Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 1, 1878, Page 2

Prof. Swing Preaches on " Pleas. ure and Goodness."” Pope Diflars from 1o m-elfig ‘I’rcd‘c’ccssor- Summary Diemirsal of the Parasites Who Clung to Pio Kono. An Interesting PenePictore of Spure geony tho Lendon Preacher, PLEASURE AND GOODNESS, SERMON DY PROF. SWING. Prof. Bwing preached yesterday morning at the Central Church, taking as his tests: (lethat is of 8 merry heart hath & continnal feant, -~ Prov., i, 15, itersed are the pare tn heart.—Matt,, v., 8., Could the verdict of all experience bo found 88 to whence comes the most of good, that ver- dict would be cheerfulnéss and character. The noclent maxim, “A sound mind inn sound body, may have Implied thfs habitusl cheer- fulnces ss & natural resutt of a round body, and may havo implied & good characteras the natur- sl result of a sound mind, for a mind that could be gullty of excesscs or sin would show little claim to soundnees. It would be s trulsm to affirm in a world where all scck pleasurs that to make tho imost of life fs to be happy, for how to be happy 1s the anigmn placed veforo us; Lat It certafnly fs 1o trulsm to say that a happy disposition or o . reasonnbleness regarding pleasure is one of tho iest ways by which to find the most import in this existence. Thero ean be o foolish chase after enjoyment, and thers can be a very wiso one, and hence what may be afirmed Is that a wise pursuit of happiness and then the perfect devolion to character are two forms of action which will mako these years yleld the most pos- sible of good. There have been those who have felt that cheerfulness and laughter wero a »in, ©r at lenst an Intirmity. To these earth has been & ereat fallure, They bave dragged out Hfo, and Lave madeof 1t simple existence, rathor thanthe tojourn on carth of a dlvine soul. These have ol mourned thelr way alonz, declaring at cach step the wretchedness of manand the vauity of all carthly works aund hopes. And ns the antipodes of tliese thers riscs up another clars more nuwinerous, but not mure wiae, who have fully resolyed to have what, in the poverty of their language, they call “a good time. They declare that they will nd what pleasure thera 18 in food, and drink, and games, and vice, und_luzury, Could the world now wive fts candid opinion a8 to she success of theso two multitudos, {t would declare, without reserve that neither the nscetles of the, former school 2ot the Epicurenna of the latter have found the ost worth that is possible to the threc-score years of man. Tho avowed pleasure-seckers und the avowed pleasure-haters are alike cncinies of God’s laws, for the human beart Is nude for foy fjust as inuch as for virtue; and the class which sceks virtue ot the ex. vense of all pleasiro as truly violates thie divinn economy ns do thoso who seck nleasury ut the expense of honor, Not as greatly, but uA truly, breakers of God's Jaw . Nothing scems nora evident than that man isplaced in & career which pusscsaes two watchwords of paramount stenificance, and that these are havpiness and churacter. To be good I8 ouly one-half of man’s nisglon, the other hall belng summed up In the Phruse, to bo bappy. It s not probable that Uicee arg exact geometrical hemispheres, for tli¢ coutinent calted character §a In all probabii fty thie lurwer, but in the moral globe thers 1s no exect geography or inathematics, but only a svdritual sud henee Indefinite measurement,” If character by Lhe greatest end of lfe, it {s also tiin easiest found, for man has power to bg nizhiteous for beyond his power to be cheerful utel srafling. We can control our conduct, but rat the cvents of time. © Disease {n aell or fam- aty wiil come, death will fall ke a thunderbolt s a group bound by Inexpressible love, and 1eere is uo band to stay {ts ravages, One can heep from sin far mora easfly than from sufer- g uf body or mimb, Character is hence the anoat wecesaiblo of these large hemisphicres, but tue otber Is to be perpetually sought, K pleasure should be sought, Is proven by « sfuglo glance at not oty man's nature, but nf ani-unk #ature. Al Gol’s ereatures becin with play, thus shadowing In the outsct the tor's designi bt of all tucso, man only saughs, and man only carries on his ‘n)’lulnu! fo the extremo limit of his ntnf in this world. « piay of the luwer anlnals ls merely phys- dcd, anil hento It feaves themn the moment Youth's bouyancy {8 gone; but man’s play or anghter {s ‘mental, and hence will lve while his mind retuins ita facultics. ‘Fhe human de- Juzbt tw wusic orina good anecdote will live 45 long ns tho mind Hves, All thoso surprises of altuution, of auswer, of words, of inchicnt, which so excite mirth will do so os lone as tho mind retatus its delleate and marveioua powers. Tue dymw, within o mowment of death, will emlicl rome Mttlo nbsurd thine occurs in thelr elzht, or if somna strange story or bon mof comes suddenly Into te chamber of momory, Many tustances avo un rocord where the solemnity of death could not prevent the mind just about to sk away, from smlling just onve more oyer somethini laughable fu the yesterday, You will thus perccive that man laughs and plavs by an innate law, awl that thus happinesa L his birthright. 1t miud is ;nade for u smil- nrdesting. ‘The only creaturs, indecl, that {weeps, ho is also the only one who lnu;ihl. and Tivas hia jesrituent i3 as dlvine as hls tears, theretore, reachies out before you all t you are to soll to aud to possess uud to transform fnto n home. You will not tind it atl you could wish, but vou will dnd it o r lanid than any other phillosobay cun polng a Jand that (od wmade, and whero o will ith fhs chiidren, ‘Those who have counted extatenco herd, o form of walting for real life, ot thuse who bave called this world a faflure, Lave, only by that vourse, mude the fallurg mors comptets, for the mind is so fashi that 1t necids the perpetual buoyancy of re; supnored huppiness, A dlscouraged soul fs a fulned soul o fur as this life is concerncd, Huinan success dumands a climate and ol of . Man inust ulways nr. “Oh, what a wh{-”l 1 should lova to live fu it a thou- ) roaf aheolute that thils joyfulncss s an n of man, the fact that the Creator ed that it shull or may sprivg up in 1t the grounds ot real appiness wera rich r high culture, or palaces tloe furniture, thew the human funily would be n o most forlorn condition unul {¢ bad reached the wealth of London or Parls, and un- il each noor man bud become a ember of tha Fothschild family,~n furlorn condition,~uutil d reached”the culture and learnivz of a The All-Wise Creator has oifered no vuch narrow way t blessedness. He desired that the countless millions should fiud the Uracing alrof joy, and henceo e imsde tho rosd Vuther very broad that all fect night run or Watk therein, As God has uot mude Ilis Leavens for only a few, aud bLas not sent Ilis Const to” only & fow wno may reach & certalu lepming “and fakth, as e docs not offer His sunshine to only 8 few, eo, also, has He pod openca the wates of pleasure tuonly a scleet hody of His children, but He has wade tha portals broad, that tho vast throug sy casily enter this city of coutentment, The vuly thivg needed [s o happy disposition,~a willinguess to sev and hear and cnjng the scenc sid the music around this lfe, 'Thero is no Jogle, or anal or measurement which can utlirn that the men and women of wealth aro wby bappier than the men and women of smatler pragerty, or that a Prince u bis palace is suy raupler than o New Engiaoder in bis cottage, ‘'l cuse cannot be made out Lhat & man whose frncomo s o hundred thousand o year has o lighter heart and o sweeter aleef) than he cufoys Whose income s the tenth, or twentleth, or hundredtis part of that quantity, God would not muke a world whiere only oue fu a thou- #and could find wny worth or churm fn hife, Iuu world where almost all were destisied to Divo in coltazes, » wise God would vot maks hapuiuess depcud upon palaces. Godtolled not for the few, but for the m I and henee Hia avur, ko His sunshine, wili follow the wmany, As the true nation 1 founded upon the priuciple 31 *the wost prosperity to the most,” so the great Kingdom of God, which man can only +0py, {8 founded upou the fdea of *‘the most ypleasure to Lhe woat.,” el i1youarcon s dew acres, sod wro du an juexp ve bome, aud luve only s moderate educalion, you sre set dowu rieht where ths swile of the Father will cowe, for It docs not ow for the few, but for e multiiude. Nearly ail those who have written the sweeltat s0ngs about “hume,” or Lave revealed Lhe wost extreine upprecation of nature, have been down amid tue muititude, ‘Tue vistous of Mfe which Iower and Virgil eaw, and which wers alterwards seen by Clau- cer, and Cowper, od Burns, und Wordswurth, aud Whittler, and the inuumcrable hosts of incso dreamers, were Visions scen from the wversge conditlon of ociety, sud not from thuse supposed vautage wrounds of wealil or learning, or fawe, The Swiss, trauvsferred 10 the Jevel plalas of our land, sometimes div of Lomvysicknessy not because what they left be- Liud tras s palace, but because [t was “howe,— eud and Lins decr ;my place or perio: THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1878, Olled the heart. Some very touching lines were written to “The Old Oaken Bucket.” 