The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1875, Page 4

4 SUMMERING. The Belles and Beaux of Saratoga Village. NEWPORT’S ENJOYMENTS Driving in the Catsirills and Bath- ing at Far Rockaway. SARATOGA, | Sanaroga, August 20, 1875, ‘This is certainly the women's paradise, Women, women everywhera, Turn whieh way you please, and you will meet gauzy female apparitions in pink and | white aud blue, and ungauzy, but rather aeavy ones in | black. But women you will seo everywhere in ghouls. ‘Puey aro all wonderfully bappy, too, ‘Take the averago Aumerican woman—particularly théwoman of fashioa— und she will be as coutented here as she would be no- where else. And what is it that captivates the fair sex so? In the first place, I think, it is the delicious in- dolence of the place. At @ seaside resort tity must plunge into the waves; In the mountains they must climb; here they can sitallday onthe piazza, show their clothes, and can do whatI am sorry to confess the Americau woman of fashion loves to do better than anything clse—nothing, And she can doit ina more lively manner, and surrounded by a bigger crowd of | people, than she could anywhere else. In New York many men walk the streets to sve the women, They ought to come to Saratoga If it is pleasure to be surrounded by them then this is certainly heaven itself SCARCITY OF MEN, ‘The fact is, that though there is abundance of women, shore is rather ascarcity of men, and halfof those whoare here have been brought here by their wives, mothers or usters, ‘Lamon duty this summer,” said a young man to me, with a sigh, who was here to chaperon his msters, and ag bis brothers bad cach served a summer im the same capacity it was now his turn. The indo- lence of Saratoga life 1s such that people are too lazy to dance even, and often not over @ dozen couples will dance at the nightly ball, A PROTEST AGAINST cossurTICs. itis @ very ungallant statement, but truth compels me to make it, there is @ lamentable absence of pretty women here, Beauty is very rare anywhere, but Githough Saratoga has many “dressy,” it has fow pretty ‘women, The principal reuson is, I think, that they want to be so very pretty, und hence that so many do every. Shing they can to spoil their natural good fooks by hiding them under a cioad of powder and paint, This habit bas reached an extent which makes it + serions public question, and deserves the attention of leading journals like the Hxnanp. Middle-aged women and those who are passee are olten addicted to the same folly all the world over, but here the young girls—who ought to be innocent, blvoming buds of womanhood— ruin their complexions, their eyebrows and their lips by these abominable artifices. There is many a girl here who would look fresh, pretty and wholesome—and these qualities constitute three-fourths of beauty—if she only would leave nature alone and she goes to work by every possible means to destroy it and to e@en tompletely change her figure to an abortive specimen of womanhood, most appalling to look at, If this crying evil is not ‘corrected where sball a coming generation took for its sweet, domestic, natural women for mothers to be revered, for wives to be loved? UNWHOLESOMX MODE OF LIVING, Another reusou, I say it boldly, wny the women here are so detftient in beauty is that they lack blood. They eat too much ice cream and they driak too little lager. Lager! I can see tho shudder pussing over that delicate draine, and that pale thin face as she hears that ‘‘vul- gar word, Yes, | repeat it, lazer, lager, ale or claret would do you much more good than all these gullons of iced water that till the stomach and induce dyspepsia, | All these littiecakes und the pastries and the three dishes of ice cream per day. My lovely queen, you may | think me rude for saying these things, but I say them because I waut to make you look beautful, and you do Want to look so, don't yoo? Because I want to infuse roses into your cheeks and impart plumpness and ample flowing outlines to your present much too tthereal ligure. Walk! Don't be always sitting on the Congress Hall piwza and talking sweet nothings ana Feading fashionable trash, but co out, take a lopg walk; | it will give color to your cheeks und strength®n those | Sehcate legs; it will do you good and yeu will have no | peed of cosmeticy, Try it! LAGER. The hotel proprietors of Saratoga are a capital set of Public spirited, enterprising genUemen, and yet they | Bre somewhyt to blame for this sad condition of things. Yhere is mine genial host, for instance, Mr. Flathorn, bo provides everything under the sun for his guests except fresh lager. And yet I am sure {t has only to be kuown that lager and noi champagne is the accepted trink at the Emperor William’s and at Bismarek’s recep- tions to become immediately fashionable here A king- dom for “zwei Jager.” A PRETTY SIERRE TO BR IMITATED. As I am in a fault nding, carping mood I may as | well say that there ure no babies here. The married | womnen—even those who spend the entire season here— | do not bring their babies along, and hence we scarcely ever hear their musical cries. Well, they would probably disturb their mothers when they are listening to the gallantries of their young admirers or reading fashion- | able novels in the drawing room ‘The other | morning I saw the prottiest scone that I have | Uhus far enjoyed in Saratoga, A young woman, | whe looked scarcely over nineteen or twenty, came out | on the Congress Hall piazza, and rushing forward to- | ward @ nurse who was dancing a baby boy cried, with mdeseribable rapture, “There's my boy!” And she took the buby, luid it on hor lap, where she could kiss it | without loaning too much over, and kept on hugging and kissing it for ubout half an hour, till she was so tired | but that she had to sead him over to her young brothers Bnd sisters, who then danced a regular war dance round the dear Little boy. | posted in the balcon always sure to attract considerable attention throughout the country. Tho torpedo station, socially and otber- , iS quite an item tor Newport. ‘fue class ree: ths, and then give way to “others, and they under the’ tuition of some of the best instruc tors ia a Communication with the shore iA by a steam — lan which during th y runs every half hour and every hour until ton o'clock im the evening. During the night, however, the fires are kept “banked” in order to run ‘The com over to Lown 1m ease 4 pyysician is mandant, Captain K. Rabdelph Bre the instructors reside on the is the ¢ cottages, Which are very tastefully built, The loc t# ap excellent one, and the government is fortunase in owning this Valuable piece of property, For good and suflicient reasons uo spectators are allowed to land, ex cept on urgent business, and thas the secret of” the torpedo and its manufacture is kept where it rightfully belongs. This is a good idea and ono which is religiously carried oub THE CATSKILLS. Proavuct Paxk Horst, Carsmius, N. ¥., August 15, 1875. ‘The weather along tho Hudson during the past week has been of the most disagreeable nature—raia, rain, rain from sunrise to sunset daily, with scarcely apy ces- sation, 1 left Cornwall and boarded the Albany day boat, Daniel Drew, bound for the Catskilly, in a drench. ing shower. The boat was filled to its utmost carrying capacity with tourists and excursionists from the city, all bent on hastening away from the hot and busy ie- tropobis and rusticating in the cool and quiet villages ou the banks wt the Hudson. Soon after the bout sped oa Ler way the welcome sun appeared and a beautiful rainbow in the east gave promise of fair weather—a promise, however, thus far illy kept. Newburg, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Tivoli and Germantowa were passed tn quick