The New York Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1865, Page 8

The News of the Assassination in Eng- land, Scotland, Franee and Prussia. The Public Grief Extending On _ All Bides. ‘The general feeling at fret was that some Qerated. Later in the day, however, the ead news was eenfrmed, and the excitement, the rage, the grief, ex- Asesed on the countenances of al! whom I met told how Geeply every ono was impressed with the borror of the ‘qstme which had been perpetrated on one of the greatest ené best men of his day. All with whom I have con- pressed that the murdorer, and all who may have been in any way accessory to the dastardly murder, may suffer the extreme penalty of the law. ‘While Mr. Lincoln lived there were many, whe, either ee ay parity ef purpose and porfect ity of action. This feeling ie mow still far more Spparent, and I do not hesitate to say that, with scarcely ‘em eiveption, the name of the late President Lincota ts feoked up to with veneration by the whole people of @reat Britain—I may even say of al] Europe—hile ‘Were can be no doubt that it will live forever blazoned ‘qmnong those of the great heroes and lawgivers of bygone times, whose doings and sayings sbed a» lustre over the pages of history. Never was the chief magistrate of any State placed ina more dificult position than was Mr. ‘Lspeein from the fret mowent of his entering in office; end until just before the end of a life which he had ina great measure consecrated to the service country, President Lincoln had to contend goutiguonsly with the mont formidable rebellion recorded in history. For four eng years, nobly and persistently he had fonght on @gainst great material and political difioulties, mever for en instant, even at the worst times, lesing that conf- Seqve and hope derived from a knowledge of the Jastioe -~hick had sustained him through all the ment aictoul crtbet! RE NY RSET i @afering and hope deferred the one = ever quailed was that of the President; ead at ‘Mast, when that hope and theese sanguine aspira- ons, which had borne him through the period @f his trial, wore being fulfilled, it ts ead indeed ‘We nee him thus cut off by the hand of an assaggip, From We, the undersigned members of the British Houre of have learned wih the deepest horror and re- an we desire to our sympathy on the ead event with the American now in London, as well as to deciare ae. ‘tm the future of that great coun- ich ‘we trast will continuo to be associated with freedom and peaceful relations with this and ‘Mr. Adams, om receiving the above, expressed the @Fetification which he felt at the testimony which it con- ‘A sin more marked expression of sentiment willbe sent eat mort post from the Queen, which is to be prepared the Mi id to bi sat OC RSE: of Parliament, tt may ue : 3 to have seen or heard of any Impression on every from the highest to the lowent, as the abominabie assass! 4 President ee e papers ; the people speak @se; business even was taea tag staat sue. and that not by avy mehns alone among those some commercial or other crisis as the consequence of the violent b every sort of dealers down to emall shopkeep- ere, stoned by the in- y had sen wielding the resources and armies of the ¥0 wisdom aod energy should Bae fallen beneath the blow of » cowardly nesawwin, If think that perhaps I have dilated too long om the pa me ‘ecourrence which has cast a gloom over all @oerety here, I can ouly say in my justifestion that every ther nows here is forgotten for the moment in the re- SS. of the wad calamity which has befallen the of the government of the United Staten, and tanst Pty words of the cotemporary newspaper which ythe largest circulation of any journal in England, the Telegroph:—“When the news reached England vurned sick and pale.” H i i 2 Hy it i Hi £ 2 The Feeling in France. OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. Panm, April 28, 1865. (he Hews of Me President's Amossination in Paris— Fo wads from the Parse Journals, de. Ih to @ated that when it was known that William of Grange wes dead—strock down, as was our beloved Pre- ident, by the band of an essassin—“children eried In Re mresta”’ Grown and solid men gave vent to their @rief im bitter tears here when the terrible news reached ep day before yesterday morning. The first reports came G0 the Bourse about sleven o'clock, and were not gone- sally believed. Indeed, the evening papers, and the Mont- ur im particular, expressed groat doubts as to the truth of the despateh. About five o'clock in the afternoon, owever, 4 despatoh from Mr. Adams to Mr. Bigelow ar. which placed It beyond u Court. The fags at the and Consulate were placed st balfmast and with crepe On Wedaenday and yert rday, while particulars were coming in, the places where Americans are im the hablt of gathering wore threnged, @n4 such sorrowful of countenance I have aver before seen here, Many American residents here Sac cman cam wat wens sevératly done afar» mevting which will be bed among the Amerioans to-morrow, Df coarse thin terrible event has fursished the princt- 9%, if net the oni, Lopte of ennversstion and wewspaper @ommeut Expressions of sympathy greet és on every Bond The “anherners here, as a general rule, expres, Great horror at phe act Mr. Slidell, | anderstand, ox- Presses the opinion that the marderer of the President Wee aw abolition, 1h ie only frome few Baglishmen ain ‘and ove or two Northern copperheads that Tr |.» 