amrtivait Ircsingtriait. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1866. CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES. SECOND PAGE-THE FAMILY CIRCLE Repentance and Faith—The Fugitive Slave and the Bound Boy—Little Nva's Prayer—A Mother's Influ ence—Leisure—Who Did It Y—The Lord will Pro vide—The Lessons of the Leaves—A Dog's Feelings —PM - trait of Chief Justice Chase. THIRD PAGE-RURAL ECONOMY: Agricultural Addresses and Exhibitions—Regular ity in Feeding—New Vgatermelon from the Caspian Sea. MISCSLLANEOUS: Origin of Dartmouth College— The Liquor Dealer and.his SIXTH PAGE-CORRESPONDENCE: Settings from a Parish Journal. No X.—What the Minister did at the Inquiry-Meeting—Correspon dence in Northern Michigan—The Year Day The ory Once More—ln Memoriam—Lord ilailes and the New Testament. SEVENTH PAGE-RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE : Presbyterian—Congregational—German Reformed —Lutheran—Methodtst—Episeopal—Baptist—Mis sionary—Miseellaneeus. MR. THOMAS M. CANN was ordained as an evangelist, October 27, by the Presbytery of Wilmington,in the Hanover Street Church. Rev. J. G. Moms. pre sided ; Rev. G. F. Wiswell preached the sermon, and Rev. Wm. Aikman delivered the charge to the evangelist. NEW STORY.—We commence in this week's paper, on the Family Page, an original story by the author of that ex cellent little book " David Woodburn, the Mountain Missionary." It will be completed in three numbers, and we hope to follow it with other contributions from the same gifted pen. " CAMP, MARCH, AND BATTLE-FIELD." —This stirring, graphic, and most truth ful book, from the able pen of Chaplain Stewart, must be regarded as one of the most interesting and valuable memorials of the war. Readers will be fully satisfied with the return they will get for their outlay in purchasing this volume. Some Of the matt remarkable displays of Di vine grace in the army were witnessed by the author and are fully described in the volume. SArtsFAcToRY.—We find the follow ing afloat among the items of the dOly press :—" Rev. Henry Ward Beecher had an interview, November let, with the President. Mr. Johnson, says the correspondent of the New York Post, was very frank in his statement of pur pose and convictions. He declared that no State , lately in rebellion. ought to be permitted to resume its former status and position in the Union till they shall have adopted the Constitutional amend ment, and provided to extend protection to the.freedmen." A GOOD APPOINTMENT.—The Presby terian Publication Committee has se cured the survices of the Rev. S. W. CRITTENDEN, Ett3' their Business Superin tendent. The enlarging operations of the Committee render necessary such an officer, and in Mr. Crittenden the de mands of the place are peculiarly met. His name is well known to the business public as the founder of " Crittenden's Commercial College," and as the author of a work on book-keeping. His later ministerial experience adds to his quali fications for the care of the business de partment of a religious Publication House. INSTALLATION.—As announced, the installation of REV. J. FORD SUTTON, pastor of the WESTERN CHURCH in this city, by a committee of the Third Pres bytery took place on last Sabbath after noon. Rev. Dr. Adams, presided and proposect the constitutional questions. The Scriptures were read by Rev. S. W. Crittenden, Rev. Wolcott Calkins preach: ed an excellent discourse on Gal. iv. 4 : " But when the fullness of time was come," &c. The charge to the pastor was given by Rev. Dr. Adams, and that to the people by Rev. Dr. March. The whole service was edifying and inspirit ing to pastor and people. The best wishes of the brethren follow Mr. Sutton in his chosen * field of labor among us. THE NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.—The Christian people of this land, notwith standing the remarkable absence of any thing distinctly Christian in the docu ment, will nevertheless rejoice to see another Presidential Proclamation for a National Thanksgiving. We notice ap pended to the proclamation, as copied into the Boston Congregationalist, the following remarks:— "By an infelicity akin to that of last year, President Johnson's National Thanksgiving and that of our own and other States are as signed to different days. Two consecutive services of' that description will be very em barrassing and unwise. We trust that, either oy conference with the President on-the part of Governor Andrew, securing a change in that direction, or—if that be impossible—by a postponement of his own appointment to the new