trIRSONPEACOCK. Editor., VOLUME XXIIL-NO. 174. WAR.TIMILOSETS,--COM-MODES-AND , XI Privy Plittitree. Sales-room with A. 11. THAN (MOUS 4 Co., 639 Market street. opit thehtiv2Elt§ NIT ED DI N G CARDS, ;INVITATIONS for Parties, ire.' New st y les , MASON & CO • auStlYt • 907 ()peanut street. - - WEDDING • • • INVITATI gray Stat i oner ewest and best D lAA and - Engraver. ntreet. --- MARRIED. - • • ECK FELDT—LATCH.—On the 28thinst., by the Rey. 'David Spencer, Jacob D. Eckfeldt, of flaverford, Dela ware county, Pa., to Janette lt„.danghter of Francis; Latch, Eito., of Itoshorough, Philadelphia. No cards. awards, DOYLE of it he 21.3 th inst., by the Rev. Wm. S John Ella, of Phileulelphlacto Mai L. Doyle. of Chester. • lIUNINGTOSIIOEAER.At Santa Fe, New. 'Mexico. Cal September 28,bv 0101HO:it Rev..,L.D. Laney, -- lireverLieutertant-Colonei D. L. Runtingtonalssistant .Surgeon U. S. Army; and Gertrude Elizabeth, daughter of Captain WM. It. elnicmaker. U. S. A. 1.. DOWNES—GILBEBT.—At Germantown, Ocbiber by the nee Thomas J. Sheppard, Mr. George Sumner Downes. of 'Galesburg, Illtnois, to Miss Clara Louise Gilbert, of Philadelphia. SAMPSON—FEKEY.—On Tuerday afternoon, the 27th inst„ by the Ilev. J. B. MeCtillougb, Frederick G. •--..fianpeou, of New York. to Munk W., daughter of If. D. Ferry. of this city. No eards. St W ep A h LL i E N rum SS ewi n k T e hu . Pa da ., y b Oc th ober e 7%Samt Se. Earn, Lieutenant Henry D. Wallen. Jr.. United States Alloy. to Augusta L., daughter of Gen. ileorge W . Case , of Pittsburgh. DIED. • BLEOILEIL—SuddenIy, of se rgel.t ion of the brain, on the 2.3 th Mit.. May Anna, win of A. P.Beecher, in the 27th year of her age. The relatires and frietlt. ea.ly of the family are re spectfully invited to attend the Nonni!. from her late resideride, 704 North Sixteenth grt ,-on Monday morn- Ina, Nov. tat. at II o'clock, without further notice. 17AVIDhON:=—On Saturday. October 30, Sarah, widow of Nathan Davidson, aged 87 years. LHEOIL—Oh Friday el oulhg, - October 29th, Mr. F. Leech. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invite 4 to attend the funeral, from him late residence, '2112 Walnut !Area'. on Tuesday at ternoon, November 2d', at 2 o'clock. To proceod to Laurel 11111 Cemetery. WOOD..—fnt the mornin g of licbr.ber 2.9 th, Richard D. only child of Edward R. and Mary K. Wood, in the third year of hia ago, ' FllOOll4 limn 1412 Spruce street, at 12 o'clock, onlion day. November ht. larATEltliftiOTOVS - TUR -7 6C11147 -- • • T • BLACK AND WHITE REPELLANTS. GOLD AND BLACK REPRLLANTS. ' BROWN AND WHITE. REPELLAN ' !EYRE LANDFLL, Fourth and'Aro ---- .111.%16 - 10 UN -.NOTICES. TRINITY }I. E.CHURCII, EIGHTH strem above Aare —Rev. C. H. Payne, of Arch Pastor. 7;i. r4trancerei invited. It' n t. , m) , Church, Loctist street, above Fifteenth.—Rev. Dr. numArry. .Pa star., Bervi cts at IC4 A. M. and P. M.' Tux. E. E. ArhlltlS. D. D., WILD R€ 7 preach Sabbath. 103 i and in Wt•stern Presby terian Church, Seirentrenth and Filbert streets. It' • lua. I: E V. E. R. BEADLE WILL PREACH to:tunrrow in the Secerat Pmihrterian Church; S. X. corner of Ts* enty-firel;and Weinur streets at 104 A. atui 1.1. lt" Sifl.. PRING GR D (PAT BAPTIST Church. Thirteenth etr...t, alkave Wallace. nee. L. P. Hurnberger. Paxtrbr.—Pmachine w-ruorruw,at /0.!.4 A. M. and 7)4 P. M: Sabbath Sehool at 2P. Id.. Ite lUD SECOND REFORMED CHURCH. Seventh above lirmen.—ltev. haac S. Hartley, of New York , Rill preach to morrow at le% A. M. and 73:' P. M. ' It" Bo; FiRST REFORM ED CHURCH, corner of Seventh and spring Girden streetn.— Eel% Thonntc . X. Orr, P.hetr.r. will preach to morrow at 10!:. A. H. anu ni. P. M. • Drening to young lt* MOD. _ __ SIXTH. PRESBYTERIAN CIIIIRCH, Spruce. below Sixth stristit, to morrow. at 10.% A. H.. Res. It. M. Papersou."The Transtinratinti and its lessons." At 7% o'clock ,P. k 1.., Rev. Dr. Mcibraine, of i'rincetun. lt" - -,.. 11:•, -- • NEW UNITARIAN CIILTRUir, Rey. Wm. It. ?borne, I'aetor. Usual cervices to morrow (Sunday). at Het' .4. M. and P.M.., in the hall N. E. corner of Broad and Spring GartStn streets. Seats free. Entrance on Broad etreet. Otl44t* . NORTH BROAD STREET PRES lArteTimi Church.—Pevathing to-morrow by the Psator. Het. Dr. Stryker, at 10,li A. 31. and 7% P. N. Subject of the evening discouree, "Universall.sn," to he illustrated by the account of adying Universalist. le- lob SEVEI - sITH P ItTE - BBYTE AN Church, Broad street. above Chestnut. —nes. C. Maurice Wines, of Brookline, Maw.. will 'preach in this Ohurch to-morrow, 31st icstant. at He s A. M. and 3R,' P. M. It" cif., ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN Church,Nineteenth and Green streete.—Rev. Dr. Win. E. Schenck is expected to preach in this church on next bahhath morning at 1*.3 o clock, and in the evening at 714 o'clock-.;lt'u. CLIN TO N STREETCHLTRCEI. Tenth street, below Spruce. Iler. Dr. March will preach tcemorrowf Sunday) at lei A. M. and 7% P. M. Subject for evening : "The Ineylmtions of Im mortality." It', lob A SERMON MEMORIAL OF THE Bey. Benjamin I)orr, D. D. will be preached by the Bev. Dr. Lce,tle, of Grace Church, Baltimore, in Christ Church, on tsunclay morning (to•raorrow) °eta her Slot. Iwo THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Church. Waahington Square. Rev. 'Herrick Johnsen, D. D.. Pastor, will preach „to-morrow, a 103' A. M. end 734 P. M. The ttrpt of • eerier of Bannon toYoung Men on sabbath evening. Subject: • Strength of Young Men:" It* A MEETING IN BEHALF. OF THE oburcb of the Crucifixion will be held in the l; arch of the Epiphany Sunday evening, 31st inst., at 1 73; o'clock. Rt. Sem. Bishop 'Stevens, D. D., will pre side and make en address. .Addressca will also be deliv ered by Roy. Dr. Newton, the Rev. Albra Wadleigh and the Rector in charge of the Mission, who will give a short account of the work of the past year. A collection in aid of tho cause will be taken up. SPECIAL NOTICES. . OVERCOATS *With Special Care and Regard to S rr -. 