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9, 8 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1869._TRIPLE SHEET. awen that te ange tern: " ls of years required, then the of interna- | American and Engitsh poticy and no such jealousy | treaties as would render. the object for which they ees for all the thousands o! Rows Browne’s Departure | £5 uit iat te bcs upon tao Toa | Bee S cts is soul orc cf | Redan mucocele caaeee A | niu ‘ann ‘arr of Sh ana fen oa from China. nRatperience tn Oning has furnished ample evidenee | the United The interests of cach we re- | crisis Was at hand—the revision of the British treaty. | enormous central habitable |w¢ rid, and wice ber sa. 7 of the difficuliies to be encountered in ing thia | warded as concurrent; and I have not yet heard a | Beset by dimicuities ou all sides. ponacioay, pot ther | van have. Dare’ teak tes equecus Tucks, of other Peat ce sep a RESTI|.27 eS ware » oe cane that comes ti oped pa a yn por “panei, an id coula evads esponslulities which bad peen | combustiple ‘cubase ces, which compose their crust, enaetinwene to Wome extent, both the relations Withont going back into’ the history of treaties forced upon them, ignorant of the ultimate Ges pee 2 ing the at centcal ngusabie. wares HES GREAT MISTAKE. | Secreto gureromcy ta Whee Sates eet | mat oir cand te aaranees Aunt | amici vite aunaone aan trols | fea then tab a, tt ar, aru canes fe rah veri te uot, of exer | Upon endenea fra Aubry a; ut | Hang, a ueans, ok Pars: | ath ant eto a pa ater ¢ r | w snould acc H even aeons a satisfactory jon, that all the facts ot history in preference to unfounded theo- | @!NDing of joreign intercourse, they have in\ ar rt pa aah pee ng beegel cad ou —o ah noarens ot the Briivh Community of Shangbae | attempts at efucidation must end in the admission | ries of Chinese progression, Whether more ad- sought refuge—orocraatination. Tney. sent Joi.a an | able, worlday on, to the American Minister open Hiv Depar- | that they are incongruous aad irreconcilable, and | vantageous results might not hi been obtained by embassy to the Western Powers, ostensibly > Cet “a PRN etl en a ine eg RET ce that nothing short of perfect equality can remedy | peaceadle means; whether the fault of our unsats- | thelr embarrassment; to deprecute unfriendly pre ven” which we shall enjoy hereafter, when our sore from ‘ ty 17, 1800. the dimeuity. Mow then 18 this end, which all | factory progress may not be traced to the unjustand | Ure, and to aak that the principle» of international law | neers ail enjoy hereafter, when oUF SHANGRAR, ay Oe En. | mustdesire, to be attained ? iniquitous conduct of foreigners in China since the | Should be observed 3 “ke short, trelgs vives Pe Rompe me perfected and glorified 7% his Excellency the Hon, J. Ross BkowNs, E The essential provisions of existing treattes have | days of Kang-he; whether it would not have been | lish thelr right to manage ther aifairs in thelr awh | frie Meals tana atti cad Behece to tue ea th r Plenipotentiary | yen extorted from China by force, and doubtless iter had justice, moderation ana good faita been and to determine for themseives the time an e United States to Chma: Sir—We eannot ailow you to depart from China she considers them un) observed on both sides, are not questions that can now be determined, just. The anomaiy ts pre- sented of nations holding forcibie intercourse with & way, opportuaity for making tat. dees expedient ‘or conducive to the wellare sun a6 naturally as a swarm of bees fol changes whica they | sup as naturg Pee \d there we shall learn of our If we un:'ertake to go back and Feu" Thru pea mat, | Hera nga ginetng ange | favGrtatet ica earemeanpaosctume | Noel uct faa ca 1 am amare ot | are fettmet har am Pg anne at foreign commerce—to express to ygu the sincere re- | } has been made b; verument OF riected and gloriied spirits of those who shall Seen coum Ariaish comununity feel at the circum. | {70M all interference m the administration of their | much tn the future. We can only accept the present ‘naa eta made. By any focelgn, government, oF pee Sia andsioriaet‘epiriss of Gicea" whe Bhat internal affairg, 1t4s clearly an interference to force the opening of ports. and wrest from asoverolenstaie Jurisdiction over its own soil; to secure a diplomatic representation at Pekin ai the cannon’s moath, and hoid it there against the will o: the govern- ment; to estabush a customs system, and place & foreigner at the head of it, with foreign subordi- nates at the ports; in short to inflict compulsory re- lations upon a nation, the whole tendency of which is to de e and ultimately destroy its most cherished institutions. Mere words cannot check the consequeaces of such intercourse. To continue it is simply to carry on with force in the back round what was collmenced with force in front. If hina had the power, there can be no question that she would restrict the intercourse of foreigners to the seaports, if not expel every foreigner irom the country. Not being able to do this, sue attempts to evade, by the subtleties of diplomacy, what she caa- not avert by force. if the view Lhave taken be correct it would not benetit China if we were to reitnquish all privileges extorted from her and carry out the Comtlst doc- tine of ideal justice, withdraw steam navigation from Yangtsze and Pell, refuse exterritoria! pro- tection to our citizens, forcibly prevent our mission- aries from entering the country and preaching the gospel, and resign ali rights waich may conflice with = superstition and Asiatic ignorance aud con- ceit. J think, therefore, our duty is plain. We should do the best that can be done under such anomalous circumstances: treat China with the forbearance, consideration and respect due to a power sovereign in its political aspect, bub possessing an or- ganization incompatible with absolute equal- fiy. Believing our civilization to be supe- rior to theirs, we should endeavor to elevate the Chinese to our standard, But, surely, that can never be done by an unqualified acceptance of their claim to the independence enjoyed py Chrisuan tes. They do not possess it in point of fact, and ere is Do Wisdom In and profit by experience, and, if experience teach°s anything, 1t 1s that neither forbearance nor persua- sien has ever advanced the cause of civillzation & single step in this country. In ali the important confitcts with China, which culminated in the treaties of Trentsin, the govera- ment of the United States, in conformity with its es tablished policy, maintained a position of neutrailt’. This position, however, furnished no ground for rejecting the concessions gained by the use of force. Mr. Reed, his despatches to Lord Elgin, frankly acknowledges the ser- vices rendered to our citizens and our commerce by Great britain, and in a letter to Mr, Cass says:— “Nothing 18 more likely to defeat the true aims of American SAaNEAD here*than a distempered jealousy of English or French progress, seeing, a3 I do, im the ports and markets of China, wherever English enterprise goes ours i quickly alongside of it; that every dolar that Great Britain’ spends on its egg service or in maintaining its naval force is or our benefit.” Similar acknowledgments were repeatedly made by Mr. Burlingame, who, in re- ferring to the liberal course Pypo by Sir Freder- ick Bruce and otuers who had preceded nim in the mauguration of the co-operative policy, said:— re can be nothing more unmeaning than an tagonism between the United States and Great Brit- ain in China.’