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The New York herald., 1871-12-24

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l-Advertisements.
2-Adverusements.
S-Cnristmas Eve: The Greatest Festival OF the
christian Year; The Season OF Joy and Glad
ness IN All Christian Lands; Cnrisfmas Chimes
ana carols; Santa Claus as Myth and as q
saint; Christmas in the Mode Ages ana Its
observance in the Eastern and western
dren st Trinity Church; The Display Of nc chriss. %
mas S,asn Fars 10 the uity Markets; Scenes in the
Peasng HtoIss ana ans of the srees
4-Relieious Intelligence Sunday Schools: The
nn Number 10 2 Of % Schools and Scholars IN Tnis City
S-slnday Schools Confined nom Fourth Page,-
Services on salt Water: Sermon by rev
Brooklyn Affairs = Art Art ''i Matters tiers - \ Naval a
Orders-Mterature: Criticisms OF New Books
Literary Liter Chit,Onat-Cornel yewett and Presi.
dent Grant Brunswick's Bold Burglar
6-Editorials: Leading Arncle, .'Ibe Nativity
Ine Sacred Songs and Merry ohimes OF Christ
mas"-Amusement Announcements.
S-Editorials Continued from sixth Page)-Per-
sonal Intelligence: Americans sAbroad-France:
France-Rome: Promolion OF 1rchbishop
McCloskey-Ihe Prince OF wales' Health
grams-The weather-Tne Western Tornado
Business Notices.
S-Tenement Houses: How and where the Poor
Live; FriRhtfu Revelations-SL Stephens
Church Fair-At the Departments-Anothe
Abortion Case-Aboiton OF Fees 70 Public
Cansda-Bishop BAKERS Funeral :"
8-Fln8nCIaI Fuuuy men run IN the COLO Room
and Stock Exchange-A Corrupt Police ON.
cer-The Case OF Lawrence Sullivan-The
'ShanghaelDg' PrOcess-Railroad Land
grabbers-G Grand Turkey Presentation-The
Coal Trade-MisceLaneous Foreign Items
Foreign Sclentic Notes.-The Newark Armory-
Financial and Commercial Reports-Narrages
and DoathA
uO-Terrible Explosion; Catastrophe ct the Metro.
politsn Gas Works; The Purifying House
Blown to Atoms; Wonderful Escape from q
Worse Disaster Thirtyfourth Street TO
Seventy ninth street, from River to River In
Darkness-Lochy Ostrom's wili-The Alleged
Abduction Case-The Erie-Cty Items-Obitu.
ary-The Reform Movement IN Brooklyn
Fires-Teegraphic News ltems-Shlppinc In.
tellgence- Advertisements.
A1-Drugs and Druggists How the New Drug
Clerk Law Was Carried Ouy-Murder and
Lvnching In Tennessee-The Cost OF Tele-
graphic Messages-The Courts-BuryinG a
Victim OF Smap0x-Trotting. Pacing and
Running In California-FOregn Horse Notes
Items from Asia and Afrtca-Shocking Do
mestic Tragedy MRS Van Buskirk al the
Tombs-Deaih Of q Hermit.
I2-Keyporrs sTerror-Advertisements.
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| No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm,
so hall0wed and so gracious Is the time.
H0R.-So have heard, and do IN part believe II
Horatio was man OF intelligence and cul-
ture, and yet he did Sin part believe it." 1t il
to be regretted that even his measure of faith
in miracles and spiritual things is fading away
or is degenerating into spiritual rappings snd
table tippings. But here is Christmas
prophecy which is positively startling with its
apparent ful6lment this winter, as far as We
have gomez
Christmas day on Monday be-
great winter that year you'll see,
And full OF winds both loud and s6ril;
But In tine summer, truth to tell,
stern winds shall bo and strong,
Full OF tempests and lasting long;
While battles they shall multiply,
And great plenty OF beasts shall die;
He shall be found that stealoth aught,
Though thou be sick th0u dlest not.