succession, dnd at each place large numbers of passengers disembarked and were rapidly whirled away in conveyances to their respective destinations, As the steamer approached Catskill the noble moun- tains of that name loomed aloft, towering im their grandeur toward the sky and appearing, although dis- tant twelve miles, but a gunshot away At the Catskill landing a general exodus of passen- gers took place, and within a few moments—these move- ments quickened by the pouring torrent that drenched all within its reach and rendered umbrellas well nigh valucless—the new comers had snugly deposited them- selves in the stages and carriages in waiting, and were on their ways to the different hotels aud boarding houses. ‘The coaches of the Prospect Park Hotel were loaded down with passengers almost before I had left the boat, and it was only after much diplomatic reasoning with the driver that I succeeded in getting sandwiched in. At last the hotel was reached. Situated on tho bunks of the Hudson about 205 feet above the water, it commands @ beautiful viow in every direction. Its piazza is one of the largest in the country, measuring from end to end exactly 360 feet. To the southwest about ten miles distant, always visible except in very misty or foggy weather, are the Catskill Mountains, The air is pure and invigorating, and the grounds around are handsomely laid out in weli selected drives and delight ful rustic rambles, CATSKILL, The village, or rather the town of Catskill, for it has @ population of some 6,000 souls, is very pleasantly sit- uated and possesses many rare and beautiful attractions as a summer resort, Its close proximity to New York, being distant but five hours by boat and three anda half by rail, makes it particularily desirable to those wishing to be within reasonable nearness of the city, and at the same time uresque surroundings render it a thoroughly country home. Catskill possesses many very charming drives, among which the principal are the Saugerties road, four miles in length, well shaded, with un casy grade, and commanding a fine view of the Hudson for a long distance; Prospect avenue, going to the Athens turn- pike, and Susquehanna turnpike running west and lead- ing toGreen Lake. Therg are several other very fine drives, but those mentioned are the most popular, A PLEASANT INCIDENT, One of the parlors of the hotel where I am stopping was the scene Inst night of much juvenile pleasure, in- terinixed with a very charitable act, An aged respecta- ble widow lady residing in the village recently tact with @ sefies of misfortunes that rendered her penniless, and the circumstance coming to the ears of the juvenile in- mates of the hotel, they determined upon giving her pe- cuniary assistance, After much deliberation it wus de- cided to raise the necessury funds by practising a par- donable deception upon their papas and mammas. In accordance With their plans a notice was yesterday y to the effect thut a choice selec- tion of oil paintings by celebrated artists would de on exhibition that evening in one of the parlors, admittance ten cents, The exhibition room was crowded to exce: and long before the show opened the pockets of the in: fantile doorkeeper were stuffed fall of ten-cent notes, AS a member of the press I was invited by 4 committee ot four-year-olds to attend. I mention a few of the most prominent paintings:—“A Bridal Scene,” by H. Arness, consisted of a horse's bridle hanging on a nail; “Square in Brussels’ was repre. sented by a square picce of Brussels carpet Fair” was a measure of oats, and a cork represented “A City um Ireland.” Master H. P. Nash, the Treas- urer, reported at the conclusion that he had realized over $20 for the poor widow. ‘THE MOUNTAIN VIEW. I took a drive this mornigg to the Mountain House, situated near the summit®of the highest of the Cats: Kills, The roads are in an almost impassable condition in many places, owing to the recent heavy rains, and even in dry weather they are very hard w travel, being in many places but little short of the perpendicular and in oll sadly neglected. The miles, yet it takes from four to tive hours to make the journey, in an old and tiresome hotel coach, for which | Welightiul break-neck trip you are called upon to pay | the sum of $2 50. What ‘between the hornble roads | and the ruinous charges, it 18 @ wonder that so many tourists have the hardihood to seg out for the summit. | Once there, however, the scene presented is sublime. ‘Three thousand feet above the level of the river, you sce north, south and cast for a distance of seventy miles, Your vision extends into four different States—New York, New Jersey, Now Hampshire aud Massachusetts- | ‘The country before you as far us the eye can reach | looks like one beautiful level garden, diversitied hero | and there with patches of forest. You seem to live in | the clouds, In fact, you do live in the clouds, for often- | times the earth beneath is totally veiled trom sight by | the dense snowy masses foating and rolling below in | glorious splendor. | PRIVATE SPARRING. ‘There was a private sparring exhibition in one of the | ballrooms the other morning, Billy Edwards and Ar- thur Chambers, in regular sparring costume, fought turee rounds in the presence of several hundred ladies, he aflair was gotten up by Mr. W. R. Travers and othe: who had made up a purse for the contestants. Kd: wards is said to have been the winner. There were some hard hita, but wone of the ladies, I am happy to may, fainted. here are all the swallow tails and white kids? They will not appear, not even at the so-called ‘full dress” | oa The women dress too mush and the men wo NEWPORT. Newport, R J., August 21, 1875, Newport is just now a busy place, socially and other- wise, To use an oft-heard remark, the weather for | the past two weeks haus been “wretched,” and ina tueagure has retarded many of the contemplated enter- tainments from being given until a later period. Tho feath of G. G. Gray here last week has also caused | sone of the cottagers to put off their receptions ustil next week. Mr. Gray was universally respected here, and bis death bas lefta vacancy in the social world | which it will be a dificult task to fill. The frequent rains have made the driving in Bellevue venue and other fashionable drives exceedingly muddy, aud the turnouts Lave not been as numerous of Jute, | On Thursday, at Southwick’s Grove, a picnic on an elaborate scale was gotten up by a New York gentle- man, and the display of carriages at that plave was one — which any watering place in the country might bo proud of. | PRESIDENT GRANT. | During the past week President Grant bas visited “atte Rhody,” and although being 80 close to Newport de was prevailed upon to give usthe cold shoulder. He | wax im Bristol two days, and he speat a portion of Thursday at Block Island, where be caught several biuc- fap. To Block Island ho was accompanied by Senator | 2 . B. Anthony and General A. E. Burnside, and others | of lesser note. @R KDWARD THORNTON, To make up for the President's loas Newport bas had Bir Edward Thornton, the English Minister, within her the guest of Mr. Levi P. Morton, the eminent | Wew York banker, On Tuesday evening Mr. Morton | will give @ grand ball at “Fair Lawn’—ae his sur- mer remdence on Hellevue avenue is appro- | priately termed—in honor of his distinguished | Five jiundred = invitations §=have been , und the affair promises to be on an eluborute weale and it will be attended by the prominent fottagers and others who aro spending the summer bere. The grounds will be illuminated, and the music will be furnusbed by Lander's orchestra, of New York. ‘The French Minister, M. Bertholdi and others of the plomauc corps will be present NEW VILLAS. Bven tn these dull times several