? Mr. Wiliams, referring to the re- vision of the British treaty in 1868, bears gree to the eilictency and general justice of the British government and its officia’s in China. it is by no means certain that tue Chinese are dis ose to accord to Americans, because of their for- earance, a higher degree of respect or conidence than they accord to other nations. ‘The impression has obtained in the Untted States that they are excep+ tioualiy frendiy tous. TI ae discovered nothing during my residence in Pekif to warrant such an as- sumption, They regard Americans as they do ail Toreigners—with distrust, What was sald by Tsunz- hing and his associate commissioners in 1854, that “the England barbarians are fut! of insidious schemes Seances nnder which you return to the United States. t might have seemed suMicient for your own coxn- trymen to convey to you an expression of the regret ko universally entertisined; bat the interests of Great Britain and the United States in China are so com- jetely dentical, and their aitatrs are so intertwined fn‘ail parts of the empire, that we feel we are ad- dressing one of the most earnest and most con- scientions advocates of our own rights and privi- deges. We are further prompted to address you, in testi- mony of the perfect cordiality which has always subsisted between Lue American residents in China and ourselves, We allenjoy the same rignta and privileges, and we are all united m hostility to the creation of any exclusive interests. Unfortunately, however, in the press, both ef Great Britatn and the United States, attempts have been made to proance jealously and unfriendly feeling, by ignorantiy raising hopes of special advantages being accorded Ww oue or other of those nations. We can only trust that increasing knowledge of China will lead to more accurate Views of the complete co-operation which makes us, for all purposes of trade and mun- pal government, one single community. It is with the liveliest satisiaetion that we recog- nize the unanimity existing between yourself and Sir Rutherford Aicock on the wain questions of foreign licy, unanimity which is shared in by the whole foreign residents in China, We cannot but ad- Pekin, tions. culty. It 1s for the Christian mire the unagewerable vindicauion by Sir Rutherford or nis and ws, which ts contained in his di ndon of sth Fepruary last, If re ¢ counsels could prevail with the home gover ments, we might hope for a just consideration of 1! merits of the new policy towards China which b been inaugurated dy the principal Western Power bot as there are no indicatons of a desire for {1 partial judgment it only remains for us to await the course 0} nd our Vv resuita will to the persist continued to expr ews con se which your own govern- proceeding upon faise premi- ment have adopted ‘at the instigation of Mr. Bur- {| S¢3. If they were independent, they wouid cease to | uacontroilabiy fierce and inperious;? that ‘the lingame. You have retused to remuin silent when | Mold re ations which give them perpetual trouble, ] American nation does no more than toliow their you were convin that your government were | aud break down, one by one, the barriers ot isola- | direction;” that “every movement is the conception tion which have so long enabied them to matatain their pecuilar and degenerate form of national ex- istence. Before they can hold a position of equality im the community of civilized nations, they must cease to cripple all mtercourse; they must throw open the country; adopt the improved systems of industry and meaus of communication urged upon tuem by the western world; and thus, by co-opera- tion, strengthen and elevate themselves to an actual equality. Such an advance seems tome to be an essential condition to frieudly intercourse, We have ol the English; may possivly have undergone some modification since that date; but, if so, I fancy it is rather im form than in substance. Tae experience of Mr. Reed in 3355 was that “steadfast neutrality and consistent friendship make no impression on the Isolated obduracy of this empire.” “I never thought,” said he, ‘that there was, on the part of the oMcials, any such distinction; Iam now sure of it. Mr. Witliams expressed similar views in 185°:— “The principle of conduct towards all foreign nations which this government adopts is isolation. being misled, and as you Nave taken up this disin- terested attitude from a sense of duty, it is @ matier of sincere pleasure Lo a8 to have this opportunity of assuring you that, tm thas boldly proclaiming the truth, you have the entire and unanimous approba- uon of the British residents, In view of the importance of foreign interests in China, we have, in common with your countrymen here, the very strongest reasons for protesting against the precipitation with which a new policy bas been adopted by both governinents. beev msigied byt Tepandinig Naas vileges, &c., which involve changes in the ilscal, commercial and sycial aysiems of the ewpire. Here, therefore, about which It was important tuere should be a bet ter undersianuing, serving, or if capi There are the part of the provincial authorities; no facilities for mtercommunicauion or appeals to organized courts Of justice as in other countries, Between tue two positions of non-interference and rights lies the whole dim- estern Powera to determine bow far they will insist upon the observance of treaties, rejecting, of course, as tion that these rights embrace others not necessary followmg or intended te be granted, The embassy to the West has been received in a manner creditable to the geLerous spirit of the age. Whatever errors may be commmite: conception of lacts or exceas of zeal the cause is one which appeals to the highest sentiments of the execution of treat, of the Weat is attamed. lapse into barbariain, On the contrary, they have been maintained in the utmost gvod fuith by the whole diplomatic corps at the world; mately be eliminated, The stupborn logic of dissipate — all upon the} movement, therefore, wualever ita deaign may have been, as abounding in promise for the future. Bus 1b 18.the ¢husacteristic of ab enthusias- 1,¢ and progressive race 10. ay and seize upon he conclusions ‘Yuts! L fear,-will meet with many disheartening checks beiore the end really desired by the nations China neither sees her way clear at present to an acceptance of the ameliora- tons proposed, nor nas she, so far as facts warrant us in believing, the slightest desire to substitute foreign systems for Wiose Whick have answered her purposes through 80 many successive generations. All that the rulers of this empire desire 18 to be leit tree 10 Work out their own destiny in their own way, and that is simply retrogression aud final re- They make sali concessions to avert greater ones, The whole struggle is against Making any atall. I state tni depreciation, but a8 an incontroy we are bound to confront. it 18 a subject for aym- pathy, rather than complaint, a vastemptre with an industrious and inofensive population, in many respects worthy of esicem, maintaining an unequal compass the gun, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, 4&c., a8 we ourselves have originated from the earth; 80 we shall not be likely to lack society any faithfal has | more than we shall suitable occupation. There also cen isis t mater naarentene tore eatinioae we shall understand cleariy the meaning. of. the ues, monopolies, missionary pri- | Words, ‘The Son can do nothing of Himself but what He seeth the Father do, for what things soever H doeth, thes@ also dovth the Son likewise; for the Father loveth the Son, and showeth Him all things tnat Himself doeth.” “Be ye, therefore, perfect, even a8 your Father, which is im heaven, is per- irreconcilable cunditions ‘Yhere 18 NO central authority here capable of ob- | fect”? Poke Raa ano means of cheekine AbGseton | The Ecumenical Councit and the Catholic Faith. To Tae EpiToR OF #HR HERALD:— In last Suuday’s H¥RALD your correspondent in- tended to reply to my iogic of the Lith, and con- fesses that it was just what he expecied. I believe it Was and a little more, as, instead of refuting any facts therein contamed, he repeated the old story about the councils held here and held there, and for what purpose, &c., all merely a reiteration of his nirst letter, which would have answered the same end. Now, when I write, I write for a purpose and not for mere bombast, for he has netther proved nor disproved any one proposition; and as for the matter of the councils, if they had never been held it would not affect the faitn or principles of the Catholic Church, as L and every other Catholic would have the same belief to-day which they had 1,800 years ago, and notwithstanding my “barefaced effrontery” and his grosa real or assumed ignorance of the writings of the early Fathers, with which all or nearly all students are familiar, and the ignorance of which alone would justify htm in the preposter- ‘ous