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The New York herald., 1873-08-25
FIRE In BELFAST, ME.

The Flames Famed Into Fury BY .
strong Galc-Nearly All tho Wharf
Buildings Destroyed-Estimated Loss
S5OO,OOO. .,u. -. ,s.,
A most destructive fire broke out here this
afternoon, at two O'Clock, the weather being dry
and a strong gale blowing from the north. II com,
menced in Dennett's saI loft, north OF r. Sibley 4
pros, wharf and spread with fearful raptdity
along the wharves, as far as Carter's shipyard
and marine railway, crossing Union street
and extending to High street, consuming
all the buildings In a southerlv course
"a far as the house OF f. K. Boyle on
High street, where the fire was stayed. Over LIS
buildings were destroyed, mostly OF wood. The
whole loss near as 1t can be estimated tonight,
is nearly $5Oo,OOo Excepting on the two steam
boat wharves, with q single exception, all the
prominent wharf buildings are burned. Among
the principal buildings destroyed are the stores OF
X sbley & SON, Pitcher a Gorham, j. W. Fred.
erick & Co., W. B. swan Co., Daniel Lane, the
Belfast foundry, W. Pitcher & Sons, five houses;
Carter H. Goes ship yard, with one or more yes
sells on the stocks; Mr. Cooper, lumber
ward: Matthews a Co., sash and bind
factory: G. r. Thornles, sail loft; d. w.
Over & Co.. marine railway In High street
the valuab,e house OF James Gilmore the Josiah
rareor uouse the Carter House, the rockingham
uo,se and the houses OF Messrs. L. w. Stephenson,
n w Over. Asa Faunce and L. X. Boyle were de.
s,roved At least one hundred and thirty families
are rendered homeless large number OF per-
sons removed their furniture, among them Mr.. W.
II. Burril, Mr.. T. Thorndike and many others on
Church street.
The New York herald., 1873-08-25
TRIPLE S HEE T.
New York, Monday, August IS, 1879.
THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY.
TO-Day's Contents of the
Herald

