Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1875 — Page 2

RENSSELAER UNION.

JAMES A HEALEY, Proprietor*. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

forkign. A London dispatch of the 26th says the leading Catholics of England had arranged to give Cardinal McCloskey an imposing welcome on his arrival. The British Admiral in the Mediterranean had been instructed to take action relative to ,the recent attacks upon English merchantmen by Spanish pirates. A Montreal dispatch of the 26th officially announces that the remains of Guibord will be buried Nov. 18, the sixth anniversary of his death. - The Germsn Parliament met on the 27th. A speech from the Emperor was read by the Secretary of State. A Berlin special of the same date says a council of physicians, acting in behalf of the Supreme Court, had declared that Count von Arnim was unable to bear the term of imprisonment to which he had been sentenced. A Loudon dispatch of the 28th says the number of cases of the cattle plague for the ■ quarter ending Oct 16 was as follows: In Somersetshire, 83,W0; Cheshire, 50,000; Dorsetshire, 48,000; Gloucestershire, 44,000; Oxfordshire, 89,000; Warwickshire, 43,000; Norfolk, 31 t 000; Cumberland, 23,000. Throughout England and Wales there had been over 500,000 cases. A Madrid telegram of the 2Sth says it was rumored that the Carlist Gen. Dorregaray had been shot, by order of Don Carlos. A Boston special of the 28th says a report had reached that city that two Boston ships —the Jewess and the Delia M. Long—and an English craft-, name unknown, which sailed from port nearly two years ago and had not been heard from for a long time, had become becalmed near the Auckland Islands and were boarded by the savage inhabitants of that locality and the crews—thirty in number —were captured and taken ashore and eaten by the cannibals, only one man escaping to tell the tale. The survivor was one of the crew of the Jewess, who told the story to a Biddeford (Me.) Captain who had come across him at a foreign port. A Vienna special of ihe 29th ult. says it was reported there that the Turks had murdered sixty Christians in Bihacza, a fortified town near the Dalmatian frontier. Dr. Strousberg, of .Vienna, had failed, with liabilities amounting to 25,000,000 guilden, and bankruptcy proceedings had been commenced against him both In Vienna and Berlin. "A Berlin dispatch of the 29th ult. says Archbishop Ledochowski would be expelled from Germany as soon as his term of imprisonment had expired. The Carlists in London on the 29th ult. claimed that the Carlist army had recently achieved an important victory at Lumbier, in Navarre. Loudon dispatches of the 29th ult. announce the failure of Kai tengell & Campbell, mer--chants of that city, with $2,006,000 liabilities. A daughter had been born to the Duchess of ■Edinburgh—a grand-daughter to the Queen. The Leeds (England) Mercury of the 30th ult says the large iron-producers, Blockow, Vaughan & Co., employing in their collieries, mines and works over 10,000 men, had given notice to their employes that all work would be suspended Nov. 13. A Cairo (Egypt) telegram of the 30th ult. announces that the Egyptian army 'had en. tered Abyssinia, and that the inhabitants were retreating, offering no resistance/ London dispatch of the :81st ult says the British expedition to punish piratical natives on the Congo River bad been heard from. Many villages had been burned and.a large number of natives killed. The iron-clad Magenta, the flag-ship of the Vice-Admiral commanding the French squadiron of Toulon, caught Are on the 30th ult. and ultimately exploded. The London Times of the morning of the Ist estimates that 200 searpen had been ■drowned in the North Sea during the gales of the preceding three weeks, A Santander special of the 31st ult. announces the capture of Ordune by Gens. Loma and Quesada.

