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LILLE CHrRcH cONGRESS.

Tho Church Congress has become one of the
rccoepizcd institutions of religious com
nunon which is markedly conservative in its
tendencies aud abnormally suspicious of cx
rc,imcnts and novelties When the idea was
first transplantcd from the Anglican to the
Protestant Episcopal Church considerable
preiudice was encountered. The opening ses-
sion was held on the eve of the General Con-
vrntion, and it was charged that the Congress
WAS designed TO he an ecclesiastical caucus III
which the proceedings of the national body
couId be conveniently forestalled. 1t was also
urgcd in some quarters that school
If debate in the Church could not
have any executive force, and con-
seoucntly could not serve any useful pur-
nose. Those who organized the Congress were
accused of exciting needless controversy
and substituting empty talk orpractical work,
and were reminded Of Pauls warning to
Timothy against "yain babblings of those
who strive about words to no profit, but to the
subycrting of the hearers" and "who are ever
learning and never able to come to the knowl-
edpe of the truth" Whatever prejudice was
excited at the outset was quickly dispelled,
and the annual meetings of the Congress are
now welcomed for their wholesome and invig-
Grating effect upon the public life of the Church.
Every year vital questions of the day are dis
cussed IN generous spirit from opposite
points of view within the Church, and the in
terchange of thought promotes habits of in
tellectual growth and Christian liberation; and
as the topics selected are uniformly of a
practical nature, the ground of the proceed
ings is fallow and fruitful, lying outside the
barren track of theological controversy.
The programme of the seventh annual
meeting, which is to occur IN Providence this
week, is one of genuine interest. After the in
augural and memorial addresses the laymen will
discuss a subject peculiarly their own" Civil
Service Reform the Importance of which is
now so generally recognized that it is accorded
the first place whenever Americans find leisure
for sober reflection. The topics of the second
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
THE DANGER From THE DROUT9

This is time of great discomfort to all who
are obliged to move about in our dusty streets,
and no relief can be hoped for until rain comes
TO I'll the reservoirs. But it is plain that a
large part of the population has no cOncep-
ton of the danger the city is in. Unless cop-
Gus rains fall within fortnight New-YOrk
will have to face the most trying experience
in her history. Yet with this peril so near and
so grave, the prOdigal and excessive use OF the
water even now so precious goes on In many
ways. Sidewalks are still drenched with morn
ing floods of CrOt0n in some parts OF the city;
on Saturday the favorite drive of owners OF
fast horses was most lavishly sprinkled above
Central Park in thousands of bar-rooms water
is still kept running at all hours of the day and
night for the cleansing of glasses and other
uses in great number of private houses
waste which has now become almost criminal
goes on unchecked.
The Police Department ought to cooperate
Immediately and vigorously with the Depart
ment of Public Works in combining the con-
sumption of Cr0ton to the lowest limits which
can be reached without injury to the public
health or the crppling of great manufac-
turing industries. The Police Commissioners
ought to hold special meeting to-day and is
sue orders to the captains to require all their
men to use every lawful means to stop the
waste of water. PrOcamatiOns from the Mayor
do not influence some people who would be
influenced by call from patrolman. 1t
might do good if notice in regard to this
matter were left at every house in this way
There are some people who do not read the
newspapers or glance at them so carelessiy as
to overlook even so important a subject as the
alarming announcements from the Water
Bureau and the appeal of the Mayor. These
should certainly be reached in some manner.
As to the reckless and selfish element that
takes no thought of so menacing danger,
and does not concern itself about other people
while its own comfort is secure, that portion
of the population may, Of course, be expected
to continue to use hose for sprin6ling SIDE
walks without a permit, to leave water run
ming all night, to violate the rnles made Tor
the general good as far as possible, and gem
orally to work all the mischief in its power.
But it should not be allowed to go on without
some plain words from neighbOrs OF less brutal
selishness, or even without some sharp warn
ings from the police force.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

