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Ip Mr. Gat field will refrain from making • political demonstration to-day the Sunday Olobb will promise to cay nothing harsh •boat him for a week to oome. ■ •" A Dkhoobatio exooduge states that the DeGolyer pavement contract which Mr. Gar fi||d engineered throagh Congress cost the people of the country four million dollars. This is an error. The entire expenditure on that aw.mii t was only $8,875,000, not more than half of which amount could be properly celled a steal. • . . ; - - " ir^iy The cure p meeting season has commenced, and witb it the nsoal discussion as to tbe morality of running Sunday trains to the encampments. It' is noticeable, however, that the saints gathered is the tented woods never fail to pas* the contribution box to the sinners who desecrated the . Sabbath by riding on the Soxday trains or by taking a cinfnl carriage from a livery stable in order to visit the circus. Amah in Pittsburgh recently offered to bet the extravagant ram of twenty-five thousand dollars that Gftrfield would be elected President of tbe United States in November next. Within twenty-four hours more than a score of Democrats were Marching for him with greenbacks to that amount in their bands, bat it was ascertain ed that immediately after publishing his brag he had gone a-fishing, and would not be back till after the election. 'Tie ever thus. '--'- '. '"■ ■'-'■ ' '"\ v - i -' f : Gen. Hancock heartily approved of all the plants of the Cincinnati platform, in dueling tbat oensuring Mr. Hayes for aooept ing an office to whioh he was not elected, And yet no court martial has been called to Icy him for disrespect to his enperior offi cer, the oommander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. Is this negleot to be acoepted as a confession of the truth of the charges contained in the Cincinnati platform? Jjoqan, in his Vermont Bp*eeb©3, declares that Hancock intends the destruction of all the war measures, including . the constitu tional amendments. This sort of talk rusty answer for Vermont, where tbo people read nothing but Republican papers, and where the papers publish nothing but Republican news, but elsewhere, where Hancock's letter of acceptance has been given to the public, It will hardly go down. Hancock has da dared most emphatically that the constitu tion with all its amendments shall be main tained as the supreme law of the land as long £9 he is President, and the m&a who charges ftim with the intention of nullifying these amende! advertises himself as &a ass or a arrant liar. STAND FOR THK HiniH. Fight tbo good tight of fiutb. lay hold on eternal life, whereunto tbou art alnn o«ll<d, and batik proteased a co ><1 profa-sion before miny witDeraes— l. Timothx Vi:lil. Boldness in a cause, no matter bow mis- taken, always exoltes admiration. Many a forlorn hope has been saved by a bold dash of a few brave men, and tbe history of the world thereby changed forall time. Bravery is a qaality muoh to be admired in tbe brute creation, but far more among the human family. Moral bravery, however, is far more praiseworthy than mere physi.al bravery, and be who stands up for a principle which he believes to be just, is entitled to more honor than he who faces the cannon ia the excitement of the battle-field, and risk-t his life in defense of the fltg of bis country. Yet moral courage is a rarer qaality than purely physical courage. Men instinctively shrink from a sneer. Tbey would prefer a blow. It ia humiliating to confess that profess, ing Christians as a olass are frequently ashamed to defend the religion they have espoused. M-my has been the time wheo, in mixed oompany, sneerß at religion and those who profess it, or ribald j -at, have gone nnrebuked from men who pretend to be ornaments of the church. Tbey laok the moral courage to offend an acquaintance by censuring him fo. making light of seri ous subjects, though in nine oases out of ten the person so rebuked would have a higher opinion of the man who defended his relig ion, and a greater regard for religion itself, than he bad before. But there seems to be an mate cowardice in some people that snrinks from encountering the j tors of their associates, even in defense of a theory that tbey deem to be of the moat vital im portance to mankind. The present age does not differ materi ally in this respect from those that proceeded it. The apostle Paul had frequent occasion to rebuke the brethren for their failure to maintain tbeir faith in spite of opposition. Bat in those times the profession of Ouriati aaity not infrequently involved tbe hazard ing of one's life. To-day no such rsk is run. Here and now honor is attached to tbe profession of Christianity. It v a pity that so little ia thought of that honor among the mass of church members. The religious element of the community should be aggressive, and should be ever ready to defend the principles of Christian ity against all assanlts, whether they come from skeptics or from scoffers. Those who pretend to follow tbe master should be will ing, like him, to endure persecution of every sort. They should, at least, be willing to encounter the sooffc of the ungodly, knowing tbat no further indignity ooald be offered them. If religion is not worth de fending at so slight a cost, it sorely is not worth possessing. It is, perhaps, not oat of place to suggest to the ministers of the gospel — the few who are at their posts of doty in this hot weather — that they educate their congregations to tbe necessity, and, indeed, the doty, of every obnrch member to fight the good fight of faith. It is not necessary that tbey should be obtrusive, but when they hear the cause maligned they should be ready tv testify to tbe faith tbat is in them. They should not allow skeptics to traduce religion, or scoffer* to make a jest of it, but promptly pat to tbe blush all suoh unworthy efforts. By so doing tbey will increase the respect of all people, of whatever shade of belief, for their