Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-10-01

day stated that this organ saved The rclorIucd
Dutch church insured for nearly what il is
worth, $l7 900, although the repairs and improve.
nents recently added t. II, cost SOO0 and II IS but
short time since that there only $500 insured
IN this building. The four walls aud the brick CO.
iunns IN front are standing, and the church can be
rebuilt for the insurance money. The school house
Of Tanning > Worth, next the Dutch Church, be-
longing to Il, was almost Quilted; but the insurance
will also cover this.
This gives an exact state Of the loss and the in
surance. The only sufferers, therefore, viii be the
pious attendants and worshippcrs al the different
churches, who had cushions and stuffed hair seat,
and knee mats, and prayer books, and hymn books,
and bibles the play actors who lost their robes and
clowns AID sceptres, and sandals, and flesh tights,
and wigs and play books, and music books, and other
properties the poor scholars Who left their spelling
books and gramme rs in the classical school; and the
| unfortunate women of i'll fame whom the flames un-
| tremendously drove from their holes and hiding
places, without sufficient notice 10 enable them
save their furniture and clothing These, and these
only the actual sufferers, except few negroes
who boarded in those two houses in Church and
Leonard streets adjoining the African church: other
negroes however contrIved 10 steal enough 10 make
up the loss Of their black brethren.
With regard 10 the origin Of the fire there Is
but one opinion IL was owing 10 the gross mis-
management Of the Gas Company. They had fitted
up the Interior of the theatre the pipes in
with the gas room badly, that IL is supposed
large quantity Of escaped, and camng IN contact
with little lamp left burning uHder the stage,
account Of the total absence Of day light speedily
ignited and communicated with the infammable
materials all around it under the stage.
The French church, of which we give two
ry beautiful engravinss, was built IN 1892 This
edihce was situated on the corner Of Franklin and
Church streets. The form was that Of Greek
prostyle temple, with tetrastyle Ionic portico,
deeply recessed, having two columns in the pro.
naos, forming double range. This double range ~
columns contributed additional stability, while the
great depth Of the portico served the better to afford
shelter from the north and east, and also adopted
In consequence OF the form of the ground, which Is
Lang and husu rty Tn fho
interior was desired by the vcstry, would form
q good proportion 10 he eye, and give uniform
extension to the voice The breadth Of the front
fifty feet; the height, including the steps also
fifty feet. and the length was one hundred feet.
The interior ON the plan Of cross, similar,
IN this respect, to the csthcdrsls of Europe, havsg
a and transept, with a dome the intersec-
tion. Eight richly ornanented Ionic columns simi-
ar Z, hose of the Erecthcion, ~ the Acropos of
Athens, support semi circular arched ceiling.-
The dome was hemispherical. and rested upon the
ceiling al the intersection Of the and transept,
as above mentioned; and the whole was panelled and
moulded with the Ionic and Lcsbian cymatium, eight
inches deep, with the egg, DART aud leaf enrichment
The exterior OF the dome is crowned with lantern
Of the exact size and fashion of the monument Of
Lysicratcs, at Athens The portico composed
from the best examples Of Athenian Ionic. IL was
original IN it, proportion. and, we believe the only
example OF dipteral portIco "a p0rtico with dou-
BILE range OF coun,ns) in existence the fine ancient
examples having persisted; and the art itself has
continued PROSTATE since the time OF Alexander;
homf anu LnSiAnd iAifnX w aCniltCtuAts
and France and Italy being meretricicrs.
Incidcns- connected with the late Fire.
The various amusi < and graphic incidents con
nected with the late disastrous ccnfagration would
nil a volume; but we shall give few Of the most
prominent ones part and parcel Of the history II
the times. The National Theatre will never be re-
built upon the spot although tho three churches
Will be as soon possible, for the insurance mency
will effect their restoration.
or all these buildings, we most deeply regret the
injury done to the beautiful French Episcopal
Church Its history is connected with the en-
tire history of the Hueuenots, who fled from
France the revocation Of the edict Of Naatz, by
Louis Ike 18th, which had Afforded protection to the
liuguenots from 1876 to l6S5 This unfortunate
people were then scattered abroad over the lace 81
the world, and in 1904 they arrived IN New York,
and afterwards erected church on Pine street,
on the spot where the Custom House now stands
This building stood for more than hundred years
To this spot came the HsguenGts To worship, whe
had settled in New Rochelle; they walked hlther TO
worship distance of twenty miles and walked
hone the same day. In 1892 the church and grave
yard was purchased. and the building Of the pre-
sent church cf the Holy Spirit was commenced at
the corner II Leonard and Church streets In lSS4.
divine service was commenced In ~. " was not,
therefore, six years in building, as sisted a. the
"Ccsrier." The srst pastor was Mr. Rou; the Sc
cond, Mr.. Mosiindsrs; the third, Mr.. Nerren, the
present amiabls and accomplished paster.