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PtT'sfrf: - .' v THE LEAV nny WEEKLY TIMES 1.1. LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, THURSDAY,. DECEMBER 20, 1S77. f rnnerrnitv EMnbllsliwt ly 1 1. K. Anllioil , Jnuuarj , lsCi rt,i'eJ-&"-24.-K0.36. ,rr n. ENWOR dclcr-Mi &imw THUhSDiY, DECEMBER 20. 1677 TIIK KA.IOJU tESTUAL. TheiopIe of Leavenworth, generally, have no adequate idea of the real character and importance of the Kansas Central road. It is now completed to a point nearly one hundred miles west of Leavenworth, and runs through what is undoubtedly the rich est portion of Kan-as, including the coun ties of Leavenworth, Jefferson. Jackson and Pottawattamie. It is well known to our people that the road has been built and equipped by a company composed exclu sively of own citiieiw who have put their hands into their own pocket for the money with which to do it, but they do not real ize how much of a road it ha grown to be. TLe ine is now built and running, near ly due wet from Leavenworth, to the Ver million valley, and every mile of the road is well built esiiecially the new portion. It is a first-class road. Ihe ueu is wen made, the ties are up to the standard, sub stantial iron bridge with stone abutment' span all the streams, and the track u laid throughout the entire length with the "fish plate," or continuous rail, and every thing is kept in excellent order. The fact that the road is a three-foot gauge, is not against it, hut in its favor, for it has abun dant capacity to do all the business that is required of any road in the weft, and can do it cheaier than can jiossibly be done by a broad gauge line. The country through which the road passes is rich and fertile, and generally well Fettled up and improved. In going from here to Onaga the passenger can see from the car windows enough grain, now standing in stack and chock, to feed all the armic of the Czar through the winter, and still leave enough for the farmers to live on. The wheat st.icks and com shocks that dot the country in every direction, look like the tents of an army, as vast as St. John's apocryphal "multitude which no man cuiild number." Any man wlio has eter entertained a doubt as to whithir tin. Kansas Central will pay, may soon have hie mind set right on that oiiit by taking a ride over the road, and noting the apparent ly inexhaustible resources of the countrj through which it pastes. The Kansas Central is already one of the mint important roads leading to Leaven worth if not indeed 0e mu-4 im(ortant and even- mile that it is extended makes it more valuable. And it is not less valuable to the people of the country through which it pa-rt than to Lcrvcnworth, for it affords thciu direct uuuuecliou with the markets of the world, and enables them to ship theii prodiius at lower rates than could pos-iibU U. given them by a hioad gauge road, ll is sometimes urged ngaiiist the IlarruH gauge system tliai train- c-aunot make nr good lime a- mi Hie olherg.itige.but ll tluiM who raise this objection li.nl bven with tin party that returned Iroiu Onaga Fridu night, they would have discovered that their jioint i.uot will taken, and that train oil the Kansas Central can run as fast a anybudy wants to tratel even in this fast Ki:viv.ti. uuiik. Mrs. Van Colt's efforts at Kan-as City seem to be unusually successful, and she has already secured a great and growing inter est in her uleeliugs, which are largelv at tended, not only on Sundays but week da)s as well. From the Kansas City Timer, of yesterday morning, we copy the following report of her Friday meetings: A Ki-iel measure eoiiKreisition, lull am overtlimiup, KievUst the Injpular evangelist. Mo. Vim Colt, at ttin TalKT. ucle last night. More than usual interest was manifested, and inatiy coneils uero iniule, one In particular who came half lut briateil, to srofT and jeer but by Hie lnlliieiieeof the all prevailiugspiril wu-shiouUilow-rtolhesltluorilirit. The great maelstrom orrellUousauukenlnc has now burst ummi usuiiu th? tidal wave of tcuierauce which 2nu Ist-u sunIu;r uer our land is Nobbing In the rushes at out feet. Mrs. Van Colt will preach nl the O. A. M. E. Church this afternoon, and again at the Tabernacle lo-nluliU The ood lady is full of Interest mitt muguellc foice. Eien the most hanlcmU cannot l'sten to her Ihnlling a pcal uuinoved. Kansas City, the growlue aud bustling young melroioll of the West, all business and gay excitement, with every -IskIj'h ee turned tovtaitl mammon and none toward heaven, m-tdsjust such a work as this worn in is doing, she is the right "woman" in the right plact enthusiastic, rneigetlcdrumatlc, eUsiuent, magnetic and Irrepressible! From the Ji-xunaTt report ot the same day's services, we take the following: The Tabernacle was comfortably Ailed yes terday afternoon, and at the even lug services there was hot a vaont chair in the house. The rei ututloii of I he great lady preacher is becoming known totheresldenlsof ibeoouu try, and the afternoon attendance is large ly made of HrMns who come In wagons for miles to hear aud see what Is being doue. So far there have been upward of 2UU conver sions aud the front seats of the church are now chiefly occupied by thosr who have ex perienced a change of luarlund are anxious to do all in tlnlr js er to assist In the great work. WHO I.I. V V.t'l)ll.DED. The two items following we clip from the Emiwria Arm, of the 1 Ith : Sscarlet fever hss suspended two of the Leavenworth schools. It is rumored as we go to press that the Leavenworth banks are in trouble. While such rumors may have been heard by the Air, there is not an iota of truth or even a semblance of truth in either of thenC and if we did not know the editor of the Airtrs to be a man who always aims to tell the truth and should think both stories had been made in the Sm office, out of whole cloth. There are no banks in the United States in healthier condition, and more free from trouble of every kind than those of Leavenworth, and as to the scarlet fever, we have not heard of a case in town. Of course, there may be, among twenty thousand people, an occasional case of this disease, but the report that any of the schools have been closed by it, or that it exists to any general extent, is utterly devoid of truth. It affords us pleasure to assure our neighbors of the Seta, that the health of Leavenworth is excellent-finau-cially a well as physically. THE PtfPE. One thing is apparent frm the constant ly contradictory rumors from Home in re gard to the health of the Pope, and that is that no confidence can be placed in the or dinary soarces of intelligence. The actual condition ot his Holiness is probably known to cry few persons, and those few have ex cellent reasons fox keeping their knowledge to themselves. BISIMWIE AK ACC.KFZ.TmfB. Speaker Wallace of the South Carolina House of Representative resigned his posi tion the other day, and J. C Sheppard waa elected Speaker in his stead by a unani mous Tote. Sheppard k the youngest man ever chosen to fill this position, and his particular claim to the distinction confer red rests on the fact that he represents "on- IMgenaM," the Tiiiimcsj of r.aaadKsceaeaf tfce Haas- law i-ri T J Root of the banner county of South Caro lina illustrated at all times in the history of our great and common country as hav ing nurtured and reared some of the most distinguished names that adorn its brillant The business men of Leavenworth all re port trade good and improving. The busi ness of the t-.wn has not been as good for many years as it is this season, considering the depressed condition of trade in nearly all sections of the country, and the hard times nearly everywhere prevailing, such a healthy condition of business in Leav enworth is particularly grati fying. The state is rapidly filling up, and the business of Leavenworth is increasing in projiortion to the increase of population in the state. Our wholesale merchants are constantly extending their trade, and en larging their sales, while our manufactur ing establishments are all running full handed and with as many orders as they can fill. Of all the numerous manufacturing es tablishment in the city (and Leavenworth is now recognized as the manufacturing city of the Missouri Valley) there is not one but has all the orders it can fill, and they nearly all of them are steadily en larging their capacities to accommodate the growing demand for their goods. Facts liketliescspeakvolumcsforthepro-perity of the city, and show that it stands upon a lasting and substantial foundation. Unix; conD. Charles A. Hunting, "formerly of Kan