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THE NEW ORLEANS DS4ULY DEMOURAT.
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA A .l OF THE CITY OF NEW O LEANS.
VOL. II111-NO. 9. NEW ORLEANS, FRIDAY, DEatMBER 2S, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
CAPITAL NOTES.
MI IllUROlUD RE.M jnCO ILuATIO4N BE
i t* 5wIu iVA*rT AND coNRrIV@ N .
V)0 the Blasl of Conkling's support in
S atRllr f1r the Control of the New
t' k Patrsnn ae-Its Improbalblitlt.
WMtW roto, Dec. 27.-The evening arut says
rport afloat of a trltce ttweeOn t e'
and Senator Conkling, based on
SThat in consltiratil of t t su -
atter of the Administratron, he ti
the New York appointments. This
Sih probabilhtyi
out t sttme ob the President or his
remie iare nto an allianne with Conkling
t whtoreby the Utica. senator was to
sibVoiton of the patrona.e of the
o it would e ara eeptdt. as a clear
hae e the pfart of the PresAl ent that
gt tht ,an . he was wrong, in the
t;J +w ork removals.
l ance would a failur ther to
In h to rtrenrths, the Prein dent. and
rt that it woul present him tonthe
t vaillatlnag mind, and would na a
W e tiarrt e hat thare thaveryt the
ot onYors wave been ditribut evenld
Btý Ser'taryEvart+. It woul also be
Sarried y a a confession of judgment
llf the reimelnt, that his ctivbl er
g w. W.K and a failure.
te erts dolre heit out input forth to
tit Beeretary of 8tate and Senator
erewould he nothlng unseetmly
An tati e for the merLae ake of s tling a
Dt t lt biv etwe'e n a membr off-hs Ca
S u e tor for im es where tontrary to
Sly e eing up te ioll-feelnc hiws inauu
,rth Erenary nvart ndr enenklngbuor
al ive anrritvd at the ver sen on le
.|th ore have been about evenlt
tomahawk gamenot bsed ptween them,
AtOToarried one of aboutf this het,
t ai Dublish et bygstatement to the bh iefe
tio be beltieved the gh. that rwisi oent
Will, allow him elf to be a mere dlstrlbuter
ml, and to dole Its, oset n New Ya f or
s48ns t otetate for the meroe orake sent ingm
ouarrel M between i memier of his Cab
demanded he willnd fnatrnish klngthem, aurnd
S hr and Cornel t will doubtl ra be htwa
Suder standtement ut not bascredited upon the
sttttlt .parooage tRhey ar to julutly bsetow
All eir et atnd El Pa.. New
1rr 'ttquft nltng - An Improbable story.
WeuitltoTO. Dee. 27.-Th ,e dist theis to t
t t e report publasheirs a statmel Pato hcoun-t
t eI . The Units and aonklues fight has beear-n
mit force and that the reldent will onthe
Sprotectg of lif an propr, ty.nd n a freal
of New York nominations, and where his
eo ft the removal of the r iot, ant what nm
t ilemanded he will urnis bh them, anreceived
Mesr, Arthur and Cornell will straightway
enot differ from the statements not credited already
Al uiet atterson N ettNewr.
WcsttonToN. Dec. 27.--I, ato dPatters to the
late hour rponrt ffht restingt in El and iso con
eide Ts Unphysicid tans troops h ad better.
Sorce and wol withdr alwing to ars. the
e an rotet life and tro prty. An cy of the
th at the prsient h riothe nd wht must
t unanie the mob useport of the members.ve,
t not differ from the statements already
Patternon setter.
- oaettttoro, Dee. 27.--Senator Patterson. at a
late hour to-night. is resting easier, and is con=
nidered by hit ohysiclans as asrelo better.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
Jay Withdrawn.
NePmw Your Deo. t7.-4John Jday has written a
o.tter to ie-rov. Morgan, withdrawing hils name
Mron the candldacy for the p3residency of the
ht oil LeagtueO lub. He says that ho believs it
ithe that the president of the club must
eve the unanimous support of the members.
The Coal Combination.
New Yoalt Dec. 27.-An adjourned meeting of
the reresentatives of the leading coal mining
roau railroad interests of the country was held
-day at the Coal and Iron Exchange. The
ehigh Valley Railroad, of which Judge Packer
i ident, was not represented attbe ineetina.
he meeting went into secret session at half
eslt 11o clck, wi h Thomas Dixon., of the Doe
arean Hutson (Canal Comiany. presiding.
.h tomm.ittee appo'nted at the last meeting to
Iarepare a basis for combination and nmake the
stpportionment to be mined monthly by each
Comiany were present, and the meeting wee
btl.. engtaged in discussing the propos'iouons
.aub itted. At 2 o'clock a recess was taken
ntilS o'clock.
po definite basis of settlement was agreed
UDoln ut to the recess. A prominent member.
on being asked If there was likely to be an
agreement, said: "Oh, yes; I guess so."
The conference reassembled at 3 o'clock and
remaltted in session up to a late hour, and the
result is not yet known.
The Worklnugmen's Congress.
NewAnt, N. J., Dec. 27.-The congress of the
rkitnRgmen's party met to-day at 2 p. min., Mr.
ienbutrg in the chair. to receive the different
reports the various committees who had
ldeo consideration the bills and petitions re
erto to them by the congress. I
The committee on the messages of the execu
tve and eupervising bodies reported unfavor
ablyin regard to the consolidation of the two
aprty organs, the Verblatt of Chicago, and Ar
i eittsr Stemme, of New York and also of a sue
pension of the latter and the purcha-e of the
former mentioned. The committee further re
port that that part of the message of the execu
tivebody which mentions the organization of
the International Workingmen's Association as
abetter one than the organization of the Work
ingmen's Party, as incorrect and that the sus
ISion of Geo. Winter as editor of the Arbeiter
ebemet was unwise and unjnst, all ot which was
gsreed to. The congress adjourned at 6 p. m.
il to-morrow at e a. m.