date assigned for all the States, the maladjustment ,now existing may bemedied, and a Thanksgiving secured that will suit all the exigencies and proprieties of all con cerned." It strikes us that the repetition of this " infelicity" was, on the part of the Mas sachusetts Governor, both awkward and unnecessary. The custom of specifying a day for this service throughout the whole country, by a Presidential Procla mation, was inauguated by President Lincol. We can excuse some uncer tainty of mind in a State Governor, as to whether another President would accept it as a precedent, but it would have been becoming to assume it as a probability, or at least not to have as sumed the contrary, without inquiry. As the matter stands, we presunie Gov ernor Andrew will, on the question. of time, now yield to the President THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 1865. THANKS. AIIIBERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Oct. 26th . , 1865 The students of Auburn Theological Seminary baying each received from Alexander Whildin, Esq., of Philadel phia, an elegantly bound copy of the Life of John Brainerd," would tender to the donor their grateful acknowledg ments. This volume sets forth a character worthy of the study of every student, and is calculated to inspire him with a higher regard for the' self-denying spirit and work of the missionary life. S. H. MOON. }Committee in H. S. BARNUM. behal.of THEO. T. WING, the Students. SOCIAL HYMN AND TUNE BOOK.—The Rev. John C. Smith, D.D., our faithful Washington pastor, sends this warm note to a member of th4Publication Com mittee :—" My heart thanks you , to-day for the 'Social Hymn and Tune Book' which I brought before the session, and which was unanimously adopted. I have sent for one.hundred copies as a beginning. We *sung two or three hymns out of your excellent book last evening. Last week I had a protracted prayer meeting. On the Sabbath (the communion) eight were added on pro fession and one on certificate. We con- tinue the meetings this week, and hope to receive the book in time for our Wednesday evening service. • This morning I carefully went over the book and selected ninety hymns and tunes which will be a new power in the meet ings. In this examination, I found the book a gem. I would that ycpu were with us in our meetings to sing 'these hymns and tunes with the Spirit and with the understanding also." THE REPEAL AGITATION.—The follow ing editorial in the last number of The Presbyterian, is a fit and decidedly re freshing supplement to the account which we gave last week of the threatened ef fort to procure the repeal or modification of the stand taken by the Old School Assembly concerning the rebellion. "The Christian Observer, of Richmond, Virginia, expresses the hope that ma will see our way clear to repudiate the action of our General Assembly during the years 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864, touching the great re bellion, and the duty of Christians to the go vernment, which they acknowledge as the or dinance of God. We answer briefly, but most emphatically, that we will not repudi ate this action, and will most strenuously op 'pose all repudiation of it by any coming As sembly. We do not subscribe to every word and sentence contained in these documents, for this is a fulness of assent we give to no thing but the word of God and the Confession of Faith of our Church. But to all the de clarations of these Assemblies touching the duty of loyal obedience to the Government, and in condemnation ' . of a rebellion made in the interest of slavery, we have given a hearty support, and hope all these testimonies will stand. It is not over the repeal of such deliver ances that the Southern churches can come back to our fold." FROM OUR CORRESPONDING EDITOR, INSTALLATION AT CAMDEN On the evening pf Tuesday, 31st ultimo, Re*. W. S. FRANKLIN was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Camden, Oneida County. Mr.' Franklin had been pastor of the first Congregational Church of Genoa for twenty-two years; removed to Camden and commened preaching to this church With great ability and success, about one year since. Quite a revival oc curred under his ministry last spring; fifty tWQ persons have been added to the church, mostly by profession, and four more are to be received next Sabbath. In the meantime, the church has been coming up also in its liberality, and has been doing nobly for our causes ,of benevo lence. After such an auspicious beginning of Mr. Franklin's ministry in this place, as was to be expected, the