Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 22, 1878, Page 4

. large auditory. ““vapish. Not content 4 THE. CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER a2 23, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES R. ArGeR taking the lead, who said we musg The Tribme, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—IN ADVANCE—TF'OSTAGE PREPAID. = Dafly Edition, one year. Jurtz of a year, per month. .. Sunduy Editfon: Literary and i Shed turuay Edit W eekly, oue year. 2rts 01 3 year, v mon WEEKLY EDITH €D COTY, beT yeur. Clulof four-. Speciuen coples seut free. Give Lost-Ullice adaress (o full, focluding State and Connty. Jemittances may be made efther by draft. express. Fost-Utlice order, or In registered Jetter. a1 our risk. TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS. ted. Sunday excepted, 25 cents per weck. vered. Sunday sncluded, 30 cents per weeks TH COMPANY, Acdress Gorner Madison and Deurborn-sts., Chicazo. . Orders 1or the deltvery of Tz TEIIUNE 8t Evausion, Euglewood. and Hyde Park teft 1 the counting-roou will recetve }vmuwlnuculmu. BUNE BEANCH OFFICES. TRI i CricAGo TEMCNE has established braneh offices tpLot subscriplious and suvertisemicnts 5 ol NEW TORK~1toom 29 Tyiouns Dutlding. £ Mansger, Franve--No. 16 Rue de 13 Grange-Batelicre. . Bc- merican Exchange, 489 Straud. G, Agent. AN FitAN : SOCIETY MEE K. T.~Spectal faniay aiter- APOLTO COMMAXDERY, D he Coneraves next Tueslsy, Fri 7100/ 184 cvenligs 3L A aud ck each day. Oraer of the Teunde will be couterred. A prompt uhers in Tequested. e in e work prio Govieck. Vidiors uiways welcome. By order o th Cuibmegners 3. . DUNLOP, Kecorder. 0 e o o y order ot By orderd n ReiD, 0. P E. X. TCCKEL:. Sex CORINTINAN CUAPTE Convoetion M, k. Business of d . M. Degrecs. Juvited. By order of ORTENTAL CONS wlar Assembly Thursday of poriace. Gl SUNDAY, S Tn New York on Saturday greenbacks were worth 493@99§ cents on the doiler 1 gold and silver coin. The American Sunday-School TUnion of Philadetphia is a loser to the estent of 50,000 throngh the dishouesty of its Assist- ant Superintendent, who munaged the book- Dbinding department for his own profit rather than with an-eye to the welfareof the wicked children of the country. i There is & probability that the former officers of the Charter Oak Life-Insurance Cumpany will soon receive a just compensa- ticn for the swindles which they inflicted upon the public. A decision was given yes- terday in the Superor Court at Hartford, Cocn., sustaining the first, fourtn, nd fifth counts of the indictments ageinst ForsEk, Warxery, Warre, and Wicers, and fixing the date of their trial on Nov. 6. The Corex riot at Washington seems to be a private enterprise. Just what this silly agitator expects to gain by exciting tho laborers of the Capital and inducing them 10 lose a part of their last weck’s wages cen hardly be understood. Yesterday be headed 2 mob of nbout 100 negrocs aud marched them sbout the city until they hed wasted half o day, and then this entirely usecless demonstration came to an end, and CoEEN subsided for a season. o The barbecue and love-feast of the Fiat- Money men at Plano, Kendall County, to- morrow would not attract public attention were it not for the announcement that, there is to be an sddress by Bex BuTien, one of the latest disciples of the Apostle EKeaxses. To see the old political wire- puller pose in the attitude of a work- ingman’s champion must be 2 sight of the most novel and refreching description, and Bew will doubtless be flattered by having a Itis agood time to strike the rural population, now - that threshing is about over, and the cunning farmer is lying in wait for any kind of free shows that may be traveling. The weekly report of the Surgeon-Gen- eral shows an sbatement of the yellow fever at Vicksburg, New Orleans, and Memphis, althongh the epidemic has broken out in scveral new places sioce the last report. At New Orleans there is'a decrease 0 172 cases and eighty-five deaths, and ot Vieks- burg s decrease of 113 dvaths, ns compared with the previous week. Thus far the fever has been kept under con- trol at Mobile, only four cuses and two deaths having occnrred since last Sunday. On the whole, the prospect is more favorable than ot any time since the outbrenk of the disense, and from present sppenrances it will be safe for the thousands of refugees now in the North to return to their homes within a fortnight. Tt1s expected that Ben Berien will ex- plain to the citizens of Piano to-morrow the effect upon the stomach, scientifically con- sidered, of & dose, well wixed and well shaken, composed in equal parts of Social- ism, Workingmen's-partyism, and Fiatism; also that he will denouncs the foul slandersof o corrupted press in stating that be captured by frand the Massachusetts Siate Conven- tion last week, and thus got himself nom nated for Governor; also that he will explic- itly declare that be is not and will not be & candidate for DPresident of the United States in 1680; aud, finally, that he will take the pains to recite lus polit- jeal record during the past twenty years, and show as satisfactorily to his audience as le doubtless has to himself the reason why, during the past three years, there has been such a steady decline of public confidence in him as a political leader and as a part of the ‘machfnery of this Governmzut. Hitherto in his Western tour he has failed to clear up these points, As the glories of the Ottomsn Empire fade away, so likewise do the boasted priv- ileges and sncient rights of the Turk with appointing Minister Lavarp as a special guardian of the Sulian and actual Vizier of ihe realm, the :.British . Government now proposes to invads the domestic sanctity | of ~Turkdom -and deprive the Mussulman'of that which is nearést and’ dearest to him,~the Circassian. girl. For several centuries it has been the pleasing custom of the follower of¢thb. Prbphet, whenever his harem Tran low, to step down to the nearest market aund in- vest n few piastres in ome or more good-locking young . women. But now the customs must change, and there shall be 