The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1875, Page 6

a MOODY AND SANKEY. The Great Revivalists Begin Their Work at Northfield, Mass. MR. MOODY’S ADDRESS. A Flood of Melody in the Quiet Village Church. MR. SANKEY’S SONGS. Ho, my comrades! See the signal Waving in the sky! Reinforcements now appearing, Victory is nigh, Nomruviero, Mass., Sept. 10, 1875. ‘There is no mistaking the fact that there are pre- ‘onitory symptoms of an early and powerful religious revival it the United States. It may seem ‘that this is hardly the point from which to send forth such a gratifying prediction; but it is nevertheless true that the seat of evangelism, speaking in a worldly and human sense, is just now located in this charming Iittle town of the Connecticut Valley. Here are domiciled the celebrated Messrs, Moody and Sankey, whose industrious efforts in behalf of Christianity were so recently and powerfully felt all over Europe, ‘and here has been formally inaugurated the series of meetings which it is proposed to hold throughout the q@ountry. In fact, it is intended that THR WORK OF SALVATION shall be even more complete in America than it was in the old country, for, besides the two great evangelists already named, they will also be accompanied and as- Bisted in their missionary work by Messrs. Bliss and Whittle, two noted revivalists of Chicago, whose mode of conducting meetings is similar to that of Moody and Bankey, Major Whittle doing the talking and Professor Bliss the singing. AN EVANGELICAL QUARTET, Messrs. Whittle and Bliss as well as Messrs, Moody and Sankey are already mustered here and are perfect- Ing arrangements for their grand pilgrimage throug! out the country. Mr. Sankey reached town at midnight ef Tuesday after a perilous journey from the railroad station via a wire ferry across the Connecticut River, and thence a drive over hills and through valleys to the Northfield Hotel, and the following forenoon he was joined by Messrs, Whittle -and Bliss. All of them make their pat during the time not occupied _ for meals and slumber they are in executive session with Mr. Moody, who is evidently the guiding spirit and fireetor of present and future movements, Professor Bliss and Major Whittlo, like Moody and Sankey, are of acheerful afd sociable disposition, and their general make up is hardly what one expects to see in men ‘whose whole life seems to be devoted to rescuing man- ‘kind from the terrible vortex ot sin and perdition. They are of splendid physique, both of them not less than Bix feet in their stockings, with keen black eyes, and the faces covered with a handsome flowing beard of the purest jet. It is doubtful if, in the whole coun- try, four finer looking men could be collected. While there is nothing specially sanctimonious in their ap- | pearance, it isat once clear that they are thoroughly sincere in their chosen work. Sceptics who might be Inclined to think otherwise would have had their views changed if they had been present last evening at the services which took place in the little Congregational eharch. THEIR FIRST REVIVAL MEETING IN AMERICA. ‘The services conducted here by Mr. Moody last Sun- day, as stated in the Hzratp at the time, wore merely incidental. The first or initial meeting of the series | which itis proposed to hold throughout the country took place last evening, and was participated in by aly four of the evangelists whose names will probably be- come a household word during the winter. The little church was filled to its utmost capacity, and many of those who crowded within its portals drove from dis- | ances of fifteen or twenty miles from the adjacent | country. THER SCSXR IN THE CHURCH. The edifice was as brilliantly illuminated as kerosene would permit, and in the neighborhood of the pulpit | was a profusion of choice floral tributes. The four evangelists occupied seats upon the platform in tront of the pulpit, Mr. Sankey perching himself behind a little melodeon which supplies the place of a pretentious organ. ‘ THE OPENING SERVICES. After a brief prayer by Rev, Mr. Warfield, of Green- field, there followed some singing—‘‘Sweet Hour of Prayer.” tould not have sung the simple tune more grandly than this untrained congregation. From the be- ginning all sang in full voice, until, on reaching the word “farewell? in the last line, Sankey suddenly dropped his voice to a pianissimo, The congregation were quick to divine his wish, and the flood of song, which had been like the roar of many waters, died away like the ripple of a wave upon the shore. It was really a musical effect for which the director of a horus might labor for weeks and not attain so per-. fectly; yet here it was accomplished, as it were, spon- taneously by the invisible bond of sympathy—mag- netism, do you say?’—which Sankey somehow estab- lishes between himseif and the largest congregations. PRAYERS DESIRED AND OFFERED. After the singing of the hymn Mr. Moody said that there had been sent in requests for prayers for an orphan, for a young man addicted to strong drink, and for the conversion of a wayward husband. ‘MR. MOODY'S PRAYER. Let us pray. Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for this sweet hour of prayer; we thank Thee for the privilege we have of meeting here this beautiful even- ing, and we thank Thee for the unspeakable privilege xf coming into Thy presence, in the name of Thy be- loved Son Jesus Christ. And now, Heavenly Father, wilt Thou bear our prayer here for this dear orfhan ? God, answer prayer and save this boy, that he may have eternal life and become a child of the Lord Jesus Christ. Be more to him than a father or mother, and may he drink at the fountain of life Let Thy pitying eye rest upon this other, and wilt Thou give him courage that he may overcome his appetite for strong drink, be saved from a drunkard’s grave and be Drought into the fold to-night if he is present? And the wife—wilt Thou not hear her prayers? Wilt Thon not answer them, and may that husband be brought to God this very night? May the acales fall from his eyes, and may he behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the 4in of the world For their sakes we pray for a blessed meeting here. May the Holy Ghost come upon us while we pray, that we may catch a fresh glimpse of Jesus Christ; that we may behold Him in all His Leauty, AS wo sing may our hearts be touched by the Holy Ghost, and may we sing a8 we have never ‘deen able to sing before. And may there be a revival of religion sweeping through this valley until hundreds and thousands shall have been brought to Christ Jesus. 0 God, hear our cry and answer our prayer! For Thy beloved Son’s sake we ask it. Amen. The prayer having beon concluded the celebrated missionary called upon Mr. Sankey to sing one of his | own hymus, and he selected one which was as appropri- ‘ato as it was touching, and I append it in full;— RESCUR THE PERISHING. Rescue the perishing, care for the dying, Snatch them in pity from sin wnd the grave; Weep o'er the erring one, litt up the fallen, Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. Though they are slighting Ilim, still He is waiting, pamaitiogthe peulvent child wreceives the rnestiy, plead with 6! G Me will forgive if they only velieve- apes Down in the human henrt, crushed by the tempter, Feelings lie buried that (grace can restore ; Touched by loving heart, wakened by kindness, that were broken will vibrate once more, Revenue the perishing, beg 4 demands it; Btrength for thy lavor the Lord will provide to the narrow way patiently win them Tell the poor wanderer a Saviour has died. ‘This was the first song of Mr. Sankey in his,con- | He missionary work in the United 8t cultivation of voice, but it soul and heart were in every word he ut- his appearance