Mjusnc. A New York dispatch of the 26th gives a rumor current in that city that the members of the secret order of United Irishmen Redivivi of New York had recently held a secret meeting at which Thomas McGeajrhan, accused of betraying the secrets of the order, was tried, convicted and sentenced to die the death of a traitor. A young daughter of R. A. Hotchkiss, of Burbaak, Bakota, was so badly burned a few days ago by the explosion of a kerosene lamp that she died shortly after. Virginia City (Nev.) has been nearly destroyed by fire. The entire business and thickly-settled portion of the city was, on the 26th, laid waste, all the hotels, churches, newspaper offices, public buildings, telegraph and express offices, stores and business places and a large number of dwellings being hunted. Tea thousand people were rendered homeless. The greater part of the business section of Austin, Miss., was destroyed by fire on the 26th. Loss about $50,000. Official returns give the following figures (or the Gubernatorial tickets at the late election in California: Irwin, Democrat, 61,509; Phelps, Republican, 31,322; Bidwell, Independent, 29,752; LOrett, Temperance, 856." Irwin’s majority over Phelps is 30,187, and.® over all. * W A Columbus special of the 96th gives the jiTOte for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor at the recent Ohio election as follows: For Governor: Hayes, 297,813; Allen, 292,264; Odell (Prohibitionist), 2,597. Hayes’ plurality, 5,540; majority, 2,952. Lieutenant-Gov-ernor: Young, 297,931; Cary, 287,968; Thomp. eon, 3,630. Young’s plurality, 9,963; majority, 6,333.

The news received on the 26th from the re cent election in Oregon indicated the election of Lane (Dem.) to Congress by about 1,200 majority. President Grant, on the 27th, issued his proclamation designating Thursday, Nov. 25 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer throughout the United States. Dr. Linderman, Director of the United States Mint, is authority (or the statement that the conflagration at Virginia City will result in a decrease of <1,000,000 per month of gold bullion and of <1,500,000 per month ol silver at that place for the next four months. ▲ severe earthquake shock was felt at Memphis, Tenn., and in portions of Mississippi on the evening of the 27th. Three of the participants in the late murder pf the four Italians in Denver have been ar-

rested. One of them, arr Italian, confesses to having played his harp while five others cut the throats of their victims. Reports from Virginia City on the 27th estimated tRe total damage by the fire at from $3,000,000 to $7,000,000. Two men were killed by a falling wall. Unless immediate relief was received the suffering of the homeless and destitute would be intense. The, school-houses, the only public buildings' which escaped the tames, had Men converted into temporary lodging-houses, but they did not afford shelter for half of those whosehomes were destroyed. Bread was scarce, but liquor was plenty, and the streets were alive with a drunken mob. The military were protecting the property of the city. The agricultural returns received at Wash-, ington for October Indicate that the wheat crop of this year will average about 80 per cent, of.last year’s production, and is inferior in quality, averaging 14 per cent, below a sound condition. The condition of the carii crop is unexceptionally high; the product reported this year falls short of 1874 about 4 per cent. The oats product is 5 per cent, greater than last year. The potato crop promises to be extraordinary, both in yield and quality. Tobacco is 2 per cent, above the average. Barley is 87 per cent, of last year’s crop, and buckwheat not far from the average. A Virginia City dispatch of the 28th says the mines in that place were all right, there being no fires in the workings. The damage done to the Ophir shaft was limited to a few feet at the top. The rebuilding of the mining mills and machinery would be begun at once. A number of firms in the city had resumed business. Relief was being daily forwarded from San Francisco and other localities. • The Secretary of the Treasury gave directions on the 28th ult. for the retirement and cancellation of $704,880 United States legaltenders, that amount being 80 per cent, of the National Bank circulation issuedin September. This will make the amount of outstanding legal-tenders, until further orders, $373,236,244. > On the 29th ult as a man named Small was riding in a wagon near a railroad wharf in Portland, Me., he saw two children playing on the track and a train backing down on them. He sprang from the wagon to rescue the children and succeeded in doing so, but was himself run over by the train and killed. At Athens, Ohio, on the evening of the 29th ult., three small children of a colored 'man named” KrumSley were left KfITOBiF alone, and during the absence of their parepts the house took fire (it is supposed from the upsetting of a lamp) and the children were burned to death. The Secretary of the Treasury has instructed the Assistant-Treasurer at New X'ork to sell $500,000 in gold coin on each Thursday during.the month of November, making the total amount to be sold $2,000,000. The Carleton Mills, Philadelphia, were destroyed by fire on the morning of the Ist, involving a loss in buildings, machinery and stock of about $1,000,000. Some damage was done to adjoining property. Judge Dillon, of the United States Circuit Court at Des Moines, has decided that there is no penalty under the law for sending vulgar and reproachful matter on postal-cards through the mails; but that it is the duty of the first Postmaster into whose hands such cards come to destroy them. An advance has recently been made in railroad passenger fares between the West and East, the rate from Chicago to New York now being twenty-two dollars for firstclass tickets.