The New York Horror-No Developments.
NIEw Yonx, Dec. 27.-There were no bodies
dg ired from the ruins of the Barclay street
re to-day and with the meagre lorse employed
t it doubtful it any developments will be made
r a week or ten days. The Fire Marshal this
morning began an investigation into he enluse
of the xpirosion, and several witnesses were
examined. They all testified to hearing a loud
explosion which was followed by a rush of air
from the direction of the entrance on Barclay
street There seemed to bh- no smoke, but
a bright lame, which instantly seemed 'o be
oreeping along the .eiling of the offiee. Mar:in
ao nnor, one of the men injured at the aire, died
is morning.
ihernmap's Business in New York.
Ngw Yoar.'bec. 27.-The presence in this city
-of Secretary Sherman, nd his staff of as-istants
from the Treasury Department has occasioned
much speculation in various quarters.
Yesterday he visited several prominent
bankers in Wall and Broad stroets. and after
wards held a prolonged interview with Collector
Arthur and the heads of the different depact
meats at the custom-house. To-day another
visit was paid to the Collector, and from this it
is inferred that the real object of his visit is to
personally inspect and become thoroughly con
versant with the workings of this institution
with the object to push ahead the work of re
ferm mapped out by the Jay commission.
The report that the recret,.ry came on to set
-le upthesyndicate business is unfounded. as
-the members settled their accounts with the
,government some time ago.
.jlaserteltlng the Dollar of the Daddles.
hwemoewD, Ind., Dec. 27.-Eastern Indiana is
,ooded with counterfeit silver coin, and the so
eret service is working to bring the manufac
tarsto light, but so far with only moderate suc
ease. ~here are two organized bands.one operat
ing a ft miles south of this city. and the other
-jemiiles north. Both are largely com
posed of farmers who have for many years been
suspeceedot being engaged in the business, but
they a o quietly tdat their movements
are bot beved by the detectives.
Jesse Wa a counterfeiter who has spent
neari all hs quarter of a century in the peni
rr was recently captured near Winches
h with two ofhe aocomplices, and two
nog mac sismas'J Dye and Bn.der. and will
S y abqr-. Stnturiay on the casrge of ooun
1 d I Waybha atetd sea go-between an4a
are maetlkab ep~krra of·
In ferreting out the other members of the two
gangs, and big developments are anticipated.
The Neiter & Co. Failure.
NEw Youn, Dec. 27.--It is now reported in
Wall street that the losses by the failure of C
Nelter & Co. will amount to nearly .x oneo.
Counsel for the firm read a dispatch to-day
from the friends of Nelter in (incinnati, stating t
that friends had started for this city to arrange if
the affairs of the firm, and that plenty of money
would be forithoming. n,
I h following are some of the pertsons who
will lose by the failure: Davis & Fremont, ý
San.oeo; Huhn. Loeb & Co., 21o0,tei); M. H. Clarke, a
$1ei,: Maxwell & Grav-s,. t1500; Matthew Mor
gat & Co., ageuts for New Orleans parties, 5I00;;
Amerlcan Exchange Bank. about $3s00.
The Cabinet Change Humors Purely Ren- r'
satlonal.
New Yonx, Dee. 27.-Thse fti'sr Washington
special says the current rumors of Caintet
changes, when traced out, are found to be
purely sensational and without the slightest F
foundation. The steoles have created no little
amusement in Cabinet circloes and the absurd
reoorts constantly sent from here by telegraph,
alleging that Secretaries ohurz and Evarts are
soon to retire from their present positions r
have not it is known, produced the desired
effect at the White House.
Threatened Strlke of the Longshoremen.
NEW YoRi, Dec. 27.-At an informal meeting
of longshoremen held thlq afernoon It was
proposed that the 'niirond anti steamship com
panics should be requested. on the first of the t
new year, to Increase their pay at least 10 or 15
cents per day. The menl threaten another
strike in case the request is not granted. The
meeting was very disorderly.
A Vase for Judge Lynch.
NEWARK. N. J., Dec, 27.--Tils morning a girl
of fourteen years. named Kate Ilerbic'h. came
before Justice Jessup, accompanied by her 1
mother, and related a horrible story of her
ruin and her steplather's crime. the says that
several times Magnus Htolz, her mother's hus
band, with whom she lived at No. 101 Belmtnnt
Avenue, has satisfied his lust upon her, so that
she is now with child. A warrant was at once
issued for Stoln's arrest, on the charge of in
aest. and he was soon arrested by Detective
MeManus and locked up.
The Trail of the Fugitive Commissioner.
New "ORit, Dec. 27.--uperintendent Walling
received information to-night that a cheok for
steo.co on the Pacific Bank, drawn by and pay
able to Owen Murphy, had been sent by the
manager of the Consolidated Bank of Ht. (uath
erines. Canardatto the Farmers' and Mechanics'
Bank of Buffalo for collection. This removes
all doubt as to the fugitive Excise Commission
er's whereabouts.
Miss Von Hillern's Walk.
B.rn.rolts, Dec. 27.-Miss Bertha Von Hillern.
who commencmodthe featof walking eighty-four
miles in twenty-six consecutive hours, at the
Music Temple in this city, on Wednesdny night,
completed the last mile at 9:55 to-night, five
minutes aheand of time. The last mile was the
fastest, being made in twelve minutes fourteen
seconds.