4 agytbing but an expression of borror, ‘To-morrow at twelve o'clock @ relight’ tswbe held at the American Bplacopal 4 on. 4. nich the Right Rev. Bishop WhIPPIC. | oe wimpenoia, and vibers will make addresses, 7 acs wit probably be another 1. meeting, vot of a rel! character, for the expression of grief on the Pr’ 66> ausericans generally. 1 am io- formed (bat “4 tage body of students and advocates in- tend calli” _¢ upon Mz. Bigelow in a body to express their a. All the Paris journals have expressed thelr horror at ‘ine event, and many of them publish biographies of the Presidewt. The Menileur eays:— ie borrer, in as pat ea Stee cyte eons ae place, auensel- nation af the service of political parties. ‘Tho Consututionnel says:—Buch crimes csnnot but wound the fooling of the whole world, aod provoke wal- versal indignation. ‘The Stécle, afer expressing tte detestation of euch 6 crime, adds:—One more vietim Salle for the cause of Nberty and homanity. K ‘The Temps has the following:— t We are eawiliag to enna on the honor of humanit} jea, It would be too painful to the if i fiz g 5 cious crime bas only \y affirm, it useless, be statesman ; but ne one nan survive hi eat victory of liberty will not ba ieermastesin tes et ‘Mr. Lincoln bas extended and served up worthy successors, ‘The Union employs the subjoined language: i 3 t E g if ii ja the wit i i ‘We are as yet without details which can ua the slightest idea of tho cause or character of 60 grave an event. However, it seems difficult to suppose that a crime committed on the two principal of the American Union had not been dictated itica) mo- tive; but on whom, on what party, or ofs party, does the responsibility lie? We must wait for more complete information. ‘The following is from the Aventr :— ‘The great citizen has fallen a martyr to his cause, but to bis cause triumphant, The loss of a citizen, however great and illustrious he may be, cam in no way compro- mise the destinics of a eh possesses free Gemocratic institutions, if with certainty it may be said that the triumph of the United States will not be imperiled by the of Abraham Li no one can avoid alee hepsion in ing removed tedothary of sepotiet’ pila, eral and authority of a could serveas 8 moderator. tone fellow citisens, when carried away by the excitement of victory. ‘The Epoque merely says:— 4, 00 there ts every résecm $0 betieve, Sle fsa Southern vengzance, those who committed it will have dishonored a cause which was only lost. The Monileur of this morning contains the following:— On the receipt of the news of the assassination of President Lincoln, and the attei upon the Secretary of State, his Majoaty the Emperor c! one of bis aide de-camp to call upon the United States Minister, to invite him to transmit to Andrew Johnson, Vice President the republic, the expression of the sentiments of found affiction and of horror with which those odious crimes have inspired his Majesty. ‘The Jowrnal des Débate says: — The United States have met with an tooperabie and we must go back to Washington to aman bas rendered to the American iblic as services as the noble and unfortunate ident who has fallen Denenth the blow of @ miscrable assassin. America will place Lincoln by the side of Washington. She will asso- Gjate these two names in her cratitude; for one feunded the Unlon=<'.3 ower saved ii from persningy Emile de Girardi, in a powerful article in the Presse, entitled “A Dishonored Cause,” says:— g ‘The assassination of Abraham Lincoln branding of Jefferron Davis, poneble re nation, and sorrow, the the 6 of the cause he defended, aguinet tia. new appendix of new the war, which, if It will bring 1t dowa become from the height of collective murder to the last of individual murder. As fer Jefferson Davis of his generals who have not yet laid down their thetelgnecther honorable course to e. Mf they will he upon them Saat Tah PRL.Aiznonored, aed Of all the excesses which in choler and may, but we hope will not, becommitted 4 and desperate army, Ah, if they will believe us, first to go