Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-06-18
Cor respondencc Of the Free Press.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK, juno Q


Messrs. Editors.
The Protestant world Is exhibiting good deal
of commotion just now, on account Of the official
clusion Of the Bible from the schools of the 4th
Ward of this city. The Board of Education had
the subject up the other evening, spent four hour
session in talk it, and resolved to CORDIALLY
recommend that the Bible, without note or COM
ment, be read at the daily opening of our public
schools" Whether the 4th Ward folks will " cor
| daily" conform to the recommendation remains to
| be seen. The point at issue in the discussion was,
whether the Board should require it or only recon-
mend it. We have no law absolutely and in terms
requiring the Bible to be read in the schools though
we have n city law declaring that the Board of
Education shall not have power to prevent it,
| From this declaration quite number Of members
inferred, and tried to argue, that the Board had
power to require it, and, having the power, the re-
gulaton ought to be enforced.
On the same evening the same subject formed
the text of an indignation discourse in Dr.. Cheev
| crs church. The American party, too great
| ly stirred up the subject. They charge that
Bishop Hughes is at the bottom of it, and are taxi
ing measures to get the 4th Wardcrs away from
| his dceterous influence.
| Another church scandal, and consequent quarrels
| is assuming large dimensions here, and threaten,
to occupy the public mind for some time to come.
Judge Culver of Brooklyn, man of almost nation
al reputation as lawyer, temperance orator and
an anti slavery politician, has just been expelled
from the First Baptist Church, of Williamsburgh
eastern District of Brooklyn n charge of i'm
| proper intimacy with very attractive but unre-
generate widow of Williamsburgh. The trial was
a very onc-sided afair-no cross-cxaminaton of
witnesses confronting of the defendant with hi,
accusers allowed and the vote of the
Church being taken, only 81 out of leo members
| present dared to vote on the question. Of these,
| GO were against him. and by this minority of
the whole he was turned adrft for gospel guidance
a. best ho The Judge, of course, appealed
from the decision, and gave notice that he should
call a church council to overhaul the proceedings;
SO this will not be the last of it. He is hard
man to fight, and people who attack him must look
well to their dcfences if they expect to conquer.
lie had long struggle two or three years ago
with the authorities of Brooklyn, about his judi
cial salary and the legality of his election but he
beat them, and camo out several lengths ahead.
Tho swl milk committee on whitewashing are
still ndustriously at work. They hold two sessions
week, and are really so hard pressed by public
opinion that possibly they may fail to discover any
feasible plan how not to do it," and may be COM
PEELED at least to make the milkmcn fairly ndicat
: to us which sort of milk they deal in so those Of
us who prefer the grass-fed have it, and those
fastidious and nice people who like peculiar
ly rich article and must have it regardless of
pense, choose the city manufactured kind. 1t
is got up to order right under their eyes and noses
and they know, of course, it is good. Besides one
DR.. Shanks who seems to stand footing of in.
innate acquaintance with the stump tails, assure;
the committee that swill milk is good and whole
some beverage for children, and parents generally
ought to prefer it.
1 had such jolly good time among the far
} mers the other,week could not help paying then
t visit at their club meeting this week, and founc
the occasion quite interesting as before. Tn,
, first topic discussed was the preservation Of
, the ulIus. 1, maintained tnat pirds destro,
countless millions of worms which would ether
wise destroy the crops. They also eat the seed
of other millions of noxous weeds and thus do
$ work of great voi"a in looping back parasites o
. that kind. Even crows, it was held, did at leas
, much good as harm. A little care would pre-
vent their doing the HARM and then the good onl
would remain. Night birds of all kinds, like bats
owls and hawks, ought to be preserved, as the,
destroy immense numbers of rats and mice. fifth
birds help themselves also to little of our grain
fruit and corn, why they it, and we cal
afford to pay them this tribute for their service il
Kidding us of real pests Scion Robinson CAV
utterancc.o the despair he onceIfet ON seeing hi
| crops on the Western Prairie about to disappea
before the ravage Of the army worm, which literal
| ly overrun his fields and covered the earth; but il
| the wake of this invader myriads of blac
y | birds, that the heavens were filled with them
| and the army worm routed bag and baggage
e and the crops were preserved, lie had been con
stitutionallya bird hatcr and bird shootcr-hi
father had taught it before him; but that annihi
| laton ola destroying insect, when no help SCENE
| possible, taught him a lesson, and ever after h
! | said, God bless and preserve the birds.
Then the debate took another turn on the subjcc
of destructive animals and Mr.. Lawton broug tn
whole weight of the club down on the dogs II
| denounced the whole canine creation as an uttrl
could be put to could be accomplished in far cheap
er and pleasanter ways and then for destructive
ness, they were unparalleled by any pest on earth
! Not half the number Of sheep are raised throu Oh
out the country that would be, but for the dogs s
, that their universal prevalence at large YER
perceptibly effects the price Of mutton and thel
the destruction of human life alone by hydrophob
is enough to consign the race to indiscriminate =
termination. Again, he dehed the club to nam
one single use the animal could be to man that wa
not overbalanced by greater detriment. One mem
| Der triumphantly suggested, "sausages? p Thi
staggered the arch enemy ofdogs. but he rccoverc
presently, and concluded by hoping that eithe
sausages or mince meat, and he cared very littl
which, might be the speedy destiny Of every do,
now having his day The club very general,
concurred in his opinion.
! Then came up the subject of raspberry and straw
berry culture on which many interesting things wer
said, but neither you nor have space to put then
| in words. Yours,
DIGIT
NATIONAL HORSE EXHIBITION AT SPRINGFIELD
Mass, IN SEPTEMBER.-Th brilliant sue
cess of former Horse Shows at Springfield i,
notorious. A third Exhibition is set down fol
September II, Is, 10 and Il next, and tn,
: arrangements are on more liberal scale than
heretofore. Some of the first citizens OF