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FEW YORK, SUNDAY. MARCH 20, 1878.
From mir rrports (his morning (he probotnlities
are tluit the treat her to-day will he rainy.
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Wall Street Yesterday.?Stocks wore
Spain irregular and in some instances lower.
Money on call was supplied at 3 a 3 1-2 per
cent. Gold declined flom 114 3-8 to 114.
Government bonds were heavy. Investment
securities steady. The bank statement
shows a decrease in the legal reserve.
The World points out with great ability
how it wns that Marsh came to run away. It
was becauso he was frightened by a corrupt
and degraded administration. Hut why did
Marsh come home ?
ISisMAiicK is unrelenting in his hostility to
Von Arnim. A London despatch says that
tho ex-Minister is arraigned for high treason,
and that his property will bo confiscated if
he fails to meet his accuser.
TifE Present Age or Peculation seems
io affect every one with the awi sacra fame*.
Kow it is the receiving teller of tho Fulton
Dnnk, Brooklyn, who has walked off with
about twenty-live thousand dollars not
rightfully belonging to him.
Oarsmen will find valuable information in
the letter which wo publish to-day from our
London correspondent, who has made a
special visit to the Oxford nhd Cnmbridgo
rrews, and who gives an interesting portraiture
of the contestants in the forthcoming
raco.
The Rumor gains ground that William A.
Wheeler was the captain of tho miners and
sappers who undermined the Conkling
works at Syracuse. It is said now that
Wheeler would like to have the Presidency
tome from Ohio, and go on tho ticket as Vice
President But Wheeler should go and see
Tooker's rehash of Booth's Julius Ca>sar.
Ito would there learn that none of the con- !
ipirators Against C'n'sar ercr held the impe- |
rial dignity.
Axn Now wo ?re told that So-and-So is to 1
be appointed Appraiser of the Port because
ho is the "particular friend" of Mr. Conk- I
ling. When is this "particular friend" busi- j
oess to end ? This is the way our ciril ser- j
vice is degraded. "Particular friends" arc
mr?n r\f fifrtnce PtiKlirt
officials arc told that they will ride, not by
merit, but by becoming "particular friends"
af one Senator or another. This is the weakest
point in the armor of our Senator. It is
the vulnerable heel in one who wculd otherwise
havo been impervious to arrow or bolt. !
Oca Weather Predictions of Wednesday
and Friday have been verified in a remarkable
degree by the sudden ehanges from Runihine
to clouds and storm which wo have
linco experienced. Yesterday's violent rnin
torm has caused heavy freshets within the
area of its influence, besides interfering
lad 1 y with the smoked glass scientists who
bud made extensive preparations to view the
lolar eclipse. Tho tfack of the storm centre
was manifestly northeastward from tho Mis
i ? L aU. AUU
?lBhl}>}>l, lllruu^l Nlv UIIIU ? MilXJJ IIUU UTCf
New York and the New England States. Wo
look for reports of free hots along this
line and particularly from the Ohio Valley,
where there are already indications of a
rapid and dangerous rise in the river levels.
The weather to-day promises to be threaten*
ing, and by this evening wc may expect to ex- 1
perience the effects of the eastward movement
of ttao low barometer now traversing the
lake region toward the 8t. Lawrence Valley,
a gradual shitting of the wind to the westward,
followed by clearer and colder weather.
It is rather too Rocn to discard winter overcoats
and goloshes for Bpring styles. We
will givo onr readers timely notice, however,
when investments of this kind xnsy be made
a with safety. J
NEW YOK*
The Coming Emperor.'
As we published in the Hkbau) of yesterday,
in a special cable despatch from oar
correspondent in Rio Janeiro, His Majesty
the Kmperor of Brazil and his wife start today
on their jonrney to New York. Yesterday,
we learn from oar correspondent, a
grand ftte was held in Rio to honor the anniversary
of Dom Pedro's swearing allegiance
to the constitution. This/ele may be looked
on as his farewell for the present to imperial
state, llis Majesty comes as a private
passenger on a British steamer. He
will be accompanied by a distinguished
suite, and it is anticipated that he will
arrive here about the 20th of April. Ho will
visit Washington to pay hie respects to the
President, and will, it is believed and hoped,
take part in the opening ceremonies of the
Centennial Exhibition. It is thought that
he will extend his tour as far as California, j
giving about three months to his trip. Ho
then proposes to visit Europe and complete
his tour in the far East. A Brazilian manof-war
left Itio Janeiro about a month since,
with orders to rendezvous nt Philadelphia,
to tako part in tbfc festivities attending the
Centennial Exhibition and the celebration of j
tho hundredth anniversary of our indepen- i
denco.