How delightful are the scenes We are accus-
and how like a dear and welcome friend comes
this favorite music -
The mistietoe hung In the castle hall,
The black banner waved from the old 0aE wall,
And tine Baron's retainers were blythe and CAV.
Keeping their Christmas holiday.
This gives us still another side to Christ
mas, - . day Of lovers fancies and romances;
and If there Is one Of our young readers or
one Of ''the old folks at home, for that matter,
who In this relation does not entertain some OF
the sweetest and most precious memories Of
Christmas, we have no great desire TO know
that unfortunate person.
Down South In their Christmas celebrations
they retain to this day much Of tho rollicking,
festive spirit aud usages Of tho gay Cavaliers,
- contradistinguished from the sour and surly
Puritans ''Down East" The jolly Southern
blacks from this day to the day after New
Year, according to their time-honored usages,
which neither fourteenth nor fifteenth amend
msnts can repeal, viii have q merry time Of
It. During the week, night after night, many
freedmans cabin will be enllvened with such
plantation choruses as:-
Clar de kitchen, old folks young folks,
Ole virginny nebba tiah
Thus having presented this anniversary Of
the Nativity In connection with Its religious
faith and devotion, its rough and rollickins
amusements and superstitions and its senti-
mental fancies and observances, we have only
to say, in conclusion, let the celebrations oi
the season In every relation be conducted
upon the principles Of the angelic proclama-
ton Of ''Glory to God in the highest, on earth
peace" and 'tgood will toward men,, and we
promise each aud all concerned 1t will, as far
as oan be expected, "a merry Christmas. "
Let our readers devote themselves to their
religious duties with extra care to-day and
they will all the better be prepared for their
duties Of good will anS charity and their social
snjoyments of tomorrow. s'Faith, hope and
charity, these three; but the greatest Of these
is charity"
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TEE PIRACY IN MA9DALENA BAY.-An OK
animation into the case of Manuel Cobos, who
was recently charged In San Francisco with
piracy in seizing the schooner Cira Green
wood, shows that the case does not bear the
serious aspect previous reports led us to be-
lieve. Il was admitted before the United
States Commissioners by the complainant that
Cabos, paid him for the schooner in the latter
city, but that he took out papers for her In his
own name. What the complainant's charge
really amounts to Is this-that the vessel bs-
longing to Cabos and arriving In Msgdalena
Bay with papers that were false, the latter at
once seized his own vessel by force. What
other sensible man would not have done like
viaAe
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nespatch from Utah states that the current
belief Is Brigham Young will be in Salt Lake
next week Perhaps he cannot bear the idea
pf staying away from his family during the
holidays. Or 1t may be he imagines he will
mot now be brought to trial, and therefore
RUNS no risk In returning to his homo.
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CLEMENT L. VALLANDIaHAM's LAST CLIENT
bas been acquitted. Our despatch from Gin
einnau states that after q few moments
peliberation in the case Of Mcclellan, who,
Twelve months ago yesterday, killed Thomas
B. Myers at Hamilton, the jury returned q
Ferdict Of mot guilty" and the young man,
Wbo, only two days ago, was almost without
bope, was at once handed over to his friends,
free to 20 where he pleased.
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MS victors, and Pope Plus the Ninth sends
nlneteen new Bishops to Italy; the Italy
which was farmed out to the conqueror's step
son. Eugene Beauharnais, in 1905. France
gets three Of the newly appointed prelates.
The Church renews its youth and becomes
reconciled to its children as In the case Of
Italy. Nations grow effste In their systems Of
civil government.
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MINISTER SCuENoK AND TIE EMMA MINING
COMPANY, according to our Washington de-
spstches. have parted company. 1t is stated
Ebat a circular has been sent round to the
ecrp holders in London and the provinces
announcing the withdrawal Of the American
Minister from further connection with the
sNnterprise
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An Anti.Cycloue.

