The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1875, Page 6

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NEW YOR MONDAY, MAY 10, 1875. From our reports thie morning the probabilities are that the weather to-day will be warm and clear. Tur Mrxers.—The trouble in the mining “ns around Wilkesbarre still continues, at the disorderly classes do not seem to gain ground. Our correspondence indicates dis- sensions in their rauks which are likely to ultimately result in a settlement favorable to ‘the general interests. Tur Beecner Turat will be resumed to day, and the plaintiff will present further wit- | nesses in rebuttal. ‘There are hopes that the testimony will all be in this week Mr. Evarts bas led us to expect that the trial draws near to its end, and when it does end the whole country will be rejoiced. Tae Weatner Propner yesterday justified his reputation for accurate predictions, The day was delicious and indicated tnat the long expected spring has come at last to stay. Our business community will profitby the grateful change from snow and rain and streets choked with mud. Tux Rev. Mr. Guenpesxine preached again in Jersey City yesterday, and it is evident that pport in rebellion against the Presbytery. severes in this country who is without a party, and even the h 1 fate of poor Mary Pomeroy does not make the Rev. Mr. Glen- denning an 7 rtion, Tar Masons.—The dedication of the new Masonic Temple in this city on Jane 2 will be | ° a national event for that influential and ex- tended Order, Masons irom all parts of the country will attend, and delegations from Europe are also expected. Of the prepara- tions now being made for the imposing dis- play we elsewhere give a full account, Bravrrcarv.—We print a communication elsewhere in reference to General Beauregard, releasing that gentleman from the itaputation that he favored a policy of exceptional crucity during the war. The General is himself to blame for the injustice of which his friends complain, No one supposes that he sincerely meant to enforce this policy, more especially } as we all know that he wever failed to treat our soldiers, when they came into his hands, with courtesy and har It is better that the whole matter sh ass into oblivion with so many dark war m rics, and that we should only remember men like Beauregard for their genuine valor and chivalry. ‘Thr Sua Suarryt has again made his ap- pearance, and this time measures one hun- dred and twenty feet. Evide of his ex ence is found @n the bleodstained pike with which he was stabbed by a sailor. There certainly no reason known to the naturalist why the immemse snakes which exist on land should not have their duplicates in the water; but the testimony on record does not justi firm belief in such oceanic mousters. nas ever killed a sca serpent, the body of oue has never been wasked ashore, and all we know of them rests upon the untrustworthy word of startled sailors. It is no wonder that scientists classify them with the sirens is No one Ulysses heard, and the mermaid which Mr. | Barnum made out of a codfish and an African monkey. ¥ An- | is no man who per- | |The Approaching Close of the Ses- | sion—“Home Rule” Throttied by the | Governor, The Legislature will probably adjourn sine die at tbe end of the present week without having done anything to remodel the govern- | For this neglect Governor Tilden is respon- sible, and it is a great set-off to his praise- | worthy services relating to the canals. The | law for the relief ot the city because Governor Tilden wished no action on the subject. It is, | sort of a message or dissertation on the organization of cities which he will send in on | to express his theoretical views on so impor- tant a subject in the expiring days of the ses- sion, when there is no chance of its receiving that mature consideration without which | legislative action would be a rash leap in the dark. There was no subject, not even the canals, which bad equal claims to the early attention of the Legislature. There was no other on which the pledges given by Governor Tilden and his party in the election were so distinct, unequivocal, emphatic, and so often repeated, The pith of their plattorm was com- prised in the three phrases: —‘‘Hard money, free trade, home rule.’’ The first two belong to nationat polities and are beyond the scope of State legislation. The democratic plattorm was, therefore, utterly meaningless as defining the policy of the party on such subjects as would come within the cognizance of the officers then to be elected it it did not include a promise to restore local self-government to the city ot New York. But this pledge was | not leit to inference. It was explicitly given in the promise ‘‘to limit and localize most jealously the powers intrusted to public ser- yvants—municipal, State and federal.” This declaration in favor of ‘‘municipal home rule” is a broken pledge, broken by Governor Tilden, who had been elected on the strength of it and who exerted all his influence against @ measure passed by the democratic Assembly and voted tor by all the democratic Senators, | If there is any subject on which the press of this city of all parties and no party, on which the people