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THE HUGHES AND BROOKS coNTRo-
VERSEY. s.

IaE HU0dES AND BRUOkS CUNTHO@I
VERSEY.
The following sententioua comments upon
the aspect Of the discussion in New York. con- !
corning the church property, we copy irom
Philadelphia paper;
Tie temper Of the amiable prelate has been
sorely tris from various causes. First, be finds
that many Of his flock are acquiring the habit Of
thinking for themselves, as is exemplated in the
case .of the st. Louis church, whose trustees
still show q fixed determinetion to manage their
own temporal concerns. Then the new law,
respecting church property, lately enacted by the
Legislature at Albany, has thrown somewhat Of
"a damper upon his ambitious projects; and now
he finds az much, and q little more than he can
do to answer the plain statements of Sem
ator Brooks respecting the amount of proper
ty owned in his name and, wholly at his dispo-
sal. He first attempted to be ex eedingly witt
ty, making generous offer to found public
library with the surplus Of his property, after
taking out en- ugh for his own support. Failing
to stop the pen of the Senator by jok his grace
loses his temper, and shows that even he is sub
lject to human infirmities. His letters are any
thing but successful in disappearing the state
ments of Mr.. Brooks, when copying from the
public records ows that an immense amount
OF property has been conveyed to John Hugh 8,
is Id in his name, is subject to his control, and,
should he die inestate, would pass away to his
heirs. Among other curious matters in this
controversy we may mention that the Arch
bishop denied that he owned certain pieces of
property specified by Mr.. Brooks, and after a.
cusing the latter in ain terms of ialsehoods sta
\ ted that they were only leased to him. 1t turns
out on examining the record, that the leases are
for nine hundred and ninety mine years! I'm
loss fha rchhiShop H.
, years." we should judge that tn &c leases would
be alb ut the same to him as an ownership in fee
simple, especial y as he gets them for the con-
!. sideration of one cent year! The quibble of
, his grace is worthy of the source from which it
, emanates.
: Letter writing is evidently not the prelare's
5 forte. sa
The Archbishop in the course ofcontroversey
with Mr.. Brooks has the following:
: am thecwner of the bet sleep on, but not
I of the roof thewalls that protect me from the
s inclemency Of the seasons. do not, however,
d complain ofpoverty for am not poor. know
: that one invested in the Office which hold in
!. the church of God il more honored in proportion
as his condition assimilatest to that of his Divine
5 Master, who had not whereon tolay his head.
If Tothis Mr.. Brooks makes the following re-
d q sponse:
- But the wolf now clothes himself in iambs's
Il wool and cries humility, penance and honesty.
: H. who had time and money TO visit the island
: of Cuba, the gem of the seas, to pass season
!. of del ghtful luxury amidst tropical fruits and
,f flowers, when thousands of his poor flock were
1 cold and hungry at home who spends days and
:, weeks of delightful ease within the walls o
Rome whose steps are familiar to the interior
cn1oudorc Of fho Vafciap nd tho n nutr uhr
70 has studied theology from the LAGOON, and
20 Poverty in the summer gardens of the Pope te
i. whom the Sistine Chapel, decorated with Ra-
q pheals and Michael Angeles, are familiar OBJ.
ot jects- who can fly for pleasure from the city o.
is Newfoundland or the Lakes, to the springs or te
es Newport has a town residence and
60 country seat now appears before the people Il
or state how poor am, add to declare that his be,
Mt his books and his furniture, in part his ONLY
ty worldly fortune!
d. The Archbishop closed his part of the con
ms troversey with the following:
~ ~ 81 take him constantly with covered hands, t
~ the nearest op n sash of window, and send hin
no ~, forth with the singls mental observation. G
i hence, wretehed and vile insect, the world ha
~ space for you as we'll as for me.'
,t ,ta ~ I'm, Archbishop of New York.
We Mr.. Brooks says in reply;
IN. But, good Archbishop, IN not to be SO di.
1u, missed. You commenced the war and intel
On, to enc it. the INSECT has stung YOU and you hay
been unable either to heal the wound, or ha /,
p- the sting extracted, it is your fault, not mne-
,n- There is something to me, even more lulicror
ap than wicked, it is possible, in the bitterness
ual holiness of your denials of the truth, and in tt
ing frequency ofyour personalities. Early in life
al- was taught that in controversies and intercour
Al
Iie- aud nohody else can. / know the advantage
ven have over you in this respect and mean to mai
ed; tain is to the endby an absence ,f al foul .
ing iteths, and all exhibitions of bad temper. Y,
our forced me into this controversy, by reiterat
red charges of falseboods@ You endeavored to he
$ me up to contempt BY satire and ridicule, al
finding that your curses upon me, like chicke
have come home to roost upon yourself, al
on that yotir satire and ridicule have rebounded
lsa- the point from whence they started you no
ow- "with covered hands," would throw the inst
arm from the window into the street--that is he won
in let you. / shall buzz under your window d'
: ing my own goodstime and may be, find ingre
one again within your Grace's quarters.
eet, ---->------~----~-
UGH seA- A husband thus announces the depa
ar ure from his "bed and board of his dearly
nall loved."
sor. My wife Anna Maria has strayed or been s
una len. Whoever returns her will get his he
If broke. AS for trusting her, anybody can do
,oss he sees ct; for, as never pay my own debts
| If is not at all likely that i will pay hers.
the ~ The English and Americans says, Erer
arse writer, educate their children in the fear Of
icts and tie love of money.
4s4~
~ neA- "1t's very sickIx1 !" said the son
cro6lthe Emerald isle 81 day to another
<th Yes, 7replie lpanion, "a great m,