The coming of tho Emperor of Brazil is I
an interesting event in many ways. He is I
tho head of u great nation and tho heir to
many great names. He is a prlnco of tho
houses of Bourbon, Brnganza and Hupsbnrg?three
of tho most ancient and illus- i
trions of tho roynl houses of Europe. His i
daughter is tho wife of tho grandson of Louis ]
Philippe. Ho represents the royal splendor i
of dynasties of the Old World as well as the i
strength and wealth of one of the most won
uerftil nations in the New World, Brazil is,
next to the United States, the most important i
country on tho American continent. Its ]
position in South America corresponds with <
our position in North America. We have ]
cloce commercial relations with it, which ,
grow in importance every day. Four-fifths ]
of our coffee comes from Brazil. It sends i
us sugar, cacao and indiarubber in return ]
for onr machinery, petroleum and bread- ! j
stuffs. Nature has blessed it with vast and i
vnriod rlrlies AVfl reail of its forests! find .
streams, its flora and animal life, as though
it were some Arabian Night's dream, and
wonder what His Majesty will think of onr
cold and gray North, when ho remembers
the profuse nnd luxuriant beauty of his
own marvellous and richly-colored land.
Brazil s the land of the diamond, the garnot
and the amethyst; of silver and copper
and gold; of granite and coal, ltich as we
are in so many ways, we have no such profusion
of gifts as has been showered upon the
dominions of Dom Pedro. If we are richer
and stronger we owe it to our ouxon oioou
and to tho further fact that nature demands
industry and courage from our peoples to
build nn empiroon these rocky shores, whilo
in Brazil, more than in most tropical countries,
the energy of man is stifled by the pro- i
fusion of nature. But while tho United <
States are growing to bo the modern Itoman
Empire Ilrnzil 6eems destined to become a
modern Indian Empire. Wo have within us
all those qualities?climate, energy, soil and
population?which made Rome mistress of
the older world. We see no reason why
Rrazil should not in time display the wealth,
tho magnificenco, tho rare and subtle cul- (
turo which have given India so peculiar and (
powerful a position in our civilization.
Dom Pedro is a prince worthy of his king- }
dom. lie has all the royal qualities that are .
supposed to come from blue blood. Ilut in j
an nge when princes aro supposed to be, as a
general thing, expensive and privileged
vagabonds, ho has proved himself to bo a
ruler of rare judgment and skill, a student,
a singularly accomplished man. He is believed
to know well tho principal tongues of
Europe, to be widely versed in classical and
Oriental learning. This is a great deal in a
ruler, and it should bo rcmerabMed to his
credit now- that ho is to como inWmg us as
our guest and friend. Apart from onr per- I
sonnl esteem for Dom Pedro?we note his
visit an a national event?nothing is more to
be desired in onr modern civilization than
the eoming together of the nations. As in
the ancient times the surest bonds of peace
were the friendly relations of kings, so in , .
our modern times peace will grow more and !
more enduring from the intimacy of nations,
lirnril Vi?k a loval anil deen affection for her
Emperor, and her people will look with
interest npon his reception hero. Thev will I
have somo curiosity as to how wo as a rcpnblie
will behave to a king. No one doubts
that tho reception of Dom Pedro will bo cordial
and hearty. This iR tho American wny
ol'treating our guests, whatever their station.
Tho reception wo gavo to the Princo
of Wales, Prince Napoleon and tho Grand
Duke Alexis was gratifying to our royal
guests and creditable to ourselves. But the
Emperor of Braz.il is something more than
liia royal predecessors. They were princes
of illustrious honses, sons of kings, who
might one day be kings. Dom Pedro is a
monarch, tho first of any European house '?
who has ever come in his official capacity.
Louis Philippe and William IV. and Napoleon
III. wero with as, bat it was before
they hnd ascended the throne. Two camo
as exiles, tho other as a Dritish officer. The
question as to how we shall receive Dom
Pedro is one to be well .considered. When
he made his tour of Europe he travelled in- I
cognito, as a private nobleman, and did as
he pleased.* Ho might do the snmo here, | '
but wc understand his visit to be official.