Excise Matters.
Naw Tona, Dec. 27.-The business of ti," ox
else office is virtually suspended. The investi
gation of the accounts of the board with the
state is in progress. The members of the
Wine and Rpirit I)alers' Exchange are making
arrangements for a meeting of the trale. to be
held next week, for the purpose of making ar
rangements to draft a suitable excise law. and
present it to the Legislature.
The Newark avlinge Institution.
NEwAR, Dec. 27.-Chancellor Runyon ha
just issued another order concernin the New
ark Savings Institution of this city. On Jan
uary 1 next not only will all depositors who
have already drawn 1i per cent be entitled to 2
per cent, but all others who have drawn is per
cent may then draw 2 per cent additional on the
t principal due them December is.
A Church Burned.
OTTAWA, Ont., Dec 27.-A firebroke out to-day
in the basement of the Church of St. John the
Evangelist, which was completely gutted in a
short time. The loss cannot be ascertained at
present but it is fully insured. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
New York's Fugitive Commiassoner.
New YonR. Dec. 27.-No news has yet been
received of Owen Murphy, the fugitive Excise
Commissioner. His hiding-place is still matter
of speculation.
Gen. lCelook Ill.
NEW YORx. Dec. 27.-Gen. George W. McCook
of Ohio. is ly ing srlou4ly ill at the residence of
his cousin, Hon. Anson G. McCook, on Twenty
second street.
Going to Law to Decide a Bet.
* HALIbAX. Dec. 27.-The groat betting ease.
which for some time past has created consider
able excitement, has finally been decided. In
the International Regatta. held at Philadelphia
last year. the crow from this city went on to row
in the four-oared race for the championship of
the world, large sums of money being wagered
that the crew from this city would win. W. B.
Curtis. of Chicago, prominently known in sport
ing circles, was the referee.
The Halifax crew came in first. but Curtis
awarded the race, on an alleged foul, to the
English' champion four. Before the crow left
this city James MreRooney, a wealthy sporting
man, wagered $lo0 to 500 that the English
champion four would win. James Dawson back
ing the crew from this city. The stakeholder.
Alex. Muir, paid the amount to Mcllooney on
the referee's decision.
Dawson sued for the stakes, claiming that
Curtis gave an unjust decision. The case was
tried and the judge dcided in favor of the
stakeholder. It was then appealed, and has
been in progress for some time, ending to-day
in the judge again deciding that MolRooney was
entitled to the money, and that the stakeholder
was not responsible.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES.
WASHTNOTON. Dee. 2. t a. m.--Indications for
the Middle and South Atlantic States. stationary
or slightly easier pressure, followed by sia
tionary temperature, northeast to northwest
winds; clear or partly cloudy weather will pre
vail.
For the Gulf Rtates. north to northwest winds.
falling barometer, stationary temperature.
For the East Gulf States increasing cloudi
ness, but in the West Gulf States cloudy and
rain.
Cautionary signals are ordered for Galveston
and Indianola.
MARINE NEWS.
SoUTHwasT PAAs. Dec. 27.-Arrived: Steamer
Laura. at 7 a. m., fromn Brashear, to C. A. Whit
ney & Co. No departures. Weather calm and
hazy.
PORT EADS. Dec. 27.-Arrived: British steam
ship South Tyne, at 7:30 a. m., Hallett master.
from Newport. Encland, to Eugsrer & Co.
Sailed: Steamships Morgan City and Hudson,
ships Itasca and Heela, barks Brilliant. P. C.
Merriman, D. Lanata. Wind northwest, light.
NEw YORKx Dec. 27 -Sailed ; Baltic for Liver
pool, Frisia for Hamburg, State of Georgia for
Glasgow. Plainmiller for Havre. Jas. Fenns for
Bremen, Faraday for London. Arrived: Ba
tavia from Glasgow, Hans from Bremen, Colon
from Aspinwall, Niagara from Havana, City of
Vera Cruz from Havana.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.-Sailed: Septima for
Hull.
BALTIMORE. Dec. 27.-Sailed: Hanover for
Bremen.
SAi FRANCrsco, Dec. 27.-Arrived: Georgia
from Panama.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 27.-Arrived: Massachusetts
from Boston, Texas from Philadelphia. Ideran
from Boston. Sailed: Britannic for New York,
Eardlnian for Baltimore.
VLISSENGEN, Dec. 27.--Sailed: W. A.[Schotten
from Rotterdam for New York.
QUENsTOWN,. Dec. 27.-Sailed: Erin for New
York.
Mrs. Clshbolm.
[St. Louis Republican.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24&-The President re
oently directed his secretary to write to Mrs.
Chisholm the widow of Judge Chisholm, who
was murdered in Missiesipp, offering her a
clerkship in the Treasury Department. At
the same ttUme he iued an ve order
~that she l be ot > sir
fhe ottlr Ns avi
FOREIGN NEWS.
FRANCI.
.entllnuedl Charren that a Coup d'Etat
wan Contemplated.
LONeDON, D.e. 27.--RepluiliRcan ppers iontnlun
to assert thst a c'op e,~re was preparing during
the rpcent minltstrili rilsis.
The ihen Prhuiir says the Bonapartist (len.
i)onal, a few ilavs before the terminatlin of the
crisis, conrferrTdt with several generals on such
an esentunlity.
