The New York Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1869, Page 6

¥< AUWAY BRO AND ANN ny GORDON PROP! -S JAM RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY, APOLLO HALL.—MornIng STAR SUNDAY SenooL— SPEAKING UY HORACE GRERLEY AND OTUERS. Afternoon, BLEECKER STREET UNIVERSALIST Rev. J. M. PULLMAN. Evening. CHURCH.— CHURCH OF THE REFORMATION.—Rev. Brown. Morning and afternoon. AuborT CRURCH OF THE REDEEMER,—Rry, J. W. SHACKLE FoRD. Morning and evening. CHURCH OF THE STRANGER, Large Chapel, Univer- sity.—REV. DR. DEEMS&. Morning and evening. COOPER INSTITUTE.—Free Preacuine. and evening. EVERETI ROOMS.—SPiEITUALISTs—Mus. BRIGHAM. Morning and evening. FIRST MORAVIAN PROTESTANT CHURCH.—Kev. Epwanp RonTuaLes. EPISCOPAL FORTY-SECOND STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.— Vv. Dx. W. A. Scorr. Morning and evening. FREE CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIGHT.—Rav. East BURN BENJAMIN, morning; REV. De. Hionre, evening. HUNTER'S POINT PAPTIST CHURCH.—Rev. Me. Perey. Afternoon JOHN STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.— Rey. W. P. Consrm Morning and evening. LEXINGTON AVENUE M. E. CHURCH.—Rrv. R. M. BTRATTON. Morning and evening. MURRAY HILL BAPTIST CHURCH.—Rev. De. S1p- wry A. Coney. Morning and evening. REPUBLICAN HALL—SPreiTv ALISts—INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKING. Morning and evening. ST. LUKE'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.— PREACHING. Morning, afternoon and eveuing. ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.—Rrv. De. Paice. Morning and evening. TEMPERANCE PRAYER MEETING, Eighth avenue and Eighteenth street. REV. Dk. DEEMS. Afternoon. THIRTY-FOURTH STREET REFORMED CHURCH.— Rev. Isaac Ritky. Morning aud evening. TRENOR’S LYRIC HALL, 6th av... between 41st and 434 sis,-Rev. 0. B, FRoTHINGHAM. Morning. UNIVERSITY, Washington square.—Bisuor SNow. Afternoon. YORKVI.LE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—Rryv. Joun MoNau: N. Evening. New York, Sunday, May 16, 1869. THE HERALD IN BROOKLYN. Notice a Garriarslaad Newsdealers, BrooktyN CARRIERS aND Newsmen will in future receive their papers at the Branca OFFICE or rae New York Hewarp, No. 145 Fulton street, Brooklyn. Apvertisements and Svescererions and all letters for the New York Heraup will be Teceived as above. THD NEWS. Europe. ‘The cable telegrams are dated May 15. Reverdy Johnson took a formal leave of Queen Victoria by letter and at a personal interview. On ‘Inursday he waited upon Lord Clarendon and an- nounced his retirement from office. It is believed in Paris that the French government will shortty issue a peaceful manifesto and then re- duce the army. Political disorders continue in Paris, the police are forced to interfere, and a number ot arrests have already been made. Spain is not to have a federal republic, so the Cortes has decided. Tne question of the establish- ment of a triennial! directory is under discussion. The Austrian Reichsrath ciosed its sessions on ‘Thursday. The Emperor Francis Joseph addressed the members previous to adjournment. He spoke tp a cheerful manuer of the condition of the empire. Paraguay. Our Buenos Ayres letter is dated March 27. Lopez had attacked a party of allies who were trying to rebuild a burnt railroad bridge, with two truck car battenes, and killed from thirty to sixty of them and captured numerous prisoners. The allied expedition to Matto Grosso had returned. The few Paraguayans who remain in that rich re- gion Were almost starved. No news has yet been received from Minister McMahon. Captain Kirtiand, of the Wasp, is at Asuncion, with important des- Patches for McMahon, but he cannot get a flag of truce to accompany bim to the Paraguayan camp. Miscellaneous, The President yesterday issued his proclamation naming the 6th of July as the day for an election on the State constitution in Virginia, Separate votes are to be cast on the clauses relating to the test oath and disfranchisement, It is stated it Washington that Admiral Hoff is dining and wining too much with Captain General Dulce, and that his reports of matters connected wita the Cuban revolution have in consequence an unmistakaple Spanish flavor. Reverdy Johnson writes to a friend that he will probably arrive home by the Baltimore steamer on the 6th or 6th of June, Rush Burgess, who was appointed Collector of the port of Richmond, Va., by President Grant, was indicted in the United States Circuit Court of that district yesterday for perjury in having taken the test oath. The application of Lewis Douglass, a colored printer, for membership in the Columbia Typo- graphical Union in Washington was received by that body yesterday an referred t the Committee on Nominations. Ke tions declaring bim an unfit Person to become a member and censuring the Financial Secretary for having permitted him to work while awaiting the result of his application were introduced, but were ruled out of order. The Union adjou unt June 1%, when the committee Will report in the dase. Another blunder ts reported to have been by the administration. General Sherman's ore? MP signing several army officers to duty as Indian superintendents is claimed to be contrary to an old law, to the effect that army officers shall not be allowed to disburse tle public mouey in civil cape- cities, A About 200 Lutheran ministers Waited upon Presi- dent Grant yestéfday, and after a short speech from the Rev. Dr. Pohiman, of New York, the entire 200 insisted upon shaking hands with him personaly and declined to do it by proxy, a8 the reverend _doo- Suggested. The Cincinnati express train on the Erie Railway ran into it train near Belvidere, N. Y., on Friday wrning. [2 mgtive of the passenger trato “yan greatly damaged and several of the freight “ars were demollahed.’ None of the passenger cars were injured, but many passengers Wo jumped of ‘were seriously hurt. Messrs. Capehart and Duncan, of Washington, Who hada fight on Friday, are now said to be pre Paring for a duel, Duncan does the chatlenging and General Burbridge acts as his second, ‘The new whipping post and pillory in Newcastle, Del., was inaugurated yesterday by the pillorying of three victims and the lashing of ten others. A large crowd was present. Mr. Rose introduced in the New Dominion House of Commons yesterday a new banking bill, which is based Ln 80 partiguiars on the national banking iad of tlie tates States. The City. The Roard of Police Commissioners met yesterday and balloted several times for a president, Messra, Bosworth, Brennan, Smith and Manierre were the ‘can iiMates, art each received just one vote on each ballot. Another session will be held on Monday, The French frigate Semiramis and tne Swedish corvette Gefle have arrived in chis port, and are at auchor off the Battery. The special committee appointed by the Commis- sioners of Emigration to investigate the James Fos- ter, Jr, horror have published a report, It simply recounts the evidence given in the examination some time ago, and strongly censures the British emigration authorities. A junior member of @ Broad street banking house disappeared recently with $119,125 of the property of the firm in his poasession, No clue to his where- abouts nas yet been ascertained. In the case of the dead man who was found in the East river, on the Brooklyn side, recently, with his throat cut from ear to ear, a doctor who made the post-mortem examination testified that the throat was doubtless cut by the action of the water. A ver- dict of found drowned was rendered. The stock market yesterday waa dull and declined, but became firmer alter the bank statement. Gov- ernments were more especially the feature, the 62's advancing to 122, Gold was trreguar, but closed finally at 139% a 139%. ‘The aggregate amount of business consummated in commercial circles yesterday was light, as it 18 usually on Saturdays, though values were generally unchanged, Coffee was dull and nominal. Cotton was steady and firm, with a fair demand. On 'Change four was duil but unchanged. Wheat was dull and heavy, and holders would have been obliged to accept of lower prices to effect sales of consequence. Corn was dull but firm for choice new and old, while damp new was irregular and diffcult of sale. Oats were quiet and irregular. Pork Was in good demand and firm at former prices. Beet was steady, while lard was more sought after and @ shade firmer. Naval stores were dull and scarcely so firm. Petroleum—vurude, in bulk, was dull and unsettled, closing at 16c. a 163¢c., while re- fined was active and quite steady tn value, closing at S2i:c. Freights were quiet, but rates were un- changed. Prominent Arrivais in the City. Lieutenant Commanders George C. Remy and Philip H. Cooper, of the United States Navy, and Charles W. Scudder, of Boston, are at the Weat- minster Hotel. E. A. Mudge, of Boston; Captain Dixon, of Kng- land; L, Pruyn, of Albany; Judge Davies, of Pough- keepsie, and General Fremont, of Tarrytown, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General W. B. Hazen, of the United States Army, is at the Hoffman House. Congressman Oakes Ames, of Massachusetts; Ed- gar Hull, of Kalamazoo; Rev. Dr. Anderson, of Boston, and C, H. Branscomb, United States Consul to Manchester, are at the Astor House. General A. RK. Wright, of Portland, Me.; Colonel A. Warwick, of Texas; J. E. Jackson, of Philadel- phia; Captain B. Slater, of Norwich; Colonel Han- ger and Major Hanger, of Virginia, are at the Metro- politan Hotel. Major D. 8. Hoyt, of Norwalk; Judge H. B. Ryer- son, of Clyde, and Charles, Eaton, United States Marshal of Minnesota, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Colonel R. Wishart, of New York; Theo, T. Wil- merding, of St. Francis, Ark., and J. H. Neher, of Troy, are at the St. Julien Hotel. James H. Lucas and James Harrison, of St. Louis, are at the New York Hotel. W. Cassidy, of Albany, and Alfred H. Love, of Philadelphia, are at the St. Denis Hotel. Prominent Departures. Major W. C. Beardsley and E. P. Rosa, for Auburn; W. F. Leach, for Philadelphia; C. Cook, for Bath; General Reeves, for Washington; Dr. Brink, United States Consul to Mexico, for Connecticut; Colonel D. Watt and wife, A. Kelgrove and wife, Colonel Savage and General Grover