Year: 1876

NEW YORK. Dec. 81, 1876.


BEECHER AGAIN


The Beecher case reopens in differen6
spirit iom that in which it has been met
before. There Is less disposition to search
for sensations. and Mrs. Moulton presses
her right to a fair hearing in the Church
with firmness and dignity that promise
her part at least will be worthily perform
etl. There is not one sincere friend of pu-
rify and order who does not long to see
this ghastly scandal set at rest. nor left TO.
be the mystery of modern times, worse
than the story ofthe Iron Mask. Whether
Beecher is Innocent or not. the course of
Plymouth Church has prejudiced it in the
eyes OF the world which is not used to see
Innocence defending itself by the tactics of
guilt. The Church finds itself at a diSad-
vantage for the first time. Mrs. Mouiton
demands her right as church member to
a hearing before being Summarily expelled
and her husband is tletreImined not to die
without fight for life. As Beecher retus-
es to prosecute him. he will prosecute
Beecher, so that jury shall decide which
of the two is periured. So you see the old
scandal is still alive. and will probably drag
through another year.


TWEED


is not in Havana. that anv one knows of.
The man supposed to be the great thiet
is another man who is 80 unfortunate as
to resemble him. The theory now is that
he is hiding in New York. waiting till
O'Conor gets well, that his troubles may
be arranged. Wherever he may be, one
thing is certain, the plundered city will
never get cent of what has been stolen
from it. No New York politician ever re-
funded dollar that he had stolen, and
Tweed is not the man to begin.


THE OLD OLD STORY.


Last night man woman and two chill
dren were found dead in n room ON Fourth
Avenue. with bullet-holes through them.
1t was a CHASTITY sight. and a ghastly story
is behind it. Edward Minister, the son
of n wealthy man, fell i'm love with a wo-
man whose character was so bad that he
would not marry her. but he did live with
her. The old story was repeated. She
drained him of his money. estranged him
| from his friends. and finally. when he had
nothing left, was getting ready to leave
him. Mad with jealousy. he shot her. then
the children. and then himself. There
are twenty thousand men in this city liv
| ing in the same way. and every week more
er less of them make tragical ending.
THE REVIVAL SEASON


Is passing away. but there are no reviv
ais. Moody and Sankey did not succeed
in creating any enthusiasm in Brooklyn
and their failure chilled the churches to {
'legree that precludles the possibility of /;
successful movement against Satan thi
winter. It was intended to make n deci
size charge along the whole line, and ex
tensive preparations were made 70 that end
| hut it has all been abandoned, and th'
| churches are colder than ever. The temp
erance organizations are making littlu
Roadway. but are evidently discouraged
and are working with no heart. Depress
ion in business-the struggle for life tha
every business man has to make, leave
little opportunity for purely benevolent o
unself:sh operations. The man up to hi
eyes in debt and bad business has but lit
tie heart for work of this kind. There vii
be no revivals worth speaking of this win
term New York.


RJ.STNESS