The I'e.er, declares the troops at. Versaillcs
and elsewhere neat. Parls were prvihled with
'artrltces, and that malny ofictrs drew up
their relignations on reneiving orders to be in
readiness to march.
New Prefectoral eceretarlea.
LOND!o, D)c. 27.--The lParis correspondernt
of the Times announces that eighity elx np
clintments of new proefetiral secretaries will
be gazetted.
lion Carlo Asked to Leave.
PARts. Dee. 27.-Tlhe French government has
requested Din (hitlor to leave France. IIe
started for the frontier ti,-day.
JAPAN.
Deported Renunintlion of All Commer
lnal Treaties.
LONnON, Der. 27.--The Paris ,tfoiietr states
that Jlapan has rnoiutlllnlld all co(nnrortal
treatis and rsurmuedi its right to revise customs
duties at vlinsure.
INOTE.-'-This requlires onfirmation.l
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WAR NOTES.
The War Party in Constantlnople Regains
Itf Ascendency.
LoNOoN, Dee. 27.-The Tiims correspondent
at Vienna says: Intelllgence from (ionstantino
pie leaves liItle doubt that rejection of tlhe
Turklrh note by the powers has ceused the war
p irty to recover fill sway. Above alls the re"
tion prodnced in tile felings of the Rultan Iby
the humiliating rejection of the note is deemed
regretable.
Capture of a Turkl.h Transport.
Loinow. Deic. 27.-A iussian official dispatch
Atten th t the prize steamer itussland, com
manded by Adljutnt- BarlnoffI who i.nmmandad
the steallier Vesta in tie affair with the Turkish
ironelad, Fetzl Bloullnd, has retulrned to t.ebas
topol fr om a rul e in tin Bsptorn.s, brineing
as a prize the Turkish transport steamer Mles
stin, with 7)st Turkish troops on board as pris
The Opening of the Dardanelles.
LoNnoN, Dee. 2s.--A dispatch from (leno, says
Russia has been sounding tihe Mediterrnniani
states on the proposed opening of the Dartda
nellos.
Destructlon of the Niropolli Bridge.
LONDON, leo'. 28--A dispatch from Turnt
Magurelli says thie ridge across the I)anube tf
Nicopolis has heen destroyed by lie.
RusiRa Orders More Gunl.
Losnio, Dee. 2a ---A telegram from Ierlir
says Russia has oriler.ed 12) Krup glllls.
BELL IODI"FYING CRFIDEEi.
Mr. Ueecher's Last -unday aermon Wak
lIn Up the MIlnlter--Prevalence of
Limited Universalanm in All the
Churches.
INew York Herald.!
Mr. Beecher's sermon last Sabbath, in
which he virtually denied the inspiration of
the Scriptures, the doctrine of the Trinity
and belief in a literal hell of fire and brim
stone. has awakened no little thought in
clerical circles. It was produ ed by the dis
cussion which has been carried on in Congre
ational associations and through the secu
ar and religious press during the few weeks
past, because of the failure of a council to
Install and ordain Mr. Merriam, pastor
of a church in Massachusetts. Mr. Mer
rlam was formerly an editor of the
('lrisftian Union, and left that paper to take
pastoral charge of a Congregational church
at Indian Orchard. But his examination by
a council convened for the purpose showed
that he is not orthodox on the eternal hell fire
punishment doctrine and not as thoroughly
sound as he might be on the others. The
council therefore refused to ordain him, but
commended him to the church, which subse
quently took the responsibility Itself of or
daining and installing him. The Springfield
Rlpubhli"cn and other New England papers
thereafter sought an expression of opinion
from Congregational ministers comprising
the State Association and of those addressed
more than forty fatlh. to reply. Twenty-seven
would have refused to ordain Mr. Merriam, for
the reason that the council had refused.
Seven believe substantially as lie does, and
others are more moderate in their views.
Mr. Merriam holds that the Bible contains a
revelaticn from God, but that as a book it is
not necessarily inspired; that the doctrine of
eternal punishment sl neithor asserted nor
denied in the Scriptures, and therefore he
would not teach it, but was willing to leave it
where the Bible loaves it--to the individual
consclence and judgment. Mr. Beecher has
warmly sustained his former associate
through his paper, and unable to refrain him
self longer gave vent to his views last Sun
da Ierald representative called on several
clergymen of different denominations in New
York and Brooklyn to obtain their views of
the disputed doctrines, and the following is
substantially the result:
AN OLD SCHOOL METHODIST'S VIEWS.
The Rev. J. L. Gilder, of York Street
Methodist Episcopal Church. Brooklyn, who
is a neighbor of the Plymouth pastor, read
the sermon in Monday's ieranl and was a
little startled with it, but he did not think it
was a wholesale denial of the three doctrines
named. It seemed to him rather a contra
vention of the Calvinistic doctrine of partial
salvation bty election or the damning of the
uncounted millions who are consigned to the
uncovenanted mercies of God than an in
dorsement of the doctrine of universal salva
tion. At heart Mr. Gilder believes that Mr.
Beecher is evangelical and sound, but as a
theologian he is a very poor type for any
one to follow. He is too impulsive in
his utterances. and it is not
safo to abstract his theological utterances
from their connection and then charge him
with heresy and heterodoxy. Mr. Beecher is
very injudicious in many of his utterances,
and lays himself open to severe criticism.
For himself, Mr. Gilder said he believed in a
literal hell or place and condition of punish
ment for the wicked after death. But he did
not believe in a fire and brimstone hell. He
thinks those references to such a hell in the
Scriptures are figures of speech, and are to
be classed with those other references to
streets of gold and gates of pearl of the place
of the redeemed. But Mr. Gilder remarked
that he had not given attention to speculative
theology. He accepts the old Methodist
theology, and gives himself no anxiety about
modern speculations.
