting out the dumb und deaf spirit. Christ was not at ull controlled by cireumstunees, People suy, *0, the poor drunkurd hos lost s will; ho cannot be reached.” Bee this caxe; this poor victin was deaf und dumb—how was hio to be reached! [ ean imagine Peter snying to Alphic- us, 11 wo takie hold of his heariug rst, s0 £hat hocan hear us cust out the dovil, L think it would Le s Lolp,” *No," roys Alphious, ‘it rerins to me we onglit to unife our cfforts to cnuble him to speuk aud tell us whot 18 tho mutter; wo must Lnve something to get hold of” But Christ coulid reuch him, Tlo cun reach all sin und trouble, Atr. Moody rose, Blble {n land, and safd, must udd oils word more, ~Chirlst not only sudd, “ Thou dumb und deaf spirit, T charge theo to come out of in," but *enter no uors at oll inte Btin.”? Don't bo afrald of peoplo not haids iug out; Christ can keep thems we will now hear from ouo whon e Lus kept froin drink for eleven veura, Mr. R. W, Diller, of Srrlngfluld, Tk, 8 brother of tho Hon, lsaac It Diller,” whoso conversion was wentioned some days a0y then arose and sald: I would llke s.'vcrlv Christinn fu the Yiouse to pray for me while L try to speak. That 13 what 1 told some fifty of my frieuds at Springtictd, and I think they aro “prayine for e ut this hour. 1 don't kuow tho tine when 1 didu’t drink, I eun rnmcmbcr, when 1 was a lit- tic boy, befug carrled on men’s shouldera in a drinlsfng saloon, und glyen the l'l?; rout of the Dottom of the glasses, © When I came out to this Westorn country § went Inta the druw bus- fncss, und after awhile I got into the way of drinkinzg from u pint to u quurt of Hquor every tay, Bometluies during ‘those years I would b 4 et off with whiaky, and havo to stop drinklog for awlile to recupe- rete my nervous systeing and while § wus' thus abstainiug Tused Lo buast of wyself, what agood " is the drinkers call Ity ! fetlow I wae; 1 e man who'felt 20 proud ot befng uble to o by a tavern that bu went back, a8 lie fald, * to treat Resolution.”? Tulon't like o any it. but 1 helieve the Chirls- tan Church 8 responsible for balf the drunken- nieas in this country, 1 they wonld only take such people as 1 and my friend here by the hand and help us out of bad company and cry aloud againat the saloons that are rulning so many souls and bodies, there would not be'half g0 el drunkenncss as thers s In was a respectablo drunkanl, I drauk behind my counter and prescription desk. { dlun’t e around the satoons. When Mr, Hamunond came to Springfleld that year to hold rovival meetings, my~ wife, who™ was a Quaker, went to hear him, and caino back dis- gnsted, Men used to go to his mectings miul then come to y sture and say, * Hammond suld so-and-s0,"* amd then wo would langh over it. But my boy aml girl, who went to the meet- inge, came” howe very mueh {mproved, and I found them mmnuF the Bible; so I forbld them attending” the meethiyra auy more, on the ground that It woull got them s0 excited that they . couldn’s atteml to thelr lessons, — Wut when my son asked mo for permissfon to gu after school- Tiouirs, aud safd that all the vthier children were zuln':, 1 ylelded and allowed them to go aguin, Well, oné Tuceday he came hume lmp|p . He had been converted. On_ Wednesday my dnughter was converted; vn Thursday iy wité, In spits of what slie had sald, wont to the meot- inggy and she was converted; and also n little sir tlnt wo were raleing, You can sce that ley were making it hot for me. My load’ began 10 gos very heavy. I complaineil at my wife for not “having' dioner ready on tlme, so that I wight get beek nt ouce to my store and my companjons., I didu’t Nko the houft. The store, I thought, was the place for me. But ope day, 08 1 was going out from dinner, my wifu usked mes “Wun't thee go to the meetlng (™ “No, Iwon't,"" sald I, -, Won't thee go und look Ini” #No,” *If thee was to die what would becomo of thee™ * I should go to hell,” sald I, ““When does thee expeet to repent i 0, rome time." «When wil that sonte tie bel?? Ahl that went throngh me llke an arrow. Everywhere T henrd the question, * When willit bel “When will'iz be i ‘I'lie_next Sunday I went to meeting snil beard Mr. Birel, and all the thue he seenied to be tatklug ro me, and wheuever hie poluted his finger it secmed to be polnted nt me, |1 was angry, Why did ho preach all st me when there wure ity otliers In the house who needed It Just ns inuch? ‘There was going to be an open- ulr meeting that Sundny’ niternoon, and my wife wanted me to attend, but T sufid “No,"” T wns golng to se n man who was sick, some ways out ol town, But we started out together, and, he- fore 1 knew just where [ was, there we stood rizht “before the preacher, Mr. Hummond, und 1 had to sty there two murtal hou Presently I began to fecl o great Jond, my 4 sectned tu welgh o ton, but when my wif¢and nll the ehildren stood up to confess Christ I could not stand up. Une dny my son usked nie, ** Papa, why can't wo have faimnily prayers just ws they do nt unclo'si” That troubled me; to think of an old gray-haired wman who couldn’t pray when Iis son “asked blin. - Oug night my wife sat uj to pray for me, and in the morn] n‘; she sald, “llow did thee sleept” % Very well,® 1 sald} it was © oas g o " le as 1 ever told [a my lite, "Then I rose for prayers, but it secmed s {f Thad to pull up the State- House with me, For two nigits and threo days I could neithereat nor nluely, and nt last ¥ sent for Bill Prentice, n Methodist Elder, who used to ho_ fust'such o mun as I wae, and when ho came Isuld: “, Lam o great deal dend.” “1am mighty eladof it,” says he. - “What will I'do to get ont of thisi” *There is nothing cin help yott a bit only the blood of Christ. Up and believe!™ Aud 1 did. began Lo pray, aml Instead of pray 'fi- to Uod a8 one who wus a good way off, T whispered right Into IMis ear, aud Ie enved me. I 'felt so light and ulry that you could have carried me on top of your little finger. Then we set up the family altar,/and there were five new-born souls around it. Leouldn’t contain myself for Joy, My appetite for liquor ieft me, and for threc years L lind nono of it. - But one day when [was itL the ol cnemy cuno back with terrlble foree, 1 louked into a guloon and saw u couple of men drivking beer. It looked 6o foaming, and cool, nand bitter, und refreshing! Just the thing! Then I went down to my store, where there was wine, uud brundy, and Zin, un whisky—— Ar," Moody, interrupting, “ You sold lguor then 1" “ Yes; Lwas a drugglst; I told you that to Legin with,” [Laughter.] 'And thend wont up futu n room over the storce and sald ‘2{7 praycrs, ==only saltl them. There §s u great difference be- tween praying and suying your pmyers, When I'went down the uppetite cameback, Iorror of horrors! So I went buck. und sald sume more prayers. But when 1 came down the same ter- riblo temptation selzed upontne, You drunkards know that it {s. T went back to that 1lttle room and threw myself on my face before God, and 1 snid, O Qod, fs it Thy will that I should oneo more beconre n miserable drunlard, and bring rain on myself and my family? Idon't know whether I T'm{cd five, or teny or flftcon minutes, but, grlory be to God, I got. the victory over that np(wmu and have kept it ever since. tr. Diller. closed with an carnest and well- timed exhortation to drunkards to yleld to the futluences of the Holy Splrit, which were urging them to take Jesus now, At this polnt Mr. Moody called for a pledge from nll who would agree not_to eet out wing or strong drink on the coming New-Year's Drfl, In response to which nearly all in the vuse audl- cuce stood up, though there were some who de- clined to comnmit themselves in this anner, A song was then sung entltled, ** Rescue tho