religion, and at tbe same time oonvinoe men of their sincerity and devotion to the oaase. TBS TltM.t'i.A.Hti' VUNCLAVB. The demonstration that is to take pines at Chicago the present week on the occasion of tbe assembling of the triennial conclave of Euights Templar of the United States promises to eclipse in magnificence anything witnessed in Christendom since the days of the crusade. The most elabo rate preparatioas have been' made by the citizens of Chicago, and representatives of tbe Knights' of the Cross will be present from « very State in the Union and from every considerable city on the continent. It is estimated that in tbe grand parade to take place on Tuesday no less than forty-five thousand Sir Kaights will be in liae, form ing a pageant nevere quailed since the world began. Templarism dates back to the year of oar Lord 1118. It owes its origin to a religious frenzy that at that time took possession of the cavaliers of France, who banded them selves together and vowed to rescue the huly sepulobre from the grasp of the infiJel, and to protect the Caristian pilgrims who every year made a journey to the sacred spot to offer up tbeir devotions wuere Christ lay bnritd the three days after his crucifixion. Witb the history of the crusaders every one is fa miliar. The survivors of the expedition formed themselves into an association, wbioh has been perpetuated to the present time with bat few changes, and theee only sufficient to conform it to the altered ciroom Btanoes of the times. It ia essentially a Christian organization, and as euoh has been Tery generally recognized by all the Christian people on the faoe of the globe. Bat with its religious aspects the Sttsday Globb will have little to do. It prefers to speak of the Knights Templar as a fraterni ty whose chief aim ia to bring about the complete brotherhood of man. As snoh a fraternity it is not withont its influence, and the gathering at Chicago promises the most substantial results in the pacification of the country. Sir Knights from the North and the South, the East and the West, will be brought together in the closest relations and will meet ou one common p latform of universal brotherhood. They will not] be partisans in any sense of the word, and tbeir intercourse will be free from anything that will partake of political rancor. Acquaint ances will be made that will be life long, and friendships formed tbat no differences of opinion on any other snbjeot will be able to sunder. 7ne Southron will meet his brother from the North with a fraternal greeting, and he from the Ailantio coast will grasp the baud of the resident of the Pacific elope with the warmth of brotherly affection. The conclave will result in much good to the conn try at large &s well as prove benifioent to the order itself. It will bind together in the closest of bonds men from all seotions of tbe oountry — bonds that will survive political, religious and social irruptions, and prove perpetual. No matter what the character of these general gatherings may bs, their effect can not fail to prove beneficial. They serve to Bhow th&t tht-re U not, after all, such great gulfs between the several sections of the eountrj — that we are in fact one people.with common aims and aspirations. They serve to coo! the animosities that may hava been engendered from other causes, and to reunite tbe people of tvery Stata in bonds of frater nal union. | TIIE SAINT PAUL StJtfDAY GLOBE, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1850 BETWEEN OURSELVES. Benevolence, or rather beneucenoe, is amis ohievouß means of gpsxip. and a field wherein a few women are deft workers, men hninu gen erally too selfish to undergo any personal dU e >iii fort, for the sake vf getting what is sure to roich them anyway. -A little close observa tion hhuws that tbe Jellabv-, the Pardigiilet and tbe Harriet Beecber Htowes are women wbose untiring energies bunt down tbeir vie tuns collectively and separately witb the philanthropic intention of finding ont all about them for reports either to orgtnizttions or to a social circle. Tbi-it observations are meant for publication in books, pamphlets, or in oral tratmffr. Tbe world would be quite as well off withou' them. It Is a species of literature wherein tbe return* are seldom made to God, in the obarity of xilenoe and unvoicrd well doing. There is a recent report published here which is enough to strike the stoutest sinner with a wholesome disgunt for the frailty which has brought the soul to budo a pass tbat it has quotations in tbe penitence bulle tins, and margins aud grades In spiritual val nes, wbicb make salutary reading when scatter ed broadcast. In every community there will be a few women who have a turn for active charity, so called, and they are indefatigable in hunting np Nutij-'ctfl tv wreak their goody impulse on. Tney feel all the exhilaration of a "mission." Taey are uplif -ed with the belief that they are spesially selected by Heaven to do a great work A * they go ab >at on their errands of benefi cence, tbey feel as if a peouliar aureola encir cles tbem as a distinguishes mark of grace, from tbe selfish herd. Buoyed by the con sciousness of ach Ben fitness, tbey invade tbe homes of "genteel oommoners" which haw been visi'ed by some misfortune, thereby fur nishing tbe pretext of intrusion in tbe specious rvl» of active sympathisers. 