int for Alt stokes Boon wil ot BS ve the honor to belong to the North—fer the wood- ouiter Lincoln has a successor in the tanner Grant—it will be those who areso unfortunate as to be- Peoeinwnus eneetts anaagetircs rium wi struggle | moment aitached to their eanse. honor to bis country, his’ age and to all humanity. American cbiio never ced @ “ rept Enow bot one route the fadeae ment, we ‘moderation, ments which spied 2 to concord and fraternity, and the assassimati dent Tincoln will hare result to sive avery fair idea of the feeling in Europe as to this horriblo assassination and the opinion as to ltr resuits. Europe is convinced now that there is ena salons in your § Logon to finiak up this an protect jalust ‘European in- terference now or in the future. = Ses - There te undoubtedly to be a revolution in 5 ey py — = teste ome on the irae to- lay to the effect that jaeen becn deposed republic declared. i ai ante ? The News in Prussia. OUR BERLIN CORRESPONDENCE. ‘Baan, depril 27, 1868, The Avsassination of President Lincoln—Impresion Pro- duced by the Inteliigenve— Sympathy of the Berlin Pub- tio—The Corps Diplomatique, de. It is imporsiblé to describe the excitement that has been created here by the asrassination of Previcent Lin- coln, ‘The impression produced by the intelligence is the more profonnd from its following #0 closely upon the events phat presaged en enrly termination of the Ameri- can difficulty: - The report began to spread yesterday to- wards the close of ‘Change bours, and as first was ba: credited, though it eaused @ heavy fail ta United " bonds, The telegram from London was couched in the following terms. ‘advices from New York, of the 15th inctant, state that on the preceding night President Kin- cola was abot by an assassin. He dicd on that day im consequence of the wound. An sitempt has algo been made upon the life of Secretary Seward, and it te doubted whether he will recover. Premium on gold 45%."" No packet or transient vessel of amy kind was men- tioned by whieh the accoast had arrived, as is usually done, and appeared the more requisite in transmitting events of such tremendous importance. It was known, too, that Mr, Seward was confined to hie bed from the accident he bad met with a few days previous, and al- ‘though the advices per the Asia had stated that he was Progressing favorably, it seemed improbable that he should be sufficiently recovered to be im any place where an attempt could be made upon his life. Finally, it struck every one as incredible that #0 terrible a catastro- phe should not only have had ne effect upon the price of gold, but that the premium upon it should have actually declined, the last quotations being near. ly one per cont higher. It was suspected, therefore, that the whole affair might be one of those hoaxes which have occasionally bees ployed off for stock jobbing pur- pones, and of which a well known Instance occurred dur- ing the Crimean war. Later in the day, however, further des patebos arrived, which left no doubt of the melancholy truth, and cleared ap the ry that mrrounded the circumeances connected with it. y and deservedly ‘The death of Mr, Lincoln is inoore!; ted by sil the friends of the Union, who way be regret! said to iaclude nine-tentha of the population of this city. He. was neither s ins, sor a hited statesman, Bor even an Seelewsicere bu ry ae emphatically an honest aad one who bad guided the Republic ly nnd ly through a crieia of onpar- alleied diMoulty, For such a man to be cut of when be ‘was about ta reap the reward of his exertions, is one of these Inacrutab|e dirpeneations of Providence which ba- mau Fenson is upable to fathom. According to all indica. Mons he,was an cious to coneolidate the muccemven attained in the field by ® syrtem of conciliation toward the van- quished enemy, wich could hardiy fail to be apprecta- ted vy Wem, arid promised to effort a apondy and coruial reconeiiiation between the branches of the eame famby Ty. “po site ie ce other ut cane similar. PA — reeu! expected This niorning United Staten Legation was crowded with = and Germen frionde, anxious to hear fariber partientare end to contoie with the Minister in the Jone wu by his country. The aiptomatie pore 80, to ay may have by a tee r ts that a meeting of jombers of thé Peso A aged J lan place this even, w ¢ propriety of presenting an ad- Grese of sympathy to the United states repre sentative of the Ameren nation Weiter ‘The additional telegrams received to-day inferm us that Mr. Johnson bas already taken the onth of office, and, unless some Dew interment hes occurred, is at this moment President d+ facto of the United Btalen Well, we must hope it all for the beat, since, as Dr. Pangion | ‘The Ne’ ADDRESS TO PRES JOnNAON. We have bewn to foltowing:— To his Excellency Axonew , President of the United States of Amerioa:— =iu—We, the members of the Union and Emancipe tion Society of Glasgow, desire to express through you, to the great.nat.on of wi Fg nnd ad our pro- found sorrow for the lone it sustained the and lous and OO ee ete ann lean ae jaa ent te him crinthigh ability, but with lelby of heart, and Court of General Sessions. 