Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1876, Page 5

Tho (10w THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 187G, THE REVIVAL. Noonday Meeting at Farwell Hall-=Roquests for Prayer. tue Work of Saving Souls s Inerensing In the Churchoes. Numerous Conversfons Effected at the Church Prayer- Meatings. special Prayor for Penceful Bolutions of Our Political Wrangles. Hr, Moody Talks to tho Inquirers In the OONDAY Evening. TARWELL 1MALL. JEETING — REPORTS FROM CHURCHES. Tna The ¢xerclses at Farwell Hall yesterday noon were O} looks U The penetd by stuging the hymm, ¢ My faith p to Thee” followng requests for thankegiving and pragers were read by the Rev. Mr, Davis: Many of God's people to-doy mive thanks to fim who has answered prayer ln the conversion of beloved friends and relatives, and His chil- dren are enrnestly asked to plead that the Ioly Bpirit wil) work infglitily for the salvatiun ot suls In thirtg-one towns and citlcs, and for the salvation of the followlng: Seven fallen women; foram fssine husband; for the employes of the estern Unlon Telegraph Company fn thiscity; for the proprictor, reporters, and editors of o min ent dally press of this eity for the stu- dents In Princeton College, New Jersey; Will- {yms Colteze, Maasachusetts; Wabnah College, Indlang, aud in Michigan Unliversity; for the conversion of seventy-six sons and scventy Joung dstersd menj foriy-five: brothera and Mifteen y & grandmother, * Pray for iy grand- ehildren;? personal requests for a soldier in Fort Ruseel) by Mineet 5 for a voung man in Omahaj for att fniont cluss and fts teacher; for an in- ?uimrnnd o lady almost $n despalre; for four ercaved familice for four gentlemen fricnds and for my fathers for a dylue upclo and his [l deigle: by o for o wandering sisters for a straying business inan in Cinelnnati, Q.3 “proy Tor mui“ omun fn Vitsfield, 11, that “All'my famt for four Sunduy- dlase qulrers olaxts forme ly b filled with the Huly Bpirity"? chuul clagses and two Bible- 3 for un orphan and f8r o lomeless ju- or o family tn Ohlo; for the conversjon 1 datghiters and cleht fathers “Pray —a tempted soul; speclal requcsts for sabroken botseiold 37 for s persecuted wite; for aged parents; for nanother in consumption aed ber Httlo childven; tor o minlster iu trialy * wPray fur me,fa troubled soul ;¥ urgent reauests by iheir wives for the conversion ol twenty-four basbands aud sixteen business-men; for o law- erand i wife, nud for elghteen middle-aged denda: many rvequests for unsaved friends; also by Inthe way of the Lord; wans that they be wholl; several young converts that thicy be kept from many. sick per- y subisdve to Gud'a will; and frotn others that they be vestored to healthi; alsomany veyueats from Christians for the taaement ot the Naly Spint tor the Masler's wey pray, alsn, ¥ mitlsters and people of the toz retormed e und Chrlstion wol ity Une with th ber of from all parts of the country, AUt uut ceasing for the plele upon the Christian Christian Alllanee, iers of this Laptis of the Holy of the vemarkable featurcs connected ¢ revival s the great Inerease In the num- requests or pruyer which are recelved There were 834 s tuentioned by name or number yesters a5, besldes frequient” reputition of the phrase, “Sany requ [N oretwhelmed with etters, rec e duy. g yests rlny that, whiw the Nortd Sl letly more _praycrs offered for Chl it i the for " wuch and sueh class of ‘Ihe Rev, Mr. 1) ass e I8 olinost eivini from 200 to Ho ul:g Fmd at g business meet- Lowus were evi- a0 thon Inuddition to thert requests proented noutdny weetivg lurpe nuinbers of Cidenzo 10 pray 1or it, tie welal cases ure prerented at the atber-meet- s, LS eV ent that tue Throne of Gravs Is timngel, o8 never before, by people who hayy fieword Chicago fu thelr prayers. T, W, ‘heologleal st nded it fiucs; suth, T, e Bluckburn, ot the Presbyterfan cidnury, presented these muny re- before the Lurd 1w an earnest and ex- nanper, Moudy read the thfity-fourth Psalm, gy 1 will bless the Lord at ull 1lls prajse shal continally be m " fle read as far or the fourtcenth “Depurt frum evil and do oumd; seok il pursue it mud then he sald:s T witl Fremy purt of the thne to-day to 8 prayer for 03 us p dmen, sl help our dear count, diflenlthes s 16 tay b we have nexl wo ure dntoues” of trouble; pray that God will control the pussions out of its d Lo pray fo.our conntry aod our public mon as much as Ko pver Fetfon wus rec Wipre: ity Icbus now have a o scason of sllent thut God will glve us peace, Tols sug- vud with evident approval by at coneregation, und after un impressive Muee, the Rey, Dr. Anderson onguwed In sulble prayer, e began by pralsing God for ¢ history of this countiy, and jor Ing it lead- through thmes of perll, when men's bext falied them beestise of fears and i this Y of vr distress he prayed that the God of° Mlons, who ulsu beld thy hearts of all men in il would help those wio fared to Took oprith conlldence i no hone e though In these times they ept I I1hng be prayed that who stilled the tempest aind calined the Humy waves, would ettil the tumult i our totider, andd geive Lo all wen {n authority a dis- Peti o I to b conforme! to I wilk, Uiclosed with the petition that tho blessed by aleht soon come when Chtdst, who §s the Kingof this natinn, ng well as King_of Kings Tt rd ot Lovds, should L owned und hon- @dumd acknowledged Ly nll, The congregs <hy wious 1'rumfee,’ REFONTS OF TIE CHURCHES order of the day, aker was the Rev. Dr. Gibson, whi s for the vpportunities of helpful Iad como to hun through the weel The the con- '"t“us usual un Monday, th o Bave thy wilch tieeldly fur the four Babbuth services, Bl liud fulled ot bis chure Bepution scefng tho honse dark, mostly turned rand it forn yer-meeting. With {0 nrfiu eeting, et Jofued in singing the hymu entiticd nit ut aftesa winle o candle was brought B e pulplt, and u fow people guthered SCL s atrald," 3 Doctor, witl lus quadng, Scoteh nmor, . 43his wus ot th fest thie 1 have been [ shunky wlherg thiere-was only a feeble candle dor dedirg. 8 whoin foundl Hught in the ~ Lurd 'v{n thio honse, 1) nlllulnqu!rf’ roum at the "labernacle, who Wherg Puttip, Uing Uged e pulple”” unx‘:‘hsn to see to pray, und also to dis Trowever, 1t was light enough four fuguivers, whu rose = to prayers of God's people, threo before the Dr. Glbsuu alsospoko of hiy o infldel wus present would inslst filu bis word whils the Dactor. wus to lewd five young men to Christ. Ilo that the godd worle which had Legun 5o ml‘.mfly should be followed up, suylug ho had [ealerdy, list. of Inquircrs seventeen new cases Y. Tho huryest truly was plenteouss 16 Was need of morg Inborcrs, 0p Chieney folluwed with remarks n the * Bmoline, e, tou, hud been troubled for want ezt bt 1y had found Something bet- 0 Chirlst Claurchi Jast nlght, wiiere, fua lit- Srsyer-mecting of about sixty, there wus & :flnnknb}u snirlt of lberty, Some ook park Bever did o before from prejudice sgalnst g Cr-luect e, ‘The eventng servico wis also i the chape), und at its close, while the efi:fl Way dml(u'l.' With several )'0u'nx! men who Wiy, lull:vwmu Christiaug,a youny ludy comedn y 1 eould not go homie till T eaine to let ’."