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12 'I'HE CHiCAGO TRIBUNE THE HONORE BLOCK. TUESDAY. - JANUARY 14, I8Y=TWELVE PAGES. A : ¥ countennnced the Idea of woman's (nflu. being brought to bear upon the legal status of tho saloon, In vlew of all those facts, which sre matters of record, abundantly |)rovml by documentary evlilence, many of our leading women officlally connected with tho Woman's Natfonal Christian ‘Temperance Unfon feel tnat Injustice Is done by the one-sided (even If * oflicial ? annoincement put ftorth by a conservative President and Corre- sponding Becrotary without consultiog the Ex- eutive Committee. ‘Therefore, that the public mav not recelve an fncorrect impresston, the forezolug statements have been made h{ A Mruner oF T Ex. Cost ‘Woman's National Christian Temperanco Unlon. 3 Help the Poor. To the Editor af TAe Tridune. Cntcaco, Jan, 12.—Some weeks ago the writer tuok the lberty of calling the attention of the public to the fact that, owlng to thoune usual soverity of the winter, the inability of workingmen to obtaln emptoyment, nnd thelr previous long compulsory Idleneas, there was nnd would be great sulcrinik among the poorer classes of this city, At the same time he pro- tated, creatce mueh anxfety among the diva’s | sugzestions to the meeting, and, I response to numerous admirers (o this city. one criticism on romne remarks of his, ndmitted This morning n Graphie reporter eafled on | that he dilnot write the Bible, an:l was there- Mr. Maurice Strakosch, the well-known imore- | fore not responsibla for the facls warranted 4 and brother-In-law of the primadonna, | therein. The meoting then adjoarned, wio {s atoppinz at the Everett Tlouse. Mr The subject for dfscussion next Monday fa: Strakosch snid that ha had read the alip, but | #What Are the Elementsof Suceessful Prayer! was plenced to eay that he ddid not betieve a | and for the tollowine, week: **The Cleeum- word [t contained. % Why, said he, **if Mme. | stancea nnd Mothods Under which We Sh?v“m Patti had wet with an aecldent of Ao serfons o | Iold Protracted Mcetinzs In Our Chiuaches. natare | would certalnly have heen informed of — 1t, either by hicrsell or by my wife, who s in Fua- THIRD UNITARIAN. rope. Hesides,’ he added, ©f linve received | fpe appual mecting of the Third Unitarlan fnformagfon that Mme. Pattfhae left Berlin, aud Chureh Boclety was helil Tast evening fn the 1his to my mind Is cvidence that any fojury, it aclety . one exlais, s but trivial. The whale maifer, | lecture-toom of the chureh, corner of Monrue howaver, will be definitely settied by the arcival | and Lain streots, Mr. George N, Jackson was of the next mail from Europe. 1am not intho | chosen to preaide. Mr J. M. Wanzer, of the least alarmed.” e Board of Trustece, made & brief report of the 3 finanelal condition of the Soctaty, from which it R LIGIOUS. appeared that fts immediate flonting fadebted- T A ness wne some $230, which would accruo PRESBYTERY. to the Socfuty Feb, 1. In other words, The Chicago Presbytery lield its quarterly | there wns anflicient to pay all expenses meetiog In Room 48 McCormick Block, vurner | un to .\In\’-, and the Soclety was actually out of of Dearborn und Randolph streets yesterday debt, ns {ar as floatiog indebtecness was con- . The only otner Habllity was the inte There was a good attendunce, nearly all the | of Boston, whi-h tho Socfoty had been abun- Mider under the circumstonees, wonld betemnt- | that 1he State which attempted to ralse the cd to bid lower than he would otherslse, leay- | largest revonue, in order to meet Its enrage- ing the debtor n larger judzment ddebt to pay, | ments, simnly drove commerco from [ts ports, whilo tho debtor twould buless able to borrow | Hamliiton and Madison lahored long in tha cf- than now, beeanse nortgage sccurities would | fort to Induce the States to conveds tha power o less desirable, nnd money to be loancd would | to Congress of imposing a tarifl. But Rhode seck inore hospitable clinics. Tsland held out ta tho last against the proposed Buch a Jasr would enhance the value of stocks | nmiendment of tho Artheles in this respect; and, | Btrong Testimony from Tlon. Georee Starr s ty for investment snd depress thnt of real estate. | small as sho was, her refitenl to ratify IS was 1he I % If tho Constitation prohibits the cnactment, of | sufliient to prevent its.adoption, and 1o para- Tenar ARy a:‘““d’ Telleting: - % such a statute to affect present conteacts, the | lyze the Confoderation. The Legisiaturoof that ntic Rheumatism, makers of the Constitution ajone arv to Llame, | Htate bascd ita opposition to the amendment on hecnuse, through tho trialsand bickeringa of our | tho absurd ground that tho States through No. 8Vax Nees T colonfal life, thoy had loarned that * honesty 18 | whoto poris the forcizn merchandita would LS | nw, nunway: withmeyon ey, BTk the best polley.’ D. | imported would pay all the tax. 1amiiton, inn | dem: 'For taetas thren yeans | e bas warked won, — revort as Clinlrman of & Committes of tho Con- | #evere attacks of sciatics, ometimes oxtonding fras Buroing of the Nirminghnm Pahlic Library. | gress, made a masterly reply to the absurd oh- }",’;‘l_l:l,ll!bl'rnn:mm to my ankies, and at times in n..;‘i'. T the Lditor of The Tribune, fections of the Rhode Islanders, He foresaw, | °BSEing the time T have heen thus amicted, 11 Ci1cAQo, Jan, 18.—Tnm ‘TrinuNe this morn- | and stated clearly, whot we all now recountzon | tried almos uil the remodics recommended by i ing prints the followlng cablegram: the A B C of political cconomy, that the States | ficnand fools, hoping to ind rellef, but all praved 1y Toxuny, Jan, 18 —The ilbrary of the Tarming- | throueh whichtheforelgn merchandiscisimports | '3 havetried yarfous kinds of baths, msnipuaite na o e Trabtiate. ns Wi ngher ey | e and the merchants who pay tho dules ot | outward ‘snviicalone ot Nniments tod nuinerane 1y tnining £0,000 yolumes, burned Eatarday, 1t con. | the Treasury, are peeullarly favored thereby. | mention, snd prescriptlansof the most eminent puysic taueq the most completa Shakspenrcan collcction o in the world, numbering 8,000 volumes, Compare stivoly few Books were saved. But the strugzics of Jamitfon and Madison fn | 1% 3fLof Which (ahed totve me rel Tho Free Public Library of Blemingham, with 1.ast Ko b bekalf of a nations] powcr of taxation, co-op: | (whohad een atilcied e macity, Tas bnfcat Tiond its 80,000 volumcs, was doubtless the library burned on Saturday, as It oceuples the same Roport of the Underwriters' Com= mittee as to the Cause of the Fire. v — Gzn. McDowell's Idon Abont Fitting Up Temporary Quatters for the Post-Office. - b work on the onore Block rnins is pro- gressing rapidly and satlsfactorily. The tem- purary roof will probably be completed to-mor- row or next day, and then the building will be .. proof againat future snows. The thawing-out process has had the result of making everything about the plnce uncomfortably wet, hut the Gehenna-like fires of several dozen satamanders are dolug much to dry oat'the floors ana ceil- ings $t tho rooms. The debrig Is being ranidly ramoved, new floors are befug put In where o erating_with the preposterous orpuslv.lon of | Yourromedy. 1 wan then nuifering fonrtally with ey Lh 7 Ruodo Island, wers by 1o means thrown away, | S5m¥ oldtarns. To my surprisc and dellgit the fri as thoy demonstrated the miecessity for © | tho parth niceted feaving (he Tmn in s whrm oo e stronrer Central Government and a more per- | created by the itellef. Ina short thne tho pain pa fect Unfon. ‘Tho result was, tho formation of { SHrelt smar, slehoual | have sial ‘g}‘l;‘g‘rm‘ Wit y : i buflding with the Midland Institute. Tho Insti- | tho Constitutian. - Nino States wors nuthior- | Shre meacid. st oel quiee. s naw liow 1 churchies In the Presbytery belng eepresented. dantly able to mect whenever it fell due, ‘The | posed and ndvoeated in the columns of Tun ho Cov 3 4 cure mysclf, and feel guite master of the aituation. ‘needed, and the preparations seneraily for put- e "J“be Moderater, me’ llfi\v. W. C. Youn, pre- | fesort was received, Meeara, Willfun Lom- | Trinung a plan which, it Sroperly enrried out, tute has no considerable library, it boing o sci- | 1zed to organiza Government under nul:’ (,aln- :;A‘l:}v_;{,}hg“:l:’-i}m\“i]nhk;l;p;"l'ng'my friend. 