The New York Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1869, Page 6

the Fronch natton wereexamined in proof, It ts aclones” " be RELIGIOUS SERVICES YESTERDAY, | cote'ih) dim win pot at eee: Senta amo osc” lO eee ~ ones Freee ‘Vhouzht id the best auxiliary } considered. Aristao my d the ave in ail moral and religious progress, baie vbinpatebng fabs Laws are a mecowsity, but me good sumlued, DY | roca ang We ie supporters of Bib.e and missionary we-called fashionable ehurches showed @ fallin of an attendance, owing (6 the fact that Matty of the wegular churchgo.r8 8rg at ug ‘season ab- mnt at their country Yesicenet® OF on tours to the watering places, Within the next week many of ‘whe padtors will go on their swimmer vacations and many of the churches will close for repairs. them does not depen 0 adimnistration @3 tt docs won the HRY far tone of che community, Righteousness exalteth @ nation and establishes a boud of By) aLhY Bad Uar~ mony ainon.s the people WAdCh NYLAIRE else Gal Pro~ duce, Babylon and the glories of Assyria, Mace 10s) nia, Rgypt, heme and Greece had awit” passed away Decause those HaAtoUs did No’ Tecoraize the trae | God; and to-day we see Frumee, who, but a few years ago, suifered the scourge of we Aimiguty ones, Inost beneve.eut aud philauthrople Instt, talons. ‘slavery was spoken of—the great blot gn our esenteheon, It was the national sin. tow | deeply 1 disgraced us in the eves of the wer; pred discord, civil war, repeliion, 89d Slat eatroyed the national ife, But God, IN IS g9og providence, had peg ae out forever. “rnd reverend gentieman cone! y exhortiga iis congregation, as citizens of tae great MOPUDTE, to stan) up for righteousness. lor her defiance of Mim, tending toward’ | Vote ouly for righteous mea, Insist on the Bible in an iaudelty Chat may ere lone ring bgp tee | your facnilies, your Sanbatn ‘schools, “your common au outpousiag of the yial of weath, 7 that y Ms; Youn ang Kk and act Se et ry we started a8 a people ittyhe mate of Gow cave ug | iteeon TG itty nfmuge; 0 courage the pF our success, and Mere bs 10) aard (or G8*ID ee and tie pulpit in all their e(fOTa iar a cval ee pam future Osher than reverence obedieuce iin, | lie reformation, and te predicted @ future of boom oa We are no more the chosen people Of the 4° mivhty | and gloctous nauoual prospenty and tho Dicesing o: Pa wee, tne dgwe, and yet how terry’ e was tucit | pS when thoy JorwOs God! Let ue "axe iictie giory | to ourselves for that we 3°". gna are; bul ia PETE'S, BARCLAY STACET. Feast of St. Peter. Notwithstanding twe Intense heat of Me scorehing gun of yesterday, there was @ Jarge congregation ab the grand eolemn high unse which was celebrated at hati-past tea o clock i this old church, which has SEVENTH PRESSY EMAY CHURCH, oe Bermon by Rev, 'T. M. Daw ties in Danger, ~ Rev. T. M, Dawson preache® yesterday at the Beventh Presbyterian churcly, corner of Broome aud Ridge streets, to & Numerous congregation, on the somewhat exciting topic, “Our Liverties in Dan- ger.” Taking for his text Galatians v,, 1—“Stand fast, therefore, m the liberties wherewith Curist gata mace us free’—the reverend genueman pro- Goeded to say that te political and relugious Mberiies of Americans Wore never sO gready endangered us Ai ths present moment. ever did pokt ai corruption rear ils repulsive visage — witi more tepwitty and universality, It stalked througi ali (he Watks# and grades of public ie; at held fast hold upon the capital of the nation, and from there 13 noisome and corroding sifluence spread w the utmost limits of the republic, Yue subiline patriot ism, the incorrupludne integrity, ke maniood aad honor of our toreiathers, are things of the past, whose reproduction we may a8 well look for i this generation as for the advent of tne mi Jenium. But it is not alone from this source that the nation is tnreatened with danger. Frout another quarter, long looked to, the spirit of a gression on our religions liberties has made itseit feariuily maniest. While aii tae countries of tae oid world are straggling to rid themselves the voke of Rome, of its fatally bane‘ul uence, we here sit gown supinely and permit fo go unchecked and unlveded the advauce of a Quurcch thar may eventually succeed in overturning the dearest-prized liberties jot the American people. In tis State of New York we have sudicent evidence of what the Rowish Quurel Mmeditates, ana what it bas succeeded in obtaining to advance its measures of aggrandizement and of assault upon the tree doctrines of Protestantiam, in 1549 the Legisiauwe gave the Roman Catholic: yen Kuown as “the cradi¢ of Catholicity” in fs jong been Kuown as “the cradic of Cal la cominemorating the ANDIVES*’,ry of dechueriersnd New York. Taere wasa powerlul choir present Onder | national existence let OS ‘revuri auncere thanxBiv- ‘the leadership of Mr, William P, Pecher, the accom= | ing to Him who may; us What we are, ani 30 pais @ church, to carry out aimost } direct our minds ag? hearts in the way o! matian~ peerage ype gl ity that our couvry may be purified, and tue Kwer exquisite aud apprepriate programme, 80 far as the of the Univer“ may preserve us’ as a people, Musical po: tion of the services was concerned, This } rhis city sivfald be tne. frat spivieck of seit in y pd of the rut and Credo, from | The metrgrotis of the nation, tts Iniluence Is all- ences 0 Fathi: hit ;, | Powerful for good or evil; and from the pulpit, vy Rossi's Mass in A minor, the Sanctus and agnus Del, } our Cartstian lives aud example, and ab the ballot from Haydn's First M in B flat, and the Offer- | box, ¥/e should direct ail our snarmas to cleanae our , aud sung t ig3 Tobia. poMics of ther corruption, to elevate the masses, tory, by Handel, aud sung, by, Misa ae Owing | So apread abroad a healthier moral. tone, and to 80 Wo ue iliness of Mrs. Baston, the soprano solos Were | Cnrisianize tbe people that We may retun tie aung by Miss rickel, Lhe most effective and e'e- | fvorot God and escape the awful Tum Wich ens Gantly renered pact, however, was the offertory, | eiits avery people that Lurgets the Lord. lu Wich Miss Pobin sHOWed ab Onc: the rich Veiume | © . vite aud vender puthos of a Well cuitiv ted vowwe. At had pasteea high mass was commenced, the deacon, ar Liber+ ST. ALBANS CHAPEL. African Mission by Rev. Father Broewne. In consequence of the near approach to the cele bradon of the birthday of the republic, adved to the exceeding temperature of the atmosphere, the at- tendance at the chapel of St. Albans, Forty-eeventh street, near Lexington avenue, was yesierday fore- noon much below the average, The deacon and ‘Sub-deacon being out of the city Father Morrill, the rector, was necessitated to celebrate the ante and commanion services assisted only by a lay clerk and acolytes. The services of the morning were what technically might be termed “low,” that is, they were not performed in the more gorgeous vestments which ordinariiy are used in the course of the read- ings, the prayers and the genufiexions. The pro- ceasional hymn, exceedingly sweet, was 9 German composition entivie.