II.. _ 00 or* Vmrtorn* ntwl cfwkiil.l )i<\
honored as tho head of n great sister nation 1
with whom we aro on terms of friendship
and peace.
As this is to bo a season of ceremony, of '
more than ordinary solemnity and rejoicing,
and as Mils Emperor comes in his own 1
person to do honor to our centennial anniversary,
he should be received with all the
ceremony nnd state possible under our forms i
of government. We have a fleet at Port <
Royal, and it might bo well to givo him a I
naval reception. This fleet could easily meet
the Emperor's vessel outside or in the Lower j
Bey and escort him to our shores. If the
President and the high officers of the gov- i
eminent, the generals of the army and the i
admirals of the navy, with the Governor and i
the Mayor, were to meet hiin as he lands and i
greet him in tho name of the untiou, tbo
a late and the metropolis, it woald be fitting
i. HKRALD, SUNDAY, MJ
We do not know what diplomatic etiquette
prescribes in such cases, but we can afford
to make a precedent in welcoming the chief :
of a great nation like Brazil. There might
k. . j: i r itiu ...,1 i
i/c tt iiiBpiny ui our inuiiiu, uur ruucc 1
Fire departments?some modest representative
procession?from the Battery to his
hotel. The holiday and the festivities would
be grateful to our people, who have really in ;
their hardworking lives too few festivals. It
would therefore be a gracious thing to make j
i festival of the Emperor's arrival. Our peo- ,
plo would enjoy it. The Emperor would
appreciate the honor, coming as it would I
freely from the citizens of the metropolis, ,
and Brazil would accept it as a friendly at- ,
tention and recognition. If the authorities j
will only move in the matter New York will
do the rest. We have plenty of timo for
preparation?time to bring the fleet from
Port Royal ; time for our regiments to trim
up their uniforms ; timo for the citizens to
do their part. Let the Emperor hear the reechoing
thunder of cannon from ship and
fort as he comes within Sandy Hook. Let j
mm meet ttie cuiet or the Uepnuuc as lie i
steps on oar shores. And lot him see as ho
passes up Broadway how magnificently New
York can receive a prince whom we shall all
delight to honor.
Our I'onclon Cuble li?ttrr<
If the Qncen of England had to stand in a
public place and beg the suffrages of tho
pooplo for her proposed title of Empress of
India she would doubtless feel us much dis- :
taste for tho operation as Coriolanus did to
showing his scars to tho Roman plebs. Wo
havo changed all that, but tho request
for votes is transferred even with ,
such high and mighty playthings as an imperial
title to tho press and the Parliament.
Disraeli, who stands sponsor for tho new
itylo, has had to bear all manner of reproaches,
from the solemn reproof of \
Crladstono ond tho Cyclopean irony of i
Lowe to tho fino lance thrusts of tho j
Saturday Review and tho hacking stabs of the !
penny press. The new title is not pop- j
alar, but tho reason for this is as
hard to find as why Hamlet knew
i hawk from a handsaw when the wind was
southerly. Tho torv maioritv in both houses
if Parliament has been safe all along, and we '
lave no doubt that Disraeli, knowing this, has i
icon careless of blame, and assured that j
jorno fine morning, when the fog lifts for a |
raoment off London, the ro.r papuli will j
be a unit in hurrahing for the Empress and
?aying the English roso will smell as
sweet under an imperial as a royal name,
rhe act of Parliament business recalls the
Haytiun assumption of the imperial title, and
if the Emperor Soulouque had only started
iut a quarter of a century later his opera
!x>w/7V empire might have been perpetuated in
his black dominions. The Queen of Eng- j
land meanwhile goes to Germany to pass a i
tew weeks' vacation with her family, and as !
die Prince oif Wales has not yet re- j
turned from the East?he was at Suez |
yesterday?the London season lags for want
if royal countenance. The sporting probabili- '
;ios are very bright, the Polo clubs being par- i
licularly busy. It will gratify American :
lovers of horseflesh to know that l'rcakness |
ind his companions are bettering in con- |
iition.
Our Paris Cnble Letter.
