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WAS STUART MIL AN ATHEIST ?


Hitherto Seri6ner's Monthly has Ind an envia-
Bile reputation for fairness. It has been no.
body's organ. It might we'll havo borrowed the
North american .Recieso's motto, for it judged
Trojan and Tyrian alike. It should be matter
Of general regret Chat such magazine has pub
1iehed the review of John Stuart Mills autoti-
ography, which fills II dozen pages Of the March
number. This ro1,iew is d;singonuous- It's
heading, "Tho Autobiography Of an Atheist"
involves IN oqui7oc,ation, aud It's body boldly
asserts it. =:
John Stuart Mi1I was not IN Atheist,
His belief was patterned after TINT Of
his father. The elder Mills crcad is summed
up by his son in, the statement that he "yiolded
to the conviction that concerning tile origin Of
things nothing whatever can be known" In
his eyes, dogmatic Atheism WAS absurd. He was
as far from saying "Taere is no God" as he WAS
from declaring his belief in the Thirty nine
Articles. I'm Atheist is defined BY Webster to
be One who disbcloves OF denies tho existence
OF q God or supreme Intelligent being. James
Mill did not deny or affirm. His position Waa
that Of the astronomer 'wbo replies; when askedit
the nebular hypothesis is true: a. do not know"
Would it bo fair to set tho man down as disbe-
lever in the hypothesis because he returned
such m answor7 In clearing the father Of this
charge OF Atheism the son is cleared also, for his
faith was, as ne have said, that OF hia teacher
His philosophy differed from his fathers at g
later period, WREN he ceased to ignore the feel
ings, but his religion continued the same. What
possible right has the reviewer to Say that the
possible Immortality Of the departed whom ha
loved he held to bo absurd" that he aftc.: his
wife's death, "1elieoes and kao,cs TINT ale is
,pheTe?" The italics arc not OURS. Such state~
monts can bo supported only by garb1ing tie
dead philosophers words. Nowhere does h,
stigrnatizo immortality as absurd; nowhere does
ho assert belief in or knowledge Of the OK
tinction Of tho wife he loved 40 passiouatcly
There are minor faults in the article, such as
the sneer1 about Mills not condeBconding " to :
acknowledge obligations to tho Bib1o or to God,
his " trimming compromises between his faith
er's philosophy and his own, and his st timid and
uncertain shufling in his beliefs. Such criti~
cism Of euch MN is unworthy OF such mag
azine.
Tho latest testimony ae to 3fr. Mills views re-
specting Immortality ia ignored by the reviewer
and fatty contradicts bis position. We refer to
tho letter Of Moncure D. Conway, rho 1eporta,
on tho authority Of Prot. Cairnes, q conversation
Of the latter with h1r. 11ill shortly before his
death. According to this testimony, Mr. Mill
held that our experience can teach us nothing
respecting Life beyond the grave. We ha1e no
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One Of the great questions O. Biblical history
which has been discussed elaborately in all eoun-
tries il the exact location Of Mount Sinai. Tho
result Of this discussion has been that no less
than Ave, md perhaps more. distinct peaks have
been claimed as the original Mount Sinai At
1east two Of these have been represented az hav-
Ing plataaus capable Of affording room Tor the
assemblage Of many people. There has been
legs controversy as to the general location Of the
mountain, it being conceded to be one Of a we'll
known series Of hil1a in rugged and broken
district.
somo years ago, Dr.. CHARLES Beke, an emil
nent English traveller and geographer, who
had devoted years to the discovery Of
tho true Binai, published book called
'Monnt Sinai B Volcano" In this work
be established. or sought to establish, that
the 1srae1ites had crossed the Red Sea at point
different from the one previously assumed by all
writer's, and that Mount Sinai WAS not, as had
boen supposed, between the Red Sea and the
Gulf Of Akaba- In this book Dr. Beko traced
the journey of tho 1sraclites, and pointed out
that in thsir flight they were guided by the pillar
of fire by night and the cloud of smoke by day OF
Mount Sinni, then a volcano in active eruption.
Passing around this mountain, they placed the
pillar OF fire and cloud of smoke between them
snd their pu1suers. This book called forth sharp
criticisms, as containing an assault,upon the ac-
curacy Of the Bible, and as denial Of Gods per
sonal intervention in behalf OF the Israelites.
Though considerably advanced in years,-being
now IS years old,-Dr. Beke last year re-
solved to make another effort to discover tho
exact location OF tho Mount. He was
aided by various persons in Europe. The
Khedive OF Egypt furnished him with steamer.
Within few days the uewa has been received
that he has discovered the long-sought mountain.
In his book he had claimed that Sinai was now
extinct volcano situated on the west side Of the
Arabian Desert, and east Of the Gulf Of Akaba
and the Red Sea- Tho report is that the noun
tain has been identified, aud that it is near the
place DR.. Beke had indicated,-"a days journey
northeast Of the Village OF Akaba, i, GOO feet
aboyo tho level Of the sea-" The cable dispatch
which makes this announcement does not eaJ
whether it is an extinct volcano or not. How
ever that may be, DR.. Beko's succesa will be well
coined By all students, and 60 believer need bare
his faith weakened il tho substantial facts OF the
narrnti7e in Exodus are shown to be susceptible
OF proof from natural causes.
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isfy N evory respect Of detail the requirements
Of the practical fact Of cremation. Its adoption
