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C H A R I T Y. ■" -<■■■■ Sweet! 1 •' As the breath of Heaven That kisses vfrciiant meads, hen nature robes prolific earth In Spring's green mantle, Embroidered o'er and o'er with perfumed flowers Of loviest hues Is Charity. Pure! As the sinless smile Decking an infant's face When pillowed on the anxious breast Of a young mother, It draws the sympathetic liquid forth That cherishes,— Is Charity. PrizeJ By the Great I AM Abcve ail idle forms, Above all grievous abstinence, Or saiutlike precept. Above all gifts which make the giver seem As good f.nd holy. Is Charity. Meek! As the Lamb of God, Th-e co eternal Son, The Trinity in Unity, Yet man of sorrows Who laid aside his Godhead and expired That we might live, Is Charity. Sins It, will wipe away It suffers it endures; < It knows not guile nor flattery: To do to others As we would wish that they to us might do, lei hidi the died, Is Charity. Hope! Isthebandmaiden, Religion is the friend, The sick, the needy, and the poor Are the recipients, The Omnipresent is the great First Cause, And Heaven the home Of Charity. J. CRAWFOKD WILSON. FENIAN CONGRESS IN NEW YORK. At the Fenian Congress which assembled at New York on August the 24th, an address was delivered by John Savage to the President and gentlemen of the Conven- tion/ The address commenced by the not very cheerful Btatenient that if he had known of the low chaotic state to which the organisation was reduced he would never have accepted the post of Chief Executor of the Brother- hood. He however thought that Fenirmi.m had bridged over its most precarious era. Proceeding to the working of the organisation, he read a formal message, which shewed an unexpectedly considerable balance in the treasury in favour of the organissiim, and this not alone after bearing the current expenses of Savage's adminis. tration, but liquidating a large deb: existing at the time of his assumption of office. 1 War cannot be c-rriedon with a few thousand dollars there must be a fund be- bind the immediate expenditure, or a continuous stream of a rational supply, else the outlay made will, in all probability, produce disasters sufficient to deter a gene- ration from action by calling drlwn the ridicule—a very powerful weapon—the condemnation, or the actual in- terference of even sympathising peoples. I did not see any chance of a successful rising and however charac- terised by daring, self-sacrifice, and personal gallantry, may have been the rising in Kerry, the demonstrations which fuliowed in March, the thrilling engagements in Kilelonery Wood, or the still more effective action in Manchester, they chiefly prove to us what our people are capable of under more auspicious circumstances, and at the same time present lessons to us which we cannot afford to overlook. I believe in careful preparation, even at the risk of being tuought wanting in enthusiasm or slow by persons who regard claptrap as an ingre- dient of capacity, and look upon failures more as a lack of foituEe than a want of patience to prepare to achieve a victory. So far as my judgment enables me to determine I cannot see that, with the exception of the Manchester rescue, any more tangible circumstances than those emanating from personal hopes and feelings warranted or directed the movements which have taken place within the past two years in Ireland. I do not think that any future chief executive of the Fenian Brotherhood will assume the responsibility cf expending any large utiis of money in the home organisation until it is thoroughly reconstiacted, its workings systematised, and communi- cation established between it and the American Brother- hood are as indisputably on as understandable a basis as between the States and the executive f See.' It would anpear, then, that all is not yet cccleu? d$rose in the Fenian camp. THE VISIT OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION TO NORWICH. -Among the objects of interest presented to the notice of visitors, considerable attention has been excited by the extensive works cf Messrs J. and J. Coiman, who employ about 1,100 in the manufacture of mustard, starch, blue, and paper. The works are situated on the b;nks of the Wensum, and all the principal warehouses are connected with the Great Eastern Railway. There are as many as sixteen steam-engines in the works, their aggregate force amounting altogether to 1,000 horse power. Messrs Coiman are not unmindful of the welfare of those whom they employ. Thus they have provided a luncheon kitchen, where the men can obtain a good subtantial lunch or dinner of hot meat and potatoes for 3d. A con. siderable number of the men daily avail themselves of their employed kindness. Hard by the work Messrs Colman have erected a handsome Gothic school room for the children of their work people this school room is used also as a Sunday school, and for public worship on Sunday evenings, while on wetk evenings it is used as a reading room by the work people. From an old tower called 'the Snuff Tower,' one obtains a bird's-eye view of ithe works, which look like a small lown intersected with various streets and lanes, the most conspicuous ob- jects being three tall and handsome chimney shafts, which are seen for many miles round.—Times. A SAVAGE -At a special bench, held at Guildford, on Saturday, before Mr A. Chandler and Mr D. Macdonald Frederick Longhurst, labourer, of Bllickheath,Wonenb, was charged with assaulting James William Upfo.'d of Chilwortb, with intent to tis igure him. Mr It, Eve, solicitor, of Alderdhoit, appeared for the prosecutiou; and Mr R. E. Geach, of Guildford, for the The, complainant is the manager of Mr Sharp's Powder-mills at Chilwortl), near Guildford. On Saturday, the 2JJth uli, a cricket match was played between tbe villages of BIsek- heath and Chihvorth, and the complain an t presided at a dinner in connexion with the event, which was held at the Volunteer beerhouse at Blackheath. The prisoner was present, and, apparently owing the complainant 801110 grudge, several times sought a quarrel with Him, and challenged him to fight, bonne disturbance of the dinner party also occurred, fireworks being thrown into the room, and sand upon the table. By the advice of the landlord the complainant and the company proceeded to another room, where they imagined they should be undisturbed; but the prisoner again made hit, appear- ance, seized the complainant by the collar, and, placing a thumb in one of his t.yes, attempted to force u from its socket. This diaboucai attempt was frustrated by the timely interference of several persons. The prisoner then passed bis head in front of the complainant, seized his right ear between his teeth, and began to guaw it like a wild beast. It is computed that for three minutes he continued the disgusting process, and before he could be made to relax his hold he had completely bitten away the lobe of the ear. On being remonstrated with, he said, 41 have bitten a piece of his ear off, and I will cut his throat, if I have a chance.' The prisoner was committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions,

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