A ft.pt enrninir a nlnco bv tlie Trnasnrv I
juntos tlio Fronch republicans find that nc- i
;css to the vaults is not so easy as they be- |
licved. Let us not bo too hard i
upon tbcm. If they had been in
power and tho Bonapartists or royalists
bad supplanted them thcro would havo
been eighty-lour prefectures open to tho j
Napoleonic or legitimist patriots in twenty- j
[our hours, instead of the beggarly thirteen
places, which are very few to go round
imoncr so manv. Let us. therefore, ween 1
with the jlisappointcd patriots, who would i
nertainly make as good prefects as the !
present incumbents. Lot ns also shed a
tear for the placemen who are holding on by
teeth, nails and eyebrows to their official !
posts, whilo one detachment of republicans i
is pulling at their coattails and another de- i
tachment is searching with lynx eyes for
some flaw in their lives and records. This
tugging and investigating is one of the ungen- '
tlemanly features of republican institutions; |
for under an empire, the Third Napoleon's,
for instance, your De Mornys and Ilelknaps
are safe from prying eyes and unpleasant
exposures. .Tonn of Arc, after having been
rejected as ouo of the saintly choir by the
managers at the Vatican, has accepted
an engagement from M. Ha- j
lanzier to load ft mortal chorus nt
the Grand Opera Honse to mnsic com- j
posed, wc beliovo, by M. Edonard Membroe.
An imitation of the angelic choir, to bo j
snng by fifty Parisian soprani in tho i
"wings," is promised, but wo decline to any '
how they will compare with real angels
nntfl wo have received fuller informs- j
lion about the singers. Wo do not
fancy the likeness will be great between
the seraphim and the half score of ecstatic i
German harpers who are to accompany the
libove angels. Other operas and ploys are
promised. America, thanks to Manrico !
Strakosch, is to get her share of operatic |
novelties, and, after a number of proper preliminary
flourishes, we learn that Mile. |
Belocca is on -her way hither.
A Baxqt**t to Minirtkr Ortii was recently I
given in Vienna, of which wo have a report
this morning. The occasion was the return
of the Minister to this country to enter upon
the canvass in his State, where ho is the republican
candidate for Governor. Mr.
Drth's speech was characterized by excellent
teste, and it is gratifying that ho is able to
retire from his post abroad with so much
rrcdit to himself and his country, and that
he prefers the honors of his fellow citizens
nt home to those he could corn at a foreign
court. .
(k*H Roman Spkciai. Despatch brings ns
(he sad details of the death of Consnl <?cn- i
end IMhlgreB and the consecration of
Ihe American Epiaeopal church in the
Eternal City, at which Rishop Little(ohn.
of Long Island, officiated. Tho.
programme of the new Italian Ministry of
the Left is also given, and certainly promises
a gr> at deal for a State as difficult to regulate
ss Italy lias proved. Still, as much has been
done in tho pust ten years, we are content
to hope for the best from Victor Emmanuel's
new advisers.
LECH 26, 1876.?QUADRUJ
The Great Inundation* In Holland.
Despatches from London unnounco that
the river dikes at Iiertogenbosch or Boisle-Dnc
in Holland have failed to resist the
neaeaiisA A/ O.A IMHIBAH )ir fVl*
storms and have been swept away by tbo
furious waters. Bois-le-Due is a fortified city,
situated ut the confluence of the Aa and the
Dommel, the united waters of which rivers,
with those of {he Heers and tho Ley, discharge
into tho SIouso, near the village of
Itosmalen, a short distance to the northeast
of the city. Numerous canals, forming a
part of tho main system, which extends
across the country from Mnestricht on the
Mouse to the some river three miles north of
Bois-lc-Duo, intersect the latter city and
on?>... wiil,;n 1 iiLn wnfoco r?f thn iTtiin.