\f{ltl;:\:‘ bow happy. l‘flm. I1ound Chrlst just oy, Ttg iy A " tay [Ty Y™ The mxflm prevching to-nlght,” Mr. Fleteher, of tio Raflroad Mis- Th.'ipurlcd elght adults converted yesterday, Eoglewood Presbyterfan Churci was re- 2 state of swakenings soven youny tre secking the Lord yesterday, otid the Was taken by surprise. Reitlemun veborted his work smong the E'N:Dm ut tho Bridewell. flmly Lenches, Lut they all the tnw kept | \ Ho suld he prayed 8 parlshionera ther numbered shout hew o was sent out, It was very likely b home or fricnds among respectable ,‘"i. l{lfid thers was nothivg for him to dobut 7 Rsugppys RO lils old wicked associates) aud o ong Fsa - Iuigy lfie[m" T {E‘L‘“Kl\l 1 Tuth tr tung Y g 5“,,‘;,‘::‘\',"\":;3" it ail b converted befors long. lirgg, Mory Ollsformer cy(l ways with them, Huowlshed s Mluudy anyd Sunkey would go out there ey aud 7ok reachand stug thuGospel tothose Hu algo destred thore who hed rood “’\:la\lupupeu tu spure to send them to Rev, Mr. Raviin safd: Sume of you s strauge when 1 told you ‘the uy that every unconyerted peraon in my weoreRatian was wbout to by saved; but tl\ey I by we hud four new volces whic I “yesterduy, and ut the rute the work s dune two things fur iy church ;‘n b tauglit them to cune to church fu Weather; und, second, it bas sct them o studying the Bible. Novels are now lald astde, and Ehe people are reading God's Word Instead, "The Third Preabytertan Church reported that there waa hardly standing-room In the chapel at the prayer-mectinge, Yesterday thers were 1ifty or sixty inquirers. An Interesting case was reluted of tne conversation of s young man as the result of n cosital conversion, and of his visit to Lis praying mother, fn unelghborine town, who, e kald, would be the happlest wom- an inthe conntry when he went and pat his armn round her pecl and sald, * Mother, I am converted; you heedn't go Lo the Lord's table alone dny more, I will zowith you," A stranger in the gallery then rose and safd: et young toan’ confessed Cirlst In iy church yesterday,” ‘The Inst speaker was Muster Harry Saukey, a lnd of abont 10 years of ake, who stood up ois the front of the platform ‘| and, with n voles nnd manner as stinple and tin- cmbarraased as i€ he had heen talking to o roumn full of ehlldren, safd * [want to tell yon gome- thing abont thy l)ui’n‘ meeting, We began it in the corner of one of the luqulry-rooms; then we Tield It in Mr. Moody's private roon § then went toalargre roow that would lold about 200. There are sixty or seventy hoys who are co verted, and I know that they arg stan Ing well amd dofng good, ANl of them are working for Christ” at the Tnbernacles Last night after the meoting th wera four- teen who got up and sabd they wanted to bo conserted, Our meetings are large and good, Iam rlad to see that tho converts hold out sy atrong and nre not going buck o the world, We had about 200 Sunday night. Pray for the Im'f'a’ muntln;i.“ "he clear, childish volce of the Jad was heard with perfect ensc fn the largzo hall, and as ho spoke In his straightforward way many were moved to tenrs, Mr, Moody eatied for n ascason of silent prayer on behall of the boys, and then led In an eariiest amd Joving petition on their behalf, 1o nlso prayed most slucerely for Gud's blessing on “our dear conntry,’” that God would gutde us out of all our trotbles, and give us righteous- neas and peace. The usial after-mecthigs wero then calied, and Bishop Fallows pronounced the benediction: 8. For the remnalnder of the week tho noonday meeting will be held at the Tabernacle. ‘One pastor Wio hns been very active and sne- cesstul In indlvidunl work stated in private con- versation aiter the noonday inecting that on Hunday e had been blesred with the privilege of leading forty souls t1 Christ. ) PHROM OUT OF TOWN, * The following dispetches haye been received from outside meetlngs: Fonr Wavsg, Dec, 18.—The third week of ‘Needham and Stebbns' Jabors opens well, Great work among men and youths, Non-church-goers ;un:)ll‘etil. We expect mnch thia week, The day reaketil, i vELL, [, Dec, 10.—The Lord fs hero also, el of meetiune fust closed. House full, Clirlstinus gotting 10 wirk, _Inquirers are present- g themeclves, and soversl have found the Savior. We look for a great work uext week, Pray for ur, Rociroun 11, Dec, 15, —It hag boen a week of enrnest work and blessed resunlts. Brother More ton*e Inboey have huen greatly blest i arouring and uniting the churches, und alsa in the converston of wouls,” Muchof the thwe the wenther haw bLeen verv cold and often stormy, and yet every mecting hax been erowded, To-might twenty inquirers et Brother Morton in thy Ingnirg-touin w hile other workers met many _auxfons ones tn the muln ondience, livothers Morton and Rockwell expect 1o leave for Jackaonville on Sunday night, ‘The ncctinga whl bo continued noxt week by the pae- tots, Weare dally getting nearer a more perfect unlon, I'ray for s ut the noon mecting on Mon- EVENING MEETINGS. HCRNES AT PARWELL MALL, Mr. Moody has two reasons for closing the series of evening sermons at the Tabernacle for the Jast week of his labora fn Chicago. Firat, to relieve himself of the Jabor of spenking in the great hall, which 1s beginning to affect his health and second, to enable him by means of a large number of sinull meotings to come to close quarters with sinuers ond inquirers, which was to a great degree fmpossible with the vast congregations and crowded Inquiry-roumns ot the Tobernacle, A reference tothe lst of meotings at the close of this report will show how thoroughly ho {8 carrylng out bis idea nf hoylug o speciul meeting for cvery class of persons. In addition to il these thero are meetings for the men employed fn some of the principal business-louses fu the nefghvorhivod of the Tabeimacle, Last night the employes of the house of Car- o, Pirle, Beott & Co. held mncetiug in the Bible- rootn b Lower Farwell Ifall while the usual Monday night converts! mecting was going on above. AL Its close the young ladies held thelr meeting {2 Lhe lower hall, winie the inen's meet- g, also compuged of youuys conyerts, was held In‘toe upper bl At 8 o’clock tho usual Monday-ulght meot- Jug for youny corvurts ot both sexes aud all nzes wad held In Farwell Hall, The meeting opened With exercises similar to those reported lust Mondoy nlght. Thero was an attendance of gbout mostly adults, Alter singlng two hiymups, voluntary prayers wers offered by two or thyee of the converts, Instead of rendinga Seriptuve leason, Mr, Moody sald, **let us repest a passage of Beripture that hias been bicssed to us” Quite a number of both sexes repeated passages, Mr, Moodv brietly comnientiieg on Buclt us were speelally appro- priate. ‘Cho meeting was then thrown open for such as hud not spoken at any previous Mon- duy-night meeting, A Jurge awmber spoke, and from thne to thoe Mr. Moody guve a tew u"nrfluot cncoursgement, eautlon, or conimenda- tion. . Bubscquently Mr, Moody read a letter from n younrg convert glving hls experience und tellne Bome uf the diflicuitics be nad encountered in his Chirlstlan endeavors, Mr, Moody letter the basts for some sound advice, givl his own early Christiun uxuerm,;cu aud the X sons by buil Jenrned frum hem. He urged upon the J)'uum: converts the [mportance of readlng und studying the Bivle, of daily praver, of Christian companiouship, and of makmg good use of the talents God aad glven them, A murked featuro ol the yuung converts' meeting hina been the varlety, No tivo have been alike. Alr, Moudy has no seb way for conducting then, M