sas," at one time the proprietor of the flour mills in I-eavenworth, then the pro prietor of the Toeka House at Topeka, and atterward a merchant at Ottawa, is now the resident manager of the "Christian home for intemperate men," in Xew York City. The world moves. i:t no it. If there is anything about your business that you are ahamcd of, or if you think it will injure vou to have your business brought to tt.e notice of every body in Ieavenworth every day don't advertise in Tiiu Times. JcnoK IUvis appears to "Gath" in the attitude of "a bold man paralyzed by am bition." And he says: "The Judge browhes Iietween earn like a lame army mule, shot at by both sets of skirmishers." Eiv books tti:t:i:ivi.D. All Around a I'uld'e, Lizzie Williams Chamimey (formerly of Ixavenworth) illus trated by "Champ." Ilo-ton, Lockwood Brooks & Co. For sale by Sidney Smith & Son, and Crew & l!ro. Price SIW. In the isly Gaulrn, by same author, illus trated and puhli-hcd same as aliove, for -ale by same. Price Sl.V). The author of these works is well known in Leavenworth, having resided here for a nnmWr of years previous to her marriige he is raphllv wining for hcrelf a flatter ing reputation as one cf the popular writers of the day, and her books find a ready sale. Stict ' Mjher Gone, by Alice Parkmam illustrated by "Champ." Ilo-ton : Iackwood, Itnwks & Co. Price seventy-five cents. For sale in this city by Crew it Iiro., and Sid ney Smith & Son. These are large cards, printed in elegant style.containing selections from popular children's stories, beautifully illustrated with silhouettes. .Vi"murf. Iloston : Lockwood, I'rooks A Co. For sale bv Sidney Smith $: Son. Price $1,25. foal 1U and Girl, by Mary a Uartlett. Ilo-ton : Ijockwood Ilrooks & Co. For sale by Sidney Smith & Son. Price SI. The-e are pleasing and entertaining stories, well printed, hand-oiidy bound, and prepared csjiecially for the holiday trade. The Xin-tti and Xinr. . I!y Elizabeth C. C'epham. I!o-ton : I). I-atlirop & Co. This is the familiar Imnn "The Ninety and Nine" mo-t beautifully and elabo rately illustrated, on heavy pacr, gilt edged and richly bound. It will make a beautiful holiday present. Floi attd lioty. A story book for girls. Itoston : 1). Lathrop & Co. A charming book for young girls. Issued for the holi day trade, but good for all the ear. Hit Oun Mxiter. Ily J. T. Trowbridge I to-ton : Lee & Sheerd. One of the author's best works, written in hisbest vein and full of good things. 1'riceoO cents. That Wife of Mine, by the author of 'That Husband of Mine." Iloston: Lec&Shep ard. Price fifty cents. Juti Hit Lurk. Iloston : Lee & Shepard. Price 50 cents. The publishers state that the volume is by a famous writer for the young, wli're name is withheld for "luck." It is a capital story, full of adventure, and with an excellent moral. F&liion in Tlourlair. The colors of dress for mourning differ according to persons and countries. In Italy the women once mourned in white, and tlie men in brown. In China they wear white. In Turkey, Syria, Cappadocia and Armenia, celestial blue. In Egypt, vellow. or the color of a dead leaf. '1 he Ethiopi ans wear gray; and in Europe and America the mourning color is black. Each of these colors had originally its signification : White is the emblem of pu rity; celestial blue denotes the place we wih to go to after death; vellow, or the dead leaf, indicates that death is the end of human hoje, and that man tails as the leal ; gray signines the earth to w hieh the dead return ; and bjach marks tli alienee of life, because it is the want of life. the Lvcians, as we read m aleriu Maximus when any cause of mourning befell them, put on the clothes of women, in order that the effeminancv of the dress might the sooner make them ashamed of grieving, the Ihracians. again, never grieved at all, but ued to celebrate the death of a friend w ith every expression of mirth and iov. as a removal Irom a state of misery to one of never ending felicity. Previous to the reign of Charles III., the Oueensof trance wore unite uisin the death of their husbands, and were called t fines blandtet. Cm the death ot that, monarch, the color was changed to black. The tmiieror Leopold ot Germany, who died in 1705, never shaved his beared dur ing the time of mourning, which often last ed for a considerable time. In this he fol lowed the example of the Jews. The Em press Dowagers never lay aside their mourn ing, ana even weir apartments are nuug with black till their death. The neices of the Pope never wear mourn ing, not even for their nearest relations, as the Bomans deem it o great a happiness for a family to have a Pope in it, that noth ing ought to afflict his Holiness's kindred. The costume prescribed for mourning is entirely arbitrary, depending upon the taste and usages of different countries. "track. Blind tat ibe Street. IXew York Herald, Dec 12. A case occurred yesterday in Jersey CityJ nuitu uaun we auenuon 01 me city pny sieizrs to an unusual degree. About noon Officer Sadler fourd a man of respectable appearance groping his way through .Mon mouth street, near the corner of Fourth, and w&en the officer approached him he. said he had iost been struck blind. He was taken to the first precinct station, where he gave his name as Cornelias Van Winkle, a Teterinary aargeoa, residing at No. 136 East Fortr-fim street, New York. His sicfat had beea Terr weak for some years -and be waa ia the habit of walking abroad in the hope of obtaining relief by tte advice of several pkyakiaa. He cross ed onr iofmia CfrHarBclMMof mm OPEN TO ONAGA. An Excursion Yesterday to the End of the Kansas Central. Forty Miles an Hour on the Narrow Gauge. The President and officers of the Kansas Central road, accompanied by the Mayor and Council, and about twenty other invi ted guests, made an excursion yesterday to Onaga, the present terminus of the road, to witness the formal opening of the line into Pottowatomie county, nearly a hundred miles West of Leavenworth. The train left the Union Depot at seven o'clock in the morning, and reached the end of the road at noon, having been de layed over half an hour by a freight trin off the track. Here the party was met by the County txmi missioners of Jackson county, who in spected the portion of the road within their county, found it well built, according to con tract, and gave their order to the company for the bonds that had been voted. State Commissioner G rover, Dr. J. P. Kunx, and a number of other prominent citizens of Pot tawatomie, were at the dejiot to receive the party, and entertain them during their stay. While at Onaga, a meeting was held by the guests of t- e road. Mayor Ummethun was called to the chair, CapU M. H. Inslcy was appointed secretary, and the following resolutions were unanimously adoj adopted : IttvAvtd, That we tender our sincere thanks to the President and otllcers of tho Kansas Central road for the pleasure they have to day afforded us of a delightful ride over their line. Itetotvrd, That we congratulate the people of I'ottowatamie county upon the fact of the completion, to a point within their county, of the Kansas Central road, thereby giving them direct communication with the mar kets of the world, byway of Leavenworth, over one of the best ro ids in the West. Jimlvtd, That we congratulate the people of Ixavi nworth Usiu the completion of another dU l-ion of the Kansas Central road, and congratulate them estiecially upon the fact that the men who he built the road under so many disadvantages, without the aid of foreign capitalists, but by their own money and t heir own energy, aro all citizens of Leavenworth. i.VwrfiwZ, That the Kansas Central road is an enterprise that -Leavenworth Is Justly proud ot, und itsotlicers and stockholders de serve the thanks of every citizen of Leaven worth for the untiring energy with which they ha e pushed forward tho work, aud de serve the assistance of our people. In every reasonable manner, In the further construc tion of their line. The afternoon was spent at Onaga, and the party returned by moonlight, making such time on the way as would do credit to any old road in the country, me engine was under charge of Mr. ISrownhill, master mechanic of the road, and drew the train for a good portion of the way coming back, at the rate of forty miles an hour1 which may be considered pretty goes! time for the narrow gauge. The party reached home last night at alioiit eleven o'clwk. having sient a most delightful day, riding through the fairest and richest iiortiou of Kansas, and without the occurrence of a single iucident during the entire day