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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-23
LEI the, churches oi Drs. storrs AMI Bldington
take TIE lead. pKEsuNrEuIAN


To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: re-
gard your view OF the Plymouth Church ad-
ylsory council As correct, and am surprised
that any number Of Congregation al churches
should consent to attend this council and stul-
uiy themselves. The questions should DE, "Are
the members of Plymouth Church who believe
beecher guilty OF adultery light In absentlng
Themselves from his church, and ia Beecher
guilty OF adultery aud periuy2 Whatever tnts
ADVISORY counci.-made up of Beechers friend.
ana the whole affair managed by the attorney OF
Plymouth Church, whose skill IN the defence OF
crime must have been perfected as the law, er
say, may do, It will not convince the great NH
hc "a Beecher's innocence.
. Ihere can be no doubt that Beecher is gray
ilhtlug downward rpidly-and daily the num-
Der ~ ne people who hid some res Iect for nm
grows less and look at no distant day to see
IrlhutNe Justice strike the hloN tat will leave
htecher des"lted bY every honest man, ana IL
VIII gain be written that the way Of the trans
klSss'i IS h"ri. NJ ID. G..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-23
Sign. rha, the Commercial storm /. over.

with $40 failures scored against tho last
Ne'r' most pc pie feet inclined 10 think m tiers
IRE growing worse aud worse. The number In
io,'' - year 81 the panic, was bliss; In 1874 II
we 'ejQ last We II was i1iO. And looking
mehts pronounce the commercial storm abDlt
over, ln7ieal OF feeling discouraged, they feel
lnr lhe hrat time tina morning Is at hand after
ms long speH OF rhucs-, Tho rue way, and
lhe only way, test this matter Is hy averages.
-. ililc for the llurrs IT That velr were ~
Wl IN leii They were $50 900; In 1873 thcy wrre
t~4'Ou' rms SHOWS tudt the sirOn.er estlhlish-
mems went lr,t, aud that the latest Liluros
were ~ mo we lhest ones. From this fact II /,
confidently inferred that the wave Ii = about
~, ~ ll' force. II must nave done 50 when II
hiurllly ncg'ns recovery. Tho sacridce is near
" over. Economy In private life as well MS IN
business mas been preparing tho way for a
chln$e. IL l. NOT to be sudden transition, but
itMl,l take III ce by a steady process il fayoriug
legislation can be had.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-23
HOW J.iPAN Cu.iNGING.
The Activity of the Japanese In All Dircc.
tons Of Progress.


From n LecnHt bD he hon. h. q. NorfArnp
The oldest of nations is now the young
est In ITS aspirations. IL has little to le rn from
US IN agriculture, except rs 10 fertilizers and
ersed by railways ana telegraph wires. There Is
navy, with nrst-ca.s IRON vessels. A dr., dock
hos been built nc Yokohama, costing $2OOOOOO
Inc MINT X coming some very beautiful speed
mems Of gold and silver. The introduction OF
so many improvements, however, soon drained
me treasury ana the Government discovered
that It was expanding S2S,OOO,OJO a year more
than the Income. The PreenDack system OF
currency was then tried, but the rar-monrv tho
DRY has since been thoroughly exploded. This
financial depression hmdercd the consumma-
tion of grand plan for the Improvement OF The
educational system u Japan including the e.
tablishmett of eight colleges, two hundred and
ht,y-slX high schools, ana thousands II common
be- MADE however.
There are more daily papers published IN YeAo
man ID NeW ORR, though the journals are not so
large as those 81 the Latter city Ihe people have
agreat craving for news, not only OF what trans
pres ~ japan, but also IN the western coun-
llles. There Is an excellent post office system
IN encent operation. A report Of ia opern-
tlon1 Tor the past year shows that there were
1000 post offices, through which had been mail.
ed ltOouW letters ana 100000 newspapers
showing very rye Increase over the previous
year lhe postnasters are satisfied with small
phi, lhluking inc honor Of being Ia tho service
% INC b"Yefnurnt Is some compensation.
. me moral progress Of japan il also remark
able Thc sale of obscene books and papers has
heen surety prohibited, and the old custom Of
mari Kari abolished. The religious progress ia
tlsu marvellous. the lecturer said he hetd In
ms mana the nr-t calendar published Ly the Jan
hicoo after thcr adoption Of our division OF
ilme, with the beginning Of tho wear on the nrst
oi January the Custom House, Post Orire.
aud all public Offices are closed on the Chris. ian
sabbath. The Government support Of priests ia
hupll'hed, ma they are invited To work flrtheir
llY'nH. Celitacy /. no longer enforced, and tho
clerical attire Is abolished,
Tno japanese excel an other people in the
elaborate and complete systsm of manners In
Iaot' manners re more preserved than the
morals To DO rude Is, with the ia lanese, "A
mandments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-23

A New York Family that can Boast very
Remarkable Lineage.