4 CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER. Before Judge Russel. Soon after the court was opened on Monday Hiland A. ‘Main, » wounded volanteer, was placed on trial, charged ‘with the homicide of Edward Brennan, the proprictor of a drinking saloon at 81 Mercer street, en the evening of the 13th of January last. The Court assigned Messrs. Towneend and Cohen to defend the acoused. OPENING OF AGSISTANT DIBTRICT ATTORNEY BEDFORD. Mr. Gunning & Bedford, Jr., Assistant District Attor- ney, in opening the case for the people, spoke as fol- lows:— Your Hoxon anp Gavriamex oF rea Jony:—The pris- ‘oner st the bar, Hiland A. Main, has boen indicted by the of Rdward Lar gin papi After a priate of the evidence it eppears tome that the killing does not, tn this in the legal meaning cocsisten en itr my oigaton te'n ‘paolo prosecutor, hs ce “i at crime, — It is a eound rule e fora conviction of in law, gentlemen, that when an issue s0 sacred as hu- man life is in the balance the le, before they can claim a conviction forthe orime in the indict- ment, must be, 4 all doubt, sat! that the evi- ser. fa not only consistent with the prisoner's guilt, also inconsistent with every other rational conclu- sion, ugyal, both in civil and oriminal trials, for ies then ite nature, and it will be you to determine the @ value to be given to it, The great object of the law some rights of the com- 5 Sern tiggeor grey individaals against the acts of the tideer, at the same time to see that justice be scrupulouely administered. ie prosecutor is oftentimes placed in a most delicate position. He is toe often rey os thirsting blood of hit prisoner, and pressing and striving more for victory ‘ham for jus- tice, This, jemen, js not #0. It ls his solemn duty, and his high prerogative, and ae et pleas andra of every feeling of vindictivencar, and wee cer ween oP. bnation ‘While it fa his duty to raise che sitoug a defence of the rights of the peopl ces, to — in ar le, yet he ie not, under ‘@tecumatan: the slightest degree, the eae ‘moctibed soner stands jndicted for murder it is proper it here to define to Fee eee eeeticmnar than been. Spay Za Mw gentlemen, % arises from the 'wickeinens of the A Sa is deflued te be the killing of a human ‘being aforetbough' with = malice it taking of human life, accompanied by a malicious to take it. M hen voluntary, arises the heat of the ‘and is the unlawful Killing of another, uo- acoom| @ malicious inteut to take life, The Bint: ry the people im to be mam ter in one of the lower ‘The facts and cir- , declare that di stall. I will now procee sea, who will lay before you the details of this un- happy occurrence; the ity will then devolve upon you to render a verlict which will vindicate justice. Dr. Bliven testified to having been called to attend lcted with & bott! Mary Aun Flock and Anna Ernst were the principal awitncises for the prosecation, wifes testimony was sub- stantially the sume aa atated by the prosscuting officer. Dr. McGee testified that he held @ post-mortem exam~ iwation on the body of Edward Brennan, and found a contused wor on the scalp, and there was a compound fravture of the vkull on the loft side, David Suilivan and John McParland, friends of the accused, who accompanied him at the time, gavea very 4iff-reni version of the occurrence. They stated that whon they went in and asked for drinks some words en- sued, whereupon the deceaned walked rapidly from ene end of the bar to the other and took up what they eup- raat to bea revolver; Sullivan was struck with it, and jcFarland, who took no part in the snffe, thought that the coecees Sree the Deleceers he cow Main’s hand uplifted, not see any ie. ‘Mr. Coben opened the case for the defence, and called amber of | oneal to prove the good character of peace and quietness, They wore resi- Ronsscliser m,n Bla, acter, havi dents of Pote: 4 count t am excellent ol opened on Tuesday toga Sage ed to addrews the jury in behalf of ie jaim, elniming that the jury onight to render @ of justifiable homicide. f Assistant District Attorney Bedford followed in am elo- sayy ona only s conviction for mansleugh- in degree. Rassel delivered aa tm} the reds unt, after callooraing for su hour, sarned thon te merey. prisoner was reman: The Lincel: jane mt. GOETH SUBSORIPR FIFTY DOLLARS. New Yoru, May 28, 1008. Please find enclosed fifty ove dollar subscriptions, de bie monument in this chy te the memory i mented Presid al “J viaheadond Robert W. ©. HY, Berry, brahew Lineoin, Robert Darrow, Win. Shay, Mam bn Gillis, . ONeill, Raymond Healy, mex Medline, ‘darn Mull, Fa. Hevue an Died. Jomnerow.