1 neyer ting the hrilding back in good shape are golng | 00" * bard, 1. A Stoddard, and 1. M. iiscock wero | woulid be preveutive of unlold suffering and to | entifie tustitution and school of tnstruction in bmluunr\,l‘lm“l nlnlsl h:{mt Fcu)[mp"sl:;t ) hlu Yours truiyy GEV. ETARR. o with ns iuch rapldity as ts possible. \lr. T C. McFarland, a Ilwnun}:, was dise elected Trastees In place of the three retiring Drova to tho most skeptical that his proposition mochanies, metallargy, mintog, cte. The nion vould simply treat as foreign nations tho Saa=a s membeea of the Board. - Mr, F. R. Sucar was ) THR GADEIWHITRAS' COMMITIER, re-elected Treasurer, and Mr, Thcrvey W, Booth States that refused to como in, and _impose the appointed Iast week to ascertnin the cause and sume dutiea on imports frow them that were RHEU)L\ TISM' jnissed to the Presbytery of Cedar Kapide, la., was ot basedon any Impracticatio theary, ho [ Shakepearo Memorial Library Lelonzad to the ot B . | Secretary. % oniz- | instanced the £ St. John's Gulld of New | refercnce department of the Publie ‘Library., | fimiposed on the rest of the wurld, — This con- N starting-point of the fire, yesterday afternoon :::.r u,,ll:\llfi;::ifi:;““:;‘ ‘nolsl:l‘n:l::;l;hll:: r{"’:}:‘:. ;::'u":&l'_\nE“l(m:mmn!;‘){u:‘:‘v‘frt‘:‘;\x‘l‘c:'rly‘(‘\e‘l"r::;;a;xl‘:.( \l"nrk, :r:d (;m‘;‘:‘;‘:‘l:&nlo m;:uum. of gwold .um This coltection war commenced Aprll 23, 1804, | ditton nlNlhh:m(IJlr:mlo.xM lfhmlf ‘llsllnld l;r ):cr NLURI\LGL\Q submitted to Capt. Bullwinkle u“’“’,“"“i“}" o bytery of New York Cite. The Rev, 8 J, Mo ;"‘f, “fi‘(’é ‘“l"'; \'.n{)l;“r:)ll‘('ol}lleurll{::i 'é{;‘p’”r;zg""gi'&"; has been nccomplishied ly, the gencrous encour- ‘—l"fil“;\“lfl"m‘)‘ ot s"'k'l‘”’l““':‘ "":"»—"“d i,'é;::;""“m;‘, w‘,‘d’,“%;' wis forced 1nto tho DIP, ]ITI[ERL\, . I‘x‘.’fih’.;‘l!‘ifi‘.‘;fl.‘.‘nfi'l; O e nte meett, | Kes was recetved by lotter trom Frecports J. B. | Sucetyis roret that the unly returu wiileh it | 8gement aud support thit tustitutlon lias re- | the Shakepears room was completed and oponed | {njon Ly the sume impending necessity, Ayprll 23, 1808, Contributions wero made toft by Mr. Chinrles Knight, Mr, J. O, Hallfwell, and nearly afl the Bhakspearean editors and schol- ars of lugland and the world, Birmingham be- ing the principal town tn Warwlickshire, whero the poet was burn, lived, and died, Tho cata- Togue of the collection, of 51b pages, tho last part, {saued n 1870, 18 heforo mo. It contains more editfons ot the writings of Shakspeare than were ever beforo brought together, A lie- Flre-Marahal Benner, Enzineer Warder, and, in eliort, eversbouy exeept the Post-Oilice folks The Committee appoluted Lo wijnst the loes on the Ionore Iock have this l\n{'ll teil the binlding in order to arcertain, if possiie, the origin of the fite. Assuming that it started in the basenient, as §t was on that ficor that the fire wasfirstal«covered, the Committee songlit 10 find the «pot whero the fire originated. By following the races of the fire 10 the point of greuteat aprarent combusiton, the Committeo found themselves in a small celved from tho citizens of the metropolls. And upw, when each coming day brings with it roports through tho press of lamily after family belng found on the verge of starvation, lie begs leave on behalf of tho freczing, starving poorof Chicago to appeal once wmoro Lo those abundantly able, and doubtless as willing, to tako some action In the matter, and ndopt the pian suggested, or some other, whereby timely was at present able to make was its sincere thanks for their kindaess, and deslaring that the fallure to establlsh and malntain & Unitarlan Cintreh on the West Sida was not beesuse of In- rfliclent cncourngement on the part of tho above-named nnselfish and earnest laborers, but was rather due to the fact that there were not a lnrger number who could duly apureciate thelr viforta, and_the importance of upholding thie standard of Unitarfantm fu the Weat Dit Tho Guvernment belng orzantzed, and Hamil- ton placed at the head of the Treasury, ho pro- ceeded to recommend the assumption of tho debts of the Htates, which they had incurred 1n the War of Independence; and in support of this policy he polnted out the confusion and mutual lnjur{ which would result from taxes fpused by thirtcen legistative bodics on the vraductions and_mannfactures of tho people, It wonld be jmpoasible to sccura uniformity, L. Soule, froin Atton; the Rey. M, L. Stanley, from the Presbytery ol Cedar Rapids. The bastor of the Thirt l'runb{remn Churceh, on behalf of the Comwiitee on Home Misstons, satnitted a report e regard . to offairs in the Holland Presbiyterian Church, In which (L was recommuended that the ey, 8. Rederus be not {nstalled as pastor of that churchy ns the con- gregatlon was divided In opfulon concerning his retention, und it wos feared that o disecnston INFLUENZA, Sore Throat, Difficult Breathing RELIEVED IN FEW MINUTES, BY RADWAY'S READY RELIEF, , whether slck or nervoust rheumatiem, ‘and weakncas in the hack. snine or i1 und the liver, plourisy, swelll tis bowels, lieartbarn, And palna of ai 5 {Invfl, E‘h"hll! ina and trosthites, Radway's Tealy lte: would be created by his tostallation there, and | gision, Some talk folluwed the adoption of the | g % v and" the result wonld be that the Stato which | Vef will affurd immediate ense, and its continued u y W nd sorely-needed ald can be afforded to those | tle moro than n year ago I spent seyoral hours 0 ) et of tiea Tolterss. From the ","»’,’.’&‘.2& of twy | possibly a division arise. b resolutions as to the propriety of attemptivg to | truly descrving of it. in this room exu%ulnlnn !heuuli»onka. sliould make the most carnest and honest efort Tora e dirs ellect s permancat cura, P'rice, GUcie, o foumd on the floor, and the characterof | _ There was o long diecussion npon this subject | seoure the Rev. Robert Coliver, tho liev, Brooke to pu{ {ts debts would simply injure tho busi- ness of its cltizens, and protect the rival prod- ucts and manufactures of Blates whoso Legls- Iatures refrained from taxation. These irresist- I8 only necessars for some prominent nnd representative man to take the initiatory step, and the work not only would beglu, but its suc- cess would be nssured,- Let a mecting be called, Thoe Publie Library of Birminglinm was opens ed, under the [ree-ibrary act of Tarllament, In 18!]!. and has been one of the most popular and ho debrix, this room had been evidently nsed for carpenter work. Here were all the appearances of theseat of the lice. The carpenters Lenc which hiad atood againat the brlck wall, wan en which was nu-csaurllfiv of a somewhnt personsk nature, and finally the report was referred back to the Commnftice for further Investigation, The same Committce also submitted a report Iterford, the Rev. Mr, Forbush, and the Rev. James Kay Applebee, to preach alternate Hun- duss until May 1, at Jeast; and, on motlon, the R B B successful of that cluss of libraries in England, matter was finally referred to the Board of | for Instance, and an-organization perfected. Tts anmual report of 1877 states that ft had | [ble argumentsof Hamilion careled the measura ] tirely, or almust entirely, consumed; one hard- commending that only missjuuary enterprises | o e it = ! through Congress, conpled s they were with Yool olane. found underneath, was apuarently "“Lm' (s bg:feuwl ot ‘m) Nw‘{‘nr"y 5;3:}&0!, with fustructions to seo what oould be | Onea havhug catabllstied n headquarters where | 8,087 volumes, 10.050 book-borrowcrs, and an x { burned In twoi another was prefty thoroughly bumed. 