seemed dramatic it was himself was unconscious of it, MEKTING ADDRESSED BY MAJOR WHITTHR. having been presented to the audience friend , commenced his address with an a man he once tried to convert in Chicago, ‘of the indifferent or unrighteous class, found himself hungry and without a cen: bis eyes to heayon aud prayed, Les, t iy iy = = = file i ie F i home at the hotel, | Under such leadership a trained chorus | ana when ne nad = finishea =e = looked upon the ground and found a $3 vill, The | Major did not say so, but your correspondent will inu- | mate that this clreamstance occurred in the days of the | old State banks, when bills of # three dollar dcnomina- | | Hon were not a curiosity even if found in the manner de- | seribed, This circumstance, however, convinced the | Starving man that there was 'a God; and jrom that mo i ment he becam Christian and believer in th eiheacy of pray From this little imetdent th | evangelist proceeded with a most earnest address, in | whieh he urged prayer and faith as the chief means of savation. That we must be dependent upon God was | one of the chief ideas which he would instil into the minds of his hearers, and to make this point the more | forcible he cited the case of the President of the Bank of California, He thought he was independent with bis millions of treasure, but be found his mistake, and | Bow. the speaker asked, why should we not ail recog- nize our weakness and dependence upon the higher power, and resolve at once to become Christians? God regards with favor those who ask aud pray according to the holy record, and in this connection ho cited the cases of Martin Luther aad George Whitfeld, “ARK YOUR WINDOWS OPEN TOWAKD JKRUSALEM f?? Protessor Bliss was next introduced, and, with melo- deon accompaniment, sang one of his own songs with the above title. It was rendered with fine effect and was as generally commended as the songs of Mr. San- | key, his colaborer. | ANY ADDRESS FROM MR. MOODY, | Without a moment's y Mr. Moody said, “I want | to follow up what Coiouel Whittle has said." I would like to call you attention to a verse that you will Gnd im the seventh chapter of John. It 1s the éev- enth verse:— Ask andit shall be given you; seek and yo shall find; knyck and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth: and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. ; Now in these verses of the Scripture, especially in the seventh verse, there are three classes of Chris- tians described. There's the asking, thero's the | Seeking, and there's the knocking Christian. And | | what "we want, I believe, is the third | | class, That isthe best. There are a good many who | are all the time asking for the Lord to bicas them and | hear their prayers, and yet they never wait for His answer, and if He should answer them they would be | more surprised than anybody else. What we want, I | believe, is just this knocking class, We must knock until We answer comes, and we must expect it will come, If it don’t come, then let us stop and look into | the matter and find out why. It won't be God’s fault, ) but it will be all ourselves.” Our conditions may not be | right, Iimay have some feelings against Mr. Alexan- der, I may cherish grudges against him or some one else, Aud yet unless I put them away how can I ex- pect that God will hear my prayer? If 1 am not will- ing to forgive every man how can I expect that God is going to forgive me? I might ask God for ever and ever wo save me and He would not open His car to my pleadings. And I believe there is a great deal of that kind of praying done. It doesn’t get out of the Church; it doesu’t get_as high as your head, It is not necessary to make long and eloquent prayers, ‘The Lord’s Prayer, as it is commonly calied, 18 brief; but 1 think that is a mistake; I would call it the disciples’ prayer, for it is the prayer that Christ put into the mouth of his discyples That prayer asks God to “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us." Then there is higher type of Christian than the aak- | ing kind—the seeking kind. If we do not receive by asking let us seck, and the moment we begin to seek the blessing will come in earnest to us, There is nota Christian here who has sought but has found God. But the best class of Christians 1s the knocking kind, and of three kinds, the asking, seeking and knocking, what we want inost isa few of the knocking Chris- tians. Just come right up and commence knocking. | Ifthe answer doesn’t come at once, continue knocking, anc the blessing will come. Now, I find most people keep their best and most | { valuable goods under lock and key; and I don’t know | but the Lord does the same. | World, not to the Church. No one asked Him to give | | Christ away. Ifa man bad stood up on the other side | of Calvary and made the request, ‘O God, send Thy | | Son into the world and let Him be crucified on the cross for mankind,” it would have been pronounced sacri- Jegious. They wouldn’t have allowed aman to make such a prayer. And yet, unasked, God gave up to the | world His belovea Son. If He gave Christ to the world what won't He give us asthechurch? Ask and seek and knock until the blessing comes, Now, I will give you au illustration of the case. 1 | have some friends come to my house ata late hour. I have had a good deal of company and have run short of bread. (I Know if we had bad a great many more come | to-day we should have been short of bread at ouraiouse), aud I go over to neighbor Alexander's to borrow some. | I find the lights all out and no one around, so I rap on the door (rapping on the organ moderately). No an- swer. Weil, lam very anxious to get some bread for | those friends who have come, and so I rap again (rap- ping vigorously). Pretty soon & window comes up, and r. Alexander pokes his head out a little and s “Who's there?” “It is one of your neighbors. & friends have come to see me and they are very hungry and I want some bread for them.’ Don’t you think he | would give it to me? If Mr, Alexander would do | that for me, won't God do more? Havent you found God always ready—you, my brother, who | Rave arrived at the ‘age of eighty-two years? (‘-Al- | | Ways.”) There's a man who Las lived twelve years on | Dorrowed time and bas always found God ‘taithful. Then let us come boldly to the throne of grace. And if | it is going to be a pure revival, it must commence with | the Church of God; it must commence with ourselves; | | and then our neighbors will be revived. | _ Now what we want 1s to go home to-night and let the | work commence here in our own walls, and if we get | revived there will be others of our friends who will be | saved. We won’t have to go to them and tell them that | we have got it; but they will see it and feel it, Then men won't be so anxious to get fifteen and twenty per | ceut for their money; and they will try and live consistently, and ‘not be more anxious to make money than to bring souls to Christ. Let the Church of God get right, and_you will see what power there is in religion and what Christtan zeal, with the spirit of God, can accomplish. To-night ‘there might be a wave of blessing going out from this meet- ing that would revolutionize the whole Connecticut valley—a mountain of God’s people rising up to the Jove of God-as one man, And I hope the day will come | when we shall batter down the miserable walls of | sectarianism, and when there will be no distinction be- tween churches, but every man that is a loyal son of God will help His glorious work along. May God hasten that day, and may that be our prayer here to-night. ‘There is not a heart so bard that He cannot touch it. | | While we were gone, this time, an incident occurred | that interested me very much.’ While in Edinburgh a | | man Was pointed out to me by a friend, who said:— “Moody, that man is Chairman of the Edinburgh Infidel | | Club.’”” ‘So [ went and sat down beside him, and said:— | “Weil, my friend, I ain glad to see you at this meeting. | Are you not concerned abont your welfare?” He said he didn’t believe in a hereaiter, I said, “Will you | just get down on your knees and let me pray for you!” | “I don’t believe in prayer.” “Well, I tried unsticcess- | | fully to get the man dewnon his’ knees, and finally | knelt down beside the infidel and’ prayed for him. Well, he made a good deal of sport over | it, and I met him again many times in Edinburgh after that, Well, a year ago last month, while in the north of Scotland, I met the man again, Piacing my hand on his shoulder, I asked, “Hasn't God answered the He gave Christ to the | 3, | h | 2 1 i | prayer’? Hoe replied, “There is no God. I am just the | | same as I always have been. If you believe ina God | and answers to prayer. do as [told you, try your hand | on me.” “Well,” L said, “God's time will come. There are @ great many praying for you, and I have faith to believe that you are going to be blessed.” Six months ago I was ‘in Liverpool, and there I got a letter from the leading barrister of Edinburgh, telling me | that my friend, the infidel, had come to’ Christ, and | that of his clab of thirty men seventeen had followed his example, How it had happened he could not sav, | but whereas he was once blind now he could see. God | | had answered the prayer. I didn't know how it was to be answered, but I believed it would be, aud it was done, Let us pray God to convert the sceptic. He can | do it through His almighty power. His arm is not | me that He cannot save. What we want to do sto COME BOLDLY TO GoD. T beliove that the reason you do not receive answers | when you pray ts because you don’texpect it; you do not | really believe in His answer In the first Chapter of James, fifth verse, he says, “If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God, But let him ask in faith nothing wavering, for he that wavers is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and tos Now, says James, don’t let that man think that he shall receive anything. If we ask God and don’t expect an answer, don’t let us turn round and say, “God does not answer prayer.’? We must expect and accept such a failure in the Church if we don’t believe. Now, there is a young man in Seotiand that | would like to hold up here as a model man, He is a young man of bigh position, great weaith, liberal culture and an unly son, He and his young wife attended our meetings, and sat through, watching the people, and when any one was brought under convie- tion they said they could tell by their fac They Would go right to them and talk and plead with th and in this way fifty or one hundred people were con Verted through their influence. If pad fiity such people in the churches throughout this valley we would see a wonderful work for Christ, _ SERMONS NOT NECESSARY TO SALVATION, You have got as good preachers as you ¢ America. Itis hot sermons that you want, it is the power of God. Why should we not believe that a great work shall commence here to-night and sweep through the whole land; and when we ask great things we must | expect great things, and then we will not be disap- pointed. I learn a great deal from little children, A litue orphan child who was taken into a strange family when being put to bed the first night, after she was | undressed, knelt down to say here ng prayer | d repeated the words which her mother had taught | her, Then sho added a prayer of her own:—"O | make these people just as ¢ and moth Please pausing a moment, she ex | That's the way; of course you will. If we ask God to | give us bread to-night will he give usa stone? Let us have faith and he will grant our request, Let that sink | down deep into your hearts to-night. | Have you any faith, my brother, to believe that God is willing to revive His work? (A voice, “Yes.’’) Thank God for that; let us have faith towighs; let us have strong faith. Let us ask, let us seek, lot us kuock until His blessing comes down upon us like the rain from heaven, 1 would rather pray like Daniel than | preach like Gabriel. The great trouble is we li my » it, Jesus; aud then, Ol course you'w our eye on this man and that man instead of G: Let us hift up our eyes to the Master, Who has ever heard of God disappointing man? I | bave trusted in but [ never have wat | Let us learn the bh child, and w Meet her and se | sorvant and threw herself at lis feet and told her story. | He bade his servant take hia staf! and go avd lay iton | the dead child, bat she would not be sausted with any | but the master himself, That is what we want—tho | Master Himself, Believe and ye shall be gaved, | ANOTHER SONG FROM MR. SANKEY | man and have been disappointed, don God and Leen disappoiuted: yu from tat woman that lost ber | n she saw Elisha be sent his servant to what was wanted. She swept by the When Mr. Moody bad finished he called upon his friend to sing another of his own hymns, and one | which, he said, bad awakened a deep feeling all over | Mood England. The clear and sweet tone, the charmi ody and the impressive words held bis heare: spell-bound, The words were as follows :— JESUS OF NAZARETH PASSETH w What means this eager, auxivus thromg, Which moves with bs alos These wondrous guther wy day? What means this strange commotion, pray? Jn accents hushed the throng reply, SJesus of Nazareth passeth by,” Why sh: St pom 1g mel- almost Who ts this Jesus u ‘Tye city move so mi Arpassing stranger, hue He skill . To wove the multitude as will the stirring tones reply, of Nazareth passeth by." Jesus | ‘tis He who once below Man's pathway trod, “mid pain and woe; And burdened ‘where'er He came. Brought out thet and deaf and lame, ‘The blind rejoiced tg hear the ery, “Jesus of Nasereth passesh by." je comes | From placete place prints we ean trace. rail hold—nay, stay. lay he ¢ aaeresh passeth by f Ho ! all ye heavy laden, come t Here's pardon, confort, rest and home, Ye wandervrs from u Father's face, Heturn, accept His pro re rece, ‘¢ tempted on ere’s igh: “Secu of Sasereth poseoth 0 Rut if yon still His call refuse, And all His wondrous love abuse, boon will He sudiy trom you turn. our bitter prayer fur pardon spurn, will be the cry— esus of Nuzereth has passed by." A forvent prayer was here offered, and then the bene- diction was pronounced by Mr. Moody. The benedic- tion did not end the services, however, for it was an- nounced that Mr. Sankey would’ sing more of his hymns for the edification of those who wished to re- m ‘arccly @ person left the church, but all seemed to crowd up nearer Wo the great singer. He announced the hymn “NINETY AND NINE,” which became so popular abroad, and which he had written while going to Scotland, the idea being taken from the parable of the Lost Sheep:— Thero wore ninety and nine that safely lay Tn the shelter of the fo was out on the hills away, the kates of gold, yon the mountains wild and bare, Away from the tender Shepherd's care. hast here Thy ninety and nine; gh for Thee 2” ade answer, “This of Mine hough the road be ror T go to the desert to ud M But nono of the ransomed ¢ How deep were the waters Nor how dark was t Ere He found Ont in the desert “Lord, whence are That mark ont th “They wore shed for one who li Ere the Shepherd could bring bim back. sLord, Thy hands so rent and torn?” % tonight by many @ thorn,” tains, thunder riven, ee And all throngh the m And HOLD THE FORT. Notwithstanding the hour was getting late, it was gen- erally desired that Mr. Sankey would favor the multitude: with that celebrated song of his, ‘Hold the Fort,” which became so popular with themasses on the other