, 1872-12-28
Its Successful Struggle with The Eqi.
z3otic...lts Bearing Under High
Religious Excitement.
Bows Who Pass Counterfeit
Money, and Adults Who
Lose Their Reason.
Tie SMALLPOX Out on Its Trayels--.A
Schcci Board lmbrogIio, and tho
Question Of Public Schools.

The heart Of this community is thoroughly
.giia4 ed. The LEGAL pulse is ut fever-heat. Pal
liiation CT the heart set in four or five weeks
ego. in fact, and has been growing upon us
since that date. A brace Of causes unusual in
nature nnderlo this state Of things; but why
tIccc things should bo thus, am unable to at
E1ra Possibly the advanced position Dubuque
>. so recently taken on the line of railways,-of
.::.:c.i this correspondent gave TIE TRIBUNE
;-s:??1s description some weeks eincc,-has pre-
r--:s Cur la.;7s tor this now deal. It may be
1:--. -:ca Dubuque has come out Of her old
:-:;z Ter course is to be attended with moro
:-:.1::.. pLencalena. The present shaking-up
.*;~: IS this sequence, for, while the cities
.:.:,:-.a .;cu1 pursuing their even tenor, Du-
~..-e Is IN ferment Of excitement. Why,
.::::-.@E:- i:sclf, bearing stcadiy down upon US
"a Weight % degrees below zero, has hardly
--r ::::cssiag effect But to the review Of this
':-csa Ct causes to which haye alluded:
=;--=t in der,--though I'm not suro tho fact
..!:eaiy been published we received, by
..Ae cour=e OF mail, tho
pARA1.1zISd Cr1zooT1c.
&c noc'icgc was first opened in one Of our
,:.cI--4..:iles, hut soon was sneczed around into
z:e-lv every horse-stcu in the city. But We
lave got bsa7e1y over that now, aud with tho
experience in this line had nothing peculiar in
j.. Tie Office CT DoEbin was 1nasnided unto
-sq. aai SO was tie price of fuel. But We wero
hardly through with the inquiry, " How shall We
s27e our horses :" when the
REV EDWARD PA7soS HAMMOND
cane lor;a upon US, and now the great inquiry
j.. EoT shall we Eaye ourselves :" Mr.. Ham
s.172ti comes among US fulfilled, fu1ly-hedged
:oos:.e Ct Evangelism. Tho clergymen OF tho
;.:Ie-e.t Evangelical churches had prepared
:loir people for this visitation, and, the day fol-
:o~irc Lis arrival hero, the Ieyivalist began
his labors with mass-meeting of Sunday
:s,.ocl children. Morning and evening meetings,
t-ererelIy largely attended, have been held daily
.or t-o weeks Fast, ard Mr.. Hammond is e1-
{ec1cd to stir up cur a.tar-Gres here until Mon
.a:, the 3oth inst. Mr.. Hammond announced
through the press THAT lie would preach to gam
plcrs and thieves last Sunday morning. and tho
largest Protestant Church in the city was packed
10 the full with eager listeners. Many, in fact,
:=ft the church sorros1i'g because they could not
Gnd room in the building. I might, add BY way
Point is his faculty for making direct appeals I
rive this on the authority Of tic Times here,
whicn paper has given detailed reports OF the
progress OF the revival. Tno Herald has also
given considerable space to the great awaken
Ing" Tie Times, however, has given the most
copious disests of the discourse. This fact is
worthy Of remark, from its strangeness; !;
for, If the managers Of the Herald have
{: dominating <cil;-actcr other than that
Ct newspaper enterprise, that characterlslc is
riety: wl.lle the equally eatcrprisinG prop1etors
ct tie Times -T well, wish to be excused
irencAing on theological grounds here.
Some people MAJ be anxlous to know what ef-
feci tie visitation of DR.. Hammond is having
cpou Dubuque society. wish l could satlEfy
item on this point. but mlstruEt my htnoss for
tie task. I te.r it's little "mi1ed." In at.
