Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1878, Page 8

B8 THE CITY. GINERAL NEWS, The Phlliarmonic Clab, of Boston, are at tho Sherman louse. 4 This cremating I do not approve of,” said a thin married lady the other day to her com- panlon, “Fancy being burned into nshes and put up liko prescrves in a jar. Bestdes, when I dle, 1 want to be able to come back and haunt. my husband i ho marries again,’ A mass-meeting of the Italian population was held yesterday at Glikaufl's Hall, the object of which was to select a candidate for the Itallan Vice-Consulship In this city. Mr, Francis Cor- nicntl was sclected. Flo was formerly Deputy County Clerk, « Thealorm from Box B850 at 3:20 yesterday morning was causcd by a tirein a smoke house in the rear of No. 203 West Fifteenth street. Damago to structure and contents, $50. The residence of Michael Kane, In the rear, was also dama ged conslderably, o loses $50 on furni- ture and bedding. The bLufldings were owned by George 8chlecht, whose loss is about $300. ‘Tho West 8ido Red-Ribbon Reform Club hold a meeting at the Green 8Street Tabernacle yes- "terday afternoon. The attendance was large, and a great deal of Intercst was manileeted. Addresses were made by the Rev. N. F. Ravlin and others, after which several of tho “reform- ed" gavo thelr experience. Tho pledgo was slgned by quite s number, and those In the charge of the movement felt encouraged. West Trwelfth Streot Turner Hall was crowd- ed yesterday olterncon to hear alecturc on “Bochlism* by Paul Grottkau, editor of the Berlin (Germany) Freie Presse, Tenry Statle vreslded and Introduced the spesker, who gave ® history of labor and Sociallsm, and ahused Bismarck, but sald nothing new. His epeech took over three houra o dellver, and, ns an effort of tolking ngainst timno, it wasanim- mense success. *__The Communista ware to have met at No, 45 North Clark street yesterday afternoon, but they failed to put in”an appearance, Whether Decaure of the rain or hecause of nchango in 1lio place of meeting the reporter was unable to ascerialn. At the last meeting the novle ‘hand of patriots announced that yesterday the: would mect with triple reinforcements,” It ia hardly probable, therefore, that o cause flour- ishing eo grandly should bo_ aeterred by =0 allc'h o thing as & molsture overhcad snd un- erfoot. ‘The centennial anniversary of the birth of Irctand's great martyr-patriot, Robert Emmet, was commemorated fast evening by a large and enthuslastic gathering at Maskell Hall, upder thie ausplees of tho Allen, Larkin, and O'Hricn Bklrmishing Club, 'The nttraction wasalce ture upon the hero by Miss Allce May Quinn, of Iodlanapolls, a “lady of some loca itcrary repute. She was introduced by the Hon. P, W, Dunne, of Peorln. The essay had Iiterary merit, and was dellvered moderately well, considering the short timae the lady has been In the lecture fleld, At jts conclusion Mr. Joln ¥, Beanlon read au uriginal voem. The Yrucccds of the entertalnment, which are rald to oot up in the neighborhood of £400, go to the credit of the Irish Natfonal Fund. The soclal success of the scason thatls just clusing, 80 far as the North 8idc fs concerned, has beenn voung man who was famous as piver-olit of conundrums. He never appeared nt a festlve gathering uniess e was armed with a riddle, or n conundrum, a something of tho sort, and they were invariably clever, ns the nu- dience always declared when the answers had been given, " And yet that young man's modus operandi was very simple. “He never made nny auswer to his conundrums, but was satlsfied with askine, “Why is a bar of soft eoapn like o Baratoga traveling trunk " and letting the com- pany guess on it~ Whenever an_answer was hit upon that seemed pretty good, this wolf in slicep's clolhlmf would eay, wThat's right— yuw've guessed {1 and fn this manner obtgin credit for the uuited wit, talent, and genlus ol the whole cotnpany. A meetlng of blacksmiths and machinists was held yesterday alternoon at No. 7 South Clark street, for the purpose of forming n trade- unfon, Owing to tho inclement weather the ottendance was very slln. Mr, Charles Arm- bruster was elected’to preslde over the deliber atione of the body. A long informal difcussion 08 o the advisability of forming n local unfon or one under the ausplees ot the Natlonal Labor Leapue took place, during which 1t transpired that Mr. Morgan,ia Communist, badbeen acput- £d Shy the Labor Lenzuc “to form thd” “blacketniths and wechanies into " a unlon, ~ Mr. Tom Cavavaugh refused to acknowledge the autbority of Morgan, and clalmed to be the deputy to whom that duty belonged. He strongly upposed Mr. Morgan's Y.l;m to organlze under the ausplces of the bor League, bocauss that would compel every otie becoming A member to -pu),' an_initiation fee of 83, which wmonnt but few of the men had to spare just wow. Homoveds that they organize u local unlon for the time being, and it tound advizuble o demand for admission into the League could bu made at afuture thoe. Thie resolution was adopted in spite of Morgan's oppositlon, wlio dld noet scem to havo a single 1rend in the meeting. Those present shirmed their nawes to the roll. The election of ofticers was deferred untll the next meeting. “The tricks and wiles that women work,” ns Bhakspeara says, are more than envugh, Frinstance, thero was & girl up on Park avenue who was riding bome from the theatro thoother evening with s younys man from South Robey street, and us slio seemed abstracted, ha play- fully pinched her arm. 8he came out ol her seiul-tranco and aald, “ Don't, Thomas!' I wish Jou wouldu'th theh blushed cclestial red, for s powe is WL that young man's ugme is.* #{Don't, Thomas!'" mall the young mun with o witherlng sneer; *Who s Thomnsi What bank docs ho embezzle the funds ofl ‘Whose counter doca he hop over! What real- estate offics of the pioth magnitude docs he aweepouti I'll Thomss hig head off if I cateh bim,—~base, pertidious airli” Of courso thoy quarreled and parted forever, but they had fre- quently quurreled before, and bad evmetimes varted forover 0 much na twice In owoe cousecutlve weck, aund the young man dlda't scaro much, e fntends to 2o to tho house to-morrow nlght with a bouquet and a box of carumels and mako 1t up, but he will be too late. The youog womman has been discin- Larrassing herdelf of the six or seven superfin. ous young men to whom sho was cavaged, and ‘has got rid of ull of them by the Thomas game, and this evening shio is Lo Yo married quictly to the remalning lover. (P 8. Ilts pama fsn't “Thomas, but Eaward.) They had u little collislon on ons of tho fn- coming trafus the otlier day, and a few of the DAsEED[ers were lll;"huy shaken up. On Batur- day oue of them called ou the solicitor or the rufiroad, and producing fu cvidence as Exhiblt A s horny band, which was conslderatly mashed, -said, * flow much are you golug to onte up for thiad" “Ten dollars sud s pass hume, sald prowptly the eolicltor, “Ten cents and o pass to DBlue leland,” said the man, contewptuously, *I'm an _expert, That hand [ skilled lubor, {hat's Wwhat it fs, and I don't glve no receipt for vatue received short of 85,000, Why, 1 read in Tin Trigunk the other duy that & fellow over in LEugland got 87,500 for huving his hand hurt in @ collision,—he was a jugeler, and his biz don't -rclulmmr 60 wmuch skillcd labor as mine." “Aud what may your Lusiness be, alri" suid thy railroad solicitor, * Plckpocket,' replied the visitor, “aud this {8 a nlce sort of hand for dellcate work, watches and pocketbooks in buses, f:u't 11 Blow ne, If o mnan could make his professional lving with it, even it he was only a fourveymun holder-up and goer- througt unon Archer avenue.’ 