PERSONAL. The formal inauguration of the statue to Stonewall Jackson, presented to Virginia by a number of English gentlemen, took place at Richmond on the 26th. Fifty thousand strangers were in tho city on the occasion, and the demonstrations are said to have been very grand and imposing. An indiettnent has been found by the Grand Jury against Joseph LaPage for the murder of Josie Langmaid at Ppmtfroke, New Hampshire. —j • John Dolan, indicted for the murder of James H. Noe, a merchant of New York city, was convicted on the 27th and sentenced to be hanged on the 10th of December. Benjamin Boyd and wife, arrested at Fulton, 111., by United States officers, on a charge of counterfeiting, were brought before Commissioner Hoyne at Chicago on the 27th, and, waiving examination, were held for trial in bail of $36,000 for the man and $15,000 for the woman. The Driggs party, arrested at . Centralia on a similar charge, were taken to Springfield and committed to jail in default of bail, ranging up to $40,000, to await the action of the United States Grand Jury. Hon. Amasa Walker died at Boston on the 29th ult., aged seventy-six years. At Salt Laks on the 29th ult. Judge Boreman issued an order requiring brigham Young to pay the sum of $9,500 to Ann Eliza, awarded in the divorce suit, or to go to jail. Brigham was sick in bed and, still refusing to pay, was placed in the Marshal.

POLITICAL.

F. C. Latrobe (Dem.) Was elected Mayor of Baltimore, Md., on the 27th, by 3,781 majorityJames Otis, Mayor of San Francisco, died on the morning es the 30th ult. The constitutional amendment providing for the taxing of dogs was defeated at the recent Ohio election. At the election held in Missouri on the 30th ult. the new Constitution was adopted. The official canvass of the votes cast at the late election in Nebraska shows that the new Constitution is carried by nearly 35,000 majoritv'. The coupon leaving to the people the power of locating the State ' capital has 7,500 majority, and the coupon giving the people the power of expressing their preference for United States Senator 18,800 majority. The Democrats elect two District Judges and one District’Attorney. All the rest of the officers elected are Republicans. i

Thanksgiving Proclamation.

. Washington, Oct. 27. The following proclamation has been issued by the Executive: In accordance with a practice at once wise and beautiful, we have been accustomed, as the year is drawing to a close, to devote an occasion to an humble expression of thanks to Almighty God for ceaseless and distinguished benefits bestowed upon us as a nation and for His mercies and protection during the closing year. Amid the rich and free enjoyment of all our advantages we should not forget the source from whence they are derived, and extend our obligation to the Father of All Mercies. We have full reason to renew our thanks to Almighty God for favors bestowed upon us during the past year. By His continuing mercy civil and religious liberty has been maintained; peace has reigned within our'borders; labor and enterprise have produced their merited rewards, and to His watchful providence we are indebted for security; from pestilence and other national calamities. Apart from the other

national blessings, each individual among us has occasion to thoughtfully recall and devoutly recognize the tavors and protection which he has enjoyed. Now, therefore, I, Ulyeses 8. Grant, President of tho United States, do recommend that on Thursday, the 25th day of November, the people of the United States, abstaining from all secular pursuits and from their accustomed avocations, do as.semble in their respective places of worship and in such form as may seein most appropriate in their own hearts offer to Almighty God their acknowledgments and thanks for His mercies, and their humble prayers for the continuance of His divine favor. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this 27th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and of the independence of the United States the one hundredth.

