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Year: 1875

Long before seven o'clock last night every seat in
the lecture room or Plymouth church filled. The
event which caused great interest the annual
meeting OF the church, and IL may be that q
spice or curiosity mingled with the desire to
participate in the TRANSACTION OF the most important
business pertaining to the management the church
And this seems perhaps all the probable as the
front part Of the filled entirely with
ladies. So Overwhelmingly did the feminine
element predominate that by actual count
there were fewer than dozen men
In eight entire OF seats. II would appear from
their actions too that majority OF these were not
members Of the church, for when the opening hymn
was sung it joined in feebly by few faithful
brethren in the Of the room who had not come
early enough to redeem their seats from the vigant
ladies in front


Mr. Beecher quickly took in the situation for he said
I" 'Beecher' s good old tune that you all know and
mot than half OF those present are singing it.
Now, 60 and sing IL through Then I am going to
give you another in place or itn The words Of the
pastor apparently had effect for the hymn
cuded without any increase OF fervor.


Mr.. Beecner offered unusually long and fervent
prayer, Brother Davenport offered short prayer and
the pastor delivered his usual Friday night talk"
There are he said, many phrases now in use
among religious people which have lost their
original, literal meaning The prase "Come to
Jesus' was one Of these. Originally, 1t meant
literally to come to Jesus when he in the flesh
Now it had lost that meaning We could now ''come
90 Jesusn only in spirit great deal Of trouble
caused through the change in the meaning
OF these phrases There two genera,
tendencies in the religious thought OF tho
world-the Christian and the Roman-not the
Roman Catholic but the ancient Roman. There are
perhaps three, counting the Greek, which is purely
intellectual The Roman tendency Is TO cultivate
bravery and strength, alternating with love and the
gentler qualities The Christian idea cultivate
the imagination and all the moral faculties with sub
stratum Of the stronger qualities


Mrs Josephine Worth desired letter OF withdrawal
and Miss Agnes f. Demun asked letter Prospect
Park Presbyterian church. This announcement was
read by Mr. Beecher, who followed IL with the bene-
diction, and the devotional meeting closed
Year: 1875

Nobody left the room after the benediction but on
The other hand, quite number Of gentlemen who had
arrived late, and waited throughout the service
In the lobbies now managed TO force entrance. Mr.
Beecher stated that Deacon Hutchinson had been
nominated for Moderator OF the meeting That gentle
who seated in the gallery and stated that
his business svey pressing and the meeting would
probably be adjourned several times and would be


likely to meet at times when he would be called out of
town. he most respectfully declined and proposed that
Brother Edgeron should take the chair The motion was
put and carried unanimously Brother Edgerton imme-
diately took the seat which had been occupied by
lhe PASTOR and Mr. Thomas G. Shearman clerk OF the
church. proceeded TO read the minutes Of the meeting
held one week ago. The moderator then announced
thai the clerk would read the annual report AS he did
Mr.. Beecher stood up and said:-sT move that
when this meeting adjourns 1t will be 70 half
past Thursday evening next to hear the report
Of the Examining Committee on the cases now in their
hands


The motion was carried and Mr.. shearman read
Year: 1875

The police OF tho Fifth precinct yesterday noti-
ned that early hour the morning Mary oonkiin
living the third floor Of No. 4eS Greenwich street,
had been beaten m an inhuman manner By
her husband Andrew. They were both
The walls OF the room wherein tho array had occurred
were covered with blood The woman was severely
hurt She was taken 10 the Chambers Street Hospital
The brutal husband escaped and has NOS yet been
rested. The couple have four children, tho Oldest
about eiah8ItAxs Of ara
Year: 1875