20 more sluve-selling in Constantinople ; for | Vizier Lavasp deolares’ it must stop. Aud, therefore, what is left for the poor aud ‘op- pressed Turk but to sit cross-legged, and, between the whiffs of his chidouk, to cry out in bitterness of spirit, *“Allak/ i Ailal! THE ELECTION CONSIDERED LOCALLY. Fortunately, Chicago will be let off at the {all election with & comparatively short cam- paign. The Republican County Convention will probably not be held till the middle of next month, and, thqugh the Democrats will have their County Convention on the 30th jnst., and the Congressional nominations will all be made in the meantime, the cam- paign will not begin till the middle of Octo- ber, and the public will escape with some- thing like three weeks of the ¢ damnable iteration,” and not less damnable irritation, of an election period. As far as Congressmen are concerned, the outlook 1s favorable for the Republicans. If the Democrats of the three districts of which Chicago is the nuclens could have foreseen the result of the Maine election and the prostitution of their party to BeN Bur- Lee in Massachuseits, it is probeble that armugewents wonld have been made to bave Congressional ecandidates nominated by the Greenbackers. Bat 115 0o lnte to follow the bent of Democ- racy in this Tespect. and they will have to depend upon the individual efforts of their regalur candidates to pander to Fiatism and Communism. Therr candidate in the First District (DooLITTLE) ean be depended upon to do bis share of tius truckling business; their prospective candidate in the Second District (CanTer Ianmsos) will scarcely be bebind 1 this respect; and, though there is sowe talk of nominating Judge Trre in the Third District, 1t 1s more hkely that some- body like Juessky or Hoprysox will be taken up, who will vie with DooLrrTLe and ILsg- susoN iu demagogism. Tug might possibly buve been nomuated by the Democrats if there had been anybody among the North Side Democrats willing to incur the expense of seuding biun a cauble message. Senator Gotpy had the message all written out, askang him if he would accept, but there was 2 unanimous buckwarduess in coming forward with the funds to pay for it, and so the message was not sent. In the meantime the Nationals have put capdidates into the field in all three digtricts, and the interests of their party will requife that their candi- dates be supported, evea though there is not the ghost of a chauce for their election; but thiscircumstance will prevent the Demcerabic candidates from gobbling, the Nationel vote. Ouly one Republican caudidate has been nominated for Congress in tha three Chicago districts, end the choice fell upon # man who will be able to promote barmony and secure the full Republican vote. In selecting Mrl Himrax Barner st the last, the Republicans of the Third District averted all danger there wasof dissension in ease either Mr. BresTaNO or Gen. Lrake (who hLad done most to defeat Mr. Brextaxo) had been selected. In the Sacond - District there are still a large pumber of candidates contending for the Republicsn nomination, which indicates a very general belief that ** Qur Canren™ can be beatan this fall. Though it 1s impos- sible to téll which one of the Republican aspirants will be successful, the choice will fall upon one of three or four gentlemen who are all conceded to be excellent men. In the First District the two =active candidates for the R publiccn nomination are MMess Arprics and Haves, but s very determined movement has been inangurated in behalf of \ir. Caantes H. Reep (withont his personal co-operation), based upon the theory that he is the surest of all to baat the young Dem- ocratic demnagogue who hopes to carry off the prize with the aid of Communist votes in the Sixth and Seventh Wards. As far as connty nominations are con- cerned, Senator Goupy seems inclined to run mutters on the Democratic side of the House with the single view of sending members of the Legislature favorable to his own election to the Umted States Senate. It is to be hoped that he will be permitted to trade to his heart's content, for his bargaining will probably result in the nomination of & local ticket which the Repnblicans can beat, and his own election as Senator is too improba- ble an event to excite any scrious apprehen- sion. According to present indications in Maine, Massachusetts, and elsewhere, the Democratic party will have practically ceased to exist before the timo for eclecting United States Senator shull come around, and the contest for that ofiice will be between a Re- publican and a National. In that case Mr. Gorpr will not rauk ns a member of the new party for Senatorial purposes, in spite of the encouragement he is now holi- ing out to the devclopment of the Fiat doctrine. T.e Rupublican party will not be called upon to nominate a local ticket till after Seaator Gouny shall have made up his slate, and hence will be in a position to take advautage of the weakness which the Democratic ticket is pretty” likely to expose. It is becoming every day more and more evident, as we predicted some wecks since, thar the struggle in this county will not be influenced Ly the Nationals to the same ex- tent as in most of the large cities. The Nationals proper will run their own candi- dates for the purpose of maintaining their organization ; the Comumnuwists will concen- trate their efferts mainly on electing two or three members of the Logislature ; and there will be a square fight between the Repub- jcans and Democrats for local and Cougres- sional offices, with a decided advantage m favor of the party that shall ‘place the érougest aud b men in the field. THE SIENCH FACIORIES. Tha proprietors of several of the stench factories were convicted some months ngo of maintaining public nuisances. The lagal penalties are fine, and imprisonment, and the closing of the establishweuts by order of Conrt. After the couvictions, sentence and further prosecution were suspended,— the convicted persons, and the others uader indictment, agreeing that they would, with- ot delay, procure the machinery and appli- ances