'Ihose $'Evening Bells” of the familiar song hung in & plain village spire, and tho hearts which heard them were ordinary human hearts, having their Joves and joys of their own, which turned into tears of memory when the bells sounded in tho twilight. All the touching pathos of Gray's Elegy swelled up In his heart in nchurch-yard lvia Vil y eormuit Luiies slept after the labors and pieasures of a common carcer. All through the history of man the great joy and beanty of carth have been located amid the muititade, be. caunse whera the human heart fsthere thesmiles of the Crentor come and go. Not amid any splendorof Kings and Queens could St. Plerre have found euch rich colora of life as ho found in those children of Nature,—Paul and Vir- nfa. Instead of flowing from somo sbsolute out- ward condition of {ame and wealth or talent, the pleasure of man comes chiefly frotn within, It is born In tha sonl, and rolls outward and covers the external landscape with jts own Leauty, llko a setting sun. It -‘joyml lot were dependent upon some fized conditlon of wealth, bow few could be ts posscasors! If such n destiny depended upon office, how few could eser smilo or laugh, for there is not athrone, or & benth, or a senato for every one. 1f pleasura followed geplus, how few coild elafm the boon| for not one in a million enjoys a highly gifted mind, Inthe Natlonal Guard of somo Emper- ors, only men six fcot in hefght cowd bo en- rolled. “Other soldlers must be mustered In humbler regimente. But In the army of tho happy, Nature hns no such rigid measurement, Her scalo Is so graded that the world may all E-u muster and may march out to the josful cld with(lag and music. Allhor terms are floxi- ble and relative terms. Education, talents, riches, beauty,arc elasticwords that will it them- selves perfectly to a village or acity, to tho Orst century or the sichtecnth, to -I’urm:t‘a daughter or'a Princess, to a schoolmaster or a slates: As tho terms of relicion were mado elastic, s0 that mavy ruiods migut think many ways, and that millions might come to peace and UGod by maoy paths and gates, so the words which scem to precede hlmflncu were made l%n'llcnblu nnd ductilo gs gold, that they might adsumo any shape, and yet be always beautiful, Bowe semi-barbarous tribes will ‘wear ""“2.5 pounds of jowelry to cach person; clviliz Taces will find as much pleasure In & much smalter quantity of decoration. Thus all the preludes or shapes of pleasure, so that no {ndl- vidunl or century may boast of a monopoly, After tho rich man has turned a bundred thou- sand dollars {nto a dwelling-house, and has got- ten fully into it, and upon bis beautiful carpets and amid his articles of virtw, he happens to look across hiis lawn at sunrlen to a sinplo cot- tage, and lo! the husband or tho wifo is out at dawn trimming a rosc-bush or planting a morning-glory, sod dcclaring that the birds were singing so sweetly and the dew £0 blazed in the daybreak that sicep was impos- sible. Tho outer world lhad knocked on the chamber-door, saying, * Come out and be with us.” Thus polace and coltage wero only two forma of tho eame beautlful, not of external beanty, but of the beauty in man. There areno bulunces on earth which could find in which bomo were the more joy, Thus at your lelsure, my friends, survey this ever yarying_scono and Iynu will concludd that God has made this world, not_with a partiality for a few, but with o most tender regard foratl, and as His Gospel of Christ was ‘rrup:u'ul for all, 8o His Nature wns commanded to go to all In every nge with its gospel of checrfulness and even jov. ~ Hence you may most assuredly con- clude tlat be you not rich, nor famous, uor tal- coted, nor beautitul, still smiles aud merritment and many blessed hours are offcred you or onco were offered by L who seut Ilis world like Ilis Christ to all,~ The message of happiness fs as frecly offered as tho message of ealvation. A larze pronortion of our repinlugs arlses n Lo mind and beatt. Wo draw potson from the flower becauso wo orefer it to honoy. In that early history of two bruthers, Caln’a own heart turiied mto'n lield of murder the apot where Abecl was findinz pure cnfoyment. Abel's soul burat forth in worahip and ‘faith, Caiu's in frat- ricidal wrath. ‘Thus always two kinds of hu. man nature live In every tleld,—forcheada that Jove to bo lit "Y witl charity and faith, other forehcads which love to scowl and show tho marks of durk passions. In a world so made, man muat check the flow of his eplrita toward complaint ond miscry just as he would re. press thoughts of theti o fraud, or the stcos to futemperance. Wo must all learn to feel that riches, atd fame, and learoing arc flexibla terms, are relative terms, and should be woll cxamiued = before. they should have to make us sad. ' And ei- wer 8 ncc!d{}omun we fecl that tho carth wus not created to carry pleasure to the few, but to tho ;x’mlmuda; and that you ore in that favored hrongz. That happincss springs up within, and not chiefly from without, inay be Inforred from com- rnrhn: the merrimunt of any former age with ho merriment of our own.” Old England is called often *Meery England.” Iu the thir. teenth century, a so-<callod bondsman wrote: I tt in a russct gown, - Bl?l.\%‘nd is of a home«made brown: 1 wear nelther burnet nor green, And yet Licaw I have in storo A thonsand paunds and aomne deal more, For nli yo aro prouder and fino, * A bondamun It s good to bo, And como of churl's kin. Thus before there wero any raflronds or even wafzon roads, or newspapers, or telographs, thu husuan heart accepted of Naturc'a universal gos. pet of comfort and sung its nappy sung, Inthe twelfth century, before there wns any English lancuage, a poetie soul full of Joy as its memory was of “bad Latin, sung just as’ joyfully of En- gland as tho Lot Laurcate of to-day woull write of the land of his quoen. The difference would bo {n the poetic are, and uot In the ens thusiasm. ‘Tho old tweifth-century poct (sald: Enzland is % good land, fruitful of wool; England, fullof play and worthy of ph{. Fice mon, frea tongace, free learts, frooall the puople; The land 18 good enongh—it bearoth fralt and Lnud.c{:f»rllx:!]. milk, checac, this tsland bears the P rize, Under this homely poctry lies the Immenso doctrino that happlness has nover been for o ime or a class, bat has been walting upon the wish of tho soul,and would comb to it any- whare, ss tho ravensto Elljah in the desort, Hehold of how littlo real sigulficance are the terins, “riches, aud ¢ fame,' aud * splondor.’ oes thio inagulflcencs of somne fortuncs or soma homes dazzle you snd make your property seem insignificaut” Wiy, this material spleudor was surpasscd by some of the anclents. They tested fully ita absolute wvorth, and found that thag worth was nothing, There woro Romaus who st times gave au elaborateainner to 10,000 men, nod upon that ono feast spent suma which would now maka wealthy o hali-bundrod of our busl- ness citizens. In Macedonls, & certaln Ceranus gave a marriage-feast, 800 . years before. our ecra cnme, and uot ooly wero thu viands braught out of the most costly quality and of the most generous quantity, but each guest was ordered to take hoine with it all the dish- e8, aud platters, and zoblets, and baskets that had been set betoro nim at the banquet; and, a8 theso vessels wers of solid gold, und tho wero perunitied ta sell them, each guest Il 00k away many thousand dollara’ wurth, ond bought a hous: or a farm with tho results of two hourg at s wedding-feast, which sent its guests away in such grand sud well-founded 00d humor, ‘I'tius, Listory reads ua lessons in contentment. Ly inforwiog us that, ev far as apleudor and luzury ure thought af, tho civil) 1ands hava been rcgcnmdly outdonu by those which were seml-barburion, sud that, (n secking bappiness, we need keep up no longer tho contest for Lomes the largest, and feasts and vlato the costliests History assures us that pleasure is planted in the soul of msn, aud will bud and blossom augwhere whcro the soul sball read aright the laws aund privileges that surround it, There fs, in- deed, no law that will transform ail these earth- vears into o paradlse, The philosopher who shall seck a of perpotual gludness wiil fail uY !mlr a4 thosa failed who sought at elizir which might turn stones futo gold, ~ Tears will come, but they will come noy nnl{ ta you and 1ae, but to sll, What'wo seek is the most gen- eral fuct or law of luprlucsl. and that woseens tofind o the principle tnat esch heart mav thraw s poble seif outward and make its own eatate to be one of {mmense peace. It need not sit down snd weep becauso wealth, or learalng, or genlus hos uot cume, but {y may puss by these aceldcuts and extract honey frum the fower of 1ife iteelf. Now, to wman as the pleasurc-secker, and pleasure-finder, and merry-tnaker described by Bolomon, and sean by us this moruing fo the arena of listory, ons other 3unu must bo added: to bis lnuublcr and smile be musy add purity. To the verse of Bolomon, **The mcr{'y heart bath n continual 'um"' there musy Do udded shio vorso from Jesus: ¥ Blessed are the pure jo beart:” for unless man's pleasuro bo witbin the great woral law { L, tho merry bieart will have vo continual feast. Our sonizs must bo pure, our literature bw pure, our thestres pure, our friendships pure, our games 1reo lrom gawbling, our feasts temperate, our Bunuays Joylul, but uot athelstic or sccular, or elso thu joy of to-duy will bo thy misfurtune of to-worrow. God bas indeed commanded laugh- ter and pleasure of ali forms, notsy or slient, geutle or deep, 1o come to man, but He Las commanded this great sircara to tlow within certalu banks, aud 1o has passed a most solemn decree that 1f tho wave overflows these buuks it sball causc desolatlou. All the fields, bow- ever rlel {n gruus and fruits, sball be turned futo adesert by tho lawleas Hiood. Lot tho theas uc i soclal tife, let faughter or joy joln hanus with &in, and instead of being ‘a continual feast, thie hLeart, onca meryr, of individual of of natlon, shail be sad to ilio oxtont of despalr. The world (s full to-day of tho ulntl{‘ nisera- ble, who became such by secking a happiness that had no partnership with honor., Some of our citizens, and some of the citizens of all cities, have tried to extract a happy lfe from money secured by erime, but their fallure of happiness s gnnemny more complete than the wicked and heartless fatlure of their business. 8o far as one can learn the volee of bistory, it fzoes to show that happiness is lasting according 1o the degree of ita honorablencss, The fact that the Maker of tha world has mado such amble provision that all 1lis children may find besuty and sweetness {n hfe, the fact that the Creator has not revealed any traco of as- cetietsm, but every mark ol & God of happlneas, should make mankind willing to move in the moral channel cut so deep b{ Hislove. If God hated fuman happiness as tha monks and the Puritans hated it, the human heart might be tempted to rebel and set laws nt detlance} but tivinz in & world whoss Creator mada man a pleasure-lover, and who commanded even old age to sing and Jaugh down te the very bor- der of the arave, the motives of rebellion scem taken away, and the moro willinzly should pleasure and honor be joined in life-long bonds, Now that the clatms of Sunday are somuch de- bated, this should seem true, that that day should be modifled a0 as to bring joy and a light heart to every person, old and yonng, Sunday shoufd_come to all lkea Jurio Saturday foa schoal-hoy, but 1ta happinesa should be folned to s higher shape of plcasuro and thought than belong to other daye. Tho assoclations of re- ligion should come Wwith the day, and man, the pleasure-sceker in a thousand ficlds, should shaw that he has ainind and a soul which can piek up gems of beauty in the golden sands of religlon: that ho can find some pearls upon that grand shore, But timo falis us for particulars here, ‘This lesson comes tous: A merry heart hath a continuul feast i€ to its joy, pictured by E«il-irnn. 1t adds tho virtuo plctircd by Jesus Clirist. TIE NEW POPE, HOW NE DIFPERS PROM TR PREDECESION, . Correrpondence London Timer, Rowmm, March 2.—Frlendsand encmics alike comblng to invest the new Pope's character with all the attributes of greatnees. Even those un- compromising partisans of the Church who ac- cept Its visiblo head, whoever he be, as an em- bodiment of the Divine vsscaco of its invisible Founder, aud who scemed at a loss for words to do justice to tho fauitless nature of the lato Infallible, draw a contrast between the departed and tho Ilving iligh Priest eadly to tho disparagemont of the former; and nothing scems to dclight them moro than to count tho instances in which Pope Pecel, in his unguarded moments, warns his subordl- nates who presume to have any other will than his own by that almost stercotyped phrase, W Jo non son Pio Nono," Pius 1X., they tell us, dated on the world, on its crowds, on the din of its applauso; he hated solitude and self-con- centration, he was ready to dio of cnnu! at the end of a few weeks of country residence, could not bear to commune with hiusclf alone for one¢ moment, never read a book in the thirty- tivo years of his Pontificate, listened ecagerly to ol gossip and scandal, ang, thanka to his wmar- velous ;memory, recalled whatevor he had been told by tho worthless and evil men who sur- rounded him to the charge and detriment of their Lotters. Leo XILL, ou the cnntrnr{. Is o silent, solitary spirit, addicted to study and meditation, o hater of vale twnddie, n contemner of persnualities, fond of grave conversation, looking at everything from an elevated point of view, scldom lnughing, sparing in words, reading and writing alinost inces- santly. A distingulshed guthor, no mean poct, a flrst-rato Latin scholar, be, soon after hia clection, and upon his first rolcase from the obsorbing care of his new situation, shut him- sell up, and s elaborating and writing with his own hand the eacvelic which he {a to address to the Catbolie world, and which Is for the l‘oEu what for o nowlg»cmhroned Sovercign trould bo bis crown specch. Those endless encyclics and allocutions by which ~FPopoe Mastar wearied rather than edifled his coutemrporarics were composed by Monsignors Nocclln and Mercu- relll, upon “some meagre uotes Jotted wown by the Popo fn the ftallan tongue, Not unfre- quently he merely gavo out his thema verbally and In weneral terms, leaviog bls scribo to Al it up with his own flourlshes, or to take somo bhints from tho nstute and worldly-wise Cardi~ nal Antonclll. Leo XIIL allows no nan to body forth his concelts or to deyelop his views. Ho sits at his table for hours and writes down eyery word with his own hand, When at work he brooks no disturbauce; his preference is for country solitudo; ko walks alono with hasty steps 14 his garden, busy with the lofty thopghts which are to lcave a mark on hia Pontificats. Nong of tho sccrot chamberlalns of his predo- ccasor have been rotained. Atan end forever 13 the relgn of tho Casall, Negrotto, Do Bisogno, Ceunl, Macchl, and other creatures beotten of tho zood orjiil humor of Pjus 1X, ; igaorant, ob- stinate, mean, gossiplng, Watterlng courtlcrs. Tho inen _chosen by tho new_Lopa to il thelr vlaces—>ousignors Auivittl, Crotont, Ciceollal, and the Rector of tho Colloge of Verugin—are modesat, learucd, and charilable, and known to him by old famillar intercoursc us scholars and writers of distlugulshed sbilities. tienco there ts o visible dismay, a terrible fll- humor, many lamentatious and curscs, amoug the janumcrable hangers-on of the lato Pontil ot the Vatlcan, who furesco the ead of the abuscs that they wero wont to cnlo’y at tho expense of the contributors