Show wry NRY VINCENT ON oar oliven WE WELI well LL f LAST night henry vincent gave his lecture on oliver cromwell to a large attentive and enthusiastic audience in the tabernacle he commenced by thanking president young for the kindness and courtesy which permitted him to speak in that building and he proceeded at once to recount the story of a great life the life ofa of a man who rose from the middle classes to fill important positions of trust and emolument in the english nation who mingled in a long controversy between a parliament and a king who bore a leading aud and triumphant part in a civil war who survived the fall of of a throne the execution ofa of a king and rising on the ruins of both clutched the sceptre of authority steered the vessel tessel of state F safely through the rocks and shoals of anarchy and who died peacefully in his bis own bed leaving his great reputation uta tion with all its streng strength tn and with all its weakness as a permanent legacy to the country be he served mr Vii vil vincent reent then sketched the interesting period of boyhood and glanced at the tho calum nies invented by profligate writers to blast his reputation and to turn people away from the study of the principles that blamed around his wonderful life his career at cambridge in that grand cluster of colleges and schools I 1 the death of his father his return home alter after twenty two months university exper experience lenco ienco to comfort dear mother his sturdy work as a farmer doing the duty of the day with rugged vigor his bis journey to london in the bright spring season when the hedges were flushed with hawthorn blossoms blossom 4 scenting the valley and the dale his marriage with elizabeth buchler bouchier Bu ehler chier and his cosy settlement inthe in tha the old home at huntingdon were passed in panoramic review early tearny puritanism the inspiration and pas kion klon idon that entered his soul for religion and liberty how he c contended as a private citizen izen for cill chil and religious religions liberty his connection with local agitations in his county in favor of the fely fen drainage how he rose to be called lord of tha fens how he became member of parliament in 1628 3 for tho the borough of huntingdon were graphically described mr vincent then set forth the nature of the great conflict between charles I 1 and his parliament and the mighty movement for liberty that swayed the souls of the people shook the churches and universities and convulsed the nation Ther The greab great question was as this Is there a power in the english constitution above the law Is there a power in the english government which under certain exceptional conditions may govern the country without the vote of the parliament 11 the courtiers and the crown contended that the king being sovereign was under certain conditions above the law but the lords and commons demonstrated st with patriotic firmness that the king was subject to the law and not above it and the grand conflict ended in the kings signing the petition of rights bights which might have saved the life of tho the king and his throne had he not acting under the advice of wicked men dissolved the parliament arrested nine of its members and governed the country from the commencement of 1629 to the close of 1639 without a parliament mr vincent gave popular illustrations lust rations of the tyranny ot the time the star chamber the court of high commission the illegal taxes I 1 the high courage of the puritans the cruelties cruel ties of the pillory the imprisonment of john hampden the closing of churches by armed violence the enforcement of the english prayer book upon the scotch the insurrection commenced by jenno jenne geddis throwing a wooden stool at the head of the english preacher the short parliament of 1639 the long parliament of 1610 1640 described by macauley as containing the greatest genius f for 0 government v ament the world over saw sair the e execution feu t ion lon of strafford and bishop laud forsigh for high treason to law jaw and liberty the attempt of king charles to seize five members of the parliament I 1 the assailed members placed under the armed protection of the lord mayor and citizens of london the king insulted in the streets the tho shouts of the puritans to your roun 10 u 4 tents t e ants 0 israel and of the gradual di drifting rt 1 9 0 of f royalists and Parliament parliamentary ari ans into the civil war mr vincent passed before us in rapid succession the gathering of the royal and liberal armies the kings forces under rupert carrying all before them during the tho first two years until in 1643 the cause of the parliament seemed lost it was at that time cromwell and the religious religions men came into the front and and the issue of battle vas vas vaa changed it is impossible even to s sketch ketch mr vincents description of the decisive battlo battle of marston moor the chivalry and gallantry of the royci royal cohorts the ane dashing charges and victories of the royalists over the right winged the main bodies and the final victory for truth and liberty gained by the left wing under oliver to the heart expanding shouts the the tho