to render their business free from smell. Despite this lenmency, some of these men have refused and neglected to abnte the nuisance, and Lave persisted in camying on their business as offensively as ba‘ore. Their conduct has been aefiant and scandalous, and in a recent discussion they had the cool impudence to meke the'legal point that the pepalties to which they were subject under the convi:- tions could not now be eunforced, because it wes the duty of the Court to imppse them at the'time of coaviction. It must be understood, in orderto compre- hend the full malignity of these men, that their business can be conducted without the least unpleasadt or unkiealihy odor; all that is required is the introduction of certain me- chamcal appliances and a faithful use of them. This machinery is plain and simple, costing comparatively very little either to introduce orto operate. With this fact adimitted and established, the operation of any que of theso establishmerits to poison the air and carry discomfort and injury to the dwellings of the whole people, and especially to the sick and the suffering, is an act 'of wanton melice that merits the most rigorous exect- tion of the law, There is no apology or ex- tenuation to be urged in behalf of tho inen +who thus triflz with the public health, and +who have doubtless hastened if not produced the denths of countless persons-in weak bealth, or suffering on beds of sickness. The threat that these men will close their establishments and move their business else- where shonld nerve the arm of justice rather than delay it. Men who, under tho circum- stances, can, with comparatively little ex- pense, earry on their business without injury or offensiveness, and who persist in making thut business a perpetunl and poisonous stench, are not entitled to any putlic respect as social or commercial acqui cago existed before they began to stiuk, and will exist long after they have passed beyond the ability to stink. This city has survived many threats to ** move away " and to *‘ carry capital to other places.” If the prosperity of Chicago depends on tolerating these stench factories, then its prosperity rests upon an insecure basis. The fact being determined that the business ean be carried on without stenches, the question is limited to the narrow issue whether the proprietors shall be allowed to poisou the air of the ¢icy or be probibited from so doing. Any man who refuses to adopt the inexpensive meaus of avoiding all stenches, and wautonly disregards the pub- lic be.lth and convenience, should be made to feel the power of the law in clos- ing his establishment permaucntly, thus ennbling bim to move clsowhere and stink to his full satisfaction. :her men, having some regard for decency and for the henlth and comfort of the community gyave no dif- fieulty in carryiug on their busiess in an unobjectionable manner. Justice, which has been patient nud enduring under great public and private wrong, shonld now admiuister the law promptly aud efliciently against every man guilty of this crime agzinst the pablic health aund comfort. A FEW DEPARTURE IN JOURNALISIL Just how far personal jourualsm muy be carried without objection, or without trench- ing upon the proprieties which society sets up for its protection, scems to have been discovered by the San Fraucisco Post, which, ina recent issue, had an article three col- nmns in lengih devoted to descriptions of +Qur Girls” in that city. Of course the descriptions were lovely, languishing, und ravisbing, and the three columus. comprised & story of linked sweetness long drawn out. Noue of the red-headed, pug-nosed, or sal- low-faced girls guned admission into this roster- of personal loveliness. It was a bouquet in which every flower wus u rosh, carnation, or camellia in bulding condition. A few examples will illustrate the whole remnrkable galax; nown commission She 15 & tinisbed I-beloved associate— 1.4 t1azing transcendent, of gtiiers o N T e . Fichly respie Her hear I3 o fose, and ber soul fs & star. s of our semi-tropicsl juzuriances, ilishly d, bouncine her life by the sacred impulse of npure ani noble womanhood, she repre one of Caltfurnia’s most endeared productione. the eilicient_Grand Sec- A, M., has two anzhters—Miss Matrie and Miss Sa: Trwin beauties, moided by birmony plendent w th health, hizhly educaled. sxi in the requirements of rociety, which they adorn, these fair sisters justly cluim u foremost place amone our girls. Miss MadiE Doxanve, whose natural talent and scauired accomplishments shed justre npon the lusurions howe of our railroad mzmate. Col. is a demi-brunette with quite dark barr, that speak from che fullness of intelhigen sides most perrect education in Eastern convents. tnis young fady has traveled be- youd ulmust any of her mcluding not ouly Europe ana the Contivent, but Caina aiso. As 1o oue in Sau Francisco bas objected to this style of journslism, we assume that it pleases both the girls and their papas, who, it will be observed, also come 1n for a gener- ous dsub of the brush. It would ot be natural to expect objections from any who are not included in the list, as this would at once render them linble to the suspicion of being ugly in feature or cross-grained in temper. Their only defense is silence, and the more of it the better. Among them- selves they may question the good taste of the reporter who made the selections, and they way take some of those small female revenges so familiar to the sex, by putting on resentfal airs when they pnss one of the favored ones, or by remuarking to a com- panion in tones meant to be overheard that she'is o perfect fright, or a horrid object, and bought her hair at Browx's. : There is one feature of this style of jour- nalism thas is still more important. The right to pick out all the pretty girls and ad- vertise their sccomplishments argues the right to pick out those who are not pretty and advertise their want of accomplishments. The moral of this lies in the application. Lvery young man’s fancies lightly tam to love, notonly in the springtime, but also at wll other times. 