PREISBYTERIAN FREE GRACE AND FREE SALVA
TION.
The Rev. Dr. Arthur Crosby, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church on Clinton, near Fulton
street, another neighbor of the Plymouth
pastor, had not read the latter's sermon and
hence could not give an opinion on that; but
he very cheerfully gave his own views of the
doctrine of hell. He believes, he said, in a
place and in a condition of punishment for in
corrigible sinners in the future life; but he
cannot conceive of eternal punishment except
on the basis of eternal sinning. It a soul does
not sin eternally it should not, and, he be
lieved, would not be punished eternally. In
answer to a query started by the Herald re
! orter from this statement, Dr. Crosby added
Ib tht lbelieved there are opportunities for
F at lie
answer to another Inquiry the ITetor ne
remarked that he believed the salvation of St
Christ is offTred freely to every man, woman in
and child descended from Adam. The opjsor
tunity is given them to accept or reject It. "I
What the mode of punishment is to be. or he
how God will effect a reoncilliation with sin
ning souls in the hereafter, he was not pre- L
pared to say. His mind was not quite clear he
on that point. But every man who sins has of
in Ilis own oonsceiencea gnawing worm greater th
than any physical punishment that could be pr
endured. lie had known mrni during his pas- st
toral life whose crimes were only known to re
themselves, their pastor and their (God, and to
who, nevertheless, suffered punishienlt a to
thousand-fold greater than the law of the p
land would have Inflicted upon them. Put
such a man, said the I)octor, right under the or
throne of God and he would not be happy. In
HALTING. BIETWEEN TWO OVrINFOINR.
The Rev. W. F. Ilatileld, pastor of the
Eighteenth street Methodist Episcopal 11
Church, New York, took a view of Mr.
Beecher's utterances hnillar to those held by f
Mr. Glider, of Brooklyn. lie believed Mr.
Beecher to be an intense hater of the Cal- t
vinistilc idea of redemption, suffering and ti
punishment for sin; and that in conrlmtin ,g
that idea he permitted himself to be carried
away further than he would be willing to go w
in cooler and calmer moments. For hinself B
Mr. Hatfleld said he was not an extremist.
He could not go with the Unilversalists on the a
one hand nor with the Calvinists on the
other. He believes in a place and in a condi
tion of blessedness and of woe, of reward n
and of punishmelnt in the future life. lie
cannot accept the doctrine of a material hell .
filr for the wicked, and yet there are many I
passages of CSer ture that seem to teach t
that. But, on the other hand, there are H
many passages also that seem to teach at
sort of unlimited TUnlversallsm. wherein sin- t
ning men will make peace with an offended a
(God. He believes that the time is coming a
when the creeds of Christendom must be re- d
vised on these doctrines.
The 1ev. W. T. Dixon, pastor of the Con- f
cord Baptist Church, Brooklyn, believes in
the fundamental doctrines of the Bihle as e
held by the Evangelical Christians. Hle had
glanced through Mr. Beecher's sermon in the
Ieranld on Monday, and read a little of it in
the presence of the Herrald man yesterdatly, I
and was shocked especially at that sentence
which likens God to Hatan, damning multi
tudes of souls for the mere pleasure of it. Mr.
Dixon said that, for himself, he believed in a
partic'nlar judgment of every individual at
death, and a general judrgment of all at
a later period of existence. Hie believes
Inn a resurrection of the biody preceding
that gn'neral judgment; in a material
hell for the wicked as well as In a mental con
dlition of punishment; and in a place for the
redeemted as well as a condition of bllessednes j
hereafter. Mr. DIixon explained Iis particu
lar anrd general judgments as corresponding I
to the arrest of a criminal here in our' streets.
and his incarceration it may be, for we,'ks be
fore his trial and actual punishmrnt comes
off, which may be ilmprisonmrent for ilfe or for
a brief tormr, rrr may be deat h on the gallows.
1 He believes, however, that God will give every
rman an opportunity to accept or to reject his
salvation, either in this life or in tile future.
MODIFIED ANNIHILATIONIRM.
The Rev. J. E. Beat los, pastor of Willott
S Htreet Methodist Episcopal Church, New
York, presented a somewhat novel view of
future punishment. We grade our crimnes
here on earth, he said, and accord degrees of
punishment proportioned to the crime com
I mitted. One man goes to the penitentiary for
f ten or thirty days; another goes to the State
r pri3on for two or live years; another for life,
- and the fourth, for murder, is swept out of
i human existence. This last we call capital
punishment--the highest grade known to the
law, inasmuch as the taking of human life is
i- thehighest crime known among men. Now
a said Mr. Searles, those different classes of
o criminals come up before the bar of God
r to be judged. One is an incorrigible
sinner, with whom God can df nothing
e except to Inflict "capital punishment" on
e him that is, IHe blots him out of existende.
t 'The others undergo different terms of impris
y onment, but where, Mr. ,Oearles was not pro
d pared to say. His mind is in doubt on that
e point. Still he could not believe in a material
v hell of fire and brimstone, but neither could
e he admit In the present state of his knowl
it edge a probation after this life. Eternal life,
the Scriptures teach, is in Jesus Christ and In
lHim alone. A sinner who lives in eternal tor
I ments must have this eternal life which is
a found only in the union of the soul with
n Christ. Hence Mr. Searles could not fully ac
e eept the doctrine of eternal punlshment, but
d he was not prepared to say how G(tod would
n modify tire punishment of the sinner In the
ir future life.
