The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1873, Page 10

10 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. August 81---Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY, Religious spondence. Herald Corre- NO JEWS ‘ADMITTED. Sea Cliff from a Business Point of View. MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Services To-Day. There will be preaching in the Methodist Free “fabernacie this morning and evening. ‘The usual Sunday services will be conducted by ‘Wector Sabine in the Church of the Avonement, Rev. Frederick Evans will preach this morning Qn the Central Baptist church, and in Laight street Baptist Mission in the evening. Rev. Dr. Cyrus D. Foss, of St. Paul’s (Methodist), ‘will address the young men of Gotham at Associa- ‘tion Hall, at eight o’clock. Mrs, Mina Hall will this evening address the Rob- Inson Hall Spiritualists upon the fruitful topic of “The World and Its People.” Rev. Dr. Rylance will preach at the service re- mewal in St, Mark’s church to-day. Morning and evening worship. 4m the Tabernacle Baptist church Rev. W. C. Rhoades preaches in the morning and Rey. J. B. Cleaver, of Brooklyn, in the evening, There will be divine service in English at the Rus- #o-Greek (orthodox) chapel at half-past ten A. M. Rev. U. T. Tracy preaches in the Church of the Reformation at a quarter before-eleven o'clock this morning. Tne pastor of the Sixteenth street Baptist church, Rev. D, B. Jutten, will conduct the cus- Yomary morning and evening services, The congregation of Christ church, Bedford ave- mue, Brooklyn, willbe addressed this morning by Rev. C. S. Griffith, of the Kansas Protestant Epis- Copal Missions, “The Spirit’s Mission” will be the subject upon which Rev. E. M. Lockwood will address the Filty- ‘thira street Baptists this morning. Evening topic, “Christ Walking On the Sea.” Rev. H. H. Stebbins preaches this morning in the Forty-second Street Presbyterian church. Dr. Deems will conduct the morning and evening @ervices in the Church of the Strangers. Rev. James Freeman Clarke, of Boston, will ‘Preach in the Church of the Messiah at eleven clock this morning. ‘The Rector of the Church of the Resurrection, Rev. Dr. Flagg, preaches this morning at half-past ten o'clock, Rey. John Miller, of Princeton, will officiate at ‘the morning and evening services in the West- minster Presbyterian church. ®tephen Pearl Andrews will deliver a scientific wermon to the Humanitarians this morning in Germania Hall parlors. Im the North Presbyterian cfiurch Rev. Mr. Ma- gmmnus preaches this morning. At the Cosmopolitan Conference this afternoon Mr. J. K. Ingalls will lecture on “Popular Fallacies @encerning Money, Currency, Usury, &c,”” A Grand Picnic at the Female Protec- tory, Westchester. The 2th of August was a gala day, a special oc- casion, a day of general rejoicing for the 460 chil- @ren of the Catholic Female Protectory in West- chester. It was set apart particularly for the re- creation of the youthful inmates and to mark in a ‘peculiar manner the satisfaction of the good Sis- tere with the general conduct and advancement of ‘the little ones entrusted to their care. For days before the eagerly expected event preparations ‘were made for its proper celebration, and visions of happy hours in green fields and under the wide spreading elms haunted the thoughts and G@reams of the children. Fortunately the weather ‘Was most favorable, and so “from early morn till Gewy eve” they gave themselves up to healthiul enjoyment and innocent recreation. The ground selected for the picnic—for such it was and.a picnic on a grand scale—is admirably suited for the pur- pose. It is a portion of the property belonging to ‘the institution and is beautifully interspersed with Sweet-scented meadow and cool, shady patches of ‘wood, Through the openings among the trees are seen, looming up on the one side the massive proportions of the Protectory nd on the other the pretty rustic church of St. Raymond. Within easy reach of the institution is the new railroad, connecting Portchester with Hariem, and which forms another of the iron links with which New York is bound to the great outside ‘world, This road, we may say in passing, is to be completed and ready for the transportation of freight and passengers in two or three months, ‘Woen finished it will be a great convenience to the Jarge number of persons who daily visit the two ‘otectories, In fact, it will bring this part of Westchester within twenty-five minutes of the metropolis and seven of Harlem bridge. Ali that the Sisters could do to make the day a happy one for the giris was done, and special at- tention was given to the commissariat. Ample vision was made for the whole 450. There were Jountains of lemonade, whose supply was inex- haustible; huge baskets of cakes and of sand- wiches, no end of bread and butter, apples and ars in prolusion and meat of two or three kinds, BuMcient for 4 whole army. It was a pleasant ‘ht—the cheerful scene presented by these care- fully protected and well guarded little ones— nearly all of whom were removed from the snares and temptatiors of the great city and placed under the charge of those perme and de- voted guardians, the Sisters of Charity. Free from even the appearance of restraint, they enjoyed themselves as only children can, some in one way and some in another, their cheerful voices ringing out masicallyon the summer air, Here was a crowd of little ones, surrounding a favorite Sister, listening to some pleasant little story or anecdote, and there another happy throng, romping about in all the careless abandon of childhood, while the elder girls contented themselves in quiet walks throngh the grounds and beneath the grateiul shade of the trees, chatting together or singing in chorus some favorite melody or hymn. Lookiog on Buch a scene it was peculiarly gratilying to reflect ‘that these poor children, to Whom tne institutions ‘under the Sisters of Charity and Christian Brotners are protectories in the truest sense of the word, ‘afford the best refuge from the evil influences that surround the homeless and fatherless children of ‘the poor in the great city, Here they are brought up in useful pursuits, the children under four- teen years being kept exclusively at school, wnd those over that age employed several hours during the day at various profitable and ser- viceable occupations, 80 that when they leave tue institution ey are provided with the means of gelf-support. The discipline to which they are sub- Jected is of the mildest character compatible with order and the maintenance of proper author- y. Indeed, as one of the sisters remarked, the doors are always open and they are free to go as the only infuences by which they are ing those of attachment to and affection nd respect for their zealous guardians. And, after ali, these are the most binding and lasting of ‘ponds, and among the best claims Which the Pro- tectories of Westchester present to the favor and support of a generous and benevolent public. The mic which took place on the 28th inst. was in Ree if one of the strongest proofs that could be ited of the relations which exist between the children and the good sisters, and of the efll- ciency and success of the system upon which these nt institations are conducted. No Jews Admitted. fo THE Eprror or THE HRRALD:— Some four weeks ago the New York Jewish Mes- senger gaye prominence in its editorial columns to ‘an outrage perpetrated by @ hotelkeeper upon a Jew, because of bis religious belief, which we had hoped to see resented by the religious as well as by ‘the secular press throughout the country. Asa reasonable time has elapsed without