Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1877, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1877, e e e e e e e e — happened to be in. Boldlers snch as thosaof | nnop the intrenchments. ~Tho men came when the erapire was falling to pleces of 1ts own wh':a‘:en T have just given you na slight | up o @ood order il t‘hu}y| ruohfid BELIGIOUS' n\ulzhh ;nfh ln\»}zn 'tunim defended, the Btata sketch have but little respect for their officern, | the naked and mntilated bodies of the men who wynflrm“u %: ortherh tribes, and In tho fifth whom_ they consfder uscless, seclng that ns | fell three daya hefore, Then they became un- o 1ry ‘uéy cgan to mave ml‘llhwnd, with they do not carry any guns they never fire, In | manageable, and, rushing forwarqi_ made a ter- h uT owul“ torm % paganism, nmt vll‘lll -l:ond(‘s)rd- some of the casematés where tho officers have rible onslanght upon the Turka, Their )::mcm i r’lhp «r y 5 ey rr“.llhud‘ lu; ORSL ventured to give thelr orders these sald officers had the greatest difficulty {n reducing them to {r‘\elr ui fir 1l 'c n;l\rtm of ‘lm]nuw ”i have Deen pitilessly turned sway. Theaang order, and it was onlyafter a horrible sceno m;u “z m:. l‘n:mmlm "cn nm“on. v n{csa-n ::; frold displayed by the soldiers is beyond prafee, | Alscipline and quiet were restored. T am witl h- b\‘xul. etrt?“ s t: t‘c 'm'l;nw.r! nm hris 4 snd [t 18 very han!l indeed to surprise them, ng | offt préisc details, and am compelied l.uh rely the il T ine (I-a the mpe‘ y nnl they aro alwngs on the qui vive, twoof them | upon mixed narrations of the cvent, butit neaca Swl gmwnrf the m\lml UI]!I‘ of “mora el on sentry while the rest sleep alongside. | Would not appear, even from tho worst ac- }wr?g'mlx. \ n;n Lxlxlmlehm yr;:m(l;‘ Jv'm Wnrll“ This 15 indeed ‘s sokilers’ war: Tho only per- | counts, that any.oxtensive roprisals were made Jormaot paitTor v Sromalt o e son they allow to Intervene between them and | by the Russian trgops, .ainco the Turks thom- h“‘: d:fi “‘]‘;‘ ‘“!“’8" l'L‘ by “"‘g"c" o 1he Commander-in-Chief is the Imam or pricst | felves announce that Hakk! Pasha surmmlurqfl ]nn [ ) ons n' “:hmi.wlu lo the Junrn; of ench company, who recltes prayers for them 7,000 men: and that nomber must ng roach "nzor:ler:, nndnr wo the 'nb ;: ]nr‘mluncea gg: regnlacly five tfmes & day. Mostof tiesc sol- | very nearly to the total strength originally un- ‘{. n? 1: wtmfi-‘lu nI r] l“ll lay n\fin) n dierscome from the Dibra, Albania,ang flerzego- | der his command rolla of parchment which the public could not vina. Mehemet Al Pasha anid Buicimnn Pasha brought them from Herzegovina and gent thein to Pleyna. Osman Pasha is indeed well pleased with these stout warriors, and, indecd, has mever had any complaint to make ngainat them, 8ince the 20th ult. the bombardment of the place has never censed, and we have becomo al- ' ready o used to the nolsc of guns that it ecems 10 ts the moat natursl sound inthe world. ‘Whenever, at rare Intervale, the caunonade ceascs for o moment we scem to miss some- thing, nnd the volce of any friend talking to us dcofens us, s0 much has every- body got In the habit of shouting to make his neighbor hear. The damago done by the Lombardment In the Interfor of the town Is considerable cnouglt, though the Russians do not direct all their fire upon the town. Osman Pashn {s blamed {0 n certain extent - for not having made the nhabitanta of the town evacu- ate it while there was yot time, for they suffer terribly just now, and the continucd and re- peated outerles of the women and children plereo tho lieart, ‘and ° might perhaps in the long run - sow disconragement among the troops. An old Jewess, of a very advano age, Is the only one who amid the general consternation manages to look after her own interests and profit by the ocension, 8he goes by the name of Sarahi and {sn fortunc-teller, The door nf her houso is open from morning thl nlght, and the housc Its self tn fitled with ofticers and soldlers, many of the former belvg of high rank, who come to cousult her ou thelr futnre lot. She derives an Heaven ta live In such a world, Christianity de- 1nys aluoc the centurios, waltinge for man $0 risq bigh enough to ace her dladem and underatand her 'hlwcrillph 1ipa, flli‘e will help It so- Cety upward, bot all nthcer Lunds, tou, must Bolg er sho will wait and walt. Miracles will not coms to trampla natural Inw under foot; but as natural Jaw came betwween Chrlst and His deating with bufTet, and laughter, and crown of thorns, #o aiwnys will the unworthincss of man- kind retard and the worthiness of mankind utze forwand the (ospel of perlect peace, To {llustrate this remark, hehold Cliriet lay- ing dowa the dactrine that man must jove his nelghuor as himself. Having pronouncdd the law, " tle nsked no afd from mirele, but He per- mits man to live on for many generations and find by all the sufferings of battle-Oelds and of all fgmul and dishonor, that love for cach other is the only lawof & lmp;H natlon, or a happy howe, or a happy world. Tha world must plod along toward ihe alvine truth, and when it comes to it, In tho ningteenth or twentleth cen- tury, It will look up and eay, Blossci bo tho worli'a Christ who taught a Iaw so divine. Or take the words ' Blegssed are the pure In Neart.” They arequite powerlesa still on theso shores. Notone heart 1n a 1nlllion reads the deep truth lying thereln. We arc all utter strongers to tho import of such Jangnage. Christianity must thercfore tarry on our shores as the Catliolic misslons lingered, and wont, and came on the Chincsa cosst.” There waved tho banner of the Uross, . but no ronvert sawy its beauty. So, for us, Chriettants: tnust walt. Each oo will tenderly Lead mun <long, through sinand eorrow, untfl these worgs, ' pure n hieart,” shal] be scen in all sigoificance, Thus far they lic in propue: P’nets {ncor- porata thelr beauty In songs we read, and underatand not. The old p used to say? T1s not iu titlea, not in rank, Tis not In wealth, like London Bank, 'To purchase peace and rest. 1f happinesa hath not her seat And centre jn the breast, ‘Wa may be wise, of rich, or great, Bnf never can bs blest. But the world flles frum theso recitations, and, Drushing away its tears, It falls back again upon * th titles nnd the rank,” and on * tho wealth like London Bank." Tha Christian aings: ‘The deatest Idol I have known, adequata suthorlty, enforced hy ndequate sanc- tion. Tho broader meaning was that of 8 whnla ordalned Inatitution,—the meaning tha Apostle, he decmed, hak In view when he wrote It #u Lho atilemont hopama thiet The alm of the whole orduned system of Christ—~ol the whole Christian institutlon—is tha prodnction in human nature of a Jife of benevolance, Rightly interpreted, the passage declared that charity originated from = heart of infinite love, aud the fntent was to reconstruct human nature in this aame conditlon of love, —to Hit men out of-thamselves {nto tha atmosphere of genuine bencevoleneo, Bomo inight eay, * Doos not love bave & place [n_human nature Independont of Christianity? 1id {t notante date Chrintlanity 1 and does it not exist where Christianity has not heen heara ofl" Unquestionably, ‘sald he, thero was euch a thing as natural fove, but it dhin’t hiave its foundation In rensoning; it wasa diving endowment, and might exist without mornl worth, Ho nsked his hoavers to note how oxceedingly 1bnited this natural love was. 1t was not unlversal, put, cominonly, a_very weak, vanable, and, sometimes, a fe, cod ncnumcnl, and overstaughed by passidn. Much of ¢ was altogether deatitute” of right- couaness, and natural lovo was without godil- ness. The love which Chrlatianity added was the love which should have ita hionio in & pura heart, In a nature purged of all antagonistic and fncompatible tendencles,—so divinely purged that love should become, as {t were, the nature of the soul, sprinzing forth in all forma sponta- neously, dNomgsouls on carth beenme sem- Dlances of the divine charity, and this was what, Christianity almed at,—s soul with a deslro to do good to gthers, guided by a complele unders standinzof God's love and a conscience ,mrlflcfl and lfted up by the FHoly 8pirlt, and o falth unfelgnetde 47 tho whole ¢lrelu of relig- fous truth werg to vanish, there would be no foundation for a life of Jove, but let the facts of Coriatianity he accepted as facte, and mon would tise higher and higher in the divine likeuess, 1t there was defectivo charity in the Chureh, that oughit not to affcet one's judgment touching the nfims of the wholo system. What was fts ton- deney. mnong those who recelyed ft1 Grant that the Churcht had misrepresented the Gospel, yet ho chiallenged all to controvert this truth: that the system Itself, In every nreeopt which it feom gulf ta lake, and houeathed o the sharp. rom gulf to lake, and hoquesthed to tho sharp. ¢ot B0 to bo neld with (ho tightost graspr Sermon by Prof. Swing to the Central Church on the Great Delay. INGERSOLL V8. GREGG, THE ILLINOIS ORATOR WAS A TILT WiTn 4y INIBN CLERGYMAN, Wasninaron, ). C., Doc. 8.