Perishing,” after which the Rev. Mr. Youker led fn prayer. Mr, Sankey then aaug the solo, “ Progizal Child, Come Hume," Another witiess—a man who has heen saved about threo months—gave bls experience. o had been a fushionable drinker for seventeen years; had fallen altogether; lost his business, bis family, Lis friends, overything, Now ho was saved by the grace of God, and his appe- tite for liquor had nln&ntlmr ett him. Kind words had won him to Chrlat, Mr, Moody then referred to the letter he had Ived near the commencement of these meet- ings from o broken-hearted father and mother in” 8cotland, begging Llm to look out for thelr lost son, who had been o wonderer for years, during which no word had reached thein Lo suy whether hio was dead or slive. They thought perhaps e might have comu over to Amerien, nnd usked that Mr, Moody would read the letter publicly at overy place wiere o held weetings, so that their lost Wilils might know that nothing but love awalted bim i€ ho would come home, This Ietter wus read at the Taber- nacle and at Farwell Hall, and Mr. Sawyer was directed to wateh for him In tho fnébrintes, mecetlng, for that was the class among which by w‘ns l¢lmly too certaln to bo found, If ever found at all. Last Friday n poor fellow, homeless snd help- less, presented bimself nmong the inquirers at, the reformed men's meeting, ot the inquiry-" roomt in the Tabernucle, whose Scobeh acceeit I\‘\;l’l“lln Suwyer tonsk bis nume, He replied, o —. “*Oh, you are the very maon wo lave been looktug for,"” sald llmu‘;{r Sawyer, * Looking for mes how is that “There’s u letter for you from your futher nlu{ tm;»;hcr." ieh At this announcement the poor yuung ma olmost fainted with lurprlxupnud J,\uv.l; : thought he wus o custaway, und hud Ho thought that auy of s friends would ever own him aguin, “1le had sluned against them so much, aiid fallen so low, but the love of his father wnil mother, lke thulnrnthu Suvior, hod outlived ull his abugo of it, and the wanderer was not only found for his parents in Seotland, but also for Lis Father aud his Bavior tn Heaven, ‘*Ho {8 hera to-duy," suld Mr. Moody, ang T wunt ho stiould sueak o fow words," With such o sad Wstory for uu introduction, no wonder the lirt‘fll andience llstened with opon ears und gentle hearts, while the Just-one- found, a slizht, florld, Bcoteh Tuddle, of perhinps 20 years of awre, yave the followlng ' account of hl;mwl!tx 1 i i Twonty years ngo 1 was a happy boy, starting out from my lmm‘fl in Hmunml'zl:.:yn l": ool m‘i distaut city, My father thought to muke me a doctor, hut my mother hoped 1 would be o minister. At school I fell o with evil come Eunlmu, und, as the result, iy lifo hos e one lon dn{ of debauchery, the wiemory of wiich lug Tashed mo with whip ot acorplons, When 1 was 20 years old [ went uway to Australlo, and rushéd through that vonutry a8 a gold-sceker. Then, growing home- sick, I'eume back to Europe, und %undul inAm- sterdam. My father came to imcet me, aud aftor & while'secured me_a vesponsibio pusition Ina dry-goods louse, T marricd one of the sweetest littte women that ever drew tho breath of llfe, the daughter of o minister and a Chris~ tlan. In three years sho died of a broken heart un mY occount, and when I whut down the Dig black coflindid over her white fueo 1 felt ms If my lost hope was gone. We had ono daugliter, and when [ took the litele child tu my urmis sud bade her oud by, to go out und wander over the fuce of the enrdn. sho guve e o hug us of from, her tears burnt Into me, und sne” suld, * Papa, will you be long away4” From that thne I roamed the wide world over, indserable, hungry, naked, == blot on the faco of the earth When I first et to Chicarzo 1 tried for u while v do better, obtuned v sltuation in o houss which eent we out to travel; but with plonty ot mnned' I went o buck to my cups agaln i lost “my situation, Jost my frieids, lost all. ‘Then I missed my mother! On Friday 1nst I came Into this hall, and went into the lnguiry-room after the meeting was over, Mr. Sawyor asked me my name, and sabd hie had been looking for me for alx weeks: told me thers was a letter for mo from tmy father and mother, Then tlm{ rayed for me. Man could not save e, hut wed at the foot of the cross, and nsked the merey of Him who dled on it for mie, and He saved me. And now I would rather live oncrusts of bread molstened only with m{ tears than to go back to the life of sl from which I hava heen rayed, Tho vast congregation coutd not restrain its tears. Thousands wera weeping, And when Mr. Moody, with his volce full of sobs and cries, poured out a prayer to God to bless this lost ong now found, nnd make him a8 preacher of righteousness, ns his godly mother had destgned, the scene was beyond description for tenderness and emotion. ‘This ynlmf Scotchman has evidently beon well edueated, and his sddress showed not only culture but genus. It seens not too much to expret ' that this brand plueked from the lmrnlufi may becomo o burning and a ehining lght to'show lost souls 1lke himsclf the way to Chirlst as ho found ft. The mecting then broke "f into the various smnaller gatherings in all the inquiry rooms, in which the good worl of saving drunkards and other sitmers was carncstly pressed forwand, No snch temperance meeting Wwas_ever scen in the Northiwest, It was afitting clinax to the wonderful seres of Gospel temnerance meet- ngs, which lave Leen the mwost remarkablo feature of this whole revival work, TIE TWO ADAMS, MOODY'S LAST AFTERNOON MBETING, The Inst meeting of the afternoon series wos a remarkable gatherlug, both In pofut of ot tendance and the character of the service. Tho singing, Jed by Mr. Boukey, Was more than or- Otloarily grand, nnd the lecture was certalnly tho beat Mr. Moody has delivered in Chicngo, Following Is an anstract: God dealt really with two men—tho first nnd eeeond Adams—tvo federal heads, The first Adam, the natural man, was put aside, and the spiritual Adam took lis place. Tho first Adam tvas made Lord of creation, but his King- dom was taken away from him. Now, he (Mr, Moody) wanted to turn them agutnst the Adam of Qenesls o favor of Christ, the sccond *Adam. If they only got down on the st * Adam, . and kept. him down, and dung to the sccond Adam, then they would have peacs and joy. The two Adams were then contrasted; the first waa made Lord of everything, while the sccond one was on a level with the beasts of the ficld. Sl was futroduced into the world by tho first Adam, At the beginning of his Chirlstian life, he could not understand that edict of God, *“1f thou eat thou shalt surely dle,” Innamuch ns Adam lived 900 years afterwards. e now un- understond, however, that it was not the natural Jife which waa reforred to, but the life of the soul.” Through the first Adam we fell, but through the second one we could nll riso agaln, With sin death came Into the world. Now men caviled and complained about the supposed in- Justiee of their belng condemned ou account of ihe fault of one man, but those persons forgot that God lind provided a substitute in onder that they might be raved If they would, In other words, we just got up where the first Adatn fell, © It was perfectly plain i( peopte would only look “at the thing in o proper way. nvcr{y ong could be saved if they would belleve on he Lord Jesus, We would never have hind paing, and nches, nnd discascs, had it not beeu for tho sin of the first man. But the second Adam camo to bear our sick- nessesand to relieye all our sius. Tho_trouble wia that men would not place their burdens end sorrows on Jesus, but hield on to thom, It was tho privilege of every child of (fed to have Jesus carry his burdens us well as lifs slns, When the” first Adam fell