even the slightest protest, a8 far as we have observed, from anyone who has at heart the fair fame of the Christian community—for the Christian, not the Jew, is on trial in this matter—we beg respectfully to recapitulate the facts, which lay before @ discriminating, liberty-loving people. A young gentleman, recently married, whose Aoiber Wop We neodecenpor of the pregenh Aan} DOVE UTORUAEA NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. for the Rothschilds in this country, engaged board for himself and wife at a well known and hitherto respectable hotel at the Palisades-on-the-Hud- son. In due time the lady and gentleman, accompanied by their luggage, presented them- selves, when the impertinent question was put to them by the landlord, “Are you Jews?” and re- ceiving an affirmative “answer the gentlemanly proprietor replied, “then i must decline to admit you in my house,” or words of similar import. As @ matter of course the young gentleman was thor- oughly surprised, and felt too indignant to re- spond, as he was capable of doing, and probably should have done. Inasmuch as this act of the tunkeeper 1s public property and affects the in- alienable rights of a large number of our feliow citizens, we propose to discuss it boldly and dis- Passionately. Before touching upon the legal rights of this hotelkeeper to determine who shall or who ghall not become the inmates of his public house (providing they are not manifestly improper characters and pay the ruling charges “for the entertainment of man and beast”) we demand wha; right has he to pry into the sacred precincts any man’s conscience and demand to know at what altar he kneels, or whether he kneels at all betore a Su- preme Keing? By what right becomes he the censor of the relations existing between man and his Cre- ator? Does he keep an Mplangpal hotel, a Catholic hotel, a Unitarian hotel,a Methodist hotel, a hard- shell Baptist hotel or a hotel to be occupied exclu- sively by wny one of the multitudinous religious sects into which the world is divided? His busi- hess sign and advertisement impart no such valua- bie information, ana, therefore, we have @ right to presume he makes ng such heretofore unknown discrimination, Ifhe has the right to exclude be- cause of religion he has an undoubted right to ex- clude because of nationality or race, and he could relase admission to an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Spaniard or any other foreigner, and so work morttfication to the individual and bring merited disgrace upon our common country. But he must not and shall not permitted to indulge his uneducated prejudices to the injury of a single haman being, no matter how humble the position or how small a minority of the Common- Wealth the individual represents, for the constitu- tion and the laws of our country guarantee him equal rights with the most favored of his political compatriots, and this just protection thrown around him ig too dear and too sacred to be vio- lated with impunity by any one, albeit ne is one of those arrogant, presuming and condescending individuals who Rracioualy permit us to pay them enormous sums for being fed in their caravansa- ries and for sleeping between their damp sheets, and whom, by courtesy, we call ‘mine host.” But he has not the shadow ofa pretext to set upany such claim. He 18 nothing more or less than an “innkeeper,” the public’s servant, and as such 18 as much amenable to the law as a “common carrier,” ‘Think you that an express company, a steamship line or a railway company would dare to determine as to who they would receive freight from and to whom they would deliver parcels, or what nationality of persons and of what religion they would condescend to transport? If they did, their business would soon become “a baseless fabric o1 a vision,” and the verdict of the entire community would be most decidedly “served them right.” An assumed pretext of a hotelkeeper to domineer over the public is no light matter. As in the case we are now protesting against, it is as much @ question of liberty and the right of conscience as any our forefathers tought and bled for, and of many of the causes eélébre that have hitherto agitatea the world and + made _ martyrs and saintg of the victims of prejudice. While it applies to-day to only one class of the community to-morrow it may apply to another, and the day tollowing to still another. No one is sale under such a reign of terror. Those who unblushingly proclaim such anti-democratic sentiments, and, what is more, dare practice them, too, ure growing bold; as we learn trom a corre- sponceny of one of your morning contemporaries that the contagion has reached Saratoga, where a eee of one of the hotels remarked to him, “They shut down on them (meaning the Jews) over at our house—won’t have ’em.” Won’t have the lineal descendants of the Bible!—that Bible which declares to the Jews, “Ye are my witnesses.” Yes, witnesses to testify against violators of the Jaw and to remove the mask from those narrow- minded partisans who believe that in them lies all the morality and ali the other desirable qualities of good fellowship that should exist between man and man. Sentiment is all very well as far as it goes; but what says the common law in reference to the complaint we make ? An innkeeper must recetve a traveller, or else the traveller may sue him. (Sheppard’s Spitome, page 1055. The duty of innkeepers extends chiefly to the enter- taining and harboring of travellers, finding them victuals and lodgings, and securing the goods and effects of their guests; and, therctore, if one who keeps acommon inn refuse ‘either to receive a traveller as a guest into his house, or to find him victuals or lodging upon his tender- om a reasonable price for the same, he is not only jabie to e Case, at the suitor the party grieved, be indicted and fined at the suit of the abridged “Inns and Innkeepers,” C. 1, Again:— Innholders are restrained from belied at exorbitant rices. and may be Indicted if they extort any greater or rger sums thin those rates and prices that are imposed on their commodities. (ibid, U. 2) And stitl fartner:— Also, it is said that an innkeeper may be compelled by the constable of the town to receive and entertain a person as his guest. (Ibid, ©. 3.) Numerous other authorities could be quoted to sustain our position, but we feel assured enough have been given to satisfy the most sceptical. Upon principle, the parties aggrieved should make @ test question before the Courts, and we would suggest—without any personal feeling enterin; into this particular suit—that the case frst name would be a fair one, as one of the parties lives tn New York and the other resides in New Jersey, which would permit an action to be brought belore @ United States Court, whence, if necessary, it could be carried to the Supreme Court of the United States—and we can name two liveral- minded gentlemen residing in Washington, of the dominant taith, whose legal lore is well known to the country, who volunteer to conduct the plain- tiff’s case free of all cost. We earnestly call upon those whoee liberties and rights Rave been shamefully violated—as we understand them—to come forth as men, proud, manly men, and vindicate their birthright as free American citizens, “Knowing ther rights, and knowing, dare maintain them.” Without intending any lack of veneration or Tespect for the opinions o; others, permit us to say, in conclusion, to those pious, Christian hotel keepers, Suppose it were possible for their Saviour to return to earth, are they aware that he would be excluded from gaining entrance beneath their hosfAtabie roofs by the liberal rule