Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 17, 1878, Page 4

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RED CROSS OF Lun%flthfil-filfllll; ‘Rendezvous Saturcay, 23d inst., - Fp: for wor : TSP o ST TN CXnR, 3L D.. Soveregn: H. 8. AUSTIN, Lecorder. B . CHICAGO CHAPTEE. NU. 137, R —Regular %mgmngxlgfl)"%flnn@;fir evening, ), at 7:30. 2. A. Dej N s ainary T £ P.TODEY.IL.P. M. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1678. In New York, on Saturday, greenbacks continued steady at 993 cenis on the dollar: The yellow-fever report for the week shows a gratifying decrease in the number of cages at all the infected points. ‘WapperL, who was defeated for Congress in North Carolina, has set up s novel plea for a new electioni. He says that his father died ‘a few days before the ¢lection, and that many Democrats geratched his ticket under the supposition that he wss the one who had died. i In_appointing a Greck, CarsTHEODORI- Pasha, President of a Commission to apply the programme of reforms in Roumelis, the Porto has singularly enough consulted for once the interests of the people; the greater part of the inhabitants of that district being Greeks. .The Treasury Departmenthas inaugurated, and will hereafter continue, the practice cof purchesing gold bullion with greenbacksy A considerable quantity was purchased at Denver last week, which was shipped East through themails. Deslingsare had direcily with the miners. The cross-examination of “oons, one of the defendants in the Protection Life case, brought out yesterdsy s strong supposition that in his examination of the Company in 1877 he certainly displayed an amount of carelessness, if nothing worse, which shonld entitle him to take a back seat hereafter as an investigator. To a correspondent inquiring as to his Southern policy, President Hayes is reported to have said that his views hod not changed towards the South since his last message to Congress. In that nddress he declared that it should be the fixed and unalterable deter- mination of Government to protect the col- ored racé in all its rights and privileges. He also emphatically added that he would use all his authority to that end. Is this reaffir- mation explicit enongh ? Tributes to popular singers in this coun- try usuzlly take the shape of some device in floral architecture. It is seldom that onr prima donuas are treated to even as substan- tial presents as diamonds, which are seid to rain upon the operatic stage in Russia. It may, therefore, be noted as an cxceptional circomstance that Mlle. Lrrra, who made her debat in Chicago vesterday evening, has been complimented by the citizens of her native place, Bloomington, IlL, with a gift o a’house and lot for the use of her mother, who is still a resident of that enterprising city. The re-elecled inflation members of the present House of Representatives are coming back to Washington with fleas in their ears, in the shape of largely-decreased majorities. Their walk and conversation has somewhat changed since the popular uprising snd fiat downfalling of Nov. 5, and where they once shouted for greenbacks they now whisper modestly in favor of letting resumption take its course. Brorvem, of Missouri, one of the most blatant of the * Softs ™ last winter, is now as tame as the suckling lamb, being convinced that the people and himself wero a little at variance. Political difficulties n Florida generally begin in Alachua County: - Yesterday the Supreme Court was called together to act upon & petition for a mandamus compelling the Alachua Canvassing Beard to make a canvass of all the returns of the county, three precincis having been thrown out. It is claimed that Bis- BEE, Republican candidate for Congress, votes were counted. As it is, Hory, the Demo- cratic candidate, has been declared elected. The Democratic tricksters, however, may not be able to carry their point, with all their ‘bulldozing and their previously-earned repu- would have a majority if these tation as candidate-lillers, There was a rumor Festerday of another vroposed cremation at the furnace of Dr. Le- AoryE, near Dittsburg. A party by the name of Syrre caused a telegram to be sent. to the venersble Doctor requesting him to get bis retort ready. The same person wrote n note to a New York paper giving the de- tails of the desth of Sanvm and the bequests which he had left to divers charitable jnstitntions. The. hoax was succesefal all cround, . and Sy, of Baltimore, has suc- ceeded in getting his namein the papers. £t is, perhaps; needless to add. that he is af présent not to Lo foilnd in lis nccustomed Dhonnts; but isa’ it o Jittle rough to trifld with the feelings of the crematory man i this anner ¢ After nuother week of investlgnfion the police bf Kew York have it lnst gotten npor the tracks of thé persons swho robbed the grave of A. T. Stewant, hnd two of the rés: urrectionists are said to bé ift custody. * But tHere is an aif of mystery shout the an: nouncement of the arrest which leaves mucli to the xmngmnhon COUNTY 'AFFAIRS UNDER A NEW LIGHT, Whatever thé general estimate inny be of the infiuence of public opinion of the official class, it miist be admitled that & vote of the people sometimes works wondrous chmges in the convictions of outgoing officers. The Board of County Commissioners affords an illustration of this fact just now. This Boardisas yet composed of precisely the same fmen who ‘have controlled its activns ddring the past year. It was onlya féw days ago that it appropflated the entiro tax- levy for the ¢oming year, and made arrange- ments to expend about $1,300,000 over and above' tlie interest account in méidtaining the county depbriments and iustitutions. The public was then informed that it was not possible to retreiich oné dollar, and that work on the Court-House must coine o a standstill unless the people world vote $750,- 000 in hevw bonds to go on with it. Tae Thib- use denounced this statcment as false, and mainly through its efforts the scheme for borrowing three-quarters ‘of a ‘milion dol- lars was defeated. “And now a majority of