| “Praise the Father.” The cele- Father Qu'n Vora! other distur clergymen accupied seats in tne saactuary. Al tie usual period—namely, tie Gespel part of the mass—the Kev, Mr. O'Farrell, of Montreal, ascended the puipit and preached 9 highly inscrac- five and logical secmon, taking his texe from tie 4 st. Mathew, sixteenth and witch bear reference to (he chu ch belug butic upon a rock, &e. ‘The reverend geutileman comuences by ovserving tuat be bad } seiecied that Tor his sermon be that day was the giorteus festival of sis, Pecer and Paul. He Wisied to show them that the Cnurca of God is built om @ Joundauon Which Christ laid—twas 1% Was bmit on St ers faith and love, Our word came into the world to teund @ churen whigir to teach the trata to aW nations of the earta, lic bepan, lise 2 wise arcintect. by laying the Lawn- d.tions of hs Churca deep and siroag. Gutot me Tweive Apostles, WhO Consututed the Urst essential nity, He Sunon Peter ta be sixteenth cheaper ecu bie head of inis great Churcb, ‘Tans Perer sae _ | $15,000, un 1866 ¢ 125,000, or tWent, -five times as in becaue the visible rockthe unshakable founda, | STAs si80, ta the course of the service ine | ph! pkg given to all ouier | denomnations, hon—oi te Catoolic Chureu. ‘Lhe rains might tail | “ned @ new prayer or invocation, Indeed, | jn'1g67 the donations reached nearly two hundred thousand dollars, and in is6s they were increased to throughout the entire morning the music, well i three quarters of @ million. At this rate in fifty and the wiutds bow against that house, but u couid conducted by tue organist, Was ineiodiously, some. hot jail, because it Was built upon @ rock, aud we had Ue assurance from Jesus Christ dumseif | mes exquisitely rendered. | Cercalnly “in its | years hence this State would be taxed for the sup- that Wie gates of heli should never prevail | musical invocations the choir of St. Albans | port of the Roman Catholic Churen to extent of ayguinst her. ‘Tye reverend gentiemam hav- | deserves great praise. ‘ihe altar was decorated | forty, and in the year 1968 to the extent of eighty ing entered into an eiavorate aud logicat | for what is lermed im tue Rowan Catholic Church | milivons of dollars, Rome, said the preacher, has exposiien of the history of the Catholic | the “low mass” only two candles being lighted. Tue | conquered more by her secret service than nations Church from the time of its foundatien up te tue present day in Whach he traced its direct lineage frou the Divine Master, aud trough use Aposties down to Pope Pius the Ninth, we present visibie head of the church op earth, Went on 80 speak of the aoaplabduity Of Lhe Catholic Chareh to republican forws of governtieni, such as we have an America. Do uot pretend ;to say, said the preacker, that thus church 18 not fitter for this free countey—that sue Js mot fitter jor repuolican institutions, Mf she cemes frow God ang is the truvi, sue can adopt herself only difference that the observer can note between tue services of one of our Catholic charches and those at St. Albans 1s in the Janguage employed. In the Catholic, as every one is aware, all the services al the altar are i the Latin, while ab St. Albans they are in English, Indeed, so closely do they resempie each other that tt would be dimecult, for some inin- utes, fora member of the Church of Rome happen- img in at St. Albans du the usual services to dis- unguish them from those he had been accustomed to at the altar of lus own house of worship. The by their armies, {t is therefore time the American people were awakened to the necessity of check mating the desigus of a Power which has never | its whole history been a friend either of freedom or progress, CHURCH OF STS. PETER AND PAUL, BADOKLYN. Anviversary of the Martyrdom of its Patrons— Sermon by Rev. F. F. Moriarty, of Albany. ‘The announcement that the martyrdom of Sts, to every legitimate government, Bustory shows | ceremonies, aiiiough the Book of Common Prayer ne Juisehood of the assertion te we contrary. } may be found in almost every pew, ons cee. ye Peter and Paul would be celebrated in the church te (rest countries in the werld were whe | on the instruction to be found in the Missal of the ring their names in Williamsbarg (Rey. Sylvester republics of Italy in the Middie Ages, and | Catholics. Ivis true there 1s no magnificent paint- hearty the ra " a ally i they were all Catholics, The freer the gov- | ing suspended over the altar, but toat ‘is not ane. | Malone, pastor) drew togeter un unusually large ernment is the more need it has of the Catholic Church, Why? Because the freer the government 4s the more need It has for the respect of its own acthority, A government has but two means of ex- istence—either by force or by respect and love. Ifa government is sustained by the tree will of a great People only it cannot stand except it has their re- spect and love, and religion aione can inspire this seatimeut Now, the Catholic system is pre-emi- neutiy asystem of respect. It teaches respect to the chiki for tne parent, and when the child grows up be will respect religion a8 weil as the civil govern- ment under which he tives. The Church is not 0] posed to your free institutions. On the contrary, whe Would be their best safeguard; and if these in- stitutions should ever fatl—aud God foroid, for they cessity. J¢ is mot imperatively demanded by Romanists; but the vestuents are there, and the celebrating priest, during nearly all the services, stands with nis back toward the audience. Coomb, in lus “Constitution of Mau,” remarks that the maj nificent services of the Catholics will eventually sup- lant the more simple iorms of the Protestant Church, because the eye, not less tau the ear, is ad- dressed, and man naturally is pleased with those things Which reach his understanding through the organs of vision, ‘This desire satisfled his next wish 18 lo wear, because that which he sees must in some measure be explained, Perhaps it 18 upou this sug- gestion of Dr. Coombe’s that the tractarians of moun and the high cnurchiwwen of this country seek to mnite with the teachings of the Book of Coui- congregation yesterday, The imposing ceremony was conducted by Rather Malone, assisted by three clergymen from other par- ishes, ‘the mass sung was Haydn’s “Imperial, No, 3,” and it was rendered with grand effect by adouble quartet choir, witn orchestral accompaniment. The old cathedral-like edifice was never before Hlied with such sweet concordant sounds, Aiter the sing'ng of the Stabat Mater by Mr. M, G, of Albany, read the gospel of the day, Matihow, Spilmer and Mme. Coletti, the Rev. fF. F. Moriarty, XVi, 13 to 19 and preached a sermon appropriate to it, Mr. Moriariy thought it quite unnecessary to speak at length om the persoual characteristics of the two great faposties of Christianity. Thetr histo- are the last hopes of the Oppressed of every clite— } mon Prayer the outwavd show of Cathoucism that} ries are familiar to all Christian people, Mf they should ever fail they will only tal: when all | the former may be illustrated and made as pleasant | their martyrdom appropriately remembered by respect for authority has died out among you to the eye.as to the ar, Lt is Mot necessary to enter | the Church. The deep ilove and strong oy into any explanation of the services at St. Albans | faith of eter made him chief of the ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH. from the opening to the close of yesterday fore- | apostolic band, and on that faitn Christ noon, They were certainly very attractive, and it 1s no longer matter of wonder, under the energetic management of the sincere and enthusiastic Father Morrill, who is autiring in his labors of love, that a certain class of persons of the Episcopal Church seek his ministrations. If, indeed, they are made better men and women by seeking God through things carnal not less than spintual no one should way them nay. The stern, the ascetic, the rigid, the narrowminded may withhold fellowship from them, but if the Father of ail accepts their de- built His church. Behold Paul before Kings as much at home as when he was teaching the ignorant or confounding the learned. Both aposties conquered the world, the Mesh ana the devil withont armies or navies. ‘truth was the only weapon they used. The faith within them esa them strength. This faith now animates the Church. It 1s the same to-day as 1t was when given by Christ to His saints. It purifies life and sanctifies us in death. Take it away and there is no religion left, Those who have it not are deserving of commiseration. hey have 1 Sermon by the Rey. 8S. H. Tyng; D. D. ‘Yesterday was the last Sunday