—FEditor Peort, Call: Today1 recelved nlctterfrom Jams, Rea, D. 1.y of Chigago, Inclosing tha follgw ing: ¥ 8v, NicwopAs-Wirny, Duniiy, Jan, 24, 3% Dran . Rua: rho oraioricat faouliy 1 ‘yeloped in the five loctares of Col. R. G, Inzersol), which you sent me, 18 very remarkable, and ahows thnt he is jriat the man dsmagingly to'nend foves with firebrands among the commonalty of Chrite Charch who are Inclined to be chiarmed with brii. 1nt langnage, and o think that what plosscs the faste and animates the fancy would anfwer welj sy the moral platform of the skeptical and unbehey. With blonted perceptionn of right and w Rimaclf, whon he hai Intoxlcated 1o millon g the xoll m.ruea of Communlsm—**the temple of ol the peaples—when socictyahould be rid of mitl. Jonaires and mendicants—of gorged l;ulglencu ..E: b 1 Reasons for the Slowness of Growth of the Religion of Christ, An Apposl for a Free Church by the Rev. Arthur DMit- chiell. read. The foundations of & score of now lan- flmu were here lald. Out of the rulus of the tin were nPrlnglng the ride outiines of Span- ish, French, Italian, and Germau; but for hun- dreids of yenrs therg were no writings In these new languages, and the tongue in which Iny all the Christian learning was unknown. Instend, then, of having o mignty empltre and a uni- versal lteratre to ald it, Cbriatlanity was wirly compelled to move through® my- rinds of Northmen wha lwed ‘in wor much of the time—all tho time in anarchy ond fgnorance. This testruction of a common langunge, nnd thi= building up of dialcets which nane coufd read or write, was the chict cuse of thoro “*Dark Ages’? which threw their deep shadow from the fifth century to the clev- enth. In thelr new forms of apeech the chil- dren grew to maturity with only n vocabulary which comprehended tho comntonest things of Nfe,~food, clathing, war, and toll, and stood perfect strnngers to the intelicctus! power and to tho learning which had been atorad away fu the classic tongues. Inauchan era the Chris- rinnity of Paul and his Master became ouly the tuperstition of httle children, The Crueaders seveal the degradation to which the people hnd descended,—n humility of vice, of ignorance, and of mental power. A milllon persons sct forth to march to Falestine to rescuc the tomb of the Sarior from tho in- fidel; but marched, having no conception of the distance, but 1ccling that they would resch the Holy Land fn o fow days: Somo fanatics cane bringing thelr vacks of lounds CRIME. WITISKY DID IT. Sperial Diropich to The Cricaan Tribune, Dunuque, In., Dec. D.—John Thomson, ono of the proprietors of the ‘Thomson Flouring M(ll, situated a fesw miles from the city, was re- turning laat night well laden down with lquor. On the way he stopped at tho French Brewery saloon nnd took In another supply. While in his place ho epgaged in a game of canls, and, becoming offended at somo cause, pulled a re- volver and pointed it carclessly at overy person in the saloon, whereupon a young man natned dJ. Beason stepped up to him' and attembted to tnke away the weapon from his haund, Thomson saw bim coming, pulled the trigger, and eent the hall into his albdotmen, inflictinga dangerous it not fatal wound. Benson dil not fall to the floor immediately, but wrostled with his would- ‘be-murderer untll he had captured thé wean- on.. Thomsen llml.h‘n. was captured by the.ofil- ceta and lodged in Jall, e A BLACK DEMON, LovtsviLLe, Ky., Dec; 8.~Another firo was caused by the Lurning of scveral cottages and brewery stables. It was started by Henry Croomes, a negro,’ who threw a ofl Iamp at;his mistress, Mary Cliinn. 8ho was Closing Excrclscs In the Dedlcation of Grace Mothodist Church. famishod {ndustry, of truth in rap napets tion rohod and crowned, when the anefal uhapn'm tho hugorablo™—that ls to say, whon it whould bo, by physical force, honorabla o chanze the ragn of dixsointe libertinlsm into the comfurta. ble ralmont and praceful investitare ot pradent foresight and palostakiog acquisition. l‘lme 7] 00 knowing the oxtent of the mischiel ho might hecome the leader n if he were o by &lmply tagonized by the incompleto (hcalnn{ of tho past ages of the Church,—a theolog: which for “"‘Enml ofters of Communtam han naught 1o te; der but promtsen as o & prospective Heaven, whose dirtance acemn to Iea:llrn w4t I8 approached, Now 1 make an offor tathe Colonsl: I ainli con. cade to him, as alds and asscssnrs, 01l the infldels that tho world can supuly, and yet I shiall be wijl. ing in the ‘m:ngth of ‘tha'Lord to maot- him and them, and 1o glve domonstrations agwinet him thag the Kingdom of God has now come in power, —that tho principles_of Chrlstianity that Iproponnd wii] socure truo Christians ja ¢l of “Scriptural Taeans {mmunity from sickn Infirmity, “pain, and death, —in " short, nl} he fiema of pros ent advantage which I thrduch grace ®ang merey enjoy myeelf, and have expounded in my printed papers ‘and publisacd works, an which may naw bu demonstrably lald hold of Ing Discourse on Christian Charity by Bishop Andrews. A Qorrespondent Disoussos the Wagos Quostion with Prof. Bwing, Something from Rob Ingeraell for the Edifiea- tion of Dr. Gregg, of Ireland, THE GREAT DELAY. SERMON DY PROF. BWINO. Trof, Swing preached veaterday morning at the Central Church, taking us liis text: My Loed delnyeth His coming. —Matl. zxit., 48, The thoughtful are amazed at the patlance or alowness of Nature, 'Millions of years have been demanded by it for cutting a river-bed or 8 deag cnjoined, fn cvery motive which it displayed, in | sceared by all trus belioyers, 1 undartake to mey Immense profit from this_source, especlally ( {n bed with thele child, a little girl. The lamp | throwing npa rect of coral rocks. Tocut tho :":lnfl"‘::‘“"__:‘fi"‘{]{:“:f’afi"’zg‘:’lfi:&’(‘,’;‘:"“"l'!":’;:"_' ll:}}x‘ e b feat :Efla“:{'rhyl\nanv, :“‘{;’,,:'l:,v’{fi’:.lfi n:',',‘ f};:"l‘.;',“.,!’ m;?,flf,l“,’é“.'flw{'écfl- El‘h\ok‘:{é&nh’:“.gfi‘f.&?’mu%’fifli-’??..{‘z‘ii'mi‘i.:fi " gineo e predictions ot the death of oflcers 10 | eet fira to her nighteclothes, mud the bedding, | Niazera gult Irom Queenstown back tothe | Losed stk millions perished. 50 {oeble and fo- And worship oniy Thee, i iy Al tho particatars of fatior-day Chrlatianity iyt § and tho house, and the ather property burned, Croomes saved the child and himsell. Thu _woman.was burncd to death. Croowmes curaed his dying miatress in horrible terms, The charred remains of Emma Chinn, the negro woman burned to deathe last night, have been fouud. The body presents a sickenin) spectacle. Croomes, the varamour, is charge with both arson and murder. ——— BROTHERS-IN-LAW, Spactal Dispaten to The ONicago Tridune. Ca1Ro, IlL., Dee. 9.—At about 1 o'clock this afternoon two men, onc named J. E, Park and tho ather A. 8peller, brothers-In-law, and both citizens of Cairo, got into a difllculty, in which Spellor shot Park threo or four times. Noue of thie wounds are constdered fatal, Wehave heard of no arrests, MURDER AND BUICIDE. 81, Loute, Dec. 9.—Dispatchies from Grand Tower, 11, somc seventy miles down the riy- er, aaya Charles Mulrich shot and killed his le- at tha house of Squire Burns, In Fountain iuff Townsblp, Raodolph Uouuty, yesterday, and then blew nis own brains out. Fawlly digl- cultles woro the cause. CASUALTIES. " A SINGULAR ACCIDENT. Spectal Dispaich (o The Chicagn Teibune. PifitapeLrnsa, Dec, 0.