5( I_4 . `We have Manufactured our First Stock of OVERCOATS In Caitors and Chinchillas. In Moscows, Whitneys and Beavers. Plain and Fancy Cloths. )n Tricots and Cheviots. In Meltons and Fur Beavers. iN ALL THE NEWEST OLORINGS AND MIXTURES ) 'WITH Silk Facings and Velvet Cellars, AT JOHN WANAMAKER'S, 4 and 820 CUESTNALT Street. Homfflopathic Raspital Fair, 17th till 30th Novembei, C.T.HORTICULTURAL HALL. c 29 MP* tg* HAVANA f fi cr i m P tl l le ß ne B Zi - r cr it oiMbc i tc , 3 c f sc t‘ntlemen about' laying in a supply of. Havana Cigars 5 1 11 find my stock complete With all the leading brands. tcsh goods received daily and, sekt at a mall margin ,ove the coot of-importation. McCADAIIER, Sevi3,n- L 'nith and Locust, , oc2o-6t rP9 1109 CITEEARD STREET. . 1100 . . 1711K1f311, nirssi#ll; "AND PERIM/RD ' 8AT1143. Departments for Ladies. ' Uaths open front 0 A. M. to 9 P. M. pe HOWARD HOSPITAL, HOS. .1518 D and 1520 -Lombard street, Dispensaryepartmerit. edical treatment and medicine furnished gratuitously ha poor. ' .• • , ~, , „ ~ • „ . • . , ~,.., • , „ . •...- . • -`• , .•.• " , • . ..." ..... • .', „' r ' ' , . • • • ". .. : . . . . . - _ . - ' .... • .'• -.. ' . .• '... . ', , e . .. g . •I__, ~.- • • ...".. ... , , r . ' .'. , '-.,. •'. . . .. ...",,.. :, ' . , -... ..,..- •• , . .. ~... ''' _1 ' • • ' • . 4 " '• • • .• . ~ • .. •' , " _, ":, .. • " ' • - ~.••. , ~ • „ .. , • • . .. . _ • . . • , .. r • .. . ._ _— , . .' , • . „.:. . . ~ .-. -', _ . .4 "1 t '• ' , " , ' , '„ , L,. .:,; . ,-:,'' r". .4 : l o'. :i , . r'' ~, " . .•.'•;,..•," ' ''' - -.. . _ ,‘" - :7' .. . .. ~ ~ _ ~, .: . •, - ' • • " . ... • , : .., . • , . .. ~ . _.- .. . '"'" - " " - • - 7 ~..: • - . . . , ... • • " :'"t!7. ••. ': ' - -".• . ' •"•"'", i 'iL', t :1•.:: , ...••• .- '' '''"" ..,• ~. ... . .. , _ • ' " ~, +. • , „ .... . •.•'.• '" . •"A .. . " • ''., .: - 1" ,:•: ~..; - . - 7.. : :". •'' ..)- ',, ' ••"•• . i ... ' s ,it.'f'• ' • NS EN. nner. LOUIS 103: Ofe2otwetnut. Mn. EDITOR : Herewith is a copy of my re. port on a visit to two tribes of Sioux Indians, made recently. I send it at your request, for use at your discretion. Later accounts from these Indians are very favorable, as o theY are not only desirous of Christian civilzation for themselves; but they are also anxious to bene fit their brethren who are still in a wild state. The Indians in Nebraska, Kansas, and a few of those in the Indian Territory, were visited by committees from the two societies of Friends. Their reports are generally very fa. vorable. 'The following extract, from a letter just received trom the chairman of one of their committees, will have general interest: "We bad a very satisfactory interview with the President. .We gave him a little account of our visit to Nebraska, and the condition in we fonnd_the Indians. He asked nu nierous questions, and appeared to be satisfied with our answers. The President then con versed freely concerning the Indians, and gave us his experience during a two years' residence among them in California. He ob served, that while any of our people, in tra venlig through -the Indian coup had to be attended by a military force, try an Englishman, from the Hudson Bay Company, could go, any where among them with entire security. He said Great Britain protected Indians just as it did other British subjects, and required them to be treated with justice and kindness. The President thought that peaceful and friendly relations • could be established with Indians in the United State!, by a like policy."' It will gratify the fnends of Bishop Whipple to learn-. that he reached England with improved health. He was broken down mainly by excessive zeal for the Indian. WILLIAM WELSH, 1121 Spruce street. HEY. AND DEAD. Sur.: You ask for a report of my recent visit to the Santee and Yankton Sioux Indians. A request from you has force, for the visit was made solely - because the Do mestic Committee' and Bishop Clarkson charged me with the supervision of the Church's Mission to the Sioux Indians ; and without a personal examination, that duty could not be properly performed: The civilized Santee Sioux, numbering about one thousand, are on a reservation in Nebraska, on the banks of the Missouri river, nearly one hundred miles, by land, above Sioux City, the present terminus of the rail road. There, the beautiful and commodious Mission-house, with its_adjoining chapeVini.; der the charge of the Rev. S. D. Hinman, is { - cry favorably located to accommodate the Santees, and to serve as a base for extensive missionary operations to the other Sioux, up the Missouri river. The Yankton Sioux, mimbering about twenty-five hundred, are also on a reserva tion on the Missouri,seme fifty miles higher up the river, but on the - opposite bank, in Dacota Territory. • • Although the Yankton tribe of Indians are heathen in dress and customs, their proximity to, and frequent intercourse with, the -San tees, caused them to express a strong desire for Secular ancrteligious instruction.lndeed, there is so good au understanding among all the fourteen tribes of 'Sioux Indians, or-Da cotes, as they call themselves, that the San tees have it in their...power, slowly but surely, to influence them all for good. My visit to the Ya.ektons was designed to ascertain how far that tribe was prepared for; and desirous of Christian civilisation; and whether a school and mission house should at once be erected on that reservation. Long before we reached the Santee reserva tion; we passed on the road several little par ties of Intlians. The men were aiding their wives, by - carrying children and other bur dens. On inquiry of the white settlers as to the tribe to which these Indians belonged, the" reply in each case was, "Santee.s, for their' , men only are willing to labor, or to relieve their tired wives." Dignifying labor is everywhere recognized as one of the blessed effects of Christian civi lization. A Missienary, who resided thirty live years among the Sioux Indian.s, assured me that the men, instead of being indolent, as is supposed, are persevexingly laborious when trapping or hunting, or on the war-path; these being the, avocations to which th_ey believe that they have been called. That Missionary averred that it is part of theirreligion to avoid all menial labor, under the belief that it lowers them, displease . p the Great