rests mainly upon change in tho present views
Of a community This is, on any question, dif-
fcult to accomplish, and is not at present to te
looked for. It simply remains to AFFORD a
presentation Of the arguments upon which the
advocates Of cremation urge ita adoption, md
TO bring before tho public realizing sense Of
the possible dangers to which they are exposed.
and the manner in which they can be avoided.
With the ancient process OF cremation, prao-
uced with al tho pomp and parade of barbario
splendor, we have nothing to do; and no com
parisous OF it with the proposed systen should
be allowed to influence the Judgment To haye
advanced so greatly IA our knowledge Of Nature,
our ideas OF her processes havo become 80
refined and extended, that we can approach the
subjoct with an understanding which is adequate
to our wants. We 10 longer look upon diseases
Is the working Of an evil spirit,-We kno# that
the body which is laid away yRnishes and il for
gotten. We lay down our dead, shronding them
in mantle Of sorrow, follow them soon and
tho kindly sympathy, tho generous ambition,
that have SO often been entwined with our indi
viduaity which is left, Inger. aud through
them We hold communion with the memories
Of the dead- Feeling, sympathy, and the
emotions Of knship keep pace with tha
lapse OF time, as the thoughts run backward in
an inverse proportion, till distinction is lost in
obscurity, and our ancestry descends into tha
MASS Of humanity. What matters it to Us, then,
and to our individual dead d,-knowing as VIC d.
the final disposition Of tho corporeal body-hov
we return to the e1ements7 It is d question
which Affects our descendants, and the rcspon-
sibility rests with us whether we shall, by OPP
posing natural Inv, bequesth to them the in
heritance of disease and suffering, or, BY fol-
lowing the plain showing Of the facts and knowl-
edge which We possess, bring our life and death
into closer correspondence with their surround
inge, thus preserving that perfect order which is
established, and which We are bound to obey to
the full extent Of our knowledge and ability.
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We publish in another part OF to-daya paper
q sketch Of tho Sunday-Lecture Society which
has wrought such good work in London. It
will he seen that it's management involves no
great amount Of work, and that it's expenses are
comparatively small. Why cannot We have its
duplicate in Chicago?
We ask this question, mot only OF freo-thinkers
aud unorthoaox Christians, but Of all men who
have IN honest ueairo to SEQ the slower classes"
led up higher. These lectures can be deliv-
cred at such nn hour that they will not III
tcrfero With the regular church services,
30 that the argument based on such in
reference drops to tho ground. While
the lecturers must havo absolute free
speech, and will, therefore,, occasionally, per-
haps, combat tho beliefs sacred to some persons,
the latter can always reply. and in this way
reach an audience which they can never gather
into their churches. There aro two answers to
bo made to the alleged Dissertation Of the Sab
bath. In the fret place, thu day is supposed to
be set apart to do good, and no better way Of do.
ing good could bo devised. Could the Disciples
gather corn on Sundays to feed their bodies. and
sf1AIl ZIG sin il We gather food for our
minds on that day And, secondly, il
the objcctor believes that praying and
preaching from Dlblo texts arc the, only
allowable means Of doing good from midnight Of
Saturday to midnight Of Sunday, lot him candid
II say whether it is not better for man to so to
lecture thsn to & rutn-holo on Sunday after
noon. In England men Of every shade OF faith
have become members OF the London society.
Every Ehade Of faith has had hearing in st,
Georges Hall. 1t is not easy to e1aggcrate the.
Importance Of bringing the working classes face
to face: week aftor week, with the ablost attaina
Mill, or q Mrs. Fawcett On the stage, but We can
find mon and women enough to talk wisely and
we'll week after week If wa had had such :.
meeting place, much Of the bud feeling during
and after the panic might have been prevented.
4 few wiso words to tho workingmon who wero
hoodwinked by demagogues raving about Com
munisn would have done much good but there
WAS no way Of saying tho needed words to the
right men. We can reinforce tho ranks OF our
lecturers with others from the East and from
Europe. II such society were in existence
now, it could probably secnro the services Of
Mr. Proctor for lecture next Sunday afternoon.
All eminent Eaglshnen know OF the London
society; MI Of ihom would be ready to hslp such
an organization. here. One Of Mr, Proctors lee
lures would open o new world to the hundreds
of wozkinsmon who would crowd to henr him. :
Wren it would bo so easy to do good, will
nobody put his hand to the work? The Phiio-
aoptical Society has been to;ius with the ques-
ton for aomo weeks, but has apparently done
nothing. Arc there not ha!f-a~dozen men who
will meet, organize and appeal to q ready pub
lie TO sustain tho Chicago suuday-Lecture So
ciety?
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called; the light day." and that, therefore.
the day mentioned was period Of light,
sort Of self.luminous period, for there
was than no sun as got, and period
OF indefinite duration. Unfortunately for the
Interior, it's loop-hole Of escape ia blocked up
the darkness night, and the Bible includes the
night or the darkness in this word "day" by
saying: "And the evening and the morning
were the first day." The term cannot then
simply signify period Of Light. So the Interior
