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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11
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Special to the Star.
SPRINGFIELD, O., June 1.-THE inau.
guration OF Prof. j. B. Helwig as Presi.
dent of Wittenberg College took place
last evening, and that of H. L. Wiles,
ESQ.,, as Chairman of the Board OF
Trustees. DR.. Sprecher has resigned,
after twenty-five years Of service. The
Directors OF the College have decided to
admit persons irrespective of sex or
color. The degree OF LED. was last
evening conferred on Hon. VIM. Law
renee, Of Ohio, and President Tappan, of
Kenyon College. The degree oil A. M.
was conferred on sixteen members of
the. class Of 1879; also ON Rev. l.. NJ.
Kuhns, Of Canton, Ohio.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11

cow, the Russian geologist having dis
covered the existence OF local devia.
tion to the Extraordinary amount oil
nineteen seconds, within a very short
distance of that metropolis. 1t appears
that at Moscow the plumb-line Is found
to deviate eight seconds from the sphe.
roidical perpendicular toward the north.
At twenty Russian versts, or thirteen
English miles, to the northward of Mos
COW, this deviation ceases. 1t does so,
also, at eight miles to the south Of the
city; but on going farther south, 1t re.
commences in a contrary direction. and,
at twenty-five versts to the south of the
city, is converted into southren de.
Walton Of eleven seconds. Proceeding
from Moscow in either. an easterly OF
westerly direction, similar phenomena
are observed. AS there is nothing that
can properly be called a mountain In the
neighboorhood Of Moscow, it is sup.
posed that there exists beneath that
city enormous cavities, occupied by air,
or perhaps by water; or that strata ol
some substance Of very weak specific
gravity exist there; or that there ex.
tends over the whole Of the country
surrounding 1t general loose, uncon.
solidated mass of geological material to
depth hopelessly beyond what human
labor can expect to penetrate.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11

VIsit Of Troy Ofictats-Appetntnse =.
special to the star
COLUMBUS, o., June 1.-THE Mayor
and Council, and municipal officers, oil
Troy, Ohio. were here yesterday. They
came to inspect the Columbus Fire De-
partment, for which every facility was
offered them by the Columbus OH .ials.
Mr.. Geo. w. Boyce has been appointed
Trustee of Miami University, by Gov
rOr Allen. !.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11

AS to churches in the cotton country
the oolored people are mostly either
Methodists or Baptists, and they have
| their own churches and pre- achers OF
their own color. The meeting is curl
osity. The preacher Is almost always
so lar Illiterate that he often uses large
words in wrong sense; but he freely
denounoes the sins of the congregation.
Then come screams, violent contortions,
jumping, dancing and shOuting-not
more violent and ghastly than l have
seen in Western camp-meetings among
white people in my younger days, l
must own. You hear it commonly said
| that the preachers are not good men and
| do not live. up to their CALLING, but
doubt it. They are politicians, as preach
| ers, lawyers and doctors are usually
| among white men. But even though the
form which Christianity takes among
| these people is repugnant to my colder
nature 1 found no upright, thoughtful
planter who did not acknowledge that
the Church is a restraining influence
upon them, and in one case where put
the question the planter told me that he
had noticed that almost all the crime,
lawsuits and troubles generally in his
parish which came before the courts
originated on those plantations where
there was no meeting house. Gas for
me-" he said, 81, think it an economy to
support both church and Sunday.school
among the colored people on my planta-
tion." In Southern Louisiana large
part Of the colored population are Cath
olics and have not separate churches. A
Protestant, as l am, is put to shame
when he compares the course Of the
course of the Catholic Church towards
its members, the equality it insists on
within the Church between different
races and conditions with the careless
| and, as it seems to me, un-Christian dis
tinotions made In Protestant churches
Why should not the white planter ant
his family worship God on Sunday In Q
church to which his !abOrers anu ten.
ants should also be invited? The Chris.
tian Church ought to be the most pow.
erful instrument for removing preju.
dices, for raising the lowly and train.
ing the weak and ignorant. The Roman
Catholic Church has, in my view, many
serious faults; but it has one great glory
lit brings together, within its commu-
Mon here in the South, and suppose
everywhere, all its members, regardless
Of condition, color or face, as a univer.
sal brotherhood before God. Those Pro-
testants who sincerely desire the ele.
vation Of the colo red people ought to see
| to it that distinctions within the Church
are removed, and that white and black
shall be called on Sunday to the same
Sunday school and the same Church
service.-Cor. New York Herald.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11
She Takes Time to Consider.