A contest was opened before Surrogate
Van Schaick on FRIDAY, Of the Will Of q hneL
descendant Of the harper WHO discovered
Richard CGur de Lion. WE. Bi'ndeh the ies-
tator of the will under contest was IKE hlsal"
cestOr, musician, aud, as ateacher OF the W'ho'
accun ulated an estate, valued ny his aclu'h'-
ances at $1,000; but moiesily estimated 10y inc
petitioner his son Theodore, Mt SHO0 some
OF tue wealthest families II New N"fk 'hiasen
him at 500 amnntn. lie was Al his dri I' W,
NOV. |, nearly sev MY years Of aye us s,'uua
VIE, the present widow ana tAttNt,A ~ Wa
Miss lirOOme. of the New YORK FANNY loI "H'n
Hrnone street was named. lhr} NAV" INV
cnild, delicate youth OF eighteen l'M-; Mii
Blondefs first wife WIS hi-uh ouur'l 'd, 'IN
OF tneir union there are thrte sur'Ni : 'u'
spring, Theodore. Eiizaucth, and L '.'ue. h'If-
beth ana Eugene contest the VIII, N"l N l' AZ
NV yoDk Iuyle iv
], william Blordel OF New lore D.N,a3 u 80 ~
testament a. FOLLOWS; 10 iny Nj Lj'ut Al 3d. No.
life, ana after her deitline Sid 'lI'tl 70 ...r'
eqnaiy sm,99nf my clllirrn iatr.tA lio.
" fe lyIla Aud 90 collect ana rrcVot -u ~
iszSs req rs' insurance. SSas , aad iGird & @ 1
TO retain iot her own u-c such IurI .u of ' Do
laiei my Nll3w pnyins overt. our -Hn ", 1880 81.
al,nSe as " lli mae als iucomc .ql, to ' '"4-
, uequeatn 70 W lam, my s,i. tlr ..NH 'oH
GOMEZ los ares Of tx a,1D, o. 'Nul't. ,r.
Dams, ~ 'naGcs OF N.~ Jn-' cnIN i
SHARES OF tnr hOpc lu,ur .0,i .'r.Nl n.tf.
NV zen q h eod &C., .nI sm''. t'|4De l4
ln,qnem mcoaorc m, larger dunoalf
gene M, sna'i.rd .uu' .l. BIZ 10 -
widow curing h'r lfri nuN ~ll'N nY ..
I SiHsi ana " %. Ms ne .'H" 49," "a
tuc m mes sldellyal. 800 .Nlu.luI ..rI.
IN Greenwood is d, oe ircetpnii o.ri...t. .-4'
N D. n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-23
1he Union League Club and the Colorcd ORA.
matte CIub.

To TIM EDITOR or the SuN-Sir: The Union
League Cub Is composed principally o. Republicans.
why that they refuse pracute one at leasu Of
their prccep that they friends the coorei race?
when rrqucned to Tcut their theatre to coIor ara.
matte Organization recently their answer was that the
,llD tuuu pNe u Win pleasure provided they would
hhaUir ile committee ihAi Il kcn would moi be sOd to
seslDluu ~ ntCr' we mink our friends are putting
Deis OF the aforementioned dramatic club VIII no
upuus ettha .uci weapons are used with telling effect
IN iHp mex iIesiaentll campaign. We are tired Of
pruirs ION now, what we wait IL practice
MkhALh OF TuE PAsrIuE COLoRRD DRAMATIC LIN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-23
Congregational Government Is tho Trouble
IN The NeAeher Hu.incsn.