8 tmetimes the dilemma is sin, disgrace, or sadden calamity, but oftener it is a protracted illaeM where assistance and watching are not amiss. These given with Christian straightforwardness, and forgetful nea* uf all else in the situation, must be ever acceptable. Bat wbere tbere is only a shallow egotistical impulse of kindnes.i, serving an a flimsy guise for real curio-ity ia investigating tbe house h ild ( .f the afflicted, and becoming familiar with its privacy, its inner (prints, then these charitable visitations of fine lady philanthro pists are rather to be deprecated than encour a.fd. Tbe "genteel oemmoner*" would suffer no end of privations rather -than have the setting of their lives, their ernotioas, and tbe revela tiou of tbeir mi»erie>t given in the rebound of sympathy— shown up with cleverness by tbe fair philanthropists. They would shrink from Bach poeubilttie* of exposure witb nervous dread. Tbey live more within themselves an a rule, than another set which might be consider ed a*>ove tbem in sensitiveness aud redaement. Bat no such reserve guards tbe upper circle; it lives more in the public eye, and its sensioili ties are not sj leader and reticent At the great middle class, which loves not publicity for it* <1 >n estic machinery either far praiie oc bUme. Of coarse tbe unfortunates of Benevolenta 1 * stperfiaial aharity and sharp scrutiny never •ren sinpect how sha "d«<" them for the edifiontioa of her set, nor how sweetly and in nooently she has it inferred how good she is» and what an angel of mercy she is to the needy. What dashes of hamot she introduces to mitigate the pathos, keeping her auditors 't*ixt a smile and tear! 'Tin a suggestion of Dekens, but Ti hill'* almshou»e= are not half bo hamorons as Benerolenta makes the ezperi e ices »f some lncklets client who has been the recipient of her practical aid. The pity whioh Im with the Bweetest utterance — a malign- aat inference — is a specialty of 3 Benevolenta'a. When she tells yea la the saddest cadence h'>w sort she is for bee neighbor, poor gentle mm, with bis household ijoda shivered on his hearth, like Byron,' she will give his " good Dime, in the same breath, a cruel bloat, by in sin dating that a harmless poatimo is merely a blind for an M-*isf nation, yet yoa mast an derstand she pities him. To be sore she does. U she say so with her sweetest tricks in fall play? J. =.-_ ■ _ Her smothered tint of auburn hair, hi pemi-iriven eye«, ber sibilant voice are Rug % »tire of the Lamia, but she's bo pious w>tbal, that j- >q throw off on the snake part ■util you get away, and then it wriggles back in*n your thought. She has no more idea uf Guistian charity than Gen. O. O. Andrews ban of journalism, but her work satisfies her self* conceit, and gives her glimp&es of interiors, w jioh she i*u't slow at interpreting. Truth is «uch an intermittent quality with her, that until voa are vaccinated against taking ber. yon are in danger. She wilt always mike you so c. but you can share it with others in a oort of preventive process. Her own immedia'e •ire'es suffer as much from her "charitable" inn >vatiun? as the 'commoners.' Sbe will pr .fifer her services with a lavish generosity, and to tboie hard pushed for neighborly help in tbe hour of siokoe-iB, or sorrow, she seem-* to be tbe incarnation of spontaneous kind ness. Bat the knowing ones repel ber benevo lent advances. They feel that one infliction in enough. D.'nth ends all. Benevolent a's tongue alone is endless. Writing of Russian nuns stunt forty years ago the Uarqais de Oustine informs as that so-ne of the orders received handsome annui ties for fc- vices rendered th« police as inform ers. If a lady of rank fell ill 'twas customary fir one of these "nuns" to present herself as name. Before leaving the house, she knew all about its concerns, and that knowledge was speedily conveyed to the police office. 'Tin a pity Benevolenta doesn't belong to the Greek church — rather than the Roman. Her vocation has been strangely thwarted of the pecuniary reward whioh would ba so accept able in view of fallen fortunes. In tbe rest it has been a success. There died .lately in London a woman who always offered her services to the sick and suf fering in some precincts. She waa merely an accomplished police detective who made a care ful note of all she saw and heard, even the ravings of delirium. Nursing was but a pre text; it was an exeelenk excuse for gaining admittance into certain house ho.de, where her peculiar services dis armed all suspicion. Her subsidies from Scotland Yard were well earned. Once by profferiog sympathy and service to an artisan in Blaokfriars, when his family was all sick with scarlet fever, she was able to denounce him to the authorities as a dangerous revolu tionary character. He was notorious for ex treme republican ideas, and his voice had influ ence at election times. Charity well assumed fetched him when nothing else oould. Th^odoaia Burr, in forbidding by will and oft- repeated commands the washing of her b >dy after death probably had in her mind's eye tbe possible revelations of some nnoandid and envious Benevolo nta of her time. Trelaw ney in ex»minine the dead body of H Byron, and te ncif tha world that bis leg and thigh were with' rd, showed the unscrupulous gratification •f a mahgaant curiosity, quite rare among men, but common enough among women of a certain species, who have a self-imposed mis sion to scour neigbboihoid* for humaa misery — and news. And, fpeakine of Byron, the sympathy of Harriet Beecher Stowe with Lady Byron foraspeaified period seems to have been jo>t to find out enough to make a book, with nothing to base it on except a mysterious hint or two fiom my lady, whom Ilrs. Jameson call,, tbe i-phitix of ber time. Toese women came to gether through a philanthropic interest in the subjecc of negro slavery. Mrs. Btowe after wards found the family affairs of Lady Byron were interesting enough to make a profitable b >uk, ami henoe the moat revolting slander of tbe ago against the poet and bia dead .sinter wan the work of a woman whose name i« identified with no much " goodness" to the nick and af fliced. Perhaps the best and cruelest specimen of analysis extant is that of Ben Butler in handling this book against Bj run. Bo takes tbe evidence and pulverizes it until there isn't a 4 rain of it with ooherenoe enough to be visi ble as a particle. Ben is an expert at this sort of thing, althongh Agnes Jenks did prove a tongb enbjeot. It is not to ba inferred from what is written that, all charitably disposed women are Bone vo lentas. Of course not. Bat it, is anfortnna e ly trne that, es