Z: OTTAWA, ONT, June 11.-No official
reply has been received from the Impe-
rial Government to the appeal of the
Dominion against the 1ntraction of the
clause OF the Washington Treaty re-
and otherwise into the United States.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11
NEW YORK NEWS.
SUICIDE OF AN EDITOR.

NEW YORK, June 11.-Arthur Dyer,
aged twenty-six, lately an editor en-
ployed on the Financier newspaper,
suicided at his residence yesterday
morning by shooting himself through the
head with pistol. e
IS THIS THE MAN?
A. man named Stutpe, the supposed
burglar who shot Aaron Sohute, has been
arrested at Sheepshead bay, Long Island.
Spots of blood were found on his vest,
and he answers the description given by
Mrs. Schultz. He was brought to Brook
lyn and locked up. Schute's condition
remains unchanged, but 1t is now
thought he may recover.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11

Josh Billings gives the following ad.
is but dream tread ON his toes and
wake him up. Lite is real, hfe is earn
est' II he is poet, subscribe to GET
rid of him, and have him deposited In the
far West with gun and ammunition,
and blanket for sole covering; be will
know very soon whether life Is . dream
or not" ~
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11

LONDON, ONT, June 1.--As several
men were employed in repairing sewer,
The earth caved In, burying three men.
Zone had leg broken, another leg and
AN arm fractured, and the third was
tound to be dead. An inquest is now
being held. >l
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11
IN KENTUCKY.

ELIZABETH, KY, June 11.-A disas-
trous ire occurred here yesterday, de-
stroying fourteen houses, and lasting
i've hours. Among the buildings burned
were the Express office, stores of S.
Strauss, Joplin & Cordrey, and CT.
Spence: Total loss 10 aoo ABOUT $4,000 In IN,
family were obliged to jump from Sec
ond-story window, and were all seriously
injured.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11
rs THIS THE MAN?
LOSSES By FIRE.
AT LONDON, ONTARIO.

LONDON, ONT, June 1.-THE baker
shop of Mr.. Hammond, together with q
dwelling house adjoining, owned by Mr..
Ferguson, were destroyed by fire yester-
day. The loss is partially covered by
insurance.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11

COLUMBUS, o., June 1.-THE finest
game Of baseball ever played here took
place yesterday, resulting as follows: !:
Milfords A, Buckeyes 8.
ST. LOUIS, June 11.-Base-ball yester-
day: New York Mutuals IS, st. Louis
Red Stockings 4.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21
Echoes OF the Religious Press.

The religious papers this week traverse a
great variety of topics, but none Of them in a
very brilliant or lively style. The election Of
DR.. DeKoven to the bishoprio of Illinois is
considered by the Examiner and Chronicle as
an ecclesiastical slap in the face by that do
cese to the General Convention. 1t is anxious
to know what the result will be should he
accept and his election not be indorsed by the
bishops and the standing committees of the
whole Church. Will Illinois take him whether
or no? If so a rupture must be the inevitable
consequence. The Church Journal, while
calling attention briefly to certain illegalties
in the election of DIR. DeKoven, does not re-
greet that the issue is fairly and squarely made
between Illinois and the whole Protestant Epis-
copal Church by this election. 1t is a
question Of doctrine avowed. maintained d.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

The TERMS of the new compromise pro-
posed by the Louisiana conservatives are
fully stated in our Washington dispatches.
They certainly concede great deal to the re-
publicans. Kellogg is to be accepted as Gov
ernor, and even recognition Of the
Wilt organization is not insisted upon
as q basis But the conservatives do not
recognize the right or legality OF the recent
military interference with the Legislature,
and this, we apprehend will make the COM
promise unwelcome at the White House.
But the general opinion appears to be in
favor OF it's adoption.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21
Pulpit Topics To-day.