assertion that no writers could be found to prove the existence of those doctrines anterior to the sixth century. Now for his edification and for the enlight- eumeut of all who seriously seek the truch, an it would be impossible for me in this brief space to supply copious quotations, any one of which would occupy too much of your space, | propose to refer him to a work which will supply him with Scrip- ture and the writings of the Fathers of the first tive centuries of the Church, such as—First century, St. Clement of Rome; St. Hernras, St. Barnabas. Se- cond century—St. Ignatius, St. Poiycarp, St. Papias, uutenable the posi- torough mis- “and” truch” will ulti. illugions, 1 look erieap all obstacies which they desire. not in the way of ible tact which 7 cess " yell upo! . | no right to compel them to constract railroads or | ‘Keep them at as great a distance as possible, | Struggle to preserve its ancient systeins against the | St. Justin, St. Theophilus, St. [reneus, Clement it 1s unnecessary for ua to dweil upon the numer. | To eraDhs OF t extend steam navigation, openeoal | and wes into no-quarrels with toem if it’ can ba combined Powers ol the world. We of the West see | of Alexandria, Tertullian, ‘Third century—Bt, Sera- i . Both the American and the British govern- | Mines, or accept any of our modern invenuons tor | avoided,’ is thelr rule, It is quite a mistake to | that paganism and tne isolation necessary to its | pion, Origen, St. Ppa tes, St. Poraitne, age ments have assumed that there 1s a desire for pri Saving time and developing material resources; but | suppose that the rulers of China have any regard | €Xlatence must give way in the natural progression | prian, St. Gregory, Pontus, St. Dionysius a \ex- gress on the part of the Chinese government, wi we have a perfect right to compel them to observe | for one nation more than asaother; that iney are | Of events. Doubtless they too see that a great | andria, St. arene St. archelans, me Wwe know does not exist. Lord Clarendon has lard | their treaty obugations, and uf, in doing this, all the | more friendiy for instance towards the Americans | Change, beyond which all seems in their igaorance | Fourth century—St. Peter of Alexandria, Nilus, Test becomes necessary to their continued exist- ence as a nation and their elevation asa people, it will be all the better for China. I question whether itis gooa policy to proclaim, in the solemn form of a treaty, that we will not interiere in the inter- nal aifairs of the empire, when our very presence is an interference; or whether anything ts to be gained by an unconditional admission of tho right of the Chinese government to determine the time and manner of introducing improvements. If the ceutral government can, without the introduction of modern inventions, preserve order, enforce the execution of treaties, restrain the corrupt practices of its provincial oMcers and render prompt redress for all grievances, we cannot justly complain if the rulers shouid elect to retain their own systems in preference to ours; bnt this being impossible, recip- down rules of action for our Minister, our consuls an our community which would prove utteriy 1n- adequate if any crisis occurred demanding extraor- dwmary measures, But while the policy will, in our opinion. be 2 fatiure, so tar as the purposes ‘it con- templates are concerned, we cannot look forward witgout considerable anxiety to the unfortunate ef- fects it wil!’ produce on the Chiuese mind. It is almost impossible for us to convey to our fellow coun- trymen at home a just idea of the utter inavility of the Chinese to compretend any motives for forbear- ance otier than our own powerlessness or a fear of their growing strength. It 1s our candid opinion that 1! the British and American governments were in a position to estimate ail the dangers that are in- ‘volved in their new policy they would abandon it at once, in a giate of alarm at the probable conse- than towards the English. ‘They may, perhaps, fear the Engish and Russians more than they do the Americans, but they would be glad if none of them ever came near,”? Tue Emperor Aienfung, on the occasion of Mr. Ward’s humiliating attempt to reach the impe- rial presence, expressed himself still more decidedly in an official reseript:— “What this foreigner (Ward) remarks, that he re- #pecta the great Emperor as much as he does that President (a contemptuous way of refersing to the President of the United States) is nothing less than to class the Middle Kingdom with baFvarous tribes. Such wild exaltation of himself can only be relegated to subjects which make one laugh,” There has undoubtedly been a change in their estimate of forelgners since that date. The logic of dents of war. dark and disastrous, is being but they cannot see the justice of it. Instead of at- tributiag to them either capacities or motives irreconcilable with their whoie history and with their present condition and Iimited inte ligonce, tt is our duty to enlighten and to elevate them. But it 1s not by pandering to their superstitions or their weaknesses that this is to be done, strong hand of pressure may be more humane tn the end than empty flattery. uncertain than that based upon the forbearance or magnauumity of the treaty separated by diversity of interests or by the acct- The best friends of China will un- doubtealy prove to ve those who can induce her to strengthen her organization and render herself able and worthy to maintain an independent forced upon them, | Arnobius, Lactantues, St. Alexander of Alexandri Eusenins, St. James of Nisibis, St. Hilary of Pot ters, St, Athanasius, St. Cyril of Jera- salem, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Gregory of Nazianzum, and hundreds of other fathers and writers, whose works and writings make you familiar with all the arucles of faita in dispute, and will Rieeriearore to you that they have always been believed in and practised by Catholics frou the earliest ages of the Church. Now, the book which will unfoid to your view ail these sacred truths and writings in a8 concise @ manner as possible, and which | would like every Protestant, to read, is en- titled, “The Faith of Catholics on Cértain Points of Controversy, Confirmed by Scripture and = At- tested by the Fathers of the First Five Cen- tures of the Church,” compiled by the Rev. The No reliance can be more rowers. They may be I~ quences. rocity in freedom of trade, residence dnd travel be- | arms has compeiled respect. But if we suppose a | tion. ‘There is no security in procrastination. Rot - | Joseph Berington and the Kev. John Kirk, third It is our Most earnest wish that when you return | Comes an essential condition to amicable and mu- | change im their opinions and policy, we must sup- | ig Upon earth, or m national or individual life, | editidn revised and greatly enlarged, by the Kev. to the United States you may endeavor to enlighten | ally advantageous relations, Abstact principles | pose a cause. There has been no war since 1860; no | 15 absolutely sonaty: vance 1s inevitable, How Either retrogression or ad- James Waterworth, in three vorumes, Now I will the public mind upon the real issues that are raised | Of international law, put forth in the form | act of fagrant wrong has been committed by any far the one inay be jasti- | select one of the points of argument and present by the existence of foreign mterconrse with China, | Of @ pledge, without exacting any recip. | foreign Power; no new poilcy has been eliminated; | fable, if it be possible to avert it, or the other be | proof, as I tear I cannot take them in order, as my and upon the moet efficient and advantageous means | Fecal conditions, are unnecessary and un. | Justice and moderation have been observed by all | insisted upon as essential to friendly mtercourse and | time will not permit me to continue the controversy, of introducmg Western civilization into this vast | Meaning, if not insulting. There could be | the treaty Powers; the influence of Great Britain, as | the Maintenance of existing rights, remains to be | or rather explanation of my religion, as J should empire. no possible objection to these general | well as of the United States has been freely given to | determined by the dominant Powers. heartily wish to do, as my sole motive ts to lead We tender to you our mostsincere thanks for your } Principles, except, in so far as their embodiment in | the maintenance of the imperial government If the citizens and subjects of Western nations | others to the truth and thereby promote the honor exertions to promote truth and justice, and, in &: a treaty might be considered an expression of con- | against a rebelfion which would probably have | Must be content to limit their intercourse to the | of God. For instance purgatory, or prayers for the resaing to you our best wishes for your future wel- | tempt, if Cnina would place herself in the same rela- | crushed it but tor foreign intervention. In effect,since | treaty ports and depend for protection upon an im- | dead. Catholics hoid that there 18 a purgatory, re and prosperiiy, we beg to take leave, feeling | tion to us, that the nations of Christendom hold | the establishment of diplomatic relations at Pekin, | practicable policy there is no guarantee that the | that is to say, a place or state where souls departing egret that your career in China should have thus | towards each other. but she has not done so yet, | there has been a perfect accord between the for- | limitation will not have to be carried still farther, | this life with remission of their sins aa to the guilt and what guarantee is there that she ever will? What is there in the history of foreign intercourse with her, or in her entire career for upwards of two ‘veen Bo suddenly cut short, nt eervants, ine, Matheson & Co, eign Ministers on all subjects of general interest. No special cause for preference has existed, and the best oped that nd exceptional influence has been We are, sir, your obe- Dickingon & Co. All experience shows that a retrogressive movement once commenced in this country inevitably leads to Neither the United States nor Great Britain or eternal pain, but yet lable to some temporal pun- ishment still remaining due, or not perteetly freed from the blemish of some defects which we call o, Livingaton & Co. Reid & Co. \housand years, to inaicate that she has the slightest | Obtained, may be found in we fact that all advances | can desire this. Our present relations with China | vental sins, are purged before their admittance tuto Shaw Brotjers & Co. Hogg Brothers & Co. intention of making any voluotary change in ber | made, ail recommendations for the introduction of | are friendly, and peace and good understanding can | heaven, where nothing that is detiied can eater. Giuman & C5. Bradwell, Bloor & Co, system? The fact that, since the. imperial govern- | foreign improvements, all applications for grants, | eastiy be maintained by a policy at once equitabie We algo’pelieve that such souls so detained in pur- B. Worthington & Co. Thorne Brothers & Co. ment received the ‘frst intelligence of the | concessions or privileges of whatever character and | and firm. ‘There 1s no occasien for discurbance of | gatory, being the living members of Ubrist Jesus, are Brand, Monro & Co. ti D. Sassoon Sone & Co. successful operations of its Embassy, it has been | from whatever source, have been rejected with the | these amicable relations; nothing but a criminal dia- | relieved by prayers and suffrages of their fellow ‘Adamson, Bell & Co. Little & Co. more determined than ever to resist all ex- | most rigid impartiality, Tegard of existing conditions can jead to wal members here on earth. Satterfield & Swire.” i. B, Fearon. periment 1m the line of progress, certainly In the United states, the sending forth by Ching | the best way to avoid it 1s to insist upon the execu- I wilt not cite the many quotations from Scripture Reiss&Co. W. Jackson. gives RO eMNcouragement to the hope that | of an Embassy to treat with the Western Powers, | tion of our treatics. in support of this doctrine, but will reer you to the moras Oo. (Limtced.) 5P Tait @ change i# contempiated. China is not | was haiied as one of the ‘grandest progressive And now, gentlemen, with many thanks for your | above named work, and I will cite a few authorities aso W. Waiker. going either to be seduced by fair promises into | movements of modern times. Sensible of the | kindness and my bost wishes for the success of your | to prove that the doctrine was held aud believed in Holliday, Wise & Co. = fea: making concessions repugnant to her established | importance of encouraging foreign intercourse, | cause, I am, very trut y, the early ol the Churct. Second century—Ter- main e000 - Rowley Miller. policy, or tomake them of her own accord. tm tant | China, it, was alleged, had now, of her own Your friend anaieeeyants ee || eaitiea cee eee ea tee el ? %0 t n ot as been consistent from the beginning, | accot policy of exclusion and . ROSS NE. |. Axhors, Ci 9 The Xap ms. png ei de og and 60, Of | entered upon a career of 1mproventén' Rot “Tell me, sister, haat thou dismissed before thee thy Augustus White, J, B, Kovertsoa, ec. She wait to be pressed, but took the initiative, ii she desired was fair treatment and time to adapt herself tothe new order of things. A proposition so rea sonable as this, and 80 accordant with the generous sentiment of the civilized world, couid not tail to be received with great favor. It was what ‘body desired, and was* considered in America Ging gratifying evidence, not only of the progressive spirit of the age, but of American influ- ence in China, ‘The movement, however, was not indigenous; nor does its object yet seem to be thoroughly under- stood. It is quite clear to my mind that it was not intended hy ine Chinese rulers as a progres- sive movement. None of the foreign governments were bringing any undue pressure to bear upon this we have no right to complain. All I contend is, that having forced obligations apon her we must compel her to observe them, or recede from the posi- tion whicn we have undertaken to maintain. believe an unreserved be pore of the right of an ignorant pagan nation to do it ples how: ever eeenesearts its action may be, or to the cadse of human pi to be not only impolitic, but absolutely fclous in its vendency. During the past year, since it has be- come known that the governments of the United States and Great Britain have pledged themselves unconditionally to this course, a ter number of outrages have been perpetrat upon fo ners than during the previous eight years. Merchants and missionaries have been assauited and m.issiona- Chapman, King & Co. Mr. Browne’s Reply. Smancuag, July 17, 1869, GENTLEMEN—I have read with great pleasure the communications which you have had the kindness to address to me in relation to foreign policy in China. The generous manner in which you have expressed your approval of my official course, as diplomatic representative of the United States at Pekin, will be gratefully remembered by me Jon; alter my departure from these shores. I nee acarcely assure you that my homeward voyage will be cheered by the reflection that however unavail- ing my efforis have been during my brief sojourn at evel as the capital to extend the limits of commerce and } ry converts murdered in Formosa; a brutal attack | them. If they desired to adopt our improved sys- friendly intercourse with this empire, they have | hasbeen made upon an unoffending missionary eetab- | tetas of intercommunication and tadustry, who was | Waddle. been generously appreciated by the class who have | lishmentat Yangchow,{which had not even attempted | preventing them? They were surrounded by the intel- labored most persistently and most ertectualiy to promote everywhere throughout the world the great cause of civilization, Fully concurring in the views expressed in your addresses, respecting the policy essenual to the maintenance of our treaty rights in this country, I take pleasure in stating that, since the day of my errival in Pekin to the present time, 1 have strenu- oualy advocated every proposition which you have advanced. The conclusions to which you have been Jed by long practical ex perie! have been reached, on my part, through the simple psocess of reason aided by a careful study of the lustory of foreign intercourse with China, It is gratifying to feel that ‘this unanimity of opinion ts founded upon an en- 4@urimg basis of truth, and that principles in support h the ‘objectonabie” faith; an american i#atonary has been stoned and grievousiy wounded at Wuchang; violent assanits have been made upon couverts at Kiukiang and near Foochow; a Catholic priest and many of his proselytea have been mur- dered in the province of Szecnuen; the crew of a British gunboat, in the peaceful periormance of their duty, and Within the limits of a treaty port, have been attacked, and other outrages, not neces- sary to enumerate, have been perpetrated in various parts of the country. In all these cases, to which my attention has been catlea, J have, as my des) hes wil show, taken the most liberal view that t cls would Justity. 