this same County Board discover that they were wrong, and' that it possxblo and practicable to éut down a good wmany items of gencral expense. So far the action of the Bourd, which has been under Demo- cratic control,; has been directed toward a reduction in. those departments which will be filled for the next term by Republicans. Just before election, for insihnce, it was contended that the priseners in the jail could not be fed for less !an 35 centsa day. The Democratic candidate for Sheriff was defeated and. the TRépublican elected, and now the Bosrd has new light upon the sub- ject, and contend that the it Sherilf ought to provide better food and moraof itak 23 cents & dsy. . This -will make a difference of from £10,000to $12,000 a year in a ‘single item. It County Board sincz clection that Bailifis can gét on with $1,000 who' foriiérly reqaired £1,200 a yesr, and the pay of janitors, watch- men, and various other employes has like- wise been reduced.. The sum of $6,000 was saved at a single sitroke by wiping out the Atlas Departent. One attorney was dis- pensed with altégethér, and the compensa- tion of the regular County Atioiney was re- duced from £5,000 to £3,000 a year. It obviously makes a good deal of difference whose horseis curred. There will be no objection on the Republican side to any ré- trenchments. which do not. impair .the efficiency of the service. It may be that the new Board will be colled upon to readjust some cf -the.reductions so as to counternct partisan malignity ; but, if the present Board bas not left a legacy of too mmeh floating debt, we have no doubt that such retrench- ments mey be made in the general expensés: s will "leave iohey from the tax-levy for. work on flie Court-House. In that case, Tae Trmose may fairly congratulate itself on having’saved $750,000 to the taxpayers of Cook County. SUFFRAGE AGAIR. To the Fiditor of Tk Tibune. Cmicsgo, Nov. 13.—I have en a reader of your paper since it earlicst publication. and have for the most parc been in accord with its treatment of all fnbjects of geheral interest. and 1 feel that I have been in a measuré inflaenced theréby. In its views of governmental poiicy its perspicacity has been hiarked you may understand my chazrin after reading. of the indefensible doctring of univ —the very root of our political evils. ecn my theory that oae favoring this evstem must ¢ither-be unsound or insincere. There is one word in our vernacular hat fully characterizes it—the word smiv. I sever in all my life nave beard any iood reason for its embodiment in any system of ‘government; on the contrary, the objections are 5o numerons and £0 obvioud tnat I consider it a waste of time fo pive utterance Lo them, a8 they mustbe patent 1o any mind of ordinarr intellizérice. Now, as yon have 2 mind of more thau ordinary intellizence, 1 pro- nounce vou insincere: and cannot divine -tne mo- tive which promoted Sou to enunciato such non- sensc. ST the great Gierman ‘thinker and philosonher, says that Rtepublics ferzl- do¥n, 2ot upwards, and cites ts’ conntry- and Swi 26 examples. We have no statesmen deserving the name, and o gentlemen, Thenks to uaivérsal suffragel “The writer of fhe above did: o havo the ¢outage to sign his name toit. .~ In accord- ance with our usual practice it should have gone into the waste-basket. Bat we think it proper to make an exception in this case, because the subject is important, There are many superficial thinkers and haif-educated persons in this country who hold to the snme opinions sbout manhood suffrage - that “XNemo” advances. The objections to manhood suffrage will all be met in a straightforward way by con- sidering what other kind of suffrage is more precticable. Stppose that emo ™ were appointed to draw up a Constitution’ for this country. We cannot believe that, with ‘his claims to intelligence, and in' this period of the world's history, he would propose to teke the ballot away from the people” alto- gether. He would have fo sgree to sowme qualification of the sufirage, so that only the people suitably fitted to vote should have the right of suffrage. What qualification would he propose? Would it be a property quali- fication? If so, what amount gf property? Where shell the line be drawn? ' Shall the suf- frage be taxen away from the poorer classes who now enjoy it? If so, who will doit? If the man who owned, say, $1,000 worth of property should be permitted to vote, and tho man who owned §990 worth -should not be, the arbitrary and indefensible nature of the proposed restriction would ot once appear. All restrictions based on a specific or minimnm property qualification are arbitrary and not founded in reason or right, and their nseful- ness is more apparent than real. Thera are 89 good citizens to be found among the poor as among the rich classes, among men worth less than a given sum as well as among men worth more than a certain amount. Corrup- tion in politics requires a corrupter as well a5 a corruptee; and we have yet to learn that the disposition to sell votes in this country is any stronger than the disposition to buy them. If eveiy voter had $10,000 worth of property, votes wonld still, in ex- ceptionnl cases, be improperly mfluenced_ The only differance would be that the mar- ket prico would rise, and corruption woald be confined more exclusively than it is at present to legislative bodies. Brvsaury MANEO Fraxry disposed of this whole phase of the subject when he said that if a man with only a jackass for property were permitted to vote, while & xan without a jackass were ‘prohibited from voting, it would be the jackass that voted, and not the owner of it. ‘The second restriction of the suffrage com- monly proposed is that which' wonld be caused by an edncationsl qualification. . The practical objections to this are as strong as, to the other, and of a siciilar kind. It is Las also - flashed upon the - money than the jmpossible to Loy much educxtiont ‘would e required for the purpose of waking 2 men.eompetent to vote;or to-shut out all below the higl standard which might Lé concéived of as