installation was anticipated with much interest. The even ing was rainy, but a large audience were in attendenee notwithstanding. The intro ductory services were conduoted, and in stalling prayer made by Rev. B. F. Wil loughby, of Augusta; the sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Condit, of Auburn., an able exposition of the matter and man ner of Biblical Preaching; an instructive and tender charge was made to the pastor by Rev. Dr. Fowler, of Utica, and a charac teristic and pungent address to the people by Rev. Dr. Knox, of Rome. The choir, which is one of the best in the region, gave excellent music al3o for the occasion. May the sacred relation thus constituted be tween pastor and people long continue a mutual blessing. IN MEMORIAM-CALVIN PEASE A large "pamplet of 129 pages, with this title, has been " privately printed," to com memorate the beautiful life and triumphant death of the late Rev. Dr. Pease, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of this city. It embraces a memorial discourse of great simplicity and beauty, by Rev. Dr. Shedd, delivered by request before the Alumni of the University of Vermont, a year ago last summer; remarks by Rev. Dr. Torrey, at the funeral; the sermon of Rev. Dr. Shaw, preached by request, in the First Church of this city, after the death of Dr. Pease, a warm and touching tribute to the memory of the deceased; also,' a biographical sketch, and other documents of great and permanent value to all the great circle of friends, who still mourn that beloved man as though he had fallen but yesterday. Truly " the memory of the just is blest." The First Church of this city still waits for some one to fill his place. • CENTRAL CHURCH, ROCHESTER Last Sabbath, President Fisher supplied the pulpit of the Central Church, as was expected, and greatly interested the audi ence in his excellent and eloquent sermons. In the morning, he preached upon the duties and responsibilities of the eldership; after which, with prayer and laying on of hands, five new elders were ordained to this important service. We have heard many of the congregation speak of it as an in structive and profitable occassion. GENESEE COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY The anniversary of this Society was held in Batavia on the 26th ult., with addresses of real interest from Rev. C., C. Kimball, of Le Roy, and Rev. H. W. De Puy, of Buffalo. The tatter urged the holding of meetings in various parts of the county, to co-oper ate with the parent society in its design this year to supply the people of the South, " without respect of color," with the Holy Scriptures. The old officers were all re-elected. John Fisher, Esq., of Batavia, President; A. F. Bartow, Esq., of Le Roy, Vice president; and A. Cowdin, of Batavia, Secrd,tary. A GENEROUS DONATION) The good people of the Pri l sbyterian Church of New York Mills were recently stirred up by an address in behlf of the Freedmen, and contributed $5OO to support a teacher at Beaufort, South Caro ina. One of their own number, a lady iivito bas already had three years of succeoSful ex perience in teaching the grateful Pe r eamen of that region, is now to return ;co Beau fort under appointment of the American Missionary Association, supportel friends and neighbors of the c which she belongs TESTIMONY Itev. H. H. GARNETT, the well k own and eloquent colored clergyman of Wazoington, recently made an address in Utica, ion his experiences and observations at th; South, where he has been exploring and. lloring by appointment of the General Mutably • . e spoke well, and was ligtened 'to% by a goodly number with great interest., He says the colored man will workwork gladly, and work well, if he can ollly, have protection and wages. He represents the Freedmen also as exceedingly anxious to learn, and he justly claims for his brithren, all the rights of true citizenship. Mr. Garnett's testimony is won respect and confidence, for he is a tr able man. • And, surely, as a mere ustice to those who have been amo best friends in our time of need, a country will not long withhold fr. colored people the full privileges of can citizenship. ECCLESIASTICAL CHANGES At a recent meeting of the P sbyter3. of Utica, Rev. John Lyle, who isilab9ring most faithfully and acceptably is alcity missionary in Utica, was received fro* the Presbytery of New Brunswick, N. J., 'and Rev. Chester W. Hawley, pastor elect at Waterville, was received from the P •sby tery of Onondaga. PERSONAL Rev. WILLIAM H. WEBB, of Victor : received and accepted a call to the Pr:, terian Church in