of this city of all parties and no | party, are practically and strenuously unani- mous it is the exceeding badness of our municipal organization. They will justly hold Governor Tilden responsible for their com- pulsory endurance ot it for at ieast another year. Excepting the annual tax and supply bills there is no subject of legislation which might not have been postponed with less evil and inconvenience than the reconstruction of our city government. We must not be understood as laying the stress of our blame on Governor Tilden’s dis- like of the Costigan bill and his wish to have it defeated. The Costigan bill was very well so far as it went, and, with some amendments, it would have served a useful purpose in tid- ing over the interval between its passage and the adoption of anew charter. The Gover- ner’s opposition to so partial a measure of re- lief would have been justifiable it he had made it the occasion of pressing upon the Legislature, at that early stage of the session, a thoroughly good measure of municipal re- construction. But he did not wish the Costi- gan bill shoved aside to give place to a better, but to give place to nothing. The Governor was like the dog in the manger, who would neither eat the hay nor permit the | oxen to eat it. His sole sim has been to stave off the subject and carry it over to a succeed- | ing Legislature, although he virtually admits its great importance by preparing the elabo- to send in at too late | a day for any practi For this set- | tled purpose of obstruction there are two ex- eu both bad. One is his wish to save his personal parasite and toady of many years, rate Message he inte 1 action. | Comptroller Green, until the expira- | tion of his term, next October, when |he will step down and ont, to the | great joy of the 7 consent of his old ir , without the official the Governor. This | | excuse for opposin, ion at this session bears too close a resemblance to the personal ablic conduct which the demo- P s 60 incessantly imputed to President ( t. The other excuse of the Governor for blocking charter reform at this ession is the fact that there is a republican 1m the Senate, whereas he hopes that ature will be ’ Even if this be not a pretext to cover his determination to shield his friend g leg’ tism in pu majority | both br: demo; hes of the next L Green it is a lame apcl evinces a will- | ingness to subordins public good to objects. There was never so favorable oriuuity for establishing a wise, sound, d stable Governor Tilden uway this winter. The city has been ntwo thieves” by the con- democratic and republican ive partisan Legis- charter as cbarters, passed by succe latures from sordid motives of party advantage. Our only chance of getting a really good charter is from a Legislature | constituted as the present one is, in which | the two parties hold a mutual check upon other and can unite only on the basis of If Governor T jus Jen's hope of an out- and-out democratic Legislature next year should be realized the city will be saddled with another partisan charter which the first republican Legislature will be sure to upset, and our municipal ship will be always on the rock of Scylia or in the whirlpool of Charyb- | dis, What the city wants is not a succession of partisan charters perpetually supplanting one another as otien as the political com- but a egislature chan plexion of th y charter so fair, and judicions that all just men will approve it. A great opportunity has been | lost in the faiinre to pass such a charter at | this session, when a republican Senate, a | democratic Assembly and a reform Governor | (this is the character in which Governor Tilden is ambitions to shinc) should have made the adoption of od charter easy. If the reform Governor had taken this subject in hand at an early stage of the l-«< st, efficient city governm oda wv d plan nt, with- , it would nm and preset advanta, out any have passed the Senate quite as easily as the or Tilden would have as a constructive As itis he has done nothing to relieve the democratic public men of this gen- eration from the standing reproach that they are unable to devise positive practical meas- ures ; that they merely aseail and demolish, sembly, 1 vined » distinction tesmnan. but have no talent to build, Governor Tilden | which have been of jate years recorded, Tha | which it is principally remembered was not ment or redress the grievances of this city. | | session will close without the passage of any | indeed, given out that he is preparing some | Tuesday ; but he might as well do nothing as | | bus thus far done nothing to refute this | criticism. He has assailed the Canal Ring as | he assailed Tweed—both services of great | value—but there is a wide difference between the vigor which demolishes, and the skill | which constructs. To ferret out abuses is the useful talent of a detective; a wise and con- | structive statesman establishes his claim to that title by devising measures of perma- nent utility. It did not require great | architects to tear Gown even the Bastile, although that was an admirable and ap- plauded service. Mr. Tilden bad an excellent occasion for showing constructive ability by offering a wise and original