1. HELL NOT MATERIAL NOR ETERNAL.
d The Rev. Nathan Hubbell, pastor of one of
the oldest Methodist churches in the city,
I Forsyth street, considered some of Mr.
rBeehper's statements extraordinary and un
tenable. For himself, Mr. Hubbell could not
r belleveln a literal fire as a Imode of punish
ment for the reason that no human "body"
could stand a material fire beyond a very
limited prilod. He could not believe in it
e again nor in the eternal duration of punish
ment for this seconod reason, that God has
r" taught urs In the Bible that men will be judgred
according to the deeds done in the body and
punished accordingly. But if (od is to push
I all sinners indisrin anately into hell fire and
leave them there eternally there can be no true
uudgment on the basis of deeds done in the
Sboly. That woul l be judging all alike. There
are flgures of snoeech in thie Bible which cannot
be tntrpreted riterally on one side more than
t on theotter. Mr. Hubbellbolioves in a state
o and place of ounishment for the wicked in the
.d future life; but where it is or how it is to be
a Imposed he could not say. Gol's resources
it are infinite, and he was willing to leave the
as consequences of the sinner's acts, as well as
j- his own, in the hands of the All-wise and
1 Merciful Redeemer and Judge. Mr. HubbeLl
to believed that those views were shared by a
Le large number of his brethren in the Methodist
n- ministry.
- Other ministers-Protestant and Cathollic
r. were sought; but some had not read Mr.
a Becoher's sermon; others were too busy to)
y give their own views, and still others held to
n the creed(is of their churches without troubling
mt their own minds with such speculations.
BATON ROUIE PUBLIC 5CHOOLS.
Co-Education in the South-Good Schools
for C'olored 4 hlllren-A Letter from
the Parish superintendent.
The following card, published in the New
York TImes, needs reproduction here, espe
cially as one of the newspapers of this city
republished the false statements of the Times
herein referred to:
To the Editor ,f the Now York Times:
In an editorial of the 17th inst., the leading
object of which evidently was to oppose the
effort of certain New Orleans politicians to
break up our public schools by insisting upon
the co-education of the races, you have fallen
into an error that I have no doubt you will be
glad to correct, relative to the schools of this
parish. Your language is:
"If they," referring to the aforesaid poli
ticians, " have nothing better to do; if
'time hangs heavy on their handslow that
they can no longer disport themselves in
Washington, let them go into the Red river
country and the Baton Rouge district, where
there is really need of colored schools, and
where the White League officials have no
idea of supplying the demand. They would
be of greater service in those sections of the
State than in New Orleans, where there is
every disposition to give the colored people a
fair share of the school fund."
The NewOrleea P n of the th inst.,
Publishes a oous etaet from this ,ed.ti -
`ý"' 'ý 53`"-ý {ýyý c hflz.t+ý a
ýý o E mesa
ueleets to defend the other portions of the
State against the unjust, though, I believe,
Inadvertent strictures quoted above.
iPerhaps It was too much to expect of a Ii
"leading Ilepubilcan journal" that it would
believe that any good can come out of the
political Nazareth--the bulldozed parishes of
louisiana-and, craving your indulgence I I
have not the slightest doubt that the writer
of the article in questlon felt that in opposing
the mixture under conslideratiom he had pre
pared a dose for his readers that would be too
strong without some diluent in the shape of a
reference to White Le.agtu abuses n somne
form--and where, indete, Is the White League
to be found if riot in the aforesaid bulldozedl
Iparshes of Louisiana.
Now, though reluctant to derive any facti
ons credit for the statements I am atout to
make--somne of which I am certain will he in I
antagonism to the preconceIved notions of I
your readers--yet I ran scarcely resist the
temptation to say that should you give these
lines a place in your columns they will ear
talnly come under the eyes of some of my
former classnates at Andover and Yale, who
will be assured of their truth, even though
they may dernollsh all their preco".nceived no
tions relative to the Intllozrcrs and the iuell
dord.
These then, in brief, are the statements
which I wish to make. Firast--The School
Board of this parish consists of six Demo- i
crate (whiter and three ltepublicans (colored),
all appointees of the Nicholls government.
Becond-There is no such organization in this
parish as a White League, so far as I know,
nor any other In any manner opposed to the
colored race; b)ut, on the contrary, the very
best of feeling prevails between the two races.
I have found in traveling over the parish in
the capacity of 8uperintendent of the Public
Schools--an office corresponding nearly with
the county superintendency In other States
that the vast majority of the whites
are not only desirous of providing, at public
expense. good shools for the colored c(lil
dren, but are willing to contribute liberally
from their private means to erect school
houses and supplement the salaries of teach
ers. The motives for this liberality are, of
course, various. With some persons politi
cal, with others philanthropic, in others they
are prompted by affection, In others by a de
sire to make good pledges given before the
late election. But whatever the motive, the
desire exists, and a more unpopular measure
could scarcely be put on foot in this parish
to-day than one to shorten the term or
weaken the effectivenes of the colored
schools. Third--This is tie only parish out
side the city of New Orleans where inter
mediate supervision is provided. Here
it is at the expense of the parish.
Fourth--Though the present hoard have
been in offlice only about six or
seven months, and notwithstawling the fact
that the work had to be dane dnl irro, the en
tire parish has been canvassed, lists of educa
ble children prelaredl --now nearly cornplete
----twenty-five white and twenty-two colored
schools located, and buildings and teachers
provided for nearly all of them. The parish
is divided into districts on the following plan:
()ne white school an(l one colored school
wherever practicable constitute a district.