1 believed tt to be my duty, regardiess of any per- sonal opinions, to carry out faicofally the policy of ligent representauves of tne Western governments, who nad contributed to the establishment of @ pacitic policy. and who had given evidence of their sincer- ity and friendstip. What the imperial authorities wanted in reality was to arrest progress, imco whicn they found themselves drifting by the sheer force of circumstances, But it is a curious feature in the history of foreign mtercourse with China that every attempt made by the Chinese to force back the cur: reut of change has had precisely the opposite eifect from that mended, Every measure taken to re- strict the advance of an aggressive civilization has resulted in an additional step forward, That tn embassy will contribute to the cause of progress 1 have no doubt. Whatever brings nations nearer togetier must tend to the estabushment of a better in the evening. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Religioss Services To-Day. Rev. Charles B. Smyth preaches this morning in the Eleventh street Presbyterian Church, between Second and Third avenues. Cana! street Presbyterian Church reopens to-day for divine worship. Services will be held at half- past ten A. M. and half-past three P. M. At the Presbyterian church in Forty-second street services will be held at half-past ten A. M., by Rev. Dr. Lyon; at half-past seven P. M., by Rev. Dr. At the Church of the Reformation Episcopal), in Fiftteth street, services will be held at a quarter vo eleven A. M. and a quarter to eight Bishop Suow will preach in the University, Wash- ington square, this afternoon, at three o'clock, on “The Character apd Words of Christ.” Astronomy and Geology in Connection with the Truths of Revelat To THE EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— In previous letters I have endeavored to show how astronomy and geology may enabie us to understand husoand' m peace? Then in that peace must she needs continue with him, Wherefore also docs she pray tor his soul, and beg for him in the interim refreshments and in the first resurrection com- panioosnip, and offer on the anniversary days of his (dormitioro) death. For uniess she have done these things she has truly repudiated bim as far 4s in her power.’”’—De Monogan, 0. X., p. 631. “Briefly, since we understand by that prison, which the Gospel Points out, the places below; and the last fartning we interpret to be any small delinquency to be there expiated by @ delay of resurrection, no one will aoubt that the soul makes some amends in the places below without the fulness of the resurrecuon by the flesn also.”—De Anima, n. 58, p. 307; Origen, G. Cc, “All, therefore, must come to the fire; all must come to the furnace. For the Lord -seis and re- fines, and He shall purity the sons of Judab.”"—Mail- chi, il, ‘And if one have carried thither more lead he sufters the fire more, that he may be tne more refined, in order that, although there may be but some little gold, that residue may sttll be pure. But if any one should come thivver all lead, that will be done with him which ts written, He shall be swal- lowed down into the Seay like lead into the mighty waiers.”—Exodus xXy.; T. i; Hom. vi.; In Exodus, . 148% “But we have said that there is a type the exodus from Egypt, when the soul Jeaves the darkness of tus world and is transiated to another world, which 1s pointed out either a8 Abraham's bosom, as in Lazarus, or as paradise, as in the thtef taat believed on the cross; or also, U there be knowa unto tod other places or other mansions through which the soul that believes in God, passing and coming even to that river that (Protestant ef wich there 18 such a concurrence of testimony | My governinent. But [ am satisfied now that this | Understanding and the removal of obstructions to Me giaddens the city ef God, may within it receive tue Will not require to be maintained by fanciful and | policy will not, without a rigid exaction of ail the | friendly miercourse. ‘This was very clearly seen by | SMC Of the great truths of reveiations—astrono- | portion of the inheritance promised to the d@elnsive theories. rights granted by treaty and tne presence of | Lord bigin in his negotiations connected with the | MY encouraging us to believe not only in the exist- | lathers.”—Ibid, Hom. Xxvi, in Numb, p. 372, It would be impossible, in the multiplicity of | force to maintain tuem, produce the desired | treaty Of ‘lien tsin in 1858. Objecting to the plea of | ence of ‘three persons” in “one God,” but also in | St Cyprian, L, ©, Having mentioned that some of my engagements, and the brief time intervening | results in ua It 38 simply pandering | ignorance set up by the Chinese Commissioners, when infinite ber of Celerinus’ ‘reiatives had sufered martyrdom, he before my departure, to give you a complete ex- | to the bigotry and seif-concert of the Chinese | discussing foreign alfairs—a plea doubtless well | #2 Milnite number of persons in the unity of one | says:—*We always, as you remember, olfer sacrifices position of my views on the questions suggested the addresses, These papers cover £0 broad # field for the expression of opinion, and embody #0 many important questions of interntional policy that a mere glance at the leading points wonid re- quire more time, and certainly more careful con- sideration than I can now bestow upon them. A brief review of the recent history and present attitude of China towards foreign governments from standpomt differing in sowe respects from that ‘Of the foreign residents at the ports may not ve rulers to treai them, under ali circumstances and Wichout any reservation, a8 independent and intelii- gent betngs. I feel perfectiy assured that no redress in any of the cases enumerated im which satisfaction has been optained would have veen granted, or, if granted, carried into practical effect without the presence of force. ‘Tne 1aperiat authorities are free enougit in promising redress, because they know the provinelal oiticers are adroit enough to evade It, and have but tte regard for vrath, It does Dot devolve npon us, and we would be re- founded, but too frequently used as a subterfuge to evade responsibilities—he carnesily recommended “that the Emperor should send to Europe high aud trustworthy officers, and obtain that knowledge which it 18 essential to the dignity and security of hisempire that they should possess.” It was sub- sequently urged upon the Cuinese government by the foreign representatives at Pekm, and was speciaily recommended by Mr. Burlingame in 1865, when that geutleman was about to visic Burope ani the United states, it was also recommended by Mr. inducing us to altogether devoid of interest. ereant to the teachings which have elevated us | Secretary Seward in Deceinber, 1805. But there was | ¢merges from Tr has been alleged that the so-called new policy | above barbarism 1f we undertook it, to perpetuate, | another and more direct influence at work for some | existence, and means justice to hina, and stich means pro- | by a blind submission to such outages, a political | tame preceding the appomtment of the Embassy. | @ “gon of gress. Speaking in beluilf of the American govern- ment I muss say that the Mference from this is utterly unwarranted by facts. So far as 1 glean from the published correspondence of my pi sors during the past ten years, the policy of the United States has been fair and conciliatory; and, gin quite sure, there has been no departure from a Bimiar