It is the Same song Which attained such renown in Dublin that when an actor on the stage introduced a Sheer at Moody the galleries burst into the chorus and the crowds below took it up and sang the whole hymn before the actor was allowed to proceed. The following are the words in full:— Ho. my comrades! see the signal Waving in the sky! forcements now appearing, tory is nigh! “Hold the fort, fo Jesus signals still. Wave the answer Thy grace we will.” See the mighty host advancing, Satan leading o1 Mighty men around us falling, Courage almost gone! am coming,’ ck to Heaven, “By See the glorious banner waving! Hear the trumpet blow! In our Leader's name we'll triumph ‘Over every foe! Fierce and long the battle rages, But our help is near; Onward comes our great Commander, Cheer, my comrades, cheer! THE SYMPTOMS OF A NATIONAL REVIVAL. The evidences of an early and general religious awak- ening throughout the land are very numerous, if one can judge from the multitude of applications which these evangelists are daily receiving trom all quarters Every mail brings a score of letters, and committees and individuals are constantly arriving with the view of securing the early presence in their midst of Mr. Moody and his coworkers. All of this would seem to indicate that the American people have suddenly re- | alized how very wicked they really are and that they are uneasy to have the path of righteousness pointed out to them with as little delay as possible, The sinners can depend upon it that these gentlemen can discover in a community those who are most sadly in need of evangelizing, and their manner and zeal in reaching and softening the heart of the wayward is often effectual. THE BROOKLYN SINNERS ANXIOUS FOR SALVATION, It is a sad commentary upon the influence of the clergy and laymen of Brooklyn, that great American City of Churches, that they are obliged to call in the assistance of this quartet of missionaries to save their people and municipality from general perdition, It would seem that with such an array of learned and eloquent preachers, such renowned and powerfui expounders of the Gospel, that they would not have to go outside for disciples to Fea the Holy Word. But it is the mission of the ¥RALD, as well as of Moody and Sankey, to tell un- pleasant truths sometimes, and therefore it will not do to ¢Gbnceal the fact that the Brooklynites fear that they can only be saved through the efforts of those distinguished evangelists who made such an immense concourse of Christians in. England. Committees of churehes and individuals have sent pleading letters for Mr. Moody and his friends to come among them at the earliest possible moment, and how they can find it in their Christian hearts to resist is more than your correspondent will undertake to ex- plain. THE OPINION OF A BROOKLYN DEACON. While seated on the piazza of Pickart’s Hotel yester- day morning I was accosted by a handsome looking gentleman, on the downhill of life, whom I afterward learned was a deacon ot one of the Brooklyn churches, He had observed me a moment before in earnest con- versation with Mr, Moody, aud naturally enough he took me to be one of the arrived evangelists of the day previous, Having intimated the purpose of my visit. hero, he expressed the hope that | Mr. Moody's Sermons would appear rerbatim in the Hap, for when the public read them they would all be anxious to hear and see him. In the course of our conversation I came to the conclusion that my Brooklyn friend was here as a com- missioner to secure the presence of the evangelizers in the terribly wicked city in which he resides, I also learned that forty years ago he lived here in Northfield | and knew Moody When he was a boy. He said that as | @ youth he never was cousidered anything remarkable, and it was even now a hard matter to make his old fel- low townsmen believe that he was anything more than a common everyday sort of man. They were, be said, like those whom the Scripiures described as believing that no good could come out of Nazareth. « THE OTHER WICKED CITIES OF AMERIGA, Whether fortunately or unfortunately, it is never- theless a fact that Brooklyn does not monopolize quite all the wickedness there is in the world. New Yorkers and Philadelphians appreciate that they are painfully deficient in Christian morality, but they are less ner- vous in their apprehensions than their fellow sinners of Brooklyn. to come among them they are still willing to await their convenience, Boston and Springfield, here in New England, are also concerned about their spiritual welfare, und long since. made jon for salvation through — the iues of Mr. Moody and his worthy co- laborers. Springfield, probably considering herself the most appropriate representative of New Epgland wickedness, seut upa large committee the day that nkey, Bliss and Whittle arrived, ving t their mission was to secnre the carly sence of the missionary quartette in their city, Mr. din beball of is associates, He said that borers were ENTIRELY IN THUR HANDS OF THR LORD, | and should labor wherever He directed, intimating in this connection that probably Springtield would be one of the first places laid down in the programme, and the it with the idea that the evangelizers will ug them in the course of a few days. Mr. iuformed your correspondent this morning thi plans for the winter campaign will not be fully upon before next Tuesday, The matter to her they will commence their labors in large cities or sinall towns, OTHER EVANGELICAL MOVEMENTS IN THR CONNECTICUT VALLE Efforts m the direction of sanctifying the Conneeti- jley are not continued exclusively to Moody and 1 their friends. ‘To use a worldly phrase, ims to be a general thundering of Christianity up and down and on both sides of the river, That movements ‘aro earnest und sincere can hardly yo determined 1 not be denied Ubat many of tose im then simply from kina of an exe country life, be am there & all th sire for some of a dull will in tide of sal- he up in the gener: icing over the saving of one good sinner in this way is very gre It is rare that ¢ , even in haman fessional revival- addre: Mmultitade without r ung some enter. taining rich and protane sinner had been » ministrations, 1 was, theretore. ar Mr. M , on the occa- | sion of his ae here the other Sunday, tell of the one whom he encountered and saved somewhere out West, Indend, an exhortation to « concourse of sin- hers without such an ancedote would haye been sadly incomplete. Following this tno: honor ive Mr. Moody gave out a hyinn which struck meas being singw- larly appropriate, and the Just stanga of which is a6 follows :— That ft have A GENERAL, MORALITY MOVEMENT. Over in Belchertown, only « fow miles from here While they are anxious for the evangelizers | are drawn | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1875.