3 there were other tools. they were en- tirely destroyed. Tho fire evidently paseed eante wand from this point through the piumbers’ room-— which showed fraces of tha passine es, _but which, from _comparatively dumage done to work-bench il purroundings, wae not the seat of the tire—afrectly’ to the clovator shalt, Barning through the alight sheathing, 1t funad the vent wiicl ehaneed the hitherto controllable tlames Into other conshleratfons which need not be stated. For the reasons so weil stated by Hamilton, the States have refrained trom toxing the fn- dustry of tha people, and have left the fleld to the Gieneral Uovernmient. Toe latter, I nced not say, has never resorted to this fruitful source of revenne except as a war measure, or ot u measure necessury to pav the principal and interest ot publie debi Incurred in the prosecu- tion of war, The result has boen that the pro- thost desirous of rellef vould come and apply, tho visttors could go forth and Investigate the worthiness of tlio appileant, and In sccordance with the report thureol aid could by afforded, In pursuance of their dutles, visitors could not fail to learn of nuincrons persons deserving of help but too proud to nsk {ty—for how many liere are who, sooner than berm, would steall "There 1s no reason to fusr thot charity of this kind would Jack support. Contributlona of annual clrealation of 679,854 volnmea. It had four branch libcarles contalning 34,023 volaimcs, which, of course, weresaved. ‘The referents departm unl.crm!n{nlnz the most valuable books, with the Shakspearean collection, was at tho centrnl Hbrury, aml was burned. ‘The reference lbrary contalued also a very large and, perhavs, unigue collectionot all the editions of Cervantes 0 oll langnaces, and_works about Corvantes made and presented to the Library by W. rom the Assoclation, and no mission churches which are near to other churches of greater magnitide which ara nblo to fully or substan- slally provide for all their wants, Also, that the greatest attention of the Home Misslon Soclety be directed to the young, as they sre the ones who will most readily take the Influence and teachings of the workera, ) A vatition to the Sustentation Department of the Board of Home Misslons from the Firat BAPTISTS, The Baptist ministers met at the usunl hour in their rooms at Nu. 71 Randolph street yester- dny morning. The Rev. Samuel J. Baker, Jr., outlined his gernon preacked the day before on the subject “Ifenp Not to Yoursclves Riches, and the CURES THE WORSTPAINS In from One to Twenty Minutes, NOT ONE HOUR After Beading this Advertisement neod = % H ] duction of such luxurics as spirits, mait liguors, any one Buffer with Pain, 3 ceintible f f fire that, rushine upward 2 # ¥ o manoy and necessaries would flow In from every | Bragge, Exq. Ot Don Quixote it had fifty-four , () e Ot oamanaicutl Uhe. s s onga | Presbyterian Cliurch of Dunton, [1k, requestiog | Rev, Dr. Tvce uvo n abatragt of bis discanurso | 4, Excu'if that clnss who, tram- thelr. Toud, Spanish cditions. A combleto set of tho liitieh | AR tobscon havo excaped taxation during tho y o et #hof, Whote. to the sarliestarriv. | that 3 donation of 8300 be given to that chureli | on = fave Faith In od. 7 "o Tev. Gulusha | 300 ont ‘and continued profesaions of love for | patents, the binduig of which cost 810,000, was | BFF2SE BACL of ol muiinal bistory. K {ne wnectators, the fire waa ween burning very | to nxslst in making upasalary of81,000t01ts pas- | Andersan, D, D., reaa an claborats eseuy idve | | nping’ana il thae ft fmplies, would naturally Iu thio reference library, It cannot be denied that thero is o strong foel- Faon niter the Aestnisrn. The Commmittee exani- | tor, the fev, William M. Bartholomew, was re- | Ing his views on the doctrine of pre-mitiennial- Yo oxpectéd t be et to fespond Lo the cries 18 there not o moral In the destruction of the ing of oppositlon to the taxation of these arti- fhe bodler fue, to which soma atiributed tno | cotved. The npplication was favorably considered { sm. Ile maode several quotations from the o v 3 o | B o 1 7 ol cles, even in the Nortliern States. The Demo- 1BA ATt e ek, Eraun tho Aphraranco of tho res | m it was: mitietd that the request should be | propheeics, showine (hat the prrase last | of afited bumanity, uro tos busy patruntzing | Bleminghom Lublic, Liveary by U6 Wilek MV | cratte partv pandors to this projudice, and s "’.“".’"°""’.”‘.n.’}‘5";“;".'&.2’:&',"‘!11.2‘,'.?‘ And | granted. Applications for assistance swera re- | daya ! pvariably referrd tothy era af proplicey | (I SReliERh OL0 SR O attien of far-oft quarters for the Chieago Pubite Livrary 1 ® Norihern Domuerale, in order da gl the sup- CUR,E FORJ EVEPY PAI‘V O et cihaty ets. . From o n. | (cived framh one or bwo other, smul ehurchcs | taclt, Ty DrotiEhs s, O eeoS, &lucing paes | lande, to devote any tima to this object, tiera Wiy ps. || poteof thasonitystond roady ip et theisalleg b \ tireLy of the transverse jolsts and of tne flaoring over | Which were acted tpon by Lha & resbytorys " 2 Dost | arc enough publicans and sinners in (hls _ureat b B Juters 1t was the Arst and s the el e s A commtnlention wos recelved from the Rev. | #ages from all parts of the Bible in support of 4 The Faust of the I Troupo and M nal revenuo system at the risk of Wi et A e e "hathof {hc_fea equld | 7. (1 Portr, pastor of the First Presbterian | bis position. Alter the reading of o essagy clty who gladly would lend a hielping hand Lo so e Tess Troupo v impalriug the public credit. This coursc is particularly absurd and inconsistent in a party which professes devotlon to Freo Trade, and it can only bo reconclled to reason and common sense by supposing that the part) 18 willing to sce the public credit destroyed. For revenue to pay the {nterest and rodeem the principal of tho debt must come from some source, and {f not In part from internal taxee, then from a hizher rate of duties on Imports. In this state of afTulrs, I respectinlly sugrest that the futerpal-revenuc taxes might e fn a degree popularized and mndo permanent by dividing the revenue * with the 8tates. If onc- fourth of the revenue from interual taxes wero thus distributed among the Btates for purposca of cducatlon, there ean be no doubt that the system would be mude far more acceptable to tho people, while & greatly-necded aid would be extended to the pooror States, in which ut the same titno the greatest Iguorance pre- vails, The distribution of the surplus revenue Abbott. To the Editor a7 The Tribuns. Cntoaao, Jan, 11.—~The Ameriean people have no right to expect general merit or sywmetry In uny musical or dramatic performance so long 08 they malntain tho star syatem. Bo long as they will pay tens of thousands of dollars for n fow exceptional notes, sontonces, poses, and nothing for excellence in orchestrs, chorus, or company, so long must thoy have such repre- scntatlons s tho [luss troupe guve on Friday evening ns ** Foust,” ‘The music of the opera {s poor at beat,—too light for such o subjeet ; but, when It {s pooriy rendered, ono wishes thoy would give us the play instead of the opera. It Is diffleuit to And sultable scencry for either; hut Miss Abbott's manager might have found somo other representation of an aitar in a Ger- meérltorlous an undertaking, —grocers who would donata grocerics, butchers meat, packers hams, bakers bread, wood and coal dealers thele mer- chandtse, and hundreds of people cast-off eloth- i, Loots and shovs, and enaugh uthers who would, when necessary, contribute cash where- with to pay expenses.” WIII not some one como to the front {u this timc of need? Novks L. Tnourson, nut inve been from the fine and its surroundin:y woodwork o tho yent of the elovator shaft. The Commlitice came to the conclusion rhat the fire orsnated in the suall room first described, uaed apparently as n carpenter-shoo, Upon inquiry we lenened that, while there waaa maln carpenter- slop.