Spirit, and exposes 'them to malign influences. Men who are not brave and successful warriors are com pelled to rernaiii as mere observers at their councils, not being allowed to speak until they haveslain 'an enemy. The wild Sioux brave accuses the white man of grievous wrong done to his red brother. He says : iiTbe Great Spirit made them both, giving to one the short-horned cattle (the buffalo), - and to the other the long-horned (the ox), for food. Therefore, it is very wrong for the white man to destroy or drive away the food prepared by the Great Spirit for his red brother. We red men consider it our duty to light against those who, take the food from, our wives and chil dren, and expose them to starvation, There fore, we ask the Great Spirit to help ns when we go on the war-path." • • This is the substance of what was said by the , wild Sioux last summer to missionaries - who visited them on,the'rpper Missouri, what ai , triumph of, grace; when ;such men, after all the wrongs done' to them by "their' white brethren, 'become, .forgiving industrious .Christians. , In some cases, they even express , deep gratitude. to the white man for bringing them lout of heathen darkness' int• "OoaPc'i •-'• 1)•• • PONEYVILLE LEOTITREB.--WM. L. DERNIS,:Eso„ has the pleasure to announce a course of Four Lecturee,,entitled "THE PONE,Y , VILLE LECTURES." the first of which will be given on TUESDAY EVENING, November 2d..1869, at the ASSEMBLY. BUILDING (large Rail/. Subject—" Dr. Di fipe Ai Church Co ti n " - WEDNESDAY Nov,;oto; . 1,7 r "Social Fossils. llg . a TUESDAY, Nov. 23, "Airs. Wiggins and.Rer Party." Tickets for the Course, with secured seats.— .... IST 00 Single Lecture, with secured seat. . 71 Admission • 50 Lecture at 8 o'clock. ' ' Tickets can be had at Trampler's Music Store. oc3o ti§: . 10° THE SCIENCE OF LIFE: PROP. Acting EIIeCLENTOCIi t Commences his Popular Lecttires, illustrated with THE OXY-HYDROiIEM LIGHT, FRENCH.- MANIKINS; is CONCERT HALL, MONDAY . EVENING, 'Nov. Ist,. ill 8 o'clock continuing every evening, closing TDESDAY EVENING, Nov.. Otb. Two Private Lectures to Ladies, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY'AFTERNOONS, Nov. 3 and Cat 3 o'clock. Two Lectures to Gentlemen, SATURDAY and TUES DAY EVENINGS, Nov. 6 and 9. Admission, Course Six Lecture 5..... ..... -- all 00. To each Lecture 25, ' To be had at the Hall; Trunioler's,vm Chestnut street. and Dr: McClintock'', Oilice, itZt Race street. oc2latr _.—ADELFIIOOa — Myr . : 01 57 4=0, tc " ?IiosPITAL, No. South tntiCatreeLz—or treatment otr-431nb Foot, Spinal and all otherPodily Derbrmities. - • Clinic every TUESbAY and FRIDAY, Ingot It to /. Services gratuitous to the poor. ATTENDING SURGEONS Dr. THOS. G. MORTON, liasidence,l42l Chestnut street. -Dr.l3. E. GOODMAN, 1127 Chestnut street. 11 , s'_Vi r ILLIELOPEETIEEALMIO HOSPITAL . RAGE ABOVE EIGHTEENTH STREET. ey Open daily at II A. 11. for treatment of diseases of the e. ATTENDING scnOEON, - Da. R. J.LEVIS, N. W. car. Thlrtertith and Archi, VISITING NIANALGETIS, -MORRIS I'A,TTERSON;No.I3II Spruce street. EDWARD TOWNSEND', Np.5U 3 North Fourth street. WILLIAM c..a.A.Nrus, No. 323 Walnut street., . w tf rpf fue REMOVAL.-- The Philadelphia faring Fund Society will commence hissinees at Hsi-new office, S. W. cot net Washington Square and Walnut etkeet, on MONDAY, 11th [natant. ocl2 to th a tnol§ CHOICE PEAR 'TREES POlt BALE n•m," —staadard and, dwarf—all sizes and 'varieties, from asrivate fruit garden. J. 8. HOUGHTON, Olney P. 0.. Second street turn •tke Philadel • Ma. oeV stre THE INDIAN QtrESTION. ./ A Visit to the Sioux Indians. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAT,.OOTOBE4 30;1869. . light, and • caning them from `their foolish and wick • . customs. To enabl • you to mark 'the inartelous ha pr,ovement in the Santees, examine• with me a ° rare collet ion of murderous weapons that were skilfully used by those fierce savages and the conitupais charms, by the, aid -of which the medicine-man formerly wrought his fiend ish'arts. When, through the Word and Spirit, the Lord Jesus was revealed to these Santees -they laid their instrument; of cruelty, of death; and of superstition, at Bishop,Whipple's feet and he, instead of burning them, retains these, trophies of gram in his house in Minnesota, the State in ' which these; :Indians resided when in, their savage condition. The blood fairly curdles cm handling the murderous vrea- Dons that were so skillfully used by Wapasha 'when he wastheir heathen Chief and wise' counsellor. Tha is hls:_pipe-stem; never smoked except on he war-patn,alwaVs black ened, being associated with. deeds of:darkness. Ile Wilil'ion ce a Skillful inedicine-man,deceived_ and deceiving, but now his drura and rattle's and other conjuring implements are reposing peacefully in the home of the man of Goa; ; for Wapasha, having passed through the re finer's fire, is now humble and Christ-like, but still the Chieftain of his tribe, and our Mis sionaries' wisest counsellor and helper. When I turn from these relics ofbarbarigm, and look atilishop Whipple's form, wasted B9 early in life through Apostolic zeal for the In dian, and remember that he, was left almost alone while wrestling against the rulers of the darkness of this world, I feel deeply hum bled because I did not earlier proffet him even the little aid and comfort that one layman can give. •• How cheering it will be to the Bishop,-when in a foreign land,seeking the restoration of his shattered health, to learnthat all his fellow- Churchmen, especially those who hitherto' haveheld back from foreign missions, are proffering personal service, as well ,as p,ecu- Mary aid,to evangelize our home heathen. VISI,T TO BANTER RESERVATION. At the Santee Mission Hause„,,kt-- was my ,privilege to hold a etinference ^afith - Nrapasha and the other chiefs and representative men of that tribe. That council will be remem bered, for, although these Indians have little faith in man, because they haye been so often deceived, their simple faith in. God shines out the more brightly by reason of the surround ing gloom. They said that they had prayed for me by name when they heard that the' Church