Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1874-12-14

              TPii n, ; YOL. XXXY. COLUMBUS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1874. NO. 294. hi II f SIEBERT f LILLEY, Blank Bool Manufacturers Printers, Binders, Stationers T And Legal Blank Publishers V BOOK BINDING Of evory description, by the single Volume. Kdition or OPEBA HOUSE BUlXDIJfG, v""'--(UpStalra.) s mr20 ' COLCMBCS, 3D. Zj. ATTXiX?, IE !N G- RAVE H- Manufacturing Jeweiei, 27 NORTH HIGH ST. (Up stairs.) fine Oold Kings, Piis, Badges, Etc, Made to order. All kinds of T72VSHT 8TONBB On hand and mounted to order. Cheapest Plaee in the City to Get oc3l a rine King. onict-i High, Perl and t'hnpel Sla. J. M. OOMLY. A. W. rUHOlSOO. COMLY & FHA.NCISCO, FUBt.ISUKB iXD PROPRIETOR.. JAM Eft M. t'OWI.Y, JMIIOP. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. General Aaseinbly. Duo. 12. Senate. The memorial of the State Temperance Convention against any change in the present liquor lairs was presented Several bills were read the second time and referred. . . . , Haute. Bills introduced : Fixing the time when infirmary directors shall enter upon their duties; providing that exemption of earnings shall not exceed $300; allowing teachers to dismiss school on certain holi- ' days and ' during teachers' Institutes A joint resolution providing a special commit tee on amendments to the Adair law was tabled under notice to discuss Deacon Smith has been in New York, the guest of the New York Sun, which devotes a column or two a day to him, James R. Osgood & Co., Boston, have made a handy Sauntering volume of Kate Field's " Ten Days in Spain." The illustrations are sketchy and extravagant, but spirited and comieal, like the text. Randall & Aston. Lee & Shei-aro, Boston, have got up a new edition of Mrs. Eliza Lee Follen's " Little Songs," a modernized imitation of Mother Goose, first published in 1832. The present edition, illustrated by Miss L. B. Humphrey, is very handsome. Some of the jingles are very impressive, producing a truly Webslerian gravity on the aged four-year-old countenance. The book is for sale by Bandall & Aston. A good holiday book for youngest children. The President is as sick of interference in the South as Democrats can be. He has made himself plain in that matter. The difficulty is that the murderous White Leaguers won't allow things to go on in any other way than would make noninterference a weakness and a crime. The President says in his Message, in speaking of Arkansas : As Congress is now investigating the political affairs of Arkansas, I have declined to interfere with the subject. Ex ecutive interference with the affairs of a State is repugnant to public opinion, to the feeling of those who from their official capacity, must be used in such interposition, and to him or those who must direct it. Unless most clearly on the side of the law, such interference becomes a crime. With the law to support it, it is condemned without a hearing. I desire, therefore, that all necessity for executive direction in local affairs may become unnecessary and obsolete. In speaking of outrages in Louisiana and the necessity for executive interference there under the requirements of the Constitution and laws of the United States, the President says : Complaints are made of this interference by Federal authority, but if said amendment and act do not provide for such interference under the circumstances as above stated, then they are without meaning, force or effect, and the whole scheme of colored enfranchisement is worse than mockery and little better than a crime. - Nevertheless, even under each circumstances, the President does not ask for approval withsut full investigation, and he suggests that "possibly Congress may find it due to truth and justice to ascertain, by means of a committee, whether the alleged wrongs to colored citizens for political purposes were real or the reports thereof were manufactured for the occasion." The President's reluctance to appear in the character of even a mediator between opposing factions in State affairs, ought to be apparent to every candid mind upon reading what he has said so repeatedly with reference to the Louisiana difficulty. He leminds Congress again that he had left the whole matter to Congress to determine who was entitled to control the Louisiana Stale government : repeats the opinion that on account of frauds and forgeries, it is difficult to de termine who was chosen by the people of Louisiana; states the grounds of his enforced action in the absence of any action by Congress ; and again urges Congress to decide the matter so as to relieve the Executive front an odious responsibility. Finally he says, after a calm and dignified review of " the causes and effects of these unhappy questions":The theory is raised that there is to be Do more interference on the part of the gen era) government to protect citizens within a Stat where the State authorities fail to give protection. This is a great mistake. While I remain Executive all the laws of Congress and the provisions of tbe Constitution, including the amendments added thereto, will be enforced with vigor, with out regret that they should nave added one jot or tittle to the Executive duties and powers. Let there be firmness in the discussion of Southern questions; th advocates of both or all ' political parlies giving honest, ;., truthful reports , of occurrences, or 1 de nouncing the wrong arid upholding the right, and soon all will be well. Under existing conditions the negro votes the Republican ticket because be knows Ms Iriend are of that party: many a good citisen votes the opposite, not because he agrees with tbe great principles of State, which separate parties, but because generally he is opposed to negro rule. This is a most delusive cry. Treat the negro as a citizen and voter, as he