The Examining Committee OF Plymouth church held
meeting yesterday afternoon al Deacon Halliday's
house in Willow street, Brooklyn The question
of determining the course OF the church in
regard TO Mrs Moulton was the man OBJ
ject Of the meeting. In response
invitation Mr. William Y. West attended, not,
as be expressed himself HERALD reporter for the
purpose or delivering letter. but to such ques
tons as under the circumstances the members the
committee might deem ht to put IL under
stood from Mr. West that his answers would
be substantially the sentiment OF what ne has
already published in letters 20 Plymouth church
that he who may read II is just this that Mr..
West is willing to join communion with Plymouth
church when he is satisfied OF the purity
and innocence Of the pastor The verdict in
the trial Of Tilton vs. Beecher has not
given him this satisfaction HIS soul IS still troubled
with doubt and anxiety and he thinks his character
Christian, God fearing and self respecting man
would be mperied by his continuing any longer 70
hold fellowship with a church over which a
pastor presided against whom such grave and rs
yet disproven charges existed those against Henry
Ward Beecher. He proGered In effect the foregoing
reply TO the questions put TO him by the members Of
down for the committee before the meet
ing Of yesterday 10 have sstsfac-
tory explanation from Mr.. West of his conduct
for time past and no explanation
sented by his letter. TO advise him make forthwith
full and ample apology and OF his refusal TO
comply with the advice Of the committee drop him
sdns ceraaonae from the rolls Of the church.


IL Is needless TO say that the latter in the
case Of the West is the only one that can be made
Year: 1875

REPORT or THE UNITED STATES ENGINEERS ON


TEE WORK ACCOMPLISHED ON rHR HUDSON


RIVER AND IN THE WATERS IN AND ABOUT NEW


JERSEY


The following are extracts from the report OF the
United States engineers having reference to the i'm
provement OF Rondout harbor ON the Hudson


Congress not having appropriated funds for the
further prosecution cf these works no extension OF
them has been made during the past season With the
balance Of funds remaining OF the appropriation oi
March 3, 1873 twenty 1--we sprngpie tenders were
placed along the channel face Of north dixie to fend on
vessels likely TO be driven upon by southerly winds
and the waves while In the act Of entering
belong to the plan, and rendered necessary by
there having been no appropriation 10 construct the
south dyke, which would have afforded the protection
needed The condition Of the work Is follows The
north dyke has been constructed and the extremity Of
IL reinforced by large crib, laid In the line of the pro-
posed branch dyke leading toward the coal wharf near
Kingston Point AS the north dyke now stands tso.
lated and exposed both tanks to the tee floating
with the currents its condition is necessarily preca
rious and each succeeding winter will increase the
damage done until an unlucky concurrence OF crcrm
stances effect It's final ruin Serious damage was dono
by the Ice both to the north dyke and the CRIB at the
break up Of the last spring. and this should be repaired
before the next winter.


The effect of the north dixie has been to deepen the
channel 4 small width and to admit large class
of vessels. Owing however to the shoalness Of tho
between the channel and the lighthouse, Ice
dam was formed extending from the north dixie to the
Of heavy material the channel necessary to be
dredged before navigation can be resumed. Had the
south dixie been constructed and the channel deepened
no ice dam would have formed


WORKS NECESSARILY


undertaken complete the project the south
dixie the branch dixie and the dredging OF the channel
suitable depth and width The operations OF these
additional structures would be TO preservea deep chan
mel Of the normal width of tho creek assist In dss
patng the bar which otherwise might form beyond the
entrance, and finally to serve mutual protection
against noating ice Certainly this work should not
huya md tuta In limit
construction OF works OF improvement within tho
scope of partial appropriation granted, and If the
harbor works to be left their present unfinished
condition, the inhabitants of Rondout may with pro-
priey complain that injury instead Of benefit has been
conferred upon them.


II further appropriation should be made for the
construction of the works Of improvement the north
dixie and crib should be removed In order to restore
the harbor to the condition it In prior its at
tempted Improvement


