The New York Herald Newspaper, July 2, 1871, Page 5

————____ RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. July 2---Fitth Sunday After Pentecost. Religious Programme for To-Day—Herald Reli- gious Correspondence—-The Jews and the State Capitol—Sacredness of the Marriage Tie— “The Herald and Free Religion”—The Terrible Ninth and Sunday in Boston— A Ccuntry Woman on Man’s Intem- perance—Judaism in a Nutshell. Services To-Day. Rey. Charles B. Smyth will occupy the pulpit of the American Free church, New York University, this morning and evening. Rev. E. U. Sweetser will preach in the Bleecker street Universalist church this morning, at a quarter W eleven o'clock. Communion service In the morn- gt, Andrew Longacre will preach morning and evening in the Central Methodist Episcopal church. Rey. Abbott Brown will preach this moruing in the Chorch of the Reformation, Rey. Dr. Sanderson will preach this morning in the Lexington avenue Presbyterian church. “Tue Rewara of Christian Loyalty” will be the supject of Rev. Charles F. Lee's discourse this morn: tug in the Fifth Universalist church, Chickering Han, Rev. J, M. Pullman will preach in the Church of Our Saviour this morning. Rev. Merrill Richardson will preach this morning and evening in the New England Congregational ebureh. ivine service will be held tn St. Luke’s Hosplial at four o’clock this afternoon. Rey. Joseph D. Wile won, of Pittsourg, will preacn. Rey, C. 8. Harrower will preach this morning and evening in St. Lake's Methodist Episcopal church. Divine services will be heid in St, Thomas’ church this morning, Mr. ‘Thomas Gales Forster will speak before the Society of Spiritualists in Trenor’s Lyric Hall this morning ana evening. “The Herald and Free Religion’—The Rev. John Weiss aad His Views. To TE Eptror or THE HELALD:— In Sunday’s HERALD, June 25, 13 an interesting article, headed “The HERALD and Free Religion,” in which -the writer says:—‘In our comments upon Rev. Joun Weiss’ assertion, that ‘the nature of the Creator is in the material created,’ we sald we could hardly see how to escape the logical conseqnence of a@ Changeable and perishable God.” Now, sir, in view of the fact that the elements of which all the bodies in the universe are composed are eternal and indistructibie in their nature, we may easily see how the matertal creation, so-called, may reflect the attributes of Deity. The Apostle Paul says, “The invisible things of God are clearly geen from the creation, being understood by tie things made, even His eternal power and godhead.”” So far, then, the “Hebrew piilosopher” and the Hebrew apostle agree. Philosophically speaking, tere 1s no such thing as creation. be popular or- thodox theory of creation is that God made the earth and al} the heavenly bodies out of nothing, than which no greater fallacy was ever presented to the convemplation of a rational being. Nothing in nature can be destroyed. The forms may be modt- fed or totally changed; or they may be reduced to the natural clements of which they are composed; but those elements are indestructible, and must, therefore, be eternal in their nature and duration. All the creation there 1s consists in making one thing out of another. If we make a chair or a tavle out of acree it is as mucha creation as to make the earth out of materials already im existence. Bat as we could not muke the chatr or table without the tree, 80 no more could the earth or any of the celestial bodies have been made without the elements of which they are composec, and which are eternal and indestructible in their nature. ‘The theory of making one thing out of nothing is worthy of priestcraft, the source from which iv emanated, and it does to mix with: purgatory and otver insane dogmas. “Infinity witin, inflnuy without, belie creation.” rom these sclentitic Jacis we may perceive, with the Apostle Pani and the “Hebrew philusopher,” that “tue nature of the Creator is In the material creation. Again you say, *‘Mr. Weiss expressed bis lack of faath In the soul's immortality and independence of tie body,” and you add that “scientific facts can never alter the common and universal belief of mankind im the soul’s immortality and conse- quent independence of the body.” And to sup- port the assertion you refer the reader to numerous passages of Scripture, not one of which contains a declaration that man has within him an mmortal soul which can exist independent of the body, And tere 1s no man hving who can produce, either from the wiitings of the Old Testament or from what is called the New, @ single passage coutaintog such a deciaration, Christendom has agam and again becn chalienged to produce such & passage, end failed to ao it. In England a hundred pounds reward has been offered in puolic prints to any obe who wonid roduce such & passage. Avery popular orthodox Eoagon preacher admitted, im his own pulpit, that there was no such doctrine to be found in the Word of God, but that “the philosophy of reason taugat it’’ Yes, heathen philosopuers, Pilato, Socrates and their pupils, taugnt it. And modern Geatile would-be philosopners, since the days of Christ and the apostles, have been vain and anti-Christian enough to engrait that heathen dogma into their theology. But are the doginas and doctrines of men wo be preferred to tne’ Word of God? ‘in vain ao they worship Me, teaching for doctrines ihe com- mandmencs of men.” You say, “Our Hebrew philosopher appeals to Jesus and Paul, who, he says, never advauced suca a doctrine, ‘There ure, sir, lo-day, nds OL in- teliigent believers in ihe Word of God in these United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Scouland aud Wales, who déclare Ue same thing, and w! are prepared to live and die in the faith, ‘wages of sin is death,” bat the git of God (to true believers only) is eternal iffe, througn the medium of a resurrection. Paul, m arguing with une Sad- ducees (a sect that did not velieve in a resurrection), 8 “Uf Luere is ho resurrection tbere is no favure life, and if there is no future life let us eat and annk, for to-morrow we die (and are done with). Moreover, ne says, If your doccrine of no resurvec- tion be irue “ail the righteous dead are perished.” Refer to I, Corimthians, Xv. (oue of your own selec- uous). Now, if Paul had veen a believer in the heathen dogmas of the soul’s tinmortauty and of going to heaven or hell at death, what reason had he tor declaring that, if there was no trath in the doctrine Of @ resurrection, as the Sadducees attirmed, all the righteous dead were perished? If he were a believer in the dogma of tue saints going to heaven at death, what difference dia he sup- pose the docuive of no resurrection would make to them? ‘To the saints aireaay in neaven, en- joving their reward of a virtuous lite in the flesh, what difference to them whether there ever was or was not a resurrection But Paul declares, il there NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 2, 1871.