and bad thereb Lrought the terrible blight of sin into the world ho ran away and hid biineclf; but the sccond Adum, who came to take away our sins, did not concenl Himself, but gave Himself upeven unto death, It was signiicant that it was In o gar- den where the first man fell, and ina garden where he rose again, The first Adam was diso- bedient unto death: the second was obedient even unto the death of the Cross. One was of the carth, carthy; the other wos from Heaven and heavenly, 8p when they were born Into the sccond Adam they became partakers of “the divine nature; but they could not serve tod untll they obtalned the second nature, The flrst man was tempted by his bride, and grasped at tho for- bidden fruit, ond fell; but the second Admn withstood temptation. The latter loft heaven and cama into the warld to get a bride—tho Church. The first man excused himscli after he hod sinned, ond men who liad never been born into the second Adumn were always ready with excuges. In blnming his wife, Adam wag really churgiog the sin back on God, who had given him Eve. They coald not find any one ‘wlo could give n gootl excuso for not becoming Christians, Tho second Adam had 10 excuse to moke; He took our sins on his shoulder and explated them on the tree. After Adaw’s fall an nngel was sta- tloned nt the entrancs to Eden with o inrd thoe treo of life. I men llnmlu;i sword to could have obtalned crtrancc to tho garden and eaten of the [ruit, thoy would have become as gods, But the treo of life was pullea up, root and brauch, and transplanted Into heaven, the gates of which arc open day and night. The sin of tha first man barred mankiud from the trec, but the death of the sccond oponed the way to everlasting happiness. If a man was expelled from Eden on account of one gin, how could he expect to enter Paradise with 10,000 afns clinging to him? It was plain, and ought to be recomnized by all, that if we wera not washed n the blood of the Lamb wo would never gec the Kingdom of God. . Man hud to he brought from the lirst Adam to the sccond be- foro he swould bo In r-position to partake of the celestlal joys st apurt for the righteous, Il did not wait any one to think that thy bo faved by baptisin or confirmatl might confirm or baptize a man and yet noteon- vert him, Buptism und confiemation were mere- 1y ardinances ke the Lord's Supper, and God bu praised for such ordingnees; but It was ut- torly impossible for a mau to bo saved uuless he “took on the epiritual nature of tho second Aduniy creat muny of the rumseilers who kept thelr* saloons open on Sundays had been conflrmed and helonged to churches, and thought, therefore, they were all right. This was n terrible fullucy, snd wo to themen that taught such a damnable doe- trine. _Bome one must snswer for thoso Inlqui- tiea, No wan could read lis Bible plainly and teach such a doctrine us thut to those poor de- Juded souls, Let thom ask themselves whether they were in tho first or sceond Adums. That brought them to the twe natures, If aman was born of (od he had two natures,—oune was “of the carth, earthy,” and tho othier of the Bpirit. It o mnan wus born of the Spirit, he be- camo o partuker of the Divine nature, the in- corruptible sced that could not Imrlnh. A preat many converted persons were often surprised to find their old pussions return at thues; that was the secret, Ile bad the same temper now thut e had before his conversion, but God had given bim grace to keep it under control. ‘The nature of the first Adum, however, wusstill there, The Nigher and nearer o mnufint to Guil he becamo s greatertarget forthe Dotll toshoot at, aud they ought to watch and pray for Mrun‘mx to kesp the body under, Thore was notnlng good in the fleshi at ull, and therefora it ought to be mortified and kept under. But how was that to bo donet By not supplying the flesh with food, This could not be done Ly going to theatres, veading Sunday papers, trashy novels, ete, could only be done by starving the Devil. When the Devil was starved they would get splritual strength, and could go forth and con- quer. Nubers wore willing to b converted, hut were afruld of the publicity of the thiy Somo cust o stlrma on these mceetings, and clured that they would nover be converted hy such means, ‘This was the old Adam manifost- fng himself, It men wanted a perfect victory thc{ must trample such wlscrable, cursed pride under thelr feet and be willing to ne fools for Ulrist's suke. After that Hfo would flow on casfly, and they would bu unable to help serving Chirfst, Men had three_great en- vinted—the " tleah, the world, and the Devil, and 1w thoughbt the tlesh wus worse than the Duvil, for If the Tatter wos reslsted ho would fleay but, notwlthstanding reststunce, the flesh clung to them und went down to the gvave with them, Un the other hand, men had ‘thres wonderful fricuds—God the Father, God the Splrit, und God the Son, who would help them to overcome those cnemies. Ho urged uj? to tryand conquer tha ald Adain and accept the new, and then they w‘mll;l' have that peacw which passoth all undes- standing, . . ‘I mecting closed with the benediction, —— MIIE TABERNACLE, TIE OLOSING MEETING, of tho closlug week, though not absolutely the lust of the Moody und Saukey meotings, was a uotable oceasion. It was evident ot ou catly hour that the great Taberuacle would not be able to contain the crowd. The chief ushey, Alr, Horton, fecling reluctant to disappolnt so mauy who would think themsclves fil-used §f shubout ad “such wn carly hour, left the doors 4 read, open till the very Inat moment consiatent with the comfort and rafety of the audience, and then closed them while there was a great congrega- tion without ns well s within, Mr, Moody gave out tho openlng hymmn, “ (uldo me, O thou Great Jehovah,' “nfter |, which tho Rev. Mr. Paynter led fn prayer. Mr. Bankey sang *,\Vatehing and Wailting,” Mr, Moody read the Scripture lesson from Isaloh, flty-third chapter, beginning, * Who hath be- lteved our report 1" ‘The familiar hymn, * Alas, and td my8avior blecd ' was sune by the whole congregation, and Mr, Moody gnve out his text, I, Cor., xvi, 3¢ # Chirlst died for our sina.’ 1 wiah I could get every oncherc to say that, sald Mr, Momly, Not'lle died for all man- kind, but He died for me, I haveoften thought that it I could make thisdoctrine real, If I could tell the story of the cross so that people would gee ft and foel ft, I would go around aud tell it, anul preach nothing else. Ve take.up the Bible, we read the account of His erucifixion and death, how Ie suffered in nrony, #ud we go away, lay the Bible down, and think nothing’ more nbout it. 1 remember when the War was going on I would read about o great battle having been fought, where probably ten thousand men had been killed and woumnded, nnd after reading the article I wonld lay the paper aside and forgec all about it, At last I went Into the army mny- self; I was at Fort Donclson and Pittsturr Landing; Ieaw the u! lmi men, I heard the 5rmma of the wouyded, 1 helpod to comfort the ylng and bur{ tho dead, I saw_the scenc In all ita terriblo reallties; ‘and after 1 had been on the battleficll Icould not read an account of & battle without it making n profound: Impres- slon upon me. 1 wish I could bring before you in living colora the sufferings and death” of Christ.” Now, when a great man «dles wo aro all anxlous to get fis lnst words, and {f it fs o Irlend how we treasure up that last word, how we tell it to his frlends, aud wo never tiro talking to our loved ones of Low he made his departure from the world. uw, let ua visit Culyarys let us go back in our finagination to the timc of Christ's crucifix- fon; let us imagine we are living in the Clty