'The sollcitor drove Liw out of the oflice, telling him to sus and bo —, that {s to say, to suc; and he went off grumbling that, unless these blasted mouop- olies were mkped fu tho bud by the people, the rcedom of the Amerlean nation would yanish Yike a dreain, A case of invsteriaus dlsappearanca is report- ¢d trow the West Side, whcnlsu It creates n'x)zch comment and excitement, A week ago lust Saturday o youms man on West Adams street touk a beautitul und high-spirited girl to the luatinee. Between the Srat and second acts be, in cotnnen with a large proportion of the males of tle sudlence, went out to sce whether the Turco-lussiun tresty bad yet been sigued, re- turulng o few minutes later 1o say that ft bad not) und that tue Russlan headquarters were sull at Beki-Nardash, * He endeavored (0 von. ceal .nfs dmpatience by chewing o clove, sud the beautiful und Bigh-spinted Kl said to him: - Walter, don" go ovut agsln between acts on auy considerstion, It louks 80 rude, fleoolu just sture at e, and you trest we us littlo couslderation as if Wo were tmarried.” This nepace kept bim tn L place during the next entriacie, but when the third act was over he could no lunger restrum bimaclf, and ho sal Florence, I must run out for a inute to bow the probably pasa- a0 of the Bliver bill over the President's veto s wlecting tue wold juarker If you do, Walter,” sbo_sald, solcmuly, *you wiil oe just wa wicsn as ol get-out, and Twilt get up sod. walk off oo iy by, sbell-like ear. You hear wmel” He thouzbt, however, that she was Uluttiug biza, aod went out. When bo returned, ko beautiful aod high-spirited girl Lad disap- cared,~was, as i were, gone, hut not forgot- cen, Binco that moment he has not scen her. He has called several times at the house, but on cyery ovenalon the scrvant has anawered that Mis&' Florence was not at lhome, and beforo he cowid Invite tho sorrowini relatives to join with him {n baving a general alarin sent out and the river dragged, the door has been shut §n his face. He has written to her, but his letters have been returned unopen- ed. The other day he felt aure that ho had met heron Btate street,—ho could have sworn o any court of justice that it wasshe, but, though he huwed Pm{mmdlylo her and exclalmed,*My Florence,” he musi have been mistaken, for the lady he had thus nccosted swept by himwith fey-dignity, saying haughtily, * I have not the honor of vour acquaintance, sir.’ Yesteniay he thought he saw her going to church, but ae the perzon he met was accotnpanied by a young man whom his loved, lost Florence did nat care for at all,—would not belseen on tho atreet with (28 ahe had often told him,\WValter, to-wit),—ho must have been in error again, Altogether, it fsoneof the most singuiar disappearances of tha season. TAE DAIRY CONVENTION. The fifth anoual mecting of the National Butter, Cheese, and Egg Assocfation to bo held In Chicago this week, commenclog Wednesday noon, promises to be onc of the largest com- merclal conventions ever beid fn tho West. TDelemates have been appointed to come from oll principal citles In the States, and soma from Canada, The dalry Intercst Is taking & prom- fnence fn the agricultural productfons of the Northwest thot to those who are mnot In the trade Is simply astonlshing. These con- ventlons foster the dairy interest by develop Ing and disseminating sclentific and practical knowledfi!n regard to the making, mckmfz. cte., of butter and chicese. The *trade” in Chicago are alive to the importance of the or- gonization, and will undoubtedly zive thelr visitors the best they have, Tho address of welcome Is to bo madoe by Charles Randolph, Secretory of tho Board of Trade, at noon on Wednesday at the Grand Pacitic. Tho scssfons of the " Conventlon are to be held in omse of the large dining-halls of that hotel. The following gentlemen hava accepted tho honor of serving on the Reception Committen: Willfam W, Dexter, Chalrman, Andrew Albro, 4. M. H. Wagoer, . H, Adams, D. Richards, Charles Baltz, J, 11, ‘White, Col. E. 8, Bond, Henry llemmclgzam, C. Gerstenberg, L. 8, Chase, George I Braum, L. E. Fitts, Henry Raog, 8. C, Sargeant, Thomas Palmer, R. F. Redell, John Klein, J. T, Gridley, Aaron Butts, J, L. Bridge, M. G. Bralnard, Fred Wood, L. B. 8mith, A, F. Wright, C. H, Weaver, C. W. arsh, N, W, Heies, C. C. Rice, W. Il. Ford, Charles Darvis, A. C. Knopf, A, L. Tucker, Jullus Smith, A.J. Dennisan, John ¥, Curts, Jotn M. Csrus Alfred Danlels, Joseph Earl, K, Hexter, A, I Barber, Isaac lhvmm. Henry Holmes, Charles W. Lasher, Frank E. Nellis, F. Nickerson, H, F. Orvis, L Oberndort, A, W, Merrill, Georgo Beckwith, Samucl Beswick. . L Wavne. Charies Weare, W, I, Plummer, Willlam Woods, R. T, Thomas, . Moran, A. Bigelow,John P. Barron. BILLIARDS, Lovers of billiards bave read of latg of tho exploits of a wonderful fifteen-ball pool-player natned Wahletrom, who has cleaned ount the best Eastern talent, Incluaing Wilson, Knight, the Dlous, etc., without turning a hair. Iaving beaten the Enst, Wahlstrom showed np in Chi- cago last week, and cut off a couple of Chicago- ans In thelr prime. He did notlct on that ho was the Bwede, but stated that he was a Rus. slan, Ilaying thrown out an offer to play any- bo“l‘y for $50, the well-known_ sport ** Homer ™ sald ho would back Albert [Hoa once, whether the other man was the Sweda or the devil, The Rgamo was played at Beosioger's Monroe-street room Friday afternoon, the conditions belng that *the winner of the first six games should take $30, each game to cense when elther man bad cight balls, the numbers on them not_counting.” The contest was not very long. The Swede won two, then Hoa one, then the &wede two, then Hoa another, and then the Sweda the two declding games. Ben Linley, another excellent player, then tried him onogame for o smaller stake, but _the Swede jed that nway too. His cxecution waos some- thing macvelous, especlalty in Jong shiots, and Lis position play was pretty ucar perfection. 8T, PATIICK'S DAY. The work of preparinz for tho usual celebra- tlon of Bt. Patrick’s Day_continues to go lor- ward. Grand Marshal O'Nelll and his olds et at, Maskell Hall yesterday afternoon to arrango the lino of march and other detatls. The Mar- shal was in the ¢hair, and Mr. Curnan acted as Socratary. The lino of march ndopted 15 as tollows: Tiendezvous on Deaplainces, the right resting on Adams street. Move at 1 o'clock sharp, south on Desplaines to Harrlson, west to Halsted, south to Twelfth, weat to Centro ayenuc, couns termarch on Twelfth atrect to Wabash avenuc, north to Luke strect, west to State, north to In- dlana, west to Desplaines, and south to starting point. The positions of tho several Bocleties in tho 1ine was left to tho Marshal to arrange, The Marshal announced that tho Second Reciment, would take part in the procession, ond also that niue bands of music had been en- raged for tho oceasion. 110TEL ARRIVALS, Tremont Ilouse—W, T. Duryce, New York; V. E. Alden, Boston; A, W. Wheeler, Buston; A, D, Ragees, Claclauatl; C, Lathrop, New York: Hoiry Tieaity, xn.