had asked me to aid them ; this is encouraging and should be strengthening. Some of them lifted up their heads as if their redemption were drawing nigh when they were assured that sympathy with them in their sore trials was becoming deeper, and more practical. I told them that they had outstripped my faith, for here were old blood-stained warriors sit ting at a Saviour's feet desiring to begnided by Him in all things, I. had only ex pected that this thorough Changa would be wrought in the young. As an evidence that the darkness was, passing away and the dawn beginning to appear, I referred to the ordina tion, by Bishop Glarkson, of three Indians;. to the fact that a Christian agent, desiring not his gain but their good had at length been sent to them by the Government; that the grasshopper and the drought had been kept away ; that their corn was ripening; and that their great Father at Washington had pledged his word to me °that their land should be di vided among them in severalty, without delay. Herakamaza, a chief, followed, Wapasha, and said:'" We like all that the white man has just said. His words about a future life and faith in GOD please us most of all. The Santees desire to live here as is shown by their buildinghouses with great difficulties, carry- ing logs on their shoulders, and working with few or no tools.. These Indians have faith in GOD and are trying to obey -and serve Him, 1 , It does seem like the wn now, but lately 'we were in the deep t darkness, stumb ling at every ,step. though we are still poor and miserable we e trying . : to walk in GOD'S ways, and many havo wives in the Christian manner. Hithe we' have always had trouble with our p nting (referring to drought and ravages by th grasshopper). This summer we have had rain and \ now our corn is.ripening in answer to ur united prayers. All now, that have heart, are thinking more about GOD And their duti to Effni than ever before. GOD has told us work six-days, and now we are doing it. We rest on the seventh day, praying to Gon ; therefore we are gradually coming to the light. We have asked Goy to raise up among the white men, friends to the Indian who would be wise and brave and truthful; and to-day we see that' Gen'has been merciful and has answered our prayers, Our young men are strong, active, industrious, but idle for want of tools. Lookout upon the long fences, nice log-houses, fields with the prairie-sod' broken up, and many acres of growing corn ; this is ail the work oflndians. We know that Con Will help us, but He does not work without means. Tell the great Father what you have seen here. The San tees are-poor, but they are enl y lazy from want of implements. We -are praying that the land maybe divided am ong 11.4 very quickly; and that cattle ancltools will be furiaishedto enable our people to support themselves." He and other apeakers referred to the fact that nearly one tenth of their niunber,become sick at heart by reason of broken or long-deferred promises, bad left the reservation and gone to take up land on the Big Sioux river in Dakota. This was natural; and, in their circumstances, coramendable,for as yet these Indians hold no land in severalty. This is the first step in per manent civilization, for, being compelled to live on a reservation in a community life, they fear a continuous migration, and are not en-, couraged to improve the property, not being owners of the soil. They see people of every,' nationality and tongue settling on and acquir ing title to the most fertile- land, while the native American has been stripped of his possessions and denied the privileges accorded to every foreigner. In such circumstances, the progress in Christian civilization among the Santees is very re markable. Their reservation is one thorough- ly organized Parish. The six Bands having each a male and female catechist whole- duty it is to visit, to give Biblelinstruction, to pray with, and to watch over, the people at their homes. They make periodical reports of their successes and their Milures, to their Minister, • receiving from him the needful instruction and encouragement. They also teach on Sun. day, and the women aid Mrs. Hinman in con ducting the Mothers' Meeting on one after noon in the week 0c,30.1mr The duties assigned to the male catechists afford tiem excellent training for the sacred ministry,as they have to root outthe remnants of superstition that will cling to a people so long sunk in heathen darkness. Paul "(laza, kute, the Indian deacon who was in the East ern States ayear since was thus trained in the school of practice,and few white deacons have ever evinced equal aptitude in teaching and in adapting public addresses to the ;Varied requirements' of their hearers. After serving a year in the Diaconate, Paul was, dur ing my visit, "ordained to the priest hood ,by Bishop Clarkson,' and the day we rock: to the Yankton reserva tion, he and his wife walked the forty-live miles and commenced Missionary operations there. Philip and Christian Ta,opi, atter a like practical training, were ordained to the Dia conate with the promise of much usefulness. They have been successfully' prospecting at tho Ponita Reservation. The chief men of the Santees were much gratified and encouraged" b.y this elevation of .Red Men to the sacred Ministry, , viewing it as' a` special token of Divine favor. One of the Chieo in his speech said: . Our Indians now make a bee-line for the church nn the Moly day," and this is literally true. ~ On Sunday the Chapel was filled three times with adults, and once with children. Tnevenelsewhefresiew so much reverence and apparent 'devotion in public worship. The services Of our Church were, evidently admirably suited to the In dians, and they joined reverently, and, .I should judge„intelligently, in the responses,in the than ng and singing. It was also my am: wiropz VcOrtn,Y. privilege o,l:mite with them -, in the Lord's Supper,andneyer before did that aporedifeast, seem to be so full of meaning, as when, thetto Red Men, who had been thought to be hope lessly-heathen, so reverently partook with. us of that pledge of forgiving mercy-in entrust Janus. •, The effect of -this