—There was an necl dental shooting case under unusual elrcum- stances ot 418 McIlvain street this afternoon. Lew!s Myers, a barber, had been paylog atten- tionto Pauline Strelcher, living with her aunt there, but she had forbldden him tho bouse be- cause ho always came with o loaded rovolver, ‘This nfternoon he came agaln, drunk, with Ienry Russel), o glasp-blower, but sho was out. ‘They seat for ber, and, on her arrlval, Myers ook out the rovolver agaln, but Russell, who waa o stranger at tho house, seized it und took it away. Ilowas scated ot the table by the side of the gir), trying to remove the cartridges, when it went off, tho ball passing through thy gir's heart. 8he was the olidest of eleven chil- dren, nud the futher lived in Pittsburg, Both of the men were held to awalt the result of an Inquest. VALUABLF, HORSES BURNED. ackr¥sA0E, N. J, Doc. 0.—A barn near here, owned by Poter R. Ackerman, was de- stroyed DLy fire last night, Tho stalllon Hypo- rlon, with a record of 2:27, valuod at $20,000, aud cight other valuable horscs were burned. e ————— INDIANAPOLIS ITEMS, Spectat Disvaich fo The Chicago Trisune, Inptanaroris, Ind., Dee. 9.—~Twenty-four car-loads of ailks and teas from San Franclsco to Now York passed through thls oty Saturday. Tho cargo {8 valued at over $5,000,000. It {8 be- lleved to be the largest trans-conulnental ship- ment ever made. The Board of County Commissloncra havo or- dercd on investigation of tho books of the County Treasurcr, Audlitor, and Clerks, and the proceedings of tne Board for tho ppst ten years. The order was made becalise of rumors of a deflciency in tho settlement of tho retiring ‘Treasurer, Jackson Landers, and on account of the great'expenditures oo tho new Court-House. Iv1a reported that important vouchers, pay-ratls, and ‘othér docoments fn conucction with tho ercction of the Court-House cannot bo' ' found, The order hoa trestod a'commotion among the otticers [nterested and their fricnds. The examiners have not yet been n;gmlnmd. The State-llouse Commission will open the plans for the Btate-Houss Tueadny. About seyenty-iive are expected to bo offercd. Yestcrday John D. Howland, late Olerk of the United Btates Court, was burled, in tho presence of o Iarge coucourso ot fricnds ant rolativea. The Bar, 8tate and city, was largel: represunted. Judges Drunnnond and Hlodgett were In attendance, as woll as lawyers from Chlcago, Cluclnnatl, and Loulaville, present cataract has demanded, according to Reologists, 50,000 ycara. What ages were con- sumed o making the cliinate, and land, and soll, aud mineral deposits, and the forests of our West, can only be approached by a mind powerful to Imagine and look back. A scientific writcr saya that the shovelful of dirt which tlo gardenet handles so caslly has been a thousand years in becoming detached, by rain and froat, from the eurface of the finty rock, In making the little garden spot, Nattire bas consumed o ‘million years. Whoever has bestowed an lour of thought upon the work and workings of Nature will not. b surprised to find in the Nving world of man & similar slowness ot step in the plajus over which man is moving. -Fe repeats tho phonom- enon of Nisgara. To'cut achannol from bar- barlsm tos good government, or a good litora- ture, or & gool rollgion, requirca ngain the large lunuunncz-‘yenr days so pop- ular nmong the rains, and winds, and frosts, It may be very painful that lutellectual and moral good has conie to man so slowly; but the slowness 18 notural i not cheering. That .Curlst dclayed Hls coming for manv gencra- -tions, that " litceature, and art, and honor, and tnrlty have followed tho law of the coal forma- {on, ‘ot of changlug climate, or changing fauna, or of coral rock, are facts which mny amaze anid sadden man. But therc 18 no help for our hearts: we can do nothing else than take our stand by the deop ravine of this moral N y .and, In silence, look back and bow to the Jaw o; (d:ll A vontury 18 only o minute In the hour 0 L From these particulars in Nature and morals one may Loss to the Inquiry as to-" tho procress of Christianity. The scene ropeats Itsclf hore, and we inay accommodate to the presnt tho words of that anxious yno of Bible record, who, lovkiug out of hor window, saig, In languago that hns becomo classic, ** \\’lly {8 his chariut so loog fn coming? Why tarry the wheels of his charfut1” Devout minds, louklnr out from this far-away time, wonder that the chariot of Ohrist Isso long In coming, Nothing comes cangeless, and hence, for this slow coming of tho world's Lord there must be potent reasons, To find the .canses, fu the flual senec of the terms, and o Justily the vags ot God to men, I8 beyond human power; but it may como with- in thib scope of man to fud the natural agencles which delay the churiot of the Christ. Why this it delayd What natural dotentlons do wa perceivei: ‘There has all along, afuce the birth of Christ, been a forward imotlon of Iifs ldeas. At no time In tha clchtoen centuries lave the wheels e backward or atopped : but thoy have rolled slowly toward the better future. The rlulaso- phs of tho Nazarene was sownupon carthly soll, and the budding and bipssoming must come by the common Jaw of the land. If was a ten con- turics after tho faithful Abrahem before kHe- brow religion reached its bost cstate. It con- sumed'almost W(cm for Greece to pass from simple song to the deeper culture of logie and nhllo-uphi;. Romo was as long in poss- iog from a tribe to a nation, and was a8 Jong in cbancing confusion futo the law which stll delights “the clvilized world, The mo- ment the mind begina to look ut 8 language, or a literature, or o sclence, or n roligion, it must put esldo all impaticace, and think not of hours, but of conturles. Wnll;(mt forth amid the beauties of Inugusge, how old the words arel The dceaying castle, the fvy- covered wall, tho mopt and dileh, with great trees on or In them, are not more ancleat than tho langunge with which the Theart meditates over thum, Tho rock Gibraltar s, [ndoed, old, but {ts name recalls the Saracen leador (Jebel- Tarlk) who sclzed Bpaln cloven hundred yeara ago. Tho Turkish Capital, in its nue, leads us back to when Constantine desired to have a clty nearer than Rome to the Uol{ Land. Thus, all'thut surrounds us have como fous by slow wheols dragging over o long road. hrist, fn giving bis religlon to the laws of earth, gave it oyer Lo tho keeping of bands that workedslowly and of hearta which contained wonderful power of waiting, Naturo acts as though etornity were its period. 1t nrfim:u nothing ngainst tho intrinsic worth of Christiunity that n'its long period it has not maatered the world, for many of the best thiugs the human Iumll{ Doasesses, manyof its bizhest ! But the song dles and- leaves the singer still at tho altar of sin, and with many an idol oressed agalnst his heart. It fs thins Christ nsscs along above the reach of the human soul, ut it Is almost certaln that the centurles will toll atong and bufld up a mhnhood which will say. **Blesrcd are the pure jn beart,” with n atitude of which wo children of dust littlo ireant, . ‘Thus the coming of the *chariot ' has been long delayed. It has been compelled to drag along through sges wicked, Ages dead, nges dark. It walts now for many new hands to touch the wheels; to mu‘{) the cords by which it {s drawn. _The world is, aa yet, unable tolovo a perfect Christ, 1t prefers Imperfec- tlon, As the Greek citisens voted to banfsh Arlstides becausp they had become weary of bearing him called * the Just,—they "be- Ing oblo to appreclata only o fecble seimi-Justice,—s0 our modern ern standa away from Christ, mnot leing charmed by such o fullness of moral excellence, The Master delays, not becausc ot any decay of car- dinnl truth, not becauss’ religion has been tried and has fatled, not becauso ln{)tmm{ bettar than Christinnity can come, but chlefly’ becauso so- clgty has not yet coma Lo that mental staturo which ean incasure_snd love such a perfeet Son of Glod and 8on of