—-On Saturday, May eged 40 years. a : i :The friends of the family are, invited to send the Gaon tm bie late residence, No. 20 Sherif street, oo day afternoon, at balf-past one Philadelphia papers please co; Sarens—On Saturday, May 14 Jacow Bavana, aged 60 years, # vative of Denmark. The iriends and relatives of the family, also the mem- dere of the Riggers’ Un on Fociety, are invited to attend the funeral, from bis late remdenéo, No. 40 Crosby street, ‘on Monday ‘afternoon a: one o'clock. [or Other Deatia See Second Page.) avy Opening of the War Between the Greek and Eatin Churches, Terrible Onslaught on the Roman Catholic end Protestant Beligions. - WHAT IS THE RUSSO-GREEK CHURCH? IT8 HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION, ae, of France or land. The greatest howe: Rar hn My RES rein it me worship peer sarge a jes ame ie founder foe the Cyt hee jesuite, which is composed jars and cl wi 4 calslable’ number of p6 ied reat number of kings to plense the of Rome.” ‘The Catholics, “these heretics,” it says, “want to orthodox faith, and force us to forget and disown Christ and believe in the Roman Pope. To this no orthodox Russian can or will ever con- sent.’? ‘She Gas Js expogersiop at the French for their to assist a land, ” hi se nawe for aeons tom 2 ly Rea nm likewise in favor of the ‘Turkey, defends the Suita, pe being taken by the why England takes the part of fal wretches, the rebellious Poles.” ool, of which we have Ca here but a few extracte, shows throughout the intentions and asptrations of Russia, inculcates in the masses the most vehement fanatic and concludes, ag it began, with a prayer to the Almighty to grant to the Czar Alexander arcane witch health and power to overcome the enemies of the faith of holy orthodox Russia. Most surprising, how- ever, is the circumstance that, while an 1 document igculcating the bitterest haired against the Pope is pried and distributed in Moscow, the Russian Ambaseator at Rome is at the very same enjoyi: road credit az Seevtan Church wl fobs te ons Rassians, these ungrate- This encycli- thé ‘acknowledge the » for their ; and the Stina oitesese aoe What Is the Russo-Greek Church? Our reaners aré doubtless aware of the circumstance that tho leading Episcopal clergy, at leastof what istormed the high school, im this city, have for several yoars pest been attempting to bring about harmony and good will, {f not co-operation, between the Greek Church, in Russia, end ties wwe, Various documents have been published in which wishes of this kind have been avowed and ina very catholic spirit, Romination, by the name aud description of Father Aga- Pius, has been received by these Episcopal clergymen with marked attention. More than this, two of the pria- cipal churches belonging to the great religious corpora- tion of Trinity have been thrown open to him, and in ‘Trinity and.St. John’s chapels divine service has been held after the Greek ferm by the reverond father, with also exercised itself in the ® current ‘topic, and the tone and temper of come of the published articles show that a controversy is springing wp which may be called ‘‘a very pretty quarrel as it stands” Catholic, Episcopal, Pres- byterian and other religions periodicals, have taken up the sakject. Réeently an eminent clergyman of ‘the Dutch Reformed Church alluded to it; and it is sup- posed thet the Convention of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopalian, at their triennis] convention, will inquire into the reason’ of Father Agapius’ appearance in the New York chapels; and, on the whole, the rebellion being now quite ended, we may have a war in the Church to notice and chroniple. ‘The point made on the ond aide mw, that by fraternizing with Father Agapius, the Bishop of New York has gone mere than half way te the Bishop ef Rome; and, on the other, that the true Church has af last began to be appre- ciated and honored by the tong erring Protestants, since the Gréek and Roman Church are but “parts of one stupendous whole.” ‘The Agapians deny these conclusi fend their liberality on the occasia) pated organ of the Episcopal Bisi to bea “step taken towards unity, on the (ae ples of she primitive Church,” and treats the criticisms of its cotem- Pporaries ea ‘‘n devilish work to prevent the restoration of peace to the divided family of God.” ‘We think, then, that the readers of the Hzaatp will be interested ina brief and impartial acoount of the Greek