Each white school Is under the inmmediate
charge of two white trustees, and each col
ored school of two colored trustees, which
two committees are presided over by a chair
man, who is supposed to be the most enter
orlsing and capable citizen in his immediate
locality. These committees have all been
nominated by me and appointed by the board.
Each district is credlted with its exact pro
rata of public funds and with very few
exceptions all the school-houses have been
furnished free of expense to the board, and,
in many instances with the further donation
of an acre of land. Precisely the same sala
ries are paid to colored as to white teachers,
and the same effort made to secure compe
tency and fldelity in one case as In the other.
In conclusion I would state that, though a
long distance in the rear of our more fortu
nate sister States, yet we of Louisiana are
working with a will in tihe cause of popular
ieducation, and are grateful for every helping
hand such as was stretched out in reality by
the TimaR in the article in question dml Rite
the rebuff It gave us here In the hulldoze. re
gins. W. Ii. (GoomiAmn,
l'arish |uperintend.lent of Public Education.
Ilaton Rouge, La., Wednesday, November
28. 1877.
CON4GRATULAATION5.
The Country Press, the New Orleans
Drmocrat and the State Printing.
The New Orleans I)EMoUrAT has entered
upon its third volume. It has had to contend
against heavy odds, but, like a hero, it has
battled bravely and has at last won a dis
tlnction well worthy of it, name. It is now
the omiclal journal of the State. and we hope
will so remain until the removal of the capi
tal to Baton Rouge, when the Advocate will
again rise up phoenix-like from its ashes
and enter as a contestant with our able con
temporary for official honors. But this much
we will take occasion here to say to our con
freres of the DEMO(IAT, We will not make a
Picayinwc-ish war on it or attempt to Imitate
the dulcet strains of the Times in order to
catch gudgeons and make a little cheap no
toriety. We congratulate our )DEM(or.AT-ic
friend upon Its successful career and wish it
abundant prosperity in the future.--Baton
Rouge Advocate.
The issue of the New Orbleans DEMOCmAT of
the 19th inst. began its third volume. It
availed itself of the occasion to review Its
history, its struggle for existence, its firm and
unflinching devotlon to I)emocracy and its
present substantial and prosperous condition.
The IDE),MOCRAT is the official journal of the
State and has merited that distinction for Its
uniformly sincere and fearless advocacy of
the cause of the people. It is conducted with
marked ability and its circulation and influ
ence has become very extended.-[Lafayette
Advertiser.
That able, out-spoken journal, the New Or
leans I)EMOCItAT, which s8 always ready to
vindicate the rights of Louisiana, and expose
those who dare trample upon her people, has
recently been re-elected State Printer. We
are glad of it; those who believe in rewarding
the just and pure are glad of it, and the State
Printing Board deserves much applause, in
asmuch as it has not yet forgotten its duty.
[Morehouse Clarion.
Blalne's Opinion of a Third Term.
[Washington correstondence of the B.ringfleld
Republiean.I
A good deal has been said about the recon
clliation of Messrs. Conkling and Blaine,
but it seems to me most natural. The quar
rel has lasted a dozen years, and now is the
time to end it if ever. There are nearly three
years to the next presidential race, and there
is but a small prospect that these gentlemen
will be rivals in 1880, as they were last year.
Mr. Blaine does not hesitate to say openly
that he does not expect to be on the track. He
so fully expects party defeat that he would
not care to run. If Conkling desires to take
his chances then, I don't believe Blaine's
friends will seriously object. But they do not
expect anything of the sort. They are expect
ing that Gen. Grant will be brought out
again. I heard Mr. Blaine say, in November:
"Why not let Grant try his 'third term' in
1880? There never could be a better time. If,
to the surprise of all but his intense ad
mirers, he should win, it will be because he is
really the strongest man in our ranks, and
his success will prove that his nomination
was the best thing possible. If he is beaten,
as he probably would be, there Is an end to
'third-termaism' in this country."
CoAL AT BDlnuComais.-Our readers will
perceive by the advertisemenW. in another col
umn that W. O. Coype & Co. have received their
stoolk of tll . caanel coal;also a fall supply
of anth ra e chestnut suie. for base borner
stoves all whh they sel at reduced fu.se
SIUEar M*1 i..QiiliD.
r r
TIlE TEXAS PACFWIC.
NOW TIFHE iLO Y It WORKING TO ll
FEAT TII BILL.
The Agreement Proposesd etween tAh
Te.ss Paelde and Central Plel.e
lallreads, and the Bag Faith
of the Latter.
18pecial Correspondence of the Demoorat.1
Washington, December 2, e7T.
TER TEXIAN PAIFI(C C(AMPAmN
will begin with the reassembling of Conaess.
It is the determination of Col. Scott and h*Is
lieutenants to make their final effort this Win
ter, and it they fall the project will be distiaesed
-probably for this generation. The readets of
the DEMOCnAT are sufficiently familiar with thl
general features of this scheme to rendor'
description of it unnecessary, so that the onlyl
points upon which information would be of
interest are the methods to be employed san
the probabilities of success. It may be stated
at the outset that Scott and his friends resoed
nize an opponent of their scheme in the ler
son of
SPEAKER RAINDALL,
who, adroitly as he may have disguised his at
titule on that subject during the canvass for
the position he now holds, was not slow to
manifest hostility after his election had been
secured by the votes of Scott's friends in the
Southern delegations. The first developmelt
of the Mpeaker's hostility was, naturally enough,
in the organisation of
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMMITTTE,
the facts concerning which were duly laid be
fore your readers by mall and telegraph as they
transpired. After a tedious period of unefae
tainty, inaugurated by the declination of MKr
(larkson N. Potter, of New York, to sere al
chairman, and aggravated by some curious diAl
ly-dallying on the part of Mr. Randallthe oom
mittee itself solved the riddle of the chairman
ship by electing Mr. Throckmorton, of Texan,
who, as the second member on the committee sit
named by the Speaker, was in the regulat line
of promotion, its chairman de facto upon the
declination of Mr. Potter.