The storm of Friday, which has just passed,
was a remark able one in many respects, and
seems to be referable to that class now known
as anti-cyclonic storms. Such storms are not
attended or prognosticated by falling of the
quicksilver in the barometer, but, on the other
hand, are characterized by an area Of high ba-
rometer, in which the winds for many hum
dreds Of miles rotate around the central wave
of atmosphere in the direction of the hands
Of watch, while in ordinary gales the circu-
lation is In the opposite direction, from right
to left. The law Of anti cyclones was first
demonstrated by Professor Buys-Ballot, Of the
Meteorological Observatory Of Holland, and
in March Of this year Professor Pliny E. Chase,
of Philadelphia, made some very valuable re-
marks, before the American Philosophical Soci-
ETY., bearing on these peculiar phenomena. He
showed that the storms of last January and
February had been anti-cyclonic, and furnished
some reasons for believing that anti-cyclones
s'are the usual weather breeders even Of such
Of our land storms as become more or less
cyclonic after they are fully developed"
The northeast and east winds on the
western and northern sides of the anti-cyclone
are just as much from seaward, and hence as
highly charged with aqueous vapor-the fuel
of storms-as similar winds in an ordinary
low barometer gale off the coast of New York
and New England. The rains precipitated
from these winds, ,neteorologists show, gene
rate new storm centres. This fact and the
fact that the anti-cyclonic wave is followed in
its wake by an area Of low barometer and
stormy weather, should make us look out very
suspiciously this winter for every such fine
and cold spell Of bright weather and high
pressure as Thursday was, since it is the
premonitor Of the swft-following and ugly
changes of weather.
The old sailors rule, contained in the fol-
lowing couplet -
wnen the wind shifts against the sun
Trust 1t not, Tor back 1t will run,
Is, after ell, as true when read Uice oersa as
IL now stands.
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Tho Night College for Christian Workers.
One Ware was hanged few days ago In
the model State Of New Jersey. Hosts Of
missionaries and ministers visited him
in his cell and accompanied him to
the gallows. They pressed most inn
Fortunately upon him the responsible
ties Of his soul In view of immediate death.
He was deaf to all their appeals. His
answer to their exhortations was :-'T do not
know anything about Jesus Christ" He en-
tered eternity without the first consciousness
Of accountability, il his inner life may be
judged by his manner aud his words. But he
left most stirring message to all the
churches. '1f l had received as much
attention before being put in prison as have
since should never have been here" was
his comment on all the care which ministered
to him during his last days. The HERALD
breaches this sermon to-day to all who have
come into Its congregation.
The work of the city missionaries In the
homes and novels Of the degraded and
vicious tends to the best civilization as we'll
as to the spiritual welfare Of those approached.
Such ~ they are We have In this community .
largo number Of such voluntary and paid
workers. Their zeal 10 commendable, but not
always according to knowledge. They need
special training from persons experienced In
the different departments of Christian and be-
nsvolent labor. Visitors in hospitals must be
taught how to minister to the sick; in prisons
how to approach the condemned; In homes
how to cheer the discouraged. Preachers In
the open air need . different sort of oratory
from that demanded by congregations In
churches with soft and stuffed pews. Bible
women become twaddlers Of gossip unless
they are prepared for their work and possessed
Of tact. Nothing oan be done with fools in
such work, but much may be done for those
who have natural gifts to lift up the fallen, to
speak q word In season to the weary and to
chase away some of the shadows Of dismal
homes.
The Night College for Christian Workers is
grand movement In the right direction. The
college building is in Forty third street, be-
tween Madison avenue and the Grand Central
uopOI ~ 40 uOt Ouiy 6CCcSSlDlc w oh IA VIC
cities, but to our suburban towns. The Board of
Trustees is composed Of such citizens as James
M. Brown, Julius Wadsworth, E. d. Nichols,
John D. Earle, A. G. P. Dodge, and Rev.
