The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-07-22

pious eloquent, and fashionable preachers Of tn
respectable, wealthy, and numerous class of fel
low citizens, called Baptiss, has arrived this Cit
from Sonington, where he has been doing ven
extensive business in the way of salvation, f.
which in due time he will doubtless reap his rewar
I" ifhe faint not"
Last Sunday, from beautiful green ban
which formed the edge of picturesque grave yaro
which was itself on the edge of the ever sounding
sea, Mr. Swan baptized over 30 souls and bodice,
some of whom were over so years OF age IN hn
mainly, and 100 years old in iniquity. The seen
in itself truly sublime, and il was equally healthy
and refreshing for the body as well as the soul l.
was a pleasant, cool day, the sun was shining St
renely, and vending his majestic way through tn
heavens, smiling on, and cheering all beneath IL
influence; vast numbers had assembled to witnes5
this wholesale immersion of humanity, and as each
soul, or rather body, was dipped in the wave, and
came out again, the whole multitude simultaneous
ly burst forth in loud choral hymn OF praise TO
the Supreme, to Him who had washed them, ant
made them white through the blood of the Lamb
all sung to one of those magnificent old church tunes
that sounded sweetly upon the sea shore.
On that day thirty had their sins and their panta
looms washed making in all about $50 that had been
washed inside and outside during the stay of the
Rev. Mr. Swan, in the briny waves at Stonington
harbor
This Mr.. Swan belongs to that peculiar class OF
clerical orators that have sprung up Of late years,
and who are clearly personifed by Elder Knapp
and his school.
AT the same time, however, the Rev. Mr. Swan
has more strength more fire. more elegance, more
coarseness, more wit, more drol!ery, more inches,
more bone and muscle, and less fat, than Elder
Knapp. Satan could bury Elder Knappin his own
fat the great gridiron, in five minutes; but this
man he couldn't touch, for his grsse is too hard.
We hope sincerely that the Rev. Mr.. Swan may
do great deal of good here, and convert many
souls from the error of their ways to the wisdom
of the Just" He is much wanted here in Wall
street and other places. For since the departure cf
Elder Knapp, that old sinner Satan, has been in
creasing his energies, his exertons and the number
of his converts, to most alarming extent notwilh-
standing the efforts of the Temperance Society; and
want some good muscular raw-hone specimen of
piety, like the Rev Mr.. Swan to take hold of the
old scoundre, shake him heartily over one Of his
own fires, and then send him to some fashionable
watering place to mend his manners.
We therefore trust that the Rev. Mr.. Swan NAV
be announced in day or two TO preach at some of
our most fashionable and celebrated places of wor
ship. His sermons will be full of flowers and fury
beauty and birthstone, satpetre and sound sense
nitric acid and nonsense.
Mr.. Swan, we are happy to say, shaves at jim
Grants; and since this important event has taken
place, it is most singular fact in the march of ami
NAL magnetism, that the mere circumstance of his
shaving in that shop has had most wonderful eff ct
on jim Grant himself; it has made him a more
quiet, more finished, polished specimen of shaver
and more pious and pleasant than ever he was, with
out his ever knowing the reason why or caring
wherefore. And as he has made this shaving shoi
hishead quarters, advise all to call and patroniz
the same place for Jim Grant excels as much in
shaving as Mr. Swan does in preaching-he shave.
oquck, so smooth, SO easy, and with SO little talk
ing or egotism, that even Satan himself might b
well lathered and shaved here, and get his whisker
or his tail cut to great advantage, and in muc
more fashionable style than he could in any PORTO
OF his own domini ons down below"
RETURN OF Mr.. VAN BUREN-HIs PROSPECTS,
We learn from Albany that Mr. Van Buren, has re
turned to Undertook, with perfect convictio
that he will receive the nomination of the democra
tic party for the next Presidency
lie and his friends believe that neither Genera
Cass, nor Mr. Calhoun, nor Mr.. Buchanan, whate
yer may be done at Washington or Paris, can hav
the slightest chance against Van Buren,. IT,
Tennessee it was arranged to run Mr.. Polk as Vic,
with Van, and Mr.. p was in this city few week
ago, to complete the arrangements. The democra
tic leaders here laugh at the idea of taking up "Cap
tain Tyler" and we must confess, after what ha
been seen, there is little chance of such an event
The recent result of the elections in Louisiana
has given great force and strength to these views
That was considered pioneer election for the fall
and the sweepingsmajority gained by the locofoco,
has given them great spirits The revolution il
that State may be Justly attributed to the folly anc
absurdity of the wings in Washington, who cannot
keep power, or manage public affairs. The next
Presidential race will, therefore, be probably mar
rowed down to Clay and Van Buren,. The first j.
capital fellow, but represents some bad principles
and measures-he latter is very small pattern of
man, but represents some good measures. In such
dilemma, we think il as wise to forget BOTH and
smoke good cigar.
DR.. Msrr AND DR. Houston The following card
containing DR.. Houston's reproof of the assaults
made upon him by DR.. Mott and his colleagues
has appeared in several of the city papers:-
To THE MEDICAL PUBLIC.
The duty of repelling unjustifiable assaults on my
professional character, is one from which would
fain shrink But as there have recently been exhi-
bited evidences of concerted movement on the
part of the Faculty of the Stuyvesant Institute
School in this city, to crush the humble writer OF
this notice, am led to appear thus prominently be-
fore my brethren. Among the accusations preferred
against me by the body to whom have just refer
red, is the charge that have not been regularly ed
ucated as medical man, and that am impos-
ter In order to refute this charge submit the fol
lowing
Thereby state that have inspected the credentials o.
James Alexander Houston, and certify that he has
gularly studied medicine and surgery at the University
Glasgow Signed,
HENRY D. BULKLEY, NJ. D.,
Recording Secretary of the Medical Society,
July Is, 1912. ofthe city and county Of New York
| take the liberty to add that have lodged my