villas are being fected here, but which, however, will not be com- th season for occupancy before next year. Arm jose Which ure being put up is one for W. Watts Sher. man, of Duncan, Sherman & o., New York. It is located on tho cliffs, in the rear of that owned by RKathan Matubews, of Boston, and will cost a handsome ta before it is completed. ‘Another is for Miss Wool- better known as ‘Susan Corlidge,” the authoross, oo Rhode Isiand avenue, and another on Boach View | illard, of Chicago, who bas spent Tam NAVY. States frigate Constellation and the United war Powhatan are wt anchor in the outer Dost Alarm is at the government aud noxt week, {t is said, some in- With torpedoes bo. which aro | comtinuance in thi | eidedly to the former. ‘This morning was especially happy in this respect. | The entire valley was tilled with clouds, which, under | the intlue s, kept gradually rising | until they had er than the mountain, re- vealing the maguificent panorama below. ‘During their | valley their dazzling whitenes it almost impossible to gaze upon them exe darkened glasses. When the view is uuobstr the hazy atmosphere one can trace with the naked eye the tiny steamers on the Hudsou, the latter appearing like a litle winding rivulet. By the aid of powerful glasses the cottages in Catskill village can be brought within easy range and the smallest objects distinguished. | he temperature on the mountain top remains continu- s lower than that in the Pp the thermometer in the latter place indicated eighty-seven degrees, while in the summit the temperature was but sixty degrees. On the tnountain are several hotels and bourding houses, the latter, however, owing to their reasonable charges being the’ best patronized, From the Mountain House the view is the best, but the other hotels have h peculiar attractions. "At tho Laurel House, situ- but a short distance from the sumuit, Cauterskill ails are to be seen, They consist of a large volume of water failing ad about 110 feet, ‘The scene is very picturesqui many beautifal mountain y t rambles which abound plentifully in the neighborhood | render the locality a favorite one with tourists. Ab tired in blue suilor-like flannel suits and carrying loug supporting staffs tourist can be seen at all hours of the day plodding up and down the mountain sides, untiring in their efforts to discover new beauties of nature. The | ladies appear to be us enthusiastic as the gentlemen in thig respect, and many a duinty New York miss who would scorn to walk a dozen blocks at home can be seen, dressed in her mountain suit, panting up steep hills and wandering for mules through the densest for- ests, List OF GuEsrs. Wh Mountain Hous At the Prosp ct Park Hotel among others are the fol- lowing } Yorkers:—-Dr. J. M. Sinith, Thomas 8. Scott, -Vico President 0 Mail Steamship Company ; J. B. Houston, 8 riutendent Pucitic Mail Steamship Company ; 3. sh, Captain Jobn Riley, Seymour Ashley, F. H. Bets’ and family, Ch, Stickney and john Nesmith, K. B. Stickn: ock, Wm. A.’ Thomson, President Merchants? Exchange Bank, und family; John H. Kuri, Jackson 5 Schultz and family, Samuel O. Reed, CH. Marsh and family, Mahlon Mulford and faroily, James D. Phyle and family, Thomas A. Muncll, Wa.’ H, Guion, Joba 8 Giles and A Earnest Vanderpool FAR ROCKAWAY. Fan Rockaway, August 21, 1875, Far Rockaway has lost none of its attractions for the thousands of invalids or pleasure seeke the popular summer resorte by the seaside, James Brand, J, Long Branch, Cape May and Newport have each their pur- ticular class of patrons; but places of less celebrity along the shores of Jersey and Long Island have also an interest at this season for the multitudes who seek re- lief from the exhausting and oppressive heats of t great city. In these days of economy and retrench- ment the quiet, unpretending resort, though, perbaps, not so liberally patronized or so populous as at former seasons, has felt the depressing effects of the “hard times?’ in a less degree than the ew federal capital by the Atlantic or New Jersey's summer centre of fashion and Wealth, Between these two classes, the democratic and the aristocratic, Rockaway occupies a middle place, or if{t leans to one particular side its tendency is de. it has bee This year, Loweve materially affected by the general pros hogs, and thore is many vacant seatat the once crowded hotel tavies. The financial stringency is no {ts pure air and pict- | “Horse | distance | from the landing to the summit {ig but twelve | has been the one great drawback here. Fil. Peckham aud fatuily are stopping at the | | are weually leased for the seasen to private families, but which, like city residences, have been very considerably ! yeduced in rent as an inducement to visitors, Rock- away ig, however, only bearing its share of the general depression, and with returning prosperity to. the w conutry will unee tore fourish in all tts: former glory ‘The visitors this gto the cause referred to, of amore transient character, many leaving Now York in the early morning and returning the same day. He who is limited to.time can roach Rockaway from Hunter's Point in un hour by rail, After he has ar- rived and passed the ordeal of geratinizing and bright eyerpeering at him from under sun bonnets of all shapes aud sizes, and which are generally worn with a Jaunty and coquottish air, the owners of said cyes and bonnets being drawn up in foree on the depot platform, looking for friends among the new arrivala, ho st for one of the many hi tion by the vo a drive of be ar are, owl wetie "bus drivers. d ten minates be has a of becoming partially acquainted with the external ture away —with ite hotels and boarding hovees | and restaurants, its billiard saloons, its bowling alleys, shooting gulleries aud shuflleboards, Here and there are pretty private residences in’ the villa style, with | exquisite lawns and gardens, tastefully laid oui in many a blooming parterre of brilliant lowers. One of the re- ontly elected judges of the Supretae Court has a very handsome dweiling the main read, and some of the | mercantile and commere maates from Frout, Waier | und other streets * enjoy their ofium cum | dignitate in mausions fitted up with all the luxurious | accommodations of a city residence. From all this it will be seen that Rockaway is a pleasant to visit, aud bath in the surf does not afford sufficient in- ducement for those who look for variety, they will find | enough to banish ewned ia (he many other attractions. Visitors who are much exorcised about political matters | will r freqcent discussions on the merits of the con- | troversy how raging in the great tctrepolis between the “ins” and the “outs.” For those who have no taste in liné there are balls and hops and its in the shape of rogattas, horse performances, ‘The last named are announced in mammoth posters, on which are repre- sented in glaring colors not only the possible but the possible in acrobatic feats, According to these vora- cious exhibits ev female member of the company is a Venus in abbreviated skirts, and every male athicto an Apollo or Hercules in tights, But itis onthe beach that Rockaway shines in all its glory and refulgence. This is the great attraction, and the visitor who hus not availed himself of the opportu- nity to take a bath in the foaming surf has spent his money and his ime in vain. A trip across the inlet in the Shoo Fly, or any one of the little fleet of yachts that Convey passengers to and fro ix quite If, Five cents for the round trip is certainly agant figure, und this is the fare paid by passenger. The beach presents a most animated scene, Hundreds are revelling in the surf, as it breaks in long lines of seething foam upon the ever-shitting sands, The timid are content to take their bath