sailed in the City ot London for Europe; Colonel W. H. Harris and family and Hon, Stillman Witt and family also left for Europe. Is Protestantism a Failuret=—The Coming Presbyterian General Assemblies. The question, ‘‘Is Protestantism a failure?” is the one best calculated to probe the cancers ot our modern Churches. Now that the great disturbing element of slavery is removed from among us, it acquires a freer scope and a more pertinent influence. If the only natural and logical result of Protestantism is the indefinite multiplication of sects, the practical world, which looks only to results, will be very apt to answer the probing question in the affirmative. The conviction of this fact has been for some time exercising an influence on the divided Churches of the country, and is at this moment exhibiting a healing power over the divisions in one of the most numerous denominations in the land. The Presbyterlans have always ex- hibited a powerful talent for dividing, and ac- cordingly they have produced more Protestants within the pale of their Church than any other denomination. This may speak well for their honesty in conviction, but says very little for their charity. The present extent of their gift in the latter virtue is about to be put to practi- cal proof. On Thursday next the Old School and the New School Presbyterians of the North meet in separate General Assemblies in this city, while their brethren of the Southern States meet on the same day and with the same division in Mobile. It is calculated that there willbe in New York, in attendance on the two Assemblies on that day, three hundred preach- ers, six hundred lay delegates and from two to three hundred members of the religious lobby. We have not the necessary data to give the numbers that will be gathered at Mobile, but the four General Assemblies will represent something over four thousand churches, with nearly four hundred and fifty thousand commu- nicants, and about an equal number of Sunday school children, These churches are scattered over every hill and through every valley of the American Union, with others established by their missions in Brazil, China and India. The amount of annual spoils represented is some- thing over seven millions of dollars, with pros- pects of increase for it is well known that wherever the devil is supposed to be the Presb aah aim to have some of fhe elect to him. Their want of charity towards each other in their differences regarding doctrine, and towards the outside barbarians in general, has proved detrimental to the progress of the Presbyterian Church, and enabled other de- nominations—as the Methodist and the Bap- tists—greatly to surpass them in gathering sheep into the fold. Its dividing results were largsiy exhibited In 1888, since which time the Old School and the New School have ham- mered at each other unceasingly. With the same confession of faith, the same constitution and the same directory for public worship, they divided into two parties—one favoring a more rigid and the other a less rigid construc- tion of the standards of the Church. Sundry attempts have been made in recent years to bring them together again, but without other result than to keep up the discussion. The signs are not favorable to success during the present sessions, for the business portion of the question has not yet been sufficiently ar- ranged. There is a large number of place- holders who conduct the benevolent operations of the Cuurch, and each school is averse to giving up the control of its share of the spoils. When the two great bodies of the Presby- terians shall have united their forees—as we have no doubt they will at some future day— ion of the denomination, bringing into the fold the still seceding bodies kuown as United Presbyterians, Reformed Presbyterians, Re- formed Dutch and the Cumberland Presby- terians under one General Assembly. This will pave the way for further operations of the Evangelical Alliance, which seeks to unite the Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist and Presby- terian denominations in a general assault on the world, the flesh and the devil. Such a combination would give a more pertinent answer to the question of the failure of Pro- testantism than all the dogmatic assurances that the three hundred Presbyterian preachers and nine hundred laymen who are to meet here this week could possibly convey. In the meantime we recommend them to bear in mind during their discussions the requirements of modern thought, under the stimulus of steam and electricity. These potent influences are to-day exhibit- ing their power on every Church, Christian or Pagan, throughout the world. Rome finds it necessary to convoke a geueral council; the Jews are agitated with reformers in their midst in every land, who seek to assimilate Mosaic doctrine with the needs of modern times; the new school Mohammedans concede new privileges to their Christian subjects ; the Pundits of india are startled by the translation and publication of their sacred Rig Veda by English teachers and ita effect upon their doc- trines ; and China trembles with the prospect of the return of the Burlingame mission possi- bly imbued with new religious views and surely reinforced in its old doubts. In propor- tion as the Protestant denominations prove their ability to meet the requirements of mo- dern thought will they give a satisfactory reply to the probing question, Is Protestantism a failure? Steam and electricity are produc- ing mental activity everywhere, which will re- quire something more than antiquated dogmas and musty rules; but above all will it require charity, which vaunteth not itself and is not puffed up. Now anp TuEN.