Church as it te established in Russia, of which Father Agnpius is « native, and be alo able to perceive what the resemblance is between the doctrines and ceremonice of the Greek and those of the American Episcopal Churches, and how much the unity of doctrine and the doctrine of unity are Hkely to be accepted by the Episcopalians gene- rally of New York. ly de ‘The re- wISTORY. x In the year 900 the Slavonians were ruled by a despot, Prince Viedimir, who was not only # pagan, but an ‘asurper, having s harem of siz wives, and eight hundred concubines, As he was a successful warrior, it was thought by the neighboring Powers that he was of conse- quence enough to be converted. The Mahometans, Jews and Catholics attempted to gain him over st the same time. He rejected Mahomet, because his creed inter. Gioted wine, which Viedimir declared was indispensable to the Runsians; he declined submitting to the Pope, be- he was an k which was tries to examine into their diffe and to make a report to him of the result. ‘The splendid nee the Greek and the imposing fefleck of theit vances Ay - aifcent metropolis of the decided them in choice. Viadimir at once became a Christian, made nd Jowele nese ripped, sracged at the tlle of hotter were rag at orses and thrown into oe asap His next step wes to foree the whole population to arsemble on appolt days £ ‘the banks of the rivers, and there receive ism by @ wholowale, after the Greek form. As one crowd suc. ceeded angther, the name of some saint was bestowed indiscriminately on the mass. In this way, and after this fasion, Rossa became converted to christanity and Provelytos to the Greek Church; and although at (his Very time; thls Church bed been, down fromsheyear 482, in echiem fromthe Church éf Rome and with varying fortune, freqnent interreptions and many in. trigues, prodvcing al/ke wolon apd dieunion with the Latio Chureh, the conversion of Viathir and bie nation in the Tenth cone apres weet Hm isp) wo the power and Induevce o which he yielded bis submission, It a curious fact that Lhe Greck Chareh to the zeal of these sussian converts te indebted for what i styled the eel eae Book,” which, with the canons of the first and second Council of Nico,’ the Orvt, secoud and third of ‘ConetantiLopie, the Ephesiin and Geioral Chalcedonjan mod the Troiiian beld at Constantinople in ie autho- $n doctrine to this day: Anoloer svereere? tbolls and Ayortole Churent eeyscad a Phe ” pal for tne Russias to 1042 by Mogielaue, Bish mt hice, ned py ali the Patriarchs, and Onatly adopted by order Peter the Groat, in 17; Orr approvals, by . Up various @punoils of the eh to this time the Patfareh of Consiantivopl> was recognized as the head of (hd Russian Chureh, although for v years pre- viously, for r@usons of State, Russia tind bern without a Patriarch, The Cear hnd himself deferred the selection of a now one, and et an auspicious moment substituted for tho Patwarchate @ Holy Synod, composed of ong president, jswo yieo prosidenw, four coun HG fe : i ERNMENT OF TBR CHURCH. "The Ozar is thus the head of the Russian Church. The Hel: ers im which he is supreme, of the consti- po a b we have spoken, decides and judees of ‘the innovations and Gultable to be introduced foto the administration of the and takes cogal- tance of high offences. But their real busiuess is limited to signing orders: the General, who takes hie action from A Te soly Seer mg e7c08 can discuss frecly is tho financial tion of the con- vents; and thie, it is gives them most of their em- Ano ia that of that “seadarace,. motets to this tribunal, and the Russian priests prefer mp on the pines To rather than the Consetoty. is the Prastenie or Gouberniw enn in are! found ordl priesjs. The euperior of tho prin- Fipal convent preside in these assemblies, which Rive zance of infractions of ea ange In cases of thefts and other serious delinquencios committed by waporior of the clergy, oy high authority, the n- ders are handed over to the Synod, and these cases are ay earn Corporal punishment of the inferior rey is not at all unusual. ‘The priesthood is divided into two classes, the regular and the secular archbishops. Metropolitans and bishops are chosen by the Emperor from three candidates pre- sented by the bishop; the bishop chooses the Consatory, the superiors of convents and the high and low clergy, with the confirmation of the Synod. It is aaid each Dipti is erative Aeon: and each priest in his ehu: ‘All the higher ecclesiastical orders are filled by the re- gular clergy; but, then, they cannot marry. The regu ergy may marry once only, and the 5 nence is they take such good care of their wives that ere is a Russian proverb which says, “Happy aa a priest’s wife.” The lower clergy consists of