a certain species of women pose as " professional beauties," and are so announced far and wide, it is likewise lamentably correct that there are "professional" ladies ofjuood works, whose benevolence is cmpectaclt, and whose tongues are awfully illustrative of their neighbors' miseries. When casual benevolence and un controllable blabbing go hand in hand, 'tis the sort to eschew. Yon know it is. While the corypheus of the upper town "professionals" was iast evening telling mi nutely abort one of her victims dying by inch es nf cancer, and putting on all the extraneous touches of her observation in that poor home, a priyer passed through the listener's mind, that. Heaven might avert snch ministrations from his lot, if tie had to take one with the other, in any possible misfortune. Had the sweet lady dealt the Buffering girl a smart blow on the aching breast, it wouldn't hive burl any more than the unfeeling exposi tion of her history and emrouudings, if she knew it. Beneficence with a long tongue is to be eschewed. You know it is. Yon arc. better without it. --*•- NEW BOOKS. Selection of Spiritual Songs, with Music. .'Fur: tbe Sunday i-chool. Selected and • ar •■ ranged by tt«v.* ■ Oha-Jea 8. H .binson, D.D. • Bpnbner & Co.? Now York— lB-80. "^ <%; .* ; Sabbath aetfooi workers have long felt tbe necessity c£: a : more carefully . prepared, ele vated, ■ not ;to Bay • dignified,' collection of hymns and spiritual songs to guide tho youth ful heart in the ways of pious devotion. It has been too much the custom to look upon the Sabbath school as a mere childish affair, and those who teach and those ; who address the schools have seemed .to ■ endeavor to adapt themselves to the weakest form of da veiling infant intellect, arid - have furnished a sort of religious taffy, instead of giving the strong meat .that invigorates . tbe ; soul, ezptnda thought, and inspires 'an ) ardent desire to - know • more of spiritual " - life .- and human destiny ;' and responsibility. Tuir mistaken purpose to afford ephemeral, pleasing entertainment for the hour ' Las run into the collection and preparation of books of hong for "th« Sanday Fcboak, tilt th< ir variety in number are almost beyond enumeration.' * The charac teristic of child eh simplicity inns through all of these books, as a leading feature, and a new Sabbath school singing b >ok. like an annual calendar, m net be introdnoed into the nchool* to please the fancy, and - enliven the interest of tbe pupils. To remedy this j prime defect, Dr. Robinson has ' endeavored to present, songs of more maturity of thought i and sentiment, of more elevated devotional - oharaet'eristiw, with mu»io adapted to more advanced saored w. .r»bip, - - and - yet . not - beyond the con> prebeueinn . and ■• enjoyment of the bright and _ budding intellect* of youth. Carrying out bis leading idea of famishing more elevated devotional Bongs, ' Dr. Bobinson has Buoceeded in . producing - a collection of hymns at d sacred songs, with properly adapt ed music, at onoe admirable and useful, di vo ■ ional in sentiment, sparkling with poetic fer vor, tender in feeling, the literary excellence, the lyric beauty,' tbe spiritual power of these divine songs cannot fail to awaken devout an-' pirations in the youthful mind, rind ■ beget a habit of true devotional praise. As a whole, the compilation, keeping the elevating end of it in view, cannot fail 'to awaken admiration, to cotnmand-oommepdation, aud to* call forth little, if any, criticism. - Those who seek the grandest lyric* will find them in "Holy, holy, holy. Lord God Almighty," .''Upwards. where the stare are burning," "O. God. the Rick of ; Agra," and others of tbat class from such au- j th'irs as Biokeretttt ti, Heber and Faber, and the tran-1-ttion* f Neaiv, W ckworth, Alexai der and R*y Pal tier. Oa the whole, it is be lievrd that Dr. Robinson has produced a book of '"spiritual song*" singularly . felicitous and meritorious, not too classical on the one ' hand, nor too childishly puerile on tbe other, bat oo cupyinv; the awful' middle ground of leading, developing at d instructive devo'ion. AX ATrjtssirrjtu c&imk. A Brnle Who Onght to be in the Penlten- t » ry for Life. A bnrly colored brute named Webb Fisher was arrested by Oapt. Clark yesterday morn ing on the charge of disorderly conduct, bat subsequent proceedings developed that be was guilty of eoodnot of a far graver and more beinons character. The oomplainnnt. Mrs. Mary Davis, came to the city ball yes terday morninK and related tbe doings of the brute, which sboold have entitled •him to ten years in the chain gang. Mrs. Davi» resides on Fifth near Franklin Rtnwt, and her hnuband is employed at McKinnej's livery stable as night watchman. Mrs. Davis is a small, wiry, middle-aged wo man, whose appearance indioates tbe pobsed sion of au unusual allowance of wnat is called grit or sand. To the possession of this latter quality she is andoabtedty indebt ed for tbe preservation of her life and honor, one or both of which were imperiled by tbe midnight visit of tbe defendant. Tbe house in wbijh they reside is a email oottage, and tbe sleeping apartment is on the first or ground floor. Abont 1 o'clock Yesterday morning Mrs. Davis, who was alune with her children, heard some one rattling at the window blinds, whioh were partially open, tbe window being near the ground and within a few feet of where she waa lying. Alarmed at what waa evidently an attempt to break into the room, Mrs. Davis arose and enquired what was wanted, in reply to which a colored man replied that he wanted "Jeff's," her husband's, coat. Sbo ordered him to leave, instead of whioh he commanded her to open the window. The window waa not se corelj fastened, and Mrs. Davis knew that in another inataat he would be in the room. Bealising the necessity of prompt aotion Bhe ran and got a corn knif% which Bbc flour ished abont the darkey's head, telling him that if he dared to enter the room she weald out bis head off. The brute was not expecting