is, and must remain, and soon the parties will be divided, not on the color line, but on principles. Then we shall have ne complaint of sectional interferences. Now, it does seem to us, without any undue respect for the man who has been condemned by the people of tbe United States to occupy the place of Chief Magistrate for eight years, that all this com pares rather favorably with the statesmanlike dispatches sent out by the young men who watcb, pver us and guard us and protect us, from the classio prowl of Newspaper Bow. " Of course, the President is not gifted with that faculty of literary expression which is the pfoud boast of Newspaper Row ; neither has he that magisterial in dependence which attaches to the position of our special correspondent; we all know how lacking our Chief Executive is in that Infallible Wisdom which enables the Special to decide all questions of policy and State craft by instinct, and show with instant infallibility where and when any of our "Senators and Representatives and all others in authority" have blundered. But, "according to his lights," (to use the good old Calvinistic formula,) it does seem to us that the President has done well in his way, in the matter we have examined. And it seems to us that when The Nation and other "independent" papers still go on talking about his "hankering for interference" in the domestic affairs of the States, they simply illustrate their own want of decency and lack of sense. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Aumiiil Report of the Government , isireciur. The Hon. James Wilson has filed with the Secretary of the Interior the annual report of ttie Government Directors of the Union Pacific railroad. The roadbed, bridges, and in short everything Per taining to the structure of the road, are found to be in the very best order. The directors approve the decision of the Secretary of the Interior in regard to patent lands heretofore withheld from the road rider the decision of a former Secretary. rue directors Hold mat tne time lias ar rived when the local interest of the Territories through which the road runs demanded that all questions in regard to titles to these lands should be quieted, and the effect of the order has been most beneficial. Great stress !b laid upon the inportance of localized - management of the road, the directors holding that all officers having in 'charge the various branches of business pertaining to the perations ot tbe road should reside upon the line where they can become entirely familiar with the numerous local inter ests which go to produce business for the road. 1 he directors express the opinion that as yet the country has never passed a just judgment upon the racitic road. Wiien its construction began the completion of the road was the treat object in view, and the means used were not very carefully criticised. At that stage of the enterprise the country was entirely lenient in its judgment as to the methods el to accomplish the work. Of late its judgment has been formed upon the dis closures of the Credit Mobilier investigation, and this, like the first, was exaggerated and unjust. The directors then proceed to discuss the question of the Government finally becoming fully reimbursed for all moneys expended on account of the road. The directors believe that even without localized management, and in case matters proceed as at present and without any future increase of Government transportation, still the Government at the end of thirty years will find itself fully reimbursed for all expenditures incurred on account of the road by the five per cent, which it will receive, together with what is withheld ander the existing laws and the percentage saved on transportation. This estimate is based upon the report furnished to the directors from tbe War and I'ostofiice Departments, giving the amount ot business which these two departments have had over the line of the road, and the estimate made does not take into contiderationany increase in the annual amount of Government transportation or any saving in tbe management of Indian affairs. The Matterlu a Nutshell. Bristow's Report The history of irredeemable paper currency repeats itself whenever and wbei- ever it is used. It increases present prices, deludes the laborer with the idea that he ia getting higher wages, and brings a fictitious pros;ierity, from which follow inflation of business and credit and excess of enterpriee in ever increasing ratio, until it is discovered that trade and commerce have become fatally diseased, when confidence is destroyed, and then comes the shock to credit, followed by disaster and depression, and a demand for relief by further issues, The Grand Vizier is a washed-out sort of an institution nowadays. Civilization has bleached the rich romance out of him. He no longer rewards favorites with Sultanas, or punishes presumption with bow-string and scimetar. The news comes to us that, after suppressing the Levant Herald for contumacious com ments upon him, he has commenced suit against the editor lor delamation of character, with the agreement that, if he win. the offending journalist be expelled the country. There was a time when the Grand Vizier bad no character to defame, and was always addressed in superlatives, which gave him no trouble. Now that civilization has invested Prime Ministers with decent reputations, tbe poor fellows are obliged to defend them against newspaper assaults. The progress of the acre is not altogether toward the savin of laDor. AjAWriENCS" BARRETT WSS OPOS printer's apprentice in Detroit. If be had only kept on at his work be might now have been editing i weekly paper of ma own and laying pipes for tne county priming. unrKTVourwu, BY TELEGRAPH TO TBE OHIO STATE JOURNAL Night Dispatches. NEW YORK. American Tract Society Anniversary Statistics of Its Finance and Work. New