—TRIPL tal, to dteno more, This 1s the distinguisning re- ard of the righteous. Of the wicker, it 1s said, “they shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth upon them.” “shall not see life,” and yet orthodoxy # Uney have immortal souls which can never die, Awtully conflicting statements, Which is to be beheved, the word of God or the traditions of men? Let God be true though every man be a liar, “Now, that the dead are raised even Moses showed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob; for he 1 not a God of the dead, bas oof the diving.” ‘This last sen- tence, sir, you have sciected, a8 one among others, to prove the soul's immortality, and that the souls of the saluts enter heaven at death; whereas it ts used by the author of Luke’s gospel in reference to God’s promise of a resurrection, whereby all trae believers im Christare to be made “equal to the angeis, and can die no more, being the children of e restirrecuon.” So that the fact that “God is nob a God of the dead, but of the living,’ proves no: h- ing, according to Moses, but that God will ulti- mately raise the dead saints, Meanwaile they sleep in the dust; they rest in nope of a Joyful resurrec- tion, and God is, therelore, prospectively the God of the living only—not of the dead. How could a saint in heaven ve said 10 “rest m nope?” A sain sald to be resting in hope of what he 1s im possessiont The dead saints are said to Rig in Jesus” till the morning of the resurrection. Neither Jesus nor Paul taught the heathen doginas of the soul’s immortal: ity, and of the soul going to heaven or hell at death, I certainly have no xympathy witn your ‘Hebrew Philosopher” in his expression of the worthlessness of @ “creed?” In a system of religion. m es much opposed to creeds as it 18 possible for a man to be, believing as Ido that there is but ‘one faith, one hope, one bapusm, one God and Father of our Lora Jesus Christ,’? &c, In the word of God there is but one creed from beginning to end. The Gospel pepachs. to Abraham was the Gospel preached by jesus and Paul. ‘Ihe essence of the Gospel is contained in the covenants and promises made of God to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, The covenants and promises ‘are the Gospel in a nutshelli— the ‘Gospel = mu/tum in parvo. Paul de- clares he preached no other thing than Moses in the law and prophets taught The hope of Paul was the Israelitish nope; the faith of Paul was an Israelitish faitn, and be said there was but one faich, whereas, now, we have a thousand faiths; in fact, there are scarcely two persons in the sectarian world who believe alike, or who know exactly what they do believe. Not five per cent of the sectarian world can tell tue creed of the sect to which, by accident, asa rule, they belong. One of tne precepts most strenuously urged by Christ and the Aposties was to preserve “unity of the faith’? in the bond of peace. Now, the cry is “lam of Paul, and I of Apollos aud f of Cephas,” dc. &c. Is Christ divided} Truth is catholic; sectarianism is as false as God Is true, ‘There can be but one creed that is true, God cannot be anthor of confusion. We have a perfect “Babel” of creeds, and not one that is popular and orthouox 18 worth the atteution of a Hottentot, The pular creeds are a mixture of heathenism and Sndatsan, With the slightest imagimable tincture of genuine apostolic Christianity, The creeas nuw ventilated were never found In the Word of God, but had their origin in the fancies and follies (traditions and commandments) of nen—Luther, Calvin, Wes- Jey, and hundreds besides, Bayle contributed to produce tne confusion around us, It would be impos- sible now to produce @ creed so irrational that it would not find adherents, What is this state of things but that general ‘falling away’’ from the “faith once delivered to the sainw,’’ which some of the Apostles, in their epistles, predicted would take place in the ‘last days” of the present Gentile dts- pensation? We are realizing the predicted conaition of the Church, when its worship would have dwin- dled into tne mere “form of gcdliness,” without the power, True, there never was a period in the nis. wry of the Church when religion (the profession) Was more ypur'ar or more fashionable; and ic 13 equally true that there never was a period tn its hig- tory When there was less vital religion in it, Truth has falien in the streets. ‘The Gospel taught by Christ aud the Aposties 1s ignored both in theory and practice. The world ts asking, ‘Where ts the promise of Christ’s coming? All things continue as they were trom the beginoing;” and a thousand other popular falsenoods. ALB. The Sacredness of the Marriage Tie. To THe EviTor or THE HERALD:— May I not urge you to say something through your valuable paper (being one of its daily readers) to stay the ruin, which appears to me to be very near, of the marriage question, besieged as it is by divorce, fidelity and rationalism? Believing pro- foundly in the indtssolubility of marriage and that the marriage relation 1s the golden band which purt- fles and holas sociely together, I recognize its full value and sacredness, and, more than all, my religion teaches me it 1s Indeed @ sacrament, something better than a natural and civil contract, I have learned through the newspapers that a petition tor the pardon of ex-Congressman Bowen is being signed very gencrally in Washington. I have also, to my great surprise, read the publication in the New York 7imes of Wednesday, June 21, in praise of Mrs. Pettigrew-King. Is it possible Attorney General Akerman can be iafluenced to ts no trath in the doctrine of a resurrection there is no hope of @ future ile, and that all who have «gone before’ (who died im tne faith) are perished. Paul declares, ay plainly as language can convey ideas, that there is no conscions exisience between death and the resurvection, and that if, as the Saa- ducees alirmed, Uiere 18 no resurrection, there 18 uo ruture life, after the breath has gone from the body, for either saint or sinner, And Paul said, “No other things than Moses in the law and we prophets did say.’’ ‘Vhe teaching uf Paul on wis subject Is the teaching of tne word of God from Genesis to Revelations. Well might Paul say to the Sudducees, if your doctrine ts true, ‘let us eat and arink, for to-morrow we die’ (and are done with), But tor an apostle who beheved in going wo heaven or hell at death w preach epicureanism, Jet us spend the remainder of our lives in tne beastly practice of caung and drinking, because our ives are short, 18 incoinprehensibie, in an orthodox point ot view, and degraues the character of the apostie to that of a cominon baccanatian, But who can be- neve ity Read carefully the whole of the Afteeacn chapter of tie First Corinthians, and you will bo convinced that L have not misinterpreted tue argu- ment of Paul on the supject. ‘iherem he says shat ‘at the last trump this morial must put on immor- tality.’’ There 1s, therefore, io immortality obtain- abie, by the human race, Wil the morning of the res- urrection, Ul ‘the trampet shall sound, and the dead shail be raised incorruptible.” Man, im tis present state, is purely mortal, with nothing Within or about tam that is not perishable. In this respect, and ta tne article of death, Solomon says, “Man hath no pre-eminence above @ beast; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; both go ty the same place; hy are of the dust, and both return to dust.” Both would sieep an eternal sleep of unconsciousness, but for the promise to man of @ resurrection, when “the trumpet shail sound’? The promise of & res- orrection to man constitutes the mignty difference au the future destiny of man and the beasts. wut tf we take away the doctrine oF a resurrection, where, then, 4s the differencer We might well say, in the language of Paul, “Let us eat and drink, tor so-morrow we die’ like the beasts end are done with, , Man’s only hope of immortauty and eternal file is to be found in the promise of God to resurrect all wno, “*by.@ patient continuance in well dome in thia lite, a@ek for glory, honor and immortality.” 4) noob are w be resurrected Incorruotibie, imyior- g lend himself to accomplish a result so disastrous to the sacred relations of mar- riage, the ends of justice and morality? The article alluded to claimed:—Because our gov- ernment is allowing a nation of bigamists to gow up under the wgis of its protection, Curistopher ©, Bowen should not be torn from the clinging arms of the hapless daughter of that noble Southern Unionist, Judge Pettigrew, seaving Brignam Young serenely re- posing in the wide bosom of nis family.’ Sarely this case Is not deserving of Executive clemency. May I not hope to iearn through your valued columns that you, too, beileve the marriage question Is at the base of all social questions? Woe to the human race when It 18 lost in the swelling tide of Iniquity that threatens to drag It down into the foul pit of impiety and lust! The sacredness and magnitude of this subject have inspired me to say these few words in the hope of enlisting you in its defence, Lama stranger to these most un‘ortunate individuals and have no politica: ends to serve or personal animosi- ties to gratify, but in support of the warfare between the seed of the woman aud the seed of the serpent 1 inake this appeal to you that the pure and beautiful bride of Christ be not deflied, Sd. OK Judaiem in a Nutshell. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAL! Judaism is no faith in the common sense of the word. It prescribes no dogmas as condition sine qna non. It appeals to reason and not to blind behef. Judaism entirely rests upon the idea of one God and one human race. This doctrine of God's oneness has, therefore, always peen the nalemi tangere. Tous the prophet openly declares (Isaiah xiv., 7), “I made the light and create the darkness. to prevent any confusion in the minds of the Jews when they came in contact with the Persians, who taught a God of the light and one of the darkness or evil.” The Trinity of Onristianism gave birth to the solemn declaration of God’s unity. Judaism, m order to preserve its basis unshaken, bad to make front against the extravagances of modern schools, which cither entirely abnegated the existence of God or made Him almost part of the universe, made Him being actuated by innate necessity and not by His own Wiil. The doctrine of the unity of the human race ts only the result of the former. Therefore I could never understand whereby Christianism 18 excin- sively eatitied to the name, ‘Religion of love,” while 4 teaches that belief—the medicine by waica Doctor Christianisa has killed thoasands of thousands upon whom t forced its pretended salvation—is the very first condition to participate in its blessings. How diferent was Judaism in its very outset ! No run- away siave should be restored (Deuteronomy xxiil, 16-17), Thou shait love the foreigner as thyseif (Leviticus, Xix., 33-34), Christianism claims ‘also the patent ior the invention of the immortal soul, while tt will be evident to every thoughtful reader ol the very first chapter of the Bible that the image of the everlasting God must be immortat, althongh’ tue wants of the vody must be satisiied aiso, There is & remarkable difference. Judaism does know nothing of deadening the fesh—does rather acknow- ledge the right to woridly pieasures aiso. ‘The third claim made in behalf of Christianism ts as unfounded us'the foregoing. 1% was by no means Curistranism which educated the Occident. It was te revival of the study of Greek and Hebrew by Reuchlin and his contemporaries—the so-called nunantsts, This study enabled Luther to translate the Biole, and culminated in a general release of reason and reflection, which Christianiym had put dn bonds, while Jewish pluiosopiers nad existed in IL ages. Finally, [leave it to every sensible reader to de- cide for himself, whether it is more proper to accept God as @ sort of tyrant, to whoin admittance can be obtatued only by the grace of His favorite, or the more democratic and human view, which allows Rh sits one of His chudren co approach Him without usher. The Ninth and Sunday in Boston—A Pre- cedent. To THE Epiror ov THE HERALD:— It 1 a little singalar that the authorities of the clty of Boston should form and act upon opinions which have been at war with the spread o1 Christi- anity from time immemoria!, But these gentlemen “of little brief authority” will permit us, by your Indulgence, faithtul He@ALp of truth, to read them ® passage from mistory, by way of precedent, In the Itile city of Auburn, Cayuga county, N. Y., m the year 1854, three regiments went into camp on Thursday for six days, under com- mand of the late Brigadier General Jesse Segoine, Colonel Jenkins commanding one of the regiments, the Forty-ninth, ‘This involved, according to a cer- tain Rev. Mr. Morris, then pastor of the Second Presbyterti church of Auburn, @ tearful deae- eration the Sabbath. Mr. Morris -pre- pared a paper faiminate agamst the holaing of the camp over Sunday, and obtained the signatures uf several clergymen resident in Auburn and vicinity with himself, This paper was auiy served uvon the commanders of the various mile of tary organizations ana published in the press. An issue Was thus created which aroused almost every man and woman in Central New York to take sides pro or con. on the Sunday camp question, The ttle erty of Auburn became a hotbed of theological discussion, The Morris party, could they have held Sway, would have consigned the ‘bold soger boys” who wanted to camp out over Snnday to the Au- burnian Prison wails, there to learn lessons of sanctification and hyper holy long-tacedness. But the soldiers could not be moved from their purpose. Colonel Jenkins issued his orders for regulating che due observance of the Lord’s Day. ‘The chaptain of his regiment made all a, arrangements for holding the morning and evening services of the Episcopal Church. kev. Dr. Cressy, D. )., was in- vited to preach. A choir of male voices was extemporized irom the regiments. on ype 9 evening proper rehearsals were held, that everything might be done ‘tecentiy and in order.” The hour for the morning service arrived. Spies from the Morris party were sent to note and chronicle the “desecration of the Lord’s Day.” They went away cach with a “flea in the ear,” and fully of the opinion that those who enlist to protect the homes of freemen Know how and love weil to keep holy the Sabbath Day, though they are only high privates, corporals, sergeants, heutenants, captains, majors, colonels, generals, &c., and not long faced deacons. Such a grand service tothe “Mighty Je- hovah”’ is seldom held anywhere. Over ten thousand People reverentiy listened to the Christ-like words ol Dr, Cressy. The music of that 10,000 in the “Gloria in Excelsis” (ancient), in Martin Luther's 100th Psalm, in the hymn “Rock of Ages,” and the choir of 200 In the grand old “Te Deum” of Jackson, in F major, none who heard will ever forget. So was It with the afternoon service. In the evening eactt Vent was a place of worship and singing of bymns and spiritual songs. At tattoo everv light was put out and each solaler retired to rest conscious that for one day af least he had been a “soldier in the army of the Lord.” ‘The see proved that even the Rev. Mr. Morris was sorry he had falsely feared aud acted upon false anxieues. The various cier men who had signed his paper came out with re- rets, &c., &c., that they had misunderstood the issue. So it will be in Boston. All who have been hypher- zealous to atd Christianity b; penering the Common to Fisk, Jr, and the Ninth, will fin “sown the wind to reap the whirlwind.” Prayer 1s acceptable to God as well on Boston Common from the hearts of a great assemblage witnessing and participating In the worship of a New York rei- Ment, or from within church walls at $100 or $200 a year for sitting. Fisk, Jr., with the Ninth, may well move an adjournment and join Inskip and Boole at Utah tn the great Methodist camp meeting there. Or let unm walt a while and go just south of ye Hub to Martha's Vineyard. Even ineir powerful numbers will be lost sight of in the thousands they will meet in camp there, to * praise the Lord in the open air.’’ Yours for the cause of Truth, A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR READER, A Coustry Woman’s Reply to “M. N.” To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In the HERALD of Sunday, May 21, “‘M. N.” says, “‘When I see a man drunk, before condemning him, LT always think | would hke to go to his home and see how it ts there—if the wife has done ail she can to render home happy.” Now as to the questions of “Women’s Rights” that “M. N.’’ asks I will leave them for avier ones than I to answer, put here 18 a “right” I wish to grant -*M. N.”” Come with me to some of the many homes of drunken men that are in this little town (and there are no more here than there are everywhere), Here m —— street 18 4 pleasant, cosev home; mother, wife and children, with all the comforts and many luxuries tat make “home happy.” At evenimg the cloth is laid and the tempting supper made ready in time for father, the mother and chitdren wait- ing eagerly the coming of their joved one, Soon he comes reeling in, just able to get to the doorstep, wife helps him into the house and he falis to the floor, and every effort to assist him or get him to the supper table is met with un- kind words and abuse, ull ut last ne Nes in a beastly stupor, and the httte family, sad hearted and weary, go to bed supperiess aud sleepless, and wen begin the weary watching and waiting, ing he may awake aud in his sanity caused by liquor” do some injury to themselves and bome. This 1s a true story, aud often 18 It repeated til the wife has uo hope; yet she 1s as an “angel of mercy” in that houge, and it 18 she that moakes It 80 true a refuge for the d. unkard the law calls her ‘“‘natural protec.or.”’ Come with me again to —— street, in a home full of cares and labor, and find the mother and children doing all the labor to support the Jather, who, by virtue of his being the husband and in consequence of being drank all the time, exercises ms “rucht”? to abuse his family, and although be 1s dependent upon them tor care and ueip be goes through the farce of turn- ing them out of doors every day or two, and abusing them continually, ali because he is drunk, or ts it be- cause when he i¢els ls dependencies he tries in his “insanity by liquor’ to assert his superiority? “M. N, never has lived with a husband who is a drunk- ard," said these two good women to me (for public opinion, as well as I, testifies to their innocence as to cause an.. their Inability as vo staying their hus- bands trom drinking), and all we ask, if she blames: women for men’s drinking. 18 to have her put her- seit in our places and homes for a day, then she would not savy women are to biame. M. N. says “God made home jor women;” no doubt He aid make a home for M. N., but how many poor women in this world to-day that are and will always be homeless? and for that class who are obiiged to compete with man in the different trades and pro- feasions, we would ask M. N.’s charity of opinion at least. If she would go among the “workingwo- men” she would find there the same percentage of “pure and good women as God meant” as im any Class of society Je Ke dee OWEGO, N. Y., May 27, 1871. An Unwise Rabbi Rebduked. To THE Epirok OF THE HERALD:— As an American Jew | tnank you sincerely for the favorable and generally correct remarks you have felt called upon to make in your columns in refer- ence to the religious status of our people, and never more so than for your just rebuke in last Sunday's issue to one Isaac Wise, of Cincinnati, who, I re- gret to say, is an ordainea Jewish minister, for his Delstical, Atheistical or Nothing-in-partucular-istical “new departure” doctrines as aununciated by him in a Convention (?) of Jewish Rabbies, numbering a baker's dozen—and with two exceptions until then unknown and, I believe, self-appointea—recently heid in that unclean city where porkers most ao congregate. The belief which the Jews entertain to-day here in this blessed of God United States, as well as in every other part of tae habitabie globe, is the same un- bounded, confiding and happy one which has marked their course through centuries of time, ay, even with taeir martyred vilood. in every house- hold, however humbie, the Jew must be spiritually poor indeed who does not vervally or mentally acknowledge, once a day at least, his belief in a per- sonal God and his depen oe upon His gvodness and mercy, WhLe in the synagogue the outspoken, abiding faith of both orthodox and retormer in the ever existing God of the universe, who, with infinite love, pardoneth the sins of His erring children, is 80 well Known to the Christian world that even Dr. Wise bimself ought not to piead ignorance. Ninety-nine out of every one hundred Jews implicitly hold to this bellef, Dr, Wise to the contrary nothwithstanding, and if any one questions 1 lét hun interview a@ iew oi the “taithtul,”? who, 1 thiak, will be ‘faitniul found among the faithless,’ and convince the most in- credulous of the truth of my assertion, While the HERALD, with its proverbial fairness and freedom, never favors auy creed or particular religious belief, may it continue to make War upon such accursed free thinking which would deprive us of our happiness here and hopetul reliance in the great hereafter, and leave im its stead a —— viank, 1 ask the insertion of this as a refutution of the un- Wise pronunciamento of the misguided Doctor, aud tn gust to the entire Jewish community, SEMI-OCUASIONAL, WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30, i571. Jewish Contributions to the Corner Stone of the New state Capitol, The following is @ copy of one of the important documents deposited in the corner stone of the new Capitol outlding at Alpany, on the 24th of June lasts— ALBANY, N. Y., June 24, 1871. } BBIOM SCHARAT KODESCH, i HA TAMUS TRUA, LEPAAK, ‘Yui Day (SaTunvay) the 6th day of Tamus, . ‘rhe Jewish fellow citizens ot the city of Albany rejoice with the community of the Eipire State at the success and progress of civilization, and in commemoration of the layisg of the corner stone of the new Capitol herein deposit their unanimous and fervent prayers to God Almighty for His ald in successful building of the edifice and for the continued prosperity of the citizens ul Alvany aud the State of New York. . MEMORANDA, The first Jewish congregation tn this city was Starved in 1837, comprising the jamuies of Mayer Kice, Morris Herman, Simon Schwartz, Bernhard Senmidt, Louls Sporburg, Mayer Isaac, Ansiel Lind, and Samuel Lindenstem; of these there are only three, ail of whom are living mn prosperity tts day; they how number two thousand souls, have three synagogues, one venevoient and three charitable societies, “Boruch Chavod Adona: Mimkomo— praised be the giory of the Lord from this place, MORRIS HERMAN, M. K. COHEN, ISRAEL NUSSBAUM, A “Masusa,’’ which means ‘door post,” & He- brew emblem, was placed in the box with the above, ‘The samme is placed on the door it of Jewish houses, and it signifies that the dwellers therein ould do right and be just to themselves and to their neighbors. tis very carefully, in original typographical He- brew letters, ullke the “Tora,” witn black India ink, written on an extra genuine prepared, three inches long and two and @ quarter inches in height piece of fine parchment, and coutains from Deuteronomy, chapter vi, verses 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, six lines; also teron: chapter X1., ‘verses 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, Deu 1 2, 21—sixteen; in all twenty-two lines. three letters in Hebrew characteis on the re- | Israel spake in ancient time: | the Middle Ages, and thus we speak now. verse read “Senadal,” which translation means “Almighty Protector, ’ le BS. Ue » and the Edu. The English Roman ( cution Questi Archbishop Manning on Sunday, the 18th wit., pre- | Fig v stled at a meeting held in St, James Hall, London, in furtherance of the objects of this association, Owmmg