—The Emperor of Austria closed the legislative session in Vienna with a speech in which he contrasted the situation of the country as it existed in the year 1866 with its present state, pointing out great progress in the way of national improvement. His Majesty is pleased with the state of the treasury, the attitude of Hungary, the disci- pline of the army and his foreign relations. He hopes for friendly action on the part of the Church, and promises more complete mea- sures of citizen franchises. Austria evidently “marches along.” The Fever Ship James Foster, Jr. The special committee of the Commissioners of Emigration having in charge the investiga- tion of the brutalities and hardships to which the passengers of the ship James Foster, Jr., were subjected on a voyage from Liverpool to this port last winter, have submitted a report of their labors, which we publish in another column. This report will be found interesting when compared with the reports usually sub- mitted by committees, whether Congressional, legislative or local, and in which as a rule the frauds, wrongs or injustices complained of are “whitewashed” and toned down, or the parties charged are completely exonerated. It is clear, moderate and firm in its discrimi- nations and censures, and places the respon- sibility where it undoubtedly belongs—upon the owners and agents of the vessel, and upon the emigration officer at Liverpool, whose duty it is to inspect the capacity, accommoda- tions and supplies of emigrant ships leaving that port, as well as to see that efficient officers and crews are on board. A little more legislation on this subject, and enforcement of the laws when enacted, would be beneficial both in this country and Europe, and the sug- gestions of the committee in this respect should not be disregarded. The committee might have gone further, however, by investigating the action of the Health Officer of this port in connection with this vessel. An official whose sole duty it is to guard against and prevent the spread of contagion from infected ships among our citi- zens cannot be held irresponsible and non- liable to censure when, as in the case of the James Foster, Jr., he allows emigrants and erew to leave the vessel and mingle with a large and constantly moving population, who might spread an infectious disease throughout the entire country. Sampo has to fight his way. The Civil Rights bill does not take him into the Printers’ Union; and so the printers threaten to “strike” him out of the Washington printing offices. Well, there is nothing that develops manhood like fighting, and by the time the universal nigger has fought his way to the good places he will be fit to fill them, Let him fight it out. Woman's Capacity.—Mrs. Dr. Walker has been promised a clerkship in Washington when they find out there who is the poorest clerk in the service. She is to have his place. What an estimate they put upon a woman's capabilities! How do Stanton and Anthony cy — Damackh Apparently the people ate be- ginning to find out that there is a pomc? CAD9- ble of moderating the arrogance and tyranny of officials and the supreme indifference of cor- porations. The courts are not called upon in vain. Only ashort time since an obstreperous policeman had a thousand dollars damages given against him. Now a telegraph company has six thousand dollars damages against it for failure to deliver a message. Within a few days damages have been given against two city railroad companies, Tue Malone (N. Y.) Gazette says ‘the President has disappointed his friends and dis- gusted the country.” He disgusted the ene- mies of his country long ago. Coat Butts.—We have bulls in government stocks, fancy stocks, regular stocks, bank stocks and all other kinds of stock that come up in Wall and Broad streets. But the mean- est and most desperate of all bulls are the coal bulls who erect their burly heads about this time every year and butt out in the shape of a strike among the miners. This humbug has lasted long enongh. The cheat is too trans- parent, and if the coal operators wish to pre- serve their reputations for fair dealing and honesty they must reform thar conduct we shall expect to see soon after a oneral { altogether. SHEET. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1869.