New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-27

OLD CHURcHEs.-A note TO the recent SER
mon of Rev. Burlington. says The Evangelist, COM
memorating th, hundred and twentieth anniversary
of the First Oh, In CharestowD, states that the old
est Congregation. lurch in New England, Is in Wind
sor, Conn, which originally formed in Plymouth,
Old England in the inning of the year $780, in antc
Paton OF eig'ang 10 TINS country In 1850 te Church
planted in this country 1t is also stated in
ton with the recent dedication of the Church in West
Barnstable Mass that IL is the Oldest Congregational
Church in the world, though not the oldest in this
try, having been originally organzedn England in 1916
It's fret pastor fed from persecution 10 this country
The subsequent pastor, Rev. John Lohrop, after long
and cruel persecution came to this country with all the
Church that could be gathered in 1885, and settled in
Bainstable
HOMEOPATHY IN NEw-YoRY SrArH-We
often hear the remark that the Homeopathic system of
medicine is "al CANNON" and that in few years it
will be entirely extinct. But il by article
given in The North american Homeopathic Journal that
the number Of practcng physicians has increased WITH
in the last ten years. in this State from bakers dozen,
TO three hundred legally qualified practitioners The
Utica Ieoaler gives the OF three hundred, with
their places of residence (among whom we recognize
the OF friend Bailey OF this village) and asks
the following question: If in ten years this system OF
medical practice dies out from ten practitioners 10
three hundred how long win it take at that rate for
TO become entirely hnnhilatedf" We should like TO
zee that question answered n. Y. Reformer.
ty5@ The Rochester Union furnishes the fol-
lowing item: "The fact that large quantity Of acorns
have recently been shipped from this country to Holland
reminds us of Oh enterprsng Engshmsn who traversed
the United States in the that interviewed between
those 1920 ard 8 collected the seeds OF our most desra
BILE American and planted extensive nursery
in England. He engaged IN novel enterprise OF obtaining
from the of Niagara County panks of black walnut
oak wildwood and MAPLE of the fullest length and width
the largest would furnish which he transported TO
London and exhibited specimens OF the trees he had
planted His enterprise voyage TO Hindostan, TO
COLLECT Ids and plants While in search OF the objects Of
his visit in the Hmaaya Mountains he and hs party were
attacked and destroyed by wild beasts.
Cey7 The Paris correspondent of The ST. Loms
Republican says that the Monks of Saint Bernard, after
exercising go long and noby the rites OF hospitality
among the Of their lofty sotudes are preparing
10 abandon their establishment, which will shortly be
rendered useless by the opening of the tunnel OF Me-
nouyre the good brethren will establish themselves be-
side this tunnel and again prefer their wordrenowned
hospitality to travellers on this new route
LIZ At Cincinnati on the 2lSt, after the trial
of prisoner charged in the Criminal Court with grand
larceny it was discovered when the Jury had retired
TO their room that one of the Jurors was German,
only three weeks from Europe and unable to speak
word of English. Intimaton OF the fact being con.
veyed TO the Court the Jurors were called upon and
discharged.
B- Cassius NJ. Clay, of Kentucky, appeared
personally before Esquire Rowekamp, of Cincinnati on
tuesday in a suit for the recovery of hog alleged TO
have been taken by Messrs. Smith & Stevens hog
droyers Mr. Clay gained the suit and the defendants
not being able to pay judgment Mr. Clay CALAMITY loaned
them the money for that purpose