York, Dec. 13. Thosemi-centennial anniversary of the American Tract Society was held this evening, lhe an nual report showed that the annual issues these hlty years have averaged more than 10,000,000 publications, more than half a million of these being volumes. The cost of the work during the past year was $50,000. Grants had been made during the year to the number of 68,000,000 pages, and to tbe value of more than $450,000, which had beendistributed through mission schools, prisons and hospitals, the gifts for fereign distribu tion in the form of printed matter amount to $4000, and in cash and plates to be sea in printing to the amount of JUUU Mora than 4000 publications have been issued abroad and in 143 languages. Since its formation the Society had expended more than $600,000 in co-operating with prominent American missions. Addresses were delivered by Kev. Drs. iyng, Williams, Pratt, Halleck and others. CRIME. A Man of BcNpectablllty Mnrders a Woman and Kill Mlm.eir. . Boston, Dec. 13. A terrible double tragedy was enacted this afternoon at Charleston by William H. Jones, of Som-erville, killing Mrs. O. R. Barry, at her residence on School street, Charleston, and immediately afterward cutting Mb own throat. Jones was married and had grown-up children, and the two families were very intimate, and considered highly respectable. The deed was doubtless premeditated, as it was done with a razor which he had taken with him from his home in Somerville. There were no witnesses to tbe affair, the balance of the Barry family being at church. The bodiea were found about half past three, by a son of the murdered woman. They were lying on the floor about four feet apart, each with the throat cut. WASHINGTON. EALAKAUA SICK. Washington, Dec. 13. King Kala-kauais still very much indisposed, in con sequence of which no arrangements have been made as to his future movements. He iB suffering with a very severe cold and aggravated Bore throat. During the day Secretary Fish called at the hotel to see the King, but did not do bo owing to the illressof His Majesty. He Co in mil - nicat d t metsige from the President to the enect that tne president regretted exceedingly to hear of the King's indisposition, and that although the President was suffering himself from a severe cold he would have called upon the King if His Majesty had been in a condition to receive vis tors. , Dr. Turner to day stated that the Boyal Visitor might he well pnou'-'-- fiwnin- tion to the President to-morrow. It ia the intention of the President and Mrs. Grant to give him a grand reception at the White House one evening this week, for which cards will be issued. The King will spend about ten days in Washington. A FALSE RUMOR SET RIGHT. The Secretary of the Navy has been in terviewed on the subject of a rumored difficulty between himself and the Secre tary ot the 1 reasnry. tie disposes of the matter as follows : "There is nothing in it. So far from there being any controversy on the subject referred to, it has not been even mentioned between myself and the Secretary. or between myself and the President, for the last three months. As 1 understand the real facts to be, Senator Cattell was appointed, last summer, agent of the treasury Department in relttion to syndicate matters abroad, but was prevented from going by the prolracted sickness and final death of his wife. Whether it will now be worth while for him to go, in view of the long delay and the fact that the syndicate contract terminates very shortly, is a matter entirely for the treasury Depart ment, and upon which I do not profess to have an opinion, hut 1 am sure Cattell will not consent te go in any event unless the Secretary of the Treasury desires him to do BO." jFOKJUlGrlN. UKR.TiA.NY. RELEASE OF AN ARRESTED DEPUTY DE MANDED. Berlin, Dec. 13. In the Reichstag yeaterdsy llerr Lasker called attention to tbe arrest ol llerr .Mayunke, a member of that bod v, and moved that the committee on standing orders report as soon as possi ble whether arrests ol Deputies during a session are admissible, and it so how tbey can eventually be avoided,- The commit tee has subsequently decided that the ar rest of Mayunke was inadmissible, and recommended that the Beichatag demand his immediate liberation. VON ARNIM's TRIAL. The court trying Count Von Arnim was in secret session two hours yesterday, when tbe most important documents which have been withheld from the pub lic were read. Tbe prosecution gave warning that any person who published or caused to be published these documents would be guilty of high treason. Baron Holstein will testify Monday morning, and counsel will begin their arguments in the afternoon. 1 he verdict will probably be postponed until next week, MINISTERIAL RESIGNATION. Minister of Justice De Leonhardt intends to resign on account of ill health. rKANl'E. LAFAYETTE CONGRATULATED. Paris, Dec. 13. At a meeting of Deputies of the Left to-day, an address to M. Oscar De Lafayette was adopted congratu lating him on the flattering communications he recently received from citizens of the United States. SPAIN. MARINE DISASTERS. Santander, Dec. 13. Two vessels have been wrecked off this port and eight uvea lost. ENGLAND. PARLIAMENT. London, Dec. 13. Parliament will re assemble on the fifth day ol rebruary. Weather rrobaklllllea. Washington. Dec 13. For tbe Mid. die States, generally cloudy weather and light rain and snow will prevail, with a slight rise of temperature, falling barometer and southeast to southwest winds. For the Lake region, cloudy and colder weather, with snow, north or west winds and rising barometer during Monday, lol lowed ov clearing weather. For the Northwest, decidedly cold and clear or clearing weather, with northeast to northwest winds and rising barometer in Missouri and Iowa. 