'The poet unwittingly aspersed the industry of young men, and even of the average small boy, when be lim- ited their capacity tor love-muking to the spr montbs. Not only their fancies but their faculties turn 1n that direction every wonth in the year, as can be shown by the statistics of bouquets 1w the spring, carrigge- bire in the suminer, opera in the fall. und oysters inthe winter. In these callow days of ife, vergiug upou the marriageable uge, young wmen are without discrimination. 'To them agirlisa girl, aud one gl is just like av- other girl, ouly more so. The first positive result of love is to throw & glamour over the betoved oue, just as a spider wraps hus victin in o geuzy web before he swallows bim. Be- hind tlus glamour a beautiful being and a per- fect fright appear alike to him. He rushes in, aud never discovers his mistake until the houeymoon wanes. Then befinds the being of lus adoration is not all his fancy painted her; perhaps that she is bomely, borrid, and buman, This might be avoided by a. care- fully-prepared catalogue of the imperfections as well as the perfections. If, for instance, bhe should read : Saram JANE SyiTn is an artifici vortion of ner the rest was vouzizt on Twenty-second strcet. Her complexion ‘was obtarned on State street. She §QUiBLa. Or: LrLr Rrows s no sach pereon ae she represents herself 10 o¢. Sheis noL sentimentahy mclined. veteats cabbage ad puis ber kuie i her mouth. She knows but one tane on the pisno, ung thzt is the >+ Monastery Belle, ™ and sne_winzd “+\Wtoa. Emma:™ uut of tune. ous temper when she is crossed. are porcelain. Of course the catalogue might be ipdef- initely extended. We only give these as samples of the warnings that might be held out in time to save muny ara-h yousg man from rushing into an ill-assorted umion. The catalogue could be made still sizonger end more suggestive. by includingjthe peculiar attractions of the model mother-in-law, and the details of the trap laid- by her to catch him. To even up the thirg, a masculine PETER DoNanr hlonde. One She has a viliin-. Her trontyesin catalogue of the samo general character could be printed, showing, for instance, that Jomx Troursox las o snug competence, attends church every Sunday, pays his pew-rent, is handy sbout a.lhouse, and goes to bed early ; and that Tmoxas JOHNSOY, on the other hand, chews, smokes, swears, drinks, throws away his money, and never knows the proper end of a night-key. With suchs guide-posts as these set up along the road to wedlock, the wayfaring man, thougha fool, could bhardiy make a mist alk KILLING WOMEN. It has been remarked that crime is periodic and epidemic in 1ts phases, and just now there seems to bo a mania for killing women. Within the last few wmonths Chi- cago has had two horrible cases of wife- muwgler, for which the criminals are now awaiting their trial in jail; there was s third case, when o husband attempted to kill his fortunntely, succeeded in commit- de after he thonght he had mur- dered the woman, Other cases are repo:ted from different parts of the country. In TIndianapolis, a day or two ago.a dissipated feilow named Gueric killed a girl because she would not marry him, and wounded two of her female companions at the same time. After discharging all the chambers of his revolver, he turned the weapon on himself under the pretense that he intended to shoot himself slso; it would have been more gratifying if he had thought of this before he exhausted bis ammunition. In this case the murderer’s provocation was that the girl refused to warry him on sccount of his bad habits. It never occurred to him to reform, nor did he hit npon the idea that he might rid himself of bis chagrin and disappointment by com- mitting suicide first, and letting the girl live for some more worthy man. A singular case of woman-murder is reported from Madison, Conn. A young girl named Mary STANNARD went from her homs under the pretenso of gathiering berries, and was found a fow hours after in a lonely part of the woods, with the jugnlar-vein cut, from twhich she bled to death. The murder was a profound mys- tery for a few days, when the murdered girl's bLalf-sister revealed the fact that Many had confided to her an intrigue and the belief that she was enceinte. The alleged paramour was a Rev. Mr. IIavDEN, o married man and a 3ethodist minister of the town. Since this revelation, a chain of circumstances has “been unraveled which tends to fix the crime on Haypex, who is under arrest. One circumstance is a letter written by the decensed to her sister in- closing a letter to bo delivered to HavDEN in person ; another s the fact that Ilaypex had a few duys before made some significant inguiries of a physician concerning certain couditions of pregnancy; a third is that blood-staius have been discovered on Hay- DEN's pocket-knife, which was weipon enough 10 do the deed. The theory of his guilt is that he killed the girl in order to avoid the exposure of -Lis liaison with ler. Still usnother case of woman-mnrder 15 baflling detectives at Dallston, N. Y. A Mrs. BiLixes was shot in her own home through the window, and the gan afterwards found in an old well near by. The husbaud came home as usual, and exhibited great grief at the sight that met his eyes; but there is evidence that his own daughter greeted him with the words: “This is a pretty time for you to fall st mammy’s feet, when itis you who have done this cruel deed.” The husband is nnder arrest, ‘and the trial is now going on. The theory of his guilt is that he desired to possess himself of his wife’s property, aud there is also avother woman—a live woman—in the case. Killing women may not, s a matter of ethics or statute, be any more of a crime then killng men, but it im- presses people generally as more he- nious; it is certainly more brutal, for it ignores all the sentiment which has grown with civilization in favor of treating the gentler sex with special kindoess, tender- ness, and consideration. The same jealcusy or rage that might be set up in extenuation of the crime of killing a man will not be generally accepted by society when a woman s the