H. Dyer, D. D. A corps of lecturers has been
secured and announced adapted to all branches
Of practical instruction. Among them we find
the names Of Rev. Drs. Tying, Muhlenberg,
Ormiston, Crosby, Foss, Buddington, Duryea,
l. H. Vincent; Revs. George J. Mingins, Ste-
phen H. Tying, Jr., Mr.. R. R. McBurney and
W. II. Thompson. M. D. Here is an honest
effort towards practical results In benevolent
work. Lectures will be delivered at the COL
lege building on every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday evening after January I. Such
special instruction in technical Christian labor
under teachers 50 competent should be sought
by all who are at work and want to work more
successfully. Tickets are furnished ''without
money and without price," Success to the
Night College for Christian Workers.
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NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY DECEMBER "a SHEET

demanded by the public sentiment he can de-
prive the opposition Of the only issue upon
which they can hope to stand. and nip this
Missouri Brown-Schurz movement In the bud.
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WOODS MUSEUM, Broadway corner 3sth st-Psrform M
nnces afternoon and evenmg.-SATAN PARIs, 10.
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GOLD l0Ss Gold sold yesterday at 10Sa,
but recovered little later in the day.
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LIMA EDwINs THEATRE, No. tn Brosdway-OrxRA
BLEUE. Matinee at
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE. corner Of @h av and 25d ST.
floKEr OF LEAVE MAN. Matinee at a-w AoHrEL.
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, rwenty-fou street. -
TiE NEW DRAMA OF DIVORCE. Matinee at lx.
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ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING

BOOTHS THEATRE. Tweny-thrd st., corner SIKH av.-
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wALLAcKs THEATRE. Broadway and 18Th street :
Lnu "a H1rI
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give will not have even that poor excuse. Be-
sides, they must remember that God alone 10
the Judge of motive in the exercise Of SO godly
principle, and We must recall that, whoever
gives, It Is equally boon to the poor.
Let the great heart Of Gotham beat warmly
In response to the call. The wants ase
many as your noble gifts can satisfy.
Let our rich mon and women pat
their hands deep into their pocaksts
and draw forth the money that will pray to
Heaven for them through other lips than
theirs. There is, to the rightly balanced mind,
a fascination in deeds of this helping kind "a
ones fellow man which transcends all the
pleasures Of the world In its purity Of purpose
and effectiveness Of act. Beautifully illustra-
tive Of this Is the story that comes to NJ from the
shrouded Past, the story of St. Martin, when
KgionnGire Of the Emperor Constantius. Il
is told that on bitter, stormy night, when tha
snow was hurling It's 10y darts over the Swiss
mountains, st. Martin was journeying alone
In a wind-swept pass he encountered man
bowed with age and scantily covered. The
heart of the Christian soldier was touoted
with pity and love, and, drawing his sword,
he divided his cloak with tho aged man, who
straightway disappeared. Years passed by
and once, when the good man was bent in
prayer saddened with doubt Of his worth
mess In the eyes Of God, he heard voice
calling to him to be Of good cheer; that He.
the Lord, was the poor, aged, shivering man
l With whom he had divided hia cloak that cold
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EIBL0s GARDEN, Broadway. between Prince and
Houston strsots.-BLAoK CROOK Matinee st
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AIMKE.s OPERA BoUFFK, 7O Broadway. -BARBn
BLEUK. Matines-LA PIRfoHoLK
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CATCHING A CHECK CHANGER.

Clcris Obtains Check from Waa
Street Bnns<ing House and Changes 1t to
Salt uisHself-Hfs Claim TOR Digging Coils
from the sing sing Rocks.