——WITH SUPPLEMENT. there has been ;naugurated a general morality move- | ment within the past few days. Some two | weeks since a couple of respectable young | ladies in the town committed suic on account | of unpleasant seandal caused by the nt evening The a8 may promenades of the village strects. be supposed, caused great excitement in the sacle town, and the result has been one of a series of public meet- ings that are proposed in the interest of law and order, Colonel Eliot Bridgman presided, Rev. Mr. Lyman offered prayer, and then followed’ a discussion as to whether there was really any justification for the meet- ing. It seems that. a Rev, Mr. Berry had preached a sermon on Sunday, in which he deplored the morbid community that lavished sym- pathy upon a suicide; considered the plac- ing of # floral’ wreath and cross upon the casket of Nettie Barrett an insult Ww God and His revealed retigion, and scathingly denounced the selectmen for their laxity in failing to discover the prime cause of the horror. This clergyman was present at the meeting and led off in the speaking. He cailed in question the official conduct of the trial Justice, who, ‘ answer, claimed that an inquest would have been illegul and unnecessary, and thought the parson’s ser- mon an entirely unwarrantable one. The principal ot the village grammar school claimed. that the girls were not specially immoral, but thought that the billiard and drinking saloons should be closed and a reading room established. The upshot of the meeting was that they all agreed that they would make home more attractive, keep a close watch on the boys and girls and invite Mr. Moody and his colaborers among them, A RAILROAD REVIVAL. In the midst of the general revival which is promised there has been one of considerable magnitude inaugur- ated on the part of the railroad employés in this sec- tion, It had its origin in Springfield in the organiza- tion of a praying band, the members being chiefly engineers of the Connecticut River Railroad. The idea took with the employés of the Boston and Albany, and the New York, New Haven and Hartford roads, and the Movement promises to become quite general. In fact, it has assumed’ such stability that an asso: ciation has been formed with Mr, B,C. Crabtree, of the Boston and Albany ‘road. for president, and the vice presidents and other officers are selected from the different roads in this section which are represented in the movement. They are con- templating an invitation to Moody and Sankey and their jociates to midress them, at @ time which will best suit their convenience, MK, BEKCHER AT LAKE PLEASANT, Another important missionary movement in this sec- tion is a sermon of an evangelical nature, to be preached at Lake Pleasant, by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, one week from next Sunday. Lake Pleasant, on the line of the Vermont and Massachusetts division of the Fitchburg Railroad, is one of the most charmin, and celebrated spots for open air devotions to be foun in the Connecticut Valley. The presence of Mr. Beecher is said to have been secured through the efforts of Mr. Charles H. Comee, President of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association in Fitchburg. Some of the irreligious have undertaken to say that the affair is of a fnancial rather than an evangelical nature, on account of Mr. Comee being superintendent of tho rail- road which passes the grove. It has been openly charged, in fuct, that it is nothing ‘more or less than a speculation between Mr. Comee and the Plymouth pastor. allegation, however, has been squarely met by one of Mr. Beecher’s friends, who authorizes the statement in his behalf that the only compensation he expects or will accept will be his conveyance to and from Lake Pleasant and his en- tertainment while there, The discussions on the mat- ter have been numerous and spirited, and if it should threaten that the cause of religious reform should suffer in consequence, I have no doubt but both Mr. Beecher and Mr. Comee will even now abandon the meeting for which such ample arrangements have been made. A WORD ABOUT TELEGRAPH INCONVENIENCES. I wish to mingle mine with the general growls of the community at the absence of telegraph facilities in Northfield, The-wires of the Western Union Company pass directly through the town, but the district super- intendent thinks it “inconsistent’’ to favor the citizens with an office, During the summer months the placo has been filled with boarders from tho cities, and the in- convenience of having to drive three miles to do their telegraphing has been the cause of agreat many hard words. The members of the press who are assembled here at this particular time are also somewhat indignant atthe refusal of the company to turnish them with suitable facilities. THE MISSISSIPPI MASSACRE. STATEMENT OF AN EYE-WITNESS—IMPOBTANCE OF THE TROUBLE EXAGGERATED. Mr. Joseph M. Kerr, of Edwards, Miss., who was an eye-witness of the conflict which occurred between the whites and blacks at the political meeting at Clinton, Miss., on the 4th inst., bas arrived in this city, and gives the following account of the origin and extent of the disturbance :— “The number of people present at the mecting has been greatly exaggerated. There were probably not more than 800 or 900 negro men in attendance, though the large number of colored women and children on the ground probably swelled the entire number of colored people to almost 2,000, The white men in attendance did not number more than seventy-five. Tt was agreed that time for speaking should be divided between the two parties. Hon. Amos R. Johnson, the democratic Senator, was to speak first, and Mr. Fisher, of the Jackson Times, was to follow him. Mr. Johnson had finished speaking and Mr. Fisher was presenting his views to a peaceable audience, when the negro police in charge of the grounds attempted to arrest a drunken colored man who was trying to create a disturbance. The fellow resisted the officers and was knocked down. Instantly the negroes rushed to his rescue, crying as they did 80, “GO POR THE RAYMOND ROYS.”” This was probably on account of the greater number of whit resent being ‘idents of the town of Ray- mond, The negro rioters, led by a son of Senator Cald- well (colored), made 'a furious onslaught on the whites, Mr. Kerr states that of forty or fifty citizens, black and white, with whom he talked over the affair, every one adinitted that the negroes were the first toshoot. When the mé/ée began Fisher Jumped from the platform and took to his heels, throw- ing away his hat even, that it might not impede flight. “He was scen no more during the day. The um gro women and children ran screaming in all diree- tions. Mr. Charles Chilton, who resided near the scene of the conflict, came out of his house into his yard, opened his gates and was in the very act of shel- tering their wives aud children when he was shot by gome of the negroes. The firing was kept up briskly by both parties, and telegrams = were at once sent by the whites’ to Vicksburg | and the adjacent towns for aid. Reinforcements rapidly poured im from Edwards, Bolton and other towns, and the biacks were dispersed, leaving their wagons, horses and mules on the ground. As they made their way through the erg d they committed the most brutal outrages. Frank Thompson, a young Jawyer, was shot and killed on his horse a mile and a hali from the scene of the disturbance, and his body was horribly mutilated. Martin Sively was attempting to escape by crossing a corn field when he was over- taken and knocked down by THE SON OF SENATOR CALDWELL and instantly riddled with balls, His body was mutilated, the clothing stripped from it, and a ring w cut from’ his finger and stolen. These facts were gleaned by Mr. Kerr from.a dying negro, whose deposi- tion he wrote. Frank Thompson was one of the first men shot, After being wounded he mounted his horse and rode off, firing at the crowd as he went. He was overtaken some distance away and killed. His body was literally beaten into a jelly, the head was broken in and the body was stripped ‘entirely naked. These are but a few of the y bratal murders related by Mr. Kerr. The place of the fight was viewed by that gentleman a quarter of an hour after the negroes were dispersed, and it presented a scence of carnage, strewn as it was with overturned wagons, bloody garments, and the bodies of the slain, Several participants in the affair assured him that Senator Caldwell had fired three | several shots during the mélée, The assembled whites secured the abandoned horses | and mules, and, under command of Colonel Harding, | formerly of Texas, ecoured the country in search of the