upon which ser- vices take place in St. George's church, Stuyvesant square, until the Ist of September next, when they wiil be resumed as usual. During the recess of two monws the interior of the church is to be greatly improved and indispensable repairs wili be made. Piliars Of iron are to take the places of the wooden | Yottons, provided they are rendered witha “con- | verted dispositions snd stubborn minds. They ones now supporting the galleries, and nu- | triteand humble spirit,’ no one suould sit in judg- | think that faith ia an old-fashioned notion merous other architectural alterations are con- | menton them and say, “lam holier than thou.” | that should only be entertained by little tempiaied, The already richy gilded and fres- coed chancet @ la Mosaic is to undergo further aud more elaborate Ornamentation. Messrs. Jardine & >on will seize this opportunity to erect the grand aud colossal organ which they have been ap in Duiiding Jor this edifice, This organ, it 18 believed, ‘wil be’one of the finest in America, and as an ac- companying instrument in the hauds of Mr. Wil- Hams will be fally ap to the demands of the lai ano excellent Soy choir that has become so noted In tue rendering of sacred music. The congregation tw bear the parting sermon of the distinguished divine was hotlarge, but consisted of those who have gathered on ail occasions for over a quarter of @ ceatury to bear the reverend gentleman. He selected hus text from Zachariah xiii, 6—"I was wounded in At the close of the ante-communion services Father Browne, @ missionary stationed at Emguolia, about 200 miles from King William’s Town, on a tempo- rary visit to this city, and who proposes return- ing immediately to his work by the Western route, thus making the tour of the world, visiting San Francuico, the Sandwich Isiands, Japan, China, On his way, preached ry interesting Sermon on the “Mission Work in Africa.” In the course of his remarks he said the Church which, with God’s blessing, he had succeeded in establishing, was daily growing in power. Their house of worship was ey capacious to seat.comfortably 600 of the natives, of whom fifty or more were communicants. Three years ago, he continued, there was no church, no mission among his people. They were then all of children and superstitious men and women. They believe it to be contrary to the spirit of the times. But such philosophers have no pro- per conception of Chri divine mission, while we accept Him and cling to His Chureh. Tney main- tain that unity of faith fetters the mind, The unity of the Church under its infallible head is the glory of the children of men. Mr. Morlarty conciuded his sermon by appealing to all who are now. buffeting on the tempestuous sea of heresy to enter Mother Churen and be happy forever and forever. SUBURBAN INTELLIGENCE. tue hous¢ of my triends.” These words were spoken } them idolators, believers in the most whimsical NEW JERSEY. of Jesus. They were prophetic of the aud me- | ideas, worshippers of wood and stone images, rene iow adeis morabie sacrinces which He ws the Redeemer of the | and wholly infuenced, from tne highest chief to the Jersey City. ACCIDENT ON THE NEw JERSEY RalLnoap.—About four o'clock yesterday morning the engine driver of locomotive 28 was in the act of stepping on the en- ‘ine, when one of his feet was caught under the riving whee! and go badly mashed that amputation will be necessary, Two StaBBING APPRaYS.—Justice Haybeck was stabbed yesterday in the arm by a shoemaker named world would make when He appeared among men. The vid Testament is filled with aliusions to His coming, and to the glorious work He would accom- plish in bringing about the salvation of the #inful and impure. When He came His advent was the signal Jor ihe Most cruel persecutions, the most shameful ingratitude and the most wanton cruelty, He liter- wily wandered over the mountains and valleys of the earth @ Vagrant, pointed at with the finger of scorn and derision, setting up the auchority of God according to His divine mission. Jew and (rentile lowest “‘nerder,” by what are known as the witch aud rain doctors. When he first commenced the work in this part of the Master's vineyard he was greatly discouraged. But he relied on the mighty arm of the Lord, and now his reward was glorious. He had personally been kindly treated by his Africs friends. It is true they were savages and idolato but their ears were not wholly sealed to the words of truth. At the close of the second year of his work ne bad the satigfaction of listening to a native cholr that participated in the services, and these ated and oppressed Him, put still meekly suffering | were taught music by a native who, until he (the | John Knapp. He was arrested and committed for aud persistently to redeem man from the | speaker) went among them ahd gave this man some examination. At half-past eight o'clock in the even- burden of his sin, He went on, wounded, that we night find salvation, a sacrifice that we wight enter His fold. Tois world was the house of Jesus and we His friends. Alienation from Him, the repetition of Peter's denial or the apostacy and treachery of Judas’ ingratitude are suli found in the world of to- day. Upon the cross Onrist said of his persecutors, orgive them, Father, for they know not what they do. We still persecute Him and wound Him. Like the days of the primitive Church, when Christ weut abou with @ small pand of aposties, the world is “almost a unit of unbelief, Let us im parting resolve to tarow our salvation and future life into the aton- ins wounds of Jesus. Let us remember Him as our Saviour and fail not toembrace the wuth which He taut that we might ilve in future peace and divine concord. idea of harmony. In his church services were hela four tmes every Sunday, and to it many came from great distances, remaiing all day, bringing with them sufficient food to nourish them until they could return to their distant homes; and When the last service was concinded the savages, convert and seckera, would unite, and while marching through the hills, threw into rude verse and sing in their native language to native airs all that had been taugnt tuem during the day. We also Tound it necessary to hold services at six o'clock every morning, aiso every evening of the week, for the benefit of the “herders,” who would not go to their work in the hills among the cattle until they had obtained, through him, “God's blessing,” and at night they could not forget to return in their humble Way their thanks for that which the Father nad vouchsafed them during the day. The revereud father closed by saying that there was very little dimculty in the way of the missionary in Southern and Central Africa; that if proper men were ap- pointed to the work God wonid yield to ther bands inighty harvests, Father Morrell, the rector, has labored 80 assiduously in behaif of this charge for the past few years that the congregation has ger ously subscribed to defray the expenses of a tour which he intends making through the principal countries of Europe, He proposes being absent three or four monuu WILLETT STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHU, Sermon by Rev. J. W. Horne. The pastor, Rev. J. W. Horne, preached a na fonal sermon from Proverbs xiv, %4—iugivieons- ness exalteth a nation,” &c. The reverend genue man #aid the fact that we are not celebrating the greatest of our national hobdays to-day, because it is the Lord’s Day, speaks volumes in our favor, as Tighteous peopie. Perhaps there is but one other nation—the British—that would have deferred its grand national boliday for the sake of the Christian Sabbath. J¢ is minety-three years to-day since the immortal Declaration of independence was given to country and the world. The nation has had a career of unparaiicled prosperity, At the first census the population was ¢ hree millions, of whom @ix