they have de- clared, “No Jews admitted?” a i WASHINGTON, D. C., August 27, 18 but ‘who ma king. “Wacom's A Business Man’s Views of the Sea Cliff Suit. This subject having been so much elaborated by expression of both sides, as well as by the publica- tion of a document which seems to be the subject of the contention, I have been quite interested, and have been studying as particularly as possible the facts thus presented, To a plain business man, having no interest nor sympathy in the matter, beyond the sympathy which every right-minded man entertains for the right, the instrument called “memorandum” or “contract,” as it actu- ally proves to be, is the most important. A care- less glance at this “memorandum” by one anaccus- tomed to rea) estate transactions might not dis- cover very much beyond simply a bargain made by one party to sella certain property at a certain price, and by the other to pay for the same in a certain manner. But to the business man, who bas often such things to consider, other things ap- pear immediately—things which, in reality, consti- tute the essence, the very life principle of the transaction. And among others the most promi- nent are, first, the real value of that which is bar- gained to be sold; second, the mortgage upon it and conditions of its payment; third, whether or no there are release clauses in the mortgages, Judging from contemporaneous statements from both sides tne property was designed to be sold by the lot; therefore the Jast condition named would seem to be a paramount consideration. It appears, however, that not a word is stated in this “memo- randum” that it should be conditioned in the mortgages that upon payment of a certain sum of money the mortgagees would re- lease & pro rata portion of the land. A business man knows that if such @ condition is omitted it is not intended to release, and a man versed in real estate matters knows that such an omission 1s fatal to the success of any such enter- prise. Judging, then, from such a state of facts, a practical business man would unhesitatingly say that some concealment or deception had been made or intended by the sellers; that it most cer- tainly was a document prepared in their interests alone and most unfair in its operation against the buyer—unfair, because a straightiorwara business man will Galeon in plain terms what is intended by any ordinary agreement, and it is particu- larly essential that this shall be done in real estate transactions, Now, 4 fair-minded man will consider it very reprehensible, where & lady is one of the contracting partes, if the most scrupulous exactness and candor ts not pre- served in documents to which she subscribes. The confiding nature of a woman, even if experienced in business matters, will entrust much tw the honor and magnanimity of men in whom, from their position or connections, she may have repowed confidence. But no man ought to, and no honor- able man will, leave that unexpressed which is either understood shall be performed or essential to the interests of either party. To an outsider it is very evident irom the circumstances that the men representing the Sea Oli Association must 40 releqpe aga ayo 9, pro- cure Cromwell, the first mortgagee, to release, and yet they omitted to express this very impor- tant point in the “memorandum” which they 10- duced this lady ‘to sign. Again, the ‘nemorandum” says nothing about $6,000 Of the Cromwell $29,000 mortgage falling due so soon as April, 1878, This, in the eyes of @ straight business man fs dishonorable; in fact it is a traudulent omission. A contract should be plain, and areal estate contract so vitally deficient, is & plata swindle, for on the face it would appear that jhe total $29,000 mort, falis due at one and the same time, and were it not go the difference should be plainly expressed. Mrs. Langdon is reported to have said that she was not told of this $6,000 being due 80 soon until after her signi the “memoran- le dum.” It seems reasonab! to believe this from two facts:—First, the omis- sion above reierred to m the ‘“memoran- dum,” and secondly, it seems absurd that if Mrs. Langdon needed money to prepare the “Beulah” property for transfer, and only receiving, all told, the sum of $3,600, that’she should be made aware that she would have to pay $6,000 upon the Sea Cliff mortgage. A practical business man’s conclusions would therefore be that these men studiously concealed this fact from Mrs, Langcon until after the signing of the “memorandum.” If a merchant agreed to buy @ lot of merchandise upon & credit of one year, and upon arranging tor the oasession of the goods be told that some twenty- ive per cent of the price was due and must be paid, as having been advanced upon the same, he would unhesitatingly say that his agreement did not s0 specify, and that the sale was a iraud. Again, it appears that the price ot this sixty-five acres Sea Clif property was fixed at $1,400 per acre. From the various statements published in connection with this matter it appears that Mrs. Langdon was talked into this price trom the state- ments of the Sea Cuff men, that they had sold lots at $300 to $400 each, or considerably nore than $1,400 per acre, and that, therefore, this price was cheap. Now, @ business man can understand how a wo- man may be induced to listen to statement aiter statement, and by setting forth this and smoothing over the rough points of that. project, and with- holding others mvoge thier they finally leave a good impression er er mind, And nothing Jin real estate 80 deceiving as real value. One man owns 8 lot whic he wants to sell; @& neighbor owns a hundrea adjoining, and the latter, being largely interested, induces the small owner to alarge price. The large owner will “hold”? his property at a certain high rate, and the report makes this the estab- lished vaiue. The uninitiated are deceived. It appears, too, that the Sea Oli Company had paid but $550 per acre quite recently, and they had been jorced into pares this high price to prevent its being turned into a “race course,” which would materially have interfered with their speculation as a “camp meeting ground.’? At these figures, $650 per acre as: pure! ase ptice and the modest one of $1,400 per acre as selling price, their profits may be easily reckoned up a8 about the snug sum of $63,000—not a bad bargain in duil times, and that, too, obtained from @ woman, and, as 18 easily seen, nearly all to be made in cash, for most of their profits was in the shape of this second mort- gage, to be given back by Mrs. Langdon upon their Sea Cliff property. It is a fact, however, that there is plenty of ad- joining land quite as well situated as the Cromwell tract, the situation of which is familiar to the wri- ter, which can be bought at from $200 to $250 per acre, or about one-seveuth of the price wrung from Mrs. Langdon in the “memorandum ;” and that tis same Sea Cliff Association have actually, since last winter, purchased some 200 acres at such a price. A clear and right-minded business man can see in such a “memorandum”? nothing but undue and de- cldedly dishonorable influences brought to bear upon the mind of an unsuspecting and impres- ie. Woman, There is no palliation in the plain fact of these men exacting $90,000 for What cost but $35,000, and ne aera worth not over $15,000 to $25,000, It cannot be said that their bad bargain would make the land worth what they gave, for in reality they were forced into paying an extraordinary rice to save their other property from deprecia- Bon, or, possibly, annihilation. A plain business man will always denominate as an absolute swin- dle the obtaining of a sevenfold