The national Republican., 1869-01-25
LDUAL DEPARTMENT.

Sesan 10 be a mighty one in the earth. He
was a mighty hunter before the Lord, where
hunter before the Lord.'"
A man, said the speaker, has two immortAll.
ties; one he leaves behind him and II walks
the earth and still represents him, and the
other he carries with him up TO God and Into
the great future. The medium through when
A man thus acts upon those who follow hlHi
graph h Which hss been penned b weeping
affection, but II 10 what he ssii anu uiu,
Every man has left behind him lnnuenees LOT
good or evil that will never eNhsus' 'heu'
The history Of Nimrod, he said, was ex.
tremely brief, but highly suEEestiye. Nlmtou
c,on ,vbom Ve have derived the name of "the
land of JIush," which Is commonly rendered
in the Septuagint Aieiopia. and 10 the vulgste
Ttbiopis There are some writers who 10.
Gated the land OF Cush In Arabia, though they
generally unite In the opinion that the Ethio-
fla OF Africa IL the country.
there is q change Of phraseology, which per-
hAps indicates that while the Others may
have a national or geographical reference,
this appellation Of Nimrod sstrietly personal,
being an abstract name, signifying contempt,
rebellion, apostacy, impiety, and may not
have been applied to him until after his death.
Interpreters represent Nimrod as man Of
vast strength, and eminent for courage and
skin In the art Of hunting down and capturing
wild beasts, and by these recommendations he
he took advantage to set himself up as a mill.
tAFy ehieftaIn, training his adherents into for.
midable troops until he came to undertake the
tower OF Babel. There God met him and
stopped both his work and his career.
The earliest writers state that Nimtod es.
tabli.hed the Babylonian empire and built
Babylon, Ereeh, Accad and Calnahj that he
extended his empire northwaTd and founded q
second group Of capitals. These events repre-
sent the salient historical facts connected with
the earliest stages OF the great Babylonian
empire. And here, said the speaker, 10 a
thought; the hrst man represented In history
and 10 the Scriptures as a mighty one in the
quently man OF color,
The power acquired by. Nimrod was an
abused power, that dehed God and aimed to
Bubyert and supplant His government IN the
world. His history impresses US with the
great contest that began thus early, and has
been going on In the world between might and
right. Prejudice, superstition, intolerance,
PhArisAism and sectarianism are all the chill
dren OF might The speaker then proceeded
to examine into this contest between might
and right. The Unsuitable ambition OF Nimrod
was then portrayed. Ambition II funrestrAined
and supremely selfish becomes one of the most
fearful master passions OF the deprayed heart
The love OF power, when merely selfish,
drAgs down In Its train all the other passions
Of maP' az support Of this he cited ted he exam,
Bonaparte, who had wealth, fame, glory aud
success, But how precariousl In one day,
by one battle, the glory OF his arms became
dim, the lnstre Of his crown faded. and the
seeptre fell from his palsied hand, and he be-
came an exile and a prisoner.
From this we see the vanity of human ambi-
tion, ind In whatever direction we go in pur-
suit of happiness we are forced back TO the
point-the world does not possess 1t. The
headache and the hesrtsche come alike to the
Ss TSS Hfd ,ns
was told, who, after a life OF splendor and
luxury, upon his death bed sent for his wind
the staff which had Carried the siiken banner
around which his chosen guards had rallied,
sent It with a crier through the streets Of Ds.
mascus to cry at every corner, "This 10 all that
remains to the mighty Salsdin."
In contrast with this was the story of Moses,
who refused to be called the son OF Pharaoh's
daughter, although BY so doing he would have
arch. This renuHciation of riches and honors,
he said, was an act Of Incompatible sublimity
AND and moral moral gysndsur Yet, alter All the saeti.
greatest gain. Had he remained In the palace
his name would have been sounded for a sea.
SOD In Its halls, or 1t might have been en-
would likely Rsve been ali his glory had
Moses ignored his duty. But that name now
lives on every Tongues 1t is mentioned with
perused in the hook OF God as word full of
music, and In heaven, II 10 said they "sing the
song of Moses and the Lamb"
The speaker closed with an appeal to his
hearers to make heaven the great object OF
lie.
PICKPoCKETs,-Charles Frazier alias Kaiser
was arrested on Saturday evening by Detect
ives Coomes and Miller, on the charge of pick
ing the pocket OF Mr.. II. L. Mcqueen. Jus
further hearing. 1t Is stated by the detectives
that X Kaiser is an expert in his profession, and
they think 1t probable that more complaints
will be laid against him, sufficient they hone
TO furnish him employment in the Albany
penitentisry for some years to come.
A notorious colored character, named Ed.
ward Ash, was arrested by Lieutenant John
7. Kelly on Saturday morning, in the Centre
market charged with picking the pocket OF a
lady who was making purchases In the mar.
ket. The accused was taken to the Central
guard'house, and had a preliminary hearing
before Justice Harper yesterday afternoon,
when he gave security for turthsr sHe%Inn:
the station, ten i've dollar notes we're found
secreted In one Of his stockings, one of which
was identified by Mrs. Mary Burk, the com
plainAnt, AS her money.
A MAS SHoT.-Yesteriay morning, about
1850 O'Clock, cOloTed man, named James
Bailey, was shot BY white man named John
boyle under the following Circumstances:
Boyle keeps grocery on the corner Of l., be-
tween Second and Third streets, Island, in the
Vicinity OF what is known as Fredericksburg.
Bailey and two or three colored men were
standing In front OF Boyles house eng aged 10
loud conversation, when the latter stepped 10
the door and ordered the party to move of,
threatened TO shoot them II they did not dis.
perse, and still refusing to go away Boyle
stepped back into the house and procuring a
coIored men, the ball grazing the right side Of
Bslley'b head and passing through his ear, In
niehng an evidently painiui wound. Boyle
station.houae where he had = hearing before
Justice Walter, and was held in the sum OF
$500 to answer charge OF assault and battery.
THROWING SToSEs.-The rcprehenslble prAc-
tice Of boys throwing stones In the streets 10
about to'be stopped, so far as the police are
concerned. Yesterday three small white boys
were taken to the central guaTdhouse, charged
with indulging In the above sport In the vicln
ity Of Tenth and streets, The owners Of
have had cause Of much complaint lately, In
consequence of windows being smashed, and
one gentleman owning house in the neigh
borhood Of Eleventh and = streets. says no
less than forty-two panes OF glass have been
broken In his windows within a few days past
Justice Clark required the boys arrested yea
terday to obtain security for their good be-
hayior for space Of six mouths, and Informed
them that in future he should impose the
heaviest penalty OF the law upon all guilty of
throwing stones In the streets. Boys, take
warning.
SUSPICIOUS CnARACrERs,-On Saturday Af-
ternoon Ohieer McienTy, on duty at the rail-
movements OF two suspicious men, whose Ac.
tions were to him extremely Suspicious He
acoosted the parties, and they not giving Auy
satisfactory account OF themselves he arrested
them and, by direction OF Lieut.. Eckloff, con-
veyed them to police headquarters, where
they had an interview with Major Richards,
who released them on condition that they
would leave the city forthwith. This they
to do and were discharged from
oustody, the officers, however, being dlreeted
were safely on the cars. The city 10 now In
Iested with u gang of thieves and burglars,
and by order of the superintendent the officers
IRE keeping yigiiant lookout after all sus-
nicious characters.
A JIsrURBANCE.-Yesterd afternoon as
Mr.. John Ross and two or three friends were
sitting on the National Hotel steps man by
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