GENERAL GRANT UPON ACIESARISMl WHAT
THE HERALD DISCUSSION HAS ALREADY
ESTABLISHED ~ EDITORIAL LEADER
SIXTH PAGE.
THE PRESIDENT ON HIS DENOMINATION I
GALL DEPENDENT UPON THE WILL OF
THE PEOPLEp COLFAX'S FATE BUT
LER THINKS THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR
FEAR COMMIXTURE OF VIEWS UPON
ClESARISM-THIRD PAGE.
ADIEU TO EMSl THE KAISER AND THE NO
BIIITY AND THEIR FOLLOWERS DEPART
AND THE IMPERIAL SOMMER RESORT
FORTHWITH SINKS TO INSIGNIFICANCEl
LOUISE MUHLBACH'S FOURTH LETTER.
IN GERMAN, AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PAGE
THE MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOAT CALAMITY! CAP
TAIN CARRIERS vERSIONl FOURTEEN
DEAD ALREADY RECOvEREDl NAMES OF
THE INJURED-SIxTH PAGE.
NEWS DRIFTINGS FROM THE BEACH AT LONG
BRANCHl PRESIDENT GRANT TO ATTEND
THE MONMOUTH PARK RACES TU-MOR-
ROW. THE HOPS ON SATURDAY. A FROG
POLKA THAT GOLD DEFICIT-FIFTH PAGE.
SUMMER LIFE AT MALVERN, ENGLANDl OUT
OF SEASON AT SARATOGA, IN SEASON
AT THE ENGLISH SUMMER RESORT THE
JOURNEY FROM LONDON AND WATER
CURE SCENEs-FIFTH PAGE.
rROUvILLE THE CELEBRATED FRENCH
WATERING PLACE, AND ITS EEIGHBORS
ON THE COASTi ARCHITECTURE, ART
AND THE LAW OF INHERITANCE-FIFTH
PAGE.
. PORT DALH0USIE, IN THE NEW DOMINION ! A
REMINISCENCE OF MRS. LINCOLNl CANA
DIAN AND MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS
ITEMS FROM THE SUMMER RESORTS
FIFTH PAGE.
OEVOTION3 IN THE CITY, AT THE SEASIDE
AND AMONG THE MOUNTAINSl INTER
ESTING TOPICS DISCUSSED BY THE MIN
listers OF GRACE YESTERDAY MR..
BEECHER HEARD FROM-FoURTH PAGE
MUMBO JUMBO OUTDONEl THE SOULFUL
sPIRTUALIsTs IN THE AGONIES OF
HARMONY NO FIGHT WORTH RECORD.
ING-TENTH PAGE.
VIOLATIONS OF MORGUE LAWS IN PHILADEI.
PHIA CORONERS' OFFICE REyELA-
TIoNSl THE DEPUTY CORONER AND
MORGUE SUPERINTENDENT UNDER BALL
SELLING THOMAS MUNCE'S BODY
ELEVENTH PAGE.
THE NEWEST FORM OF SLAVERY HOW THE
RANKS OF THE ITALIAN MENDICANTs
ARE RECRUITED THE TREATMENT ON
THE VOYAGE AND IN AMERICA OF THE
YOUTHFUL IrALIANS-EIGHTH PAGE
THE GRAND COUNCIL OF THE EVANGELICAL
ALLIANCE, IN OCTOBER PROSPECTIVE
ACTIONi A BONE OF CONTENTION
EIGHTH PAGE.
DEFINITIONS OF AURICULAR CONFESSION
FROM THE LEADING ANGLICAN BISHOPS
ELEVENTH PAGE
FINANCIAL NEWS AND REFLECTIONSl I'M
PORTS AND EXPORTSl THE GOLD AND
STOCK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NO.
TICES-NNTH PAGE.
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there is nothing 10 fear from the encroach-
ments OF Capitalization. He thinks that an
attempted usurpation of permanency in the
government would cause the usurper to be
''swept away as if by whirlwind." But there
have been things that no whirlwind could
shake, and perhaps General Butler knows as
well as the best of us what these things are in
governments, civil or military. His English
illustration of the want, for many centuries,
of an attempt to seize the government is un-
happy, out of all parallel and, what is more,
inexact He thinks the people can give
power and resume it. This is well known
platform platitude but the war to which lie
points and the state of governmental powers
before and since emphatically falsify the
assertion, which, perhaps from long use, he
believes as verify. Mr.. Blair found himself
astonished when he viewed the question how
much the tendency to ''strong government
was being made desirable. He pointed to the
democratic party and to the farmers oranges
as q remedy. The democratic party may, it
is true. be resurrected by some cause at
present unforeseen, but the outlook in that
direction will appear brighter to the man who
keeps his mind eye fixed on Jefferson's times
rather than on our own. The. farmers oranges,
in the form Mr.. Blair sees them, would bring
us to that undesirable state where the political
movement is of class against class, instead
Of the healthy combat wherein parties Of all
classes speak and vote against parties similarly
composed Mr.. Whitelaw Reid confdes in
what he forcibly terms the ''hard, horse sense
of the President to guard us from the danger
we would avoid. He points to Messrs. Conk-
ling, Morton and Blaine as those most likely
to expect the succession, which, he agrees with
the HERALD, it will be entirely in the hands of
President Grant to devise We are glad to
see that the more the.question is agitated the
more. visible the patriotism of. the effort be-
comes which would arrest the tendency to
C@sarism before it is too late. In closing this
article we point once more to the Presidents
words on the ''all-importapt-ma idea They
are worth preserving
The New York herald., 1873-08-25
THE NEW HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, August "a, 1873

WASHINGTON, August "a, 1873.
Many Of the me.nbers Of the new Congress have
already drawn pay. The Clerk OF the House has
prepared list of those Use seats are uncontested
and who are entitled to salary without question.
Some interest Is already expressed mere concern
ing the organization of the House, Gentlemen
who have given the subject consideration Say there
seems TO be no contest with regard to the re-efec
ton OF Mr.. Blaine as Speaker, Mr.. MCPHERSON as
Clerk and Mr.. Buxton as Doorkeeper. 1t IS not
certain that Mr.. King will be candidate for re-
election as Postmaster. The most serious opposi-
ton will be against Mr.. Ordway for Sergeant-at-
Arms, arising from local causes In Washington; ;
but his friends nevertheless. assert that he will be
successful in his canvass
The New York herald., 1873-08-25

REBELLION OF TIE ONO CoLoEEp POLL
TIcANs. The administration whip, in the
hands of Colonel Bob Harlan, now the
special mail agent Of the government.
could not subdue the rebellious colored
folks at their Convention at Chillicothe,
Ohio. The plucky Colonel Bob, seeing
that his colored brethren gave signs of in
subordination TO the administration and re-
publican party tried to force resolution
upon the Convention endorsing'the party and
General Grant, but the Convention would not
have it. He did his duty to the administra-
ton, however, and showed that he was worthy
of his Office and the confidence reposed in
him, for he vociierated loudly and abused to
the top of his lungs the men Of his race then
in convention assembled. But it was ineffec-
tive The colored people of Ohio are not sat
ished with the republican party and the adj
mlnistration, and had the manliness to refuse
saying they were, even under the parry whip
IN the hands of Colonel ~ Hsl.an
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A BLAZE IN WILLIAMSBURG.