hundred thousand were slaves. To-day the population is be- tween thirty and forty millions and not a slave in the Jand, ‘The revenue at that tine reached four milliona; to-day avout two billions. “What hath God wroughtl” ‘The reverend gentleman then inquired what consti- tuted @ nation righteous. The Great Teacher has given the rule, ‘By their irnits ye shail know them.’ ii, then, the individual is judged by his fruits, shall not tue nation be, by its acts and laws and institu- tions. ‘The fact was referred to that the consti tution does not acknowledge, formally, the existence or governwent of God; buvit was noticed that other ublic documents of great importance do, viz.: The eclaration of Independence, Washington's frat In- @ugaral, his Farewell Address, Lincoln's Bmancipa- Viod Proclamation, All officers of the general and state governments sworn into office on the Bibie and im the name of God, The Bible ia universally recognized as the revealed will of God, and la the common of the Jand, sour le of our statates and ordinances. The Sabbeth is recognized by stavntes of the States, and ite decent observance de- manded. The New Testament tyatituuion of marriage ing a dispute arose between Margaret Kenny and William Burke, at the corner of South Second and Monmouth streets, wien Burke, itis alleged, stabbed her in the face, inflicting a slight wound. Burke Will be brought up for examination this morning. KILLAD BY FaLiinc Into THR HOLD or 4 ScHoONER.—About seven o'clock on Saturday evening @ schooner lying at the foot of Morris street was being imloaded, when one of the workmen named Peter Fallon slipped from a Plank and fell into the hold. In the fall he was struck by Some of the hogsheads with such violence that his bowels protruded. lie was carried of ina dying condition, being beyond the reach of medical assistance. Fallon ts thirty-five years of age and a resident of Jersey City. He died ‘last evening after Intense suffering, A MAN ALMOST CRUSHED TO DeaTH ar THD Frrny.—As the ferryboat New Bronswick was enter: Ing the slip at Jersey City, a few minutes before ten o'clock last night, one of the passengers, named David Ryan, jumped off before the boat reached the bridge. “The force of the jump not being suflicient to carry him clear on the bridge, his feet struck the edge, and, losing yis balance,. he slipped down and was caught between the boat and the bridge. One of his legs was #0 crosued that it 12 believed amputa- ton Will be necessary. Only a few inches more in his downward passage and his career would have been ended. Ryan is a middie aged man and works in Van Vorst street. The numerous warnings to passengers in this respect seem to have been ineifec- tual. CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH, Sermon by Rev. Pope Yeaman, At the Ceutral Baptist church, Forty-second street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, Rey. Pope Yeaman delivered an eloquent sermon from the text, “Happy is that people whose God is the Lord”—Psalms cally, 16, The day, he said, was an eminently proper eecasion on which to direct our miads and hearts te the reverence and worship of the Supreme Being, Ninety-three years ago the bells of Philadelphia pealed fortn the notes of liberty, and each year we had celebrated since was marked as astage of progression towards the highest degree of freedom and happiness. But in contemplating our remarkable progress, we should ever keep in ‘view the great source Mom which all our pros- perity 18 derived. M% is welt fire, the uatuonal heart by recounting the scenes of the Reyo- Jntion, and to refresh our memories of the sacrifices ol motners and Wives aud sisters in tuat gecat strag- gie; but in our retrospecive we should not forget ‘That the God of battles regarded us, that our leader sought His aid in prayer, and that we cannot but benieve that God was with Wasuington as be was with Joshua and bis chosen people, God planted the colonies and. preserved. then through al. their his, tory. ‘True, the Puritans had their fats and aniited aggressions; but all reformers are aggre linbued with the’ spirit of Christy winrdy pioneers had made a rasitie mark in history—an impression that 1s feit im England and our own country to this day. But for Lhe persecnitons from which ihey fed We “narch of kngiand would have still possessed an ‘odious practice and power; and when they thern- selves became persecutors a Roger Williams de. nounced their offences, and, fying trom their wratn, preac and re-established the true spint of the Churen. It was but natural that man like Roger Williams, of powerful thought, earnest churacier und hatred of domibation should be a Baptist; and tie freedom and apirit of the Baptist, infused by him anro the whole American system, would go frou this jand to influence aii the world for good. the text might be paraphrased to read, “Pros porous and blessed {3 that nation whose God 1s the “ord.” Christianity elevates mankind to a noblér ronge of thought, teaches the principles of justice “po order and inspires us with the true spirit of irecdom, Wherever a pure and Mberal Chrisnanity Communipaw, Tar Stock Yakue,—During the past week 334 cars arrived at the stock yards, containing 3,021 cattle, 12,281 hows and 8,545 sheeps, ‘There were ainaght ed 453 cattle 17 hogs, and 4,208 sheep, Hoboken. INSULTING FRMALES.—Last evening aman named Michael Thomas was conveyed to the police station for using gross and indecent language near the ferry, in presence of many ladies, He was tined five dollars by the Recorder, A DRUNkARD Kosnen or Hrs Monry.—Yesterday afternoon 8 man named Samuel Fitzpatrick was brought before Recorder Pope on a marge of drunk- @nness. The prisoner testified that ve had forty dol- Jars in his possession, of which he bad been robbed, He was thereupon discharged, with 4 reprimand, SQUABBLING AMAZONS.—Two brazen individua named Ellen Dunne and Mary Doerty, were a rested ai the ferry yesterday for vending decayed fruit and attempting to engage in a prize Nght with the officer Who captured them, On pledging their “sacred honora” never to be seen in Hobol en, they Were liberated, and the pair took to their heeis INTERNATIONAL QUANREL.—AN «derly German while going aboard the ferryhoat James Ramsey yea- day trod on the toes of a Frenchman, who retaliated instantly. A war of words ensued and an excited disturbance was brewing until a policeman con- Veyed doth ta the station house. The prisoners were severely reprimanded, but aa neither was actually O0= Prevails Prosperity and happiness attend the { distinguishes ns from Mohammedan and Pagan pa- | '# /@ult they were discharged with a reprimand, Deopie, Protestant countries are more ad- ; Wolie temples, altars and priesthoods of the Hudson City. vance? than CathoNc nations, because of | Ciristian religion, with continual services and cere- Sr. Josern’s Cnv the freedom of religious thougtit; * and | moules, prociaim us a nominally Cris be PH’s CHURCH.—To aid in the erection of among Protestants that people is most successful The reverend the new Catholle church in Hudson City @ concert Who divide Ohurch from State, and tolerates perfect a will be given on Thursday evening next, Mr, Bawin Mberty of conscience. Christianity begets freedom @ud ireedom in carn fosters and protects Chrig- Hanity, The two are inseparaiie, Those who pos- fese freedom of conscience will never submit vo the Jmpos)ions Of & UD Urch oF State, While those Whose His ways and holy ih all His works,’ the righteous nation vali be exaited. It is patent to ail that N righteous wess does CxXait the individual, the famliy, Newark. the commu ity, and tar gin does disgrace. Why STABBING AFFRAY.—Early yesterday morning, @ Dot, ten, Me HAUON/ Hore Me Styiksue records Of y few minuces be.ore one O'CIOGH AD atray took piace James will give a reading at the close of the concert. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1869. s Ce ee eT | on Belivitie avenue, in front of James Martin's drinks saloon, tn the course of which @ wan named james Mi: of No. 6 Hauover place, wad the a e 5 ont fo) . “A ries, though serious, are not cousidered a8 likely to prove fai No arresis were made, Tas Lars Boren ExPLosion.—Dearn ar YOUNG Mevunn.—Mr, Thomas A. Meeker, the bookkeeper of Hewes & Phillips, who was on board the pleasure yacht belonying to the Jatter firm at the time of the botler explosion last Saturday alternoon @ week ago, and who was whdy hurt thereby, died ¢arly yesterday morning of his injuries at his residvnce on Myahr Pleasané AVEAUS. ne OF Nis les WHF okey and Ne KtlSy pigodotner mior me ayfears mortitcation * hie wer reron of the groin, and potbins ”” verore, POlild save the Young uu. "Ho 49 yout “twenty. two years of age, of tine promy e and very respecta- bly nected. Au inquest, wil probably be FilawW,eth. FInisnxp.—On Friday the “reconstructed” and greatly embellished Wiiting room of the New Jersey Railroad at this plage was flaished and throwu open to the pabiie. it now comfortable, as well as very Wasuly arranged, FIREMEN’ PARADE.—RECEPTION OF a New Hose CABRIAGR—The firemen of tuis city eifervesced with happiness On Saturday in consequence of the ar rival from New York of the new and handsome hose carriage for ‘James T, Wylie” Hose Company, Be The reception was tne occusiun of a grand parade of between 30) and 400 firemen, dressed ‘i the old stvle—red shurt, black pantaioons, aad heavy fire caps, ‘ihe sight’ Was one thar woul have occasioned great exhvarauon amoug (he “Mose? type of fire. ‘The new carriage arrived about noon, aud was received by Fiberman Stearn Bagine Oounpany, No, 6, ab Elizavetiport. A proves- sion Was thea Jormed of tue reception company and delegations from all the other companies. Headed by Chiel Engineer ihompson and bis {Wo assisvants, Bernard Deigney and ike Van Hart, and a dine brass band, the processioa then moved Uirough the main Streets, keeping time to thie enlivening strains of fami. lar as Well as patriotic airs, Returning to the “port,”? & collation Was partaken Of at iibernlan Bayi house. ‘There were preseat Presideat Wylie, of tuc Common Council, after wiom tue new carriare Was named, and several other leading oilelals aad cit. zens, Everyuning passed off pleasantly, except bat one of the Musiclans was prostrated by sunstroke, fle soon recovered so as to beable to go hone. A New Boreytna TumBLes DowN—Six Worr- MEN BADLY INJURED.-Shortly before five o’clock on Satarday afternoon an occurrence attended with very serious results took place at the Elizabethtown Gas Works, located on the corner of Spring and South streets, While @ number of masons were removing the seatfolding from in front of the newly finished end wall of the new brick retort house it suddenly gave way with a terrific crash, Piye of the masons, named Dennis McDonald, Halscy Marsh, John Coe ns, Charies Chandler ‘and Jot Langley, were buried beneath the debris on the outsrle; while daimes Slatiery, the engine tender, an old man, probably sixty years of age, was crushed under (he ruins on the inside. tHe had just entered «the interior with @ quantity of ciuders, and was dumping them among the rubbish’ when the wall fell, Both his legs were broken, and his head and body vadly eut and braised. His injuries may prove taal, The other five were all very seri- ously cut and mangled, but no bones broken, Some were severely cut about the face and head, while others were most severely injured avout the body, Dr. James 8. Green, Cily Physician, and Dr. Jo: Greer were promptly on the spot aud properly cared for the injured men, and had alt ef them couveyed to thetr homes. Cluef of Police Keron and Sergeant Cotton were also on hana quickly and renderea efiicient aid in caring for the wounded. The wall was thirty-seven leet bigh, and tuily two-thirds of it tumbied down in the manner described. ‘The contractors in charge of the work were Davis & Co. ‘the Gas Conipany sup- plted all the material and the building was being put up by day’s work. The mortar used, as alleged, was of a very inferior quality, 80 that the moment the seaffold ‘supports were removed down fell the structure. One of the injured men, Haisey Marsh, is @ member of the contracting firm. It is proper to add that Colonel Joun Kean, the superintendent of the vorks, Was S000 On the spot and placed his own age at Lhe disposai of the surgeons, Tuk Sovran Sime Ratcroap War.—satnrday morning the case of Vandewater Smith vs. Wm. B. McManus was called np in Justice Snedeker's court, Jamaica, The parties responded to the call of their names, and the case was opened for the defence by Mr. Donehue. He moved the discharge of his client on the ground of informality cou plaint, which did not set forth the ture of vhe crime — charged. He also raised the question as to the right of title to the premises, which he claimed belonged to McManus, Mr. Hayner appeared for the complaigant, and con- tended that it was not absolutely necessary to insert In Acomplaint the nature and intent of ihe crime committed, but it would be established on the ex- amination. Mr. Donehue cited several criminal cases, showing that the statute required the crime to be stated, and cited the provision governing the duties of a justice, which says:—“It must be a crime aud an offence.” The Justice finally concluded to discharge the defendant, and did so, A new com- plaint was made out, covering the objections taken to the oid one, and the second hearing set down for Friday uext. WESTCHESTER. INCENDIAKISM AT SING SING.—Last Friday even- ing a large barn, situated on what ts known as the “State farm,’’ overlooking the prison at this place, was totally consumed by fire, together with a quan- uty of hay which it contained. The building and contents Were valued at $500, on which there was no instance. No doubt exists bat that its destrac- tion was the work of an incendiary. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Saturday morning an in- quest waa held at Sing Sing Prison, by Coroner McEntee, on the body of Abram Drake, whose death, a8 already announced in the HERALD, occurred on Friday afternoon. It will be remembered that de- ceased, who wasa convict, received his death wound while 1p the act of escaping, with others, on board asioop last Wednesday. Although, in addition to the testimony given by the prisou physician and other eye witnesses to the revolt, a statement from the ringleader, Watson, was heard by the jury, nothing transpired regarding the affair in addition to that already published. The jury returned a ver- dict that deceased came to his death trom a carbine wound inflicted While he Was in the act of escaping from the prison. NEWBRURE. ARRESTED IN THE CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. — Hirata S. Brewster, chief freight cierk in the Erie depot at Newourg, bas been arrested on the charge of embezzling the fands of the fag od to tho amount of $1,100, Brewster remains locked up in the station house, except at meal times, when he goes in charge of an officer one to the principal hotels, (is triends are endeavoring to compromise the affair with the company, and will probably raise by sub- scription & sum equal to that alleged to have been urioined, when the charges will be withdrawn, Rie prisoner was @ great favorite among the members of the Fire Department. One of the com- panies Was vamed after bin, aud he is its present foreman. The Eric Company is secured agatust loss by the bonds of the station agent at this place, Mr. N. H. Richardson, FREE RIOR CASE. THE WASHINGTOV Death of Ove of the PartiesArrest of Camp. bell~The Friends of Long Allege He Was MurderedAction of Coroner Keevan. ‘The riot which urred In Washington street be- tween citizens and the Twenty-seventh precinct police jate on Saturday night has