to mar the pleasure of the trip. A description of the road, and the country through which it passes, is necessa rily deferred until to-morrow. Fnriuins iu England. Thomas Meehan, the agricultural editor of the Philadelphia Vow, who is now on a visit to England, has written several inter esting letters to that paper, from which we make the following extracts. After strok ing of the prejudice against improved ma chinery among the laborers, especially to the mowing machine and hay feeder, he savs: "There arc some few large farms oper ated by very wealthy farmers, where I saw steam plows, steam threshers, and other labor-saving machinery, hut they are not generally diffused indeed, not at all dif Itised among the general cultivators. I asked a farmer of 250 acres why he had not some of these machines, and be thought his farm was too small. He was much as tonished when I told him that farmers of much less than 100 acres with us depended mainly on these machines. Another fanner told me he would have long ago had Mime of them, but was afraid the laborers would burn down his stacks and barns if he intro duced them. The farmers, I find, are very much at the mercy of the farm laborers, much more so than they are here. They hesitated to in troduce machinery out of sympathy with the laborer, and now they have not sympathy for him. When I was once on a farm, looking about with the owner, when three hires! Ioborers came in a half hour after the time agreed on for work, and the farmer expostulated, but in quite mild terms I thought, but as we wcie at tea, he was called out by the men, who wanted their immediate pay. They were "not go ing to work for a man who talked to them in that way." They were paid ; and my friend declared that he had said "as long as he could get one man in England to mow he would never have a Yankee mower about." He is cured now and the mower is in his hands. Still the influence of good example tells. Sir Kobert Peel once told his tenantry he would give them iron plows if they would discard the old wooden ones. He found them a year or so after rusting in waste places. They excused themselves : "They make the weeds grow. They went deeper than the old plow, and brought up old seed that had been waiting years for a chance to grojr." Hut I was pleased to see on a visit to Tamworth that Sir Kobert's efforts had done good for certainly the farming here is above the average of Eng lish farming especially in the matter of freedom from weeds. In the matter of cleanliness, freedom from weeds, American farming is far ahead of English. Thou sands of acres are so filled by butter cups, which no cattle will touch, that not a tenth part of the ground can be grazed by cattle. The yellow charlock, a sort t-f mustard, is so abundant that grain fields are of such a gulden yellow with them that the lustre can be seen for many miles away, and the person not knowing that the grain was beneath would think the weeds were the crop, and the crops the weeds that should be torn out. Poppies, blue bottles and corn cockles, with numer ous other things abound, and I am not wrong in saying that one-tenth of all the farm land of England is given up to weeds. The American would admit of the hoe and barrow, and in this way in a season or two, get rid of the whole stock, but here such machinery would interfere too much with the rights of labor. In many cases where these weeds bad been cleared from the grow ing grain they had been taken out by the hand labor of women and children. I cannot go into details in a short letter like this, but I will say that, except in a few cases, not enough to be perceptible to the generaL. lookers on, English fanning is a long, long way behind American farming. With the same amount of land and the same amount of cash capital per acre, the American farmer will produce double the results. And I say this after going to England with the contrary impres sion. There are a great many excellent things we might copy trom the English to advan tage, but English beer drinking, English railroading, and English farming are not among them. iKew York Tribune, 12th. How many of our readrrs remember that these are the veritable halcyon days of the year? The Kingfisher, bird beloved of God, according to oar forefathers, lays her an on the tea, oe the 10th of December, aad far fovrteea days calaa praraik. The Jscr iu ue wave nek fcer, HMH HMl UM WJ MKHWal M Win" sr'trr. harbor safely. Old problbilities gives us j uitlerent reckoning ot the weather just now, and takes no account of the gods or birds We are lucky, no doubt, in having common sense and Old Probabilities. Every clever school-hoys knows more of the conditions of the Universe and of its Maker than did Plato. liut after all we have lost something; there are no birds beloved of God, upon the water, nowadays, and no Plato upon land ; and who believes in halcyon days? or hopes for them ? UCLIGlnl's. Pa, igan philosophy can never give us t than a Pagan's God. The Christian's more than a i'acau God is known only by the Christian's expe rience. Soul-work cannot lie rnn off as men run off beads. It cannot be machined. It engages the best part of a man all his life long. The Bible tells us of the streams that it may allure us to the fountain; it tells of the past acts of God's love, that we may be led to set our holies on God, and to feel as- t .i . ir I i. .i i i i -ii i. i ured that He who hath helped will help, i .l . it l i -i i i -ii i . .. M l"?1 Vti oa'"." ' '" the end.-Thomas Erskme. It is a dangerous thing lor a man to tool on it to sleep, conlident. that nelrther mois with the evidences of truth; to gladiate lure nor creeping thing will harm the with them ; to make them mere matters of child, for Dali is wondtrfully free, from all parrying. hen men purposely mind themselves so that they cannot discern what is true, they are responsible for not believing truths which thev them selves) ignore, and which might bv honest dealing haye been made cviilcut to them. Suffering yieldeth the peaceable fruiLs of righteousness only to him who is "exer cised thereby ;" that is, who is led by it to niake a higher view of Providence, and to turn lrom Ins own Belush griel or irom crief in his own selfish relations, to a warmer sympathy with other men in their sufferings, and to a clearer faith and strong er hope in God. I used to observe that what was called "natural fruit" in my grandfather's or chard was jioor stuff fit only for swine. The valuable fruit was from grafted limbs. So the natural fruit of the human heart is sinful and worthless; it requires the in grafting of a new principle by divine grace to yield the fruits of the Spirit. Whoever prefers to live without God and to follow the devices and desires of his own heart will have his teeth set on edge by-and-by when he has to eat what he has been growing and storing up. Theo. Cuyler. The best definition of the doctrine of elec tion we have ever seen is afforded by a story (so far as we know unpublished), for which we are indebted to the Kev. Dr. Tyng, Jr. In the early days of Methodism a "young Methodi-t preacher held forth at one of the workhouses in Great Britain. He vigorously denounced the doctrines of fore ordination and election. A pious old wo man, brought up in the Calvini-tic faith of the Presbylcrian Church, was asked what she thought of the sermon. She shook her head vigorously. "I don't lielieve a wonl on't," said she: "at all events, 1 know the jnrd chose me afore he ever saw me; for He never would have c o-en me arter ward." There is a toint in the bounding, res-- nant Androscoggin at which is an island, and on it is a hermit. Twenty savages are sailing down in the midnight to surpn-e him and put him to death. A Maine le cend avs that he puts a light below the deadly Lewi-ton waterfalls, that lie just bevond his island. Thr Indians think the torch is iu his hut; row toward it; and all of them make a sudden, dizzy, unexpected plunge to death. 