Adrian, Michigan. preached his farewell sermon in Victor a; Sabbath, and is to remove at once, wee lieve, to his new field of labor. Mr. Webb' t has been but a few years in the ministry, but has already won for himself an honora ble place in the respect and confidenice of his brethren. The best wishes of mahy, true friends, both in and .out of his hto parish will follow him as he goes furth r west. Rev. Byron Bosworth, who has been tome years active pastor of the Congrega tional Church of Henrietta, being about to leave that field, received a donation visit a few evenings since, from his people. After having a good time socially, it was found that $ll2 were left behind foritke minister and his family, as a token of tl high regard in which he is held. Mr Bosworth intends to rest for a little time as he is somewhat worn with hard work and then seek another field of labor. C. P. B. ROCHESTER, November 4, 1865. from Rogersiille, evidently much gratified LOCAL .PREACHERS' ASSOCIATION/ , with his visit. It is to be hoped he will We have had, but one view of h see his way clear to accept the call likely " Local Preacher" feature in the Met i • to, be tendered him from that place If dist polity. It' brings forward no* Brother Barbour could also be induced then a queer specimen, but it is assiiire L d- with the other brethren lately come from , to locate at Jonesboro, I should feel that ly a wondrous power for workingi in that Church. We have ofttn wis il the North to such parishes as New that our denomination might devise r Market, Athens, and Cleveland, our itself something substantially the sa e. Church was in a way to prosper beyond Within the past few years, the s3ist m 11 former precedent ; and it is upon our been invigorated by the act* of branch of the Church that East Tennes hasthe local preachers in organizingi or see is chiefly dependent for the future. themselves a National Association, to The Methodists are exhibiting oc meetconsider- annually for the purpose of .pro- able vigor, but in the leading towns motlng their own efficiency. This A cupy a jecondary rank to us. The Bap sociation has just held its annual me t, s " tists have• a few churches, but not one, ingso far as my observation extended, in in Wilmington, Del. Without an - thing requiring special notice, the 00- active operation. The Old School have ceedings were harmonious, spirited and only a name to live. The Episcopalians have a respectable church at Knoxville, wholesome. I 1 with a thorough and outspoken minister . i for pastor ; but north of that place I did not find an organization of that name, and there must be very few south of it. The proposition at their late State Con vention, was entertained to make East -Tennessee a diocese by itself, but so far as membership is concerned there would be hardly enough under the Bishop's eye to constitute more than a decent Pres byterian Episcopate. ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES of the Sab bath -schools of Old Pide Street Church, (corner Fourth and Pine Streets,), will be' held next Sabbath afternoon (12th inst.,) at 3 o'clock. Addresses will - be delivered by Rev.. J. H. Suydam and Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D.D. Singing by the schools. The public are cordi ally invited. 400 tif nun eljuttljo. SYNOD OF WISCONSIN.—This body met at Neenah, a flourishing town at the out let of Winnebago Lake, on Thursday the 21st of September, and continued till Sab bath evening. Though the attendance was somewhat smaller than usual on ac count of the remoteness of the place of meeting, yet, it was the first spirited and encouraging meeting we have ever had. The Rev. John Fairchild of Mariette, was chosen Moderator, and the Rev. E. F. Tanner of Barton, Temporary Clerk. The opening sermon was preached by the Rev. H. Kendall, D.D., in the ab sence of the last Moderator, to a large and deeply interested audience. Rev. Dr. Kendall, our worthy Secre tary of Home Missions ; Rev. S. J. Humphrey, District Secretary of the American Board, and Rev. Glen Wood, District Secretary of the American Tract Society, being present, added much in terest to our meetings, not only in their addresses relating to the causes they re presented, but in their active participa tion in the other proceedings of the body. The various benevolent causes were each considered, resolutions relating to them adopted, and their claims urged upon the churches with increased earnestness. On Friday evening we had a public meeting in behalf of Foreign Missions, which left a deep impression. On Satur day evening