viotim, and greed or avarice takes on ndditional heinousvess when it sacrifices the life of & woman. It is the same sentiment which renders peculiarly horrible such acci- dents as the burning of the South American Catholic church a year or so ago, or the more recent sinking of an cxcursion steamer in the Thames, when the victims were mainly women and chldren. The comparative helplessness of womanhood or childhood arouses the sympathies in a higher degrge in all eases of violent death, and woman-killing ought to be rarer among the American peo- +1e than among any other on the face of the earth. THE NEW HAVEN HOLY WAR, The old battle of Bible or no Bible in the public schools has been fought once more, this time at New Haven, iu the land of steady hnbits, and the Biblo party hagcome out vietorious, singularly ‘enough, lowever. throngh a congession to the Catholics, which may yet lead to a renewal of the contest. Thé preliminaries of the struggle are more than ordmarily interesting, because it was fought under the shadow of Yale College. the Proféssors and friends of which were actively engaged in the tight. The first shot was fired in December Inst when the Board of Tiucation passed a resolution dispensing with the reading of the Bible and other re- ligious exercises in the schools, There was at once a turmoil aud uproar. Five thousand of the taxpayers signed a protes against the resolntion and sent in a petition to the Bonrd asking for the restoration of the old rules. This was followed by a protest against the restoration signed by 3,000 tax- poyers. Mennwhile, the faculty, clergy, students, and others who are identified with Yale College, as well ns_the religious: public 1n general, began to take sides, pro and con. Among those who were opposed to tue restoraiion of the Biblewere Prof. Wayranp, son of that stanch old war-horse of Calvin- ism, Feavcrs Wavrayp, ex-President of Brown University ; Prof. Sustven, who for the nonce dropped bis financial and po'itico- gconomical hobbies to enlist in the holy cru- sade; and Prof. WazzLer. On the other hand, Prof, Rosixsoy, at one timean Erisco- palian and. now & Rloman Catholic, favored the restoration of the Bible. When the election of three new members of the Board occurred s few days since, the issue was as clently mado as in a politicdl campaign. It was simply whether the Board should be susteined in its action, and the party electing the three would have control. The election resulted in the choice of threc candidates who were in favor of the restore- tion of the Bible by nearly 3,000 msjority. Of the three old members whose terms have not expired, two are in favor of the restors- tion, so that the Bible majority in the Board stands five to one. Since the’ election, how- ever, many of tfose who voted for the res- toratdon ere disturbed with o suspicion that they have made o mistake. The following -curious complicr\licn is responsi- Dlo for the suspicion. Therd was o prrochial school in the city, connected with St. Pat- rick’s Cburch, nnder the charge of the Sis- ‘ters of Mercy, which contained about 600 children. Some time since the Board of Education, assumed the expenses of this school upon the condition -that it should be under the manngement of the Board. - The Sisters accepted.the condilion, and every; thing went on smoothly uuntil last summer. At that time a new school building was con- structed, and the Board ordered the parochial pupils to be transferred to it under the charge of a male Principal. The Sisters, however, refused to serve uader the Princi- pal, and, as the Board would not recede from its resolution, the expense of the school was thrown back upon St. Patrick's Church. It is now freely asserted that the result of the recent election is due to a bargnin be- tween the Bible readers and the Catholics, the former agreeing to assume the expeuses of the school and the latter to vote for the restoration of the Bible reading. This being the condition of affairs, it will readily be seen that the contest is not yet over, and that another battle will have to be fought upon the question of dividing the schooi fund. There cannot be any doubt as to its issue. As between secular schools and sectarian schools, supported at public ex- pense, the majority of the public will favor the former, so that any arrangement made between the Catholics and the Bible readers will only be temporary, to say theleast. As the matter stands now, the Bible will be read in the public schools, the Board of Educa- tion will support tho Sisters of Mercy school, and the city will have an empty school-héuse on its bands, As the result of tke bargain, however, it will probably eventuate that the Bible will continue to be read in the schools, and the people will. refuse to poy the €x- penses of eny sectarian school. Meanwhile, Yale College ought to bring its intellect to’ bear upon the question whether rending the. Bible in the public schools makes or does nots mako them sectarian. It is getting to e about as ambiguous & question as whether beer will intoxicate. THE ESSENES. The new volume of the Encyclopre Britannica contains a brief and inadequate urticlo on the Essenes. The Lssenes wero an ancient Jewish sect, whosa history and creed have long been a study for scholars. The Catholic Church teaches that the Essenes were identical with the early Chris- tinns, and Dz Quiscey gives rensons for be- licving that this isso. Tbe Encyclopmdia does not -even refer to these doctrines and specalations. Its main, if not ouly, authori- ty is Josepnus, and his statements are ac- cepted as true. Josepmus, by his own ac- count, had only been admitted as a proba- tioner to the order, and could not know everything obous its nner workings. The Essenes were divided into four orders. The distinctions Letween merabers of different orders were rigidly rreserved. It was con- sidered & defiiement for a member of asu- perior order to touch a member of a lower order. JoserHus as a probationer unght well have been in complete ignorance of the esoterie teachings and philosopby of his more advanced brethren, theory that De