plan for govern- ing a great city. It is understood that his tardy forthcoming Message will present no definite plan, but merely ask authority to appoint a commission to devise one. It is a great pity that some democratic statesman does not exhibit to his countrymen a higher order of ability than is requisite for exposing and denouncing malversations in office. Ii Governor Tilden had devised a good charter and pushed it with the same laudable vigor that he has his measures against the Canal Ring he would probably have carried it through the Legislature, republican Senate andall, But had the Senate rejected it he would have still gained the great advantage of a sharply defined issue in the next election. Instead of a vague and meaningless generality about “home rule’ the peo- ple would know precisely what they were voting for or voting against on this subject. Itthe plan of the Governor were so fair, honest and wise as to command public approval after full discussion the question raised between him and the republican Senate would be decided by the people in his favor. It would not be in the power of his political opponents (inside or outside his party) to accuse him of a violation of the pledges given in the last election. It is too late to rectify the blunder now, because even if the Message he proposes to send in should present a prac- tical plan, instead of theoretical generalities, it will be impossible to make it a political issue. Itis too late to put the republican Senate in the attitude of opposing it The probability is that if he had recommended a really good charter at an earlier day the Senate would have passed it. At any rate the suffering people of this city will hold Gover- nor Tilden responsible for the continuance of the existing municipal chaos. renee The Memoirs of Sherman, We print a full review of what promises to be one of the most striking books of the war. General Sherman is so original and fresh that whatever he says or does will command atten- tion. He has always possessed the courage of his opinions. Wherever we see his figure in our history we have occasion to respect him as a man who means what he says, who goes to his work with a manly and sixcero purpose. It does not surprise us to see Sher- man, in the eyes of foreign critics, as the most striking figure of our war, sharing prob- ably with Lee and Stonewall Jackson the most enduring fame. Grant surpassed him in rank. Sheridan will probably be re- garded as a more brilliant soldier. Thomas has a fame that grows as surely and firmly as granite. But Sherman has iu a higher degree than any of our great generals certain quali- ties that are not generally possessed by mili- tary men. We are so accustomed to hear that Marlborough could not spell, that Wellington was profoundly ignorant, that Suwarrow was a bear and Blucher an ignorant blackguard, that even Napoleon was faulty in grammar, we associate Othello’s sumfnicg up of the soldierly quality so tre- quently with all soldiers, that it is a surprise | | to find a general who isa writer of no mean degreo andan orator. Sherman shows that he can wield the pen os well as the sword. His style isas much his own as that of Casar or Napoleon. Itis a winning style. We see a gifted man telling his life in a plain, artless fashion, but witha trenchant rhetoric. When- ever an opinion is demanded he gives it. His picture of the early days in California is as graphic asa chapter from Sir Walter Scott. Now and then there are criticisms upon his contemporaries which will provoke comment; but plainiy enough, Sherman means what he says. This is the value of the work. We are glad the General has written it. In many cases it throws new light upon the rebellion. Only by such light can the full measure of that momentous time be taken. And what- ever criticisms may be made upon the book | we honor the General for having given us so graphic and just a history of events in which he himself was 509 illustrious and successtul an actor. The Loss of the Schiller, early reports of the disaster were not ex- | aggerated, but that the loss of life is greater | than was feared. Two hundred of the passen- gers and crew were supposed to have been drowned, but now we learn that over three hnndred perished. Our special cable de- spatches give the terrible story of the wreck, which is one of the most appalling of modern times. The Schiller had a fair passage from this city till she drew near to the Seilly Islands, when observations were made im- by foul weather; the engines slowed, and the usual precau- taken. But im a dense fog in the darkness of night she struck upon the reefs and soon settled into theangry waves. The scene on board of | the ill-fated veesel must have been heartrend- | ing. There was the darkness, the fog, the violent dashing of the sea over the decks, the booming of the cannon, the lurid glare of the rockets, the hurry and panic of the pns- ae possible were tions and sengers and dying as they were washed away from their | opposed to rapid transit. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1875--TRIPLE SHEET. be fearless and thorough, and we trust it will force upon the attention of the public the value of those principles of safety in ocean navigation, upon which the HznaLp has 60 long insisted. The Danger of Rapid Transit. The first indication that we have seen of overt hostility to rapid transit is in the motion of Mr. Husted exempting Fourth avenue from a steam railway line. Now, on its face this is a very innocent motion, but we look upon it with distrust. Mr. Husted has the reputation, which he has not succeeded in removing, of being what may be called the head of cer- tain railway interests in Albany. He knows perfectly well that the Legislature granted a charter some time ago in reference toa rapid transit road upon Fourth avenue. He knows, also, that Fourth avenue is a nat- ural line between the present improvement on Fourth avenue and the Battery. The Fourth Avenue Railway is owned by the com- pany which controls this improvement, and, while we would counsel no legislation that would affect the interests of any sirect railway as compared with the other railways, we think, at the same time, that it is unjust for the Legisla- ture to passan amendment distinctly in the ing the interests of the owners of other roads who have as much claim to the consideration of the people. The motion to exempt Fifth avenue and Broadway from a steain railway is proper. Beyond that any interference on the part of the Legislature is improper. If it is found after deliberation that Fourth ayenue is the natural line for rapid transit, then there is every reason why it should be taken. It isa small avenue compared with the others; it passes through the Bowery, a wide business street, and goes directly to the City Hall. If we had any opinion on the matter it would be that Fourth avenue is ex- actly the avenue on which we should have a steam railway. We do not wish hastily to at- tribute the course of Mr. Husted to the in- fluence of this railway interest. If this mo- tion represents a hidden design to deteat rapid transit then it is a responsibility which Mr. Husted cannot very well afford to assume. The compsny which owns this rail- way has received from the city and State of New York the most bountiful consideration. To enable the Central and other railroads to run directly to the Grand Central depot we have paid one-half the expense of the magnifi- cent Fourth avenue improvement. We have given it a site for its new depot practically free of cost. ‘The company has received privilege after privilege from the people. While other trunk railroads, like the Pennsyl- yania Central, the Erie and the Baltimore and Ohio, have been allowed to make their own way in the matter of terminal facilities and depots and franchise, this railway interest has never been refused anything it demanded. There- fore when we say that its owners should aid liberally in giving us rapid transit wo are simply saying that they should return to the city some of the benefits they have received from it. ‘The discussion of rapid transit has attained such proportions that it is not in the power of Mr. Husted or any combination or influence, no matter how strong, to defeatit. Nothing could be more unwise than to challenge the angry feeling that would be roused by its defeat. The people of this country are grow- ing sensitive, dey by day, upon this question of the influence of railway and other vast cor- porations upon our politics. Throughout the Western country a deep, suspicious and not altogether unjustifiable feeling has been aroused by the rapacity of railway monopolists who believe that the laws, the Legislature, agriculture and the public prosperity gener- ally have been made for their benefit and not for the public welfare. It would be a most unfortunate proceeding for Mr. Husted, and those whom he represents especially, to allow the impression to gain ground that they are lieve it possible that Mr. Husted has taken this attitude, and yet upon what other theory can we account for his action? He is a skilled politician, accomplished in the ways of con- ventions and in the management of men ; in the marshalling of those peculiar influences which control public sentiment. Hoe is to some extent a leader in the- republican party of this State. Hes not, we believe, without anxious to serve powerful railway interests, at the expense of his duty to the people would be to write his own political con- demnation. There is no part of this State more anxious for rapid transit than the county of Westchester, which Mr. Husted rep- The additional details of the loss of the | ts. Th e of this ll be | steamer Schiller unfortunately show that the bee ad acemests esetosrigtay | largely to increase the prosperity of West- chester and to enable that county to share in the progress and growth of New York. It is incredible that any gentleman claiming to honestly speak for the wishes and wants of the Westchester people should put himself in the position of opposing rapid transit. This motion to exempt Fourth avenue from | the proposed bill is a mistake, It is the beginning of a policy of limitation and amendment that will either destroy rapid | transit absolutely or give us ® measure with- out life or value. What our legislators should | do is to pass the Common Council bill, pure and simple; exempt no highways from the