éflal: i Jloure, Detrole: foba appett, nsge Y3, '+ Nicholsun, Provi. detito; U, 11, Nelson, Now York; San Franclsco. ... Sherman Houss—, Visconsin: Col, G, It steriing, New Harris, l'llllhurr' J. A.Dunn, New nj the Hon, W, A. Burclgh, Yankton; C. M. Falrbanks, FPawtucket; . Columbuus, Grand_ Lacifie—3. Now York: 0, Tireadwatar, Montan: hancock, Dubn ki Jo @, Volmer,' New York; 1L, A. Royce, Hostoni Halph Plumb, Streator; Mr, and Mra, W. J. ¥l N Boston; (. cw York: J. O. Daggett Now York.... Palnier_Honse—3y, M, Mitla, Davton: B, B. ..tkiniaon, i geatts Loubwville; . Camoron, Bloux Fal U, 8, A. 5 d. B, Halbert, THE LAW COURTS, ITENS, A motlon for Injunction and for a Recelver was made and argucd Saturday afternoon be- foreJudge Moaore In the case of Templo vs, ‘The Hydo Park Gas Company, and the caso was then taken under advisement, In tho habeas corpus case of Moritz Wasser- mau, tho order discharging him from custody was sct naldo Saturday, the case ergued beforo Judge McAlifster and taken under adyisement. Judge Williams, Saturduy, granted a decrco of divorce to Rosa Wright from Willlam . Wright, on the pround of descrtion;and to Henry W, Baltow, from Mary M. Saltow, on the ground of having had au {licgitimato child, Judge Farwell granted a decreo to Clarissa B. Puilllps from Alonzo Phillips. UNITED STATES COURTS. John P. Male began a sult Saturday agalnst tho Germaula Insurnoce Cowpany of New Or- leans, claiming $3,000, BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. August Ringele, o butcher ut No 503 North Clark atrcat, was the ovly now bankrupt Batur- His deble, all upsecurcd, smount to $3,40262. Tho nssots compriso hills and nates, £4,494.80, and somo personal property, which {s clalmed to be exempt. ‘The petition wus re- ferred to Register Hibbard, A dlschargs was Issucd to DeWitt C. Cregier, "The Assfizneo of Bamnucl V. Bayer was authors {zed to sell the bankruut's stock and tixtures, MUPEILIOR COURT IN BRIE, Alanson Dwlaht bezan a sult for $1,400 Sate urday agulust Minnecsota and Jon B, Tytus, THE CALL, Jupax Dronazre—The Duatrict Court calendar, ‘Tho call i unlimited. Juvue GaRy—i4, £23, 234, and 247 1o 252, in- clusive, No caso on trial, Juoae Moune~3, 5, 7 of March calendar, No,%, Brudy ve., King, rial, af w.:m:lu Rourtis~No call, No, 22, City va. Gage, Juuak Booru—jet cass torm No, 2,002, v, Lradlcy,and eatedur Nae iy 140 oo, Jine clusive, excent 150,151, 153, 154, No.U4, Phitbin V‘J Kdl‘v‘l\:‘:lrl:l.z il s voa LLIATER—S¢ : 030, Vi Vl.lCO‘Iih; ;:;u.s'c;nl-mg‘ 5'! -,T" i wl‘ m.l!.n-r:«.lll cale 1,211 (o & ive,¢: 230,22 Siand 248, Nocaso o frlng, "X o oL, Jupur PauwsLi~Uencral busincas, Jrous WiLLiaxs—Uencral busiuces, CincuirCounr20voay - Boorst — agda) oy 5 2 Gehwarnobeck ve, Frea Carlile, §700; ~Eileamin Bincluir ve. Stephen Wilka; verdict, $200, snd mo- tlon foz now trial, CRIMINAL, Lieut. McQarixlo and Ofiicer Joo Kipley are expected homo this morning with the prisoner Guetano Rosa, wauted for tho inurder of Salva- tore Pitercsa In November, 1870, James Kerr and & man named Larsen, tonants in the house, No. 25 Hunt strees, yesterday had a quarrel about some domestic matters, in the courso of which two sbots wero excimnged. No voo was burt, and, us thoy refused to sppear In court sgalust each other, no arrests wore nade. During Saturdsy night threo burglars entered toe flour and feed store of M. Corrigan, No. 166 North Jefferson street, having for an object the contentsof the safe. Tusy bored three Loles fu the door, and, after illing them with powder sud fusc-sitachuwent, went outside to swalt the cxploslon, or Y pufl,” as it is profes oline; Horaco Fuller, Now York: J. D. T3 J, Le Fowler, Omats THE C}I_lCA-GO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MARCII 4, 1878, slonally fermed, Tho * pufl " eame off all right, but it ralsed such a racket aa to alarm the occu- panta of an ndjoining house, at_whose npgronch the burglars scampered off. They left behind them a roll of fusc, somo powder, and a fcw tools of a cheap character. Minor arrcsts: George Allen, suspacted of being tho sneak who plundered the Iithgow restdence, No. 273 Michigan avenue: Henry Al- len, colored, larceny of A silver spoon-holder from the Burdick House, and suspected of the larceny of a 2ol croas shich was found in his posacasion; James Davld, and Thomas Dona- ue, thievish vagrants. ‘The thleves, David Mullen, James Kogers, and (eoree Simith, alias Harrls, whose nrrest was mentioned some ten days ago, will be brought beforo Justice SBummerfleld to-day upon tour ch!r‘,{en of burglary, ail small ones, committed by them In Capt. Johnson's district. 'he chifef complainant is George P, Holtman, of No. 181 West Lake strect, $5 worth of whose property was recovered. W. B, Langdon, a dizzy tetegraph-operator from Whitewater, Wis., yesteniay complatned AL the Armory that, while asleep ina lodging house at No. 222 Washington strect, he had been robbed of clothing to the value of 15, ‘The landlord would give him no satisfactlon, he says, and his arrest will be caused to-day, De- tectives Stewart and Flynn went to the place and succeeded in picking up Edward Watson, Jobn Henderson, Dents Ahern, and Edward Fiaherty, hangers-on sbout the place, ana all alleged thicyes. Tha complainant was' able to recognize two of them only. AL D o'clock yestenlay moroing A drunken ruflian named )l’l'hwl Barry entered the saloon of Peter Dellva, 222 Division street, and ina short time bad made himsclf go disagrecable that he waa vjccted by the proprictor. flore- tirned directly, and was making sl sorts of threats, wlhen Delivo, alded ly his father-in-lawy, again attomoted to eject him, As they were dolng so Barry drew a pocketknife and stabbed the Iatter, an elder! man named Anton Kocbler, in tho tlalit breast. The blade passcd through the lappels of two heavy coats, 8 vest awl two snirts, and made a wound In the flesh about onc-half inch deep, which {s not consldered dangerous. Barr, then ran off, but was capturcd an hour later by Detectives Shanck and Whalen ot No, 31 Eim strect, He is an old of- fender, nnd has scveral thnes been arrested for burglary or larceny, and has spent soveral terins in tho }ouse of Correctlon in conse- quence. In September last e assaulted Officer Nicholas Kraus, while briuging a prisoner In, and ultimatoly Lmkc o brick upon the ofticer’s crown, SUBURBAN. LAKB. As thetime fort ho spring elections approaches tha politicians aro bestirring themselves, and candidates are looming up at every turn. Tho Ring bave thelr little gatherings to talk over matters and arrango to put the strongest men on thelr ticket. ‘the Lcad of tho ticket will probably remaln as it is, but the 'fight for Trustes and Town-Clerk will requirc considerable figuring, as four or fivo candldates for the Clerkship are already laying thelr pipes. Tho party who claims to carry the Stock-Yards vote in his breeches pocket 18 In almost dally consultation with tho Englewood members. Tue opposition have not shownmuch strength as yet. They have been beaten 5o often that they are shy of going Into the fight uatll they have n deflicita plan which will have somo show of suctess. There secms to bo n dlsposition to walt and #co what the Taxpayers' Association will accom- plish fu thelr fight with the proscat Board, ERGLEWOOD. Mr. A. E. Bradloy, who has conducted the temperance movement so successfully in Engle- wood, has aceepted an fnyitation to urfinmm o temperanco reform in lyde Park. }le has atready had somo experfance In that town, and remarked ons cvening that he feared that some ot the chiurch people wero toa strongly wedded to their wine for him to accomplish much. ‘Thero is cousiderable talk of putting forward ‘l.