Suilicient. Scholars are ot the only persons who have the right to be in politics, inasmuch as they ars not the only oues who liava interests to be protected and pdlitical @uties to perform. The simple ebility.to rend and write, it is now generally admitted, is practically no safeguerd ogainst corrupt voting at all. A large majority of tie inmates of our jails, penitentiarics, and reformatory mstllutmns can read, write, and cipher, In too nany cases, it seems doubt- ful whether the greattruth that ** Knowledge is power ” should not be interpretéd to mean “power to dupe the ignorant.” Thero is ho docttiné ‘which has been inore thoroughly shattered of late years thau that Lknowledge, in itself considered; promotes n high degreo of morality. The pulpit has ddne much to destroy this docbrme, and it has been assisted by the ex- ‘mple of ien Mustrious for their mentsl at- tainments who linve been convieted of mir- der, forgery, ballot-box stuffing, embezzle- ment, blackmailing, confidence garmes, and ““jrregularities ” in accounts. ~ We shall have to dismiss a5 untenable the proposition for an educational qualification. Shail those now in enjoyment of the ballot Wwho fall bBelow some ideal and arbitrary standerd of literacy be deprived of their right of sulfrage? . Who will wrest the fran- chise from them? Who will bell this cat? Is “Nemo ” the monss to underiako the job? Thére remtin the religiotis, racé; ahd' color tests and qualifications. DBut these are ‘so foreign atid abhorrent to noderh ideds and convictions that they need not éven be discussed. . The ones of it. Having inquired” hat the interests of Government afe, lek us ask what are the interests of the people. The advocates of o restricted snffrnge séom to have forgotten thet the Government .derives its [iowérs from the i:ccplc. It hns no sepa- fnth or superior existence. Its purposo is the benéfit of all those governed,—the rich and the poor; the learned and the igno- fant; alike. TItis a self-evident truth that all the people have an interest in clioosing the Government whose laws. all .are to obey. The meanest man 1s subject to the eall of Government in time of war, and is taxed, directly or indirectly, in time of peace. The meanest man, therefore, has the right, within constitutional limits, to a voice in deciding wiat sball be the character of the Govers- ment under which heis tolive. ., | / "The @rift of all responsible European: Gov- éroments i$ in the direction of ubiverssl suffrage: © Germany, France, Switzerland, Holland, and Bolgium have already reached it; England, Austris, Italy, Spain, and the Scandinavian nations are fast approaching it. England has slmost reached it, and even the dcspotic Governmént of Russia is making progress in the same direction. The Govern- ment of the Unitedl States is too firmly settled on the principle of manhood representation to think of going backward when the world is going ‘forward. The Republican party, moreover, is too felly committed by the en- franchisement of the colored race to mat- liood suffrage to dream of abandoningit, or withdrawing that protection from thew. Thers is no raason, finally, why the principla should be abandoned. The real danger is, not that tlie illiterate or poor will plunder the rich, but that the votes of tlhie masses will be controilled by corrupt cliques and suto- cratic bodies of men of superior position dnd sharpness, es formerly in France and now 1n thie South, so that the liberties of the people will be endangered. The best provision against this result is not the limitation of the suffrage,—for atiy such limitation must neces- serily include among the votersthe ambitious and corrupt inen whose influence is most to “be feated. ' If we would "gusrd the people against the arts of thedemagogues, we should elavate the people through the schools, the churches, and the press. When thisis done, the arts of the demagogues will be, for the most part, unsuceessful, because the people will comprehend and defeat them. THE UNITED STATE3 GRAND JURY, AND THE NEW CUSTOM-HOUSE. The United States Grand Jury have ad- journed over till Monday without making their veport; but it is pretty certain that they will bring in such indietmants as will sccire a thorough judicial investigation of the al- leged frauds in the construction of the Chi- cigo Custon-House. There is little doubt that the principal persons who have been charged with complicity or ‘neglect as Gov- eroment contractors and officials will have an opportunity of establishing their innocence, or wili be iade to suffer a proper penalty for their guilt, though some of the guilty may escape through the disteputable im- munity secured by the stetute of limitations. It has been stated with o good deal of posi- tiveness that indictments will bs returned against some of the persons connected with the consttuction of the Custom-House build- ing. ‘Without prejudics to any one, it is proper to commend the Grand Jury’s probable action as o movement in the right direction. The work on the Chicego Custom-Fonse hes dragged along for years at an exormous cost to the Government. The people of -Chicago bad long suspected bad management,’ and perhaps unfeir dealings, in the work. The investigation made by Collector Saurm and Assistant District-Attorney Tromsox -+ re- vealed circumstances that strongly confirmed this suspicion, and since then there has beon a popular demand for a judicial inquiry into the alleged frauds, and the punishment of thoss who should -be proved to have been implicated. The Chicago newspapers have been unsparing in their condemnation of - the County Commissioners- and contractors for the exfravagance and jobbery in the con- struction of the Court-House ;. and yet it must be admitted that the county building makes o better showing on coasidernbly less Government -bnuilding. This general ‘impression, witliout secking for .details, is a sufficient warrant for the saspicion of frand and neglect that attaches to the Custom-House work. It-is.only upon testimony before Court ‘ond jury that the responsibility for the Custom-House extravagance ean be prop- erly distributed, and a fair trial of the case will be as gratifying to any innocent person who may be indicted as it will be disagree- able to those who are conscious of guilty participation or calpable negligence. It is understood that the conclusions renched by Messrs. Surra and . Taoxsoy will form- the basis of the several indict- ments. 