U. S. GRANT,

(Signed)

Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State*

Pension Report.

The Commissioner of Pensions has finished his annual report, which shows that there are on the pension rolls 234,821 pensioners, a decrease of 1,420 from last year. They are classified as follows: Army invalids, 105,478; widows and dependent relatives, 104,885; survivors of the war of 1812, 15,875; widows of soldiers of 1812, 5,163; navy invalids, 1,636; widowsand dependent relatives of navy officers and seamen, 1,784. More than 11 per cent, of the soldiers of 1812 died last year. The amount appropriated for army pensions was $29,500,000, of which $11,748,533 were paid to invalid soldiers and for artificial limbs; $15,525,734 to widow’s and dependent relatives; $533,000 to widows of soldiers of 1812, and $1,355,599 to soldiers of 1812, leaving an unexpended balance of $337,231, which has been covered into the Treasury. The appropriation for navy pensions was $555,000, of which all but $34,651 w’as expended. Commissioner Atkinson estimates that a reduction of $500,000 can be safely made on the appropriation for next year. There are now pending nearly 40,000 claims unacted upon, mostly on account of lack of clerical assistance, which causes much dissatisfaction among applicants. The Commissioner recommends additions to the clerical force. Legislation is asked to define sufficient proof of marriage of pensioners’ widows, so as to make evidence of cohabitation sufficient to drop pensioners from the rolls. Large numbers of pensioned widows are known to be living with men whom the department cannot prove to be their lawful husbands, hence no authority exists to drop their names. During last year 675 applications sor 1 bounty land were®made, and 407 warrants were issued, calling for 63,560 acres of land.

The Commisssioner recommends the abolishment of present system of examining surgeons and the appointment of sixty first-class surgeons, at fixed salaries, who will give their entire time to the service. He thinks this a measure of economy and one which will facilitate the payment of pensioners. Fifteen hundred and thirty claims were investigated by special agents, of which 309 were found to be fraudulent. Two hundred and fortythree pensioners were dropped on evidence of fraud, resulting in saving nearly $150,000, ' Over $16,000 recovered from those who had been drawing pensions fraudulently. The Commissioner Hiinks the knowledge that an efficient Secret Service exists prevents a large amount of fraudulent claims being presented, and recommends the organization and enlargement of the service on the plan now in operation in the Treasury and Postoffice Departments. Congress is recommended to authorize the annual publication of lists of pensioners residing in each county, publication to be made in the paper having the largest circulation, and that printed lists be posted in court-rooms and other prominent places, which would expose many cases of fraud.— N. Y. Times.

An Unfortunate Comment.

Last night Mr. Joblink had just hung up his hat on the rack, and dressed up his countenance in the amiable and somewhat conciliatory smile with*which he is wont to greet the partner of his bosom, *when that lady appeared and pointed sternly to the door. She said: “Leave this house!” “ Matilda!” “ Don’t Matilda me. Go!” “ Dear me,” whimpered Joblink, rub r bing his bald head with violence, “ what, in fleaven’s name, have I done now?” “Done now, you brute? Look there!” Joblink took the newspaper held out and read: “ The English language is more spoken than any other of the civilized tongues.” And on the margin opposite this innocent statement of fact appeared in Joblink’s handwriting the sentiment, “ Too True.” With a groan the husband and father departed. It was after midnight when Joblink sneaked back and made up a bed for himself on the lounge in the diningroom.— Virginia {Neo.) Chronicle.

Why She Stopped Her Paper.