dutiou. The level of the plains of Jlollnnd
is in some places us mneh us sixteen feet below
that of the sou, and the main rivers
are, in consequence, considerably higher
than the general surface of the Innd they intersect,
being, like tho Mississippi southward
of Memphis, tho aqueducts through
which the drainage of the more elevnted
watersheds is conveyed to tho sea. The very
low lands arc drained nioro by canals than
rivers, and the banks of the latter are, consequently,
lined with earthen dikes, by
which the river waters are confined and
inundations prevented after pqyiods of
heavy rains and storms. These dikes, or
levees along the rivers, must not bo confounded
with the great works which protect
tho coasts of the Netherlands from the encroachments
of the North Sea. Tho ocean
dikes ure so massively built of earth and masonry,
protected by piling and fascines, as
to withstand tho heaviest storms. But previously
to their being brought to such perfection
th? most awful calamities recorded
in the history of the Low Countries were
due to the failure of these dikes to resist the
assaults of the sea. Holland is therefore protected
by her dike system from external and
internnl sources of inundation, and the catastrophe
at Ilortogenbosch has men
caused by the destruction of the river dikes
in its vicinity. The river Mouse drains a
territory of between eleven and twelve
thousand squaro miles, and within the area
in which the recent great storm expended
most of its force. The river became gorged
with the flood water suddenly poured into
it. The united wnters of the Dommol,, Aa,
Ley and Beers, which disohargo into the
Meuso near Ilortogenbosch could not
find an outlet, and backed up on tho down
pouring floods from their own watershed,
causing an overtopping or bursting, followed
u> u luini ucoii ui uuu \ji uic uinro, tuiu
the floods in the Mouse subside there are no
means of relieving the inundated districts
from the waters, because they now 'jrm the
basin into which n great deal of water from
the main river, in addition to that of their
own streams, finds its way. The wide range
of the calamity, the number of unfortunates
involved and the general interests of the
country demand that a careful inquiry
should bo made by the government of Holland
into the causes of these disastrous inundations
and the proper means of preventing
their recurrence. By applying the results
of such un investigation to tlio protection
of our own Western valley lands a vast
amount of money might bo annually saved
to the country.
Itcllgloiis Press Toplra.
The topics of tlje religious pross this week
nro as varied us tlio denominations represented
and as the news of the day. The Independent
commenting on Alabama's virtual repudiation
of her debt, says there is no mennnesfi(
equal to that of a Stuto winch hns contracted
debts and solemnly plodged its faith and
then turns round to its creditors and tells
them, in substance, to tnhejw hat it offers?
one-half, one-quarter or one-tenth of the just
debt or lose the whole. The creditor has no
remedy, and, being caught in tho jaws of a
dishonest State, ho must consent to bo
robbed at its pleasure. Tho Independent,
thinks the fedcrnl corfstitution ought to bo
so amended that no State in tho Union shall
have power thus to disgrnco itself. Tho Observer
discourses very practically and
pointedly on fictitious donations to colleges
and benevolent institutions, by which means
tho donor gets a great deal of personal
1 ?nr,ln,.0a tnr Ma lil,a.
unit Ul ? ? (*|'friutiovs ?v? ??*? ??vvtniity,
while tho institution supposed
to be benefited by liiin receives
little or nothing. Daniel Drew nntl his
"liberal" donations to educational institutions
is the text for tho Obseriirr's essay.
Among "Uncle" Daniel's published liabilities
are the sum of two hundred and lifty
thousand dollars to Drew S ?minary in Madison,
X. J., and ono hundred thousand dol1.?ra
tn Wuclnvnn I'niviU'jif v M id .11 nfiivn
Conn. All that this millionnniro Methodist
gave to those institutions was his promise to
pay and interest on thnt promise from year
to year. And now he is a bankrupt nnd
cannot pay either prinelp* 1 or interest. And
yet for years bock he has been receiving the
plaudits of the Methodist world for his generous
gifts to those scf&ools of learning.
IIow much better it woald havo been for
him to have given this money to the institutions
named than to have gambled it away
in Wall street! The Christian Advocate shows
a lack of faith in the revival. There seems to
its editor to be a want of uymmctrical presentation
of the great spiritual doctrines of tho
Gospel by tho revivalisbi. The exceeding
sinfulness of sin is not duly emphasised,
nor are tbo doctrines of repentance Qnd forgiveness
mailo snflicientlj- prominent Still
oilitnr inclines to bono ftir nnnil roanlta
even from tho apparently more superficial
religious experiences of tlio present time.
Tho Chritlian Jsadcr demands positive
preaching for this age. It want* no Iter.
Protoplasm or Shifty Schemer going
through the theological! circumlocution
offi es, but it does want men who have a
positive belief and who am not afraid to declare
that belief to tho wurld. Tho Gospel
of Jesus Christ is one, tho leader thinks,
that ninst be preached positively if it wonld
bo succcmful. And tha preacher should
realize thiR and bo qnick and bold to proclaim
what it seems to lrim clear that religion
tenches. The Christian Intciligrneer is
fully convinced that out <4 the present evangelistic
movements nil over the world
will come largo aecossiais to tho lay agencies,
tho prospcctivo ministry and tho
working forces of tho cliurchen. Denominational
differences, it says, will continue to
T
PLE SHEET,"
1 czint, bnt without much controversy, and
, there aro growing tendencies to and solid
| reasons for closer union among all truly a
i Christian Churches, ministers and peoplo. n
: Ana mis unity oi notion una purj^nu ** j,
becoming more and more necessary l>ccause f(
J iniquity abounds. The editor of the Christian t,
j at Work has been on a visit to Montreal, n
: where he had an interview with a nun, and 0
! he comes back elated to tell his renders that t]
j the chief power of tho ltoman Catholic n
Church is in music and mercy ; H^r assem- a
i blages roused by the most skilful organ ?