-TRIPLE The Fashions. The letter which we publish to-day from our Paris fashion correspondent prefaces its descriptions of the most conspicuons toilets worn at Mrs. Burlingame’s second ball by specifying a number of salient features in actual fashionable life at Paris which convert every observer into ‘*The Man Who Laughs,” entitling him to wear the title of Victor Hugo's latest novel. Among these features is the delusion of “your charitable donors,” who flatter themselves that they have performed a duty full of self-sacrifice by paying a few francs for a splendid concert with Adelina Patti, a piece played by the best actors in Paris and at the end of the evening a ball— all for the benefit of the poor. Then there are also the protuberances of pannier made with frill on frill and rouleaus of satin on tulle, where neither gathers nor wrinkles nor folds were allowed a few months ago; faces thickly coated with paint; the attempt to conceal with the magico pencil. webbed crow’s-feet on temples from which modesty has fled; the sping of the Emperor's new style—a one-but- toned vest, a blue cloth coat with velvet collar, blue bottle shade; and January and May unequally yoked together in the persons of an aged, yawning husband and his young wife, in spring green gauze, flirting away on his arm, followed by a train of admirers. But will not much in this picture answer just as well for fashionable life in New York as for fashionable life in Paris? Is not & great deal of what is most ridiculous in Paris fashions servilely imitated here? The answer to these questions must be in the affirmative, although we may compliment some of the leaders of fashion in New York on their praiseworthy efforts to emancipate themselves from foreign thraldom. These efforts have not yet proved completely successful. Moreover, New York fashions have certain ridiculous fea- tures peculiarly their own. - Toilets which, abroad, figure only at balls, dinner parties or the opera, are here displayed on Broadway, to the delight of old bachelors who have no mantua makers’ or milliners’ bills to pay. Old women refuse to wear their own beautiful gray hair, and rival the artificial or natural blondes of the theatre in their display of golden locks, and forswear the ‘‘best black silks” which used to be of such importance for an old lady's outfit. Stout ladies will persist in wearing double skirts, panniers and bougfant sashes. In short, no respect is paid to age or size, by many an elderly and obese belle in her selection of Parisian modes. But with the approach of summer we hope for better things. The lady travellers to the many places of summer resort, which we have now learned to appreciate, at the seaside, in the mountains, in the valleys, or on the plains, will unquestionably prefer to any less suitable materials for a travelling costume the durable pongees of mixed silk and linen, over which the gored sacque of brown linen, buttoned up the front and belted, will form, according to the authoritative sanction of ‘‘Harper’s Ba- gar,” a useful garment. Henceforth we may feel confident the good sense and intuitive taste of American ladies will save them from exposure to the ridicule which, according to our Parisian correspondent, the belles of the French metropolis have merited by their eccen- tricities. BovtweE.1's Jos.—Impeachment was in a great measure Boutwell’s job. It was on im- peachment that he got up to that hole in the sky. For impeachment he feels the tender- ness of a progenitor for a crippled bantling ; and all employ¢s of the Treasury Department who did not believe in impeachment now know that under Mr. Boutwell they must keep the secret of their former thoughts. Apirat Horr.—The assumed friends of the Cuban cause in Washington are taking particular pains to throw discredit on the official reports of Admiral Hoff from Havana, on the State of affairs in Cuba, and are par- ticularly excited because he has told some truths unpalatable to them. We have care- fully watched these reports for some time past, and have been particularly gratified to notice their constant agreement with the facts of the movements in Cuba, as made known to us from our voluminous correspondence, our exchanges and the multitudinous supplies of information which pour in upon us from all sources. It is but just to the gallant Admiral to say that our conclusion, from the perusal of gis reports and a constant study of developments in Cuba, is that he is eminently a fair-minded man and just to all parties. If the Cuban sympathizers are not satisfied because he truthfully reports the dis- sensions existing among them and the conse- quent weakness of their operations, they can cure the evil by healing their disagreements and presenting a unity of organization which shall entitle them to respect. They cannot help their cause by abusing the true friends who tell them of their errors. Apparentty there is something loose in the Paymaster’s Department. It has been sworn to in our courts that checks, properly drawn and making the department liable for one hun- dred dollars, are sometimes sold for twenty dollars. Will they look into this at the | aattonai eapital? nn. “& Tat Genwax Bremenr is tHe Weer.