New-York tribune., 1868-09-11

st. which has had the he TsR"Gi''Rn SI%G the III V cify
IIc bLss ,ccvTiated fortune Of more than $1,000
hv Sbanrbaing sailors out ~ their earnings anu -
renting rooms. and selling hlnor witch would APP
,,r almost incompatible i'm connection WIN Ihe "eks %
il he has followed Ills most prominent fRt Is ,,n MS
being contaminated by the debasng business III % Mhc m m
is engaged they are o"v H on ' this state Another
singular feature Of his character ~ ns oSohant
ness Theh r. is reported Of Messrs. Mintnrn
Grnne aud other extensive shP2WhhGdrs hd ''' ~, ,es
have the most thorough confidence IN iiauue % M 9
ter dealings with him furnishing them with seanSL %
concerned unt yeserday hof' of the Howard Mis-,
sion than 10 know that this man had ehgagtu III ,
he was placed In the category Of bad men oi Io ,
Ward as far worse man than John Allen. me latteI
was set down the wickedes man III ~ ~ ,-n %
ranked as the very worst 5i 5i " ata''arnho.
Homes are now entertained that genuine
SIS Will take place IN the nature ana haps VI r , -,
emilia to thr change witnessed in John Allen. Today at
noon M A. C. Arnold the Rev Mr. Van Meter and other
ministers who labor in the Fourth Maid anu .cl! hI
rnmn'e,ce "A prayermeeting at Hadden's house at MS
Grgcnt invitation Reside the indoor prayer,meetlng AT
Mr. Read OF Macdougas Baptist Church ana the iseN:
Mr.. Van Meter another meeting was heia on o ~
accommodate the large crowd which was cabcitu lce.
Boston COrbett and others made nddIesses. AhT{mE
the attendance was a forOrn ana meagcfl1Ohus
peiSo b m0 nd"ring PepoIeon escort He seems be
considerably affected by the stirring appeals to sinners
c eynination of the services Mr. Arnold and the Rev.
MIR ward made visit TO sportsmcns Hail. kcpt by
Kit Burns OF dog ghting and rat killing fame lie was
found mt home" aud made very aflble salutaon 70
his visitors They peoned him TO allow MS dog p TO
be opened rs place for prayer to which ne cohsehte
Meetings will be commenced there III the course OF
n few days. Before the proprietor would allow ms
visitors to depart he insisted on having thehl
witness the spectacle Of rat being caught
and Killed by weasel 1t supposed that he intended
this as a compliment, and IL was SO regarded by ms
callers ON Sunday outdoor prayer meetings WI
he held simultaneously NJ tho houses OF Alien ana hau
den Allen has announced his intention o placing Slg
before his house with the inscription, "Natcr-st MISSION
ana Home for Fallen Women" 50 far he has been very
successful IN obtaining respectable situations iof uIc
moor WOMEN who have applied to him for help.
The COnnercH AdrefiScr OF stcrday, IN commenting
of the political significance OF John Aliens conversion,
says; ,,. -, =, ,--,,
Evidently from the uneasuess exhibited Dy me b3rd
EIprcs and other Democratic organs thcy begin 10 nave
fears Democracy IN danger from the oHoih being
made i'm John Aliens neiglhurhuOd 10y the reverend gen
tcmen engaged ia the good work of reclalining tEe
wicked and fallen The idea Of body of Christian men
sormi the stroughUlds of Democracy alarms Inc B0d
and EipcSS Should the devils bo east out ~ these bno
cratic nurseries, what would become ~ ballot box luluS
aud Democratic majorticsl These scutnCa 0i demo
cracy may wen feel alarmed when the WcLedcst man
in New N0rk shows signs ~ rcf0nnation Ihcy may
well have apprchensiOus GhOut tie friends or seymour
the figures show where ignorance and crime pcdoh-
mate tie Democratic luaiuritlcs are largest