playing in tho world ; her sick cared for by f(
a system which makes kind nursing a part t]
of its religion. Tho Freeman's Journal, tho w
great Catholic gunrdian of the godless com- ^
mon schools, belabors those institutions over n
I the back of the Massachusetts State Prison f(
i report, which tells of crime having doubled ^
' At.- rnv v ii. . r r- -
wuce mo war. xiiis, uy me uvunuii a ^
is the result of godless education in that
State. And it is no better elsewhere. The j
Jewish Messenger, which has hitherto re- ^
Trained from commenting on linbenstein's ^
case, now declares that that most precious M
heirloom, trial by jury, was a mockery on his Q
trial. The evidence of three unimpcached n
witnesses wns ignored by the jury, and
Judge Brady lias done a merciful act to givo M
him another chance and trial for his life. b
Samoa, n
Jt might be well to inqtiirc before we make n
np our minus on tne oainoan qnestion ny
what right tho captain of a British ship took .
possession of Steinbergeris navy. It is said r
that the reason was that Steinborger carried n
the American flag. Well, suppose he did, is
it tho business of a British officer to say
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whether ho had or had not the right to carry ^
this flag? Certainly America can protect her c
own dignity. Wo rcmcmbor there was ^
the same activity shown by a British officer ^
at Banjana Bay when the American company ^
was assembling in St. Domingo. Wo do not j.
believe in Samoa, nor did wo believe in ^
nuuinna, uui. mo oiiierprisu was .'uneriunu j
in each case, and was entitled to American * ^
protection. Supj>ose some flighty, restless ^
Englishman, like Steinberger, had fastened
upon Samoa or some Pacific island and an ^
American naval officer liad turned him out, !
would Englishmen exult over it? Wo think ^
not. Steinberger may be a good many ^
things that are absurd and narrow, and we .(
may wish his island was at the bottom of
the sou, but he is an American. It is not
pleasant to soo British officers hauling down t!
American nags anu Kicmng American cm- u
zons about as thongh thoy were Hottentots v
or kings of Delhi. The President should C
look into this business and see what it s
means. o
Pulpit Topics To-D?jr, 1
Mr. Moody having gone through a series of B
doctrinal seimona In his Hippodrome ser- c
vices other ministers aro turning their attention
toward the same doctrines?some to
controvert and some to elaborate his ideas.
To-day Mr. Giles will take up the doctrine
of the blood of Christ, and show what it is
and how salvation is effectod by it according
to common sense principles. Mr. Hepworth
will traverse the journey from Jerusalem to
Jericho; but we hope ho will not fall umong
thieves, for he may not have the
J good fortune that one before him had
on that road, to hud a Samaritan who might
relieve his wants and Iuh wounds. That one
journeyed that way by chance; there might
be no friendly hand to cherish now. Mr.
Leavell will take the shorter and less dangerous
walk from Jerusalem to Ernmaus,
doubtless in company with Mr. Saunders'
I OliviotiAn votnrnn iin/l nnl wif 1. Afi* Tin ?ria'
moral coward, and both looking unto Jesns
with Mr. Hawthorne's intensity of spirit,
will, undoubtedly, eventually reach Mr.
Morritfs heaven. Lut before they reach that
happy place there is, as Dr. Armitage will
indicate, plenty of Vineyard work to c
bo done, strangers to be received and
the spiritual life to be cultivated c
and improved, as Mr. Seitz will point out.