1 he Indians were in one sense right; they wanted to land where the light was; hut tLe light was below Itu falls, and not above. It is tolerably impor tant to know here the beacon i- whether above or below the cataract. In other persons the suffering produces a feeling of bitterness. They say, "If there is a (iod. why docs he manage the world as he does? Why don't be heed me when I cry unto HimV Why did He take my child? Why has he dealt with me thus harshly?" Their hearts rebel ; aud if you tell them their rebelliou is wicked, you but make the cae worse. It is exclamat"ry nature that is manifesting itself; and it will subside in a little time, if time lie given to it. In such a case do not rea-on about it. Do as you do when a storm comes up that you cannot breast get down liehind a rock or a building, draw your cloak about yon, hold on to your hat, and remain covered and wait till the storm be past. A new patron saint is prooed for a cla-s of jieople hitherto unprovided for in this regard. It is petitioned that St. Francis de Sales may be assigned as the patron saint of journalists. He was not an editor exactly, but he took great interest in set ting up a printing office with which to fight Protestants. Hut some tiersons may object to this as an insufficient reasonon which to admit St. Eranci-, so to siieak, into the pro fession, ahd urge (this in all serion-nesi.) tnat St. Gabriel would more nearly be the proper person, in consiquenceof once hav ing brought important intelligence to the Virgin Mary 1 Ttis interesting competi tion seems just now to be exciting no incon siderable degree of attention among church circles at Kouie. The City of God has twelve gates Evrry one of them is a gate of pearl. What pre sumption it is that man must enter by a particular gate or he cannot mter at all! Let them enter by the gate which is nearest to them. Xor should we insist that, to reach the gat itself, tr.ere is only one path. Some men find their way to it by the high road of duty; others through ravines of gloomy desolation and de-pair; some over pleasant meadows, bright with the sunlight of hope and musical with the songs of birds. Wten once they are among the happy nations of the saved, inside the jas per walls, no one will challenge their right to a place in the Holy City, because they entered by the wrong gate, or approached the right gate by the wrong road. Dr. Dale. At the Diet of Worms, Martin Luther, when requested to recant began the molern discussion of conscience by saying; "Here I stand. I can do no other. It is not sate for a man to violate his conscience. God Lelpmel" In these words Prott stanti-m put her foot upon a piece of granite which modern scientific re-arch is now convinced takes hold on the core of the world. The ology, in that speoch of Luther's, took its position ujwn self-evident truth in regard to the moral sense, and asserted three things, viz : 1. That a man has conscience. 2. That God is in it. 3. That it is not safe to disobey a faculty through which God looks, as of old he looked through the Egyptian pillar of cloud and fire in the morning watch, troubling the Hosts of all dissent. Beers. A church or a Christian believer without a creed is an imiossibilitr. In the realm of man's intellectual convictions a creed is a natural formaiton, taking iu shape under the man's will, but havnig its existence un der laws which can be evaded no more than the law of gravitation or of chemicala ffin ity. He who asserts it as a doctrine of his belief that there should be or can be no doctrinal belief stultifies himself in bis venr terms. The preacher who either claims or aims to preach without any doc trinal belief, might as well protest that he utters his sermons without the use of his vocal powers. However objectionable or dangerous all framing of Christian truths into intellectual forms may be, wa are ab solutely defenceless against it. It is in our nature. The church always has had its doctrine, and always will have it, because the churcn iulf must consist of human beings. Does any one suppose that if Martha had been more than taken at her word, she would have sat at Jesus' fcxt, with surrendered tad kindlinz mind? and that she would not rather have started up with the remem brance ot some loose screw in the eoooomi cal machine, which must be set fast ere her attention could be at liberty 7 And is it not plain that the half of mankind whom she represents, while lamenting that tbeir jears are spent in drudgery, and leave them no time for wonder, thought and love, are at borne only among the means of life, and these once ready, would be perplexed to live. And so it is, they are alwa;s pre paring for a time that arrer-comes; one trine more of management, mad then they will ait down to wisdom: and-aa they ran vttsKsrt wetraat, CESXOll. iili-mliii;; InciilcnlsCniiiierlrd vtuli tll Hlctrrie on llle Island of C) tru On the occasion of a visit to Nico-ia, the capital of the island, I passed a night in the village of Dali, which is about half way between Nicosia and Larnaca, and re marked on its outskirts a grove of orange and lemon trees, amid which nestled a small white cottage surrounded by numerous out buildings. I brought my wife to this spot, and we both concluded that it might be con verted into a pleasant retreat, and soon in duced the proprietor to cede it to us for a cmitl minnnnrstinn ililrincr tliw tint e.fiin . . . . .i . . .. I 1,,,s ,,e um M lue mot! rau"-1' ,ne peasants live almost entirely out of doors i from June until September, it rarely ever ' hapjieniiig that a drop of dew, and almost utvtr a drop of rain, falls during these momi Thev place their beds under the ' ..... ". , . , ,, , ,, , 1 trees, making the branches ut the latter do : . . ' . 5!,...... 1 i i . ! autv as clotliesiirtt-s, larder and nantrv. The Bi frtquemlv throw a handkerchief le gf(ilnd -, thdp jaUni u noxious reptiles. Another reason, which had great weight with mv selection of Dali as a place of residence, was the fact that an old Greek iasant, named Iladjt Jorght, had brought to me from time to time some j fragments of sculpture, which inUrcstcdmc greatly. T hi siimple abode, however, was ulti mately destmed to lie our abode for years. It was surrounded by about six acres of beaulisul grounds, regularly laid out in long lines or alleys of lemon and orange trees, intersperced with tli2 favorite cai.-ha, Irom the til'M-oms ot which exhales a most delicious iierfume. Two noble walnut trees overshadowed the immemorial oUileti well, and extended their shade to our out-of- door xihii, where we would sit the day long, reading, writing and chatting, with the grateful bretze at all hours coming through the long verdant alleys, hung with deli cious fruit. A small stream of the purest water found its way from cold sources to the feet of these walnut trees, the broad leafy branches of which formed the ceiling of our drawing-room, and being broken by a pile of rough stones, over which it tum bles, in carcade fashion, into a basin which had been scooped out to receive it, served us admirably as a wine-cooler and refriger ator. We soon adopted the housekeeping man ners of our neighbors, the humble ieasants, and hung our plate-baskets and table linen, among the branches of the trees ; and then, spreading out the thicK mats of the coun try, with a heavy wooden settle for a dining table, aud some rough chairs, we soon had arranged a commodious dining-hall, where our Turkish attendants served us with as much attention and efegauce as if it a state dinner, though with not quite the same ctreiuony. The General, seeing some new trra cotta vases in the hands of some of the vil lage children, ascertained that they had been found in a tomb near by. and that two very large vases had been left undisturbed lest the Cadi should punish the desiKiilers Di Ce-nola immediately procc-ded to un cover the tomb, ami was rewarded by find ing the vases, ot an archaic lorm, such as he had never seen Iiefore. After two weeks 1-jH.iit in carefully surveying in every direc tion the fields surrounding Dali, the Gen eral became thoroughly convinced that an extensive n gnqiolis lay on the south and west of it, probably the ancient burial ground of Idalium, the tombs of which had never before been disturbed. He therefore Iea-ed alwut thirty acres of this ground, and, in these arrangement, was greatly assisted by a Mr. Cosnia, a resident of the place, who had been for many years the dragoman of the Dutch Consul on the island. Gen. Di Cesnola next addressed himself to the American Minister, Hon. Edward J. Morris, at Constantinople, explaining to him his belief in making an important dis covery and his desire to thoroughly inves tigate it. Mr. Morris kindly used the great influence he had with the Porte, and soon obtained for the General the necessary authority to enable him to pursue his plans for the researches on the island, and had it renewed every year so long as he remained Minister. This was a great help; and thus duly encouraged, the enthusiastic explorer liegan his self-atipoiiitcd task. By the end of that summer. Di Cesnola had opened out several liundr-d tombs, principally of a Phoenician character, anil no object which seemed to lie purely Greek. The