'For the Gulf Htates.Tennessee and Ohio Valley, generally cloudy weather and areas of rain, southerly wind, sbiftin to westerly and northerly, except near the Uuir coast, followed by a lower temperature and rising barometer. For the Canal regions, New York.Penn sylvania and Ohio, the temperature will tall below freezing during Monday night, BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. The j'iry in the case of Coroner Croker, of New xork, failed to agree. Professor Judd, who attempted to walk 500 miles in 6 days, failed on tbe 39Bth mile. ", A man supposed to be J. C. White, the leader in the Corinth bank robbery, has oeen arrested at Helena, Arkansas. A man was arrested at Philadelphia yesterday, having in bis possession thirty- one nne revolvers, supposed to nave been stolen in the West. The New York custom bouso officers seized Saturday 300 Swiss watches valued at 27,000 francs. They were in the pos session oi itb, wetzei, ol rraine du Cbien. Ohio. Tiffin has got a daily paper. Findlay ia getting ready to be lighted witn gas. Cleveland is now haunted bv Ann Ar bor "body snatchers." The Salem Bepublican proposes a State invention oi tuounty Commissioners. B. W. Allison, of the Steubenvil.'e Herald, is wintering in Denver, with bis wne. . Bucyrus shipped Saturday a car-load of provisions and clothing to the .Nebraska aunerers. A Ballefontaine man not fortvfivevears old yet, has obtained license to marry his nun wne. The grounds of the Greene Countv Agricultural Society have been Bold at anerin a sale. Miles Greenwood, a prominent Cincin nati capitalist and manufacturer, who has ueen dangerously ill, is now convalescent. The new Euclid Avenue Methodist Church iu Cleveland was dedicated Sunday, It is pronounced one of the finest in the city. There are 183 students in the Western Reserve College, at Hudson, as follows : Fittynine in the medical, sixtyfour in the academical, and fiftyeight in the preparatory department. Eli Lover and Abe Forter, two French men, were arrested by tbe police at Cleveland, Saturday, for making and passing counterfeit nickels. Tools and metal for making counterfeits were secured. A baby farming establishment has been found at (Jorryville, near Cincinnati, where infants are taken iu and done tor on the most approved Dothboy's Hall principle. The children are not murdered ; they merely die for want of attention.William McConnell, an Irish laboring man, obtained a verdict of $1800 last week against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for injuries received ayearago whilst working in their employ in the erection of one of their new buildings in Aewara. Hutu ur ijiu ncio tiukeu by a falling beam. Mrs, Susan Kit in bier died recently at Miltonville, Butler couuty, aged 115 years. Her descendants were the following : Children, 10; grandchildren. 80; great grandchildren, 176;great-great-grandchildren, 27. Of her descendants 67 are dead, who, added to the living, would make in all 360. At Springfield a delegation of sixteen leading citizens has been appointed to attend a narrow-gauge railroad meeting to be held at Greenfield, Highland county, next Tuesday night, in the interest of the Springfield, Greenfield, Waverly and Jackson route, Engineers are now surveying the route. Murder runs riot and bloodshed is an every day occurrence, while the shooting of fire-arms is heard upon the streets every night of the year. The authorities frequently awake in tbe morning to nnd the body of a man laying in the public streets, cold and stiff', weltering in his gore. He has been murdered sometime during the previous night, by whom no one but tbe perpetrators know, and no one interests himself to find Out. A regular fight, in which ten or a dozen take sides and use clubs, stones and pistol, is a regular Sunday night occurrence down about John Horn s and this is only four blocks from the center of the ciiy. No one is ever arrested there. No complaints are ever entered. Mr. Horn fears to complain of the desperadoes, who break in his windows and smash up his furniture, for fear that they in turn will complain of him keeping his house open on Sunday in violation of the law. It ia all nonsenre to try to cover up and hide the true state of society here. It is lawless beyond prece dent, desperate beyond measure, murder ous beyond imagination, lhe limes re marks that "strangers who read these sccounts, and are acquainted with the facts here, would naturally have an idea that the coal regions are almost equal to the Western frontier." The writer of this has lived on the Western frontiers on the very borders of civilization and he never yet saw a state of society more dangerous to business, to life and the peaceful pursuits of happiness than the Luzerne coal regions. The business men of Scranton owe it to themselves and the community generally to take prompt and active measures to bring about such a revolution in the government of tbe city as will mete out swift punishment to the desperadoes who have made the name of the third city in the state synonymous with every bloody deed on the criminal calendar. Seranton (Pa.) Free Prem. They have got an intelligent bull-dog in Alexandria, Virginia, and the boasting among the inhabitants of that flourishing, but somewhat dull town, is something fearful to contemplate. The bulldog had a combat with a fellow eur, and found, in the course of the conflict, that the aforesaid fellow cur was too much for him. When this fact had penetrated his cerebellum, he fell flat and motionless to tbe ground. i he victorious dog gave his prostrate form a parting chew or two, and then strutted about with an air of importance befitting the occasion. In a short time he took up the line of march for home. As his footsteps were dying away in the distance, tbe eyesol the pros. trate dog slightly unclosed. Seeing the victor plodding homeward and on the re treat, be opened his eyes wide, and when the victor