scene completely over powered those of our company who,. seven years beforo-luid seen :.sme of the same men wrapped in blankets, or gorgeously appar elled,_; decked with paint and- featherS, and 4arraed With tomahawk and- scalping-knife,. uniting ,with two or three- hundredmarriors fn the uncouth andsavage blade dance;now, clothed in their right nund, they were sitting at their Saviour's Met, testifying that they are true "diseiples of the Prince'of Peace. Equally deep emotions vreretWakened on. the following day at the Mothers' , Meeting- An:intelligent Christian Indian was there who, when lakt seen, seven years before, ; was „, a_heatheri widow, mourning the deatb,,e_Lher husband, and refusing to be comforted bed ; cause he had forsaken the faith of his fathers, and:lad died rejoicing in a steadfast hope in Christ. Her son is now a candidate for the sacred ministry; and this woman humbly, though effectively, warned her sisters against • the special temptations to which they and their children are exposed, and , incited them to cleave to Jesus as their only stay , in trouble - and the source ofspiritual strength. The wife of a;Clint, who was formerly a .conju ' ror's equaw,)now prayed with much. directniAls, faith and- unction ; one of the best educated, of the Women saving : " I never can-restrain my tears when that woman prays." The blessing of the HOLY &num most mani festly rests upon themork among this people; for as yet little has been done by the nation,or by the Church, to carrunencl to them a Saviour's love. The school in which their children have been taught and trained is al most the only practical manifestation among them of the missionary spirit of the Church. The willingness of a Christi= minister to come with his family and live among them has made a profound impression on their minds and hearts. The intelligent Indians now clearly perceive that while others are acting from self-interest, the Missionary hai no other motive than their good. The. wild Indians, in visiting the San tee settlement, often remark that while the civilization of the great Father takes away the hunting-grounds of the Indians, and re duces him to a state of abject dependence and idieneas, Christian civilization seems to lift up' and ennoble the Santees, to induce them to build houses and acquire property, and in every other way to ' make them happier and better. A visit to - their log houses illustrates every step in the civilizing process. A. few ' who are stall-clinging to 'hea then practices, show the debased normal con dition of the tribe. With others; the stone chimney creditably built, has supplanted the central , fire, and such bedsteads a 5 can be made with insufficient tools surround the room. Some have made tables -and rude chairs. In OM log-house we saw quite a neat hmiging book-shelf. Indeed, 1301110 of these habitations are far, superior to, the log-hut in which Mr. Hinman first "commenced his ;els sionary operations. These Indians are well dressed; the - women wearing a neat sack and, skirt; the men babited after the manner of the whites, mostly attheir own cost—the result of hard labor. A hospital building, capable of accommo dating thirty patients, with an adjoining school-room and chapel, is in process of erec tion about - sixty yards from the Mission-house. Only one white carpenter is employed, the rest of the work being done by Inthaus. The need of such a building was forcibly illustrated during our visit to the log-houses • and tents of the -Indi-ens, where there is no proper secomfropdation for sickness, the whole land* being crowded tube a single room. One mother descnbe.cl the fearful temptations to which she was 'subjected by the medicine man, or conjuror , - as he really is, during the illness of her son, and at the time of his death. She was denounced as his murderer and the destroyer of his eternal happiness. Those who knowi l tlie power of the quack over the uneducated classes, and of the sniritualist—_, over so manyto whom revelation has given great advantages, can the more readily under stand the temptations to which the once heathen people are so constantly subjected. The healing'art is so intertwined with the re ligion of the ludian, _that they are insepara hie; therefore, it is wonderful that - Chris tianity should have made so much progreSs among them without the help of a. hospital. The sickness and death of relatiyes, especially )3t* the young, impress the heathen most forcibly, hence the almost irresistible power of the medicine-man. The graves of their loved ones are ever in view, being placed on the high bluff which borders on their reser 7 ration._ln looking upward toward the home of the reat Spirit - , the mind is involuntarily turned towards these Indian graves, by the little railings and other modes ofmarking that sacred spot of earth. YANRTON RESERVATION. On visiting the chief village of the Yauktons at night, I heard a mother uttering her cus tom vsy heathen wail for a Child' that had long been dead: In another tent, which had been oceasionally'l4 fted by a Christian lady, the mother, who had recently lost her son, had evidfintly little gleam of hope, for as sne pointed- to his grave on the hill-top, she said: " They tell me be will come to life again," Durin i o- the freshness of, her grief, this woman had, ,„ after their custom, laid aside her good gar ments and put on old and east-off clothing. From another tent issued an unearthly din - the conjuror, by beating his_ drum shaking his rattles and uttering, hideous sounds, was try ing to induce the evil spirits to loose their hold upon the body of a sick and, perhaps, dying man, or to free the immortal part from the in fluence of demons. This occasion is.deemed so sacred that no stranger is _ permitted to be. present. The ceremony was - kept up during the whole night, and the near relatives of the sick and dying one were fleeced of most of their worldly possetsions through the belief that the con juror tuone has power with the evil spirits. In another tent, lighted by a central tire, was a very different scene, upon which we were al-: lowed to look. The band of the Stout-Heart were enjoying a wax