had a fatal termi- nation. Richard Long, alleged to have been shot by officer Campbell, having died in the New York Hospital at a still later hour from the effects of the wound. After the death of Long some of Ms friends = waited upon Coroner Keenan at bis residence and represented that deceased pad been shot while on his Knees before the oMicer, heg- ging for mercy, and characterized the shooting as unwarrantable and wholly unjastifiabie, It was further stated that there are filteen or twenty wit- nesses willing to swear that, to the beat of their know- Jedge and deliel, the lite of ofticer Campbell was not, in che least jeopardy at the time he discharged nis revolver. Taking their statements to be true Coro- ner Keenan issied a warrant for Campbell's ar- rest, and subsequentiy he was taken tnto custody and committed to the Tombs to await the result of an investigation, Yesterday the hospita: surgeons made @ post mortem examination on the body, but a full report of their discoveries will not be promu® gated until the Lovestigation takes place, It may ve stated, however, that two pistol shot wounds were found In lower part of the chest on either side of the median line, one or both of which may have penetrated the liver, ‘There were several coninsed wounds on the body, but none of a serious character. Coroner Keenan empanelied a jury yesterday after. noon, and after viewing the body the inquisition was adjonrned until next Wednesday morning, ab eleven o'clock, at the Coroner's office, Many of the citizens of the First ward, where de- ceased was well known, are in @ state of intense excitement over the occurrence, and are very severe ip their comments on the action of oMcer Campbell. The remains of Long were conveyed to his late residence, No, 76 hington street, by per- mission of Coroner Keenan, preparatory to inier- ment. Deceased was a widower, about filty years of age and bas left five cinidren. The imprisoned officer nats that at (he time of using Nis pistol he Was being terrivly assauited and beaten and beileved his life to be in im nt danger. witnesses he has to prove jnstitication of tts course had net yet appeared, with tue exception of oMcer Toler, Who Was with bin at the tine, The real facts of tie case will be aeveloped wreRses. the examination pro- | ceedings were brought lo &@ close SUMMER RESORTS. NEWPORT. Arriyai of Visiters=The Prospects of the Sen= som-Tho Couagers and Their Lumility— Celobsation of the Anniversary. Nuwrorn, snty 2, 1840. It is a relief to come to Newport, Considering the watering piace sate of the <r ket itiaa positive pleasure, Jo bee" tere ia litele of the trumpet om sec Grecian beads or cork popping, scarcely ’"ly gayety, im the popular interpretation of toe word, and no revelry at alt. People here desire nol s round of fuv, but along summer of peaces”| enjoyment, Sure enough, they have th and they de- forve it; for they pay for it—ngb in Mgmy sums either, bat in lumps, aud heavy lamps at that, Newport is, therefore, a dear place in a doubie sense; and (t 1s nobody’s business but the purchaser's if his house for the suaimer montlis costs bim $5,000, 80 long as he has @ relish for the expenditure; and so, a# previously stated, the coltagers have arrived, and Bellevue avenue is, not ablaze, by amy means—for that is vulgar at Newport—but handsome and animated, Houored for tis historic fame, cherished for its grand associa- ons aud beloved for the retirement it affords, the city of Newport will long continue to be the favorite resort of many—not strangers, but old trequenters, who cling to st for tt exciusiveness. Now, one must not mistake the dignity Of its summer residents for shoddy impadence, or their icy reservedness for up- Start audacity. If would, indeed, be criminal to falt into such an ervor; for they are a let-us have- peace community, of good social standing, that dov’t want to meddied with, There is such a thing as a “cold shoulder,” and that article, on which, by the way, none was ever known to become corpuleut, is lavisuly dispensed to all beyond the circle, Devoid of the fl-urish of Long Branch, and totally bereft of the gayety of Saratoga, Newport has Jts own atcractlons, The roug’ the gambier and the showman conscie tiously” keep away. After fruitiess — eitorts for a loothold they lave loug since decamped tor more warm-hearted patrons. But while New, wold tain be foremost m_ the list of wate: places there 18 just as much display here as eisc- where. Queneed not go beyoad BeLevue avenue to behold it, to say nothing of the splendid drive along the beach. Few covtages are unsupplied with & team and a tivery-buttoned darky, and in the afternoon the road ts alive with # brilliant caval- cade. ‘Tne hotels as yet are comparatively blank, and Will probably reniam go for a Week yet, when there wiil be undoubtediy a rush, ‘They have nearly all been fitted out in good style for the summe ‘Tne Ocean House, Atlantic House and Aquidueck have been handsomely arranged and will shortly bé full of lue and bustle. Bands of music have been en- gaged to play in the afternoon, and the time will pass pleasantly and-agreeably. But very few pubic balls Will be given, though several private recepuous will be held, « The following are the names of some who have taken up their residences in summer cottages:—Mr. George Peabody is the guest of George Peabody Wetmore, Beilleyne avenue; Bdward D, Bert, near Spouting Rock; sidney Brooks, New York, Bellevue aveaue; Thomas N. Dale, New York, near Easton's Pond; Dr. . Francis, New York, Kay stree:; D. V. M. Francis, New York, Church street; KR. M, Hunt, New York, South Touro’ street; F, W. Rhinelander, New York, Redwood str L, Sands, New York, Gree Boston, Stock - ton’s, Kay street; George Liffany, Baltimore, Narra- ganset avenue; Hamilton Hoppin, New York, Beach avenue; Paran Stevens, New York, Bellevae ave- nue; R. M. Gidbes, New York, Old Reach road; \ Livingston, New York, Bellevue court; Re M. Mason, Boston, Old Beach road; Geaeral R. B. Potte: Un States Army, Bellevue avenne; L. Morton, New York, Bellevue avenue; Di Hartley, Boston, Vine cottage, Spring street; W. i. Ashurst, Philadelpita, — corner Oid Beach road and Bellevae avenue; Earl P. Mason, Providence, Bellevue avenue; Charies J. Peterson, Philadelphia, Bath road; John W. Field, Phiadel- pita, near Spouting Kock; 8. L. Crocker, Taunton, bdgar’s cottage, Old Beach road; Dr. Charles Davis, South Carolina, Church street; A. Van Renssaluer, New York, Beach View avenue; John Carter Brown, Providence, bellevue aveaue and Webster street; Geo, W. Tyler, Philadelphia, Bellevue court; F. W. Andrews, Whitweil; J, A. Ubsdell, New York, Green ongh piace; 5. M. J’. Davis, New York, near Boat House; 8. S. Roy, New York, Mann avenue; Chas, A. Russell, New York, Bellevue avenue and Narragan- set avenue; General Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Belle- vne avenue; J. L, Hecksher, New York, Greenough place; Charlies Schiessinger, New York, Catharine street; C. H. Appleton, Boston, near Bellevue avenue; Heury Sigourrney, Boston, Bellevue avenue; Daniel Roy, New York, Bellevue avenue; J. Bigelow, Washington street; 7. Sands, Boston, hear Boat House; W. S.*Caldwell, New York, Kay street; George P. Wetmore, New York, Bellevue avenue; J. Grushert, New York, Harrison avenue; Dr. George Terrill, Kay street; John Neu- son, New York, Paradise road; Jonn La Farge, New York, Kay street; F. W. Stevens, New York, Harri- son avenue; P. K, Stevens, New York, Harrison ave- nue: L. Brinley, Philadelphia, Mano avenue; J. W. Andrews, Boston, Bellevne avenue; James P) Kernochan, New York, Barclay’s, Bellevue avenue; Ine J. Mauran, Providence, near Academy of Music; D. B. Fearing, New York, near the Cliffs; Theodore W. Phinney, New York, Bellevue avenue; Mrs. A. Nicholas Bi , Providence, Barker's, near Academy of Music; John Paine, New York, Bellevue avenue; J. J. Townsend, New York, Bellevue avenue; Jonn P. March, New York, Narraganset avenue; Major M. Coomb, New York, Narraganset_ avenue; Mra, Jack: ula, Kay street; J. W. Field, Philadel- phia, Carroll avenue; E. M. Wallett, New ork, Catharine street; Mrs. Frederick Brown, Philade.