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I earn, fairly and impartially, to observe and enj force the rnles of the Senate, and eka.ll rely greatly upon vour forbearance and courtesy." It was then determined that the bills relating te the presidential election and also to the presidential succession, which had passed the Senate during the last Congress, should be introduced as soon as practicable, and after a proper reference and consideration should be promptly passed. All the Democratic senators, except four, met in conference at 12 o’elock to day. Senator Voorhees was instructed to put in nomination for President pro tern. Senator Harris, of Tennessee. Senator Harris aceepted the nomination, and in a short speech thanked the conference for the honor conferred upon him. The caucus adjourned, at 12:30, without transacting any other business. The presidential succession bill, whieh the Republican caucus of Senators to-day decided to re-introduce in the Senate, is that known as the Hoar bill. It confers the succession to the President and Vice-president upon the Secretary of State, or if the office is vacant, then upon the Secretary of the Treasury, the succession passing to the other members of the Cabinet in turn in case of vacancy. The eletoral-count bill, also to be introduced by order of the Republican caucus, is that known as the Edmunds bill of the last Congress. Its pivotal feature is a provision that each State may, by its own tribunals, determine all controversies with regard to its own electoral vote. TIIK SPEAKERSHIP. The Democrats Nominate Mr. Carlisle, and the Republicans Mr. Reed. Washington, Dec. s.—The I)e mocratic mem bers of the House of Representatives met in caucus to-night, and nominated Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky, for Speaker. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Hewitt, of New York, and Willis, of Kentucky, was appointed to notify Mr. Carlisle of his nomination. When that gentleman appeared on the floor, he was greeted with applause, in response to which he said: “Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemen of the Caucus —lt is scarcely necessary for me to say how highly I appreciate the compliment just paid me, or how much 1 thank you for it A unanimous nomination for the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives, by so large a body of representative Democrats from all parts of the country, is an honor which I do not pretend to deserve, on account of my services in the past, but which I shall earnestly endeavor to show my appreciation of by a faithful perfoimance of official duties in the future. The labor imposed on the presiding officer of the House is, as you all know, very great, and the responsibility sometimes almost oppressive; but, with the counsel and assistance of judicious friends, I venture to indulge the hope that this labor may bo so performed and the responsibility so met as to promote, to some extent, at least, the interest of our party, and the welfare of the country—for I believe that the two are inseparable. “Now. for the first time in a quarter of a century, we, find ourselves in potitical accord with the| executive department of the government, and therefore charged with responsibilities ■which have heretofore rested upon our opponents. Already, I think, itlis demonstrated, to the satisfaction of all reasonable men. that the interests of the country are safe in our hands, notwithstanding the gloomy prediction made before our accession to power In my judgment, a full and complete recognition of the Democratic principles in our government is essential, not only to the preservation of the rights of individual and local communities, but also to the perpetuation of the union of the States. If thiß is to be the people’s government, the people must control it, subject, of course, to the constitutional limitations which they have seen proper to place upon their own power. As we are the immediate representatives of the people, our duty, as legislators, is to execute their will and promote their interests as far as the powers delegated to us will enable us to accomplish these results. It will, therefore, be my highest ambition, in discharging the duties of the office for which you have nominated me, to assist in securing the deliberate judgment of the majority upon all questions presented for the consideration of the House. This, in fact, is the first, the paramount doty of a presiding officer. In return for your complement I can promise nothing more than an earnest effort in this direction, and if I shall fail to meet expectations in this or any other particular, I am 6ure you will attribute it to the proper cause. 1 trust, Mr. Chairman, that during the time we are assembled here in the Forty-ninth Congross we may be able to diminish tho expenditures of the government, lighten the burdens of the people, reform abuses in the public service, complete the restoration of confidence and fraternal feeling among the people in all sections of the country, and give such assurances of a wise and patriotic policy as will guarantee a long line of Demo cratic administrations. There is much to be done, and the responsibility for its accomplishment rests largely on the gentlemen who are assembled here this evening." The new Spesker closed by thanking the caucus for the honor conferred on him. The caucus then proceeded to nominate the minor officers, as follows:

John B. Clarke, of Missouri, the present incumbent, for Clerk of the House: Mr. Leedom, of Ohio, renominated Sergeant-at-arms; Samuel Donnelson, of Texas, Door keeper; rhe name of Mr. Trainor, of New York, was withdrawn. Postmaster Dalton was also renominated. For the chaplaincy, Rev. W. H. Milhurn, the blind preacher, of Chicago, was nominated. The caucus adjourned without further action, and the nominations agreed upon will be pre sented to the House on Monday by Mr. Tucker. The House caucus of Republicans nominated Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, for Speaner. There were 108 members present. Upon first ballot Reed had 63, Hiscocock 47, Ryan, of Kansas, 3. Hiscock moved to make Reed's nomination unanimous, which was carried. Balloting for the minor officers of the House was then proceeded with, and the following ticket was nominated without serious oppositionFor Clerk, Col. W. O. Crosbe, of Iowa; for Sergeant at arms. Capt. Albert O. Marsh, of Indiana; for Door-keeper, Col. Joseph R. Selden, of Connecticut; for Postmaster, A. W. Adams, of Maryland; for Chaplain, liev. Dr. Britt, of Nebraska. The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this caucus that immediate action be taken by the -Forty-ninth Congress to provide for the presidential succession. On motion of Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the caucus favors the passage of & properly guarded Mexican pension bill, with provisions for pensions for Union soldiers of the late war, their widows and orphans, similar to the bill passed by the Senate during the Forty-eighth Congress; and vre declare in favor of the unconditional repeal of the limitation on the payment of arrears of pension. EARLY’S RAID IN 1864. Gen. Lew Wallace's Part in Repairing It —Lincoln’s Visit to Fort Stevens. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. s. —To the tides of people flowiug in and out of the national capital the points of history located aronnd and immediately about here are the most interesting of the very many scenes to be sighted, and the points which stand as battle-fields during the late war, when this was the theater of conflict, afford the greatest iuterest. On almost every hand, a few miles distant, there is a plat of ground which has war history connected with it Most of these battlefields or places of contest are well preserved today. Speaking of one of them this morning Maj. J. H. Stine, of Indiana, historian of the First Corps, said to a Journal correspondent:

"Fort Stevens is on the left of the Seventhstreet road, about two roiles from the eitr. It is one of the highest points in the range of hills which encircle the city. Washington bad been in danger a number of times during the late war, but perhaps never in such great danger as on the raid of Marly, in July, 1864. Grant was pressing Lee with wonderful severity before Petersburg, and the wiiy confederate general tried his valley scare on Grant, which he had used so effectively before on other commanders. Grant know the object, and kept pouuding away at Lee at Petersburg, just a 3 if Early was not

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going up the valley. Whether he intended for Washington to take care of itself a little for once, never will be known. General Lew Wallace was here, and he organized the hundred day men, with a few regiments, in a command, advanced to the Monoeacy, and there, with raw and undisciplined troops, made a most gallant fight. But he was contending with a heavy force, once a part of the old Stonewall Jackson command, and the gritty Hoosiers had to retire to Eilicou's Mills to cover Baltimore, and be in a position where he could unite with other forces to save the capital if necessary. Early moved to his right, coming direct to Washington. The advance arrived at Silver Spriugs, Montgomery Blair’s country residence, on the 11 th of July. There they halted to rest and let some more of the command arrive. Effecting an entrance into the wine cellar, which was well filled, they soon became more interested in a good time than in pressing on to Washington. More wine added to their happy condition; they robbed the wardrobe of the ladies’ dresses, put them on and were dancing in fine style when Early came up, furious over their fatal delay. There they were within two hours’ march of the environs of the city of Washington, while the’steamers conveying the Sixth and Nineteeth corps were yet in the Chesapeake, making all possible speed for Washinton under the directions of Grant. “On Thanksgiving day, in company with a party of gentlemen, I visited the fort and there learned from Mrs. Thomas, a colored woman who has lived there fifty years—the old house standing where the fort was built—that there were only a few troops there on the lltb of July to oppose the advance of the enemy. The clerks in the departments had been organized into companies and drilled in anticipation of just such an emergency. But they had to be deployed to the left, in the direction of Tennallytown, and to the right around the Soldiers’ Home, towards Fort Bunker Hill. An entrenchment for infantry had been cutclear around that semi-circle for several miles. Washington had been easily taken before, and Madison was compelled to fly; so Lincoln decided to visit Fort Stevens and see the condition of the defenses there. While he was standing in the fort, looking in the direction of Silver Springs, which was only two short miles away, a battery advanced and fired a shot which struck in the fort near the President. Those around him virtually compelled him to retire, as evidently they w T ere making that cluster of officers a target. A soldier from Vermont (Seth L. Clark), who was in the fort at the time, corroborates Mrs. Thomas’s statement of these facts. Near where he stood in the fort was growing a nice honeysuckle bush, as if to mark the spot. That was given to mo to represent, that conflict in my collection on my farm, near Union City. Soon Early had his troops well in hand to advance on the 12th, and the old reliable Sixth and the gallant boys of the Nineteenth corps were there, ready to give them a warm reception. They advanced their line of battle to within a short half-mile of our works — close enough to feel the strength of our position and the character of the troops—when they withdrew, and returned through the valley whence they came. The old landmarks are well preserved, and the field is of interest." WASHINGTON LOAFERS. Deadbeats and Frauds Who Frequent the Lobbies of the Hotels. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. s.—The lobby of Willard’s Hotel, in Washington, is the headquarters of all sorts of political bodies. Almost any evening when one steps inside the Pennsylvania-avenue door he will encounter half a dozen United States senators, twice as many members of Congress, and from a score to a hundred office seekers of various grades, besides a very fair sprinkling of those who have been successful in their quest for office. But the thing that strikes the attention of him who visits the place often is the number of cranks, deadbeats and bummers who sit about there. For years this old hostelry has been the rendezvous of fifteen or twenty ragged individuals whose shirt-collars and frayed cuffs exhibit an absolute ignorance of the laundry. These are the celebrated “judges," “majors’’ and “colonels," who are always on hand for a drink, and have never the wherewithal to buy it, and who have been pictured, time and again, by the newspaper and periodical press. The Willard’s Hotel “major," with his friends, the “judge" and the “colonel," seem to be institutions of the place, and all attempts to dislodge them have proved unavailing. The various proprietors of this hotel have attempted, year after year, to rid the lobby of persons of this stamp, who make themselves obnoxious to guests and legitimate visitors. They injure the business of the place, borrow money of the guests, lie, and do all but steal openly; but still they hold the fort, or at least the benches. Sitting among a group of these celebrated individuals, the other day, I noticed one of them, apparently a gentleman, more than six feet tall, with a face of the Websterian order, with a massive brow and an exceedingly intelligent look. “That man," said a friend, “is another exam pie of the way office holding will knock the energy out of an individual if he sticks to it long enough. A few years ago he was a respected citizen in a little town in the West, where he was rapidly climbing up fame’s ladder as a brilliant young writer for the magazines. Some of his literary productions havo appeared in Scribner’s, some in Harper’s, some in the Atlantic, and an oc casional article from his pen has graced the pages of the North American Review; and in fact there was no reason why he should not have had a very brilliant career. Some enemy, and it must have been an enemy, for no friend would have been such a fool as to get him a place in the government service, secured his appointment. Here he became demoralized and degraded into a mere machine. A short time ago he was turned out, and now he has joined the distinguished company of bummers who make this hotel their headquarters. Ten years ago his promise to pay would have been good for any amount that he might have asked his friends to loan him. Today, the investment of ten cents with hi:n is of a permanent nature. Why, only a night or two ago he came to me on the street and begged me to lend him a dollar. Fortunately for me, and unfortunately for him. I had not a dollar, having just completed some purchases. I said I had not the sum, and couid not accommodate him.