never “preaches or Jéetures, nnd yet he s constontly on the alert, to coireet errors, to e conpuge the weak and repress the seli-conll- dieut, and ft s fulr to suy thut more real encour- agement and lustructlon s brought out of the hour thus spent than fu uny ordivury preache Ing service. At o'clock the meoting was dosed to give the hall to the young men’s mceting, wiich was maugurated dast ulght, It was of very much the enqie churacter us that of the previous hour, with the difference tout the Jadlos Were sent out to hold & mesting of thelr own® below; the sound of thelr stugliye came up to enllven the provecdings nbove, whero the mmsle was ot very ploaty nor very good, ‘Thers wers about 250" juen and boya present—simiply tho wale portion of the former meceting—uid the ehiet reasons for holdhig It as ascparute organizis tion were to reducs the embarrussinent to the lowest pusstble pressure, und to tuke advantagy of the cluss feclng, s0 a8 to havon speclal means of gracs to which the young male con- yerts could bring thuir unconverted Irlends, who were beginning to be serlously inclined, 11 was according tojthe Beripture lded of sowing beside all waters, Towards the vluse of the mecting some Indlcs mude thelr appearaucs at thy southesst cn- trance, when Mr, Moody hurriedly exelufmed, *Not nol Dow't come'tn aow 1™ Iuels often critfeised for overmuch order and system, ‘The hrasy rut tope ™ hins been often used in cons nection with his arrangements, but by means of a rigid sttention to littls thines he wakes holf o dozen meetlugs suceeed wheve ons mecting woukl oniy live n sickly life If the materials ol o)l the ‘alx wers inlxed indiserimbuately together, Tho mecting was called as a young mun'-mectlnr: and such & must bo 8t all cost, "The old derinition of & weed— 4 plant out of place’’—cames fn hieve. A clover-blossom or o i}y of the valley would only Lo a weed Ina bed of onlons, Mr, Moody next called fop the hymm, *¢ Bweet Hour ot Prayer," after which e prayed. The call was theu repeated for those to speak who had uot done &u sines thielr conversion, and ten or tfteen men responded to the eall, Ono sald ho was » man of family, and Mr, Moody llnlll!lllnl\:)y nquired, * 1lave you erect~ ¢8,"" aul 10 young convert. How are you guulugguu, M. C: 1 The entleman “uddressed oroso and gald ho felt fiku o child just oeglining to go.to schools 441 feel a apecial fntereat {n this many* sald Mr, Moudy; **he comes from ln{.nntlvu own.” A young man und two of s friends had been advlaed to * o to the Tabernucty and tuey will get hold of you,” Ho thunked God that they \v’unlu, #ud ‘were all three converted that very uight, ‘The next was not a Christian, but wanted to be; anvther bad bren a Christian ouly three days; another was converted yesterday, and was ouly sorry be bad wot come tu Chriat before, ~ Their thers was o pause of two or three scconds, when Mr Moody threw o the remark, SJust get up sud tedl usif youlove the Lord; don't maky any fowery speeches; we don't 1iko that kind of aapeech”? Thus encoursged the testimoniea went on agala, . Auother marrled man testified, and Mr. Moody &t once usked € he had set up the family ultar, * Yea” “That's rignt, 1o {8 & good thlng to get your lips opeh ut bome.”? A youu man wanted to uek 4 question, “I'l see you prescutly,’ wus the justant suswer. 4 Wo ean't have questfons now this is the timn foi testimonles." The next mar satd ha had been trying to be a Christiay for ten days. *Ilave you nceepted Chrlati® (Yo, Aunther man bad gone to the Tabernacle n seotler; now he was n believer, A reformed man spoke of his experlence. 1la had fallen while tensting in the power ol social Influcnce und mor-llri‘ and fallen Into his cyll habit azzain, but now he was trusting In Christ ang (ully expected to ablde i His Infinlte love, Anotlier ntan had been on Infidel. For elght years be had seoffed at religlon. Went to the meetfuga to scoll at them, but Mr, SBankey sang the “Ninoly and Nine,” and that soinehow faatened thenrrow of conviction Iu his hieart, and he was finally enabled to trust fn Christ, “How muny imen are thers hers who used to he Infidels before they were converted 1" asked Mr, Moody. About twenty ross In an- swer to this question, “There,” rald he, *thnt showa that infldels can be converted, 1 have got eomo very muir fetters from fufidels. Lgotone from an infidel in Boston, the other day, gccusing me of belne a liar, becanse J_sald inthdels were converted In these meotings. That man suld {t wus no such thing, ~ Now this man 18 Just the one to talk to nfidets," Mr, Hamlin was then Invited to speak, He had been converted avout afx weeks ggo; had buen absent u month, durlng which time he had enjoyed more and more of the prescice of the Lord; and had an {ucreasing love for the rending 1is Word, Mr Mmulr closed the mepting by telling them Ms object In ealling it,—to lnve a place whero ho could get men at close-quarters. Ho then desired thuse to raise thelr hands who would help to enrry on thie meeting, and try to hring iu thelr uncouverted friends. Nearly cvery rlght iand was ralsed. ** Now," sald Mr, Moody, ¢ let those stand up who destro to become Christians,” Thirty men arose, aud were invited to take thelr places 1 the gallery, a8 there seemed to be more than the little inquiry-rooins woutld accommaodute. The work of instructing the mrlmrcrs was then cm'x{kl‘il on till & late hour, Maj. Cole and others assisting, Among the Inquirers at the Tabernacle one evening about two weeks slnce wns o young woman about 16 years old, who for the Jast five years has been employed in the work-room ot one of the largest wholesale dry- goods louses In Chleago, Mrs. T, 3 Harvey =~ entered fnto — converantion — with hery and was ainazed to bear her say: ¢ I never licard the name of Chrlst untf) I heard it nt these mectings, Nono of our family over went to chureh, bt T camo to hear Mr. Moody, and when he spoke of nman by the uamo of Chrlst T had no kiea who or what ITe was. I bave heard of Uod, and my brother has just zot a ook that tells abuut 1im, and is beginning to study it."” The lady gave her such instruction oy her girango ease requlred, and went away wondcrln‘%' that fnn a Christion clty such a dark mind shoul liave been found. ’ THE PASTORS, OUR CITY MINISTERS EAINEST IN THE WORK, A mecting of the pastors of the city was held fn Room Nou. 4 of the Christian Assoclation yesterdny on the call of the Rev. Arthur Mitehell, Chairinan of the Devotlonal Commit- tee. ‘fho objeet of the meeting was to decide upon the best method of continuing the relig- {ous work now In progress In the city. Some fifty pastors and the member of the Devotlonal Committee were present, the Rev. Arthur Mitchiell fn the chair. After a statement from thie Chalrman of the Committee, It was stated that fuformation from Boston from rcllable suurees went to show that the Tabernacle there would not be ready for use until the middle of January; also, that prominent business-men of Clleago were uniting in au inyitation to Messrs. Moody and 8nakey to remain here and eonduct services for two weeks in Jawuary, A full discusslon of the question n an fformal way followed, most of those present expressing thele opinlon us to the Lest means of reaching the desired end. On motlomit was ununfinously resolved that o con- mittee be appoluted to walt upon Mr. Moody and Mr, Sanke§, and present