probably to the very stormy weather the at- tendance was anything but numerous, Several in- fluential representatives of Roman Catholic doc- trines, both lay and ecclesiastical, were upon the platform; among them the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Hamuton, Lady Dunraven, the Duchess of Argyll, the Marehioness of Lothian, the Bishop of Brisbane (Dr. Quinn), the Hon, H. Stoner, Major Gordon, Sir K. Gerard, Sir C, Clifford, Lord Howard, of Glossop; Mr, Monsell, M. P.; Mr, Maguire, M. P.; Monseigneur Pattison, Mr. Dease, M. P.; Mr. Aubrey de Vere, the Count de Torre Diaz, Major Prendergast, Mr. G. Laue Fox, Dr. Doane, Dr, O'Connor, &c.; Lord Petre, Mr. Serjeant Bellasis, Mr, Langdale and others sent apologies, being from various causes unable to attend, The Archbishup, im opening the proceedmgs, re- marked that the meetiug was of double importance at the present time: for, Important as the work of education always was, they had now an act of Par- lament just come into operation, by which & system of education was about to be enforced. This he said in no spirit of opposition, but as an incentive to further exertion. ‘I'he second reason why the pre- sent meeting was more than usually interesting was that the fund had now concluded its first period of five years and was entering upon a sixth, which would be a time of considerable trial and crisis to them, Five years ago they had £1,500 en- gaged for three years, £1,000 for Ove years, £100 for ten years and 2650 without any lunit as ‘to time. These sums constituted the income of the fund. Now, theretore, at the — expiration of five years, the annual imeome of the fund was reduced to £750, His object, then, was to impress upon the Catholic public the need of great exertion to raise the ticome to abont double that sum. He had no wish to raise a large central fund, for this reason. Five years ago he explained that there were three Classes of schools, and that there was one of them which It E SHEET. Was not intended to tonch, ‘The tirst class was the training schools for masters and mistresses; the second was the scnools under the Reformatory, the Industrial and Poor Law acts, which might be called diocesan schools, which were costly institu. tions beyond the strengtn of any missionary priest or cluster of missionary priests. je first charge on the fund was the diocesan schools, and next the parish or missionary schools in the diocese, which must depend chiefly on the parish priest and hie flock. In saying that he limited the requirement to about £1,600 a year, it was because he lelt that any- thing that trenched oa the missionary schools para- lyzed theiraction. Therefore the sum he wished to raise was to provide for the proper aciwinistration of the diocesan schools by means of @ secretary inspector and the providing of rewards for deserving masters and pupil teachers, and rewards also to those masters who by their own active exertions increased the number of children atiend- ing their schools; and he trusted one eifect of the strength of the fund would be to increase the means of the several missions. When they began these schools the number of children attending tiem was 11,100, and the number on the books 19,000, At that tine there were not less than 1,200 or 1,300 Catholic children in the Workhouse schools, aud many also in the Reformatory and Maustrial schools, Suice then twenty-five additional parish schools had been founded, and five Reformatory, Industrial, or Poor Law schools, Now the number of children on te school books was 22,773, being an lacrease of 3,000; the average attendance was 14,658 as against the 11,100; and there were present on the day of inspec. tion 14,886, the increase in the number brought under inspection last year having been 907. In ad- dition to those who attended regularly there were many children who attended occasiunaily; and tak- Ing them at 1,009, it might fairly be said that the in- crease in the five years tad been 5,000, But still there were at least 9,000 Catholic children who were wandering in the wilderness of ignorance, and they should not rest until these were provided for aud every Catholic child was brougat into a Catho- lic school. Five years ago they had four diocesan Schools, NOW they had eight, containing 1,000 boys under constant education, besides 600 girls at Nor- wood, who were perpetually maintained through the instramentality of thejiund, Three years ago it was resolved to give & Lsbiaypie # of £10 a year euch as an encouragement w the certificated masters to exertion, also to encourage the pupil teachers by small gratuities and rewards; and, turtner, that one shilling a head should be gtven to the master or mistress of the school on tue number of children added through their zeal beyond the average uttend- ance, and this year £66 had been xo pal for the addition of 1,290 children wade during the past ten Years. All these charges were borne by the fund, During the five years the fund had received £26,104, and had expended £24,804, the amount in hand be- img about £1,300, but there were claims on aand more than suflicient to absorb the whole. As to the future there was much to encourage them, and he referred especially to the exertions of the Duke of Norsolk in reference to the Crisis fund, im connec. tion with which £57,000 had been raised to meet the present special crisis in Catholic education, enume- rating the grants made from that fund for estab- lishing and supporting Catholic schools for the poor at Westminster, Tower Hf, Notting Hill, Stratiord, Mile End, Islington, West Brompton, Victoria Docks and other districts, In conclusion the most reve- re® chairmga appealed carnestly for the means of continuing afd lucreasing the usefulness of the fund for the ensuing five years. The Duke of Norfolk moved the adoption of the report, of which the Arch- bishop's speech was a résumé. This was seconded by Mr, Hutchius, and carried, Other germane reso- Jutions were passed, belag spoken to by Mr. Monsell, M. P.; Mr. Wells, of Lulworth; Mr. Aubrey de Vere, Mr. Bartram, Fatner Rowe, Lord Howard, of Gios- sop, and others, all the speakers dwelling on the es- sential importance of providing religious education for Catholic children tn Catholic schools, instead of Jeaving them dependent upon the scnools estan- shed under the school boards, THIRTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOSUE. Israei’s Universal Brotherhood—Ser Rev. Dr. Vidaver. This synagogue has just changed its reader, and whether the congregation turned out to criticise or to honor the new man or not, the house was well filled yesterday morning. Dr. Vidaver preached a sermon on the universal brotherhood of Israel, bas- ing his remarks on Numbers xx., 14, which had been read as part ofthe lesson forthe day, as fol- lows:—“‘And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the King of Edom saying, thus saith thy brother Israel,” &c, These words, directed by Moses to the King of Edom, the Doctor sald formed the manifesto of the Jewish nation to all kingdoms and peoples— “Thus saith thy brother Israel.””, When Nebuchad- nezzar subdued Judea and carried captive of the people to Babylon, Jerciatah, the prophet, advised the captives to pray for the peace of the land whither they were going, for in its peace they shoulda find theirs also. Jeremiah but uttered the same sentiments which Moses declared to the King of Edom. If strangers they are nevertheless brothers and Israelites, And tpis is the GLORIOUS COVENANT AND INHERITANCE of Judaism; we have one Heavenly Father who hath made of one blood all nationa of men, created them in his own image, eadowed them with power- Jul intellects and called them all Ais children. ‘Thus Israel speaks unto you, brother man, and tus could and can Israel