of Jerusnlem, und thot It is the lnat Thursday bo- foro He wus eruciiled. Lot usJ,un imagiue we arc on one of the strects of Jernealem. You ree n small body of men_wnlkluE down the slreet. As we get uearcr wo find that it Is Jo- sus and His Apostles. Wa just walk down the strect with themn and we see them stop and enter a very common-looking house. They go in pod wo cnter also, nnd there wafind Jesus sitting with the Apostios. - You can see sorrow depleted upon Iis brow. We are told that Ho wag sorrowful unto death, As Hewas sitting there Jl¢ sald to the twelve, * Ono of you shall this nl§m betray me."” Then each of them wondered if he were tho oue of whom tho Master spoke, and they sald, ** Is it I Then Judag, the traitor, sald, “Isit 13" “Judas, what “thou docst do quickly," sofd the Bavior, and Judns got up and left the room, For three years he hnd been ns- sociated with the Son of God. For three years he had sat at the feet of Jesus. For three years he lind heard thoso words of sympathy and love fall from Iils lips. He hud seen Him” perform 1Iis wonderful iniracles. He had heard the parables as they fell from the lips of Jesus. For threo cars fio had been a member of that little band, ut now he gets up and goes out Into the nl@ht. the darkest night that this world ever saw. You can hear him us he goes down those steps, off into thie darkness and_ blackness of tho night. ‘Then he went to the Sanhedrim and sald, What will you grive me? Thirty picces of silver. That -was nsmall amount. Men condemn him, but how many arc selling Alin for less than that? Haw many will give Him up for lcas than that? Itwas on that night that Jesus sald, * Let not your hearts be tronbled. I go to prepars a place for fi‘uu‘. aud {f 1 go to prepare a placo for you, I wifl come agaln, that where Iam there inay yo bo also.” Tnstead of tho dieciples try- Ing to cheer Oim, Ho 18 trying to cheer them, He takes Peter, James, and John off from the reat, and then 1o withdraws from them about a stone's throw, and there Io prayed to the Father. He tlint knew no sin was to bear all oursins. Hao who was as spotless as the angels of Heaven was - to suffer for “us, When He pets up from prayor Ho sces in the distance a band of men with lanterns and torches, and He knows um{: gre looking for 1tm. Jie went up to_ this band of men” and said, ** Whom seck yo1" — And they sald, “We seck Josus of Nozareth,” “Iam fe.” Then they trembled and fell to the ground. At last Judas cama uf‘ —I don't know but ho put his arms around I{is neck and kissed Him,—and the soldlers soized Hlm, Those hands that had wrought 60 _many wonderful mimelos, thoso hands that hnd 50 often been ratsed to bless the disciples, were bound, A Mr. Mowdy continued the discourse with o vivid deseription of the various scenes nnd eyents of the lnat hours of Christ, so Nfe-liko nt times 08 to bo absolutely nnln{nl, but fnag styla which {t 1s nlnjost, impossible to reproduce tothe mind of one who_only hears it with his eyes, The trial before Pilate, the condemnu- tlon, the scourging, tho crown of thorns, the nioe! crf' at the house of llerod, the cry of “Crucily him, crocify hlm,” the [ournoy to_ Calvary, 1l uilliog ot Tils blesgod bm‘f(’ to " the cross, 8 death-ery, the darkness and earthquakes, tho spear-thrist, and at lnst the deseent from thie eross, were all plet- uréa In Torcible words with a viow to hflufi homu to tho vast congregativn the sacred an awlul-truth of tho vicarlous death of the Bon of Gol, Tho effect of the disconrso was very marked. At the close of the sormou the usual after- zmlzctlm.:s were beld with good attendatee aud nterest. * ANNOUNCEMENTS, Noonday meeting at Farwell Iall to-day, Subject of Sunday-school lesson, “Peter's Re- ll;:lale." The metting will be led Ly Blshop ows. Children's meeting at Farwell Hall this aftor- noonat 8 o'clock, to be conducted by B, F. Jucobs, A Goapel temperanco meeting will be held this evenlug in the Temperance’ Hall at Onk- land. Mr. Latimer, a reformed man, will an- swer the question, *Can n drunkard bo saved i Also n temperauce meeting this evenlug at Mr, Moody's Nurth Bldo church, corner ot LuSulla atrect and Chiearo avenue, to be conducted by the Rev. M. M, Parklitrst, 5 P'res chlnfi by Mr. Moody and singingz by Mr, Bankey nt the Taberuncloon Sunday st ¥a. m. to Christlan workers, at 4 p. m. to wonien, and at 8 p. . to men, MuJ, Cole will_speak at Mr. Moody’s North 8lde Church on Bunday eveming at 7:80, . . TIIE WOMAN’S WORK., WHAT THHE LADIES' COMMITTERS HAVE DONE, The meetings held by the Ladlca’ Committea of tho Moody and Bankoy mcetings lnve been vory large attended during the past week. The maln loor of Furwell Hall has been nearly full ol ladies, most Interested and earnest, whilo the Inquiry-rooms to right and left wore also full of seckers after Christ. The inquiry meet- ing followlug tho ladles’ mecting hos been held upon the platform, for lack of space elsewhcre, Monday had been chosen as report day for the “ house-to-house visitors;” but through aslight oversight there wus not sufllelent .time clven “to allow the veports to be presented, 'he goud woinen hiad the satisfaction of . having dong most nublo and sclt-sacriticing work for the Master, though they bad not the opportuni- ty of stirring cuch other to wew fuith and cour- ngae by the recital of thelr strugwies und victor- ivs, If any who came_orepared to roport were disappolnted they could lmrdtlly lave felt the ‘Mw ppoitment as dueply as did the Committes n_clinrie, - It was decided to have the reports on Friduy a8 formerly, and a large number eame with their records on'that day. ‘The mecting in tho south Inqulry room ot the Tabernacle was opencd by Mrs, willlug, the overtiow mev:l)la:;: being conducted by Miss Dry- er, About 1,600 were present. Mri, Goodrich! called for the reports, Mrs. larrls gave o summary of thoso of twelve visitors, About 1,600 “papprs, tracts, ctey liad been distributed, lor motto hud bosn, e not weary fn well dulng; for in duo season ye shall reap it ye fafnt not.* Mrs. McGinnls roported for one of tho Pres- byterian churches, tho entiro districs thoroughly canyassed. Her porsonal work hud been malnty in the hu}ulr_v-munu and great blessings lud come to hier fu her efforts to help others. Y Mra, Haven reported a cessutlon of work In this line, because she had been urged to give her time to tho pruyer-mcetings: but she had suffered loss from tho change, and’had gone buek to the old work most gladly, 8he had mado 150 ealls, Mrs, Evuns had been tnclived at first to shirk this difcult undertuking, thinking it much tuore agrceablo to sit aud Jlsten to Mr, Moody, and gnfoy the good Influcnce that was upon the people. "But she could not rest nlehts for think- g of tho poor people fn thelr burd work ond trouble who kunew nothing of the HBurden- dearer, Bho opened her Bible forguidance, and “My little clildren, let us not love in ward only, buy {ndeed and in truth. 