turned a corner, and was out of sight, the prostrate dog arose from the earth, shook the dirt from his garments, and jogged home with sarcastic smile. Bolton Saturday bvening QavUt, A country dealer ordered from a bookseller of this city a copy of a little book, entitled "Seekers after God," which not being "in stock" at tbe time, the Chicsgo publishers were obliged to renlv. regret fully, that there wen bo "Seekers after God" ia Chicago! THE CITY. ' POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. Pulpit Views on Billiards, funis, Danclngr, the TJUeater and Opera, Rev, Robert G. Hutchins, who had been announced for a sermon on Popular Amusements, had a large audience at the First Congregational Church last night. He took for his text tbe words: "Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind." He explained how the heterogeneous condition of the Church ac Borne induced Paul to write these words, and declared that he selected them for a text that he might be held to Christian charity, Some were inclined to think the subject of popular amusements ' was trivial he had chosen it, not because it was at tractive to the popular mind, but because he thought it involved stupendous inter. ests in, the cause of Christ. Men could judge'of the culture of individuals and countries by their amusements. A man's character could not be judged by his business; that might be controlled by cir ctimstances, and many a man was engaged in business he disliked. But the general tendency of a man's mind, the standard of his culture, could be judged by his amusements, in which he exercised his free will. Go back to the early times of Gieece to tbe times ol iycurgus and Solon and notice how amusements indi cated the character of the people. All of: the amusements were of the athletic sort. But Greece changed and bestowed her chief admiration ou the merits of her plays; she . became effeminite and approached her downfall. . The rule in ear ly Rome was against eneamiite amusements; the sporis were of the kind that made etui wert men, but lassitude succeed ed as this order ol things changed. The people of England were given to athletic sports in the times of the Plantsgenets, but with tbe change to theatricals came licentiousness and debauch at court. King James issued a proclamation giving the largest Sunday liberties, and Charles followed with a decree for the reading of the book of sports at divine service. Mr. Hutchins said that amusements also shaped the character of individuals. People in their business were in a sort of military attitude, but when tbey went into amusement they threw theroBelvea open to all kinds of impressions; amuse menta were indulged more by tbe young than the mature at an age when the mind was easily impressed. Mr. Hutchins then proceded to the di rect discussion of his subject. Horse racing be cut out ; as ordinarily con ducted, he said, horse racing was gam bling, and he had spoken on the subject of gambling on a former occasion. Billiards, cards, dancing, the theatre, the opera these might be called popular amusements. Billiards Mr. Hutchins looked upon ss a game of skill training the eye and muscle a game that could be played by women and invalids perhaps the best in door game; but its associations had nearly all been bad. To reach the billiard .-LI. L 1 I . 1. . L - .... cc'ssful player paid for drinks and cigars, and there was an atmosphere of profanity about such a place. If these things could be dissociated the game might be made an instrument of drill and skill. Cards hsd a tendency to lead men to depend on luck, and look at this world as a world of chance, when in truth everything was governed by.fixed laws. It was called a social game, but the picture of two persons silling down and playing tor hours without speaking a word, showed that the game killed conversation. The game of cards was not ennobling, and in times past had been prohibited by law. As to dancing, there were beauty and poetry in motion. It looked well in children. In fact Mr. Hutchins said that on the occasion of a visit to the Idiot Asylum he had asked that the children might dance. Dances would do for idiots, at least. He had doubts about round dances. He reprehended them because they fostered thoughts of sensuality and evil. Then came late hours, late suppers, extravagance in diess, etc ; and if these fascinations should be dissociated their would not be much dancing. Mr. Hutchins said he had traced the history of the theater and found that the moralists of ancient times dedonnced jt. He found that the theater, in its entire history, had never been an instrument of morality. He was aware that bible scenes had been enacted, but the religion of the times was degenerate. Vice, morality, etc , had been represented, but vice was made the humorist of the play. The priests led, but the plays did not do good; they all did harm. No one could put his hnger on an instance where the the theater served the cause of Christ. It bad been said that the theater might be conducted so as to do good. If the devil should suddenly become converted he might make an apostle of the Lord. But when there was any attempt to purify the stage, the people deserted the managers. Mr. Hutchins quoted a number of divines against theaters. With the remark that "our f.piscopal friends are not always considered straight-laced," he quoted Bishop Mcllvaine as in favorof the entire extinction of the theater and dancing; he referred to the remark of Dr. Barnes, of Philadelphia, that balls, parties and theaters were a profitless wasie of time, often leading to the seduction and ruin of the innocent; the liberal Henry Ward Beecher had said of these amusements that familiarity had bred contempt, and Dr. J. P. Thompson, a very liberal spirited man, had declared that parents should use their utmost endavors to keep their children from