price for anything. He needs no acquaintance with other details, tor such a fact speaks louder than a thousand denials or a thousand hypotheses. These, tuen, are a business man’s plain aeduc- tions from 4 little study oi the “memorandum”— the only written and therefore tangible portion of this story. Considered in the abstract, an un- biassed and disinterested party would think that it could not reflect much credit upon the men engaged in a religious enterprise whose minds were no jurther advanced in the principles of common honesty, keeping out of view religious conscientiousness, than that they should fasten so outrageous an incubus as this “memorandum” upon the possessions of one whom they constantly called “sister.” They, it seems, were willing to take from Mrs, Langdon her entire Beulah” prop- erty, and compel her to make for them in addition, some $33,000, to be paid over to them as fast as re- ceived, besides causing her to break up her Beulah enterprise, and losing thereby, not only much ready cash in repayments to buelah purchasers, but likewise the time for doing much good work already in progress, Uf course, these seem to be only natural inferences from the acts as subscribed to in the “memorandum,” and whatever may have been the character of the numerous interviews which naturally enough may have taken place during the consummation of this business, no arguments seem to be necessary and no array of figures needed to prove aught else than that a party of schemers—‘“sharpers,”’ in fact, as real estate men call such—ipsidiously laid a plan, under a religious garb, to enrich themselves at the expense of & Jrank, confiding and working Christian woman. If the Churei people would but so freely express their condemnation ef such behavior as to bring moral punishment upon the members who engage in it @ proper iesson might save the Church much scandal and promote her cause accordingly. BUSINESS MAN, A Correction. SourHotp, L. I., August 29, 1873, To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD :— In your paper of this date a most absurd mis- statement, of which I demand the correction, is made by a correspondent from Cutchogue relative toja Catholic fair just held there. This writer states that Father MacKenna was ably assisted by a number of meinbers of the Masonic iraternity, which is ridiculously faise. Masons may indeea have visited the fair, and may even have spent their money there for aught I know to the contrary; however, none but good Catholics had by a4 whatever to do with its management. Feeling bound to make this correction, 1am none the less grateful to the many non-Catholics who encour- aged us by their presence and generously aided us with their purses, JOHN MACKENNA, Pastor, Cutchogue, L. I, The Wesleyan Mission in Haytt. APPEAL TO THE SYMPATHIES OF THE FRIENDS OF HAYTL IN BEAALF OF THE LONG USEFUL WES LEYAN MISSION IN THAT COUNTRY. This mission has been under the direction of the well-known missionary, M. B. Bird, ever since 1840, Up to the year 1869 some three thousand children, mostly from Roman Catholis families, had received a Protestant education at this establisnment, as well as similar ones in diferent parts of the Hay- tien Republic, At Port-au-Prince a spacious scboolroom, with a master’s dwelling, has been erected, Between the dates already mentioned a neat church had also been built, which accommodates 400 hearers, having also attached to it a parsonage, &c,, the congregations and native members attend. ing being in every respect encouraging, while, at the same time, the whole of these premises had been patd for by funds mostly raised at Port-au- Prince. In 1869 these hard-earned premises were swept away by the fires of the Salnave revolution, during the absence of the missionary in Europe, who, on his return to the old scene of his labors, at once set himself to rebuild amid the ruins, On the 2vth of February, 1872, the foundation stone was laid of another still larger church, capable ot con- taining 1,000 hearers, and on the following 22d of August this spacious building, aithoagh untinished, was opened and solemnly dedicated to the public worship of Almighty God. On this interesting oc- casion it was stated that the building, although quite in the rough, had cost £2,000, one-half of which had been raised at Port-au-Prince, the other half remaining as debt. The object of the present appeal is two-fold:— First—To aid in clearing off all aebt, a great part of which is even already paid. Second—To aid in completing this long useful establishment, which it is purposed shall be ultimately freprool, but the whole of which, inciuding the buiiding of 200 feet of wall for the enclosure of the entire premises, &c., Will not be accomplished under £10,000; nor is there any reason to doubt that by the united effort Of all the friends of this long useiui mission, this sum will be ultimately raised. It is hoped that the real Protestant stamina which has been shown by the native Protestants and foreigners here will be deemed worthy by our friends abroad of their hearty encouragement and support, especially as both the day and Sunday schools are agam in @ flourishing condition, they both for the present being held in the church, The parent scotty is London having supported this mission for Aity years, now deciare that it is time jor it to make its , although reasonable, is certainly for the present impossible and especially under the present circumstances, M. B. BIRD, Wesleyan Missionars. Mr. Turenne Lurrieux, now in New York, 1 authorized to receive subscriptions in behalf of the Wesieyan Missionary establishment at Port-au- Prince, Hayt, and funds remitted to the care of Mr. Van Bokkeln, Haytien Consul, 29 Front street, will be gratetully acknowledged, Ministerial Movements and Changes. METHODIST. Last week a grand farewell missionary meeting was held on the camp ground at Denville, N. J., to say farewell to Rev. H. Mansell, a returning mission- ary to India, and to Rev. A. D. McHenry and wife, Rev. Richardson Gray, M. D., Rey. T, E. Scott, Miss Nancy Monelle, M. D., and Miss 8. C. Leming. The ministers go out under the direction and auspices Of the General Missionary Society and the ladies under that of the Woman's Foreign Missionary §e ciety of the Methodist Episcopal Charch, They will be joined at Liverpool by Rev. 8. Knowles and family, who also returns to India, and at Suez by Rev. J. A. Mudge and wife. Five other mission- aries are under appointment for China, who will sail the middle of October. This latter company will make thirty men sent to the foreign fleld— most of them, too, accompanied by wives—since the new missionary secretaries assumed their po- sitions, thirteen montns ago. The Woman's Mis- sionary Society have sent out nearly as man, ladies ‘also. The farewell meeting at Denville is said to have been one of remarkable spiritual power and to have been participated in by nearly 10,000 people. Bishop Harris, who is now in Japan, has transferred Rev. Mr. Cowell (en route) from the Foo Chow mission to Japan, and calls upon the Mission Board to send another to China in his stead. Dr. Warren and Dr, Payne, of PHRAdatinis, have sailed from Liverpool, and are expectec home in @ day or two. Rev. M. M. Parkhurst, pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal church, Chicago, wiil start irom that city Septem- ber 8 on @ year’s voyage round the world, touching at the Methodist mission stations on the way. The numerous iriends of Bishop Janes wiil be rad to learn that the latest reports indicate that his con- dition is improving end that the doctors are hope- ful of his final restoration to health, though the