Caldweils and Willborns, who are supposed to have led | | the negroes, Darkness came on and they were | obliged to give up the search, For the two | | following days the people of Edwards were | in constant expectation of being attacked by an organ- ized body of the negroes, while, on the other band, the colored people scattered over the country hid them- selves in the woods, in mortal fear of being followed by | the relatives of jhe murdered whites, When Mr. Kerr lett on Tuesday, however, peace was substantially restored and the negro hands were quietly picking | cotton on the plantations in the Vicmity. It is gener- ally thought by the people of that section that the negroes came prepared for bloodshed. One of the negroes, in speaking of the affair on the flevite day, | was heard to declare, “When we counted off ou Satur- day morning we had only twenty-fivy pistols,” which | would seom to indicate that they anticipated a dis | turbance. The white residents have organized into | military companies for scif defence, in case of such | riots again occurring, aud are determined to protect | themselves at any cost. Much dissatisfaction is ex- | pressed with regard to the Governor's appeal to the President tor help, the event was not of sufficient iinportance to warrant such action. “A MYSTERY, About daybreak yesterday morning the night watcb- man employed on the coal docks of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Jersey City saw the body of a man floating in the river, The corpse boing taken out of | the water and examined was found to have a tong cut ‘on the back of the head, such as would | be made by an axe, It was thereiore determined | that the deceased had been struck from behind and | then thrown into the river. ad not been in | the water long enough to be decomposed, It is that of aman abont twenty five years ul age, smooth fac of fair complexion. Tt was dressed in a bl and vest, diagonal cloth pantaloons, gaite t ‘sand a white shirt, The siurt Was torn open in trout, and the collar atid necktie seemed to have been wrenched off. These facts gave evidence that the deceased had been mur- dered alter a scuille, The body is now at the Morgue in Jersey City. aa SUICIDE, NOT MURDER. An jnquest was hold yesterday on the body of Chris- tina Straub, a report of whose death has already been reported in the Henatp, The following is the finding pristina Straub came to her death | kK, on or about the Sth day of Sep- St. Charles stroet, from suicide | tember, A. D., | by hanging,” | tains that wi | of property ¢ NEWPORT. Promising Features in the Future. THE REAL ESTATE MARKET. How Far Prices Have Been Affected. THE SELLING AND RENTING OF COTTAGES. Newport, R. 1, Sept. 9, 1875, There is much that might fairly be advanced in favor of Newport. Her history, her natural advantages, climate, drives, ocean bathing and fishing are famous, The extent and beauty of many of the cottages and grounds, the neat architecture and landscape gardening will compare favorably with the best known summer resorts in the world. This is undisputed. As at Tor- quay and Nice, Vichy and Trouville, there is alwa; something that awakens interest and incites to recroa- tion, Yet Newport has not enticed the usual stream of visitors this year—nor, indeed, for several years past has she shown a good record. Since the war the gay scenes that were centred around thee@Atlantic Hotel, when the wealthy planters of the South indulged in the Inxuries of the ocean-bound island, have entirely disappeared, There is probably greater wealth rep- resented now. than at that period, put it does not cir- culate as freely, Then there werea dozen hotels, now there are but two or three, As hotels have decreased cottages have increased. With the closing of the hotels the general amusements for the transient vis- itors ceased; and in proportion as this place lost, so Saratoga, Long Branch and Cape May gained, because of their readiness to provide special attractions, Yct neither, of these places can compare with Newport, and it seems but reasonable to suppose that if she adds the better features of the New York and New Jersoy places and rejects the worst, her future will be brighter than ever. REAL BSTATR. Perhaps no better indication can be given than the real estate market in this respect. Mr. Frank B. Por- ter, one of the most enterprising real estate agents here, in whom great reliance is placed by property owners, stated to-day, that notwithstanding the recent disastrous money panics and the gencral staguation in trade, real estate has scarcely folt the change. For instance, in 1874 the total assessed value of real estate in this city was $20,590,500; personal property was assessed at $8,782,100, the whole producing, on a ratio of $8 80 per $1,000, a tax of $258,477. For the present year real es- tate is assessed at $20,831,000; personal property at $8,040,200, giving ,on a ratio of $7 70 per $1,000, a tax of $222,308 Tho following table will better illustrate this:— Reat ‘Personal Taz per Estate. Property. Total. |, 000, 1874... $20,590,500 $8,752,100 $29,312,600 $8 80 1875.... 20,831,000 8,040,200 28,871,200 770 THE COTTAGES. In the spring of 1874 there were 300 cottages empty, 200 of which were subsequently rented for the season to families, the remaining 100, or, at least, the greater part, being occupied by the owners, The value of these cottages varied from $130,000 to $45,000 and $35,000, The rents were from $5,500 to $800. During the early part of the season it was thought that the prices asked for tho summer would have to be reduced to meet the condition of the purses of many whose incomes were derived from trade and commerce. This spring the number of empty cottages | was slightly larger, allowing for the new houses erected and those few owners who found it necessary to econo- mize by going to cheap quarters and to let their places asa source of income. And it must also be stated that in some instances owners were compelled to let cheaper than on previous years to parties arriving late, or they would probably have remained empty. Some are still empty, indeed, partly because persons who have hitherto been abundantly supplicd with money were this year poorer and less inclined to spend, and partly because landlords refused to let at reduced rates lest the estimated vulue of the property should thereby be affected, “The fact is,”’ said Mr. Porter to your corréspondent, “we have only realized the general depression in this way. People who own the cottages have gone away, in a few instances, in order to secure the benefit of a sea- son's rent. Persons, again, thinking that landlords would rather take two-thirds or even half of the rental asked early in the spring, have delayed coming until the middle of August, and have then secured places for slightly less than the usual rent. For instance, | know of one place that had been let for $4,500 being taken tor $1,400 for the last few weeks of the season, Another lace that had let for $750 formerly rented at $1,250, his may be called the work of money ‘grabbers,’ how- ever, who, in the guise of agents, may wreck the prop- erty of their principals in order to secure a trifling per- contage, Rents have been bat little affected for tive years. In 1870 they averaged from $4,000 to $1,000 and $800. In 1871 they started at $5,000 and ranged to $700 and $800. In 1872 some were let a trifle higher, During 1873 and 1874 the prices were, in general terms, $5,000, $4,000, $3,000, $2,500, $2,000, $1,200, $1,000 and $800.’ This year, with’ the’ exceptions I have named, the rents remain the same, “Lhave in my district sixty different properties for rent and sale next spring (when most of the arrange- ments for the fail are made), and there is every pros- pect that prices will be maintained. Of course, no man can possibly predict the events of the future, andI speak simply with this reservation. they have subsequently to lose it again under fore closure. Here you will not see (wo cases a yeat recorded where a sale has been forced under foreclosure, During April and May this year the fullest prices were obtained for cottages, A little later, however, some few families who had been spending June in the mountains came here in the middie of July and secured places at a trifle loss. But we have already great promises for next year. Already we have inquiries, from families who have been abroad for several years, for cottages during the Centennial. Of course a large number of these Americans who have been abroad must come home to the Exhibition. They will stay awhile in Philadelpbia and then seek the watering places, and we shall be fall. All the indications are in favor of a huge crowd, You know that ours is no new enterprise "Fashion has at- thousands here and she will alWays attract, We are beginning to realize the necessity of public amuse- ment, and I am glad to see a number of gentlemen who are determined that henceforth we shall have them. As to property being dear, well, you may buy some lots on the avenue for $3 a foot (square), but these are small; but lean sell you some bp on the same avenue for twenty cents afoot, Ifa family of medium income comes here there are abundant places to suit, There are families who come bere and siay the whole year round, They are enabled to have their little got. tage at less than they could get flats for in the city of New York. Indeed, some come late in the tall and are glad to escape the display of the wealthier “transients,” and enter into the social amenities of winter, As a winter place of residence it is not so attractive, of course. All places of this kind are luxuries, to a cor- tain degree, and as long as your luxury is in demand you must pay something for it, Some people come here and compare this place with New York and Boston and Philadelphia and Springfield. But you cannot de that, There is only one place like this in America, and that place is Nowport There have always been cobanes to meet the slender as well as the weil-tilled purses, Ifa man desires to live on the avenue or along tho cliff he must have something more than an ordinary income, But, as I say, we do not expect any depreciation, and, unless I am greatly mistaken, fumilies desiring resi- dences here next year will not be able to obtain them after a certain period. The Centennial will certainly fill us up. My list is already being scanned very closely. Why should we not have our share? You cannot get a larger amount of.comfort and pleasure for a certain sum of money anywhere than here in this place,” A SHOT AT RECKLESS SPECULATORS. Said a gentleman at the City Hall to me to-day, “If we could only have some decent waterworks and im- proved drainage you would never need tb fear for our real estate, Like all other investments it is liable to finetuate now and then; speculators may build it one day on false premises, but the next day it will find its level. We are not, as 4 nation,in a very hopeful condition just now. The Goulds and Garretts and Van- derbilts have “bulled’’ and ‘“beared” until they have crippled our trade, shut up two-thirds of the mills in New England and nearly smothered our industry. Playing fast and loose may please speculators and railroad kings, but the result is to depress and ruin our people. I tell you, things look pretty blue. To-morrow we may be crushed by taxation, as some of your people are in New York, but we stand at less than $8 to the $1,000 now.’? Most of those with whom I have conversed here seem remarkably hopeful—sanguine as to the future; but the truth is there is but little doing here now in real estate, building or anything else, The season is not at an end, itis true, but the business people are almost idle, Tho stoppage of mills at Fall River is felt in this place. Still, with better times and continued exertion to render New- port attractive, with race-, yachting, rowing, bird Inatches, target shooting, &c., a8 projected for another year, things may be very different. WEBB AND BOYTON, KNIGHTHOOD FOR CAPTAIN WEBB RECOMMENDED BY A DISTINGUISHED POET. {From the London Daily News.] We publish to-day a letter from Mr. R. H. Horne, re- commending that a special mark of distinction shoud be conferred upon Captain Webb, Mr. Horne’s name entitles him to a respectiul hearing for any suggestion he may make, We may add that he is himself an ex- perienced swimmer, who in his youth performed’ tl feat, then we believe almost unexampled, of swimming across the Menai Straits from Carnarvon tle ta the Isle of Anglesea in a rough sea and across a strong current. But we cannot say that we agree wth Mr. Horne in thinking that Captain Webb's feat would be appropriately rewarded by the honor of knighthood. It is quite true that in the earlier days of such distinctions they were often conferred for feats of strength and skill Jar less remarkable and creditable than that ef Captain Webb. Legend, we believe, avers that the first honor conferred upon the Buccleuch family was that of knighthood given to an ancestor who stoutly carried a buck up a steep height to oblige aking. Even in more recent times wo have instances enough of similar titles being suddenly granted for mere display of gladiatorial strength. Still we have recently changed all that, and our sovereigns have confined the dignity of knighthood to services supposed to be of a character more or less distinct; olticial. We do not by any means desire to see the poi lant Captain Webb turned into a knight of the modern sort. If he could be made a Kuight of the Bath thera might perhaps be some appropriateness in the title at leastif in nothing else. But we think his felloy countrymen would much prefer that Captain Webt should remain just as he is, and that he should run no chance of being confounded with the husband of Dickens’ Lady Tippins, who was knighted by mistake, That Captain Webb deserves much more substantial recognition at the hands of his countrymen than niere barren honor of any kind we fullyadmit, It can hardly be, indeed, that such recognition will be wanting 1m the case of the man who has accomplished the greatest | feat of strength, skill and courage these later times have produced. But we should be sorry to see the stout swimmer “translated” into a knight. BOYTON’S EXPLOIT GREATER THAN THAT OF WEBB. [From the Spirit of the Times.] Greater than Webb's exploit was the sublime and in- telligent daring of Boyton’s dauntless heart, when, om a bluck night, 100 milys distant from the dreadful Irish coast, with all the elements moaning with pent up rage, he demanded of the captain of the steamer which had brought him from America, the fullilmentot a pledge, to cast him into the sea The captain warned him against the rising storm, remonstrated, then retuscd; but at last gave way to the intrepid adventurer’s entreaties, The swrm came within an hour. Increasing steadily, it ros¢ to such a pitch of tury that, in the middle of the night, the stout steamer, which had put him overboard, wag afraid to strive against its culminated power, and be- took itself to the unusual resource of lying-to, till the tempest should blow out its spite, Not so the little human craft, which struggled with its fate amid the black and lashing waves; now flung aloft with fearful velocity into the roaring gale, and anon sinking in the yawning centre, almost suiled and drowned by the FICTITIOUS VALUES. “Wherever fictitious values are shown there you will | find depreciation, for if you choose to build a most elaborate house, decorate it with costly ornaments and demand