saeh a dia play of courage, and as usual in snch cam-s, th« wretch shrank back, partially cow>.d. He then went to the rear of the house aud tried tbe doors, which were see rely locked, after which he laid down in the grass to wait developments. Mrs, Davis was also awaiting development* with the frosty corn knife, and the brave little woman kept np her vigil at tbe window till daybreak, when the wretch skulked off. When arrested by Capt. Gterk, he stated that he snd the family were old frieuds, and that he had simply called on ber husband. Fisher was before Jcdge McGrursy yester day afternoon, and the factfe were brought out as above related, the only difference being that, owing to the desire entertained by Mrs. Davis to not give the matter pub licity, tbe testimony did not fully develop the circumstances. Ha was Bent up for eight days. Lawless Use and Aboso of a Colt. Fred Monti, eon of the late Ferdinand Monti, is the owner of a four year old «»lt that he has been working into best condition" for selling, bis Object being to raise a crtain sara of money for a certain object hi« mother has to accomplish. Frdsy niifbt about 11 o'clock Borne unknown P'r.-<i>r! 'stole the colt trorn the stable and. judg ing from its appearance next morning, drove it baid nil night, It was no badly deed up i bat it conld nut ; stand j and g the . veiemary Burgeon. under wbo»a csra it naa be place J. thinks 'it is injured for life. Thin in the wound time the colt bat b*-ea stolen from the stable and abas ed. The pcoandreli guilty of the act richly deserve some severe punishment. RAIL, RIVER AND LAKE. SViho ik! and Loral Railway >"i'-s--S l . V. & M. Lund Sal a— The Ctwsoltou 11 ranch and Northern Pacific Extension— Low Wa'er iuili Two llivcr«— Arrivals and De pxrturt a^'Dulu li— Th» bcandlnnvian Editors. '-■■ Tbe H. & D. division of the C , M. & St. P. railway is to have a spur track of three miles into Excelsior on Lake Mionetonka from the line now being built into St.. Paul. Mr. J. A. Hum bird, who is superintending the building of the North Wisconsin exten sion, was in St. Paul for a few hours yester day. Williams, Brink, Brink & Brink, the con tractors for the brick work of tbe union depot, have now nineteen expert bricklayer* employed on tbe nice work on whioh tbey are engaged. They are making good prog ress, though somewhat delayed by all tho foundations not being finished. Eight of their bricklayers were brought from Phila delphia especially fur thia job, and others from CniOdgo and St. L mn. Messrs. Hill and Angus returned from Chicago yesterday, acoun> ponied by Presi dent Stepheo, from Montreal. Tbeir ad journed meeting of director of the St. P & M. railway compauy will be held someday this week, but there will probably not be any business transacted of public interest. Tbe St. Paul & Manitoba company is in receipt daily of fifteen car loads of uteel rails, or enough for übout one and a half miles of road. These rails are for relaying the Breokinridge division. For convenience of superintendents the St. Paul & Manitoba railway is now divided into three divisions. The Breokinridge division is tbe line from East Minneapolis to I'f ecki Lritii t; tbe St. Viuoent division is the line from Breckinridge to St. Vincent; and • be Fergus Falls division is the line from St. Pdul to Fergus Falls. The transactions of the Bt. Paul & Mani toba land office in July are summed np as fellow*: Laud sold for cash, 915.40 aorep, $3,418 15; lands sold ou credit, 7,50 899 acres. $42,815 02; total. 8,424 39 acres. $46, -23317. Tne cash receipts of the ufilue for the month wcw as follows: From cash sales of landfl. $3,418,16; on credit sales of the month, $2,368 60; on former credit sales, $642.39; interest pay mente, $3,711.56; from town lot sttles, $508 13; from Hales of grass, etc, $394.75: total, $11,043 58. A large business whs not to be expected in July and Aogast, but tbe fact thai nearly a hundred small f <trms were bought from this office last month shows that tbe tide of immigration still sets toward tbe St. Paal &, Manitoba lands and the Bed Btver valley. Mr. French, the tbird auditor of tbe treas ury and inquisitor general of land grant rail roads, and Mr. Niobols, of the government oummission, appointed to examine tbe new roadway of the Nortbern Pacific, did not go to Dulutb Friday night, bat did go yes terday. They were taken in tbe bubiueßS car of thi Nortbern Patina, attached to tbe St. P. & D. day express. After resting at Dulutb to-day, they are to proceed over the North ern Pacific to tbe end of the tr»ok. The Northern Pacific land offioe has re ceived from Wadena about fifty specimens of as tunny different varieties of birds found in Wadena ooanty, neatly stnffed and pre served and arranged with ta*te and natural ness on and about an imitation tree, wbioh is an abominably poor imitation. The whole is tbe work of an amateur taxidermist, a rdsideiit of Wadena. Hon. F. It. Delano, who came down from tbe Northern Paoifio country yesterday, re ports that the Oast<elton branch being built under his supervision is computed ta to the -main Elm river, thirty-two miles North of Oasselton, where the track-layers are waiting on : tbe bridge builder*. It is intended to lay the track 12 miles farther, to Great Goose river. .This is. the road that follows the section line dee north, without deviation, and fol- ; lows the lay of the laud without one heavy grade, for the thirty- two miles now com pleted. Mr. Delano says that there will b& 500,000 bushels of wheat of this year's crop to be brought out by the Oasselton branch, and that about 250,000 bushels ; have been raised by the squatters on the nnsur veyed lands in the western. p»rt iof Grand Forks tionnty. The government surveyors are now .ing >in to extend the survey r to the west line of that county, and also into Bamsey ooanty, if their appropria tion holds out. • But north to the B'iiish line, and west to Mouse river, there are no surveys. The Canadian*, driven out of Manitoba aud i the