proces may be slow, Mrs. York, wife of Rev. L. 0. ‘ork, of Detroit Conference, was licensed to preach by the Ann Arbor District Conference last week. Rev. G. G. Dains has Been appointed principal and Mrs, Dains preceptress of the Northern New York Conference Seminal at Antwerp, N. Y, Rev. Dr. Porsal, of Baltimore, and Rev, G. W. McLaughlin, of Philadelphia, spent a little time here last week en route to Martha’s Met cam meeung. Rev. J. L, Crane, of Springfield, Ill, an Rev. Dr. Collins, of Memphis, Tenn., were also in the city last week on a visit. The corner stone of a new Methodist Episcopal church was laid at Mauch Chunk, Pa, last Sabbath. A late letter from Dr. Vernon, Superintendent of the Metho- dist Missions in Italy, says that a new mission chapel had just been opened at Forli,and that its first service was packed full. It holds more than three hundred rsons. The residents and visitors at Ocean Urove last week (Friday) subscribed $1,200 to endow @ perpetual scholar- ship in the India Conference Theological Seminary. PRESBYTERIAN, Rey. Dr. Wilson, of Louisville, while in London Tecently, went to Spurgeon’s Tabernacle on a sacramental Sunday, and was invited by Mr. Spur- geon to assist in the administration of that ordi- nance and to address the congregation, which he did. This does not look much like close com- munion, The Presbyterians of Chicago number about 3,700 souls. The first Presbyterian church in the United States (that of Snow Hill, in Maryland) Was organized in 1600. The first Presbytery was held in Phiiadeiphia in 1705, and the first General Assembly was instituted in the same city in 1789. At that date it numbered 419 congregations and 188 ordained ministers; to-day it can boast of a large and influential membership and a highly educated ministry, numbering some 10,000, with as many churches. ‘The two hundred and seventh ses- sion of the Presbytery of Orange will commence at Orange, N. C., October 8. The Presbytery of Cen- tral Texas will meet at Austin, October2. The Presbyterians of Katonah, N. Y., are making ear- nest efforts to erect a church edifice. A committee has been appointed to select a site, Rev. CN. Campbell, o1 Poolesville, Md., has eeerean & posi- tion as Principal of the Andrew Small Academy, located at Darnestown, Md. He will continue to supply the church at Poolesville, Md. The First aa eo church of Providence, R. |., has called Rev. John Dixon, a graduate of Princeton, N. J. Rev. L. W. Currie has removed from Moore county, North Carolina, to Mercer county, West Virginia, where there is a large field for missionary labor. The Choteau avenue Presbyterian church, St. Louis, Mo., nas called Rev. Thomas Marshall. A summer re- vival is reported at Sedalia, Mo., where the churches are having @ season of refreshing experiences. For a few weeks past the two Presbyterian churches, Gencral Assembly and Declaration aud Testimony, and the two Methodist churches, Northern and Southern, have been meetin; union services on Sabbath evenings. The spirit of allhas been most Kindly and fraternal and the meetings most interesting. lay they purpose having a union communion. Rev. Father Chini- quy, the reformed Catholic priest, who has chai of ® congregation near Kankakee, IIl., who, like himself, have forsaken the Church of Rome, was baptized at the late camp meeting at Kankakee. He came torward of his own accord, saying, “I do not consider that I have ever received Christian haptism, for the Roman Catholic Church is not a Christian church.” The next day he preached with great power. Ninety-two thousand and fifty- 8iX doliars is the sum already subscribed by the Presbyterian churches in the United States toward the liquidation of the missionary debt of $128,000, EPISCOPALIAN, The Episcopalians are creating an interest at Rockville Centre, L, L, and trom present indica- tions they expect to o1 ize a parish and have a church there at no distant +. ‘Their ministers now preach in the Baptist church there, which the trustees have kindly allowed the use of free of charge. Kev. D. G. Gunn, rector of St. Paul’s church, Jersey City, has resigned that charge and undertaken the organization of another parish, to be known as St. Luke’s, ot which he will become rector. ‘The Bishop of Louisiana tas been called upon to organize three new parishes in that dio- cese, Rev. RK. D. Sterns, of Boonton, N. J., has exchanged that parish ior St. Mark’s, Whitewater, Wis. Rev. D. Pise, D. D., has resigned the rec- torship of St. Paul’s New Albany, Ind. Rev. H. C. Duncan has resigned the rectorship of St. Mark’s, New Orleans. Kev. J. B. Britton, of Dayton, Ohio, has gone to Urbana, Ohio. Dr. F. S. Jewell, @ Pres- byterian pastor of Greenbush, N. Y., is about to enter the Episcopal ministry in the diocese of Long Island. Rev. James H. Bowles, of Trinity church, Sun Francisco, has been deposed from the ministry for immoral conduct, There are tibed Episcopahans in Chicago. ‘The diocese of laware has 31 parishes, 40 churches and chapels, 22 ministers, ¥ communicants, and Sunday school teachers and scholars, 2,780, The contributions of the dio- cese last year amounted to $36,698 32, BAPTIST. The Union Park Baptist church, of Chicago, have an interesting fight among themselves touchin; the retention or dismissal of their pastor, Rev. F. McCarthy. The church is nearly equaily divided on the subject, but there is a small majority in the pastor’s favor. Rey. W. W. Evarts, Jr., has de- clined the cail of the Baptist church at Tarrytown, , and accepted one as assistant pastor of the church, to which his father ministers in Chi- 0. Rey. L. F. Raymond, of Dubuque, lowa, sailed last week for an extended tour through Europe and the Holy Land. Rev. Robert Bococl M. D., of Mount Vision, has accepted the pulpit ol the Baptist church at Rockville Centre, L. I., from which the Rev. H. 0. Pentecost recently resigned. Rev. George B. lisley, of Springvale, has ree moved to Yarmouth, Me. v. 0. Richardson from Warren to Tennant’s Harbor, Me. ve c. F. Myers goes from Redding to Sutton, Mass. There are thirty-nine empty Baptist uipits in Indiana, and there are more han that number of Baptist ministers pulpitiess and unemployed, and willing and anxious to be in- stalled at very moderate salaries, A Baptist church has been organized at Salt Lake City, and Rey. George W. Dodge has been chosen pastor. Mr. W. W. Evarts, Jr., has been invited to become astor of the Baptist church in Tarrytown, N. Y. The Herkimer street church, Brooklyn, of which Dr. 8S. Baker was pastor, have called Rev. Henry B. Warring from Camiilus, N. Y., and he has ac- cepted. The Baptists propose to celebrate the cen- tennial in 1876 by a universal movement throug! out the United States in behalt of of their institu- tions ol learning, enlarging them for their proper work and strengthening them by endowment, Rev, J. C. Burkholder has resigned the care of Bank street church, New Albany, Ind. The Rev. J. D. Meeson has resigned as pastor of the Baptist church, Hastings, N. Y, The General Association of Baptists in Virginia unanimously agreed to suppport the American Bible Society instead of their own Bible Union. Somebody says there are no Baptists in Newfoundland, and suggests that the water is too cold. Rev. E.G. Taylor, D.D., pastor of Coliseum church, New Orieans, is spending some time with his friends in the North; lie preaches to-day for the Warburton avenue church, Yonkers. Rev. orge H. Brigham, of Groton, N. Y., has received and ac- cepted an appointment as District Secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union for the St, Law- rence district, which covers western New York, with headquarters at