— We notice ‘hat the Young Men’s Library Asso- ciation in Milw2 "kee, Wisconsin, have voted by alarge majority to Xeep their library open on Sundays, ‘This is a movement fn the right direction, and takes the advance of one of a similar character commenced in Boston some time ago, but probably suppressed as contrary to Puritanical notions. The Milwaukee asso- ciation is composed mostly of German citizens, who, famous as they are for their love of Sab- bath day recreations as a class, have taken this method of passing the day ina sensible and rational manner. Kina Corton.—They are talking in the South about using cotton stalks, hitherto con- sidered worse than useless, for the purpose of making printing paper. Does King Cotton again stalk in in that pretentious shape? Switonks.—The theory of the Long Island Railroad men is that accidents happen on their road because some malicious person ‘‘tampers” with their switches, so as'to throw trains off. Should this prove true it will not make the Long Island Railroad men less to blame. They must guard their switches by machinery or by watchmen, The Relations of Church and State—Catho- lie Questions in Germany. A very extraordinary circular, if the cable speaks truly, has been issued by the Bavarian government to the governments of France, Austria, Prussia, Baden and Wurtemberg. This circular, according to our information, invites the governments above named to agree to and take part in a conference having for its object the preservation of the rights of the State against the encroachments of the Church, We have called the circular extraordinary be- cause it is somewhat unexampled and because it reveals a state of things which we hardly expected to find existing in one of the most Catholic States of Germany. Catholic Ger- many, however, is ina peculiar condition. Of all existing Catholics, not even excepting those of the United States, German Catholics go in most keenly for liberty. For three hundred years and more they have lived side by side with a powerfully expressive Protestantism, but have never given up their special tenets nor in any way shown a weakness of attach- ment to the Church of Rome. Welive, however, in a fast age. Conserva- tive minds have great difficulty in keeping themselves in harmony with the times. The Ecumenical Council has put Catholic Germany into a little bit of a fever. If there is any paper entitled to be spoken of as a German newspaper, that newspaper Is the Allgemeine Zeitung. t is a significant fact that the Zeitung for the present is burdened with ques- tions that are supposed to be the principal causes of the approaching Council at Rome, and thatthe Zeitung is furious because it be- lieves that the Council will rob Germany of the rights which she claims as peculiarly her own. The Zeitung is at war with an Italian paper called the Civilité. The Civilité, which is not only a Catholic paper, but by a special brief of the Pope constituted the organ of the Holy See itself, has of late been making some strange utterances, The Civilité has expressed the hope that the Ecumenical Council ‘will promulgate affirmatively the doctrines the denial of which is condemned in the Syllabus,” and has declared that all true Catholics ‘will receive with delight the doctrine of Papal infallibility.” It hopes, further, that ‘‘the Council will raise the Assumption of the Vir- gin into a dogma.” In dealing with the ques- tion of Papal infallibility the Oivilité says :—“TIt is not enough for men to know that the Pope is head of the Church. They must understand that their own faith and religious life must flow out of the Pope; that in him lies the bond which links Catholics to one another and the power which strengthens them; that he is the dispenser of the gifts of the Spirit and of all the benefits of religion, the upholder of right- eousness, the protector of the oppressed, and that in him we live and move and have our being.” At all this the Allgemeine Zeitung kicks. It will not have it so. When we say that the anti-Catholic articles in the Zeitung are written by Catholic divines, men in high position in the Catholic Church, but Germans by birth and training, it will be understood that the Catholic world is by no means a unit in regard to the great questions to come be- fore the Council in December of this year. Bavaria is just now in the agony of a great reform movement. Education, hitherto, has been miserably inadequate to the wants of the population, The Prime Minister of Bavaria, Hohenlohe, imitating the example of Beust in Austria, seeks to make improvements, The Church stands in his way. The Church is strengthened by the presence of the Papal Nuncio, who has a permanent position in Munich. Annoyed by opposition, encouraged by example, strengthened by the general sen- timent of Catholic Germany, and looking for- ward with dread to the approaching Council, Bavaria calls upon the various Powers we mentioned above to agree to and take part ina conference the real object of which will be to enable the Catholic world to remain Catholic and yet have some show of freedom and con- sistency. This Bavarian call is a bad omen for the Ecumenical Council, It checks rather Tue Wnirrina Post in Detaware.