the theater. Mr. Hutchins ssid he was not prepared to denounce actors and actresses he had no doubt here and there among' tbem were most excellent people; but he should think the tendency of many of tbe parts they took was bad. He said he bad no acquaintance with people of tbe stage. As to opera, as far as the speaker could see, there was no essential difference between that and the theater. Perhaps the opera was all the more seductive on account of the music He quoted from the London Times to show that wretched plots underlie some of the most prominent and popular ol the operas. in considering the question of what sort of entertainment was proper. Mr. Hutchins ssid we could walk, ride, and attend concerts, lectures and social gatherings. And we could enjoy religion. That term had real significance. If he should ask a young man to go to prayer meeting and have a good time, be might be laughed at, but he might laugh at be ing invited to the theater. Religion was not intended to make our pleasures less. Mr. Hutchins here went into comment on the Christian's enjoyment of his relig. ion, and urged that we must look at popular aaiusemenia as we find them They were acknowledged to be imperfect, but it was said they might be made the instruments or glory; but we must look at the theater just as it is; just as we look at the devil as he is. We could not look at the theater, dancing, etc., dissociated from the evils that surround them. He declared that it would be difficult to show the innocence of theaters; bnt to convince linn in their favor it would be necessary to convince bim of more than their innocence; he must be assured that such amusement was remunerative. He asked his hearers if they would have as much respect Tor a pastor if they should see him at the theater to-morrow night as mey had before, or it they would expect to find a young man just converted, at the tneater. ne Held that in true Christian spirit it was no saennce to give up tmusements mac were reprehensible. Love of the Lord Jesus Christ would make one willing to give up everything. in tne latter Dart oi nis sermon Mr. nutchins remarked that he had not at tended a theater si nee his entrance unon me uuuisbrr. inouiru ne nau aiienaea ne- .1 L I I 1 l , iore that. HARD TIMES. The Fallillment or a Text or Scrip, Inre. Bev. S. H. Keen, of Wesley Chapel preached a sermon last night on "Hard Times," taking for a text " Perilous times shall come." He started out by saying that the present is a fulfillment of the text. We often think, said he, that the present condition of affairs is the result of financial mismanagement, but it is the working out of a divine and just law. A great part of the trouble is in the morals of the people and heatt degeneracy. The prosperity of the past few years made men greedy, avaricious and over-reaching, and tne country is now sutteriug the conse quences. Men had been getting rich too last and ttie consequence was a downfall. Intrigue, corruption and fraud are sources of the hard times. It is impossible to fathom institutions with out taking these things into consideration. The most effective part of the trouble is not the physical condition, but tbe moral and religious. These are times that try men's souls. To try men effectually it requires two kinds of pressure, the moral and physical. Every vocation has its peculiar temptations, and just at this hour we are in danger of losing our consciences and doing what we would not under other circum stances. Men will do mean things now that at other limes they would not think of. A class of persons adhere to the principle that the world owes them a living and they will have it, and strikes and riots are outbreaks of just that kindof a spirit. One of the advantages of such a time as this is to teach men how little they really need and how little they can get along with, The latter part of the Bermon applied the views briefly sketched above, to the religious life. Amusements. Sargent'e Atkeneum Saturday night having closed Mr. Charles Pope's engage ment, Mr. Sargent will introduce this week, with the regular company, a line of popular plays, commencing with the School for Scandal to-night, Nannie Sargent appearing as Lady Teazle. This play is one of a fine old line of comedies produced iu this city by the late Mark i.i. t- Mo I.-. eogcuiciic hcl0- engagement has been quoted ever since as the standard of excellence, on account, not only of the star, but of the excellent support. Nannie Sargent was the leading lady, playing Lady Teazle and other characters, and at once came into a popular favor that has by no means been forgotten. The company had drill in the play during the recent tour, and will be able to produce it in hrst class style. In addition to the plsv. the manager offers a novelty that will appeal to those desirous of extending a helping hand to the poor, and at the same time helping themselves and enjoying a good entertain ment, lie proposes to devote, until fur ther notice, onehalf the net receipts of the establishment for the benefit of the noor the poor fund to be taken charge of by the rouce lOtnmisaionera. He proposes to make the entertainment directly beneficial to patrons by giving away one hundred dollars in the house. The purchaser of a ticket receives a card on which are duplicate numbers. At the door he tears the card in two, retains a 'number, and putting a duplicate in a box subsequently the numbers in the box are to be mixed in a wheel, and drawn out by a little girl blindlolded. the first number drawn calls for $2, and so on up to the eleventh number drawn, which calls for $5: the next number for $10; the next number lor $la, and the next for SoO. It will be seen that the entire $100 is bound to be given away. The box at the door is to be in charge of the Superintendent of Police, who is also to take charge ot the rund Tor the