become an inhabi- tant of every clime and every land. And in issuing: this manifesto-or vrotherhoud israel declares that be has no hatred against any human being; that his Heart and bosom are open to wWwem and to the land in which he chooses to dwell, and all he asked was aud 18 to be allowed to live in peace with ovner na- tions, as is meet bet nt humanity he should. [sraclites Lo be kKoown not as stran- Bers, but as brothers, ready and wilung to shed the last drop of their blood for the country and the na- tion. Isracl couid, hot speak otherwise without vivlaiing the giorioas principles of namanity and a universal law for all. His mission is and has been to break the shackles of iil will, which bind men aud w& plant the tree of peace among mankind. Th has Israel continued to speak unto all nauons—"“We come unto you as brothers, ready to bear tne re- sponsipilines with you, but we are Israelites and nave peculiar responstbiiities of our own; and we desire, therefore, to be left tree among you.” ‘Thus hus spake he also in m by At tue time of the second temple many Jews seitied In Jonia, where they were persecuted and made to attend courts of law on the Sabbath. They rotesied, and sent some of their ablest meu to plead viore Agrippa (or LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE AND OF PERSON, and which they claimed upon their rights as citi- vens and as brothers, just as Moses in the text de- clured to the King of Edom. When the Roman | tyrant, guia, designed to erect a statue tn the tempie and to get the Jews to worship it, they unaninously refused, and when he sent soldiers to Palestine tu subdue the rebellious Israelites the lat- ter met nis commanders and deciared wnat they were good ciuzens and obeyed the laws, out that they, were Israelites aiso, and rather than abandon the faith of their fathers they were ready to die. We are, the Doctor, brothers in all soctal, na- tional, political and putriotic purposes. There is 1 Chris 1s doctrines of Uberry of conactence, One God and one race: but they have been treated as heretics and teachers of seditious doctrines, and popes and princes and prelates have formed ailiances with a purpose to destroy ana root oat the heretics with thelr heresy. Believing in one God they believed in otherhood also, and im the equality of meu and when the iron hand of pigotry crashed — their bodies, their — spirits remained loyal and free, honoring Gou and human- ity. ‘This great truth begins now to be understood and its glorious significance to be appreciated, and those two words, ‘Brother Israel,” are mighty en- aines Of crvilization, tearing tie scales from Gentine eves, Who cannot help seeing that the Jew every- where promotes the welfare tons—that he pro- motes commerce and edu the two arms by which prosperity is maintained. ‘This manifesto 14 now understood in Austria, and a Jew is honored by the Emperor, Hat it is nowhere so well under- stood or appreciated asin our own land—bdiessed | Jand of freedom—and upon this doctrine the repub- lic reste, Hers on this soil we are appreciated ax brother Israeiiies, Letus ever deserve this name, but let us ember that we have obligations aa Israelites, saul the preacher, and let us n be ashamed of our name as some are, The name of dew is a giory: it signities a great deal. It implies a neart flied with sentiments of good will toward all men, Which should be kept alive by genuine piety, true prayer and duty, and (bus the nation will know tus as bone of its bone and flesh of Its flesh, brothers as well as Israelites, THE JEWS’ RIOTS IN ODESSA Paetoral Lotter of the Greek Archbishop Reprcv- , ing the Rioters. The Greek Archbishop of Odessa has issued the | following pastoral letter in consequence of the Jews’ riots which took place tn that city during Haster:— FAITHEUL CHILDREN OF THR AKCHDIOCKS: LOVED CHILDREN OF THE LoRD—With deepte row «id we learn, on tne day of the holy Kaster. that crowds of people, calling themselves fartotul children of the Chureh of Christ, have, with # wanton disregard tor the holiness of the day, given themselves up to the most degrading disorders in the strects and places of this city. They have com- A quarreiling and fighting with their Jewish itizena, whose dwellings and warehonses they have damaged or destroyed. And all thts was professedly done in the name of the holy fatth and vhe holy Chureh, while in verity it only served to disgrace the holy Church and the holy faich, In de- fence of these unheard ef nuisances: VY allege, as we are told, that several Jewish fanatics have outraged the religious fcelings of the raitnful by assembling In crowds within the enclosures of the Greek Church of the Holy Trinity at tne mument when divine service was celebrated in that house of God. If the religious sentiments have been so wantonly tosulted by t lews who, as the guests of the Russian territori are protected’ by the most i » and, therefore bound to respect not only the faith and Church ceremonies, but also the customs and habits of the nation that jusults haye really tak should ing severe punishinent merited for crimes of this nature. The authorities ought to Nave been iniormed of such a criminal occurrence, the guiltv delivered ince their hands and dealt with according tolaw. But what did the faithful doin fact—Greeks as well as Kussians ¢ Y committed @ Still Worse crime—the most disgr ul and infa- ious arbitrartuess—by which not only the guiltiess, bee im many cases, the perfectly tanocent tad to suffer, We shail not examine in this place how heavily these offences weigh tn the eyes of the law and of society, That will be decided by the tribunals which will call to account the offenders. Our holy duty consists in declaring to these blinded men— blinded not by a true zeal for the fatth, but by ther evit desires for disorders—that they ‘have smmned against the boly fauti, the true believing Church, against our Lond Jesus Chriat and our ever gracious Sovereign, The ringleaders make the excuse, as we are informed, that wey acted as they did in pro- tection of the faith und the name of Jesus Curist against the outrages olfered by the Jews, But re- member, beloved brethren, what the Lord Jesus Christ said to Peter, who wanted to defend Him witn his sword vut up again thy sword into his place, for all Uney that take the sword shali perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now ray to my Father ana He shail presently give le more than twelve Jegions of an- gels?’—Matthew, XXviL, 52, 53 Bless them which persecute you; bless and vurae not “Kecompense fo no man eyil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. if It be pos- sible, a8 much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Avenge not yourselves. Veugeunce in mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.”