—It seems they have inaugurated a new whipping postand pillory in Newcastle, Delaware. This is a sublime evidence of the progress of ideas in Newcastle. Coals may be carried there next, for it would be so convenient, you know, if they were wanted to roast petty criminals. Chevalier Bayard must feel proud of his State when he speaks for it in the Senate of the United States. Tar Peace Luxacy.—At one of the many “conventions” that have made a sort of bedlam of the city for several days was uttered the declaration that ‘‘not a government: on earth was worth the destruction of a single human life.” So much less is the value of govern- ment than of life to craven drivellers. But without government how much would any man’s life be worth ? Spectr Currency in THE New Dominion.— Canada rivals China in its absorption of silver coin, while the United States can boast of no more specie currency than ig barely enough to test the aly ar tet Sects of the Treagury. r. Boutwell surely ought to be equal to the management of at least what little hard mofiéy we have, The New Dyminion has so much as hardly fo know what to dd with it. A member of the House of Commons has just urged that the government should pass a bill making United States or British currency the standard in the Dominion, But his motion was withdrawn in consequence of the objection of another member, who said that France, England and the United States would probably make a uniform currency on the basis of the English sovereign, and he thought it best not to make any change until other countries shall come to a definite understanding in the matter. Nevtratity.—We cannot see how it is ne- cessary to violate any neutrality laws in order to give the Cubans all the assistance they may need. It is notorious that the neutrality laws were not violated in England, yet an English fleet of armed ships cruised against our com- merce. Ships must be all right when they clear our ports, and then arms and meat must be put on them outside the ports by tugs that need no cle: Hon. Brn | ‘ADR has a life office as govern- ment director of the Pacific Railroad—not « So much the temporary one as commissioner. better for honest Old Ben. —$—$—$—————— med President Grant on Reconstruction. The proclamation of President Grant nam- ing the Gih of July next as the day for sub- mitting the new constitution of Virginia to the electors of that State for ratification or re- jection, the main features of which appeared in our columns yesterday, is published in extenso in the Heraxp to-day. The President defines the instrument as that adopted by the Rich- mond Convention in the year 1867, and the voters registered at the date of submission are to cast their ballots ‘‘for” or “against the constitution,” according to their conviction of its adaptability to present circumstances or otherwise. Separate votes are to be given on the citizen disqualification and test oath clauses embraced in the constitution, each person approving or condemning one or both of these provisions as he deems best in the exercise of his right. The President bases his authority for this attempt at State reconstruction on the act of Congress, passed on the 10th of April last, re- citing in full the fourth clause of section one, article three, in which the exceptional cased are designated, as well asthe manner in which they may be restored to the franchise. In the seventh section of the third article the test oath, which is to be administered to the per- sons chosen for office, from Governor down to inspector of tobacco or clerk of a court—pro- vided he shall have been engaged in insurrec- tion or rebellion against the Union, or given “aid or comfort” to the. enemy, or, as it ap- pears, been accused of such offences—is set forth, and it must be confessed that it is pa- triotically stringent and savors vastly of gun- powder, martial law and exclusion. It re- mains to be seen how it will work. Napo.gon’s Position AND PRroMIsEs.—The Paris police continue to disperse political meet- ings by force, citizen disturbances prevail, and many ‘“‘leaders” of the rule of unquiet have been arrested. Napoleon will, it is said, come out immediately with his ‘‘peculiar” plan of cure—a peaceful manifesto and promised reduc- tion of the army. When the-elections are over some ‘‘enemy” of the empire will be found im martial attitude, and the army will not be re- duced. Aut THE Foo.s from the country play against the sharpers of the city. They play to win, and expect to get ten dollars’ worth for seventy-five cents by their superior sharpness. They lose, of course, and then they apply to the Mayor to recover the seventy-five cents. : These rural idiots make the city sharpers seem by comparison models of good nature and fair play. InsvRANoE.—In a case in which a policy of insurance was issued through an agent, and the person insured paid the premium to the agent but the agent never paid it to the com4 pany, the court held that the company must pay the policy, because by delivery to thé agent it had authorized him to Teceive the premium. Rice.