To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir. In
noticing the attitude Of Ply mouth Church In re-
gard to Beecher and Mrs. Moulton you ask,
Are Concregationalists going to submit quietly
To lie SO usedf Yes, probably because with the
CONGREGATIONAL form Of government there is no
tribunal to Which to appeal. There is no he ID
and no tail, and that Is the trouble with this
whole matter Had Henry Ward Beecher bee n
over PRESBYTERIAN churcn he would have been
deposed long since. trial by Presbytery
would have got to the bottom OF facts IN spite
OF any ones tactics to prevent II. But with
Congregation government everything Is every.
bodys business, and hence nobody's. Each
the gGaVest moment, child Of ten wears,
whom some fancy may have led to unite with
the churcn, can counteract the vote of a
thnuehtful man of mature years.
III Is the prevailing Characterization OF New
England that has lead to SO much looseness OF
co,trlne there aud to sush prepOndeTance OF
UnitaTnnsn.
II the B-echer scandal shall lead churches
that are actually sound to enter the Presbyte-
ran told aud leave those that are avowedly
loose To monopolize the CONGREGATIONAL name,
more good tnan evil Will come out Of II. Both
denominations once IrOfessed To acknowledge
the same creed, hut the laxity Of government I'm
tue Latter has led TO such looseness OF belief
thht scarcely two COngre gAtiondl churches c II
De FOUND That present the sane or. ed to appli-
I. nts Tor admission, aud some present none.
Great harm Is done by sound believers retaining
the same name a. un~Ound ones, because per
sons are thus uuwlttin-ly led into churches
That they would avoid II they knew the " hole
truth. IL Is high time 10 have the line more dis
tncilN drawn and 3roohlyn Is proper place to
commence the work
Let the churches vi Drs. storrs AMI Bidington
take TIE lead. pKEsuYTEnlAN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-23
NEW York, Jan. 10, 1870.
A Specimen Of RevIvnIist nammond's Meth
DDS.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sfr: II
The enclosed article Is a sample OF the Rev.
Hammond's revival work. shouldn't you advise
the President Of the Society for Prevention Of
Cruelty to Children to look after the heartless
divlne2 One WHO HATES CANT.
DANIEGsONvrtTE, Conn, JAM q.
THE DYING MOrHER--A WORD WITH THE YOUTH.
BJ r. PIyson Hammond.
wish To tell YOU a touching fact about a little
boy heie IN " est Pnladelnha. Last SATURDAY.,
at the Cuildren's meeting IN the Ilerean Cnurch.
were gathered crowd OF children ana yout h.
While they were singing with all their he rts
from the Song Eyangel," gentleman ap-
tr"ach'd ara said That certain nov was want
ed, ~ his mother was diving. | at once stopped
the singing ana said, "Some one of you has a
mother VINO Is diving this very hour" and. look
ing ala arOn nd, pointed at one ana another and
said, " IL II Uuiu moth RI IL sue were diving
now, and going home to heaven, could YOU hast
en- To her bedside aud say. Dear mother, h We
tound J esus precious TO my soul during the p 81
week. believe that GOD. lor lis sake. has for
given me all my sius. and feel sure that sail
meet YOU in that bfight world above, where
there Is no uarting ana no tears =" 1t seen ed
as II could hear hundreds Of chil tred sating,
wonder " IL II my mother ina Is dylngf'
i then said, "Will Lewis Watts please step
this wayy" lie did 50, and az he stood upon the
platform before achurchful OF child en-, l asked,
Are Bou "A Christian, Lewi-f" His quick re-
ply was, " No, but | wish To he one" 1 then
sad To him, VIII YOU not bow your head now,
while all the children pray for you, and pray
yourself that Cod for Cnrist's sake, will receive
you as M own deaf chlldf You can then GO
nome ana tell your dear, dying mother that YOU
Feel sure that you viii meet her In heaven"
l,ars a. once hlled his ewes, and ne exclaimed,
haven't time to become Christian now"
Thus he hastened out OF the building, sobbing
rs II ms hcdr would break. and ne .rlN every one
In the audience followed him with fearful ewes.
IL one Of the most touching sights / ever
Witnessed. The mother died thar very hour
wonder II hef dear son VIII meet her In heaven.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-23


The third stase-oyer nine miles lone-ran,
nearly all the ", y, close along the nk ~ the
river inamcs. Part Of the way Me ,,iud was
Lrb. We passed through many uiCt Iresque
rNer towns aston shiugly sleepy i01ktng places,
considering their netrness to the tltOlhing,
mighty lllo Of LNnlon. They were inhabited
PRINCIPALLY by fishermen and boAtmcn. Tie river
Tor miles was covered with little shells and rae
Ing hoat- and Suuhury. one of the nj ce- We
pissed through, T. the great headquarters Of tho
boating men # England.
Tine Oppnsitou 40 tins point" said Mr.. Kane
returning the salute Of me driver Of IA moi le-
uau'- carriage wnich W $ passing ~, runs far
"a from the tNct aud Hs tins water f. useless
for nhYig ton and III only for lignt craft, Ike
ny smells, the people are as old fashioned
and backward in their way ~ hynR a. TIA ugh
they were 20 Instead Of twenty miles from Lon
u1h. ~ the opposl'iOn, l understood Mr..
Kane 10 ne n the railroad.
Ia an u the villages through which we pissed,
crowns OF men ana boys ran out into the streets
az eheeied ut' ana the women and girls crowd
eh me windows, waiting their handkerchief
anu throwing uoweis % the driver 10 adOTn the
horses harness. Many lowers were also given
70 AT'' sage WPo vs. 9ps VI t9p pasJspgers,
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31
Peace at any Price.