lord of hosts I 1 the lord of hosts is with us the fall of the throne the execution of the king the rise of the commonwealth the insurrections in ireland and scotland the expulsion of the remnant of the tory parliament and Crom elevation to the throne were vividly described illustrious career as protector how he illustrated the anglo saxon character a rebel against tyranny but a conservative a against anarchy his bis instrument of government giving liberty of conscience to all persons who are peaceable subjects of the state his hia vigorous administration his love of england his english character his exalta 1 tion of the nation how he threw throw the biag flag of the country around englishmen in all i lands lands his defence of religious freedom abroad his defiance of the pope the shield he threw throw over the tha suffering protestants in piedmont his personal probity his veracity were all earnestly defined mr vin cent wound up by enthus enthusiast enthusiastically last avowing his hia own abiding faith in the same grand cause anday the expression of his deep rooted belief that the tho cause of civil and religious liberty would yet have a glorious triumph in all nations I 1 i in a lecture two t oro hours long iong and abounding in every kind of illustration it is impossible to give alife abife a illo lite like liko report becan we can do no more than present a meagre epitome I 1 of ofa a few of its leading features evera person who was present with whom we conversed was delighted with the lecture it was an intellectual feast that was appreciated and ano will long be remembered mr air vincent espre ses the gratification which he has at the opportunity that be he has had of aldress ing lug the people he has met many old acquaintances here some of whom recall with great pleasure speeches which they heard him deliver when they were boys he leaves tomor to mor row morning for the east and we hope he will iii have a pleasant and safe journey j to his hia home A PETITION signed by one thousand persons of randolph and adjoining counties praying an ac in i n the new constitution of illinois of the supreme power of god has been presented to the constitutional convention at springfield illinois in alluding to it the chicago rimes times asks why should any rational person ask t that hat an acknowledgment of the supreme power of god be inserted in our state constitution ution would it make mal ce us a any ny more subject to gods supreme p power lower than ihan wo we would be without such a constitutional provision would it give gi ve to deity any at I 1 y moro more perfect jurisdiction any more absolute right of supervision over us than he would possess without such constitutional provision would it change any positive fact that exists in all the possible relations of the creature creaturo to the creator whether the tho constitution contain such a clause or not it asks if you cannot le legislate gillato a thing into that which it ia is not how chow shall shail 1 y you OU legislate a thing into that which it is already it thinks the petitioners petition ers do but belittle that sublime name to use it in connection nee tion with their foolishness A convention is now in session at springfield illinois arranging a new now constitution U for that state among other questions which havo have be 1 afore that body the right of suffrage for wamen women has been discussed and the following proposition has bas been adopted by a vote to 21 the question of woman suffrage shall be submitted to a separate vote at the time of the submission of the constitution in such manner as may be bo provided in the schedule and if upon a canvass of the tho votes cast on the question a majority thereof shall be found for woman suffrage y then the word male shall be stricken out of the section relative to suffrage otherwise not POTTER CHRIST an individual assuming this title created considerable excitement says the omaha herald of the ast 1st dinst by perambulating the streets of that city the day previous selling a pamphlet entitled the revelations of potter christ the messenger of the new covenant given by inspiration of god for the salvation of thi the whole world the herald says he is an old man with long silver hair flowing beard prepossessing appearance and was formerly a mormon missionary but whether he believes himself to bet be the e messenger of the new now covenant 11 is insane or merely trying a dodge to draw araw the greenbacks green backs it is is unable to determine in his pamphlet he tries to convert people to believe that he is the second messiah probably some of our readers will recollect this individual his vagaries some years ago in california proved him to be insane while there he received or pretended to receive a great many revelations which he asserted gave him authority to regulate the church and when the presiding officer there thero refused to receive his crazy declarations as the revealed will of heaven he was threatened by potter with terrible things among others that the lord was bisp eased with him and that he would speedily be removed from his position and another appointed in his stead but these predictions soon proved