—Romans, Xi. Remember that the true disciples and preachers of the faith of Jesus Christ—the holy aposi the martyrs and the holy fathers of the Chureh- 1 not defend their faith by insulting their persecutors by word or deed, but by suffering, by shedding of their blood and praying for their persecutors. our true believing tatheriand the holy religion of reserved and protected by the power of our gracions Sovereign and the authorives inst- tuted by Him. The imperial law punishes profanity and insnits to the Christian Chureh ag one of tne heaviest of crimes; but the same law forbids also ail arbletary proceedings, but what have you done, you, the so-called defenders of the Christian faith? You have impndentiy broken the word of your Saviour, the commandment of the aposile ax ‘well as the imperial law. ‘Therefore set yourselye the honor and glory of C the mir. ror of the true children of the Onur f Christ, who truly glortued the faith and the trae believing Church throughout the world. And you must needs confess that your acts of wrath were a disgrace to the fauna of Christ and a desecration ot the holy days of Easter. Now all intidets and foreigners will scorn ns and say, Wnat @ religion 1s this! Ky tneir words they are Christians, by their deeds they are Pagans. And is this the holy, irue believing Rus- sia, where such disorders and disobedience to the authorities can happen that the evil doers have to be chasused by force of arms, like wild beusts ¢ Where are their spiritnat pastors, for they have pas- tors, Nave they not? Or are they tuo bund leaders of the blind, who, not knowing the word of God and the spirit of the ChristiangChureh, go themselves and lead others into the abyss of corruption: In this manner will strangers and tafdeis speak of us, and thus will be fultilied the woras of the Aposte regarding us, “Thou that makest the boast of the law, though breaking the law dishonerest their God. For ine name of God 1s blasphemed among the Gentiles, through you, as it 1s written.”? It will bring sorrow upon our holy nders of 5 RELIGION IN GERMANY, Religious Questions in the German Empire. Moral Attitude—Intolerance a Rock Ahead— Catholic Priest Sent to Prison at Bonn—Fes tival of Corpus Christi in Bavaria—Reli- gious Processions—St. Sebastian Shoot- ing Club—An American Colonel King of Shots—Dancing Pro cessions — Dr. Dollinger and His Opinions. BERLIN, June 13, 1671, RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS IN GRBMANY. ‘here seems to be no country in Europe at present more eagerly excited by the religious questions of ‘ne day than Germany. This has certainly been constantly the case in tae past, and however keenly otner lands have felt the shock we find that it nag usually been originally communicated by Germany. Is is @ country where there is such energy of thought, mixed with industry of research, that we need not wonder at the result. Usually we find energetic zeal a temporary force which files at a subject, accomplishes a great deal in a short time and then fies off to something else, white relentiess industry toils on without tmpulsive eagerness. But in the German wind we find the two forces united, They compass two apparently opposite capabili- tes—they have the hare’s quickness ana the tor- tolse’s patience. So no wonder they leave bebind them all the rest of the zoological gardens. But with all this the leading minds of Germany are a provoking race, because all the ground they pass over with their singular force they claim as their own, not reflecting that the energies of others may make, have made, will make the same Journey in thelr turn, and have an equal right to make good their stand there, “We would willingly believe with you,” said an English thinker on another oc- casion, ‘if you would not always persist in knowing everything about it.’ Germany always persists in knowing everything about everything, and all her moral pioneers claim to be in the position of fresh Columbuses, “giving new worlds to Spain.’ Now, Columbus was all very well, but as to “giving anew world to Spain”? it don’t seem that he lad any pust- ness to give away a world that never belonged to him and that belonged to other ages before he got there. Such, however, is the MORAL POSITION OF GERMANY IN RUROPF, and, after all her struggles and expertences, she {+ about as intolerant essentialiy aa in the days of Gustavus and of Wallenstein, When her land ran re with blood through. the dreary days of (he “Tuirty Years’ Wa Indeed, there is ouly one tolerant class—the people who have no opinion at all. We used to be told that ‘Don’t care came to be hanged,” but now “don't care’? comes to be tole- rant. ‘Toeirs i4 the position of the philosopher of old, who said it was all the same to him whelner he lived or died, “Then, why don’t you kill yourself?” asked somebody, ‘“Becaase it 18 ail the same,” he replied. But among those who do not consider “it is all the same.’’ (Oh, the row, the ‘ury, the acrateh-each-other’s-cyes-out style of conduct that Prevails)! RECENT TRIAL AT BONN, The other day at Konn a Roman Catholic pastor Was “had up” before the local authorities for hav- ing insulted His Majest, the Kraperor and the Bvangelical Chu do appreciate the full force of putting His Majesty the Emperor tirst. ‘The pastor, who Was a poor litte man, was confronted with certain pérsons who bad heard him preach the naughty things In quesuon. One of his flock cre: no little mirth by bearing testimony that he was afrald the pastor would preach what was wroug, so he made it # rule always to go to sleep during the sermol A wfortable Christian that. Others testified to Me priest's having spoken against the Emperor's authority, Bat 1 would seem he omy denied his authority in spiritual matters, and said nothing Against his person, So, onthe score of in- suiting His Majesty the clergyman was acquit led, On the question boat tae urch: {t was stated that he hat called Calvin and Luther “bad names”), as the schoolboys say; had goue so far as to suggest that they were noth- Ing more nor less than demons, and that it was very wicked to have anything to-do with the powers of darkness, This was considered a real lusult by those who looked upon them as the powers of light, and 80 the pastor was sentenced to # fortnight’s mpris- oumenut. They certainly do unprove in those paris, but slowly, DR. DOLLINGER, or Doellinger, as the name is often written, to avoid the anomaly of a wodifed vowel in our characte eat “head centre” of the re fhe amount of praise, abuse, sympathy 4 scorn expressed about him and w him must be immense, Let us hope Y this time he 19s Word-proof and es not mind, (W @ pity Somebody does not Javent Word-prool cioaks and umbrellas to protect the victiins im these poptilar storms.) Mantlestos, addresses, refutations and confirmations fall in in the utmost profusion, fhe latest is an address of sympathy sent to Dtl- linger from Pressvurg, signed by many thousand names, some of them distinguished and nobie names. The controversy has probably affected the King of Bavaria 30 far as to prevent his being present at the usual procession on the festival of Corpus Christi, The absence of the troops who would naturally form his escort ts, ho’ er, one of the reasons alieged for his Majesty’s non-ap- Fe gee The procession, neverthciess, of course look place, and tne solemnities were as beautifui and impressive as naual. some of the observances, though not religious, are exceedingly pretty and Yccurotae and will, we trust, survive, in spite of all controversies, in the interests of art. These graceful little relica of old days seem to flourish upon certain German sous, especially in Soutn Bavaria, and outlive shocks that have shattered much that was of far greater im- portance, like the delicate chimney ornaments found whole in certain houses at St. Cloud, where Church, who, motneriike, implores us to “forgive those who hate you’? tor the sake of the holy day of resurrection of our Lord Jesas Christ. but one Fatherhood above and one protherhood below, and we are ready to sacrifice all on the altars of pacriotism. In Spain the Jews advocate their own nights as Spaniards and as Israelites also. The soil Is sacred to them. ‘Their children and ther fathers lie buried there, and they have abiding interest in the land. in England Mose Mont has pleaded eloquently for Israelites, and now an American stands pleading tor Roi inantan Israelites, But tne pie give the same answer in these days as Edom did im the ancient times: Do not approach us lest we come out against ou with the sword. wi Israel comes with peace, but is met with words of natred. 