8o she started out, and she kuew of six conversious in the cottugo prayer-meetings that had been held fa ber district, Bho hesituted very much about golng into the ssloons, but she had heard of ony liguor-selior who Lad heen brought to the Tabernuclo and converted through oy fo- vitation glven by oue of the district Visitors, und she wus encouraged to visit cven those deus e o 1 thio Unfon-Park Mre. Haven reported the Unfon-Park Cangre- &ationallst ladics at work, They bad visited 180 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE; SATURDAY, DEEEMBER 16, 1876—TWELVE PAGES, Ir;mlllcs, forty of them non-church-golng peo: ple. Mra. Goodrich reported the First Congrega- tional Church as having made 1,300 visits, Four of their Indles had engaged to continue tho work daring the winter, holding cottage prayer-meet- Ings, ~§lm Stebbinareporteld the Centenary Mcth- odist Church organized for work and imuch Dblgssed Ly the effort, Mrs. Willlng made a stinllar report for the Central, Trlnlty, Michigan Avenue, and Laug- ley Avenuo Methodist Churches, Mrs, Flteh yeported tho Teavitt Streot Con- gregationalist Churel visited the second timo with excellent results, Mts, Cragin sald that tho Now Eneland Con- grezationallst Church had eanyassed its field three thnes, ita visitors calting upon 724 fam- flles and finding cigity that were non-church- fiulng, fourteen” Jewish, and 857 Catholle fam- fes,” Tha visitora were recelved kindly by most upon whom they cutled, The ladics entered npon the work reluctantly, but they had found it a source of great blessing, Mrs. s‘;nnom reported for the Fourth and ' 8ccond Presbytertan Chitrches that tho ladles wera ot work, and_thero had been several con- versions through thelr uflnrfl, Mrs, Allen sald that tho visitors in the Elghth Presbyteriun Church had mado 500 visits, and they had been specially helped fn thelr efforts to Intercst the Cathiolics in the subject of per- sonnl snlvatfon. The mecting was closed by the singing of Rock of Afi"'" ond the ladies went out de- termined to donll in thelr power to hiclp others in the one great work. CORRESPONDENCE. POWKLL VEISUS MOODY. T the Editor of The Tytdune, OAR PAng, Dee, 16.—~Tho meanest attack we have yet scen upon the Christian work of Mr. Moody nppears In the Zugulrer of Dec, 7, o so- called religlous newepaper of New York City, under the signature of * Powell " (E. I, Powell belng announced clsewhere as n special con- tributor to that journal). It reads ns fullowa: These peripatotic \j&n!pfilen stir the soul of A man to the fighiing point constantly, and it ls hard ‘work not to slitteé off inton battie with them. There 18 not eo much fault to be found with their man- nors, ns with their pre-suppused theology. . All their snjvatlon work fa based on achronically angry God, who has the uncoufortuble lot of belng in a #nd way with soinchody all tho time, Mr, Moody will show o mcanro fow = of tho race how to pacily Him. Financlally, Moody s o grand muccess, 1o In ‘replenishing coffera of the papera wonderfolly, 1le In binging an immenee amount of loose chango Into the clty. Tho Exposition was s, comparative falluro. ilo wlit work a linlt dozen of the pourest preachera to deathi, andso ba some permanent valug to the churchea, Among thoso wpeclaily prayed for tha other day was my evolutionlst predecessor, now in Boston. * What a proyer teat Is that! Can' Savage e unevoluted into adeing the unlverso o8 Brother Moody sees it? We will try to havo patience in walting for tho nuswer, ho following feom the sermon on Daniel fs 1 fine instance of blended humor and pathos, a de- eided improvement on the originnl atory: ** They caat him info the den. Daniel” ulept calmer than ever that nlght, After ho had prayed wlth hin fuco toward Jegdsalem, he took ane of the Jiona for o piliow, and slept sweetly,” 1o had an angel sent allthe way from Ilcaven to el ilm that he was beloved of God.™ Now such talk from Pawell as_this hoa not: cven the merit of belng witty, and we aro will- Ing tosubmit the question’ to any unbinsed mind if such querulous words, are not ns blas- plicmona and profane a3 the whrst_exprossions of the wickedest mun in Chieago. It ulmrl)‘ taking the nmno of God . valu. It 1s scofllng at the power of prayer, It I8 attempting to make tho very Bibls the subjecf of ridicule. It s the” grossest kind of irrever- enco uttered in a allly, Jealous spirit: in support of no arguinent, and for no reasonable purpose whatever. Whils Mr. Moody is_not without o multitude of dufects, wao believe In giving bin o falr chance, and wo Inslst with emphasls that auch an exhibition of ill-fecling as * Powell? displayed {s unworthy of a man who oceuples o Chirlstinn puiplt, . . J, HALL, THE EHRING BISTRRY, T the Bditor of This Trijune, Cuicaao, Dee. 16.—I have notleed In your valuable paper a few articles from proatitutes in referenco to the Moody and Sankey mectings, and I think these.me¢tings lave mnde some m- presslon on them, Now, I think tho eorrect conrso of the Christlans of this ¢ty to pursuo would be to establish a home for “these fallen women. And, 08 for the support of this institution, let it be Kuown as the * Necdio Inslitute,” and mantenance could be derived from the needle. [ think this would weet the hearty np[lmvnl of all zood cltizens, and by such actlon it would not only leasen the criing, but would lead otlier cltica to follow tho cxampte, and in course of time we wonld have a city wo should be proud of, CHRISTIAN, et b L TIE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. Some Goad Rending for Mr. Korn, Ta the Editor af The Tribune, Cutcaao, Dec. 15,~In your Issug of Dee, 13 appeared the report of an interview with Mr. Sheriff Kern upon the subject of dleting the prisoners in the Cannty Jail, fn which he Is re- ported ns having delivered himself s follows: Now, I'll tell you just my positlon on this quos. tlon of nllnllnxg You understand that the whole profits of the Eherl{F's ofiice como ant of the f:edlg§ of tho prisoners. 1 have o enlary, of 80,0 but that ocs towards puylng necessary oftice ox- lmmcn ogal assistance, and my wwn living, It tint alary was all that the.Sherl® hnd to depend on, the oillce would not ba worth holding. 14 sn ollice of responsibility snd hard work, and ought to pay well. " Ihave been flguring up'the cost of keoping the prlsoners, and 1 extfmato thut at an allowanco of 15 centa from the county I can make about 88,0004 year. Now that's o fair statement of my position. g When we redd this, we thought 1t possible that your reporter had misinterpreted the drift of the Blerifl's remdrks, and that some contra- diction or cxplanation would appear {n your next {ssuc; but noneappeared, and I take it that in the mbove extract the Sherll has ludl- tated his purposc ond policy so far as that branch of his ndmivistration 8 concerned, Now thisis a new departure in ofllelal corrup- tion, A public ofticer at the very beglnnlng of hls term bold)y and unblushingly announces to the public o deliberats mtentlon to defraud the vounty and to trample upon.decency aud law, Let us look at the facls, The Coustitution (Sce. 0, Art. 10) provides ns follows: T'ite elerks of all the courts of record, the Treas. urer, Sherig, Coroner, nud Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, shall recelve, a8 thelr only compensa- tlon, salaries 10 bo fixed by law, which shall in no caeo he os much as tho lawful compensation of & Junlgy of tho Clrcult Court of wald county, and shall be_pald, rv.'luw:tl\'ulf'. unlx out of the feca of thn oflico actnally cullecied, Al feen, porguisites, and emolnments above the amount of eald salariesshall Lo paid Into tho County Treasury, This language {s cxplicit and final, It makes the Sherlil’s only o compensation consist in asalury to bo fixed by law, and requires ull foes, perquisltes, cmoluinents In excess of the #alary so fixed, to be turnud over Lo the County Treasury for the benefit of tha people. The salary of the 8herifl of Cook Connty has heen fixod by Inw at 80,000 per year, and the sume law that fixes his salury also provides that he shall keep o full, true, and mivute account of oll the fees aud emoluments of hls ' oflico,"” and ulso of all his expenditures for clerk hire, statlonery, and other necessary expensca; thal twice a “year, on tho first” days of June, and Deceniber, he shall make a report to the County Bourd of all his n.