She came bouncing through the sanc-tum-door like a cannon-ball, and without pausing to say “ How d’ye do?” she brought her umbrella down on the table with a mighty crash, and shouted: “ I want to stop my paper!” “All right, madam.” “ Stop it right otf, too,” she persisted, whacking the table again; ** for I waited long enough for you to do the square thing.” She quieted down for a moment, as we ran our fingers down the list of names, and when we reached hers and scratched it out she said: “There; now mebbe you’ll do as you ought to after this, and not slight a woman jest ’cause she’* poor. If some rich folks happen to have a little red-headed, bandylegged, squinf-eyed, wheezy squallerborn to mem you pun it to the skies and make it out an angel; but when poor people have a baby you don’t say a word about it, even if»it is the squarest-toed, blackesthaired, biggest-headed, noblest little kid that ever kept a woman awake at nights. That’s what’s the matter, and that’s why I stopped my paper.” Ana she dashed out as rapidly as she came.— Brooklyn Argus. The Common Council of London were fourteen years deciding on having a certain square paved, and when their minds wefe made up the square had been covered with houses for over five years. The New York papers tell about a “ drawback on sugar.” That’s nothing. There has been a fearful pull-back on ’lasses all summer.— Chicago Inter-Ocean.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Tit® Gibson County National Bank will pay a4O per cent, dividend to its creditors about the Ist of November, they say. J. D. Pratt shot and killed J. Warurck, nt Tampico, the other night. They were quarreling about the property. The three-year-old* daughter ofC. Mullen Irving, near Indianapolis, was burned to death the other night in consequence ts herclothing catching fire from a hot stove. An elevator in a Terre Haute spoke-fac-tory fell the other day a distance of thirty feet. Three men were standing upon it and are very badly injured—one of them fatally. Durwalt & Co.’s planing-mill in Lafayette was burned to the ground on the morning of the 14th, involving a loss of SIO,OOO. The fire wad the work of an incendiary. The fine new* union schqpl-house at Auburn was burned to the ground on the night of the 16th, involving a loss of about $15,000, upon which there was only $3,000 insurance. Martin L. Pierce, of Newport, was thrown over the head of a horse which Jie was riding after cattle, a few days ago, and instantly killed. He was a promi. nent Odd Fellow. Mrs. Rufus Schoolcraft, of North Manchester, asked her servant-girl to give her a dose of quinine the other day. She gave her a dose of morphine instead, and on the 15th it was thought Mrs. Schoolcraft would die. The Board of County Commissioners of Gibson County have ordered the sum of $7,000 to be expended for the purpose of furnishing work to the families made destitute by the high waters. Each laborer is allowed $1.50 per day. The annual report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction shows that the State school fund has increased $87,000 during the last year and now amounts to $8,798,000, besides 11,507 acres of unsold Congressional school-land, valued at $105,000. . An exhibit of the receipts and expenditures of the late State Exposition shows: receipts, $28,646.45, expenditures, $28,539.37. This showing does not include tlie building or interest account, but is merely a financial statement of the exposition and fair.