at safe disxiances aloug the safety ropes, which ure extended at intervals from strong posts down to the required dis- tance in the water. that THE BATHERS. Hanging to these ropes, or seemingly strang upon them like great beads of every conceivable culor, blue and gray, and yellow and brown, and white and red, re the bonneied bathers, who disappear for @ as the surging waters of each in g wave break over them, and a confused mingling is seen amid the dazzling white of the seething foam as they reappear swaying to und fro in the effort to recover their perpendicular—no easy matter on those treacherous, ever moving sands, Gathered under the shade of covered platforms are crowds of spectators enjoying the enlivening scene, the fairer sox chatting over last might’s hop, the latest fashions and kindred opics, while politics, hard times and lute business failures form the burden of conversation of the lords of creation. Little knots of bathers, in full Bloomer cos- tumes and+with dishovelied hair falling in graceful | waves, sometimes below the waist, are strolling along | the beach or on their way to their respective buthing box. In fuct, there is an easy, jaunty indifference about these bathers that is reireshing. They have | evidently made up their minds to rough it, aud when they return to their respective homes to bring back with them a fresh stock of life and vigor for the work of | the year, THE REGATTA, Every seuson the whole population of Rockaway is roused to a fever of excitement by the annual regatta of the yuchts on which the passen to and from the beach, Each little vessel has its backers, and if the bets ure considerab w the figures that’ rule at Saratoga or Long Branch there is no less interest in the result, The announcement of the contest is posted | atall the hotels and in the most conspicuous parts of the town, and the merits of the various craft are earnestly’ canvassed, It is the great event of the day, | and the boatmen for the time being are the heroes of | | the hour, The prizes are sometimes provided by the hotels, but this year they were furnisted by the Rock- | | away Club, As money ix the most acceptable to the | | men engaged ia the contest the prizes awarded were in | | that form, the first being §20 im yold, the second | $15, the third $10, all in the same glittering but, alas! | departed currency. ‘fhe race was @ most spirited one, | and the men certainly did their best with their respec- | tive yachts, Every Stitch of canvas that the weather would allow was crowded on and the best helmsman was | put at the stern, ‘The distance to be sailed was ten | miles, from the starting point at the landing place to the | ferrybout Hicks and back, thrice over the same route. | Amid the encouraging plaudits of the thousands assem- | bled on beach and muainlund, not a few of whom were financially interested in the race, the boats | started, and for a time euch held its own bravely, Before half an hour, however, it was evident what vessels would prove the winners, | and when the raco terminated the first prize was awarded to the William Pearsall, the second to the Norton and the third to the Drew. These belong to the flect of ferrybouts, which are built broad of beam, capac- ity being the great desideratum in their case. There | was also a yacht race, in waich the Nellie, a gruceful | | little vessel, took the first prize und the Vernon the | second. | THE RAIN. As at the other summer resorts, the rainy weather Although we are now favored with smiling skies and the pleasure seekers are taking every advantage of the opportunity for outdoor exercises, there is a want of confidence in the continuance of the present agreeable intermission in the attentions of that much berated myth, Jupiter Pluvius. We have bad More than our ben of the deluge of waters, and at times the streets were impassable trom the tropical tor- rents with which they were overflowed. WATERING PLACE ARRIVALS, Among the recent arrivals at Saratoga are:—A J. Cassatt, of Philadelphia; Hon, E. E. Davis, of White- hall; J. A. Farrish and wife, of New York; 8. G. Had- ley, a prominent politician of Seneca county; Henry W. Baldwin and wife, of New York; George Ayrault, the well known agriculturist; Licutenant W. P. Hall, United States Army; School Commissioner H. L. Grose, of Ballston Spa; G. Sparbawk and wife, of Lexing- ton, Mass.; Charles Van Benthuysen, of Albany, the veteran State Printer; William W. Corcoran, the Washington banker, and family; J. W. Southack and family, of New York; Charlie Backus, of minstre; notoriety; Edgar K. Apgar, of Ithaca, Secretary of the Democratic State Committee; H. G. Denison, of | sy e, one of the leading canal contractors of the | ate nd, of Ohio, visiting bis son, C. E. | Leland, the proprietor of the’ Clarendon; G, Knowles and wile and two Misses Knowles, of Milwaukee; D. B. Shipman and wile, of Chicago; Major 3. N. Lewis, Dr. E, J. Lewis, C.F. Lewis and Sfiss Lewis, a Philadelphia | | | arty; Paymaster Arthur Burtis, United States Navy, jate Inspector of Provisions at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; H. J, Storling and wife, Miss Mamie Shoemaker and Master Ralph Sterling, of New York; George 3. Le- land, of the Sturtevant House, > york; Jolin Kelly, Boss at Tammany Hall; R. vis, of Loekport; | Baron Osten Sacken, Prussian Minis! is W. A, Fowler, of Brooklyn; J. ish William C! | Kings ‘a. Brook’ ; J. S. Thayer, lead- ing democrat of New York; Robert B. Minturn, of New | York; J. W. Prentice and wite, of Brooklyn; Judge D. | Quinn, of New York; E. J. Meegaa, of Albany; J. T. of the city Spriggs, of Utica; W. D. Veeder, Surrogute ew Haven; of Brooklyn; H. M. Welsh and ‘wite, of Kdward Novtzlin and wife, of Paris, France; Theo- | dore M. Pomeroy and William H. Seward, of Auburn; Caivin, of New York; FE. Corning, of Albany} we A. M. Osborn, of Catskill; the Right Rev. Dr. | . ( Walsh, of London, ’ Ontario, and the Right Rey. Dr. | Crumon, of Hamilton, New Dominion; Coe F, Young | aud wild, of Honesdale, Pa ; Chatles Holmes, of Cobies- | A. Hunt, of Schoharie, and 8. H, Sweet, of Al- | ate Engineer and | Commander A. United States jeneral G, W. Cul- P. Cool lum, United States Army; Mr. Sartoris, trom Long | Branch, the Hon, Jobn Jay, late United States Minister | to Austria ary of th Robeson; Prince de Postinas' o JW Camnpure: r General Jewell, | Smith, of Chicago, TIL; | George of Brookly A. Mor ; ‘avy; J.B. Geor| R. Lyman, of Mirneapolis; rd Allen, of New Yor E. Dean, of Switzerland; Rev. J. 8. Gilman and family and the Misses Sloaue, of New York; Mr. and Mrs, de } Saint Paul, of Paris; 8 Duncan Leverick | Charles 0, McCulloch, of Piper City | monde and F. F. Butler, of Manche ) En , | ‘and K. Pache, of Louisiana; ev. Joba Ne irwia and of Cincinnati; Rumsey, of But- | faloy Martin — Taylor, nda’ junior B, | Captain Scully, Her Majesty’ Navy, of | ;, Watt Lansing, of Niagara; Charles P, Jobn- | Lieutenant Governor of Missouri; Captain MeVay and wife, of New Orleans; Rev. Mr. Burnham, of Fall River, Mass. ; T. J. Goorge, B.A. Lyerly and W. P. Davis, of Uliss, Ark. ; Rev, Dr, Newton, a noted Episeo- | pal divine, of Philadelphia, Picard de Passavant, @ wealthy public officer, of Frankfort, A. M. Ger- many; J. Young Seamnic or of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, and with bis wit Stonebraker, Willian imore; Judge Healy, » and wife, of Stain: Washington, corre- Pittsburg Commercial; rge of of Bonney’y Hote | J. Wade, th ex Annie M, and. F W. H. Millikin and wite, of Cincinnati; M. & Fowler, of Detroit; John C. Hussey, of Ciucinnati; Dr. Edward | Spalding and wite, the ‘Misses Spalding, A. W. Snow wud wife and Charles Holman and wife, of Nashua, N, | H. ; J. ©. Bigitn, of New York; J. RK. McLean, son of | Washington