There is such thing as buying peace too |
dearly, ard it is not impossible that a ten
dency to that kind of bargain exists among
certain clasaes Of people in the United
States. That the peace at any price ele-
neut is of DO despcable i'm portance is evil
dent in the fact that we find it represented
by such papers as tie Nation and the Sun
of New York, and occasionally the Herald,
too, according to its mood. That journal,
although in warlGs humor just at this
time, some days ago expressed as follows
it's sentiments in relation to the Grant con-
spiracy:
Te weapons By which this conspiracy can
alone bs safely ard surely resisted are
moral weapons-appea's to conscience the
j1dg IueDt and patriotism of the paople; appesls
TO them 70 save the work of the fathers. TO
mai tain the constitution, to rescue the free
institutions. Tue ultimate triumph of truth,
justice 2Ud law, and the restoration OF self
| government in this country, all depend npon
| the preservation of peace everywhere. Make
| the contest one Of reason aud right alone and
! reason aud right will win. Make it one of
| force, apd reason and right will be destroyed
| The is begging the question. 1t by no
means folIoas that because force is used in
contcst treason and right" will be neces-
sarily destroyed. On the contrary force is
occasionally, If We may not say often, in
voked on the aide of reason and right and
used with very good effect. Why this
shou d not be the CASE in the contest refer
red to by the Herald is hard to say, unless
there are some peculiar circumstance
connected with it en- failing the fatal conse-
quences predicted by that paper. AS it
has not suggested any such circumstan ces,
we are at liberty to regard its proposition
as a gratuitous assumption. Indeed the
moral constitution of man is such that the
presumption is unfortunately the Other
way, go that as a general thing we might
expect right and reason" to get the worst
of it in their practical contests with wrong
and error unless backed up by respectable
show of force.
The moneyed men, too, we are told ART
moving to advise and effect a compromise
on the ground that valuable interests woulC
be imPerilled by strife. But these gentlemen
in common with others, ought to refec
that the gravest question which a peopl
have to consider is that of their persona
manhood. All permanent peace and pros
perity are based on that. Let it be under
stood at homo and abroad, that q nation
will maintain its rights &C all hazards an
d any expense, and theos rfght1 witt as
l
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

CARDINAL ANToNELLIs WILL.-One great
fabric Of calumny (ssys the London JableD
s overthrown by the publication in the Lon
don Times Of the late Cardinal Antouelli's will.
In place of the immense fortune which Italian
Liberals were wont to accuse the Cardinal OF
having amassed by questionable means, we
have His Eminences declaration that
81 do not possess any other capital beyond
that which came from the heritage of my tx
cellent father, or which 1 have been able TO
acquire through the means lef6 me by him. L
protest, therefore," be adds, "agaiust ali the
calumpies which on that and on any other ac-
count Whatsoever have been in 80 many ways
circulated through the world, before God who
is to Judge me, and before Hin forgive from
my heart all those who have tried TO do me
evil.
He appoints as his heirs his brothers Fllippo,
Gregorio, Luigi and Angelo, aud bis nephews
A sostiro, son of GregoIio, and Poao, son OF
Luigi, and be leaves to bis heirs simple
memorandum of legacies which he makes 10
other members of his family. Aud the precious
crucifx which stood upon his table he humbly
begs the Holy Father to accept with paterna
| goodness
I las a homage from the most devoted and
! faithful of his subjects, who dies tranquil II
the consciousness of never having failed IL
| duty towards his sacred person, and the con
| NlCIIOu VI having WIN oil
and honesty served him IN the trpe interests o
the Church and of the State"
The document, coming from so accomplished
q diplomatist, hath something noble in its sim
plicity, breathing nothing but conscious recti
tude, affection and gratitude to his family, for
giveness of his enemies, and uuswervinI
fidelity to the person and interests of hi
master, the Sovereign Pontif, aud of tn
Church.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

In the seven principal cities of the Union
New York, Pniladelpbia, Brooklyn, Baltimore,
Boston, Chicago and Cincinnati, the aggregate
of full members of all the branches of Method
ism does not exceed rs OcO gathered into about
800 or urches. New York with million of in
habitants has A churches and missions with
less than IL 600 full members. Brooklyn has
about the same num- her of members, but Boston
has only about 600.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

