The national Republican., 1867-12-18

The reverend gentleman handled his subject
with great power and depth Of thoughts and we
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content ourselves with an imperfect sketch.
The speaker remarked that the great object Of
most among the arts Is music IL stirs the heart
most deeply. Music u science which produces
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Architect, is an accord with this science. Tie
universe is composed OF a combination OF elc-
%ep 30 perfect ,Ss
whole collapses. The material universe is a
world by itself-the spiritual another.
nize with each other. God Is essentially unity,
and he duplicates this harmony in our system.
This is evidence that the spiritual and moralare
with naturej he cannot disobey the moral and
physical law. Inhermonious sounds produce q
sense sense Of distrust; all sounds in nature are in
and man Ia made In the image Of God. The soul
Of man has sympathy with nature and spirit
uality. Sin Is a disorganizing, inharmonlous
element. The man who has no music In his
soul 10 at for treason, sc,
Music is the philosophy Of religion. It brings
unity Of Gods system is perfect, All systems
proceed from him. No nerve can be touched In
the human system without producing IN effect
There is music too fine for the human car to
hear. Dying Christians have declared that they
heard delightful, harmonious sounds-ethereal
Music has tendency to subdue and draw man
closer to God, and prevent him from SHINING. II
prepares the soul for communion with God.
Music proceeds from God as a first cause.
Listen to the music OF the birds, the streams
and riyulets, and the cataracts, as they leap from
chanlsm 10 the music OF full orchestra what
avariety Of music can be rung upon church BELLS
Gods System is one great part, and We all have
well, we shall hear the melodies of heaven for
ever.
TuE DISTRICT IN CoSoRRss. lin the Senate,
Mr.. Patterson, of n. H., introduced bill to In,
corporate the Seeming Star Newspaper Com
Alex, n. Shepherd, aco, ". Adams and samuel sil
II. Kaufman, corporators, for the purpose Of
carrying on the business of printing and pub.
fishing, ut the city OF Washington, In the Dis
trict Of Columbian the capital stock of the com.
pany to be not less than 100000, nor more than
In the House, Mr.. Ingcrsoll offered a joint
resolution, (which was referred to the District
Comniittee,l providing that the acts Of Congress
Warrington and Georgetown and the Levy
Court of the county of Washington to levy and
collect moneys to pay an increased compensa-
tion OF nifty per centum to the Metropolitan po-
lice force, officers and clerks be construed rs
auirlng said moneys to be provided at all times
In advance for use as Amendatory appropriation,
and expended for no other purpose whatsoever.
And upon the requisltion OF the treasurer OF the
Board OF Police, embracing sum equal to all
arrears of pay monthly, the proper officers Of
said cities and court are hereby authorized and
directed to pay the same, and the rcceiptcd pay
rolls duly certified as correct by the secretary Of
the Board of Police, to be returned upon max
ing subsequent registrations, shall be deemed
sufficient vouchers therefor. 1.-THE resolution as
referred was accompanied with memorial,
qucncy In payment by the Corporation, alleging
that they had not received compensation for ave
months.
GtASb MUSICAL ESTEnT kISNEST AND SOCIAL
BALL-The Arion Quattette Club, composed of
a number OF our most influential German citi;
ance Hall, L street, on Monday night. The at.
fractions being OF an unusual character, the spa
and bellies. About 0 O'Clock the concert COM
menced, and concluded about1ll4 o'clock, during
which time the audience were entranced with
delight. There were about thirty voices en-
gagged, and the duett, by Messrs. Schumann and
Schmidt, Of the Baltimore hicderkranz, was most
excellent, and they were received BY an encore.
Harmonic" a chorus and solo, was also finely
executed, Mr.. II. +. Peterson acquitting himself
IN the solo In magnificent style; but the gem Of
the programme was the " Deutsches Noelkerbe-
bet,h chorus and orchestra, which was received
with rapturous applause. The United States
infantry band, Prof. Dauseh, dispensed their
uro to the entire party. At the termination of
the grand concert, the floor was cleared, and
Gripping 1T on the light fantastic toen was In
dulgcd in until late hour, an intermiBs lon being
announced at o'clock for an acceptable supper
The whole affair reflected the highest credit on
the club anu the m"nasers'
pRor. BLoT's LECTURE on tooKgRY.-The
first Of the series OF lectures on the science and
art of cookery was delivered by Professor Blot
yesterday morning, at Union League Hall, on
Ninth street, to an nppreciatiye audience. The
subject of this lecture was on Soup, Sauces,
and Flah;' and as the Professor has published
his book on the enlire art OF cookery, they arc
used by the audience as work of reference ms
he details the points IN PSP"rng and
pied nearly two hours In Its delivery, and every
demonstration was watched with ihtcrest. To-
day he lectures on butchers meats and game,
and will also give practical illustrations OF the
manner In which they should be prepared. He
will also show the way In which good coffee is
haps, well understood by the majority of the
ladies' Gn They r are entirely practical and no one
knowledge OF the culinary art.
THE ELLIPTIC LocK-srITCH SEWING MACHINE,
-lcsterday we witnessed the operation OF one
Of these e. G., neat and beautiful household neeess-
and jcwclry dealers, northeast corner Of I and
seventh streets, opposite the Patent Oilce. II
more Of the pastime principle than Of the Labor,
They are so remarkably simple In their constFuc-
tion that the newest novice can work them with
success. They arc sure in their operation,
finishing the work In uniform and perfect man
ner. They make tight lock-stitch, the only
admissible stitch for family sewing and manu-
llghtcst and heaviest fabrics. They are provided
with glass foot, hemmcr, braidcr, binder, tucker,
COTutF, anu trimmer anu lntbe ATTACHMENTS are
simple and certain In their adjustment and oper-
alton, and will do greater range OF work, in
less time, and in a more perfect manner than any
other sewing-machine.
QUICK WoRK.-Durng a long time coorcd
man, named Moses Clark has been beating
ignorant colored men from Maryland and Viz
glnia out Of their money. Yesterday he, with a
companion, purposely fell in with u Virginia
contraband named Sam Linsley, and offered to
sell him a fine inkstand. A sale was agreed
upon, and Linsley drew ~ from his pocket with q
view to paying for the article, when Clark jcrkcd
II all away, "slung" II to his partner, and both
dccamped Linaley took refuge in the house of
man named Gatewood, near the Baltimore
depot.
0hicer Fsirchild, of the sanitary force, found
Linslcy In the street crying and learned an Oft
repeated story of being "6eat" out OF money.
Just here Mr.. Gatewood came up and informed
the officer that CLARK was slowed away In his
house, and said he stated that the officer was
after him. lie was taken to headquarters and
committed for court, and Detective McDeyitt
Immediately went before the grand jury, stated
that Clark operated almost wholly on folks who
reside outside the District who could not appear
at court, and the jury Immediately filed bill,
and will try CLARK to-day.
PRAIsEwoRTHY ACTIoN.-We noticed ycster-
day afternoon n praiscworthy action that de-
serves to be rewarded. A 1our-horsc team, at
tached to large wagon, took fright when In the
vicinity of the Metropolitan Hotel, and dashed
| passing at the time, noticing that the team was
without driver, ran after II and succeeded In
| passing forward and getting on the back of one
| of the horses, and by that means securing the