- phia, Marine avenue; Alden Sampson, New York, Nprihg street; C. H. Morgan, New York, Cot street; J. W. Chandler, Washington, near the Clits; Joel Rathbone, Albany, Halidan Hu; F, Sackett, Providence, Beach street; Thomas F. Cushing, Bos- ton, near Spouung Rock; Philp Schloss, New York, Bath road; John Ohamberiain, New Yark, Maple Cot- tage; Coggeshall avenue; E. H. Schermernorn, New York, Narraganset avenue; John A, Brown, Phila- . F. Bat New York, deiphia, Bellevue avenue; tes, near Second Beach; Col, Winthrop, New York, Come street; Edward Mathews, New York, Kay street; R. L. Bank, Albany, bellevue avenue and Bath road: George Nobie, New York, pera aw eH dV. Onuvia, New York, Bellevue avenue; Mra. B. Put: nam, Bellevue avenue; Wiis) Taft, Providence, Bellevue avenue; Dr. D. C, Birdsall, New York, Coggeshall avenue; 7. ©. Ford, British Legation at Washington, Touro street; Mrs. fl. A. Comin, New York, Nurraganset avenue; Mrs. G. ©. Perry, Phila- deiphia, Greenough place; Mrs. George Francis Tram, New York, Bellevue avenue; Kobert 8, Hone, New York, Narraganset avenue; Mra. Cole, New York, Dixon street; H. L. R. Edgar, New’ York, Hellevue avenue; Mra. F. A. Lane, New York, Little- feld’s, Phelam street; J. W. Field, Philadeipnia, Carroll avenue; D. Torrance, New York, Kay street; F. A. Vyse, New York, Marine avenue; Mrs, M. Liv- ingston, New York, Believue avenue; S. H. Robin- son, New York, Ayrauit street; E. T. New York, Toaro street; E. D. Morgan, New York, Narra- ganset avenue; Dr. i. V. McKim, New York, Belle- vue avenue; J. 2. Ward, New York, near the beach; H. H, Potter, New York, Church street; A. A. Low, New York, Relievue avenue; Gordoa Norrie, New York, Goite’s, Bellevne avenue; Mrs. Mary Burns, New York, Bellevue avenue; F, Barreda, New York, Bellevue avenue; Join, Richardson’ New York, Bellevue avenue: Thomas Barclay, New York, Bellevue avenue; samuel Blatchford, ‘New York: Greenough place; Heary Ledyard, New York, Cath- arine street; Ss. D. Bradford, New York, Catharine . Marquand, New York, Spring street; Jocelyn, New York, Wellington ave: i. 'Metusdy, New York, Harri- rn New York, Kay street; General J. 5. Bryce, New York, Bellevae avenue: Frederick Kernochan, New York, Bellevne avenue John E. Ward, New York, Perry iarm; 5. ). Morgan, New York; Narragansett avenue; Willam R. Tra- vers, New York, Narraganset avenue; A. A, Lord, New York, Bellevue avenue; M. D, Sands, New York, fellevne avenne; Robert Lenox Banks, New York, Beilevae avenue, 1” anniversary of independence was appropri- ficly celeorated to-day, with al! the honors, ‘the bity Was gayly decorated with flags and presented a very pretty appearance, A general holiday was, of course, observed, and the inhabitants: heartily par- ticipated in the display, whigh was most creditabie to the city. A national salute was fired at sunrise and at twelve o'clock by a detachment of the New- port Artillery Company, under command of Lieuten- ant Colonel Sherman.’ The bells were rung at sun- rise, as well as during the moving of the proces. sion and tp the afternoon, Shortiy before eieven o'clock a large procession was formed on the Square, 4nd Was & most Imposing looking vody. Nearly a! the offic of the city took part tn the amir, and among the military were tte Newport Artillery, Aquidneck Raines, Burnside Guard. Then came keveral fire engine companies, a boat presented to Misa Ida Lewis, the Newport Glee Club, military and Daval offic Succeeding these were the Mayor, Board of Aidermen and Common Council and se eral members of the judiciary, together with a num- ber of prominent associations connected with the city, There was & full representation of the trades and professions. There were in all five divisions which afer some delay got into line, and orders having been given, the procession moved amid the most entiusiastic demonstrations. Kver' place and window Whence a view vould be obtaine Was crowded, and Allogether the display was very Picturesque. After the formation of the Ime tt pro- ceeded up Broad street to Kquality park, councer- marched down Broad street, up Bull to Kay, through Kay street to Touro through Touro to Bowery, down Bowery to Young, down Young to ‘Thames, tu ‘thames to Farewell, through Farewell to Washiny down Washington square to the the procession was dismissed. Subsequent ries of exercises took in tae Opera among the selections the ode “Independence Day,” which was rend by the choir. Then fol- lowed a prayer, after which the Gieé Cinb sang “God Save the ” The reading of the Der Hon of Independence then took place Another ode, “When We Marehed,” and an oration having pect deil\ ered, the band, Glee Club and scholars nm square, where A we- louse, The benediction having then been given, the pro- endered | “God Keep Our Country Forever,” in good style, | EX-PRESIDENT PIERCE The Ex-President at His Home in New Hampshive-A Brief Visit by Que of the Herald Reporters—The Ex-Chief Magis trate Indniges to a Life ef Quiet Enjoy- ment and Perfect Freedow from all Public Concord, N. H., July 3, 1869, Probably not in the whole category of distin- Rushed mey of America can there be one found ‘Who hag shipped so suddenly and quiotly from pr", int /private lie as has General Franklin Perce, of is city, once President of sh@ United “rates, He is a private citizen in every Sense OF the term, and his history since he vacated tie White House is in remarkable and, 1 Many respects, in pleasing con- ‘Wwast With that Of some otaers who have held “the highest oMiee in the gift of a free people.” Since his retirement he has not uttered @ single speech upon current political affairs, althoagh immediately succeeding his Presidential career he was somewhat active im the politics of Mis State, and even to this day be manifests a lively mterest in everything per- taming to the local welfare and prosperity of this section of the country, wich he haa selected to spend in quiet retirement the remainder of his days. During the past two years tue leat of the Gea~ eral has not been remarkably good, but, with the exception of about three weexs during the past winter, he nas been able to ride and walk out almost daily, During the interval referred tu he was quite low (or several days, and jis medical attendants and, lis friends entertained serious fears of the re~ sult, With careful nursing and skiful treatment he overcame a sickness which promised Lo resuit fatally, and he is to-day in the enjoyment of better physical health than he has possessed fur years. In appea: ance he seems yoanger than when the Presidential mantle rested upon hin, Those wio remember him in Washington would readily recognize him im Concord, however, for he matotains the smooth and clean-shaved face which always was one of his characteristics, and his broadcloti: and beaver are still of the same spotiess black and the same elegant aud tidy fit, His step is as sprightly as that of a young man of twenty, and he can handle the ribboas behind a 2:30 trotter or a prancing span with as much skill aud ease as the pres~ nt Chief Magistrate of the nation, Those who hay entertained an idea that Mr. Pierce ts old and infirm, or that his faculties have become in the ieast im-~ paired, never made a greater mistake. He can well. exclaim, in the language of the song of “Ye Ancient Old’ Man,” that “Although Pm oli ’m one of the Boys.” Sick! and advancing years have not lefi him one whit the worse, and tt would seem fron, his every movement and every appearance that ho is a long time for this worid yet. ‘The General ts not only a widower, but withous any family whatever. Shortly after