an invitatlon to them to remain t1 Fob, 1, The Rev. Arthur Mitchell was appoluted Chalrman of the Com- mittee, The Committee called upon Mr, Moody and presented tho request that he and Mr, Bankey should remaln untll the 18t of Februsry, 3Mr. Moody replicd that ongagements in Hoston and the necessity of a few days’ restwould certainly pre- vent thelr complying with the request. Mr. Moody etated at the same time that he and Mr. Sankey should be oveupled principally during thelr remaoining days fu Chicago ludcalln§ per- sonally with ln.luIrurn. It Is now arranged that upon the fuvitation of the pastors Messrs, Whit- tle and Bliss should began u service of unlon evaniellstic services Dee, 81, or rather con- tinue those already begun, with such changes as huve been agreed npon by the pastors in their mecting with Mr, Whittlé and Mr. Moudy. ‘I'he tollowing ure the announceiments for tho remalnder-of the weels: On Tuesday, Wednes- day, Thursduy, and Friday at the Tabernacle, noonday mecting, 12 to 1 o'cloclk; Friduy—Bub- iecl, “Intemperance;” singing meeting from t0 10 o'clock {1 .5 younig ludles’ mecting, 4 to b o'clock, It inquiry-room; reformed men's meeting, 8o o'clock, in Inquiry-room; boy’s mecetlug, 8 to U o'cloek, in inquiry-room_youn| men's mm.-uhl:, 0 to 10 o'clock 1 Ny in Farwell flull, led by Mr. Moody. Mr, Moody or Mr. Satikey will be at the Taber- nacle from’” 12 noow til 0 p. m. cach day, and winisters and Christian-workers will be there to wustut [0 the work. Persons wishing u private interview with Mr. Moody, Mr. Sankey, or any of the hinfsters or Christtan-workers, can meet thietn ut any thne when not engugeed, I'so young ladies’ meetiug hus Leen a great suceess” i other efties. It was intended to lunugurate it bere sooner, but other meetings ond want of reour prevented it. Mr, Mowly wil be av the youns ladies’ meet fng to-day, Nope but young ladies (marrled or single) will be admitied to this meeting, Mr. Bawyer will conduct the rolormed men's mecethig, The hoys’ meeting is growing rapldly, und about 200 have been in ttendunes eacl evoning, Un Bunday, Dec. 24, Mr. Moody will spesk ot 5 o'clock In the murning—Sub- Jeer: The Resurrection,"'—and will preach a Christmos _sermon at 4 p. ne _to women unl{. wid at 8 p. . to men only, The Taber- naclo witl b open to woinen in " tho afternoon sud to men at night, witneut tiekets. Youug converts, und those wishing to become Chi tluus, can procure tekets ut tho Monroe street {ngulry roum during the week trom 10 o'clock in thenorniog 11l 10 o’clock at night, ‘These ticleets entitle the hulders to reserved seats on tho floar in tront of tho platform, BECRET SOCIETIES, It MOODY'S POSITION 1NDONSED, b the Aditor af The Tridune. Citicago, Dec. 18.—In your lasuo of to-day s an artiele slgned A Miulster,” condemning Mr. Moody’s reforence to ‘‘Becret Socleties,” Under the clrcumstances, I object to such a signuture to such an srticle, Not beeause the writer {8 not o ninister,~he may he; not be- cause his ofticlal titls 1s an lmproper slguature fn tsulf, but the writer knows o hundred minis- ters or more have, at differont thues, and almost every doy, sat ou the platform of the Tabernacly, snd Forwell 1, to slgulfy thefr sympathy with Mr. Moody'a work, and, I hope, ‘**a Nberal pereentage? of them ugree with Moody's views of seeret sovi- otivg. Ikuow many of them do, Now, which of them all is to have the credit, or discredit, of thig article, charging Mr. Moody with belng wantiug in Hberality, humility, falvness, charity, and Christlanity, beeauso he saw 1L to oxpress & Tearless, honest, canaid opinlon a8 to Chrlstians couneeting with u soclety, whose approved, lon- ored, und aceepted wrlters, snd rltuals, claim it to b veligione, yet whose songs, and_ proyers, are, ol leust in ost aegrees, utterly Christioss nuu from the Seripture passigea {4 uses, cuts oul the very natng of Jesus l—whoss whols reliyzion, tenets, worship, und ritual, is inannged on siich w Niberal plan that it s bosatfully cinimed by fts published ndyocates to be o * rellnon in which all men agrea* i And § supposs it must be, for aloug with the thousands ot ** the most deyoted Christiaus® to which this writer refers it can fellowship Infidels, Jews, heathien, tipplers, aud Jiertines (not such as referred to Acts vl §) without offensed A better ilustration of ¢ The Happy Fawlly " thun P, ‘I, Barnum ever cxhib- jted. How any minister or evangellst can ad- vouste the religion of Jusua Christ and not con~ demn Christians connecting with such socicties is quits & problem to many, aa was indicated by the applause both i the Convention at the Tobernacle, and on Thursday st Farwell Hall. Perbaps not only Mr, Moody was tramp- inzona ** A Minlster's ¥ tocs (and I supposs he comea down with about 225 }»o\mdl but all the feet that went up and down foll on his tocs! No wonder the poor man should * squeal,” accord- Iug to Chicago phrsscology, Why did ‘e not stizn bis named 1 will not say cowardice was the reasou, for it m-{hnvu been mudeny‘, oronly a Masonle manner s learned on the ‘I(AI.IN'E." As oue minfster wuo sympatbizes with Moody, and does not desire tho credit (1) of the article or credit of sympathizing with It, and not wish- lug sn, v wrouglully credited “or discredited with this article, I s'gn my name, not m offlelal ttle. # i J. M. Warw, 2 e MISCELLANEOUS. THE METHQDIATY, The Methodist pastors met yesterday, Dr. Jutkins called attention to thy aneiversary ex- ercises of the Bunday-8chool Unlon amd Tract Suclety of the Methudist Eplecopal Clureh, to be hela tn Chieago during the month of Jan- nary. On a questlon of privilege, Dr. McChesney In- troduced the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Wannxas, In the ordor of the church, the Rev, Dirhop W. L. Harrie has Leen cafled upon to take up his Episcopal residence at New York; Nesolred, ¥irat, that wo tuke Jleazurs In afrm- Ing our hearty npun:luunn of hia presence in cons nection with the Methodlets of the Northwest, and that we rurrender Wi to the Mothodists of the Kuat vwith revrat, iesolved, That we will an cordially welcome fn our mldet the ltev. Hiishop Mererill, of t. Paul,and sincercly hope that he will ind his home among us ut s earllest convenlence. Considerablu attention was then devoted to the atuivarsarica above meutivned, which will probably be held on the last SBunday in Jan- uary. Dr. Trusdell brought up the matter of the Bublette Chisren, Ile appealed for the payment of subscriptions. One thousand dollars will be duedune 1. Ile also presented, for the balance of the deht, two notes of $500 ench for the sig- nntunl of several brethren with himself. He (Lesented the fullowing resolution, which was adopted: Resolred, That in the Judgment of this preach- ers’ aneeting 1t I8 Inoxpudient to arrunge for o mmdnrscluml Congresa at_present, hut tint we cordially and urncfll{ requent Birotlicr Vincent to arrange to hold o meetlng on the Lake Blufl camp- ground the coming suimmer, and thst the Pre- :u:llug Eldera bo o commuttco to arrange the dee ils. Dr. Parkhurst called attention to proposed unfon meetings under Whipple and Hliss, On motion, the meeting affirmed the action of the unlon preachers’ meeting two weeks ago at Lower Farwell Hatl. ‘The following Wufix- tion was then made and adopted: Jesolved, That In accordance with the snder- standing at the same miecting, we canuot