'l'hny include the charge of making fraudulent contracts ; -ignoring the specifica- tions ‘of the Adrutnsemen!s; the acceptance of defective'stone;.the expenditurs of the 10 per tent reserve fuud which should. !mve been withheld to protect the Gu\emment from violation of cohtract; nnd the extravs. satwing bid haulibg contracts, as well as thet \i’hieh gave the contraclor 15 per cent on all moneys. paid out., for Iabor. At the time Assistant District-Attor- rey Troxsox made his report, Tue Trim- USE exposed very fully the abuses that had beenpmnhcod f:edar thesé vhrions contracts. If 1ndictments be found it will becomc the duty of Court and jury to fix the responsibil- ity " for these . abiises where it properly belongs. There is ieason to believe that the proceedings of the United States Cotirt " will uot nfford 50 casy an cseape as the State Courts afforded to the indicted Coanty Commissioners and their nssocintes; nud, if therehavebegii the fraudand sinmll‘mv which the circimstances of the ease have led the pnbhc to suspéet, it is to bé Loped that Chi- cagzo will set a precedent for punishing inen who have come to think that it is no crime to rob the Gevernment: e s THE SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST. The recent Conference held in New York to adopt such action as would. make the be- licf in the secound coming of Ommist a living and retive faith, was remarkeble not only for, the zenl of those participating in it; but nlso’ because of the ability and cminence in church affairs of several of the lending ad-. vocates of the doctrine. The term ““Sccond Adventists” has* long been familior as descnbmg those believing in the commg of Crrmst. The expéctation of the second ad- veit of the Savior has always prevailed to some extent among the Christians, and it Was most gencral dunug the early centuriés: of the Church. ‘Thera is, however, & wide difference of opinion, or belief, nmong Sec-, ond Adventists s to the probeble time, and other details. There have always been, es- pecinlly during the prescnt century, those who have undettuken to figure out from prophecy the exact dsy on which the event would take place. It has bden biit'a feiv years since a_congregation of devout Chris- tinns in this city worked themselves up to a’ Delief that at 5 o'clock in the afternoon of a dey in April, the heavens would openand receive the faithful. In prepatation for the event, they disposed of their property, aban- doned all occupation, and impatiently waited for the horn. The celéulation of:the time was considerced exact, neverfheless a mariin was left, Which, however, did not estend be-" yond - xmdm'-‘_xt By n remarkiblo coinci- dence there occurred, late in the afternoon, a thunder-storm, followed by a peculiaily Iurid light, which circumstances wera accept- edas tho immediate forerunnersof .the cud by the excited, anxious worshipers. At mideight the people were overwhelmed with disappointment, but even for hours after many did not abandon their faith in thu prophecy. The Sccond Adventists 2re mainly divided into two classes—the Pre-Millennialists and thePost-ADllenninlists. The first believe that Carist will mike Himself visible to His snints,—the living and those who died in Caeist,—and that Ha will gather them to Himself and bear them to their home 1n Heaven. Those who held the recent Confer- eirce in New York aro of this faith. A like Conference was leld i in Dondon during last winter. In the call mntmg the attendance of all belicvers to the New York meeting its object and aim wera thus set fort Now. while castin no word of repronca npon those who miy differ from us. we cannor be insen- Eil)le to the fact that there been a ead decline in ofir times from {he clear, vivid, arsent faith of the carly Church fh rezard to this doctrine. miny Ulirietians have teen taught to think of the coming uf Cutntstus equivalent to thiir own death; othens rezurd it s synfnymous with the gradual ditfusion of Christianity.- Mans, satisfled. with this present world, huve lutle desiré for the feturn of the absent Lord; while:hero and there ure those who boidlv $pcak of such an eventas onlya **fas- cinating dreaw, " destined nuver to be realized. But while we Itment all this, and can but reward it as analarming symptom of the present state of limon, it i+ an'uccaston for - the profoundest grai tude that there hns witnm the last fow years been such a powerfu! and \.lde“prl.ml fevival of this ancient faitn. Ewinent men of tlxe Presbylenn.u Bnp~ tist, Methodist, Congregational, Dutch Re- formed, and Reformed Episcopal Churches were appointed to read papers on the gub- ject at the Conference. Aauy divines from sbroad were invited and attended. Among the letters from those unable to be present was one from the Rev. Tmomas H. Vaix, Bishop of Kansas, ‘who thus expleins his £aith on the subject : The- great prineibleswhich I accept. are that Cunest will come, that He Wwill conté in the samé form ani 1n the like manner m which He ascended; that ilis feet will stand npon Mount Ulivet; tiat the remnant of Israel shall be eathered into taeir old land of Palestine, where the hlindness shall be taken from taem, and they will acknowledee Messiah, ours and !m.lN. uand become the. great eachers of the Cirrst; that when, e comes e will judge (L. c., fule or povern) amons the na- tions, and this will ba the witlennial perioa, whether of 1,000 years, s we coun: time, or 360 tines that périod, counting cich_day fora year; that ac His coming there will he 2 first resirrection of the just, who will eajoy Ilis smfrtnal kingdom during the mlllennml od;-tnat after this thers will be 8 xeison when Satan shall agnin exert his at the end “of’ which season the second und