-eol‘)u aud expend- fturcs, and that, upon the auditing of hls ac- counts, ho shall pay over any balanco in his nands to the County Treasurer, “The law also provides In the sectlon fixing tho foes of 8herdiTa dn all countles, that they shall recelve for dicting euch prisoner such compun. satlon to cover the actual costs as may bo flxed by the County Board, but such compensation lftlll.llu not be consldered o part of the fees of the ollice, ‘The last clause of this provision may Lo somewhiat nmbliruous, But does it meon that this compensation, whon fixed by the County Board, shall be delivered over to tho Bherlff, leaving him to pocket anything he can save by ntarving the prisonera or knnrlnz them upon sour bread aud rotten meat! It must bo re- membered that all Sherllfs excopt Mr. Kern are pald fees, and tho object of the tlause of the ubove provision was to make the compensation for dleting prisoners & public trust-fund, In which the otficer could not by ruy ossibility luve any private interest, The ob- ILCI. of the law wus to ronove from tho Sheriffs ull temptation to defraud the prisoners by deny- fng them any right to appropriute any of the fund to their own use. 1t was, in short, to pre- vent the vory abuse which My, Kern deliberato- 1y ‘prucum. ‘rom the foregoingz it {s apparent that Mr, Kern hus no wgu rhrht to retain any part of the money allowed by the County Board for the (llclluf of the prisoners. 1f thero fs auv excess over the actual expetutltures it is elther to he accounted for svporately to the Couuty Board, or elae, as m“ulml by the Constitntion aud tho law, chflrlc 48 one of the * perquisites or cmoluments™ of his oflice, {f there is auythlog mnonstrous in publio af- folrs and deapicable in human character it fa this starvation and abuse and mnaltrestment of tho inmntes of our jalls aud poor-houses who aru powerless to |u-‘lip themsclves, and who ure thus plundered, and starved, and murdered by ::m very men who are set to guard and protect e, Mr, Keru cetlmates that hocan wako sbout $8,000 n year from_this dictt average of nearly §22 ‘mr day one-fourth or ono-third of thie entire allowance for that putpose. Ile compluins that with nothing but tho legitimata salnry tho offlee would not bo worth having, W 'f then, dld ho seck 1 He says that his sulnry of 86,000 goes towards paylne nccessary oflicy exvenws. Teanl asafstance, and his vwn living, All his ofiice expeuses nnd all expenses connects cl with the admin(stration of his otlice are paid by thy county. And what ts tho salaryofn ublic offleer for, ff it 18 not to pay for the llving of tho incumbent and s legal assistanve, if Lo nceds anyl ‘“Bat it is an offico of responsibility and hard work,"” aays Mr, Kerns 80 {8 the oflico of Judge of the Supremo Court of the Btato. And the same Teginlature which fixed the salary of the Bherit of Cook Countyat 5,000 fixid that of tho Judges of the Buprema Court ot $5,000, And this 56,000 has to sutllee for livine expenses, and 1o, asslstance, and raflroad fare, and hotel Dbills, whan attending court. r. Kern persista in his mean and con- temptiblo paliey of defranding the prisoncra under his care, and {n robbing the veoplo of Cook County of 8,000 a yeur, we would call attention to the following provislon of our Elntutea for the benefit of ‘some future Grand ury 5 Every peraon holding any publlc oMce(whethor State, “county, or municipal), trust, or employ- ment, \vhonhnll)e{':nm of nuy palpable omission of duty, orwho stinll bo guiliy of divorting an; lmhllc moncy from tha usc or purpose for which L may have bieen appropriated or sot apart by ar lmdcrnlllhnrl!{nr 1w, . . ., Ofwho shall be gulity of wiiful and corrupt oppression, malfea- sance, or partiailly where no special proviston ahiall have been made for the nnnishment thereof, #hall he finod not exceeding $10,000, and may be removed from his oflice, trnat, or employment, It Mr. Kern persfats in violating the Const! tution and the laws which he has taken his so! emn onth to support, if hio peraists {n outraging huminity by Imposing so wickedly upon the ]mor peaple Who are brought unwilllngly under his power, let him recelve the full penalty of tho law, EFORM, i CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDING YES- TERDAY. SENATE, 1 WasmnaToN, D. C., Dec. 15,—~0n motlon of Mr. Thurman, the bill reported from tha Com- mitteo on the Judiclary, on the 12th of July last, to amend the ncts of July 1, 1802, and July 21804, to eld In the constructlon of railronds from tho Mlssourt River to the Pacifle Ocecan, was made the epeclal order for the third Tucs- day of January next. This s tho bill which provides for tho catablishinent of a sinking fund,to liquidate the indebtedness due from the FPacific Rallrond Companics to the Government. Mr. Windom, from the Comtnittee on Appro- priations, reported, without amendinent, the IHlousc blll to provide for the payment of the Elcctoral messenfrers, Passed. ‘The resotution providing for investigation in regzard to tho appointment of the Oregon Elect- ors was then takon up, and Mr, Thurinan took the floor, Mr. Thurman said his object was to con- trihute somothing to the history of this Oregon ease, . .and _to show tlere were two sldes to 1. This was o resolution calling for an investication .hy tho Committes on Privilegos and Elections, and ha wan sarprised that the Chairman of the Committe (Mortan) had projuiyed the whols ciee. - Tho Governoe of Ora- on hind not acted s0 palpably wrong as to author- 70 the Benator from Indiana (Morton) to deolare that he wos infamous, 'The_noliglbility of Watts swas not dpnled, and It conld not Lo rald that the {gnorance of the people of Oregon as to Inellgiblli- ty gave him the right to the ofice. If this was teng, thelr lanoranco waa superlor to th Conatitu- tun of the Unlted States. Accordingtotheargument of the Benator from Indiann, If the votors of Ore- gon had cast their votes for Goldsmith Mald, tho Governor wonld have been competled to issne tho certificato of clection ta her, He argued that the Governor of every State was called upon every day to-exercisy Judicinl power, ana the Governor vf Oregon may lisvo concluded, as ono of the ablest lawyers in the country had concluded, thiat g had tho powar to wiihhold the certitcate from Watts and isaue It ta Cronin, and that it was his duty to exerciso that power. ile ‘Tlmrmnn) woula not ve his opinlon ns to any of the questions involved, e unly wanted to how that there wore two uldesto thils ease. How could the Governorof Oregoncertify thint Watts was clected nccording to’ the Constitu- tion when he was not qualified under tno Constite tion? ‘The thing was farced upon Gor. Grovor, und he hiad to deckis it, and theraforo was ol lnb,uut to the anathemas which had beon hurlod ngefust m. Me. Tharman, in concluslon, sent to the Clerk's desk and had rend a_lengthy opinfon of Judgo “"mfi" Iondloy, of Clneinnatl, ns recently pub- ahed in the Cinclnnati Commercial, wustaining the courga of Graver, Whon the Clerk read tha para- raph In rogard to nn alleged plan to have Mr. herman, of Ohlo, made President of the Scunte for tho ]’mrgfl!u of counting tho Electoral vote, ctc., A, Shermnn sald he wished to say that this whole atory shout & consplracy to eloct hilm Preal- dent of thio Sonate was sl mpl{ 2_newspaper roor- bach withonut one word of truth whatever, Mr. Wallacosald: 1t s but just to remember the ebligations under which the” Governor of Ore- gon acted, Ile is the Exccutlvo of n State, and 1s nlso chosen toa kcaton the floor, and we are bound 1o belleve that ho acted conscientlonsly in tho performance of his'grand duty. Amid tho maze of authority quoted, it le plaln that thn law as to whether iscaa certlfy for a minority eandi- date I unacttled. 