Northwest Territory by the operation of their land laws, are scatter ing, all over this country, taking squatter claims, and will be ready to give the Cassel ton road business by tne time it can reach them. —. * . . ■ Tbe Northern Pacific grade will be finished to tbe L ttle Missoari about Wednesday of next week, when all the graders will be trans : ferred to the line between j the Little Mis souri and Yellowstone, where a large force is already at ; work. Tne . track layers are five miles beyond Greea river bridge and making good progress. - About thirty miles of material has been accumulated at . Green river and is now being sent to tbe front. . - The reports of tbe en«in««rB on toe Mis souri river crossing of tbe Northern Pacific at Bismarck are said to b-> completed and to have been submit ed to the officers of the company. Their opinions are said to be in favor of tunneling under tbe . river, on tbe ground that the o >st of miking tbe tunnel would be no more than . that of building a bridge, while the expense of maintaining a tunnel would be less than that of maintain ing a bridge. . >■" •'. . . '" • . - traiu men on the morning freight from tbe west on the St. Paul A Manitoba road, shortly after leaving Minneapolis yes terday, morning, discovered fire in a oar . of Pratt's St. Paul & Minneapolis Express line. The train was switched without loss of time and . tbe burning car left on a side track after all «-ff .irts possible had been made to subdue the fl-unes, wheu the car and con tents were cot/sumed. The oar was loaded with seamless bags and miscellaneous mer cbandise. . The loss could not be ascertained yesterday, but must reach between $200 and $800. 'A-n-y. ;'-.■■ :- ■ - : ■ •_ The Missouri ltrying Up. " Dispatches received yesterday mention that the steamer 0. K. Feck . was ; to leave last night for down river and say that there will be no more boats this season j to go ■op to Beaton, though possibly one more boat may be sent np as far as the ooal tanks or Cow Island. This would indicate that the Upper Missouri is falling pretty fast and it is to> be supposed that tbe old setters who have seen a good stage of water in the fiver all the sea son'through will begin - to talk a boat ■ the river drying np, es some of oar old settlers talk about the Upper Mississippi. Hi -onr great rivers tire not drying np. This is not a high water season — is all. • ''^% ' The Trip of the -oanrimwlnn Editors.: A few das a ago the Globe mentioned the fact that some thirty of the . leading Scandi navian editors ot the United States, together with a few other invited guests of the same nationality, had been tendered a special car for an exonrsion over the line of the North ern Pacific road. " The party, made the ' trip to the end of the line, and on their return trip yesterday, the following sinuous were passed and signed by each member of - the party:7. l:;..;-.': /...■.■- \^-:<! : ■ Wdsbead, We the undersigned representa tive* of the Scandinavian prens, and others of America, have, »b invited ({nests of the North ern Pacific B-.i!road company, made ah excur sion overpaid company's hoe to its preneat terminus 106 mites went of < the ' Ui«soari ' river in Dakota Territory, Therefore,' be it now Jtexoh'.d, That we have found this excursion very pleasant and inureating. ~ That we here by tender our sincere thanks to General Hana perH. E. Sarwnt, Land Commissioner J. B. Power. General Ticket Agent G. G. H«nb >m. General baptrinu-ndent H. A. Towne, aud also in O. J. Johnson, Scandinavian agent, and D. B. Taylor, superintendent of the Missouri division, for their kind and courteous atten tion to their gufntH. And to the citizen* of Fargo for the c»rdial and generous reception tendered to an at tha' place. Alio to the citi zens >>f Wadenaubd Jamtetowu for courtesies extended. And it i» further Jienvlved. Tout, as f«r as we have been able to see, during our hurried trip, a very large portion of the lind adjoiniog the completed part of tbe live of the N. P. railroad is well adapted to agriculture and stock raising pnr oo*eb, exten»ive tracts of it sbuwinir as tine Boil ac can be found anywhere. Biver and Boats. The river was at a Btand yesterday at two feet eight inohes. The Eeoknk Northern line seat their pas eengera for down river yesterday by train to La Croase, where connection was made with tbe Belle of La Croase. The Anna, of tbe Keofcnk Northern line, arrived yesterday forenoon with a good trip, and will leave for do*n river at 12 m. to day. There will be no packet to-morrow, but passengers will be cent ont by rail to con nect wiib a boat of the line at Borne point below. Tuesday the Alex. Kendall will leave at noon to connect with the Clinton, at Has tings. Uuliuh Port Lint Dui/UTH, Aug. 14. — Arrived, propeller On tario, Sarnia, witn 3ld toes of freight and 100 passenge ra. Departed, schooner Homer, light; f>oboon rs FoJler, Stevens, Maple Leaf and Emma Maria, Aabiaud; tng Favorite, Ashland. AMP.«EMENr NOTKS. The Vokrs family contemplate an American tour next eeaxon. John £. Owens has again become a father. This time it's a girl. The Chestnut Street Opera house, Phila delphia, is being bo reconstructed that it will be practically a new hou«e when completed. M. B. Lavitt hae engaged Ariel, tbe fljing dancer, for his Specialty company. This ar tist is sure to make a sensation the coming sea son. "All the litgc" has done a smashing business at McVickei's. Chicago, during tbe past week, and will hold the boards for some time to time. Mr. Gu» Hall, who has been singing in con nection with the Bpani»h students, proposes to return to St. Louis and devote himself to teaching. John T. itaymond has accepted a new play entitled "The Miser's Money," atd will play it tbe cuming season. It is said it affords full scope lor his peculiar humor. Tbe strain on Mm. Florence's waist was so great at her first appearance in London that hbe fainttd in the midst uf an act. Bhe should stop trying to be emaU-waisi«>d. Lotta opens at Montieal September 