the Rev. J. W. Stark of Berlin, preached on "Church Polity," and on Sabbath evening the Rev. P. S. Van Nest, of Geneva, gave us an address on temperance. The Rev. E. F. Fish, of Stevens' Point, preached the sacramental sermon on Sabbath • morning, at the close of which a large number of the Christians of Nee nah joined with the Synod in the observ ance of the Lord's Supper. Interest was added to the occasion by the accession of several persons to the Church, the fruits of the precious work of grace last winter, which, from time to time, con tinue to be gathered. In the afternoon, the spacious house was crowded with the pupils, teachers and friends of the various Sabbatt-schools of the place, who listened to spirited addresses from sev eral members of dte- Synod. A Home Missionary meeting immediately succed ed the Sabbath-school gathering, of thril ling interest, addressed by Dr. Kendall, Rev. Mr. Fish, one of our frontier mis sionaries, and others. The Narrative reported revivals in about one-fourth of the churches during the past year. Other indications of pro gress and marks of the Divine favor were mentioned. This meeting of the Synod, bringing together the brethren from their distant, and, in some instances, their isolated fields, has greatly cheered their hearts as they have seen the evidences of prosper ity and become assured that the smile of Heaven is resting on our work. Several new members have joined us since' our last meeting, who prove valuable acces sions to our working force. May the Lord of the harvest send us more men of kindred spirit to enter inviting fields that are waiting for laborers. After ex-pressing our cordial thanks to the people of Neenah for their kind and generous reception, and to the Railroads s for reduction of fare, the Synod adjourned ?'- to meet next year at Lodi. R. e EAST TENNESSEE.—" Eaton," (mean t ing we suppose an influential pastor in Central New York,) having recently re turned from a visit to East Tennessee, writes to the Evangejist as follows : "The Sabbath in Greenville was a leasant one The- congregation was ood, and the Sabbath-school in a hope -1 state of recuperation-from its semi imate condition during the war; for t ough nearly extinguished by . the pres s re of events, it had never absolutely rrendered existence. It was grateful find a church wholly united in its pas r, and especially in a man of the posi ve Union principles-of Mr. Elliott. The 'ession had recently been enlarged by he election of several leading men of the community, two of them legal gentle men of high standing in their profession. " Brother Barbour returning from Tim ber Ridge, reported a congregation of 200 on the Sabbath, and a condition of things demanding a settled ministry at the earliest moment practicable. " On our way to tilt` station, we met Brother Root, who had just returned by her 'rch to riy of r e and act of g our ateful (in the i Ikmeri- "Brother Wells is reorganizing his parish with the prudence and effici ency that belongs to all his movements. He has the most tasteful church edifice I have seen in the State, and when the appropriation made by the Government shall have been laid out upon its interior, it will lack no needful attraction." PRESRYERy OF KANSAS.--At the re cent meeting of this body in Baldwin City, Mr. George P. Chapin, a licentiate of the Congregation a l Church, was re ceived under the care of the Presbytery, and arrangements were made for his or dination in Lawrence, in December. It is , expected that the new church edifice now being erected in that city, will b e dedicated at the same time. Rev. Mr. Hammer,.an Independent Presbyterian, was received as a member of the Presbv_ tery. Rev. J. Brownlee, 'one of the earliest laborers of our Church in Kansas was dismissed to an Indiana Presbytery. One new church, recently organized in Greenwood county, was added to the roll. The field for our Church in Kan sas is opening wider and wider, but much of it will be lost, unless devoted and self-denying men, in far grgater numbers, can be found for it. RETURNED TO THE EAST.