readers, singers, deacons, &c., and can never rise higher than archpriests, who officiate in cathedrals and metropolitan churches, The bisl are usually taken from the mens, ae from the bishops come the archbishops, metropolitans and patriarchs. ‘The convent system is very prevalent, and governed according to the rules of St, i. There are thirty-two dioceses in Rus- aia, and apy of them may become arcbiepiscopal if the Czar chooses. The seats of the four metropolitan sees are Petersburg, Kiev, Kasan and Tobolsk. DISCIPLINE AND CHARACTER OF THE CLERGY. ‘The ordinary clergy are exceedingly ignorant and bigoted. While imuges are excluded from their churches, thoy pay exaggerated honors 10 relics and paintings. ‘The peasants prostrate themselves before and pray to them, and in travelling carry with them daubs@f saints as thoir protectors, In some convents the manufacture of images for private sale is carried om extensively, and ga profitable employment. Miracles are attributed to the religious paintings and images of saints, and travel- lers are constantly informed of the wonders per- formed by the Virgins of Kasan, Smolensk, Sikiwen and other places, Relics are highly esteemed. In the government of Tver, in 1838, a grave one hundred years old was discovered, ‘and thither, as the bones found in it were those of a pious crowds to be ‘cured ef various diseases, rolling themselves in the dust and going into frenzies at the tomb. The goverument stoped th ‘and the priest censed to recelve large sums of money from the bellevers, The miraculous wth of myrrh, used as incense In the churehes, owil foie influence of the head ofa dead monk found Kiev, for # time also disturbed the people, and this the government also put a stop to. Two-thirds of the clergy are in actual de: om, and many of tem never wear boots except when pariormaleg. clericai duty. Imtemper- ance is the common vice of these men, and morals are generally of the lowest order. It is not uncommon to seo five or six revcrend culprits confined together. ‘Thoge statcmonts aroai! made on tho authority of the aoe of well known toputation and of all BELIEF, CEREMONIALS AND WORSHIP. The Liturgy fs old Slavonte, and fall of repetitions—oc- easionally a8 many as forty at. time. There are five communion loaves of bread. One ig the !oaf of the Saviofr, second of the Virgia, third of ths saints, fourth of the Hving, and the of the dead. ‘They are in shave ike Dne over mie ome. TTS Toaven are pulled and hauled by the officiating priests 4n cueey Sey and have thelr interiors extracted, “in honor of God and the imperial family.” The pieces torn off the Christ loaf are sopped in wine, and distributed ia little bite to the communicants. The other loaves are bod to priviloged Persons and nobles. on of the sacraments, ie administered to infants by immersion in. water three timer, after the devil has been driven out of it by the off- Seubaue ccc: upon it and three 8 At of the cross. burials the dead are made to hold a paper to accom- pany them to the ether world. It contsins s prayer for the remission of voluntary and involuntary sing. In the communion of children wine only is given. The churches ‘tre imitations of the Jewish temples, having the sanc- tuary, the place before the sanctuary and the nave. The sanctuary contains the tabernacle. ‘Tapers are fm profusion. Morell, a late authority, remarke:—‘“‘ is much es im the fubclie aevchet a be rogue taloum fas Regem ooou; most a quartor of the ser- rar Se oct wearin tees of sin says when the sacrament “ie carried through the temple, the a themselves, adore Gl athe ara hy ah el wh . In the work of Dr. Buck, edited by the Rev. Mr. Hen- derson, of England, a doctor of divinity, it is said the Greek Church, “tike the Latin, has seven sacraments: Daptism, chrism, the encharist, confession, penance, jon, marriage and extreme unction.” It holds that purification from original sin requires either a fon, immersion or sprinkling; chrism as the completion baptism. It aiso holds to the doctrine of transubstan- tration, but the use of leavened bread in contradistinc- tion to the practice of the Roman Church. The bread is mixed with wine and given to the communicant in a spoon, both elements being thus communicated. The dootrines of purgatory, predestination, works of super- operas sae indulgences are repudiated. In this brief sketch of the Russo-Greek Charch our readers wil! perecive pretty clearly what ure its origin, fla doctrines en: form of worship. We have not at- nt of the origin, progress or present condition of the Greek Church proper, This would in- volve a very seriour.labor, and be better adapted to the historian than the journal!st, who draws from and illus- trates by hi rather than writes