20, in a new play. It is gratifying to know that Lotta in going to have something new, for her old plays are bee jme decidedly stale. Salsbury'B Troubadours, now in Scotland, have made a great bit. And yet it used to be said that you couldn't drive a juke into a ■Scotchman's bead with a sled^e-bauinjcr. E. K. Collier, an excellent aotor, is attached to John McCullungb's combination for the coming season. Tbe rest of (Mr. McCullouga's support, reinaina the same as last rcas m . Pauline Markham, who ran away from her husband, Gen. McMahon, ii Arizona, has got a divorce, ana is now looking utter a f ro-ib con quest. She ba-i joined tbe liente company. The great "Italian" . tragedian, Thomaso Salvini, whose correct name i» Turn O'Bullivant will probably come to this coumry in the 'fall uuder the njßUßgtiiient of cJitisun, . of ton. McR o Bankia has bought a villa in Wales contiguous to that owned by Adahna Patti and Niouliui. Themuiiey w<ta derived irom the ptucetds of too summer's season of "The Oatiites." Gbarles L. Davis, the Alvin Juslyn of the past season, is bound to be the fia*hieat man in the profession. It is reported tost he baa recently auotned hi» Bbirt bosom with a dia mond as big a» a sanoer. Fa-ay Davenport will appear the coming season tv "An Amerioan Girl," a pl»y written for her by Anna O>ukioeon. Panny is rather too mucu inclined tv emboupoint to take tbe part of a girl tv advantage. Anna - Dickinson says she never accepted presents of costly jewels .from' admirers, as o: her actresses hare done. Perhaps she never bad a superfluous bum of admirer*, who could give bar these tributes. M'lk Sara, the sensational dancer, formerly hero with the Soldeue tronpe, returns to thia couutry in October with a email ballet, under tbe mausgemi mof bimmonds & Brown. Sbe is p pulbily known iv the Ea«t us "Wiry Sal." Ada Cavendish has returned to this com try witn the intention of making it her borne. Sbo says sbe likes tbe American people, and it is to be regretted lhat toe American people do not like her, fur sbe is one of tbe best actresses upun the stage. Aotive preparations are in progress all over the cunntry lor a great eea»on. All the mana gers, encouraged by last Beaton's saoci-ssei, are reacbiag unt for more worlds to conquer. I'bere is a good prospect for baukruptcy ahead for some of them. Hooley 'a theatre, Chicago, has been thorough ly renovated and enlarged, and can now Beat 1,400 auditors. At a ciash it can accommo date 400 more. ' A good badness has been done during the past ween, at ihia huuae by the Mew York, Criterion Oompaiiy in "Jfreaks." JBaudmann doeait't seem able to stop any where without getting into a row. At Salem, Oregon, recently , be got into a quarrel witbhu C/biui bi iauudryiuaij, and refused to pay bis bul, wbfcreupou be wan uiubbed by tbe aimutid eyed heathen, and uarrowiy escaped witn bis life. Boston Post: "Berahardt is the thinnest and wickedest woman in the world," says the Cin cinnati Enquirer, and then some one rose up and said taut cerium burlesque actress beat her iv one of these respects, aud that : the latter lady at once had it announced that she weigbtd yunnds. - Hiss Nei eon,' prey ions to her departure from San Francisco, presented Stage Manager 4berle aad Harry Widmer, of Baldwin's, with two pius, v>£iicn '.hb aeiudtd recipients at first giauoe believed -to be aiainocus - the Drst water. Investigation competed them to ac cept the Knowledge that the wholesale price was #10 par dozen. '■• Hooley has secured for' the coming season some excellent attractions, including Hubeon and Crane, Lawrence Barrett, the Lawn-tennis Company, Collier's . (Jouip^uy, tne liie Ciuo Ouuipauy, Sirs. Scott bullion*, Willie JKaouiu'n Company, '; B*itity Campbell's Companies, ji»iigie Mitoaeli, "fun ou-tne Bristol" Com* pauj , Mdi. OjoJwju'b Company, Bulßbary '« I'ruuDsuots, JJ'Oi le Carte's Opera Company. - The Bice Park concert by the Great Western band l&at evening, auracitd the usual throng. Tue programme was excellent, comsistiiig of the following numbers:. 1 Miirch, ' •Palißiidu" .' Wiegand. •i Helicon, Bcfcottiaohe. Woods. 'A Jb'ania&ia, "KeuoilectiuuMof. il,c O^ert*" jt r. 4 »V>t . ■ ' tjtirollo Mi roil ." . 8 r<tuss. 5 8010 Polka, "Araaz./nc".. ..V..... Warren. 0 ejeeni ai.d Aria, i "U'lllauiadieii" Verdi. 7 Overture, VAUdley" O.Uin. H Oaloj/, "ifaity Queen".... ....riidney tiauiD. To Save Trouble and £xpense. ■ My family has derived very great benefit from j tho : use of . Hamburg - Drops, writes Mr. John Stocklia, Uuion, Broome coanty, N. Y. It has caved pain, trouble and ex pense, and I shall be glad always to recom mend the Drops, as it is my best and cheap est family phjsiciao. bOKBAY (ILOItI-LKT- The Illinois convention of Uuiversalists will meet in Joliet September 7 . The convicts in tbe Virginia penitentiary are en j-yiog a revival of religion. Francis Murphy is taking his snmmer holi day and quietly resting* at Look Haven. Santley, tbe celebrated English baritone, has joined a Roman Catholic church in London. Tbere is , to be a Bible stand for the sale of portions of Scripture at the exposition in Brus sels this bummer. A Massachusetts minister closed his sermon, preached to the children, with: 'Boys, lor* your country, your God, and your girl!" The new Baptist church at Lumberton, Tex. is spoken of as "a splendid edifice, a beauty to Lumberton, and a pride to the denomination." A young minister should never begin his career by being vt-ry radical iv bis abuse of to bacco to the oldest deacon . with the pretty daughter. •■: . ■ •* ottT • .■. : '-^-r : /^-'; ■ Under the direction of the American . Bible Society, colporteur* are engaged in distribut ing the Boripmree among, the soldiers of: the Chinese army. '-..,',.