the final judenieat or dec ies of individuals will.be holden, and the world shall pase away, aud time shall be 10 ntoré, and eternity will be entered upon by all, Dr, Giay, Dean of Cambridge, Massachu- sotts, in his letier, holds fo the pre.millen- nial advent of our Lord as ths only natural and honest interprotation of the Scripture, and this interpretation he embodies in the following scheme : First—This Churchperiod, Intercalated between the rejection and deceptaace of tne Kingdom, cnds with the ever-1inmineit appearing of CHRsT, W hen will oceur tiie rapture of the Churca. Second—Then cnsues the st week of Daniel, whosé events are also set forth in fhe Agocalypse from Chzp. iv. During this week ocear the seturn and restoration of tac plons , the rise and subsequent wickedness “of Antichrist In the re- stored Roman Ewmpire, the greau trivniation which ends witly, (—The comink of Cumier with his saints; s ensue iz victary over Aniicheist; the con- version lo Him of restored Isracl; the' retdrn of the rest of Istdel; the oatpouring of tho Spirhl upon all fiesh iif connection with the munistry of thig beliesin Istael; the millennium. Gurng which Jertisalem ehall bo the Joy of the whole carth, over :fll:li;:‘h the Lord, the Son of Davip, shall'rule in Fourth—At the end of the millenmum the oui- break of sin nzain; the inal victory: the ju ment; *new carth, wherem dielleth eousncs Dr. 'Sturceoy wrote that he believed in the personal coming of Cmist, but was not a star-gazer. He said: T cannat write about the second advent save only that 1 louk for the Loril to come in like manner a3 He went awa in person, . OF the day and the honr 1k nothing, l dlerc o wait i ever 1 have tnorc lizht 1 will Spréadit, bit at pres: cnt ! look for the Lord to. come, - but. [ kuow ot . Per contra, tho Post-Millennial Adventists believe that mankind is to be Lrought to a perfect state, which will' coustitute the mil- lennial period, daring which Canst will have a spiritual reign of 1,000 years, after which He will come in person, and what is known £s general judgment for the living and the dead will follow. There are, however, other thuones hch] by devout believers in the Second "Advent. Among these ara those who. clann that the destruction of Jernsalem by thie Romans in the year 70 marked the second coming, which was spiritual and not visible, Othess claim that the seccond coming is pnmly spiritual, and that CaERIST's second coming is to every one of the faithful at the hour of deutb. Others believe that the second coming is a matter which is capable of being foretold to a dny if theexact meaning of t5a prophecies were l.unwn- hence the repeatéd prédictions fixing » precise date, Perhaps the most re- gont. and uscless expenditures under thé l nvmi:nble of all these prodictions, mclmlmd I this new those of Dr.. Cm.;\!x\us, was thint 6f WiLLit Mrczer. Ho lad beoii a mevigator, and at Inst undertook to caleulate the time when; according to propheey, the world was to end. In due time. he figured out his calcuigtion, ahd placed the date on April 24, 1813, His chronology was claborate. He deduced from prophecy, first, that the length of the world was to be 6,000 years. This brought him 1d 1543; sccond, {hat Pagan Rome was to Inst 666 years, aud Papal Rome 1,200 years; thus, Pogan Romo began 158" jears B. C.; Pagan Rome ended A. D. 308; Papal Rome lasted for and ended 1,290 years after; but this period he in- ‘terpreted as meanihg, nccording to DANIEL, the “thotisand three hundréd awd thirty days,” which ke put down 4s 1,335 years, to follow the ehd of Pagan Rome in 508, mak- inga tolal of 1,843, which he dmmed Wis the end of the wor}d’a existence. During the time intervening bétween the publication of these predictions and the time fixed, MiLLER had & grand and éontinued revival; dod had thousands of followers. His prenchmg pro- dnced, & widely-extended extitement. Out of that teaching, which was {lieii called Millerism; there.grew - church organiza-' tion, called the Second Adventists, which has grown into 4 large body, baving its churches in all patts of the Union, and alsd -its: alliances with similar organizations in Eu- fope. It is perhuent to add, that, théugh the seeond cowing of Cunist was strongly expected by the eazly Christians, the Roman Catholic Church hes rejected the teachings on that subject, holding simply to. the doc- tring expressed in thé Apostles’ Creed, that Cinst, ofter his crucifision and decth, rose on the third dity, nscendéd to Heave, and “citteth ot the right hand of God the Tather, whenes He sheil come to judge the living und the dead WOMAN AS INVENTOR. Tovention is thé order of the dny. Ex- plarers in the &bstract sciendés, students in physiology and biology, metaphysicians, pub- licists, and economists must stand aside for the time being to mnfi:e room for the prac- tical fellows who are n(flmug the researches of others, and who propose. to_increase the comforts and conveniences of mundane ex- isteuce, and at the same time reduce the cost thercof. The little Village of Highland Park, near this city, bas just been the scene of a testimonial to one of its residents; in which men of gréat attnimneats and high' positions joined in a tribute to the genius there which originnted the iden of the tele- phone. Mr. Gray, living, modestly ina Western , hamlet, has not failed to receive his share of the honors paid to the invention cf tho littlo instriment which enables people to talk with o ahother at & distance of miles iwith as much egSe and satisfaction as if tliey wero side by side. Mr. Episo¥ is regarded as one of {he most remarkable men of the century, and the promisa of what he may yet cccomplish enters upon tlic domain of romance, the Arabian Nights tales tams by tompari- son, _Tlm wildest schemeés now arrest public attention. People a are prepared to put faith in almost anything in the skape of machin- ery, and high honors.and rich rewards await successful invention in nlmost overy direc tion. ces, that women, and especially the American wonieh, should enter the ficld and claim a share of tho