‘“Will you lend me half a dollar?’ “ ‘No,’ I said, ‘I have less than a quarter, but I will divide with you and give you ten cents, and allow me enough to pay my car fare home.’ I was surprised that he eagerly took the ton cents, and bought, I suppose, a drink with it."

MINOR MATTERS. List of the Faithful Who Received Their Rewards Yesterday. Washington, Dec. s.—The President made the following appointments to-day: John F. McComb to be United States attorney for the Eastern district of Texas. Receivers of Public Moneys—John Montgomery. of Idaho, at Oxford, I. TANARUS.; Tyree H. Bell, of Idaho, at Vialia, Cal. Registers of the Land Office Frank W. Beane, of Utah, at Oxford, Idaho; Henry Lochart, of New Mexico, at Santa Fe, N. M. Timothy P. Murphy, to be United States attorney for the Northern district of Iowa; Wm. L. Dallick, to be supervising inspector of steam vessels for the Eighth district, with headquarters at Detroit, Mich. Postmasters—John Fothergill,at Perth Amboy, N. J., vice J. F.Ten Broock, commission expired; Bryon Bradley, at Reed City, Mich., vice James N. Crocker, commission expired; Samuel D. Garth, at Clinton, Mo., vice I. N. Jones, resigned; Thomas Chalfant, at Danville, Pa., vice C. W. Eckman, resigned; Henry N. Wales, at Willimantic,Conn., vice James Walden, resipued; W. 11. Brister, at Water Valley, Miss., vice B.G. Boothe, suspended; M. M. Gaunce, at Xenia, 0., vice T. G : Brown, suspended: A. E. Yerhart, at ILpon. Yvis., vice C. H. Upliam, suspended; William Huber, at Lawrenceburg, Ind., vice Thomas J. Lucas, suspended; E. M. Kingman, at Jacksonville, 111., vice John Gorgon, suspended; Marion, Tex. J. B. Cocke, vice J. F. Childs, resigned; Nelsonville, 0.. J. I. Pritchard, vice J. W. Frost, resigned: Wichita Falls, Tex., George A. Addings, vice A. D. Oriss, resigned; Owensboro. Ky., James Konnady, vice Dawson Rono, resigned; Beaumont, Tex., A. J. Ward, vice G. E. Vallade, resigned; Newark, 0., C. S. Brady, vice W. C. Lyon. resigned; Perry, la., D. C. West, vice P. C. Rude, resigned; Vicksburg, Mies., W. Grome, vice J. D. Finney, commission expired; Carlyle, 111., W. C. Harvey, vice J. W. Maddux, commission expired; lthineburg, N. Y., A. J. O’Dell, vice J. N, Cramer, suspended; Brookville, Pa., L. R. Er-