Man. The)world soon wearles of one who wears the bicmlsh of spotlessness, But it ls only o deisy. Doubtless tho charlot wheels arc” turning slowly forward. Bome fatarg sge, comivg Jong after wo ull shall have passed, inmeatal and moral bumility, from life, shall Jook up and ehall sce the hcavens grow roseate with the eomning of Iilin whoin our era was unable to redetve. In tho gradunl progress of our world what @ splepdor will at last sur. rouud tha nams ot that One who taught lu- woulty ite highest truth, who awakened fts purest feclings, and who made for it tho most touching sacrifice. ——— % CHRIST'S CIIARACTER. TIE REYV. ARTIUR MIYCHELL of tha First Presbyterian Church, deliversd an interesting discourse to his hearers yesterday morning on that phase of tho characttr of Christ which reflecta Tils loye for and sympathy with the poor, smong whom fle dally walked and to whom the Gospel was preached whilo the rlch mon of Ilis day turned away fromn and de- apised s teachings. Christ Iimsclt, sald tho reverend gentleman, was a poor man. While tho foxes had holes, and tho birds of -the alr nests, Ho had not where to lny His hoad, and His disciples, themscives poor, ministered unto 1ils wants, Had not Christ come into this world in the character of ong meek and lowl{ 1Ie might have been our patron, but nevercou d have been our companton, com{orter, and friend, Ho taught the poor .to bo trustful aud hopeful, and not complaining and frotful. Ila also taoght them to ba charlfahle, and:not censorlous or jealous of tho rich._With thia poor, Ho lad st tounda- tions of Iis ennhlg fugdom, and fulfilled the proplicey that to the poor the Gospel should bo preached, At last It was beginning to dawn upou the worla that insodoing Christ was right. It had becn well and truly sald that the blessing and upralsing of thomasses was the funda- mental condition of socicty, and thie tranaforma- tlonof the lower classes throughtbe instra- mentality of Christ's preacling of the (lospel Dbad beern the means of qwukemng the Inquirics of thorich Into the sccret of Ills power over the human heart, ‘The history of the world and the Church had demonstrated the fact that the soiritual as wellus tho material Interests of socioty sutferod whero the Uuspel was not preachied to the poor ns well astothe rich. inconclusion, thereverend gentle- mun eald that his bearers could not fall'to aco that the object of lils discourse was to enfarce the Flcn ho was about to make to them to give of thelr substanre to the relief of the Church, that it might be ndeed a place whero the Gos- el shoulil be preached tu tho massce, It wos n this behall that be pleaded with them to Aite from the church the debt which rested uj it, and to muke the prescuce of the poorin thelr wldst wolcome, To that end the church should ba medo free, and n eo doing they would Toreves destroy that lpression, which 'was now muvlmbl% that this sanctuary was not the place for Clirlst's poor, uud that there was no weleonio for them within its pale. What better other instances, have been verified, It Ia ~even safd that Osman Pasha himself has not dledained to consult the apclent Sarah, whohas predleted for him amost brilllant future, provided he {s not madoe prisoner before the 12th of December. ‘Three Ruasian prisoners, fallen into the hapds of the Turks in one of the sortics fowards Lukovitza hefore the in. vestment, oxclte the utmost envy and odmiration among our troops here. ~ They aro two privates and a Scrgeant of In- fantry only; .but what Is the cause of cnyy and admiration is tho manncr fn which they aro clothed (thelr clothing is far supcrior o that of cur own ofMecrs) and their extremne clennliness. Werc ft the fact that tho {rregu- lars massacred the prisoncrs and the nalmed and the wounded on. tho battle-field, confess that I should not bg wut all astonished, for it the DBashi-Bazouks could et chance ' of procuring boots, clothing, great conta similar to thoso worn by the above-mentloned prisoners, thoy would, I am sure, be quite readv to klll thelr own comrades of the regular army. By the sido of our mon these threo prisoncra logk like Colonela, | Up to the 20th of lust tnontn a great number of our slck aud wounded, whe occupled not only our so-called huspitals, but also nlarge portion of thu: privato houses In Plevna, were sent on to Orkhanie; still, howeyer, a ereat nunter remain, and it {s 0 matter of dally occurrence for juen to dio from sheer want ot the most simple attendanco in the moat awlul agony, Bince the Staford-Houss doctors left tnere is not now to iny knowledge anc singie Enropoun doctor left -in Plevna, and the wounded depart thia life without' the alight. ext attemut belng made to save thelr lives, for you can hardly call the almost childish measnres resorted to by the Turkish doctors remediol oncs, when they actually, for instance, in the case of n gunshot wonnd in the thigh, bandage up tightly a man's leg from the foot to the pgroin, thereby stopplug the circulatfon of the whale tinh and causing the unfortunate pa- tient to dle of a discase fovelign to the ono he was under treatment fo conststent was thefr religlon that the throng marked their fourncy by cvery known crime and ylee. The multftude was ‘ted onward by every form of delusfon and fraud, Whoover will Yead with care about the ritins of the Roman Empire will marvel that the religion of our Master did not utterly perish in such a dark night and upon such a'stormy ses. ‘The cauges whtich the English- blstorian “brings forward ns explnining the spread of the Gospel seem not larger than the obatucies which for 1,200 yeara opposed {ts advance, An order of clolstered monks aprang up, and, by the studles of these in Latin and by ‘thels occasfonal lcctures and writings, and by the heavy and eacred walls ot their ‘monnsteries, the Christian truth was saved for better ages to come. No sooner had Christianity passed through its strugele with Roman ldolatry and gained some foothuld than there camo pouring upon it the milllons who worshiped Thor, n deity greatly inferior to Mars or Jupitor. ‘This new enemy Christianfty Lind to apvoso without tha help ot o nation, or a people, or & literaturs, or n lan- guage. ' Unless one domands that Chrlatianity rosta ita clalm upon miraculous force, and should thus surmount all obataclus or else con- fesa to falvencss, one cannot see anything in the past to undermino its claims ton God-sent sal- vatlon, ‘Theropeated faflure of the old classic patriots to establish Hberty did not argue ogainst tho intrinsic merit of that human con- dition, but showed only that liborty must abfde, 1ts time and work its way forward, not by mira- cle, but by law. ki Had our forefathers attempted to plant their Institutions on the const of China whero 200,- 000,000 of "hostile Chincss could have swooped down upon({them as the Goths poured downupon medinval Rome, the name of Piymouth Rock -would not exist only in inoradible logend; but thoy sallod_toashore peopled by only timid, wild men, few in numbor, and oasily driven back into the wildorucss, II liberty was cowm- velled thus to bide ite chance aud go forward by law of human nattire, 80, too, will Christianity run, or inger, or halt accordiog to the help or hindranc of the ago through which-it moves, Ata great Founder declined the miraculous ns n general means of progress. He confessed that Ilo could have summoncd leglonsof angols to Iiis ald, but Ho hau Hlimsclf beon born’ under the law, had come not to de- stroy law, but to fultll, snd o left His™ religion to pursue the same carecr. As man could scourge tho Master, or splt upon 1lim, or braid for Iim o crown of thorns, so the truth of tho Master wasto go forth, llable in any eru to be scourged, or smitton, or crowned with thorns. In thu thirtecuth contury, Catbo- Tie Christiuus began the conversion of Chio but the low mental and moral status of that nld emplre was tmore than a match for these teach- ers for five hundred years, The hollest men the Catholics possussed went, and tolled, and dlod, Jeaving tho Cross standing ou the const, while the hundreds of millions camo snd lived and pnescd away witbous having over