—It is reported that rice has important influeace in Washington. THE PARK YESIERDAY. Sunshine and Shower—A Lovely Day—Um- brellas, Ice Cream and Seda Water—The Animals. ‘To him who, in the love of Nat Holds eotmunion wi her visible forme, & Visit to the Park is a source of pure and unalloyed pleasure. More particularly is it so to the harde worked cit, who, denied the enjoyments of the country and the delights of rural scenery, and weary of the turmoil, dust and bustle of the town; seeks this beautiful oasis in a waste of brick and mortar for recreation and health, to gaze upon its varied charms, to breathe its pure, invigorating at- mosphere, and to inhale its delightful odors. The verdant lawns, glassy lakes, lovely terraces and parterres, the rustic arbors covered with creeping vines, the noble statuary and architectural works, are 60 many sources of pride and gratification to the New Yorker. Yesterday Dame Nature donned her brightest kirtle and looked her fairest, The briluant verdw of the lawns was heightened by the glorious buon of sunshine which succeeded the gentle showers the afternoon, and which caused the rain drops off the blades of grass to flash like corruscations of dia- monds. The emerald of the trees and shruba glistened with the rays of the sun, and the early roses were bursting into blossom, Th@ golden hued dandelions and buttercups vividly con- trasted the deeper hue of the grass. A delightful odor filled the air, enthralling the senses ana inviting tranquillity and repose. On the silvery lake the swans proudly arched their necks or plunged their heads beneath the surface, and appeared to revel in the warmth and sunshine. On the Mall sheep were grazing, and the lambkina frisking or nibbling the herbage, suggesting ble visions of the “hiud- quarter of the ty; of innocence,” served up with mint sauce and green A camel har. nessed to a mowing macnine, although forced to d@ duty as a beast of burden, did not appear insensibie to the genial influence of the day, for ever and anom he raised his head and sniffed the fragrant air with evident satisfaction. Groups of well dressed and orderly people saun- terea through the green and shady avenues; lovely and Lor | dressed children frolicked and romped about in all directions. The afternoon showers com- pelled visitors to take refuge in any coin of vantage which presented itself; the consequence was vat the proprietors of the restaurants drove a thriving trade, a8 the people who sought shelter under their hospitable , Whiled away the interval between shower and sunshine, by the absortion of ice cream, soda water and more substantial delicacies. Some of the visitors, out of the reach of shelter when the rain came on, @ smart run for it before they reached cover, and @ few caught a tolerable wetting. It is a touching it to see a stout elderiy gentieman jumbering over the ground at the rate of about tea miles an hour, the shower descending om is unprotected head, or to behold a lady, arrayed ta ¢ latest spring fashions, standing under a tree, trying to juade herself that she is protected from the rain, which is ruining her new bonnet or taking the color out of her dress. Such things, and others equally lamentable, might have been witnessed at the Park yesterday, as few visitors were provided with um- brellas, the sky in the Ca of the afternoon having given no Indication of approaching rain. The showers were of brief duration, however, and the ature which collected in litt.e pools in the watks ‘was quickly dried by the yeas, and and the looked more radiant than Dptore. ere were & goodly number of cauipages, eq) (ans and equestriennes in the Pai Every one emed dete? ned to enjoy to the utmost the gental a the acen nd the Several bicycles were propelléd tt h the various promenades by enterprising velocipediste at the im- minent hi of running over pedestrians. A por- tion of the park should be set apart for this sort of exercise, and riders of velocipedes it not to be allowed to propel their flery, untat iron steeds along the avenues assigned to jromenaders. The bears were in a state of great hilarity, cutting ail manner of pranks and gymnastice and amuusing the ‘oungsters hugely. Bruin i @ great favorite with hee Hidren and monopolizes @ greater share of ther attention than any of the other animals. The but- faloes exp! their dissatisfaction at not oe | raas by bellowing loudly, They In ser ott “tna iragrance of the meadows, wanted to test the quality of the herbage and were naturally indignant at not being allowed to do so, One of the larger bears was making aa ry attempt to get out of doors by gnawin the woodwork at the front of his cage. He, too, hi sniffed the fragrance without and was Ly Mae for a frolic on the green. The eagles fapped their win, and seemed eager to stretch their broad pinions in the blue expanse without, and @ preternaturally sot- emn old ow! was seen to blink his eyes aa iffome * . LT of sunshine had penetrated even his day-sealed | vision. ‘The Park yesterday would have cured the moat inveterate fit of the biues, and the most mein choly individual in existence could not have helped feeling joyful under the combined influences of ite lovely scenery, its glorious atmosphere and the hap- | | af Wilich shone im the faces of is thousand vise