their own falsity like others of which we wot made since mince by somo some of tho the same school as potter after potters dep departure artur e from california he started for australia and while on the passage he ho conducted himself in the most extravagant manner and upon reaching sidney it yas tas was considered necessary to put him into an insane asylum after his bis release and return from that country he assumed sum ed the character of and ana gave out that be he was some great one and had a brand made the inscription upon it being the words I 1 potter christ I 1 and succeeded in obtaining some followers who consented to be branded in the forehead atter alter poor potters success in obtaining converts we ceased to bo be surprised at the facility with which apostates and crazy people can secure adherents no matter how ridiculous may be the pretensions or foolish the ravings of pretenders orthis of this class in regard to the authority they possess to lead gods church and to inaugurate ate new now movements they are successful in ota obtaining ining followers from among the corrupt the unprincipled the demented or the insincere as the career of this man potter and others proves they talk of iron pavements in N new ew I 1 york AN ICE AND milr MILK HOUSE muse the following hints are from a special correspondent of the new york tribune years ago I 1 saw a preserving room ona ale aie Of I 1 thought of it when my ship comes cornea in again I 1 mean to have one similar to it an ice house was on a gentle side hill back of the dwelling and ice was put on a level with the gound it was about fourteen feet r square quare the ice was kept in straw on the north side of the house and forming an extension was a room ten by fourteen well finished jathea lathea and plastered and having shelves and everything convenient for a buttery butters or dairy room the ice being only about a foot from the shelves everything on them kept cool indeed the whole room amr was so 60 the milk standing in pans paus was wag covered with cream as thies thick as sole leather there was butter batter in a wooden bowl churned a few hours before I 1 struck on it with a ladle and found it was as hard as Pharo aha heart it was a hot day in august A part of a sheep hung up it had been there over ten days and was perfectly fresh there were eggs pies cakes and cooked victuals in sight not a blue or black fly not a mus mua quito or insect of any kind entered the room they would buzz bum up to the green blind but the cool air was n not ot inviting enough for them ants w will III lil keep butof out of such a place the path lea iea leading ding from the tho kitchen to this house was under an arbor of grape vines and seats were along the sides A girl sat there reading the whole of this house was painted white and had a good cornice the owner of it was a tanner the cost could not have exceeded three hundred dollars every farmer should strive to have such a convenience here the wife can have her canned fruit and her vessels of preserves without being obliged con to scald them for my part give tive me good peach preserves in preference orence orenee to your frothy slimy things in cans sans WHAT A CENT WILL do the buffalo express gives the following account of a ninan finau financial cial elal transaction which took place la ia an office in that city a few days ago by some means or other it happened that the office boy owed one of the clerks three cents the clerk owed tile the cashler cashier two cents and the cashier owed the office boy two cents centa the office boy having a cent in his hia pocket concluded to diminish his debt and therefore handed the nickel over ovar to the clerk who in itt turn paid half of his debt by giving the coin to the cashier the latter handed the cent back to the tho office boy remarking now I 1 only owe you one cent the office boy again passed the cent to the tho clerk who passed it to he cashier who passed it back to the office boy and the latter individual squared all accounts by paying it to the clerk thereby discharging the entire debt A correspondent of an english journal of horticulture says that ho he planted in 1855 1835 some pink kidney potatoes of a late keeping kind called yorkshire kidneys the they y p produced reduced much hatim haum and are a little e given to disease the crop was diseased he selected from the diseased potatoes twelve of the very worst 0 so o bad so rotten as scarcely to have any vitality and planted them in march 1866 on a piece of poor ground without any manure the re suit sult was seventy one potatoes quite sound and fifteen diseased in 1867 he planted the diseased potatoes and a few sound ones sufficient to make a long row the result was scarcely any disease at all in 1808 he planted two rows taking all the diseased and small potatoes the result was a good crop and no disease on the of april 1869 he looked over mhd potatoes left about half a bushel and could not find a tracei traced traca trace of disease london city pauperism increase increases si the number of paupers haupers in that city in the second week in march was 1747 GO to contrast with for the same week in 1869 the indoor poor were against |