pledge ourseives to any work which will Interfere with our traditional revival work Ih our own churches, ‘The Rev. A. J. White, of Nebraska, wns In- troduced, e uppenlm‘ for )u-l):‘ for inipover shed preachers and people in Nebraska, who uro sulTering from the lnst grasshopyer devasta- 0118, Ou motlon of Dr, Hitchicock, the subject of an exceutive missionary socloty bo juade the order of the duy next Motiduy. Dr, Jutking announced Drs, TiTany, McClice~ ney, and Willlems os the Comunittee of Three to arrange detulls for the onnlversary excrclses mentioned, i T AMUSEMENTS. MISS NEILSON AS JULIET. The third cugagement of Miss Nellson {n Cuieago begau last night at Haverly’s Theatre. The attendance was not large, owing doubtless to the constant habit of theatre-goers in Chi- cago of Jetting the first night fn any ease of speeind attraction go by defuult. If there is nuy thing new to say of Miss Neflson's personation of Juliet, the public will be thankful to the man who can say It, but such a onc has not of late appeared, wor I8 there any certaln announcement of his coming, More ihan 1,100 thnes have the falr Juliet and bey falthful portrayer being fdentlticd on the stage. Juliet hos in 2 meusure taken possession of Miss Nellson's nature, and {t would be a surpristog thing if her dellucatious of the character were not thoughtful, smooth, and finished fu detall The buleony-seene ls even better than before. The actress has added several small ploces of stage-business at this poiut, aud las nore- over moduloted her volee Into an fntense and quiet tone pesfectly nppropriste to the requirements of the oceaslon. No artlst has ever succecded fn attalning this pecutiar method of enunciation, except as the result of patient study and long experlence. It fs Jefferson’s method in Zip Van - Winkle, and the portion of lislmpersonation, it may be added, which invarfably cludes the efforts of fmitators, Miss Nellson has now ucquired it fn such o de- gree that the Interview of lier Jultet with Komeo dors mot streteh the most clastie probabil- fty. Hher whispering fs distinct, yet it ls 1 soft murmur of love, restrained aiways by tender anxicty for the one beloved, and by the knowledge Lgnt the placo {s death, cousideriug who he is. The parting scenc, slso, Was given with much warmth of expression and delleacy of coloring. In tho latter sconcs Mies Nellsoir was, 08 formerly, leas succeseful, thouwh her act- ing could never, ¢ any time, be characterized ns suriously defleient. She hos some tricks of clucution, consisting of ocension- al unmesning cadences oand faulty emphasis which were so conspleuous in the per- formances of Mr. Barry Sullivan, aud which, on account of thelr Jabored nl‘tlflulu‘lt}’, frequently pass with uncultivated persons for high art. he 18 fond at times of laying ereat stressupon connectives, and of arranglug o fixed series of risingg_ and falling inflections without true regard to the meoning of the lines Munucrisms of this description are perhaps in- sepurable from the acting of a_port which las beeome to ber as a well-worn glove, the absence or presence of which she s searcely consclous of. The mannerising, tov, are rather those which ure the mark of 1nd‘vmunlll._\' than of the wunt of it. The potion scene was thoughtfully and beautifully presented, though with too mich of delueration and elaboration, Itiss pccullnm of Miss Nellson’s Jullet that sho is 1ees remo! trom frivolity of nction in the later acts thou in the earler ones; the true method would sugiest the oppusite treatment. But when all has been safd of the personation that can honestly be said, the conclusion must still bu reached “that it I8 by far tho best Jullef extant upon the En- glish-3peaking stage. There can be no serlous cuntroversy on this Issue. AMr. Eben Plympton plays Romeo rawly, yet wita gennine” merit at times. e deall most effectively with the scenc after the death of Tybuit, ucplcuuF the sudden remorae, unxicty, and full awakening to sorrow of the unhappy Jtomeo, whoso Mfe from that moment be- comes u mew cxlstence, the other persons fn the cast, ft fs difficult to speak with patience, They come [rom Cievelund, where ucting may” be differcatly esteemed than {4 the custom here. 1F thoy be- longed to Chicatro, we should sny that thoy wure probably the most symmetrically bad ‘lot ot uctors thay ever appeared liero inaBhakepearean play at o first-class theatre, The Tydalt of the ovension was a coarse villaln in black corkscrew curls, though why Zybalt should be represented us u fuw rulllan lie would doubtless be ot a loss to say. ‘The Nursa wus made up us b years of age, and had cultivated a falsetto voleo for the oceaslon; - in the orl) wul, the Nurse hus u aaughter only Jullet's ag and thero §3 no sense Inthe stago tradition which would muke the amioble gossip older than Lady Capulet, ‘I'ha Henwillu, the Friar, the Capdel, the Larls of the oceasion, wero all too raw to deserye any sort of public recognition, Ouly the Lady Capulet seted with intelligence and some trawatie facnlty, The Mercutlomiglt Lo prajsed did we not yeinember A, Thorue, THE OPERA. ‘The Kellogg Troupe commenced ita second season with the performance of the * Trova- wre,” last uvening, at McVicker’s. The au- dlence, although bot us largo as that which greeted the traupo at the openlug night of tne 1lrst scason, way still a very large one, conslder- Iugg cold weuther and oppostng attructions clse- where, Of tho performance we bhurdly necod apeak, sinco Misa Kullogm, Mri. Seguin, Mr, Muas, and Mr. Curleton were in their old roles of Leanora, Azugena, Munrieo, und the Count, which they have sung protty nearly throadbsre, All that need be suid s that Miss Kellogg's performance once wors demonstrates that wiile her singing 8 well uigh purfirct‘ and her various aris were delivered with - consummate sauty end grace of voenl{ani, her acting of the part is very deticlent, ‘The part s, 88 we havo often salil before, dra- matlcally beyond her, 8he s not the breadth, strength, or fire 10 fnterpret the dramatic sidu of tha rolo. Mra, Beguin on the other hand Dlends the vocal and dratnatic tujequal |lmllut‘- tion and makes the Drgcyl yery strong scting and singlog part. Mr, Muas saiig Manrico ac- cepmnla' und Mr, Carleton as the Count was as creditablo aa usual and carricd off a pot very declded encora for the * 7l balen.” Mr. Conly sang the small part of JFerande in lace of Mr. Peskes, who bas usuall aken It, and saog it superbly, Chorus an orchestra were In good trim, and, for a rarity, tho weather does not seom 1o bave got {nto the Juugs of the priucipal artists, excopt Mr, Carle- ton, who was somewhat husky, To-morrow evening “Thoe Marrisge of Figuro' will be glven, with the followinyg cast: Sussuua, Countess, WATCHMAKING IN AMERICA. A Forelgner's Testimony. Spoecch Dellvered In the Amphitheatra of the Primary College of Ln Chanx-te-Fonla, Tuesday, tho 14th of November, by M. Xdouard Favre-Lerret, Membor of the In- ternational Jury on Whatches of the Ezhi- bitlon nt Philadelphia, nmd One of the Hwiss Commisaloners to the United States, Mr. Arnold Giroajenn, Prealdent of the Board of Commerce, announced that M. Edonard Favree Perred, member of the Internatlunal Jury on Walclies of the Eshibitfon at Philadelphla, had kindly consented to repeat, at I8 Chaux-de-Fonds, tho speech atready delivered by him at Locle and Neuchatel, on the situation of the Industry of Watchmaking {n the Unlted States, Tho Doned of Commercs would have liked to be able to present the puhlic some specimens of American watchmaking, but this was not possi- ble, In s fow daya from now a seleciion of twelve Amerfean watchies wiil be placed In the Horolog- 1ca Schoo), where everybndy may examine them. Mr, Grasjean then adited that after the lecture the orator would kindly snswer any question that mnight Le put to bitm, THE ADDRESS, : GexTreweN: T must, to start with, snnonnco to you that you have not an orstor befote you, but a manufnctitrer, and aa such I aek your Indulgence, 1#hall glve you information, which, unluckily, is not eheerful, on the condition of Swiss watchmak- g compared with the American competition. . 