heard of the divine One of Betnlchem, ‘Thus, as Chirfst and His Apostlcs Jn aublum to violence, subjoet to, all tho forms of sarthly ill-treatinent, so tho ry- Ilzion they planted lives exposed to all buffpt- ngs, and 1s dc?undcnbupou tho same buman aldd which push forwarda literaturoor a liberty. There arc hicavy rowds aud swollen rivers before the phariot of vven a Chrlst. ilaving founa somo of the obstagles which de- tained this charlot in the far pust, wo may well mark whot is the greatest cause of delay in the present. The causcs are not perfoctly fdentical with those of former times, but ono cause which retarded religion fn the oldon times retards it yety o causo constont, but always, as it seems, dimintshing. Thare {8 an agency perpetually at work agajuat tho uviversal rolgn of Christ, and that obatacle is tho vast distauce boetween tho* mind and hesrt of mnn aud the ldcatlsm of Christlanity. Christ ls too far above tho human world, Heis gradually drawing all men unto him, but the multitude 18 1arge and the dlstance to Lo possed over very great, The soculur swrjters, indeed, ridicule the position tuat Chris- tlahity will convert mcn assoon as men shull have become Letters that It will suve the world a5 s0on 08 tho world ehiall hayoe been atlierwise saveds but lot us not be trightencd by thia rid- leate, Yortucre s a grent truth beneatls the po- sltion just assued. Thero sre meu wuo teach that Christlanity will transform a Sloux Indlan {nto a polished ciyiliang that it will trauaform o drunkard in a half-hour aud destroy his loye of drinle; will purify his blood as well "as his Judg- n anid their toll{ Into the very heart of diving love, and maka the world again the Faradise of God. low could any one speak contemptuourl of a system that was steadily working out th mm result! Tho glary of Christlanity was at It not only enforced Justice,but rose higher, and taught us'to to forget solf. The only meas- ure of Christian attalnmont possible for any one under God’s pure light was this: Ilow far we hayo gotten out of the narrownces and tho meanness of our solf, sceking into a broad, steady, sclf-forgetting, and scll-sacrificing char- ity. Would we realize this, wo muat Legin by doing tittle ncts of kindness and love to those around us, which will make them happfer; and from this beginning wo woutd advancatotha full- ness of tho divine experience. ‘The chiofr than sang a voluntary, and the for- mal dedieation of the church, according to the ritual, succcoded, Bishop Merrill conducting this part of the service. ‘The doxology and the bencdlction concluded tho order of oxcrelses. A TALK WITH PROF. BWING, #OME PURTILER VIEWS ON WAGEA. Friexp 8wina: Yoursermon on Christianity and wages, wherein you speak of aympathy ns an amellorating sgency, and “ P! clalm that the law of demand and supply, with free com- petition In productionand trade for the supply of demand, Is csscntial to public prosperity, all sccms to mo to beright. Ihope you will suc- ceed as 8 Chrlstlanninistor therefor tn leaven- Ing tnouch of your people with sympathy to loaven tho rest. And I hopo that “P, " will succeed In convinclog enough persons of the fmperativencss of frco competition in produce tion and trade to break up those raliway ring monobpolies which so dofeat competition in pro- duction and trade ns almost tosuppress cumpet- itive demand for labor, By rallway ring monoples I do not mean rallway companies; I mean those conspiracies betsveon rallay officlals and ring - cronfes to inonopollze busincas for thelr own Intoresta by means of unfalr discrimingtions In raflway Ireights and farcs: lke'that of the' coal mo- nopoly on the Union Pacific RRoad for iustanco, which the Hon, James F. Wilson, as Govorn- ment Director, admitted in his test{mony before tho Crealt-Moblller Investigating Committee to exist. Ho testified that a discrimination of 23 per tent was allowed In favor of the monopoly. Idou't think that he sald that the rallway of- ficiala were Interested In the monopoly. I do not think that question was asked him, 1 think that, ond that ond kindred questions truthfully answered, might let in more Mght uponthe close relations between Republican and Demoeratle leaders with these railway-otficlal riog monop- ollca than was dealred. ) Tt Is well understood that rallway officials, as o ruly, do not discriminata in ratcs agalnat com- potitive industrles without a dlrect or ludirect personal ntorcet in tho monopoly proflts, If n part of this consideration b not placed wheroit will *do the most good "’ to Influcnce Iegislation, Benator “Booth, of Callfurala, could not havo beon justified in- saying that both of our great political partles are organized in the intorest of theso monopolics, If raflway cor- orations got the profts from Lheee monopo- ies, why do corporations grow poor, while thelr ofliclals grow richi? . An old freight szont of many years' oxpo- rience tells mo Lhat these corrupt comblnations, whereby the publio I8 defrsuded of honest rall- way _sorvice, and whereby stock-ownera nre swindled out of corporato proflt, have lncreased moroe within the Inat ten than d'urinz the pro- vious tweoty years, And the ratio of fu- crense will became greater every yoar while rail- way officials are allowed to wisld the power to discriminatoagsinsttho manyin favor ofa choson few, Your statement that P, is one of our rallway kings iadicatcs that the common fdea that the{ arcall in these ringa, which build manopolies for themselyes by diseriinlnating in lui?hlu nguinst competitors, {s erroneaus. Kor 1t 1Y were guilty of such practice, how could o constatently -rguu for falr competition, for the supply of all demand, for all commoditical And'if hio, by defeatiug competitive produc. tlon and trade, was acfeating competitive du- stand for, nnd with which I know Jou are famiifar, ~t{o stiow that his nbusg of tho Bible 1 blaephemy arising from lynoranca on lus part, that all the specinltion of objection advanced agalnst it by him are frivolous and vain, and will in ihe st of lesrned exposition entircly ditappear. Thus, the wars of cxtermination recorded in tho Old Tesf meutt the impreeations in the 100th Pralm. to al' of which hehas attached by fmplieation the epi. thets **muliclous,” **wicked,"} aud ** Infamouy ' will nnlmnr not only (aultleas, bat perfect, ~in short, I ahail atand up, as aforesald, for tho whols Bible' and its divine' character throughout, and mako It plain to our hearurs thut the oxceptiona he gu taken against It aro as bascicas asiheyare ot i 1lo has demanded of the Church of Chriat '‘one miracle,’ ‘‘one fact,"—a ‘‘this year'a fact.™ ¥ ask," says he, *‘only one—ong fur charity— & new mirnolo and- we demsad it now, = Letthe GChurch furnish at least une, of forover hold he; peaco.’ A very solomn chullenge this, and conches o ecclesidntical phrascology morcover. Now [ tender to him not mercly ‘*one fact” and ‘‘one wiracle, " but l‘whnlc dispensation of miracles, 1 bring before him the Uhurch .of this lost day as {nstrumental under God, In changing the whola Inw of nature, and as beinging back for tho benefit of the whole race of boliovers that paradiso with Ita literal inmortality that was forfolted at tho fall of Adam, but regained to be enjoyed fn a regener- ated world at the timosettled fu'tho councils of tho Father bofors the world was. If tlase grest miories wero 1o be mercly forciasted by hops and nnjn{m through - promise, théy ~would be Jnughed $o scorn by tho apustles of Infldelity, bat «uur‘lnnd hly a diapensation of nuracia” thot 1 etand for, together . with divine authority of the Bible. ILnow not how ha can Tw-lhm wy argumenta or make lzht of my eat positians, I teatily aalnet him that bis ob. jectlong to Christianity and the Bible are, one and al, unfounded and frivoloud, ~Lot him' hold his ground agninst me, and fairly drive me from the fleld of arynment, of clse, to” appropriate bl own quotation, let him honceforth and forever hold his < Jlatthero I8 a happler altarnative than his defoat ax' akeptical opponent of the Cross, O, may ha rathier, with the convinced Thomds, bow bofaro the now trlumphant Bavior in 1is now trigmphant church, humbly and penitently :r{‘lnu ** My Lord aud my God," If happily thus at th eleventh hour he moy Aind accoptance and la allowed hunceforth to;llnfl,cuu hlmsulr w.llll‘;;s:flen. | "i a A oplag, my dear sir, yan wilj ind zomo h“lllnl wey ol amploylug this ‘letter, 1 furward It throngh you, who nave suoilun, in public and in private, heard me sxpounding my ||gl}l)q||:}n" Iroe mnin, most traly yours, Tumsuax D, Ungau, To which T repllied as follows: | WasuixoroN, D, C., Doc. 3, 1877, —James Rea, . D —Dran Si: Yours of the 10th of November, inclosing letier 1o you from the Rev. Dr. Gregy, of Trolaud, dated Jan. 24, 1877, waa recelved to- day. Tiave read the latter, and sge b resason for any Awcusalon between the reuowed Doctor and hiys sulf. Ha offers to dotnonstrate noveral thinga that Tdonot diepate. In arder iat you may seq how nexrly wo ara togethar, I most cheerfully adant, 1. V'That & theology which bas naught to tender bil promisca as la n proapeciive hesvon, Wlioso dlstance seemna 1o longthen a4t 1s approsched, "' Is of no value, snd is an utierly worthiess weapon with which to attack {ho acieace of to-day. . 