—Rev. J. B. Preston, who for quite a number of years past has devoted himself to the work of the Gospel in the Northwest, latterly at Omro, Wisconsin, has returned to the region of his earlier labors in the State of New York, and accepted the charge of the church in Cape Vincent, Jefferson county. COLORED POPULATION OF TENNESSEE. Action of the Synod of Tennessee in Reference to the Education. and Im provement of the Colored Population. At the commencement of the late re bellion, the two great parties in the con flict contemplated no change in the con dition of the negro race in our country. The one intended to make perpetual and more secure their bondage, while the other disclaimed any right, desire, or in-. tention to interfere with the institution of slavery as it existed in the slave States. But in the progress of the conflict, the hand of a third party was• manifested, controlling and shaping events with di rect reference to the enslaved and oppres sed of our land. Such has been the re markable train of providences, with re gard to this people, that we are forced to the conviction that the grand design of God in the contest was their liberation. As a result, therefore, of the war, we have in this nation nearly four millions of Freedmen, " all of them, hitherto, sub ject to disadvantages, social, civil and political, directly calculated to depress their humanity, degrade their pursuits, and prevent them from realizing their proper destiny as men." The obstacles to their improvement and elevation, hitherto existing, having been swept away, a door is now opened to one of the largest, most interesting and .promising fields that the Church of Christ has ever been called upon to en ter, occupy and cultivate. Let the future home of the colored race be' where it may, whether in this land or in that of their fathers, there can be but one mind and one voice among Chris tians- and all right-minded persons, in re gard to our present duty to this people. Strenuous efforts should be made for their education. The sanctifying, civili- Ong and elevating influences of the Gos pel should be brought to bear upon them. By every proper method, they should be aided in becoming a blessing to them selves and the country. If they are to remain here, the welfare of our country and the good of society demand their education and their moral and religious culture. If, on the other hand, they are to leave us, and go by themselves, the more imperative is the duty to educate and Christianize them, that they may go forth prepared to work out for themselves a noble destiny. We are gratified, therefore, to observe an increasing tendency in Christians to perform 'this duty. And all efforts in this direction are entitled to our prayers, sympathy, and co-operation. Especially do we rejoice at the establishment of sohools for the colored people in our bounds, and we deem it our duty to en courage and give our moral support to every exertion made for their intellectual, moral and religious culture. We are greatly delighted that a color ed Presbyterian Church has been organi zed in Knoxville. And we consider it our solemn duty to foster this Church, and all bthers of this kind that may be organized - witbin our bounds. We, therefore, recommend that a collection be taken up in all our churches on the last Sabbath of the present year, to aid the Colored Presbyterian Church in Knoxville in erecting for themselves a house of worship. IMMORAL ADVERTISEMENTS.- The Christian Times says In an article headed Disreputable Journalism,' the Round Table denounces the Times- and Tribune for admitting the shameless ad vertisements which have recently ap peared in them, and calls upon Messrs. Raymond and Greeley.to qxclu.de such advertisementd, or it will be necessary to establish a new daily in this city which will do so. We are glad to perceive that , the new paper in Chicago, the ,Republiean, edited by Mr. Dana, and the Public Ledger of Phila delphia, owned by . Mr. Childs, do not admit any such immoral advertisements into their'columns. Can we not have a paper in New York which willshave an equal regard for decency and.morality ?" FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MY DEAR SIR :-It looks to me little other than a dream, that I stood so very short a while ago, in the good city of Philadelphia, and shook hands, with a hearty farewell to no less important a personage, in my eyes, than the Editor of the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. I bad a pleasant railway run to New York, which I left on the Saturday after I parted from you, and had a delightful run home in eleven days. I am thank ful that I have seen at least something of your country, with my own eyes. I have seen New York and its' environs, the Hudson River, Niagara, the Lake Onprio, and the St. Lawrence, down to Montreal; and I have also seen Lake Champlain, and Saratoga, and now I feel as if America was no longer the shad owy mystery it has so long been to me. I wish I could have had a week in Phil adelphia ; and there are many more places and things in your