dies, vic P. A. Weaver, suspended; Allegheny, Pa, Susan Swan, vice J. A. Myler, suspended; Detroit, A. W. Copeland, vice George C. Codd, suspended. Miss Cleveland’s Offers. Washington Letter. Miss Cleveland-tias received a number of offers of late. A publisher of a Chicago weekly has written her, offering her a salary of SIOO per week if she will write the bank reviews for that paper. A New York publisher has offered her SI,OOO down if she will prepare a short book on Washington society, and five cents royalty on each of the books published. His plan was to issue it in paper cover, similar to the Seaside novels, to sell at fifteen cents, to be followed up by a handsomely bound and illustrated edition. One of the most prominent of the weekly story papers has offered $5,000 down for a serial story, to run for five weeks, four chapters each week, the story to be published during May, which has five Saturdays. Miss Cleveland’s answer to all of these offers is that she cannot accept them. General and Personal. Special to the Indianapolis JournalWashington, Dec. s.—Mr. F. W. Beane, who was to-day appointed a register of the land office, is the son of the proprietor of the Goshen Democrat, and was indorsed by the entire Indiana delegation to Congress. He is now here, and as soon as he receives his instructions will proceed to his post of duty. General Browne arrived this morning, direct from his home at Winchester, attended the Republican caucus of members of the lower House this afternoon, and received for CapL Albert O. Marsh, of Winchester, a complimentary nomination for Sergeant-at-arms of the House. General Browne intends returning home a3 soon as the House is organized, next week, the iiiness of his wife demanding his presence there. He will, it is said, be appointed to a position on the committee on ways and means, with a possible promotion to higher rank. Indianians say that Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild is inclined to order the adoption of Bedford limestone for the government building at Pittsburg. He said to-day that the Bedford stone was a very beautiful and undoubtedly a superior building material, and the only question in his mind was, whether it would stand the peculiar atmosphere it would encounter in the Smoky City. Col. Hughes East arrived this morning and was busy all day in the Vice-president’s room at the Capitol. All the Republican members from Indiana were present at the caucus for House reorganization this afternoon, and all the Democratic members from the State were present at their caucus to-night. Senator Voorheos and all the Democratic representatives from Indiana waited upon Postmas-ter-general Vilas this afternoon, in the interest of Eb Henderson for the third assisstant post-master-generalship. They laid his political claims and personal abilities before Mr. Vilas in strong terms, and made, it is believed, a good impression. Mr. Vilas said he would look into the matter, consult the President, and give them an answer next week. J. W. Littler, of Indianapolis, is here. Representative Steele, of Marion, is accompanied by Mrs. Steele, who will remain with him during the winter.

THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION. Comprehensive Statement of the Military and Political Situation in Nuevo Leon. St. Louis, Dec. 5.—A special from Monterey, Mexico, to the Globe-Democrat, gives the following interesting account of the political situation in the State of Nuevo Leon: Advices from Lampasas, Bustamente and Villadama confirm the rumor in regard to the organization of a large force in that region to aid acting Governor Sepulvoda. is now thought that there are nearly one thousand men in tho immediate vicinity of those cities who look upon Gen. Juan Zuazua as their commander, and are awaiting his orders. Governor Sepulveda has given the revolutionists under Manuel Rodriguez, the slip, and is now in the mountains near Bustamente, over 150 miles north of this city. When his forces make a conjunction with that of Zuazua, they will undoubtedly march south for this citj, and trouble will then ensue, in which it is thought much blood will be shed. The Ayala, or independent party hero, are confident of their ability to defeat the government force, provided the federal authorities do not reinforce the troops at thiß city, at present under General Reyes. The forces of Manuel Rodriguez, which are under arms, are scattered in bands Jin the mountains, near Santa Rosa, looking for Governor Sepulveda and party. General Trevino and General Garcia are now on their way to this city from the City of Mexico, and will arrive next Monday. It is stated on good authority, and believed by many, that a compromise has been effected between the Diaz government there, and the above-mentioned parties, and that General Trevino has in his possession documents ordering the federal troops to immediately join acting-Governor Sepulveda and take active measures to suppress all bands of revolutionists in the State. General Naranjo, who is by far the most influential man in the northern part of the State, is also said to be with them en route, and will go to his home at Lampasas, and use his influence there to put down all revolutionary measures in that community. On their arrival there, General Garcia will take the Governor’s chair, and the federal troops will take the field. As the attitude of the federal government has heretofore been more favorable than otherwise to the revolutionists, it is now thought that the compromise referred to was effected in the following manner: It is known that Romero, Secretary of State, and father-in-law of President Diaz, is a candidate for President at the presidential election in 1886. The influence of the Diaz government is being brought to bear on Congress to this end. Therefore, it is thought that Generals Trevino and Maranjo, and Governor Garcia have pledged themselves to support Romero in the next presidential election and carry the State for him, if the general government will not place a military government over the State, and allow them to assume immediate control over all federal troops in the State to re-establish the civil government If this compromise has been effected, as supposed, the arrival of Generals Trevino and Naranjo and Governor Garica will be the advent of active measures in the field, and the revolutionists are preparing for this event.