1 alinll tell you of facta almply, such ns Ihave seen them, such as 1 have tnderrtoad tham. Frankness 19 hiere inore necessary than anything elee, 1or it {s not by gnlllnum: the "bad sides of a difticult situa- tion tnat we can sticcecd In Improving it It e evident, jentiemen, that I do not present ron with un entire report of my obscryations ut the xbibitivn ot Philadephia, These will fnd space i1 my report whicl I ahall addreas (o the Federal Couscll, 1 shall confine myself to speaking about American Watchmaking, aild in comparing it with our own and that of our nelghbore, 1 shall speak 10 yuu more about figuces thanabout anything clse, Flgurgs, you know, have thelr own cloguence. For a long time we have licard here of an Ancrican competition, without believing 1t. The skeptics —and there wero many of them—denied the pussi- Dbility of & competition at once so mpld and *u im- portant, ’rc‘au{ we are forced to belleve the proofs of it, andto acknowledge the existence of a formidable manufacture, We have had the proofa of it unuer vur own eyes; we have seen the Awerl. can factories, and we have been able to aatisfy our- nelves exactly asto their power. Wehave treatedthe American munufacture as we havetreated the nelgh- boring munufactures, in the futnre of which we dld nut wikh to Lelteve ut fitat, and which forn to. day a most serjous competition, [ refer to 1lenal con, Blenne, St, Tmier, Morat, and Schathauscn, We must take these exnmples into conslderation, and epare no efferts to keep and malntain vureelves on the level of our competitors, und we must hot nllow oursulves to Le overtaken by them as hax been the casc iy puat years, Hefore paselng to the wntchmnklu;g of the United States, let us examine somoof the figures of the manufucture of Besous con, which everybody knowa dates back to the end of the Inat centiiry. 1t was founded by a colony of uchatolols: 1n 1845 Lernneon tnrned out...... 54,000 watches In 1850 Iesancon turned out., 102, 000 watches 1n 1865 llesuncon turned put, 206, 000 watches In 1876 Besancon turned out.... 420,000 wutches To-dny Besancon supptles the great market of France, and slic prepares to contest with ua the other Buropenn mockcts, Well, gentlemen, wa are on the same road as re- gards tho Cnited States, For a lany time America hus been the principal market for our watches, our milk-cow, A0 tospeak. To-doy we must earn- estly prepure to struggle with the” Americans on tho ilelds where hitherto we have beon the musters, Some of you have kuown Mr. Dennlson, who way, we niny suy, the father of American watchmoking, Mr. Dénnison truveled through the Canton of Neu- chatel, stadying our mivde of masinfacturing, seek- ing to inforin himeedf of everything, and curefull; notlny the weak party in our industry, After hix return to the United States he founded a fuctory at Boston, - **The Boston Walch l!umrnn)’." This wis in 1854, ‘The capltal—rcarce 00, 00— us subscribed by cupltajists more than by practical business men, In the beginninyg the Compuny turned out only the rough skeletpn move- moent, aud nttentled to the tinlelings 1all other ittty such os trains, bulances, jeweld, etc., eic., were tmported from Switzertund, Little by lit- tle, however, the factory extended ite operations and produced uther pirts, Notwithstanding all titls progress, this mode of doing thinge not salting the American character, so little iuclined to let cupltal remaln alnost unproductive, the capitallsts ubandoned the factory, and it Tavled 1 1850, Anothier Amcrlcan, Mr, Robbine, whom you hoave alao kunown, gentiemen, when hednd buel- ness relations with us scented 4 good wpecalation, and _bought in the entlre fuctory, tools included, fur 875,000, A uew Company, he American Watch Company, " wad afterward forwed, with a capital of §200,000. Soon this capital became ine suticlent, und 1t was ‘Incressed o 3500, 000 befory the Warof Secersion, This War, which seemed calculpted to destroy such an cnlcrgrlue. was, on the contrary, the camee of 18 prospers ity, Amerlcs put on foot a million of sotdiers, and as cvery one wanted his watch, there was great animation In the watch business, At thly juncture, which might have been a lucky one for our Industry, we fafled to compreliend vur real Interests. Instead of sending good watches ta tho Amerlcans, the worst trual waw sent. Had mere skeletuti movements been sent in cascs they wunld have thought guod ~enouen! The Americans, however, went to work on an sntirely differout plan, The Company {ncreaved their Innt, aid turned out a better ordinary watch thon lie B\wles watch, At the end of sovers] years, apd with the ald of putrivtlsm, the American watch enjoyed a good reputation, while our vwn was dls. credited everywhere, In THUS the capital wi creased to 8750, 000, and the uperations of the new Company grew to immenxe proportions. During the following yeara buslnees went on #o well that everywhicre dlew wutch factories wprumg up. Every oue wanted to muke watchea, "i"mduy you “can count about eleven factories, Tho most {mportant _after the Waitham Com- puny fu the one at Elgin, which turns out about 800’ mavements o day. The Walthum Compony give employment to workmen, and make nbout 325 movements per day, The Company agam in- creared their capitol 11 1872 it amounts to.dey to $1,000, 000, besites £1500, 000 ux reserve fund, orn capital of ©,000,000 francs, This watch ncwrnln & roal powers there fs noue like it in Burope, Wo have xeen It [ all its detafls, snd we have admired ita kplendid organization, Last May, on the eve of the Exhlbition, we still scomud nasters of the situatiun. One event, however, deult us 8 mortal blow, 1o it through the eflect of the crisis, or from any biher motive, the Eigin Company wade, all of a audden, n reduction in_the price “of their movements of 40 per cent to 50 per cent, ¥0 that all atacks ot Bwigs watches were soclousty affected. Lover movements, with visible pallets, were #old at 10 francd. Under such circumstances, muintaln competitiony It will be necessary to turn out our movements Bt 18 or 14 rancs to }my the cnetom duties unit toleavo a litile margin of proit, The Waltham Company, how- sver, would not be outdone by the Elgin Company 3 they even propueed to do better, They announce a reduction of prico from 40 to 60 puer cent on prices gireudy lowoer than thelr rive wame time they made knowu_that tf would go back an far as Jaw. 1. 