President

The following were the postal changes in Indiana during the week ending Oct. 16, 1875: Discontinued—Stephensport, Warrick County. Postmasters appointed— Indian Village, Noble County, Henry Knightstown, Henry County, John F. Bell; Reynolds, White County, John A. Batson;. Solsberry, Green County, Thomas R. Cook; Whitleyville. Jackson County, A. W. Draper. The Supreme Court has just decided unconstitutional so much of the law of March 5, 1875, as requires Sheriff’s sale and other notices to be published in German newspapers. The court holds the law to be in conflict with Sec. 22 and 23 of Art IV. of the Constitution, requiring that all laws regulating the practice in courts must be uniform. It is thought this doctrine will apply to all legal notices of every kind The Independent Order of Red Men recently in session at Madison adjourned on the 20th,-after the election of the following officers: Great Sachem, John Davis, Bourbon; Sagamore, R. 8. Gregory, Muncie ;G.J.S., John A. McGawn, Indianapolis.; G. Prophet, J. W- Linck, Madison; G. C. of Records, D. A. James, Lafayette; Wampum, J. W. Shirey; Representatives to the Grand Council of the Jin i ted States, Willie David, Indianapolis ; A. Linck, Madison. A runaway team hitched to a heavy road-wagon ran into a buggy, in Lafayette, on the 17th, in which were seated Gen. J. J. Reynolds and W. S. Lingle, editor of the Lafayette Courier. The team apparently tried to jump over the buggy and came down upon it, crushing all to the ground. Gen. Reynolds was cut in the head and otherwise injured, but not seriously. Mr. Lingle was insensible Ar some hours and, at first, he was thought to be fatally injured, but he revived on the following day, and at last accounts he was thought likely 7 to recover. The Grand Council of Royal and Select Masons recently in session at Indianapolis elected the following officers: Daniel McDonald, of Plymouth, M. PGrand Master; Samuel B. Richardson, of Logansport, D. P. Grand Master; Charles H. Butterfield, of Evansville, Grand Third Illustrious Master; Albert P. Charles, of Seymour, G. P. C. of the Work; Charles Fisher, of Indianapolis’, Grand Treasurer; John M. Bramwell, of Indianapolis, Grand Recorder. The Grand Chapter elected the following officers: Lucian A. Foot, G. H. P.; Ruben Heden, D. G. H. P.; Simeon 8. Johnson, G. K.; Martin H. Rice, G. S.; Charles Fisher, G. T.; John M. Bramwell, G. S.; Francis M. Symmes, Crawfordsville, Chaplain; Edward S. Ross, R. C. H.; Wm. Roach, G. R. A. C., Ander-' son; Wm. M. Black, G. G. Quite a sensation was produced in Indianapolis social circles the other day by the report, afterward verified, that Wm. G. Munson, who was to have married Miss Adele Robertson on the evening of the 20th, had on the morning of his bridal day fled from the city, after writing a note to his lady-love bidding her good-by and transferring to his mother property to the amount of $22,000. The lady was overwhelmed by his dastardly conduct, for cards were out and her parents had made great preparations in a social point of view to give their daughter a and fashionable send-off. An unusual number of presents had been ordered and engraved for the event So far as possible the invitations for the wedding were countermanded, but there were a large number of guests from Shelby County and other points who could not be reached in time. Munson, it is said, had been paying his respects to the fair Adele for eight years.

"THE NINETY AND NINE." [The following is one of Mr. Sankey’* favorite bvmni*. which he eing-* with thrilling e'r[ect at the Moody and B*nkey revival meetings. It wts written for Mr. Sankey by a lady tn England, but the mtuic is Sankey'* own:] There were ninety and nine that safely lay In the shelter of the fold, But one was out on the hills away, ~Tar off from the gates of gold.; Away on the mountains wild anJ bare, Away from the tender Shepherd’s care. Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine, Are they not enough for They!' But the Shepherd made answer : One of Mine Has wandered away from Me; And although the road be rough and steep I go to the desert to find My sheep. But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed. Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed through Ere He found His sheep that was lost. Out in the desert He heard its cry, Sick and helpless arid ready to die. Lord, whence are those blood-drops all the way That mark out the mountain’s track 9 They were shed for one who had gone astray Ere the Shepherd could bring him back. Lord, whence are Thy hands so rent and torn ? They were pierced to-night by many 's thorn. And all through the mountains, thunderriven, And up from the rocky steep, There rose a cry to the gate of Heaven: “Rejoice, I have found My sheep!” And the angels re-echo around the throne: “Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own.”

Moody and Sankey in Brooklyn.