The topics to be considered by our city
pastors to-day are more than usually re-
ligious. A few are controversial and one or
two arc social or political. In the religious
line Mr.. Phelps leads off with sermon on
heaven, to which Mr. Kennard adds our
names written there, which help to constitute
the glory of the Church militant and tri-
umphant and these comprise the white-robed
multitude before the throne, about whom DR..
Bowling will speak. The Gospel Feast will
be spread by Mr.. Macarthur, and all will be
invited to it. The advantages of church
membership will be set forth by Mr..
Hawthorne, and DR.. Moran will indicate
the religious work of to-day and point out the
incentives to Christian labor. And in the
same line Mr. Corbit will demonstrate the
folly of indecsion in religious matters as well
as show how the sorrowful may sing for joy.
Mr.. Kirkus will indicate the true Christian
compromise, probably with reference to threat
ened troubles in the Protestant Episcopal
Church. And while DIR. Thompson is setting
forth the uses of temptation Mr.. Ager will
set forth the uses of great men. The indict-
ment against Christ will be considered by Mr..
Hepworth. and the beast and false prophet of
the Apocalypse will be sketchcd by MIR. Terry,
while Mr.. Andrews will show how God has
restored the worship of the one Catholic
Church to his communion.
Among the controversial social and political
topics to be discussed to-day in our pulpits
we find Dr. Talmage having given Messrs.
Nye, Pullman and Sweetser chance to refute
his biblical arguments against the doctrine of
Universalism, which these preachers will dis
cuss with him, returning to-day to attack
Unitarianism and to show its contrariety to
the Bible. MIR. Macarthur will tell his people
how the Gospel was introduced into Europe;
Mr.. Boardman will give some instruction in
household government, and MIR. Alger will
draw lessons for Americans from the life and
character of Washington, whose birthday an
nversary will be observed throughout the
land tomorrow. His life and character seem
now to be wholly ignored by political leaders
and Office holders, and it is we'll at least once
q year to burnish them and set them up in
the light Of the nation, to be seen and admired
of all men. And this is what Mr.. Alger pro-
poses to do.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

Tended. and the Journal very. pertinenty ASKS,
Can the Church afford to stultify herself 70
her own children and the community by
granting the request of the Diocese Of Illinois
and accepting DR.. DeKoven? The same ques-
ton is asked of the bishops, and the Journal
thinks there never was so solemn an issue
laid before the Church, for on it's decision
rests the future well being, not Of the Church
In Illinois, but of the Church in this whole
land for years to come The Methodist says
these are bad times for bishops What with
elections and refusals of Office, curtailment Of
authority and abuse or want of proper respect,
there is abundant evidence that the secular
mind has outgrown the ancient reverence for
Episcopacy. Even Methodist bishops, who
lack the pretensions of others, are not free
from these signs of sighting, and it is now
seriously proposed either to do away with
them altogether in making conference APP
pointments or to give them one vote con-
jointly with the elders Church and State
puts the Episcopal theories or pretensions
OF its Church in as strong a light as
possible, that the contrast between hy-
PO'ucooS duu iuCCS Iluy DeCOuo luOio
striking. If it be true that, as taught. the
bishops are the successors of the apostles
and have the power of impartng the Holy
Spirit, &C., is it not strange that upon their own
theory clergymen should be found so ready to
decline this high Office, as if it were nothing
more than that of school visitor The very
refusal seems to Church and State strong
evidence Of the falseness OF the theory; and,
taken together with the fact that so many
large denominations get along grandly with
out bishops or with bishops Of very moderate
pretensions, outsiders will be very likely to
determine how far the Episcopacy will be Of
any use to them, and insiders will judge how
far they can be of use to it. The Inblet has q
little tilt with the Observer on the question of
Papal dissolution of allegiance. The Tablet
insists that if the State requires a Catholic
to do his duty the Pope has no right to ask
him to do another thing or the opposite. And
thus it goes.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