1876, deuler 1n watches had simuly to indlcato the wtock of his Waltham goods on hand to securs the rebate of 40 or L0 per cent his coup de commercs Las cost the Company $40, 000, 1t Iu unnccessary, gontlemen, to tell you how vary detritiental tlifs was to tho Swlss waich, Bl another and more importaut reason explains tho ’;mwluu prosperity of the American ‘ommnz. el tools work #0 regularly that ail parta of the watch muy be Interchanced, by a sfimple ordor on postal-curd, Without necessitating the forwarding nl‘ the sdjolning plece. ‘e quostion has often g thu Amerlcund can sufficlently of thels meskets, Yes, they car out of the Awmcrican miacket! her woever, complicsted watches, In which we are now, and 1 hopy we shall slways re- muln, mostons. In ‘1860 the American c""""&f producod only 15,000 watclies; 1n 1863, 200,000, 'To-day they produce 250,000, and this Ogure can be camnly doubled In cavo the crisle, which so suverely pre- vallw there s well 18 here, should como to an end. For we must uot forget that, If sevoral factories huva been closed during the c the tools as well e the workmen ure still therg, eudy to resumo wark agetn, Nor uwuet wo leave out of slet the exorbitant custom dutles and freight, which amount o about 23 or d0 Y«r cent, which tuke y from us every possibility of bolng ablo to ud the fight, And now that wo kuow tiie tigures g oW can wo of productiun in the United States, we can eally, with the ald of aliclal reports, glve an account of what I thst country’s consumption of waiches, W huvavent to the United Stales: Watches, 00D In 187 2, (00 In 1872,,,., , 000 In 187, 04,000 In 1874 K7, 000 1u 1878.... s Ve , 000 In_ 1870, we shall barsly send there 75,000 watches, OF pince 1872, & dofclt of 100,000 watcl What a lovs for Switsetland, and por- ticalarly for Neuchatel| For thls duficlt cuncerns principally our Cantou, snd it fs very casy to con- vince oncuelt of tiw tuct, Iu 1876, Chaux-de- Founds turned out 100,000 watches or movaments, In proceding years she tumed out double that amount. ‘The’ deticit thorefure amounts, for la Chaux-de-Fonds aloie, to 4,000,000 franca: for Locle, Neuchatol, etc., I8 reaches tho same igure tlon, v shipment of our goods ‘e have stated that the hl‘l‘m’l‘ decreasod. Shall w atl totho crlais? Certajnly in many r doso; it connot b denled. ut compotition contributes utill mors largely to it "Tlio Americans bave alréady cammenced to send thelr manufacturo to Europe. ln England thoy well aunuslly from 20, 000 {0 30, 000 watches. ‘Thu jcan watch commenices to drive from the Euglish warket thu Swiss aud even the English watch, ‘Thu Amiericans couuenced by creating a dewsud for thelr goods 1o the Iudiey aud fu Aus. trahs; and then—tihauks to some powerful sxport- ing houses—they juvaded Hugland. At Moicow aud 8t. Peterwburg they have already establlshed Lwportant branch ofices, They do uot keep it llow can we meet thiw? | nrecret, tint loudiy advertise {t; thelr atm I to drive un firat out of their own country, and then competa with ns on onr vwn foll, If our aliegish- nesw nnd onr blind confidence eave the field free to them. [ eincerely confers that 1 personally have donbted that competition, But now I have aren | have felt it—and I am terrified by the dan- gor to which our Indnstrs s exposed. Tiesldee. [ ant ot the only one 1o think eo: the +* Societe In- tarcautonale " hnve aent a delegate to make in- ulrics, and s report v"m“f uarees with mhe. 1 to 1his very day wo have befleved Amerlcato ba dependent upon Europe. Wo hiave been mintaken. The Americans will send ux their products since ‘we cannot seid them our own, Thelr importation I8 not confined to watches alone. Other Europesn tralles are threatencd like ours, Already Amurica ling commenced to aend._cotton good to England, which hitherto manopolized that article in all the marketd of thoworld, Jn 1840 the American Qov. ernment compiled the statistlcs of the products of thelr manufactures. ‘They amounted to $108, 000, 0001 in IK5010 31, 060, 000, 000+ in 1860 to 81, HHh 000,000 and In 1870 to §1,200,000,000, Not all af these products are belng' sl in the (hterlor of the Unltcd Statea: a good share of them aro ex- ported. Nevartheless, from June 20, 1874, to dune 10, 1875, the lmporta weore larger than the exporta, We ank ourselves whether the Amerl- cans can malntain thefr prices? Ianswer, yes, thuy ca, for it they oblain & good lYmM on their superior qualily govds they cao afford (o bo satls- fled with 5 smaller profit on the lower gradesof watches, Tu Amerlea averything is made by ma- chinery: here we make -werythinz.)l:‘;v0 band. We count "in_Switzlerland about 40, workmen, making on an averaga each per Anmum 40 watche ce, I the United States the averago s 150 watch- es. Therefore the machine produceathres and o half to four timen moro than the workman, 1t re. maine for us (o rolve tho situation. Hut how can out of the comer lute heen driven? To-day, even withont machines, e cannot dfs- pose of the 1,600,000 watchee which our people can manufacture, Ilow will 1t be If wo catablish machinen which will thrice increasa our produc- tion? We munt elther diminish the number of our hands and make machines, or clne cling ta our system and ho resined to ree our h’:dnalr{ decline. Gentlemen, Ido not pretend to polnt ont the remedy, Imimply call your sttention to the evil, that isall. It remains for you to find the cure. Howeyer, 1 boliove that it will be good ta do for our mecloniciane rhat wo havedone for our watch- makers; that s, Lo create echools. You uuet not + you must notdesert the fleld; wo must, onihe contrary, organizo for reslstance, snd to reconqguer the oat ground, If America closes her gatea 1o us by custom duties and cxorbitant freighte, wearoat least left the resonrce of encr- Retically Aghting against her In Europesn markets. [Here the orator gave an extract from the report of M. Hirsch (Diroctor of the Obscrvatory) to the Councll of State, after thoe Exhibition of 18a7. ‘Thia report already signaled the danger confront- ing our Industry. Resuming hie said:] Uad the Philzdelphia Exhibition taken place five yeam later, we shonld have been totally annihilats ed without knowing whenco or naw ive recelved the, terrible blow, Wo have belleved ourselves makers of gnn altostion, when we really have been on 8 volcano, And to-day we must sctually strugyle If we do not want to_¢ncounter In all tho miarkets {hat rival manufacture. Did we not sncer ut Bexancon at the outset? And now Desancon sufices for France, and besldes, rhe exports her surplus_of manufacture. Wo ask oursclves, If In reducing the prices of waiches, wo can fincrease their salu In the same propor. tion? And if the sales do not fncresse, whot will become of us? We shall have an enormons stock of 5nudl and a permsucnt stagnation, The cuntom uties, you know, amount to 25 per cent. Fora Jung time hopes have been entertalned that they might be reduced. We capnot count on It Amerlea necds all ier resources, especisily In the present situation; and, whether Democrata or Ho- publicans be In power, we cannot hope fora teitice tion in jmport dutles,” We must therefore make op vur minds to Jose the American market! 1t hae been sald, and 't has been complacently repeated, that the Americans do not make the en- tire watch, and that they are dependent upon Swit- zerland for soveral parts of the watch. Thislsa mistake. The Waltham Company make the entlro watch—[rom the fipt screw to the case anml dial, Itwould even be difiicult for them to use our producte, s0 great 18 the regularity, o minute the precision, with which their machines work. They areive at the rezulation of the watch—ro to say—withunt =having eccen 1 When the wateh la clven to the adjuster, the foreman delivers to hlin the corre- spunding halrepring, and ihe watch ls rewulated, Sensation amung the audlence.] Iferc fs what i iave secy, gentiemen? 