vases, of every variety of form and fashion, were of a pale cream color, ornament' d generally with concentric cire'es and other geometrical designs painted in a dark brown color, probably by paint made of " terra dumber." which is lound in great quantities in Cyprus; this color resisted even the effcets of murtatic acid, thus showing that the color was put on before the vae was baked. But re was on the eve of discoveries that have since made the name of Di Cesnola so famous. One morning, while the work was in progress, inlead of finding the tombs at a depth of nine or ten fe t, as usual, we met them at a depth of three feet; and, 'o my surprise, t.eir contents were entirely differ ent. There was no more of the earthen ware, hut glass objects of a beautiful iride ance. Some were in the form of aniphone, lec.'tht, platc-s, bowls, rings, bracelets, amu lets, beads, Ac. There were alo a few gold ornaments in the form of ear-rings of a crescent shape, and leaves of gold which had formtd a mortuary wreath. KurthcrTJiscoveries gave fresh incentives for investigation, and the success attending his efforts attracted the attention of the Turkish authorities, and efforts were at once made to put a stop to any further work. He says: " Thus far 1 had had no annoyance from the Turkish authorities at Dali, though I was aware that the Hodja and Cadi were secretly opposed to my digging. The latter wrote to the Governor-General of theisland that if this work was not sfotped all the fields about the village would be made barren, and the Ottoman government would get no more revenue from them. The Hodja in his niosquc said that no Mussulman who should work for me would ever be rewarded in the other world with the beautiful hourU. But this did not trouble me in the lcast,and had only the effect of keeping the Mussel men from the works a short time. I knew tnat the Governor-General, Said Pasha,had strongly recommended the Cadi not to in t rfere'with my excavations, saying that lie did not care to be involved in any difficulty with me. In addition to the large number of men whom I employed regularly upon the work, otters dug without permission from me on their "kismet " as they termed it. One day as a party of these independent diggers were returning from their worfc carrying a large vase and two baskets, tuey encoun tered the Cadi, who, iu company with the Hodja, was n turning from the nnwque, the dav heing Friday. It happened that these diggers were Greeks. The Cadi stopped them and inquired vrhal they had in those baskets. "Human skulls for the American Con sul," thev replied. "Human skulls I Allah! Allah V ex claimed the Hodja. . The Cdi ws equally horrified and in dignant. The men, being unable to prove that they were regularly in my service, were at once arrested and cast into prison, and the baskets of skulls were seized and sent to the Governor-General, s a further proof that I wasencouraging by rewardsof money the Christian population of Dali to plun der and desecrate the sacred sepulchres of the faithful ! Gen. Di Ceaola explained to the Pasha thtt the skulls belonged, to a race existing long before the Turkish subjugation of Cy prus, at which explanation the Pasha ban a hearty laugh. But the archaeologist ws determined to avoid any further opposition; so, upon his recommendatioa, the intriguing old Cadi was immediately removed from Dali, and the small sum of money given by the Con sul to the Hodja tor the reparing of his old mosque, made him Di Cesnola't fast friend forever. Despite all difical ties5 and fanatical and superstitions opposioea the General west on from Tear to Tear, digging indnstrioaaly and on menlossal seala, the remit being 1MM5JOXAU1.E. Andrews' Ilizar.l Painted silk jewelry is worn. Bell-shaped buttons of metal are fash- ionable. Clair de Inne colored kid gloves are in great demand. Box-toed shoes anil slippers are the most desirable. The tight paletot is the favorite cloak for ordinary wear. Marie Stuart collars are very much worn with house dresses. Dresses are either very elaborately trimmed or exceedingly plain. Sky and navy-blues seem still to be a much liked combination. A small bin! of brilliant plumage, nest ling iu a lace necktie, is pretty. Shaggy cloth has almost entirely super seded the finer fabrics this season. Inlaid tortoise-shell buttons, of various sizes, are used on heavy materials. The deep turn-back cuffs, now in vogue again, necesr-ita e very tight plain 'sleeves. Mask eil, with chenille and elairde lune bead fringe boarders are the most stylish. Crochet buttons, worked with steel or jet, are Used to match the fringes now used. Wedding dresses are all very plain, most ly in princess stIe; very simple trimmings. Ulsters of dark materials are very useful and fashionable for little girls for every day wear. A shawl pin of onyx, representing a log of wood, with diamond knots, Ls something novel. A war mace, or battle axe,of dead silver, onyx and diamonds, is a haiidome design tor a scart pin. Black velvet skirts, with polonaises of bourette, trimmed with velvet, are hand some suits. Old silks trimmed with India muslin. Clovis lace and flowers, make handsome evening dresses. Velvet slippers of Louis Quinze style, or namented with jeweled buckles, are the thing for house wear. Buckles, anchors, arrows, rings, and balls of jet and elairde lane, are Used on dresses, cljaks and bonnets. Applique work of erejte list, done with heavy stitching of silk upon tulle, is a beau tiful lace for trimming evening dresses. Three bangles of old gold, held together by three large jiearls a pink, a black and a white iiearl is a new and costly style of bracelet. The helmet-shaped cap Ls the most desira ble hat for little girls. These are simply trimmed with a band of velvet, or ribbon, and a wing. Shawls have not been so much worn for years as they are this season, India, Paisley, and even woolen shawls being very exten sively used for street wear. Bands of mousse and other fancy cloths, in everv color, are sold tor cloak trimuiingjs and they make a stylish and inexpensive finish for common wrajM. As the season has advinced to the time of evening entertainments, we find the princess dress almost universally adopted for balls, parties, reception dinners, etc. Moss grenadiueis the newest material for evening drts-es. Einbo-rfd grenadine is al-so a very stylish fabric. These are, of course, made up over silks of the saine shade. Silver and gold wings are amongthe new est ornaments for evening hats. Ihese, mingled with the loop of ribbons and feath ers, impart a very styli-h effect to a bonnet. Embossed velvet and silk are very much used by moiitte in the construction of their most stylish suite, being ucd for vests, sleeves, refers, plastrons, etc., with plain material. Since lace is so uuiversally worn, hand kerchiefs are almost all trimmed with it, the Clovi being the most popular style for common wear, and the Duchesse for more dressy occasions. Silver bells, composed of a filigree, front and a long, heavy-linked chain pacing around tre back of the waist and ending in a chatelaine on the lift side, are among the new importations. A flounce six inches deep, edged on the bottom with Tom Thumb fringe, and plait ed closely in large triple box-plaits, the top plait being caught up to the head of the flounce, makes a very effective skirt trim ming. Now is the time to get out the family laces. Deep collars, collarettes, fichus, breakfast caps, handkerchiefs and deep cisft's are all worn to a most unheard-tell-of ex tent, and every fragment of lace may be ultilized. Fashionable English women (says a cor resonuenl) are just now agitated with a terrible social question whether or not it is right to wear furs. It js not liecause furs are too dear, or not as warm and lasting as ever, but becanse they are common. There is an insatiable demand for tlair de lune ornaments, sprays, buckles, bandeaux, and other trimmings in the millinery de partment, this winter. Hats are aglitter with the stuff. In short, the world seems to have become luny on the subject. A breton dress of pale blue basket cloth, with dark blue conlings and a plaiting of dark blue silk set into each seam atthe bot tom of the skirt ; blue stockings, clocked with a darker shade; white lace cap, with blue lining and trimmings, make a pretty costume tor a little girl of two or three years of age. The use of aprons promises to become al most as extensive as in the days of Charles I., when no female not even the ladies and girls ot the nobility, or royalty itself con sideied their toilet complete without that appendage. The aprons