The meeting between the two greatest antagonists,
Christ ami Satan, will bo por- 6
troyed by Mr. Harris, and tho Tower of
lkibel will be torn down by Mr. Lloyd and ?
its builders reproved lor their supreme
folly. While many aro at this time debating
i among themselves whether they ought to c
! join the church or not Mr. Pullman will
give them some reasons in the affirmative, 1
I and show them tlint Universnlism is neither
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a heresy nor dangerous to Christian faith
and morals. Mr. McCarthy will clear up the j
mystery of temptation and Mr. Gunnison '
| will point out the perils and the safeguards 11
. of our civilization, while Dr. Raymond will 5
make a plea for tho higher education of j
woman, because of her share in our national ; g
history. Mr. Andrews will break tho first !
four Apocalyptic seals, and show us the four 1
stages of the Church's history repro- ; 1
! sentcd thereby; nnd Mr. Snow, who declares i
that fools call him insane, will inquire what
the present condition and prospects of the
papacy are a sign of. This apostle delights in
! garments dyed red, in bloody contests and
destruction of religious systems, and yet,
though ho lias indulged in this sort of pulpit
instruction for years, ho has failed to bnild
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np a church thereon. Chnrches exist on :
lore rather than hatred ono of another.
Tit* Molly Maorirm liave acquired such
an unenviabio notoriety iu tho mining dis- 1
tricts of Pennsylvania that it must bo galling
to tho minds of tho members of tbo Ancient
Order of Hibernians to bo compared with '<
them. Two Roman Catliolio prelates havo |
done so, and tho A. 0. IL brethren propose I
to make a feature of this indignity at their
next convention, which will meet in this
city dnring the present week.
Gbkkral Ciiook telegraphs from the In|
dinn conntry to the Lieutenant General of ,
i 1, i em t liot tin e/?ivn nr\ tli o eirora Tav* /*m a
nod Rosebud after St. Patrick's Day, went
for Powder River, destroyed 'Crazy Horse's
1 village, and found that the hostile redskins
were in collusion with those fed, armed and
clothed by the government at the agencies.
It h.wi always been so with the wards of the
nation.
The Pkinck or Wai.es has got ns far as
Egypt ou his homeward joHrney from India.
11c h?<; h.untilv raaaried all the Oerils that
fanatics, tigers, juuglo fever mid Thugs
might hnvo plwnl in tin* path of his journey
through tbosA districts over which Mr.
Disraeli wants him to ralo as Emperor. I
A German Poet's Funeral.
When a great singer of the people passes
way the tribute to his memory is spontaeous
and heartfelt As it was with
ciumnuu ^iCai^lUtli, 111 VTUtlUilUJ ? St
:w dayb since, so it was with Ik-ranger
wenty odd years ago. Freiligrath was
ot a "fashionable"' poet, particnlarly
f late years, when national events
ranRpiring around him seemed to
love his ideal of Germany further
nd further from the reality. Like
It-ranger, indeed, several of his lyrics had
)rced their way into the salons as well as into
ie cottages of tho land. Ilis sympathies
rere undoubtedly with German unification,
at it was a union of peoples and
ot of bayonets that he longed
jr?a grand German republic as wide as the
'eutonic language, Such poets' memories
an wait for complete recognition ; but
foretaste of what is yet in tlia
reams of his colaborers was surely
ivon in tlio scene around the quiet graro at
lannstiult. For our German fellow citizens
re have presented the noble words
f Carl Mayer's panegyric in their
ative tongue, and as they read the
Duelling tribute each one will wish that he
ras there to drop a flower upon tho grave of
im who sung of "Freedom and Right," a
ioble lyric, which Mangan's stately verse has
indo familiar to many English readers.
Siirpos* Brihtow ob Blacte on Monros
hould be nominated for President by tlio
epublicans and elected. Tbo new adlinistration
will need the (rapport of thoremblican
party in the State, just as Lincoln
:eeded it in 18G1. Lincoln held the party
y recognizing Seward and his friends. He
ould not help himself. Tho new repnblian
President will be in the same position.
Ie must act in harmony with the party, and
ho party will be in the hands of Mr. Conk
log. yy nut cuuui'tJ wuum vm tin uim uis
allow mutineers have for "recognition?"
ust about as much as Greeley hud under
iincoln. Greeley's Chicago mutiny curried
im in time to Cincinnati, and made him the
ominee of the democrats for President.
Estimating the political stature of Curtis by
hat of Greeley the logical inference is that
is Syracuse mutiny will carry him into the
lemocratic State Convention and mnko him
bs candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
DoRKHXiuxn and Cuiitis.?The proposal ol
thnt. Mr flnrf,in shonlil follow
lis mutiny into the democratic party, meets
ritk the approval of many democrats. Mr.
Jurtis would be justified in taking this
tep. He has not been well used, and the
dminiRtration is not a "reform" government.