dance, a few squaws uniting with them , in some of their songs. They would ever and anon cheer each other by saying: "Brother, have a stout heart, • 'Uncle, have a stout heart," etc. The feast that . followed lasted nearly all night! We were welcomed into another tent,where the lord of the mansion sat by a brilliant Are, smoking his pipe, his only clothing being a girdle abouthis RAM. His wile snit children were around the fire,looking at us with beam ing faces, and forming' 'one of the most beau thul group I ever saw; A sister, the widow of a (Thiel, was there and she, like a true -mother,_:_ sent for' 'her son, 'a hand some young man, to introduce him to us, as he had been aPpointed Chief, that day, in his father's place. Everything was orderly throughout the whole village, although it was unusually ' the Indians, bad been flocking, in, from the more distant parts oldie reservation, Which extends some twenty miles along, the: river. The next thy, was the time for distributing rations of fresh' beef and flour, to last ten days: did, not' see a beggar, save one "fool," as they called him. On the day after, we met, by „appointment,- some fifty of their Chiefs, head soldiers and other representative men, in council. The, Rev. Mr. Hinman, who has perfect knowledge, of the Yankton language, which differs' very, slightly from the Santee dialect was present, enabling line - titi.,:onVerse freely with thorn.; They were told that my connection was not with the Government, but with the Christian Church, the members of which believe'that all. who are 'moved by the Great Spirit should be the true friends-of ;the Indian, That, not being a land-speculator, and desiring no faicir from them, I had: not brought them anypre:, scuts, but had only come confer, with thetiy bout ,their future . freely , admittell: . . • that when; they .subsisted by hunting- awl trapping, there were • , ,many- noble men Among them, but .t bet now, living "in idle- Jim on a - reeervationc*lfere ,there, was no , game, and fed with rations like mere animals, they must. sink lower and loWer, _until they • lose all self-respect. If they were so used `to this way of life as to desire to continue school would do them no gbod, 'and' it might make them more miserable by , inereasing the consciousnem of their degradation. Thegreat Father at Washington had pledged hisaword to me that they should have terms fit severalty;'' if they were prePared for it, andivere willing • to cultivate the soil and earn their subsistence by laboring as the, white fanner' 'does. They were assured that they should!have schools_, and religious - teachers; if they 'desired to en noble themselves by honest industry.. During the address and the replies there were fre-, quent evidences of _approval given by tine use of a sound, like our word, ho! ho! _The _:hereditary_ chiefs-- sat- by themselves and replied. first. The head soldiers sat together and spoke next; some of :the other Indians following, Mid ,the patri archal Chief closed the Council Witha , brief speeeli,.in which he referred, to the:tact that,,L however much they difiered as to the cause of their present trouble, they all agreed most cordially in an earnest desire to possess and cultivate landwin severalty;"to have schools and also religious instructors. He said that he had been censured very much for allowing his people to have war-dances and other rights which. had been handed down to them by their forefathers; that there might be, a much better way, but no one had yet come to teach them that better way'; and he thought that it would be wiser to send teachers than to 'cen sure men for following the customs of their forefathers. • • The. Rev. Mr. Hiaman writes ,tliqt .:. "the. Yanktbus Intelligently understood .all'' that. was said to them. One, of their principal Chiefs was at the Santee Reservation last Sun day, and showed, by all his conversation; that he appreciated and felt deeply all that you said•to him and to his people. He is about going to all the upper tribes to try and per suade them to adopt' the policy that you re commended. I see no end to. the good that can be done here, if' we are as liberally, sup ported at first as any Foreign Mission." The. evidences that the Yankton.s offer of their sincerity in pledging their people to cul tivate the land, respect each other's rights, and profit by schools, are the following: Their -individual ownership in Pigs is acknowledged: Family rights in their large and cultivated corn-fields, although merely marked by stakes, are seldom if ever violated. Their young men are strong to labor, and this year have shown a willingness to work on low wages, though in former years the Santees were employed to do the work, the Yanktons then deeming labor degrading. Several of their principal men walked forty five miles weekly, to attend the schools at the Santee Reservation, and I witnessed the evi dent interest of the Yankton Indians in a school taught in the:Council-room by a Pres byterian lady, during her visit to that reserve, b M on. en were on'' 'one bench ; boys, with the son ,of a Chief at least twenty' years old, were on another; while girls and women were taught in the same room. The teacher assured me that Indians are quicker in , learning and more orderly than white, hildren. -- bright boy or girl learns to read and write the Sioux la,nguage in three or four weeks, and this as: silts ;very much in the .study of the English language, which is very difficult for the In dian to acquire perfectly. One class,after four months' instruction, read aloud in the Pil grim's Progress, which had been translated into Dakota; and they also read from. their primer words of one syllable. in the English languag,e. I bad no opportunity , of ascertain-. lug how far they read understandingly, but in accuracy of obfervation and quickness of per ception they seem to lie in advance ~ of the whites. On the Yankton reservation there is a fair proportion of children, although much in crease could hardly be expected, for, time and again, they have been in an almost starving and utterly hopeless condition. Their Agent s a military officer, who has just entered upon