Passenger Train Thrown from the Track. Gordon, Tex., Dec. s.—At 1:30 o’clock yesterday morning the west-bound passenger train on the Texas Pacific railway was wrecked at the trestle crossing a creek, nine miles east of this place. The accident was caused by a broken rail. Two coaches went over into the dry bed of the creek. The sleeper jumped the track, but did not go down. Only one passenger was badly hurt L. M. Harte of Mississippi, was bably bruised. Physicians from Fort Worth arrived last night and looked after the wounded. Some fifty passengers required medical attendance, being badly shaken up, and more or less bruised. Mr. Loomis, a commercial traveler from Chicago, the passenger most seriously injured, was severely cut under the left ear, and remained unconscious for three or four hours. He has been taken to the company's hospital at Fort Worth. The other passengers have resumed their journey. An Aristocratic Disease. Ottawa (Canada) Free Press. “I don’t mind dying of the smallpox,” said a commercial traveler in the city of Montreal, on Saturday. “Do you know its a real royal disease 1 ? It killed the only two Marys that sat on tho English throne since William the Conqueror —Mary, daughter of Henry VIII, and Mary, wife of William the 111. Oh! yes,” he added, “give me an aristocratic death in preference to vaccination,” and then he asked the boys to “smile,” which they did, both with him and at him; but as far as the death of the Queens was concerned ho was right, for the disease killed Mary I at the age of forty-three and Mary II at the age of thirty-two.

THE ADYENT MISSION. A Remarkable Religions Work in the Episcopal Church in New York. New Tork Correspondence Philadelphia Time#. “No; no; no; it simply can’t be done," said a vivacious stock-broker last Sunday, discussing the possibility of filling Trinity Church at noonday with a congregation of business men from Wall street and the vicinity. “The only way to get these people into church is to have a ticker in each pevr. You won’t see fifty business men there. Trinity has been open for years for a daily service, but who goes there? Half a dozen old women and a dozen strangers who want to to see what the building is like." The broker man was mistaken. Monday noon found Trinity packed. Tuesday the crowd was greater. To-day standing room was in demand. The people who attend are not retired old gentlemen nor elderly ladies, such as are statedly present at the so-called “businessmen’s noonday prayer-meeting,” on Fulton street They are, for the most part, natty-looking men of busy habits. Some are brokers, some are coal-dealers, some are real estate men and some are clerks. The general air of these men is as if they had run away from business for about the time they would ordinarily devote to lunch. The service is short, occupying only forty-five minutes. The mission, or revival, or whatever it may be called, which is now going on in the Episcopal churches of this city, is altogether the most remarkable religious effort of the present day. It is different from the Moody aud Sankey revival of ten years ago, for that was independent of ecclesiastical management, and the two men. Moody, the preacher, and Sankey, the singer, constituted its central attraction. It is different from the ordinary Methodist revivals, for there is no shouting or screaming, nor are there any frantic appeals to the unconverted to come forward and make immediate profession of repentance. And it is very different from the Presbyterian special services, which are now going on so quietly that the great public have hardly found them out. ThePresbvterians’some weeks ago mapped out a schedule by which special meetings were to be held in certain churches and each of these meetings addressed by three or four of the pasters of other churches. While this is pleasant and orderly, it presents no great attraction for outsiders, nor does it specially stir the inside few who habitually go to prayer-meeting.

It is notably in two particulars that the Epis copalians who have in charge the most remarkable mission work of the day havo shown their shrewdness and ability. First, they searched this country and England for men who have n conspicuous record for success in mission and revival work. They took a long while to do this and they seem to have done it well. These men are all plain and direct speakers, who are free from pomposity and who do not put on airs. Second, they put the matter prominently before tho pub lie, liberally and with enterprise making use of printers’ ink. The movement was such an extraordinary one and its promoters realized that extraordinary means must be used to let the people know of it. Not only by means of newspaper notices, but by bold placards, in such places as the stations of the elevated railways, the public were invited to the meetings. The meetings and services are held in twenty other churches besides Trinity. These are well selected, so as to meet the wants of residents in various parts of the city. Some of these are crowded, others are fairly well filled and one or two are half filled. On Sunday night there was an evidence of tho fact that the American public do not want to be portioned off into classes. At Clarendon Hall, which is in St. Mark’s parish, a meeting was announced “for working people only.” Although there was an attractive “missioner," backed up by a “sextet choir" and a big brass band, the “working people only” staid away, there being a mere corporal’s guard in the house. We are all working people in this country, although we may follow different trades and professions. Os the foreign “missioners" the most distinguished are Dr. Pigon aud Messrs Aitken and Stephens. Dr. Francis Pigon is vicar of Halifax, England, and chaplain-in-ordinarv to the Queen. He is somewhat of the style of Archdeacon Farrar. His voice is pleasant and low. Mr. Stephens is a vivacious speaker, his specialty being words of hope, appeal and encouragement. Mr. Aitken is in every respect a remarkable man. He speaks with intense earnestness and talks freely about hell, as well as about heaven. He has heavy eyebrows, a serious face and a very convincing manner. Without his ministerial vestments, he would be taken for a railway president or a leading bank director or financier. Bishop Elliott, of Texas, nnd Bishop Tuttle, of Salt Lake, are men who are used to roughing it. Their talk is plain and practical. The Rev. Mr. Courtney is an Englishman, formerly a great favorite at St. Thomas’s Church, in this city, aud now one of the popular rectors of Boston. He runs somewhat to aestheticism, but is exceedingly earnest and practical in the work he is now doing. Altogether the work is different from any religious work New York has ever before known. It astonishes people of all persuasions. If it is carried on during the whole of December twenty or thirty more churches will have to be opened.