When Irving completed his "Life of Wash
tation of the Father of his Country had been
perpetuated in fitting literary monument.
Amid all the impulse and recklessness of
American life-amid all that superficial jocu-
larity which 80 abounds in this country
there Is reverence for the rare unison Of vir-
tues in that character, and it was proper that
the national venerstion should be embalmed
in SO eloquent an expression. The United
States is a nation of people who have an in
tense appreciation of wit and humor. One of
our faults is that we sometimes jest too much
and treat things of gravity and import with
fiippancy. steamboat explosion becomes
the basis of our. repartees and q railroad col
lision quickens the impulse to je,t1 despra.
There is no grace or charm about this
it is merely the rank efjiorescence
Of keen perception and high ami
NAL spirits. 1t sometimes seems as if
amid such profuseness of humor no room
was lett for respect or veneration. 1t some
times seems as though time-honored tradi-
tons were on the eve of being elbowed from
the standing room they have so long occu-
pied, and institutions to which former age
looked up with generation were being Slapped
by the slow process of our modern cynicism.
The annual recurrence Of day OF commem-
Grafton like that of tomorrow is a very
healthy stay and support to this hippant dis
integrating process One Of the most gracious
characteristics q country can possess is that of
contemplating with respect which blends
into awe the heroes OF the past. The charac-
ter of Washington Is the grand central
character in the history Of our country
which permits-nay, which necessitates Just
such feeling as this. His single-hearted-
ness was SO removed from the venalty
and selfish ambition of modern leaders
that, IN all the one hundred years
of our existence as a nation, we discover
no greener record on which the tired eye may
repose His character, indeed, lacked several
of those lighter graces which are more at
home in the court than in the camp. He was
born and bred and had his whole development
in times which called for the sterner virtues.
and he gave the age all that it needed in this
respect. He, more than any man who lived
before or who has lived since, carried Amer
lea in his brain, and the country owes it's
dignity to the rich shadow he casts over it
from the sunset of distant years. He had no
time to cultivate those accomplishments which
amuse and dazzle. He could save nation,
but could not talk in epigrarns could rule a
people, but not glitter in the drawing room.
He is one of the very few great men in our
history whose dignity has survived unscathed
by that relentless humor with which we too
often travesty the regulations of the great.
The anniversary of his birthday is, therefore,
valuable, if tor no other reason than that it
reminds us of great and good example in q
way we cannot forget
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

The TUNNEL on the Erie Railway, near
Jersey City, is well known to many thousands
of our citizens, and the accident which oc-
Cured there yesterday will therefore receive I'M
usual attention. A collision of the kind should
be made impossible by better regulations.
Safety on the Erie line in the vicinity OF New
York ought to be guaranteed to the persons
living in the towns along the road whose
business calls them daily to this city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21
Thur,ow Weed on the Third Term.