2, I most cheorfolly admit that a true 'CHefstlan —one who really loves and cherlshes enenice-- wii nur;r Krow cll'd. "} ndml:l thut a ti fihlhllul‘: ~—ono who praya for those Who curag, tuslign, slunaer hlnr-u oxempt from nlllngfiuflmmld frailtica of humanity. 1admit that s ten ~—one who, when sfricken op ons chesk, meekl nmnovmw turns the o} | never die. sdinlt that for a true ChristiAn—one who does all “"fi“" actions lu scerct, aud all hia bad onea to ublle—the whols law of nature has been changed, admit that & true Chrlstian—ono who regards tho wars of oxtermtnation gnd the 100th 'salin a4 not anly **perfeet, but faalticas *—Iix totally superior 10 a1l tho 1mental and physiea) laws of this world. I admit that such Chiristiuus cunnot ba hutet, Injured, ordestroyed; thnt polson s nutriment to them; at atseans will mako thom healthler still, and that for all eturnity to come thay will poke deat 1r;kll.n¢ly l‘x;‘ the ribs, and lsughlogly sit ontha edge of hisacythe, 1f the halrof -nmmm Chriatlan growe sml. 1t simply proves that Al convictions are fuding as ol * IF i tectn drup out, It ahiows. that lie la losing Uiy falth, Ir uls cars and eyes grow dail and dim, It maml{ snbatuntintea tho fags that he 1ina failed to lve in acourdance with i Show me a true Christlan—euch a one as I hava duscribod—uut 1 will ackuowladge tuat he ,“r 13 empt from all the §)la that ordinary mun ts holr to) that ho {u incapablo of pain, clad, ‘as he will be, in # Toby of fnumortal fes| pon the otber hand, I admit thit sll people sfilicted with , dinense, and misfortuna; all who are growlug uld and decrepit, and, 1o fact, all who ato subject to tho lswa of psturo, srq nol Chrlatlans, = 5 TELIS, TUE QUISIAN UEPUISE AND THR RUSSIAN VIC- TONY—TURKISH ATROCITIES, Carrenponidency Lndon. Dimes, Tantan Bazanpug, Nov. 1l.—In my last letter I fudizated brielly the nature of the posl- tlon oceupled by the Turks ot Tolis, and the clracter of the extensivo reconnolssance made by the enemy along the whole Hne of defense estublished hy 8hefket Pasha and Kiasim Upsha ou ticir return from Plevnu, That reconnols- sane resulted, g scemed probublo at the time, in a determuned attack on the helght at T'elis. A sligie attack, ensily srepulscd, was' mado on the 23U 0f Ostober; but the first attompt in furcd was made gu the following day, when, ac. coraing to tho Turkish estimate, o force of 10,000 ten, was thrown saguinst the in- treachment; and Uloodily - repulsed, Tho cstimate of tho numbers engaged appears to be exaguerated, bud there can be no doubt of tho desperate nature of the engagement, or of the, fery and stubborn valor displsyed by the troops on clther slde. The Russlans were all pleki men, and the murnfie and steadiness of the! udvance juddiled to the full tho reputation the Imperial Guard un]u{l in the Muscovite army. ‘The Turklsh regular iine fought, as they always fight, behind {ntrenchmenta with tho inost ade wifrable coolnens nnd sclf-control, The Russlana, advanied to within forty or Bty paces of the, breastworks, pouring In"a steady fire all the | way; but the ‘Turkish rcepuiiso was so witerlng that at last they broke and figd. - At this critlen]l moment some scores of the ‘lurkish regulars dashed over the breastwork snd enguzed tiereely in o hand-to-lmud fight with the.anemy: but this was over {o a few Ace- omls, ard the Ruasinns tore down tho hill In nuun:lhluF very like panie, Jeaving nearly 1.000 dead aigl wounded behind thew, n witiess to the deferpined character of the attack and the TUBISLIMLA 1o, . Co o (ula time it was all falr Aghting, but now the¢o excerable savoges whoase decds have thrown &0 dask uslur on Turkish arms—the Circussians und the Dashi-Bazouks—wero let loors un the tleld, and acted there after tholr 2 E own fustincts, | have had 8 description ; and wost useful traths Lave struggled for thou- | ment. Theso dony the vaiuo of Hiteraturs, and | wso could be made, not of u fow Lundred woroly | mand for labor, kow could ho'plead o well i | | You will at onco parcalye that th ery llille of the scena from n eye-witness whose b,lu‘yl‘n';:l,l'fi’:‘l h{“fl""nk%”;;"‘;h&hhfi%;“fn aands of years to sccurc u hearing. learning, und arp, and love to scorts acicuce, as | butof many thotsands of dollars, thun to ot | favor of wa ubomgi rogulated bl’ s demand “;{,‘,‘;‘,“'",“.‘;.,.,‘,‘d'f;fi,,‘.‘“‘,‘,’,’,"'f,‘".',,."}.;‘,‘, ot 'm“.'"fmb'a are ","}"““‘. by tho Turks them- Chancery, will bo appolnted to succevd Lill. ats the method of Aristotle, and with suce though, by 80 doing, tiey were exalting Christ. | tho Bavior fn Uis plan of preaching’ thy Gospel | for labor which be hod defeated? We must, | {iregy haaat hiscommand **a whols dispunaation elven ‘:.h perfectly accurate. Nobody, sven ftds pibldcaliaidolens cause suciety Liad enjoyed 2,000 more yea: It will not do for these to say that the world { to the poord - Would It not give aweet cou- | therefore, lnfer that D', at.least for one, 18 | of miracies,' It 182 matter, not of srguumont and amouy the regulars, scoms to 'thlnki worth which to get ready to bear anything about ip- | will be more Chiristian when {f shall havo oe- | solution to his hearcrs' hearts on their dying | innocent of thls misusu of the rallway which valn debate, but of demonstration, -+ W!’"'i' :" deny the facts. Every wounded Rus- ALLEGED SHARP PRACTICE. ductive methods’ of truth-ageking,” It is not | como more oniightened sud purer; for fn thelr | piflows to know thut through thelr large lber- | defeats the public and corporate purpose for | If you wiil give me the name of the asylum in efan lylng on the fiend was butchered after the BArr LAks, Utah, Dec. 9.—Eleven cuses were had known that the Rumana bud glasswarc—elegunt- theory tho more degraded a race s the more 1y mude, and colored glass cups: but it required ality the urposes ol their Lord active there will be tho lloly Bpirit. But these A it which erilways aro buflt. been fultilled, and tnat in this church at least closo of the Lattle by the Turklsh frregulars, 1 cannot constatoutly ask 4 P,"* therefore, to bich De, i¥at prosent pl oy will 1 which De, Citgi a ‘|;r' o %Acfd. Il Eyery doad body was stripped stark-nnked and brougbt in the United Btates District Court greatly oblige, Yours trul .0, InusinoLL. ten conturies to tura a local articlefuto n world- | err, for all those forms of education and progress | (lod’s Gospel hud beeu fraely prewvhed to all | auswer the followiug “questions. But of those £ = —— e Yot ou the flelt unburled, and & great inajority | hierd Batunlay sgalust Liverty E. Molden, for- | yiy beauty, Mo who speakson the Lost tners, active with the rol ¢ ¢ I rail iHcials wh n? te the utllity of uis- N o | of Blerstats 1t asd loae safpeeiio | oSt Hosbopuska O shy it At | i picam s wioh b ol o 56 | mi saan iAo Bostatfl Wipdarpat | ol mat o e oo THE WEATHER, solutely beheaded ; others lay with théir throats cut clean to the vertebrug others had been ade targeta of, and were literally dddled with bullets, That they were fired upon after the