noble country I. should ha ve lik e d to see ; but I am content. AMERICAN SCENERY TO AN EnivsEtikteN. Niagara, of course, was the thing to me the most agreeable in all ways. After Niagara, the finest thing I saw, was Lake Champlain. Ido not know the general opinion as to its beautg —de gustibus nil disputandum ; but I have seen all the famous lake scenery in Great. Britain ; I spent more than six months of my life among the Cumberland lakes, within • view of the poet Wordsworth's home on Rydal Mount; and I have seen some, if not all, of the beautiful lakes on the conti nent of Europe ; but Lake Champlain, in my estimation, stands out above all that I have ever seen for beauty, and I do not know that ever I enjoyed any day more, not even at Niagara, than my day's sail from Rouse's Point to White hall. After the 'Rhine, and the Moselle, the Hudson disappointed me. The scenery on its banks is of quite a differ ent kind ; but the difference was not of a sort that I love. It is a noble river, beyond all doubt, andlarger far than any river I had hitherto seen, with the excep tion of an African river up which I once went, but I was disappointed with it. Likely the fault lay in me, for I have not heard the same complaint from any person who has visited it is favorable circumstances, as I did ; but I went with very high expectations, and so was - disappointed. The chief feature—of the down-taking sort—was the frame houses; my eye was unaccustomed to them, and I don't think I could ever be brought to like them ; they are so desperately pro saic, so hard, and square, and matter of 'fact, and dry, and extempore-looking ; they are not old, not new, not perma nent, not even rough and rude rushups, (if I might coin so itgly a word,) so that I never could get to feel them anything but an eyesore. . • GREENWOOD.TEMETERY Another thing I enjoyed greatly— Greenwood Cemetery, at Brooklyn That, beyond all question, is the finest thing I, ever saw in that way. For it, nature has done much, and art has gently and truly assisted. I spent the greater part of a day, rambling to and fro there alone, and it was very pleasant and very pro fitable. In tomb-stone architecture, Ame rica, so far as I 'have seen, stands unri valled. There are some, few, monu ments in oar London cemeteries whiel might compare with some in Greenwood, and there are some monuments in some of the Continental Cemeteries which might bear comparison also ; but take it as a whole, and I suppose there can be no doubt that Greenwood is by very far the finest cemetery, in the world. I al ways will feel grateful to a very dear friend in New York, who said to me, " Yon must go and see Greenwood; I will not let you go till. ye ' have seen it." If these words of ipArm ; catch the eye of many people in NewXork, I hope they will bear them in mind, " Make all your European friends spend a day in Greenwood—a whole day at leastt" I filled the most precious pages of my note-book there. I wish I could have spent another day or two in that the grandest city of the. dead I have ever seen. Let me Say one thing- more—l hope " cabby" will forgive me—" Go on foot. Do not drive round it. Walk, saunter, and, if you be advised by me, go alone ; look for• yourself ; muse, meditate, pray alone, and you will not be alone, •but will find the'place as I did, a Bethel, and will come away 'saying of it, Jehovah Shammah, God is there." FENIA.NISM But it is not my business to write to you of America. It concerns me to let you know what is going on here. - And the first thing I heard on landing in Queenstown, was the rumor about Feni anism. We were told that we had Fenians on board ; and that the, tender which took our passfttrs on shore would be searched thoroughly by the po lice before any one was permitted to land, for arms, and men, and treasonable documents. We heard little more till we landed in* Liverpool ; and since that time, so far as the newspapers are con cerned, we have not heard of very much else. This is the dry season for the newspapers. And Fenianism is quite .a windfall to their , barrenness Without an exception the movement is treated by " the fourth estate," both in this country and in Ireland, with contempt. And. surely it is the, best way to speak about. it and its handful of men, a tailor, a. bricklayer, a railway porter, and a dozen. or two of a similar rank, with the editor and staff of The Irish, People—that is about all the leaders in this bloodless revolution. Their treasury might con tain in all -£.10,010; their armory, a few
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