of to-day are of the most varied kind and of all materials, and trimmed with every variety of trim ming. It is a pretty and home-like fashion, and adds a coquettish aipo the most sober dress. Swiss aprons, trimmed with colored Clovis lace and satin ribbon ,are pretty. JIATEKIALS. Many of the dress goods shown this sea son are so quaint that had not the eye be come accustomed to them, their peculiar appearance would excite wonder. The va rious kinds of bourethe with knotty, un even surfaces, seem more like furniture coverings than dress materials, but they are popular, and the better qualities are made up with the richest silks and velvets. The very messy bourette is much used in strips and bands for trimming plain mater ials. Caterpillar cloth is a rich material which has secured its revolting name by haxing at short intervals upon its rough surface inch long figure in high relief, which look as if made of cable cord, covered with shaded yellow or green floss. .Novelty suiting U the name given to almost all the new goods, but the class includes so much, that the name is not in the least descrip tive. Some woolen goods of this name are in appearance like mottled corduroy, but the surface, instead of being velvety, is very rough, and seen through a furry nap, nearly hall an inch long. When such immensely thick cloths are used for the uppar portions of costumes, they must be laid over the hips, without a fold or wrinkle, or they will in crease the wearer's size and make awkward effects. Very heavy woolen material in dark shades, is shown, with a mingling of gold threads, which gives a rich and Ori ental effect. Black Pekin is a beautiful material, much used by our best dress makers in combination with black faille ; it is a thick silk and wool serge. French cashmere of superior quality i9 still much in favor, and in no woolen material can such exquisite variety of color be fonnd. It is said that every tint of silk was made in France this season had its match in cash mere. Irish and French poplins are favor ites this winter, the better grades ot the former being frequently sold as Sicilienne. For evening dresses one of the prettiest materials' is gauze damasse ; it com bines the lightness of grenadine with the richness of "brocade. Crepe de eheae is much used for scarfs and over dresses. A new material which appears as drapery upon imported ball dresses, is a gauzy tissue, thin, but strong, like pineap ple gauze, with a floriated design in velvet, with shadings of uncut velvet. Cream, rose and pale blue are the only colors that have been brought out in these dresses. Among the heaviest silken fabrics are black bro cades, stiff with richness, woven as firmly aa the Testing worn years ago. Velvets are better and cheaper this year than they hare been for many a day, and a black Tef- TBt prttWrrTTT oomhsiiib winter wan, a MsBmSnm notwithstanding the cry of "hard times," merchant, reiiort a great demad for them. STYLES OF MAKING AXD TRISLVIXO. The two prevailing styles for making dresses are the princesse and the long iiolo naise. There Ls an attempt at introducing the short, kilted walking dress, but it re mains to be seen whether it will be success ful or not. The plainest of these are made very much like the dresses worn by little boys; others have the severity of the style, mitigated by a graceful disposition of sash drapery over the plaited skirt. As if to compensate for the ungraceful brevity of these costumes, fashion sanctions the wear ing of excessively long dresses in the house. A princesse dress now on exhibition is made ot nearly invisible blue satin and embossed velvet. The front ot the waist is satin, with a plastron of the embossed velvet, which extends the length of the skirt, grow ing wider at the feet. A ruffle of duchess lace turned toward the centre borders the plastron, and is headed by feather trim ming, the same decoration is carried over the shoulders as an edge to a plastron in the back, which only extends a short dis tance below the waist, where it is met by a width of velvet which is set on in a plait. This added breadth is edged with lace and feather trimming, and falls upon the train, which Ls formed of a plaited fan of satin. The sleeves are of velvet, with satin cuffs. Another dress is of Russian gray faille and plain velvet. The front breadth, which is like an anron, is trimmed with bias folds of velvet of a much ligher gray. The basque fronts are of faille, with collar and long revers of velvet, piiied with pink satin, and the sleeves are of velvet, with cuff of faille. The side gores at the back are of velvet, corded with pink satin, and at the bottom a narrow revers shows a lining of the same. The back breadths are of faille, and a box-plaiting of velvet extends all around the skirt. It is lined with pink sat in, and held iu place by a milliner's fold of satin running through the centre. The plaiting is very narrow across the front,where the apron falls over it, but widens till it is eight inches broad uion the train. All the liowg utwn the dress are of gray satin, lined with pink. Persian embroidery, in strips, is used upon some very rich costumes, this is done with many shades of silk curiously in termingled, and the fabric is stiff with gold thread, which is used in the outlines and portions ot the figuring. Chenille embroi dery is seen upon black silk and satin cos tumes, and adds much to their beauty and exense. Some black costumes are illumin ated by pipings of gold-colored satin in every seam, which is also judiciously intro duced in the trimmings. WBAP8. In the way of cloaks, almost every style seems to be worn, provided it is long. For real comfort and convenience long straight cloaks are selected. These are either very simply or very much trimmed, aa the pur chaser desires, but all are of equal length all around. A few dolman shapes are still seen, but differ from those of last winter. They are mure like cloaks with dolman sleeves, and are much warmer when made this way. Fur-lined circulars, though not a novelty, are still worn by many. A very pretty circular can be made of woolen cloaking, and finished on the lower edge with a deep worsted fringe. Some ladies put a strip of fur trimming under the hem all the way around, a lowing just the edge to show, giving the effect of an entire lining of fur. For dressy occasions, velvet cloaks are much worn. They are very elaborately made, and the trimmings; are unusually el egant. l!:ch fringes and passementeries of jet are lavishly Used, as well as large, quantities of lace. One pattern cloak on exhibition was of black velvet, with vest and sleeves of black Sicilienne, beaded with areJe eiil jits. Around the edge was a plaiting of four inch wide lace, under a fringe of the jets, headed by a beaded pas sementerie. Some cloaks of Sicilienne have sleeves, vest and plastron of black velvet, and are finished on the liottom with deep chenille and silk fringe. Sealskin wraps are so handsome and so comfortable in our cold climate that they still remain in fa vor. The cloaks are made longer than ever those who have short ones having them let down with wile bands of unpack ed otter. Dolmans, and even medium length circulars, are shown of sealskin. Among the garnitures used on cloaks may Ik? mentioned flat rosettes of passementerie, with ijrtluls or drop buttons falling from the centre. YAMETIE9. Xew veils are dotted with are tfecWbeads, and have a delicate fringe of the same on the edge. These are always in mask shape. There is a revival of the style of veil so popu lar three years ago a large square, worn with one isiint over the face, one on the hair, and the other two tied in the back. With the revival of round waists, belts will be largely worn. The newest are finely w rought glass in two pieces, joined by a hinge in the back, and clasping with a buckle in front. In cold weather every one feels the need of mine kind of protection for the neck. Manr will still continue to use the lace scart, but the newest protector is a luny plated ruche or fraise of black lace. That known as French lace is generally used, as it answers the purpose, and has as pretty front with a ribbon, either black or colored. A very pretty variety of fan has ivory sticks, and the top coniiot-ed of downy white feathers, with tiny flowers interspers ed. Last winter light colored glovts were quite universally worn lor all occasions, but this year a more sensible fashion has been introduced, for black kid gloves are being used for shopping and the promenade. Main- of them are stitched on the back with a color matching the costume with