to have a park made of your six or seven acres, it may add $100,000 to the cost—value to you perhap: but not to the man who comes to biy it aiter- | ward. Take the place built hero by Mr. Bar- | reda. He selected nine acres on the most lovely part of Bellevue avenue, He gave an order to have his villa built im October, aud ab agreement was made that he should have it finished ready for habitation the following June. Well, in order to build the brick house without in- | terruption during the winter, the contractor had to erecta huge wooden shed over all and heat it with steam pipes. The work was done to time, but when Mr. Barreda entered his new house and grounds it had cost him $300,000, Last year when he sold it his figures on paper did not stand for much. He only got $175,000 for it. Again, there is a piece of property on Spouting Rock, consisting of four and a half acres of land, house, stables, &c., which cost $65,000 lour years ago, and now it would be sold for $55,000. INCREASED VALUE, “But the other side of the picture will bear scrutiny. Almost next to that property on Spouting Rock 1s another small estate which was recently purchased for $75,000. Now the gentleman wiil not look at an offer of less than $100,000, Another gentleman has a five acre lot of unimproved land at the extreme end of Bellevue avenue, for which he asks $135,000 an acre— say, $65,000. Some of the owners have advanced prices enormously since 1870. Cottages on the east side of Bellevue avenue, in five or six acres, having lawns and terraces to the avenue on one side and to the ocean on the other, have advanced noarly forty per cent. I know of two instances where the properties were purchased for about $40,000 and $45,000 respectively, and, although the improvements have not been very exten-. sive, $100,000 is now asked for each place. If agentle- | man requires a villa and eight or nine acres it will be found very expensive. Nearly all the lots Wailable for building on the east side of the ‘avenue’ have been taken up tor years. Now, commence the Ocean Houso, you caiinot get land'under $1 or $1 25 a square foot; further on you might be able to buy at | sixty cents or fifty cents—the lowest—a foot. On the west side there may be a few acres at twenty-five cents or thirty cents a foot. Nothing less than this, Take, | then, the Barreda lot, of 370,000 square fect, at thirty: | tive or forty cents, and you have upward of $180,000 | footed up. “Over on the Bateman property you could buy for twenty cents, perhaps, or take thé opposite sido, in the dircetion of Middletown, and you could got itfor less. Occasionally we have a forced sale, and then the price may drop. If any one thinks that what I say about the attitude we hold is incorrect let bim try to buy, and he will soon find out that the imarket caii- hot be forced much either way. A piece of property on Bateman w ently bought fur $17,000, was offered at §: ly a few days ago.’ Of course, this 48 the statement of Mr. Porter, ANOTHER ENTERPRISING AGENT. Mr. Thomas G. Ford, another real estate broker, has shown commendable pluck in resisting the efforts of certain monopolists here who only desire to reap the profits without giving anything in return, Theeéxtent of his business shows that he is working steadily in the ranks of the “progressists,” who desire to see Newport regain ber former position, or even better it, He tnain- only is ie hero than atany other | “Property lias telt the tion, but hot to any appreciable extent,’ + nis hat in most cuses real estate is held | henough to hold Jast in such times, | there is not much doing now, but we have ® number of inquiries, inore than last.) and out of the namber itis f prepared to invest. ‘There see among stray, ol But | AL ever Man | Fifth avenue im New York ts sold jur in | | stances mi advance oi the market value of simiar property on Madison or Lexington avenues, Similar instances may have In New York and some vther cities people take up real estate and mortgage it so | | whose fame will stand single, as the s | special way, as no lying-to there; na and give an assurance of his satety—no boat could live. There was no banki of the fires tor a more favorable hour. — Withi its narrow casket burned the unquenchabie fire of a brave heart. The sails of this undaunted ship were set, and the busy paddle kept steadily going, except when at intervals the master struck a@ light to consult his compass, or to send up a roc! which might get him a notice from some ship or from the shore, Day dawned amid the wildest portion of the storm, and soon the strange navigator found that a greater danger than the oceun Unreatened him, in the form of a “breaker- beaten coast.” The sea went whooping up among the rocks hundreds of feet, retiring with a velocity that seemed without promise of a hope. He struck the spike of his axe into a nest of boulders, in the hope to hold on, but the retreating ebb whirled him out again, spinning him like a cork; when, happily, he was enabled to paddle sutliciently further on, to choose a new landing-place in a deep gulch, which appeared to have a spotot beach. Here he submitted himself to the next heave of the sea, and, striking the sand amid chim | the pausing surf, pulled timsclt to his feet, gathered up his armor, and rau away trom its retreat, "He sat down safe, aud ‘looked the raging elements in the face a victor; and that, too, upon a challenge which might have ‘seomed impious, but for the sublime pur. pose which had animated lim to the unequal contest. But while he thus breathed secure the Steamer Was yet at sea, and when she arrived at her destination, much later on the same day, her anxious captain Was amazed to learn that the man, whou all hands on board were thinking of as lost, had announced their arrival on the coast, upon the shipping lists of Liverpool and London, The sitial but sug- gestive result of this great deed was seen in the late swimming spectacle upon the Thames, to which we have referred, Captain Webb is a splendid heroic fellow, British Channel, probably forever; but P one of those exceptional inen, who, appearing but oneq inacentury, lift the whole world lorward in some for full a hundred years. THE CELLULOID FIRE, THE CHARRED BODY OF CARNEY RECOVERED—s SHOCKING SIGHT. About midnight on Thursday, after searching over twenty-four hours, the excavators in the débris ef the recent disastrous fire at Newark discovered the body of Hugh Carney, the missing workman, and the only one who had been engulfed in the terrible explosion of Wednesday night, im the Newark celluloid fao tory. Tho remains of the unfortunate man were shocking to behold, and were gathered up and removed to the Newark Morgue, Carney was a prumber, in the employ of Correy & Brown. He had ample time to escape, bat m his anxiety to secure returned to the heart of the fire caused by yhe and was thereby clutebed by the flames and burned ashes, Six feet of débris were piled over his body. Ag inquest has been ordered by the Cou Physician, The insurance upon the celluloid works of $58,000 is de vided among the following compan Averpool and Londow and yO; shire, of Man. England, $ French Corporation of Paris, of New York, $5,000; Fire Assoc! mercial, of New $2,600; Atlantic, of York, $2,000 ; Merchants’, of Nev Aung, of Hartiord, $2,500; St. ‘Louis, of St. Louis, $1,260; Pacerson, of Paterson, $2,500; Fan- cull Hall, of Boston, $2,600; Humboldt, of Newark, oy Traders’, $2,500; Union, $2,500; Lancaster, 3 BURNED TO A_ CRISP. A child of Mr, Redmond, of Glon Cove, was left alone on Wednesday while its mother visited a neighbor, Chmbing & chair it obtained some matches, which it ignited. Whon the mother returned she found hee hoavily—say to one-balf or one-third its value—that | child burned to a crisp,