This leaves the commitee substantially as It
was originally organized by Mr. Randall, so fit
as the proclivities of its members are eon
oernod-that is to say. with
A MAJORIT'Y OF ONE ADVERSE TO THaE sHo.1 ,l
but with the important modification that the
chairman of tihe present committee favors the
scheme, whereas tihe chairman named by Mt.
Randall was opposed to it.
But. In speaking of the proclivities of the mal
jorlty of the committee as being against the
scheme. I must not be understood to indiale
that the bill will be reported to the l.ouse un
favorably. The opposition in the committeewill
not unite upon such action, but will allow the
chairman and his friends to handle the mean
ure in thlir own way until it gets fairly
before the House. This is not the usual
method, but in this case at least
two members of the committee who
will vote against the bill whenever it is put
upon Its passage, hold that it deserves atluisg
the fair play of an unobstructed report, in view
of the strong current of popular sentiment in iti
favor manifested through the press and other
channels of puhblio utterance in quarters impo-.
tant to the Democratic party.
tI his operations hitherto. Col. Scott has sed
ulously avoided all appearance as well as allt"l
substance of
LOBBYING.
Hle has chosen to depend upon the legiti
mate forces of popular rpressure, and has of
fered no considerations or inducements beyond
those of public requirement in asking for sp
port. He now satnes his intention ofad
to this programme, and will make his fin
this winter, as he has made all his efforts h
erto, upon the Strength of his popular baokin
The members of the lobby have made a mo
persistent effort to force Boott into oomn lanue
with their demands, which are, stated liuntll
that he shall place in their hands a fund
half a million or thereabouts, to be employ
in "putting the thing through." This poeiy
j has been steadily discountenanced by tt
, Southern friends in Congress, under the Il
ership of Lamar, who hes all the time deolared
that at the first sign of lobby work in the inter
es's of the measure he would abandon It.
Under these circumstances
THE LOBBY BAS DETERMINED TO DEFEAT Tlm
This was to be expected ; and Col. Scott told a.
some time ago that be would be glad to know
that every professilonal lobbyist In WashintoM
could be depended on to give the Texas Pýafli
the benefit of his open opposition.
THE METHOD OF THIS ANTAGOOWIiM
is developing now with some definiteness
may he readily understood from the followiyng,
which is printed in one of the Sunday paperm
here of this date:
"What is it the Texas Pacific is asking ? It d.
mands the indorsement of the United Stateson
fifty million bonds for fifty years. at 6 per oe1t.
with which to prolong the I ennsylvanla systeam
of lines from bt. Louis westward clear to the
Pacific oeean. Ttils would virtually be giving to
one interest, controlled by a single het, a
monopoly the like of which has never
seen in ttis or any other country. It would also
be giving to this combination a preference over
other lines which its dealings with the b
and the government do not deserve. What
the pretext urged for this unprecedented
forgiving part iality ? It is chllmed that the gov
ernment needs the road for the carriage of its
military supplies, and that the HouthemnStaýi
demand it as a competing line to the Fasile
and that having providrd one line in partl
government expense for the North, it isboua
now to give one to the Hoath also.
"In regard to the first and last propositionsl
it must be admitted that it is desirable to have
a road which would facilitate the government
and accommodate the Southern transportat.
lines; but it does not fo low that therefor l J
should be built out of the treasury; asd e to
the second pretext. it is a snufficlnt answer to
say that if the government is to be called upon
to furnish competing railrotds in any instanaes
it will never be done providing competition.
There can never be an end to th t policy.
"It is a fortunate eirc umstance that wh'en the
public interests are in danger There are geanet
a ly opposing Interests step in to help reEstý
the pe ple's rights and to rally the friendsof
honesty and integrity together. These corpo
rations are grown so powerful, as agai
the average lawmaker, that nothing but the
help of other powerful corporations Oca
avert mischief. While the South has beas
longingly looking for a Southern Pacfi
road from some source, from Co
if from no other, it seems as if the Texas i
was their only chance. It was a prospeeg f
"Scott's road or none." They well knew thse
Scott's interests lay north of the Ohio. but they
half trusted his promises of a southern tsrmn
nus. and they thought it might perhaps be be
ter than no road at all. Hence the degree o
unanimity for it. It happens that in his flusht
of confidence, Seott. In order to get his tnefrom
ocean to ocn an, has to builda line acroess ($
fornia parallel to one already in operation ad
hence has encountered a somewhat Iormtsllle
ani aonist. This California company, called
the ;,uthern Pacifle, has construeted itomlles.
of road, terminating at Fort Yumsa. ader ae
agreement to meet and connect with the
Pacific at that point. -Arrt'rd there Itle
cott's road no nearer than Port Worth.IUag
micet away.
".ather than wait till Scott gets throaCh he&
sieging Congress, and rather than laweb
aroes Calitfornia, buiitwwith private ea.m
alleled by one built out f the UnitrL
treasury, it has ylst-made an ofer to
track oo miles or more to meet tbhetTe
over the same route and within the smit
Isi.years) as the Scott plan writ us4"
from the gorera or
slot' 1wb d~l glt ' tt