Rochester. Rev, Mark Bailey has resigned the presidency of California College, at Vacaville, and accepted that of the col- lege at McMinnville, Oregon. The Baptist church of Greenpoint, L. L, have cailed one of the sons of Dr. Hiscox to become their pastor. Rev. Dr. Moss, of Crozer; Kev. H. F. Colby, of Dayton ; Rev. A. J. F. Behrends, of Cleveland, and Rev. R. 8. James, of Zanesville, have each been spoken of in connection with the presidency of Denison University, made vacant by the death of Dr. Talbot. Rev. A. L, Freeman will close his pas- torate with the Baptist church of Southington, Conn., next Sabbath. ROMAN CATHOLIC. The new Archbishop of Lima, on taking the oath ot office, swore to hold the laws of the country su- perior to any orders from Rome—the first time that a Peruvian prelate refuses the right of the Pope to interiere in the affairs of the Republic. The Baltimore Jfirror has late advices from Rome announcing the general good health of the Pope. Its correspondent had @ personal interview with the Ponti, A conference of the clergy of Balti- more is to be heid at the Archbishop’s residence on Monday, September 8, The Dutch are now taking their turn at the pilgrimage business, ‘Thousands of persons went to Brielle to find relief from the water of an oid well, which is said to pos- sess a supernatural power to cure incurable als- eases. This month @ monster pligrim: is an- pounced to “the most gracious chapel at Thorn.” Bishop Hendricken, of Providence, on arriving at home on August 20, from his travels in Europe, was greeted by a large and most enthusiastic gath- ering of his people. Despite his fatigue, it was im- Rossible for him to resist the impnise to show how leeply he was touched by this evidence of attach- ment, and he made a most happy Kittle speech, which was constantly a yy bursts of ap- plause from the crowd, ne Catholic Review comes to the aid of those who have been writing Protestantism down and up and shows Py, an array of figures that while the population of this country has increased 1,433 per centum since 1777, the Catholics have within the same period increased 22,000 per cent. in other words, the 25,000 Catholics of 1777 have multiplied to 6,600,000 in 1870, At the same time the Protestant communicants of the United States number only 6,260,000, On August 10 & great pilgrimage took piace to the shrine of St. Radegonda, Queen of France, who is buried at Poitiers, A correspondent of the nan’s .Writes that, under pres ‘text of to account one of the attencants of the Ch ot St. Andrea della Valle, who had expelied a drunken woman from that edifice, & guard of public safety, accompanied by ahorde of rowdies, entered the chureh, Thursday morning last, hat on head, during the celebration of mass, and penetrated at once to the sacristy, where they began hissing and howling, grossly insulting the riest Who had said the final mass. Due inquiries ing made, the guard and his satellites were forced to admit the justice of the expulsion of the previous day and to content themselves with the scandal they had given. MISCELLANEOUS, Rev. J. H, Suydam, of Jersey aes and wife ar- rived home from their travels in Europe on the zoth inst. Rev. Theodore W. Wells, of Bayonne, le dae, accepted a calito the pastorate of the Reformed church at Marlborough, Monmouth county, N. J., and will enter upon his duties next sabbath, Rev, John P, Demeritt, of Pawlet, Vt accepts a call to the Third Congregational church in Meriden, Conn. The First Congregational church society of Paterson, N. J,, has passed revolutions condeming the publication in certain newspapers of articles that tend to damage the character of their pastor, the Rev. Mr, Hageman. Rev. F. F. Bahner haa received and accepted a call to tie pas- torate of the Reformed congregation of Milton, Pa, Messiah Lutheran church, Constantine, Mich., will be dedicated next Sunday. The new Lutheran charch at East Berne, Albany county, N, Y., was dedicated on the 28th inst. Rev. Fanny Ww. Rob- erts, pesicr of the Universalist church in Kittery, has en given authority by the Governor and Council to solemnize marri: es in Maine, the first instance of the kind in which a lady was ever given such authority im _ that State. The Rev. John Fraser, of Edinpurgh, late of Meadville Theological School, Penn- favants, has accepted the unanimous invitation of the congregation of Highfleykes Lane chapel, Idle, to become their minister, A total of about 950 parishes, organized into 23 State and 1 general convention, and maintaining 5 colleges, 8 semiy naries, 2 theological achools and 13 perlodicais— these are the visible denominational proauct of the Universalists of the United States, Five new ministers have recently settied over Universalist churches in Vermont, name! Revs. J. F, Gate in Springfield; George Forbes, in Marshfield an Plainfield; Henry For! es, in ‘aville; S, Davis, in East Montpelier, and E. J. Chaffee, in Chester. Congregationalism has 3,700 adherents in Chicago, There are 212 church organizations of all Kinds in that city. The Universulists are taking kindly to camp meetings. They held one in the grove near Collegeville, Pa., a couple of weeks ago and nearly 2,000 people attended, and they expect as a result to organize a Universalist society there. SPIRITUALISM. THE FOUNDATION. Belief in a future lif: is natural to man. Savage or civilized, he is never quite without that hope and desire. This faith is the corner stone on which all the religions edifices have been built that ever cumbered the earth. Human commerce with the celestials is also a subject that, in all countries, has claimed the credence of mankind, It is eminently 8 Biblical theme, commencing with the second chap- ter of Genesis and concluding witn the last chap- ter of Revelations. All creeds also divide the in- habitants of the other world into two classes, ‘the good and the bad,” and generally admit that mem- bers of both of these classes are ‘‘occasionally in- terviewed”’ by the sons and daughters of Adam. THE BUILDING, Statements verifying human intercourse with the higher order of spirits, from the Deity Himselt down to the ‘fellow servant’? of John the Reve- lator, wili readily occur to the reader and need not here be recorded, Statements verifying human intercourse with the lower order of spirits are also abundant in the sacred writings. The Egyptian Magicians by their enchantments successfully emu- lated the two first of the ten plagues, and caused their rods to change into serpents, after the man- ner of that of Aaron, The ghost of the prophet Samuel was evoked py @ woman who had a familiar spirit to do her bidding. The New Testament adds to the record the case of Simon, ‘who used sorcery and bewitched the peopie of Samaria,” while the ‘gospels are filled with reports of the cases of very many people who were possessed (or obsessed) by demons which were exorcised at the command of Christ. The last book of the Bible, the Revelation, sums up the question and presents in grand re- view the combating forces of the etherial armies, SCIENTISTS, HISTORIANS AND POETS. Spiritualism being thus sanctioned by the simplest and purest faith the world has ever seen, readers can be left to estimate the position it holds in the more elaborate and complicated reli- gions of the !urther East, But notwithstanding the united testimony of the creeds scientists, as a mass, have ever continued to turn a deafear to the voices of the charmers. They feel that they can- not pour a spirit into an alembic, nor bray it in & mortar; that it defies analyzation and will not be meted by their rules nor weighed in their balances, Historians give to the subject a more