If he does become a democrat he
hould be nominated for Lieutenant Govirnor,
with Dorsheimcr for Governor. Dorsteimer
left the republicans tour or five years
tgo, after a difficulty with Conkling, and ho
vas made Lieutenant Governor. Why not
onfer the same honor upon Curtis ? lie
t ould make a capital Lieutenant Governor.
>orsheimer and Curtis, uh democratic cnndilates,
would bo standing inducements to
inappreciated republicans to leave their
>arty and make more hospitable alliances.
Spmno Fashions.?Notwithstanding the
'agarics of the weather, when wind, rain and
iutishino seem to have au equal share of
>ower, the time has arrived for the solution
?f the all important qnestion in the fcmalo
nind, "What to wear and how to wear it."
n another column will bo found a very ineresting
essay on this subject, to which wt
efer our fair readers.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE*
Spiritualism has broken out In parts of India.
J'unch nays that tbis year woman proposes, bnt Go4
ispeseg.
Montreal baa sent eighteen ear loads of goods to the
lentennial.
l'at Gllmoro baa been invited to bang a gong at tho
,'entennlal.
Kilty thousand tons or rails will" lay a rood bod 55C
ailes In length.
In Japan the Irocdom of tho press Is advancing, by
lecreo ot the MeAdo.
Tho Duko of Devonshire has 132,990 acres, with I.
jross rental of ?140,403. *
Chrysostom was tho first who appllod the worf
'Bible" to the Scriptures.
The lion. II. L. Pierce Is working hard for the co?
Irmatton of R. II. Dana, Jr.
Canada Is again agitating about the building of i
acifle Railway to British Columbia.
In order to hold government ofilco In Germany one
nust have a university education.
Postmaster General Jewell was confined to his hous<
esterday with an attack of rheumatic fover.
It Is scientifically decided that rust causes Are. Tiili
s th^reason why a silver dollar will burn a hole It
our pocket.
Randall's follies and Wood's Illness hare left Cox am
Ccrr the Congressional leaders; but very few prefei
;as to Korr-osone.
The lllack Hills havo started two sawmills, and hers
s a chance for Vice President Kerry sod Congressman
latt to do a little tog rolling.
In I'toh and about Salt I/tko City mud prcventi
rade from being lively. The same evil Infests ihi
irains of many democratic Congressmen.
The Baltimore .4merfcan says that the recent prist
Igbt was, by the aid of the railway authorities, well
nnHtictod One of the conductors nunclicd. Ac.
Ex-Treasurer Spinner does not cut an orango Ints
lection* nn<l spurt the Jtilco nil over his shirt bosom.
:le quietly punches a hole In the cod and (Ives it the
;rogs-buttock throw.
Since hydrophobia Is prevalent In Western Mass*huscits
It may bo well to repoat that elecampane ot
ts pharmaceutical preparation has been used with
[rest success In curing tho diseases
A Arm of publishers in San Francisco Is trying to
ditaln a legislative enactment by which It may furlish
California with home rnlo school books. This Is
i very narrow idea, worthy of California.
It Is universally found, says a European anthorlty,
hat when a currency Is undergoing deprec ation ths
all of value ts more rapid than the rise ol rirlce? li
vs? so in me unucu uuimg iiicr.mi war, and ll
s 80 In India now.
The Norristown Hirald gay*:?" "What is editorial
curtesy " asks a Southern paper. Why, II Is when a
southern editor Is caught stealing ctflrkens nt midnight
ind his brother editors kindly allude lo tho matter as f
strange freak of a somnambulist. * "
English people hare a mania for dosln? themselves.
S'herc a Krencbmau would apply some auch mils
cmedy as a /ait d' po'ilf, or a glass of harmless!)
nediceted lemonade, an Englishman will he content .
nth nothing short of a strung pill or draught.
An "Irregularity" his been discovered In the oystet
rade at Manchester, England. A dealer has been exxjsed
In the practice of putting Dutch oysters Into
latlve shells and selling the bivalves to his retail cits,
omers lor natives. The practice Is supposed to be
pnerai.
The Knglich Saturday Review asya:?''In rountrlet
rhere ofllclal parity Ik ilie. rule pert,tin American Init11utions
liaro not yet lieen adopted. It I* worth
while to consider the tendency of lurtber chance* Ui
ho direction ol democracy. Chivalry, according to
Jarke, wna the cheap defence of nation*. The adninlsiratlon
of public aftatra by gentlemen may, perkapa,
alio lead to chcapnota."