The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-04

eye to the main chance Naturally no prefers n
circuit judgcship. life tenure. to his present
temporary job from n Fraudulent President
Mr. DrvENs Of Massachusetts, should profit by
Mr. MCCRARys example. II In going to ho
cold world presently for those Of Mr.. HAYES
unconstitutional advisors who do not provide
themselves with shelter hctimes.
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As convert to stalwart Republicanism,
Mr. CHARLES Foster OF Fostoria must impress
the Old Originals Of tho Western Reserve rs
fresh.
At half-past 10 o'clock ON last Saturday
morning EDWIN b. HARMS of Chicago was in his
store attending to business ms usual; at O'Clock
in the afternoon of the same day he was con-
Wet. sentenced TO seven years in the pcnten-
tiary. HARMS had been bookkecper and
cashier for firm Of Wholesale boot and shoe
dealers. The firm reposcd implicit confidence
In him. and he took advantage Of that conf
dencc not only 90 rob them. but to impoverish
them. SO that they were obliged to sell out.
HARRIS bought out his old employers with the
stolen money. and actually engaged one Of
them a. his travelling salesman. An un-
looked-for incident led TO an investigation.
and 10 n confession by HARRIS Of his rascality.
The guilty man was stricken with remorse.
According to his own statement he never spent
u
but saved every dollar he stolo he was actuated
simply by desire to get along in the world
and obtain business OF his own.
The Methodist clergyman Of Boston met
TO formulate an expression II praise Tor G AR
RIsoN. They had no difficulty ahou, the usual
preamble. ascr,bing pleasure 10 an all-wise but
inscrutable Providence in removing to tho
awards Of an unseen world" the distinguished
and world-honorcd philanthropist.' Nor was
there any dissent TO tho characterization Of
GARRISON a. devoted honest. and successful
anii-slayery champion; but a disagreement
arose over the following passage:
"Ncw ENGLAND has lost prophet who admirably r,n.
resented Ga, panthropic aul hera aspect ot her civic
.1auon. aud was true to her most generous impulses and
ideas"
GARRIsoS was. 10 say tho least not an ortho-
dox Christian. aud his denunciations Of tho
churches as upholaers 81 slavery wcro well re-
WONDERED by tho thirty-nve clergymcu at the
meeting. Should the assembled Metholi-m Of
Boston declare that he was trueto New England
IDEAS viz. Purtauism Many Of the brethren
said No. Tho Rev. DR.. UPHAM remarked that
GAHEISoN was q Spiritualist. and. as everybody
Anew. Spirtualism was from he'll. After a
rather acrimonious debate the Objectionable
words were stricken out hy vote Of 10 20 lG.
At last seven Of the outlaws who have
been holding tho peaceabc citizens Of Wctzel
County. West Virginia. in terror, have been ar
rested on the complaint OF "A man who had been
ordered by them to leave the State within thirty
days under penalty Of being hanged The as
sociates Of the imprisoned breands have
threatened to burn the town Of Litlcton. where
the accused are confined. 1t remains to be seen
whether law and order will prove victorious in
this coEhict. or whether West Virginia will
show itself unable to cope with band OF dos-
peradoes
pagan BIN FRANKLIN, who looked out
upon the world Of his time with obseryant Dyes.
came to the conclusion that an army Of deer
| commanded by n lion was more formidable
| than an army Of lions commanded by Il deer.
| In view Of recent occurrences at Washington.
we commend his proverb to the meditation Of
the rank and file OF the Democratic party.
The First Congregational Church Of Chi
cago has decided not to grant letter Of dis
mission to Mr.. HENRY J.. TURNER Il member OF
that church. Mr. TURNER holds peculiar views
in regard to future life. those views being
simply as ayowed by himself that II n man re-
penteG before or after death ami became righte-
GUS God would restore him. Mr. TURNERclaimed
| that in the New Jersey city Of Newark Con-
| grcgational Council had ordained a pastor who
held precisely the views that he Mr TUENER'
| holds. Prof. CURTIS OF the Chicago Theological
| Seminary replied to Mr. TUENLR. strongly up
| holding the doctrine Of he'll for the wicked
! and dcnouncing the idea Of any restoration I'm
a future life. He added that il maitcred not
| what looseness might exist in the Newark
church. or with Canon LlDDoN, the First Con
| grcgational Church Of Chicago must uphold the
faith. The opinions Of the congregation ap-
.pearod to coincide with those of Prof. QUITS
| showing that in Chicago, at least the successors
Of the Purltans are yet believers in tho ancient
doctrine OF he'll for unrepentant sinners.
Letters from Russia describe tho agita-
| ton that was recently raised through tho em-
| prc upon the lasue Of tho Cars order roquir-
ing all Russian subjects, women and children
rs well as men. to flo their passes within three
! days I'm the local police Offices 1t is spoken OF
as the pass port feyer. Up TO tho date Of the
order passes had not boon necessary for many
| clussc. II subjects such rs Government officers
| clcrgymen. landlords married women and
| children; but the now order allowed no eXcep-
ton. The police had a severe task In convey
ing the formal notification 10 all the parties
concerned; the landlords had TO give warning
to their tenants; and the Government office.
| were eNerSWhefe CROWDED WIN people attend
| Ing to the business. Such an agitation haC
not before been known during the
reign Of ALFXANDER III. The wamen in
many places We're ia m extraordinary state o
alarm. From many cities. multtudes Of people
FASTENED to distant regions TO get their passes
within the prescribed time. In two days. NJ
less than ten thousand persons left Kharkof
Tor that purpose, and many Of the factories ha,
to DO closed on account Of tho absence of tn,
hands. To carry out the order, each police dis
trict in the empire would have had to nle ove
ton thousand pass papers "a day; and il sooI
became evident that It's prompt execution wal
impossible. An extension Of timo was given
and then came supplementary order releasing
wives and children, as wen as landlords. from
! the duty that had been imposed upon them