1asked from the Director of the Waltham Company o watch of the fiith grade, A large safe was upened before inc; at ran- om I took o wateh out of it and fastened §t to my chain, ‘The Director luvin ed mwo tolet bim have the watch for two or three day: . 80 &2 Lo observe its motion, I Answered, ** On the contrary, 1 peralst In wearing It just as 1t 12, 10 obtain an exnct 1des of your manufacture,” At Paris Iwct my waich by a regaiator on ihe Boulevard, and on the sixth day I observed that it bad varied thirty- two seconds. And this watch i of thefifth Ainerl- can grade; it costs 76 francs (movement without cave). At my arrivalat Locle I showed the watch 10 onie ol ourfirstod)usiers, who nxked permission to ‘*take {1 down,"—in other ‘words to take it to pleces, I, however, wished firt to ubeerve §t3 and here 1a the result, which 1 noted: Ianging, daily variation 113 secondss varia. tion Indlffereat positions, fron4 to 8 seconds;In the ** heated foom ' the varistion was but very slight. Having thus observed it, 1 handed the watch to the adjuster, who took it down, After the lapse of o few days, ho canie to me and sald, word fur word: T amcampletely overwhelmed; the result ix fu- credible; one would not Ond ong such watch auong 50, 00D of our manutacture. ™ This watch, gentlemen, 1 repent lo{au, 1 took Bt hazard—out of o heap, As we way. You under. stand froin this cxamplo that the American watch may ba prefecred to the Bwiss, [ hava finwshed, rc tlemen, snd I have told you of things such as I have seen them, 1t remains for ue to profit from this experience, and to improve our manofuc- ture, Competent men are not Wantlng amoug us; they must go to work at once, A round of applause followed the speaker as he descended the trlbune, ——————— WASHINGTO: The Mexican Clalm Commisslon—~The Fo- nlun Correspondence—3oro Troops, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, Wasmiseroyx, D, (., Dece. 18.—The United States and Mexican Clalm Cowimisslon, or- ganized under a treaty negotiated in 1868, has ot last concluded its Inbors and dlssolved, and the furniture used by it {2 to be sold at auction to-morrow. 8ir Edward Thornton was the final umplre, and while 289,411 was found due by the United States to cltizens of Moxico tho total amount of claling due by Mexico to citizens of the United Btates cxceeds that sum $3,875,124. Mexico 18 not now fn a conditlon to pay this juatly-tuo balance, vor is the United States fua condition to inslst upon tho payments thereof or a promise of Mexico Instead. Becretary Klsh hns communicated to Congress tho correspondence with thy British Govern- ment which followed the transmission by bim of the joiut resulution pussed by Congress in July last, requesting the MHberatfon of Edward 0. M. Condun, imprisened for Ilfo tor having alded fn ap attempt to resene the Fenlun prisou- ers at Manchester in 1867, Tho merits of the case were set forth by Secretary Fish and Minls- ter Plerrepont,but Lord Derby tually stated that her Majesty's Government wns nob at present prepared to advlse lcr Majesty to ex- tend here clemency to the Fenlan prisoners, ‘The Senate refused to vass over the veto of the Presfdent the bill redacing the salary of the President 1o $25,000 per annum. ABRIVAL OF TROOPS, 70 the Western Astoctuled ress. Wasniyatoy, . C,, Dev. lv.—-Unucr‘v a, BSccond Artillery, recently on duty at Forts Renoand Sitl, Indian Territory, arrived here to-duy, and Immediatety proceeded to quarters at the ursensl, where tivo more compauley are expeeted by next Friday. SUICIDE, Bpectat Dispatch to The Tridune, 87. Josury, Mo, Dec. 18.—A young actress namned Hattle Rogers committed sulclde at her room fu this city yesterday worning. Bhe was .aged sbout 23, was of smull figure, with light halr ana eyes, and very prepossessing In ap- pearance. Bho comnienced an engagement at tho Vuricties o West Francls strect, and ap- peared In the capacity of jig-dancing. Hor per- formances wers vontinued nightly during the wecl, aud each repetition sho continued togrow in popular favor, and wus the very Hfo of the traupe. Betarsand after thooxhibitions Saturday afternoon amt night she was unusually pgay, aud carried out her purt of the programme with zest an spirit, About half-past 8 o'clock Bun- day mornlug ber roomemuto found her, from the effocts of polson tuken durlvg the nizht, cold in the embruce of death, The alurm was at once glven, aud thoentire compuuy wers sovi gothored, Upon inquiry f6 wus leursed that she was anarried woman aud the wife of u Mr. Duy, a resident of Cunnute, to whom & telegruin waa at ouce dispateled, e ——— BOGUS NEWS. Bpecial Ditpatch to The Tridune. Wincurstxg, ll., Dec, 18,—~The sttention of the local correspoudent of Tii THRIBUNE has been called to a couple of bogus dispstehes that have been forwarded over bis signature. , These two Qlspotches related respectively o matters that wero wholly and fn part talse. The first was Iu reference to o fro In “the village of Glasgow, in this county, which was witliout auy foundstion {n fact. The other was sbout the drowntng of thres young men from this clity, who wers reported ta bave lost thelr Mvos insn attempt to cross the Illinols River at Marris! Laudivg. . The threo young men were P, B. Goldsmltl, the local correspondent of 'Tus Tursune, Nickolss Mlller, and_Robert McFaln, The three youwng men meet with o uarrow escaps from drowning in the passago of the river ou the ke, but nvne of ¢ | Whero will bg found an endleas vnrlfl{‘ them were drowned, and all rend with conefder~ able astonishment the announcoment of thelr adid fato In the 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat, ns © copled from THE TRIBUKE, and sro doubtless the work of somo personal eneiny who seeks by * this means to bring him into disrepute, B! attention wna called to the inatter by a prominent citizen, and the fnaieations arethat another promivent Individunl will be found at the bottom of the frand, The bugus dla%nlchqu were banded to the night operator at thia city hy & oy whont he supposed o be an nuthurizeil messenger, ‘The same messages were. forward- el to the Assovlated Press Agent at 8t. Louls, and were sent brosdeast. In a few lays tho author will be authentienlly exposed. g INDIA!A ITEMS InpianaroLis, Ind,, Dec. 18,—The hlannual revort of the Librarian was filed today. 1t shows the expenso of mafutaining tho Btate- Housze and library jn two yesrs to have been £10,113. In the samo time 897 books and pamphiets have been added to the Hbrary. The Supreme Court today decided that County ‘Treasurers cannot be compelled to ac- count for interest recelved by them on deposlts of public moneys. They do'nut sustain the re- lation of trustee or balleg, ond thelr bonds call only for payment of the amount of mogey named on the face of tk2 balance-shect. et — e OBITUARY, Eryina, N. Y., Dee. 18.—Dr. Eidwin Eld- ridge, the foremost citizen of this city, died at his home on Baturday of pneumonia, after two days’ sickness, o BUSINESS NOTICES, . 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