A Row OF Five Frame Buildings In
Grant street on Fire Last Night.
At about eleven O'Clock last night fire occurred
in the two-story frame building No. 1913 Grand
street, Williamsburg, occupied by Mr. Goldstein as
clothing store The fire spread rapidly
extending to No. 1876, occupied by Adam
No. 1874, occupied by Mr.. Brainerd as q
gentlemen's furnishing store; thence TO NO. W.
lier. dealer in furs aud hats; thence TO the lu-
minating oil store OF H. G. Vaughan. me origin OF
the fire was not ascertaned. Az one o,clock WIS
morning the flames were still raging, anu tnc.c
was very little hope of saving the niock, .p w
midnight the only buildings DESTROYED were tnose
owned by s. Tuttle SON. lney were sn,, MAJ ,,r ~ ',o
structures of comparatively little value. Thc entire
loss will not probably exceed S2o,ooo.
The New York herald., 1873-08-25
NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY AUGUST 2s l87s1RlrLE SHEET

considered simply ridiculous The earth can
no more exist or move without Hk, ever watch
fm care than our bodies can move without the
consent and the impulses of the will. The
doctrine of election or reprobation received a
share OF Mr.. Harris attention ALSO He pro-
nounced it contradiction and wholly impos-
sible for God to decree one lot of beings to be
saved beforehand and another lot to be
damned. eff that is the God 1 am to wor-
ship" said the preacher, slet me be a Jew
again." And who would not rather be Jew,
or, indeed, pagan, than the worshipper of
such God?
Rev. Mr.. Miller in the Murray Hill Presby-
terian church, exalted the faithfulness and
power of God to keep the believer, and re-
marked that, ''If we belong to the kingdom
of the Redeemer, we may stumble but we
will not fall. We shall rise again through
faith" And faith in the Lord Jusus Christ
and the power of God is that which can and
will keep us; and this faith is the gift of
God freely impaired unto all who seek it
Alright.
The Rev. Father Flynn, in st. Stephens
Catholic church, pointed out to his hearers
the signs by which they might show whether
they loved the Lord or not eff we really love
God we will do our utmost to please Him"
and to obey His holy law. And in loving Him
''we give our hearts affections to an infinitely
perfect being" The claims of God upon our
love and obedience, based upon our creation
and redemption by Him, were forcibly pre-
sented by the preacher, and the opportunities
that we have for manifesting our love, and the
beauty and symmetry which it will impart to
our moral characters, were also set forth.
While it will compel us to hate sin it
will enable Ms to love the sinner, to bind up
the wounds of the af1ictedAsnd to spmpathize
with him in his troubles and misfortune In
short, love to God will beget love to our neigh
Dor also, and on these two loves hang all the
law and the prophets.
The Catholics Of Greenpoint laid the cor
ner stone Of a new church yesterday, and were
briefly addressed by Bishop Loughlin.
Rev. William Lawrence, of Patchogue, L.
l., tells us the difference between enthusiasts
and men of earnest faith and ZEAL ''No Chris
tian man who pursues the path that God has
marked out for him can be an enthusiast, be-
cause he uses appropriate means to gain
worthy and attainable object; whereas all who
do not yield to Gods mode Of obtaining for
giveness of sin, and who put forth no earnest
effort to reach heaven, are open to the charge
of being enthusiasts. This is certainly turn
ing the tables altogether, but we think Mr.
Lawrence has pushed his point little too far
Enthusiasm" he tells us, sis not to be meas
ured by the quantity Of its fervor, but by its
quality. A man may properly be called an
enthusiast who lifts anything out of its proper
sphere of worth and pays it the service which
his own fancy alone has made it merit" But
sit is not possible to lift religion out of its
position" and hence we infer no man who is
truly religious can be truly an enthusiast also.
Is this true or is it not
The New York herald., 1873-08-25

