, 1875-01-17
King David's Reception by
Orthodox Boston.
The Railroad Fight---Wendeil Phil.
lips, the Labor Question, aud
the Free Religionists.
The Spiritqatistlc Whirlwlnd--The Al
(antic Monthly and Its Re-
,r. cent Dinner.
The New Athenian Club.

Special correspondtnes to Thr chte&so Tribune.
BosTos, jan 13.-Chicago-who, whether sh.
knows it or not, is rathor celebrated in tha East
ern States for being nearly equal to the Oriental
in her polltenesa to her guests-1nay nov ope1
her eyes in wonder al Orthodox Boston's first at
tempt at entertaining King. By
ORTHODOX Boaroa
I mean that portion of it represented by th,
American Board Of Commissioners Of Foreig1
Missions, who immediately upon King Davd1
arrival at tho Hub, invited him into Beaco1
Hill parlor. and there, ~ the most appropriate
thing they could think Of to DO with tiret
trayalar, read to him an address, tho following
| extract from which will show its general spirit
and will ut once enable the polite Chicagoan t.
interpret my hint:
| Mf.y-hTe years ago, company Of missionaries
they found hare the annalx Of those esrly times viii
have told you. OF the changes which haTe taken place
s,nee their arrival you hsrs bsen a eye-xi.ness.
Doard felt authorized, many years ago, to an
no1nce to tho civilized world that tue HaTaus had
become Christian nation: Your alajeg:y Will remen.
June II. 1870, hy who is hero this evening, then
the representative Of Government yours
In 1875 said the Hon. Henry 4. Plercc. Ha.saans
were ignorant and debaael, though amisbs anu hos
pt1he, and Possessing greater intelligence than other
Polynesian races In 1870 We then advanced to q
hign degree Of Christian knowledge, general eauca-
ton, civilization, and material Prosperity Tho happy
result il due for the most part, undar God, to the
labora Of the American missionaries"
King DAVID
must be an smiable fellow, or NTH an amazing
amount Of taot; for he received all this showing
up Of bis ancestors barbarity with great o1aau-
nlmity, and responded in neat little speech q
thanks, which might or might not conceal a
different state Of feeling.
OF course, there is no depving tho facts which
the honorable Board presenta but it = new so
cial diapeusation when
THE ENTERTAINERS rwrT GUEST
with such family-facts as these, and make the
process vehicle OF communicating their own
vlrtuous efforts in bringing about better state
Of things. When, now and then, certain Bos-.
toniaus commit bumptious blunder like this,
certain other Boatonians, whose sense Of hu-
NOR, and of what ia due to Others has not been
quite e1tlnguished by the shadow OF the State
House, Immediately feel Like acknowledging in
3 bumper all the email sins Of which the Hub
socially stands accused. At 1eaat this latter
class at once recognizes and understands why
Boston has got herself 4uch bad name for brag
aud houuca, and that holier-than- -thou-atiyenesa
reputation in her attitude towards others.
We'll, 1he thing is dtne, and the King has goue
on his Eay,-rejoicing, I have no doubt to be
freed from all this solemn sightseeing OF mill
ponds, school-hou4es, and What not. The only
really lively piece Of entertainment which has
been furnished him n as by h1r. Arthur Cheney,
who invited him to his beautiful new Globe The
atrs to witness tho RI snch opara-boune. And,
apropos Of theatres, New England naper pro-
f.nely Says that, willis "Gothamites took Kali
.aaaua to see she Black Crook, the New Haven
fathers led him to Centre Church and told him
how they civilized his anceators." By this 1t ap-
pea1a that Boston was not quite alone in allusion
to family history. though the NewHavsners had
rather tha best right to that sort Of talk in view
Of the Centre Church.
Ths Hing made himself
VERY AaaEEARLE
wherever he met our people, either socishly or in
= sightseeing way A. all the parties aud racep-
tious, be proved himself 90 charming to the
feminine portion Of the guests that dark COM
Of appreciation with tbs fair Dostoniana and
not since ths Jubilee, when that hand
some little Johann Strauss WAS tesiaged By mill
ions Of women for an autograph, has one naan'a
name been written on 30 many autograph-hunt-
ara pages.
One Of the railroad kings in Massachusetts, is
setting all Boston aud Vicinity BY the ears, by an
attempt to coerca the patrons Of the road into
showing their tickets before they pass the gate
which bars the entrance to the platform-iuclos-
ers, and as that includes some Of the best-kaown
men in Boston. who live along the lins Of tins
road, there ts q
GENERAL INDIGNATION AND oUTcRY.
And, the other day. our ordesly city SAW a
demonstration by some Of these citizens, IN the
hn1r kn~4
various placards burlesquing this arbitrary order,
which asaas the integrity OF the ticket-hoIdera.
md at the 6ame time ipconveriances them to |
such IN extent that they often lose their train.
There is 30 much feeling and detel Animation not |
% be ruled in this despotic manner, that com. |
gentlemen, to consider the building OF another |
ranch road. Wendell Phillips, who, threo Or four
1ears ago, thandered forth his anathemas at this |
yrauuy Of railroad capitalists, in his labor |
peechcg, will doubtless make practical use Of |
Ills demonstration OF it in his next labor lee
ure or address.
And speaking Mr. Phillips brings up the Sun
lay-afternoon lectures at Horticultural Hail.
THE FREE RELIGIOUS couasE,-
q which Mr; Phillips 's to appear nskt month to
ion." It is little curious to see how the course
t events takes its Way. -Four or five Yeas ago,
2ldar eomebody-or-Other, representing the ex-
rene Orthodoxy, stood in the doorway when
16 tFe6-HeuEl0naE8 held their 1r6t meetings., |
nd distributed little tracts of warning as tha
udlenca passed out. A quick-witted Free Re
zionist matched this by distributing tracts Of
mother description to an Orthodox audience.
he lively war which ensued ended OF COURSE.
! the first aggressore going to the wall, and 80 |
no matter blew over. 1t ID funny to remember |
Il this, and then to mark how this Free Relig- |
ous Society has settled down into settled fact
the community, and numbered amongst it's
peakers. noH and then. distinguished gentle
len like hr, Phillips, who have no leaning OF
ire for Radicalism in theology. Afr. Phillips
alls himself Calvinlst. by the wav. aoa on oc-
asions. in private, iocosely terms the Free Re-
glonlsts Free 1rreig1onsts- When it Ia re-
,embered that these lectures are on Sunday
fternoons, it will be seon that the world moves
Putltanic Boston, where such stringent Sun
~ laws vera held ID force 80 few years zgo.
One OF the excitements now, in good many
rcles outside Of the ono to which it seems
oecially to belong, is
THE SPIRtTuALIsT1U WHIKLW1ED
the accredited Katie King fraud. |
II. Robert Dale Owens long, cizcumatan:iai
,couns OF this spiritual young woman. iu the |
Anuary Aadntic, and his positive faith in her as
sp.rit have given the matter vorl1-wide IN
rest, and everybody was on thu qui-vise wnou
Ee rumor rose that the whole thing was fsaud. |
be thorooghgoi believers in spiIitualiam hers
mt seem to be much disturbed in their faith |
What hss occurred. By nome. MIR. Owen 10
nsidered - premature in giving in his card |
that be had been deceived;