lenient atten- tion. Sacred history has already been quoted; classic history abounds in spiritual marvels, and modern European historians, and even American, are not without their share of such wonders, Poets delight to dwell upon such supernal themes, and in the brightest pages of their labors, from the. Sie of Job, in which Satan is personified, to the lidsummer Night’s Dream of Shakspeare, we find in their writings unearthly characters depicted in all forms aad attitudes, and of ail classes aud powers, THE POWER OF THE PORT. In spite of science and materialism, it would seem as though the imagination rules and ever mast rule the heart of man. In the popular scales James Watt will never outweigh William Shake- speare. cry ol the many is “Puck’s girdle inst the telegraph for ever.” It is no use to philosophize upon the subject, the multitude are not philosophers, but men and women. If the poets love the marvellous, it is certain that the people will do so, for they have ever followed their song- makers. The half poet of Spain, (as he termed himself), Miguel de Cervantes, has moulded the character of the Spaniard, and it was not the edict of Henry the Eighth, but the Kobin Hood ballads which preceded it, that changed the religion of England. The power of the poet has been dweit upon, because in all cases of celestial intercourse the largest room is given for the development of the imaginative faculty of man, This is the domain of the poet. THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, Modern Spiritualism claims to be the child of Science, but is repudiated by her. Her only re- source is to appeal to fancy or ig lg) and there she finds her home. Reared in the lap of the Foxy muses, it is no wonder that she already aspires torulg the chariot of Apollo, But it is true that at present Spiritualists make @.very grotesque appearance when endeavoring to bridle the flery steeds. Nothing can be more ridiculous than the wretched twaddle that is paraded weekly in their papers as coming direct from the spirit world, They themselves admit that the larger half of their communicants are undeveloped spirit alias lars. Whoever interviews their medic: clairvoyants had better abide by one only, other- wise he may find out the truth of the old copy— viz., that “Variety is charming.” Their chatter at their conferences is usually the silliest balderdash ; that is, When treating of the subject of spiritual jutercourse. Dickens tells us of @ traveller, one of the elect, who told him confidentially that he had attended @ séance the ge vious evening, and that the “sperrits’ had there pop ood out @ sentence which troubled him much to fathom its meaning. It was, said he, “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bosh.”’ “Ihave heard it before,” replied the novelist, “but 1s not the last word ‘bush ¥" “No,” responded the tray- eller, gravely, ‘the sperrits gave it ‘bosh.’” The experience of the writer adds that those spirits be- longed to the ranks of the truth tellers. PROGRESS AND PLAN OF ACTION. But, although the rappings, the planchette bust- ness, the table tippings and turnings, spirit pain’ ings and spirit materializations may, when criti- caily examined, Y yvsad to be ridiculous and un- worthy, the rapid growth of the popular belief in such things may well challenge the attention of the eed press. Only a quarter of @ century old, it as already established its organs in almost every Without home aid its mis- Of late, one of these, assed through Austra- civilized community. sionaries go everywhere. Mr. Peebles, has just lasia on a@ lecture tour, and is now in Chins. By his own account, his labors have been eminently successtul, and he has been received and welcomed by large audiences throughout his route. Tne nature of modern Spirituaiism is such that it is eminently easy to Introduce tt into any community. Spiritualists Reout the idea that their doctrines are proscrip- tive or even new, being content with calling them a Kon eg te of the faiths already existing in the world. They readily admit that all creeds contain the germ of truth, though they add that in all cases these germs are over with errors. AS with them the basest of men is merely an un- eos soul, and as they admit no special eternal punishment, previor accepted forms of faith present no obstacles to their Cot goed Wherever modern Spiritualism it does Not oppose existing religions, but rather attaches iteelt them ani nnderintnes them. It usually makes its first entry into when family these are sufficiently numerous it proceeds in regular order to Choy my ite nas ‘and organ- ue 1ts presses among the people, aa, rogramme Spiritualism has for its ends and aims ‘the scientific probation of the continuation of human existence in spirit lanu, oy seostladgn oe develop and prepare the wat a more ct un: and ‘mankind.’ To advance these con! all Spirttnalists believe that their main dependence for success must be placed on the action of the 8 upon humanity, although it is t S bat) OF every men and woman to forward the same to the best of their abilities. They claim that the lower sphere of the spirit world is here, and that the spirits of onr di friends and rela- tives re by ue 808 Us, Rov pastequey largely in nencing our actions, They repudia' the es of eternal punishment, but claim p1 sion for all undeveloped souls, They assert ti their deity is omnipresent, and that consequent they have no room in which to place -a aevii,' They affirm that many spirits have already ma- terialized themselves, and have been seen by thou- sands, and that the time is not far distant when’ the world’s ancient sages, who vy y de; clare, instruct the humanitarians through their; trance mediums, will speak lace to face to the peoples, DIVISION IN THE CAMP. Under such circumstances, and guided by such instructors, harmony ought to be the order of the day in the ranks of the Spiritualists; but it is nob found to be 80. Disagreement has already ex~ hibited itself among them. Although they both subscribe to the doctrines stated in the previous paragraph, two parties are already formed which wili jufluence the future of (if not destroy) modern Spiritualism. One party is termed ‘the conserva- tives” the other “the radicals.” ORIGINAL MODERN SPIRITUALISTS, 2 ‘The conservatives have tried every means in their power to effect an organization. Some would introduce a creed if possible, They have not yet succeeded in their attempts, They have established a Board in Chicago which grants 1et- ters of fellowship to admitted applicants author- izing them to preach, bury, &c, Napoleon the First said, “Scratch a Russian and he will start up a Tartar’’—so, if you press a conservative he 18 apt to change into a radical, Fundamentally, they believe radical doctrines, but do not like to be hurried to conclusions. ‘they are generally a Wealthy and prosperous people who have the ability to perceive that they have something which may lost in the agitation which must certainly follow the discussion of the radical programme. THE NEW ORDER. These are termed “the radicals,” and they are unquestionably the most numerous and the mos' noisy of the two parties, To use the language oj the gamester, they see what the conservatives have staked and go their pile better. Admitting the necessity for (and use of) the manifestations,: they declare that the practical work of modern Spiritualism now ought to be commenced, This work they assert is ‘to better the condition of humanity.” They are wholly dissatisiied with present ciroumstances, and propose to return and Tearrange the industrial, social, and religious condition of the world. Outof their ranks a band of flery