ThurIow Weed on the Third Term.
Caesar, who was q prediction when the
HERALD announced his certain entry into
American politics, has now become a reality
and our sensation" which was ridiculed at
the time, is painfully felt by the republic
can party. But We did not create Caesar we
simply discovered him, and now his existence
is admitted That distinguished republican
politician Thurlow Weed, in his letter in the
Tribune of yesterday, says :-"When the press
began to agtate about a third term, few, if
any (sic), supposed that such an idea was seri-
ously entertained But Mr.. Weed adds that
the belief that General Grant seriously enter
tained'' third term ideas was a more damaging
element to the republican party in the can
vass of 1874 than even the back pay grab,
the Treasury Department imbecilities, the
Sanborn contracts or the Washington govern
,nent frauds. ''No word was spoken, no sign
given, he says of that canvass, Shy the only
person who could, by the utterance OF SIN
gle sentence, have disarmed his opponents
and treasured his friends" Mr.. Weed then
declares that ''if there be any thing unaitera-
bly, fixed and determined in the American
mind and hearth there be any one princi-
pie to which our people have anchored. it is
the third term example of Washington.
The President repudiated this example, and
leader was defeated
The Tribune regrets that one who sees this
so clearly should have seen it so late, and we
sympathize with the lamentation. 1t is not
our fault that the plans OF Grant to retain
his power were discredited by the politicians
polls their convictions of their existence. The
late elections were the most emphatic proof
that the HERALD was believed in by the people.
In the issue between this journal and the
republican leaders the people decided that we
were unhappily right and they voted against
republican party that last year Thuriow Weed,
Vice President Wilson. Mr.. Garfield, General
Dix and many otner OF its leaders did not
make the issue between the party and the
President; for they might have saved their
organization from overwhelming defeat. We
cannot help their mistake. Like Columbus,
we stood the egg ON end, but they said it was
bad egg, and few if any," believed what
they are now compelled to admit
Yet it is not yet too late to look the truth in
the face, and we are pleased that man of
Thurlow Weeds reputation and influence
should speak 80 plainly to the country The
third term plot has survived the defeat of the
republican party last fall, and must be fought
with even greater resolution, not only in the
lines OF that party, but outside of them. Now
we may intimate TO Mr.. Weed, and to all who
like him, regret the past without showing
alarm for the future, that the President has a
new policy and new plans for achieving his
ambition. and that if the indifference OF last
fall is repeated it is not certain but he may
succeed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

The BEEcHER CASE is summarized in our
columns to-day, and the last week will be
remembered as one of deep and painful inter-
est The quarrels of the lawyers have ceased
to amuse readers and the trial has become
profoundly serious. 1t bids fair to be the
saddest of all scandals
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

THE ARNM FAMILY recently held their
annual reunion in Berlin, and its political and
social significance is explained in our corre-
spondence from that capital. Appended will
be found an interesting chapter relating to
Prince Bismarcks proposed investigation of
the HERALD and its publication OF the official
documents of the Won Arnim trial
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

II Is Nor UNLIKELY now that the French
Assembly will agree upon the terms on which
a Senate is to be permanently constituted.
The republican members evidently see the
approaching shadow Of the young Napoleon.
and are anxious that the Republic shall be
established
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

WALL STREET YESTERDAY were
again higher. Gold declined to 114s. An un-
expected loss was reported in the bank reserve.
Money easy and bonds steady.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

THE EFFECT OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRA-
r1oN upon business generally begins to be APP
preciated by the public, and our report shows
that the farmers of Westchester intend that
that fertile county shall be represented fully
in tho agricultural department They will
prove that taking butter, eggs and poultry to
Philadelphia il not altogether like carrying
Goals 70 Newcastle"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

The MErUcHEN MURDER TEsAL was closed
yesterday by the conviction of Michael Sulli-
van of murder in the first degree. The crime
of which he was found guilty is another illus
tration of the proverb, 1.-The love of money is
the root of all evil"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

If THERE Is Nor GOLD in the Black Hills
there are miners. Thirty of them have been
prospecting with success, and without inter-
ruption from the Indians, since October
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

The MADRID PRESS is authority for the
statement that the Spanish government will
pay an indemnity Of eighty-four thousand
dollars to the relatives of the victims Of the
Virginius massacre. Mr. Cushing cannot too
quickly obtain this settlement, which should
have been made long ago.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

The FRESda THEATRE and the latest dra-
matte gossip form the subject of an entertain
ing letter from Paris to-day. The Italian
opera has not had much more success in Paris
than It had this winter with Mr. Strakosch
IN Amezlca
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

The GERMAN GOVERNMENT estimates the
cost of its new Polar expedition at three hun
dred thousand dollars The plans of explora-
ton are stated in our letters from Berlin.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, made good
progress yesterday with the Tariff bill, but
adjourned before completing the last section.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

Gun Boston LETTER describes the passing
of sentence Of death on Jesse Pomeroy, the
boy murderer, who was the only person in
court not affected by the solemn ceremony.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

From our reports tSis morning the probabilities
are that the ,oeuther today soM be cooler and
CleaTlnq
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-21

which the head of the Finance Department
resorts in his Official statements. and to ask
whether such person is fit to be any longer
intrusted with the financial management of
great citv?