1 am for peace, said the royal Psaimist, but when I speak they are for war. And for 1700 years the world has not been able to understand these two words, ‘Brother Israel.” What! A Jew @ brother’ A Jew a citigen? A JEW A PATRIOT? Even #0, Israel hag ali alone proclaimed the Thereiore, do we beseech you, dearly beloved brethren, in the name of our Lord, who prayed for those who crucitled Him, banish trom your hearts all anger, wrath aud hate against Whosoever it inay be, and for whatsoever it may ve. Leave your bad intentions and your rebeliiods works, for ‘they are condemned by the word of God. inter with @ sin- cere repentance at the grievous wrong you have done before the face of our Lord Jesus Onrist, whom you have so much offended in feast of His holy aay of resurrection. Soften your hearts before the teachings of the holy Church, that you have so much dishonore:l. We beseech you for the sake of Christ, inake peace with God. DEMETRIUS, Archbishop of Odessa. NORTH CAROLINA, Prospects of the Growing Crops of Cotton, nd ‘Tobacco, RUTHERFORDTON, N. C., June 26, 1871. We are now in the midst of the political canvass for the coming election, which, as usual, is creating great excitement, and, in fact, I think there is a great deal more interest manifested in the resuit this time than I ever witnessed before, Both parties are doing everything in their power, one to vote down THE CONVENTION BILL, carry it. While everybody admits needs Corn the other te our constitution modifying, and un- less it is done it will rum, or im a manner 80, Our State, atl the repubti- can party desire to vote down the bill simply because it was framed by thetr party, and for no other reason. Their leaders say they oppose it be- cause itis unconstitutional, bué that ts only an es cuse. From my observation, and from conversa- tious with persons from various counties im the State, [ am ied to believe that the election will be similar, in number of votes, to the last one we had. ‘The vote will be a strict party one, and I think there has been but litte change in either party within the last year, and asthe democratic party carried the State last election I think it probable that they will do so again, EXCELLENT COTTON PROSPECTS. While there is a great deal to say avout politics our larmers are not negligent, but are busily en- gaged in working thelr piantations. I unink we will raise more than our average crops this year. | never have seen cotton louk so promising in my life as it does this year, The season has been laily apted to the calture of cotton, and if it continues it now Is there ts no doubt but that we will equal, Mf not exceed, the crop of 1870. Ail the cotton which was raised last hae has long since, very un- fortunately for the planters, been sold, except a small portion which Was raised by men who have plenty of capital. THE CORN CROP will not quite come up vo last year’s, but will be what We consider an average crop. I am informed by one of our largest farmers that it wiil fall short of last year’s crop by about ten per cent. We cannot as yet form any definite conclusion of the crop, but only surmise as to the probabilities, if the season continues, as the corn iy uot large enough yet, and not enough or too much rain will be fatal. WHEAT AND BUCKWHEAT. Our wheat has all been harvested but not yet threshed, and as the rust was very hard on tie stalk It 18 feared by @ great many that 1 will not come up to their expectation of this spring. When the spring season opened all farmers were highly pleased with their prospects for @ large crop of wheat, but they were soon badly disappoin' by the rast, which ly destroyed some felds. [t is not at all unlikely that the present wheat crop ‘Will be leas than Sitewn ver ceat short of last vear. iuttle more than the — alis had escaped destraction, ON THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI they celebrated tue festival of the st. Sebastian Shooting Club at Ahrweiler, which might carry us back to some scenes In “Egmont” or “Old Mor- tality.” The shuoting Match was tried a few days before; and an American culonel veing one of the competiters, you will not be surprised to hear he was prociaimed “King of Shots,” His Majesiy 13 a Coldnet Guido [lges, who happened to be at the place on a visit. The procession of the st, Sebas- tian shots joined the ecclesiastical procession, aud represented @ ‘““Folk’s feast,” as the Germans would say, Of A very Interesting character. The imost sine gular of ali these public demonstrations. however, Is the annual dancing procession, which took place a few days since, aud which is called the SPRING PROCESSION, or sometimes La Procession Dansant’, Tis year 8,262 persous took part in it, of Whom twenty-seven were clerical personages. This dancing dues cer- tainly seem @ singilar “religious exercise.” The Bavarians are in Germany something what the Bretuns are in France, and have managed to pre serve an astonishing amount of the morumg dew of poetical attachments aud religious aspirations through the hot nvon oc modern discussion. Suil there ts, nO Goubt, @ strong feeling im favor of Dolunger abroad among them, not to say in favor of all that party which is comimonty catied by tts ene- mies “the Infamous” of Munich, Meanwhile there are all sorts of tajes told of tus celebrated champion diver tuto the well of truth. It 18 sometimes said, it was the caresses and flatie- ries of tb i King Max. [l which influenced the mind of Dolimger and persuaded him to turow nim seif into the urms of “the Infamous.” Rather ia contradiction of (his the same party quotes an anec- dote told by Bohmer, the well Knowa historian, of some @Xpressions used by Dollinger ten years ago, when he was visiting Frankfort, aud which showe the shaky condition of bis mind, One day, taking 4 Walk with Déllinger at Frank fort, Boumer asked =bim way he did not write @ conclusion of his = “Church History.” =Ddllmger — laughed and, swinging Dis stick, answered:—"Yes, you see, 1 cannot, for I am standing ROW upon astation of inquiry, ta whicd the end would no jonger agree with the beginning; the continuation of my “churca History’? would be: come quite Protestant.” Lt is sometimes said that the weight and the extension of Dollinger’s opiaions are exaggerated ia ultramoutaue circles, espectal ¥ at Rome (for certain reasons whic sugwest the ad- vantage of a good aiarm bell) However that may be, 1t appears certata that the present is a trausition period, and that the energy et thought working yeast-like in the dough of habits, castoms and laws Will not cease to operate until strange and important changes have been etected. KICKED TO DEATH. All Aboat a Beer Picher. A case of homicide was yesterday moruing broug'n to the attention of Coroner Schirmer at his office in the City Hall. Ou Thursday, the 22 ult., a litte girl, Whose parents live at 73 Carmine street, was sent out for some beer and at the bottom of the stairs broke a pitcher which she held tn her hand. She ran up stairs, and, relating her misfortune to Peter O' Hearn, living in the faimuily, said cuai Frest- eriok J. Schott, occupying apartments in tie same premises, Was the cause of her breaking te piteucr. O'Hearn, ou hearing the giri’s story, went down si and, meeting Mr. Schott, who sat A the frout door, had some words with him concerning the ovcurrence, and he deniet the aliegations made against him by the girth At this O’ Hearn became anaes ond brutally assaulted Schott, kicking him about the head, stomach and abdomen, thus reducing him to @ stare of lelpless- Ness and almost to insensidiltty, Schovt was subse- quently taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he lin- gered tll Friday night, when he died from tae cifeets of the injuries he nad received. O° Hearn, who was arrested for the assauit, is contined in the Jedersop Market Prison awaiting the result of an imvestiga- ton, which will be Beld on Wednesday peat as t Corouers’ Onice.