—in which it was very evident that the firo ¢l not originate, —this room (o which we attribute the orkan of the fire was used alao o8 a carpenter- whop. {ts proximity to the bollers making it n more comfortable placo for working than the imaln shoo, It shonkd be underetood, while using tho words *earpenter-shop, " that the Commitice by that mame dealgnate A room ur rovms where work Incls dental ind neceesary 1oa Post-Office was perfurm- ed by thoir own eniployes. Chbureh of Duluge, tendering his resignation, and requesting that the Presbytery tako nction in neafsting him 1o dissolve his relations with the ehureh, Mr. Hobert Strong, a representative from tho above church, beinie present, urged the nceept- aoce of the rc-l;inuunu. on account of the physs fcal inabilty of the pastor to perform his laburs, On motion, it was decided to refer the matter o n session of the coneregation of the DuPage chureh for proper action. The Rev. Gien Wood wished to make a stotement, lle hod been connccted, ns the brethren were aware, with tho Amcrican Tract Suclety for twenty-cight years, the place ol nost of his work havinz been” Lake Forest. Thers was_an enterprise on foot to build up the Uul- versity at. Lake Forest, and he had been fnvited ta n seat with the Executive Committee, ond ho had recelyed a enll to leave the particular branch of business [n which he had been engaged during the greater partion of his llfe, and commence a wihich was long and exhaustive, and wasrecelved with great attention, the usuul discussion was omitted, and the meeting ndjonrned, TIE VOICE OF TIE PEOPLE. ‘Wan It Lognn® To the Editor of The Tribune. Brmarienn, i, Jan. 1L.—Who was the Senator that, when ho wooted to master tle fluaniee question fn two weeks, went to 8 hook- store and bought o work on “ Numismatics "1 Weren't the initiuls ot bis front nume Jobn A, Loganl . w. ONLY PAIN REMEDY That Inatantly stops the most excruciating patns, sl Jays tadamioation and cures Congratlons whether uf the Luugs, stmach, Bowsls or utber glands of urgans, Dy one application, @ In from Ono to Twenty Minntes. No matter how violent or excruclating the pain, the Thcumatie, Bea-nidcn. IAArm.. Crmpled, Neriou ‘Neuraigic, of prostratad with disesse may anfler, RADWAY'S READY RELIEF WILL - . AFFORD INSTANT EASE. Inflnmmfitlun of the Kidneys, Inflammation of the Bladder, au.&w Courts and Conatables, T0 the Editor of The Tribune. Cmn10AGo, Jan, 18.—tn your {ssue of to-day 1 notico au editorial which contains somo very just remarks concerning business in Justice Courts, Inthis maticr thero {s plenty of op- portunity for reform, and it may be successfully fnaugurated. Tho Juatices nced not issue writs to Constables who are tn tho babit of dofug “eraoked work," and’ especlally in the matter Groiar C CLARKE, Furp K. Jaxes, . €, Daxa, Jouy 4. Jaxzs, The report'agrees in all points with the theary wlvanced by Mr. Isham, the agent of the buitd- 1ty wnd 18 understond to be backed up dy Fire- Marshat Benger, who agrees with it in all essen- Reduee the Legal Itnte of Intercat. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cn1cago, Jan. 13.—1 see by an cditorial that property of all kinda hos decreased In value on 40 per cent, Would it not he woll a . : man church than the little, top-heavy atand | among the States in 183918 o preccdent which | Inflammation of tho Bowels, sy cortliel ditferent course of work among his prople, He [ P 4YRES of yendre for Jurles should they be very particu- } 2 2 eny| may bo safely followed, That mensure had 'f;‘,{L";‘l“f,“,{‘,',;‘{,",;,;f“,fim}’i.’“;t{,’f&fi{“,‘,‘,'fi?fi‘,,{',‘.‘,‘,‘,‘.fi{f;'_ had been informed by tho faculty thot T wasthe | to reduca the legul rate of Intereat to about 6 | 1or 4o whom thes aro wiven. ‘Thero aro Consta- miuda :0 'l“'ud'fi’ on. :Im’ ?Lc:'llr"',‘ and ."'; i Henry Clay for its father, and_reccived tho ap- Diff c'l]:“ ’]’,’w“:;;l“ the Tmngs, {hom andt then shrcad Into tho carpenkcr-snop, | purboso to mka this sg institution fu tho West | per cent! Would ot that basten o rolurn 10 | bles who would not “pack a jury,” but the have turncd down tho foot-lights or drawna | probation of the country. Tho Genoral Gov. | Sore Throat, Difficult Breathing, A ee statcs. distinctly that there ta no | thut would bo second to hona In the Hast; he | Prosperity und revival of busiucss] As you | o oo Juouor carg to refuso the ‘“attorney " | colored sereen betweou them and the agonlzin g | ernment, {n tha control of the Northern States, Palpitation of tho Heart Sonsibility that Atcould havo orkguuted to the | #os astonished atwhat ho hud found fntheway of | scem to take a deep interest in agriculturo Gud N 1\ I penitent, - wavo trecdom and cnfranchisement to tho nexro | Jrrxtorics, Croup, Diphtherin, T, und 1hat, of s own knowledge, it did not, | Progression ta this tustitution, una the prosnects labor, please give us your opinlon o that sub- | who calls for a vonira tho privilege of emplog- | ™"¢ 50l o 00ia 1ot attend to ber notes, for | Faces and current cvents uro dally demonstrat- * lx;fl \o uriginate, © § whlel were in storo for the Uniyermity, Ife had | Jocts A BunscRIBER. Ingz the Constable L profers. Nine-tonthaof all | (2ol "o b0 = oo o™ e Sands aud | sho | 102 0f how little worth i3 enfranclilsement with- - Cotarrh, Influenza, * RN, M'DOWELL, come before the Vresbytery 'to signify his ne- Vori ot tRa T the juries called in Justice Courts are called be- UGS AU BUG | oyt education. Tleadache, Toothache, Superintendent of the new Uovernment Bufld- | teptance of the positiun to wiiich e had _been TUBLIErR OF S Tei cause there 1a 1o pgasibility of winning too caso | Sertalnly must bavehed It on her mind, and | o plan proposed would add greatly tothe j Neuralgla, Rheumatizmn i, returacd from Konsas City yesterdoy after. | colledi and in-this connection he gave somo- To the Editor af The Triluine, . It tried bofore thie Justico; the province of tho | *aited ber nctlon to lta cxcecding frallty, I | amount of revonus collected, and it is probable & o A o what the. Compiieaion's - rapors | thitg of an wea of the maznitude of the enter- | Cincado, Jun. 13.—2 propose, through Trm ied Lofore thio Justico; the provincy should not hava trusted 1t to hold a lamp, and | that the share of the Guneral Governmont Cold Chills, Aguo Chills, would be fu regardto the clectlon of a sit | Prise, and tho resources at commsod which | Tniwusg, for the action of the Tar Aesociation Jury, thersfore, Is to declde fu favor of the party would be equal to thewhota revenue at present. In proportion se the public debt and fnterest stinll Lo reduced, the shere to Lo distributed among the States might be fncreased. G. e —a— WISCONSIN SOLDIERS. Foxp pu Lag, Wis., Jan. 11, 1870,—SoLntans: At ameeting of old comrades, held at Berlin, Jan, 1, thero was organized the Wisconsin Re- unlon Assocation. Every surviving soldier or sallor who enllsted from Wisconsin and was honorably discharwed from the United States military or naval service, 1s carnestly requested to write upon a postaleard hls naine, oceupa- tion, Post-Office nddress, lotter of cumpany or companles, nunber of regimont or regimonts in which he aerved, and send 1t to Grift J. Thomas, Beeretary of tho Wiscansin Reunlou Assoclation, Berlin, Wis., who will nrrangu a complete roster; in nlphabotical order by mm‘mg un regiment, for record mnd publieation. Satlors will give name of hoat or boats on which they served, Comrutles, atiend to this at once, or wo shall not know whcthor you are deal, proud, or gone o Texas, C. K, Piex, President, ————— Graat Not to Travel na » Dend-Ilead. * Phitadelpha Ladger. There ought to be no necessity forexplanation about such a matter us the possible adition ot aome petty expenseto the United Btatessteamer HRichmond, beeause of the presance of ox-Preal- dent Grant on board while on her crulse In the Indian Qvean and other Kastern scas. But {s may bo best to make some lmlnu cleaver than they appear to be to the critles, 'Thtac folks scem Lo thiluk thut the Gevernment pavs tho table ex- enses of thooftleers ou board inen-of-war ships. 