coutradicts itself fatty, and garbles the Bible
besides.
It is curious sketch that the Interiors young
man gives OF himself in tho last sentence OF the
extrnct wo have quoted It is easy to imag-
inc the scene. As he pens line about
tho ''Vegotine" nostrum for s1-20, his
thoughts revert to Genesis s,-protab1y because it
tells about the fall OF man. As he turns to the
first chapter and executes the mysterious mental
maneuvre ho calls " mounting that high tower,
tho word day." ho is recalled to sublunary
matters by the receipt Of IN advertisement from
mock k-jewelry firm. This gives him strength
to pen tAree-colunn editorial On tho fearful
he1csy Of one Of Chicago's bert clergymen in
thinking that perhaps few Of tue unorthodo1
will miss eternal damnation, or On tho fearful
impurity OF IN advertisement that silly lad
would like to know silly girl. Such person
only harms the religion he pretends to uphold.
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knowledge OF condition Of tho soul apart from
the body, hut On the other hand ne hare nothing
to negative such an existence. All ia POSI-
bi1ity,'' he added. We maintain that nothing
can be- found in Mr. Milla works inconsistent
with this reported conversation with Prot.
Tair1,ee
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~-~@ ~A@@ A~RAAAIsAAE0 ~ A-.-~-
cip1es OF pure morality into the community
where it is published to keep itself Tree from
the temptations and oontaminations Of the
world, and especially to warn the thoughtless OF
the danger Of yielding to the alluroments OF filthy
1ucfe. OF courBo, tho secular papers cannot take
60 high standard. They have nothing to do
with creed, sect or dogma, as right or wrong;
nothing to do with urging sinners to repent. 1t
would be unfair and unprofessional to do it, and
thus take tue bread out OF the mouths OF tho re-
heious press. The secular press has no other
end in view than to print news and look after
worldly interests. The religious press. on the
other hand, Inns no other end, or ehou1d
have none, than the promulgation OF
divine truth, looking for It's reward in q brighter
and better world, where tho secular papers are
not published, and religious editors are not
tempted to sell out their conscience for Decent
chromos, Northern Pacific bonds, vegetine, brass
jewclry, and quack medicines.
# it is important, then, that the secular press,
which hrs nothing to do with religions matters,
should be cleanly, and exercise arisid Censorship
on the Advertisements which come over its
counters late at night for insertion tho next
morning, how much more important is it that
tho great religious teachers, who have very fow
Advertisements to tempt them, and have whole
week to consider them, should keep themselves
cleanly and have their garments undeElod, aud
not allow themselves to disseminate seeds Of
error, nastiness, and imposture It has boan our
duty, and painful one, to examine the columns
Of tho religious newspapers in order to- SEQ
how far their practice corresponds with thcir
preaching. OF those which happen to be On our
table We hayc found threo or four whoBo col
umns aro substantially free from anything objec-
tionahlo. They nre the alliance, the Christian
Union, the New York Observer, and tho Evangelist
Turning to tho others, however, VIC find them to
be only whited sopulchres, full Of dead mems
bones, and dead womcn's, too. These hypocriti-
cal sheets, protesting to preach the pure doc
trines OF religion, and setting themselves up as
moral ccnsors, are the following: Tho Adrdnce,
tho interior, tho Christian Aduoca:e, and the In
dependent The relative cleanliness Of these pa-
pers is in the order in which they are named, the
Aduance being the least Objectionable Of the
four, and the Independent tho worst. In fact,
the latter is 80 bad that an agent Of lIr. Com
stock declared tue other day that certain ad-
yertisements in one OF its recent issues were
filthy enough to warrant the exclusion Of the
whole edition from the mails.
Under such circumstances, our advice::t to these
four unclean papers is to clean themselves be-
fore they preach to the secular press any longer.
Until they do so, they are quncks and public im-
posters, wearing the livery OF Heaven to servo
the devil in. Tho way for them to do it is plain.
We have indicated to them tho spots whero they
are uncleap. They havo nc. excuse hereafter for
remaining dirty and soiling the rostrum from
which they pretend to preach:
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Tho Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. na''
ing finally secured the right Of way into taa c.:'
has united with tho Illinois Central, tho Alcns.
gan Central, and the Chicago, Darlington :,
Quincy Railroad Companies IN the pFo]2e& '.
building magnificent passenger depot, to eoss
over million Of dollars, upon the 1ake t1on-
The Common Council haye refused to ac1 q,
the subject, and tho work Of providing toe osrs r..
for these four largo roadz mnst wait raEn ~. -.
Council decide to accept the moray and gre h'
rlit-c1aim decd.
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We are informed that Gov. BeveIld2e ms
cided to remove Mr. ". e. H7rror, the ee--.
Grain Inspector. Whether he reached this ~
cluaion from the first report said to hare ~
submitted by the Warehouse Commissioners ~.
not m.de public, or because he does NOS -s,.
with the view taken Of afr. Harpcrs 5psc4"
tons IN tho last report, is ilamateliaL
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heavy advertising BY Others there have undoubtedly
been eases Of cnEod In this city
h. nr =, kes 6u-o CcEo tha by other remedy
xyEtau Of treatment,
, 1874-03-01