his duties: The farmer -- and other employes testify to their steady improvement in 'lndus try and in civilization; but they think that, until land is given to them in severalty, it is unreasonable to expect any permanent pro gress. A former Agent, who was afterwards a member of Congress, and also a late , Superintendent, chanced to pass through the reservation while f WIN. there. They bore similar testimony, and said that the Santees are the best farm-laborers in that neighborhood. That agent testified that, on assuming the duties of his office some years since, he found that an appropriation of ten thousand dollars had been made by the Government for a school-house,, which had never been commenced, the money having been spirited away without leaving any trace of the direction in which it had gone. ,They a.ll - agree;tbat permanent Comuns.sioners of Civilization, not subject to the control of.any nominating clique, can alone remedy existing evils. , The earnest pleadings of the Yankton In dians for instruction and Christian civiliza tion were so evidently sincere, that I felt warranted in promising them a school-house, chapel and minister ; and the need of the hos :pit-el fceflim Santee* was so manifest, that I gave authority to complete it without delay. It also became apparent that outlays :for the Sioux Mission should be put upon a cash basis„ in order that, instead of procuring small sup: phes on credit, at, extravagant rate% the money naight tie advantageouslyi e,xpended. The - se outlays for building,s, Sze., eftlriiiiitnint_ to $O,OOO ; and as the Domestic Committee is in.. no way responsible Or it, I hope that twelve . tersons may be found who will gladly con ribute $5OO each, that the regular receipts for this Mission mays not be decreased. Two ladies iminediately responded to my application in this behalf, by sending $5OO, and the pledge of a like sum, which may well be viewed as an earnest of good things to come. ' It may be roper, to refer here to the policy towards the Indians pursued by the present Administration. At the instance of the Presi dent, the two Societies of Friends have nomi nated two Superintendents, and all the Indian Agents for Nebraska and for Kan.sas, With some adjoining agencies. From observation and inquiry, , I believe that- this experiment will be .successful._ In many, cases, conscien tious and intelligeut men, with.their fami lies, have gone to the: work with a sincere de sire to benefit the Indian. The agent at the Santee Mission; with his wife and two'daugh tors ' all Mature and intelligent persons, are certainly doing all they eau, arid if ,they are properly sustained by the government, their labor will undoubtedly -bs-therokighly.'sue „ The'Agent of the Omaha, Imlians, a tribe also located in Nebrasha, is an old and es teemed acquaintanceof "mine. ,Ho informed' me, that although the Indiana wereindisnosed to work when he first went among.them, yet now they manifest the most cemmadable in dustry. . Viader th&authority of the Govern ment, ke bad divided the land among them, in severalty, without collision er difficulty of any kind. , b4oti afterwards, these Indians ,asked that no More rations should be issued, to, them for the present, as it was possible for them to subsist on the 'green corn then ripening, and they would need' the Money thus saved to aid in decking, and in furnishing tools for, their 'With.one or.two exception.% all oth_er Super intendents and Agents., (outside, of ,l , febraski andXansaa) haVe been selected from military; officers ' of whom there seemed tei he a super abundance abundancenee et in actual service. 'This 'is an , economical measure for the Indian Office as the salaries are paid by the 'War Department, althOugh they are under the orders of thei'De- , partment ,of the Interior., ~ It mar also, tie enefitial as a temporary expedientlf it serve to remove these IRdien all emdenfrompolitioal. ' contact:: ~Xfit is designed,t4 be permanent, it May be'ln4nrious, as many 6i tine °Mears are bather experienced in 140 4:work, ndrqiudi MEE L FEMEISTONi• PiaMALT PRICE , TIME CENTS. ' Sul to promote the Christiaa t , civiliptiew theindian. To Bonin, TliCworkli"positivelo. - : distasteftil, it beingforeign to the. , d e sign of t their conlinbsion; and in many cases the deans are quite reqlotis and suspicions because!, they are placed under militarycontrOL,;•: , . Yon announced iii the sSiifilt, of Amioni that •-•i" the. .President of 'the:United B:tat:ea had ati.4 - W• i pointecUme one of the specialludiao Comm r Blotters; therefifftlit is•proper liere„ps. refer tk,l the feet pinky resignation,,andlo, therefor...` The, Act of Congress by whiahtlie4appointl' , ";,,, Ment was authorized ' gives ' to • the , tinurnial sionens "joint centrol with the' Secretary . Tha,i''.7 . the Interior oVeslthe dilaburseinents of.,tlke a' proPrlations 'thade byAlii.S,,,ALet;nr as, sande' "t 'thereof as MS President inaydesignate.P was designed to give " the philatitliropiO me not speculators nor politicians, , s,alesp,o, - ,,* • power to check : all the cust omary' spoliatiena of "Indian appropriationS.,,a;Thi - Commissionen33 - Jhoweyer, - were - not.dortyent**D., until theindian policy for the yfantthe4 full'term of their service) had been detertinnetiL,' Qll. As no control of any•lFind.