poor and turn it over to the Police Commissioners. Opera Houm Maggie Mitchell bad a splendid audience Saturday night one of the finest audiences that has assembled in the Opera House this season. Her impersonation of Jane Eyre was sn excellent one, and Mr. William Harris was especially commended for his acting of Lord Rochester. Mr. Lawrence Barrett, whose Riche lieu is now accepted as a standard by which other actors may be gauged, will appear as the Cardinal to-night, supported by a company under the management of Mr. T. W. Darcy. It ia gratifying to know that an actor of such high qualifications as Mr. Barrett has been receiving the most liberal patronage this season, in spite of the depression of which mana gers generally complain. He recently concluded an engagement in Cleveland which waa extended one week on account of his success, Mr. Barrett's acting in Richelieu last winter, in Columbus, made an impression which will count for pat ronage to-night, nis Kichelieu this year has called out even more general attention than previous. The Pittsburg Commercial joins the general commendation. and says : 'Ills portrayal of the cunning, deceit and craftiness, together with the nobleness of heart and soul that made up the great character of the Cardinal Duke was char acterized by the exquisite keenness, force and sublimity, and plainly showed that the strong subtleties of the master spirit had been closely studied. It is in the closing acts of the play that we admire him most, for then we have the most of his splendid elocution, lhe power end sublimity of his delivery of the 'curse' cannot soon be forgotten, nor the exulta tion of the old Cardinal in the recovery of the packet and his complete triumph over his enemies. Edwin Forrest was the finest Richelieu of which America could boast for many years, and his mantle has now fallen upon the shoulders of Law renoe Barrett. This, we feel assured, is the verdict of those who had the pleasure of seeing bim last evening, and evinced their approval by frequent plaudits during the entire play and a call before tbe curtain after the second and foirth acts." Mr. Fechter will appear in Columbus for the first time Wednesday night, in Hamlet, ander Macauley's management. Joseph K. Emmet, in Fritz, Friday and Saturday. CRIME. . The Sunday Record of Itolp. bery and Disorder. AjnaaiHou County Nan the Victim of Highwaj raen-A Nice Chapter w Muiny itivtory. A bold act of highway robbery waa committed about 9 o'clock last night near tbe national Hotel. Two thieves got noid ot a man of respectable appearance. from London, named F. G. Bates, got him quite drunk, and then threw him down in the street, and choking," him so that he could not give the alarm, proceeded to go through his pockets. A colored ser. vant at the National saw them at their work, and gave the alarm to Patrolman Wilcox and Depot Watchman Dalzsll who were near at hand. Thev arrivwl in nine to nee toe man who got the money, auout o, run away, but the other high wayman, Wm. Dunn, alias Wm. Jones. was captured. Dunn is an ex-Penitentiary bird. Bates was drunk enough to need care, and he was accordingly locked up. It is said that he is a county official in Madison county. Saturday night Patrolmen Harnish and Lingo went into the house of James Green, on Washington avenue, toauell a conflict between Janies and wife and a Miss Shields. When it was discovered that the othoers meant to arrest the disturbers, Mrs. Green took a stick of stove-wood and threw it at Lingo, but it missed him and struck Harriet on the head. In th scramble that ensued tbe table was upset auu me lamp put out, me patrolmen managed, however, to arrest the whole party, and land them in the station- bouse. A woman came to police headouartera yesterday and told Captain Engelke that Bne wanted ner husband, Alex, ohambo, arresieu lor norse stealing. She said that he left her last June and had not been back since until Saturday night, when he came ano stole one ol ner horses and left for parts unknown. She lives near Har-risburg. She is the second wife of the man she accuses. He was formerly married to a woman named Marv Allen, but she was sent to the penitentiary for malicious destruction, of property. She has served her time out and is now at large. It is said also that he has had other wives besides these, though it is not known how many. His last spouse is very anxious to have him sent to the penitentiary.Las Saturday afternoon a huckster had his team bitched in front of a house in Franklinton and was in the bouse trying to sell some goods, when some boys got into nis wagon and broke open tbe money drawer and stole about twenty dollars. A boy known as "Cotton Johnson" has been arrested on suspicion of having been an accomplice in the job. Asa Barr was arrested Saturday for till tapping in a butcher shop on East Friend street. Hletalgan Bud Ohio Hallway. The Grand Haven Herald of November 21st, as quoted by tbe Scioto Gazette of more recent date, Bays : ' It now becomes our pleasant task tn write up the lirand Haven end of the line and to assure our Ohio friends who are impatiently awaiting the locating squad, the graders, and then the iron-horse, that the work here is progressing rapidly and successfully." As confirmation of this tbey make the following encouraging statement referring to work upon the road now in progress : "There are in this countv 29 sections nf about one mile each, being divided into 50 or more stations of 100 feet each. Of these, the sections from one to ten are completed, of section 10, J remains to be done, mostly leveling light sand ridges or other easy work. With the exception of a little work on 14, the work is done up to 19, which is finished; of 21, 9 10, snd 22, is finished, 23, 24 and 25 are done, and 26, 27, 28 and 29 will be completed before our readers receive this hasty sketch of the