laurels. The opportunity is larger, and the prospect of suceess more se- ducing, than the somewhat empty privilege of standing in s line of ronghs on a rainy. dey aud voting with a minority. Miss Har- vier Mosuer, already famoys as a sculptor, has taken tlie Iéad in this new field for wom- en. Recent forcigh corréspondence has given a description of some of her projects. las sctually invented s bit of machinery whiéh enibles piano-players, orchestral musi- cians,and conductors to turn the leavesof their music without interruption. This will bé a Dblessing to audionces as well as mnisicians, though 1Miss Hosuer regards it as a trifla, © She has also "ihvented a process for transforming common limestone into marble. Thete have-bedn fepeated: experiments with the purpose of accomplishing this, on the theory that marble is only iimestone a little % better cooked " in the molten state of our planet. Miss HosaEt has procééded upon the same theory ;- but, instead of using the dry heat of o furnade to do the cooking, she has subjected tho limestone to steam pres- sure, supplyiiig moisture and facilitating n rearrangement of the crystals. DBut even this improvement on Nature is regarded of secondnry importance by the ambitious seniptress,who has also invented a new proe- ess of .modeling with plaster of Paris and white wax, which 'is said to be a great jm- provement upon workihg with clay. But Miss Hosyen's chef d’eutre is the alleged in- véntion of a new motor. ' The secret is not yet .revealed, but a machine of four-horse power isnow in process of construction. The ainouncement that the néw motive power is produced by the application of & * permanent magnet” to the wmachinery will excite con- siderable incredulity, because it partakes.of the delusion of perpetunl motion, which has wracked the lives of so mauy enthusiasts. Nevertheless, Miss Hosuer claims, and her friends confirm the statement, that she has convinced practical machinists and scientific meu that her invention accomplishes what they all pronounced impossible before they saw it work, Whatever the outcome of Miss Hosurn's new motor may be, she cerlainly starts out with ono essentinl condition of the true in- veuntor, for her claim to originating the new magnet is already dispnted. Oue J. Lixtox Oraraay, also an artist, and tcmpornnly in New XQrL says that he is the real mvcntor. and that the only rights Miss Hosxer has in the machine were acquired by her advancing a.5um of money for the purpose of enabling him to pursuo the.nebessary experiments and for completing thé- necessary models. To this some of Miss Hosyer's friends in New York' reply that thej Lnow of their own kuowledge that the Iady has been at work on this idea for years, and that she merely em- ployed Mr. Cmararay to go to London to superintend the consirnction of the first machine, becanse she found that, while he wasn't very busily engaged in art-work, he was 8 good business mau, and might be of materiel nssistaaca to her. Ia any disputs thet may arise 03 to the cradit of originality Aliss Hosyer wili find nu advantage in her sex, and gallantry will come to lier rescae, —the strong-minded,women to the fionlmry notwithstanding., Before going very deeply into this collateral issue, howaver, it may be as well to wait till the * permanent magaat » shell demonstrate its own practical operation; the public have unb yet forgauen the lu:zu:t motor. Miss Hosxer's progress in the work of in- vention naturally suggests a now opering fot women of bmms, energy; andattninmants, Thers are some’ chnr.xc ristics of fermining zatase - thab are liarly adapted to and mokes She- field. Women pussosu in- genitity, faith, phtience, enihlx'amce in o remariable all these. qualities nre of service in the work of inventioh. Educational opportanities exe how open to onie-séx on almost equal térms with the other, so {hat womexr necd be “at no disadvantage in the way cf attaizmentd There is a womanly faculty of abstraction which ean be made to do good service. A mater-fumilina cin revolve the hiost intriesté probletits of domestic lifo whileshe is knit- ting s stocking of mxudmg the cluldreh. Why shotld she not bé able to devote herself to problems of invention with ejual acility and under equally distressing circumstances ? The ingenuity which econstructs a new bon- tict ot of an old ote, and makes & five- dollar bill go futher tiian five times as much in the hands of a man, ought to be eqmuy fettile when npplied fo mxclunc-y. Women have attaitied the front rank in art, as in: stance Miss Hosxer berself and Rosa Boy- nEus; in Hction, like Geonce Erér; in po- etry, hke Alrs. Browsmsg ; in biography and philosophy, like 3liss Manfivesv; and in science, like Mrs. SoxemviLLe,—Why not in invention? 0 THE DECORATIVE-ART LOAW EXHIBITION, - The Decorntive Art Scciety of Cliieago was forwed, if we understand its purpose correctly, primarily to assist a humber of de- serviig women wiio tiiake thié sle of small articles of household adorntent a means of livelihood, and, secondriiy, to educate and satisfy the tuste of wehltlier people for benutifdl things: It will not be disputed thidit both these ends are worthy. Nor will it be disputéd by those who are familiar with the woik of the Society since its organize- tion that it has dbne a good déal to réalize its aims. It has been so successful; indeed, that, it has now undertaken @ largcer enterprise thon before. This is 4 loan eXinbition of the most noteworthy specimens of decorative art work in Chicago. The arrmngements tor the exhibition are already well under way, and it will open in the vacant building Na. 65 Washington street on the evening of the 21st inst, The exhibition will not be confined, it should be uuderstood, solely to decorative art work. There will be some notable paint- ings on cxhibition, including a new Bdu- oueneas and Mr. Hesiy's ¢ Princess of Rouniania.” There will be also collections of ricli carpet-stufls ahd rags; an illustrative line of ceramic ware, arrnnged in the sanie suggestive way as at the Exposition two yedrs ngo, and itnder the same cble