'hat is amistake. The oflleers supoly thole ow: ¢ bills out uf their own pockots. would ennble this University to accomplish in five, or tal the forthest ten, years what It bad tken Yale 150, Harvarg 200 aad Princcton 150 years to aecoinpllsh, aud there wus nothing to prevent this from becoming an mumunmfl in- stitutfon sccond to none In the country, ‘The Tev. Mir. Wood has accepted the positiva ot Finanelul Agent, “The Asscubly adjourncd, with prayer by the Kev, Dr. Worrall, to the 1st of March. to throw the welght of hersolf and agony efthor on it or beslde was out of the question. If Hooley has nothing with which to treprerent o eburch altar, I would adylse him to el a vack- lug-box, cover It with unbleacned inusiin, fostun 1t to the door with a couplu of scrows, ond have soine plaster hinazes secured fast to itl Oune dollar would cover the expense, aud Marguerits vould protectt with her repeutunce without thought of topplinz over the altar, Bo, by modulatiog the lzht, the audlenco would not be troubled Ly the resy piok oyelids and bloom of youth of the sorrowing Mugdalene. I cabnot sco why Margucrite should appear as blooming, aud round, and rosy-faced, after Ltwo yeurs u} sorroty such as here, as on thu duy she mects Faust on the vil- lagzo greenlt A decent respect for tho ovinlons mankind shonld have fuduced her to loy nglde o littlo of her blovn. B, too, thut lout of u Va'entine inight have assumed, while he re- walned i the house with his turried sister, sume louk of the indignant brother; st ounce of rye tlour plasteted over his staring, red face would bave alded bim greatly, both ln the duel aud In his attempt to di” decently, Peake might have roared jpore _cently, and ‘sthl havo been a very noisy devll; but nothing conld haya Chilblains, and Frost Bitey Jor the new butldiug there he declined to say, 1or {he reuson that the report was the property of tho Treasury Devartment, and would not Ye divulged antd’thar branch of the Government thought it proper to do so. ‘Tlie General looks a8 well a8 ever, s docsn't apoear to kave lost any flesh, In splte of tie hol-novbing and polito hullluzing to which he und hus felluw-Commissloners bad to submit from eeveral bundred denizens of Kan- €a3 Clry, cach one of whom had Lhy must de- sirablo kpot on thy fuce of the vivilized globe, ete,, ete,, for the lueation of the now buflding. Comlng down to home matters, the reporter who called to welcame the General back to bils native “heuth asked bun it he had heard of the rumor sturted before he left, but sedulously funned during hls ubsence, that the Chicaro Post-Offtes would probably move fnto the new Lulldine sometime before soring. ‘The General paid lie had read the papers containing the statement on the troin comlog hiere, but that was ull be hind heard of dusinee he left, All he had to aay was that, while 1t wouldn't bo exactly comfortably for efther uml_y—hlmuclf aud the Yom-Otliee people—to take the latter Into the buikling just now, eiill, us 0 matter of necessity, ft conld bo dove, The nofse made u the build- fnz by the workmen overhead and around would no doubt by objectionsble to the pro. posed vecupants, und, i tuen, the contructo! on the balldlog would Lo somewhat diseoin- moded, and thie work of v:anl(:lullml perhaps re- turded, from the fact that thers would boe less roatn Lo work 1, Some sbifting around would lave to be done to make room for the con- tractors who were to do certain work by a cortutn time, uod whu ought -not to by delayed In - nny way. If the Post-oflice folks did " como In and occupled _the morth- cust corner of the buildimg there would Diave togbe two uew gatus,—ous on Deearborn street and the other un Adams, or, If Clark strect weiw proferred to Dearbors, only one new nsking tho Jury, Thero Isu cluss of so-ulled at- torneys that stoop to anymeans to win theireasce; this {8 thelr Tavorite plan, and they know whai Constable to employ to serve the venfrog it Is obvious tifat, should the Justice refuso the ve- nlre to the Constubleol thelr splection, he would 036 their bus'ne:s, As to this bringlng ot suits in outsile lnwns‘ the Justices and Lhis snine cluss of-** attornoys ' aru also to blame. Usually thess *attorne,s” ore supblled with sumtions signed tn ank, which they fill out at thelr ploasure; then they have their Conatables that will serve thein, when taey aro returned to the attorney {ssuing them, and tho first. knowledue tne Court hus that there fs such & cuse §s when the ulleged Iawyer carries thesummous before *his Honor,” anil the Instances arc'nut rare whero the sum- wons 13 never returned, whilo the defendant travels fifteen or twonty miles to defend where the vrosecution dogs not thivk it worth his while torosecute, but has hoped the other party will consent_to bo bladkmatled, ruther thai o Lo theexpenie of defunding, ‘The writer hereof knows a caso where three persons were made defeudanta to n sult brought betore u Jus- tica twenty milea from thelr resflence. Of course, .1he expense and time was considerable, and when they urrived at “court’ the Justice, nat knowinz of any such anit, was in the city, ) they conld not even get thelr case dinlased, Ibelleve you are In_error lu suyinu that thuse papers are served too late for ndunt toreach the court. ‘The statute provides for at least three days’ notice to defendant, Now, in regard to Constubles. There cor- talnly are tou many of them. aud that is one rearon why they tako legul fees; many of them would staryo un legal fecs. ‘Fhere aro ten Con- stables aleeted in the Town of Bouth Chleago; there are nrubnmy,/!fli, practiclog i sald Lown, and herein Hes the evil, * Woere thero only Cous atables cnouth to do the business, there would ot b the temptation to do crooked business at {ts next meoting, the following preamble nod resolution Wugneal By precedent and by rlght, lawyers hold nearly afl the ofiices, —Federal and Stnte, Coaigrees ond the Legislatures incimted,—and it Dol deomed cxpedicnt to malntain the same Intact as their proper prerogutive; thereforo, Llexolrad, 'That we cantiot look with indifference to the nomiuation by the Jndges for Justicen of the Peacy of any but iumbers of our own pro- fomaton, In view of tho weifare of the public in- torentn Which we have at heart, ond our known modesty and nON-CONCUTFORCO 1N exconslve chinrges of legal feea. i Theanniication of the leady eltef to tho part ol [ gasia where tia pata of dificuity oxidta will afon cass umiurt, “Fhirty to sixty drops o half a tumbler of water wiil 1n a few minutes curo Crataps, Spams, Sour Swmavh Heartburn, " Blck _1eadache,: Disrrnas, Dyientery, Colla, Wind{u the Bowels, andall Internal Palor, Lravclers stiould alwaya'earry & bottio of 1LADA ALY READY RELLEF with them.