Reasons for the Mission. The committee in charge of the work has pro mulgated the following reasons therefor: 1. A large class of well-to-do and refined people, who have ceased to be, or never have been, church-goers. 2. Formal communicants. 3. The irreligion of the young men of our well-to-do families. 4. The evils in the life of men and women in fashionable society. 5. The feeble recognition on the part of masters and mistresses of the need of church attendance by their servants, resulting largely from a want of care for the spiritual welfare of the servants. fi. The evils of class churches. 7. The evils which come from the instability of church connection. 8. The lack of opportunity for private prayer consequent upon the condition of our tenement and boarding houses, and the fact that few churches are constantly open. 9. The want of definite, positive instruction in religious duties, and in what practical Christian living consists. 10. The lack of personal spiritual ministry to the rich. 11. The drain upon the minds, souls and bodies of two classes: (1) Os those who give themselves up to the demands of society life; (2) of those laden down with too much work—unfitting both classes for a healthful Christian life. Among the causes of this drain we specify, (a) late hours, (b) stores open late Saturday nights, (c) no Saturday half holidays. 12. The religious deprivation suffered by the large and rapidly increasing portion of the population called to labor at night, in connection with the homeless and vicious classes abroad under cover of darkness. 13. The wrongs inflicted by employers upon their employes. 14. The lust of wealth issuing in the manifold evils of unscrupulous competition; overwork, under pay, scamped work and mutual enmity and discontent between employer and employe. 15. The immorality and irreligion caused by the unrighteous denial to a large and increasing class of one day’s rest in seven. 16. The prevalence of the sins of intemperance and impurity. 17. The special religious difficulties caused by the constant flow of immigrants. 18. The hindrance to the growth of the Christian life caused by our luzuriousness and selfishness. 19. The ostentatious display by church-goers of all class. 20. The want of public spirit in its bearing upon both church and state. Rosses by Fire. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 5. A large fire is reported raging at Etna, a village six miles north of Allegheny City. The fire started in the Etna salt works, and as a strone wind is blowing, and the flames spreading, it is feared the town will be destroyed. Fire-engines have started from Allegheny City for the scene, and others have been telegraphed for. 1:45 a. M. — The fire started at 11 o’clock, in an unoccupied frame building on Sycamore street, and spread rapidly, until the following-meutioned property was destroyed: The three frame houses owned by William P. Fuchs, one owned by John Lange, one owned by William Miller, one

owned by John Dobbins, and one owned by Mrs. EL Austm. The occupants of these houses saved very little of their furniture. The total loss is $30,000, which is partially covered by insurance in hone companies. Cleveland, 0., Deo. s. —Fir© at Youngstown to-night destroyed several frame business bouses, causing a loss of $25,000, which is partly covered by insurance. The losses are Israel Kaufman, fancy goods; Max Kolinsky, jewelry; R. H. Gibbons, boots and shoes; Hugh King, flour and feed; Joe Gunasso, fruits; Patrick Killian, tailor, and John Bokodv, jewelry. Milwaukee, Dec. s,— Fire in the Northwestern chemical works, several miles west of the city, occasioned a loss of $20,000 this evening. The main building, 60x20 feet, two stories high, was totally destroyed, together with a quantity of stock. Insurance, $15,000. Detroit. Mien., Dec. s. —The Evenine Journal's Port Huron special says; “An incendiary fire at 3:30 o’clock this morning, id the adjoining village of Fort Gratiot, destroyed three saloons and a brewery, and damaged other property. Doss, $20,000; insurance, about $5,000.” AprLETON, Wis., Dec s.— Waiters & Bauer’s toy works were burned to-night, together with a large stock of holiday goods just ready for shipment Loss, SIIO,OOO. insurance, $9,000. ELEVATED RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Two Trains Collide on the Incline of the Brooklyn Bridge—A Scene of Terror. New York, Dec. s. —Two trains on the bridge railroad ran into each other at a quarter after 9 o’clock this morning, and in the smash-up six persons were badly injured. The failure of v,he grip was the cause of the accident. It happened at the hour when the cars are most crowded by the stream setting toward New York, and run with the least headway. The rain increased the crush at the Brooklyn entrance, and when a twocar train started out from the Brooklyn terminus, it was loaded to its utmost capacity. The platforms of both cars were packed. The train had gone to within a hundred and fifty yards of the Brooklyn tower, when the grip on the cable gave out and it came to a stop; then, despite the efforts of the brakemen, the train began to back down the incline, at first slowly, then with increased speed, until it swept round the curve near the Brooklyn end at a terrific speed. Another train had just left the Brooklyn platform and caught on to the cable when the preceding train was seen to display danger signals. It stopped promptly, and began to baek towards the station. But it was too late. The disabled train came thundering down the incline, diminishing the distance between them with every second. The passengers on both trains saw the danger, and rose to their feet in alarm. A scene of terror ensued. Escape was impossible. In an instant the second train was overtaken, and the two crashed together. Shrieks of pain and horror arose from the surging inass of struggling men and wornm, while the police and train hands, with the passengers waiting on the platform, ran to the rescue. The entrances to the bridge were barred, and none were admitted to increase the crowd and con fusion. Ambulances and police were summoned and responded promptly. The platforms of the cars were smashed, and the ends of the cars greatly damaged. Conductor F. E. Myers, who was standing on the rear platform of the second train, was jammed in between the broken ends of the cars, and had to be cut out of the wreck. Victor Schaumburg, a young clerk, was similarly imprisoned, and was extricated with much difficulty. His left ankle was broken and his foot nearly cut off. When all wtio needed help were attended to, the police presented the following list of casualties: F. E. Myers, conductor, 557 Gates avenue. Brooklyn, breast crushed and severe internal injuries, general bruises; John Dwyer, back sprained, ribs broken and breast, badly bruised; Victor Schaumburg, leg broken, foot nearly cut off, severe internal injuries; F. Baker, left ankle broken, chest crushed, general bruises, taken to hospital; Charles R. M. Bristow, nose broken. A number of others received minor bruises, but hurried to New York or their homes by way of the ferry. The wreck was soon cleared away and travel on the bridge was resumed within half an hour.