supervision ; new designs in farniture, and relics from Queen ASNE's age; fancy and skilled needle- work, old laces, beirlooms in bed-hangings and coverings, curtdins, bmcndes, historical dresses and costumnes, and evervthing clse in the depariment of honsebold art that is calculated either to pleass thia eye or stima- Iate the taste. There will be in one part of thé exhibilion a sniall foom t6 be kdown as ihe ¢ Chicago Room,” b will bo under "the charge of a promineitt architect of this city, and will be arranged as it is hoped ‘the rooms of the future in Chicago will be. In another place will be fonad the exhibition proper of the Decorative Art Sdeicty, most of the articles in which will be' made by members of the Society orits clieniele. The object of this exhibition is pestly to 5 & ‘| make ‘the Society belter knowa to the pec- It is not strange, under . theso circumstan- @ th Sapiecy badte : b ple of Chicago. For this reason the fec of edmission after the first night will be fixed at the low rate of 25 ces The price of admission on the opening night, when music will bo futnished, will be $1. After making itself known, the most earnest desire of the Society is to commend - its work to the favor of the public. It hopes to accomplish this not only by showing that homes are made beautiful by its influénce, but by illusirating the manner m which they are beautified. It hopes also to give many persons who would otherwise have no means of seeiiig the art- treasures that are contsined in a number of private houses ‘theé ‘opportunity of seeing thém. - Last and most important of all is in- tended to be the missionary work of the exhibition. If it shall encourage any lnrge part of the communily to form a higher ideal of what the home should bs, it will not have been in vain. Al these objacts sre praise- worthy, ond we nccordingly commend them and the projectors of them o thé kind ¢on- sideration and patronnge of the public. THE ' WOKAH . WHO STAYS. In our last Sunday’s issne we took ocea- sion to point- out the pressing necessity of an additional department in our schools to tench the average male being the art of go- ing . awny when he wss through, and sketched the misery of the gilded youth when ho discovered that he had staid too long, and his- subsequent difficulty in mak- ing hi escape. It has occurred to us that; in the future organization and establishment of these deprrthénts, the educational reformner should also include a department for the av- erage female being in which tuition should be directed to the same general end. At the very outset, however, it must be conceded that the task will.be n difficult one, becnuse thers is a radiea! difference in the mothis operandi. The average male being does not stay after he is through becanse lm wants to. On the other hand, Le is enger to 8o, and his whole mental “energy is devoted to 2 solution of the problem how to go. He errs in the first place through i ignorance. . He does not actually know when to go, and, as the discovery, instend of ‘being an intuition, comes to him objactively through grodually crescendo hints, it tends to duze ond stun him so that the will-power Decomes torpid. It is nll dif- ferent in the case of the avernge female be- ing. There is @ well-grounded = suspicion that she is acinated by sinister and fiendish motives. When ey drew thdt renlistic picture of Dame Aisfortune, who . comes to stay, and ‘*sits by your bed and knits,” he bit the likeness of one of this class. She comes to stay, and, mataphorically, brings Der knitting. It is ten chances to ono- that she comes just at the time when the lady of the house is about ready to start for the opera. Her appearnnce is viewed with dismay. for it brings with it the instant conviction that she will stay and stay until a lats arrival nt the opera becomes inevitable. ' She enters with the air of one who has coine.to takd possession of the house. She takes the seat Linlf offéred to lier with as much aladrity as if it were pressed upon her. The . hostess’ wrapsare in the room, but she is oblitions | of them, or, if she find it difficult to avoid them, she examines them from the stand- point of the counoisseur, nnalyzes their text- ure and style, upcculutei upon_ their ex- pense, ond thus gradually opens up an ave- nue of conversation which leads to n dissertation upon the comparative quali- ties of the clerks: at this stors and that in the inatter of handing dawn goods, ansiwering’ questions, and ecutling samples. “I'he Liostess looks ansionsly out of the win- dovw; end sees the coachman nervously puc- lhv up aad dowa the walk. This-opens up - to Wi opportunitics for a dissertation upon the ue. scasonnble weather and the catalogue of g their matual acquaintances who have colds, coughs, cutarrks, convulsions, congestions, and eatalepsy. This leads indirectly to 1y Incts concerning the latest arrived babe jp the block, and this direetly to the freshest gossip as to the enigagéments find fortheor, ing marriages of the youiig ladies of that vicinity, At this poini, the child of the house, who inas been . previously conched } in her part, barsts into tke room with the tri. umphsat declaration that the chrrings i3 waiting, and a volunteer and somewhat ime patiet cadenza to the cfiect that if they don't hurry theyshill be late. Thisisa sgfd card to play in onie respect, bat dingerous iy another. The small child is perfectly wi, ing to do it, first, because its ideas of . Jauette are chnolic, hot Yaving 6t begy ‘cmaneipated from the spontaneity of natusy into the conventionnlity of form, and; second, because, wanting to go. it sces no reason why it should not go at once. It is dflhgermr however, because the small child, as we bn,, said, having vo well-formed ideas in etiquetts, is at any moment liable to trauscend o originil instractions and volantecr. somg | startling advice of its own, which is usasity inore pertinent than polite, nud goes diréetly to the point nt issue withoui that embellish. mént of verbisge that chavacterizes its eldess, Tho hostess may be eredited with o greit deal of