~ A few drops in watel wiii provent aickness ur palug from change of waic: 1018 better than Freuch Hrandy or Ditters s & FEVER AND AGUE. FEVER AND AGUF etred for Bfty cents, There ls not s remcdlal agent in thisworkd tiat wilh cure. B1d Ajgue, and ull othee Malarfous, Tiliows. tcarl fyplioid, Sellow, and other Fevers S-M-rl hy Raviwn, il w6 quickly a1 RADWAY'S MEAQY” HELISY iy centa per buttice DR. RADWAY'S Sarsaparillian Resolvent, THEE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, scnol LRGBS Vi on CONTAGIOUS, DR ITSEATED IN TR Lunge or Btumachy Nkiu or Uunes, Floah o CORRUPTING TIIE SOLIfIS AND VITIATING THE FLUIDS, CONGREGATIONALISTS, The meetiug of Congregations! miniaters opened yesterday morning with reports from the week of prayer, Tho majority of the churches observed the week with special mmeete ings. Kindiings of religlous Interest have al- ready begun ju several placea. Indieations are good for tmore thau the ususl amount of ruvival work thie winter, The subject for dlscussion was “Cuurch Disclpline.” The Rev. E. F. Willlamz, of Uyde Park, was the firat spenker, He claimed for the subject an unusual degree of Importance tn our times and fo this part of the country. He malntalned that the way Ju swhich diselpline bad been earried out In thls city for the past ten years had resulted jo about as much evil na good.” 1€ churches had undertoken 1t ot all, It had been too much In a technival and purtisun spirl, The resuit was, that there were wany fn good und regular standing i the churches who, i they had boen dealt with properly, would have been reformed or excom- munleated, As Gt wad, they were 8 stund. fug reproach to the Chrlstion uame, ‘I'ho Rov. Mr. Pound followed with a partial admissfon of = the alleged evil results of church _ discipllne during the past few years. Stitl ho belfeved the exceution of Now Testament discipline to be the greatest need of the thmes, He knew that our Western churchies were only purtially organized, and but Tho “Times* and Judge Hooth, To the Editor of The Trilune, Larox, 111, Jan. 8.—The Chicazo Zimes to- duy feroclously attacks Judge Booth's article in Tue 'T:upuNg, and broadly intlmates that the Judwe 1s as lznorant of tlnance as he is ot law. As tho Zimes slso to-day uverruled the Appeliste Court ln the Uage bund cave, Judge Booth moy think with others that the Zimies excels allke in financeand law, The free cofn- age of silver ns advocated Ly the Judee, says the Thnes, *would st once kunock down all kinda of sceurltics about 16 per cent.” Muy bes but there ure u grest muny people o this country who hold und own otlicr property thaa seenrities, auch as lands, horees, cattie, and ather commolities, which property has had from 10 to Bt per cent knocked off Trom it in forelng o prold” code, and the hofders thereot have made up thelr minds, us Judge Boath - timates, for the (reo and uniimited colnace of the old standaed silver dullar, und witl be satis- fled with nothing sliort, The Judge scems to think that theyare In the majority, Tsuspect hefs vizht, and . the Thnes may yet flud it so. l(upucuulfy. ¥, U, GanvisLp, exceeded Lhe suceess of Castle fn his rola of stouding well on his bandsome lews; and it Is well they are stout, for a feebler palr nuver could have sustaincd hlin under the welght of Marguerite's carcsses, Miss AbUott Is very reallstic, ns an actress, but n the moanliuht seeno she was something more, ticrman ninddens are satd to be cusily wooed and very demonstrative when won; but I doubt It Uoethe would choose for a herolno vne who coutd o suddenly chiange plaves with her wooer, aud, from belog the tumpted, become the tempter. ‘Tho beauty uf Miss Kellowg's JMarguente is her maldenliness, Her modesty and covicas wins tie symputhy snd respect of the sudience, and hulds it to the end; but this is all lost with Miss *ines: " it1s called, und the other offvery e AT Avbott, ond_one pities Fauat, tempted un one i Wiy I " Hacking ey cough Cancerons Affostho gote would bo necessary, sineo there was ulrowd; & it i % ] or charge exorbitant teos, and 3¢ it wers the law | " i "% | hava thelr respoctive **incsses.” clubblng to- | Compiatnts, Bicodlng of the Lungs, . totho thnw b woulll take “to fit up temporary | ovoat Tiubilities of L,“ oF membersitip, it faith- Unlon Dues Fuvor It be served by Constables elected in thut town 5 pays his individual pro rata shars of the “iness " % sesses, Merourisl DI Sins Ablolt's Varguerite mukes. Faust s vic- b = tm to her weuknuss as well as bis own: aud i the moounlight scene she fafcly puts bhim ou the dofensive. 8he certuinly should guand againit 20 serloua a blunder. * Hler passion of grief ut the death of Valenflie wus quite aa fing us nuvthing In Modjeaku's pluying, of which I know suythlng, aud would have been worthy of Charlotte Cuslinan if it had not been for the pvrlccll!r unsymipatbetle charucter of her facy, whieh {8 singularly unmunugeusble, aud shoutd b aided by art, fu giviug the suitable cxpression to the gener character of any nct. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicaao, Jan. 13.—In view of the official statements which Mra, Wittenmyer snd Mrs, Burt, President and Corresponding Secretary of the Womun's Natlonal Christlan 'Teinperauce Union, have sent out, the folluwing facts are subinitted to the public: In 1875, at Cluclunatl, Mrs, Gov. Wallace, of Indlana, offered a résolu- tiun asking the bullot for women on the ques- tlon of legalfzing the sale of Intoxicating drinke, and it was adopted with hardly a dissentiog mueh of the evll complained of would be abated n this town, aud in the bringing of suits fn out. slde towns, fur no persol govs to tha wutstda town to bring s sult or ind an oflicer to serve the wnit, 1 hope tho Bar Association are fully in carnest 1n the matter, and thut they will persevers un- tit ol the cvils complatued of shall havo been corrected,—and it mny vory easily bo done, VERITAB, Senntor Bash's B, ¢ To the Editor of The Tribune. ully carried out, — Yet in the long run he be- Heved the Chureh could offurd the Joss, Disct Tiue would tone up tne moral Nfe of the puople snd lay the foundatious of the ereatust moral power Ju the world. ‘The Rev, Slmeon Gllbert, of tho Adeauce, was the mnext spenker. lle aifirmed that the whole subject inust be consld- ered i the lght of ono great fact, viz.s that there were & larse number of crooked sticks in the Clureh. 'l'Tle,vwcru not exactly bad men, noither where thoy mwalictous in spieite But they bud such protuberant prejudi as to make thelr lfo a continual jrrltatton tothe brother- quarters, he belfeved he eould do it In thist Lays, aud ot an cxpense of ubout $30,000, nl’- though the cost would depeud upon how much ttthme up the Posi-Oillee peopls wanted todo, as well o3 the quulity tuercof, His tirst estitnate, riade when 8 TRIBUNE man saw him the dsy wtter the fire, was somewhat lurger, but that estimate contemplated thu futroduction of mure cexpensive heatlng-appuratus than by now thinks the necessitles of the case—if they aro such— would Justify. At u rough pucss, e now thinks “that 30,000 will fit up a portion of the first fluor for the temporary weeommodation of the Post-Oflive pe ple fn o expenaes, Uen, Gront and ex-Becretary Horle will pay thelr pro rata thu sameus It they were officers, sod uelther the Govermnent nor the Syess® cxpenscs of the offlcers need bo at one dollar of extra cost. Lt 18 possible Lhut the will- tary und naval vlllcers at the forewen ports the Richindnd will visit inay take a broader view of the presence of aun ex-President of the United Btates on a natiounl ship than the home crities do, and_may salute hlm by firing their great wuns and by other military and naval cer- emuonial, and thls may require phe Richmond to oxpend some blank cartrid, i retura, accord- chitis, Consumption, Liver Complaint, &c. : Not only does the Barssparilllan Resalrent excel st reinedisl arents I tha cur of Chronle. ncrofulous, Coustitutly bkin Discases; but it 1s tue ouiy pusttive curu for KIDNEY AND DLADDER COMPLAINTS, Urinary and Womb Discascs, Gravel, Diabates, Dropar, Stoppurs of Water, locoutinence of Urine, Brightd please, Albuminurla, and in gil cases whiere thers ard |‘¢ 0t deposits, or the water is m ko tho wl ek, cloudye of an o) oo I G, & In tludliue the jowels sho was recipitate i ¢ ot ik Wi "\ , dark, wccommodation of the, Posv-Oflco be ple 1 4 | oo, For such casce bo would not advise cx. | volco by the Wonian's Nutlonal Clirfetiun Tews- | Cmioaco, Jan. 18.