~. .rSto off,+1
strictly to facts.
PRAYING N THE SALOONS.
The meetings. as before remarked, have been
fully attended, and many htye proiGasea foSe1, ax r.
salcons; or should say, two attempts have
leen made to hold them. In the first instance, al
v:cut well until the meeting was ovor and the
rcv;yalists had gone and tlen followed scene
IS uproarious mirth. Songs wtro Buns ane
.ent;c:ents drank that we're shocking enough tt
r:.e Christian ear: but the saloon-keeper wa:
converted aud tho next t.4 nornng made 4pei
otGer dav since opened" Til
econa meeting was held, OF attempted to b
kell, in q saloon on Cnrlstmas morning: u
t-;n line the kee.,er of the saloon objected. DR.
Hammond with email number OF the devout
sided into Arthur Oi1alley's place, and mad
Preparations to sing, But the proprietor inter
Icsed. ''Mr. Hammond" SAID Arthur "yo'
I'd your company caa be excused. Ny place
rot rerted for holding prayer-meetings in.'
.sCar't wo sing one hymn here sir?
mo, sir" tirrlv, but respectfully. replied tn
-,ronrietor. II keep quiet place here, an
attend to my business. I want no noso here.
:rd. with this, he opened the door for the re
ri7alis!s to go out.
"You will please como up to the church thi
evening"" said hlr. Hammond, addressing tn
eu,ocn-keeper again, just as tue door was closin
lctvean them.
.T,.:t's business" rejoncd Arthur, givin
1,r. Hammond d suggestive twinkle Of the eye
as no shut The door to and went back to see tn
boys.
lIr Eamnonds effort scer1s to be to make .
te can reach profess "loye to Jesus and,
making this e.crea name familiar 10 SUCCESS. Il
IS meeting this nbundantly. 's Do you loT
Jcsus?' Have yju experienced change {
3eart:" and such like expressions, are heard 0
al sides; but they Genoral!y pass from boys
Ioys: and nre spoken in such Light as to ralt
E:-.e suspicion in the minds Of people who stan
s.cot from this business. There is grown
conviction that possible harm is to come OF q
1ii:a. The ,1nbelievins say OF these saloon ar
ss-eet-meeingH, "Nretched taste" lhey "ate t
Lief II repeating such incidents as the following
whicE gre actual occurrences here,
a :.dy of culture and hish-standing in Platt
e1l:c. Wis, remains here few days, while CO.
.cnplat:lg trip to California. She attends tv
or three Of these rovival-1neetings, and ths
wakes rp in her hotel. 3 religious maniac, q,
then wakes up tho wholo house with her frant
appeals.
young man. son Of prominent citizen her
atte1ds these meetings. and is now ''uncloth
oad ont of Ills right mind,' roaming tue cit
e,ll talking most iEcoherently, but never fall
70 n;she tho idea Of ''thcEo rovyal-moeting
prominent in I'll lis desultory strect-coru
Gatherings. But, in both OF these casea me
::oned. constitutional weakness Of mind is
zablehed, and those who think well Of tho !
~i7al-wora protest against thcso cases cei
--gcd against the religious revival.
THE EFFECT UroS CHILDREN
1ere-lane the most salutary, and yet some cae
can Earlty be relieved of tho ludicrous in the
Ma" said little girl, the other day; "may7
$50 and sec Humpty Dumpty'
''Oh!" replied Ler mother, "1m afrs
:oare not good chila!"
"Oh, ma! do let me CO." begged the lit
irEocent, IL will love Jesus il you'll let me
;:u3 zee 'Hunr;y Du1npty.'"
2us tho worst case which has yet developed
1!.ct of tho little boy who, on the third nie
5:.>er Ills conversion, bought one Of DR.. Hu
-7ocd's 25-ccnt books, paying for it with > CO.
,e-ieit 59-cant piece. After meeting, he treai
Lis cllnas with BWeatmeais with the genul
quarter lie had received in exchange.
yls1TAT1oS6 OF SMALLPOX.