day are "Methods of Charity Organization
and "The Revised Version" the first oelhg
introduced By the Rev. S. II. Gurteen, OF
Toledo. who had remarkable success iii reduc-
ing practical benevolence to an orderly system
in Buffalo. and the second being exhaustlVeiy
discussed by the Rev. DR.. John Cotton omlth'
Of this city, Professors I. A. Price, H. It,
Goodwin and f. f. Johnson and many others.
On the third day the main subject Oh
thought will be the relation OF parishes
to the diocese and of dioceses to the Genefai
Convention, in jurisdiction and represen-
tation. This is an intricate and harassing
matter regarding which there are marked d.
visions of opinion in the communion. Inc
subject is not an inspiring one, and the Con-
press would be menaced with dull discussion
if one of the keenest cOntrOyerslOnallstS III the
Church, the Rev. DR.. j. Ii. Hopkins, were not
amounted to open it. In the evening the
topic is to be " Liturgical Growth" with the
Rev. DIR. Phillips Brooks as the first speaker.
The closing day is to be devoted to educa-
tional matters such rs the training OF theo-
logical students and spiritual culture in general,
the list of writer's and speakers including Pro-
lessor Thomas Richey, the Rev. DIR. Ever,
President BOulne, OF OaihoicI' O'i"' wv
C. c. Grafton, of Boston; the Rev. Dr. far-
BARN. of st. Stephens College, aud others.
All schools of thought in the Protestant
Episcopal Church are represented IN these uiS-
cussions, precisely as all circles OF ritual
and doctrine are brought within the
circumference of a Church Congress III
England; and the presiding officer, natur-
ally enough, is conspicuous Broad
Churchman, Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island.
As there are no test questions or decisive
votes, there Is never any break in the harmony
of the proceedings Conspicuous churchmen OF
opposite views and tendencies unite in discuss
ing matters of practical importance, and part
with more enlightened Judgment and an IN
creased respect for one another. The Congress-
so far rs it tends to make the communion more
tolerant and comprehensive, is thus an unmiXed
good.
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Nen,'21ork Daily Gribn11e.
FOUNDED HORACE GREELEY.
MONDAY, OCTOBER %, 1881.
TIE NEWS TITS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-About 10000 persons attended the
Irish meeting in London yesterday. 60 Seven pas
senoers and twenty seamen from the wreck Of the
Clan Macduff have been landed in Eng
land - The steamer Nevada was aground for
part of the day in Queenstown harpor yesterday.
- French troops have left Susa for kairwan
- French Radicals yesterday charged their Gov
eminent with misconduct in connection with the
Tunisan war.
DoMEsTIc.-A bill cmbodying form OF govern
ment for the Territory of Alaska is 10 he introduced
Mt the next session of Congress. - The friends
nf Judge Tyner claim that he was the first to III
form Postnlaster-G General James at the Star Route
irregularities - The 1stConnccticnt Regiment,
Governor Bigelow and staff. and the Governors Foot
Guards. OF Haven, arrived at Charleston. s. C.,
Yesterday. 80 Two freight trains were wrecked
ON the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Mans
Geld o.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Judge Sanfords funeral
took Mace Yesterday. - The contest for Mayor
in BROOKLYN absorbs the interest of the politicians
- Several Land League meetings were held IN
fhis city. - The Rev. b. f. De Costa preached
nm the lessons of Yorktown. - An account was
given of II married woman who clipped from Brook
Ign.
The WRATHER.-IRIBUNElo local observations lndl-
cate cooler and partly cloudy weather, with occa-
sional light rain Thermometer Yesterday High
est,7lo; lowest 52o; average, 81 ls0.
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MONEY IND RESLNESS.

Great ease in the money market was produced
last week by the long delayed but efficient
disbursements of the Treasury. The purchase
of So. OOO, 600 bonds ut New York and the re-
demption of So, sos, 900 at Washington cause /
decrease of 5000, 800 in the Treasury bal
ances here, exclusive of mint receipts,
from Thursday the 18th to Thursday the 2Oth.
AS checks which passed through clearing
house on Thursday were held and counted
by the banks on the previous day, it may be
that the full effect of these disbursements was
felt in the bank averages which showed an
increase of So, $50, 400 i'll the reserve. If SO,
the outgo from the banks to the interior during
the week ending on Wednesday or Thursday
was about 81, 400 900. Notwithstanding this,
the money market was greatly relieved,
because it was announced on Thurs
day afternoon that the Treasury would take
the remainder of the called three and half per
cents, whenever presented, at par and accrued
interest. This announcement was accepted as
supplying a reserve of 81, 900 to be i'm
mediately available whenever the demand
for money should be sufficient to cause the
surrender of called three and half per cents.
Though a considerable portion of these
bonds will probably be held back, except
ing in case of extreme stringency, the
announcement was nevertheless very effective.
On Saturday, when it appeared that the banks
held 81, 9O7, 275 above their legal requirements,
instead of the deficiency of 1882, S75 on the
18th, the rate for money fell to 3 per cent,
and in some instances moderate amounts were
loaned on time
Another encouraging fact was the arrival of
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when foisted upon them by one. But great
Reforms have always to encounter the OPPOSE
ton of the cynical as well as the base. The
substantial fact is that the great Reform ia a
success; the tO-be-reformed have gone over TO
front seats among the reformers the principle
is about to be established that hundred
"Bosses" are great deal better than one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

penses proper average about $Zo'Voc'o"0'
per annum, it may be doubted whether
zone years saving in NewYork City jobDery
would build an aqueduc5 nearly three hundred
miles long.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
qmneemenis 60 Night.