McLean, proprietor of the Cincinnall Ba | quirer. | Behuyler Colfax is at Vineyard Grove, Mass, At Wateb Hill, Sf spondent of Warner, pre the Gelight of crowds who F than any man, hair floating on the crosts of We | was ge ~ | scriptural doctring was opposed by Luts Audubon, granddaughter | RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Ministerial and Church Movements. Camp Meeting Pastimes— Theological Errors. PROGRAMME OF SERVICES TO-DAY. In All Saints? Protestant Episcopal church the Rov. W. N. Dunnell will preach at the usual hours to-day. Rev, Allan 8. Woodle will minister in Christ church this morning and evening. ‘The Rev. Dr. Ludlow will preach tn the Collegiate church, on Fifth avenue and Forty-elghth street, this morning and evening. Dr. Cyras Dickson will officiate and preach in the Fourth Presbyterian church this morning. In Madison avenue Reformed church this morning the Rev. H. D, Ganse will preach to the united congre- gations of that church and the Fifth avenue Presbyte rian church, u The Rev. W. G, Haskell, of Lowell, Mass, will speak this morning on “Prayer” in the Bleecker street Uni- versalist church, Rev. J. H. Wiggin will speculate on the weight of the soul this evening for the entertainment of the Progress- ive Spiritualists, “The Beauties of Holiness’? will be exhibited by Rev. J. H. Lightbourn in Seventeenth street Methodist Epis- copul church this evening. “The True and the False” will be discussed by Pro- fezsor Loutrel in the Fifth Universalist church this morning. In the Westminster Presbyterian church the Rev. George D, Matthews will preach this morning and even- ing. In the Church of the Holy Trinity, this morning and afternoon, the Rev. Morris A. Tyng will preach. Dr. Willian White will speak this evening in Harvard Rooms on ‘Phe Good of Spiritualism.” ‘Tho legal work done by the temperance brotherhood of Brooklyn will be the subject of addresses by Mr. B, E. Hale and others this afternoon in Robinson Hall, Three services will be held to-day in St Ignatius’ church, Rev. Dr. Ewer proctor, Mr. 8. T. Fowler will give a lecture in Harvard Rooms this afternoon on “Existence,” Services this morning and evening, as usual, in the First Reformed Episcopal church, Rev. W. T. Sabine rector. The Rev. T. W. Clarke will preach in the Church of the Messiah this morning on “Sentiment and Senti- mentalism.”” “Consolation for the Dying” and ‘Some Sort-of Re- ligion a Necessity” are the themes to be discussed in All Souls’ Episcopal church, Brooklyn, to-day, by the Rev. Dr, Porteous, ‘The Rev. Dr, Howell will preach in the Morning Star chapel this evening. The Rey. Alfred Taylor will preach in the Congrega- | tional Tabernacle, Jersey City, this morning, on ‘Tho Use We Make of Our Bibles.”’ A FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIAN ERROR—IMMORTAL- ITY ONLY THROUGH THE RESURRECTION. To Tux Kpiror or tux HEnatp:— In my former and preliminary communication on “The Theology of the Day” I stated that there ap- peared to me fundamental errors in the various systems of Christian theology which have inevitably produced discordant creeds, and obstructed the progress of vital | spiritual Christianity more than even what is termed the natural hostility of the human heart ‘The first and most fatal of these I deem to be the dogma of inherent immortality, expressed in the con- ventional phrasoelogy of the day by the terms ‘4mmor- | tal soul,” ‘never-dying soul,” ‘‘deathless spirit,” “separate soul,’ “disembodied spirit,” such doctrine being not only baseless, but in direct opposition to the teachings of revelation. To fortify this tenet it was indispensable for theo- logians to demonstrate that the teachings of the Bible in this respect were uniform, truth being always consistent. Primarily, therefore, it was necessary that the. Hebrew Scriptures should indorse their views, that the Mosaic account, the starting point of creation, should be definitely and satisfactorily conformed to this, their preconceived and important article of belief. Consequently we find that in the translation of the | Scripture narrative into the various dialects we have the | substitution of the word “soul” for that of “creature,” the original in Genesis, i., 21, 24 and 30, and ii., 7, being the same word that is rendered in our translation—when applied to animals, creature; to man, soul. Fortified with this word soul, by which a twofold nature was given to man, they farther claimed that the “breath of life” which God ‘breathed into’ the nostrils of Adam ‘was an impartation of the divine existence—the breath of immortality. Now what is the common sense teaching of the nar- rative but that all the creatures, man included, received their life or breath from the same Omnipoted@Creator, but that man was distinguished, aud only thus, by @ special provision made for the perpetuation of bis existence in the fruit of “the tree of life,” of which he was per- mitted ‘freely’ to eat as long as he'refrained trom tasting of the fruit of the forbidden tree, “the tree of knowledge of good and evil” or of “right and wrong” as it is more correctly rendered. The penalty for dis- obedience was death—‘“dying thou shalt dic.” Sach was the sentence and it was executed to the letter, That the prolongation of the natural life of our first parents was contingent on their obedience to the divine requirement {8 unquestionably confirmed by the lan- guuge of Jehovah as recorded in the twenty-second verse of the third chapter, “And the Lord said, behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live for , therefore the Lord God sent him Jorth from the Gar of Eden,” banish ing him forever from uccess to the life preserving fruit. T dooms the natural and correct rendering of the above narrative to be wholly destructive of the theory that Man Was created immortal, and further, that it Las no warrant 1 the Scriptures, but is altogether opposed to their uniform teachings, which invariably declare that the grave is the land of torgettulness, where thought and memory are extinguished, and silence alone vails; that ‘the dead know not anything;” that “in that very day their thoughts perish,” that “the dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.” And now let ecclesiastical history enlighten us as to the origin of this heresy, reserving for a future cymma- nication the inconsistencios and evils which have sprung from this prolife and fundamental error, During the first and second centuries of the Christian era the contemporaries of the uy Polycarp, Ignatius, &¢., clearly set torth their opinio: in their epistolary writing yein they unifortuly ex- press their beliet in the esse ality of the human race, declaring that their only expectation of a future life Was by means of a resurrection froin the dead ; hence, they preached the resurrection of Christ as the only evidence and pledge of his people's resurrection unto lite. ‘The controversy concerning human immortality | commenced in the latter part of the secoud and was con- tinued to the close of the fifth century. It took its rise in mere philosophic conjecture, and was debated as a question of hutnan science,’ Its introduction into i | | Christianity ts attributable to the induence of the Greek his “Com this and Latin fathers. Giesler, in Beclestastical History," acknowle moulding the doctrinal theolog: says:—"A speculative treatment of Christian doctrine ally indispensable, If Christianity should be accessible to the philosophic condition of the time it could only proceed from Platonisin, which, of hilosophic aysteras, stood nearest to Christianity, Were is'u distinct avowal of ite Platonic, heathen origin, From the third to the sixteenth century the philo- of Platonisin thus introddeced was by no Means restrained, indeed, it i