Quixcer advances. He ‘maintains it, woreover, Wwith maoch in- genuity. We propose to state as briefly as possible his conception of the Order of Esscnes, so that any readers who desire to supplement or correct the article in the En- cyclopredin may bave the means of doing so. De Quincex's reasons for believing that the Esseues were the early Christiuns arc that they practiced the doctrines of CHBIST; that there is no mention of the s2et 1n the New Testament, as there undoubtedly would bave been if they had existed as an inde- pendent body in the time of CHmisT; that they jad mo conceivable mo- tive for secrecy except to escape persecution; and that they would not hnye been persecuted for simple eccentricities of faith if they had not believed o Cugist. Some of the resemblances existing between the faith of the Essenos aud that of the Christians arestriking. For proof of them we go directly to Joseprus himself, who, bowerver ignorant he may have been of the secret purposes of the organization, must have known what its outward conduct and principles of ac:ion were. JosEpaus says (** Wars of the Jews,” Book IL, Chap, These Exsenes reject picasares 83 an cvil, bt esteen continence and the congriest over our pu: sions to be virtue, . . . They do not wbsolut iy denv toe finess of murriage and the auccession of mankind theteby contmded: tut they gasd against the luscivions benavior of women, and are persmaded that none of them preserve their fidelity {o one man, [Tins is Jusiruus’ own sianderous interpretation of the reasous for their conduct. sewhere he snows that the Essenes did marey m These wen ure despisers o auy one tu be found amous them whd hath more thau anuther: for it 1s & law omong them that those who come to thew most let what they e common to the whole order, . .. ‘Tuey think that vilis 8 deflement. . . . They think it od thing fo be clothied in white zarmests, .y also Liave stewaras appomted 0 take care of therr common aairs. . . . They huve no certam cify. outmany of them dwell in every city. . . . “Thiev carry nothing with _them when they travel iDio Temole posts. « . NOF O iney 2ilow ol the change of gurments or of snoes till. they be iest cutirety LM 10 PIeces, Orworn out by time, . Nur do they eithier ouy or gell anviti Other: but every one of tnem i 10 himn tuat w again in hew of 1t what may be conven himsel for thieir piely tow D up certan pray ol i their forefatbers, 03 if they mude o supphea inz. . . . NOF is there ever ceto pollute their house, 10 inrcieners Like some of which s that perpetual sobrict se. . . . Oy ihese two thimgs g them at every one’s own whicd are o esi< those that want and to- show merey. . . ‘They j manner, and re«ts cument jor_fidelity ard the minist § oo o inithe ent< they exercise th inost aecurate and Jusi: H0F o thev pasy_sen by the votes of o Caurt tat s fewer taan 100 {1, e,, Tue Primiuve Camec.] . . . ‘Pher doctrine i this: That bodies re corraptibie, and that the matter they are mnde of 14 not permanent, dut tast the sonls ore numortal and cominue for- ever. . . . Tiercare also those amons b who undertake 1o foreteil tunigs W come. and it vut seldont that they miss in tieir predictions. Pamo Jupzvs, the contemporary of Jo- sreavs, says (*Ou the Virtuous B.ing Also Free,” Sec. sii.) that the Essenes were abont 4,000 in number, and *‘above all men de. voted to the service of Gopb, not saerificing living enimals, but studying ruther to'pre- serve their own minds in a state of holiness and purity.” He continues: - They alone of all men having heen originally voor sind de c. and that. o, rather (zou, tieir own habnts and waFs of hifo than fror any real de- are nevertacless ac- contentment and fra+ ce, u~ 1) Lruth they are, you will I n 18 c3: 10 one, pent what 7. or cven ace which are edsil; This is the | rd uny mdicement 1o co S not a sle siave amou: cred_plices which are cailed svaa- #omues. . . . The peopleare taazht o choore Whut is right and avoid whut i3 wrong. vsiog . Ahrecfold variety of detinitions, and rules, ang criteria, nameiy, tne jove of \on. and tielove of virtae, and the fove of mankind T Esscnes resembled in meny respeets the modern Quakers. They were, as Josepnys says, * ministers of peace”; they wore plain garments; they were cqual one with another. DBat much more did they re- semble Disciples of Crrist. The points of coincidence botween them and CmEIsT's Disciples are indeed too many to mestion. The parallel, if carried far enongh, smounts farrly to identity. D Quincer dwells at length on many of these rescmblances ; but we have space only to notice a few of them. In the first place, they hada common purse, like that carried by the Apostles. Agnin, they observed the commandment of Camst: *Carry neither purse, nor serip, nor shoes.” It was their wont to meet be- fore dny and sing a hymn, which, Pusy says, was the practice of the early Christians. ¢They neglected marriage,” which was the bent of Sr. Paun and many other of the Aposties and early Disciples. They wore ‘‘eminent for fidelity,” and ‘‘ministers of peace,” thus observing the beatitnde, ¢ Bless- ed are the pencemakers.” They avoided swearing, estecining 1t worse than perjury, and remembering CmnisT's injunction, tSwear not at all: neither by Heaven, forit is Gop's throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool,” etc. ‘They ‘‘ever showed fidelity to those in nuthority,” be- cause thepy remembered CoRrisT’s say- make theology so attractive that all'Will sy, it. SpiNoza wasa better theologian whey pe was grinding elasses and thinking o nfs system of philosopity than CALVIN whey. boiding SERVETCS fn the fire and writing by Insttistes. The nes theolozy must be practicy and recognizing the eeat fuMfillment of Clrisy, the carrying out of the attrivutes of ‘The Rev. Dr. § e 5 b 30D nearer tu every hunan sow; wiil ngg. banish worship; auwd will make immorraly 10 the s all thing: hring more a reality. This was followed by a repon by the Rev. Dr. BELLowS, of New York, on the work of the denomination, who closed withy recommendation that some plan be adopte by which unfit men would be preveateg from