1t s Aurely a wafor path to ubey hisoath and the suprema law than to cortify in violatlon of both. 18 it notaf lcast prematurs to censure the Governor? Whothor lio be right or wrong 18 safely left to an enlightencd vivw of law, when we hiavo the facts fully Lefore us, My amind Inclinea to the belief that no third Elector lina beon teeally appointed by Oregon. Tho stat- uites of Oregon themselvea define what Is n vacancy within their own meaning, and the caso of a fail- ure to elect1s not included. — If 1t bo law, a4 cone tonded for, that the majorlty candldate being in- eligiblo the minority candudate s not clected, then there {8 nu vacancy, but thers In a falluce to elect. 1f m0, thik brines” the cave within Sce, 134 of the United Staten statutes, which is, ** Whenover any State has held an' election’ for the purpose of _chwoslue Electors, hus falled” to moke n choice on the dnr preecribed by law, the Electors may bo appolntal on o subsc. quent day In such manuer s the Leglslaturo of such Stato may direct.” 1f the doctrine of our fricndu bo xaund, then It follown that the Legisla~ ture of Oregun liny not {lmvldcd Ly law for this gate, that sho Lua legally appoinivd but two o and ota. Mr. Bitcholl enfd there was presented in this discussion n l}m:luclw whereln no Senotor ralved any queation {n regurd to the vote of the peoplo of Uregon at the late electiun, It was not denied by any Senator, any newapaper, any man anywhero of any political Darty, thint 8 majority of the vates of the peoplo of tho State of Orcgon at the late clection were - cast for tho ' Hepublican Klectora, o (Mitcholl) was mot surprlsed that SBenators on this Noor declined to come direct- Iy to the front and defoud tho action of the Gov- urnor of Oregon, What he (Mltchell) wanted to know to-day was, whethor any momber of the Democratic pmrl{ wns willing to rise uII in his placo and afiirm the right of Guv, Grover to adin- dicato upon the ellgibility of Watta, They dure not dojt. M commonted on the action of Uov. Grover, and sald it was a %mufl usurpation of ower, A gross violation of Jaw. He quoted at ength from the Constitution aud lawa of Oregon, and argued that Senators on the Democratic sldo of the chamber had ignored the Constitu- tlon and laws of the State. Thoy ha ovaded tho question, The holil ofice was onc of the highvst rights of an Amerlcan citizen, and how waa ho to be do- prived of that right? Cnmlnl‘v not by tho act of an Executive officer, Under the Constltution and Inwa of Oregon, §f a person voted for as Elector was Incligibile his election must be declared vold by a decision of a competent tribunal, which telbu- nal wan s Legixlature of the State. That body had power to declaro a vacancy, and other Electors under the law of the State had tho power to All the vamnn{. and wm no possible event had the Gov- ermor (he power {0 eay some one clae was elected In place of Walts, e next referred to Louislana, Flurida, and South Carolina, aud said thero was n zllm tlon fu those States as (0 which aide had ma- orities of tho votes, but thero wiano such ques- | lon a lo Orcgan. Pondlug discusslgn, Me. Windom called up tho bill making an_spuropristlon to provido fof the expensos of cerfaln wpecial committecs, and an his motlon the Senato non.concurred In the amendments of the House of Representatives, and a committes of conferunice was ordored. Tho Cliair appointed as vuch commlitee Meears, Windom, Logan, and Davis, i Mr. Edmunis called up 8 mossago from (ho Hunse announcing the passago of a resolution pro- viding for the appointment of a committen to act with a committce of the Benato ta dovise wonto method of counting the Electorul vote, and sub- mittod & rosolution referring the mowsage of tho House to a solect committes, to be composed of seven Benators, Wilh power to jropara and report withont unuecessary delay such messares as will wecure 8 lawful " count of ~the oral vole and tho best dispasition of all questions “con- wected therowlth, and that sald Comulitiee hayo power to confer with the Commlttec of the House uf Rtepresentatives, Laid over untll Monday and order printed, MISCELLANEOUS, Mr. Wright gave notlca that on Monday next he would call up the bill reported from the Committes on the Clyil Servica and Itetreuchment, reducing tho salary of the Prealdent of the Unlted Hrates rom $50,000 to $25, 000 per anuum, o sald thiv il had passed Congress ut the last scaslon, an bad been vetoed by the President, The Committen on Oivll Borvice and Retrenchment bad reported in favor of tho pussage of the bill, notwithstanding the veto, Il would not_discuss the bill further, and only ask for a voto on Monday, 3r. Wright also puve nutice that to-morrow, or on Monday, he would futroduce a bill to provide for the settlewent of tho coutested-election casea of Presldent und Vice-Prosldent. Mr, Edmunds said that ho guve notlco the other day that ho would esll up ths Ui to provide for and regulato the countlug of the voles fur Prest- dent and Vice-Prealdent, und a discussion of tiw guestions arising thereon, but ns u Senator, now fndispoved, dusired Li be heard on that bill, he bad notcalled 4t up. Tho House of Keprescutatives Lad notided thy Senste of (b appointnent of & —p—— Committes 1o net. with the Dointed by tho Senat \ullc'\fi-gl;‘mél:-':frgl b of counting the Kiectoral voton, Pl pelcr Mietod the Senate hnd for ta Soweg waaly s Tha omiO Annoint o commitiea na fequartu Uy, the Commitieo micht éupereedo (o neens, 1L yrpEnt i, e & .' ng 0 componmati Besscs summoned heforo o ol '.,':’,‘,..",'n.“ i Comminitleennt &1 per” day, aii b conty oty weator the 1100 morldian be. iy menfCaiiing ench way \hen tho pine e enpation s b enet ot (o Minsnshon Hayse. - ¥atlon sal} fler executiva acaslon, adjonzned, ONFIRMED, [l A The Senate confirmod the follow] Maj. Georsa Cooper, Medient Burveyor, wlth tha raile o et Colonel; Capte, A" A, Woodlm) a, L ACA, d dolhn 8. 1. l‘?g;. ]\\m;l:‘:.?:r b‘gfi:m. \vltll'lllu mn)'('lll:; uli!ffi; nol ‘of tho' Twenty-frst Hoghaane onanL-Colo: n I . : Lapt, 1L G, Thomns fo bo §|..'i:'r“nr"rml§' xr-"'.:'\:.'x’n{ Reglment of Tnfantry: Capt, 1. 3. ic) A}lfl(\v’r of the First. Hegimict of Atillory s gaa by L Wakson (Inte” Becond Theutonuny 3 e 1A°* 1 Ingnomtn i Burzeon, 1o b Aroon: master, With the rank of Major, bay- The hill to pay th it he expenses of tho Investy, committces, reducing the nmounf from $30, 000 1o, S10- 000 oo |nc'r!::mlx¥"|§fi?';f." the Houst from §31,000° to. 850, 000, e elor rome polltical divcusston, “cndictcd ' sl fublican eide by M. ialc, of Malue, and ey Detoctatic o b Hespee, Mol wd s, " . Hale, momberof the Appropriation o, see, Gnpoecil tho reduction of Hho wim for jom gt nte, aiud apoke of Uie grent anxlety of the Amen. £an peoply to Tearn tho trie stato of ailhjee 1o . Southern States. Ile thereforo arqued that feos nid ho 10 Dinch of the o, 5 A o remarked that the De; of th Honsc hud cortainly showts a1 geers scaid® for inniry into the cvents of the lato clectars) tho Itepublican side hnd, which had oposel e rroat enrtiestneen, Ond bnly three of fausoysy lone, tie anpofitinent of e Commlttees. " Ale. Cax (N, Y.) took part In the dircuss font, and fm:n'nmrcd on ‘tihlu rflnuul of Giov, Wells, of 1,01n y 1o reapond to the summons 1 '». % Rt e s’ of thi Invest) Mr. Hale replle: hat al Vi ‘“{I G 'nl‘ the documents were Ar, Cox—DBut we want the origluals, why, ! hold tlieni? Tho prolest. in that the Joofaiidls Honrd nitit report fo the Legialutura of Lostpn ous model Tigvernor. there defers to the logas Logislature and ot to the” American Congrevct] om aslinmed that Uiat sldo ‘o the' House Guesnor atoncerlsvip aml Instruct {ts pet Governor to regpiond ta tho demanl of tho Caminlitee. M. Towntond (N, ¥.) (Impetiiondy) To p. ing ashamed (s wutinl {fond Inugliter), Atr. Cox—3y colleague, sho