The New York Tribune, m its account of the opening of the Moody revival in Brooklyn, says: It was early evident to the coldest and most skeptical person present at yesterday’s services that tho revival spirit was thoroughly aroused, and the people ripe tor a great and enthusiastic religious demonstration. This feeling was manifested at the very beginning of the services, during the prayer of the Rev. Dr. Budington. Many familiar with the gentleman’s manner thought that his selection for this duty was an error of judgment on tho part of the managers. Dr. Budington has never made any claims to being a magnetic speaker. He is logical in style and his manner of delivery is polished, but cold. His words would, probably, by their logical force, always keep for him the close attention of an intellectual assemblage, but they would not on any ordinary occasion arouse deep feeling or enthusiasm. On yesterday, before lie had uttered half a dozen sentences of the prayer, fervent “ Aniens” came from many lips, and there were other signs of profound emotion in the great throng. The next opportunity which was offered for the display of this fervent and reverential enthusiasm was during the singing of the 120th hymn by Mr. Sankey. Mr. Moody had said, immediately after reading from the Bible, “I am going to ask Mr. Sankey to sing the 120th hymn alone”—a sharp emphasis on the last word. The instant hush of expectation as the great audience settled back prepared to hear something that should appeal to their hearts was very marked, but as Mr. Sankey’s magnetic voice and wonderful Inexpressive singing filled the great auditorium the sympathy among his hearers grew and increased until it seemed as if, had he continued the sweet melody and earnest supplication, every person in the wfiole audience would have risen and joined with him in a grand musical prayer of mingled appeal and thanksgiving. The effect he produced was simply marvelous. Many responses, such as “ Amen” and “ Glory to God,”Xvere heard from all parts of tlie vast assembly, and at the close a great many men as well as women were in tears. Mr. Sankey’s voice is a marvel of sweetness, flexibility and strength. There is a simplicity about his vocalism which disarms the criticism which would apply to it any of the rules of art. It has a charm purely its own, which attracts and holds one with a power that is gentle but irresistible. Mr. Moody’s appearance during the delivery of his sermon was as ohe man standing iq a sea of men and women. On all sides, and even in rear of him, were the assembled 5,000 persons, nearly all on a slightly lower plane than himself. Every one’s attention was closely directed to him, and, in moments of intense utterance or emphasis of some religious truth, fervent responses came from every part of the room. And when, toward the close of his sermon, he told his hearers tliat they must lay aside the world, its vanities, pleasures, parties, festivals, and its other gayeties, if they would “go up at once and take the land,” the responsive “Amens,” “.Yes, yes,” Glory to God,” and “Aye, aye,” were very numerous, and came from every quarter of the auditorium. Mr. Moody’s manner in the pulpit was not such as a trained elocutionist would use. He is evidently a man who in his diligent search of truths has made little study of forms. He is quick in his movements and so rapid in speech tliat the swiftest stenographer present yesterday could not reproduce his language literally’. He is earnest and vigorous in enunciation and gesture and wholly without studied art. But as one listens he becomes irresistibly convinced that an intense earnestness and unquestioning faith in the saving power of Christianity inspire the ruggeu, sinewy oratory of the speaker. Often neglecting a syllable and sacrificing a sound, not always correct in grammar or fluent in speech, he appears to the amazed listener a man who feels more than he can express, whose brain is big with great thoughts which speech—earnest and eager as Mr. Moody’s language is—is incapable of expressing, and which, in their rapid delivery,, tread so fast on each other’s heels as to more or less mar each other’s form. \— - - \ Access to God.—However early in the jmorning you seek the gate of access, you jflnd it already open; and however deep the midnight moment when you find yourself in the sudden arms of death, the winged prayer can bring in instant Savior; and this wherever you* are. It needs not that you should enter some aw ful shrine, or pull off your shoes on some holy ground. Could a memento be reared on every spot from which an acceptable prayer has passed away, and on which a prompt answer has come down, we should find Jehovah-shammah, “ the Lord has been here,” inscribed on many a cottage hearth and many a dungeon floor.— Dr, James Hamilton. When we are least moved by heavenly love we sympathize least with human infirmities ; so, also, when we are fullest of heavenly love, we are most compassionate to human misery, and best fitted to cope with the troubles and infirmities that beset us.

Better have .God for your guardian than the Bank of England for your possession. You might spend the wealth of the Indies, but the infinite richness of God I you can never exhaust.

Virginia City, Nev., in Ruins.