‘( temperance ticket in the coming spring olee- on. The temperance mectings will be held each Baturday evénini 88 long 08 tho Intercst con- tinues, The Exccutive Committes will invite Mr. Emnery_Storrs to deliver a temperance od- dress next Baturday evening at Tillotson Hall. UYDR PANK AND LAKE. ‘The regular meating of the Board of Educa. tlon of District No, 2wns held Saturday aft noon at the Centennlal 8chool. All present ex- eept Graham, iils to the rmount of $270 were audited and ordered Jz:ml. Biiss Nettlo Margan was clectod tcacher at the Btock-Yards School for the remaluder of the &chool year at a salary of $10 per month. A boy by tho name of Norman Chase, who has been aitending the Centenntal Bchool, but who was mspoudc& by the Principal for somo breach of tho sulcs, hns “since been _allowed to attoud the Englewood school. Tie Buard decfded that he must hereafter attend tho school of the sub- district In which ho resldes, §f at all, Tho Board adjourned to Saturday, April 0, —— CANADA. Tho Canada Paclflc Rallway—Exomptlon of Canadian Cattle Exporiers from Cortaln Imperint Regulntions=Other Nors, Spectul Dispaleh to Ths Tridune. OrTAWA, March 2.—Iu the flouse of Com- mons, Mr. Do Coswos, member for British Columbia, moved fora return of every apecial and general report of the Chlet Engineer and Actlog Chiof Engincer of the Canada Pacifle Ruilway reapectine the cost of constructing the ling, cte. In epenking to the motlon, ho sald that, as the question of the scaport of the Paclfic was ol tho utmost importance, ono should be sclected which would enable the Dominlon to competo with the trans-Atlantic trade. 1o pointed out that tho wholo trade of the Dominlon last year was $00,877,032, and that of Bau Franclsco alone was $75,713,25% ‘Tho total cxport trado of Canada was $75,875,- 803, The exports from Ban Franclsco were §01,011,287, Other fiqures proved the vast im- portanco of Ban Francisco as a port, and he urged the nocessity of having & Canadlan port on the Paclfic o order to counteract tho in- fluenco of San Franclsco. The Governmont promlscd ta produce all the papers asked for, ond the motlon was carricd, A member called the attention of the Gov- crument to the Imperlal act which necessltated the staughter of foreign cattle immedintely on thelearrival in Eoclund, sud wished to know it upplication had been made to the lnperial authoritics in order toobtain relief for Canadian rters. The Hoo. Mr. McKenzlo sald the evlls complalued of, a8 far as Canada was con- cerned, hiad been shown to the Imperial authord- tles, It was also painted out that we had no cattle-dlsense In this couutry; and, further, that cattle were often confined “without cause until they wero inspected, e thought that Canadian cattlo it future would be exempted from tho action of the Imperial act. Special Dispateh 10 Tha Tridune, OTrAWa, March 8.—The rumor of the posals bllity of Great Uritalu becoming Invoived fna Europeas war has shown the unswerving loyalty of the Canadlan inflitia to the xothcr«)umr{. Alresdy o large number of offiders hiavo seut In offers to ralae regiments for service In the Brit- fsh army, and every day lucreascs the number of these offers from uil parts of the country. Hpectal Dispalch t0 The Tribune, MONTHEAL. March 8.—AL & large temperance meeting held here, tho foltowlng resolutiony were passed ‘That in the aesurances given in the Bpeech from the Throne, and later to the acputation frum the Dominion Allance by the Premfce and the fon, Mr, Beatt, of the introduction of a permissive robibitory bitl for the whole Domintan, this meut~ ng sous ground for great encouragement, and, at the sawe Dimie, for the Utmost activily un'the vart of temperance-men throughout Canada, Loth ig :nennuginl‘ the Goverument in the action pro« cd, uod In taking stepa for the aduption and ens Forceraent of (ho law when passed. It was stated that the Dominlon Alliance were about to rulse $100,000 for 8 temperance-cani- puign, $15,000 of which was to be’ procured in this Province, Mr, Venuor, the Canadian weather-prophet, predicts that the weather for this munlfl w?ll bo sunllar to that of Jauuary. The barowmcter will fluctuate between extremesol cold dips and warin returus, with frequent snow-falls, ‘The wonth bids falr to bu Llusiery aod winter-like, with a lower muan temperatire thau Fobruary or December, % Bpectal Dispatch (o The Triduns, BT, CATuERINES, March8.—1t Is taported biers that g number of the Mollle-Magulre naraudeig are located fu the ucighborhood of this city, aud bave one of their lodgues fu active operation. Bpacial Dicjuslh tn The Tridune, QuEsEC, March 3—The lo-al Government {luz:d thelr resignativu fo the hends of the jeutenaut-Governor of the Province lust night, M. Joly, the lesder of Jihe Opposition. has been called upon to formn a uew Cabinet. The causy ot tho resignation is belleved 10 be tho refusal of the Licutenant-Goveruor to sanctiou the new sailway sod tax bills. The estimates have not f“ been fually adopted, sud, if tho House re- uses to voto thewm, Mr, Joly and bis friends will at once go the country, THE PULPIT. Christian Creed-Seekers«=Sarmon by Prof. Swing. All Thinking People in Search of Some- thing to Believe. Tho Men We Need-.-Sermon by the Rev. D. N. Vandeveer. Men of Esxalted Oharacter Required in All Walks of Life, CIHRISTIAN CREED-SEEKERS, SERMON DY PROY. SWING, Prof. Darid Swing preached yesterday morne Ing to the Central Church In McVicker's Thea- tre, taking us his text: :rl“flllu salth unto Him, What is tratht—/okn, \ 18, Many, already Christians in thought and feel- {ng, arc geeking the absolute trath fu their re- ligion, o tormcr times the mind iwas less in. nuisitive, and rested In the current {deas, For hundreds of years all the notions of soclety stood unquestioned, Men*lld as thelr fathers had dooe, and thought what they thought, and sald what they sald. A great awakentng aod o very great change came over the human mind fn those days when Luther and Lord Bacon moved amid the multitude with such new {ntellectual power. Luther aroused a religlous (nquiry, Bacen & more gencral Inqulry, and these'a crowd of [ree-thinkers and cncyclonedists followed, and the old men- tal slecp was wholly brokeu up. From a per- fect satisfaction, tho civillzed world passed over rapldly to an almost universal unrest.. And in that unrest we arc all passing these years, al- though wo are three centurics away fromn the Luther and the Bacon who disturbed the old staguant waters. What a feverish state of the public mind do we behold! Each group of men in office or on street 18 busy with an argument nabout {nspiration, or hell, or the nature of Chirist, and, although our lnughter-loving age mingles the humorous with the most eolemn, still there fs a wilo debate golng on everywhere over the propositions of Christlanity. The mectings and conventions of tho clergy aro oc- cupled to the last moment of thelr time with the solution of problems, and they adjourn from weck to week with tho cases still increasiug upon thelr docket. Ono clerical nssoclation s to Qiscuss, next Monday, whether tho first of Genesls be historie or fizurative, while some other group 18 1o inquire abiout the import of I?splmtlou or {uto the fato of the heathien world. Thus we are all out In search of a creed. All thinking Christlan peoplo ardently desire to find Just what they would be ljunmh:u in belleving, ‘or {ust what it Is cssentiaf they should accept of and faithiully hold. 1t would sccm that thero must be somo rules which may help us much in the great valloy of shadow through which wo are all passing. However complleated nature is in her orzanle and inorganic forms, yet there are lawa hidden away sowcwhero whiich will aid the uaturaliat, Linnzus found some permauent facts in the floral world, and Cuvier found some fu_the aul- mal world, ana In the political and seeial realms the puucul student has found principles that reoppear and change not. In Christianlty, it may well by nuwmud that thero are somo doc- trines which will offer mun rest for his mind and peaco for his heart. In croed-hunting, whry, then, may