The estimated OF this removal OF the north dixie
Is sos OOO
Year: 1875

To ALL, particularly invalids, spring is trying
season. Indications Of sickness should at once be
attended to. Fatal diseases may be caused by al.
lowing the bowels to become corstipated, and the
system to remain in disordered condition until
the disorder has time to develop itself. An ounce
of preventive is worth pound Of cure, Is an old
and truthful saying. Therefore, we advise all who
troubled with the complaints now very prevalent
headache, indigestion, disordered liver, want OF
appetite nausea, feverish skin, to take, without
delay, Schenck's Mandrake Pills. We know Of NO
remedy SO harmless and decisive in Its action. 1t al
strikes at the reot Of the disease and produce,
healthy tone to the system. People never need
suffer from any disease arising from q disordered
condition Of the liver II they would take this excel
lent medicine when they feel the first indications
Of the malady. Families leaving home for the
summer months should take three or four boxes Of
these pills with them. They have an almost in
st.ntaneous effect. They will relieve the patient o
headache in one or two hours, and will rapidly
cleanse the liver Of surrounding bile, and will eec
tualy prevent bilious attack. They are sold by
all druggists.
Year: 1875

Justice Wandcll presided mt the Tombs Police Court
yesterday in the place Of Justice Duny who has gono
on his summer vacation.


Freeman Sawyer was employ cd some time during last
month waiter in Frcnchs Hotel few days ago
he failed report himself for work. and simultaneously
discovered that sundry articles OF plated silver
missing from the dining officer Jack
son. Of tho Fourth precinct got the case TO work up
He paid visit to the lodgings of Sawyer at No. l23
Mercer street. and there found the missing property.
Sawyer arrested, and yesterday Justice Wandel
held him TO answer
Year: 1875

invite you to candid, careful thought on
this subject. And members of the
Christian Churches, may l ask you,
what are you doing for the Master in
this path of duty? Have you helped
to sustain temperance organizations in
the past ? are your names enrolled in
the temperance army? are you identi-
fed with temperance organization and
thereby helping to support its interests
and giving all your influence to stop the
evil, lntemperance? is not temperance
the handmade of religion?


Where you be?"


WATERMAN
Year: 1875

Most of the mining businesss in Cali
tornia is now operated by the hydraulic
method. Whole mountains are washed
into the rivers through the fumes and
tunnels. The water is sometimes
brought in canals, as far as fifty miles in
order to keep the source high above
the fumes. The earth from the high
hills is removed to the head of the
fumes, in large quantities by machinery
and other means. Sometimes they tun-
mel the mountains and explode several
kegs Of blasting powder int hem, thereby
crumbling them SO that the earth can
be removed to the fumes more easily.
The water is conducted to the fumes in
large pipes, and with immense force,
and thus the dirt containing stones and
very minute particles Of gold is carried
rapidly through n the fumes. By the
time it arrives at the tunnel. the water
and dirt become thoroughly mixed. On
the bottom of the tunnel stones are
placed in a singular manner as in the
old stone pavemen:s in Boston and
New York. The gold being heavy
settles to the bottom, and lodges in the
crevices between the stones, while every
thing else is washed to the river. Af-
ter operating for six months or longer,
they have cleaning up and the gold is
collected by means of quick silver. If
they have rich gathering the stock of
the mine will advance. I visited the
Enterprise mine at Smartsville, and ex-
amined the fume and tunnel, the for
mer 600 feet in length and the latter
l% miles, I gained much information
relative to mining from Mr.. Hedges the
Superintendent and from Mr.. Townsend
from Washington, Maine, who very
kindly spent two hours with me explain
ing all the details.


The water of the Feather river is
muddier than any other river that I
have ever seen, not excepting that Of
the Maimi river in Ohio. This is owing
to the immense amount of dirt that is
continually being washed into the river
from the mining sections. This has
been accommodating for years, and the
bed of the river in many places is as
high or higher than much of the land
over the banks and levees, consequently
during a high freshet, the ranches near
the river are frequently all under water,
and sometimes to such depth as to
drown sheep and hogs in large numbers.
My friend, MIR. Eastman, has ranch
of $500 acres, lying on the east side of
the Feather river, bordering on the
river for about five miles to the junction
of the Bear river with the Feather.
About 700 acres of this ranch is in tim
Der. Were it not for these overAows
these ranches, and particularly the one
of my friend would be of great value
for farming purposes. The land is as
beautiful as any that / have ever seen,
and is of great fertility, owing in a
measure to the sediment left upon the
land by the overdows, resembling some
the condition of the land in Egypt, after
the overflow of the Nile.r Some of the
land is SO fiat, that it does not drain in
season for crop. In 1876 they raised
at this ranch, 1876, ,o0obushels of grain be-
Year: 1875