MYERS ofERA-HOUsE- Monroe street, between
Doa7boso and State Arlington Cotton, and kenble's
@fast1ei., ,1iins1resy sud couicAutiea. Hamlet,
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ACADEMY OF aTusIc-H.lsted street, be:ween Mad
fson ard Mouroo. Enlargement Of tho Filth Avcuu
Theatrt Conpanv- ''Dfrptcp."
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Dubufo'e superb painting Of "Tno Protisa
Son will be on exhibition in the Exposition
Building Tuesday and Wednesday next, ana tn3
entire receipts for those two days will bo o.Siaso
among the following charitable institutions
Chicago Hospital for Women aud Children
Er1ing Tomen's Refuge; Chicago FounahnSs
Home Protestant Orphan AsIlrm 81. L1Ae1
Free Hospital; and this Catholic Orphan hs9-
lum. Those who have neglected to EleN '7s
work Of AT. naJ contribute to cha.tsJ ca 1css'
day and Wednesday, as well IS to their o"n e1'
inynent.
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TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.

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Parts oi <ear at the sEIuc rate.
TO r.esen. delay and mistakes be and ctve Post
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Eemittances 90 made either y dzatt, express Post
oEco crdcE, registered letter., At risk. 80
TERMS TO c1G1 SUBSCRIBERS.
Datls, delivered. Sunday excepted Is cent? PET week
Dzs, delivered. Sunday included 20 cents pcs week
Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
Corner ds.on aud Dearbora-sts-. Chicago. III.
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TomoRRows ADJUSTMENTS.
My1oKEE,s THEATRE Madison street, be:reen
Des!besn I'D State Engagement Of Edwin Booth.
OF d ,ss S a;saao sa
GsEk s1a isa!l- BsnsGt Of George Giodens' Th'
Mst
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Dearborn and State. Arlington, Cotton, and keEble's
Prince ct Bridgeport"
s593S c:H Kns .5s .5a
BUSINESS NOTICES.
Notwithstanding TIE TALL, BLOWING AND
heavy advertising by others. there have undoubtedly
been OF Cntarrh cured In this city
h3 'nr =, kes 6u-o Ccgo thaa by any other remedy
xyEtesu of tTeatanant.
U})e G}bsf;aDu Obi O2ibnnt.
Euudrv Morufnr March I. 1874.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-11
ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1874.