notorious that from the time of this admixture of human and science to the present hour the doctrine of human itmmortality has been built on @ ratiovinative basis merely, aod the Bible has been very coo! nored, The ductrine of the soul's immortality, during thie period, bad be- come the orthodox and the popular faith of the Chure (the Romish, then the only church), but there was | not yet anentire agreement between scbolastics, but the Platouists labored hard to establiel this, their favorite doctrine, and havimg won over Pope Leo X, to their views, he camo in with his baton of infullibility, aud at once decided the controversy by the dictum of his spiritual authority, aud pronounced the linmortality of the soul an articl of Christian faith By the dawn of the sixteenth century Y had reached the nadir of its popularity, J influence | this uae , Tyndale aud | others of the first reformers, but was roceived by Calvin, since which time it has gradually found its way into the | weveral Protestant confessions, ind, to (bis hour, this eathen heresy {# uccopted by the Romish and all the reformed churches as # Christian verity, LDERKAN, MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS, | | | KPISCOPALIAX, The Rev, Willian B. Walker, formerly of this city, bas accepted the rectorahip of Christ church, Horki- mer, N. ¥, | ‘The Rev, James A. Havineha haa erconted an Clectinan | ale Ww the oF NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. j to the rectorship of Grace church, Cortland, Cortland county, N. Y. ‘The Rev. Daniel Leach, of Providence, R. L, received the degree of D. D. at the recent Commencement of Brown Unive: . ’ ‘The Rey. Aenry Wall, D.D._ bas resigned at St. John’s, Richwaond, Va, and removed to Goderich, Ontario, Canada, The Rev. Alexander W. Weddell, bas accepted the rectorship of 8t John’s, Richmond, Va ‘The Rev, Professor Francis f, Russell has closed his labors as associate rector of St. John’s chureh, Water- bury, Conn., to become rector of St. Margaret's School, lately estabiished in tuat city as a diocesan instatution. ‘The Rev. Jobn H. Fitzgerald, of Otego, diocese of | Albuny, has accepted a call to the rectorate of Grace ew Haven, made yacant by the resignation of Peter A. Jay. piscopal church wt Claremont, Jersey City, has Ke enna & pastor since the resignation of the Rev, r. Battin, PRESUYTERIAN, ThoUpper Octorara church, of which the Rev, Alex- ander keed, D. D., of Brooklyn, was onee pastor, has given & unanimous call to bls brother, the Rev. William B. Keed, . Kugene P, Dunlap and wife, of Neshannock, sailed last week as missionaries to Spaln under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Dr. Thomas C. Strong, of Aurora, formerly of the old Bleocker street churell in this city, has secepted the Presidency of Penusylvania Female Coltego, Rev. D. Henry Palmer, of Brockport, bas accepted the call of the First Presbyterian church of Penn Yan, In tho new Presbyierian Church of the Puritans, Har- lom, N. ¥., there is a room at the side of the pulpit where invalids may hear the serinon and join in the service and yet be enurely secluded from view and be able to assume any position necessary to their comfort, ‘A notice has been dled of a memorial to be presented to the Synod of New Jersey asking for a conGirmation of the judgment in the Glendenning case at Jersey City. MAPHODIST, In the town of Greenburg, Westchester county, there are six Methodist churches, each having a stationed minister, With # membership of 640, and church prop- erty worth $35,000. At Croton Landing the Methodists have raised over $4,000 for a new charch building and a parsonage which they intend to erect there. ‘The colored Methodists of New Jersey and Pennsyl vania have just closed an exciting camp meeting at Washington, N. J. Rev. Jesse Cota, Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal eburch at Grand se Wis., has been unable to do work for three Sabbaths, on account of physical debil- ity brought on by overwork, He is contned to his bes suffering from abcess on his throat. ‘The venerable Pather Boehm has recovered from the attack of erysipelus of the eyes by which he was stricken down a few weeks ago. Every Methodist tion in Jersey City has sent delegations to the camp meetings in that State, ‘The proprietors aud friends of the Madison avenue Methodist Kpiscopal chureh in Elizabeth have secured the services of Rey, Mr. Webber. A new church is to be erected on the site of the present structure next spring. navrist, There is a little breeze in Baptist circles'in and around Manstield, Pa, where a council recently met aud recommended the church in that place to dismiss from its fellowship and depose from the ministry the Rev. J. | E. Bell, its pastor, who, they say, hus had no valid standing in the denomination for six years, and that his conduct and reputation Lave been unworthy of a Baptist minister, He, however, seut a penitential letter to his chureh, asking it3 forbelranee and respect until he can prove to them by his future life and conduct that he is worthy of their confidence and can receive trom them a letier distnissory in regular order. The ehureh has ac- cepted his proposition, and thereby placed itself in an- tagonism tw the council. ‘The E strect Baptist church, Washington, D. C., have called Rev, G. W. Samson, D. D., of this clty, to’ thei pastorate. Mr. SF. Forgeus, a late graduate of Crozer Theologi- cal Seminary, was ordained at Tunkhannock, Pa, Thus. day, August 12, The Seventh Day Baptists of thts country have sent a missionury to Scotlund to propagate their peculiar views. The General Conference of the sect hero will open at Alfred, N, Y., September 22. ‘The vacancy in the'pastorate of the Bergen Baptist church at Jersey City, caused by the resignation of tho Rey. Mr. Hammond, has not yet been filled, ROMAN CATHOLIC. ‘The Church of St, Joseph on Carroll street, St. Paul's, Minn., was dedicated by Right Rev. Bishop Graco, on Sunday, August 8, New 'churehes are to be built at Gouveneur. and Hogunsburg, N. Y., at Clinton, Mass. (corner stone laid August 6), Hainpton “and Finchton, N, J., Santa 6, St. Patrick’s chureh, New Haven, Conn., which ts to cost $100,000, will be ready for the ‘roof in November. In New York State, St. Mary’s church, Elmira, was dedicated by Bishop Ryan, of Buflalo, August 16,'and a church at North Creek lately, ‘The corner stoue of a new Catholic church at High- land Falls, near West Point, will be lad to-day by Bishop McNierney, of Albany.’ The sermon will be de- livered by the Very Rev, Chancellor Preston, of this city, The pastor is Rev. . J. Earley, late of St. Stephens, New York. Kev. John M, Kiely, of the diocese of Brooklyn, while recently in Rome,’ was intrusted by the Holy See with the duty of bringing the pallium to Dr. Croke, tho new Archbishop of Cushel, Bishop Corgan administered confirmation last Sun- day in St Jouu s chureh, Paterson, Rev. Father Connolly, of St. Joseph's church, Jersey City, bas been transferred to Mount Holly. Bishop Quinn, of Bathurst, Australia, is now staying in Dublin. He Was formerly president of the seminary uffiliated to the Catholic University in Harcourt street, Dublin, His brother is Bishop of Brisbane. Rev. Dominic Kraus, pastor of the German Catholic church of Jersey City, 1s expected to arrive from Ger- many about the 1st of September. A chapel for the Frauciscan Sisters is being erected at Peekskill, N. Y., through the liberality of a Protestant gentleman, ‘Yhe Sisters of Mercy will open a large convent and seminary for young ladies at Bultnville, near Newburg, N. Y., on the Ist of September. The convent an school will be under the charge of Mother Superior Catharine, who hus beeu for a long time connected with the convent in Houston street, New York. Archbishop