we not make this the first Inw of tho search, namely, that wo scck tho perina- nent trutts of tho Biblel Whether Genesls contains a poctlc nccottnt or a historie account of the origin of the world can never combpare a3 an inquiry with the grander declaratfon that the materlal world was inado by a being called God. That {s the sublime trutl'of Genesfs. It may once have been o valuable fnquiry whether Ucencsis was o literal picture of the world's origin, but new forms of thuught have come to render that old inquiry almust Insignificant. ‘Tyndal states tho new problem in these worda: “\What are the core aud esscncs of tho evolu~ tlou hypothesis? Strip it naked and you will stand face to faco with the notlon taat not alone the more Ignoble forms of animaleular and ant- tnal 1ife,—~not alone the noblo form of thehorsa and the lion,—not alone the wonderful and ex- quisite mechanlsm of the human body, but that the mind itself, tho emotfon, intelligence, and will, were once latent fn n flery cloud, At the present moment all our philosophy, all our poetry, all our science, all our art—Plato, Shak- nflcnm. Nowton, and hnphnl-—nro potentlal in the fires of the sun.” | Hero Mr, Tyndal has powerfully act forth the dreary finulity of evolution, and, fn so doing, shows us that tho one grand doctrine of our Geneals s not that Adamn and Eve were tempt- eq by aliternl brute, ond that a eword was brandished between them and Eden, but that o personal deity stands back of tho universe, and that Shakapeare und Newton ond ol the fm. rrenlvu human family did not spring from the icat. of the sun falliuz upon cluds. 'To go to Uenesis, and behold thero the unlverse rlsing up from an Infinite Mind, a_Mird that fash- foned the human brain and heart, this is the fdea_which dwarfs all others. Whether thy earth was inade in six dn{u' whether Adam and Evo were placed 1o a garden and fell from cat- Ing forbidden fruit, are thouzhts rendered un. importaut by the overshndowing notion that God made the human race. Tue Biole will be of infinite worth, If It shall bo the place where we shall flnd a cro- atlve Father. It will matter littls i wo ascribe te human fancy tho crcation of Eve from Adain’s rib, and the watking of God in the gar- den lo the cool of the day, if only we atinll lcarn to fecl that n Diviny Voleo tatled the human race Into life, aud that Divine arms are under our earth anu Its precfous contents, suplmm the clercy In couucll should resolve that the tirst of Uenests was sunply poetic, then must they go on toraise otherguestions; wheths cr tho Red Bea divided Its waters, whether tho Jordan was dried up by belng sinitten with o mantle, whether tho three children wero put futo a flery furnace, and thelr task would widen out from the first chanter of the book to the Jast. Pending this case, destived to last longer than any in chiancery, what duty so plainas thag wo must omit from” our creed any theory in these matters, and must il alt the tnore full thu notion that God s sll uround und will suve s chililren fu sorrow, will tnake fmpassable rivers divide before thelr fect, > There aro doctrines which run through the Old and New Testaments unchanged, thougn gl chunges around, v Tl falth which bound Abraham to bis Maker, and which made Enoch, and Elijal, aud Job, and Daniel men of fntegrity and of hops, fs the faith that will save you and me. 1t may be that jt was the In- ventive and poctic fancy of the annalist which mado Abraham make all thlugs ready for of- feriug up his son to God, but this, atleast, {s true, the Abraham so trustod and obeyed his Maker that all elso was uothing as comvared with that trust, Hu the details of thetr lves, as given, tru or false, this romaing, that thers wero great anen all through tho Mosale oXes whose lives were made great by following the laws of Jehovah, And the very ancenmulas tion of fable oround thetr names woukl only suow what must haye been their real charues ter. You could not attach to Thowas Paine's hlstory aud legends of plety,—a report that he had again and again surrendered property atd given toll to religlon would not follow far his name. Legends must always be pietures of the veal character, Bhould we read a hundred sto- rivs about the kiodndss of Wilberforce to the suflering, or about the kind decds of John Brown to slaves, they would all, whether true or fulse, sct beluro us the bencvulence of those men, False particulars would reveat the true character, Wondertul must be the humane- ness which will bear welt such loads of legends ! 8o with those cminent worthies of the Bible, Whitle critivism is trying tositt the record, und separals tho actual from the tuazinative, wo cun behold the general truth, thut falth in God wmade Abraham sud Danlel rise aboyve the level of the common multitude. What devout wen they must have been that thelr names could ear so much of wonder(ul legend! n seckivg for a creed, a second law woull be the test of uthlity. What ductnines have beca usefulf Mun i3 sent bere to be molded fnto highier form. Mo is compared to clay u the bands of tha votter. e fs cummanded to seck the ful) stature of Christ. llcis o progressive laelnz1 ud beace his best vhlosopby will be that ol utility. What agencles will move him furtiicst uud soouust trow brnorance, snd weak. peas, and s must bo ravked a8 thy ageucics st worthy of kis scarch and love. Those will benee b the best doctrines which shall most carry hiin or urge hiw onward, Under this theory, the study of abstract notivns, such as tue Trinlty or the tinal meaniog of llu‘l! Ghost or of the word * forever,” or of *decrees, or * fate” or ‘free will," witl disturb us but litle. We can welt afford to lot opinions como and go here, as wo permit the clouds to rearrance themselves on tho sky. The flight snd retura of all such nottons should be in our ceotury much like the mllnz to and fro of blrds o the woods. The Rowan auguss used to study the flight of wild fow], and, holding up a wand, Infer gowd if the wild swans parsed to the right, evil if they passed to the left; and by the movements of there winged creatures they de- clared war or ordered the murder or coronation of a King. But the world has entifved suich tides of duty, and although our ancestors urned, or imprisaned, or exiled men, acconling to the position In the air of fiying opinions, m’r times toll theas theologieal birds that the whole hieavens are their play-ground, and they may, without bnd omen, paes to right or left of our Inteliectual aivining-roa. A religious ereed may bo sought aa a politieal need i rought, not tn the fleld of metaphysics, Lt in the need of the people. Tho true states- men have never been closet men, spending thele dn?