The bracing blasts of yesterday tended to
fill the churches, and very fair vacation
time audiences might be found in all the
sanctuaries that were open. In the Tabernacle
Baptist church Rev. Wayland Hoyt preached
to q crowded house on the complete
ness of Christian character in Jesus Christ.
In Him and by Him the soul Of the sinner
finds its glory and its redemption, and
hence our hearts should render to Him perfect
Hoyt intimated, might be able to live up to
his professions and to his duty, yet when
Christ standeth by the regenerated soul God
the Father can find no flaw in its character,
for we are complete in Him.
Rev. Mr. Quint occupied Plymouth pulpit
yesterday, and, evidently profting by our
structures of his last Sabbath effort, he
preached sermon which has much more Of
the marrow of the Gospel in it than that.
Christian obedience was his theme-a
most excellent one for any pulpit. It
is duty as thoroughly enforced in
the Scriptures as any duty can be,
and yet it is perhaps as much neg
lected by Christians as any other. 1t is by
obedience that we first become children Of
God The idea Of obedience involves the idea
of law, and Christ is the end of the law.
Hence man who lives in disobedience to the
law of God lives under the wrath of God.
But while obedience is thus made neces-
sary it must be rendered heartily as unto God,
and not for any pleasure of our own. 1t must
be an obedience that takes up the cross daily,
and none other can stand the test of tempta-
ton.
While this sermon was being delivered in
his own pulpit Mr. Beecher was preaching to
country congregation among the White
Mountains of New Hampshire. His church
was improvised in the parlors of hotel,
which were packed with people, to whom
the Plymouth pastor preached an eminently
practical sermon on the fruits of the Spirit as
they are developed in the believing soul.
The process of growth and development of
these fruits--love, joy, peace, &c.-was amply
and plainly illustrated by a variety of
metaphors. One fruit is the development of
another and hence love begets joy, and when
JOY becomes perfect peace is the result. Camp
meeting Christianity Mr. Beecher character
lied as hot house religion. But it is not suffi-
cient What men want is "a religion that will
hold oil the year round in every place and un-
der all circumstances. ''Religion," said Mr..
Beecher, s's Gods hotel table, where the
guests call for what their particular inclina-,
ton suggests" He does not see true unity in
the Catholic Church, nor indeed in any
Church where these fruits of the Spirit do not
grow and ripen. An infdel, in the true sense
of the word, he considers an impossibilty,
and so do we.
Rev. Mr. Harris, in the Alanson Methodist
Episcopal church, presented very simple
and logical view of the doctrine OF the omni-
presence of God, and secuted the idea that
law is something separate and apart from
mind. The theory that God made the uni
verse and then left ii ~ take care Of itself he
The New York herald., 1873-08-25

almost sure to encounter in every new circle
group of workers who give her warm well
come and speedily persuade her to forget
the pangs she suffered in separating from old
associations. II it be man he is often able
to take leading position at once, the ordeal,
which he has passed through giving him q
publicity as of one who has been prosecuted
and spoken all manner of evil against falsely
for the Kingdom of Heavens sake. Thus
good deal of work falls into the hands of the
religious coquet which probably no one else
could perform SO readily or so well, since he
is stimulated by the fact that the eyes Of all
with whom he has broken are upon him, not
less than the eyes of all those with whom he
has just pledged faith. But when we come
to dissect the conscience of the class of vacil-
lators of whom we have been speaking we
confess to being considerably in the dark.
Analyze as you will, you cannot discover
their hidden nature. Like the ways of the
Almighty, it is past finding out
The New York herald., 1873-08-25
LEeAcIEs OF A PHILAHTHRoPIc LADY.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, August ~ 1873.
Mrs. Sarah F. Wright, Of this CITY, VINO oied last
week, left $4,000 to the Home Missionary society
and s5 900 each to five philantnropic institutions
a
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The Livingstone Relief Expedition.