work. The few bridges to be built are to be begun immediately. A large portion of the lies are delivered along the track and the others are ready to be hauled out of the woods. There Ib good reason to believe that the iron will be de livered and construction trains running within the next four weeks, and that the track will all be laid by the middle, if not the first, of January." The Keller Meetlua-. Especial attention is called to the meet ing to be held in the Board of Trade roc m to-night, called to hear the report of the committee appointed at a previous meet ing to report a plan for the relief of those in distress. There should be a large at tendance and a patient investigation of the true atate of affairs. Poverty is un doubtedly unusually widespread this win ter, and harmony in public effort to meet the exigency of tbe times will save the people from a great deal of imposition. s hana-e of Time. The time table of the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon and Columbus railroad has been chsnged. The following is the new ar rangement : Denart. Arrivn. Cleveland Express 12. ou m. 5:ls p. tn Mt. vernon Aec..n p. in. P:'ft. m Freight and Acc 6:xi a. ni. 10.HU p. m Brown Bros,, Abntraetere or Titles (37 N. Third St., bet. Broad and Gay.) MINIMUM FEES. Drawing a Deed ....11 00 " Mortgage ,. 1 6" " Lean u CO Examining the Keeords ,. 3 00 Furnishing a written abstract of Title IS 00 IfiyNever buy property or loan money on real estate, without having the title examined. Office hows 7 o. ai. to 9 p. m. aul31y Real Estate Tranarera. Deeds have been filed at the Recorder's office, since our last report, as follows: Henry C. Taylor to Ignati Ernst, 107 j acres of land in Prairie township, for $3550. Moses Seymour and wife to James M. Montgomery, 2 acres of land in Madison township, for $1600. Warren Jenkins to Lola M. Bartholomew and Hattie C. Swift, lot 2 of a sub division of J. R Starr's farm in Colum bus; December 11, 1874, for $900. Same to same, lots 42, 43, 44, 4o, 46, 47, 48 and part of lot 9 of tbe Marion addi tion to Columbus; December 11, 1874, for J1WI. DIED. Stctsow Sunday morning, December 13, Riaav Woss, son of James W. and Mart Stutsnn, aged three years, three months and nine days. Funeral to-day at 2 p. m.frora the English Lutheran Cbur h, on Fourth street, between Mound snd Fulton. Jacisoa Saturday night, December 12, Kmilt JACisos.aged twenty-five years. The funeral services will take plan tbis (Monday) morning, at the A. U. E. Church, tut Long street, at 11 o'clock. New Advertisements. HiA.III0' 8TORE," NO. 160 MOUTH HIUH BTBKIST. MILLINERY OF ALL KINDS FOR sale. Experienced Milliners to trim or show pattern Hats to those wishing to do their own trimming. Corsets, 75 cts; 2 But- "", ku, uenuinn nair switches $1.60; Ladies' and Children's Underwear; general assortment of Notions and Dry Ooods. For sale at panic prices. decUtf WARREN JENKINS. COAL! Notice to Housekeepers. J HAVE ARRANGED MY PATENT REVOLVING Screen so as to ht. i)imr. ent sizes of Coal, adapted to the particular use for which it may be required, viz: Pea Coal for aeir feedlnar atoves. tint foal, larire aiae. far naauimr fovea. Locomotive else Coal, lor onen arraleH. Large Lump Coal, for rarsiaeea. I alio have all tlm ihnv. ; kj Coke and Anihracile Coal. Samples of the above Ooals can be seen at the store of P. Hayden & Son, where also they have stoves in practical use for examination.TO DSrtieS Wtsllitm'tn ilia an. nflk. .1.... kinds of Coal. I wonhl t T will h .... and cart to clean their coal houses trom the slack and dust of other coal, which is necessary in order to give my Scieeced Coals a fair trial. Word or a nnta konf rt m pMi Office, or to the Store of P. HAYDEN It SON, will have prompt attention. Hayden's Hocking Coal Best Quality Lump Coal ! At 9 Cents per Bushel Delivered, or $-4Ad per Ton. 1-3 Cents per Bushel, or $2.00 per Ton, On Wacoua at my Coal Yard. All my Coal is extra srrepnert with m Patent Revolving Screens, and is entirely free from slate and dust. ANTHRACITE COAL. I have at present a large stock of the above named Coal on hand, both WHKESBARRE & LEHIGH! And having laid in at LOW FIGURES, am enabled to sell the tame, both WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, LOWER PRICE Than eat. bo offered elsowhorv. MORGAN at CO.'S CELEBRATED BARD COKE! HAVING SECURED THE EXCLUSIVE control of this Coke for Columbus Market, I am prepared to offer extra In? ducements to all wishing to purchase. Remember, I am tbe only person who handles 'he GENUINE MORGAN COKE In this city. P. HAY DEW, -1'OHtofllee Arcade. OFFICE- oc8 tf lor4p COALICOAX! BEST LT MP COAL 9e,Delivered Or H2.43 per Ton. Screened Nat Coal at 7 1 4o Delivered, Orai.BO per Ton. For Cash Ottlyl Full Weight Guaranteed OlTI-'It Ei Soutlieas' Cur. High uud Stale hit. dclttf jillllt K.IIUariOv.Ai'l, 'OTTO XX." Dy the same artist, and in bis funniest leirt. It must be seen to be appreciated.. As men are children of larger growth, it is pleasant to go back, ,y familiar glimpses to the d ys of boi ish pranks, and recall the njploitB enacted then. n Uii'.ts in the story of "Pluck." the as-stult of the "little -busy bee" upon -Tommy Blazes will " come home with a spec'al force to many a man who has lost tbermell of hay fields. Size, 17x22 inches. Mounted, trice $5 If not to be fund at the picture dea'ers, send for illustrated circnlarsto tbepttbliiher, J. F.RYDER, declt 2taw 8t Cleveland, 0. D. F. SUYDAM, WBOLtSALI AND BBTAIL DSAI.tR IM Straitsville & Hocking (llonble Screened) O O A. Xj ! FOR FAMILY USE. Prlc. 9 Cts. Per Bushel Dellrfred. ma cash onlv. Railroad shipments property attended to. 0fllceN0. 3 EAST TOWN ST., j)15 6m (Deshler Building.) FIELD BROS & CO WHOLESALE T my Insurance, Railroad t, Tranaportatlsa Cm GLASS ADVERTISING SIGNS . roa ivtsT lcsixtsa. No. 1 7 S. High (Opera Boue Block). jelg 1 or 4p ly