young reiormers, mostly women, are con- stantly at work, appealing, and often not vainly, to large audiences in the great centres of our population, The conservative element, although powerful by its wealth, compactness and intelli< gence, cannot long hold its ground against tn attacks of these pythonesses of the platform. It is no wonder that the leader of these radicals, the notorious Victoria ©. Woodhull, has been twic! ‘elected president or the modern Spiritualists of the Union. ALL TALK AND NO CIDER. But, notwithstanding the noise created by tl Spiritualists and the magnitude of the numbers ot artizans that they claim (the estimate of Judge Zamonds exceeding five millions in this country)! the modern Spiritualists are at present @ loose,! Tambling body, incapable of combining their powers for effective action, The time may come, and probably is coming, when they will be able to create @ disturbance among us, but that time is not yet. To those who desire not to be infected witty the views of modern Spiritualism, which has beew @ means by which our lunatic asylums have beey largely populated, the best advice is to keep away froin ‘it, and neither inquire further into its doctrines nor witness any of its manifestations. A CHARITABLE ENTERPRISE. GSA RA, Eat The “Nun of Kenmare” Sends a Card te the New York Herald. Sister Mary Frances Clare, of Kenmare, county Kerry, Ireland, who is more generally known aq the “Nun of Kenmare,” and whose zeal in pere forming works of charity for the homeless poor of her country has become world-famed, sends a card to the Nsw YORK HERALD, requesting the publicas tion of a grand lottery, which is to be held on the 17th of March next. The object of ‘the lottery is to establish a home for the poor girls of ner countr: and to compensate for the loss of thousands of numbers of her great work, “The Life of St. Pat rick,” which were destroyed in the great Boston fire recently and which prevented her from earry+ ing out many charitable projects which she had im view. The following 1s a list of all the generous prize® which she offers in the lottery to be held on Tues« day (St. Patrick’s Day), March 17, 1874 Fist Paizz—A magnificent Limerick Lace Bi Dress, Veil and Opera Cloak, with # tiara of Irish monds, necklets and bracelets, &c., &c.—value $5002. Sxconp Prizx—A beautiful Irish Poplin Dress, designe: expressly for the purpose, (a white round with gol shamrocks), with a splendid set of gold ornaments, aite ancient Irish modeis—vaiue $1,000, —A complete set of the works of the Nni nd in green and gold moroceo, with ch—val ‘ —A set of Irish Point Lace Handkere chlets, to be embroldere with the name of the winner— value Firra Paize—A beautiful Baby's Robe. Hood and Cape, 1m Irish guipure lace; the pattern has been desizued ex: pressly for this lottery, with the harp and shan value Sixt Prise—A magnificent black Limerick La Tanto, with body trimmings ‘and lace shawl to maich- value SxvanrH Prize—A white Lace Shaw! of Irish point, of exquisite work—value . brated igntm PRizk—A complete set of Views of Cele! Irish Scenery, in a magnificent album of Killarney ar+ butus wood—Vvalue $100, 4 ‘Nina Prize—A Model of an Ancient Irish Harp, in Kile larney bog oak, studded with Irish viamonds—value $1604 Several hundred other prizes will be added to the above list, all of Irish manufacture, and all varying in value from $10 to $500. Any person disposing of, twenty tickets will receive in tp Lia free of all cost, &@ magnificent chromo-lithograph of the Nun of Ken- mare. The tickets are only $1 each. Any person! disposing of sixty of them will be presented with a free ticket for a special drawing for a magnificent banner, suitable to any society and valued at $1,000, No other ticket will be allowed a chance ot the banner. The names of the local agents for the distribution of tickets will be soon announced. The chromo-lithograph likeness of the ‘‘Nun of Ken- mare” will be mailed free to any address for $2; 9 carte-sized photograph for $1, and a cabine' photograph for $2. SUSPECTED CASE OF OHOLERA, Death in Castic Garden Hospital—Ph¢ Body at the Morgue—Post-Mortem Ex< amination To-Day by Dr. Cushman. Quite an excitement was created at the Coro ners’ Office, Board of Health and other sections of the city, yesterday afternoon, by the announce ment that‘a fatal case of cholera had occurred at the temporary hospital, Castle Garden. It appears that on the English steamship Lapland. which arrived at this port from Bristol on Friday, there came as passenger John Edwards, twenty-foux years of age, and born in England. According to report Edwards complained before leaving tha ship, but on going to a house in Front street, agreat resort for Englishmen, he became worse and wag transferred to the Castle Garden Hospital for treat- ment by Dr. Tobin, the surgeon in charge. doctor and other officials at the Garden who saw the patient felt convinced that his’ symptoms were those of genuine Asiatic cholera, and he was treated accordingly. Edwards sunk rapidly, however, and died yesterday morning soon after admission to the hospital. In reporting the case to Coroner’ Herrman Dr. Tobin said it wag a peculiar one, but, mentioned not a word about cholera; but subse~ quently, in conversation with Deputy Coroner Cush- man, the doctor seemed to have little, ifany, doubt but that Edwards died of cholera. The body was accordingly ordered to the Morgue, and at the same time information was sent to the Board of Health. Yesterday afternoon Coroner Herrman, accom~ anied by his Deputy, Dr. Cushman, called at the Xtor, eo Yor the purpose of making an autopsy, but as the has not yet reached there, and might not till a late hour, the examination was deferred po) to-day, when the real cause of death wil) be levelo} It is Buite possible deceased may have been eat- ing to excess of something that disagreed with him, thus producing acute cholera morbus an death, -bat the post-mortem examination by Dr, Cushman will settle the matter. It is reported as a (act that thero is another sick man on board the Steamer yes with symp- toms similar to those with which Edwards died, DOMESTIC INFELIOITY IN NEWARK Frightfal Assault on a» Woman by Het Husband. At noon yesterday Mrs. Susan Bergen, residing at No. 75 Clay street, Newark, barely escaped being murdered atthe hands, ag alleged, ot her husband, Martin Bergen. The latter, it appears, got home shortly after twelve o'clock conside- rably under the influence of liquor and got into some trifling dispute with the woman, who was 7 a wood im the yard. The woman = starte: leave her ” husband’ acy but just then he sprung forward, ecized he axe and dealt her a murderous blow on the head. She fell to the earth with ocry and was goon reisering in a large pool of bi mselfin @ barn, whe sequently found by the police. He was locked w) irs. Bergen was carried into the house and med cal aid procured. She may not die, but her condi- tion yesterday was dangerous. Bergen has an unsavory reputation on the police records. WILLIAMSBURG BURGLARS, At an early hour yesterday morning the resi. dence of Mr. William Mott, No. 418 South Fourth Street, Williamsburg, was entered by burglars, im the absence of the family. The police of the Fifth Precinct, having been notified of the fact, repairea ‘to the house in iorce and found snenelty of silver; ware in a tin pail in the rear yard. On her in- vestigation they found on the premises two youn; men, who were promptly escorted to the statio: house, where they gave the names of Henry Barnett and James White, On being taken before Justicg Elliott said they were not ready for examinm and were semanded unwil Wednesday nex, »