There are forty tunnels between Pisa
and Genoa; the railroad threads the
coast so closely that but for its fortunate
elevation above highwater mark it would
incrust with the salt crystals that plunge
shoreward in the spray of many gale
So frequent are these tunnels between
Pisa and Genoa, and so long the galleries,
which are, in other words, tunnels with
rows of large windows or arches hewn
out Of the wall against the sea, that it
seems almost as if this picturesque and
stupendous ehisseling we're the work of
the sea and the storm. The coast is
very abrupt; cliff after cliff juts out
over the water like the wings in theater,
all looking very much alike, and half
dozen of them usually being visible at
one time. The cliffs are hung with creep
ing vines and decked with ferns and
aloes. They are each one a picture,
and from each got some pleasant little
surprises, for as the train emerged from
the tunnel was sure to find a kind OF
toy city, exceedingly small but complete
in itself, clinging 10 the bluff ahead Of
US, and not very many rods distant. H.
some cases we had scarcely time 10 get
used to the daylight blazing all along the
coast, before we were dragged into pitchy
blackaess of the next tunnel. Some,
times we stopped in the midst of tun-
mel or gallery aud were amazed to find
passengers alighting-at least was, for
It was all novelty to me-and when |
looked out of the car window / found
that the bluff above us was split in two,
and through the chasm very narrow and
very steep stairs cut in the rocks led up
to the summit, where the edges of the
houses we're visible. With their blank
walls glowing in the sunshine. The next
moment we were rushing on from cliff to
cliff, above smooth stretches of sea sand
as yellow as gold, and below long slope
Of The hills inland, sprinkled thickly
with villas even to their SUBMITS, where
the clouds leaned heavily aad threatened
rain.
Year: 1875




Philosophers declare that the INSTINCT
of the chase is common to almost the
whole human race, from the seal.hunting
EsqumauK at the North Pole to the
African with his club and poisoned ar.
rows at the equator, They tell US that
among our own people it pervades all
classes, from the whaler who strikes the
leviathan of the Arctic seas and the
captain sahib who boards some renowned
Z man,ester " in Indian jungles down to
the cookpey SCHOOL boy firing at unwary
sparrows with his oatapult, or the tiny
urchin Of two or three years old pursuing
the blue-bottle across the panes of his
nursery window, and then, flushed with
conquest, tearing of the legs and wings
Of the wretched fly. And although in
some Gases the passion in question is
converted into q trade--as where certain
admirable persons undertake for o con-
sideration the destruction Of some OF
those pests Of human life which the world
would most willingly let die, if they
would be SO obliging as to do so-yet
even here the natural hunting insect de.
velops itself very clearly, and, to use
Sydney Smiths language, rlhs rat
catcher delights in the capture of rats
the bug-destroyer pursues his victim with
keen delight, and the suppressor Of vice
is charmed when the vice is found and
hunted," - Belgraviq.
Year: 1875

Some Que who has taken the trouble
to post himself on the laws governing
railway passenger travel, says that extra
charges for failure to buy tickets are
universally sustained by the courts, but
there must be full opportunity to buy
afforded by the ticket seller. Passen.
gers must show tickets when asked for.


AS to stopping off, there is only one
decision, which is that passenger can.
not stop of and resume his journey
without the previous assent of the com.
pany. AS to the obligation of the road


TO furnish seat to a passenger de-
cision says: "a passenger who exhibits
his ticket need not surrender it until he


has been furnished with seat" A rail-
way is not liable for things stolen out Of
passengers seat, there being no pre-
vious delivery to the compsnys ser.


wants; for the same reason the company


is not liable for baggage in the paSsen-
gers own care.