An investigation by the bridge authorities shows the accident to have been caussd by the failure of the grip of the train that was nearing the Brooklyn tower at the time. On wet days the cable is slippery and does not work well. The trains at the hour at which the accident occurred, run on headway of a minute and a half, and were carrying 16.000 passengers an hour. The train following the first had reached the Brooklyn anchorage when signals of danger were displayed from the one ahead. It let go its grip on the cable and backed down. The third train, with three cars, had just left the Brooklyn terminus, and was unable to get out of the way in time. The second train ran into it, and it was upon that that the casualties occurred. After the first collision, the first train crashed into the wreck, but beyond smashing the front platform of the already disabled second train, it did not add to the damage. This is the first serious accident that has occurred on the bridge railroad. The officers state that it has carried 38,500,000 passengers since the opening of the bridge, and not one life has yet been lost on it.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Arsenic sufficient to kill twenty men was placed in the soup served at the Metropolitan Club-house at Montreal, by which five bank officials came near losiug their lives. The street car companies of Milwaukee have raised a storm of indignation by ordering drivers to deposit SIOO in cash as a fund from which to pay damages done to cars. An accideut is reported on the Canadian Pacific railway, at Chapleau. A train from the west was ditched and the postoflice car and mail were burned. The mail clerk had a narrow escape. Conway & Bonret, proprietors of a Chicago planing-mili, have made an assignment to Frank H. Baker, for the benefit of their creditors. Their liabilities are placed at $20,000, and their assets at $12,000. One of the victims of Friday’s natural gas explosion at Pittsburg, Katie Griffin, died on Friday night, and the condition of Mrs. Phipps is quite serious The loss by the explosion and fire was $35,000; fully insured. Canon Farrar sailed for England yesterday morning on the Umbria. It is said that, upon his arrival in England, he may be offered the bishopric of Manchester, recently made vacant by the death of his friend, the late bishop. At Pittsburg, Dr. J. A. Hall, aged seventy-six years, for performing a fatal cranium operation on Lena Steubenraeh, and Mrs. Matilda Brown, aged sixty years, for assisting the physician, were sentenced, respectively, to three years and six months and four years and six months to the penitentiary. A Boston gentleman gives to the' public the contents of a letter said to have been written by the widow of J. Wilkes Booth, who intimates that Andrew Johnson was at the head of the conspiracy to strike down President Lincoln. She states that the assassin left a son and daughter, who now bear false namea At Chester, Pa., yesterday, the government cruiser Chicago was launched at 11:30 a. m., from the ship-yard of John Roach & Son, now operated by Naval Constructor R. W. Steele, acting for the Bureau of Construction, and Chief Engineer Dungan, acting for the Bureau of Steam Engineering. The vessel was christened by Miss Edith Cleburne, of Philadelphia, who, besides breaking the customary bottle of wine over the vessel’B bow, liberated a canary, an Irish linnet and an oriole. Failure of a Mutual Aid Association. Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. s—The5 —The Mutual Selfendowment and Benefit Society of America, with headquarters in this city, and division offices at several places, has suspended payment Hundreds of poor people will suffer by the failure. Julian Field, the postmaster here, is president of the association. The organization has collected ovdr $1,000,000, and now has $140,000 on hand. A loss of confidence on the part of the members caused the stoppage of payments of assessments, and this, in turn, caused the suspension of payments u the coupons.