obtaining settlement aml orlization iy the denomination. The Rev. J. L. Jovez, of Janesville, Wis., - eharge of missiocary worg west of Buflalo, made an interestinz repart oy the condition ot Unitariamsin in Oitio, Ind:ang, | Thinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and California. The Rer, formerly of this city, read g paper on the Unitarian polley of keeping eluca. tion apart from scetarianism. He said all the otber denominations had schools endowed where education was suhordinate to seer. fl thousht such a thing could onty be done now by endowing new schools, aod closed with resoly. . tions looking that way. fle was followed by the Rev. J. F. Moones. the Rev. E.A. ton - ing, ‘“Render unto Casir the things that are Cmsaws.” They wore white robes, like the candidates for baptism; they were frugnl and temperate, silent and grave, as the followers of Jesus were many times encouraged to be. Tt is inconceivable that such a sect could have existed at the time of Curist and not heeii mentioned 1n the New Testament. If, it hnd existed independently it would have gone far to prove that the advent of CunisT was nnneca‘ssnry. As D Quivoey forcibly says: *Is it for one moment to be credited that a body of men so truly spiritual in the eternals of their creed, whatéver might be the temporals of their practice; should have won mo word of praise from Crrist? . . . Or, if that had been supposable, can wo balieve that CurmisT's enemies, s0 onger, as they proved themselves, to turn even the Baptist into a handle of reproach against the mew Tencher, wonld have lost the overwhelming argament derived from the Essenes? ¢ A new command I give unto you.’ ‘Not at ell,’ they would have re- torted; “not at allnew. Everything spirit- anl in your ethics has been anticipated by the Essenes.”” Next in importance to the argument from this soarce is the one that the Essenes had a motive for secrecy if they were Christinns, aud never at all if they were iiot Christinns. Similarly, it is shown that if JoseraUs Lney all about the Order, he violated a solemn oath in telling, and, if he violated no oath, ho knew nothing about its teachings. D QuINCET's great conclusion is: “* If the Essencs were not the early Christians in disguise, then was Chris- tianity as @ Inowledge taaght independently of CreisT; nay, in opposition to CHRIs nay, if we aceept the byperbolical fairy-tale of Prixy, positively 2,000 years before the era of Cnxt:'r. Grant the affirmative of our proposition, and Christiauity bere, as forever, justifies Lerself. Tako the negative alterna- tive,—suppose the Esseues a distinct body from the primitive Chnstians of Palestine,— and you have n deadlier wound offered to Christian faith than the whole army of infi- dels ever attempted.” We do not say all this; bnt we do say that De Quixcer’s urgu- ment has been sustained by s weight of reasoning which eutitles it to the respectful consideration of all thoughtful men. A case has occurred in New York not dis- similar from the one which a few days ago caused such a sensation iu this city. A clerk in the wholesale iwporting house of E.S. JarrRAY & Co. hais been arrested for robbing his employers,of $60,000. The amount, it is true, happens to excced that which Matsox & Co, of this.city, claim to have lost through their chief clerk; but, on the other hand, the New York case has not the romantic se- companiments which lend an extra iuterest to the Chicago affair; hence they may be re- garded as near'y evenly bulanced ‘The original cooy of that unprecedented hum- bug, the Mormon Bible, is still extant, and in the hauds of DAVID WITMER, of Richmond, Mo. Not long ao two promiuent elders m the Mormon Church from 3alt Lake, ORsON PRATT and J. F. SurTi, went to Richmond to try and induce Mr. WIITMER f0 part with the sacred manusceript, to deposit in the archives of the Clareh, but the visit was not crowned with suc- It hus beenin nis custody nearly tifty years. and he declared bis Intention ol hblding it uutil the proper time arrives for its surrender tu those entitled to receve The Richmoud Consrroator su; white refusing to surren- der the manuscript, he willingly produced and exinbited it to hisvisitors, ‘Theyunhesitati pronounced it the oriminal copv of the B Mormon, Elder PrRATT being faibar with the tandwritine of OLVER COWDRY. the writer. They offerea Mr. WHITMER a0y price he m sk for the yolume, but, finding b re lety him, with the request that be continue to take oo care of it, su that the Church mieht receive it at the proper time. The Comervator states that *The buok is in a splindid state of preservation; the iuk as bright as if written yesterday: und it is fuscribed on farse paper, unruled, 0 a small land, ciearly written close to the edges, top and bot:ow, making over 500 pages.” ————— As to that revision of the revised laws by ex- Senator BOUTWELL, the lawyers witl be intel esied in knowing that tne proof-sheets of the last portion of it have been read, and the work wiil shortly be ready for distribution. A Wash: ington correspondent says that an erroneous - Bression prevails respecting the character of this book. It does nut emnody anv new laws enacted since the Revised Statutes were com- piled, nor is rhe original codification disturved turcher tuan adding to the proper sections wl specific amendments that have veen made there- to up to the end of the Fortv-fourth Cong:es: 1hemost prominent features ot Mr. BorTs work ure a greatly-improved index and v marginal notes re: of the courts. Conere: st s wrdered the printing ot 15,000 covies of the new volume. About 5,000 copies are for gratuitous distribution amon the several devariments of the Government. ¢ residue are to be sold by the Secretary of State at an increase of 10 per ¢ent over and above the cost of the paper, press-work, and bindin. Provision was also made to print 5,000 copies additional whenever the first edition of 15,080 copies becotnes ex- nausted. ssion, e — The General Unitarian Conference held re- cently at Saratoza ameeting of very g interest to the members of that aenomination, and was largelv attended by delezates from