his election to the Presidency his only son was killed by an accident. on a New England railroad, and afew years since his wife passed away and left him alone in the worid.. He lives ina tidy little cottage, at the upper end of Main street, upon an eminence commanding a beautiful and unobstructed view of the placid Mer+ rumack, and wituin an easy ten minutes’ walk of the central or business portion of the town, He owns considerable valuable real estate in Concord and vicinity, aud is also the possessor of a considerable tract of wild wood land, somewnat remote from te city, and consequently hot 8o very Valuable. Almost every pleasant morumg he may be seen trndgiue briskly down the street in the direction of the Post OfMce, Having obtamed hia mail matter, he retires to one corner of the Post, Office rotunda and gives a hasty perusal to nis let~ ters, and then generally wends his way to the publi- cation office ol the New Hampsture Patriot, looks over the principal exchanges and nas a Mttie talk upon local matters witb Mr. Butterfield, the editor. He goes bome rather leisurely at about noon, avd on his way drops into the Phenix and Eagio hotels, looks over the registers and has @ social chat with about everybody with whom he comes in contact. There 18 nothing of the snob or aristocrat in him, for in his intercourse with the people he makes no destinction on account of social siandiag or on account of race or color. Lis manuers are yenial and affable with all, and his courteons bearing has 80 endeared hit to his teltow citizens that it would be extremely dangerous for a stravger Lo Bay Aureplng: damaging to Mr, Pierce in their presence. ie 18 very generous, and those who know him most intimately do not lesitate to assert that if pe had the same miliions he would be @ phi- lanthropist hardly second to George Peabody. He ends ot a lew of his arternoons in riding around the environs of the town, and he generally is betind ap oquine that takes good care that he does not in- hale the dust of any others wio may be on the road. Nearly everybody of distinction woo comes in this vicinity calls upon the General, and he puts himself to great inconvenience to show the visitors hospi- tality, and make their stay agreeable. 1 have intimated that Mr, rierce 1s not much con- cerned about the public atfairs of the day. This is to @ great extent true, for he very sensibly concludes,that so dang as he served the coun- try to the best of his ability whue one of its servants, he ought to expect the same from tho#xe who suc- ceeded him; and if they fail in coming fully up to the mark he 1s probably charitable enough to over- look some of the unwise actions of other administra- tons, the same as he would have the mistakes of his own forgotten, Although charity ts one of the uppermost and prominent characterisucs of the man, I should hardly be doing him jusiice if I failed to record the fact that he does not rully appreciate and sincerely lament the reconstruction blunders Which have been made by the present adminiatra- tion, He shares in the very popular opinion that, so- far a8 practical reconstruction is concerned, there has been but very litte progress since that eventful day when Lee gave up his sword to Grant under the Appomattox apple tree. What Mr. Pierce considerg practical reconstruction 1s a general restoraGon of not only good feel- ing but of business throughout the South, the full protection of every citizen, and an effort, or some show of an effort, for a possible return to specie, While entertaining such practical opinious as these it is reasonable to suppose that he could not consistently say anything very good about a Congress which has almost completely ignored. matters of paramount interest to the country, and wasted Its time on measures comparatively insigni- icant. In the matter of the Alabaina claims, I found that the ex-President is something Of @ supporter of the views and course of ex-Minister Reveray John. won, and ff Mintater Motley shou.d finally foltow tn the wake of the Maryland dipiomat Mr. Pierce Wonld not be much astonished. Le does not believe in any war with Engiand on account of what the Alabama has done, ior he is among those whose knowledge and wisdom of the present condition of afairs in this country teaches him that we are not prepared for any such undertaking. In this particu- lar he can, therefore, unive with Grant in the prayer of “Let us have peace.’, I shall not violate General Pierce's confi- dence by making public any views which he may entertain concerning affairs in Cuva at the present time, for he has beeu too intent in procuriug the restoration of his healin to give BO Iresh a Bub- ject the attention which he clalms it deserves belure an opinion ts expressed. I dou’t think, however, £ should be far from wrong if [ should say, in M Pierce's behalf, that the United states governme) has aeted very strangely in the matter, trom begia~ ning to end, This 18 rather an indefinite explanation of @ man’s views, but | cannot make them any clearer, uniess | should make the bold asseruon that i Mr, Pierce had been President the expedition cap- tured in Long Island Sound the other day woud never have been molested. This assertion, however, 1am not prepared to make, or even insinuate. Al. though the ex-President is a widower, | cannot re- frain, in the capacity of a faithful reporter, from bringing down upon his head the wrath o; Ania Dickinson, Susan By Anthony Lucy Stone, and, in tact, the wile batialion oi strong-minded teminines, This wrath will surely. come when they read inthe HeRaLD thar he does Hot believe in or sympathize with their movement. He cherishes the time-honored custom of masculind authority in pubic affairs, and thus arrays himacif: with the majority of the sterner xex of the country in pronouncing Woman's piace almost anywhere ex cept at the ballot box, m tue Legislatures or im Congress, Tuese few facts concerning the only regular; elected and Living ex-President of the country w) undoubtedly prove interesting at this time, They are the result of a few days’ visit with the General, and were obtained in the quiet and unreserve of a pleasant ride in the subarbs of one of the choicest and most enchanting of New bng.and citles, peat that he does not wish to mingle actively witu yihing savor! ‘of politics, and farther, that it i his nature and wish that not a syllable of censure should go from him, directly or mdirectly, touching the Integrity or honesty of purpose of any public servants Who have been tdeutified with the admin- istrations succeeding his own, He has noticed their rrora, and regretted them, and wished that different men had been at the head; but as the past cannot be mended, he unites with all good citizens in praying that the Deity will give wisdom to those in power to better legisiate and administer to the wants of a reat and rapidly muitiplying ie. Since the lay he vacated the White House for his successor he has never acen the city of the national Capitol, and the farthest that he has been away from home was when he visited Baltimore about ® month ago, His whole amb.tion 14 to spend the declining days ot an event. ful and fruitfal life among the granite hills and along ‘the sandy beaches ot New Hampshire. INTENGE Neen i bet readcees of ammoninm dis- solved in water, it has recently been discovered, will produce an intense degree of cold. Many salts, more especially salts of ammonia, lower th of water While digsolving, but no compound pro- duces this effect in 80 marvellous a manner as sil- téofammonium. In one experiment, 2:1 4 this salt dissolved ‘eon! in 74 pints o! water, ata temperature of 74 deyreoa Fahrenheit, caused the thermometer in a few seconds to fail to 14 degrees above ze¥o, The moisture of the atmos: phere ipatantiy Condensed itsei! in thin plates of we on the oulsiae Of Che glass vessel contaming te » water