policy on the part of Great Britain, No new wystem has been adopted, and no new revelation has been mad Justice in our dealings with this n others cannot be too I in itself, and w! cepting this as the basis of all adv: course between nations, for question as to 1 opinion as to the dea fabric founded upon pay have endured or howe served its purposes. What I consider most objectionable in the course pursued by tue subordinate officers of the Britis government and sustaiued by our own in the recent cases Which ied to bloodshed 18, that so good an op- portunity was lost of demonstrating beyond qt ion thé miter msuMciency of the policy dec both by the government of the United States and that of Great Britain. ‘The danger to the foreign community was not im- minent, and the action of the consular and naval officers prevented what all experience had shown to be tnevitable—tailure to obtain redress by dipio- matic means nnsustained by tovce. Lhave enjoined upon our own consuls the utmost mm, however long it may On the dismissal of Mr. Lay, in 1868, Sir Frederick well it way bave sub- Krace and Mr. Burlingame strongly recommended the appomtment Mr. Robert Hart as in- ‘This gentieman bad onfidence of the Cmaese government; he had laborea evictently In its service, and he assumed the claves of 118 position with a thorougl knowleage of the conaition of the country and the necessiues of his employers. Although tt was made a condition of his appomement that he should not reside at Pekin, becanse of the troubies which had already arisen Trou Ue quasi-diplomatic position of Mr. Lay, his advice In @ similar capacit ¢ found so Valuabie Lo the government that n absent only at oc- casional intervals since the date of hia appomunent and since ise has resided permanently at Vekin. ihat Mr. Hart co-operated in bringing avout tue “dncrease. Ww! of Spector General of Uustom: to sien tion as with ati ded; it ts right Xpedient. Ac: ‘ageous inter. {suil think there ts room rs Of ack, and difference of ns to be drawn from lessons con’ upon rules of international jaw adopted in the interest Of civilization, and China, on its part, 13 to construe them according to the lights or the interests of pa- ganiew, there is certainiy room for inquiry as to the eal duty of each, and the means by which in- jurious complications may be avoided, It is manifest 10 my mind that the superior cannot enter upon @ course of retrogression to adapt itself important questions back to the home governments before a single gunboat can be used, and where tee graphic communication t# rigidly pronibited, is simply to nullify and bring into contempt all aiplo- matic power In China. How can any case of local dimMculty be settied where there #9 @ premium of- fered for procrastination? Chinese teatfmony in Washington, London or Paris 18 not likely to be re- nations of We Weat Would eventnaHy, im the execu. ion Of existing Lreaties, compel them to advance, if they aid net do so voluntart All the measures of Progress urged upon thein &s essential tu friendly imiercourse and their wa safety, by the Minsiers @ Pekin, were urged with great clearness and vigor by Mr. Hart. “He frankly pointed out the M- herent delecis of their poittical sys#ieu—the corrup- that of China. There is an irreconcilable diference between the pagan and Christian faith, upon which the whole aueuity of our relations impinges. The one js based npon isviation and repulsion, seeking the good of none beyond Ks own limita; the other is broad, generous and humane, seeking the good of ‘seis is both impracticavie and humiltating. No com- munity of Englishmen or Americans at any of the treaty ports will desert their hard earned vantage gound in the presence of danger. It is not a natioual characteristic of either to seek safety in flignt. No wonder the bare suggestion of an alternative so de- proposed by aternh nations then they would meet with generous support, and he aided in all ubeir atruggies to overcoine the inlerent diliculties of thelr position, A contrary course would produce dissa- Usiaction, and pretexts would be found Ww overcome ever degraded, to enjoy the privieges and immanti- ties of @ civilized power, while it persistently re- gecta the obligations imposed vy the community of nations for the general welfare, In other words, we Jend our influence to vhe maintenance of false and superstitious sys and the degradation of our fellow creatures, Tenceléss community of merchant or missionaries beleagured by a host of semi-varbarians and not expend the last grain of powder in their defence would merit the contempt of ail honorable men and dismiséal from the service which he disgraced. What American, what Englishman holding a com- mission Would not sacrifice 1t, should the folly or Im- etem, Bud at the saine tune avoid the woubles that Uireaiened them. Undoubtedly they were ia great dificulty, both on account of interaai disor- der and the complications growing out of the exe cation of exisiin rebellion had scarcely ended, lea ypReQuences OF local desucution an islied treasury; and is HOW. relation of government to governme: m happy to believe that, in China, there is no the relation of government 'o men: but got in uvision Of Opinion a8 to the relative merits of Ia and ibe reason ju conslantly urging, througa + tlon of treaty rights, or Miniaters, aD @xae~ fuch modifcanona in the ofexperience. While there are few who will be un- | forbearance in their dealings with the native au- | Eibassy to the Weat is generally acknow- Feasouable enongh to deny the propriety of justice | thoriues, But there is @ limit in this direction be- ged. In fact, there t8 no soom for doubt towards China, there are many who may conscien- | yond which I feel assured forvearance would lead to | on the subject. Not only did be persisventiy | succession as natural tously desire to know what it means. if Christian | war. Peace is not to be maintained by yieldin urge tie appointment of an Kmbassy, but mations are to give a co! ucuion to treaties based | everything and exacting nothing. Reference of ai | he very piainly demonstrated to the rulers that the God, a8 there might be any number of “branches’’ in the unity ofa tree or “vine,” or any number of worlds or systems of worlds, in the unity of the great universe, which comprehends all creation, even to the remotest stars existing in the most dis- tant nebulw, scattered throughout the inconceiv- ably Vast expanse of boundless space; and geology for them as often as we celebrate the sufferings and ary coumemora- ). XXXIV. p. 10%. Feurth century—Arnobius, L. C.—"Why savagely destroy our places of meeting, Wherein prayer 18 offered to the Most High God, peace and pardon implored for ail men, the magistrates, the armies, Kings, friends, enemies, ior those stil alive, and for those freed trammeis of their bodies,’ ltd f ; L. iv., Lugd. Batav, 1631, p. 162. Bi believe that man, when he } ¢ °G!_neseribing tie funeral of | Const his present Jw state of | he thus writes:—“When bis son (Constantins) becomes perfected, ix really | had departed with his guard of soldiers, the mints- God? and “heir of Goa, | fof God, with the erowds and the whole multi. and “joint heir with Christ,” destined to all eternity ith the Heavenly Father; that the present condition of our earth 1s by no means eternal, but merely temporary, or transient, even as daylight or summer ix tran: that our earth is repeatedly melted with in- tense heat at regular intervals as surely as night suc- ceeds each day and winter follows alter every sum- mer; that the interval between each great general dugration of our globe iy occupied with the pro- duction of a generation of “sons of God,’ who 81 ceed their lieavenly Father God in due course, a cording as they become capable of exercising their godlike faculties and powers, a son of man may succeed hia earthly fat according a8 he becomes capable of transact fe bis father’s busines#; that consequently this earth produces generations of ‘sons of God” in perpetual Hy as it of sons of men continwaily in succession, the great difference velng that while it occupies but a few years to produce a new generation of sons of men it requires @ few thousand years to produce a new generation of “sons of God.” to