it. Enough, hew- ever, has been given to the readers of the Henatp to enable them to judge whether the performances of Father Agapius in Trinity and 8t. John’s chapels were perinitted ‘onderstandingly hong sep ‘and rectors, he spirit of the Greek Clurch, as it ts directed hy tte head, the Czar, may be inferred from the tone of an encyclical lettor which has recently been issued by him and has been circulated eas Rusia, A tion of it has just appeared at Vienna, as it has gone into the hands of the clergy. Cathohcs and re it alike declared to be heretics and infidels, The tone of the leiter is bitter and violent. It will be seen, therefore, that our reverend , Who have beon 80 anxious for communion with the Church, are Dut little acquainted with its past history or present character. Arrest of . Prevost Marshal and missioner in Williamebarg. It will be remembered that Colonel Baker, whéle tm this city, brought to light some very peculiar facta in refer- ence to the manner in which business had been trans- acted at the Second District Provost Marshal's office in It was found that the whole machinery of the office appeared to be under the control of a man named Nathans, who, by the favors shown bim by all the eficors of the office, wae able to make immense sums of money, sometimes jaan prott of several thousand dollars in a single day, Colonel er at that tirne arrested Na- thans and sent him to the 4 1 honed Ca and im; mienioner Chectiire and Woavtel ecber testimony a olent to satiafy the War Pecartment af their Captain Waldron and Mr. Cheshire have therefore arrested, and are now in the Old Capitol prison await wil for corruption aad bribery. oity Postal Delivery. TO THY EDITOR OF THE BERALD. Naw Yoru, May 13, 1866. Ten days ago 1 dropped a letter in the box on the cor- er of Broadway and Eleventh street, containing $127, addressed to my tailor, to pay a balance long due, He has not yet received the letter, and thinks that it is a th—-Jud, thie the imany éxcuses for not ra Fig toes 1 pH, te him in bygoue years. be keeps dunniny and more he can’t get the lewer, 5 there is any way in whiod T can Fenth street box, eo that Tecan get back the letter? Or, a yy can tailor got the keyund conachreuee Ren sR of the Fifth precinet,.arrested two met, pamed William Smith and Frank Long, on sucpicion of having inten- th y some bales of straw lying on the bulkhead ae larrison street, N, KR. Owing to the early disco- very of the fire the fames were speedily extinguished. a Dowling commitied the prisoners for examina- BILLIARDS. 1. GRIFFITH OFFERS FO! f new and decond hand Tables at reasopa- Onions ty mall attended to ab bis factory, 166 B" bie prices t Furbo aireet, N.Y, benelit whatever. After this afterwards. 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DO NOT binar- PPOSED 1 varsity care, a Pocketbook, comaining papers, the latter no use to nny one except theowner. Auy ope rotntning the to the subscriber, with or without te money, will be liberally rewarded and fe questions asked: AML, GILMAN, No. 91 Beaver ak Lek GOING FROM UNION STREET, via First place, Hamftton avenue ferry, and Manhattanville cars to Bloomingdale Ai warning of, ‘Wednesday, Muy 10, a Lady's Bre. square, of mosaic, gold’ apd black enamel, The bader wil ‘De liberally rewarded upon returning it to Eugene Ellery, & ‘Well st: N.Y. a E OST—LAST WEEK, A SMALL PERSIAN SILF Puree, drawn with ‘and tassel at the top containing $30 In bills, exact amount not Known. finder de suitably rewarded and recelve the thanks of the owner by Jeaving {t with Mra. Squires, at the Nome for the Friendliest Thirtieth street. the maeney, ~ A collector the poor of the fi we hope it will be returned. 06T—OW THURSDAY P.M. IN CENTRAL PARK, OF thi Oth avenne and Gh to Bh sircels, © Parcel, containing a @ild'e whee dress with a thimble, £e.' A suitable reward will be paid on leaving ite Sith etree. 191 East O8T—ON FRIDAY, MAY 12, IN THE HOUR 5 of fend BF. M., the eum of 0, oF thereabo. 7h inler Hiabi rewaniod and no questions asked, ving i with the elerk at the ofice of the Dey eurent Hous er an SA coc eentas Ate tatters fas cheap ~ tee PEs crvan for tne returr - eal R CANA] See ; th etree Mire rewarded by de ay. OBT—A NINETRENTH ARMY CORPS BADGE, BB . ¥.¥., with Tota to etnies, Vr gegen ee way, where reward will be given. A DESBROSSES STREKT FERRY BOAT, | jem Boot with « yellow rd cover finder will be rewi on leaving it at No, 6 Walker o1 8 IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON, IN CENTRA) or in al ith es as avenue car, a leities’ Gold ee Wa nocrince ci lother of Peart mamelied in and Key, fastes orally rewarded by returning It to 966 Povety ccsons O8T—CHECK NO. 62 OF A. & W. 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