of Poter's cnce. Pope Leo, a just and atern ruter, (s a ve to Idleuess, to vico, to tees aud bribes, to all erinuing and fattery, Tho now Pope's sceptre, as it has been painted in a popular caricature, 1s ® mighty broom which Is rapldly sweoplng tho alaco hails of tho rabble which the deceased Y’omllm facility and linprovidencs hud con. verted Into frnmondezzay Augean stables, and dirt-heaps, "This sevoro plcture of the past and present of the Fapal establishment fs not mine, 1t 18 bor- rowed from a writer who dips his pen In Vatican ink, and possibly mixes somo gall of hls own fn it; but it is an uundenfablo fact that Pope Leo doca uot allow any veucration for the memory of tope Plus to interfers with the reforma which the {ndulgence of his predcccasor had rondercd necessary in tho houselold. I lave slready told you tnat the Tapal war admmls- tration, tho gendasines, and oven, it is sald, the Hivlss Guards, aro soou to be thius of tho past, Gen. Kunzler has been pensioned off, Tho Popo thinks o good guarduporfone, or slugle tall holl-porter, will he os good a protectlon to bLis resldence as an army. Thosesovrano slngers with Ottoman nomes which disgruced the Papal Cholr more than a!zmdr SN" since the wither- ing satirs of Paviol tnd driveu them from the stage of the opera have also buen packed oft. ‘The Popa s beat on curtalling expenscs to the very bone. e has abolished the vounty of o year's salary that was allowed to tho officials of the Dataria at the accesalon of every new Pope, asking the Monslguore who presented bim with the st *‘where the money (25,000 crowns) was to come from"; and upon belng told that **it was always supplicd by the Apos- tolic Treasury,” agalo inquiring *“where that ‘Treasury was,” ‘The Monslenore confesslni that **1t had becn closed for want of effects,' his Holiness toro up the paper sud sald *tbere was an end of the matter, SPURGEON, A PEN-PICTUNN OF TUL GREAT BAPTIST MIN- 157TEM. ¢ Correspondence Wutehinan. Imanine a man still on the morning side of 43, o lttle below the ordinary bight, soidly bullt, with a large and, as the phrenolozlst would say, round, and well-balanced head, covered witha strong growth of dark bair, closcly cut, full Leard, and o faco more homely than handsome, yet expressive of great esrucstness and sincerity, and al timeseven beautiful, when bis soul is stirred with sympathy for his fellow-men,—aud thoy will have a tolerably correct (dea of the manas he sppears in the Metropolitan Taber- nacle. When he {s standing at a side or protila vlew, [am constantly reminded of Dr, Lovey. ‘Thls rescinblance to the honored Newton Pro- fessar has, I am -told, been noticed by others siso. Inthe street, wearluz o soft bat, which sometimes s drawn down pretve wi ver lis face, and very plainly dressed, he passes among strangers as ou ordinary wan, attracting to himsclt no special attention whatsoever. In privata Jifo bo is worm-hearted and genlal; noving awmong bis people freely, and as an equal, always with bls brethren (i tho ministry. e is tond of the yonnq. aud easlly uubends in thelr soclety; aud indufges often with them in thelr tonocent recreations sod pastimes. tle s endowed with a plenty of wit and humor, which o rarely employs in the pulplt, but which he can use, with telllug eifect, upon the platform, 90d at annjversury gatherings. His cuiet bodily trials are gout and rheuma- tism; and bo {s seldomn freo from the pain of one ur the other of theso trylug waludics. It thereforo bappeus, (requently, that ue is fu tho uipit when {0 would seem that be bad better be [ Dea." 1 saw Liwm once cuter the Taberuacle frois the rear of the platform upon which he preaclies (o has no incloscd pulpit, but a plat- form, surrounded by a rullivg, extending quite out futo the audience-room, upou which ts bis chulr aud table, with his Bibls and bytan-book), Advancing to tho front, and partly reclining upon the railing, with one foot supported by the chair, ba prayed thust ‘* Blesaed Master, we ara very weak thls morn- fog! Qur pour limbs have hardly been able to bear us hither, yet, Dear Lord, we have #o long- ed for Thee, as pllerims Ina dry and thirsty land, that we couid not ul_nrv away from Thly courts, and the place whero Thino honor dwoll- eth. Now fn uurfiveflmus‘ be Thou our atrength, Withont Thine ‘aid, wa shall utterly fail in all our attemnts to serve Thes to-day." And then It soemed to moe there came an In. stantaueous answer to his prayer, and out of his weakness o trlumphed glorfously., o has a superb volee, Tull of strength andmelody. Take him for all In all, I never koew a botter reader. When ho Is well, he deacons out his by mns, one verse at atime. A brother stands by his slde who gives the pitch to ths tune, when the wholo congregation, rising, unito in nluq!nlx. rruduc(nn at times a wave of harmouy insplr- Ing and grand {n the extreme. 1 would willlng- 1; walk & mile at any time to hear him read, *'Jesus, lover of my soul,” or * Rock of ages, cleft for me.”* or *All hadl the power of Jesus name.” These masterpleces of Christian psaimody fairly glow apd burn under bLis magieal and almost inspired rendering of them. Helx said to be growing more mellow as he grows Io years; nnd that ho does not tako so mitteh pleasuro as he did §n his carly ministry fn using his sharp and_well-polishod weapooa of defense and attack. While, therefore, he {s not less fafthful in declaring tha whole truth, Its encmlies da nob 80 array themaelves agalnst him as formerly. Indeed, there are but few sober- minded peaple who do not now apeak of him In terms of high respect @nd commendntion, GEN. SHERMAN. OfMcial Mistory of the Worthington CAse— The General's Opinion of Don Platt—Gon, Haoning and the Acmy Il Tothe Editor of the Washington Ihat, Some gentlemncn bave called on me, offering to take up the cudgels in the matter of the in- famous article in last Sunday’s Capital, headed “ Natlonal Disgracc.” I flrst advised ngainst any notlce of the article, because its motive was apparent, aud there are here fn Washington many living witncsscs of tho events it purposcs to describa. In the first place, the sceno described on Penn- sylvanta avenue, of Gen. Sherman riding in bis carrlago with folded arms, while poor Tom Worthington was on foot telling his pitcous tale to the editor of the Capltal, is a pure fction. L did not ride down the avenuo at all In my car- rlage last week or tho week before, and it Is extremely rare that ! go down the avenue, ex- ceot on foot orin tho strect-cars, My horses are oot bay. And I pronounce this part of the articte os manufactured for tho cxpress purpose of laving the foundation for thetale of cons spiracy by West Point against Col, Thomas Worthington, of Ohlo, now In Washington, who 18 pushing some clalm before Congress, Col. Thomas Worthington belongs to one of the most nonored families in Ohlo. Entered West Polnt asacadet in1820; eradudled in 1827, and restgned In 1828, 1o served fo tho Mexican War as Adjutaut of the Hecond Ohlo from Juue 2J, 1346, to Oct, 31,1640. Inthe Civil War he ralscd a company In 1351, was com- missiuned Licutenant-Colonefof tho Fortv-sixth Ohlo Oct. 2, 1801, and Colonel Jan. 80, 1843, As Colonel of tho Forty-sixth Ohio ho was at the battlo of Shilol, April 6 and?, 1883, hisregi- ment belng one of three, viz.: his own, the Forticth lllinofs, Col. Hicks, and the Sixth Towa, Col. John Adalr McDowell, who, being the eenior Colonel, commanded the brignde. At tho beginning of the buttle this brigade held thoextreme right of our lingj next on fta left was Buckland's brigade; and noxt to {u Iljide- brand's, Theso three brigades constituted the right of the Unfon forces, nnd are the troops to which Gen, Beaurcard refers in his lettor, and not the single reglwent commanded by Col. Worthington. ‘The key-polnt was the causoway ncross Owl Creek at Shiloh mceting-house, coy- ered by tho loft of Buckland's brigade and right of Hildebrand's, and not the brulgo nearly a inile below, which was covered by Col. McDow- cll’s brigade, including Worthington's regi- ment. Col. Worthington continued in command of the samo regiment and was In the same brigade to Corinth and Memphis, Tenn. Hereln August bo was tried by a goneral court-martlal on throe chorges: (1) Drunkenncss on duty; two specificat{ons. 3) ‘Habitual drunkennesa; one specitleation, (#) Cunduct unhocoming an_officer and wontle- man; three speciflcations. 