uction, was casily “proved by the nature ond uspeet of thelr” wounds, 8The revolvers or suall-bore riffes from which the bullets hud been discharged had been placed o cluse to the bodles a8 to scorch them, and, trom the close- nees of the discha certain places werp evidently chosen to be uimed at,—of these the left Lreust belng the most common. The wounds which had disabléid theso wonnded men were distinguishable from thoso which bad - been lulicted after the battle, criminatiog ratea of fare and freights subject to the vaciliating will, whim, or intercst of chung!ng officiuls, 1 do ask the following ques- tlous, that all may get all posrible light for the better organization of our derauged lndustries, tosupply want and pay our debts: 1. Will or will not the mnsru-lnn of com- petitive demand for labor teud to lowur wagesi 2, Docs not discrimtation fu rallway ratea which ipotition destroy com- petitivo demand for labor 3. Wheru this discrlinination Is vaciilatin the whims or fntereat of changing officlaly, any wonder that ¢encral enterpriso languishes, that natural resources llo dormant, or that labor urfiud upon them by the very Uospel of Christ, and 1ts performance woulld not only bleas thelr own souls, but be a blessing to multitudes un- known. ‘This stirrlng appeal for finsnclal ald, itis hoped, will produce rnmllnu results at the churel jueetiug which will be held Tuesdsy evening to devise ways and means to Iift the church debt, sud place It among the list of frea churches. A —— CHURCII DEDICATION. BKUMON IY LISUOP ANDRRWE. ‘The dedicatory services at Graco Methodlst Wasnixarox, D, C., Dee, 10.—~1 a m.—~For Tennessee and the Ohlo Valloy and the Lake Reglon, falling followed by rislug baroweter, southorly to westerly winds, warmer and gener- slly clear weather, except, in tho Jast distric partly cloudy weather sud possibly - occasfon: Tuin OF ALOW. ' LOCAL ONSNRYVATIONS, ' .| Uuicaae, Dec. 9. Tone, _[Bar. [TAF T, | Wind, m.‘m.'n‘auifi defendants, by stockholders residing in Cleve- land and Toledo, in Ohlo, and Detroit and Kal- amazoo, fu Michizan, fuvolving the title and produce of a group o mines in Binglam, in this Terrltory, known es the Old Telegraph Mines. It Is stated that Holden realized from tho workings of theso mines during the last clzhteen months over $1,000,000. The actlons werg brought to re- sefud pretonded purchascs of stock of Fastern stockhalders by Holden, while be wus acting ps Geueral Mansger of the Cowpunics, Roman perfod ; but we percelve that they reach ed no signiticance but wero to ll¢ quité {n ob- seurity und wait for Gulllco to come along the thousand-ycor road aud transform the Roman toy Into &’ telescope, That which was only n luyury of fashion grew up into au fnstryment which transforms a nebula into a cluster of auus, ¥ Unlcss Christianity wero to be pushed along dally by iniracle, its carecr must pecds have becu what we behold fo the records, Howeyer ereat its divineness, {t was compelled by the luws that surrounded it to low torward sfowly, #a tlowed the sister rivers of pldlosophy, an of the AMaster be brought toa terinlnation, Uovernment and cducatiun, and all sclence and literature, and all publicand private life, ina word, all mental and splritual development, are twin slsters with religion, and (f they are pull- tug backwand religion will balt by the way, As Faith, fiope, and Charity” move mnot scparatcly but in a band, there bolug no power in Charity unless Faith and Hopo be along with her, and uone in Faith unloes Love be by lier sfde, so Christ moves a contral figure olngmu{vmd s powerful only when all tho forms of thought aud scntimont are awake and full of enthusiasm around His charlot, The ornan. m, 30080 26 | 88 B.Wok| 8 | eoor SYINE. Bhe S0 B1Y 8 | T 130 Hrah i WD, 47, 3400 franl 13 bused on the alleged suppression of & knowl- | sdeucy, and wit. “Truthfulness docs not lusure | Dark Ages and other ages tricd to carry | Eplscopal Church, corner of White and LuSalle | sud money become kdls i B PR L T My informant 4 o well-kiown and able En- | edgo of the fact that the wincs wero largely | sapul icocds. ~ Indotd & falsehoad Wil often | Christianity forwanl all ‘lone, DUt & woid “mu'pn'm N miEiicad & Werlk ago, were | A Whon general means aro mada unpro- | 1 o RS R T sk gureeon, snd Llearn from him that cous- | produetive, wnd the further fact of hils misup- more rapldly thun truth. The divineness | not moye” thus. It waited for its grand com- | completed lust uvening, though the dedleation ductlve throush coforced Lllencss thercol, 1s 1t T D Froptution of Jauge suma of smonsy, It ity nwed not lsve insured instan- | panlons to come, and when they began to 1 any wonder that a small smouut of mouvpoly ssse LI cDER charged that tho uowinal sums of wmonu! %dd thelr proper took place i the morning. There wasa to stockbiolders ou alleged purchases of e, b e it 34,73 degreos. et oy M gl ¥ e uccess, for liberty aud self-governent | emergs from the shadows™ of the vroduction gluts the paylug- demand sherglor, 2 3 # have always boen the trucst aud best of all | fifkconth contury fu the awakened intellect | large cougregation present. Onthe platfonn that monopollsts cry out overproduction .00 dog re sibly have ~restlted I fonnediato death. | stock belonged to thew as dividends, The cascs | fdeas, but they bave been outrun by despotlsm | of son assune by Dante, and in the awakened | wero Bishops Merelll, Harris, aud Audrows, the “von whtle willlng, but {3ie, Workere are unaup: : 7,90 per ceaty R hrctirs (i “wouth ol dnabs | afrat) gefoal s, Julgs Bihodor | aulondaer” Lovs fen. mora 4 lyino mutve | soul of i ety in tissamo poriody ' 1 | Ry, Joh_Atktuson, tho pastor, sud the Rov, | pilsd with tho ckbasariod of lfo P | Aversiauiiocil e asailed the wounded, but it would not be - | The hearing for tho wppolutlug ol s Kecelver is ben‘.‘g‘&";‘:ifl:ffl:’ficxp‘;’ heu‘fl'«.’n‘lffiffl the swakened lovo of liberty as puvealed by tho | yinur Edwards avd Prestding-Elder Willing, | , 8 Would not the substitution of competitive | Aversge chars () sct down for Dec. 27, labor for our wonvpaly systew of fudustry ro- vlve gonoral nuu?)rim, employ labor, and de- yelop resources for & lm:eumluctlon and hows cousumption of every product i 8. Would not such increass of production aod cousumption locrenso payiog truusportation for exchauge of products bw" rallwaysl 7. Will effcetive legislation to protect publle and corporate futerssts auinst the misuse of asilways by raliwsy oflicfals scare capltallsty from future lnvestingnts fo suy honest rullway ar other euterprise UENEDAL ODJREYATION: s CUIBAUD, Deg. MG, Stations, iaur.'nr. Tfind, — | Bain Weaisr, mcul.ucl{ fatal. Men sulfering frum such wounds lay etripped and dead upon the ticld with thelr’skulls clubbed fu, with their faces disfigured by a dozen swonl-cuts, with thelr throuts cut, ur with hulf-a-dozen charred bullet- holes ubout thelr todies. 'The comwaonvat form of muttation seemed o he to cut off the noso or to slit the cars; ovecastonally hads and fingers Lad been choppea off, probubly fur the sake of rinze, and nobody ou this slde uppeurs at ull dlsposed to dispute these fucts, or even to take the trouble t plajn them -trut:gunz Barons, then it was casier for Chris- tlanlty to anuounce lu the sixteenth century the Rlory of a Ltefurmation, " Deeply do thoss injure religlon who ch that {t ‘camies unly jn its sole uatue nuJ right, They weaken their own Klug by cutting off [3is alllea on the eve of battle. Botter thanall such narrow philosupby lu the frescoof that old uiss ter who, fn bis long prucession culled the Tri- umph of Clirist, bas paluted tho Hibyls of Greece und Rome as marclung joyfully fn the ageant, Rightly did that pencll work, tor the A profusion of beautifut flowers, in emblematic forms, ornamented the altar. . After an organ voluutary by Mrs, Nelile E. ‘Whipple, the hymn commenclug And will tho great etornal God On carth valabllst de? Was pung. Bishop Merrill then offered prayer. This wus followed by the resding of the Beripture lessons, the st by Blabop Harris, and ad been the Will of God to urge Christianit, forwerd by Iutorrupting the comnion law nni subatituting that kind of fiat which mado all law, then the spotless perfection of Christ would not have secured o rupid conguest of tue world. Iudeed, the more Perfection the Jess L Pasilog by these general remarks let us no- e the obstocies which bave stood o the wuy of this sublime relicion. A famoup historian explulued upon natural grounds the sprewd of the doctrines of Christ, but this Icaves the task SUICIDE, Special Disoatch ta The Lhleago Trivuns. PiTranukg, Pa., Dec. 9.