McHale, of Tuam, Ireland, has received over 400 leiters from gentlemen, not members of the Catholic Chureh, thanking bim for the noble sentiments he expressed ul the O'Connell Centennial banquet, in behalf of Irish nationality. Bishop Dwenger, of Fort Wayne, dedicated the new St, Bridget’s church at Logansport, Ind., on August 15, and Bishop Healy dedicated the new church at Thomus- town, Me., August 1, Rev. John Cullan, 8. J., of the Jesuit confraternity | in Upper Gardiner street, Dublin, hus received £250 res- titution money, with the names Of the parties to whom | the money is dua, Cardinal Cullen has issued a summons to the Catholic | Dishops in Ireland, convoking « synod in Maynooth on | the 17th inst, The special object of the synod is sup- | posed to be th usideration of the educational system, the troubles of the Church in Italy and the discipline of | the Church in Ireland. MISCELLANEOUS. Very extensive alterations are being made in the Thirty fourth streot synagogue. |The seats on the main | floor have been romoved and pews are being substituted, an organ is being put in position, and other improve- ments made for the comfort of members. Religious services ure held in tho basement, Rev. Dr. Vidaver, its former rabbi, now of San Francisco, is expected herd shortly on a vacation, and it 1s rumored that bis old po- sition of minister will be tendered to him. One of | the causes of his leaving this synagogue was the failure | or refusal of the congregation to make the changes and | improvements which they are now advancing. Rey. Theodore A. Baldwin, who bas been for the past cight years a missionary in Turkey, arrived at bis hamo tn Orango last Suturday’to take a Urlef rest from his ly rs, ‘ Tho Universalist church in Jersey City has been | closed for several weeks during the absence of the Rev. Phube A. Hanaiord on vacation. Through the zeaious efforts of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association of Jersey City open air preaching ie carried on every Sunday at Hamilton Park. ‘The dedication of the new church, formerly known as the State street Congegrational church, in Brooklyn, Will take place next Thursday evening. Rev. J. ligen Burreli, pastor of St. Matthew’s Evan- gelical Lutheran church, is staying at Glon Gardner, NJ. Rev. U. D. Gulick, of Chicago, recently received a unanimous call w the pulpit of the Twellth street Re- | formed chureh, Brookly 1. ‘The trustecs Of St, Matthew's Evangelical (English) La- theran Cougregation Lave leased the State street Congre- gaional churel, Brovklyn, The dedication will take | place next Thursday evening, the 26th. ‘The following | eveuing the io tor will take plu will be held in the new church, The fortieth anniversary of the settlement of Rev. James Brownlee, VD. D., ‘over the Reformed Dutch chureh at Port Richinoud, Staten Isiand, will be cele- | brated to-day ia tat church, and a discourse appropri- ton delivered by him, service to com- Mmence at hait-past ten A.M. The church was founded on Staten Islaud over two hundred years ago, A gencral history of the church during that timo and a detailed history of the work of tho present pastor during forty years Will be given, MOODY AND SANKEY. Acorrespondent who signs himselt “B.” wants to know why so many popular ministers in this city and in Brooklyn are opposed to Messrs, Moody and Sankey coming aud laboring here, Jle writes that he has read their remarks with sorrow and regret, and thinks that | not being “vollego machine men," and yet having been so successful, they are worthy of greater praise for the great work which the: “2B. thinks every | American ought to his und they among us. preach, our cor! vince und convert the masses than all the ftowery lan- guage of all our scutimestal preachers, And what the Church wants is mon who are not @/raid Ww go and preach the Gospel to the poor and the neglected Inasses, And Moody and Sankey havo done this and God hus greatly blessed them. Auvther correspondent, who signs himself to the | “Manor Born,’ writes fruia tag land of wooden nub Twegs and steady havits, Giving Lis reasons Tor the great Success of the (Wo vvanyeliste, All the reasons thas he has seen given doa't answer bo problem to bis mind, He accounts tor their success beeause they dl plain English, and met the poopie as thougtr the some in the World who know us woll as thomseives Hawt | twice two are tour, The evangelists did not iry to in. prese upon the Koglish the grandeur or greatness of thoir American alma water, Our correspondent would, therefore, have the ministers come before their congru- eatiiné on tie Saubach and apeak to them in quod bomoly | iiation of tev. J. Ugen Burrell as pas- P Xt Sunday the tirst services have doue, proud of two such countryu have a respectiul "h | on this elif, At Ocean Grove Saxon, leaving some of thetr dignity (if they have any) at rig coat 4 a few weeks Peper Ath a great change im the churches and people. OF BASLE. THE BISHOP THY EXILED SWIBS PRELATE INTERVIEWED BY 4 HERALD CORRKSPONDENT—HI8 STATEMENT OF THE PERSECUTIONS O¥ THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Dupin, August 8, 1875. Among the visiters at the O'Connell centenary cele- bration 1 Mgr. Lachat, the rightful Bishop of Basle, tu Switzerland, He is, a8 you aro aware, ono of the most ardent defenders of the rights of the Church of Rome and of the dogma of infallibility. Because he would not acknowledge the rights of the State of Basle in ecclesiastical matters he was expelled in 1873, and hives now in Lazerne, WHAT LZ THINKS OP THR WAR YOR THR CHORCH. Tn an interview with him to-day I asked him for bit opiniow about the present state of the conflict in Pras sia between Bismarck and the Roman Catholic bishops, and whethor the rumor of a conciliation, especially after the first step of the Prince Bishop’ of Breslau Myr. Foester, were true, (Bishop Foester has given notice of the appointment of a clergy: man to a vicarage in his diocese.) Mgr. Lachut replied, saying he “could positively assure me that there would be no conciliation, and that there could be none as jong as Prussia tries to interfere with the rights of the Church and as long as the May laws are ip force, The Bishop said, in French:—‘‘Les éveques alletaands ne céderont pas, il n’y aura pas de concilia les droits de I'église seront réservés.” (“The 4 Bishops will not give in; a reconciliation ts im- possible as long as Bismarck maintains the May lawa and the rights of the Church will be upheld.”’) “Nothing,” he continyed, ‘can or will induce the German bishops to acknowledge the alleged right of the State to legislate ia ooclosiastical matters, and the mo ment # bishop would de go he would be cated by the Pope.” ‘THR CASE OF THR BISHOP OV BRESLAU. In answer to my question about YRINCH MISHOP FORSTER, OP BRESLAU, Mgr. Lachut said that this was merely 4 matter about the temporal oods of a certain vicarage, and he (Mgr. Lachat) considered it possible that a conciliation, as & | as these were concerned, was ossible, _(Hly awa pews — fas intérieures étre un rapprochement pour biens eccléstastiques.”") He ‘could positively assure me that no German bishop would go further, and that as long as the State pretends to dictate to the conscience of Catholics and ta favor schisms (Old Catholics) no conciliation with the Holy See is possible.” 