which they are worn. ".jrne ItcradoD'n Impersonations. St. Louis Republican. Miss Agnes Herndon, a lady who made her debut in St. Louis, and who has since achieved elsewhere a reputation of no mean order, gave the first of two evenings' imper sonations last night at Mercantile Library halL The audience was nt only a very good one in point of numbers, but one of exceptional intelligence, and the verdict it passed upon the entertainment was one not to be estimated lightly. Miss Herndon is a handsome woman, with a fine, prepossessing face, an abun dance of dark brown hair, and a graceful stage presence. Her first reading was from Hiawatha, the passage describing the fam ine and the death of Minnehaha being selected. The reader had not uttered a dozen sentences before the audience became thoroughly interested and fully aware that the lady upon the stage was the possessor of rare natural gifts as an impersonator. Miss ilerndon's voice is something really won derful, of remarkable compass and flexibility and capable of the most sud den and startling changes. She had no difficulty in filling Mercantile Library Hall, and all her utterances were distinctly beard, whether in the bass roar of an angry man or the soft prattle of a woman. In the selection from Hiawatha the imperson ation was excellent and the mimicry of the tones and inflection of Hiawatha, old Koko nis and the dying Minnehaha was some thing admirable. There is a great deal of art in Miss Ilerndon's impersonatiomvbut it is by no means unflattering to her powers to say that, with the gifts nature Baa be stowed upon her, there is yet room for ad vancement. In the scene from Hiawatha there was, perhaps, a little too much action. The passage describing the amine is so ob jectively descriptive in the poem that an excess of action in the impersonation is possible. That the rendition was some thing fine, though, might have been knon upon the street, for the audience woke the echoes about the building with applause not unmerited. The scene from the 'School for Scandal," which came nextgave opportunity for the display of Mis Herndon s talents ut s new light, and an illustration of what she could do in pure impersonation. The presenta tion of the characters of Sir Peter and Lady Teazle was capital, and set the audience in a roar. Sir Peter, gruff of Toice, indig nant and insul'ed, was excellent, and Lady Teazle, piquant, tempting and tantalizing, was given to the life. Of the remaining impersonations on the programme it need only be said that they were quite equal to these referred to. The audience left the hall aaote tnaa satisfied and rather inclined to be enth iiitic, and the prospects are that the entertainment to night will be still more largely attended. It L a fair proof of what Hit Heradoa Mailwietkai she nMeraBrdrnwe natter on the ienand night tnaa In I In nhn BY TELEGRAPH. Fighting on ilie Frontier Cclv.scn Texas State Troops and Mexi- Cans U. S. Trpops Ask- ed For. .... j teen-Year-Old Son Lynch Law in Colorado Two Hanging Exhibitions. F1UTIIC OX THE ritU.-lTIEK. A TivMlaya' Earaccmnit Between the Mai Treopa of Texan and the mexlrank Governor Hubbard Call n Ine President for Aid. Galvetos, Texas, December 15. A ".News" sjiecial reports that the Klpaso troubles have broken out a new, and that fightiug between the state troops and the Mexicans has been going on for two days. The following dLqiatch was received by the Governor from the sheriff of KIpaso county : "There was fighting all dav vtsterdav at San Elizarn, between the state troops and the Mexicans from both sides of the river. Signed, Chakles IlEncB." The governor has scut the following de spatch to President Hayes: "I am officially informed that the citizens of Mexico, in connection with the citizens of r.l 1'asa county, lex., of .Mexican birth, were fighting all day yesterday, iu Texas, with a detachment of state troos,who were aiding our civil authorities, the Mexican force leing too strong to be rejielled by the Texas troops, and it being IMTObsIIILE TO KAIsE A LETIAL rOSsE from the citizens, who are mostly of Mexi can blood and sympathy, and having no reinforcements within seven hundred miles, I ask die aid of such United States troojsj as may be nearest to the scene of action to repel this invasion of onr territory. I hare the honor to be your obedient servant, Signed R. 11. Hubbard, Governor of Texas." THE LATEST DISPATCHES from Elpaso report that five rangers and a merchant named Ellis were killed by the Mexicans, yesterday. The state troops are intrenched at San Ellica, surrounded by a mob of several hundred Mexicans from both sides of the river. The Governor has telegraphed orders to recruit men from the Dearest points in Texas and New Mexico, to aid the state troops. THE KILLED. WisnixoTOJJ, December 15.-The Governor of Texas has telegraphed to Representative Mills that six Texans and one United States soldier have fallen in the fight on the Kio Grande, and immediate assistance from the President is asked. CAUSED SOME EXCITEMENT. Washington, December 14. The news of the troubles in El I'aso county, Texas, and the telegram to the President calling for assistant from the United States troops to rejiel the invasion of Texan territory, caused some excitement here, but govern ment advices do not warrant the impression that other than local troubles have present ed themselves, and there is no idea, what ever, that the Mexican government are MAKING HOSTILE DEMONsT RATION:!. So far as can be learned, the unfriendly movemements are nearly of the same na ture as those now engaging the attention of the war department, and are similar to those which were the subject of much com ment some months ago, in which the pro prietorship of certain salt piu in F.1 Paso county caued much disorder there. The Government does not consider that the troubles arc in any manner international. The dispatches were, however, promptly referred to the Secretary of War, who, after consulting with General Sherman, gave di rections for the immediate mustering of a force in Texas in such positsons as to give whatevjr aid may lie necessary to prevent an assault upon the American citizens or their projierty. I.'nivrmty Burned. CniCAC.o, December 15. The university building at Lake Forest, a suburban town on the Northwestern Railroad, took tire at 6 o'clock this morning, and was totally consumed. The building originally cost SS0,000. It is said that the insurance on it is but $15,000 on the building and ?5,000 on the furniture. Part of the latter was saved, as was also the library, a most valu able collection of books. The university was started some years ago by the Presby terian society, but has been built up and sustained by a few wealthy citizens, among whom are Hon. C IS. Farwell, Hon. J. V. Farwell, A. A. IJenedict, Henry C. Durand, and Sylvester Ladd. The preparatory de partment of the academy and seminary are not connected with the main building, and escaped unharmed. Provision has lieen made for the students, and the school will continue without interruption. Want t Kemnln Willi fien. Jllle. Chicago, December 15. Several Chey enne Indian Chiefs had a satisfactory con sultation with General Sheridan, to-day, in which they expressed a desire to remain with GenMiles, and assist him in case of Indian outbreaks in the spring. They were however, informed that they must move to their reservation in the Indian Territory early in April. Wardered by Ui Thirteen Year Old Son. Cincinnati, O., December 15. It was stated, yesterday, that Jas. Knnzeller, a respected farmer near Lawrenetburg, In,l-, had committed suicide. Later develop ments, however, made it clear that he was shot and killed by his thirteen-year-old son. At the investigation of Mrs. Kunzeller, who had for some months been endeavoring to get a divorce, it was discovered that the father was shot as he was approaching the house in the evening from a short absence. Hut far JInrder. New Orleans, December 15. James McCIendon, colored, wasj hung at Iiostrop, yesterday, in the presence of 2,000 persons, for murdering C 3L Evans a year ago. Mc CIendon asserted his innocence to the last, charging others with the murder. Another Hanclns Exhibition. Memphis, Tenn., December 15. John Jones, colored, was hanged at Marianna, Ark., yesterday, for the murder of Joseph Caldwell, colored, a year ago, at Rradley's Landing. The rope broke when, the drop fell, and he was taken up insensible and hanged until dead. Cenvtcted ef Enktxx.eneal. Wilksbakre, Pa, December 15. 