, 1861-04-15

; public.
, EFFECT OF THE War NEWS.
THE SUNDAY IN CHICAGO.
The Churehes.--The Stretts---The Saloons,
INCIDENTS OF LAST EVENING.
Yesterday was day long to be remembered
In Chicago. Whatever the future has in store
E: to continue Or increase the present excited
state Of feeling, the earliest effect Of the war
news of Saturday evening, On and throughout
yesterday, Was Of too marked nature readily
to be paraneled in city usually 50 qniet on
=. Lords Day. The city Was given up to an in
tense and all pervading excitement, the like
. Of which has never been known In this COM
munity.
The day, an exception to the pluyial rule OF
April thus far, was brilliant and cloudless, and
the streets were nged all day. The de-
mand for the morning papers Was immense,
and the gratided newsboys forgot their noisy
cries and served the eager crowd from their
bundles. As the morning advanced, church
hours drew together less than their usual
throng. lMen felt that We are In the midst Of
a revolution, and while this drove many Chris
tians to their sanctuaries, still very many or
dinarily regular church -goers turned aside
, from quiet Sunday walks, in the hope and
cagez quest Of "Bome new thingn from the
seat of YaE.
ALI classes seemed to be possessed by one
feeling and one sentiment. The hotels were
thronged all day, end the usual week day
haunts knew even more than their usual week
day bnste. The Germans congregated in
their saloons and beir-ha1les and brimful1 of
patriotism and zeal for the country and the
Government, gave their valor full expression
In words, not to say that they are men who
allow sentiments Of that class to rest with
words only.
The largest crowds Of the day filed the
fremont House, and the discussions of the
false and absurd dispatches Of the morning
papers were vigorously canvassed, Had the
Fort surrendered How about those rafts in
Fort long since reported short Of fuel? Had
any one sent Anderson boom ot logs, or did
he nae Columbiads for his RATS Will Quincy
granite burn? Are bricks combustible? Did
the three fire. engines get there in time to save
the magazine? How about Major Anderson's 8
taking ten with Gen. Beauregard? Was there
any Sumter after after all? Was there anv
reason to believe anything ANYWAY. or anv
other man7 These were the changes rung on
the dispatches among the hundreds who from
church-goers we're turned loose on a
news hunting quest on this, the first
Sunday Of the second American Revolution
The churches were not, however, entirely
neglected. and the conorepat1ona cr,+,.-.s
were on the oQi YfYe to ascertaip how the nr1.
pit would meet and treat the crisis. The pas-
tors and Officiating clereymen had greater
than usual call for hjeber-sricea hcm;letic snA
sacred pabulan1, and that which had no enack
Of Sumter and the war times on which ne
have come, fell below the demand.
Nor, indeed, could it be expected that sen-
timent and excitement SO powerfully pezyad-
Ing the minds OF their hearers: was to be over.
looked by those who, from the sacred desk,
act wisest when, by living aud vital chords Of
feeling, they guide and control the minds Of
hearera. There were some powerful and ex-
eellent anusions and Improvements made of
the war times, In the pulpits Of this city, yes
terday. The news came too late on Saturday
for most Of the clergymen to alter their prepa-
arations already made, but there were few
churches in which, either in prayer or dis
course, the present war tidings were not feel.
ing1y and eloquently improved.
At the First Congregational Church, Rev.
" ". Patton preached very able discourse
from
MATTHEW 2s:6. And ye shall hear Of WITS, and
+ aas ,st aes '1S1 se oe nof M for
not yet. &'7S' 'A' VIC eDa ~
The preacher made powerful application
Of the words Of the text to the present
tronblous times, which he said the Christian
should look upon as Gods Providences bring
Ing about great changes for good, and for the
progress Of humanity. He drew figure Of
the husbandman sending his plow-share
through green swa1d, before which flowers and
verdure disappear, leaving all a present
rutn' but 1t is done that beauty and utility Of
the standing grain and the harvest may spring
up there. 30 God has used the deso1ations of
WAT In MI time Is one Of the Instruments Of
breaking up old matted institutions Of tyranny
und oppression He said the present struggle
is one in which every Christian may rise .5ro*.
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