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AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR
EarTpopolITAN CASINO" OliVetlc.
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is quite cOnsummate."
Perhaps it viii increase John Kelly's anxiety to
get out a large vote for the regular Democratic
ticket to have the Democratic newspapers remark
every few minutes that he is " crowded to the wall
at last" but itdoes not look to the casual observer
twenty thousand anti-Bourbon majority in Yir
ginia in November would give the Solid South ter
rible shaking.
Mr.. Wolfe's candidacy in Pennsylvania is likely
to he failure chiefly because of his own reckless
ness He has made serious charges against Repub-
lcan State officials which he has failed utterly 10
sustain. He charged Governor Hoyt with specnlat-
ing with State funds. The Governor made an ex.
pcit and unequvocal denial promptly over his
signature whcreupOn Mr Wolfe dropped tho
charge, making no pretence of furnishing proof.
He also charged that the State Treasurer had
violated the law and his official oath by fayoring
certain banks and that when he went INTO office no
found n deficit which was not made public aud
which Senator Cameron made good. These chargos
The state Treasurer immediately denied, and Mr..
Wolfe has failed to furnish any proof lie has
made other MINOR charges of similar character
which have been shown to be false \ campaign Oh
this sort is always of failure While the people
are always n little eager TO hear charges 9I as
honesty against public men, they are also quick 20
find out whether the man who makes the charges Is
able 20 sustain them. Ii he be not his career as .
rctOrmeT Is at an emu.
What has become of the oeomargarne aRt-mo-
nopoy campaign cry Has that been crowded TO the
wall with Tammany
1t may be the fault of the mails. but no Demo
cratic newspaper has reached tins Office containing
an expression of regret at the defeat of the gifted
BoOkwalcr.
Complete returns in Ohio nearly all of them Of
fetal give Fosters majority for Governor as
24OlO. He ran four thousand votes behind the Re-
nublican candidate for Attorney General The
HIGHEST vote on the ticket was cast for State Treas
ur,r whose majority was 10000. The Temperance
and Grcenhack vote combined was about 5000,
showing that soft money ana app!e-butter temper
ance control votes enough to do good zeal OF arp
in "A close election.
There is a strong probability that TIE country VIII
have some official information about the Cabinet
to-i,v ar Tomorrow There is only man who
knows much about it-President Arthur-and he 10
NOT hat ycu could call glrrulous on the subject.
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President Arthurs ability to keep his own counsel
is quite cOnsummate."
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The balance of the cabbage trade is dis
turbed. The high price Of vegetables, with
other causes, has brought about the importa-
ton, through Baltimore, of 5000 heads of cab
bage from Germany. The scarcity Of vegeta
bles, if prolonged, may have other and larger
results of the same kind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

General Rosecrans writes a letter, printed
on another page, in which he corrccts what he
declares to be erroneous statements respecting
his share and that of General Garfield in the
orders issued on the field of Chickamauga.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

A correspondent complains that the new and
wonderful policy of park revision, by which
the trees arc cut down where they obstruct
the view of artistic objects, like the elevated
road and the rare and beautiful brown-stOne
front, is under application also in Mount Nor
ris Park, the oasis of Harlem. How long
must a system of irreparablc bluudering like
this continue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

Perhaps it will increase John Kely's anxiety TO
get out a large vote for the regular Democratic
ticket to have the Democratic newspapers remark
every few minutes that he is " crowded to the wall
at last" but itdoes not look to the casual observer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

Atwenty thousand anti-Bourbon majority in Yir-
ginia in November would give the Solid South a ter
III, 10 sbo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

What has become Of the oleomargarine antI-mo-
nopoly campaign cry Has that been crowded to the
wall with Tammany
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

1t may be the fault of the mails. but no Demo
cratic newspaper has reached tins Office containing
an expression of regret at the defeat of the gifted
RnnhMnltcr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24

The public attention bestowed upon the
series of lacrosse matches now being played
here gives interest to the review of the pro-
gress of the game in this country which is
printed on another page. The United States
clubs have made excellent advances in game
recurring much skill and incessant practice,
friendly Canadian rivals.
A reporter has been talking with Mr.. John
Walter, of The London Times, on various topics,
upon which the views Of practical observer
must always be of interest. Mr.. Walter has
become strong partisan of the elevated roads
on the ground that they give "better air, bet
ter light and better service" than the under
ground roads in London, and thinks the former
much to be preferred as "permanency.n His
suggestion that Americans would do better to
spend less money on gorgeous public buildings
and more for good pavements must be accepted
as thoroughly sensible. The proposition that
Lake Erie shall become the water supply of
New-York, and the statement that the ne
cessary work could be paid from one years saw
ing in New-York City jobbery," will naturally
be read with some smiles. There would be
10 engineering obstacles, Of course. AS
Captain Eads says. "Nothing is imposs-
BILE in engineering" But from the facts
that the Erie Canal, with its improvements
and engagements, cost $46,000,000, and that
the city had spent up to the close of 1874
$25, 200, 900 on the works for bringing and
supplying water from few miles away in
Westchester County, and that the city's ex-
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gnner 10 A0perllsemtnls.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR. o,,..,o,
NrTpopoLITAN CASINO" OliVettc.
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There is a strong probability that the country viii
have some official information about the Cabinet
to-day or tomorrow. There is only one man who
knows much about it-president Arthur-and ne 10
moi what you could call glrrulous on the subject.
National Republican., 1881-09-07
WORK FOR CONGRESS.
The Sanitary Condition or This City-The
improvements Needed.