show how chemistry also throws consuerably more light on this subject; for, when understood suiiiciently, this sclenee canses us to know that our earth is quite capabie of becoming @ miniature sun, ao far as being a seurce of light and heat is elementary gases to the inferior; and if apy relations at all | ceived with the same distrust as it is here, where its | tions Of their provinciat officers; tue utter lack of | cerned, ‘The exist, they must exist upon such equitabie terms as | value is known; so that in all future controversies | accountabtit'y in th Uscai #ysiem, and earnestly | pose the atmosphere and the stronger may elect to adopt. It surely would be |"faisehood will be piaced upon an equality with | endeavored to convince them that weir only salva | compass the earth ® singular polioy for any etvilized nation to relin- | truth. tuon lay in & forward movement, If mani | for composing a oisi.its own interpretation of justice and accept The policy of seeking refuge on hoard of war ves- | jested a sincere desire to accept the ameliorations Hike those which encompass our earth, and that therefore the sun 18 quite as likely to be in a condi- tion suitable to sustaim animal and vegetable lile avout its surface at some future time as our earth is likely hereaiter to be a burning mass, a# the sun In short, chemistry causes us to Know that the the combustible rock avout its surface in supplyiny Lio revolving planets with a auMciency of Light ant suitable photosphere, such required, which would extend far beyond the limits of our present Ry ey and such a photosphere the aqueous rocks W! of our earth for miles in_ depth would burn with the brigitness of the sun ag readily, though perhaps not 80 quickly, a8 ordinary coal tude of the faithfal, advanced into the midst, and, with prayers, performed what pertains to divine worship. And the blessed Prince, repusing on hight on a lorty structure, was extolled with many praises; and the whole muititude, m concert with those who. ministered tw God, not without tears and much Jamentation, offered prayers to God for the soul of the Emperor, fuliiling what was in accordance with the desires of that religious snonarch, God, in this also, having shown kindness to His servant that He had bestowed the succession to the Kingdom, and, atter is death, upon his peloved sons, and that, ac cording t his wishes, He had vouchsafed to unite him with the memory of the aposties, the tabernacte Of his thrice-blessed sont being agsociated in with the of the apostles, with the people of God, found divine rights and the mystic sacriti Joyed the communion of holy prayers” ( St. Cyril, of Jerusaiem, G.C.--"Then we also com- memorate those who have fallen asleep before us— first, patriarchs, prophets, apostles, that God, by (heir prayers and intercessions, would receive our peution; then also on benalf of the holy fathers and bishops who have falien asleep before us, and of ail, 1 short, who bave already failen asleep from among us, bDeveving Wat it will be a very great assistance to the souls for which tne supplication ts put up, while the my aud most awful sacrifice hes to open view, And wish to persuade you by an tliustra- tion, for know many that say this, ‘What tsa soul profited which departs trom ‘his world, either with sor without sins, If it be commemorated in the er? Now surely, if a king had banished certain who had offended him, and their connections, having woven @ crown, should offer it to him ‘on behalf of those under hts vengeance, would he not grant a respite to their punishments, Ip the same way We aso, ofrering up to fim aupplications on bebalt of those who have fallen asicep before us, mereaso of od,” our as naturally as produces generations In this lecter | wish 5 on which ~~ com- waters which en- equally well adapted were ch form the crust mms im our avmos- their obstinacy by loree. ‘This was wilesome ud- | piere, his being 40, @8 any practical chemist may | even though they be sinners, weave nO crown, bul ail, inorder w be true to our own faith we can | grading should be received here with incredulous | vice, and tt seemed foratiiue to be appreciated. } test and prove on a small scale, we may very rea- | offer up for our sing Christ crucified, propitiating, eniy concede so much as may be reconcilable with | amazement. There is something In Anglo Saxon | But the astute mandarins had no idea of advanotug. | onably conclude that there exists in the photo- | both on their behalf and our own, the God that loves the sacred duties which it mculcates; for, if we go | blood that burns at such @ thought. The naval om- | They were chiefly concerned io kuow how they | sphere of the aun all the elementary gases necessary | man.”—Catech. Mystag. v., m. 9-10, DP. 328. Ddeyond that, we admit the right of ay nation, how- | cer in command of a vessel who would see ade- | could prevent innovations upon their established | to compose an atmosphere and waters more or less | Epnraem, “T now wish, brethren, to forewarn and exhort you, and to have it firinly settied that alter iny departure you make @ commemoration of me, according to cistom, in your prayers. And in your prayers vouchsafe to make the customary ob!a- tions for my shortcomings; and when I shail have completed the thirtieth day make. a commemoration of me; for the dead are benefited im obiations of r lown by the government of the | becility Of mis superiors assure him of suci a fave | the minor rebellions, Meeparal trom ther sy | sun aod the planets revolving round it alternate | commemoration by the bi | saime, since in the 1 nations like China or Japan | for doing his duty, ratuer than bear thenceforth the | tem, prevailed as usual in several of the provmees. | With each other in being sources of light and heat, | ovlations of their divine worship the priests under enter into the sphere of our pobiic law in the | brand of intamy npon his brow? Foreign merchants, missionaries and others Wi eltner to the otner, When the sun has burnt up ail | the iaw claimed even those woo had been wounded in battie by their unidwiti acts, for they were debtors : fwiof tue unclean acts which are there recarded: then with how much. tue New Testament and ers of their the of those who 8. of greater reason shall the priests of of Christ in ee holy pert Wy be able to do away with ierisiaa iatay fiat Sei nese ofa each’ of these the nety minister. bed Father, Son and Holy Gnost, the whom thouw didst holily confess, reward thy ate with a life of free from every care, & rt! aay) which thou meritea.’” Ps ) a “let us prey distinctly and by pame, my brethren, for ‘our brother who has 4d from us. Remember not his sins and trans- ons. Forgive his debts pocoraing to Thy clemency, and place him at ‘hy right hand.” T. sSyr. Carm. Funeb, 16, p. 261-2. It 13 me to write any more on the sudject at present. 1 could take up every article of the Catholic falta in like manner, and not only prove by indisputabie authority their belief and practice in every age of the Church, but also prove thelr divine origin and that the Catholic Church has ever been Ly true depository of the divine faith. If, as Pi int Layman admits, the Catholic Church was pure previ- ous to the sixth century, how has it changed since? If it has ‘changed it was never the true Church, Dic not Christ promise to remain with her always? Was not Christ capabie of preserving her {rom error? If He was not He was not God; if he was God He coult not lie; thereiore the Church coaid not err. And vhis was the belief in the earliest centuries of the Church as itis now; for St. Ignatius in the second century says:—‘For this cause did the Lord take the oimtmént On His head that He might breatne mcor~ ruption upon the Charch.”” a Ephes. n. 17. ow, a4 to what he is pleased to term tmage wor- ship, I will give him the definition as understood by all Catholics and as it was understood in every age of the Church, God alone 1s the object of our wor- sip and adoration; but Cathuiics show honor to the relles of saints, and they place images and pictures in their churches to reduce their wandering thoughts and to eniiven their memories towards heaveniy things. ‘They show, besides, a respect to the repre- sentations of Christ, of the mysterious