skill in firing this shot, but it gozs for nuthmg as compared with the skill of thg caller in avoiding it. She smply dodges it, and it passes by Ler while ske tikes ogeasi to compliment the liostess upon the godd looks £ad good health of the child. The inain assault having failed, the last hope Is goue, and the hostess Baass: up under the inflictiot with what fortitude slio can, meanvwhile hoping that the concliman pijt. side will be forgiven for his pruf'umy, and that lie will do a little irregalar English on her behalf also. If this were a mal¢ party there would be no duficnll.y The host woaid simply say : “ Glad to see you, oid felloy, but can’t stop now. Got to go to tho'spern. Core in some Sunday.” The difiénltyin the female case lies in the envirohmen! of form. How to pierce that environmeat i -af tha same time not injure the social fabird, is ‘the problem thet mush be solved. Thy cora of the probletn is the stunnitig faet that tlie stayer stays for a purpose, and wheh thy red sln.yer thinks she slays, the intended vie. tinm inrns eud passes and comes mun. Liks {he fizndish fly, itis brushed off only o re. tarn to ths same spot agdin and again. Esi. dently, in tids weery world, there is too much atteetion paid to peinting jags and batter-plates. When will the Wemw's So. dinl Selenge Assodintion of Americs ginppls with the woman who stays? It fs s pity that Mr. Wirrcrsox leld bis Courier~Joarna! and came up to Chicago ldst aveck to make a speech before that so-diled Commerdal Convention; or, rather, toputit nioré tralv; it is a pity that he made a speech at all. It will now take hini thé bulinie of the year to cofrect the errors which the Journal anll Inter-Ocean Yell Into in " regard to what he really said. - Ile sars that in the Jouraa’s comments on his little specch ‘¢ We have a fair sumolg it the Racical ‘miethod—first to find in itso¥n fiaiice false charses againdt the South, add thien, having exuded the vilest slanders, born ot unreasoning sectional hate, to set up an cquatly ‘false pretense of liberality and good- will.h Tlere folioss most of _the Journa?s article. . Hte taen goes for the L-0.-T. in true Kentueky style, ending with these caustic sentences: Becanse the South dia not welcome tne politiedl adventarers precipitated upon tertd mb her,~ becanse she did not rejoice in the arts of dis- franchisement and pilluzc which those adventurers . introduced, —she was neld ap to public odiam in the Nortk. _And now, because she refuses to seiia guch wreiches. as ANDERSoX and WELLS tu Cod- areas, the old lie, which was 3o fally exposed and vifch decent people thoaglit to be deadanil pone to the devil. wheace it orizinated, i to be warmed fi- 1o life and hurled at the Southern man who has the temerity to, visit Chicazo and the andscity zood-natured :ummmnhce: 10 2 body of applsnding business men. It is vile and most abomimble. The writer shoald go off somewbere and hide himself and blush R oo At oo Agriculturat Convention in England the other day, much discossion arose ns to the reason way American cheese was driving the English article out of the market. 1t was assutmed ot the outsct that the American marofacture ¥S5 inferior to the home-made checse, and then they worried over the fnct thiat oars soldthe best. Possibly our English friends may find upnn investizgation that thev arc mistakenre- garding the quaiity of our make, and thatitis really superior tu their own cheese. ¥ e Seeretary qm.:mus stopped a big hms-] wfin he gave the asSurdnce that be docs not intend diaw from circuiation the one-ollar abd two-dollar greenbacks. The National Banks will not be permitted to issue anything smaller aiter Jan. 1, 1870, than notes of the denomina- tioh of five doliars. But there will be 850,00~ U0 of sinsdl grecibacks, and lobs of sitvér fur changze. Oue of the most aweravating scatiménts thit we ever saw 1n print ts erecited to-the terrible Hawkeye. 1t is in these words: *The-latest conundrium; and we dun’t know who is respo- sible for it—* Which is the hardest, to kissa el feaninz from you, or vlimb a fenre leanink to Sedled proposals il be reseived il Jon. 1 from: the man who has cver tried more than one side of that mrlonnnme. e m ":r Editor oy The ‘rnhum. Citcato, Nev. 16, Wouid ron be Sind envash to mform’ one of rour cousiant resders waere Walter Il Shupe oriinated, who At prescal’ ki naiderble noise on_the su ing you will inael iuks he kiows i, We lave 16 kuowledze of his gencalomeal tree, whence he originated, or from \rbi'!ll Eroup of the sim'adic hie was evolved. ——— £ Ert PERKINS scems te have struck sontethiog that is entirely suited to the upper réister of s massive intellect. Ile was engiged, when last heard of, in trying ta expluin to an intellE zent Chinaman the miracalous couception' of the Virrin MARY. Acvording to ELV3 oD R port of tne diseussion, the * heathen Chivee” ot the best of | AT i The Cleveland Leader, in speakinz of the President’s decision to «leal with certain abuses in the South, that % The Prestdent will bave the Iiepublicans in Congress unitedly at his back,” and that there will be no more pullinZ one way at the White House, and another ¥3J in the House and Seaate. a2 Ty Speaking of the Commereinl Convention beld here last week, the Toledo Llade says: 4 larze proporiion of the delegates scemed to have axes to erind, sod the probability is thab but very little permanent good Was 2o plished.” So? : ———— Somehorw there Is a little difference notieeable fn fssuing Thankssiving broclamations tbi year. Where a State has gone Repabilcan by & larre mejority the Governor proclamates ab ouce. But, where it is thejother way, there a perceptible tarmness. e e— Gov: msnor. of Ohio, went to hear oneof TALMAGE'S red-hot sermons last Sunday. all the Democratie Governors I the countiy would zo and hear TaLMAGE occasionally thef would Le the b: ety This, from thie New York Tribune, is 200l 2tion of vesatin Subtraeting seven In addition of tux. 1 The. New Yol ol paer, couneels the xmud-dxm sers’ U side. Tae advice §§ approoriately whlre: ‘every Demoeratic piper is the touniry.”