-a over flnely«lrawn argumentattons about things which wero slmply cutfous, but they have been great out<loor minds, living amiil the milllons and_studying thelr wants. Enter the room of a Calvinor an Aquinas and you find hin attempting to formulate the things of cternity; but eater the room of a Bright, or a Burke, or a Lincoln. and cach is huufi over the lnr.mlry iuto the immediate need of the people. What tnust be done to encourage manufacto- ries, what corn laws are nceded, what home- stead bill shouid he passed, what harhors should be improved, what money whl change Jenst 0 a hundred years, what copy- right Imw will sccure to genfus tho re- sult of ita laborst All theso questions rise up amd are met with a common scnse thic most act- Ive, and are debated with an cloquence which eprings from the immediato usefuinces of the answer. Eloquence wrln%s nrcnu); from the emotion of speaker ana hearer. Jience, the most memorable syiecelies have sprung up from the politieal situatton of States, because then thoheart has been most aroused. hlnquunen isn wave of Interest passing between the speaker and the audience,—from them to him aswell ns from llin to them. Therefore it is that all of this old, immortal oratory comes to us founded ulpon human excltement In politics, that being the onty fountaln which could scnd down sucha flood. “And what mn!lur-{plnw! of pulpit-speech have survived the duat of the book sholf, have Leen spoken over the coilinsof the great, or in hie name of some doctrino which touched decp- Iy the human soul. Thero can be no powerful speech where there la no powerful interest. Robert Hall's greatest discourses were dellvered in memory of {llustrious dead; Bossuet's imper- {shable words swero spoken over the dead dien- riettas aud Theodore Parker had to go tothe dead Webster for his most effective speceh, Thus hinve these clereymen been compelled to walt for human cyes to be full of tears bofore they could framo any sentences which might be- come Immortal. It thus fully appears that tho statesmen find their greatncss in the fact that thoy are ulwags near the fminediate need of the people. They never rise fn the name of an ab- straction about the naturc of the soul, or nbout tho tripartito naturs of man or of God, never harangue Partiament, or the 8cnate, or the peo- vlo on the naturc of angels, or the location of hell or heayen, but upon 1deas which affect cach man's life, or liberty, or pursnit of happl- ness. Ilither muet come, for o new lesson, tho Christianity which has not made utility its watchword, but rather myatery or metaphyal ‘The human heart and mlid are the same fn all times nnd places, and {f the statcsman can touch mankind by dealing with its practical af- {fairs, 80 religion inust Jook at human need, and discover and measure doctrine by that pressing want. Dolug thls, a valuable creed will reveal itacif In tue Iloly Book. The word utility will become an euchanter’s rod, which will el fortn these hidden laws, ‘The many shapes of reform will rsc wp in vower and beauty. The temperanco reform, the bondago rofortn, the doctring of bencvolence, the doctrine of industry, the doutrine of rightcousncss, the doctrino of perpetual hopofulness, the doctring of frugality, the doctrlio of penitence for ain, all these turms and laws _of lifo will lssuo from the Biblc, as tho Magna Charta fssucd from the night of the middle ages, The doctrine of rightcousness, of common honesty in tho Blble, Is of morc value than all the tdeas which a hun- dred years could congrerate in ong mass about the trivity or the humau will. - A1l which the profound” theologlans have ever promulgated, as to the nature of angel, or_eoul, or na to fate and froe-will, could nut” equalin _worth tho law that ht,cmncmnco s a blessing and intemperanco o ruin, Ilenco wo creed-seckers must not consult the pleasures of the closct and ask it to invent new puzzies for us, to detain us with amazing inter- rogatories; but we must stepdown among tho fmunh and find what Jeaves from tho treo of Ifo will heal the worst maladies. ‘Co find these usoful doctrines we need not resort to any hasty survey of the case, but to our own beat Judp- ment’'we can add tho hclp of history., Ask il the dead who slcep in tho Lord and you will Jearn that only o few doctrincs took any part in forming their grand or beautlful lves, They may have held a hundred idess or notfops as true, but {t was a few only tbat shaped thelr works und thele character. A fow leading laws made tho spiritual cmplro of cach, Just ns a few cardinal fdeas have cro- ated tho differencs between America and Bynin, or between Eugland In the nincteenth - century and Eugland in the tenth century, What fashioned 8t. Johnand Augustine, Bossuot and Fenclon, Robert Hall and Thomas Chal- mers, Was nod nll{ dotalls of minute theory, but the great gencrul fdeas of Christianity, Au- gustine, fndecd, held to many absurdities. Ho wandercd about in the mazes of speculation but bils roal conifict was over a vico. Ilo could not talke up his mind In favor of the high pu- rity of the new religion. But at last he espous- ed th doetrine of rightcousness, and there, in that practical iden, lay the foundations of his new character, ‘Thus, ull thoso who sleep in the full beauty of Christian memory bear vit- ness that ouly 8 fow truthis worked at the wheol when their coy wos molded into symmietry, and the saomo truths did all ths beau- tiful work In aoll the long sweep of cen- turfes. Look ot the carllcst or the latest of the saints, and to avold slu and to bo like the Master, were the two shapes asstuncd by tho ro- form. Romo thought one thing about baptiam, ond snother anotlicr; sume beld with Augus- tine, some with Origen; some loved Paul, and some loved John or James, but what shaped them was that all loved the Nazareue, and fol- lowed Him. Lookingz over this past wecannot deteroifno what were the special doctrines of this or that noble one, beeause the speclal dog- mus dld not uffect their llves, nod hencs coulil not cotna to us over tho {ntervening years; but Christ, and virtue, aud venitence, and rewards, and punlshients did affect thein, and cama frum them to us cluthed with power. ‘Thus, by asking what have been the valuable Christian fdcus of the long yust, wo may learn what should be tho creed ‘of our present and future, Unable to find 1t in the clust of abstract thought, let us ather it upin tho fisld of ex- verfincut, 1t would seem n valuablo rule for us crecd- scekers that wo inuat be satlsfled with the gen- eral, Wo iuust Icarn to love general principles, and must not covet detalls of fulth or knowl- edge. 10 any additiunal proof wero needed that wo must seck broad ideas, it might now Lo found ju the recent almost world-wide debate which has just closed over the nature of future vuntshiments, Al puipita liastencd to this con- it but only to learu that uo party in the large asscmblage of divines posseased nnr detinite in- formation. It was strauge bow littlo we ol know, The whole Christian ministry, with tho exception of n lew ndividuals, fell bacl u&mu tho great broad fact that thosy who obey God advance toward higher happiness, thosé who defy Ilim pass onward to punishment. Gut this fallure of (.'hrlnmnu{ to supply minutie (n this one fuquiry only llustrates s linbit everywhere vl passing snione the natlons in only u grand outline, ‘Tus particulars ubout the nature of Christ are just us unknowable ag the detail regarding punishment, 'Yhe Chris- ttan world bas defined and redetined the Savior. 1 been inquired whether Clirlst were tho Creator; whethicr He huwl two natures or one; whether {lo was eternally begotten; whether o suffered on the cross usa wan oras a Uods whethicr He preachied to souls fna nurgnlorin.l realing waether the light wbout Iiis brow was from without or lrom within; but no anawer has come to 8 slngle one of these questions, and Unitartan and Trinitarian stand to-doy with unsolyed riddles {u thelr hands. Nelther ony has any response that ono might be willlng to lve or die (o catablish, Lut up from all the gencrations and churcbes comes this general trath, that they who bave loved Clirist aod have followed Him a3 o sullicient Savior, have been transformed Into new creatures aud have passed from death unto iife. 