San Francisco, Oct. 26. The fire broke out about daylight in a dwelling on A street, near Taylor, a point at about the southwestern limit of the business and thickly-settled portion of the city. It spread rapidly, extending eastward toward the ravine in which are situated the works and mills of several prominent mines. Reaching as far as F street northward, the flames crossed Union and Sutton streets, covering a space of about ten blocks, comprising, in tlie words of one dispatch, almost every decent building intown. As the fireworkedup C street the offices of the Territorial Enterprise and Chronicle were destroyed. Piper’s OperaHouse was next in flames, and it became evident that the railroad depot and hoist- . mg-works of the Consolidated Virginia were in danger. The water-supply was inadequate and the engines of little use. Recourse was had to blowing up build- ’ ings. It was too late, however, and in a few minutes the depot and hoisting-works were on fire. The latter were recently completed at an expense of several hunt dred thousand dollars, and were the fines on the Comstock lode. Continuing to the north and east, the partially .completed mill of the California mine and the Consolidated Virginia mill were soon in flames, which spead still further north to the Ophir hoisting-works, destroying them also, which is about the limit of destruction in that direction, the fire dying out from want of fuel. From Taylor street, near which the fire originated, it spread southward against the wind destroying the branch Bank of California and Wells-Fargo’s express office, and everything else in its line. At this point the Gould & Curry works were in imminent danger, but were fortunately saved. In short, nearly the entire business portion of the town is in ashes. Hotels, churches, county buildings, newspaper, telegraph and express offices are all swept away. Over 10,000 persons are homeless. The wind is piercing, and much suffering is anticipated before temporary shelter can. be prepared. It is impossible at present to conjecture the amount of the loss. The destruction of the mills and hoistingworks above referred to will probably entail a loss of $1,000,000 within a radius of a few' hundred feet. Fortunately the 5 shafts of both the Ophir and Consolidated Virginia were bulk-headed, and the fire was kept out of the mines. The Ophir men say that possibly their loss may be less than at first supposed, as the building was of light frame and might burn without destroying the machinery. The loss of buildings and merchandise in the city must be very great, although covered to a great extent by insurance. It is not known to What extent the mills and hoistingworks were insured, except in the case of the Ophir, where the loss is placed at $150,000 to $200,000; insured for $60,000 in this city.

. San Fbansisoo, Oct. 27. An additional special to the Call from Virginia says: At present it is impossible to state the loss of life. Two men were killed on C street by a falling wall. There are numberless rumors of other casualties. Hundreds of families are homeless and hungry. The school-houses, the only public buildings left, are open to them, but if immediate relief is not extended great suffering will ensue. Utter demoralization reigns in the city. Men, women and children wander about tho deserted streets seeking shelter. The surrounding hills are dotted with camp-fires. A few saloons remain, and supplies of liquor have not been lacking, and the streets are alive with a drunken mob. The military are patrolling the city for the protection of property. Dispatches received this evening give further details of the Virginia City conflagration, and confirm previous reports as to the extent of the calamity. Tho scene during the progress of the fire is beyond description. The wind blew a gale, driving the cinders and flames far in advance of the burning buildings, rendering all attempts to check the progress of the fire futile. Giant powder was freely used to blow up the buildings, and frequent heavy explosions shook the earth. The roof of the Catholic church was blown 100 feet in the air, leaving tlie bare walls standing. By eight o’clock all excitement was at its height. The streets were filled with people, teamsters struggling through the fire, fighting at presentable points; women shrieking their cries of despair; curses of enraged men; the roar of flames, dull reports of explosions, as building after building took fireq the heavy thud and crash of falling walls; the snap of bursting iron bars and doors; the howl of the gale—all went to make up a scene of indescribable horror. By ten a. m., the Consolidated Virginia hoisting-works building and mill were wrapped in flames and soon fell. The new California stamp-mill then fell prey to the fire, which swept to within a few rods of C. & C. hoisting-works, when the veering of the wind turned the flames and carried them to the Ophir works, which soon fell in. The shaft timbers caught fire, but were extinguished without doing much damage. By eleven a. m. the flames had spent their fury; the wind died away, leaving a bed of smoldering ruins three-quarters of a mile long and half a mile wide. No definite advices received yet as to the extent of damage to th| several mining properties involved. The total loss by fire is now placed at from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000.

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