Passengers who neglect to look after
their own baggage on arrival at their
destination cannot recover for it if lost
without fault of the carrier Baggage
left in station-houses for the passenger s
convenience, after it has reached its des-
tination, comes under new class Of
rights and duties, the baggage master
assuming the position of a gratuitous
bailee, who only becomes liable in cases
of gross negligence. The obligation of
the railway as a carrier ceases when it
has been delivered to its owner at the
place of destination, or when he has had
reasonable opportunity of receiving and
removing it. 1t will interest sportsmen
to know that they may recover for the
value of dogs when they entrust them to
the baggage master for hire, because Of
their exclusion from the passenger cars. T"
Year: 1875

the safe. During their retreat, which
was marked by many adventures, the in
trepid old man succeeded in evading the
vigilance of his guardians for a short
time, and secreting the safe in a place
where he would be able to recover it
afterward. When the booty was missed
and the robbers failed to induce the
cashier to reveal to them the place
where it was concealed, they revived the
proceedings OF the famous chsufeurs by
roasting the feet of their victim in order
to extort confession. But the inflicted
tortures had a different effect. The man
got mad; and it was with the object ot
restoring bim to reason that the robbers
bestowed the utmost attention on him
in hopes that when he recovered bis
reason he would reveal to them the place
where the safe was concealed.
Year: 1875

A strange story is reported from


Spain. A detachment of Alfonsoist sol


diers recently discovered in secluded
part Of mountain chain a cavern which
was inhabited by robbers, who had taken
advantage of the civil war in order to
ply their criminal avocations. An aleoye
was attached to this subterraneous
dwelling, the door Of which the soldiers
broke open. They we're astonished to
find the apartment decently furnished
aud provided with books, flowers and
even a piano. In an easy chair sat a
venerable old man. The soldiers inter
rogated him, but obtained only lncohs


rent replies II has since been asoer'
tanned. from the confession OF one Of the
robbers, that the old man was the cashier
Of banking firm at Burgos that they
bad brokeu into the bank. stolen the SAFE
aud taken the cashier With them, IN
hopes that he would assist them to oper
Year: 1875

Providence Journal


An astonishing bonnet was on exhibi-
ton at the opening of one of the fashion
able millinery establishments in Boston
few days since. 1t was made of dark
green velvet and ecru silk-two of the
stylish colors for the coming season. On
the back of the bonnet, resting partly on
the crown and partly on the brim, was
an elaborate wreath of leaves. Within
this circlet, which answered for nest,
were enclosed six birds of the size
Of sparrows. They were mounted on
wires so as to move easily with the
motion Of the wearer, or to sway
lightly in the breath of the breeze.
Ten wings formed the trimmings on
one side Of the bonnet, and a larger
wing was intermingled with the bandeau
of velvet and silk on the other. The
front, large and aaring, was filled with
mass of exquisite flowers, loops and
twists of velvet and silk and an addi-
tional wing. A yard and halt of vel.
vet and half the quantity of silk was re-
quired for the completion of this mon
strosity Of feminine head gear. Twelve
birds wings, six whole birds, masses Of
flowers, leaves and wreaths, velvet and
silk in unlimited quantity entered into
the composition OF this love of bon.
net, We have not been enlightened in
regard to tha price Of this vanity of van.
tiles, neither have we heard who has be-
come its happy possessor
Year: 1875

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w. Industrial Exhibition Company of New
York.


Each Quarter Bond participates in Four
series allotments every year, until it is re-
deemed.


The following Premiums show what any
Bond may receive. A quarter Bond would
receive one quarter Of the below named pre-
Year: 1875

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metropolitan newspaper at the same time,
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without two such valuable papers at so
slight cost,
Year: 1875

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Year: 1875

Yesterday the various railroad magnates we're in hot
water. II not much that the Boston railroads
endeavoring cut down the Of freight as
that the Erie Railway bad notified the competing roads
IL would decrease the tariff rates Al least thirty per
would receive quasi notice TO do likewise or submit
70 the consequences


Al the Offices OF the Grand Trunk Railway the officers
said they could not afford to raise their rates equal
those Of the New York roads, they would certainly
lose their business


The officers Of the Cheap transportation Association
have returned from Chicago and they arc more tnan
ever Impressed with their mission HERALD re-
porter called on one Of the committee, Mr.. Theodore
u Lees yesterday afternoon, and that gentleman
assured him that the recent convention Chicago bad
done everything material for organization and had
kheoretc speakers