operation of its provisions but Fifth avenue and Broadway; to throw the whole city open to | the consideration of the Mayor and the Com- missioners to be appointed under this bill. This done, the Mayor can go swiftly to work and give us in the next Centennial year a measure of public usefulness 2s important to our bappiness and prosperity as the Erie and the shrieks of the | Canal, the Croton Aqueduct or the Central | Park. investigation of the loss of the Schiller must interest of the Fourth avenue road and ignor-_ We cannot be- | ambition, and, naturally enough, he will be | But he will learn that to serve these intercsts | the military victory in which Ethan All took the leading part, but the im- mortal utterance in which he sum- moned the British commander to sur- render. “In whose name?” exclaimed the startled Briton, when he saw the Green Mountain boy standing with drawn sword in the citadel of his fort. ‘In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress,” was the electric answer of Allen, and these words are written imperishably in letters of gold in the history of this country. Thus did Ethan Allen define the cause for which he and his countrymen were contend- ing. American independence bad not been proclaimed ; the Congress of the colonies was still without central authority, but the people recognized it as their supreme voice. They believed the Revolution they made to be justified by Heaven and by their Congress ; but it was reserved for Ethan Allen to speak their conviction under circumstances the most dramatic that could be imagmed. He summed up the inspiration of the whole Revolution in a sentence, Itis fitting that this event—this grand idea of the Green Mountain boy, which is more than an event—should have this centennial celebration. It is the swelling prologue to the imperial theme which will in 1876 be honored not onty by this country, but by all natious, and by none more than by Great Britain, from which Ethan Allen helped to wrest the dominion of a continent. The peo- ple of the Ticonderoga district will have tho sympathies of all Americans to-day in their celebration of Ethan Allen’s conquest, and the idea he first affirmed, which all the col- onies in the Declaration of Independence recognized as the fundamental principle of the Revolution. ‘A Race Open to ali the World. The city of Worcester, Mass., fell once into ahabit and maintained it for many years, which it would be well for Saratoga to copy now. It will be remembered that the place in which most of onr university races have been rowed, but which was finally discarded, mainly from lack of room for so many boats as now, was Lake Quinsigamond, two miles from Worcester, Mass. As these college con- tests themselves occupied but one day and usually drew together good crews in excellent condition it was thought well to hold a re- gatta on the day after and open it to all comers, the city offering liberal prizes. The result was gratifying beyond all expectation. In 1859, for instance, Yale, which had been beaten by Harvard by just a minute the day before, winning a terrific race by two seconds; many. outside crews entering in 1860, and the famous Gersh Banker with ‘Josh’’ Ward stroke, sweeping the field in the then quickest time on record; the Harvard Sophomores rowing the Biglins, then claiming to be champions, a hot race in 1864; and, finally, and best of all, the Wards in 1868, again winning in the unparalleled time, in a turn- ing race, of 17:40}, followed closely by Har- vard. As the programme now stands the eight Freshman crews and six single scullera are, if nothing happens to prevent, to row their races on Tuesday, July 13, while on the next day the fourteen chosen crews compete in the University contest. Now let Saratoga add this one race, to take place on Friday, the 16th, two days later—namely, a six-oared con- test open to all, professional or amateur, | | foreigner or native. Let the prizes be, say, | four in all, the firsta purse of $1,000, the | other three sums which, together, would make | another thousand. Let her work with her | usual energy with the time yet at her dis- | posal—enough but none too much—and she | | can draw together the majority, if not all, | of the following every one of | which has a reputation already nationai— | namely, the Ward Brothers, champions of | | the world, the Paris crew of St, John, New | | Brunswick, the first crew in Canada, which | | also won the Exposition race at Paris in 1867 ; | | the Nova Scotians, of Halifax, who, in the | | great international seven-mile heat in that | city in 1871 were but two seconds behind the | champions of E: nd; the Biglins, who al- | ways were bard to beat ; Morris, the Ham- | ills, Scharff, Kaye and the other tough Pitts- burgers, and among the amateurs the win- | ners of last year, the Beaverwycks of Albany, | the Argonantas of Bergen Point, and the | Wahwalsums, from Saginaw, while there will | | doubtless be some good new-comers, They will | find, too, that the pick of the college crews crews, | will be delighted to share in such a battle, for | | the kind of timber that wins rages seldom de- clines them. This plan, pressed at once and vigorously, | will effect, among