1o was found gutity ot tho first charge aud flrat specification and part of tho secoud specification: not guilty of tho second charge, though Fullty on six of tho dates enumerated; gailty of tho third charge and of the sccond spccitication; not gullty of tho first and thind speclleatdous; aud was sentenced to bo ‘‘cashiered.” Tho members of the court wera - Gem. B A Hurlbut, Preal- dent, now hero; Gon, J, W. Denver, now hero; en, J, C. Veateh, of Indiana; Col. John Will= {ama, Tulrd lowa Infantry; Col. John Logan, Thirty-second Illinols Infantry: Col. Wi, Mun- gen, Fitty-saventh Ollo Iu!unlr{', Col. W, Ay Greshamy, Fifty-third Indlana Infantry, now Judze of the United States District Conrt; Col, Peter Sullivan, Forty-elghth Ohlo Infantry; Col. B, I Grierson, SixthTilinois Cavalry, now Colonel of the ‘Teuth United States Cavalry; Capt. J. C, McCoy, Alde-de-Camp, Judgo ‘Ad- vocate. Most of ‘theso oflicers are now llving, and occuD{v important positions In civil life, Not ono of them was o graduate of West Polnt. ‘The record ol this court is now in the ofllco of the Judze Advocate-Uoneral, accessible to all, with tho orders, cliarges, specilleations, plead- {ugs, testhinony, and fludings of the court. ‘This terminated Col. Worthington's connee- tlon with tho service, and his rogiment passed under_tho commaud of Colonel, afterwards Brig.-Qen. C, C. Wolcutt, now living in Colum- bus, 0., and remalued under s orders to tho laat day of the \Vnr, carning the largest fame, I have never mot Col. Worthington since, but o has writton e many letters, all of which I have nnswered in a positive but kindly lr!l’fl., and ho i8 ut lberty to publish any or all of them. Ihave his original letters, which may also ha scen Ly parties who desire to inspeet them, 1le has published much iu the newspapers ani in rumhnloll. and lnono of thess occurs o letter rom Mr, Liucoln which covera "the whols cage, pretty much fn these words; ’l‘u-dnylvnrlulli told Cal. Worthington that I did not think him it for a Colonel, aud now, upon his urgont request, 1putitin wrmnx. i '« Lixcol LN, Col. Worthington Is now sn old wman, in trauble und ailliction, and I think the editor of the Capital should not expose his weakness and folbles, If o has any claim for compensation for services of any haturs on the part of the Uovernment I have uot and will not interpose an obfcction, but 1 understand ho has been paid iu full {n the same munnor and to tho samo ex- tent as nll other offlcers, Now, as to Col. Donn Platt: 1 have nover known him, uor do 1 waut to, During the War I never heard of him at Bhiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanouga, Atlanta, or elsawlere, where there was fighting and danger, 1 understand he belonged to that noble army of “martyrs who suflered as Provost-Marshals, Judee.Advocatos, and sutlers st the rear, His prudenco is to bu cummended, but as a historlan he should be more modest. We havo Mhis word for {t that ho was b youth tralned by Christian parcnts not 1o swear, but wo hava daily and weekly proof that he violates all the otlier niue commandmcots. Thou shalt not bear false witness azaluat thy nefghbor ™ s one ol the commandments which surely he does uot even Erolon to obey, His trade, 6-cupatlon, aud livelibaod are bas personsl defamation. Monest inen pity Col. ‘Tliomas Worthington, but simply desplse Donn Platt, 1la quotes mo 83 calllng his brother-n-law, Gen, l’lnmlng‘ L3 “damned idiot." He must have invented tho expreesion, fur it dues not convey my meaning, The first Army il reported by Gew. Banning coutalued the proviso that in case of the fallure ot the Houso to mako the usual appropriation fur the army it should bu disbunded.” | -Fodnn'd this absolute folly, and may have used tho word **damned,” which is 0 good word when appropriately used, for this clause bas since been damned by the Military Commiiteo, of which ha fs Cnasrmian, sud 1o’ longer forins a part of the bill now peudine, The Ary bill aud the Puy bill bave already undergono so many chauges that no mun knows (o-lay ex- a.tly bow they staud. But Uen. Bauning's first Army bill contatned soino gued features and some bad features L of which will fn good time bu ucted on by Conuress, aud when the bill assumes the furm of law noian will bo prowmpt- er than | to obey. Butwhile it is un opon ques- tion Eand the parties fatercatod bave us much rizht to our opinivns as other Ameriean cll- zens. Personally I lke Gew. Baunlng very much, and if 1 ever aoplied auy barsh term 1o bl I apolocize, but | did and” do prowousnce tbe trst Arwy bitl reported by him as disorizan- izing aud unjusi to the srmy fisclf. There have teen balf u duzep or more changes made siuce, all of whilch seom for the better, but [ still do conteud that a reduction ‘to 2 cnlisted men will foree the Presideat to sbanden wuch of our territory to wild aud savage Indians. I favor the most rigid economy, dud kuow that the arwy {s patriotic, and thut 1 Congress will eu- acta tion of 5, 10, ur ver cent of all salarice, civil und military wlike, no compiaint will comg from the urmy.” But to stugle out the ary aud pavy for reduction of pay ls in- vidious and palpal l{ unjust. Yours truly, W. T, Bususan, Geseral. A Chapter of History Respecting the Harper's Ferry Raid. Gerrit 8mith’s Connoctlon Thore- with=-=Testimony of Jolin Brown, Jr. To the Editor of Ths Tribuns. Crtcaao, Mareh 80, 1573.—~Having recefved nletter from John Brown, Jr., authorizing me to publish the testimony given by him in the sult of Qorrit Smith va. Tie Tntsuxs Com- pany, beforo United States Commissioner Cogs- well, at S8andusky, O., in the summer of 1367, I'submit it herowith for the information of the publie. I have compared 1t with the lctter written by Mr, Brown to Gens. John Coclirane, and published In the New York Tribune of March 23, and I find no material differenco be- tween the two, The testimony in the’ lawauit is somewhat more precise and explicit ns to the futerview between John Brown, Gerrit 8mith, and John Brown,Jdr., at Mr. 8mith's house, o Peterboro, In the summerof 1830, On the other hand, the Tetter to Gen. Cochiranc s some- what fuller as to the subseguent deatructlon, at the fnstance of Gerrit Smith's eon-In-lavw, ot the correspondenco that had passed between Mr. Smithand John Brown, I think no one who reads eltlier of these documents can doubt that Mr. Bmith was cognlzant of every cssentlal fact relating to the Intended rald except tho particu- lar plan where the first blow was to be stryck, and as to this ho must have known that it was to bosome point in Northern Virginia conven. {ent to Chambersburg, I'a. ‘The interrogations below wore propounded by John Van Arman, Esq., of this city, The t8tl- mony was taken de bene esse, but Mr, Brown says that no material statement {n {t conld have been affected by cross-cxamination, Honace Waire, TESTIMONT. Cinerir Coort or Tuz UNiTED Srates Yon THR Nontuenx Distatcr op lLtiNots, Gerrlé Smith v, Tur Twnuns Company—SANDUSKY, O., Juna 19, 1407, —~Befors United States Commls. sloner Cogawell. John Brown, Jr., beinz duly aworn, testified as followa: Q.—State your name, age, occupatlon, and placa of regidence. A.~John Brown, Jr., age 45, occupation grape-grower, and place of rest- dence Put-in-Bay Islaud, Lake Eric, Ohlo, Q.—Dao you know_tho parties to this suit, or elther of them, and how Jong have you known them or cither of them! A.—Yea, [am nc- uaiuted with Mr. Smith and aleo Mr, Whte, liave known both ten years or more. I got ace qualnted with Mr. Whie [n 1850, Q.—DId you known John Brown of Harper's Ferry celebrity while living; and {f so wera you related to hirm, and if so, how! A.—Yes, I way related to him, e was my father, Q.—Were you engaged “with John Brown in his various nnti-slavery operations to any ex- tent? If vou say you were, stato how early you thus becamo {ntereated and engaged. T mean his enterprises generally, A.—Yes; I wlil say all his enterprises within tho pust twenty years. .—Wero you with kit during his operations in Kansnal "A.—I was, Q.—State durinr what years John Brown way aperating in Kansas, and * what was tho general nature sud design of bis operations there, A— o was there in 185067, and 1 aw not sure but fnapart of 1858, I think howas. I 1was not with him cxcept in 1350, The desizn of his operations was to prevent the extendine of al’nvcry into that Territory., Tho mode of over- ation ‘was by armed resistance tothe slave- haldirg interest. ().