The sanitary condition of the District Of
Columbia has long been n subject Of discussion
and investigation, but the stage of action for
radical cure of admitted evils has not yet been
reached. When the site was selected for the Ma
tional Capital the place was almost primitive viii.
derness, and the signs and dangers of miasmatlc
poison were little If at all understood by those who
were intrusted with the work of selection. While
the population wassparse and living among almost
rural surroundings the drawbacks of the site were
not especially noticed, but now, when nearly
two hundred thousand people have to be provided
for within the District, matters look very different
The natural unhGRllhiness Of the place, due TO the
eXhalations of the swamps on the river banks, is
aggravated teniold by II bad sewage system,
and the result is that the death rate
in those parts Of the city lying near the river is
Ceedingly high at certain times of tho year, while
the health of even the further removed elevated
districts is materially affected To convince those
conYersant with the condition of affairs that some
thing must be done II was not necessary that the
Presidents life should be placed at the mercy of
the poisonous vapOrs which every wind watts into
the city. The swamps, marshes, or flats " being
subject to overflow by the tide, and consisting of
very rich soil are the seats of rankly luxurlant
vegetation which is in state of decay, to greater
or less extent all the year round. These marshes
will have to be gotten rid of before any very de-
| cded Improvement in the health Of the District
can be expected, but they arc not the sole
source of disease. OF the 27,O00 houses in the
| District, less than 1900 have sewer connec-
tions, but are dependent upon ccsspools which, in
many cases, would be Il disgrace even to the mid
die ages, There are hundreds of alleys, back
yards, and vacant lots whcreOn pools Of matter are
allowed TO remain stagnant for months and years
Added to all this is a system for the removal OF
garbage and manure beside which that of New
York is perfection. The wonder is not that the
place is unhealthy, but that II Is not more deadly
than the mortality tables show IL TO be. The one
thing that checks disease is the still comparative
| sparseness Of the population. AS the population
grows denser the death rate will become higher
and higher unless the most energetic measures arc
resorIed to. AS 1t will take years to do what is
NECESSARY, no time should be lost when Congress
meets in taking the subject in hand.
National Republican., 1881-09-07
PERSONALITIES,

Mr.. JIwEs II. i DUNG is in town.
o. DR.. II. l.. BovEE has gone to New York
and Boston.
MAJOR JOHN NJ. CARSON, of the New
York Times, left yesterday to join his family at
West Point, NY
GENERALS ORD and Humphreys, us. A.,
and Edward Thornton, of the British legation, are
registered in New York.
JEFFERSON DAVIS arrived at Liverpool
Sunday in the steamer Barnard Hall from New
orleans. lie Is not in good health.
VIcE-PREsIDENT ARTHUR denies q report
that he was coming to Washington this week, and
says he knows of no reason why he should come
here at present.
EX-GovERNoR TILDEN's niece, Miss Ade-
laide f. Tllden, will be married at Greystone to.
day to r. D. Buchanan, son of the Rev. Dr. Bu-
chNnan, OF New York.
THE fact is recalled that the modesty OF
Mrs Grant never allowed her to refer to her hus-
band by other designation than that of Mr.. Grant
and 1t is acknowledged that in her case this
manner has "a certain sweetness above all eti-
quette."
JEFFERSON DAVIS arrived at Liverpool
Sunday IN the steamer Bernard Hall, from New
orleans. He Is not In good health. After u short
stay at the AdClphi Hotel he left for London by tho
Midland Railway express. He declined to be In
terviewed.
EX-SENAToR HENDRICKS says Stephen A
Douglas wasa man ofvery remarkable ability, and
that his power consisted in his instant apprecia-
ton of q situation or argument, and his strength
of putting It in n speech or debate. His under.
standing and his utternncc were both of the
strongest kind He was not, however, stickle
for consistency, and would shin his ground in
debate from one line Of argument to another, ant
would sometimes worry an adversary by his ap
parent lack of candOr. A great point in his favo
was his social nature. lie was warm friend, ant
was popular with ladies and families and with hi
associates in general in public life."