• >'•■ -■• It is su»pt oted that the three-cent piece «m invented to deceive ita dtacuue. It can be slipped into the contribatioa-buz as - v^tenta tioasly as a dime. Moody is now at Nortbfield, Mass., enjoying rest on his farm. la tbe lull be is to labor amone the poliiiciaus and other sinaers of WastrlngtoD, D. C. Spurgeon'svast conitregation, generally noa> bericg betweeu six and stveu tboasand people, join in singing tbe h\mu« wi.buui any in?tro xnental aocompaitioitat. "What did tbe Puritans come to this country for?" a.sktd a Mae»i>ebnß«tu teauber of hit cla*s. To woiabip ia their »wo way and make othtr people do the wun-," was the reply. i. i Tbe governor of the piuvioce of Achaia, Gru-eoe, baa prohibited ' the ' villagers ' from bringing 'in j their goods for kale ou Sunday, and the shopkeept-rit from opening their shops. Tbe Bey. Dr. Arthur Mitchell, uf the First Presbyterian church of Coicago, baa deter mined to accept a "tali" fzpm .Cleveland, and will move to that city about the middle of October. For twenty-five yean the First Baptist church Of Jersey City baa not b. « a closed except for repairs, and then for only a f»w Snudaya. .It will not be closed this summer. Be>'ent Bab' script ions have provided lor » debt if $20,000. A gentleman baa presented to the general assembly of the Church of Hoot land, in Vic toria, a check for $ftj,(Hk> in aid of building a divinity ball, and auuilu-r baa mi.de a gift of $3U0,000 to found a university iv douth A&s tralia. - The Bey. B. Peters, a Methodist miwionary in ludia, has been arrested by an English anti- CbrisUan magistrate of. Bangalore, convicted and sentenced to pay a tine of 100 rupees, and in dtfttult seven «i«y«' imprisonment. He ban appealed to a higher court. An old Higblabd clergjman, who hid receiv ed several calls to parisiieti, Mkui his servant wbere he should go; tbe M-rvant replied : "Go where there is must »in, air." loe preacher concluded that was go»d advice, and went wbere tbere was moat money. After four months' evangelistic labors in Florence, Borne, Naples, Palermo, * Leghorn and Genoa,' in which tueir meetings were at tended by large crowds; the great evangelist, Rev. Dr. Sumerviile, and ~hia oumutinion. M. Colqnboun, have returned to Glasgow. - - ' ' Tbe Temperauoß Workers, in Illinois are re quested to nuet in cuuuoil at Springfield. Wednesday, September 1, to coiisiatr the sub ject of forming an organ. 7,»ii< n uf all tbe tem perance forces ia tbe Slate, wuiwnt regard to former organizations atnoug malts or female*. There are in Minnesota seventy rive Baptist churches which have no houses of worship. In stead of being troubled with mortgages and floating debts, these churches simply hire ball* or rooms in which to meet, atid. outidoct .'their affairs on a plan which combines economy with independence. Thirty-thiee missionary societies are at work >n Africa, aud tbere are 75.U00 converts belong ing to Protestant ecurcbes, with an onuide pop ulation of 25D,OUU under their iiflueuoo. Io- Oentral Africa there »r«» already ten Christian organizations estabtisbed, witti more or less en oouraging prospects. > Good old " Motber Stewart," who originated the temperanoa crusade in Ooio, is now labor ing iv the Booth with Blender success. She is a gray-haired lady, witb very pleasant addrew, and while she cannot exactly be o»lled eloqaeat, yet teiis her Btory in such a way as closclr to hold the attention of her ana; om. An EnKlish «quadrun ia anohored off Civiu Vecchia, Italy. On a reoant Sunday tire hun dred men frum these ships marched in rank, led by their officers to bear masi in the eatte dral of Oivita Vecohia. Ttc proo tv-ion waa orderly in tbe highest decree, aud tbo taeo gave reverent attention to tha terviots. Really a fact thw time; rise of intellect In tbe Midland oonuties. Dioooaan Inspector — "And what happened when they came to P» -»>hoe?" Child— "St. Paul etruok Blymaa, the sorcerer, blind." Inspector — ''What did be strike him for?" Cbild— "Because he sauced him, sir." — Judy. In Miss Anna Oliver's Willonghhy Avoaae church, Brooklyn, a free reading-room has been opened. Although the assortment af books and papers ia at present ema.l, there is hope that liberal people will mako large addi tions t« it Miss Oliver has shown a commend able spirit of entet prise in her efforte to keep her church alive. A pretty anecdote in told of a little girl to whom ibe unseen world in vtry real. "Whoe does God live, mamma?" she a<kod one even ing after saying her prayera. "He liTes in heaven, my dear, in the Celestial City, wboa« streets are paved with gold." "Ob, . yea, J know that, mamma," she said with great sol emnity, "but what's his uumbei ?" Tbe Bey. Dr. Fisch, of Paris, days that 4,000, -000 copies of the Scriptures have been sold In France; that all the young m»n in tbe army have been taught to read tho Gospel of John, and that 600 000 young men know that) Gospel by heart; and that 100,000 soldiers driven into Protestant Switzerland during the lato war have returned to France, e&cb witb a New Testament and various religious tract*. Tbe Bey. Dr. Lodge resigns the charge of the Baptiat church nt Newark, N. J., of which he has for some months pant been pastor. The doctor will be remembered for bis aotion wbile pastor of a church in Jersey City, in re gard to a member whose duty as fireman on a locomotive compelled him to work on Sunday. He also acquired some notoriety from the way he has criticised church choir* and other aids to worship vhich were not. acoording to hie views. . The London Sunday Fohonl union has no clergymen on its board of manager*. This is one of the reasons why bo few British clergy men attended the Hubert Raikea centenary ex ercieU, which were in charge of the union. The clergy of the church of Knglind, with very few exception)), gave the meeting* tho cold shoulder. They are interested in their own Sunday school work, but rarely takg part with outsiders and dissenters in any religious - pro ceedings. ' Hancuvk uuttuj; iirfa Clubs. Th# Democrats State Cecttal Committee will forward copies of constitution and by-laws for tho formation of Hancock and English clubs, if application is made to P. H. Kelly, chairman, or Botwrt Miller, eeoietary, 84 Bast. Third street. Bt. Paul. -_ ._