National Republican., 1873-12-30

graphical limits enlarged. II Ns appeals for
more room arc not answered afyirma atively,
much Of its western trade will he attracted of
he road at this point, where II win always
Ind a hearty aud wide-swake welcome. This
4 hsir notice to the soious st Annapolis.
THERH can be no doubt that the tendency
Of modern scientific researches and experiments
Is strongly toward inHdelity, and perhaps to-
ward atheism. The developments Of the last
a century have produced wonderful
changes In the minds OF the religionisis OF
almost every denomination. Brigham Young
has always held that his book Of Mormon Is
equally the result Of divine inspiration with
the Bible. And now II Ia found that the great
scientists OF the age are giving utterance to
sentiments OF the most irrevercnt character,
and quite shocking TO the scnsibiiities OF the
religious world. Witness the following, i'm
putcd by the New York Herald 10 Drs. Carpen-
ter and Tyndsll on the occasion Of lecture by
the former At Lion IInl college, near London,
a short time since:
"Dr Carpenter took for his subject the Reign
Of Law q subject which has been largely DIS
cusscd from the Christian standpoint BY the Duke
Duke and his accom- modsiios theories, declaring,
to the smssstsent and alarm q lis sadienee, that
nature had never nsen ,n.sssa ~ snfy'sinf & s.b,
nles eollss,s Ard prayess never hsd i, innnsnesd
nor mankind, nor single Individual in the slight
est degree. A herce and prolonged discus.ion
followed, the clergy ynea loudly PROTESTING ssalsst
had not yct como. II wss Tyndsirs turn now:
non ~ j fisSslSs sss Ss;g !s.S history @ and
ys sSsYSsr q ~ really BY, pc:.sis tsss yos can Ss,s
anI ss' & &. q; :SsSy q 'n'' this
Thk bold question, 80 dogmaticslly pro-
pounded, was poser to the distinguished pre-
lates and representatives Of the clergy present,
apdthe only reply II elected was an immc-
diste adjournment. Is u possible that none OF
those present were sufficiently full In the faith
to be able to answer thIs query aiiirmatively'
II so, Il Is quite time that the Church should
amend her ritual, OF. purge her ministry Of all
such doubtcrs and towards As were there
present.
THK Macon (Gs.) Telegraph calls upon the
constituents Of Hon. Alexander II stephens, Of
that State, to demand his resignation N q
member Of the House, because Stephens Ia re-
ported TO have announced that he would 60
further than Charles Sumner In securing every
right to the negro" The authority for this
announcement may be doubted when IL Is
known that 1t 10 copied FROM the correspond
cuee of the Louisville Courisr- -yosrscl. But
IL is known that Mr.. stephens Is In favor Of
Welding to the .coiored people every right that
the States may accord 10 them. In other
words, he proposes to abrogate or ignore the
authority vested In Congress by the amend
ments to the Constitution to protect the newly
acquired rights Of our coiored citizens, and to
surrender them to the tender mercles Of the
States. This arrangement would be aceep.a-
BILE to the old States rights and secession
leaders, hut In assuming this position he for
feited much Of the claim to the respect which
has been 80 cordially yielded to him by loyal
men since his advent into Congress.
IP THERE u MAN Is the United States who
Is more earnestly opposed to illbusteriny ex-
pediiions for the relief OF the Cuban insurgents
than the Hon. Caleb Gushing, we are not aware
Of hi. existence. Yet the Richmond Dispa'eh,
the leedins organ of the hllibustering element
Of the South, eommeuds the President for ap-
pointing him TO succeed General sickles as
Minister to Spain. Such Ignorance 10 worthy
Of paper which Is hardly capable OF appre-
ciatiny home affairs intelligently. Now, let
the Di,paiel stop mesldling iu matters which
do not concern It's readers any more than the
affairs OF Virginia concern the readers OF Tn
NArroSM REPUBLICAN. Mr.. Cushing's sp.
point ment is as much a matter Of general
public interest as the late campaign in Virginia
was; hut, according to the rule prescribed by
the Dispoieh Itself, only those journals which
are printed In the immediate vicinity of hi'
residence should be- suffered to discuss II.
The veteran steamboat owner snd railway
and stock operator, Daniel Drew, who la,
been slarIningly III, Is reported convalescent
Thirty years ago Isaac Newton and Dsnie
Drew were the enterprising managers Of thu
old Peoples Line Of steamers on the Hudson
river, and Commodore Vanderbilt bore tn
same relation TO Que of the sound line o
steamers. Few OF the maguates OF Wal
street In those days dreamed that when up
wards OF three-score- e-and-trn Vanderbilt an,
Drew would he among the most powerh,
names At the stock board and upon tn
| street" In those times Newton was Bap
tist Drew a Methodist, aud Vanderbilt a
sailor. Newton died some hteen or twent,
years ago. The others cannot expect, In tn
natural course Of events, to much longer ex
ercl.e control of Affairs in Wall street,
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DEACON SMITH, Of the Cincinnati Gdssite
has disposed OF the Dsrwinisn theory Of tn
origin Of man by asking the question, &" wher
lid the monkeys come 'front.'" Thcreupoi
Hslstsad, Of the Commercial, submits ths
Smith shall lecture upon the question, omittin,
the monkey conundrum. Smith rcioips, say
ing that he Is 4 charitable person shd object
to leeturlng on the subject, "on The groun,
that. HE friends Dana and Hsls,esd' could no
stand u second shot OF that klnd, l" and declare
| that - person who believes that he had hi
origin In the monkey or the ape needs specia
and very gentle lcrwise he nigh
breed back;'' He adds that bc4s would be sorr.
to see young Danas and HslsieHds carried abou
Jy Italian orgau-gripders, for the smusemen
OF small boys whose parents develop upward.
Tally one for the Deacon
MACK" the irrepressible Il now editlni
the st, Louis Globe. Tired of the ordinar.
method Of obtaining news by journals no
lin " the Associated Press, he made sucl
arrangements Is 90 secure the dispstehs
Of that organization. Thereupoh the 81
1 Louis D,aocraf charged the immaculst,
"Mack" with righteousness. Those VIII
know him will MOI be surprised to learn that h
did not rest easy under this charge; bat II ar
pear to u prscticed eye that he really has tn
game a. we'll ne the name. Al any rate, b
makes au excellent paper-one OF the best 4
the Mississippi valley. aT a. 'af
VIZ mar VOW Loon back upon Christmas q
we do upon a,poli,iesl campaign ailer the elee
tion lras been held. The returns. are all IA
We Ind that the day was more generally oI
served than has been usual in this country
aud that. as usual, about one third Of IN
uaiion observed II by getting drunk, anothe
third by attending divine service, and the re
n,aining third by preserving an indehnabl
medium between the extremes Of mebriatio
and religion. Comparing the returns wit
those Of previous Christmas, we ind that ih
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