OBITUARY. Death of the Very llev. Dominie Manncy After an Illness of One Year. Mobile, Ala., Dec. s.—Bishop Dominic Manner, third Catholic Bishop of Mobile, died yesterday at half-past 6, after an illness of nearly a year, aged sixty-one. Bishop Manncy was born at San Augustine, Fla., ®nd educated at Spring Hill College, Mobile. Here, also, he was made priest Ha served with success in Warrington and Appalachicola, Fla-, and iu the Cathedral here, likewise in Montgomery, In 1874 he was consecrated vicar-ceneral of Brownsville, Texas, and titular Bisnop of Dulma. He was appointed Bishop of Mobile Jan. 2, 1884, and installed March 30. 111-health caused him to send in his resignation, which was accepted the following vear in August, and Jeremiah O’Sullivan, of Washington, was ordained his successor. The installation took place Nov. L Bishop Mauncy was a man of strong will, open-hearted by nature, and very charitable. He was a profound logician, and one of the Pest theologians of the church. The funeral takes place to-morrow, and all the bishops of the province and the priests of the diocese have been invited to attend. Bishop Fitzgerald, of Little Rock, Ark., will probably be asked to deliver the discourse, or, in his place, the apostolic delegate, Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, now in New Orleans. The last sacrament administered Bishop M&uncy last night was by Archbishop Leray, of New Orleans. Other Mortuary. Chicago, Dec. 5.— A dispatch from Greenville, 111., to the Inter Ocean announces the sudden death thereof Charles D. Wright, author of “Kunnel Gutrippuh” and other widely read newspaper sketches, and well known in Chicago and St. Louis as a journalist of ability. He is supposed to have died from the effects of a wound received during the war, which had troubled him considerably of late. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, Ind., Dec. s. —Luther R. Black, on® of the most promineut citizens of Selma, died as his home in that place last night from hemorrhage of the lungs. He had been sick but a few days, and his death was quite unexpected. Cincinnati. Dec. s —Thomas Shinkwin, a widely-known law reporter, who was for many years connected with the Cincinnsti Commercial, died yesterday, near Marietta, 0.. aged seventy-five years. He had a career in England as a stenographer before coming to this country. Lafayette, Dee. s.—Henry W. Orth, of Brookston, brother of the late Hon. Godlove S. Orth, died on Thursday. He was eighty-four years old and leaves a wife and six children, three sons and three daughters. He died of heart disease. Greensburg, Ind., Dec. s. —Mrs. Isabelle Seitz, part owner of tho Seitz House, one of th® leading hotels, which was built by Christian Seitz, her late husband, died last night, aged fifty years. A BOTANICAL ROMANCE. Dr. Asa Gray’s Discovery of a Plant He Had “Invented” Twenty Years Before. Boston Record. A graceful little note of thanks was receiyedthis morning by each of the botanists who contributed, a short time ago, to the vase presented to Dr. Asa Gray, the distinguished botanist, on his seventy-fifth birthday. Dr. Gray alludes in the letter to the flower® associated with his name, or with his special studies, which were embossed on the vase presented to him. Connected with one of these, the Shortia galacifolia. there is quite a romanee, from a botanist's point of view. A good many years ago, more, the Doctor says, than he cares to reckon, he was studying in Paris, and in a herbarium there came across a small, broken and very imperfect specimen, marked simply “from America,” which interested him very much. From the fragments before him he reconstructed the whole plant, even as the naturalist, in a slightly different field, builds again the extinct animal’s skeleton from a single bone. His work was approved by the botanists about him, and he named the little plant Shortia galacifolia, in honor of Dr. Charles W. Short, the distinguished botanist. But no live specimen of the plant could b® found. Years passed on. and it had never been seen. At last a botanist at work in Japan found and named a plant which seemed to be of a genus very closely allied to the Shortia. Dr. Gray corresponded with the botanist, and after some time had elapsed it was finally concluded that the Doctor had beeu in error and had mistaken a specimen of the Japanese genus, a thing not to be wondered at under the circumstances; so the Shortia was generally left out of lists of plants by systematic botanists. But twenty years after this, as Dr. Goodale hud Prof. Watson were in the library at the university, they heard a shout of triumph from the herbarium, and rushed in to find I)r. Gray waving a small plant about in the wildest enthusiasm. “Look at it! What is it?” he cried. The two botanists examined it as directed, and, recognizing the characteristics of the much discused plant, “It is the Shortia,” they exclaimed.

The specimen had been sent by a house in the South which made a business of putting up medicinal herbs. It had been brought in from some hitherto unexplored nook in the mountains by one of their collectors, and sent to the Professor for identification. It proved indeed to be the Shortia. which was therefore once more reinstated in the floral family, greatly to Dr. Gray’s delight.

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