New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-26

Soine--very good, witch you can see in her face.
gAsy have known sdversi.y. dollars and Cents"
ne H soon !. shppirs, 70, here is wedding to-
ii pssht 10 which number Of the guests were goiag:
n b ou.tomaTy, Il seems 20 msry IN the evening" AZ
So ocook, and then 70 receive baf the nign' seI.
We eould not frd out il the BRIDE and o'idesrooi"
We were clad 10 have had hi. opportunity Of see
hog semethipg Of New.YcIk fashionable ife: IheIe
were no books or drs wings iI the rooms that cond
,ss With the exception II one large portioho on
rtspd. which did net get az opportunity OF eIamn-
is Tbs chief Amusement was looking at aud talking
an he piano, but the hun Of voices drowned the
Iausioj which want Of spprec alton OF MS endeavors
must have been the reyefe Of grssfyDg to the per-
former.
Among the objects Of interest 10 this country,
ne author is curious in The mster Of churches, snd
accordingly he took the hrst opportunity to hear
the popular e1horter Of the Plymouth Church, in
Brooklyn, but found the services little t, bis taste.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
We went over to Brooklyn to hear Mr.. Henry Ward
Beesher o BROTHER OF Mrs. S;owe's. Crest crowds
srosted in the ferryboa which conveyed us from the
fcct Of Fulton ttrest to the opposite shore OF Long
kiard. Mr.. Beecher's church, which is a large one,
US full. We wefe accommodated very comfortably
with chairs in one Of the sisles. We had little more
sn taken our sea-: When 1s soS
an spen platform. He has great arm chair, add a
small table placed bs.ide IT,. He brought his ssrmo,-
Aotes in his hand end placed them on Unstable Then
be began 10 open and read little pile Of notes which
were lyiDg there; and as he had not resd them al
when the voluntary was nni,hed. hs went doing
du,ing which time there was silence. All this waile,
ard even during the reading Of the Bible, he KEPT on
his greaicost Afer the anthem came the invoc atoo
and then he read Acts l3 "a, and xvi. At the
9Th vtue of the 18th chapter, he stopped to remind
his hearers that this was done under the Romaos; that
IL Festus had been q Christian, he would have re-
leased Paul, when he found that, ss there vas no
crime sgAinst him, he had right TO 60 free-sddiog,
"For there were modern doctors in those days to
preach other doctrine "a hit at the Fugtve.Slave
law. There were several baptisms, in the sdminstra
ton Of which the usual prayers were replaced by the
choir chanting, Suffer little children to come unto
me- and forbid them not and several other passages,
ending WITH "Go ye therefore and teach all nations,
bsp,sirg them In the of the Father and OF the
Sos, a. Of the Holy Ghost" Unfortunately for the
choir. the children were lively aud the music Of nature
rather spoiled The scientific strains. AT this point, Mr.
BeecheT made q great many intimsti0ns; among
others TO the effect that the msEas ers offered tO
reward to any one who would give iuch information
otherwise destroyed the walls Of the hall courch;
Nat his had been core, and the managers veI3 deter
mineo to put stop to It, Thisiuhnsdon Mr.. Beecher
parents, ard telling them Very AMY that they were
- blame very much for the misconduct OF their chill
As. He said the walls Of the building, and especially
Of the ha between the church and the lecture room,
had been converted into the DEVILS OWN damnsble
exhibition room and that he had never seen or heard
Of anywhere anything equal to the +" devish obsce-
rity which he had seen on those walls, put there, he
supposed, by young men-no, they we've not men they
we're wrstched sunken, and more to the same effect.
reveY hes such strong expressions. 1t looked aw-
fully like swearing, and would have been termed 90
bad the words been weed In ordinary ooavsrssnSn; IL
the sermt n. After another hymn, no gave out his
text Acts xvi, %, "Amost thou persuadest me TO
be Christian" The discourss was amastsriy exhibit
ton Of the various classes Of almost Christians"
Boldly be wrencbed away the vail which hides such
eAs,scter from the world and from themselves; and
be pointed out in TO set phrase how such we're gong
dOvI to hell with q lie in their right hand. There
we're those who Christians In name only. and
never troubled themselves about the thing -. There
we've those whose religion was mere sensuaiity qua
20 CO. His sermon was characterized by great power
~ jansusse and coseness of thought but TO my mind
.h.re was On utter want Of refinement, and TOO muon
Reclamation. It was essentially vulgar. lie walkeo
about on bis platform, and acted. re also useu
great many slang expressions as well as spoke tarousn
His nose az times, when he wanied TO point an Amen
cspism. cannot think that this is enschee Puloi
eequence although it draws crowds OF certain SOFT
The dsuty Of the pastor Once Is 40 y @ Tb "a
ospeI spoEen as fthe speaker 6esred q, will alwa5'
be effective, and VIII then, when 1t owes lesst 10 the
preacher, be most likely to manifest itself a. inc
power Of God unto salvation.
He was better satisfied With the novelty Of
shampoo" at Phalon's, the love of which ne sets
down az one of the Characteristics OF national
taste:
A NOVEL SENSATION.
The bsIbers chop is an indispensable sd)unc! 70
every American hotel Indeed, the delight tne nsuves
seeui 20 take in being In the barber hands appears
10 be characteristic Of our transatlantic ore!nren
determined to indulge 10 the whole process IN al I've
haxry and resigned myself into the hsnds OF one .,
the Assistants in "Phalons Hair dressing o.oon.
Soma twenty persons be attended 10 mere a. Ones
and the room Is fitted up in the most gorgeous s'ye.
The foor is mosaic Of black and white marble. hne
rails ave lined with mirrors, the divisions OF Tue gas
and frame being eilded. The apparatus Is o. suve,
The chairs most luxurious great aImenas VIZ
rest for The FAD and another fl the feet al an au
che the ease of which Is perfect. Paceo IN one VI
he,e cbs;rs went through the pleasing process OF
haircuttipg and then transferred TO rest oEpo
site fountain, edged rould Win poroeisln oaS.ls
Their. from a bottle, the operator poured upoo my
head ,ome stuff which was cooling than odoro1s
Tbs he worked up into great lstner, ana tnen ul-
,scsed uncn nv pate Jet first Of hot water and then
cold. the contrast Of which tnged 70 my very poes'
Hsyipg dried my hair with numerous towels no 70
turned to my first most easy sea. aSo the
luxurious operation with q demand tor nau d9ia,'
Mary a time after, when we arrived, wested enu DO
s-iuined With dust and smoke, from loog Journey,
dd hot bath and the barber rent us, ana put Us ~
snnS,, 70 axe more use Of our tims than but LOT
fheir aid sn e1hsu.ted physique would have Iermea'
From the bsrber's shop in New York to the resi-
ds,ee of the famous statesman in Detroit is wide
TRANSITION, but We must not fail to give the re'-
ord Of
VISIT TO GEN. CAsS.
Afer had attended to some business, went 70 can
mon Gem. Case 10 whom / had very special ietter
OF ptYod notion from HE nephe ", Mr. wilson OF OnI
eothe. Gen. Cess Is man whose nsue gu, ,.s
during the preeeut century, th.s 1t was WIN no
o.dirsry Interest sought bis abode. hAG seen nun