other things, the following:— | It will show who are the fastest oarsmen in | America; whether the professionals can really beat the students, which is far from certain; | it will give the latter an opportunity to find | | out any good points in the rowing of the others which they do not now know, and if | they are beaten, what it is that does it; it | will tell us where to lean when the ten crews | | come from Europe to beat us at the Centen- | | nial races; it will help to show which is the most effective stroke; it will show close con- | | testants of the previous day who really are the | | better men; it will bring about the grandest | | rowing contest ever scen in America, if notin | | modern times; it will keep from fifteen to | thirty thousand people a day longer at Sara- toga, and leave her a hundred thousand dol- lars, from which to provide the two thousand | for the prizes; it will be the best possible training for her for the races which her ex- | cellent course and great facilities will almost | force her to throw open to the European crews | | in 1876; for it will never do to let them go home with only ha rowed im one race here. What with the Freshman and single | seul! races on Tuesday, the University on Wernesday, the athletic meetings, both gradu- | | ate and undergraduate, on Thursday, and j | | 1 | | frail support in the rigging. Some of the | = a - | this greatest race of all on Friday, it will sailors acted with cowardice, which is fortu- | The Tieonderoga Celebration, | make the week an exceptionally brilliant one ; | | nately rare in their profession. ¢ n'fhomas, | Itis not the acts of a man but his ‘ideas that | and it is more than likely that it will be the | an experienced and trusted sailor, evidently | sometimes make bis name famous in the his- | pioneer of a long series of such contests, held | did all he conld to restore order, pointing | tory of his lime. This was the case with | annually. Asa nation we are not nearlyso his revolver at the heads of insubordinate | Ethan Allen, whose capture of Fort Ticonder- | athletic as we should and can be, though we men, wild with fright, and remaining in com- | oga bas its cen ennial commemoration to- | are improving in this respect. No trial of mand until be was swept away by the sea He died bravely, and no one is likely to blame him for the loss of the ship, whose fate he shared. The responsibility is hard, as yet, to | fix; bat we should not be surprised if it should finally rest upon the company. The orders to make quick Atlantic passages, commercial rivalry, and the readiness to‘take one risk out of many, have caused most of the shipwrecks day. the British was brilliant, and eulogy of the men who ¢ffected it cannot easily be too The plan and the execution were Yet it is to be admitted great. equally admirable. that the capture of Fort Ticonderoga did not have a deciding material influence in deter- mining the fate of the Revolutionary War. Its | moral effect was great. But that event by | would not stay. But now they will all be on The surprise of this stronghold of strength in tly whole year arouses nearly the interest ciiher among the spectators or by imcans of the press throughout the country that is awakened by the | University race. No fitter time could be hit upon for inaugurating this manifestly finer contest. If it were set at the time of the amateur meeting late mm Angnst the students the ground. and especially those of them iust | the rord of the Jordan where John baptized, | politics are sumMiciently mixed already. graduating, and meaning never to row again, would be very glad to have their last race thus easily the greatest they will have ever takes part in. With such generous prizes the only diff. culty likely to deter the’ professionals would be the lack of six-oared boats. But as the twenty-two college crews alone own a whole fleet of these craft, and as the Freshmen will nearly ail be through with theirs three days before, they could doubtless arrange, at any rate with Saratoga’s help, to provide them. selves in this direction without going far, while of the accommodations of the beautiful sheet of water on which ‘the rowing is done the half has not yet been told. It lies, then, with Saratoga to carry out the plan above sug: gested, She can do it if she only will, and we are confident that should she so determine neither she nor any one else will ever rogret it The Power of the Church. Yester ay was almost too charming ta spend in church, and yet the churches wer¢ well filled—evidence that religion is, even in this pleasure-loying city, more attractive than blue skies and cheerful sun, It has beer complained by religious journals lately thai the churches are not made sufliciently at tractive; that they are dark, gloomy and badly ventilated; andit has been suggested that they should be at least as inviting ex ternally as our theatres. The theatre isa blaze ot light; its cheerful vestibules seem te offer hospitality to the passer-by, and to sug: gest innumerable pleasures within. It is said, with too much truth, we fear, that the church offers few of these inducements; ite portals are generally gloomy and its principal attraction is the sermon. Fortunately