—Stato whather at any timo he organized or cmployed military forces for the purpuse of making such armcd resistance, nnd during what period such armed foreos were employod, A.—Im organization, If it bo called such, was of the guereilin order, and {t was {nt operation durlng 1350 and o portion of 1857, Q.—Wero you personally cngazed In that con- test in Kansas? A.—Yea, Q.—8tate whether your father, Jobn Brown, ot any time heforo or durlng the Kansas troubles, or afterwards, wns cncn}ud In any other cnterpriscs for tho purposs of attacklng, wealcening, or abollshing the fnstitution of slavery Jn the Bouthern Btates, And, If you say ho was, state the naturc and character of thoso enterprises, and wlien they were underta. ken. A.—Hao was engaged lo enterpriscs hav- fog for thelr object the weakening and final overthrow of the slave power during 1838 and 1859, Those enterpriscs wero lu thoe naturcuf armed {nterference with {ndividual slaveown- gu, and with slaveholders generally jo the Slave tates, ().—State narticularly tho plan of overations of Johu Brown and those who co-operated with lim in tho pursuit of their objecta and accomne plishment of their purposes for the weakonlne and ovorthrow of sluveryy with what forecs they intended to operate, where they were to ho ob- talood, and where and how they wero to act. .—H{s plan of opciations embraced a posses- alon by suall guerrilla bands of the mountain fustueases and swamp country of the South as bussol uperations;tousotheseruerriliabands {n making forays upon fudividual slaveholders nnd carrying away such slaves to such strongholds as could ba wade avallable; selzing slavehold- era and tholr familics as hostages, taking such nrorfly belunzing to thom as could be made available elther ns subsistence or in attack or defense; to thua render slave roperty fusccure, and therefore unprofitanie, is forces wera to o obtatneit partly fn Can. ada, partly lu the Northern and Western States, but chiefly from such slaves as could bo taken and usod for such purposes. They were to act upon tho {irst plautation, then reach all tho polats scized as n base, nnil thien to cxtend tho operations aod remove such buse. Q.—Ilow carly was this plan of apcrations forined by Johin rown, to your knowledyo, and how ecarly was it inado knawn Lo his assoclates and L‘ml’l.‘d!:mlel. or any of them? A.—~Tho plan was formed 8s early ea 1830, and made known to sotuo of Lils ussoclates at that period. Q.—How early was It dctermined to take ructieal action” fn accordauce with it! A.— urlug 1850-'7. Q.—\Vhero and wheneo was it the Intentfon of John Brown and his coad}utors to obiain the means, arnis, equipments, and other nevessn- rios for tho uxccution of such plans? .\.—Cniotly from those who had alded bim {n bls coterpriscs in Kansas, Q.~—3tuto whether tho plaintif in thin suit had done auything tawards aiding Joun Brown while in Kansas, and If so what he had done, A.~He aldad m{ father at various tines b supplying him wlth money; to what extent cannot say, £ WQ.—State whether Jobn DBrown's plan of operations, which vou have dutafled, for the weakentng and overthrow of slavery in the Southern Btates by the emelaymunt of gucrrilla banus in those 8tates was kudwn to the plalutit futhissult; and, {¢ you say It was, about how enrl( was {t so made knowa to him, ' A.—It was, Ithink probably he was told os early as 1857; certatnly {n 1833 and 1830, Q.—State whether he assented to and co-op- oratod tn the exccution of that vlan; sud, it you say he did, state In what manner he thus aseented and co-operated, and al} that ho did in that connuction as far as you ars able uow to do 60. A.~Ho did ssseut and co-operate. Jlo aided I_x‘y udylce and woncy and by counsel, Q.—To whotn was thu money pald which the plaintiff in Jhls suit contrivuted, and at what time or tiines, a3 near as you can state, ond fo what sums! A.—The mioncy wus paid Qver to my father ap different tmed, 1 cannot say fu what suine. When my father was in need ho et btin know, It wasat’ diilerent times in 1857, 1839, and 1830 that he received it, Q.—Durmg thoso years liow were you en- gaged, and what opportunities had you to know WO \were engaged, in the plans of your father? A.—To me was usslzned thy Alut{ of takluz on to tho ground and getting to tho base of upera- tions arms, ammunition, and men, the latter chiely from Canada. ‘Thiat brouzht me in cou- nection with all the parties coacerned fn the plan, It required me to travel a!l uver the counlr{'.. Q.—1Vhile thus engazed, did you at any time meet with Gerrit Smith, the plaintift {u this suit If yea, stato where aud for what purposa you meb with hln? A.—f did meet him with Iy futher ut his howe 1n Petorboro at different thnes, aud especiaily fu the summer of 1550, vlsited there two'or three times, [ think, in all. At the time to which 1 specially allude & consultation was held with 3r. Bmith, at whick consuliation iny futher inform- ed him that he nad so far got his plaus perfect- ed that withln a few months at leust ho should strike tue blow. The place in Pennsylvanls st which arins, etv., should bo firat sent bad been fixed upyn previous to this time, It was Cham- henbunf. aud the wuols plau, as far us then matured, wus fully made known to Mr. Smith, Q.—Will you &tate whethier, up to that pe- rlod, the exact place at which the blow was to ba struck hud been determined on, und it vot, what bad been betermioed, if aoythlug, relative to the limit of aperatfons! A.—The exact place had wot been determined o, but it bad been dutermined to commeucs opeatiuns in the vi- cipity of tarper's Ferry. Q—Ilad uny of thcarms or mualtions of war, at thotiwe of this mecting aud cousulta. G REL]GIOUS tlie home of childnood. It was somathing that | tre, or literature, or painting, or the dance or | 80 weak in body that he could hardir stand. JOI Iy BRO‘VN. tion, heen collected for the operatlons contem- = ——) . plated? A.—They had;heen collected, aud they wera then secreted tn Ohlo, or on thelr way to their placo near Harper’s Ferry. As I cannot atata precisely the nte of the meeting, I am not certain whethier they had been actually for- warded to Chambershurg or not. Q.—When did the last mecting of which you have any kniowledge occur between your fathor and the plaintif, and where! A.—I cannot say that mv father had any later interview than that one, Q.—About how scon after the interview to which you hava testified_did John Brown pro- ceed to the vicinity of Iarper's Ferryl A.— Within n fow weeks. Q.—D)o you know whether John Brown and the plainilil at any time during the operations of which f““ have apoken corresponded by let ter, and, If yea, state what sre vour means of knowledye ‘on’ that. subjeot!” A~—Yes. The corresponded frequently, The letters I bai frenuently scen, aud had some of them fu my pogsession, 4.—Ntate whether you ever corresponded with the platuti(® {n this suit during the same perlod. A.~1am not certain that 1 did, Q.—Wera you in currespondence with John Brown after tho fnterview you spenk of, and nfter he proceeded to the vicinity of lhrn:r'n Ferryl A.—1 was in correspondenca with him, Q.—Where were you at the time of the attack on Harper’s Ferryl' A.—1I had fust returncd to my houito in Ashiabula County, Ohjo. Q.~State shether there was any understand- Ing hetwveenJohin Brown and hisassociates that, In thelr corraspondence with cach other, they would, for the purpose of_disgulising the mean- ing of lanzuags employed, use false or flctitions uames for the subjects embraced or things re- ferred to fn sush correspondence, A.—There was that understandiug,which was nfimcd upon, and names fixed, after lio had established hims sclf at Chambersburg and In Maryiand imme- dintely before tho arms, cte., were shipped. Q.—Picase glve {nstances of the fctitious names employed. A, —My fother was to be addressed as John Smith, Knmi ns John ilenrle. The arms, ammunltion, ete, wero to be marked ‘‘Joln Smith & Bons, Chamhcrsburg, Pe. The arms wero shipped as Lardware, and the anterprise was spoken of as mcnnlnfi 8 prospect for mineral Innds. My father, belng a survevor, took his sucveying tools, and among them a mlucr's compasts 2 Q.