15. D. Koonx, an ex-member of the legislature, has been convicted of embezzling $1,200 from the odd fellows' lodge. Koonx has ap plied for a new trial. A Ten Tenn' Hit. Galveston, Texas, December 15. Ham, the Kansas City land swindler, was sen tenced to ten years in the penitentiary at Austin. Lynched. Geobgetowx, CoL, December 15 Early this morning a mob surrounded the county jail, forced the keys from the jailor, took Scfaumaie, a notorious outlaw and murder er, from the jail, and hung him. Arrived and Cleared. Sax Fbascisco, December 15 Arrived Ship Valparaiso, Xew York. Cleared Ship Charles Dennis, Liverpool; thip Ailour-how, Cork. Theatrical. Louisville, Ky., December 15. Mr.and Mrs. J. C Williams, who are completing a tour around the world in the play of "Struck Oil," leave Louisville, to-morrow, for Cincinnatti, and will then visit the Southern states. Their engagement in Louisville was a most successful season, the play being received with much more fa Tor than is usually shown by audiences here. . Kertnaalr III. Cleveland, O., December 15. F. C Bangs, the actor, is lying seriously ill of a spinal trouble, at the Forest City Hou-c. 11!a annur were under an engagement to play in Pittsburg the coming winter, and it - i XT. nlace so taaz tk KH.LrD TSIK lVIIO.XC ?IA.. 1 A Drunken .soldier TUrelUells liae i.itvotnne ut m incr. ami m .itciuiun:r i Kxeento liK Threat, Kiiiiievron-?ntiL. Hot Creek, Wyoming. December 15. At fcilver Springs," twenty-five miles south of here, a man of a company of the Third , cavalry, one of the three now en route lo I the hills, named Kennedy, while tinder the influence of liqnor, yesterday, threatened thelifeof nsargeant of his company, namtd ocuaener. dui was prevented ai iub nmo from carrying his threat into execution. Shortly after arriving iu camp in the eve ning, Kennedy PKOCUKED A CARBINE; went to the tent where he supposed Sehaef fer would be found, and, opening the flap, fired at the first man he saw, killing hint inst antly, but instead of Schaeffer.it proved to be John O. Van Molt, first sergeant of the company. Kennedy was immediately disarmed and put under charge of a guard. (I rest excitement prevailed among the men of the company, by whom VON MOLT TVA3 GREATLY REsrXTED, and some time during the night the guard was overpowered, a blanket Iieing thrown over his head, and. at daylight this morn ing, the body of Kennedy was found sus- i pendetl to the ridge-ivle of tho guard tent, bv the neck, with life extinct. Von Molt "a body w as brought here, to-day, and will bo forwarded, to-morrow, to Fort I.ariniie for interment. .Ilakc nn AHsisiiment. hYCAMOUE, III., December 15.-Tlie Marsh Harvester Company has made an assign ment to Mr. Stork, of this city. ( . M. Marsh is president, and J. I). Easter, of Chicago, owns half of the capital stock, which is $200,000. CONGRESSIONAL. Tiie Difficulty Between Senators Conkling and Gordon Ami cably Settled. Both Houses Adj'ourn Until January 10th, 1878. ioEx.vrc Washington, December 15. Mr. IUT LEK submitted a resolution for the investi gation of the discharge or the committee on privileges and elections from the considera tion of his credentials at the extra session, but Mr. Cameron, of Wiscon-in, objected, on the ground that the resolution was a violation of the agreement not to trausact new business, and, after an animated dis cussion, the resolution went over. During the reading of the journal, a missage was recei veil from the I lou-c, an nouncing that the President had signed a number of bills, among themlhc deficiency appropriation bill, all of which were im mediately signed by the Vice-President. Mr. CALDWELL said that it had lxen his intention to oiler a resolution in repert to the memory of his late colleague, Mr. I'ogv, but after consultation with the Sena tors," it had been thought liest to defer the matter until after the holidays. He would now give notice that on Wednesday, Jan. Kith, he would submit such a resolution for consideration. A motion to go into executive -essirn was declared also to lie against the agrte uicnt, but, sub-Miuently, Mr. Thiimian saM that there was a matter which he had lieen informed would le brought to the at tention of the Senate, and he moved that the doors be clo-ed tinder rule tVI. Agreed to, unanimously. Ilule 01 provides that, on a motion maile and seconded to c!oe the doors ot th? Sen ate on the discussion of any busmen which may, in the opinion of a "Senator require secrecv, the presiding officer shall direit the ga'lleries to lie cleared, and, during the di-cussiou of such motion, the disirs shall remain closed. This motion waj submitted for the purpi.-c of considering a difficulty ltwccn Messrs. Conkling and Gordon "in the executive session. ve-:enlay, and, after thedMirs were re-openI, the lol lowing paper was made public : During the secret session, Mr. Hamlin ofTernl the following, which was unaiii mously agreed to. Whereas, A misunderstanding having arien between Hon. IJo-coe Conkling ami Hon. Jno. IkGurdon, in the course of the ex ecutive proceedings of the S-nate ot yester day, and mutual understanding thereon having been arrived at, as set out in the following paper, it i ordered that said pa iier be entered at large on the legislative journal of the Senate : 'During an executive session of thv Sen ate, heltl yesterday, words were uttered, both by Senator Gordon, of Georgia, and by Sena'tor Conkling, of New- York, which were mutually felt to be unkind and offen sive, and rejiorts of the incident apiiearing n the pars of this morning, which areiu a ecu rate and unjust to both speakers, uj-in careful inquiry as to what was said by each speaker and what was understood to lie said by the other, it is certain that the first offensive word were Iivpirtd bv an hone-t misunderstanding of what had been innocently said by the other sjieaker Oi.e harsh remark provoked another, as too often happens, but all that was offensive was an outgrowth of misapprehension, and since such was the tact, we, who aio mutual friends of both Senators, are of the opinion that it is due, alike to the Senate aud to the speakers, that whatever was Wt to be oflensive in the remarks ot cither, should be treated ax if never uttered, and we are now authorized to state are mutually and simultaneously withdrawn. II. Hamlin, M. W. I:anmm, Timothy CHowe, Signed, J. MCUONALU. December 15th, 1877. The Senate then adjourned until January 10th, 1878. holm:. Washington, December 15. The Dem ocratic side, under the lead of Mr. Wood,--bas been endeavoring, all day, to force a. vote on the rcsoultion for wholesale inres'i gations, while the ItepuMican side hai shown an equal amount of determination not to allow a vote After a great deal of wrangling, which continued until nearly four o'clock, when .Mr. Wood's resolution wa postponed until January 10th, Mr. Schleicher, from the committee on foreign affairs, offered a resolution authorizing the committee to sit during the receM in the investigation of the Jlexican border trou ble. Adopted. The committee, early in the day, delega ted this duty to a sub-committee, con-isting of "Sews. Schleicher, Forney and Wil liam. Mr.BANSING, chairman of themilitary committee, asked uuaniitous con-ent in giv ing the same right to that committee, but objection was made. An objection was also made to a request of Mr. Jones, from the committee on puls lic bnildings and grounds, that unaninioiis consent be given authorizing sub-committee to visit, during the recess, C bicago, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Ixiuisville, Detroit and Cleveland, and ascertain the wants ami requirements of the public servicein rela tion to public building in tho-e cities. The Senate amendments to the jiost-route hill were taken up and concurred in. A resolution to pay the extra employes in tiie doorkeeper's department was ouered, discussed and agreed to, and the Iloa- ad journed until January 10th. Jlaaetiiry. Washington, iJecemlier 15. The Trea sury now holds S?,4-SifKST.V) in bond to seciire national bank circulation, and ii I, 033,000 to secure public deposits. I'nited States bonds depusiltd for circulation Tor the week ending today,y75,00O; Lnited States bonds held for circulation, with drawn during the week ending to-da,SCV;,-000; national bank circulation, outstand ing,' currency notes ,'3JO!,,OC1.01 ; gold note. 51,43,120; internal revenue receipts, 53,003,7 'Si; custom receipts, 5335- re ceipts of national bank note for the w rk ending to-day, as compared with tho corn DondisK period of last year, 1S7U, 3,631, SoTwn, sM7j receipt, to-daj, I Tl m t I IWPiJ . - .. . - " 7- jr s . j. '. .". ...". :-? 3Z - "C "" - -'"' ,jj , Jt. ".-jtJEnfcl ' -