Wall street has furnished another sensation 10 -
added TO the almost innumerable category from tias
golden region The banking house OF Drexe, Win
throp Co., NO. IS Wal street. OH Saturday gave .
check on tho National City Bank 10 tho order OF ono
+. Kesser for the sum OF sixty-one dollars. payable
IN gold the document being signed for the firm
per procnration--by Z. r. Winthrop. Yesterday
morning the gold paying teller OF the Natisna,
CITY Bank was somewhat startled on receiving o
check purportng TO come from Drexel Co., duly
and fully endorsed, for the payment to 'bearer OF
sixiy-one hundred dollars
IN UNIFIED STATES GOLD CONN.,
The first thing that excited his Suspicion was the
endorsement, winch was IN a gentlenan's hand
writing, instead OF being done with o small hand
stamp, Hitherto invariably employed BY Drexel Q
was the fact OF the firm ordering 60 large sum 10
be paid IN gold to one not connected with their
bank, the bearer Of the check was dctainer
ana closely watched. while messenger
II they we're to pay The money on their acoount.
The messenger soon returned, with the intelligence
mat tue bank was not 20 pay the money until ono or
Francis A. Kelly the clerk who drew the origins,
check, soon afterwards made his appearance anG
ut once pronounced the check
FALSE, FRAUDULENT, FORGED AND ALTERED.
He made out the check TO +. Kcsser for sixty.ons
dollars, In payment OF n business claim but since IL
Lett his hands IL had been altered IN the date aud this
amount, the former made 81 OF April aud the latter
lsiXty ono had been altered to eixty.0ne hundred
Ihis greatly discounted the unfortunate bearer OF
the document, who made q serious attempt 70 es-
CAPE ana looked very much as though he could
wish that tho "hs would cover him or the
mountains fall on him." lie was arrested and tpkon
before Judge Hogan, ct the Tombs. There heEave
The name OF Charles Cobb and told plausible kild
OF story, TO the effect that he had received tho
check at lager beer saloon In Chrystic street. Hc
at first pretended
lie COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH,
though no was born in Philadclphia and has mover
been out OF the country. He subsequently spoke
well enough when no was put on a preliminary OK.
animation. H0 s'had contracted tho bad habit or
speaking German In HotQken. where he had been
rosdtDg.u the Judge sent the young gr0cbry ocrk
down stairs, IN default OF g. 800 ball. una tho Csy
\ with ntV
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THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN.
Iavestlaa,ion BIscised-Omcial Reason WI

liberalization BIucixed-Omcial Reason Why.
From advanced shees Of the Christina Asoa Methods
oc.a organ enabled to present the following semi
Official report the subcommittee OF the book committees
action or rather non-aotion here report
published reply TO the garbed and unfair accounts which
have appeared In = city morning paper
IT'S not that she investigation of the frauds In the
contrary the Book gogmistss officially decided after long
legged 10 be precisely COMMITTEES
referred TO the a questions of business
ro~er 70 cal their aid such accountants as Sey might
ron to. application before heS the aers are
the former meeting OF The subcommittee they ana
MANOR tss';sp s Ssn
spPro1sd AMI i he souTnsi bscass j.
.aS committee Elected from ia names
soansn BSop soo was ready 70 approve s and 90
was Mr. fancheT Two Of the committee voted to nomnsie
woo casr sppov he
lie oSsr Employer co
selected aud approved WITH such chief accountant lie made
sesgsaaDs osis two p ,hs suscemm.see lad .c.sd Tho
~ mo- not
Ssss, WIN sshSs sS. +. s.y s.,
Se ws: ss .sssa as as acc w sss
~; aolsn wa, hsa va, ,elssragasa oy s:ssp scott 70
a or 81 .,s r "
ssi Western gentleman chief & the
Bishop ami subcommee his approval IN writing. But be-
Of the dspprcva 81 Judge Reynolds the sb commit
tee again adjourned, tolls time die Bishop Scott haviog
ruled ta' appointment OF ceognlant could lie made
unless approved BY both lawyers
will that IN two several selections OF chief
accountants the subcomnitec Was unanimous. 10th OF
these tho approval VI the Bishop and Of Mr. Fancer
but the counsel for Lanehan declined 10 approve N
Instance and both adounments o. the sub
occaspned by such resas OF the counsel Of Dr. Lanshhp.