- over of the special or general appropriationwm":eiV* , trusted to them, they were pcwerlekstOenus i ,:i7. wrongs for which I.lonvess and;the eota mu pity-would - naturally consider them mspjorist- No. The latv had virtue* benome"-inopera tive, therefore r notinedthe 'President tit*, as all the power intended' to have been conveyed by the act of Congress had been withlteld;;l declined ftirther Service as'a ,Cotnakissiniter. The present Achnirdstratioti i at first,4Taimett and. was allowed "an unusual exemption front political and other control. The Indian has, undoubtedlydargely benefited by this (tamp- • tion, but it becomes increasingly evident that this relief is but temporary, for the, rule of party is arbitrary, and will be ea -forced with increasing rigidity as the Presi ' dential canvass approaches. it is, howeVer, fbrtunate that glaringfrauds and other wrongs to the Indian have become politically,unnapti- • lar ; therefore, both Congress and' the eournatt ray are, no doubt, prepared for the appoint: meat ment of permanent Comndssionero of India& • civilization, to be clothed with 'ample "Wirer to prevent abuses and to pursue a liberal land settled policy. ThiS, and perhaps this alone will restore to the Bed Men the confidenedl kg; needful to incite them to self-support, ancilin- duce Congress to make ample appropriabctas ' to Indians who are successfully striving , after • • Christian civilization. if every well-wisher of the Indian Will in- - telligently consider the importance of remov- ing all appropriations for, civ ilizing puxposes beyond'the corrupting effects of patty polities, and will exert his personal influence;Congress i , will undoubtedly make ample appropriations, and will place the funds tinder - the control of men who cannot be"moved by a "nominating.. caucus. The appointment of" Commissioners to promote the civilization of the Int - haulms,- "' I know, Bishop Whipple's cordial approial; 'and .I believe that all the friends of the Indi ans, who are thproughly acquainted with their - wrongs, their present situation, and • their needs - , will be equally in favor of this measure - of reform. , Yours, very tru ly, • - W 31; ;WE UHL ° P. B.—lt was m,y privilege to cheer Bishop,. Whipple's heart, as he was taking ship for Europe, by telegraphing to him good news from Washington.' • I am officially intbrined that tbnPresidentlins authorized fauns--on. their respective Reservations,-to begiven Y iminediately to the Bantees and to the Yank- - tens, so far as they desire it. All the Indians. 'nil° are prepared for this important move ment towards permanent civilization, will no • doubt receive from Congress liberal"en eouragement for a few years, and then they will become productive citizens. Now that the weak in faith, through evi— dence, become hopeful, surely the Churcli can be aroused to furnish Indians, whaare plead ing for Christian civilization,,with mental and industrhil training and hospitals, as aschurches. X!ilrsimomsf. • -The concert, last evening, at the Academy - of Music; was very largely..attendild. - Miss Carlotta Patti - sang here T*tor the - ;furst 'time • sine° her : return from Europe, She has .hp- - proved in appearance, and her voice has been' . brought to a - degree of cultivation that 'seems absolutely perfect. - Its quality , is somewhat less metalhe and shrill than it was.fornierly. , But it.is still cold and übsympathetic; and her manner is wholly wanting in. that personal , magnetism that is looked for in a great artist. is In saying that her cultivation absolutely - • perfeet, we should add that she presumes upon this to do certain things, with her'voice ffiat are not always la the best taste. • We al- hide , certain tricks of portamento and •of :staccato', and to• variety • of • ornamentation with . which she overloads such pieces as. the ,well-known. "0 Inca di quest'anima," from Linda, In. ad dition to this air Miss katti sang i olAy ..oue 7, - other solo—a florid waltz 'air Written foiher. Mr, Prune, the violinist, has, remarkable. ;, command of his , instrument: Mr. Ritter's piano-playiug.is clever, without being eittra- _ ordinary, no had the•advantage*, pf playing on a remarkably line concert-grand• , manufactured by Stein Way CO. `Messrs. Ba.belmann and Herrtua,lits though. the *- voice: of the •latter, %Most bassos, is losing - its. correct in tonation. That great artist, Signor ILouGqui,. • sang the "Largo al factotum" as he only can „ sing it; but he was • vilely accompanied there was hardly a hand raised in his applaase. In fact,there was a manifest claqu i e,iwhiclximil_. its instructions for applauding particulaAper sons. Thisclaeue\ and the usual 'basket-of-r, "towers.business are': beginning to be a.baj to . concert-goers. If the-cost of the floWers,-lastc.-- evening, had been expended in adequate, supply of programmes, some ReoPlew would have been better. pleased. Ali wd/t. better pleased if,. at the second ceoncert.,tro, given this evening, - Mr. Dietrich, can get his.;; Orchestra into ahttle better order.. Tkie. 4 'play==.„ ing last night was not at all what,peoplii,, have.' ••. a right to expect from t Pl4/Pdeleliia or-. chestra. —At the Walnut this evening . a rontantic.i. drama, entitled., Tinte and the 140114 presented, with the clever play, Tha.POrp 31cm: On Monday Lucille Western., lit. 43(4k; Lynne. • - —Boucicault's beautit c la dnu - a l aq, /AMMO .Delenivill be peri'orreed a the Ch.,%itaut. t* a evening, with the nautical dratnai 4/aciirldreof td —At tile Arch IVO mat voas.o a tv be presented in capital style; after wlif 6inugyler's Retreat will be given. , . —Hermann, the estithgitateur, wil/01 „Inro exhibitions or 31. Rey. - . at the ACH4- l Olnlr, of Minster, during next week, The reporterl or dim Font interviewed the - ,magielan, yesterda; an d among ether-interesting foots- alicing#Vue far HermanWs numerous riets of clia;rll,irba-irep, added immensely to his reputatiolL his publie eamer he Las given, awny nodes than S-100,000,. for, all. of whioh,ho bibs, receipts and autograph letters of, thanks. fnom .abnOSt every potentate in, title World. Whilst in ,the trcairs, on returoitig., froaa. , ,tho • War, hailed him as a benefUtor t he contributed 6.15,0 ,00 to' titer relief of tit , iverandedin .Norocco. During the,intoralatic ¢ in France,. some twoyears. ago, he eonten n , so liberally to the relief of the p.ocerthal',. + T‘„ 'Emperoi: publicly' thanked him ~ ; tlc , '""`" icips/aoj. Whilst in• Brazil, in 18411,kran,. seined seventeen faniale 'slaves, at; colt _ or , The programme for lionclay• caw en + a its he es folkArs The Dressiszng The ' 7.11 " 1 04 ; mysteriow ftrabler; Too axuct a i lta 2 - • •The :Other Side of the Medal; Th o v i Stick; The !Kiser ; The 'BM Snake Ilandkereialef; The 'l:e 4 Thought; The • t 'quiqua• f Seette'l to ' + . 4,7)*10..• - ,. , -` , . , 1 dilated rEloaceti; Qonvietr to sate tita quota tiegc 4 4,thiS Pr Aning at le 4# 4 .01, rilc • • - •••• - `ll:l4,lir, I 1.,r,•,1.-11"
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