~Iu sour paper of thls [ 1o er jos. Any air in e s covcomouli pus | I to the custon ou suct occasons, But this | {1 ..:!o'f-fir&'é N PTce e duat ettt i uanrier which will iuke Lo pluco atleast ol | communieation, but thought sume method of | perancs Unton. 1n 1670, ot Newark, N. J,, the | morulug it ajpeare that sunicbody wants Sen- | quire at léust ond inouient to realtze that thoy ) v wlieh thero (s & pricklug, burning. on wlien R B i attractive as it might be | ey ing them from fellowship moat usutul. kb canuot mnount to more thau & few huudred dollure. ‘That the reprosentatives of the Orlent- al Governments will sslnte the ex-President thero can be wo doubt, for our oflleers havey from the beginuing of the (overnment down to date, been dn tho hablt of tirfue Just such sa- lutes when thelr ships, or nayy-yunis, or forts, or othier statfons have been Visitod by disthi- guished foreiguers and ofilcial dizmtaries, ne- cordlug to the olliclal rank the visitors hold or bayve hela In the scrvics of their resocctive countrles. And more than that, they have al ways had authotity to eatertain such visitors on bourd thelr sbips, charging the expenso to the Government, But, as sbove explained, the Yrrwnvc ot Cen, Grant and Mr. Borl_on the tichimond will vost the Government wothing except the powder, bocause they, fu comnmon with the oflicers, will pay thelr own expenses; and us to the powder, perhaps u memorandumn 1nlght be kept as tu tho cost of that, to be pald Ly the ex-Fresident on presentatiou, or else, ss he would most willingly do, disposs with the salute-firiog altoguther. e —— Vonderblit's Evaston of Personal Tazatlon, New Youk, Jau, ©.—The Graphle, of this clty, prints o faceluitle of su_ aflldavit ' made to the Tux-Collector by Willlam 11. Vanderbilt as 10 bis personsl property, It Was sssessed at 1,000,000 Thie alliduvit fe as follows: I APuIL'22, 1874.—1 hercby ewear thay my persous] property, subject to taxatlon, docs uut cxcocd 30, Sy ‘debts exceed all tazablo per- sonul property.’” As Vandervllt s known to own mililons of dollars’ worth of ralirond and tolw:rurh stocks, this extruordtoary evaston of personsl taxatlon, commou as such evasion ls, excites sstonlshs went, ugaer other credmstunces, As Lo just what vouid by doue, however, he couldn’t way, for tiiu reason thut the matter was in the bands of Yostmuster Palmer uund the Department ab Wushington, andt he was not advised aa to how the snutter now stood, or probably would stand, With thuse puwers that be and are ordalued of Uncle Sara, In briet, Gen, M:\Duwcll'l sition fa that, 121t 18 necessary to take In the Yost-Oflce foiks, be cun gave thein o subatantial, warn, aud gens erally cowtoriable place to do thelr work iu un- ! e gets arvund to arrenging their permaneut quarkers (o the new bulldlug. Just what will ocear theu Lo dudn't say, but to the outshile miud ft would seem that the oaly certaiot for the futvre, in cuse the Post-Olllce folks do pmo luto the buildiue, would be that uiter petting the nest comforiubly wurm, they would be invited to wove up atairs or off fute another corner, or tuke a walic wround the block, to give the workicn a chiancs to go ubead and compiete that portion of the building for their perma- peut oecupaney of it 11 tincre are to be two muves before they get into thelr ultimate hesd- quarierd, the thought supeests ftaell thut It Wullid b nbout us tcusy to wove futu the Lwlding (rom the Honors Block—which s just acruss the street—wien the new buildiog s conpleted and ready for thew, sud that the trunw;n for un GMIK cumpietion of the Luilding rather better when that bulldiug fs unoce cavied 3ud presents suflicient roow Lo work I thuu whea it 8 secupled wod tue vecupants are compclied to move around from plllar to post ve the workuicu g chance, Allthls talk wbout the uvew bullding Is buscd on the sssumption that the Pustmoster—who really husn't sl the say about_tuls thing—ia directed not 1o vo back to the Hooore Block. Au My, lstam suld last week, It 15 among the po:tibilities that the FPost-Otics authoritics may bu *convineed M that it will be beat for thein Lo returo to thelr furmer quariers. ——— Jome-Protection petition was ubunlinously udobted by the samne Bucicty, asking that before & saluon could be opened inuny Jocality o ma- Jorlty of women's slgnutares, us well a8 thuse of voters, should b required to o petition efr- «ulated by those wishing to open a salovn, In 1877 4 resolution was adopted b Chicago nsk- fnthe bullot ou the questidn of lcense,—its meaning bejue clearly explained by Mys. Foster, of luwa, who drew up an {\r uted Ity In (873, at the Haltimore Couvention, it was, *ufter o full and free dscussion,' unanimously yoted to open the volumns of Our Union (the oflicial or- gen of thy Woman's Natlonul Chrlstian ‘Tem- perance Unlon) to *all the platforms ond wucthods of work of all the Siate W, C. ¥, U. (with a fu}l understaudiug that five States ha otheially Indorsed the Home-Protection tdea at thetr conventlons). But us Baltunore 4 most conservatlve vity, and delegzates (rom conservas tive New Jersey, New York, aud Penusylvanis were out In larger numbers thun delegates from more distaut and progresalve States, the resolu- tlot usking the temperunce bullol was voted down by ubout twenty-tive majurity. ‘The fact ought, however, to be stated that in this vote Peunsylvanta, which was stmost solid fust Home “Protection, had tweaty-soven utes, While sho has orgaoized 1o all these v but twenty W. C. T, Unions, while Massac setta (Home-Protection State), which has 148 W. C.'T. Untous, tiad ouly twelve votes. (Lhis se- sulted from the methiod of revresentation, which fs by Congressiunal Districts,) , 1f tho work accomplished by W, C. T, Unloua In cach Stato vould be detatléd it would be found that the States wost favorablo to Home Protectivn Luve been fully as active in the Gospel work, and o8 beloful Lo the Nutioual Unlon ln p njugz and executing toethods us those Biate o less ugyrcasive aplrit. Tha State W, C.T. U, uf Malue bas just wheeled into Hue, havinge st the Jate Convention, LY & unanimous Vute, ssked for the temperanco bullot, 'k by new Exceutive Ing watcr, and paln in the ainall of th (AT BBy diuisie. i CE ORL VARIAN TUMOR OF TEN YEARY GROWTH CURED By Dr.RADWAY'S REMEDIES. DR, RADWAY & €0, 88 Warreu-st, DR. RADWAY'’S REGULATINGPALLS, Perteculy tasteleu, cleguatly casted with swoet gums purye, Fepaliiy putlly, cliane atrcugihicn, wiy's [1iia, for the caro ol sorders ‘O 1Ld Blomach, Liver, ls, l\ldnry\ Bimlder, Nervous Dlieaiea: Headaetic, Couslhation, Costlyeiicas, ot se-tion, Dysperain. Blioususn Pever, Inamination 706 Bowels, s, 80d sl Gerangumenta ol \bo lu: Terual Viecers. | Warrastod 10 eflest & Loslitve cure, Farely vekutable, coniainiag bo lucrcury tnluersl of deleierous drug. D Sbeenro i fullowing sympuoms resulilag trom s uf thy Dige: ™ Caprtivailon, uwand File Fullocss of tho Blood 1 the llead, ACLIY Of 150 blulisch, Nauss, Hoatthuri. Fuline cight la the Blowscly uf Kructations, Binklogs of ¥iutterings (n tha Fif uf Lo tomsch, Swimmiii of thy isead, Hursled nud ufcals Breatling, Flutteriag ot fus Heart, Chiokiu, or Suffocating beuaations when L] ""‘fl LU, Trota or Weba befure tlio SIghL, i tho llead: Deticteucy of Peris 10 Ekiu aad Eyes, PAID {n the Slde, Audden Flushes of e miag fo't A fow doses of Rudway's Pilla wi ator Bash's bill un foreclosing mortgaces to be- cotne & law ot vnce, on tho supposition, I ure- sunie, that the passage of the bill would affect mortgzages already existing, sud therebv par- tlally enable debtars to repudlate debts already contracted, Unfortunately