'The transformation of thy Apostlcs ond the Marys whokacw little about the nature. of the Master, but who loved Him as tho legato trom the Father, the character o many who have_held that Christ was not Delty, but ouly the Boo of God and of mon, teaches that this buman relorm springs not frowm detatled 1n- formation regarding the Savior, bus from a deep attachwent founded upon the full beltef that llo is thu way to God's ncrey and tosn fannorial e, Hhther to this gencral truth and eacral love have tho geuerstious all come. iy have not been Jed by knowledge, but h(y devotlon, “Tbis general fact stands tuat, du ail shades of s character, Christ hias been valy a Savior. 1le bas evoked love and falth, and tbese hove done thesr marvelous work in the souls ot those who kucw little aud those who kucew much. And this will always be true, that those can reup tho greateat good from o philcsophy who urasp best its widest trutbs, and who lavish upon them the sffection which others waste upon winute forms of thought, To seck to weasure God, 10 ask how Ho could be omni- rescot or omniacdent, or how He could be without body, were wmere trifiing, compared with tho wida assumption that He made the world and is tbe Heavenly Father of all Out rectitude, when contemplat of minuto studics, minuto minds at Jast come. Thz lttlencas of thelr purault hecomes o uality of their sonl, The old sectarinns con- demned unbellevers to death for small varia- tious af bhellef, becnuse the stuay of small points bad resnited in n race of small men. ‘1he mind and soul shrink to the size of the study that engages them. Men who workat the smafl lines of engravings, after o fmw years cantiot &co far, but thote who sail on the ocean ean discern great objects many a leaguo. 1t {x destined to he the glory of our age that 1t loves to sco the Inrge ldeas of potitics, or scl- cnee, or aerienlture, or Christianity, Not only will It thus discover the Dbest fleas, hut the apirit will be endarged by the habitual study of things of widest apolleation. It will be innde great by the wrcatniess of 118 pursults. It will find ‘)‘1‘0 most good, and will grow great in the search. There 18 a Christian creed within the reach of nll. It may be found by asking the Biblo to givaus fts ?ermnnem truths, not its six days, or Ita forbldden frult, but its God, and its vir- tue, its penitence, Ita love of Christ; by asking the Biblo and history to yicld un to us the usc- ful tdeas, those which lave transformed man- kind; by asking the Holy Book to give us only general “propositions about Christ, and flell, and Ieaven, and then, by aflirming that man will bo saved, not by his nformation, but by his affection, Buch acreed witl not only he the most true, but ft will give to those who chorish it ita own nfinite greatn THHE MEN WE NEED. BERMON DY THE REV. D. N. VANDERVEER. “The Men Wo Need ' was the subject of the Rev. D. N. Vanderyeer, pastor of the Unlon Park Congregational Church, last ovening. His text wan: What shall 8 man give In exchange for his soult— Mark, till., 37, ‘The present age, ho ald, was eadly deflelent inmen of character, Soclety swarmed with men of talent and learning, and never before, porhnps, had the professslons represented such collected results of wisdom and experience. The great want of to-day was men of sterling masterly character, They were needed In our courts of justice, in our legislativo asscmblics, fu_our houscs of natfonal government. Tha diMculty of choosinz a Bpeaker or o President in our cducational or political dynasty only il- lustrated how deep ana oppressive was our lack of men of solld and commanding character. Wo did not undervaluo culture and retinement, ‘The men of polished manners and wathetic tastes bad never yet done the hard work of tho world, The Ieaders of civilization and progress hiad always been men of profound and carneat character, The champlons of popular fdeas were often regarded as stern and repulsive, but who would sneer at the avalanche when thaval- leys were nourished by tho miclting of its snows, Boclety was alwnys nourlshed from the helghts of humanity. Men of character stamped thelr age with the Index of their awn personality, ‘Whoever eald that socloty did not acknowledge the presenco and the power of men of character only betrayed on ignoranco of exlsting facts. The soclal hypochondsine might cotnplain that the present age worshiped the golden calf,— that Mmmmon wns l{luF; but this was only exceptionally truc. There was nothing for which socioty entertalned profounder respect than positive and decisive character. A inan might forfeit lis own, but heuever lost the hazlull.y of recognlzing superlor character {n others. It wns not without reason that attentlion was called to such a topic, for the present condition of soclety in this country was most highly fav- arable to the dovelopment and acknowlcdgment of genuine and honest character. Amidst tho falschioods, and dishonestics, and slander, and skepticism that nasailed us from every quarter, no greater Lecessity could arise, no novler op- portunity be vouchsafed for the acquisition of u)mmctcrlg uaswerving fidetity to moral con- victions. Brave and undauynted adhercneo to truth and dutly amidst the treason to both that beset us, woul d be culled herolc in any age of the world, The best contribution that any man rould make to the general stock of soclety was truo and sterling character. ‘The presence of superlor virtnethrow asteadying and stimulating offeet upon timid and wavering mindgs, 1n tho iden of character, he wished to include all our nicntal and moral capacltics in a high stato of virtuous actlvity. Ile called him nman of charactor who was sound from centra to cir- cumference ; who would not le and could not bo bought, whose conacfenco was ns true ns the ncedlo to the polo; who did not flinch from con- demning crror in others or bimsell: who was not too lazy to work, nor too proud to be poor; who would stand tirmfor the right though the heavens tottered and tho earth quatled; & man in whom the current of everlasting life ran deep and strong, sweeping everything in its resistlesa coursa. ile called him a man of character,—ho was high-souled, and masterly, ana divine,—n Chrlst-like man, Character was valuable from the diffleulty of bringing It to perfection. It was one of the noblest distinctions of mnen, and yet all did not possess it. Of the multitudes who chafed, and sweated, and bickercdithrough the world, how fow had a high-toned and syminctrical charac- ter! What could bo the philosophy of thia dif- feronce amoug thoss of equal opportunities and ndvantoges? Could this gift Do acquirod! Could a man, by shieer force of his will, pack his encrgles into the atcam-chest of higher resolve and impel bimsel! futo a positive and adinirable character] Everyono started In the world with a posslble characier, and it was the business of a lifetimo to train and mold that character after ' n perfect (desl, tho attalnment of which constituted its dignity and bicsscdncss, to fall bolow which meant misery and guilt, 8o the dlfference smong men_did not consist in the posscsston of ereat gifts, but In_ thelr appil- cation and usc. Every thought, feelivg, mo- tive, and act played the part of scaffolding to character as the edifice. ' Graln b grain the de- poalt was left upon the soul. Btoue by siono tho clarncter arose, and o silent ond gradunl was the process of Tormatioh that on ly after the lapse of years could we measure tho results of the past, Charactor hiod never yet been aequired under tho case, and comforts, and luxurles of life. ‘Thoy wero corroalve,~fatal tothe charactor that lyed in thelr presence, Prosperity blusted and withered many a beaut{ful grace of the soul. Strong resolution and mature wisdom wore galued only at the cost of Ymn aud poverty, temptation and death. Andit was the difticulty and peril through which character passed on ts way to perfcction that made it 8o unspeakably !xrnulou:. To the futrinsic value of the alamond, ho cutting and polishing added greater beauty aud worth. A single speck or atreak, and afl the labor was loat. ‘There was nothing which men more admired inothers or overlooked In themselves than moral character, From the facility with which men threw away their character onc would think it possessed little or no valus at all. Our Judgment was faulty beeause it was finite. We mignt allow as o concelt that men possessed moral character, and as citizens of this world it might be truc, but when judzed by fntnfte as caudidates for eternity, but few men possessed an characicr at all. We were slnnors, an sistod_ nbove all things elseof Joss of noral character before God, Boclety stood kneo deep in the wrecks and ruins of woral character, Nothlug so painfully impressed us as the frighit- ful Jack of moralstaming. Publicvirtue hadno buckbone, and when sublected to pressure it guve wuy under the stralb, The Cross nlone was the true standard of computing the worth of character. When redeemed by llim, and purltied b{ the spirit, character hocame atandurd and sterling, Chaoracter was tho ons thing which God had constdered worthy of consigniog to n magnificent hninortality, Iuwas at our peril that we tampered with characier ln othera ond in ourselves, No tnan bad o right to sacrifice his charncter upon thy Moloch-altar of ubpetite and passion, ie noped wo would come to undcrstand what we wero about when we gossiped, and slandered, and led, The carliest duty snd the greatest effort of practical wisdom comsisted In fur- moral sin con nishiug men with correct ideas of tasto and habits, and for the reason that they wers clements of character. Life was governed more by it than by taste or fnterest, 1t was more poteut than wealth, far more poten- tial than kuowlvdge,—better than atiawimnents as a safeguard of reputativn. Take care of your character, and your reputation will tuke care of ftscll. Character was mlzhtier than culus or cloquence. Lts preseuce was cou- ffll tar ita superlority, sud {ts influencs went dee han the talent ‘Lo marshal armivs or the diplomacy that swayced crowns and sceptrus. Chigractor a8 a forco fn religion was not merel oue thiug; it was almost cverytbing, Wealt lost might Lo recovered. Respectability fore felted might be repained, but to lose the soul waa to losu sll. To forfeit one’s character was to be a paupcer throughout eternity, In order to get character one uecded to be- como a Christlan, o loog as men wero un- Llesscd and uusaved they had no moral stand- ing before God. He urzed his hearers to dis- card the vices and immoralitics which were un- derminfug thelr characters, and to auchor them- scives 10 the Cross,—to begrin ationce the awjul- sitfon of that character which would euthrone tbem cterually smong the children of the Eghul. DEATHS, ALLEN—0n Banday, March 3, at his resldence, o 241 Centra street, J. 1, Allen, A dedt o uneral Tuesiny, rcl , & . M., to tiraeaiand. "Fricads ot the tamlly mn-’ue'v‘.'fixfl;: otice, €2 liochestor (N. Y.) papers ploasa copy. GUILD=AL the Palmcr Houss, on tha Pl w10 DT AINCEL ORI, a0, Tormesiy ot Anmte B8 Assachiusctts and New York paners plesee ooy i gear. e en {o Syracate, N. Y., for Intey CAILT~1In this cfty, Runday, March 2, 2. bers Cary, an ot restsns of Wit v Fuineral will take place at Oitvet Chinreh, 8 born steeets near ootk, ondar. the 4th et Des: B N Grieans and TOLersDUFR PAPETS plrass ropy, BRADFOUD=The funcral ot Albert M. Tiradfomi vy, {ake piaca from tn reaidenca or'Jis No. T South Biato treet, Stonday, March 4, ot carelages to Gracriand, ol By, MNAMARA—The faneral of Michael Mcy IO AAKD Tinge, 0-day (onasy) from. M emars fdence, No. 20 West ‘Thirteenth nirect. by ean o Cat. oy Cenciory.. Friends are respecttaiv Inviies to st i at hi venidence, lto 8. T.BABBITT B 28 Original and Standard Manufactures, OFFICE AND FACTORY: Nos. 64, 66, 68,70, 73, 74, 76, 80 & 82 Washinglon-at, B, Y BABBITT’S BEST SOAP, o most pleasant and effectivo Roap for the I, ™ m Oror Fnmily W nabink purposes over afyed, B e T U Terdiot o7 50 evnta BABBITT’S TOILET SOAP, getable olls. Unrivaled 1 Tand the athi. For sain the Nuts o L L A T phAN 3 equ tent fres on race(pt of 73 cents. BABBITT’S SOAP POWDER, From this Pawdor a beantifnl and serviceable whits 80t Nonp, of suy desired atrength, ca0 be m ten minutes withont the use of grease or patash. package sent frea on recclpt of 25 cents. BABBITT’S YEAST POWDER, Abtolately purs. Bread, eakes, puddings, ete., made I short spaca of time, keep longer, and &ro mora afs [eelbio than when mad of cammion nd chosp Tmlis: lona. A trisl package sent fres on receipt of 75 cents. BABBITT'S SALERATUS, Astandardarticle. Asampla packago sent fres oy receipt of 23 centa. . BABBITT’S GREAM TARTAR. L 6 fram sl imparities. The housewlrs ;;‘Z L e ouasstly s BABBITT’S POTASH, ntrated alksil, donble the atrength of ATRSBE L L AT o ent THE PROPRIETOR will give an ounce of xold for every ounce of jmparitics ound ia any of thess proparatlo: For Sale hu a . Deonlera, CELEBRATED thronghout the Union—exprossed to all paris, 11 and upward at 25, 40, Mc’rtr . Address orders GUNTHER, Confecs *loner. Chicago. N CIIAS, Il RADDIN & CO,, Auctloneers, 118 and 120 Wabash-av, LARGE OPUNING SPRING S8ALE BOOTS & SHOES, Tuesday, March 5. LARGE OPENING S8PRING BALE DRY CGOODS, Wednesday, March 6. ClIAS, E, RADDIN & CO., Anctioneers. By GEO. P. GORE & CO,, € and 70 Wabmah-ar. REGULAR TRADE SALE DRY GOODS, Tuesday, March 6, 9:30 a. m. Highly Important to the Trade, GEO, P, GORE &€0., Auctloncers. AUCTION SALE OF BOOTR & SHOES Wednesday, March 6, at §:30 a. 1., prompl ® date we shatl offer snathier large snd L A e AR Cicidin (00 Haes Of Iochenter, e Wear, Now ¥ ork a Fuiladeioaih Unads, warranted In all respects second (o nonai and o0 cxira fine chance fur both city snd country buyert IDIHII?U I.llclr fldacrl éu; ‘!vflllk'glbdd’fll‘lox(“‘;mll bow G Chtalogie : A 2 i flfib. ;' GUNE & 0B & 70 Wat By WM, A. BUI'TERS & CO,, Auctioneers, 174 Esat andolohi-st. 3000 PACKAGES UNCLAIMED FREIGET, AMERICAN EXURESS COMPANY, AT UOTION, 'DRSDAY, March 5. at 10 o'clack a. m., &t Dutter’ B ohder ST AN et SA] Sektan, Agh ottt sl e i el Kuconeer: DRY Q0ODS AUCTION HALE. DRY GOODS,CLOTHING, Ete. THURSDAY MORNING, March 7, st 0:%0 o'clock ou second fogr, 174 East ahdulpliest Wht. A, BUTTRUS & CO., Auctioneers. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN BOOKS AT AUCTION, FIUDAY AFTERNOON, March 8, atd o'clock, at ot selestovian I SR NEURMIN & co., Auetioneers HEUULAR SATULDAY SALE, HOUSEHOLD GOODS. BATUNDAY MOIINING, Merch 0, st 0:30 i 74 tat andolph-at, o Ao e ity & o Auetioneers. By T, E. STACY, AUCTIONEER, 148 Dearbarn-at., opposite Tribunts Coal Dealors and Speculators. TUESDAY, MARCH 5, AT 10 A, M, AT GOLDBERG'S COAL YARD, Grove-st., near Twenty-second-st. Bridge, 1 shall eell the entire outat of & Coal Planking for By ELISON, POME Auctlonee: 8 and 60 Raudolph-at. TUESDAY'S Sale, March 5, at 9:30 & m. New sd cond-liand FURNITURE, Geaeral H 4 Goods. Also Chatiel e uq'n‘iv e Firaiee 5 waiie Use b telurulure Varsii. &¢, e o puoy £ 0o = ANNOUNCEMENTS, RO¥, P. W. FISK WILL CONDUCT THE NOON~ . day mecting ta-day st No. 150 Madisou-si.i sub- jece: *-¥ound ® Loetring Enjolued.” ~Yousg men sirangers’ meuting thls eveniog 81 the same plave. ’ EXT REGULAK MEETING OF THK BON3 faticin et i Al Vermonters are laviied L, F MAN, Avston et Eomnans S o g o On Wednesdsy, March 6, st 9:30 o'olock Regular Weekly Trads Bale of 28 CROCKERY,: CHINA, AND GLASSWA! o )lxvcllifl-l. and fll{ihfll 'Dllté:lth Also importe! aad JoRoers gooda at pruMS Ik vomD, Aucussses