—In your Interviews with the plalntiff, dia Jolin Brown or yourself attempt to dlsqulss or conceal your actital purposes, or dfd you com- munlcate them fully as far as they were then formed! A.~No attempt at coucealment in gny| 'dhwree was bad in tho interviews with Mr, m! ™ Q.—-At the time of the arrest of John Brown, after the attack oo Harper’s Ferey, had you In your posscasion any papers, or letiers, or docu- ments of his, and I 80 where wero theyi A—I had; ond they wero at my home at Ashtabula County, Ohio. Q.—3tatons wall as you can what they con- sisted of i A.—They consisted chicfly of etters from parties in Boston, some from Canada, aud some from Mr, Smith, the plaintif® fu this suit. Q.—Have you thoso letters and documents now, and, if you bave not, stata fully what has becoing of tliemi A.—I have not. "They were destroyed soon aftcr the outbreak at Harper's crry. ‘Thoso from the blalntllf to my father were dnslrfl)‘cn by Mr. Miller, n_son-jn-law of the plaintiff, who came to my place for that L)urnnsu. ‘The others wero destroyed by me at Is suzrestion, Q.—I1ow soon was it after you recelved the Intelligence of tho arrcst of John Brown that the plaintifl's son-in-law, Miller, came to your liouse? Stato what he sald and did with refer- ence to tho correspondeuca between tho plaln- tht- aod Joho Brown, and what reason he fnvu for comink und for dostroylng those ctter, A.—It was within o few days after the fotelligenco was received, He snid that lotters bad been found at Harper's Ferry which im- plicated the platutifl; that he wastn a very distresscd stato of mind, feariug that the Gov- ernment would pounce on him “and ruln him, and he wished to destroy cvery vestize of evi- dence In my hands that could e made usoe of n{znmlt hin. Ho came on Sunday in n very stormy time, and returncd the same day as thy destruction of the correspondence. Q.—Was therv such u man as Keary con- nected with tho onterprise to your knowledge! A,~Not to my knowledire, Q.~—DId yout meet a tman by the namo of Edwin Morton at thie house of the plalntiff at any timed Ifyea, how often and when? Ao— Yes; nearly every time I was there, ' Q.—Tu what cupacity was he employed at Mr, Smith'si A.—As tutor for his son, and privato secretary to the plaintfl, Q.—Was ha acquaiuted with the plan of opuratlons of John Brown! A.—I know he was to some extent, Ilo tatked famitlarly with me on the subject, but I don’t krow how far his information reachied. Idcsire to add that, ac- cording to tho plans of John Brown, as ex. latued to mo by him, and talked over at the ntorview botween John Browa, Gerrit Smith, and mysclf in tho summer of 1859, tlarper's Ferry was not designated na the place of at- tack, nor way any partfeular place named; but it was cxpressly stated that the first blow wouid bo struck at some place in Virginla or Mary- Isud;and tho news of the attack on Harper's Forry surpriscd mo, both ou account of the plac upon which jt had been wade and tho timo when it occurred, as 1 did not oxpogt It at 80 carly a perlod, —— Plicloutture, Detrois Tvst, Mareh 20, State Fish Commissioncrs EIl L Miller, of Richland, Georga i1, Jeroms, of Nllcs, and Dr, Joel C. Parker, of (iraud Rapids, held an {nfor- mal meetlog at the Michizan Exebango last evenlng, ‘The Comunisslon bas not held . meeting elnco the appoinunent of Dr, Parker a8 tho successor of the late Commissloncr Clark, aud the object of the present session was mainly for the purposo of comparing notes con- corniug the worl of the past scason, and of fumiliarlzing Dr. Parkor with tho workiogs at tho hutcheries, ‘Tno Counlssion visited the hatchery on At~ water strect yeaterdny, and auother visit is coutemplation for this moruing, when it is ex- peeted that Gov, Croswell will be tn town and sceompany the party, ‘I'he Cominissioncrs atato that upward of 9,000,000 younz whitolish bave beon planted i Michizan waters this season, principally in the Detroit Itiver. Yesterday 1,000,000 tiah were shipped from the hatchery, Thoy will be dis- tributed as follows: 340,000 in Saginaw Bay; 00,000 at Gruvling: 2K0,000 fu the lakes near Pontiac and Fenton: 100,000 fn Kalamuzoo County; and 200,00 Ju. Lake Michigun. 1t is expected that 500,000 sl will ‘bu seit to Lid- ington to-morrow to be plauted. The Commis- elongrs atill_bave about 5,000,000 whiteilsh on band at'the Detroit hatchery which are yet to be planted. It muy be prouer Lo remark here that the hatclriery fn this city is devotod oxclu- sively to the propagation of whiteflsh, the liateh- ery at Pokagun elug devoted to tue ralsiog of the other species of the finny tribcs, ——— Bubmerged War Vossels. The art ol mariuo warfarc {s attractfog the stiention of many tnventors, and, so far, tha desizniers of torpodocs and siwilar cuglucs of destruction scem to lavs ecilpsed those who have devoted thelr talents to the construction of woustrous fron-clads, But cven o stitl moro formidablo coeiny than thu torpedo bos lately been Invented by M, Olivier, of Vans, in tho shape of o submerged vessel, ‘Plls -boal can either tluat on the surface, or, by means of an srrangeinent of wiogs or fing &t the bow, bo made to descend under water to anv required depth. P'rovislon {s made for the rcwl.rufion of the occupants, who can guide if at their ploas- ure, ‘The means of propeliiug is also nuvel. At the u(tcr-‘mn of the craft §s fixed o revoly- fug breecl-block, sccurately fitted toa tube E:mlnx through the atern of the boat. In the reech-block are fired, successively, cartridges of gunpower, guncotlon, pitro-glycerine, ete., the gases from the combustion of which, as they cannot escape inta the futerior, force thelr wav out by the tubg, and, by the preesure which they exercise on tho water ™ behiud, propel thy vesael. Buch a craft would be able o approach an fron-clad, Ax ita torpedo, and retire uunsus- pected, withiout presenting any vuluerable point to the enemy's tire, vven it observed. phould this Invention be found capable of executing all that 13 claled for it, no doudt ft would prove aterriblo foo tothe largo armor-plated ships which have cost suca hugy sums of mooey, —_— Transportation of Flab, - Washinaton Diapoick in New York Tridune. ‘The great practical dithculty \rhlclhhu been encouutered by the United: States Fish Com- mission hitherto in°the way of batching and stocking depleted fresh waters Las beeg b cx- cesuiva loss suatalned by the desth of the younyg fry while 1u travait over long reachkes of ralls road, This obstacle has been iu a grest meas- ure, £ not wholly, overcoine by the adootion of an {ngoutous contrivance desigued by Mr, For- f‘“‘m' of Marylund, the £ , ! Fish Commfasioner of Lt State. . ‘The machine consista of 3 serics of longz levers, with pecullar bucl va the ¢nd, in which the fleb-cggs are placed. Theso levers prolect from the ‘centre of tho scow in which they are placed out over the gunwales, and aro made to dip In and out of the water at slow and rezular dutersaly, by the revolution of tne sbaitt or cylluder to which they ure attached, the exes behig in constantly chuugiug water, aud reccly- fuz that roquisite amount of azitation which is Becessury [or thelr batcbing. The Fish Com- misstoners wako their tirst %rmh-u applicution of this system this year. ‘They have fitted up a fleet of four scows, cach provided with thestcam apparatus; aud thls squudron was started out ot Balttwore to-day for the South Atlautic shad gtream. making Avoca, near the Koanolio River: Alhermarle Soned” o), primal operationn, NICHI NICIT SHGIRUY, A Skatoh of the Lending Japnnesn pAprT—Its Chnracter mnd. Infiy N.‘:'" Htroll Theough tho Toilding wi, 1y Editor—Tourantiam as at Uresont flegary, ed and Preacticod In the Emprn, 2 04 Corremnandence Neio York Keentng o, TOR10, Jan, 29, 1878.—Aftera disastrous firg that swept the principal uvenue of {his ity th, Uovernment rebullt the hurut distret (n Jor torelgn atyle, Lothto gunrd ngatust 5 recurrency of simlisr conflagrations In the futury and to 'encourage smong the people a dispositiun 1q adopt foreign fdeas tn - domedie and bustnesy ‘architecture. 