for people of that kind of morality, thero s a clauso fn the Constitution of the Unlted States forbldding Stutes pasalug auy laws witeh will Impair the oblizution of voutracts, 1f thy proposed law dows not inpale the ubligstion uf bis contruct 5o ua to give him un advantage uot anticipated by his ereditor when the debt was contracted, *why 1s Alr, Debtor, alias * Equity,” so anxlous thut the bill whall become a law * without delay V1 At the October term, 1877, of the Buprema Court of the United States, In the case of Ed- 1 , Keargy, it was held **that the rewedy ¢ (u & Stats when and where a contruct 14 made and 1s to be performed 1 a part of fts ubllgation, and any s uent law of the State which so aifects that remedy as substantially to tmpatr and lessen the value of the contract is forbldden by the Constitution, and ks thercfore vold.”” (Sce Vol #, page 10, of the Chicago Law Journal,) In that fustancs the Stute of North Carolina bad pussed o Btay law, fu effees ex- tendiog then exlatiug contracts. ‘The effeet of ator Bash's oill would be to extend existing coutracts or coerce ereditors to bidding wore than they would utherwise under threat Of two yeurd'stay of proceeding, Docs y one suppose that ‘such 8 law, if it could be sustatned, would not stluct the value of every exlstiug coutruct i the Btate, renderlug it less valuable than before! Awidu Irom its covert repudiation of present obligutiuns, such & law would bu mischlevous lu other resvects, for it would preveut any oue but the creditor from atteuding and biddivg at the aale. A strauger who had bia off the property at less than the wight be intended for her, and no vue would have thrown uway her bouquut on simply sesing a box o her door-step. Miss Abbott's voles is superb, and her sus- talned notes wonderful, fier acting ia full of fire, and her poses uxrluhlttly graceful, so that even in her most passlouute scens there 48 no ddescent 10 coarsen ut s little care nay give 4 much grouter rance to her olready ns- sured suceess. It {s ditticult (o understand why a composer shivuld s disregard dramatic effect as to give the part of lover ta & woman, and still moru ultticult to understand why wanagers shoutd jutensily the nbaurdity b{’ patting Jittlo Mra, Beguln into that charucters but when she 14 40 viaced she might drees and look it a little etter. She mighthave somoe kind of skire to her doll-baby jucket, und leave ofl the shoutder drapery, which increases ier quite-sutficlent breadih at the expense of herdiminutive bight, Buch a little dnn\ly-*ln:k of & lover might well drive poor Murgueriteinto the arms of any man- ly suttor, No dewand of musle cau justity such an absurdity, JANE GREY BWIssUELM. was best that even some good mico ** by by themselves.” Dr. Bavago thought it inportant v speaking on the subject to detine the great objeet of discipline, Its primaryend I all cuscs should ho thu “recovery of the offuuder. To sccomplish thls object, dis- civline inust bo so vouducted na to wmake the delluquent feel the 11} aesert of s sin, Fulllog i the reform of the offending member, it was the duty of the Church to rellove itselt of the respongibllity of his sin by excommuvication, He allirmed” that there waus hardly a chu tho ¢lty which did not have a duty’of dl. toward sume ol ite leading members. Wwas L00 much compramised by such ca cipline would recover us to a greater degreo of T befors the world, Becretary Powell also belleved in church dlsciptine, though so far as his observation extended 1t wos usually attended with reat evil. e thoughit the trouble was that churches came to the tital of the offender 18 most barents caine to the punishuent of thele children, with roused pasatons and & viudictive apirlt. Under such clrcumstances it was limoossi- ble to secury justics or {ntducuce for good the agurieved parties. If diaclplie could be colued ont fu the spirit with whicn {t ls enjuined in the Hible it would, nu doubt, bo one of the greateat wvans for goodd fo the Cuureh, “Plie sltscugsion contivued with unabated fu- tepest Gl halt-past 12, when the wmeetivg ud- Jourued. ‘What Hamlilton Thought of Taxatlon, 40 the Editor of The Tribune. . Cuioago, Jun. 13.—Doubtlcss local self-gov- erument is an casentlal featuse of our free instl- tutfons, and that the concoutration of all power aL the seat of a great Emplre Hke the American Uulon, or even s great Siate like 1linofs, would ba an unmitizated evil. Yet there are somu fm- portant public fulcrests, other than LLose relat. ing to foreign affairs, to the Territories, aud the ke, which can be best cared for by thu Centrug Uovernment. This truth is begloulng to be recoguized by the Bouthern chamolons of States’ Riglits, as is cvinced by the hearty supoort v.lmy gove the Reagen bill Tor the requlation of ruil- road frelghts, Experlence soon taught the people of Americs, METHODISTS, ‘The regular weekly weetivg of the Methodist ministers wos held yestenday morniug jo thelr Toows, 57 Wusbinzton strect, Presidiug-Elder Willing in the chatr. ‘There was sowe discusslon over & circular scut to pastors by Miss F. E. Willard relattve to bume protection fu temperanco work, The ro- cent declsion of the United States Supremo Court i regard to Morwonlsm was also talked —_—— Pug-Dogs. New York Timer, Elegance fs not now so much sought foras b he sratem w3 oddity; aud it mwust be confussed that wuch of | et gt Cumniltiee of the National W, C.T. U lus o | dett could not control the subsequent | whilu they wers yet ivin 1n tho thirteen fude: | the boliday display 1a exprousibly wely. it ja | frou ali of the shovginomes, duariess. Feie, over. cleus wsjority for Homu Protection (leavivg out | action of the creditor, and cuuld not, therefore, | pendent States, under the vomlosl beadahjp of | tho fashion. Even the detestable pug-dos sial Fattl's Kuce-Cap, Au exegesls of the cigbth chapter of Rowans | Vice-Prestdunts for such Soutbern Stutes us | for years be certaln when he would become the Xew York Graule, ‘The paragrapk from Gal'gnani’s Wessenger of Dec. 2, exteusively vopled ib this country, aud tbe Artleles of Confederation, that their prop- erty, as well aa thelr ability to wmalutain free. dow aud sell-government,” required that thoey “bred down,' as the fuuclers phrasu it s0 83 to bo as uuiy as poesible. Tue pugger the dog, the wmore *““swell” be fs. - Aud obe of these hapless was then read by the Rev. Mr. Bristol, the nuceesity of prayer buml; the ceutral thought. A lung and tomewhat hilurivus discuselon of the READ « False and True.” owiier of the property to use and fuprove as bis buve never organized, and who are sppointed do own; sud [u caseol improved property he would yeur after yoar, but wot act). It 1s also erfectly fulr to that Mes. Witteuwyer, by wo- not even be entitled 1o possession aud the rents | slould cuncede to tho Geoerat Uoveromeut thio | beasts, co:upelled sgainst bis will to stand up snpoancing thet Muie. Adeltoa Patti hud frav- | watter then ensued, o which the Hterul suswer- | fog to Washinetou in February last as Chale- | fu the meantime. Such u law, whbile jt would | power to levy and collect uniturm dutics on for- | sud taze froi a carriau vindow, when he wants tured lier Kuee<can woile tu Berlin, sud that the | fov of pravers was considered, Dr. Hattield | mau of the Cowmittes wha presented the Home- | fojure the credltor, would nog du reality helptho | elzn werchandise, Uuder the Articles each | to tuke his ease ou the cushivus, ls'a speitacloto | _Bendsletterstamp to RADWAT & CO., No, 33 Ve dujured Mmb would pusaibly Leve to be swpy- | created conslderuble werriment by suwme upt | Protection petition agrecd 1o 8t Newark, cer- § debtor, 88 the ereditor, Sudiug bimavlf the sole Btate bud a tarlf of its own, sud 1he reault was | moye the pity of wavklud P et Verin thonaanda wii be aeat vou