—A man who register- cd bis name as J, K. Abbey wus found dead ln his room at the Nutlonal Hotel, on Water btreet, this uorning. 4 bottle of laudanum was found on the mautel, 8 revolyey on the bed, snd on the foor a bottle of whisky. Whether death B0 a“® 59 g Ihyle Jad soms of the foundasions of prayer o % 6. I8 there uny falrer or better way to regu- uway. A Frencls,caking Circassiau offlccr, | was caused by luudsnum or whisky s uob yet | wulus of e¥pleluing why thoso doctrines. have | aud helpod uien while they were savages talook | PUg second by Elder Wiling. Jate comumorey. aul | production. gk it wtom © talked ot Yli @ fow davs g, | fuolo. 0o e foor wes foupd u picca of Liown | bt sbroad ity widel 7 S pertcetlys The | Bnwdsd: Loward motier workd s s ireates | _Tuo ltev. Alr. Atiluson siatod that o debt | suveral Staies thau tur Eougress o' renuirs by paper, on which was writden the words * Good by “Tua Coroner will fuvestigato the vaso to- worrow. Abbey wos & youug mau uot over 25 or 20 years of age. Bome sa Lo camo hero from Now Jersoy. Othess tulul Le belunged to the West. 1o was a hog-dealer, sud & few dava axe shivped a boat-load to Ellz- ubeth, Fa. The affalr i rolzed up with cousid- crable mystery, It s not positively knowu that AUbey was Lis veal name. * It 14 certaln $has he W 8 bard drinker. fact that Chirist cauwe wiien the Roman Eaplre Was Lolding sway over wll the kuown world, sud wus teaching the uso of vue lauguage, nu was holdiug precious tho life and liberty of cuch citizen, hus been allowed great induence o makiug the (lospels crowd back the writiugs of the paune, and Christ displuco su army of Ruds wod soal-deltics, Aud certaloly ot too wuch power cun well by wicribed to the breadtl il vuetess of the Ruman State, 16 beeams o wedluw to convey thougtite sad seutiments, Iv waa unprovided for s far as the bullding wes couceruvd, buta lurge expensa bad been in- curred for the treveling expenses of ministers {romn abroad to take part in the services, and he ssked for contributions to pay thls indebted- ness. ‘The smount collected was probably sutficient, though it wus not stated. Another hymna was sung, snd Bishop Andrews then preachod, Blis test was: i} Now the end of ho commandment is charity oat Klug. Lookiug out upon the buman laudscapu with such eyes, we mavall safuly decluro that Cluristlanity balls because those compsnions of ber urogress are uot broperly supporting her sui- lime movewent, Tho distancs betweon man Bud Clirlst §8 still too great. Man must by jed higher up the mount of- civllzatfon. In the Julued hunds of “sclesce sod governwent awd &1l the torws of thougly, by vomblucd power of school-houss aud chiuzch, by o medltation which 13 bevowlug travr aud desper each ufv. by at- xe through the head, und was evideutly of opin- lvu that the deed was ineritorious. He stated that ive of Lis fumily bad beeu kiled fn battly by the Muscov, aud that it was his business to ovenge them by knllng #& Russlan gpiece for them. Hu was one to the good uow, and aoy- thing he could cuntinue tu do went down to hl: own aceouut in the Jedger, He, nowever, thought any mutilation of the dead'savage sud cowardly. ' On the 28th ult. the Ryssians weroupat Jaw that vach ine of rallway sball oxteud in- portiul facilities to all, and ehall make im- partial chiurges for loadlng, unloading, Liling, und awitelbig frelzhd, with mileage Tutes for houllug, and with prohibition agalnst ling v& :\l;cr cowblolng to defeat uunpcll'jvu car rinyge V. Wouldesuch requirement by Coogress bo anytking more than a faltiliment of i3 coastl- tativual ub:llfnuoun to sco that no State is robbed by uuloir railway diserlwivation of ity ;::SES::!"‘“ i3} e ————— THE LOUISVILLE FIRE. LouvmsviLLe. Dc?:- 9.—The losses and fnsur- snce on last night's fire cannat be ascertalned untll Monday. The dampge to all exvept Cuocbrane & Fulton is light, Thelrloss will bs beavy. The proveution of the spread of the : — was & great web fu which tho higher races to | tewpts sud fuilures of Lfo without religion, by 2 neart. and of & good conscience, sud of a | fair share of cummerce, or have its vatural fa- | fir waq very romaskable, and was accupplished b = ————————— % v - 2 y of & pury neart, and of a good conscience, s 1 1 " 2 E:.l? ‘L‘xfi‘.’.“’:’.JJ’ ou.u.ph. curvnlfie'l‘;l: 'i?. '&3 TEMPERANCE. tho nuwbar of & buudred millious lived and | oli powrs, and by others which one beart | falth untoigned. —2. Tvaoify 6. cilitdes for production suppressed, 4o give 8 mo- | by cutting through o heavy wall with axcs, sod woved, aud Lo the greay wotlous of the ceutry wll the web soon vibrated. But by as miuch as such & vast empire favored the sprend of Chris- tauity by so much would the ulter ruln of '\ very carcfal ‘atudont of ihe Hible, ho sald, touk ot of e fact that tho Englsh languagy, every ol v/ angua) was FOCLss Of ianis. Today charity mhesnt ciLber alune canvot recall, man wust bu Loroe forward until bLe has come 1o a belyht (rom which Le cau ses thia beauty of the truthas it s In Jesus. Religlon slone will vot make the trauslation. south with tweuly guns swelled the storm of fire which felt lrol!yl those poluts of vuotage upou the ‘Turkish iotreuched positions. The Apecial Dispaich to The Chicago Tridums, BPRINGFIRLD, LI)., Dec, 9.—Increased interest L belug manifested lo the Blus Ribbou tempor- vopoly of wanufacture, wiutug, or trade to othier sectiousd And wt‘)‘uld tha eoforcoment of so tlooding the bullding with water &4 umm; such o law b apythivg wore $hun the reasona- even whisky from buralog. Its opfeln capna ted for. - Lo fuillment of tho charter purpase uf gar- | U6 UesOu Constantinople Journals state that Hakkl Pasba | o)) v such ton dela) ey it & YR - oad ik o e ————— 5 e CE 1O N uch 4 natlon y Lby chariot wheels of tue e wbo wakes a laning tire to be [lls minis- | giviug or kindl! mend of otbiers, but when | porate proilt frow nublic gervice i BUrTEL n;d,fm mel _nnd bls ‘buumuu_ withou | o &8 a';"::‘"‘;l’-lfiw':‘r;’;w‘.m‘lm:u:m;fi“ Lonl That utwr rufu came 150 yeors after | ters, sud the winda His‘augels, who waketh kanngu' z«fm way made it bad the 10 pr raliwey ofldials, who, as a class, are no ,{"‘L‘f’ “"L‘:‘i"h’ "j]“"]', t 53' '.';.g“f..:flfi? oty e that aksertios iy certalnly o o the it Meotlogs wil bo Lald datty | Curbtianity beguu to gbloy mational ald aud | clouds to be 1ils chariot, sud who sdvancots | brdader aignidcation o bencrolence—love, | bettes than utier e, wro sllowed contipucd | iy isve been dused, - Cluggud, M50 300l 1 Lo ex-ratiway )“"""""? ought, gullast. | slgned the pledge. Mectings wi Leld dally E‘WWB A T tlituen_ ceuturics | tpon the wings of tho witu, bas placed His re- | and that was the Apostlu'a mesning of charity. | fwiunity in appropriatiog atbur people's rog- | yromature deblity, weaknoas, snd docay. Loul ly, but he found hiwsclt st tast so overwelgbted | and uyery evouiug durdng the week. Col. Row- hristianjty wus uranted only one snd a half fn | ligion ln & world where each’ school-house, and ) The commsudument, too, wmizut Lave had & nar erty at will, bow laug will 18 be ere they, as ruitwsy kinis, wlil wake white and black thelr slaves; 10 bo suralled from 0cuaa 10 vean sud sud Jourual, with loformation woeta thoussnlay which to resp the full benetits of the Roman aficd luu.q‘.i\hun’ Pulverpasher ullufh Ol_-_l tbat he seut outaflag of truce. The Bring Cresed. bug world, gud the last of those ygars were yeass , of Rocl d ¢ n fragio e :E”%w“::unl.m uke Hoflatitter arein ! , and art shull be fta cow [l ] ey ol %o o rower or broader sizudcation. Its own was overy toll sud triwnph, Casb do that of svecliic procupt proceoding through