A to thcsssered readiness Of tbs .man high IA the
Church ADD In oilcs station who has made grave
chargos' to proceed 10 prove ,bem y well underwood
wha,hls assumed proof arqogns 20 lie WIZ not permit
og, Of three o. Ihe esaminer. Pretended pree1
sso performance y be is prepared 10 submit to fair
one Of the two several selections chief accountant oao
ssof Judge fsuehe Wishing 70 facilitate the proceedings
Of chief accopant but also proposed TO the Bishop and
two gentlemen, unaaluolsIy approved By ,hc sutcom:
Nth hIm should be one sccoa aisn. choso y s agent Of
agent As two s,enp's 70 appoint. Accountants
sci Of bE. Lsnslsn TO concur In judIcous and
Unanimous selections quite certain that the Book Com.
lttes sel or It's standing who have power
10 sct irrespective OF The counsel viii speedily proceedt the
Appoinmcntof suitable accountants and that such proper
vestisaton OF Book Concecn viii be by skill
fu snd rsutsn~" eTv~s as Si1 vs satisfactory 10 the
.lrra
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NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY APRIL T. y7l-TKlPLE SHEET

Eng Of an entirely new sessmen. Or only o. partial cns
matter done anew There are ,sadns
show that the excessive Indeed one
sdmsssd ~a SS 70
BE- we lots con-
gaous each other and which there
ss 81 s
S: that s s action
has always BEEN treated as na and that the courts have
Bu. thai argument have weigh. here. because
ffss s saa
tain whether the assessments or awards have been unfai
Be heard no. only upon the proseSdas
the y
on s s
msnt that az opportunity to produce amdavi.s reply 70
allowed allow .' 'i 'H ss e.. s Ssrs ar:
r. :nS% no
sc
@ rs a oq ha BEEN %
can that that which wa; but proceeding has no.
some /, Tia. .Ss When
voas therefore that the only proper course to oraer
the report as Il now stands sso any particular Individual
Tg1 course WIN remain the IN hs report
WHICH
corrected Il the swards ., are erroneous, either
to stand for then they the result OF wrong there
be such thing right to that which wrong. 1t
follows from what have said that the order of tho Special
Term, made tho 26th of December last will vacated
order entered that entirely report DO made.
Tho statute has devoved further duty upon to
designate the commissioners The act evidently contcm-
plates that OF the old commissioners shall be retained,
and have concluded to select the junior member OF the
original board Mr. James s. Hennessy and to associate
with him Ms the commissioners Messrs William b.
Aston and Alexander A. Stewart am from tho pro-
cecdings before that Mr. Aston to exte BIO
interested 10 land affected by the imp oyement do not
regard that objection either legally otherwise Not
legally because the statute has not declared that tho COM
from disintcrcsted persons" but simply provides
the appointment Of 'commissoners without stating what
their Qualifications shall be- and only applies the provisions
OF the act OF 1873 to proceedings to their
pontment (sce Matter OF the Southern boulevard" per
Gilbert, j.. Abb, r r. ~ 81 449450 Not In any other
sense because will believe that either interest any
other consideration could him from the right Per
s0naly unacQuained with either Mr. Aston Mr. Stewart
have, solely and exclusvey, on own judgment OF my
own voon and without suggestion from any quarter tone
dercd to them the appointment In deeence TO their charac
ter AM the confidence which the whole community have
both In their capacity and ntegrly And venture to
them that this Is an instance in which the city has the
right to expect them az philosophical citizens, though II
service by accepting position which they have not sought
but for which all must admit that they everybody
else peculiarly fitted. Thus this desirable improvement may
be consummated through fundamentally and In
above suspicion or repr0Ach.
Ordered accordingly.