this latter isa very powerful element of success, The reputation of the metropolitan pulpit has become so great that one is almost sure of hearing a discourse in any prominent church distinguished for eloquence, ledrning and piety. had The evidence that our churches have moral and intellectual attraction which compensates for their material deficiencies is found in our columns to-day, The sermon of the Rev. Dr. Hall, at the dedication of the new Presby- terian church on Fifth avenue, is a magnifi- cent example of religious eloquence and thought. The dedication of this church is an event as interesting to the Protestants of the country as the conferring of the berretta upon Archbishop McCloskey was to the Catholics. Millions of Methodists, Baptists, Episco- palians, and even Universalists and Uni. tarians will appreciate its general importance, and without jealousy, for we are constantly finding proof of the fact that the old bitter rivalries of the different sects are disappear- ing. ‘The dedication of the new church is an event in religious history, and a striking illus tration of the profound hold which the Presbyterian faith has upon our people. Besides, this able discourse—and Dr. Hall's earnestness and intellectual energy did justice to the occasion—we presen other sermons well worthy of carefal consideration. Among these are those of the Rev. Dr. W. F. Morgan upon the die cipline of delay, the thoughtful argament of the Rev. Dr. Riley upon the limits of civil allegiance, Mr. Frothingham’s characteristie analysis of the modern Pharisees, Mr. Hep, worth’s superb argument for the Christian's faith in an immortal being and happiness in the future and Mr. Beecher's sermon vpon the relation of man fo the Divine Spirit and its influence. These and other sermons must have recompensed their hearers for the sacri- fice they made in leaving the great church of nature ior the temples of religion, The aia | was still, the skies were azure and blazing with lustrous light; in the bay the waves were dancing light and clear and in the Park and on the banks of our two noble rivers the | trees were putting forth their tenderest and most delicate green. But there was a moral grandeur in some of the religious discourses of nature which was more glorious than even this palingenesia of nature. The resurrection of the spring goes as it comes, but the resur rection of the human soul is an eternal birth, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Don Carlos’ wife arrived tu Paris yesterday. Rev. Charles Chapman, of Montreal, is staying at the St. Nicholas Hotel. ‘The lecture towns out West are in'despair be cause Bradlaugh Is coming back, Mr. Joun T. Raymond, tne actor, 1s among the late arrivals at the New York Hotel. Rear Aamiral William Reynoias, United State: Navy, is quartered at the Gilsey House. ‘Tne Boston Post Says that the rumor that Matilda Heron bas written a play ts Heroneous, Major Browne, of the Ninety seventh regiment, Pritish Army, is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Judge Pierrepont will proceed to Washington this week to enter upon nis duties as Attorney General. If the country papers don’t quit thelr jokes about Baron Schickins somebody will be calling them foul before another week is past. ‘vhe case of Dr. John Bull, of Louisville, must be regarded in the light of @ warning. He gave up smoking and two days afterward ne died. Toe mother of Olive Logan and Hon, Obarlet Logan, United States Minister to Chili, 18 lying dangerously it at her residence in Philadelpata, The Rivue Canadienne, & Montreal monthiy des voted to Mterature, history, science, &c., hag reached its twelfth volume, and contams many able articles. ‘At Booth’s Theatre, on Saturday night, one whole row was ocenpied exclusively by ladies, It was understood they were members of the Mone tagne Clab come to see H. J. M. play Re M. Presentations to tue Prince of Wales at St James’ Palace are considered oy the Qaeen equi- valent to presentations to her Majesty, It makes no difference what the common folks, who are presencea, think about it. The British survey of Palestine makes rapid progress, The last place idenufied is an as 0 account of this will be given im the next quarterly | pampniet of the Paiestine Fand. The democrats of St. Louis talk of ronming Major Rainwater for Mayor. We sincerely rejoice there is no such name in the New York Directory, ana we hope the Mayor will not come here, as out Amovement is making mm England against Carat nal Manning’s new title, and funnily enough against “his possible ciaim to the precedence t¢ which it would entitie him in countries where the vupe is viewed with Jess suspicion than in Eng land.’” Professor Brugset, while accompanying tne Hereaitary Grand Duke of Meckienburg-scnwerin onan expedition to Sinal, has discovered in tne iiorary of the Monastery nine hitherto unknown portions of the “Codex Sinaiticus,” the oldest extant manuscript of the New Testament. Thouga written witn another purpose the fol lowing lines may be well appited this aay to Etham Ajlen and his Green Mountain Boys:— They had no thought of storied a? They only watched, with their hi aflame, For tue call ot duty, when it came, a years ae