VIsIT OF THE ARCHBISHOP TO ST PATRICK's
To-day, at 10 o'clock, thore will be Solemn
High Mass at st. Pstrick's Church, at which
the Most Rev. Arch bishop will preach. His
Grace has commenced the visitation of the
churches in bis large diocese, AID Will, no doubt,
everywhere he met by large congregations
Of the faithful, ard We trust that OF this the
occasion of HIS first visit TO their church, the
people Of St.sPstEick' parish Will give unmts-
taxable tasts oaysOf their love and esteem for
their vcBsEabIa shief pastor by attending in
large nunheEs.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

RErURS - FATHEE ANsTAETT.-We are
happy to announce she return Of the Rov. J.
Aastaett secretary to the Archbishop Of Ne~
Orleans, after an absence of six months in the
EOrtb. We have not bad the happiness OF
seeing the Rev. Father sjuce his re:nrn bot
hear that be now eujoyes very good health, 8
fact which plesses Ds immensely for several
reasons among which is one that specially in.
Esrssts our readers. When be left be prom
Iaed to write an occasional letter to the STAR.
As he is the forty e fth priest who has failed to
keep the same promise We intend to hold him
So \ atrios personal nccoaut. Hence one reason
for our pleasure at bearing that he is in good
health.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

general tnlDB DO I00p0ebeus WnAl0 Sim1o
yielding of principle on every threat Of
peril will invite attack. For the moment,
it may afford relief, bat how long will the
relief last
In this very matter of American politics,
for instance, let conspiracy and usurpation
once find out that the people have yielded
easily to their insolent demands rather than
imperil moneyed interests, and how long
will it be before they make other denands
on the patient spirit of concession. Com
promise being the order of the day, and
good faith being no necessary Ingredient in
it, impotence will not hesitate to advance
preposterous claims, hoping to secure at
least q portion of them on the principle of
peace at any price.
Compromise is in itself generous and
noble thing, and we would not DO misunder-
stood ss contemning it but it should be
genuine, not simulated. A real compro-
misc is possible only where both parties are
sincere in their pretensiors. Where two
persons claim the same thing and each be-
lieves himself right, without being certain
of it, charity, as we'll as good sense, !would
UlCGhL0 LudG cdCu 6uOul4 SOuSOOO SotACSbAh5
to avoid strife and effect settlement; bat
where one of the parties knows that the
other is not in good faith, that his claim 10
fraudulent and fabricated. it would in many
cases be criminal weakness to yield an
inch to his pretensions.
In politics this is always the case. The
government is not chattel which belongs
h. mic r. itU md
which it may give away it is power in
stituted by God himself, through tho majo-
rity as mere medium, if the country be
republic, and to which the majority as well
as the minority owes allegiance. The ma
joIity then has no right to compromise it
away, unless there be sone reasonable
doubt as to where the majority real'yis.
In the case now before the bar of public
opinion in this country, it would be q mere
puerility, triflng with serious matters, to
pretend that there is any such doubt. No
honest and sane man, who has examined
the case as he was bound to do, can have
any reasonable doubt of Mr.. Tilden's cleo
ton; he cannot give the Repu olican leaders
the benefit of supposition that they be-
lieve in their own pretensions; their fraud
is patent. To permit their intended usur-
patton, or even to compromise with it,
woudethen, be wilful treason to the lawful
government, unless driven to it by superior
force. AS a matter of policy it would be
ranking the temporary arrangement of
money values in a higher grade of impor
tance than the dignity and manhood of a
people. How blind policy There is no
permanent prosperity among a degenerate
people.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

Bishops Gibbons new book 1.-THE Faith Of
our Fathsrs," is sold by Murphy & Co. Balti-
more, at the following prices Cloth, beveled,
81 90; paper, SO cents. In lots of 25 copies,
81 so; so copies, Sl4 90; 100 ;oopies, $25 net.
That our readers may judge of the character
of the book we give the headings of few of
the chapters: Temporal Power of the Popes.
Purgstory and Prayers for the Dead F; Civil
and Religious Liberty Charges of Religious
Prosecutions; The Spanish InquisfSlon The
Massacre of st. Bartholomew; Queen Mary OF
England; Indulgences; CelibaCy of the
Clergy; Mstrimony. The preface Gays: "The
object of this little volume is to present. in q
plain and practical form, an exposition and o
vindication of the principal teRets Of the
Catholic Church. 1t was thought sufficient
to devote but brief space to such Catholic
doctrines and practices as are happily admit
| ted by Professionals, while those which are
controverted by them are more deliberately
eluoidsted. The work was compiled by the
author during the uncertain hours which he
could spare from the moro active dnties Of the
ministry. 1t substantially embodies the in,
structiOns and diseOurses delivered by him be,
fore mixed congregations in Virginia and
r7oHth rlSr4tYfns1,