The latest tidings from the Livingstone Re-
lief Expedition, under Lieutenant Cameron,
are not very encouraging, After the return of
the HERALD Expedition the Royal Geographical
Society, emboldened by its success, sent out
Lieutenant Cameron, with an effective force
and abundant supplies, to reinforce the old and
iron-hearted traveller. Cameron and his party
arrived at Zanzibar on the 18th of January.
1t was of the highest moment that they should
have at once pushed inland, crossed the swamp
belt near the coast and planted their camp on
the high plateau before the rainy season set
in. Delay after delay was allowed to retard
their advance, and not till May last did they
get fairly under way. 1t now appears that
Cameron has taken q more southerly route
than that pursued by the HERALD Expedition
under Mr.. Stanley and the event has proved
unpropitious. The canebrake and long sword
grass, through which the line Of march has
necessarily been cut, have been almost i'm
passable, and rendered taking correct OBJ
servations and bearings almost impossible.
The letters last received give Cameron's i'm
pItoSlOuS VI tuo ILdSI hlTiCtsu uhUlNoS, WulCu
agree with those of the HERALD Commissioner,
and convey the idea of ''men far better off
than the majority Of English laborers." Their
huts are well built, they have abundance to
eat, indulging in the use of tobacco and other
luxuries, and in the interior enjoying the
charms and profits of the pastoral life
The reports which had last reached Zanzi-
bar represent the military power Of Mirambo
as waning but still defiant and likely to offer
resistance to the advancing relief party, as it
nears Unyanyembe and Ujiji. The party under
Lieutenant Cameron goes with orders to make
their way to Livingstone wherever he may be
found and, on finding him, to place itself,
with all its resources, entirely at the Doctor
disposal, for further geographical exploration
or for any service he may assign to it. Thus
going it will, doubtless, render valuable aid to
the great geographer, and enable him to settle
many obscure points which his solitary re-
search has found impossible for him to clear
up. Livingstone's fame and labors are the
property of the whole world, and any ex-
peditionary force sent to succor him will
command the good wishes and sympathy of
the whole civilized world.
The New York herald., 1873-08-25
YACHTING NOTES.

The following passed whltestone yesterday
Yacht Clio, N.Y.Y.C., Mr.. Thomas b. Astcn, IRON
Newport Tor New York.
Yacht Rambler, N.YY.C., Mr. w. II. Thomas,
from Newport for New York.
The New York herald., 1873-08-25
A vrTTODIsT CAMP MEETING.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, August "a, 1873.
A, the Methodist camp meeting at Hanvie to-
dav ahout : 600 people we're present. The meeting
closes on "wednesday nexs
The New York herald., 1873-08-25

Union SQUARE THEATRE Union square, near
roadway-fUY IN A FoG-OLD Pills BIRTHDAY.
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ADJUSTMENTS. THIS EVENING.

THEATRE CoMIQUE, No. 5l4 Broadway.-vARIErr
ENTkRTAINMENf.
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if the critics are more adverse to him
than those who listened to his words. Our
opinion of his republicanism and patriotism
will not allow us to give his words any more
significance than they present at first sight.
Side by side with it our correspondent places
General Grants part in conversation which
took place when Mr.. Johnson was Presi-
dent. They show that if President Grant
should be hereafter induced to continue in
Office he would not have the excuse of believing
that the country salvation depended upon it.
The latter, we doubt not, will be the reason
adduced by those poisonous fattefers whose
coarse natures will not see its absurdity or even
its impropriety. Toned down, it would be the
keynote of the moneyed interests. the monopo-
lists and the unblushing office-holders Here
is what General Grant said, and what, we have
no doubt, is in President Grant mind when he
hears the honeyed Words of the bolder syco-
plants exalt his virtues and his importance to
the nation now and forever: -"When an officer
thought success depended upon his existence
army discipline required that such an officer
should be disabused of his conceit And
when hear politicians prate about what can
the party do without them l say to myself,
What will the poor country do when that man
dles? 1t seems to me such notions are incon-
sstent with our form of government, where no
man has absolute authority and all are
dependent upon the will of the people. These
sentiments are worthy of man who oloved his
country too we'll to further, in his own interest
or that of any set of men, state of things lead
ing to the overthrow Of his country's liberties
These words of his will ennoble his memory
long after he has passed away if he but act up
to them through the hard press of temptations
which beset him in the exalted position he SO
deservedly holds. General Butler characteris-
ticallv places himself among those who believe
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-16
Concernin~ dine HentI,er.

The Monthly Weather ReUie3r, issued by
the L. 5. Signal Office, contains the follow
ing items: Twelve well defined storms
traversed the territory of the United States
during the month of November. The
most violent of these, had its origin in
Northern Georgia, on the 10Th, advancing
rapidly to Wilmington, y. c., and thence
along the Atlantic coast to the delta of the
st. Lawrence river. The path of this
storm was marked by extreme barometic
depression, and heavy rain and snow, while
the wind reached a velocity of from 40 to
go miles an hour. The November temper
ature has been much lower than usual in
New England; and generally lower over
the whole country east of the Rocky Noun
tains. The variation from the mean
monthly temperature of this month for
many years; in the Ohio Valley and Ten
nessee, has been very little-1:2' below.
The Photo-lithographic map giving areas
Of rainfall, shows deficiency, as compared
with the mean amount for November, in
the lower Missouri and upper Mississippi
Valleys, and the Lake regions; an excess
in Tennessee, Texas and New England.