'The structares thus erected haye, however, littie beauty to a Western ege, au gy ‘not commend themaslves to native Notfony of taste aud cunyeniento. But votwithstandipg thelr Unpopularity they nro sougiy after by | persons who atlect Western idens or who deslrg a central place for their Yusiness, ‘The finest, perhaps, of all these bulldings 1y ‘oceupled by the Niehi Nieh Shimonn, ot i, | News, the leading journal uf the Euplre, ‘ml; uewspaper was estabiished {n 157, uyer the new frecdom of the bress granted by the lheray policy of the restored Guvernment: hug lan. | gulthed ti] 1874, when, on the return of its nrdsent editor avd principal awner, Mr, ¢, Fukucl!, It began to show greater Dmsncmy: Mr. Fukuchl, whoisa Japaucse of hilgh pep. sonai rank aud distinguished schoiarahip, Jiag been interested in tha Journol from fts Urigin, but wrae called from active nanagement by ,,; appolntment fatho Iwakura Eminssy, a Tela . tion In which he traveled extensively fy foretgn | 1ands and liad opportunitics of atwdylng West. ern habits of thought and actfon. O hiy ithe drawl {rom this conneetlon and return to Japgy he found the newspaper, a8 remarked, at 3 I b, the stock an Ly warket at any brive ang thejournal without fnfluence. Wo vannot bet- ter statelna sentence the change since seon than by saving that in ‘1876 the Nienl Nicht . Saumeun pald 80 per centwin dividends oua . capltal stock of $50,000, and In 1677 37 Her cente um. Besido Mr. Fukuchisix cdltorial writers are employed and elght reporters. There are, mercover, regular correspondents at ali Dointy of ousequence fn the country, In the €Ompo3e Ing room there aro twenty compositors, n fore. " man, and tw‘;pruubrnm.lern. L'ersons emploged in the mall” ecctlon and the business depart. ments increnso the number to about eighty; and there are niorcover some forty-five newsmen ywha distribute tha edition to subscribers. Tne It of these varlcs consfderably under laws ‘o{wmtuln all countrics. Durimsz the late the clrenlation reached oinaximum of eleven thousand conieas now it is ahout 8, Bute +third of the editlon, however, s Luken up by the Capital, the remainder goly, through thg «molls to other plaves, In |ucn§ support the Yichl Nicht fulls considerably hebind one or moro of 1ta rivals, whileh appeal more carefully to the prevalllng sontiments and demands of the muasses. ‘Tomect Lue renuirements of the newspaper ond a prosperous job business that Lias grown' up; ten presses are employed; one o cylinder oo press and the rest smaller. Aud oven the Hoe 1s ruu by haud, such motive power belug found moro economical than steam. % On entering tho buflding from the strect wo {Irat come upon tilree men, o Cerberlan guard, who 8it within the open doorway to wntercept, the further advance of an Ingu sitive, ao e portunate, or au ludignant, publlq‘ Before this ruther uwful irlo wo sat till a Bpry young Hdevil'm of the Astatle speeles, who was dls patehed with tho card, returucd and, vouch . 8ollug n conclse *arimar® or {g,’ b on_und up. Following his young wo bud soon ascendenl tho filht of steps that ied to the second floor, and were then conductel to afront room thut scrves us the Sunctum Sunctorum, Mr, Fukuch! recelved us volitely, i aud it becamo immediately evident th . preters wero to be superfluous, as his Ei was ugreeably fuent and correct, flls dress was nauve fn Tashlon, though the foreizn man. ' her of cutting the halr, now very common In Tokio, and ‘the direct, prompt, und vivalous method of specch he used, suggested acqualts anco and sympathy with Western habits, Ot goud physique and pleasant featu: these personal advantages wora supplemcnted by i charming manners of un:fnm Japan, After o chiabon journollsm In this and other countries, durtug which he retorred to his visits futhne posy o the Kvening Post and other tnetropolitan newspaner n(qucs, ho favored to with the Information T desired ‘dbout bls owvn Journal, and then Invited us to ncconipany bl on o round of the vstablabient. ‘The st room visited, ona adjolning tho private oflive, was nruruprluledto tho cditorlal staff, wlo wera all {ndustriously engaged na we entercd, Two lines of threa desks cachs fliled the budy of the apartment, o seventh desk at the bead of the room serving tho cditor-tu-chief. On ong wall bung nearly o hundred 9 exeljnnges” on file, and behind the chalr ot Mr, Fukuchl was stored o Ubrary of reference, which, as e said Iu u . professional aslde, *makes us newspaper mien sometlmes vory wise,” Ono of the group, Who \vas ovidently an expert with the scissors, was dtssceting o Yokohamu English exchange, whila tho others wers occupled with their grow- Iz manuseripts, And it was lutercsting 10 obserye the beauty of the chifrography—a neces- sary excellenco in'a lanizuage where the charac hcr Is lln ditticult that penmaushlp is o distinct ne urt, Noxt to the editorlal room Is located the space set uslde for tho composing force. First wo come to the proof-readers, two intellizeut persons who have o high reputation forschol usship, ‘Lhe necessity for such attalunicots be- cotnes apparent when wa learn that a full fout ol Lype comprises 30,000 characters, whilo o foss than 3,000 aroin censtant uic and 2,00 more in frequent employment, And not only inust the proof-reader ho careful to amend all memnflml slips aud typographical errors, but he ahould have s qulck’eyt for Inelegances in the characters themselves, Separated from the vroof-readers by a low Tattived ralliug 1s tho oflico of tho foreman, the maglstrate of the cases, agd bayond hlm sgain we reach the printers. 'Tha cfl;ch disposad about the room on Jong racks ke those s public reading-room, und the aisles furnieh 3 Kmmun:uia wherein the compositor can luvor i 18 vocution and take exercisa slinultuneously. Tho matter whoen set 1e placed un galleys, aod s | proof taken, Theu the foreman inanipulatesit nto the stiape la which tha publle see i1 Four furis ary used, each 11x10 tnches, The first— that ts, the lust—pago s occupled by a display bead, the fntormation concerning “number of {ssuc, place and dats of publication, prico and duys of appearance, which commonly follow tne title, nud Government notitleatlons. Alter theso como editoral leading articles aud nara- graphs. The last—that is, the (irst—page 13 devoted to marketreports, sclentifie Information and advertisements, and with the otfcial editorfal matter makes up the outside furms, which set down Lo tho press at mudnislit, On the "luslde” wo find the day’s discorctles of the ‘reporters and such cditorfal articles commuaications, etc., asgfounit no corner I ko outside furms. 8uch s the routino * make up, but it s clastic enouzh, of course, to sult the foutnatistly req uirements of tho day. Dunwz Do war, when Mr, Fukuch{ wasfor » thoe the front as a speclal correspaudent, muct svace snd sttention was given to telegraphlc uews, but the lack of an assoclated press makes suc watter rathier costly, and only a Uited amouut sppears. Euch correspondent, howeter, i furnlshied with a privato telegrapsic code, an: I8 etapowered 10 send the Journal by this meand {uformation that scems to justity tha outlay. Descenaing now to the ground floar‘ we uuu: through the press rgom, silent and {z louiny s its afternoun sieaa, tho binder's office of the job dqflmmem. and the desks of the treasurtt advertlsing ageot, aud bookkeepers, to the I(rl)‘ downs'? 10 tuo rear, whero the printingpavet #xtra typo, and other matcrial are stored necded. The paper ts tmported from G“;‘)ur:lvl; the type counes wostly frai a foundry in Bukis A veighboring district of the chiy, Some of 179 commoner type, huwever, b wude on the l'r;m isea troin matrices, in the company's possEAite Ee-cntering tho miain bullding ug: nrmm b fuspection of the sforchouses, wo sec the of themnall departmout engaged at lll<lf“h. counts or in wrapoiug coples for ‘“";:un ln;l thea wind up the stairs oucs word otfica, tere, then, e haye the modern newspape? :l.’: tbo beart of Japan; and withaut falliug tu hed fudiscrinituate westasics of the tourlst, du“x il the wisdon of two weeks, wo Wiy ':;m, this fact as o very hopeful oo fur Lhe voUNED A laud that bas nowspapers hike tho Vi e Shimbun, and sonio of fta compedrs WL POT Lavo Lo sigh muck louger for veprese u,‘“ Fu- smblages; for it has tbew already. 3 "‘xm‘ kuchi presides to-day over vne of the n.lo{n ' portast chambers of the Geuro lu. Jl R E. th of thy dy the baso oy = —————— 1 0 dxche, (cossivences, Jow spiriti, and o A h‘l'w'lnnl-‘nfihu 1ndications of & bl.ll-l).‘[: ‘arising froma torpid liver. Dr ".A{-.m B ml: Pills will m;;t ;: ‘f?;&g":’ur’-y‘n‘m: dnive all aywptomsof bilio ) aud svsist in UTIDZIDG AbIUL alar actiou of W bowels,