The Lynchburg News earnestly advises calm
ness and patience on the part OF the southern
people, and while it admits that the Whlte
pcople of the Southern States have been driven
to the verge of madness by all that they have
had to bear since the war, and 1t would DC
wonderful if their patience did not occasionally
become exhausted, and if their righteous ~
dipna,ion were not sometimes poured out up
on those who are constantly tnrmcntlng and
goading them, yet adds: The INSCRIPTIONS
leaders of Northern Republicausm are not oniy
ever on the alert for any indications which may
again consgn the South to its tender mcrcles
and to the pleasures Of military rule, but a.
WAYS actively at work toueutlug dlSscnaiouS
and stirriDg up strife. Every ocuthero Out
break Is hailed by them with j'y, as adding
another ii. k 10 the chain OF Radical power
Let the people OF the South, then, practice
discretion as the greatest AID to them most an
porrant of virtues; If We are prudent, ume viii
b,iLg us deIivrrance fr"m our troubles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-11

The semi official Provincial Correspondent
of Berlin, in an article oa the recent firing OF
the German guuboats by the Cari>ts, says that
the AlbatroSs having returned the Carlists' fire
that the royallsts fired on the guaboats, and
say they will recognize no combination of Ser
rano aud his accomplccs but will exact respect
for Spanish territory aud resist the bravado
with which the German Government has en-
dorSed the acton of the gunboats.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-11

The platform, of the Michigan State Demo
cratic Convention denouuces the Natl nal Gov
ernmeut for extravaganza, corruption, anu
usurpalion; demands au honest administration
of national fairs, The abandonment OF efforts
to rule the States for corrupt party purposes ny
the infamous alliance OF carpet-baggers, scala
ways, aud bayoncts; demands the punishment
Of official REGULATORS, the reservation OF the re.
maiuiug public domain for soldiers, sailors, and
actual settlers; repeal of the legal.tender act
not later than July t, 1876; free banking 90
specie basis; tariff for revenue; the payment
of the national debt in coin; denouuces the
management of the State finances; favors the
amendment of the State constitution so as to
allow the Legislature to regulate the liquor trat-
fic; and favors the regulation of corporations by
Legislative enactment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-11

Itappears that Judge Poland was not the
only politician who was violently shaken up
by the recent election 10 Vermont An cxam,
nation of the new Legislature reveals the fact
that it is composed almost entirely Of new men,
a great many Of whom are young, and who are
opposed to railroad iphncpce aud jobs of all
kinds. Indeed, SO independent and uncertain
are they in their political tendencies that the
friends Of Senator Edmunds are said to be apx-
ious lest they shall take it into their heads to
shclve him as they have Poland
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-11

Nothing was done yesterday by the Repub-
licau State Convention of South Caruliua, he
report of the Cvmmitlre Cd ClcdcntI,l, berry
sill! delayed 1t i, asserted that tn" real Dill.
fculy is the conflicting in,:i@ncs Of Chambrr-
uu aud Moses. Us the report ii Is stated. viii
be decisive one way or toe ot.c: The ste
T Uuirn has he'd II ,nc,.;l:g. AM al uvuuc
ed that II good uo:uinatun> are madr 10y ,hc
Convention it will support the caL.!:uAt,s, bu'
If ntherui> x:'I uou inat. nth.rs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-11

The Democratic Congressional Nominating
Convention for the Second district, of Mary
composed of the counties of Hartford, Cecil, Car
roll and Baltimore, Exclusive Of the First and
Thirteenth districts.) met yesterday at Towson.
town, and upon the 3U7th ballot nominated
G. B. Roberts, of Carroll county. Stevenson
Archer, of Hartford, the present incumbent
Geo. w. Cruikshauk Of Cecil; Chas B. Rob
erts, Of Carroll; Judge Grasou, Geo. II. Car
man. John Merryman, Capt James Hall and
Col. t. Sturgis Davis were before the Conven-
ton Mr. Roberts is lawyer Of Westminster,
Md, aged - years, Of fine ability and ire
proachabe character
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-11

a''''cn'g ,,.r i:rs'il,d Goa III. lat; q cnai,gc
O; + d. raj tliccr- - IN, :. u,t eru Stat,S, Tie
Rlc. m"n,: v hig SAYS: u; rhi> had l." II don,
lorg ago. the troubles aud ru,~aeeS for whi"h
tn" Sou,hern prop'c hav" been held RESPONSE
be would DOT have occurred. .5ul 1t adds :
Possibly II is designed to turn out all who are
not kuowu 10 be the uucouprom!sius iuStru.
nents ofextremc radicaliSm' Taeu, Heaven
heip the South
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-11

II is semi-othcialiy stated from Washington
that the recent action of the Treasury D part
ment with regard to the establishment of pre-
cautonary measures against yellow fever at
various ports is not intended to convey the m
preston that the disease exists anywhere along
The action of the Secretary of the Treasury is
for the purpose of preventing its introduction
by ships