1U8 INDIVIDUAL POSITION. ‘As far as he himself was concerned the majority of his diocese acknowledged bim as their bishop, but the Protestant General Assembly of Switzerland overruled the Catholic cantons. He lives now in Luzerne, which is a Catholic canton. PIOUS PASTIMES AT SEA CLIFF, NEGRO MINSTRELSY AND BOAT RACING—TRIBU- LATIONS OF A SANCTIVIED SOUL—ASSOCIATION MATTERS, Sra Curvy, August 21, 1875, ‘There is a wonderfal amount of attraction even for Christian camp followers in the clog dance and the negro minstrelsy. Pious souls like amusement about ag wellas the ungodly, and a good plantation melody will take about as well with ono class as the other, But when such melodies are rendered by erstwhile slaves, who have learned the crude rhymes which they sing on the plantations where they were born and served, and when they are rendered by trained singers grown up in the freedmen’s schools in the South, there is, of course, @ double attraction in the entertainment. We had such concert in the Tabernacle at Sea Cliff on Thursday evening. The now famous Tennesseean troupe of singers, from the Methodist College, at Nashville, haying spent a couple of weeks at Chautauqua Lake Sunday school assembly singing and entertaining the congregations gathered there, paid a flying visit to Sea Clitf on Thursday evening, and gave us a chance to test their powers of song once more, ‘They had travelled a day and a night, and were not in as favorable condition as they might have been, And yet, what all the camp meetings, holiness conventions and temperance gatherings could not do, these dusky songsters did easily. They emptied cottages, tents, boarding houses, hotels of their occupants, and for half an hour asteady stream of humanity flowed into the great Tabernacle. The neighboring farms also gave their quota to swell the aggregate, which numbered be- tween 3,000 and 4,000 people. Instead of an admission fee a collection was taken up for the singers toward the close, and the result was more satisfactory than ay admission fee with a small audience would be, This affair was probably the nearest approach to a musical jubilee, as ay intended by the Sea Cliff people, ‘that we shall have here this year, And in every sense this entertainment was a success, and the only success- ful uffair that has come off here during the season. The ‘Tennessceans left this place yesterday morning to fuldl a brief engagement at camp meetings North and and next week they are expected here again, The audience here on Thursday evening unanimously invited them to d@jme again. THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME. With two or three exceptions the songs the trou sang were the original plantation melodies sung by Old Folks at Home. The music and the words might have been composed by old Jubal and his brother for any literary or artistic merit that cither possessed. ‘There was a crude religious spirit running through them all, however, which was brought out by the singers ag only those to the mmnner born can do it, As a apecimen there was one which told us— heavenly land up yonder, ‘iiall Eyget there? (epeamay The Kemun soldier's cruel Daud, i I get theret &e f Man. h, w The very night he was betra; Ob, when shall T got here’ ba, He went « little way, aud Oh, when shall T'get there t de, ‘There's # heavenly land up yonder, &e. And this kind of rhyme could be spread out indef. nitely by telling how Pilate washed his hands and said he found nu fault in that just man, &c Another of these quaint productions told of the soul's longing te be rocked in Abraham's bosom; another pt m4 er tol | mighty shout on the day of judgment, and anot of Jucob wrestling with the angel until the break of day; others of the hard trials and tribulations of the ol slaves, and bf their hopes and longings of a better time; while others told the world that they were Methodists, Baptists or Presbyterians, as the case might be. These | old shave songs are the very best refutation of the al- leged satisfaction which a’ state of slavery gave to the blacks. Nowhere do they give any such intimation, but everywhere they are hopeful of escaping the yoke of bondage. But all the singing was not of this character. A few songs, with which we are more or less familiar, from other artists, were rendered by the Tenuesseeans—such, tor instance, a3 "Moonlight cn the Lake,” “Rocked im the Cradle of the Deep’ and others, On Wednesday night the steamer Thomas P. Way took a purty of nearly one hundred Cliffites on a moon- light excursion up the Sound about twenty-five milea and return. It was a very pleasant sail, and the com pany enjoyed themsclves passably well. THE SHA CLIFF BOAT CLUB. Another aquatic association has been added to the | many which make the Sound waters-their headquarters. | It comes this time in the character of an amateur bout- | ing club composed of the young men of Sea Clif and Glen Cove, with Mr, L. ©. Coe, an “old salt,’’ as pres- ident, and Mr. W, R. Du Puy, a pious young landsin as secretary. While I write they are holding their ir: annual regatta in the harbor, and six races are to be contested, including a tub race, the most amusing of all, Judging from past efforts in this primitive kind of craft The following 1s the programme in brief:— Frest RAck.—Open to all comers, for whaleboats; en- trance free; course, two miles (one mile und return); prize, $20 to the winning bout, Swconp Rack.—Open w all comers; entrance fee for euch boat, $5; for rage sa oared Whiteball boats, outriggers, hot more than 18 feet long nor less thas Steet 6 inches beam, inside measure; course, three miles (one and @ half iniles and return); first prize, $50; second, $20; third, $10. ‘Turd Rack,—Open to members of the club only, for the same class and size of boats a8 the second; coureq two miles; prize, a silver challenge cup. Fount Rack.—Open to all comers; no entrance feo; single scuill, flat-bottomed boats, no outriggers, course, two miles; prize for winning boat, $10. —Open to members of the club only; the same class and size of boats ag in second and third raves; course, two miles; prize, ladies’ challenge flag; the winners of the cup are debarred from contesting for this prize. Sista Rack.--This is a tub race, open to all comora, but no Winner of @ prize at any previous tub race is per mitted to take part in thi t freo, and the prizt {8 « brass-hooped, cedar wood On Thurs Mr, ©, P, Chappell was busy measuring the various craft entered for these races, and the samé evening the clab met at the hotel to draw for places is the races, | Desides Qhese aquatic sports we have an oo casional foot race here between & theologian’s son and @ grocer’s clerk, And thus far the inchoate body of di- Finity has been beaten again and again by the man of green gages and rulabagas. TRIBULATIONS OF PATHER INSKIP, Mention has been frequently made of the fine resi eonce of Rev, John Inskip, the great apostle of holiness we had the handsomest and most costly house, as became the president of that ut believing, with Wesley, that itis hit duty to make the best of both worlds, he sold out bis intorest at Ocean Grove for $8,000 and came here to take poasession of four lots generously donated to him by the Sea Clif Association, on which he has put up @ very substantial house, tit for winter residence as well aa summer, For a year or two he has been anxious to move away lo pastures greener and waters more still, but bo | has not found any man yet ready to give bin three times the original cost of his place ($30,00%), ‘And now fn nsanctitied layman, who owns three or four lots on Central avenue, a wide street, is going fo up balfa dozen stores aud to shut out Father Inskip’s view ward the harbor, This move, of course, will depre- jute the latter's proyierty and may very seriously inter. fore with its transfer to any one. At any rate Brother Inskip’s mansion will be thorn of much of \ts glory and | beauty. Last Sunday, after a sermon by Rev, William Lioyd subscriptions amounting to afew hundred dollars were taken up in the Tabernacle for the benetit of the Jitth church at Sea Cuff aod its pastor; and next hr | {avgce Pisses oud hyo My toa pee uu held in Ube waane place and for the sarae ol