facts of their religion and of the saints of God, beyond what is due to every profane figure; not that they can be- lieve any virtue to reside in them for which they ought tobe honored, but because the honoy given tu pictures is referred to the prototype or the thing re- presented, They maintain, also, that honor and re- Spect are due to the Bible, to the cross, to the name of Jesus, to churches, &¢,, a8 things pecuilarly ap pertaining to God, without any derogation of the Majesty of God, or that divine worship which is aj propriate to Him. Now, in the second century see how they honored the reties of the gains. ‘the Church of Antioch, G. C.;—'*fhus was he (Ignatius; delivered to the wild beasts near the temple, that sa the desire of the holy martyr mighi be accomplished, for only the more solid parts of nts holy relics were jJeft, which were carr! vo Antioch and wrapt ib lnen—a priceless treasure bequeathed to the hoiy Chureh through the grace that was in the martyr.”” Martyr. St. ignatii, n. vi. Martyrdom of St. Smpho. rosa, L, O.:—“‘After this the persecution ceased Jor a ear aud six months, during which time the holy Bodies of all the martyrs were honored, and de- Posited: with all care In the tombs constructed for them.’—Reunart, Acta Sincera, p. 19 . Frequent mention is made by Eusebius of various images of the cross used under Constantine, St. Gregory of Nyssa, GC. See the remarkable account of the image of the cross found on the person of his sister, St. Macrina, given under “Kelics,” from t. ii. De Vita st. Macrina. See also the extracts, given uni “Relics,” from uls Orat. Theodoro M. B. Jerom, of Jerusaiem, G, “As, therefore, the Jews vene- rated the ark of the covenant and the two molten images of gold of the cheruoim and the two tables that Moses polished, though it was nowhere per- mitted of God that these things should be adored or worshipped, s0 neither do we Christians worship the croas as God, butas showing the sincere affection of onr souls towards Him that was crucified.” (Guliaud. t. Vii, p. 530.) ‘Time and space will not permit me any further; but almost innumerable are the writings and proc to sustain every position taken by the Cuatho! Church, and It Would be idle and unjust to the sal ject to try to introauce tiem into @ paper contro- ‘versy, Which I will not continue; but Lexhort you. in all'sincerity, to think seriously on the subject, to examine it without prejudice or pride. If you only need preof to convince you 708 will find it in abu dance in the writings to which I have referred you aod in many other works of learning eno aiy Seri- ously examme yourself and see if itis the truia only you seek, and wit you, having found it, em- brace 1%, and if your heart respouds in sinceri'y pray with humility to God and He wiil enlighten your mind and guide you into the fold of the one, true, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, for frou her testimony and authority we receive the Scrip- tures, and believe them to contain the revealed word or God, See Tertullian, L. C.:—‘To whom belongs the very faith; whose are the Scriptures; by whour and through whom, and where and to whom was that rule delivered whereby men become Christians, for wherever both the true Christian rule and faith shall be shown to be, there will be the true scrtp- tures, and the trué expositions and all the true Yuristian traditions.”—De Proescr. 0. 15, pe % Eee : CATHOLIC LAYMAN, ‘The Family Relations According to the Talumd. If your wife is of small stature bow down to her and hear her words in reference to domestic aa weil as worldly affairs. The husband should ever be anxious that the proper respect be patd to his wile, because the house as blessed only for her sake. Rs your wife, and yon will be blessed with. riches. Good and bad inck, pleasure and grief, joy and sorrow are In the hands of the wife. Who takes unto himself a wite brings luck to the house, or a yawning gulf. 1 have found a woman who ts more bitter than death—a bright jewel or an oppressive burden-- Sanh, 100. Who lives without a wife knows no pleasure, no blisa, no blessing. E Who has to thank so much to his wife will not only treat ner with the utmost regard and respect, but make her position in the house fully equal to his wn. A man without a wife is no man at all. Religious Notes. Several Philadeiphia pastors have lately agreed to- gether to ations no more funerals on the Sabbath, except in those rare cases of necessity in which the certificate of a physician shall be produced establish- ing that necessity. Meetings of considerable revival interest have taken place in Vatden, Miss., Uniontown, Ala., and Rusk, Texas. Professor Juuus H. Seelye, of Amherst College, has concluded not to accept the presidency of Michi-+ gan University. Mra, Julia Goodrich, widow of Professor Chauncey A. Goodrich, and daughter of Noah Webs‘er, died suddenly at her home in New Haven, on Tuesday, ‘August 17, aged seventy-seven years. Rev, 'T. Edwards Converse, a son of the editor of the Christian Observer, proposes vo start from Lowsville, Ky., for the mission of the Southern Presbyterian Church at Hancaow, China, about the 15th of Septeraber. Portsmonth, 0., has just laid the corner stone of Its First German Presbyterian ehureh. The corner of a new prick Presbyterian church, 76x46 has been iaid at Rockville, Ind., under Very interesting circumstances, The pew second Presbyterian church edifice at Dubuque, lowa, will be dedicated on Sunday, Oct Kev. Solon Cobh, of the first Presbyterian churcls of Owego, N. Y., resigned his pastorate alter tive years of acceptable labor, to accept a cail to ihe ‘Mystic church of Medford, Mass., near Boston. A Presbyterian church of sixteen members has Just been form Rey. Seth Smalley at Mouiana, Kausas, And of nine members has } nm furtmed by Kev. Messe ©, Clark aud Geo. Kan som at Stanton, county seat of Montcalm connty Mich, And still another has recently been organi at Edgewood, NL, in the bounds of Wabash Pres bytery. Rey. G,P. Nichols, of Vietor, N. ¥., has been catied to the Olivet church of Chicago, with a salary of $4,000, It isnow expected that the Rev. 'T. B. Hudsov will enter upon the duties of is new charge m Clinton on the titra Sunday in September. ‘The New York Observer styles Mra, Stowe’s pre- tended revelation of the secret of Lord Byron’s sepa- ration from his wife ‘a cunningly devised fable.” ‘The Independent pronounces it startling In accuss- tion, barren tn proof, maccurate im dates, mnfelicitoue in style, and altogether il-advised in publication, ‘The South Bend ({nd.) Register sags the Roman Catholics at Notre Dame, in the vicinity of that city, intend erecting @ magnificent church or cathedral of such a size as Will afford accommodation »t0 ali, ‘nn upon ete rea festival days. The founda- tion isto be laid the coming fall, and the whole structure will be completed within two years. Father De Smet, the venerable Catholic Indian missionary, has returned to St, Louis, Mo., and ix occupying :his old apartments at the college. He is in fair health, but greatly in need of rest. He contemplates @ speedy visit to the variona Indian tribes who are located on the new reservations, iy Sab OF THR Horse CHRNRY” FOR $20,000,— ‘Tnesday evening Mr. Daniel W. Hell, of the firm of Henry Bel! & Sons, merchants of this city, sold hia famous horse “iienry” to Mr. D. A. Cremer, egene for Mr. ——- Wallace, of New York city, for $20,000 cash! A despatch from Bell’s banker in New York esterday neon informed him that the money had peen dgposited to his credit and the contract was at once cOmpleted. Subsequent to th Mr. Belt Was offered $25,000 for ‘‘Henry"’ by the agent of an- other New Yorker, who resched St. Louis five hours after the sale, and had come West purposely to buy ‘Ofeourae he Was too late, Mrs Bell. am odd $5,000, it is trae, but nevertheleas he ought to consider it “a big thing’ in tie horsefiesn line te own and geil @ liorse for $20,000 In cash. “Henry,’? it will be recollected, i# the horse that made the un- precedented tine in three successive heats at But- alo some three Weeks since. tisdam was a Glen- coe mare, and he was aired by Magna Charta, He snow at Phiadeiphia, preparatory to makin race at thal ety Lauds Repub toan, AbOUS Me