the ditfcrent States, and others interes in the spread of what are called *liberal ™ ideas. Many disunguishied preachers and lavmen were pres- ent, and took ap active vart in the proceedives. The most notable feature of toe occasion was the reauing of a ledrned and exhanstive e the “New ‘Taeolozy ™ by the Re N CLARKE, the author of, **Tup Greut Kgis- 10as,” and other relizious books with wolen the Unitarfun reader is familiar. Tac cssay was a plea for the living trotn—for trutn which will feed the = soul, and make Gop, Eternity, Duty, Heaven, as real and old as the ontward universe. This cssav Grew out a very spirited asscussion, tae Rev. W. i TON, ex-President ML, of Harvard; the Res, E. I, HALL, of Worcester: and the Rev. 8. R Carnrop, ul. Srracuse. Amongz the notables present during the session of the Convention were RALPE WALDO EMERSON and his daugh. ter. —e— Mine. Axxa Bisuor, the veteran of the Iyrie stage, has been interviewed by a reoresentative of the New York Herad. 1t appeurs from the . interview that she made her first appearance i London in 1339 ata concert in which Garcra, PERsIANT, RupiNg TSyBURINIG, MArio, and LABLACUE (not one of whom is known to tie present generation), also sang. She opened ‘Tripler Hall in New Yorkand reoted it 1o » Baesey for JEXNY LIND'S appearance. She introduced Italian opera inco Russia during the reign ol Nicuoras; visited Italy in 1313, and was the successor of MALIBRAN at the San Carlos in Naples; came to Americain 1547 rave opera in San Francisco that year; n 180 supg wnh the Doston Hondel and Haydo Society; was in the Sunawich Islands in 13%; gave concerts in Manila in 1367, and at Cape- town, Africa, in 1S She has beeu round the world twice, aud half round. it azain, and 9 now going home to England to settle down aad give lessons fn singiug! - _— We believe it Is the unlversel testimony of + .| busicess men in Chicazothat trade in nearly” every department i3 rapialy reviving. The New York papers sag that the fall trade in that city” is erowi continually more hopetul, moving foward with satisiactory results, and ming promise of culminatinz in a revival throughous the country. Tue scaboard cities are in the midst of a very active and prosperous trade, and the reports from the inland distributing poiots are of the most giatifying character. Allthe dry-zoods jobbers in New York are busy, and »oods are boughe apd soid withi a confidence that is a sure indication ot a healthf state of - commercial affairs. Commission sgents are . constantly in receipt of duplicate orders from out-of-Lown merchants. who regort a better trade than they had anticipated. 2 e —— The St. Lonis Republican says that either the - Democrats will be in the majority in the next Wisconsin Legislature, or the Greenbackers will hold the balance of power, and “in all probability unite and clect ex-Scator Jawes R. DooLiTTLE, Who represented the State twelve years, ond whose preseace once more fo the Senate would be a eredit to Wisconsin and the Democratic party.” A joke worth two of that§5 the fact that the Republicans propose to carry a majorily of the next Lesislatare, and will eleet a good Republican to the Unitel States Seoate. ——— «If the Chicaro soldier-boys,” savs the 3t Louis /epubiican, * come down here again and try couclusions with the Chickasaws to seitle the point ul superiority: more satisfactorily, thev will get a rousing welcome; but it the Cheazo life-saving brigade will come ulso and tre their hands again avaivst our powpiers, the Lepubii- . earn will prpnise not to say a hard word agaiost Chicago for a week.” Tae * hard ” things you sav avout Chicaxo donot hurt bad enough to make it pay us to buy you oll. Did you ever try to wet a duck by throwing water on it ——— : These who are opposed to club-life will find ' some redeeming features in the enterrainments recently given in Chicago for the benefit of the vellow-fever suilerers under club ausoices. The Owl Club started out with a Sunday-pight coo- cert, strictly sacred in character, that yiekkd 2,011 to the wood cause.. aund the Chicaxo Clud followed with a dramatie wmatinee that has con- crivgted, we understand, some 0 more. Next! 4 —— Miss EMMA ABSOTT made her lonz-expected ! debut in New York in Enelisn opera a3 Mar ast” tast Monday. Tue Heald yuerite in ** F: savs it was a ont at the ent success. Sbe was - el act, and reveved - & Awnorr is 3 Wiscousin lady,where nany sdwmirers who will rejoice at ber Mrs. Jsxrs, who thournt Bes BUTnEr “per fovty] ia in his clee usetts and G e e = e The Oshkosh Nogthuestern savs that the hon- Milwaukee District ionals when they £r for Congress. A jed with Masiomy, ked hard woney in German, while te A soft-money in Enelish. ——— edest things that we have yeb heard oiis the ofler of Marviy Boveg todogate adozen of his Anti-Cavital Punishinert books for the benefit of the vellow-fever suiferers. Ad- witting that the fever 15 buth epidemie aod contagious, it isn't half as bad as Bovee's book. S i o “Dang it said une Democrut to another yesterday. *if all our pavers hadu't called BrT- , it would have been LER ‘The Beast? so m Moral: Dow't eall. r to suapport hin names. — v The BUTLCR crowded adopted KEARNER'S: adviceatWorcester. They “corraled the damned * raseals and then ground em.” The sandlot orator was of some service to BCTLER, afer all- . s . It remains to be seen whetter MATT CARPES- TER gobbles the Democratie pasty of Wisconsily as Bex BUTLER. whum Marr admires and imb tates, has the Democrats of Mussachusctts- PEECU— Jonx STEvENS. of Neenah, Wis., offers 1,000 barrels of flour to the yellow-fever sufferess ¢ provided the Stateof Mi: poi will punish the murderers of the CRIs0LM fawmiiy. There is probablv no truth in the rumor that Srtrivg Bepnn fntends to visit Massa:busefts cchies in the futerest of Gov. BES® and mak Janus F. Beties. : 2 [ . The Demorra in Maine has.zon¢ into valuatary bapkruptey. Linbilites greth s3cts NUXE 10 nouthilyg—uut cuowizia 10 Y H401 iegal i & 5. r———— 1f the Democratie party in Massachusetts h” X realiy sold out to Brruer and meends 10 &% tp bitstuess, it ougat to e dowa its 310