nlwasa breaks out of order, has fust made & confession befors (1 [-\mplo. T am glad of ft. Confession 1s rogd for tho soi, Ha acknowledzesthat minmo « on 4y de of se, © do *not ncl:; Shaino on thie sida. namleie;any Mr. lale—Biecauso you aro Incapablo of i, Ar. Cox—Naw You wit down, | Lavehior] Yy collengue mald that ihoe shume s mutual, ]uup, Josa tig moant hatwean Mimwelf wn the yontlemba rom Malne (Halo). ~(Laughter,) o haer s sbame. [Shouts of derlsiva langhier oy the je oubiean side ] " O nat 18 1t exnctly, We wi ny Controversy nbout. (i, y| SolHathar . Cox—I mean that there is no f hich fo bt anything laumlneix;). T 0 be asliam ? our Returning - o beaalameds g Board 1) Loulal Ar. alo—o, alr. 3r. Cox—Ol, 'es, B, flnlo—Xo, sir. s, Cox—Wiy did not tho Honrd? Mr. Tinla—Docs the ewer that? By ezt Totaral r, linla="The Neturnin; y o % Board o orlginally r. Cox (Impaflently)—I do not want to g back as faraa that, Anewer tho qnasiion ¥ o o, DId not the iteturning Hoard ait the Jass bee daga i pecrics . Halo—It ald not, rating they put a Demoerat or gentleman want me to an- The Board coneldered all questlons openly, and then Fetired for deliberation asJudgeado, |Dorlsive lauehter on the Demo- cmticalde.] Dut ther was no business agssion of the Boaed In sccret. Now ns Lo the question, why did Ihey not appolnt a Democrut? AMr, Cox [nf’n n impatlent]—That will do, Tnle—| B Gre decine furtl . Cox—I decline farther Interraption, Mr, Hala—1 thought it likely you \{"nnld. Mr. Cox, contlnulng, sald: If'1 am not mistaken, the time will came when that etde of the. House, in accord with the Senate, will demand_that wu shall_go below nll theso parishes of Loulelam and clsewhere, Thus und thus only can this preat uestion of the Presidency be solved, Thus and thus only can_content snd peace to our beloved country. With all sincerity, and in all good faith, Isccond thoeffort of my fricnd from Malue to make this Investigation thorough nnd complete, Lethim take no steps backward, and he fllmll have tio honor which belong toa gentlemon tnd patelot, Mr, Iinle then took the floor to reapond to Mr. Cox, ll¢ declared that f the other slde wos renily anxfous for a fair investigation into the condithn of the Southern States, here was an_excellent opportunity 10 Improve it by wiving to the Senate the amount which that body had awked for to duct and completo the Investigntion. ile congrat. ulated the other sida of the Housu on its new: zeal for open Inventlgution, nud recalled the ex- plonago system nnder which Investlgaifons were carricd on lust session, e wald It way a marvel that the perversfona which went abrond in the re- coss In regard to the action of the Returning Hoard had not heen corrected, 1t was amarvel that any nan shionld dare to nasert in the House of Hepre- sentatives thut the scewions of the Returning Huard were anything but open and falr. The_docutient aes the gentleman decline to let me Juat read “showed that these Democratic Visitors wero present and witnewsed the canvuss of he vote, There never haa been an hour from the time that Board met until it retired ufter cxamining all tho returns to make up the reault that the Comtitteen on each had not been fnvited to be and had not Leen pres- ent, e predicted that when the Commlitices re- turncd and made thelr reports the majorlty reports would follow the trick indicated In ‘the report of tho Democratic visitors, in which ninetecn-twen tivths of the spave was taken up with technical quibbies, In concluelon he cxplmned liow it waa that thera was no Demoerat on the Relurning Board, M?'lm: that the appolntment had been offered to haff-us dozon prominent Democrats and declined, Mr. Cox Inquired for their names, Mr. 1lale sald he could not give thelr nawmes, Mr, Cox—1 thought so. Mr. Inlu—DBut 1 huve this information dircct from tho Board, Mr. (ilhson (La,)—You aroe entircly mistaken, Mr, lale~I cannot go futo the general condition of things in that State, but 1 repeat what 1 before oftrmed, and that is, that Suvestigation cannot fall €0 bring out the bottom facts, We have listened to colum after column of the report uf the Demo- cratic visltors, in which this maln question i cvaded, and the question Is sunk wider mers technicalitios and quibbles, T fell thexe gens tlemon that tho investigation thero will dis- closo such a condltlon of Ihings {hat even the gentlewan from New York (Coxi, wha haspot, o8 he says, folt the rensation bufore, will Liusn blood-red witl shamo ot tho ntroelties of hla party. Inmany singlo parishes there Lave taken place Acencs of In\lnfl:r and_bloodahed for political opinlone’ suke, one-tenth part of which would hnveatany time within the last hundred years rovolutionltzed the Iritish Empire. 1 truai that the other side of the Huuse will not halk st this paltry $20,000 to mnkolhlnln\‘m(hinllnn thorbuls going aud eatlsfuctory (o the Amerlean people Mr, Moar commentod on the allusions In the ort of the Domocratic visitors to the report signcd Ey himself and Mr, Wheeler in_regard to uffaln in Loulslana, and dvclared that it was difienlt for him to bellove that thooo gentlemen know the cull’l- tenta of hin_ (loar's) report, which was Krossly perverted and misstated, ‘Tho trueguestion, how- ever, wae as to the will of the peapfe of Loalvluna in the late election. Wna ¢ truo that there were parishes in_Loulsiann whoro men could not cust their votes for fear of aseussination? 1 that were proved not 10 bu true, they would all rc"u!tu, Llu_n lhuulll 11w nscortalnuient should reault fn the elog- tlon of a Democratic Preatdent, 1o of Mr. Spencor (La.) declured that the people of his State wante lllmmu;lhIn\'ullvu!luu,lm Jiras dicted that that fnvestigatfon wonld shuw, what the wholo_natlon already know, that that Stato wa carried fairly and fecely hy the Democratic party, 1le atated that hundreds of colored men in the Pare Ishi of Concordin (where Le lived) told him lgrj thoy desired to vole the Democratic ticket, but nottare to do so for fear of their hives, They wfl: subjected to soclal ostraclsm, expnlsion from churchica, and oven ta being bandoned by thelr wives under the open advice of colored Hepublie ans, 2 'ho discusston wau closod by some final remarks trom Me, G, ho gt (rom thereport f 18 1i Committeo of 1874, which, r, Mr, - llgz::xplllumlu ‘morety the roport of Mr. Pottely of New York, ‘Finally the bill was passed as reported from the Commll{cu on .‘.ppm;?rl-llmu. glving 830,000 0 cach House, FOST-OFPICE DILL. i The Touse then went into Commlu,cn n(nl\;“ Whols (Mr. Cox In tho chair), on tha Post-Of (1 Appropeiation bill, An itenias to clerk-hire r;u 10 a discasyion, in which tho furst-mail service cam into queatlun, In tho conrau of which Mr. Holuat quoted from the Cincinnati L'amlmrcml‘] speaking of It us a non-succezsful cxperiment, and from be Cinclunati Gazette, speakingof it as a |.I||i'llllc 3 false preten: crooked ways, and no Intelligent e Cinnon atated that tho fast-mall system was cheapor thun the slow-mal) syetem, and pmm.c's. {oarbue It broaf of s proposition, Afar the chuswat (4 dikcusaton, s Comaiiso ‘ross F o anofhor hour's discussion on Yr, Sehlelch: or's ammondeit, incramtug. the upprapriation for carrylng the inall on etar routes, without cu|x| wi.. to s fnul declston, the House adjourned oot Morrow, e o CHRISTMAS BEEVES, cial Dipaich fo The Tribune. Mu.wn.v’:‘u, Dee, 15—, B, Bherman, pro- prictor of tho Plankinton House, sold nnln)[vnl: publicatetion thirteen beeves welghing as bkl s 2,100 pounds, They wero from the Sprivg Brook Furm, A e ———— ELEGRAPHIC NOTES, New Yom]-; Dee. \5.—The Krpress says 1hat Geu. Anson Stager, as Vieo-Prealdent of te Weatern Unlon Telezvaph Company, 1 weloowe 10 the city sud welcowe to e presse |